Vega Strife- So what?
Glenn- So what happens this time?
Vega Strife- Oh! Well I'm sure that you'll find out today, now won't you?
Cammy- sigh CAN I GET DOWN NOW?
Everyone- oo'
Chapter 8: The Shadowlaw Leader
Glenn shot up like a bottle rocket on the fourth of July as he flew to the twentieth floor, hovering over the railing and landing on the staircase that wasn't packed to the brim with people. The crowd below started to applaud Glenn as he made his way into the floor hall and threw open the door. The entire hall, if not blown out by the robots' bombs, was in total chaos! People were on their knees, begging the powers that be for forgiveness and a new chance. Some were crazy enough to start jumping from the holes and windows, whichever came first. Glenn shook the events off and kept his only one goal, getting to Cammy. Glenn Started to dodge people left and right, pushing them softly and jumping in between gaps, doing all that he could before Cammy lost her grip...
But as a matter of fact, Cammy was holding on with all of her might. her grip on the broken brick wall tightened as she looked over her shoulder, shutting her eyes tight shuddering at the sight of the fall down. "Glenn..."
"CAMMY!" She heard someone call out from above her. She looked up and saw her partner.
"GLENN!" She called back. He reached out a hand and edged towards her.
"Come on... Grab my hand..." He said as he stretched. She tried to reach, but slipped and grappled to the wall again.
"I can't do it!" She cried out, almost in tears. Glenn looked around the room for something to use, bed sheet, a bed pan, ugh! What would that do? IV unit might work! He quickly went to work as he grabbed the sheet and tied it to the IV machine, rolling it to the edge and pushing it off, creating a jutting pole with it.
"Grab it!" He called to her. She looked at the machine and did not hesitate as she pushed from the wall and grabbed the IV machine, holding on for dear life. Glenn started to pull her inside and fell on his back, resulting in Cammy landing on top of him. He breathed hard as he looked into her eyes, feeling her look back into his.
"You saved me... You could've killed yourself!" Cammy trailed. He smiled as he breathed hard and sighed.
"That's what you do in a team... You look out for each other..." He said as he softly rolled her off, got up and helped her up. "Maybe next time you won't make it a habit of clinging to blown out walls?" He asked. Cammy smiled and nodded.
"I'll try not to." As the two made their way out of the room, they were greeted by a somehow awkward presence... The ones that made your gut turn inside out...
"Is Akuma Alpha enjoying his time?" A voice asked as a black cloaked man stepped into the dim light of the moon that faded through the walls. Glen set Cammy in a wheelchair that was nearby and looked at the man.
"Who are you and what do you want?" He asked. The man's chin line cracked a smile and a cackle.
"Why... To welcome you back!" He said as he threw off the cloak. He was adorn with a sleeveless vest, baggy training pants, combat boots and long green hair with red glowing eyes. Glenn stood in total shock at the man before him. "Yes... I must have over dressed... Forgive me for doing so..." He said. Of course his lame joke gave no comfort to Glenn as he could feel the man's presence. Much higher than the fighters that I've faced... And his looks... Are almost like mine... Glenn closed his eyes and shook away the fear.
"One thing is for sure, you have massive power for your build." He said. The man smiled and took a bow.
"Why I thank you... But you see, you have to die now by the hands of your twin brother." The man said. Glenn opened his eyes at the man.
"Are you insinuating that you're my twin brother?" He asked. The man nodded.
"That's me!" Glenn's dream flashed by him as though it were just a few minutes ago, as well as the visit to the Air Force Base in Guile's office. That only left one thing...
"You're Valence, aren't you?" Glenn asked. Valence laughed with evil rage as hi projected his sounds outward, leaning back and forward.
"That I am, brother! Experiment 15, Akuma Omega!" He said with his laugh. Glenn's eyes shot open.
"I knew it!" He cried. Valence stopped laughing and looked at his brother.
"Well, I must say that we're accomplishing nothing by just standing here and boring each other with useless information, so," Valence said as he got into a fighting stance, "let's fight!"
"Gladly!" Glenn roared out and watched Valence disappear. He looked left and right quickly. "Come fight me like a man, coward!" He cried as Valence reappeared and elbowed him in the jaw, throwing him into the air. Valence reared back a fist and purple energy accumulated on hi fist and arm.
"MERCURY MISSILE!" He roared as he threw his fist forward and fired off a purple wave. Glenn landed the last assault with a backhand spring and reared his fist back as well.
"BALLISTIC BLASTER!" He shouted and sent a similar blue wave at Valence, blocking the purple wave. The two waves depleted and they faced off again. Valence was by far impressed.
"It may seem that you've been in practice and have not needed a check up..." He said thoughtfully. Glenn had no clue on what that meant.
"What do you mean by that?" He cried as he charged his ball up over his head. "BLITZ CANNON!" He cried before shooting it off. Valence simply strafed the attack and nodded.
"My attacks would kill a normal man..." He trailed. Glenn was not satisfied.
"You seem to know so much about me! Why don't your attacks kill me?" Valence smiled.
"Not yet. You're not ready..." Glenn remembered the Blood Ruby that Guile had researched on.
"What do you want with the Blood Ruby?" Valence kept a smirk as he slowly opened his vest and exposed a hole in the left ribcage, veins and a heart with a crimson stone infused with it sat within viewing point in the hole.
"It is said that when the first of man had discovered the Blood Ruby that, for good or evil, one man would slaughter evil or good. When man found that their numbers were decreasing, they split it into three places..." He said as he pointed to the stone infused with his heart. "This is one piece and once I've found the second piece," he continued as he pointed at Glenn, "I will resurrect Tyros and kill him... Take his stone and rule this galaxy!" He concluded with a laugh. Glenn had heard enough.
"You mean that the Blood Ruby is inside of me?" He put it together as this.
Cammy had heard every word and gasped. Memories flooded back to her time at Shadowlaw when she was a Shadowlaw Doll... They had planned to create the ultimate fighting cyborgs but problems arose. The cyborgs had to be powered by a greater energy source than just electricity... Then they found out about the three parts of the Blood Ruby... Trying to divert their attention, Bison had held the Street Fighters Tournaments while Shadowlaw was on their quest to find the crimson stone pieces. As the third tournament rolled by, Cammy had to infiltrate the Shadowlaw base and met with a red haired man, a green haired man and a blonde haired man. All three had the same build and seemingly the same attacks... Like Ryu and Ken... Which brought her to that fact... Where were they? "Why, yes brother... There is one inside of you..." Wait! What did he just say? Cammy asked inside her head. Glenn didn't seem at all pleased.
"What are you saying! That I'm some kind of robot?" He cried. She then heard Valence laugh.
"You catch on too quickly, brother! Experiment 14, Akuma Alpha...Your ability of Telekinesis, all of this was not coincidence... It's fate..." She heard the tyrant come closer to her secret love. "Join me, Glenn... It'll be like the old days... Let's find our third brother and destroy this planet!" She gasped, then calmed as she heard Glenn breathe.
"Never... It's all lies! I can't be a cyborg!" He cried as he clasped his hands over his head. Valence reared back his fist.
"MERCURY MISSILE!" He cried as he shot off another wave. Glenn intercepted the blast and was sent flying. "UNTIL NEXT TIME, BROTHER! THINK ABOUT THIS DAY!" He cried as he jumped out of the window and disappeared.
In the streets below:
Bison and Guile stood side by side along with Sakura, Guy and Cody as they watched a green haired man jump out of the window after a few minutes of a light show inside the hole in the building. As the man disappeared, Bison nodded his head and concentrated. "He's gone back to Shadowlaw. He'll be planning something." He said. Guile breathed as he looked at the mess of the streets.
"Well, looks like we're gonna have to clean all of this up..."
Cammy- YAY! I got down!
Glenn- Well... Never saw that coming...
Valence- Yes! R&R, simple humans, or I shall obliterate all of you! MUWAAAHAHAHAHAAA!
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