Note: Since I liked Batman Begins, there's a reference in here. Also, look for one on Kill Bill Vol. 1, and a quote from Star Wars.
Inside a seaside warehouse, Cracker Jack and Doctrine Dark were on the second floor, addressing the gathered members of gangsters on the main floor.
"Be on the lookout," Jack was saying. "We're expecting some party-crashers coming in tonight. If you can, bring them to me and Dark. If you can't do that, then waste them. Understand?"
Everybody nodded in the affirmative as they piled out of the warehouse, with exception of ten gang members who were scattered inside.
Outside, Ryu and the five women were perched atop of a huge container, scoping the place. The entire area surrounding the warhouse was covered with huge cargo containers, some open, while others were closed. It was an effective maze...and an even more effective trap.
Marz was looking through a pair of binoculars, counting the gangsters. "This is it. This is the final Shadowlaw warehouse. And I can bet that there's mostly illegal stuff in those crates. I see nine to the left, and five to the right."
Miya was already on her feet. "I'll take the left."
Ryu followed suit. "Looks like I got the right."
Before Ryu could hop down from his perch, Cammy stopped him. "Ryu, maybe you should let me handle this. You have no military training."
"There a lot of things you don't know about me," Ryu replied. "Just sit back and watch. You might learn something new."
He then hopped down, with Miya following him.
On the ground, several Shadowlaw members were occupied with loading several crates into the cargo containers. As one of the thugs passed an open container, a muscular arm came out, the hand snatching the unsuspecting hoodlum, and quickly pulled him inside. The unmistakable sound of a fist connecting to the side of a human head was heard, followed by silence.
Two other thugs heard the sounds coming from the container and decided to investigate. One of the called for his comerade. "Toya?"
Silence.
The second thug then called for his partner. "Toya? Quit playing around, man."
Still no answer.
Then Ryu, eyes red with the power of the Dark Hadou, appeared above them and by the time they looked up, they were quickly accquainted with Ryu's hands and feet.
A fourth gangster came around the corner, just in time to see Ryu's red eyes. Eventhough he was holding a baseball bat with several nails sticking from out of them, he dropped the weapon, turned and ran.
'Run, little man, run,' Ryu thought as the Dark Hadou coursed through him, obeying his will. 'You can't hide forever.'
As the petrified hood ran through the maze of crates, he caught sight of hood number five, who was holding a machine gun. The gun-toting gangster looked up, just as Ryu bodychecked the running hood into several wooden crates before vanishing into the shadows.
The gunner then took chase. His nerves already on edge, he fired burst after burst after burst from his gun in the direction where he thought Ryu was in, since he was going by the Ansatsuken fighter's shadows dancing on the walls.
The hood was losing his mind...not to mention that he was nearly out of ammo.
"WHERE ARE YOU!" he screamed as he backed up...
...right into Ryu, who looked down on him with his blood-red eyes. The gunner thought that he was looking into the eyes of the devil.
"Here," was all that Ryu said before dropping him with a single blow to the temple.
As Ryu's eyes went back to normal, he looked up from where Chun Li and the others were perched from and gave them a thumbs-up. However, the downed gunner's screaming and gunfire had caught the attention of the other nine gangsters, who were rapidly closing in on Ryu's location. They found him with the fallen gunman.
However, Miya was ready. She somersaulted into the midst of them. Before any of the men knew what was happening, Miya attacked as Ryu leaned up against a container and watched, arms folded, a bored expression on his face. Within twenty seconds, all nine were knocked unconscious, Miya standing in the midst of them, barely winded.
Miya looked at her handiwork as she ran one hand through her hair, smoothing it back out. "All too easy," she said, just as Chun Li, Cammy, Marz and Lita showed up.
Lita let out a low whistle. "Bloody impressive," she said as she pulled out her oversized knives.
"I can tell that he wasn't even trying," Miya added, talking about Ryu.
Cammy was, needless to say, shocked. "How...?"
Ryu turned to the flabbergasted Englishwoman and merely smiled. "If only Bison knew the power of the dark side of my fighting style. I have learned to control the Dark Hadou, using it as a tool, rather than let it destroy me."
Miya turned and walked towards the entrance, her brother, and the other four women following them. Miya's hand reached behind her back, gripping the handle of her Muramasa, she pulled the weapon out from its scabbard, its blade gleaming in the soft light. Lita had her own knife as the ready, while Cammy, Chun Li and Ryu were barehanded.
They were halfway through the warehouse's main floor when the overhead lights came on with a loud SNAP, and they were surrounded by over twenty men, most of which were armed to the teeth.
Standing on the second floor balcony, was Cracker Jack and Doctrine Dark.
"Well, well, well," Jack drawled, leaning over the railing. "Look what the cat dragged in." He looked at Cammy. "I was expecting one traitor to Shadowlaw, but I wasn't expecting you. I must have done something good to get two for the price of one."
He turned his attention back to Miya. "You and your brother have been a thorn in my side for far too long. Tonight, it will all end. All of you will die here."
"We'll see who's going to die," Miya replied, Murumasa at the ready. "You won't escape."
"Funny," Jack replied. "I was going to say the same about you and your friends." To the gangsters, he gave them their marching orders. "Tear them apart."
As Jack and Dark made their retreat, the gangsters moved in. However, there was no holding back for Ryu and the others, including Miya. The former Japanese doll was out for blood, and she was ready to satisfy the Muramasa's thirst for blood. And this time, Ryu, Chun Li, Cammy nor Lita would stop her.
The hoodlums moved in...and Ryu and the others attacked. The brutes had the advantage in numbers, while Ryu and the women had the experience in fighting, not to mention specializing in dealing with multiple opponents at one time.
One huge gangster stood before Ryu. "You are in Hell," he said in Japanese-accented English. "And I am the devil."
Ryu cracked his neck muscles. "You're not the devil. You're practice." He then ducked under the haymaker and planted his fist into the guy's jaw in the form of the Dragon Punch. He landed back on his feet, ducked under a baseball bat that was aimed at his head from another fighter, then spun around in a vicious roundhouse kick that knocked not only the attacker down, but also another guy as well.
Three of them triple teamed Chun Li. The Chinese martial artist, having trained and sparred with her Japanese fiance had gotten stronger both physically and it showed as she used her speed and agility to quickly take down her attackers. After all, she wasn't the 'Strongest Woman on Earth' for nothing.
Combining her Shadowlaw and Delta Red training, Cammy White leapt into the fray, knocking bad guys in numerous directions with her Spiral Arrow and Cannon Spike. The petite Englishwoman manuvered behind one guy who had more mass than she did, grabbed him, locking her hands together, and slammed him on his shoulders and neck in the form of a vicious suplex.Marz, despite her recon background training, was also holding her own.
Cammy's partner, however, was a tad reckless, but that didn't stop Lita Luwanda from delivering serious punishment with her weapons on the bad guys.
Miya Hoshi, however, was giving her attackers no quarter. Using nonleathal methods (not to mention occasionally severing limbs), Miya carved a path towards the stairs, with her brother behind her.
Chun Li yelled to both siblings, "Go after Dark and Jack! We got this covered!"
Miya was already at the stairs while Ryu had to play catch up.
On the second floor, there were four more gangsters to deal with. Miya blew past the first three and when Ryu made it to the second floor, Saw her face off with the fourth, a teenager no more older than she was. From the look on his face, he was scared out of his mind as he held a katana in his trembling hands.
Miya swung her Muramasa sword, neatly cleaving the blade in two. The teen looked at the severed blade, then back at Miya. She then grabbed him, turned him over and began to spank him with the flat side of her sword. Very hard.
"This (SMACK) is what (SMACK) you get (SMACK) when you fuck (SMACK) with Shadowlaw! (SMACK)" she shouted. She then relased him and planted one booted foot in his ass got good measure. "Now go home to your mother!"
Whimpering and sobbing, the teen took off. Ryu ignored what his sister did for the moment and the two headed for the door, which lead to a second flight of stairs and to the rooftop.
However, Doctrine Dark was blocking their path, blades drawn, and that insane look in his eyes.
Miya moved in, but Ryu gently grabbed her shoulder. "No. You go after Jack. I'll deal with this one."
Miya nodded and Dark allowed her to pass. Then he faced off against Ryu. "You and your fiancee were lucky the last couple of times, but this time, your luck runs out."
On the rooftop of the warehouse, Miya found Jack waiting for her, baseball bat in hand, and slung over one shoulder. "So you finally come," he said.
Miya had her sword at the ready. "You were expecting me."
"Quite. I hope you're warmed up, Satsuki," Jack said, addressing Miya by her former codename. He dropped his bat, as did Miya with her own weapon. "Because it's now time for the main event." He pulled something out of his pocket. Miya saw that it was a syringe. Before she could stop him, he took it and injected the contents inside himself.
"Hehhehheheheheh..." Jack laughed evilly. "Guess what that was I injected..."
"A superhuman serum," Miya replied flatly. She knew that now it was going to be a long and painful fight for both of them. "It's going to take more than that to save you."
'And there is something that you don't know about that serum, Jackie Boy,' Miya thought darkly as she prepared for the final battle between herself and Jack.
Downstairs, as Cammy, Chun Li, Marz and Lita fought off the remaining thugs, Ryu and Doctrine Dark faced off. Ryu scored first blood when he blocked Dark's wild swings and connected with a straight punch to the face, followed by an uppercut, making Dark stagger back. Dark quickly shook it off and swung his blades wildly, most of the swings aimed at Ryu's head.
The blades, however, were an effective distracion. Dark used this moment to throw a flash bang grenade at Ryu. Ryu saw it coming and shielded his eyes from the blinding explsion, but his gi jacket had caught on fire as a result, forcing Ryu to discard the gi jacket, lest he should suffer from first and second-degree burns.
Jack and Miya fought under the clear moonlit sky. Miya had tagged Jack with near-crippling blows, but Jack had merely shrugged them off. The superhuman serum had increased his endurance and strength and Miya was doing her best in avoiding Jack's vicious attacks.
The former doll rolled out of the way as Jack's fist smashed a hole into the wooden door where her head was at moments earlier. She wasn't fast enough for the kick that followed, sending her to the other end of the rooftop, gasping for air.
Downstairs, the battle between Ryu Hoshi and Doctrine Dark continued.
Despite suffering from several bruises and a shallow cut on his side, Ryu was in better shape than his opponent. Dark, on the other hand, had a swollen eye, more bruises than Ryu and worse yet, Ryu had knocked aside nearly all of his grenades and explosives onto the first floor.
With a howl, Dark lunged at Ryu, who nimbly dodged to the aide, just as both of Dark's blades embedded themselves into the wall where Ryu was at moments earlier. Ryu quickly disarmed him, leaving behind both blades stuck into the wall and resumed his assault.
Then Dark tackled him over the balcony, sending them both to the first floor, where Chun Li and the others were finishing up with the remaining thugs. Ryu managed to flip out of the tackle while Dark had one hand above the ledge. Ryu landed on his feet hard, lucky enough that he didn't ended up spraning his ankle in the process.
Ryu looked up and saw Jack coming at him from above. Ryu hopped back as Dark landed on the ground. Chun Li and the others watched as the Japanese warrior and the insane commando danced an intricate dance of death.
On the rooftop, things were not going well for Miya. Jack had clearly gained the upper hand and had Miya on her knees. Moving behind her, Jack had his hands on her head, preparing to break her neck.
"You see?" Jack was saying. "You couldn't stop me from killing your mother, and you can't stop me now. NOW YOU--"
He was cut off as he began to convulse. It was mild at first, but then he began to shake violently, as if her was having a seizure. Then Miya's hands were at his wrists, prying them away from her face. She then grabbed him and threw him across the roof.
By the time Jack managed to get control of himself, Satsuki had gained her footing and was slowly advancing on Jack, her brown eyes staring at him with the intent to kill and fufilling her promise.
"What...what's happening to me!" Jack screamed.
Miya picked up her Muramasa and placed it behind her back. "I should have told you earlier," she said coldly, pausing to spit out a wad of blood from her mouth. "That serum that you injected into yourself has not been perfected. You feel stronger for several minutes, but then it wears off. Sorry, Jack, but YOU LOSE."
She raised her hands into her Lethwei stance. "You killed the closest thing I had to a mother," Miya deadpanned. "Now...your ass...is...mine."
Inside...
Doctrine Dark was thrown into several wooden crates. As he staggered to his feet, bloodied and bruised, his mask had fallen off of his face, giving Ryu and the others a good view of his disfigured face.
Ryu didn't let up on the assault. All of the pent-up rage and frustration from the past several days was unleashed as Ryu connected with blow after blow on Doctrine Dark. Even Lita and Cammy winced from the severe beating that was being delivered onto Dark. Punch after punch, kick after kick rained down on Dark until his face looked more like raw hamburger.
Ryu kicked him to one side of the room, Dark bouncing off the side of the wall. The assault continued. Ryu took his time, not hurrying in his attacks, not wasting any movement as he physically dissected Doctrine Dark. Then Ryu drew his hands back, summoned his ki and fired off a Shakunetsu Hadouken, instantly lambasting the insane assassin.
Dark fell to the ground and was still, body twitching.
Meanwhile, Jack was fighting for his life, but to no avail.
He did, however, recognized several of those moves that Miya were currently using on him. Back in Shadowlaw, he had suspected that the Thai giant Victor Sagat had taken Miya under his wing, seeing as how both Muay Thai and Lethwei were similar in style and technique. And unlike Sagat's former student Adon, who shunned Sagat's training following Sagat's defeat at the hands of Ryu, Miya Hoshi had turned out to be his greatest pupil.
Punch, kick, uppercut, elbow, headbutt...
All of which fed Miya's pain anger and rage, as if she was going through Shadowlaw's verison of the Dark Side of the Force. Miya then grabbed Jack's vest and punched and elbowed his face repeatedly. When the final blow forced Jack back, Miya performed a move that Ryu and the other would instantly recognize, had they been there to see it.
The Tiger Gencide, or as Miya called it, the Satsuki Destroyer.
Miya lunged forward, leaping into the air, bashing both her knees into Jack's jaw, which was followed by not two but three consecutive Tiger Blows, each one hitting harder than the last, the final blow sending Jack through a skylight window, and back into the warehouse below.
Inside, Ryu and the others had to avoid the shards of glass, which was followed by Jack falling through and landing on the wooden floow with a sickening thud. Eventhough the superhuman serum had worked its way though his system, it still kept him from being killed by the fall. He was, however, rendered unconscious.
Miya then leapt down from the roof, bruised and bloodied and landed gracefully on her feet. She looked at the still forms of Jack and Dark, laying amid the shattered pieces of glass, then turned back to her brother and the other women.
"It's over," Miya simply said. "It's completed."
"You okay?" Cammy asked.
Miya nodded. "I'm sore, but I'll live." She looked at Ryu. "You okay, big brother?"
Ryu nodded as Chun Li tended to his side. "I'll manage."
Nobody didn't notice Jack and Dark slowly get to their feet, pulling out hidden weapons from their clothes, Jack's gun reflecting light from an overhead lamp.
Miya noticed the light reflecting off of the side of Lita's face, as did the latter. However, Miya was faster to react. In an instant, Miya had her Muramasa out and was already facing both Dark and Jack, both of whom were taking aim at the victorious heroes, hoping to take them out in a vicious revenge.
Both men opened fire, and Miya reflected and deflected the bullets, her advanced psychomotor reflexes coming into play. When Dark fired off another round, Miya held her sword like a Louisville Slugger and swung, sending the bullet right back at Dark. The bullet embedded itself into Dark's forehead, the life draining from his body as he fell over, dead.
Before Jack could get a bead on Miya, she did a forward roll, quickly closing the distance between her and Jack.
Jack aims his gun at Miya's head...
Miya swung her sword. The first blow knocking Jack's aim off as he pulled the trigger. She then swung her Muramasa a second time.
Time paused as the two former Shadowlaw members helf their pose. Then Jack dropped his gun as it clattered to the floor. A thin red line appeared around his neck as he sank to his knees, before falling to the ground, his head rolling away form the rest of his body. Miya had decaptated Cracker Jack.
Miya stood up and looked at her handiwork. She then wiped the blood off her blade and slid it back into her sheath. She then turned to her brother and his fiancee, and said nothing as she walked past them, Marz, Cammy and Lita.
Miya's mission was finally over.
Her foster's mother's death was avenged.