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Tanaka was on the floor on his hand and knees gasping for air as M. Bison stood over him with that signature smile of him plastered on his face. If one had walked in on them at this moment they would have thought that Tanaka had done something wrong yet that would not be completely true.
From his position from on the ground he saw a person with a pair of black boots and light shade of black leg stocking walk pass him and position themselves before Bison.
"Awaiting your command, Lord Bison" Doll 14 said as she stood at attention before her master and leader of Shadaloo.
"Excellent work, Dantom! She has been transformed into fine member of my Dolls Unit" Bison said rather pleased.
"The pleasure was all mine, Sir. She put up quite the fight as we had to max out the brainwashing program something that we have only done for Juni before hand" he reported.
"Interesting as with that I am hoping that she been as thoroughly brainwashed as Juni herself is then" Dantom's employer inquired.
"Of course give her a test yourself and she will prove that she been completely programmed to be your loyal doll" the black hair doctor said.
Looking over Doll 14, the wielder of Psycho Power was very pleased when his latest Doll moved and posed in various manners almost as if she was guessing what he was interested in seeing both even voicing it verbally. Only Juni has shown the ability to guess out possible order when standing in his presence and from what she heard around her and the setting she found herself in at the time. After all Juni was not know as the most thoroughly brainwashed of the Dolls for nothing as she was able to perform much better then other Dolls were. In addition to her loyalty and initial follow through on orders being absolute(not letting her body react as she took the nude walk through the base).
"What is your purpose" Bison asked
"To serve you, Lord Bison" she replied
"Who is Ryu" he asked
"A strong martial artist that you wanted captured and the idol of one Sakura Kasugano of which this Doll has knowledge of her life and abilities" she told.
"Excellent!" Bison said laughing in just how well she had turned out.
Dantom was pleased as well as Doll 14 was turning out to be his greatest work surpassing even Juni. If he could get the two of them together oh what he imagined he would make the two of them do. Maybe even special doubles shoot for the upcoming calendar that with her help would be full of brand new Dolls. Possibly ones that he could break this thoroughly as Doll 14 and Juni because they the less robotic of the bunch. Of course this is not when compare to other people it just the two of them were capable of acting on their own and did not have to be told to do everything when they were point in re-education that Doll 14 currently was. The others would not have titled their necks or turned up their wrist to get ready for their injections as they had to be order to this. Also their bodily reaction were already dulled with the usage of injections thus after them they perform even longer once wounded or struck with something that normally leave the other daze for a few moments.
Then came the what neither Dantom or Bison want to ever think about and that if they ever managed to overcome the deep brainwashing and programming. Of all the Dolls (minus Cammy and one other) he was sure that only former Sakura and Juni would survive as the others would (in a worst case scenario) just become the empty shell their original selves had been reduced to. Mostly because they were only broken mentally and the lost of their Dolls directive and programming would shatter them to pieces. The 14th Doll and Juni were different in that they had already been shatter to pieces and then rebuild into the Dolls they currently were at the moment. Thus they either become willingly Dolls for Bison following his orders of their own will or just blank slates that can remember nothing but their fighting skills.
The reason this was not done if their was chance they become willingly Dolls rather then soulless one they currently were at the moment was rather good one. If not done properly there was a chance they would become mentally unstable or the brain would simply shutdown unable to survive own it own anymore the Dolls directives being only thing supporting their broken minds lesser class Dolls. This was know because Dantom actually tried it on some girls after her transformed them into Dolls and they all ended in failure. The 14 current proper Dolls were too valuable to risk doing something that could turn out to be irreversible. Thus Dantom never real tried anything that consider risking on them.
Tanaka having gotten off the floor was now looking at loud and spirited girl he had captured in Japan standing there as soulless emotionless member of the Dolls. If she was not wearing the white headband even if it was now sported the Shadaloo insignia, he would not have believe that this was the same girl he had dropped off to Dantom.
Sure he was part of Shadaloo and everyone that was part of the real Shadaloo (not one of the fronts they portrayed to the public) knew of the Dolls. The status in the organization was right under the Grand Masters and severed mostly from the shadows. Rumors claimed that if you happened to see one of the Dolls in the field then you better hope they did not see you as they kill you on the spot. Then there was the calendar as they pose in way only most models would ever dream of trying because the can not ignore the pain or do everything in the nude. They were too worry about the calendars falling into the wrong and most Shadaloo employees wondered why that was the case. These were girls that had been kidnapped and turned into soulless Dolls after all.
Yet they had always seen them after they had gone through the complete Dolls re-education process. For Tanaka to have seen the Doll before the transformation and then seeing them after it was done. It was simply amazing as the difference was like night and day. If he had not captured Doll 14 himself he would have never believed that she was once a Japanese girl that once went by the name Sakura Kasugano.
The way she carried herself, dressed ,the utterly lifeless and emotionless expression showed how well Dantom's process was at transform them. The real kicker and possible the reason the Dolls could be connected to their former selves was their eyes. They were void of the anything that even reassemble the soul that eyes are suppose to be the windows to. In every picture within the calendars now that Tanaka had thought about always the Dolls' eyes was staring directly at you. With those soulless eyes of their's looking right at you made extremely hard to connect to every being a normal girls at one point.
As for why Tanaka had to get up off the ground in the first place was that was because he had gotten a promotion from he current post to one of the heads of the Japanese branch of Shadaloo. Though why would someone that just got promoted had been gasping for air as usually when you advance getting choked was not part of the deal normally. M. Bison was not a normal person so what he did was more like warning as he moved Tanaka up on the ladder of the organization for his capture of Sakura. However he also made him pay for ignoring her before hand as even if she was simply a fan girl at the time the possibility of her turning out even half as well as had now was what pissed him. Since Juni was not a fan girl but simply a huge fan and look how well she turned out as Doll. Although the real reason he did not just kill Tanaka was because he negligence of his job may have almost cost him the best Doll he could have ever asked in Doll 14 possibly. Tanaka's saving grace and the made reason for his promotion as well he being allow to continue living was simple. Leaving her alone allow her to actually come across Ryu, himself, and put her skill to use in copying his fighting style. This would prove very useful in looking for weakness in both Ryu's style as well as a possible weakness in variety of Street Fighters(including Ryu) that Doll 14 had connections in her former life as Sakura Kasugano. Other then rumors that there was a member of the Thunderfoot tribe after two of the Dolls they had succeed in making sure that none of them had people looking for them. In this case having people realize who Doll 14 once was might work in their favor as she could be used to draw them into a trap or possible to lower their guard making their capture all the easier.
"Excellent work as usual, Dantom. However you certainly have outdone yourself as this girl much even be more valuable to me then Cammy or given time even Ryu" Bison said rather pleased as stood before her.
"Thank you, Sir. I in return am most gratefully that you have given me the opportunity to keep doing things like this" he said have taken his leave.
"You may leave as well Tanaka and do not fail me as you will pay dearly if you screw up or overlook anything without getting proper go away" Bison informed him
Tanaka simply nodded in respond as he left his leader alone with the Doll that once been rather rebellious and vocal spitfire he captured back in Japan.
Once they were both gone Bison motion for his fourteenth Doll to follow after him which she did after quick salute followed by a quick "As you command, Lord Bison".
The leader of Shadaloo was eager to get her back to the Dolls barracks where all the others were currently being kept while they were on mission. As he walked he started thinking over what kind of name he could give her as he already ran out months as there was only twelve of them after all so he really could not use them again. Then there was simply replacing his newest Doll with one of the older ones yet that to was not something he really wanted to do after thinking about. Though they were not what he originally wanted he had found usage for them and with the acquiring Sakura as one of them the possibly of them just getting better was rather high.
That when he got an idea as he finally made to the Dolls barracks yet he just stood there before the door looking over the girl who once the hugest fan of his biggest target but now. She was simply stand there a soulless Doll looking at him with lifeless eyes awaiting any possible order he might give her. Having such control over someone that had close connected to Ryu was very pleasing and made him want to laugh as this was one step closer to his goal of capturing Ryu, himself.
That when he really took notice of the headband she wore on her head and recognized it as being wore in the same way that Ryu does his.
"Where did you get that headband" Bison order her
"This headband was given over by Dantom when dressing in the provided clothing to wear as ordered by Dantom. According to memories of Sakura Kasugano this was once something that belong to her idol Ryu. Is the remove of this headband your desire, Lord Bison" she said as she went to undo it just waiting for the go ahead from Bison to actually do it.
"No leave it on, Saru" Bison told her.
"As you wish and is Saru to be the designation to respond to, my Lord" she asked.
"Yes, your name is Saru" he told.
"Yes, Sir" the newly dubbed Saru responded
Bison was rather pleased with the name he chose as Saru meant monkey in Japanese. The reason he thought of monkeys was the old saying of 'Monkey See Monkey Do' and Saru's(former Sakura) unique ability to inanimate Ryu's fighting style enough to actually use it in real Street Fighter tournament. She learned how to fight from simply watching him fight without any real knowledge or former training. Just watching the tapes and practicing the moves herself was all she needed to perform them herself. No understanding of mechanics behind the moves just watching and copying based on appearance alone. Whatever she needed to perform the move she would simply learn on her own as she when through the motions of performing the moves themselves. Not only that she could alter the moves to her liking or if she can not perform them exactly as she has seen them.