For Metro City
Brief note: Just thought I'd post both final chapters at the same time. Enjoy!
It hadn't been that long since Lucia drove the other three men out of Chinatown on the west side of Metro City to head out to uptown, where the last piece of the puzzle was to be found.
Could this be the end? That could mean different things. Though the quartet had survived the entire and night fighting the Skull Cross Gang in various parts of the city, who knows if they would even make it out of there alive?
Lucia drove through the empty streets of Uptown. It was rather late at night, but even in that part of town there would be something for people to do. But not on this day, as the riots had been more than enough to keep people inside. There wasn't even much going on out in Chinatown. It was a wonder that the food truck was even out there. But if Haggar and Guy hadn't encountered their old adversaries from the past, they wouldn't have gotten any clues as to any other Skull Cross lieutenants in the area.
"Okay, where am I going?" Lucia said as she looked around. The area had a lot of skyscrapers.
"I know which building it is," Dean said. "Just keep straight. I know where their headquarters is."
Even from the back seat, Dean was the navigator for this ride. Haggar, Guy, and Lucia already knew that Dean had a lot of knowledge of this gang, but to what extent? They already knew that they tried to recruit Dean, and that they murdered his family. But it seemed like he did a lot of research. It wasn't until sometime recently that they tried to make their presence known, even though they had enough power. The Mad Gear Gang ran the city, but even after Haggar was elected, they had tried to buy him out and used his daughter Jessica as a means to get him to play ball. But of course, they learned the hard way that you don't mess with the mayor, especially when it came to kidnapping his own daughter.
Lucia continued to drive until Dean told her to stop as they pulled up right in front of a tall building.
"This is the place," Dean said as he pointed to the building, which was in the center of the district. "Let's get going."
"Wait just a minute," Haggar said and then turned to the back seat to face Dean. Lucia put the car in park and did the same thing. Guy sat next to Dean and then looked right at him. It was dark, but the lights from the posts shined over them a tad. They could still see each other.
"Tell us something, Dean," Haggar said and then took a deep breath. "I know you told us some stuff. You told us that those guys killed your family. You told us that they wanted you to join them but you said no. But there is one thing that I want to know. How do you know so much about these guys? I mean I will tell you that I knew a bit about them, but not as much as Mad Gear. But you seem to know a lot about them. The areas where they operate and everything, as well as know the names of their members. I just want to know how and why you know so much."
Dean looked up and saw that everyone in the squad car was gazing right at him waiting for his answer.
"The only thing you should know," Dean said. "Is that if you want to get revenge on those who wronged you, you do whatever it takes to gain knowledge of your target. That's all I can say. Now let's get going."
As much as Guy and Lucia wanted to ask Dean some questions, they saw that he was in no mood to tell them more. Guy could relate as his whole motive to take part in this fight was to not only help his friend Mike Haggar, but also to destroy evil and also to put his new skills to use. Lucia, on the other hand, already knew a lot from what Dean had told her. He had confided in her earlier that day.
Lucia and Haggar got out of the car to let the other two men out of the car. The final fight was about to begin.
Dean led the way for the others. They all couldn't help but wonder what this man was all about. What was he like before his family was slaughtered? Did he fight only to support his family? If he was just a fighter, what was the Skull Cross Gang's interest in him? Guy even wondered the same thing, especially when he dealt with an evil dictator, but managed to have a disgraced professional boxer on his payroll.
As Dean led the way up a flight of stairs, Haggar led the way for the other three to follow him. Once they reached the top of the stairs, the lights from the posts shined over them. The corridor had a few planters with bushes on them, as well as light-posts in between them, as well as mini-lamps on the railings that overlook other parts of uptown, and then finally came the pillars on both sides that headed right to the glass door, which was the main entrance of Sims Inc's headquarters. Or is the headquarters of the Skull Cross Gang?
A few thugs stood there hanging out as they were walking up.
"So I thought, why shouldn't I become a leader?" one thug wearing an orange outfit was saying, who turned out to be G, while the others were Johnny, Billy, and Ray. "I always do things for you guys. I got some leadership qualities."
Johnny, Billy, and Ray all looked at each other with slight confusion.
"Are you serious, bro?" Johnny said. "I don't think of myself as a leader. Besides, all I want is to find out who killed my brother. But really, you aren't that good with money."
He paused a bit. "Don't take this the wrong way, because we do appreciate you buying lunch for us sometimes, but you don't got what it takes to be a leader."
As they all continued to talk, Billy looked up and saw the four vigilantes approach them.
"Um, guys?" Billy's British accent caught everyone's attention as they looked up and saw the quartet approaching them.
Ray saw them and the one thing that came out of his mouth was "Oh shit!" It was understandable, as many other fresh recruits, as well as them, got beaten up by them the whole day. It was a wonder that they were still standing.
"You know what, screw this," G said and then as Dean approached them. "Look, if you guys want to know anything, some of our other guys will mess you up before you get anywhere. But just know one thing, Black will come and will kill all of you."
But Dean wasn't about to have it. Those four guys were not worth the trouble at that point.
"Out of our way!" He pushed G and Johnny out of their way and just continued to lead the other three.
As they got closer to the door, one guy who looked like Joe, except he had a maroon outfit and blue hair. The other who looked like Rick came out through the automatic glass door. Then another guy who was dressed like Dirk joined in with the fold, and also Joe, as he was rocking the black outfit and had red hair.
"Where do you think you're going?" Joe said and then looked at Lucia. "Hey, sugar, remember me?"
Lucia scoffed with so much disgust. Even out of the blue, another couple of baseball thugs came out. It almost seemed as if Hunter had his own team of baseball player thugs. Just like how Joe had guys who dressed so similarly to him. As well as Dirk and Rick, and also May.
But nonetheless, none of them were going down without a fight. Guy ran low and then delivered a sliding kick to one of the baseball thugs and quickly got up and spun around and delivered a hard elbow to one of the claw-wielding thugs.
Lucia didn't hold back when dealing with Joe, except this time, Joe's cohort joined in.
"Let me deal with him," Dean cut in so that he could deal with the other Joe.
Lucia went in and threw some kicks towards Joe, but to no avail, as Joe dodged each of her attacks. Dean tried to do the same thing to Joe's cohort, but he must have gone through the exact same training, as the other Joe dodged and then jumped to deliver a rolling attack.
Meanwhile, one of the claw-wielding thugs swung right towards Haggar a few times. Haggar managed to dodge the attacks. He may very muscular with quite a burly physique, but even in his wrestling days, as well as dealing with the Mad Gear Gang twice, he had enough quickness to dodge attacks. The moment the thug swung right arm towards him, Haggar grabbed him by the wrist and then delivered a hard right hand upward towards the man's elbow
SNAP! The claw-wielding thug let out a huge scream the moment he felt his arm break. But Haggar wasn't done, as he delivered a hard clothesline to the man's chest to send him flying. Right after that, Haggar noticed a slight cut on his chest. The thug didn't cut him deeply, as it was only a flesh wound.
But the man wasn't done yet. He went forth and tried to use his arm to cut the mayor open again. One thing that Haggar noticed is that while the criminal was able to use both arms in action, it seemed that he snapped the man's good arm. So Haggar went and delivered a body blow to the man's gut and then picked him up and carried him a few feet. He was right in front of the glass door. Haggar lifted the man over his head and then hurled him right to the right side window of the door and the man flew right through it, shattering the glass window in the process. He barely got his head up but then dropped. Was he dead or was he conscious? No one was certain.
The other thug swung at Guy a few times with his bat, but he was just too quick. If anything, the baseball thugs have gotten more outs than any runs so far. Guy had to figure out a way to strike them out somehow, as he saw that they were wearing baseball helmets and protective masks. He jumped up and delivered a hurricane kick.
Lucia had her hands full with Joe, as she was ready for his attacks. She threw a few quick kicks. Joe managed to dodge some, but a low kick landed in his gut, as he was a bit shorter than her. Lucia quickly acted and went right behind him to deliver a German suplex to him, knocking him out.
But not all of the criminals were down, as one of the claw-wielding thugs had sneaked behind her to try to cut her. In that very moment, she turned around and leaped and flipped to do a flying arching kick right to the man's head.
"Is that everyone?" Haggar said. He, along with everyone else looked around.
"It sure seems like it," Guy said.
Some of the criminals lied there hurt and ached in pain. Some others just got up and ran away. It was now time for everyone to see what was inside the building.
The four walked in through the glass door as it automatically opened. Much to their surprise, it looked like it could be a legitimate business as there was a front desk and some benches around. It was as if this area was the front lobby.
The lights were on. They were fluorescent lights and it was bright enough that everyone saw some signs. One door caught Dean's attention, as it said "KEEP OUT" and under it another sign said "EMPLOYEES ONLY." He could only hazard a guess that could be an area where the Skull Cross Gang handles their business. Several of the floors might be offices for employees of Sims Inc, but there elevators and stairs that would lead to the other floors. For it to say "keep out" had more to it than just saying "employees only," especially with both signs being on the door.
"Follow me," Dean said. "I think I know where to find some more what we're looking for."
They walked to the door. Dean tried to open it, but it was locked.
"Shit! Now we can't get in!" Dean said.
Lucia and Guy then noticed something right by the door knob. It appeared that there was a scanner right next to it. It became pretty apparent that behind that was where the Skull Cross' dealings took place.
"It seems like we need to have a card to get in," Lucia said.
"But where can we find one?" Guy said.
Haggar then saw that the man who he threw right through the window was barely getting up. The man was breathing slowly and was struggling to get up.
"Hey you! Over there!" Haggar yelled. The man turned right towards him. He would run away if he wasn't so hurt, but right before he could move, Haggar caught up to him.
"Hey, we need you right now," Haggar picked him up and carried him.
He pushed him right against the wall, while Lucia went ahead and searched him. She then felt something rectangular and plastic in one of his pockets. Without words, she went right to the man's pocket and grabbed it. She then promptly let go of him and then scanned the card. The door right in front of them slowly opened.
"Well what do you know," Lucia said.
The man lied there and faced them. He said, "You know you're not going to get away with this. Black is going to find and will kill you."
Haggar quickly faced him and replied with, "We're trying to save this city from scum like you."
Just then, everyone walked right in through the door, much to confusion of the beaten thug. It didn't take long to walk through a mini-hallway and found an even bigger hallway. Not bigger as in longer, but bigger as in wider. The hallway had green walls with wood panels for the lamps and green flooring with a long blue rug and another blue rug as well. On the left and right sides were glass cases of some odd-looking machines. Right past the first door on the left was a glass case that had a couple of odd-looking rifles and submachine guns. There was even a sign on the back of the case that talked about those weapons. Some other weapons were in glass cases across that hallway as well.
"What the hell is this place?" Lucia said.
"It looks like this is where their real headquarters is," Haggar said.
Guy didn't say anything, but it made him wonder if the Skull Cross Gang may or may not have any connections to this group called Shadaloo that he dealt with. The machines and weapons were among the clues to make him wonder.
Dean just looked around to see if there were any thugs around. It seemed kind of quiet in there for a bit. Lucia then noticed that one door.
"Hey, I'm going to check out something," Lucia said. "I'll catch you guys in a bit."
"We'll be waiting," Haggar said.
Lucia used the same card from before to open the door. She walked in and saw that it looked like a mini-lab, with computers, as well as TV monitors with camera footage on them, likely the security feed. On the corner was a water cooler. She had enough stuff to use from the factory, but then came something on one of the TV monitors: an elevator door opening. It looked like it was right in the hallway outside. Then another feed had some thugs coming in through the doorway.
She quickly got out of there. Right when she got out into the hallway, the three men were surrounded. Lucia joined her team right in the nick of time. There was only one thing they can do. After what they had gone through the whole day, what else was there? But because they wanted this to be over, there had to be another plan.
Arby and Fat Jack had returned, as did Mona and Lisa, a couple of May's other girls. They all looked ready to fight. Out of nowhere, some other lowly thugs came in.
Haggar turned to Dean and did a head signal so that they could take on the two obese men. Lucia then signaled to Guy about the two women Skull Cross soldiers. Guy nodded his head.
Arby charged right towards Haggar, but he quickly reacted and dodged. He came up to the big man from behind and put him in a full nelson. He struggled in lifting him a bit, as he grunted a tad until he managed to get the fat man off his feet and then did a dragon suplex.
However, Fat Jack charged right towards Dean and succeeded in tackling him. The impact caused Dean to fly right towards one of the glass cases of one of those odd machines. Dean was still in a little bit of pain from the fight with Stray, but he wasn't going to let that stop him. He got up and grabbed the obese man and his right arm started to flash a tad and delivered a hard electrical uppercut, which shocked the man.
Meanwhile, Guy and Lucia didn't struggle in taking down the two female assassins. They had dealt with those two before, as well as some similar women. By that point, they managed to know their every move. Besides, the only thing that was on their mind was settling the score. They didn't care about keeping them down.
And what do they know, as the end of the hallway, there were two elevators across from each other. Guy and Lucia went to the one on the left side, while Haggar and Dean went to the one on the right side. Dean pushed the button on the elevator, while Guy pushed the button for the one on his side. Lucia and Haggar noticed that the criminals were getting up and looking right at them. Through the doorway that they entered, more thugs were coming their way, including Andore.
"Shit!" Haggar said. "How long does it take for the elevator to come down?" He then faced Dean. "Hey, which floor should we find the main guy?"
Dean said, "The top floor."
Guy and Lucia heard what he said and knew where to go. In a matter of seconds, a beep sounded as the doors to the elevators on both ends opened. They wasted no time in getting on. Lucia and Guy noticed that their elevator was pretty spacious, as did Haggar and Dean.
The moment they got on, one thug got out a walkie-talkie and said "They're going up. They should be up there soon."
Through the speaker, a voice said, "Roger that. I'll make sure they don't get up there."
The thug said, "I'll get the others out. I'll sit back and wait for the fireworks and then we'll wait for you."
The voice then said, "Copy that, soldier. Just send some more reinforcements just in case."
"You got it," the thug said.
Who was that man talking to?
"Man, that was close," Lucia said and then plopped right towards the wall, while Guy pushed the button to go up.
Guy then looked right towards her, as she took a deep breath and used one end of the front of her vest to fan herself.
"Hey, you're a pretty good fighter," Guy said. "What style is your discipline?"
"I am self-taught in kenpo and other forms of self-defense," Lucia said. "I see you're pretty good yourself. Are you a ninja?"
"Why yes I am," Guy said, as he looked right at the ceiling, as he sensed that something was coming their way.
Lucia looked at him a certain way. "What's wrong?"
Guy responded, "Brace yourself."
As they were going up, a thud was heard at the top of the elevator. From above, the access panel opened and in came a couple of men who looked like Joe, except they were dressed in green and had gray hair.
"Shit, not these guys again," Lucia said. But she wasn't about to hold back, neither was Guy.
But the one thing that separated these guys from Joe and the other ones like him was that they weren't as skilled. One of them tried to jump right onto Guy, who then spun around and delivered a hard elbow attack. He then grabbed him and then delivered some hard knees to him.
Lucia dashed a bit towards the other Joe lookalike and delivered a hard punch and elbow. She then grabbed him and then smashed the man's head against the wall of the elevator. It was only then that the elevator had reached the top floor.
The door opened, as did the elevator that Haggar and Dean were on. Guy and Lucia exited. Haggar looked right inside.
"What happened there?" he said.
"Let's just say that someone hitched a ride," Lucia said.
"Well, whatever, we're here, we got to find the leader," Haggar said.
"I know where his office is," Dean said. "Follow me."
Where they were had a rather long window overlooking the rest of uptown Metro City, with gray pillars on the sides, as well as long red rugs on the floor. Haggar and Guy were having memories of when they went to the top floor of the Mad Gear headquarters. Even Belger's own inner sanctum was pretty spacious for a crime boss, as well as that hallway to get to him.
It was awfully empty in that area. The one thing was where they could find the office of Marshal Black, the Skull Cross Gang's leader. Dean led the way down the hall. While the hallway was pretty long, it didn't take long to reach his office. A sign on the door said, "KEEP OUT." The office was at the end of the hallway.
There wasn't a special lock on the door as they went right in. Dean then turned on the light. The office was rather spacious, with some skull and crossbones flags on the walls, as well as a giant skull with crossbones display right above the desk and window overlooking the city.
"Damn, where is he?" Haggar said. "I wanted to give him a piece of my mind."
Guy looked around and saw some photos of what looked like old war pictures, as well as a man with an eye-patch. There was even a professionally done picture of a military man with a beret and an eye-patch.
"Hey, Mike," Guy said. "This guy reminds me of Rolento. Remember him? He was with Mad Gear."
Even though Haggar didn't personally deal with him, he was familiar with the military man of the Mad Gear Gang. In fact, he was familiar with every member, but it was Guy who went one-on-one in their battle against Mad Gear.
"He does, do you think that's the man we're looking for?" Haggar said.
"It has to be," Guy said.
"It is him," Dean said. "That's Black, the leader."
Lucia then looked at the picture. She remembered earlier that day when the riot occurred when some of the Skull Cross members broke someone out of jail. She remembered that that same man was being helped escape.
A sound erupted from the outside. It sounded like a propeller, like maybe a helicopter was flying nearby. All four vigilantes looked up and then proceeded to look out the window of the office. A white helicopter ascended right in front of them. The pilot then turned the helicopter to its side as it started getting closer. All four of them looked a lot closer to see the man in the chopper and he happened to be dressed in military gear and was wearing a red beret, and to top it off, he had an eye-patch as well.
"It's him," Dean said. "I'm going to handle this myself."
"No," Guy said. "Let me handle him."
The other three looked at him with a bit of confusion.
"This is my fight," Dean said. "I will finish this."
Guy then looked around and saw an elevator on the side of the office.
"No, you have done a lot," Guy said. "I can do this. Besides, the man is evil and I destroy evil. I know what kind of man he is and I have dealt with my share of different types of fighters. I will handle him."
Haggar turned right towards his friend. "You sure about this?"
Guy nodded his head and then proceeded to head towards the elevator.
"Hey, Guy," Haggar said. Guy turned around.
"Be careful up there," Haggar said. "We'll meet you in a bit."
Right when Guy went up the elevator, sounds were heard from the hallway outside. The other three went to go check. It turned out that more Skull Cross members were outside waiting for them.
The elevator door opened on the rooftop and then Guy walked around and saw the helicopter descending for landing. The moment it landed, the same man from before, Black, got off. The man was muscular and tall and was wearing a military coat with shoulder pads and had an ascot near the collar and had a crop in his hand.
Guy just stood there with his stoic, yet icy stare, as he awaiting his battle with him.
"Well," Black said as he slammed his crop against his left hand. "I expected there to be more of you. I have heard that you and some others have been causing my men some trouble today."
Guy continued to stand there in silence.
"Not much of a talker, I see," Black said. "I was actually hoping to fight the man who managed to kill my right-hand man, as well as the lady cop who got one of my men arrested as well as my shipment seized. To top it off, I also wanted to see what the mayor is made of. After all, he did take down the Mad Gear Gang, twice at that."
Black then paused for a bit.
"But Belger only wished that he could gain power through his wealth and can have his men do what they want by getting the mayor in their pockets," Black said. "But sometimes you just need to show everyone that you're willing to take a stand to make yourself heard."
"I would only guess that you would want to just kill my friends," Guy said to break his silence.
"While you are right about that," Black said. "But for all of you to singlehandedly take down my operations, with your fists no less, I feel that it would be a waste to just kill you on the spot. What are you, some kind of ninja? I could use some ninjas and assassins in my organization. Even though you took down most of my men, there is always room for rebuilding."
"No, you are evil," Guy said with the icy stare in his eye. "And I destroy evil."
"I see," Black said. "Well, in that case, you leave me no choice."
Right then and there, Black then took off his jacket and ascot, revealing that he was wearing an open vest underneath for some reason. His bare chest had a large scar across it, as well as scars on his shoulders and also had a belt buckle of a skull with crossbones.
"Just one more thing," Guy said. "I know a man just like you who wants to make his own army and rule his own utopia."
Black then laughed at that comment. "You're not talking about Rolento Schugerg, are you? I know that man, and while he has some ideals, I tend to believe that power should be achieved by getting people to bow to their knees any way you can make them."
Black then got into a fighting stance. Guy did the same thing, as he was ready to take down the leader and boss of the Skull Cross Gang. It was now time to end it all.
Black started to swing his crop a few times, as Guy dodged every attack, until Black swung it to the left side of Guy's torso and then let out a huge palm strike and then spun around to deliver something akin to Haggar's spinning lariat, which then knocked Guy down.
It was too early, as Guy got up and went right towards him to deliver a couple of punches and then a blow to the gut and finally a kick to the face. Black backed up a bit after those attacks and shook his head a bit. He then started to do his spinning attack once again, but Guy dashed and tried to do a sliding kick. But Black thought a head and jumped and then swung his crop downward right to Guy's head.
He then picked up Guy to his feet and then grabbed him to throw him right to the pavement. But Guy quickly got up and then grabbed him and then shoved him right to the ground to deliver a few punches while he was down.
Guy jumped up and flipped backwards and got into another fighting stance as Black then got up.
"So you want to play that way, huh?" Black said. "You're pretty good."
Black then reached into the inside of his vest. "But I got a few tricks of my own."
Black then got out a few knives and started to throw one. Guy immediately ducked. Black threw another and Guy jumped up and flipped forward as he got closer to him. Black held onto the third knife and held it like it was a combat knife and then swung his arm like he was about to slash it across his chest. He barely missed, as Guy quickly backed away and Black barely ripped a part of Guy's red gi with the blade. Guy flipped backwards and then dashed right towards him to deliver hard spinning heel kick, which then knocked Black down a bit.
Black then got up. Guy jumped up and was about to do a flying elbow attack, but Black had his own ideas. He then elbowed Guy in the gut pretty hard. Guy put his hand right on his stomach. It wasn't enough to stop him from fighting, though, as Guy tried to deliver a few punches, but Black countered by grabbing him by his hand and then got him to bend over and then delivered a few hard knees to his chest and also face. After that, Black then flipped him over.
But Black didn't think that was it. He then got Guy to his feet and then dragged him towards the tail rotor of the helicopter.
"You know, I was impressed by your ability," Black said. "But you left me no choice."
Black grabbed Guy by his hair and then drove his face towards the tail rotor.
"It's time to end this," Black said and then let an evil laugh. Guy barely struggled to keep face from the rotor blades but he was so close that he wondered how he would manage to get himself out of this.
"Hey! What are you doing?" a male voice said causing Black to turn around towards where the elevator was. Guy used that opportunity to duck under the helicopter's tail and then spun around to deliver a sweep attack to trip Black off his feet.
Guy quickly dashed out of there to get away from the tail rotor. He then looked down at Black in a fighting stance and gave him a signal of "Come on!"
So much fire was burning within Guy at that moment, as he had the right moves under his belt to take this man down. Black got up and then saw right by the door that Haggar, Lucia, and Dean were standing by.
"After I'm done with him," he said right to the other three. "I will make sure you won't get out of here alive."
He then got out what looked like a remote detonator. He then pushed a button. "Let's see if you can get out of here in five minutes!"
Right after he said that, Guy went right towards him and grabbed him. He yelled out, "Bushin Musou Renge!" and then delivered several hard punches, elbows, knees, and kicks multiple times. He did it so quickly that Black had no time to react or counter his moves. Guy then delivered a hard and quick attack to Black's midsection that he dropped to the ground the moment he did his Oboro attack.
Lucia, Haggar, and Dean quickly got into the helicopter. Lucia leaned right towards the pilot, as did Haggar.
"Listen to me, I am a detective with MCPD Special Crimes Unit," Lucia said. "You are to get us out of here shortly after our friend comes on. Do I make myself clear?"
The pilot then nodded his head the moment she said that.
Guy then stood before the beaten Black and then turned around to head towards his comrades to get out of there as soon as possible.
But then Black barely moved and found the detonator and then got up to his feet. He then looked towards everyone in the helicopter with an evil smile. Haggar and Lucia signaled to Guy, who then turned around and went right towards Black, who was standing in front of an electrical transformer. Guy yelled out "Bushin Gourai Kyaku!" and then delivered several punches, elbows, and kicks in such quick succession. He didn't have the same amount fire from when he did his previous combo, but it was still effective. Right when he delivered his front back-flip kick and quick side-kick, he sent Black flying right into the transformer, where he saw as the electrical current started to come onto Black. He stood there and watched Black got electrocuted right before he dropped to the pavement.
Guy then noticed the timer on the detonator. There was so little time left. He raced right to the helicopter and got in.
"Let's go, now!" Haggar yelled as the chopper started to ascend right from the rooftop of the Skull Cross headquarters, which was fronted as the Sims Inc headquarters.
As they flew away, the building then started to explode from the top floors. Was this Black's plan all along? Was he going to bomb his own headquarters? Maybe after he was broken out of jail, he was going to leave so that he could lie low somewhere where there was no extradition. No one really knew what his plan was.
But that didn't matter. At some point, the light in the sky started to emerge as the helicopter landed somewhere down the ground. Some people came out and saw the wreckage of the building as it was up in flames.
Right when the helicopter landed somewhere in the street, Haggar, Guy, Lucia, and Dean got out of the helicopter and looked at the remains of the building. A lot of the building's parts were at the ground and on fire.
Guy looked up and around and said, "Well, that's all wrapped up. Case closed."
Lucia then looked around as well and then said, "But the city is in shambles. It looks pretty bad now."
Guy then looked towards Haggar. "Well, that might be a job for Mayor Mike Haggar, huh?"
Haggar sighed a bit. "Thanks for reminding me, Guy. You don't have to tell me."
Dean looked around and then started to walk away.
Haggar then turned around and said, "By the way, Dean. What do you have planned now?" And then saw Dean walking away. "Hey, Dean!"
Dean then stopped and then turned around. "My fight is over. But I won't forget that I owe all of you so much. You really helped me in this and I will repay you someday."
"Good luck, Dean!" Haggar said. "You'll always have a home here in Metro City."
"Hope to see you again somewhere sometime," Guy said.
"Thanks, see ya," Dean said and proceeded to walk away.
Lucia looked on and then started walking towards Dean, much to Guy and Haggar's confusion.
"Dean, wait," she said.
Dean then turned around to face her as she walked quickly towards him. She then got a piece of paper out of her pocket.
"Here," she said as she handed the paper to him.
"What's this?" Dean said.
"This is my phone number and my address in case you ever want to call or write to me," Lucia said and then got out another paper. "This is also so that you can contact the mayor if you want to."
From the distance, Guy and Haggar watched the two talk to each other.
"You see, I told you she was sweet on him," Haggar said, with Guy replying with a nod.
Lucia looked right into Dean's eyes. "Come back someday if you get the chance. We'll be waiting for you. Feel free to call me or Mayor Haggar, or write to us."
Dean looked right at her and then a minor smirk rose on his face, for many reasons, as he started to see why Lucia was so quick to help him. It wasn't just that. She, along with Haggar and Guy helped him in his fight. He then shook Lucia's hand in the process, as Lucia started to smile a tad.
"Thank you, Lucia," Dean said and then proceeded to walk away.
Lucia then walked about to Haggar and Guy as they all watched Dean walk away to who knows where.
"So he's gone, just like that," Haggar said.
"He's okay," Lucia said. "He just said goodbye to his past and it is going to take some time for him to learn to live again."
"I guess that's right," Guy said.
Haggar smirked a bit. "Yeah, but I think he'll make it."
They all stood there and saw how much in bad shape that part of uptown was. It was going to take some time to get things back to where they were, but Haggar was going to find a way to fix this problem.
Just then, another police car pulled up in front of where the trio stood. Out came Detective Carter from the passenger side.
"Sean, what a surprise," Lucia said.
"Yeah, I heard the explosion," Carter said. "I was wondering if you guys were alright. I was surprised that you're still here. Where is the other guy? Is he okay?"
Haggar added, "He's fine. He just went off and did his own thing."
"I see," he said. "Anyway, you guys want a ride?"
Even though Lucia drove their car to that area, she was pretty beat from everything. So for that, she said "Sure, we would all like a ride. I need a major rest."
"So do I," Haggar said.
"Me too," Guy said.
Lucia handed her partner the keys and he got into the driver's seat, while Lucia rode shotgun, and Haggar and Guy sat in the back. What a battle they just went through. They now needed to relax after everything.
Author's note: Okay, that was the chapter for the final round. Let me explain some stuff.
I felt that Guy was due for a proper boss fight and I also felt like Black was the perfect opponent for him.
I will note that for the ending, I had to combine each of the quotes from the characters. Just letting you know, whoever gets the final blow on Black in the final level, they are the ones who talk to Dean as he walks off. I think it also applies if you're playing in multiplayer mode. There are also different lines of dialogue for each character's ending. I must also say that an alternate ending suggests that Dean's fight is not over, but that usually depends on what you do. But I wanted to the happy ending for him.
I also gave more hints to Lucia's attraction towards Dean. Like I said, I ship the two, but this wasn't the story to do a story on them. Maybe I will a story on those two down the road.
This isn't the ending to this story, by the way, as there is an epilogue. Go check it out!