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Sorry for the long wait! We're getting into a lot more stuff now! Hope you enjoy it, things will continue to gain momentum!
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The Station

"Miss Xiang, welcome back."

This was the last person Chun-Li expected. It wasn't one of her local superiors-it was one from Interpol. She froze after stepping through the office door, but proceeded forth once she saw the man's hand extended. Chun-Li shook his hand firmly, and stepped back, folding her arms behind her back. This was all business."Thank you. What may I assist you with, sir?" All of her butterflies from dealing with Ken earlier were gone. Though she was a woman before most all else, Chun-Li had sworn to serve and protect those in need of her services.

The suited man held a file folder in his right hand. Though the fancy watch would draw any girl's eye-Chun-Li's own only zeroed in on the file folder. There were no words spoken yet-she saw she was given permission to take the folder. Her arms unwrapped and the filed papers came in hand. Once she turned it and began to open it, the suited man began to speak.

"We have a few situations that involve your previous being JiYoon Han turned up last night in Hong Kong, abandoned in the snow." He watched Chun-Li as she viewed the images of the beaten woman on file. It made her cringe but...an old window of hope was starting to open in her heart. He could tell. "She's still alive, but so far unable to verbalize."

"Do we have any leads as to what happened to her? It's been years since she went missing." Her eyes never left the files. She was reading over the woman's current health status. It didn't look good at all. She was surprised she was even still among the living.

"We have a guy we caught leaving the scene. You'll find him in the last few pages." The agent clasped his hands before himself, keeping a close eye on Chun-Li's face as she turned the pages.

Once she reached the page noted-a sharp feeling of terror ripped through her heart. She knew this face-she could never forget it. It was the one psychopath that she truly did have a fear of...

"Caught him with a fake I.D., alias being Antonio Malvado. Though he's known to mostly for his real name..." He trailed, letting Chun-Li finish his words.

"...Vega." She spoke in a soft gasp.

"Yeah. Since this is your case still, we got you reserved to handle it in Hong Kong. We need you to go there within the next forty-eight hours. We have you clear for four months in Hong Kong. At worse this is gonna drag out that long until we get this guy put away and his pals too."

Four months? She would be extremely far from Ken! Why did bad timing seem to enjoy her company so much? It was a shame-she was hoping to get more time off to spend time with him-but her work was always first. She could miss a date, but she could never miss helping someone in danger with a clear conscience. "..Y-...yes sir. I accept. There is a slight problem, however." She handed the file folder back. "I currently have my grandmother at my residence. I cannot in good conscience leave her alone, or under the eyes of an agent. She would refuse such treatment at any rate." Her arms returned behind her back then, "I request that if I am to go, she will remain with me. It cannot be done any other way."

Bring her grandmother? Well, he knew it was dangerous in either scenario. There could be involvement of double-agents watching over her grandmother, or someone could try to assassinate her to send Chun-Li a message once they learned she was back on the Shadaloo/S.I.N. case. Keeping her close still held risks, but the chance of turncoats and weak points were minimal. "Granted. We'll have a jet set up for you as soon as you call. You know the number."

"Sir." Chun-Li offered a nod to her superior, remaining perfectly in place. Once the suits left the room...her arms came to uncross. She checked the filed page again...they left it in her care. Just looking at Vega brought chills up her spine. He was a monster-an obsessed killer that she couldn't seem to shake. There was a point in time where she could not even sleep with both eyes closed because of him.

Once Vega's eyes met her's for the first time...the terror always lingered in her nightmares.

( Later On That Night )

Chun-Li had been up late. She already informed her grandmother of their sudden move back to Hong Kong for a few months for business. She updated her Facebook status to announce her return to Hong Kong. After posting, it occurred to her that she hadn't added Ken as a friend! Though...the story behind that was justified!...Wasn't it? She had just made a page this year-everyone else had theirs. Only those she was in direct contact with got accepted as a friend on her page. A few fans, Mai, Cammy, Karin, Sakura, and others.

Though...no Ken. Maybe he searched for her when he first made his, and she didn't have one! Typing in Ken's name-just those three little letters in his first name, he came up. "...Fourty eight friends in common? Huh...well that's everybody on my list." She said, giving a blink as she clicked his profile. His picture was amazingly handsome too! Ken had been Super modeling in a professional picture, wearing business attire.

Once the page came up a few moments later...she saw that Ken did indeed have forty eight friends in common with her...and about three million more. "...Wha?" Her head started to sink as the randomized friends were all highly attractive women. His wall was coated in comments from all kinds of people. Different statuses, quizzes, people tagging him in videos...Videos? "...Ken's in this?" She would click one of the videos...and it was just some girl making an attempt to sing. She saw Ken nowhere in the video! Though there were a lot of comments on her vocals. "...This is so confusing." She huffed.

Going back to his wall, she took the time to read his most recent status.

"Ken MastersHoping she's doing well. Starting to get worried, but I can call her tomorrow, right? Anyways, goodnight FB."

Chun-Li felt her heart melt right then and there. "Aww..he's talking about me?" She quickly moved her cursor up to click "Add as a Friend." She figured he'd get it when he woke - a little notification came up to show it was accepted..! " ... ... ... " Chun-Li's eyes shifted as she refreshed the page. She scooted her cursor over to Ken's pictures...accessing his gallery...and her jaw dropped. Ken had a ton of pictures with his shirt off, posing, flexing, in business suits, at clubs and social events, with his son Mel-and he was an adorable boy.

Though...Chun-Li's cursor hovered over one of Ken's shirtless pictures...borderline drooli-

"Chunnie?" Chao's voice came up behind her.

"Gwah! I was just sent a link to this page! Hahahaha! You know Mai! Always sending me pictures of guys!" She said rapidly, closing out the page, just showing her desktop wallpaper of herself and Ayako Hamada shaking hands and smiling for the camera.

"...Hmm...I see." Chao said giving a shake of her head toward Chun-Li. "Well Chunnie, we will be off tomorrow night then?"

"Yeah," Chun-Li said, taking a small breath. "Really the morning after tomorrow night. I have a few things to take care of before I leave here. Then I have to get in touch with Wallace to see if he can come along or not. Then Po Lin to see if I can get any updates. Also I really want to see Ken before I leave." At least she was honest about it. She wasn't as shy about admitting it to her grandmother...at least in this instance.

"Hmm. So you're only doing the last part. I see." Chao took it as Li beating around the bush to just make her true motives seem insignificant! "Well, I am glad you do want to see him. Many people cannot openly say such a thing about someone they've an interest in, Chunnie." Chao said, now taking steps away from Chun-Li's computer-and toward her door.

"...Well, it's not like it's anything serious. I just would hate to leave him hanging without a good-bye." Li started up to her feet, leaving her computer running. Though, something was bugging Chun-Li. "Are you alright, grandmother?" She spoke, walking right behind her, placing a hand at her shoulder.

Stopping, Chao looked to Li's hand, then up to those concerned almond eyes of her's. Such a sweet child-just like her father was. "Yes, everything is fine. Just cherish this time, child. Get yourself some sleep." Chao continued to walk toward the couch, where her whiskey flask would be sitting right on Chun-Li's coffee table.

"...I will, Grandmother." She took the words in. Just cherish this time? She would. Out there on the field, Chun-Li wasn't guaranteed to be home for dinner every night. It was a risk that came with the job. So until she had to leave...she would enjoy the moments of normalcy with Masters. Though, soon the flask caught Chun-Li's attention. "...Uh...grandmother...? Where did you get that...?" She was absolutely certain she didn't keep whiskey in her inventory!

Chao's feet shuffled to the couch, coming to take her seat. Grasping her flask, she scoffed. "Hmp, kids,"She began to say, cutting her old, slanted eyes to Chun. "...I'm training."

Chun-Li's shoulders dropped. "...Training...for what?"

"...If we're going back to Hong Kong, I'm training for my rematch against Gen! Did you forget I am a Drunken Master?" Chao took a long swig afterwards, exhaling deeply. Refreshing!

Though Chun-Li didn't want to witness her grandmother awaken to a hangover tomorrow...she knew better than to talk back right about now. "...Alright. Well...sleep tight grandma." Li's pink penguin designed pajama pant clad legs led her back to her bedroom, shutting the door behind her. Returning to her computer, she would fire up her browser and Facebook one last time.

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She had a notification! Ken had written something on her wall! That very moment, it felt like electric coated butterflies had fluttered into the center of her chest and her stomach all at once. Eager, she clicked the link, going right to it!

"Ken Masters Ya still awake, Li?
Sent via Blackberry mobile web."

Being overwhelmed by excitement, instead of sending Ken a private message, she responded, "Yup! Though we both should be in bed at this hour, Mr. Masters!" as a comment. It was only after re-reading it moments after sending that she started to feel awful about her own comment.

"...We both should be in bed...?"She said to herself, putting her forehead on her palm. She knew any guys that read that comment would probably think of anything but what she actually meant. "Damnit..."

Though, before she could delete her comment, she got a notification!

"..Hm?.....Dan Hibiki likes your comment-? Augh! That little...! When did I accept him anywa-" Her phone had started to ring. Right away, she figured it was Ken..! More notifications popped up! "Ken Masters likes your post..." She said, reaching for her cordless phone, resting near her desk. "...Well, hopefully he understood m-...Mai Shiranui likes-oh, for goodness sakes!" She said under her breath, finally answering the phone.

"Hello?" She answered.

"Hey there Chunster!" Ken's slightly groggy tone would be heard, though it sounded like the signal was pretty faint.'

Chun-Li placed her hand over her open ear, so she could hear Ken better. "Oh, hey Ken!" About ten more notifications came up. A lot of perverts were on late it seemed! "Hey, I really needed to talk to you."

"Yeah? Whats up? Is everything alright at work?"

"No, not really, Ken." She took a breath, starting to power down her computer. "I've got work to take care of. I can't really talk about it, but I'll be in Hong Kong for at least four months on call. I won't really have any free time either." She frowned, practically hearing the disappointment on the other end. She got out of her seat, white 'I 3 Pengins' tank top worn over her impressive torso, with just a hint of her pink bra strap peeking out along her left shoulder.

"Four months...? Man..." Ken was disappointed...but work was work. He could understand it...but such terrible timing.

"But, I did want to see you before I left. I was thinking we could go out tomorrow. Maybe to dinner or something?" She inched closer to her bed, taking a seat. Once again placing her hand over her other ear.

"Yeah, that sounds really good to me. When do you have to leave?"

"In about two days. The morning after tomorrow night, to be accurate."

"Damn...alright. I'll - - - - around maybe Six?"

"Hm?" She squinted, "Couldn't get all that...you're breaking up..."

"Augh...I - charge my phone up - - all you tomorrow, alright?"

She had to put two and two together, speaking up a little bit. "Tomorrow? Alright. Sleep well, Ken..." She wasn't sure how to end it. 'I love you'? No, that would be creepy. She just...left it at that.

" - - -" It was just static on his end before he hung up.

Shaking her head, Chun-Li hung up, placing the phone aside on her nightstand. She placed her head down on her pillow, looking up at the rafters above her bed. It was a little chilly-so she started to slip beneath her sheets for warmth. The other side of her bed? Still cold. She rolled over onto her side, placing her hand on the right side of the bed. Just playing pretend for a moment.

She pulled one of the cold pillows down and hugged it to herself. "Goodnight, Ken." She whispered, shutting her eyes.

And on a different part of town...in the upscale New York home of Ken Masters, the billionaire blonde had been laying in bed with each arm folded behind his head. He had been laying on the right side...and the left, empty as usual. His eyes slowly began to shut themselves. Once they became fully shut...a smile started to grow over Ken's features. "...Night, Chun..."

(Flashback #10:Sakura )

The young woman had been up late on this night like most teenagers were...on facebook! For most of the night, she had been chatting with Sean Matsuda over the instant messager, just about random things. The entire IM log was full of 'Lol's and smiley faces, and intense debates on weither or not Ryu or Ken was better than the other!

Though once she checked the facebook home page and saw Ken had written on Chun-Li's wall, Sakura just browsed it. "We should both be in bed at this hour." She read out loud-seeing several people 'liked' the comment.

"...GIGGIDY!" A voice came from somewhere in the room.

Sakura ignored it at first. Then she read Dan's comment, "We'd all like to see you in bed at this hour."

"...GIGGIDY!" It happened again. This time Sakura looked around.

Taking a sigh, Sakura posted a comment. "You guys are perverts." She simply stated.

"..Giggidy-goo!"

From the closet jumped Glen Quagmire with an unplugged XBox 360 controller, tapping buttons as he stared at Sakura. "Yeah! Yeah! High kick! Giggidy-giggidy! Heh heh!..." Though he quickly realized...it wasn't working.

Sakura screamed, getting up to her feet. "What the hell? Get out!" She shot her foot up, sending Quagmire flying out of her window!

"..All riiight!" He'd be heard right before making a harsh thud on the ground outside.

Sakura stood by, holding her guard up!

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"Giggidy!"

A/N: Ok! That last part was just a joke!