Sagat suddenly snapped out of his reminiscing to concentrate on the current battle at hand.
There was an invisible enemy,a no good ninja coward taunting and injuring him all the while.
Sagat growled in anger at his cowardly opponent.
"Spineless bastard!"he shouted. "Stop with your paltry tricks and face me like a true warrior!"
The ninja laughed in the darkness.
"If you think i'm going to turn visible again,you must take me for a bigger fool than you are,one eye!"he said.
"I suppose i'll take that as a no."said Sagat. "Very well..!"
Sagat then took a step back and then charged up his very fist full of bright orange ki energy.
"I'll blast you out of there you coward!"he said.
Sagat then started to fire several Tiger Shots into the very darkness and air where the invisible ninja dwelled.
"TIGER-TIGER-TIGERRR!"shouted the Muay Thai as he fired off several red orange projectiles into the very darkness.
Some shots hit some crates,some hit some building materials,literally shattering and splintering them to pieces.
Until at last,the final Tiger Shot found it's mark as a loud painful grunt was heard.
"EERR-DAMMIT!"cried the stealth ninja as he staggered backwards and into a nearby wall.
"FOUND YOU!"said Sagat as he fired again.
The ninja hit the floor just as the projectile crashed through the wall.
Once he landed,the ninja lost his concentration and re-appeared in his black costume.
Sagat then leapt forward and landed directly over the fallen ninja.
"Anymore tricks for you to use?"he said.
The ninja gulped nervously but immediately shook off his fear as he leapt upwards to attack Sagat.
"YAAHH!"cried the ninja as he quickly unsheathed his back sword and attempted to swing at Sagat.
But Sagat saw the pitiful attack coming a mile away as he then caught the ninja by the wrist and literally squeezed all the circulation out of his very arm.
"AAARRGH-LET GO DAMN YOU!"cried the ninja as intense pain surged through his body.
"I've fought better ninjas than you,welp!"said Sagat. "You're just a bargain basement ninja."
Sagat then threw the ninja upwards and finished him off with a Rising Tiger Upper.
The impact was so great it sent the ninja crashing through the ceiling and out into the star filled night.
Sagat snorted in irritation.
"Pathetic that's what he was-simply pathetic. In my lifetime,i've fought many harder and better opponents than that!"
FLASHBACK CONTINUES AGAIN.
That evening at the King of Muay Thai Tournament arean in Thailand..
Sagat stood amongst the other contestants,he was nervous for sure,but just as excited to take on all that stood before him.
If he won,he would take the first step towards becoming a full fledged street fighter-muay thai and all!
The announcer then stepped up the platform and made the new announcement.
"ALRIGHT FIGHTERS!"he said into his mic. "LINE UP AND WAIT FOR YOUR NAME TO BE CALLED!
THE 5th ANNUAL KING OF MUAY THAI TOURNAMENT HAS BEGUN!"
The fights went off without a hitch as many various muay thai kickboxers fought it out in fast and furious elimination matches.
And after various other fighters bit the dust, at last Sagat himself was up for his first ever match in the contest.
He stepped up into the ring and faced his first opponent.
His opponent was a fellow Thai local,and almost as tall as he was,well muscled and wore a set of green and red shorts and wore a pair of red boxing gloves.
Sagat nodded in a serious tone and waited for the referee to say the word.
"Ready-FIGHT!"called the referee.
Sagat and his opponent stepped up to each other,took up their fight stances and the match began.
His opponent made the first move as he swung around and did a turn elbow strike against Sagat.
Sagat flinched but saw it coming,so he immediately blocked it off with his right arm.
His opponent bounced off,he was a little peeved at what happened,but kept his composure.
Sagat then hopped off his feet and then went for his own attack.
He rushed forward and did a rising Tiger Knee,and right into his opponent's abdomen.
The blow from his knee was so hard it sent the kickboxer falling backwards.
The kickboxer nearly fell on his back,but managed to stay on his feet for more.
He then rushed forward again and attempted a flying thrust punch at Sagat.
Sagat quickly reacted and ducked his very fist.
This gave Sagat a major opening as he launched into his Tiger Uppercut.
His very fist rocketed upwards and collided with the Thai's chin.
The impact sent the kickboxer flying into the air and finished it with him crashing to the floor.
He was out,Sagat had won his very first Muay Thai match.
"THE WINNER-SAGAT!"said the referee.
The crowds cheered wildly to the new fighter.
Sagat looked down at his very fist and clenched it.
"Yes.."he thought. "...this is what I was destined for!"
The matches continue as Sagat himself literally plowed through the competition.
An hour later,once the elimation rounds were done,only two fighters remained in the finals.
One was Sagat,the other was another Thailand fighter,he was at mid height and he wore a set of blue shorts,and wore black boxing gloves.
The referee approached the final pair and made the call.
"READY-FIGHT!"he called.
Sagat made the first move as he lunged a flying Tiger Knee at his opponent,but the Thai dodged it.
He then landed a drop elbow into the side of Sagat's head.
Sagat winced in pain,but kept solid as a rock.
He then went for another attack,and tried for a high kick at him.
The kickboxer dodged it again and then thrust a knee strike of his own at Sagat,hitting him in the very chest.
Sagat coughed up air and fell backwards.
"Grrr-he's fast alright!"he thought. "But he won't prevail-i've come to far to be defeated!"
The fast fighter then went for another attack,but to his suprise Sagat catches him by the throat and lifts him upwards.
"HEEY-URKK!"cried the fighter as he was clutched in a cast iron grip.
"Whooah!"said one of the patrons in the audience. "Now that's a neat trick!"
Sagat grinned wickedly.
"You were good-"he said. "-but i'm better!"
And with that said,Sagat slammed several kicks into the Thai man's chest and stomach.
After that,Sagat then let loose of him and the fighter fell on both his knees.
With his strength depleted and his body injured,Sagat's opponent could no longer fight.
Sagat then lashed out final kick against the fighter's head which knocked him to the very ring floor.
"THE WINNER-SAGAT!"said the referee.
The crowds cheered and roared wildly to the upcoming new champion.
But Sagat also knew the contest wasn't over quite yet.
Minutes later,after resting in a lounge room..Sagat was approached by the same announcer of the tournament.
"Hi again ."he said. "My name's Yodfa Maha. Announcer and fight promoter."
Sagat eyed the chubby man from head to toe and remained seated.
"How-do you do."he said."I imagine I gave the crowds a good show."
"You sure did."said Maha. "I admit even I was suprised to find a young man of your size and strength would come this far."
Sagat smirked.
"I've trained under the best and learned much from these fights."he said. "Now-where is the one named Nuan Khan?"
Maha tensed a little to the mention of the champion's name.
"Yeah-about that."he said. "Look uh-are you sure you still wanna fight him?
"Absolutely!"said Sagat. "What-are you saying your organization's mighty champion is too frightened to face me?"
"Well I er-y-you see..."stammered Maha. ...Khan's...been well-pretty picky about what opponents to face these days.
He...says he only fights the most worthy of opponents."
"And what are you saying,fat one?"said Sagat. "That I am not worthy of his time? I-I-single handedly fought my way through this contest.
I fought and I won to the last fighter and he is all that stands between myself and the title."
Sagat's tone rose along with his very body as he stood upright and towered over the cowardly announcer.
" -please-there's n-no need for that." he said. " can give you compensation for your efforts if that's what you wish!"
"I have no use for any money at this time!"said Sagat. "And I think my actions have made it clear enough to ..I wish to face Nuan Khan in the final match! Because if you don't-i'll not only send you back to that bastard in pieces-i'll trash this entire damn arena until he comes out! Now-DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?"
Maha staggered backwards as beads of sweat poured down his face.
"Y-Yes-yes quite-quite clear."he said. "Just stay there-i'll...i'll arrange the match at once."
"Good."said Sagat as he sat back down. "I'll be waiting."
Maha quickly ran out of the room and ran straight for Khan's dressing room and lounge.
While simaltenously,he felt that he would have to change his underwear soon.
A few minutes later,another man a tall and lean thai man wearing a black suit and shades approached Sagat.
"Yes?"said Sagat.
"Our champion shall face you in the match, ."he said. "Even though he wanted me to inform you that you are making a terrible mistake."
Sagat snorted in annoyance just the same.
"The only mistake he's making is delaying me."he said as he arose. "Tell him i'll meet him in the ring at once."
The man nodded and then left the room.
Minutes later,Sagat stood in the center of the ring,the crowds cheered and chanted his name.
Just then, entered the ring as well and spoke into his microphone once again.
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN."he said. "THIS-SHALL BE THE FINAL MATCH IN THE KING OF MUAY THAI TOURNAMENT.
WE APOLOGISE FOR KEEPING YOU WAITING-BUT WE ASSURE YOU..THE BEST IS ABOUT TO COME AT LONG LAST.
IN THIS CORNER,HE'S FOUGHT AND DEFEATED ALL OF THE COMPETITION TO GET THIS FAR-WE GIVE YOU-THE MAN CALLED SAGAT!"
The crowds roared in unison to their new soon to be champion.
"AND-IN THIS CORNER...!"began Maha.
Entering through a set of double doors was yet another Muay Thai kickboxer.
He was as tall and every bit as muscular as Sagat ever was,but had the scars and strength of experience on his side.
His skin was a dark tan,his bald head had a single black pigtail attached to the back of his scalp,and he like Sagat wore a headband,boxing gloves and boxing shorts as well,except that his was that of a dark blue.
His bodily scars stretched across his chest,face and limbs and his face gave off an aura of seering cruelty.
"AT LONG LAST-HE HAS RISEN TO DEFEND HIS TITLE ONCE AGAIN!"said Maha.
"HERE HE IS-THE MIGHTY PANTHER-NUAN KHAN HIMSELF!"
The crowds cheered and roared even wilder to their local champion.
Sagat himself was not amused,for in his eyes he saw just an old scarred bastard who's title should go to newer and fresher blood.
Khan approached Sagat and Maha adressed them both.
"Alright guys.."he said..you know the rules are set-come out and give us a good fight."
"Leave-now."said Khan in an intense tone of hostilty.
"Uhmm..yes,yes sir!"said Maha as he then ran off out of the ring.
"Bastards!"thought Maha. "Maybe we'll get lucky and they'll just kill each other!"
Khan and Sagat looked at each other straight in the eyes.
"So..."said Khan. "...you've come a long way to get here I take it."
"That's right!"said Sagat. "I've a title to uphold-and you're in my way!"
"You need to learn some respect-STARTING NOW!"said Khan.
The bell rang and the two fighters took up their stances,and the match began.
Sagat made the first move as he rushed in with a Tiger Knee,but to his suprise Khan blocked it off with his right fist.
That was enough for Khan to make his move as he counterattacked and swung a high kick to Sagat's chin.
The impact was so great it sent Sagat staggering backwards and nearly off his feet.
"HA!"said Khan."I saw your attack coming a mile away!"
Sagat shook off the blow and kept on his feet.
"Bastard!"he thought. "I'll show him!"
But before he knew it,Khan rushed at him in turn.
Khan took a run and jump at Sagat and did a flying kick attack at him.
"PANTHER KICK!"he shouted.
Sagat managed to block off both of his arms just in the nick of time,but the impact of Khan's kick was so great it caused him to skid backwards across the floor.
Kahn then jumped off of his opponent and landed back on his feet.
He then gave off a wicked sneer.
"Humph-i've taken on fighters greater than this one. He should've taken a dive for the fight when he had the chance-now he will learn the hard way of his mistake!"
Sagat shook off the impact and kept back on his feet.
"Arrogant bastard!"he thought. "I'll show him yet!"
Sagat charged forward and did his own attack.
He went for his Tiger crush knee jump,but Khan himself in turn manged to block it off with another simple knee block.
"NO!"cried Sagat as he fell to the floor,and was wide open.
"Pitiful attempt!"said Khan as he towered over Sagat. "Now you'll pay!"
Khan was about to bring the hammer of his fist down upon Sagat.
But then,Sagat saw an opening at Khan's legs.
He lashed out his left leg and kicked right into Khan's own left leg.
Khan began to lose his footing,which left him open instead.
"NOW-TIGER UPPER!"cried Sagat as he rocketed upwards and clocked the Muay Thai king in the chin and face with his powerful uppercut.
Khan flew backwards and crashed to the floor.
Sagat arose and it seemed he may had won the match,but he wasn't at all suprised as he saw the Thailand giant slowly arise.
"You-you hurt me!"he spat as he wiped the bloode from his lip.
"Yes,and there's a lot more where that came from-starting now!"said Sagat as he got back to his fight stance.
Khan was enraged,but he got back into his fight stance and the match began again.
The pair collided with each other and then traded off blows into each other.
Khan punched Sagat in the face and caused his very handband to fly off.
Sagat countered with a knee to Khan's abdomen and then spun around with a turn elbow into the side of his side.
Khan then rushed forward and did a Rising knee to Sagat's chest.
"PANTHER STRIKE!"shouted Khan as he slammed a barrage of punches into Sagat's face and chest and finished the attack with a massive turn kick that sent Sagat crashing to the floor.
"OH MAN!"cried one of the patrons. "He may have got him-Sagat may be done for!"
Sagat was down,but not out yet.
His vision blurred as he saw the Thai fighter stand before him and raise his gloved fists in the air.
"YES-KHAN-KHAN!"he shoouted. "Once again,I am the champion-YES-KHAN!"
Sagat sneered in rage.
"I've come to far to let it end this way!"he thought. "I shall-defeat him-or die trying!"
Suddenly,Sagat felt an intense gow of energy welling up inside him.
"What-what is this?"he thought as he pulled off his gloves.
A fiery form of orange energy was glowing from his fists.
He had heard of such a power that existed in such fighters from the old wise men from the local temples.
It was the ki energy-the energy of a fighter who had reached their potential of power and strength.
"I wonder-if I can use this against Khan."he thought. "One way to find out!"
Sagat then stood up again and began to charge the fiery energy within his fists and took aim at Khan.
Khan turned around just in time to see Sagat take aim at him with the ki energy.
"What-what are you doing..?"said Khan puzzled.
The answer came in folds as Sagat threw both fists forward and a single large blast of energy came flying from his fists.
Sagat's ki blast in the form of a sort of boomerang came flying at Khan and before he knew it he was hit head on by the blast of energy.
Khan fell completely backwards and there Sagat saw his chance to attack once again.
Sagat ran at Khan and went into another Tiger Knee into Khan's chest,and then followed it up with a high kick to Khan's head.
Blood and sweat exploded from Khan's very being as he was pummeled several times by Sagat's merciless force.
Khan then crashed to the floor and was nearing exhaustion.
"I-I am not...not done-yet!"he squeaked.
"Oh..yes you are!"said Sagat.
He then brought down on final punch that completely knocked out the Muay Thai king.
It was over at last,Sagat had won the tournament,he was the new champion!
"Hoo boy!"said Maha as he re-entered the ring. "Well at least one of them's through in this business."
The announcer spoke into his microphone once more.
"THE WINNER-BY KNOCKOUT-SAGAT HIMSELF!"he called.
The crowds roared wildly and chanted and yelled his name in unison.
Thailand had at long last a new champion-and Sagat was name.
Sagat was handed a solid gold trophy belt that had the words.
"STRONGEST FIGHTER IN THAILAND" emblemized across it.
Sagat placed the belt on and raised his fists in the air proudly.
He was now at last champion-he truly felt unstoppable now!
Days later,Nuan Khan himself left his home and Thailand itself in failure and disgrace.
He felt truly defeated for the first time ever and vowed to never let anyone see his face ever again.
It was unknown to anyone,even Sagat where the defeated champion exiled himself to.
But it mattered not,Sagat was the King of Muay Thai now,he was the national hero of his country.
For the next several years Sagat continued to train his body,taking on anyone who dared to challenge him and even fought various tigers and wild animals in the forest like the tigers and jaguars of the wild.
Sagat also practiced and honed his projectile move he used on Khan and called it the Tiger Shot,and even learned to harness and charge it's energy into even larger and more powerful procetiles which he called the Tiger Cannon.
He also found that not only did he gain more scars on his body from experience,but he also found that his very had of hair was receding due to age and stress of the battles he fought.
But it mattered little to him,he felt this would be a fitting form of transformation to him. He would truly go down in history as a great fighter.
SAGAT:PRESENT DAY.
"I fought many greater opponents than that fool Khan in the years to come. I felt I was invincible-but..I would soon discover that even the mightiest of fighters would succumb to an injury or blow that they would never dream of.
FLASHBACK TO THE 1970s..
Another contest for the King of Muay Thai tournament was held and Sagat defended his title against the finalist of the match.
He was a medium and well muscled fighter from Japan who was known in his homeland as a great fighter of many styles and skills.
His name was Gou Hibiki and he entered the latest tourney to take the title from Sagat.
Sagat would not dare turn down the challenge just as Khan tried to,he welcomed all challenges.
And the match began,Sagat and Gou duked it out in the ring.
Gou used his style of karate and Muay Thai and put up a decent fight against Sagat,but he soon learned that Sagat was a human engine of destruction.
Sagat landed a hard Tiger Knee into Gou's abdomen and then grabbed ahold and slammed knee after knee into his chest.
Gou could feel his stamina fading away from the attacks,but he vowed not to give in.
He then tried to break free from the giant's grasp,but Sagat then slammed a hard punch into Gou's head,knocking him down.
Once he was down,Sagat then grabbed him by the neck and lifted him upwards.
"Any last words before your defeat,Hibiki?"said Sagat.
Gou snapped out of his daze and then landed a kick into the side of Sagat's head,allowing him to break free.
"Just this-prepare yourself!"said Gou as he launched forward and did a flying kick right into Sagat's face.
The kick was so great it literally caused Sagat's right eye to explode in a gash of blood.
"AAAAHH!"cried Sagat as he clutched his right eye in sheer and intense pain.
"MY EYE!"he called. "WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY EYE?"
Gou landed on his feet and was suprised at what he did.
But before he could land another attack,Sagat launched back in an attack of fury and rage.
He slammed his left fist into Gou's chest,knocking him backwards and then he slammed a high kick to his very head.
"TIGER-CANNON!"shouted Sagat as he launched the move that would finish him off.
The blast was so great it sent Gou crashing into one of the ring poles.
But to everyone's suprise and horror Gou laid there dead,his very neck and body broken from the impact of Sagat's deadly attacks.
"FATHER!"cried someone in the ring,while everyone else in the crowd cheered once again to their reigning champion of might and power.
Minutes later,Sagat was taken to intensive care while the late Gou Hibiki and his son were escorted out of the ring.
The local doctor did all he could for Sagat's eye.
He then placed a thick bandage over it and then a single black eyepatch to cover it.
"I'm afraid your..opponent really did a number on you there ."he said. "You may very well have lost your right eye for life."
Sagat arose from the bed and looked in a nearby mirror.
"Mmm..well,it matters not."he said. "It somehow completes my appearnce-as a true warrior."
A year later he took many local Thai fighters under his wing and trained them hard in his kickboxing style.
Chief amongst them was a local wild youth who Sagat was impressed by his street fights in the same Thai Style.
His name was Adon and under Sagat's guidance the youth grew to a mighty fighter of his own nature and style.
Adon used a style he patterned after the Jaguar.
And he used the Jaguar style well as he used it to finsih off an opponent in the ring.
He then turned to Sagat who smiled proudly at his star student.
Adon grinned and nodded.
The pair of them fought and defeated many opponents in the several thai tournaments that were held each year.
Sagat and his dojo seemed unstoppable,but Sagat himself started to feel a sense of boredom from the lack of true competition from fighters he found inferior to his own strength and skill.
Just then,whilst training in his own newly built dojo on the edge of town,he was approached by a group of men who were from different countries.
They also wore a set of matching black suits and shades with them.
The lead man a man with dark blonde hair and a moustache approached him.
" ?"he said. "We represent a single business empire who is greatly interested in your ability as a fighter."
"Hmmm.."said Sagat as he towered over the group of men. "So...who wants to know exactly?
The lead man handed Sagat a single envelope,it had the symbol of a skull with wings stamped over it.
"Just read the contents inside and then come to the adress inside,we'll fill you in later."
Sagat took the letter and the men left the dojo in their black rolls royce.
"Huh?"said Adon."What was that all about master?"
"Search me."said Sagat as he tore open the letter. "Mind as well find out."
Sagat sat down in a nearby sofa and read what the letter said.
"Hmmm..yes I see."said Sagat. "Adon,run the dojo while i'm away. I..have some business to attend to.
Minutes later,Sagat took a cab to the next town and found himself before a giant warehouse building with a pair of thick double steel and wood doors before him.
"Hmmm..I wonder what this is about exactly?"he thought."One way to find out I suppose."
Sagat walked up to the door and pounded on the door.
A single window slit then popped open and someone in the darkness took a gander at him.
"What the hell you want,holmes?"said someone with an american accent.
Sagat waved the letter to the door's occupant.
"I was..invited here that's what."he said.
"Oh yeah,the boss man's invite."said the man behind the door. "Yeah,sure i'll let you in-just gimme a minute."
The window slammed shut and Sagat could hear the sound of locks and chains being undone.
After that,the door creaked open and Sagat found utter darkness within.
"Well..what the hell you waitin'for man-christmas?"said the same voice. "Get your ass in here-we ain't got all day here!"
Sagat sneered in annoyance and entered.
Once inside,the door slammed shut behind him.
Lights then flashed on and Sagat found someone standing before him.
He was a tall and muscled man of african american stature,dressed in blue and grey sweats,but not as tall as Sagat.
"And..you are?"said Sagat.
"Name's Balrog dude."said the man. "But enough about me for now-you say some of the boss's men invited you here?
"Yes,they told me everything in the letter..anything else I should know?"said Sagat.
Balrog scratched the side of his head.
"Well..if you want some answers,you'd better head on down with me."he said.
"Just remember,one eye-no funny business,got it?"
Sagat nodded.
"Good,i'm happy we have an understanding."said Balrog. "Now come on,follow me."
Balrog lead Sagat down through a corridor of metal tunnels until at last they came across a door marked FIGHT ROOM before them.
"Okay eh-baldy."said Balrog. "Get ready-cause eh-it's not gonna be pretty in here-heh-heh."
The boxer shoved open both doors and then lead Sagat inside.
Once there,they were in a large and sprawling room that had bleecher seats all around the room and a single fighting ring was within it's center.
And in the ring,there was a pair of fighters facing each other.
"Yeah,I knew it,the boss man's training some new recruits."said Balrog. "Uh..yeah..Sagat man? Just stay right there,we'll get you in a minute."
Sagat looked down at the floor,there was stains of blood all across the floor.
He then looked up at who exactly was in the ring.
On one side was a lean and muscular fighter whose long blonde hair was braided into a single pigtail.
He wore a white metal mask and weilded a claw glove on his right hand.
His style of clothing was similar to that of a spanish bullfighter.
His opponent on the other side was another lean and muscular man.
He was bald,had a scar across his right cheek and wore a set of black and green army duds and weilded a single foot long hunting knife.
"BEGIN!"called a voice behind the ring.
"Hmmm...just in time for a fight eh?"thought Sagat. "This should be interesting."
The masked fighter made the first move as he sprinted forward and launched his body into a rollerball attack at the soldier.
"GAH!"cried the soldier as he tried to leap away,but was too late as his right arm was scratched by the spaniard's claw.
The soldier fell back against the ring ropes and wiped the blood off his arm.
The bullfighter then jumped back to his feet again and snickered wickedly.
"First blood,senior."he said in an arrogant tone.
"Hrrrgh-last blood will be mine,you bastard!"said the soldier.
The soldier then in turn sprinted and lunged forward with his very knife.
But to his horror,the bullfighter dodged it and then tripped up the soldier with his right foot.
The soldier stumbled and fell against the other set of ring ropes.
He then swung around and tried for another swing of his knife,but the spaniard simply swiped his claw again and knocked the knife out of his hand.
"AAKK-NO!"cried the soldier.
"Si,you lose your fangs."said the bullfighter.
"Now you lose your life."
The spaniard made his comment true as he then lunged his very claw into the man's abdomen,and very deep at that.
Sagat slightly cringed at what he saw,but gave it no thought.
The bullfighter then pulled his claw from the man's now penetrated gut and dark blood red erupted from it.
"So..so damn-cold."was all the man could muster as he fell to the floor and within a single minute was dead.
"Well done,Vega."said the same voice behind the ring in total darkness.
"Even though you've killed all the local cuthraots,you are now welcome to join my oreganization.
The man known as Vega bowed and then removed his mask,revealling a very handsome man's face of vain beauty.
"Gracias,senior."he said. "Though I admit their skills and weapons were inferior to my own-I look forward to serving you as well as the hopes that you find me a worthy opponent."
"All in good time,Vega."said the voice. "All in good time.
Now-onto new business. ,are you still there?"
"Uhm..yes I am here."said Sagat. "Where do I-?"
"Oh yes,just step around the ring and come this way,i've been expecting you."
Sagat nodded and then started to walk around the ring.
He gave no further glance at Vega who was still standing in the ring,but Vega himself eyed the bald giant with a sudden feeling of disgust.
"Ughhh...what a truly ugly excuse for a fighter."he thought. "The master wishes to recruit this scarred giant?"
Sagat walked around till he found a man,draped in the shadows of the room.
He was sitting in a single throne chair and Balrog was standing beside him.
"Vega."said the stranger. "Go take a rest for now-I have business to attend to."
"Very well,senior."said Vega as he then bowed and took his leave.
"Hmmm..bold fighter."said Sagat. "But a truly narcistic one at that."
"Aw,don't mind Vega there man."said Balrog. "He's just plain full himself-pretty boy prick and all."
"Your opinions matter little here Balrog."said the man in darkness. "However,I do concur about Vega at this time.
Anyhow,allow me to introduce myself ."
The man arose from his throne and emerged from the shadows.
He was taller than Balrog,and his upper frame of muscles was draped in a black cloak.
His head was adorned with a single red and black general's hat and his very face not only gave off a visage of cruelty,but his very eyes glowed with an equally dark energy.
Sagat couldn't tell what to make of the man,but he knew he wanted something from him,so he had to find out what exactly.
"I..am Lord Bison,master of Shadowloo!"he said. "And I am here to make you and offer you can't refuse!"
PRESENT DAY:"That..was when my life began to really take a turn to the dark side when I met arch bastard Bison himself!"
Whilst Sagat was still lost in thought and remininancing,a pair of frightened technicians watched through several monitors.
"It's..it's no good!"said the man on the right. "He's taken out all our best operatives,we even empowered them up with our technology!"
"But we can't let it end like this now!"said the man on the left. "The boss man will have our very hides if we don't subdue him somehow!"
The man on the right saw a bright red button which was marked PURGE upon it.
"Than-than we've got no choice."he said. "We've got to use the purge at once!"
"Are-are you sure?"said the man on the left. "It's..still in the experimental stages."
"I said we have no choice,we've got to stop him or this experiment falls apart!"
The man then slammed the button with his open palm and something started to occur.
At the end of the room,a single pair of large double doors suddenly exploded apart.
"Eh?"said Sagat as he than snapped out of his thoughts.
Emerging from the white clouds of smoke and dust stoof a gargantuan creature of muscle.
It was taller and larger than Sagat and was hunched over. It's skin was a dark color of brown and chains and wires were wrapped around it's very massive limbs.
And it's only clothing was that of a set of grey shorts.
It's head was bald,but a single metal bolt stood upright atop it's skull.
It's eyes were a glowing red and thick puffs of smoke from it's nostrils.
"Who-or what are you?"said Sagat. "P-P-PURGE!"called the creature. "PURGE SHALL WASTE YOU!"
Sagat sneered in disgust.
"Huh,and Vega always called me ugly behind my back eh?"he said. "Very well..purge if you want to join the floor like the others-I volunteer in pummeling you!"
Purge then raised it's massive fists and slammed them to the ground,causing the very room to shake.
It then charged like a sheer wild animal at Sagat,ready to do some major harm to him.
Would Sagat be able to best this monster-can he?
NEXT:THE BATTLE SCARS STORY REACHES IT'S CONCLUSION AS SAGAT NOT ONLY FACES THE MONSTROUS CRETIN KNOWN AS PURGE,BUT HIS FLASHBACK TALE REACHES IT'S CONCLUSION AS WELL! SEE HOW IT ALL COMES TOGETHER AS SAGAT CONCLUDES HIS ORIGIN TALE! SEE YOU THERE!