"Come on Alex, it isn't that hard!"

Makoto has some strange friends, I was going to leave but when this six foot transfer student from Kenya showed up, I couldn't pass up learning more from her. I was doing my best to match her handstand but fifteen minutes was my limit and I collapsed. The girl, Elena, chuckled at me and fell over herself, looking over to me.

"Your pretty good, I've never seen Capoeira used in that fashion before." I commented while standing up.

"Everyone else takes the dance too seriously," Elena said from the ground. "Just let the beat carry you!"

"I will." Giving a slight bow to her I left the dojo with content. It was dusk and it was a long way to get to the guys from here in Tosa. Turning the communication disk on there was a commotion on the other end. Now running, I tried to hail anyone.

"Psyche! What's going on over there?"

"We've been compromised! Check yourself, they know you're out there!"

The instant she said that, I was shoved down by an unknown force with a purple aura outside of town. Tumbling and coughing up dust, I saw the culprit: a woman with dark hair and purple eyes, the left one glowing. She wore quite little, even disregarding shoes. She walked towards me, looked down and lifted my head with her foot.

"Where is it?" She demanded.

"Beats me." My words brought me a kick to the face. The assailant placed a hand over her face in exasperation.

"Look, I know you have some kind of personal energy generator, that's how I found you out here. So you can either give me the device and I beat you to an inch of your life, or you can play dumb and I kill you right now." I noticed she was licking her lips. "To be honest with you, I'd rather you fight back; it'll make this trip to nowhere not a complete waste."

I got to my feet and prepared to fight. "Then let's get this over with." She was spry and agile, putting together quick combinations of kicks. As I dodged and looked for an opening, I noticed that the attacks coming in faster than they should have. Standing my ground I sent a left cross her way, which she avoided and hit me with a hooking kick from behind her back. Thinking she had staggered me, she tried for a punch which I blocked and countered with an elbow to her face. She refused to fall but was forced to disengage. She worked her jaw and spat out some blood.

"Well, well…" Her voice was filled with delight. "It looks like I'll have some fun with you after all." She began to strike even faster now, limbs stopping and starting in unnatural ways, and all the time wearing a twisted smile on her face. At the first opportunity I saw, I sent a inside kick to her shin. Before it could connect, she had dashed behind me and I turned into a massive blow to my chest. Throwing caution to the wind I hit her with alternating jabs that no person could weather, and as she was dazed I brought her down with a flying knee technique I learned from Sagat. Walking up to her form, I knelt down and looked closer; her moveset was a variant of the kwans of Korea, but I wonder how she learned it.

My thoughts were disrupted by a car coming up the dirt road which stopped in front of me. Out of the car stepped another woman in a light blue Chinese dress, her brown hair wrapped in two buns, and had large spiked bracelets.

"What happened here?" She asked.

"And you are?"

The new stranger reached into her car and pulled out a badge.

"Chun-Li, Chinese Interpol. I've been looking for this one for quite some time."

"Psyche, what is Interpol?" I muttered.

"Short for International Criminal Police Organization. Maybe you'll listen to my briefings next time."

"Of-Officer!" I quickly got t my feet. "I was assaulted by this woman, but how did you know I was here? This isn't a commonly used road."

"I had some help." She said, and Elena came from the passenger's seat.

"Something in the wind felt wrong when you left, so I helped Chun-Li find you."

"Thank you, but I'm not the only one in trouble." I said while picking up her suspect. "My friends need my help, and if she has any answers, I need to get her to them."

"Then we should get going." Chun-Li said, and we piled into the car.