(The Arena)
The six remaining fighters in the arena looked up at the hands as they spun around each other in midair, getting ready to alter the arena again. Guile and Lucky were the only ones to notice the missing pieces of the arena float back and reform a square arena. In addition, the hole that Wile E. made when he tried dropping the safe on Joker sealed as well.
Crazy Hand pointed his fingers down at the arena as five beams of strange energy shot from the tips of them. Lucky and Peach ran to the side to avoid being struck, but when the beams stopped, the arena looked the same, although there were several streaks of black line scattered around the arena.
Wile E. scratched his head in confusion, wondering what had just happened. Suddenly, he felt his foot get a little warmer. Looking down, Wile E. saw that he was standing on one of the black lines, and his foot had caught fire.
"You fighters had better watch out for this one!" Unknown1 said as Wile E. hopped around, blowing on the fire on his foot. "If anyone stands on those black lines long enough, it'll get a heck of a lot hotter in here!"
Everyone suddenly realized that this meant the next fighter would be coming out soon. Looking at the entrance curtain, everyone waited for the fighter to emerge.
"GAMBIT!" (MC)
The Cajun mutant chuckled as he twirled his staff in his hands, looking at a card in the other hand. He looked at the card as it started to glow purple.
"The Ace of Spades." Gambit said to himself. "Always wins."
With a swing of his hand, Gambit had tossed the card into the arena, where it rested by Lucky's feet. The basketball player ran to avoid the following explosion, but ran right into a staff attack that Gambit, whom had jumped into the arena just before the card blew up.
"You're sneaky, man." Lucky rubbed his jaw. "I'll have to make sure I'm careful when eliminating you."
Gambit smirked slyly. "You sound confident, mon ami."
"FUTCH!" (S3)
The Dragon Knight came out from behind the curtain to a reasonably large cheer. Hefting his immensely large sword, Futch ran down to the arena and leapt in.
Looking around, Futch saw that he was currently the only Suikoden fighter in the arena. He sighed.
"Drat. I was hoping to do some double-teaming." Futch said. "It looks like I'm on my own for a bit."
Futch lashed out his sword at Gambit, whom easily blocked the attack with his staff.
"RYO SAKAZAKI!" (KOF)
"The end of endings has started"
"The battle lines have been drawn"
"And as the smoke clears, we will be the ones marching on"
Ryo came out to a large cheer and the words to 'Our Finest Hour' by Philmore. The first thing that went through Ryo's head was that he didn't remember requesting this song.
"The gates of hell have been shaken"
"Terror fills their eyes"
"As we attack, we lift our voices in the battle cry"
Looking up at the Sound Booth, Ryo saw Shadow, Astaroth and Aila waving lighters back and forth in the air. Ryo shook his head as he continued to the arena.
"We will fight! We will be strong!"
"Together, we're marching on!"
"United, we move as one!"
"Our finest hour has just begun!"
Ryo hit the arena and quickly lashed out a fireball at Guile. The American soldier saw this coming and dodged the blow.
"Hello again, Sakazaki." Guile said. "It's been a little bit since the last tournament, eh?"
Ryo narrowed his eyes. Guile had beaten him in the last 'SNK vs. Capcom' tournament, and Ryo had been training for a rematch ever since. "I'm not going down like last time, Guile. Prepare yourself."
(Hotel; Lobby)
Musafar walked into the lobby with Gadget Z, listening to the smaller robot talk.
"And so, friend of mine that is not short." Gadget Z looked up at Musafar. "As the one that is you can be seeing, the place that is the one of the Hotel is among those that are the ones that are large."
The larger robot scratched his head, then shrugged.
"Remember the old saying, Musafar." Gadget Z stopped rolling forward to stare off into space as if about to say something profound. "He who eats sweets…Take up two seats."
Musafar stood in silence, wondering what his new friend was talking about.
Suddenly, Gadget Z heard a noise coming from behind. Turning in place, Gadget Z saw Joker of the Kizuna Encounter node and Gannondorf of the Smash Bros. node coming in.
"You've got an enemy on your tail!" Gadget Z shouted. "Use the brakes!"
Musafar took this as a warning and spun in place, huge fist outstretched. It connected with Gannondorf's face, firing the Gerudo king into the far wall with full force.
"Boo-Yah!" Gadget Z pumped his fist into the air.
Joker looked back at Gannondorf, then at Musafar. "What on Earth did you do that for?"
Unfortunately, Musafar was still in attack mode from Gadget Z's earlier warning and cracked his huge knuckles.
Gannondorf staggered back over to the clown crimeboss and rubbed his chin. "I don't think it's much use talking to this thing. Looks like we'll have to fight our way through." He said.
Musafar got into his stance, getting ready to take the two villains on.
"I'm right behind ya, kid!" Gadget Z raised his bolt-shaped hammer and rolled into battle to aid Musafar.
(The Arena)
"M. BISON!" (SFA3)
The leader of Shadaloo grinned evilly as he floated down to the arena, arms folded. The plot he was leading was looking good, and now that Thai fighter Bruce Irvin was a loyal soldier.
"Now all I have to do is wait for that Maximillion character to enter." Bison thought. "I just need to eliminate him with help from that stupid football player."
"Okay. The time has finally come to avenge Charlie." Guile thought as he watched Bison teleport into the arena. The soldier ran headfirst at his sworn enemy.
"Okay. This jerk is probably in on this plot." R. Mika thought as she got into her stance. "I need to get info from him, and fast." Mika ran at Bison.
"KOJIROH SANADA!" (LB)
Kojiroh, or rather his sister Kaori, came out from behind the curtain and ran down to the arena, preparing to take on anyone she could.
"I must make my brother proud." 'Kojiroh' said through her teeth as she jumped into the arena. "I don't care if he's dead. I'm not going to let him down."
Kojiroh suddenly saw Futch dueling Gambit. Seeing that Futch wielded a sword, Kojiroh saw him as a worthy opponent.
Pulling her sword from its holster, Kojiroh ran at Gambit and knocked him out of the way before facing Futch.
"What was that for?" Futch asked.
"I've come to challenge you, as I've seen that you're a swordsman as well." Kojiroh said.
Futch looked at Kojiroh for a moment before nodding. "Okay, but keep in mind that I won't go easy on you just because you're a girl."
Kojiroh's eyes snapped open as she lashed out with her sword. "How does he know?"
"JOHNNY MAXIMUM!" (WH)
"…Bisoooonnnn…"
In the ring, Bison's eyebrows raised in confusion. Knocking Guile and Mika away, Bison turned to look at the entrance ramp.
J. Maxx stood outside of the entrance curtain, his arms resting against his sides. It was almost as if he was oblivious to the mixed reaction the crowd was giving him. The football player's eyes were blood red, and he was seething in anger.
His son on his mind, J. Maxx's gaze pierced through anyone in its path until it reached Bison. If looks could kill, the dark football player could have set an entire city ablaze.
"BISOOOOOOOONNNNNNNN!" J. Maxx roared in fury as he charged down the ramp headfirst, murder the only thing on his mind.
Bison could do nothing as the furious football star tackled him and started beating on him.
"Rain, rain on my face"
"Hasn't stopped raining for days"
Because of J. Maxx's fury show, not a lot of people were noticing a puddle of water seep out from behind the curtain. The strange puddle rolled down the ramp until coming to rest at the bottom.
"And now…Mystery Fighter…Number…NINE!"
"My world is a flood"
"Slowly, I become one with the mud"
"LIQUIDATOR!" (Darkwing Duck)
The puddle suddenly extended into the air, forming a dog of water, the Liquidator. The water-dog looked out into the arena as Jars of Clay came through the speakers.
"And if I can't swim after forty days!"
"And my mind is crushed by the crashing waves!"
"Lift me up so high that I cannot fall!"
"Lift me up!"
"And now, folks, it's time to see what damage the Liquidator can do!" Liquidator said as he looked at the audience and jumped into the arena.
Wile E. saw the odd villain jump into the arena and pulled out a stick of dynamite. Running over to the Liquidator, the brown coyote jammed the explosive into the water-dog's body.
Liquidator stood in silence, looking at the explosive that was floating around in his stomach. Suddenly, it exploded, making Liquidator expand a little. The strange dog quickly retracted back to normal size.
"That hurt." Liquidator said as smoke rose from underneath his floppy ears. "No one hurts the Liquidator!"
Wile E. looked at a cameraman and held up a sign that read 'None of this makes any sense'.
(Hotel; Unknown Room)
Amy Guile's eyes fluttered open. The first thing she realized was that she had a major headache. She tried raising her arm to feel her forehead, but suddenly found that she couldn't move it.
Amy quickly realized that she was tied to a chair. "What? What's going on here?" She asked.
"You've been kidnapped." An oddly familiar vice said to her left. "Join the club."
Amy look to the left and saw a Mel Masters, Junior Maximum, King's brother Jan and Louis, the squire of Chris Lightfellow, tied to chairs in a similar fashion as she was.
"Mel, what's going on?" Amy asked her cousin. "What're we all doing here?"
"Your guess is as good as mine." Mel muttered. "The only thing any of us know is that Bison is behind this."
"AND he blackmailed my dad to fight for him!" Junior piped up. "But then he had me kidnapped anyway." He looked up at the monitor in the room and saw his father continuing to beat on Bison. He chuckled, despite the condition he was in. "It looks like dad's found out."
"I'm not worried, though." Jan said confidently. "I heard that Ash Crimson loser say that there's some people trying to find us."
Amy sighed. "I hope you're right, Jan."
(Eliminated Seating)
Busuzima walked into the Eliminated Seating area and found a spot. Sitting down, the mad scientist looked out into the arena and gazed upon the fighters in the arena, or more specifically, Wile E. and Liquidator.
A sly smile formed on the green-haired man's face. "Those two would make excellent experiments." He said.
"Shut up, man." Shen Woo said, bopping Busuzima on the head with his fist.
Falco Lombardi suddenly came into the Eliminated Seating. He suddenly saw Busuzima and froze in his tracks.
"LEON'S EVERYWHERE!" Falco screamed as he turned tail and ran from the Eliminated Seating.
Busuzima scratched his head. "If he wasn't so weird, he'd make a good experiment himself."
(The Arena)
"HON-FU!" (FF)
Spinning his nunchucks around, Hon-Fu looked down into the arena and smirked.
"Looks like there isn't that much competition at the moment." The Hong Kong cop said confidently.
Hon-Fu ran down to the ring, thinking about whom to challenge. His first instinct was to take on Bison, but due to the fact that the evil dictator had Guile, Mika and J. Maxx triple-teaming him, the goofy cop decided to ignore him for the moment.
Gambit had spotted him and, needing a battle after Kojiroh had knocked him away from Futch, drew his staff and charged.
"FRED MAXIMILLION!" (S3)
Fred came out from behind the curtain, and once he did, people saw that he was a prettyboy. However, Fred figured that what he had that characers like Borus, Percival and Ash Crimson didn't was determination.
Raising his sword into the air, Fred let out a battle cry and ran down the ramp, leaping into the arena.
Bison saw Fred jump in and groaned. "Great. The one person I want eliminated and I can't get to him." He said just before Guile landed a Flash Kick to his chin.
Fred landed in the arena and lifted his sword even higher. "Prepare yourself vile man!" He shouted at Bison. "I, Fred Maximillion, of the Maximilion Knights, shall vanquish you!"
The number of people beating on Bison went from three to four after that.
"AKIRA YUKI!" (VF)
Virtua Fighter's leading character came out to a reasonably loud cheer. Akira looked around, nodded once and ran down to the arena.
Mika ended up doing a double-take when Akira entered the arena. For a second, she thought she was seeing Ryu enter again. Mika quickly shook her head, telling herself that Ryu had already been eliminated.
(Eliminated Seating)
Muscle Power laughed heartily and looked at the person beside him. "Hey, Ryu! Look! It's your long-lost twin brother!"
Without looking, Ryu slammed his fist into the loud wrestler's face.
(The Arena)
"ROY!" (SSB)
"Okay. This shouldn't be too tough." Roy said to himself. "Marth is up in the Eliminated Seating, so all I have to do to show him how it's done is get one elimination."
The redhead swordsman ran down to the arena and leapt in, careful not to burn himself by landing on one of the black lines.
Roy looked around at all of the fighters in the arena that wielded swords. He smirked as his own sword ignited with fire.
It was good having an elemental sword.
(Dome; Snack Bar)
Sodom walked into the Snack Bar in hopes of getting something to drink for a few of the gang. He had, unfortunately, lost a bet, meaning that he was the one treating.
The Japanese wannabe suddenly saw the condition the Snack Bar was in. "Yeych!" Sodom said in disgust as he stepped over a broken table and approached the counter.
"Uh…May I help you, sir?" The man behind the counter asked. Sodom could have sworn that the man quickly muttered. "Please don't wreck my Snack Bar."
"Let's see…I'll take…Three lemonades, two Mountain Dews and a Coke, please." Sodom said, looking at the menu.
The owner sighed in relief. "Coming right up, sir."
Sodom waited patiently for the drinks to come, whistling an off-key tune.
"Oy, vey." A new voice came from behind. "Juggernaut really did a number on this joint."
Sodom instantly recognized the owner of the voice as Balrog, but chose not to turn around and instead listen in.
If Sodom turned around, he would have seen Balrog and Hopper come into the Snack Bar and sit down at one of the few undestroyed tables.
"Yeah, but a meeting place is a meeting place." Hopper added. "King Lion said he'd meet us here once he appeared back in the Recovery Room."
Sodom continued to listen in. "This is odd. Several villains working together? Something's up."
Balrog nodded. "Once we meet King Lion again, we'll be able to go after the next target. Who is it again?"
"Lilly Kane, but we're not supposed to go after her until her brother is in the arena." Hopper replied.
Sodom's eyes widened behind his mask. "I have to do something!" He thought.
"Um…Sir? Here are your drinks."
Sodom looked forward again and saw the owner of the Snack Bar with a tray of drinks. "Oh. Thank you." Sodom quickly pulled out a five-dollar bill and gave it to the owner. "Keep the change."
Sodom grabbed the tray of drinks and quickly walked out of the Snack Bar. Luckily, Balrog and Hopper didn't notice him.
(The Arena)
"KUMA!" (T5)
The large bear gave of a loud roar as he rolled down to the arena. This was it. It was time to make Master Heihachi proud by demolishing everyone in the arena, or at least weakening them so that Heihachi could have easy eliminations later on.
Once Kuma got to the arena, he looked around, trying to decide whom to take on first. Kuma took about two steps towards Ryo Sakazaki when Peach slammed a frying pan upside his head.
Kuma groaned as he got to his feet. Maybe this would be tougher than he thought.
"NEINHALT SEIGER!" (SS)
The giant man came out from behind the curtain and looked down at the arena. Seeing Kuma, Seiger flexed his gigantic, mechanical arm and strode down to the ring.
Once he reached the arena, Seiger grabbed Kuma with his giant arm and threw the bear across the arena. "Filthy animal!" Seiger shouted. "You dare pick on someone as elegant and fragile as the princess?"
"Thank you sir." Peach said before smashing a golf club over Seiger's head. "But I'm not as fragile as you say."
"And now, the final fighter of this Section…"
"KIM KAPHWAN!" (KOF)
The Tae Kwon Do soldier of justice came out from behind the curtain to a loud cheer. Kim looked at a camera and flashed his trademark smile (the resulting glint blinded the poor cameraman for three days afterwards) before running down to the arena.
"Chang made me proud by getting all those eliminations, even though he was acting a little strange." Kim said to himself as he jumped into the arena. "Now it is time for me to show him how Tae Kwon Do is really done."
Fred saw Kim jump in and waved him over. "Good sir! Would you mind giving us a hand with this scum?" He asked, motioning to Bison.
Kim smirked. "Gladly."