Episode 16 – A Night Out With The Bloodthirsty Prince (Temptations Of The Flesh)
On the last exciting episode of street fighter II deep core crisis. The investigation continues as Interpol struggles to maintain a secure environment for the investigators who are working on solving the case then bring Chun-Li back safe. Meanwhile Chun-Li is dwelling deeper into Vega's past.
- Streets of Barcelona, 20:35 PM -
Ryu and Ken were aghast at the realization that bloody footprints were leading into the dark alleys. The mysterious figure that they saw earlier had disappeared into the dark. They found themselves in an unfamiliar environment. The view distance was limited and the narrow alleys were far from ideal battlegrounds. The dark corners of the streets were hiding places for the killer to escape. They started running, but suddenly ran out of tracks to follow.
"This is a shit hole." Ken remarked and noticed some rats coming out of their hiding places among the scattered trashcans.
"It's always the same, no matter in what culture or country, slums are slums." Ryu added.
"Ain't that the truth" Ken added.
Suddenly they heard a high pitched shriek, as they turned to face it, a cat revealed itself.
"It's useless; we will never catch the killer, let's go back and report this." Ken concluded, as they returned to the crime scene, Ryu made a startling realization.
"Why is he undressed?" Ken's eyes widened to this remark.
"He still had his clothes on when we arrived!" They quickly sprinted to the Interpol station. As they entered, chills ran down their spines. In the chief office, Logan reviewed some papers and reports; he was caught by surprise when Ken and Ryu rushed in to his office.
"What is it now?" Logan sent Ken an inquisitive look before lowering his gaze at the documents.
"Someone has just infiltrated this building." Ryu said to which Logan stood up and walked to the water dispenser. As he filled up a cup, he scratched his head and looked at the two.
"You got any evidence?" As he took a sip, he noticed the dried blood on Ken's hands. He spit the water out and activated the silent alarm, alerting every special agent in the building.
"Was it one of ours?" Logan asked.
"No it was one of the local police." Ken replied.
"Shouldn't be so hard to find, with the blood stains and all." Logan unbuttoned his gun holster and stepped outside the office, the station was active at this time of day with many local police officers giving out reports of their findings to Karenina's special agents.
"It's rush hour…" Ryu exclaimed.
"All agents, this is an emergency we have an infiltrator in disguise as a local policeman, his uniform is stained with blood, I repeat is stained, apprehend immediately upon visual confirmation." Logan used his wireless headset.
"Now what?" Ken asked.
"We wait; he can't get past security guarding Balrog if that is your concern." Logan replied with a confident tone.
"How do you know he hasn't already?" Ken countered.
"They just reported in after I briefed them all on the situation."
"What situation?" Cammy stepped in.
"Someone has infiltrated the station, in disguise as a local policeman." Logan got her up to speed with the current events.
"Bollocks! Let's find the bastard." She ran past them in her search.
"She is quite something, isn't she?" Logan smirked.
"You have no idea." Guile appeared out of nowhere.
"Lieutenant I have important…" Guile interrupted him.
"Save it, I know about the breach. The question is how are you going to deal with it?" Guile rested his hands on his hips.
"Come let us discuss this is private in my office." Once the doors to the office closed, Logan found some drawings of the station he had stashed in his drawer and laid them out on the table for everyone to see.
"Prisoner room looks pretty tight." Guile commented while pointing at it on the map.
"Damn right it is. That gorilla won't escape." Logan added.
"You sound like you really don't like the guy." Guile observed.
"We'll let's just say he killed a dozen of men I knew, good men with families they never returned home to." Karenina explained.
"But it's surrounded by corridors from three angles, the walls can't be thick." Ken joined in on the discussion.
"He's right, with some effort both sides to the prison room could be easily penetrated with explosives." Guile concluded.
"Are you telling me someone brought explosives into the station?!" Logan asked nervously.
"How can I know, nowadays you can conceal explosives everywhere, C4? Doesn't that ring a bell for you commando types?" Guile exclaimed slyly, all while Logan eyeballed him.
"Come on, man! Will you get off my back?" Logan slammed his palms onto the table.
"He's right Logan, do something. You are the one in charge." Ryu soothingly suggested.
"Shit, I'll alert my men." While Logan alerted his men over the comlink, Ken and Ryu snuck out to search for the killer themselves.
"That asshole is going to pay for murdering a law enforcer." Ken begrudged, suddenly Ryu spotted a suspicious figure amongst the crowd, he quickly alerted Ken and they both pursued, as they came closer, they noticed small red smudges on the floor that led to the men's restroom. They followed the blood trail into the restroom, and discovered a man who was facing the wall, as they came closer they noticed blood dripping from the man's arm, upon further approach it was blood that had led them this far, as the mysterious figure turned to face them, they were struck with fear. Its eyes scanned the room and cantered on them, it wore police uniform yet it was ill fitting its rugged shape.
"What the…" Ken exclaimed with a surprised expression.
"It's not human!" Ryu reassured him.
"Then what the hell is it?" They went into combat stances.
"It's a Shadowlaw surveillance cyborg…" Cammy appeared behind them.
"Let's kill it!" Ken took a step forward and swung with his leg horizontally hitting the cyborgs upper body, it absorbed the impact and moved forward into Ken, grabbing him by the throat and throwing him into a standing urinary device; it shattered upon impact leaving Ken vulnerable. As the cyborg approached Ken, Ryu who took hold of the machine and locked its arms in place for Cammy to assault surprised it. She moved swiftly, placing precise punches and kicks, one of her kicks peeled a layer and revealed fuses and cables, Cammy wasted no time, taking out her gun and shooting at the vulnerable spot. Black fumes began to rise from the machine, yet it still possessed enough strength to escape Ryu's grip and grab hold of Cammy delivering a powerful punch that penetrated into Cammy's ribcage. Blood escaped her lush lips as she fell to the ground.
"No!" Ken yelled desperately as the assaulted the cyborg with his trademark 360-degree spinning kick which sent the Cyborg flying through the wall.
"Is she still alive?" Ken asked Ryu who was attending to Cammy's wounds.
"She still breathes, there is still hope but we need to get her to a hospital now!" Ryu lifted her up. Meanwhile the Cyborg continued to ravage the police station butchering almost anyone its tracks. Guttural screams echoed throughout the hallways.
"Come in! Agent's report…" Logan tried to reach his men to no avail.
"Holy shit!" Guile heard gunfire outside the office.
"Ok… Fuck it!" Karenina took out a briefcase and opened it with a key he had hanging around his neck along with his dogtag. He threw a magnum to Guile who smirked back while grabbing it in mid-air.
"Maybe I was wrong about you." Guile said slyly.
"First impressions…" Logan loaded a PP-90M1 submachine gun and positioned himself next to the door.
"Nice toy!" Guile commented.
"It's a prototype." Logan switched off the safety on it.
"Being CIA has its benefits." Guile opened the door and headed out with Logan tailing him. As they reached a clearing to the other offices, they were greeted with a pool of blood and corpses, which decorated the scene. A female high pitch scream alerted them to the cafeteria. The cyborg grabbed the cleaning lady by the arm, lifting her slowly and scanning her face with its eyes. As she struggled against the cyborgs grip, she spotted Logan and Guile.
"¡Ayúdame!" They started shooting the cyborg in the back, their bullets bouncing off its sturdy exosceleton. Suddenly the cyborg grabbed onto her one leg and started stretching her out until her shoulder gave in and dislocated, such a strong force was generated that her arm was pulled out right from the socket, the remaining veins ruptured as the joint and bone distanced. Blood rushed out from the opening, her expression numb and lifeless as she fell to the ground.
"Son of a bitch!" Guile launched himself at the cyborg, managing to bring down with him. Logan joined in and held the cyborg down while emptying an entire helical magizine into its dent, ending its existance.
"Its dead..." Logan breathed out.
"But at what cost?" Guile looked around and searched for surviors, he heard a familiar voice calling out for help.
"What happened here?!" Guile rushed to the restroom and entered through a hole in the wall. He immedietly spotted Ryu who was holding on to a badly wounded Cammy. Logan rushed in and felt her pulse,
"Her heart is strugling she has experience severe trauma to her upper ribcage area!" They brought her out of the building and were intercepted by Ken who had succesfully called an ambulance which parked near them.
"You guys go with her, she might not be safe due to Shadowlaw presence in Barcelona." Logan ordered them.
"But what about you, its a sluaghterhouse in there?" Ken asked.
"Don't worry about me, I'll secure the prisoner and will head out to our new hideout." Logan looked down in dismay. Ken stepped forward.
"It was not your fault, commander. No one can have prepared for this, you were not equipped to deal with it." Logan kept shaking his head.
"Now there are more condolences I will have to write." Ken placed his hand on Logan's shoulder.
"Back there, I am sorry for being too harsh you've lost a great many soldiers." Logan smirked to him.
"Well I am sorry too, but let's not dwell on what could have been and let's focus on the now and what can be, watch corporal Cammy White and report back to me with good news." They got in the ambulance and drove off. Logan entered the police station and went straight to the holding cell.
"Their screams were music to my ears." Balrog proclaimed while laying in his bunk. Logan frowned and unlocked the door to his cell.
"You gonna die bitch!" Balrog seized his chance and jumped down on top of Logan, he swung with his right and caught Logan's face. Balrog eyes widened at the sight as Logan grabbed onto Balrog and threw him off into the bars.
"That must have hurt." Logan wiped his mouth of some blood and stood up, anticipating Balrog's next move. As Balrog rushed in, Logan sidestepped and let him run into another set of iron bars.
"You fuck!" Balrog had slammed his head into a bar, and started spitting out gold teeth.
"You should be more careful, these small holding cells weren't designed for jogging." Logan had a sadistic expression painted on his face while rolling his sleeves up. Balrog regained his stature and began to send a series of punches Logan's way; they were swiftly evaded and countered. Logan swung his leg and hit Balrog in the face before taking him down on the ground and locking him into position for an onslaught that he had used against Ken. Karenina's strength proved useful as Balrog's defences tired.
"You Shadowlaw parasite." Logan spit in Balrog's face.
"Are ya happy now?" Balrog asked with a hoarse voice.
"Why should I let you live?" Logan unbuttoned his side holster and revealed a handgun. He pointed it at Balrog's forehead.
"Hey dis wasn't the deal! You supposed to be one of da good guys!" Balrog panted.
"Well, come to think of it, you compromised us. And look at the casualties... I should end your miserable life." Suddenly Logan's ears caught footsteps coming up behind him. Meanwhile.
- Unknown Mansion at the outskirts of Barcelona, 21:09 PM -
Waltz music echoed through the mansion corridors where a bright light into the mess hall, here Chun-Li and Vega were locked into a synchronized dance.
"You are almost there." Vega complimented her and pointed out some details in her placement of steps.
"Now stretch out your arm and go in a circle around me while's still holding my hand." She followed his instructions. As the music ended so did their exercise, both relaxed for a moment on the couch in front of a large fireplace. Vega went ahead and poured some red vine in two glasses that was conveniently placed on a stand near the coach. He look at her, noticing her reserved posture, she glanced at him for a moment only to look away, he smirked to this.
"Lovely one I can without a doubt say that I was impressed." He moved closer to her and gave her a glass of wine.
"Is there something in this wine I should know about?" She looked at him inquisitively.
"Absolutely not." He emptied his glass and wasted no time pouring more wine into it.
"So what have you got in mind with these dancing lessons?" She asked while looking at the fireplace. His gaze focused on her.
"You will be my date..." She giggled interrupting him.
"Is it not what you want, no?" His eyes narrowed.
"Only if Shadowlaw is holding the party and I can blow M. Bison's head off." She bit her lower lip.
"One can dream, can't they?" She turned to face him, they both giggled.
"You will get your chance pretty one." He emptied his glass.
"So now i am just pretty? What happened to beautiful one?" She smiled provocatively and leaned closer to him. His eyes caught her cleave that was bulging from within her light dress.
"Am I making you uncomfortable?" She whispered to him.
"You haven't touched your glass?" She placed it on the stand.
"I only drink on special occasions." Vega grid his teeth.
"And this is not one, no?" She sat next to him and came closer, the scent of alcohol was escaping his lips, in a split second she was on top of him guiding her hands down his muscular chest, her nails trailing against his thin shirt.
"Here let me take that." He handed her his glass, which she slammed against his temple area of the head. He let out a faint grunt and went unconscious. She quickly ran up to the room where she was staying in and took Salgado's book with her on the way down the stairs an unexpected figure was standing in the stairway.
"Vega?!" Blood was running down the side of his head. He started moving towards her.
"Stay back Vega this is not a game!" She warned him.
"You found the Dr's book, clever..." He stopped for a moment and looked down to notice drops of blood; he brought his hand up to the wound and applied pressure to it.
"Oh my god..."Chun-Li dropped the book.
"Are you alright?" She looked concerned at him.
"Not admiring your handiwork." Vega's stature began to shake; she came to his side and helped him up to her room. She laid him on the bed and sat on the edge of it.
"Is my face?" She shook with her head.
"No your face looks beautiful." She reassured him. She blushed for a moment.
"I don't know what to do with you." They both smiled.
"On one hand you are murderer, a sadist, sexual predator and arrogant narcissistic womanizing psychopath. On the other hand, you are incredibly handsome, hopelessly in love person who is doing everything he can to earn my trust. And I've never had anyone this committed to winning me over." She lowered herself to him.
"I really want to understand you, but you make it so hard." Her voice trembled.
"If you ever pull another stunt or drug me in any way you will lose me forever." Tears were building up in her beautiful eyes.
"Never again." He held her hand and gently clenched his grip. She lay herself beside him and rested her head against his wide muscular shoulder. Meanwhile…
- Barcelona University Hospital, 21:30 PM –
Ken and Ryu sat waiting impatiently for any news while Guile walked up and down the hallway.
"I hope she makes it." Ryu said.
"She will! She is strong…" Guile exclaimed passionately. They all ran to the doctor as soon as he came out of the operation room.
"She will make it!" They cheered.
"Fucking A!" Guile looked down with tears in his eyes.
"Oh look, the big bad lieutenant is human after all!" Ken commented.
"Get out of here! I had something stuck in my eyes!" Guile argued, while Ken and Ryu laughed. An Interpol agent reached them.
"Balrog escaped!" They looked at him surprised.
"What! No!" Guile said angrily.
"Agent Karenina was severely injured with multiple stab wounds to his liver and kidney, he is being transported to this hospital as we speak." The agent explained.
"I knew someone should have stayed with him!" Ken said regretfully.
"Someone is going to pay for this!" Guile took out his cell phone and dialled Barrac's number. Meanwhile…
- Secret Underground Shadowlaw base, Barcelona 21:52 PM -
"You buffoon! You have quickened the plan and have brought us behind schedule." M. Bison lectured a bruised Balrog at his quarters.
"Interpol casualties were far greater than projected." A Shadolaw scientist commented.
"Indeed the surveillance cyborg proved useful after all." Bison sat down, Sagat entered the room.
"Look at you, pitiful as always." Sagat loathed Balrog.
"Sagat we won't have any of that today. Our Balrog proved more useful than we give him credit for, Interpol's stronghold in Barcelona has been crushed with a single blow. Wait till we complete production on model 2.0." Sagat looked surprised at Bison
"Model 2.0?"
"Yes, it is true I have not abandoned the cyborg initiative, after all we cannot rely solely on training dolls, even though they did do a good job at freeing Balrog from who was it again?" Bison turned his lifeless gaze to Balrog.
"The surveillance footage salvaged from the cyborg and the surveillance camera tapes the dolls managed to steal from the police station indicate that lieutenant Guile and special agent Logan Karenina had successfully managed to immobilize the cyborg while Karenina defeated Balrog in combat." A Shadowlaw engineer explained.
"Bested by a special agent?" Bison turned his attention to Balrog.
"I can explain, it was…"
"Enough! Show me the footage." A large white board was brought in and the footage projected on it.
"Impressive, he has a strong build and strength that equals your own Sagat." Bison analysed the footage.
"You should have brought him to me; we could have implanted a control chip into him."
"We are sorry sir." The dolls apologized.
"He is nothing, let me kill him!" Sagat demanded.
"Did I specify that I wanted him dead?" Bison asked.
"I want 24/7 surveillance on Karenina in the hospital, he might be our Trojan horse."
"Yes my master." Sagat left the room.
"As for you Balrog, consider yourself free of any duty. You are dismissed." Bison consulted further with his scientists and engineers. Meanwhile…
- Unknown Mansion at the outskirts of Barcelona, 22:12 PM –
Vega opened his eyes and felt a cold chill go through his body as Chun-Li placed a bag of ice on his wound. She carefully removed the plaster he had on his chest covering up the scars he had caused on himself.
"Do these still hurt?" She asked.
"Not anymore…" He said. She lifted the icebag and inspected the wound; it had stopped to bleed and was slightly swollen.
"It looks much better now." She gave him a comforting smile, which he returned.
"Did we miss the party?" She grinned playfully.
"What a night out." He added, they both giggled for a moment.
"You know…" She stopped for a moment.
"I've never been this emotionally involved with anyone." She looked down.
"Of course you haven't I would have cut his head off." He gently cupped her face with his hands.
"We can't… It's impossible we are the complete opposite of…" He hushed her.
"But if you believe that to be true then why did you not leave me to collapse on the stairs?" He looked her straight in the eyes.
"Is there still hope for me?" He asked, she answered with her lips pressing gently against his, Vega's eyes were still open as he observed her deepening the kiss while closing her eyes and pressing her arms against his chest. He encircled her with his strong arms and pulled out of the kiss for a moment, their lips inches apart he could feel the warmth of her breath against his.
"We leave tonight… and never look back." He suggested abruptly.
"No, I can't." She rolled to the side.
"I'll do anything." He pleaded.
"This will never end well." She concluded and sat on the edge of the bed. She looked at Vega and turned toward him, unbuttoning his shirt.
"You are right this won't end well." He pulled her towards him and came on top of her. His shirt was unbuttoned revealing his chiselled abs and upper body, his long braid touched down on her cleavage; Chun-Li seemed intoxicated by his scent and feel. He guided his hands to her hips and carefully pulled up her dress over her head, he threw it away and beheld her beauty; she wore a black bra with matching panties, his heartbeat increased. He caressed her breasts with his hands and was about to remove her bra, but suddenly the look on her face had him concerned.
"What is wrong? You are ready, no?" He asked.
"I don't know if I trust you yet. My body wants this but I am questioning my sanity."
"Are you going to make up your mind?!" She slapped him across the face.
"It is best we take one step at a time. I am sorry." She gathered her things and left the room.
"My angel, so pure." Vega closed his eyes and licked his lips that were still bearing her taste.
In the next exciting episode of Street Fighter II – Deep Core Crisis, as Interpol scrambles to counter measure the devastating cyborg attack, Shadowlaw plans another attack. Stay tuned for more action in Episode 17 – The Attempt to Run (Lost in Barcelona)
GONNA BURN SOME MUSCLE!
A/N: I finally managed to complete another chapter! I am proud to announce the next chapter, which I am certain, will be out by the end of November as I have already begun writing it. I thank everyone for reading and keeping up with the story. A special thank you to Miss Nabaat for bringing the lack of updates to my attention. To my dear readers once again I say thank you, take care!