Love & War: The Black Moons
Chapter 1: Dark Avenger
A dark place where nothing can be seen, except for one lit spot where a blonde man stood. He feels something. He turns and sees a lamb. It speaks.
"Devour..."
Some kind of dark liquid formed around the lamb, consuming it and changing it into a form of a long-tressed warrior.
"The soul wanders... I must devour."
"What in the hell are you?"
The warrior, Necalli, advances and takes Nash down.
"Devour..."
"Damn it!"
Nash struggles, but a red energy of some kind forms around him. The warrior seems to be using it intent on consuming him, until a glowing blue butterfly flutters between them, distracting the warrior. It was radiating a strong blue glow. That's when Nash woke up. He is now lying in a tomb when he heard a female voice.
"You have regained consciousness. It's a miracle!"
Nash turned to see a woman, dressed in typical Russian attire.
"My name is Helen. I was asked to take care of you, like a nurse for instance. You have broken bones everywhere. At first, we thought you were dead. Do you remember what happened to you?"
"I remember..."
Nash had a flashback of when a helicopter from the USAF shot him in the back and sent him hurtling down a waterfall. The last thing he saw was seeing M. Bison as he fell. He snapped back to reality, terrified.
"Bison," he exclaimed.
He turns and sees a image of Bison made of purplish energy. Although traumatized, but focused on getting even, he climbs out of the tomb to find his murderer.
"You should't push yourself yet," said Helen. "You must save your strength."
Nash shoves her aside and keeps limping towards the image of Bison as it floats backwards outside the cave. Once he walked out into a rocky path beneath the waterfalls next to the cave, he cannot see the image. It appeared right behind him. He turns around and gets ready to fight.
"No escape!"
Although it seemed futile to fight an illusion, the image of Bison seems to hit hard just like the real thing. Nash was forced to use his skills to fight back. His post-traumatic stress spurred him on, however, and he was able to win.
"I'll finish you!"
He uses two double Sonic Booms which worked, as the image of Bison took the hit, but it disappeared with a evil grin.
"Most impressive. It seemed you haven't forgotten your Air Force training," said Helen as Nash was on his knee, exhausted.
"How do you know so much?" Nash asked.
"I told you. I was asked to take care of you. Not only that, I have valuable information for you."
Helen gives Nash a photo of Guile.
"You must find this man and take the 'piece' he has if you want to stop Bison. You do want that?"
As he looked at the photo, Helen disappears.
"Nice to meet you, Charlie Nash."