Love & War: The Black Moons

Chapter 14: Reunion

The heroes reconvened at another devastated part of the city. Chun Li rested on a pickup truck.

"Thanks for the help, guys. Who are you?" Guile asks.

"I'm Chris. No last name. This is Tanya, Kitana, Mileena, Liu Kang, Kung Lao, my wife Jade and this is Samus Aran. She came here from orbit after discovering those satellites."

"I'm Cammy of Delta Red. I've heard a lot about you girls. You saved our world just a few short months ago."

"You after Shadaloo?" Chris asked.

"Yes. I've been following them since this whole Black Moon thing started. Shadaloo is involved with the destruction of New York."

Chris' comm activated. "Chris."

"Sonya, everything all right?"

"I'm back a the base. Without power, our computers remain inoperative."

"Sonya?"

"Who's this?"

"This is Cammy of the Delta Red. What's you situation?"

"Queen Sindel and I had tried to get our computers working again, but because of the explosion, our mainframes were fried."

"Sindel?"

"Greeting, dear Cammy. I am Queen Sindel of Edenia. I take it my girls are ok."

"They are no harmed."

She looks at Chun Li.

"Excuse me, Chris. I need to tend to Chun Li."

"Chris, I will be inactive for a while. Stay with Chun Li and Cammy."

"Copy that, Sonya."

"Chun Li, you lost your head in that fight."

"I'm sorry. I won't do that again. Who are they?"

Tanya walked up.

"Chun Li, how are you feeling?"

"Not as good as I'd hoped. Who are you?"

"My name's Tanya. This is Chris, and my friends Kitana, Mileena and Jade."

"You ladies were the ones that saved the world a while ago."

"And this is Samus Aran."

"What's with that outfit?"

"It's my Zero suit. I'm here to investigate the so-called Black Moons."

"How do we stop them from going off?"

"I'm not sure," Cammy replied. "But it seems Shadaloo doesn't have the ability to control all of them at this time."

"What do you mean?"

"I've heard that the control keys were stolen. I don't know who, but maybe someone betrayed Shadaloo, or aspy infiltrating the base."

"It might have a connection to this missing hackers incident," said Guile.

"Incident?"

"There's a group of computer hackers that was gone missing. Age, gender and nationality all vary, including some young ones."

"Young computer hackers?" asked Chris?

"We've been investigating this from all angles, Chris," said Guile. "Such as a criminal organization behind it. Then the Moons appeared."

"Are you saying that the hackers were coerced to build the Black Moons?" Jade asked.

"Yes," Chun Li replied. "Now we have to stop the Moons from exploding in other six cities."

"I need to ask you something," said Cammy as she sat Chun Li back after she struggled to stand. She takes out a parcel and hands it to Chun Li.

"This package. An Interpol agent was trying to deliver it to you, but Shadaloo attacked him. Whoever sent it is unknown. Why the agent was attacked is unclear, though I can guess."

Chun Li unwraps the parcel. Guile perks at the contents.

"It's the same..."

He pulls out of his pocket one of the control keys with a crescent moon shape on it. Chun Li holds another one with a eight-pointed star on it. Suddenly they hear footsteps. Chris holds the girls in place. "Wait."

"It can't be..."

The man walking towards them was Charlie Nash. Rashid showed up with a older, larger man.

"Hello, my friends." Aw, jeez.

"Stay back," said Guile. "This might be a trick."

"I'm being ignored?" Uh, yea, you inconvenient ass! Poor timing, don't you think?

"Master..." It was Azam.

Guile ends up fighting his close friend who he thought died long ago. They have the same style, but Nash seemed to picked up a trick or two during his time in another world. Guile falls to his knees, defeated.

"Who are you? You're not..."

He tried his Sonic Boom, but Nash stopped it with one hand, absorbing its power until it is completely neutralized. This action also sapped his own strength as well. Rashid seemed annoyed.

"Fine. Ignore me all you want. It actually makes it easy for me to take care of this." He set his sights on Chun Li. He walks to her and takes on a offensive stance. "I am Rashid of the Turbulent Wind. Please hand me that piece quietly."

Chun Li fights Rashid, but she is weakened after her unsuccessful battle with M. Bison. Rashid successfully took the piece from Chun Li. He then sets his sights on Tanya. He walks up to her.

"Hello, gorgeous."

This motherfucker, thought Tanya. Without looking, she moved her hand to his balls, much to Rashid's delight, but his delight quickly turn to unsavory agony when Tanya squeezed them real tight. Rashid screamed in pain and doubled down. Rashid was dumbfounded to know that Tanya was clearly not in the mood to hit on, especially in the time of crisis. What a dumbass! Chris walked up to him, pointing his Glock 19 at his head.

"The piece, Rashid."

Rashid looks at him.

"You imbecile!" Rashid grabbed Chris by the throat and threw him against one of the destroyed vehicles.

"CHRIS!" Jade tends to him. He appears to be unconscious. Nash took the other piece from Guile, who's also unconscious.

"Humble apologies!" He again turns to Tanya. "And you, I'll see you soon. Come, Azam. We can only take one piece back for now." Rashid forms a large pillar of wind and disappears. Tanya looked absolutely pissed!