Love & War: The Black Moons
Chapter 31: Worth Saving
Back in Brazil, Decapre, in serious pain, was hobbling downstairs towards the group., clutching her head as Psycho Power continues leaking from her.
"isn't that woman..."Ken tried to finish his question.
"One of Bison's bodyguards," Chun-Li replied. "But something's wrong with her. Cammy, any ideas?"
Cammy looks at Decapre, trying to figure out the problem. She started developing mental images of Decapre in immense pain, as one of the Black Moons ominously hovers over her.
"Well, is she the enemy?" asked Laura. "Let me take care of her."
"No. Don't. I'll fight her just to be certain."
Decapre is more lethal with her forearm blade, but at this point, the psychological breakdown allowed Cammy to defeat her without much trouble. After a while, Decapre faints. Cammy caught her and put her down gently. A couple of police officers came by with their guns drawn.
"Nobody move."
"I brought backup," said Sean.
"She's a agent of Shadaloo. We have the authority to arrest her."
Cammy did not respond. She feels responsible for the Dolls, as she too, like them, were victims of M. Bison dark magic, and so should have a second chance like she did. Ken tried to assess the situation.
"Take it easy. She's no longer a danger."
"You don't have to worry," said Chun-Li. "We should turn her over to them for now."
Cammy has a flashback of Decapre as a child. "Your big sister... will help you." The image of the little was followed by the Black Moon closing in.
"Help... you," Decapre managed to say which broke Cammy's daze upon hearing Decapre say the same words.
"Will help you... big sister will..."
The police office is losing his patience as he steps towards Cammy. "What are you doing? Give the girl to us, now!"
Unwilling to do so, Cammy instinctively attacked the police officer. The other tried to shoot her.
"Don't do it!" Ken exclaimed.
Cammy was not hit. She dodged the bullet while placing Decapre somewhere safe. She then fights the police officer. It is common knowledge that police officers receive basic combat training to survive in the streets. Cammy, however, supercedes that fact with her Spec Ops training from both Shadaloo and Delta Red, several levels beyond that of a common street ruffian, outclassing the police officer with greater ease.
The other officer was ready to shoot again when he gets trampled by an ATV (All-Terrain Vehicle), driven by none other than Juri Han.
"Juri?"
"Looks like you're having fun," Juri said, always with the "I don't give a fuck" attitude. "Get on. You can pay me for this with that."
She points to Decapre and kicks her mask off.
"What are you...?" Cammy couldn't finish her question.
"How sweet. The love between the sisters turns them into fugitives."
Cammy might kick herself for this later. She loathes the idea of having to ally with a maniac, but seeing as how she might have a choice. Add to the fact that the safety of Decapre became her priority.
With Decapre in her arms, she joins Juri as they take off.
"CAMMY!"Chun-Li called her name but to no avail.
"Damn it." Ken cursed to himself.
"Are you trying to follow them on foot?" Laura asks "It's foolish to do that. The road is straight line from here. Besides..."
Laura turns towards the upper street, only to see three more Shadaloo soldiers approaching them.
"How do they keep coming?" asked Ken.
"I have to head to the base now," said Chun-Li. "Hold them off."
"Sure! Leave it to me."
With a simple Shoryuken, Ken dispatches the soldiers. From the roof of a house nearby, Vega watches them.
"A flower trifling in the wind is so beautiful." He holds out a rose and sends its pedals scattering into the winds. "I want to cut it down by my own hand."