Love & War: The Black Moons

Chapter 46: Escaping Shadaloo

At the base's main entrance, R. Mika and Ibuki were still busy mowing down Shadaloo troopers.

"How many more do we have to fight?" asked Mika. Luckily, Sonya, joined by Jax, Liu Kang, Johnny Cage, Sub-Zero, Scorpion, Kung Lao, Li Mei and Kitana, bursted upon the scene.

"Need some help?" Asked Cage.

They allied with Mika and Ibuki to take care of the troopers. Chris, followed by Tanya, Chun-Li, Karin, and Jade were heading in their direction to join the frey. Once they were done and out, Ibuki noticed a purple glow approaching them. It was Abel, running towards everyone, pissed off!

"IRON..." Zangief came crashing down like a meteor, and sent Abel off-course. "...MUSCLE!" Mika was excited. Ibuki, well, not so much.

She spotted a helicopter landing near them. It has a emblem of the Kanzuki family.

"Impeccable timing," said Karin.

Shibasaki and Guile were the pilots.

"They are here to pick us up. We need to get out of here so everyone on board. Chris, once again I thank you for helping us but this mission is not over yet. Ride with Sonya and we'll meet you at S-F."

Chris nodded, "Let's go."

Chris was about to head outside but was shot from behind.

"CHRIS!" Tanya ran to him. He slowly got up.

"Are you ok?"

"Laser..." Was all he could muster. Tanya looked up. "KANO!"

"In the flesh!"

Kano jumps down.

"Go, Tanya..."

"I'm not leaving you here, Chris."

"That's not up for debate. Go!"

"Tanya, we need to go now," said Karin.

Tanya kisses him. "Be safe for me."

She runs out of the base. Zangief had just finished Abel and carried him over his shoulders. As the chopper was about to take off, Karin sensed something. "Something's wrong."

Rashid, Azam and Nash had exited the base with Necalli chasing after them. Rashid was able to climb in along with Azam Nash was last to climb on.

"GRAB ON!" Guile yelled as his old USAF buddy grabs on. The choppers then departed, leaving Chris to battle Kano and Necalli roaring in the heavens.

Inside the base, ""I bet you waited long enough to fight me, eh, mate?"

"Worth it, but now, it's just you and me."

Kano pulls out one of his knives. "I cannot wait to kill you."

"Then prepare for a disappointment. FIGHT!"

Chris battles his longtime nemesis. he fought him before in the Mortal Kombat tournament, but this time, it's personal. It's time to end this. All of the mental warfare he suffered, it actually strengthened him. Kano tried his patented Cannonball which connected on Chris' chest, sending both of them flying down to the underground control room. F.A.N.G witnesses the fight and soon recognizes Chris. He heard stories of how he saved the world when he defeated Shao Kahn. Now he is fighting Kano. Chris tossed Kano into one of the computers and smashed his head into it. Kano recovered and smacked Chris in the head with the broken computer. Chris countered another attack and threw him into one of the computer mainframes, paying F.A.N.G no mind. Meanwhile, in the reactor area, Samus made her escape. She was searching for way out of the base and find her ship when she heard a door to the control room busted down. Chris and Kano were tearing apart everything in sight with their combat. Samus remained in hiding and used the battle as a distraction to make her escape. Kano fell into the reactor where Samus was. Kano shot his lasers at Chris, who dodges them. What seemed like a all-out brawl turns into a gunfight. Chris took out his Glock 19 while Kano takes out a Heckler & Koch MP5A4. The gun battle moved from area to area. Bison was watching the fight from the monitors. He seemed interested. He had no idea who he was, but believed he might provide him some entertainment with combat. The thought of it put a smile on his face.

Samus found her ship, realizing that Chris is still in the base somewhere. She activates the ship's engine and heads back to find him, but gets attacked by Balrog.

"Where do you think you're going, sweet thing?"

Samus looked at him. He's gonna get his ass kicked. 'Try me." Balrog tried the first strike, but Samus countered with greater ease and launches a half spin kick to his face, knocking him down. Balrog made a huge mistake when he picked a fight with a galactic bounty hunter and was defeated. "Is that all?"

Kano kicked a door down in another corridor somewhere in the base, possibly the boiler room. His MP5 in hand, he searches for Chris, who drops down on him from the ceiling. The MP5 slid across the corridor and Chris choked Kano, but he blasted him in the face with his laser and tackles him. He tried to stab Chris, but the Homefront Warrior commander used all his strength to push him back. Then he had a idea. He grabbed Kano's face and got behind him. He ripped off his laser eye! Kano stumbled around. Now is the time for Chris' first fatality. He pulls one of Kano's knives out, knees him in the gut, leans his head back and impales him through his throat. He pulls it out, with blood splashing on him. As Kano was struggling to breathe, holding his new neck wound, Chris slides between his legs and takes another knife. He stabs Kano on both sides of his head and twisted his head to the right, breaking his neck, then he used all his might to yank the head right off. The head is still on the knife. As Kano fell dead, Chris stabs the ground with that knife. He rose up, seeing Kano's headless body on the ground. Everything he went psychologically was because of Kano. The nightmare was finally over. He then looks at his photo of his wife and daughter.

"For my family..."

Chris grabbed the MP5 and makes his way out of the base when he was ambushed by Necalli. Chris has never seen a warrior with such primal and murderous instincts before. Chris got up ready to fight.

"Consume your soul..."

Just as Necalli was about to attack, he was shot from behind. Chris looked at the source. It was some kind of cyborg with a green arm cannon.

"Chris, run!" It was Samus! In her Power Suit!

"Samus?"

"Get to my ship! It is outside the base!"

Chris nodded quickly and escaped. Now it's Samus' turn. "You cannot evade me, beast!"

Samus battles Necalli. Necalli uses the liquid to trap Samus, but her acrobatic abilities make it difficult. She shot her arm cannon with several different types of projectiles, including missiles, plasma beam and her ice beam. It seemed like a hour since the battle started, but Samus was showing no signs of backing down. She then turned into her morph ball and laid what appeared to be a power bomb. Necalli was stunned, unable to continue. Samus then ran outside the base when the power bomb exploded. Hopefully it killed Necalli. Samus ran to her ship and took off with Chris inside. She disengages her power suit back to her Zero suit. She too was exhausted after facing Balrog and then Necalli.

"Are you ok, Chris?"

She set the coordinates for the S-F base.

Chris removed his outfit, which was covered in blood. He couldn't believe it. He killed Kano! The man responsible for his suffering. He closed his eyes for a moment. He then looks at Samus.

"Much better."