Untitled Ch. 6
By Blankman

The limo ride was a rather uncomfortable one filled with awkward silences, and a few failed attempts at conversation. Ken was constantly checking his watch to pass the time, while Eliza casually stared out the window. They were sitting beside Cammy and Dan.

Ryu and Chunli sat in the opposite seat, facing them. There was a big gap between the couple, who were obviously trying to keep their new found love for each other, a secret. They stole small glances at each other whenever they could, and then at Dan, with eyes that seemed to plead, *please don't tell them*.

However Dan seemed to be in a world of his own. He scrutinized the couple with a perplexed look on his face. *I don't believe this, Ryu snagged a chick before I did,* he thought, *and a hot one at that, I must be losing my touch*.

Dan then looked down at Cammy, who appeared to be taking a nap. He put on a false yawn and pretended to stretch as his arm fell on her left shoulder. *Nope,* he told himself, *I've still got it!!*

"Dan?", came Cammy's voice.

"Yeah sweetcheeks?", Dan asked confidently.

"Get your bloody 'ands off me."

"But baby!!", Dan pleaded.

"Call me baby again, and I'll shove your head so far up your arse, your eyes 'll pop out."

Dan pouted a little, and slowly removed his arm from her shoulder. He sat in silence for the rest of the ride.

They reached the hotel around 8:15 p.m. The limo slowed down to an abrupt stop and the chauffer got out of the car to open the door. The couples stepped out onto the red carpet and walked into the colossal hotel. They were led down an extensive hall, and entered an enormous room, where the bash would be held.

Guests had already started arriving, so Ken and Eliza went off to greet them.

Dan looked around the room, *no sign of Ryu or Chunli,* he thought, *oh well, I'm not going to look for them*. He continued scanning the wonderfully embellished room, when his eyes caught a gorgeous red head sitting alone at the bar. He smiled to himself and meandered his way around the dinner tables, passed the dance floor and moved towards the bar.

"Dan I'm really sorry about the way I reacted in the car," Cammy spoke, "It's just tha...," she stopped as she realized that Dan wasn't standing beside her anymore.

"Dan?", she said worriedly.

Her eyes searched the room slowly, then stopped at the bar. The worried look on her face quickly morphed into a frown, as she saw Dan talking to a woman in a tight spandex army camouflaged top, and a tight green leather mini-skirt. *What a beast*, she thought as she looked at the other woman.

*What a beauty,* Dan thought to himself.

"So...," he began, "what's a girl like you, doing in a joint like this?", he asked, taking her hand in his.

"Not much, just enjoying the music and the margerita's," replied the lady, in a thick foreign accentl

"hmmm, you're German?", he asked.

"French," she replied.

"French," he repeated, "oh, then bonjour madamoiselle," he said as he kissed her hand lightly. "What's your name princess?"

"Marie," she smiled, as she took a sip of her drink with her free hand.

"Well Marie, your parents must be terrorists, because you're the bomb!"

She simply laughed.

"I see you're in the army," Dan said, noticing her attire. "Ever seen guns like these before?", asked flexing his biceps.

Dan continued this behavior for most of the evening.

Meanwhile, Cammy watched on with a look of malice on her face. *Ugh!, what does he see in that over used blow-up doll?* she asked herself, and then decided to go find Chunli.

She scanned the room and did find Chunli...except she was with Ryu, in a tight embrace, and they were lightly kissing under the mistletoe.

"Oh my god!", was all Cammy could say.

During this time, Dan seemed to be getting his groove on with Marie, for they were kissing aswell. They slowly broke off the kiss and Dan slowly opened his eyes to see a very large man glaring back at him.

"What are you doing with my wife?", the man asked in a gruff baritone voice.

Dan's jaw dropped wide open.

"Y Your...wife?", he stuttered, then looked at Marie, "y you're married?"

Those were the last words Dan uttered, before the man's fist collided with his face, and he blacked out.

Back at the mansion...

Ryu walked into the living room, with Chunli cradled in his arms. She had fallen asleep during the drive back, and had looked so peaceful, that Ryu did not want to awaken her.

Cammy walked in soon after.

"I'll go put her in our...um, I mean her room," Ryu said nervously, and was about to leave the room, when Cammy spoke up.

"Ryu, I know what's going on between you two, so don't bother hiding it from me."

"What?", Ryu replied, slowly turning around.

"you're in love with each other, and it's nothing to be ashamed of," Cammy continued.

The awkward silence between them was interrupted by Eliza, and Ken, who was carrying Dan in his arms.

"So...," Ken started, "What do we do with this baby?"