By Blaze

Aikan hefted her duffel bag on her shoulder as she continued to walk down the edge of the highway.

After her fight with the Muai Thai Empress, she was proclaimed the champion of the Street Fighter tournament. But she mysteriously disappeared after. Aikan was not a person who stuck around. She went on to seek other challenges. She only lived for the fight. Aikan continued her trudging along the wide street. Cars passing by, wanting to get to their destination quickly and efficiently but was occasionally messy with car accidents.

Aikan never liked automobiles, she preferred her own 2 feet to travel, and when she came in need of a boat, she used a rowboat instead of a motorboat. Walking was a type of training for her, building the muscles of the legs, and alone with her thoughts. Walking gave her time to think, thinking that was focused on her outlook on life and question of the existence of the ultimate challenge.
Aikan was still walking down the road when unexpectedly a black car zoomed towards her direction.

"Wha.." were the only words Aikan could mutter before she was knocked out by the car hitting her head on.

The car braked in front of the unconscious form under it. The door opened to reveal 2 men dressed in black suits stepping out, taking Aikan's unconscious form and putting her into the car. One took out a small radio and spoke into it. "Mission accomplished, we have the target"


The Red Porsche raced down one of the many highways on the streets of Seattle. Eliza Masters was the vehicles only occupant

Eliza stared down the road silently. lost in her thoughts. Looking on at the passing by of automobiles.

FLASHBACK


"YAAA!!"

Eliza rushed her best friend Aikan. Launching her fists which Aikan quickly blocked, but this didn't stop Eliza. Continuing her assault, she launched 2 more punches the Aikan blocked again. Gritting her teeth Eliza finally landed an elbow on Aikan and back fisted her head. Aikan quickly recovered, only to have to catch Eliza's foot aimed towards her head, using this to her advantage Aikan took one foot and swept Eliza off her other foot. Eliza fell, her backside hitting the dirt. Rolling back up to her feet Eliza leaped in the air and aimed a jump kick towards Aikan's direction which she sidestepped.

"STOP"

"Very good Aikan, Eliza." Their sensei called out, "You 2 fetch some water before breakfast"

"Yes sensei!!" Aikan and Eliza coursed together.

Aikan had removed her fighting gloves and wiped some sweat off her brow, only to have Eliza jump on her back and began to give her a knoogie.

"Hey girlfriend why don't you throw some more punches? Afraid you might brake a nail". Knooging
Aikan harder, Eliza teased " Wooga, Wooga, Wooga".

Aikan, annoyed with Eliza's actions, tossed Eliza over from her shoulder and lightly protested "what are you accusing me of?!". Eliza smirked and answered her as she rose to her feet "Hey not bad, if you're planning to fight old men" Eliza mocked, but then her face grew serious "Hey there's gonna be a time when our lives are gonna depend on this...this...this.."

Those words echoed in Eliza's mind. Shrugging it off, she raised the gear on her Porsche and sped off.

Walking up the stairs of her beach house, Eliza saw her boyfriend Ken reading a magazine"

Surprising Ken with a kiss on the cheek, Eliza sat in the seat next to her boyfriend.

"How was match sweetheart" Ken's smiling face asked.
Eliza flipped a bang of blond hair from her face as she answered his question. "My opponent was better than I thought, I completely underestimated her abilities"

Ken inquired " soooo.."

"I beat him" Eliza said winking.

Ken smiled, "and another victim for the tigress"

Eliza looked down as if lost in thought from the last comment. "ya.."

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Reporters crowded over the courtroom as the Prime Minister of England walked down the steps, to enter her limousine.

"Minister do you plan to start a program to help the needy?" one of the reporters asked as the official walked towards the limo. "Lets handle one problem at a time" the minister answered smiling as she made her way threw the crowd of citizens gathering to congratulate the Minster on her anti-drug campaign.

A hooded figure made his way through the crowd. Looking on at the event taking place. He looked up at the minister. His handsome face having a scar and his blond hair slightly poking out the hood.

The minister was about to enter her limo, but a reporter had caught her for a question.

Taking this opportunity to strike, the hooded figure stripped off the long coat, to reveal his delta red uniform. Running towards the minister,2 guards covered his path ,but the man performed a spin kick to the 2 guards in front of him, knocking them both out and broke out full run towards his target. The minister quickly noticing this saw 2 of her guards taken down by the man. She tried to run but too late. the man grabbed her by the neck and lifted her up to his face. The last thing she saw was the man's frowning face before he grabbed the woman's head and snapped her neck, the woman's lifeless body slipping out the mans arms. With the minister now dead the man took off, but more personal guards got in his way. The man managed to toss one over his shoulder but 2 more got in his way and tackled him to the ground and held him down.

Frantic, the struggling man shouted out curses for the guards to get off of him.

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3 figures stood as they watched the recording of the entire event. A man who looked of Chinese decent looked on to the figure sitting behind a desk and spoke.

"This timid little guy is Edward White, as you can see he has just murdered the minister of England, during questioning he told us he did not know why he had committed the murder, but he claimed to have no memory of the past few years".

A tall Chinese was man dressed in a dark blue silk Chinese shirt and black pants, he stood with another man who was dressed in a black suit. A large view screen showed the recording. The man in the desk frowned as he looked upon the top-secret folder that lay upon his desk.

The man looked up and asked. "Which means?"

The Chinese man continued. "Which means sir he's being controlled somehow, according to our data it seems Shadowlaw has been recruiting street fighters as elite soldiers"

The man looked puzzled. "Street fighters turning terrorist?"

The Chinese man answered him. "Yes sir as you can see here are some of their best agents"

The view screen brought up the picture of a Spanish woman that seemed to have her face hidden behind a mask.

The Chinese man went on with his report, as he described the woman. "From Spain we have Sophia, agile, dangerous and a psychopath".

The screen's picture changed to a large African American woman, bearing her teeth in what seemed like a growl and holding up her fist's in boxing gloves. "Here we have Elena who's pension for bad behavior had her permanently banned from boxing".

The screen's picture changed once more. Showing a picture of the same Thai woman defeated in the first Street Fighter tournament. "This towering female is Tikal, she's a Thai fighter and considered a national heroine of Thailand"

The suited man then spoke up. "Each year the crimes Shadowlaw commits grow bigger and more braising, we must find a way to stop them once and for all". The Chinese man added, " We are going to form an alliance with the United military forces"....