By Chunli

As Ryu watched Bison pull his fist back to punch ChunLi, there was nothing he could do but watch. Just before Bison's fist made contact with helpless ChunLi, a bandaged hand grabbed Bison's fist and stopped the punch. Turning around, Bison was shocked to find Sagat holding his fist before Sagat slammed his left knee into Bison's face. Sagat then followed up his attack with the Tiger uppercut.

"TIGER GENOCIDE"

Bison sailed through the air as Sagat hit him for a vicious 7 hit before crashing towards the ground.

"Sagat? What are you doing?" Bison demanded as he rejuvenated himself with his purplish healing aura.

"I will not let you harm ChunLi. She is my responsibility and I will see to it that no harm comes to her." Sagat replied coldly as ChunLi hid behind him, trembling in fear.

"Oh so you want this girl for yourself now? Is that so?" Bison asked.

"No, ChunLi belongs to no one. She has the right to chose who she wishes to be with. I will not let the likes of you get your dirty hands on her." Sagat replied coldly.

"So you would betray you loyalty to me just for her freedom?" Bison asked.

"You never had my loyalty. I joined you strictly to get into one true battle with Ryu. Now that I have had my wish, there is no need for me to follow you any longer. I detest everything that you stand for and I detest myself for joining to satisfy my wishes. I will now put an end to your reign of terror." Sagat vowed.

"Do you truly believe that you are a match for me? Look at those 4 fighters lying at your feet, all 4 of them couldn't bring me down. What makes you think that you can take me all by yourself?" Bison asked, pointing at the 4 fallen fighters.

"I have been doing a little research about you and your psycho power. It seems that you draw your power from a power source called the Psycho Drive. This is what gives your extraordinary abilities. I also know that without it, you will lose your powers. Without the Psycho Drive, you will lose your ability to teleport, heal and channel your Psycho Power. You will be no match for me." Sagat explained, as he pulled out a remote control. Tapping something on the remote, the computer that was behind Bison's throne suddenly exploded. There was a tremendous flash of light that penetrated the room followed by a wave of blue light that traveled outward from the point of the explosion.

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Elsewhere in Italy....
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Rose was reading a book on the constellations in her living room. All of a sudden, a wave of blue light flew past her room. Sensing that something was wrong, she got up to consult her tarots...

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Back in Bison's arena....
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When the smoke cleared, Sagat was shocked to discover that the computer was still intact. A purplish barrier had protected it from the explosives that Sagat had secretly planted there earlier.

"Muwahahahaha...., foolish maggot, it seems you didn't research enough or you would have known that the Psycho Drive is protected by me creating a barrier by the very power it gives me. Even if you did manage to destroy the computer, the Psycho Drive would still be unharmed as long as I am still alive. I am the Psycho Drive!" Bison explained.

"Then I guess I would have to destroy you both." Sagat said, raising his fists. ChunLi backed away from Bison and Sagat to a safe distance, who prepared to fight.

"Muwahahahahahaha! You were a fool to betray me Sagat. Now you will die because of your mistake!" Bison said as a purplish aura surrounded him.

Sagat dashed forward with a flying knee to Bison's face. Just before Sagat's knee made contact with Bison's face, Bison teleported. Anticipating that Bison would teleport behind him, Sagat landed and quickly turned around. Sure enough, Bison re-materialized behind him. Seeing his opportunity, Sagat executed his Tiger uppercut, hitting Bison viciously for a deadly 7 hits.

"Tiger Uppercut"

Bison sailed through the air as Sagat elevated him over 15 feet in the air before gravity took over, sending Bison to the ground with a loud thud. Putting his arms in front of him, an intense orange light lit up in Sagat's hands as he hurled an orange projectile at Bison. Bison quickly got up and, upon seeing the projectile coming towards him, concentrated on the projectile and altered its course, making it fly back towards Sagat, a costly mistake as Sagat had anticipated this when he witnessed Bison use this same power on Guile, Ken, Ryu and Charlie. Sagat dashed forward right after he recovered from his previous technique, rolled under his own fireball as it sailed towards him and swept out his right foot, catching Bison completely off-guard and hitting him in the ribs. Sagat then followed up with a right roundhouse to the side of Bison's head before flying forward with his left foot extended, which was engulfed in flame, towards Bison's face.

"TIGER RAID"

Bison was sent crashing into a nearby wall. However, Bison got up quickly and was surrounded in that same purplish healing aura. His injuries vanished almost immediately.

"Quite impressive Sagat. You are a pretty good fighter Sagat. BUT YOU'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH!!!!" Bison boomed as he leapt high into the air and prepared to stomp Sagat on the head. Seeing Bison fly towards him, Sagat countered with the Tiger Uppercut.

"Tiger Uppercut"

Just before Sagat's fist made contact with Bison, Bison teleported and re-materialized behind Sagat, Bison had baited Sagat to leave his guard down. Sagat was defenseless as Bison relentlessly plummed him with a series of jabs and hooks to his back ribs, spine and waste when he landed from his previous technique. Bison then kicked Sagat in the back, making him fall forward, teleported in front of him, uppercut him in the jaw, snapping his head back. Bison then flipped forward, head over heels with both of his feet crashing down Sagat's skull and shoulders. Bison repeated the attack again before floating in the air and executing a series of 7 kicks before finally landing a tripping Sagat with his infamous slide kick.

"KNEE PRESS NIGHTMARE"

As Sagat slid across the ground away from Bison, Bison lifted his right arm and gathered an enormous amount of Psycho Power as he hurled a massive purplish-blue projectile at Sagat.

"PSYCHO CANNON"

The projectile slammed into Sagat as he tried to get up, cratering him into a nearby wall. Sagat stood up slowly, breathing heavily.

"Tired already? Maybe I should have shown you some mercy." Bison taunted.

"Shut up and fight!" Sagat said coldly as he entered into fighting stance again.

"Good, that means that there is still plenty of fight left in you. That's stamina." Bison commented.

Sagat dashed forward and leapt high into the air with his left foot extended. Bison countered by jumping backward, causing the kick to miss him completely and flew over Sagat and stomped his skull. Bison the back flipped and dove towards Sagat with both of his fist extend infront of him, a blaze with a purplish flame. Once again Sagat anticipated Bison's follow up move and was ready to counter his attack by dashing backwards, causing Bison to miss completely, with both arms extend in front of him. An intense orange light lit up in his hands as he hurled a massive orange projectile at Bison, who was caught completely off-guard.

"TIGER CANNON"

The projectile slammed into Bison and cratered him to a nearby wall. Once again Bison got up quickly and healed himself with his Psycho aura. Sagat was breathing heavily. The beating that he had taken in his previous fight with Ryu combined with the new punishment that he was enduring at the hands of Bison was beginning to take its toll on his body. Sagat knew that even though he was able to overpower Bison at various points during their fight, Bison would soon wear him down with his regeneration technique. He had to think of something.

Before he could find a solution, Bison dashed forward with a right side kick to the ribs, a left hook to the gut and a floating right roundhouse to Sagat's head. Sagat blocked the first kick, dodged the second hook and grabbed the third kick. Swinging Bison around, Sagat lost hisbBison telepaway from this grasp and reappeared in front of him. Sagat's strength was draining away as Bison pummeled him relentlessly.....

'Oh no, Sagat is losing. I have to do something to help him. He risked his life countless times for Eliza and I.' ChunLi thought as she watched Sagat's losing fight. Looking at the computer that operated the Psycho Drive, and seeing a gun, from the soldier that was holding her captive, lying on the ground in front of the computer, an idea popped in her head as she ran forward. She stood

a few feet in front of the computer and picked up the gun....

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Elsewhere in Italy....
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Laying out her tarot cards, she shuffled and began the procedure. After properly laying out the cards face down, she proceeded to flip them around. Each card revealed its information to Rose and she quickly concluded that an event of immense proportions was about to occur before she flipped the last card. With her hands trembling, she flipped over the last card...

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Back in Bison's arena....
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Sagat was lying on the ground, breathing heavily. Bison floated above him, with both arms crossed.

"Well now, looks like it’s the end for you Sagat, it was a pleasure to have you serve under me." Bison said as he landed on the ground gently. Lifting his right arm, he gathered an immense amount of Psycho power as he prepared to end Sagat's life. Ken, Ryu, Guile and Charlie could do nothing, as they could barely move, but watch. All of a sudden a gunshot was heard as a bullet embedded itself in Bison's back. Bison lost concentration and the projectile that grew in his hands exploded, taking his right arm with it. Bison screamed as intense pain ripped through his body before he finally regenerated his lost limb and healed the bullet wound by forcing the bullet out with his psycho power than regenerating the injured tissue. Turning around, he saw ChunLi standing behind him, trembling in fear. ChunLi dropped the gun in her hands as she quadrupled over in fear as Bison's eye glowed in purple with tremendous anger.

"YOU STUPID BITCH, NOW YOU DIE!!!!" Bison boomed at the helpless girl that had caused him so much pain.

Floating several inches above the ground, Bison flew backwards before shooting forwards with devastating force.

"PSYCHO CRUSHER"

Ken, Guile, Ryu, Sagat and Charlie as they watched in horror as Bison sailed towards ChunLi. As Bison flew towards her, ChunLi saw death itself as Bison flew closer and closer...