STREET FIGHTER:THE LOST LEGACY!
CH.2:HEADING FOR THE TARGET!

Interpol China Branch HQ.
(NOTE:it would be recommended that you read SF’s 1-3 before reading this continuation fic.-DUNES.)

Chun-Li walked down the hallways carrying a file,she was feeling both tense and driven,but somewhat guilty about what had also happened.

She felt a bit guilty after walking away from Ryu like that in their discussion on her quest of M.Bison,somehow she felt like she had drawn away from him,was this who she really was?
And then she remembered what had happened when she had received word what had happened to her father Chin Xiang,local village magistrate and martail arts master.

She heard from several eyewitnesses it was a man dressed in red with a black cape. She had seen reports and photos of this man---it was he,the leader of the crime cartel known as Shadaloo---M.BISON!

And she vowed she would bring him to justice—no matter what---even if meant her love for her Ryu.
Just then,as she was walking up to the coffee machine,a woman in staff uniform of light blue shirt and black skirt dress with shoulder length black hair walked up to Chun-Li,her name was Shi-Lin,a file secretary at Interpol and old friend of Chun-Li.

“Shi-Lin,hi!”said Li as she saw her.
Shi looked very worried when Li saw her.
“Wh-what’s the matter?”she said.

“Chun-Li…”Shi said. “…you’d better look at this afternoon’s paper.”
Shi handed Li the China news it had a major front page news event on the front.

It said in chinese:”ALL-AMERICAN MARTIAL ARTS MASTER KEN MASTERS,ASSUALTED,INJURED AND DISSAPEARED UNDER MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES!
The story went on explaining how and what had happened to Ken,and the descriptions several eyewitnesses had described were a large Muay Thai fighter had attacked Ken and along with the help of an african american man who was recognized as the once heavyweight boxing champion of North America—Mike Blarog.

“BALROG!”Li thought. “And the man who attacked Ken---large Muay Thai fighter----SAGAT,it’s gotta be him!”
“I know Ken as well as Ryu was an old friend of yours Chun-Li.”said Shi. “I’m sorry I had to tell you this but---he may very well be dead.”

Li handed her back the paper.
“I’ve known Ken a long time.”she said. “He’s made of stronger stuff than this—he may be missing—but I refuse to believe he’s dead. And I have gut feeling as to who arranged all this to happen.”
“You do…?”said Shi.
“Yes…I do.”said Li.

Just then,a chinese man in a light brown suit came up to Chun-Li.
“Excuse me miss Xiang?”he said. “The head of Interpol branch wants to see you right away.”
“I’m going there now.”she said.

Li entered the main office of Mr.Yo Chow,the head of operations at china branch,a heavset man with bald head,a grey beard and spectacles in a grey suit.

“Ms.Xinag,sit down please.”he said.
Chun-Li sat down in a green plush sofa in front of the large wooden and metal desk.
“I’m sure you’ve read the news of what happened to Ken have you not?”he said.
“Yes sir,just now.”she said.

“Both men who were reported in the news were both once great fighters themselves,”said Chow. “and it’s a sad shame that they’d both turn to crime after their own defeats in the fighting circuits.
We have also looked over records of both Balrog and Sagat—and we have reason to believe what they had done—was under the orders of Shadaloo itself.”said Chow.
“Yes,I was suspecting the same thing as well sir.”she said.

“That’s good then.”said Chow. “This is where you come in of course Chun-Li,I want you to travel to America,and investigate the whereabouts of Balrog and see if you can get any info on the whereabouts of all Shadaloo hideouts from him—as well as trying to find Ken Masters himself.”

“Yes sir,I shall head there at once.”said Chun-Li arising from her chair.
Chow haned her an extra file and plane tickets that would take her to the detination she sought.
“Good luck Chun-Li,and be careful.”said the division head.
Chun-Li saluted him and left the room.

Li went off to the lounge room to think things over.
She was seated at one of the sofas with a cup of java and reading the files on Balrog,Sagat—and Ken himself.
“Ooohhh..Ken…”she thought looking at a photo of him. “I can’t believe this has happened—and what’ll Ryu say if he finds out---RYU—I ALMOST FORGOT! I have to see him first about this and what he plans to do—no matter what!”

Chun-Li arose from the sofa and began to walk out of the building.
She would head for america,but first she had to head back to Japan—first she had to go back to see—Ryu.

While in tokyo,japan at the local sumo gym…
Honda had finished with the street fighter program test they were doing as well as finishing with that costumed weirdo who called himself the Ferret.

(Neither the Ferret or any other Malibu characters are going to be in this story so I hope that’s a relief for any of you. However IMO,Malibu comics was one of the finest comic publishing companies at the time from the 1980’s till their end in late 97 they shall be missed and I can only hope they will make a comeback someday. As for the ferret himself also—I have the first issue of his once ongoing series and he was a pretty cool character but he has nothing on the Street Fighters and he will not be making any furthered apperances since this shall be a SF only universe.-DUNES.)

Honda was sitting upon a large grey mat and reading the news also what had happened to Ken Masters.
“This is bad---very bad!”he thought. “Ryu,Ken and myself were always old pals.”
Honda then arose and decided to head for the outskirts of Tokyo and in the countryside where Ryu’s home was and he was going to help Ryu find the would-be killers of Ken.

An air force base in Patterson New Jersey.
Captain William F.Guile had headed back to the base after his little…’bout’ at the local bar,and was to see the colonel right away.

Colonel Hawkins an african american military commander was seated in the front desk of his office.
Guile entered the room and saluted him.
“You wish to see me sir?”he said.
The colonel removed his pipe and looked upon Guile. “Yes Guile,”he said.
“you’re aware of what happened to Ken Masters?”

“Yes sir,it was all over the news,”said Guile. “and I have my suspisions who did it.”
“You mean….?”said Hawkins.
“Bison—M.Bison!”said Guile in an angered sneer.

“Keep your rage in line soldier.”said Hawkins. “You don’t get anywhere while being in a rage.”
“Yes sir,sorry.”said Guile.
“But I am aware that he was no doubt responsible for the death of your friend and once one our best soldiers—Lt.Charlie Nash. So…since you and he were a great team when taking on the scumbags of the world—I have an assignment for you.”

Hawkins placed a manilla folder in front of Guile,he then picked it up and opened it.
Inside were pictures of Ken,Sagat and Balrog as well as the photo of Chun-Li.
“Chun-Li is going to be working this also?”said Guile.
“That’s right,”said Hawkins. “I received a call from Interpol that they would send one of their best agents on this---and she’s the best at it. I also know that you would prefer to work this alone Guile—but we need all the help we can get on this so---no objections if you don’t mind,y’got that soldier?”

“Yes sir.”said Guile.
“Good then.”said Hawkins. “She’ll meet up with you at the same place where Ken was attacked,when you get there try to find any clues as to the whereabouts of the two men in that file.”

Guile then saluted Hawkins.
“Good luck captain—and don’t let your inner rage get the best of you—that’s what seperates us from monsters like Bison himself. Now---best be off and good luck!”

Guile then left the room.
“Poor willy,”thought the colonel. “Hasn’t really been the same since what happened to Charlie.”

Guile sped off to his home in the suburbs where his wife and daughter were.
While in his blue Cobra,Guile then thought about what had happened before. When he and Charlie were in Cambodia,Charlie had managed to nab Bison after they busted up a drug and weapons factory.

But just when Charlie got Bison in his tracks,Bison unleashed a terrible fury of energy that killed Charlie on contact,allowing the madman to escape.

Guile held his friend in his arms,and since that day—he vowed he would make M.Bison pay for what he did.

While back in north america…
Down under the docks of the local beach,a lone man lay unconscious under them,he wore a torn up white shirt,blue pants and brown shoes. He was blonde haired,but the very top of his head was scalped badly.
It was the man everyone was searching for—Ken Masters,but he was indeed in bad shape,for if he didn’t get any medical attention soon—he wouldn’t live very long.

Just then,a lone man with a surfboard in his hand saw that someone was under the docks,he then went over to him,checked if he was alive which he was,and dragged him away---to where? We’ll find out in future chapters.

And finally back in Japan at Ryu’s home…
Ryu had placed the old wreckage in a small garage he had owned,some neighbors helped him out on this and one had showed him the bad news also what had happened.

Ryu clutched the bloodied scalp of Ken’s hair,his emotions in a rage of blind vengance.
But then,he also remembered what their master Sheng Long had taught them.
“Vengance and rage can only lead to one’s own downfall—you must always keep your emotions in check and think wisely over the situation you come across.”

But Ryu still had to find out what had happened to Ken,and he was going to find and punish those responsible for it.
Just then,he heard someone calling his name.
“RYU…YO RYU!”he said.

Ryu came out from the garage and found his old friend E.Honda approach him.
“Honda…!”said Ryu. “What are you doing here?”
Honda took out the newspaper he had gotten containing the news on Ken’s death/disspearance.
“I heard---in more ways than one.”said Ryu.

Ryu then went on to explain what had happened earlier with the car that crashed through into his home.
“That’s terrible!”said Honda. “Do ya know who did it?”
Ryu took out a note that was written by someone he knew all too well.

The note read this…
“BY THE TIME YOU READ THIS YOU WILL HAVE KNOWN WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO YOUR FIREND RYU! I KNOW AWAIT YOUR CHALLENGE AND THIS TIME—YOU SHALL NOT AVOID ME LIKE YOU HAVE IN THE PAST! BUT..THIS TIME I SHALL FIND YOU WHEN YOU LEAST SUPSECT IT!
BE PREPARED TO BE SCARRED IN RETURN RYU!
--SAGAT!

“Sagat did this?”said Honda.
“He had to have!”said Ryu. “Ever since I beat him in the great tournament he has sought revenge against me---and now he has resorted to threatening and injuring my friends.”

“RYU--!”shouted another voice.
“Who….?”said Ryu.
It was Chun-Li,back from China.

“Chun-Li!”said Ryu,happy to see her back.
Chun-Li ran to Ryu and threw her arms around him.
“I heard what had happened!”she said trying to fight back her tears. “I am so sorry!”

“Don’t be Chun-Li.”said Ryu. “We couldn’t have known—but I do know who’s responsible!”
“Y-you mean M.Bison?”she asked.
“No---Sagat.”said Ryu handing her the note.

Chun-Li looked it over and then at Ken’s scalp of his entire hair.
“Omigosh….Sagat must be working for Bison.”she said.
“That could explain a lot.”said Ryu. “He couldn’t pull this off on his own.”

“Then we’ve got to head to america,find Ken as well as the two thugs who did this—Balrog and Sagat!”said Chun-Li.

“I’m for that.”said Ryu then he turned to Honda.
“What about you,Honda?”he asked.

“Well…I got nothing better to do other than train and fight other sumos but…I do owe you and Ken after the way our gym almost got torched by some crazed arsonists so…anyone who’s an enemy of you and Ken is an enemy of mine---let’s go to it!”

“Okay then.”said Ryu. “We’re headed for america!”

Moments later,the trio were aboard a first class plane headed for North America,thoughts were upon who and what to look for.

Ryu and Chun-Li sat together while Honda sat asleep behind them.
Li held Ryu’s hand and looked at him.
“I’m…also sorry about the way we parted the other day.”she said. “I…was not myself.”
“I’m afraid you haven’t believe you’ve been yourself since what had happened Chun-Li…”said Ryu.
“I…I know…”said Chun-Li. “Aside from what happened to Ken—you don’t know what it’s really like losing a loved one Ryu. My father was a great man,he and mother brought me up and taught me may good things about life.

He and an old friend named Gen,another kung-fu master taught me everything they know. When Bison had murdered him I was deeply crushed and even before that mother passed away long before that.”

“I never had parents to speak of.”said Ryu. “Sheng Long found me as an infant and taught me much of life and the Shotokan arts---if he learns of Ken he may also be distressed as well—and Ken of course was always like a brother to me. And if I know Ken,master Long always taught Ken and myself about survival—I believe that Ken is still alive out there somewhere.”

“Yes,it’s only when we say our goodbyes when we stop believing.”said Chun-Li.
Li then gripped Ryu’s hands and looked deep into his eyes,she still cared about him.
Ryu felt the same and smiled.

No matter what,they were going to get to the bottom of this.

While back in other places…
Fei had arrived at Ryu’s place,but found no one was there,so he decided to hot-foot it to america.
Tung-Lo was to make his journey to find the three fighters he wished to combat,but when he arrived in Hong Kong,neither Chun-Li or Fei Long were to be found,so he began to look elsewhere.

Bael had closed shop and was to go to Japan to find Ryu,but when he got there and found Ryu’s home he also found that he wasn’t there,so he went about asking where he was. One local told him he ehard that Ryu was headed for America to find his friend Ken. Bael then decided to make it to america.

While everyone else was heading there as well…
The first person who had arrived where Ken was attacked and beaten,Los Angeles California—and it was Guile himself.

The air force captain looked around at the same spot in the street where it all occurred,there was even a long yellow band around the area which read:POLICE LINE DO NOT CROSS!

Guile had then found several eye-witnesses who he spoke to and they told him the exact same thing.
“The man who attacked and severally injured Ken was Sagat,the once great World Warrior Champion until Ryu defeated him. And the man in the limo was Balrog,one time boxing champion.”

“Balrog huh?”thought Guile. “I should’ve known he was in on this as well. Ever since he was defeated by another powerful boxer years ago—he turned to crime and now must be working for Bison. He must have something on Sagat as well to get him to do all this. Poor Ken—I for once hope he’s still alive as well—this is too brutal for any fellow fighter to go through.”

Suddenly,Guile heard something a trash can fell down.
Guile turned his head to see someone was watching him in the shadows.
But just as Guile saw him,he then turned tail.

“That could’ve been just someone from around here.”he thought. “But…I can’t take that chance not knowing. HEY—STOP COME BACK HERE!”

Guile ran off into the alley after the mysterious snooper.
He found the person was exceptionally fast since he was already ahead of him.

“STOP!”shouted Guile as he continued after the suspect.
The suspect then found he was in a dead end,and then found an open door to an old warehouse.
“NOW I’VE GOT YOU!”he said and ran inside.

Once there,he found it was old,dirty,and abandoned as businesses go when left behind.
“Where’d he go?”thought Guile.

Suddenly,as if on cue he was kicked right in the back and fell forward.

Guile then rolled across the floor and saw that it was the suspect he was tailing.
“Soooo…you wanna fight eh?”he said. ‘I’ll oblidge!”

Guile threw his arms forward and shouted:”SONIC-BOOM!”
His famed double fireball flew at the suspect,but just as it came at him,the suspect jumped right over it and rushed at Guile.

“CANNON DRILL!”said the suspect as he thrust both legs forward and spun at Guile in a drilling postion.

Guile was again knocked off his feet as the flying kick knocked him to the floor.
The suspect then landed both of his Guile and he towered over him.

“WHO THE HELL—ARE YOU?”he said.
The suspect took out a mini-flashlight and turned it on,shining it over his face,revealling---that that the he---was in actuallity a she.

She was a blonde haired woman with long pigtails behind her back,wearing both a red beret,green body suit,black army boots like Guile’s as well as green camaflouge paint on her legs as well.

“I’m lt.Cammy white of Delta Red and M.I.6 mate!”she said. “And you are under arrest for assualting an officer!”

“Officer!”said Guile as he shoved her off and jumped back to his feet.
“I’ll have you know I’m local military officer as well!”he said. “Captain Guile—operative with united states air force! I was trying to get clues as to the whereabouts to Ken Masters!”

“Y-you were?”said Cammy.
“Yeah I was!”said Guile. “I might’ve though you were one of the two thugs who came back to see if any evidence was still about. But…what exactly were you doing there anyways?”

“I-I’m not at liberty to discuss that.”said Cammy.
“Oh,ya aren’t eh?”said Guile. “Well,if ya don’t tell me I’m gonna--!”

“Don’t you even start with threatening with me yank!”she said. “I’m in the midst of somethingt important as well—and I don’t need any interference! Too bad though—you are pretty cute though.”

But just before Cammy could leave,Guile jumped right over and did his powerful FLASH KICK,knocking her to the floor in turn.

“And you’re not leaving until you tell me what it is you were really doing there lady!”he said. “For all I know,you may just be an undercover Shadaloo agent!”

Cammy sprang back to her feet. “HOW DARE YOU ACCUSE SUCH A THING!” she said in outrage. “I’M GONNA TEACH YA A LESSON YA WON’T FORGET BRUSH HEAD!”

“BRING IT ON PIG-TAILS,BRING IT ON!”said Guile.
Suddenly,the side wall was torn apart by a pair of massive hands and out from the rubble came a humongous of a man.
He had on red bracelts,red shorts with gold belt,red and black boots,scars all over his body,brown hair consisting of a beard,mohawk,and an odd bush of chest hair.

“WHERE IS THE ONES WHO SLAY COMRADE KEN?”he said in a rage.
“I,THE RED CYCLONE OF RUSSIA,ZANGIEF HAVE BEEN LOOKING ALL OVER CITY OF ANGELS TO FIND HIM—AND HERE I FIND TWO SUSPECTS! WHERE ARE ONES CALLED BALROG AND SAGAT? ZANGIEF MUST FIND THEM!”

“I uh---well uh---.”stammered Guile.
“We don’t really.”said Cammy.
“Speak up!”said Zangief. “I can barely hear you—and if you do not speak—ZANGIEF WILL CRUSH YOU!”

“Hoo boy!”said Guile. “We got a live one here!”
“What do ya mean we pretty boy?”said Cammy.
“I mean he’s proably gonna duke you as well lady!”said Guile.

While miles away,Ryu,Chun-Li.Honda,as well as others like Dhalsim,Blanka,Fei-Long,T.Hawk, Tung,and Bael were all headed for the same destination the others had arrived to. Would there be an alliance in the end---or just a great big bloody grudge match over to who would find Ken and destroy Bison?

NEXT IN CH.3 THE REST OF THE STREET FIGHTERS CONTINUE TO MEET AND COME TOGETHER WHILE BISON CONTINUES TO REVEAL HIS MYSTERIOUS PLAN. IT’S STREET FIGHTER INTRIGUE AS YOU LIKE IT IN:GATHERED FOR THE STORM!