STREET FIGHTER THE LOST SAGA
Ch.THREE:THE GATHER BEFORE THE STORM.

Bison stood before a large computer console and was typing up info on various street fighters from around the world. Especially on a few select ones he was going to make clones of—Ryu,and Chun-Li.

The evil warlord grinned wickedly,soon all of his glorious plans were going to reach fruition.
He was going to create an army which the likes the world had never seen before---an army of psycho empowered street fighters. And he knew of the perfect plan to capture and create them with---the up and coming street fighter tournament!

While back in los angeles....

Both Guile and Cammy were face-to-face with a gargantuan problem,a huge russian wrestler by the name of Zangief has confronted them both,demanding to know where the two fighters who assaulted Ken were—Sagat and Balrog!

“I will ask you again american!”he said. “Where are the two Shadaloo operatives I can find?”
“I—I really don’t know where they are!”said Guile.”We were searching for them ourselves and---“
“YOU’RE LYING!”said Zangief in accuse. “YOU BOTH WEAR MILITARY WEAR—YOU MUST BE SHADALOO THUGS AS WELL! And if you won’t tell me where they or comrade Ken is—THEN ZANGIEF WILL BREAK YOU BOTH APART!”

The Russian jumped forward and stomped both feet down on the wooden floor,smashing it apart and causing the whole room to shake.

Both commandos nearly lost their footing from the impact Zangief caused them.
“All right,ruskie!”said Guile. “YOU WANNA MIX IT? LET’S MIX IT!”
“No stop ya crazy yank!”said Cammy. “He looks pretty---“

But it was too late,Guile jumped at the wrestler in a blind fury.
“Never mind—why am I getting concerned for a guy who I don’t know?”she said. “But—if he’s after Bison as well…”

Guile came at Zangief and did a rushing bazooka knee in the gut and then an uppercut in the chin.
‘Gief staggered a little,but was still standing and then rubbed his chin.

“That all you got american?”he said.
“Maybe I’ll have to give ya a little more!”said Guile as he was about to attack again.
But just as he was about to,the russian swung his body around and then decked Guile with a glowing back-hand blow,smacking him square in the face!(Banishing Fist move.)

“UNNH!”went Guile as he was knocked across the floor.
“You’re might is puny compared to my own!”said Zangief. “Ready to tell me anything?”

Guile sprang back to his feet.
“Not on your life pal!”he said. “SONIC BOOM!”

Guile once again did his famed fireball move and flung it straight at Zangief.
But to his surprise,the wrestler simply jumped over it and rushed at Guile.

“I don’t believe this!”said Guile.”Looks like I’ll have to try another attack!”
The soldier jumped up at Zangief and was about to do another Flash Kick.

But before he could do so ,Zangief threw his whole body around and spun in a rotation manner with both arms sticking out,literally smashing into Guile with them both.

“AAARRRH!” Guile was thrown across the room the room and crashed into a nearby beam.
“HAHA!”said Zangief. “Puny american soldier think he can go up against Russia’s red cyclone-HAH!”

The russian then turned to Cammy who was in her fighting stance.
“Do you wish to fight me too Shadaloo thug?”he said.
“First off,I’m not a Shadaloo thug for the last damn time which we were trying to tell you!”said Cammy.

“Ah,you are british.”said Zangief. “So Shadaloo have international thugs eh? Well,you will either tell Zangief where Masters is or---“

“OH,SHUDDUP YA DAFT BOY!”shouted Cammy.
The commando then sprinted forward and did one of her most blistering attacks ever!

“HOOLIGAN COMBO!”

Cammy sprang into the air and curled herself into a ball,flying straight at the wrestler.
Before Zangief knew what was going to happen she then flew onto him and grappled both of her arms and legs onto his frame and brought all of her force into play as she threw him forward and rolled him all across the floor and finished by crashing him into the floor with both of her boots firmly planted into his chest!

“KRAASH!”
Cammy stood over the massive man victorious.
“If that don’t shut ya up mate,I don’t know what will!”she said.

Guile had regained conciousness in time to see what had happened.
“Oooohhhh…my achin’neck.”he said. “And why didn’t you do that sooner?”

“It’s simple really—you weren’t listening.”she said. “But then of course neither was he.”
Guile arose to his feet and approached her. “Okay…maybe I was a bit rash,”
“A bit…?”said Cammy. “Matey,you were rashed over for that,haha!”

“Okay,knock off the humor miss limey!”said Guile. “So you are looking for Bison as well?”
“That’s right.”said Cammy. “Maybe…we could assist each other on this and maybe we’ll benefit better?”

“Sorry girlie I work alone these days.”said Guile. “But I wish ya the best if you ever find anything. But just remember..leave Bison to me!”

And with that,the air forcer went off.
“Hey waitaminute—what do ya mean leave Bison to you----hey I saved yer miserable hide there yank! YOU JUST---OOOOOHH! What an ungrateful pain in the ass he was---if I ever come across him again---I’ll break his bloody back in two!”

Cammy then looked at the still unconciousness Zangief.
“You didn’t make things easier either mate.”she said. “Just don’t come across either of us again okay?”

Cammy then went out the way through the hole the russian made and was off.

Meanwhile in a secret hideout just near the city,underneath a beach house...

Balrog was seated comfortably in a plush sofa while looking through a girly magazine.
He was still bandaged up from the battle he went through with Ken,he had also returned here after the briefing Bison gave both him,Vega and Sagat about his master plan.

Suddenly,a couple of thugs came in,one wearing a camaflouge military outfit with green beret and black boots,and the other a black man with a yellow tank top,blue jeans,sneakers,chain wrapped around his waist and wrists and a high flattop on his head,both came up to the boxer.

(This story takes place during the early 90’s if anyone remembers how the flattop was a fashion for african americans back then—I thought they were darn cool—DUNES.)

The thug on the left was Duke an-ex military man and the thug on the right was Zacko,a kickboxing champ tunred thug.

“Wassup boys?”said Balrog looking up.
“We got trouble you wouldn’t believe Balrog!”said Duke.
“Yeah,our scouts report that a few well known street fighters have been snoopin’around here lookin’for signs of Ken as well as you an’Sagat!”

“Oh,izzat so?”said Balrog as he rose from his chair.
“Who exactly were they?”

“We report the following,”said Duke. “one was Guile the air force fighter,another was the wrestler of Russia Zangief and a british commando by the name of Cammy was seen around there as well.

“And we just discovered three others have come along as well.”said Zacko. “Chun-Li,sumo champ Honda and—Ryu Hoshi himself!”

“Did you say Ryu?”said Balrog nearly loosing his footing. “All right then—I know two people who gonna be pleased about this,yeah!”

Balrog went into the communications room and contacted the boss himself—M.Bison himself.
Bison’s evil visage appeared on the screen.

“Balrog—what reason have you to call me upon this matter?”he said. “I was in the middle of conducting the rest of my plans in order!”

“Sorry boss—but ya gotta know right now---we just got word that Ryu and Chun-Li just arrived here!”
“Ah,so he has.”said Bison. “Anyone else for that matter?”
“Yeah,we also got reports that Guile,Zangief,Honda and some chick named Cammy have been snooping around here!”

“Cammy…?”said Bison,he just remembered something from long ago.
“Yeah,uh…mean something to ya?”said Balrog.
“It..it did once.”said Bison. “But that is none of your concern Balorg—but I know what you must now do.
Dispatch agents to capture both Ryu and Chun-Li at once. As for the other—inerlopers,dispatch pther agents to do away with them so they don’t interfere. I meanwhile will re-create the battle between Ryu and Sagat which he has longed for. Over and out!”

After Bison vanished from the screen,Balrog just flipped his middle finger at the screen.
“Callous-ass!”he said. “Ain’t a single grateful bone in his damn body—but I promise ya this—if
I ever get the chance to take over Shadaloo—that pain in the ass is goin’down—HARD! But right now—we’d better get to work!”

While back in the city,Ryu,Chun-Li and Honda had also arrived in the same spot where Ken was attacked and began to look around for clues of any kind.

Chun-Li went inside the hot spot club and asked the owner anything.
“I tell ya that you weren’t the first to ask about this.”he said. “Some military guy was around here asking the same thing.”
“Military guy?”said Chun-Li. “What did he look like?”
“He had on green duds and black boots as well as a high blonde flattop as well as an american flag tattoo—tacky if ya ask me.”

Chun-Li then exited the club.
“Guile…it has to be him.”she thought. “I’ve read reports on this guy that he and another soldier named Nash used to go about and bust up many of Shadaloo’s operations,but one fateful day—Guile’s friend and partner Nash was killed by Bison’s hand. I guess he’s trying to find the whereabouts of who were looking for.”

Chun-Li then saw Ryu and Honda together and came up to them.
“Anything?”said Ryu. “Nothing I’m afraid.”
“Hmmmm…where do ya think Ken could crawl off to if he was still alive?”said Honda.
“First clue might be the beach around here somewhere.”said Ryu. “But the second—I think maybe his wife Eliza might know if any.”

Ryu then went up to a pay phone,inserted a quarter in and dialed up the number of Ken’s home he himself gave Ryu in case anything really came up.

A woman came up on the other end and answered,her voice was shaken.
“H-hello?”she said.
“Eliza?”said Ryu. “It’s me—Ryu.”
“Oh Ryu—I’m so glad you called!”said the blonde woman.”Have—have you found anything on Ken?”

“No…I’m afraid not.”said Ryu. “My friends and I are still searching the city for anything on him. And—I thought maybe he would’ve gone home to you after what happened.”
Eliza’s voice was cracking into tears over the phone. “Oh please…you must find Ken—if anything terrible has happened to him I don’t know what I’ll---“

“Please calm yourself Mrs.Masters,”said Ryu. “I swear on my honor I’ll find him and bring him home,I promise.”
“Please do—and be careful.”said Eliza.
“I will,have faith,and I’ll let you know of anything when it comes up,bye now.”said Ryu as he hung the phone up.

Ryu then went over to the two warriors with an angered look on his face.
“Anything?”said Li.
Ryu then shook his head. “I’m afraid not.”said Ryu. “He probably wasn’t able to go home,not after the state both he and his car were in. So---we’d better head to the beach to find any clues.”


While at that same exact moment,someone was already at the local beach searching for anything on Ken.

“Hmmm…”said Guile as he looked down. “Footprints…and blood. Maybe it was him who staggered here.”
The soldier then followed the trail and it lead him to a nearby fishing dock.

Once there,he carefully crawled underneath and looked throught the rocks,seaweed,and garbage to find—really nothing.

“Damn—nothing!”he said.
“That’s exactly what I found as well.”said a voice.
“WHAT?”said Guile looking up.

There standing before him was Cammy herself once again.
“Fancy meeting you here…captain Guile.”she said.

“Hey—I told you I work alone on these things!”said Guile.
Cammy jumped down from the rock and approached him.
“Look here yank!”she said. “I’ve had some experience in dealing with some of Shadaloo’s worst in the past. And it’s obvious we have a common enemy here as well—why don’t we pool our resources and work together on this?”

“You’ve dealt with Shadaloo also huh?”said Guile. “Well,did you ever see Bison himself face to face?”
Cammy paused for a moment to choose her words. “Afriad I haven’t really,”she said. “but I’ve seen and dealt with the worse his goons offered after I enrolled in Delta Red. C’mon Guile,my people have also got vital info on tha man and his dealings—and even with your strength you can’t face them all alone.”

“Sorry lady,but I still can’t risk it.”he said.
“And why the hell not?”she said.
“I’m afraid you wouldn’t undertand.”said Guile.
“Try me ya stubborn ass,maybe I can!”she said.

“Because…because…”said Guile.
“Because Bison killed your only partner is that it?”said Cammy.
Guile stopped in his tracks,his entire body twitched in response.

“H-how did you know about that….?”he said.
“As a commando,I have to read about everyone involved in the cases of Shadaloo.”she said.
“I’m truly sorry about your best friend,but we have to think and consider other things about this besides vengance.”

“And all your patter won’t take Bison down or find Ken either!”said Guile. “Besides,he’s plenty dangerous,I’ve seen what he’s capable of—I may be the only one who can take him down!”

“You blind fool!”she spat. “Even you might not be able to find and take him down anyways,we’re gonna have to work on this together!”

Suddenly,a gun-shot hit the very ground they stood on.
Looking up,they saw a group of black-suited gunmen weilding assault rifles on them.

“STOP RIGHT THERE SOLDIERS!”shouted one of them.
“What th--?”said Guile.
“Shadaloo terrorists,they gotta be!”said Cammy.

Just then,an armored jeep came rolling up near the two soldiers.
“Ya got that right baby!”said a voice,it was Balrog’s.
“BALROG!”said Guile. “I’ve been looking for you---and where’s Sagat?”

“Sorry Guile,but I ain’t at liberty to say such things.”said Balrog. “In fact,I was hoping to have a
one on onewith ya cap,but….as ya can see by my..mummifiers on my arm and shoulders that Ken gave me quite a beat-up from what happened.”

d“Yeah,and I bet you and Bison have his body stored away somewhere…after you callously assaulted him!”said Guile.
“I’m afraid we’re not guilty for that one soldier boy.”said Balrog. “Even after we did away with the surfer boy—his body was gone.”

“Liar!”said Guile as he was about to approach Balrog. “YOU HAVE HIM STOWED AWAY SOMEWHERE—AND I’M GONNA SEE TO IT THAT YOUR BOSS BISON PAYS FOR EVERYTHING HE’S EVER---“

Balrog then whipped out an uzzi on Guile.
“THAT’S FAR ENOUGH!”he said. “The boss man don’t take kindly to snoopers and that’s what you and ya girlfriend there is doing!”

“Girlfriend?”said Cammy.
“Now—without further more or due,boys---!”said Balrog.
The group of thugs on the hill and beside the jeep adjusted their firearms ,getting ready to open fire.

“Ready—aim---!”began Balrog. “FI--!”
Suddenly,just before any of them could open fire,a large unseen force knocked the group of thugs on the hill,revealing it to be a huge man.

“WHAT THE HELL?”said Balrog.
Then,the hulk of a man flew downward to the jeep.
Balrog was about to whip out his gun and fire,but before he could,the man thrust both of his feet out and knocked the jeep over,then he lashed one of his massive arms out and knocked aside the other group of thugs.

“Who on earth?”said Cammy in question.
The man was revealled to be T.Hawk himself.

“T.Hawk!”said Guile. “I don’t believe it!”
“You know this bloke?”said Cammy.
“Yeah,but…I’ll explain later if any.”said Guile.

“I agree—c’mon!”said Hawk.
The three street fighters ran up the hill and away from the beach while Balrog and his men scrambled to their feet.
“After’em!”he said. “Get those butt-wipes—or the boss’ll have our heads!”

The trio ran across the street and through a nearby shopping center.

Once they made enough space from their enemies,they stopped to rest on a bench.
“WHEW!”said Cammy. “Am I glad to be away from those scugs!”
Guile and Hawk approached each other.
“Much obliged there…Hawk.”said Guile. “Been a long time too.”
“Yeah…since you and me got beat in the last all-american tournament.”said Hawk.

“And I take it you’re looking for Ken also?”said Guile.
“Not only that,but the two scummies who obviously did him in.”said Hawk. “And just when I found him,he’s armed and causing more trouble!”

“Same here.”said Guile. “Maybe if I can catch him alone I can capture him and get him to tell me something if any about Shadaloo.”

“Don’t ya mean we?”said Hawk. “We may very obviously be doing this together ya know.”

“Not too him he don’t honest injun.”said Cammy. “I’ve been trying for several minutes to get this lug to cooperate.”

“Goin’it alone huh?”said Hawk with his fists on his hips.
Guile growled in irratation,he didn’t want anyone else to get involved in this,but now he had little choice.

“All right already!”he said. “But just remember,we gotta do things my way right now if we wanna nab these clowns.”

“Just as long we’re a team right now.”said Cammy. “That’s fine with me. So what ya got planned?”

“I…think I may know.”said Guile.”Here’s the plan.”

LOS ANGELES AIRPORT...

Fei Long had just arrived in the airport and was dresed in a light brown jacket with matching slacks and shoes and carried a suitcase with him, and was about to take a taxi when he spotted someone familiar.
“Dee Jay…?”he said.
The kickboxer was dressed in an orange long sleeve shirt,white cap and matching slacks and grey shoes and was carrying a duffle bag over his shoulder.

“Hey,Fei Long…nice to see you again mon!”said the jamaican.
The two exchanged pleasantries and explained what they were both doing in the same city.

“Looks like we have a common goal to pursue.”said Fei.
“Yeah mon—so what we waiting for?”said DJ. “Let’s go!”

While that was happening,the final players had also arrived,Dhalsim dressed in a white hood and robe and carrying a carpet bag was there,as did both Tung-Lo who was dressed in a traditional monk robe and Bael who was dressed in a light green suit had arrived as well.

The mysterious fighter who was in the cave was watching all the fighters in the shadows and his aura glowed a bright red that burned to face and fight the strongest one ever. “Soon…”he thought before vanishing.

Nadi,the warrior who was determined to face Ryu was making certain arrangements to have Sheng Long to be taken care of while she had to take care of her own personal business—and that was to slay Ryu,no matter what!

And back at Bison’s secret HQ he was still training both Sagat and Vega for what was to come in the next few days as well.

All the players were slowly but surely gathering for the storm and it was going to be the biggest storm of fighting the world had ever seen.

NEXT CHAPTER SIX:GUILE AND CO.PLAY CAT AND MOUSE WITH BALROG AND HIS HIT SQUAD WHILE RYU AND HIS PALS COME ACROSS THE OTHER GATHERED FIGHTERS WHO HAVE COME SEARCHING FOR HIM AND THOSE THEY ARE SEARCHING FOR—DON’T MISS IT!