NOCTURNAL ACTIVITES
Ch.12:NOT QUITE VICTORY!
by C.Nash
 
 
 

Ryu,Chun-Li,and the rest of the Street Fighters were being held at bay by M.Bison and his Shadaloo squad.

An entire hit team armed with heavy artillery had their sights set on their quarry,the strongest and best fighters that made it to the finals of the torunament!

“Surrender now or suffer the consequences Ryu!”said Bison. “The choice is yours!”

Suddenly,Ryu felt his competitor Den Matrimon tap him on the shoulder.
“Eh..?”says Ryu as he turned his head to the romanian born fighter.

“Tell the others to shield their eyes Ryu,”he whispers. “I’m going to try something that will buy us freedom.”

“Huh—but what do you intend to do?”he asked.
“Trust me,you’ll see.”said Den.

Ryu turns to Chun-Li and tells her to inform the others to shield their eyes.
After doing so,Den then runs and jumps high into the air.

“WHAT---?!”replies Bison.

Once he’s in the air,Den charges up his potent ki energy and fires his powerful projectile upon the enemy.

“HELLFIRE—FLASH!”he shouts and unleashes an air hadou similar to the ones that Akuma and Kairi do.

Once the fireball is unleashed,a blinding bright light erupts upon Bison and co.
“ARRRGHH!”replies Bison and everyone involved. “I CAN’T SEE!”

“None of us can lord Bison!”said Juni. “We’ve been blinded!”

Den then landed upon the floor safely and took his first shot at taking out some Shadaloo cronies.

He ran and took a jump at both Juli and Juni and slammed a rushing knee move into Juni’s side,causing her to crash into her twin Juli and they both to the floor.

“C’mon!”he shouted to the others. “As long as they’re momentarilly blinded by my fire-flash,we can take them out!”

“Now you’re talkin’!”said Ken.
“Our chairman and reigning champion of the Euro-tournaments avails again!”said Hiryu.
“Lemme at those boot-licking sissies!”said Chen as he rushed at the nearst group of goons he could grab.

Sean does a roll tackle and knocks down several of the troops while Guy uses his super-speed to disarm the rest of the cronies of their firearms before they get a chance to fire.

Dudley then rushes in and does a few machine gun punches and rocket uppers on a couple of terrorists,and Fred takes out a few himself with some well-placed thai style kicks and knee slams on them.

The rest of the fighters follow through as the rest of Bison’s would-be hit squad is taken down by their valiant efforts.

As Ryu finishes of a couple of thugs with his Spin kick,he then notices Chen mercillesly taking down a few remaining thugs himself.

He then grabs the last one by the throat and raises a massive fist in the air,ready to pulverize his victim—permanently!

“NO---STOP!”shouts Ryu.
He then jumps at Chen and catches his fist,just as it was within inches of coming down on the poor man’s skull.

“Stop it,Wung!”said Ryu. “You’ve proven your point by beating him senseless! There’s no need to finish him brutally!”

“Let go of me,Hoshi!”said Chen. “I have no quarrel with you,and even though I admired your strength in beating Sagat---I will not tell

“But don’t you understand?”said Ryu. “If you kill him,you’ll be no better than Sagat or Bison! The way of the warrior does not involve killing!”

“I SAID LET GO OF MY---“
“POW!”
Chen’s complaints were cut short as Sean Matsuda simply went up to the arrogant chinese and slammed his fist right into his chin,bruising it.

Chen dropped the goon and rubbed at his chin.
“YOU HEARD THE MAN YOU @#%$!” Sean shouted. “Man,are you just stupid,or do ya like to piss folks off!”

“That—will be the last time you infuriate me—child!”said Chen as he was about to lunge at Sean.
“STOP!”said Ryu as he jumped between the two warriors. “THIS IS NOT THE TIME OR PLACE FOR THIS! WE HAVE TO STOP BISON!”

A giant beam blast energy then erupted in front of Ryu and the others,causing them to fly into a wall,and crumble to the floor.

The blast was from M.Bison himself!

“It would appear that some of you would rather fight amongst each other instead of me!”he said. “If that’s the case,that will give me an added edge in dispatching you!”

“I don’t think so red-man!”said Rango. “Cause we’re ready for anytthing you throw at us!”
“Oh—really?”said Bison.

Before anyone could anticipate his next move,the warlord simply vanished.
“Huh…?”said Mika. “Where’d he go?”

“Oh no,I know that move all too well!”said Ryu as he got up. “He’s using his Psycho Warp!”
“Yes,that’s the one he uses to teleport!”said Chun-Li. “Be on your guard,that goes to everyone!”

Ryu then turned to Sean and Chen who had both finally arose from their slumps.
“And that means—we work together—whether any of us like it or not!”he said. “GOT IT?”

Both Chen and Sean looked at each other briefly.
“Agreed.”said Chen simply.
“Sure.”said Sean.

Suddenly,out of nowhere Bison reappared again and flew straight at the group of fighters doing his deadly Psycho Crusher move!

“WHAAAMM!”
Bison slammed almost every one of the warriors into near oblivion by doing his flaming human torpedo.

“NOOOO!”shouts Ryu in horror.
“Oh,don’t get your nickers in a twist,Hoshi!”said Bison as he hovered before him.
“They’re on an unconscious level and all that,you know.”

Bison then lowered his right hand over the fallen fighters who lay there on the floor,and blue flames of energy light up over them.

“However…”he said. “…if you do not surrender to me at once,I shall unleash a very fiery portion of my Psycho Powers,and your friends there will all be neatly—barbecued,heheh!

So…the choice is yours once again.”

Ryu had to do something fast,but even even his lightning fast and powerful skill couldn’t stop Bison from charring Ken and the others,but he had to do something—and fast!

Suddenly,it appeared that this decision was taken out of Ryu’s hands as an unseen force came between Bison and his deadly trap.

The swift and hard fury of a hand chop came down on Bison’s wrist,causing him to lose his mental hold on the pyrokenetic flames he created.

Bison winced in pain from the blow and looked down to see who did such a thing.

It was Den Matrimon himself.

“DEN!”said Ryu. “But I thought he---“
“I managed to jump out of harm’s way just as this charlitan came at the rest of us!”he said.

“I don’t know who you are mortal,”said Bison in rage. “but you will soon learn that it is pure folly to defy the lord of Shadowloo!”

“And this means to me what?”said Den. “As the americans would say---Zilch!”

Bison growled in anger and then arose high over the two warriors.
“YOU’VE JUST SIGNED YOUR OWN DEATH WARRANT FOOL!”he roared.

He then raised both of his hands high over his head,and currents of intense energy erupted from them both.
Bison then threw his hands down to the floor and the energy currents then flew both at Ryu and Den,snapping at them and jolting them both.

“UNNGH!”replied Ryu as he got zapped by a current.
“NOW!”said Bison as he dropped downward at Ryu with both of his feet coming straight down upon him.

But before he could do so,Den jumped up at Bison and did a rising uppercut straight at Bison’s head,knocking him backwards from Ryu.

Den then cntinued his assault upon his enemy as he slammed several hard punches and knee slams into his chest and abdomen. Den then did a mid-air spin kick right into the side of his head.

The very fibers and surface of Bison’s uniform and muscle was torn through with the feelings of intense pain he had never felt before for many years since his training under the pyschic circle began.

Whatever kind of power and ki this mysterious new fighter named Den had,was beyond anything Bison had encountered before.

He also knew that if he didn’t find a way to evade his attacks soon,there wouldn’t be any Bison left.

Den was then about to finish the job as he charged up for another Hellfire Flash,but before he could do so…Bison whipped a psychic deflect shield and knocked him away!

Den managed to back flip and land safely on his feet again from the blast.
“Unnh….this fellow doesn’t fight fair about anything no?”he said.
“With Bison,nothing is fair.”said Ryu. “Look out,he may try something else!”

Bison picked up his hat and placed it back to his head.
“You’re too right that I am,Hoshi!”he said. “If I cannot possess your body and power for my psycho powers,then you…and the rest of your pitiful allies---SHALL BE BURIED ALIVE!”

Before either Ryu or Den could figure out what he was about to do,Bison flew straight upward and raised both of his arms outward.

Then,both of his hands began to raidate and glow with a strange purple aura,until a pair of orbs formed in his palms.

“I take it whatever it is he’s planning to do—isn’t going to be very pleasant,is it?”said Den.
“No,with Bison…nothing’s ever pleasant!”said Ryu.

And with that sentence said,Bison released the two energy orbs and they both flew downward to the two warriors.

Once the two orbs landed and hit the ground,the entire room began to shake voilently,as if an earthquake had just started.

“I call that—my tremor bolts!”said the warlord grinning wickedly. “This entire room shall shake and rattle until the ground you stand on,shall envelope you all!”

“Damn you Bison!”said Ryu. “You won’t get away with this!”
“I already have,Ryu!”said Bison. “Oh,and to make sure none of my more…worthier followers share your fate..”

Bison aimed his left hand upon the fallen forms of Juli and Juni,causing them both to disappear.
“Choi…street fighters---HAHAHA!”said Bison as he then vanished into thin air once again.

“He got away—that honroless bastard!”said Den.
“Nevermind about him!”said Ryu. “We’ve gotta your team and mine around to waking up,before it’s too late!”

Ryu and Den then went about to their fallen comrades and began to shake them,trying to get them to stir,before it was too late.

INTERPOL LOCAL HQ…

Both Charlie and Cammy stood face to face with the two horrific forms of what resembled human beings,and one of them was the recently murdered Michael Blaines.

“I’ll handle this.”said Charlie as he approached them.
“All right guys,I don’t know the hell you two movie monster actors are doing…but---this isn’t funny at all! Now,take off those stupid masks right now!”

Charlie grabbed the face of Blaines and pulled at it,but….to his amazement,the skin---was real!
“Huh---it’s not make-up?”said Charlie.
“Gee,what was your first clue then---scooby doo?”said Cammy.
The zombie of Blianes then thrust forward and slammed a knee thrust into Charlie’s gut and then spun around and hit him in the cheek with an elbow strike!

“UNNGH!”went Charlie as he fell to the floor.
“Charlie!”said Cammy.

Nash rubbed at his cheek and looked up at Blaines.
“That’s…gotta be Blazefoot all right….”he said.
“But—but how---?”said Cammy. “He’s supposed to be---be---“

“Dead?”said Charlie. “He sure looks it—he and his law enforcement friend there.”

“BLOOOD!”wailed the two zombies once again as they began to stagger towards the two commandos.
Charlie jumped back to his feet and began an attack of his own.

“SONIC—BOOM!”shouted Charlie as he swung his right arm forward and unleashed the famed fireball that both he and Guile always done.
 

The two creatures were knocked backwards and right out of the computer room and both slumped into the hallway.

Charlie then ran out of the room and into the hall,there the two zombies lay upon the floor,seemingly out cold.

The solider carefully walked up to them and looked down to see if they were still out.

No sooner did he do that,than the police zombie shot up,it’s eyes and mouth wide open.
“BLOOD!”it said.

“YAAAHH!”replied Charlie as he jumped back from them.

“So much for that idea.”he said and ran back to Cammy.
Suddenly,the british commando whipped out her automatic pistol and was about to fire at the two monsters.
“Hey,what are you doing?”he asked.

“Isn’t it obvious?”said Cammy. “They can’t be taken down by ki force,then we whip something with a bit more stopping power!”
“You don’t really know if that’ll stop them!”said Charlie. “And for all we know,they may be genetically enhanced creatures from either Shadowloo or the Utopia for all we know!”

“You got any better suggestions,now would be a good time to hear it!”said Cammy.
“I guess not.”said Charlie.
“Okay then.”said Cammy as she aimed her firearm at the pair.

“I’m only gonna say this once!”she said. “Either stop where you are---or I put a bullet in the both of ya!”

The zombies gave no response,instead they just kept moving towards their prey.
“THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE!”she shouted.
The zombies still gave no response.

“BLAM,BLAM!”
A pair of bullets hit both zombies in one part of their bodies,one in the arm and one in the leg.

But…to her avail,they didn’t even pause in pain.

“I—I don’t believe this!”she said lowering her gun. “They—they can’t be---this sort of thing happens in horror movies!”

“Tell that to them!”said Charlie.

Suddenly,the cop zombie then grabbed for his own gun and whipped it out.

“Hey—he’s not gonna do what I think he is?”said Cammy.

The cop zombie aimed and began firing in turn at the two soliders.
Charlie ducked from the gunfire.
“That answers your question?”he said and grabbed her by the arm.

The pair then went back inside the room.

“C’mon!”he said as he grabbed ahold of a filing cabinet.“Hold down the door with anything heavy you can find!”
“Right!”said Cammy as she frantically went about trying to find some heavy items.

The pair then stacked filing cabinets,swivel chairs and a couple of unplugged computer terminals,all stacked up against the door.

“Well,do ya think that’ll hold’em?”said Cammy.

Suddenly,the sounds of banging,moaning,kicking and slamming were all heard out in the hall,as the pair of zobies began trying to break in.

“Well,it’ll hold them for the time being.”said Charlie. “But we’ve gotta get outta here and get help,and see if there’s anmore of these---things running around out there.”

“Too right.”said Cammy as she bolted for the emergency exit. “C’mon!”

The two soldiers ran out the door and down the stairs that led outside.

Once there,they went for the nearest holding garage that held some of their specially marked vehicles.

Charlie unlocked and opened the door to the garage.
There,the pair came upon a large armored assault jeep and they both got in.

Charlie then started the ignition,shifted into gear and then took off.

The jeep then swerved around the lot and then came upon the front gates,they were both closed and locked.
“Blimey,I forgot to get the remote key while we were up in the room.
“No problem.”said Charlie. “This jeep’s tough enough to plow through anything so---.”

Suddenly,before Charlie could take off again,something jumped up and grabbed him by the shoulders.

It was another vampire zombie!

Cammy screamed in terror from the surprise attack.
The zombie was the same color and grotesqueness of the other two zombiues,except this one had slick black hair and was wearing the tattered remains of a red gi and black pants,he was another martial artist that was slain and then turned into a zombie.

Charlie struggled with the creature as it tried to go for his neck.
“GET—OFF—ME!”he snarled grappling with the creature.

Cammy then jumped up above Charlie and then kicked the monster in the head,knocking it down to the ground.

“Floor it Nash!”she said.
“You got it!”said Charlie as he hit the gas and took off.

The jeep then smashed through the gates just as the same two zombies entered the area.

Suddenly,two security guards showed up,pistols drawn.
“Hey,was that Lt.Nash and Sgt.White just leaving in an unauthorized vehicle?”said the first guard.
“it sure was!”said the second guard. “But…what were they running from?”

As if in answer,the trio of zombies came upon them.
“What the hell is this?”said the first guard. “A shooting for night of the living dead or something?”

“All right guys.”said the second guard waving his gun. “If you don’t want any trouble,then take a hike for the nearest costume party!”

The zombies said nothing and just kept coming at them.
“Hey,don’t make me use this gun!”said the guard.

Suddenly,two more zombie monsters jumped out of the shadows and tackled the two gurards to the ground.

“BLOOOD!”said Blazefoot and the entire group of zombies feasted upon the two poor souls who came across them.

“We can’t just leave the place,Charlie!”said Cammy. “There are still some people in there!”
“I know,Cammy,I know.”said Charlie. “But…we’re gonna have to get some help at my air base where some specially treated cryogenics weapons are stored. After that,we’re gonna have to check up on Ryu and the rest of the gang at the tournament---cause call me paranoid—but I smell Bison in this!”
 

“CRYOGENICS?”said a voice from nowhere. “OH,YOU SURELY JEST GOOD MORTAL,CAUSE THAT WON’T EVEN STOP THEM.”

Charlie slammed on the brakes.
“What—who said that?”he said looking up and around. “Cammy..?”
“Don’t look at me luv.”she said. “I’m just in the dark as you are.”

Suddenly,a dark hooded figure appeared upon the roof of their jeep.
“I think I might be of some assistance in your little plight dearies.”the figure said.
“Hey,who the hell are you?”said Charlie. “And what do you think you’re doing on my jeep?”

The figure said nothing more and raised his hands over the two commandos.
Both Charlie and Cammy simply vanished as did the stranger.

WHILE BACK AT THE COLLISIUM CENTER…

Ryu and Den managed to wake up their friends just in time as the very ground began to split apart from under their feet.

“C’MON---LET’S GO BACK THE WAY WE CAME!”said Ryu as everyone ran frantically out the callopsing room and through the doors,just as the very floor split open and all the rubble and chairware in the room fell into a deep ravene caused by Bison’s psycho energy.

While back outside,the police had finally arrived,only to find that the center was closed down due to a power outtage and the hole made from Bison’s arrival was sealed shut by what appeared to be molten rock.

“We’d better get some bomb blasting equipment here.”said the sargent. “Otherwise,they’re may be still some people in there.”
 

Suddenly,the gates to the center was sealed off by a wall of flame.

“WHAT THE HELL?”said one of the cops. “HEY,LOOK AT THAT!”
And a series of dark clouds hovered overtop the very center.

“On second thought,maybe we should get the military and some of them spooks from the Pentagon as well.”said the sargant as he reached for his CB.

Suddenly,out of the shadows,a horde of bloodthirsty vampire zombies,the same as the ones that attacked Charlie and Cammy emerged and went straight for the squad of policeman.

“WHAT TH---HEY!”
“GET AWAY—WHAT ARE YOU FREAKS!”
“NOO—STOP!”

“AAAAAAHH!”
“BLAM—BLAMM—BLAM!”
“BLOOOOD!”

Were just a few of the blood-curdling noises that were heard and seen in the parking lot as the group fo policeman fell assunder to the vicious assualt of the zombies.

While watching from the distance,another hooded figure watches with concern.

“It has begun…”the stranger said. “…Ryu and the others must fend for themselves until my partner and I can figure out a way to get inside.”
The stranger then vanished as the horde of zombies began to make their way---to the front doors.

While back inside---Ryu,Chun-Li and the rest of the street fighters were about to be alone with an unholy terror they have never faced before.