Charlie and Cammy stood face to face with the strange human-esque creature who called herself Morrigan.

“A—Sucubbus?”said Charlie. “What’s…that?”
“You obviously weren’t told folk tales in your homeland Lt.”said Cammy. “According to european folk tales and myths,they were seductive and sinister creatures that fed off the energies of male victims.”

Charlie rubbed at the back of his head.
“Ughh---just my luck for being here huh?”he said.
Morrigan giggled. “Lucky for you…Mr.Nash,those---sexually mystified days are behind me now. Even though I would like to see you without those cargo pants on—nestled in my bed next to me but---haha---there are more pressing matters to attend to.

Matters concerning both you,and your friends,Ryu and Chun-Li.”

“How,do you know about them?”said Cammy. “And about us?”
“I’ve been monotoring your movements and events ever since the fateful day this whole thing began in the west part of the states.”said Morrigan.

“I see.”said Charlie. “But---what do you mean by all this,what exactly is happening right now?”
“Something…very evil and very dangerous.”said Morrigan. “But—perhaps I am giving out more than you should know right now. And that is where the both of you come in.”

“And what do you mean by that?”said Cammy. “And why is it you can’t or won’t tell us anything further?”
“You’ll see.”said Morrigan. “The next part of that comes in as soon as I introduce you to my associate.”

“Your associate?”said Charlie.
“Yes,you’ll see.”said Morrigan. “But for right now---I wish for you both to stare into the crystal ball while I activate it’s power.”

“What does she mean…?”Cammy said to Charlie.
I’m afraid we’re going to have play along for the time being Cam.”said Charlie. “We don’t know where we are or how to get out---so this is the best and only option we have. Either way—just watch your back.”

“Don’t I always?”said Cammy.
Morrigan lowered her hands over the crystal ball and blue neon energy began to pulsate from it.
The demoness then began to chant in a strange and ancient language known only people.

Then,in the blink of an eye and a flash of dark energy…they were gone.

We’ll get to where and what our two commandos have gotten themselves into with Morrigan later on…but right now---back to where Ryu and the others are.

Ryu and the others made it back to the meeting room where the rest of the fighters were,the meeting center room.

“Well,any luck?”asked Mika.
“No go,I’m afraid.”said Ryu. “I tried to break through the trap that was laid about on the fence,but not even my most powerful Hadouken can even penetrate it. And you can’t even climb the fence because some unseen barrier is over it.”

“Then—we’re really trapped in here.”said Sean.
“Aw maaaan!”said Bob. “And I was supposed to pick up mom and take her to Friday night bingo!”
Diana whimpered in fear. “Ooohhhh…I wanna go home…”

“Don’t anyone panic,please!”said Chun-Li. “We’ll find a way out of here—I promise you. And not only that,I have an idea—the rooftop.”

“The roof?”said Sodom. “How’s that gonna help?”
“Simple samurai,”said Chun-Li. “All we gotta do is fire an emergency flare into the air and hopefully both Charlie and Cammy will see it.”

“Yeah,they’re both still at Interpol HQ.”said Ken.
“That’s good to hear.”said Makoto. “But how are they gonna be able to help us if they can’t get in through the gates?”
“Whenever I use an emergency flare for Interpol operatives and allies”said Li. “and…I also just happen to have an emergency flare or two in my duffle bag back in the locker room. So—when they see the flares—they’ll hopefully get the message and arrive here by chopper.”

“Hmmm…it’s a long shot—but what else can we do?”said Ryu.
“I say—go for it!”said Ken.
“All right then.”said Li. “Here’s what we’re gonna do. I’ll go out and get my flares. Any one of you can accompany.”

“I will.”said Ryu.
“Same here.”said Makoto. “I always wanted to ride in a chopper.”
“Okay,part two of the plan here in case it doesn’t work,”said Li. “is some of you will have to find the generator room and try to see if there’s a back-up power source built in.”

“I’ll take that from here.”said Ken. “I managed to guide us that far to get us here. The rest should be cake.”
“I’ll head with ya master.”said Sean.
“Same here.”said Dudley.
“The rest of us will stay put in case we see something happen to that—disturbance outside.”said Guy.
“Yeah…good luck guys!”said Mika.

“Thanks,you too.”said Ken.
Just before leaving Ken turned to the Heavy Hitters.
“Uh..any of you wanna tag along?”said Ken.

The group said nothing,they were all nestled amongst a dark corner of the room,all in some strange meditation state.
“I guess not.”said Ken and then the two teams left.

Ryu,Chun-Li and Makoto went off to the locker room while Ken,Sean and Dudley were off to find the generator room,using the flash light Chun-Li gave them.

“Y’know…I don’t mean to sound critical or crude about that Hitters team”said Ken. “but…there’s something not really right about those fellas.”
“Hmmm…I imagine your asian counterpart will obviously feel the same suspision sooner than we think.”said Dudley. “But…I also feel a slight---troubled feeling about those certain individuals. Every since we met them—they’ve been utterly mysterious.”

“Yeah,most of them I guess are okay,”said Sean. “…except save for that Chen jerk-ass,and that slob of a sumo. I also noticed they haven’t been much help since this whole fiasco started.”

“Indeed.”said Dudley. “This is no time for being a detached moron,in fact it is never good to be detached period.”
“Tell that to them when we get through this.”said Ken. “But—when we do get back I think we’d best utilize their alleyship more---even if we have to do it by force.”
“No prob.”said Sean cracking his knuckles. “Just leave that Chen guy to me.”

While back in the locker room,Chun-Li got out her duffle bag and rummaged through it to find the emergency flares she brought with her.

Out in the hall,Ryu looked up into the air,trying to sense something.
“Ryu-chan?”said Makoto. “Is something wrong?”
“Hmmm…that depends Makoto.”said Ryu. “I’m—not sure,but…have you ever noticed anything strange about that Heavy Hitters team we’ve been rallying with since this terror began?”

Makoto scratched her chin. “Well….now that you mention it…they do seem kinda—weird—in a dark mysterious sort of way. But—most of them are pretty nice to be with.”

“Yes…”said Ryu. “But---ever since we met them and their leader Den,they—seem to emerge and exit into dark places. And---they haven’t really been that much assistance in this since it started.”

“Maybe they’re uncomfortable and want to head home.” Said Makoto. “Not to mention they’re probably upset by the disabling of the tournament,thanks to that buttwipe Bison.”

“Maybe,”said Ryu. “but somehow,I feel and sense there’s something….more to that Den fellow and his teammates.”

Chun-Li then came out with a min-flare gun and two flare vials.
“Okay,now let’s get to the rooftop.”she said.

The trio then went about and around through the halls and corridors till they came across a door marked:”UPSTAIRS:ROOFTOP.”

“Found it!”said Ryu.
He grabbed the door handle and pulled it,the door amazingly was not locked.

“So far so good.”said Makoto.
But after seeing that the upstairs led into darkness,she gulped and hid behind Chun-Li.
“I’ll go ahead.”said Ryu. “Be prepared for anything.”

Ryu slowly crept up the stairs that led to the roof.
Once there,he paused before the next door that stood before them,and remembered what happened before with the other two doors to the center.’

One had a strange force field against the glass of the front doors,and the back door had vicious zombies waiting for anyone who would go outside,who knows what would be waiting for them?

Ryu took a deep breath,gripped the handle of the door---and pushed it open!
The shotokan got into fight stance,only to find…

…nothing.

Makoto looked out into the open,and sighed with relief.
“So far so good?’said Li. “Let’s hope so.”

The three then walked out onto the roof,it appeared to be empty—so far.

Makoto loked down over the ledge,seeing the grass,and bushes around trhe civic center,as well as the darkened parking lot with a few lit-up lamp posts planted across it.

“huh—where are those zombies you guys fought?”she said.
“They must obviously wait for anyone who goes outside,so they must wait in the shadows.”said Ryu.
“so just don’t look too close unless you want to fall down there and meet them head-on.”said chun-li.

Makoto shivered and took a step back.
Li patted her on the shoulder.
“Take heed young one,”she said. “it’ll be all right.”

Once Ru finished searching around for any signs of anything sinister,he turned to Chun-Li.
“Okay Chun-Li,”he said.”fire those flares---and make it good.”
Li nodded and loaded up the flare,and fired it into the night sky.

Once it got high enough,it exploded into a flash of orange flame streams.
Makoto whistled. “Pretty—and snazzy.”she said.

“Do you think they’ll get that?”said Ryu.
“Hopefully,”said Li. “they’re standard issue and elite members of military as well as Interpol recognize them when they go off.

But…just to be on the hopeful side…maybe I’d better shoot one more.”

Li fired another flare…but just as it went through the air,something dreadful happened.

The very darkness of the air seemed to curl and elongate into a snake-like whip and lashed out on the flare,dissipitating it into nothing.

Everyone gasped in terror at what they saw.
“What the---does the sky do that at night?”said Makoto.
“Not as long as either of us have been born kiddo.”said Li. “Their’s obviosly evil magic or something at work here.”

“Whatever it is,we’d better get back downstairs—NOW!”said Ryu.
The dark cloud-like tendrils swung downward at the trio again,scraping and smashing apart the surface of the roof.

“YAAAAAHHH!”screamed Makoto as the three of them went back down through the door and stairs,slamming both doors behind them.

Makoto stood against a trophy case,trying to catch her breath.
“Uhh---what—what was that—uhhh----?”she said. “A demon in the wind?”

“Maybe,”said Li. “but the important thing is—I just hope that Charlie and Cammy saw the first flare.”
Ryu scratched his chin. “You know,I just realized something,”he said. “this can’t really be Bison’s work here. If it was,he would have sent more troops or came back himself to finish the job.”

“Hmmm…maybe,”said Li. “..or maybe Gill was watching from the sidelines of the tourney and unleashed something evil on us.”
“Maybe,and maybe not.”said Ryu. “But whatever it is we’re facing,we’ve got to find a way out of here—as well as the source of this madness—and soon.”

WHILE BACK AT ANOTHER PART OF THE CENTER…
 

Ken,Dudley and Sean finally made it to their destination.
A grey steel door that read:POWER GENERATOR:KEEP OUT stood before them.
Ken gripped the handle of the door,it was locked.

“Figures on that.”said Ken. “I wish the janitor was here,he’d have the key.”
“Well we need to get in there somehow.”said Sean. “Maybe we could go back and get Sodom and that Ugyo guy? They should be strong enough to smash down a door.”

Dudley adjusted his green boxing gloves.
“Stand back chaps.”he said. “I’ll take it from here.”

Dudley summoned his inner ki power,and energized it into his fist.
He then took a step back,and then thrust forward,slamming his fist into the door’s surface.
“SLAMM!”

For a few seconds at first,it looked as if Dudley didn’t knock it down.
“Uh…you wanna try again,Dudley?”said Sean.
But just as that question was asked,the door fell to the floor inside.

“Uh…never mind.”said Sean.
Dudley clenched his fist.
“I only use that sort of megaton blow when I’m in a tough situation.”he said. “But it gets the job done.”

“Good job,now let’s head in.”said Ken.
The blonde switched on the mini-torch and went inside.
“Sean,remember,don’t touch anything.”he said.

The trio went into the pitch black room and Ken then shone the light across the inner workings of the generator room.

There were dials,computer systems,meters,switch boxes and setting in the middle of the room—a large generator.

It was cobalt grey with a wheel shape attached to a square shaped computer housing.
“This must be the main source of power.”said Ken.

He then shown his light over the back part of the generator and saw it had bolt nuts holding it’s cover together.

“Okay guys…see if you can get me a screwdriver in here.”said Ken.
“I’ll see if there’s one.”said Dudley. “Hand me the torch will you?”

Dudley took the light and shown it all around the room.
Just then,he saw a brown leather tool pouch hanging from a hook attached to the wall.
He looked and found a medium screwdriver in it.

He then took it out and gave it to Ken.
“Ah,thanks Dudley.”he said.

Ken then took the screwdriver to the bolts and began unscrewing them each.
“By the way,master of mine.”said Sean. “Do you know exactly what you’re going to do once you get inside the works of that generator?”

“Uhmm…sure I do Sean.”said Ken. “Even back at my family’s millionare mansion as well as summer home for Eliza,Mel and myself I’ve worked and fixed the circuit box on our house’s electric maany times.”

Sean whipsered to Dudley.
“He may be a great master to me,but I don’t think he knows what he’s doing.”
Dudley chuckled.

Ken then got the casing open and looked inside with the light.
He shone it over the main circuit attachments and found the problem.
“Ah-ha---“he said. “these circuits are fried,obviously from the power outtage Bison caused. Ken looked a little closer past the circuits and found another set behind them.

“Yeah,here it is.”he said. “I thought there was a back-up set of power circuitry.”
“Okay,maybe master Ken does have some mechanically minded technique.”said Sean. “So where would the switch to the back-up power be in here.”

“We’ll just have to search until we do find it,Sean.”said Dudley.
The trio then began searching around for the back-up switch.
 

WHILE BACK IN THE MEETING ROOM…

Guy,Mika and Sodom watched through the windows of where they could see the flame wall.
“I don’t get this.”said Mika. “How could something like that get there?”
“It might be Bison,and it might be something…more evil than any one of us encountered.”said Guy.
“I sure hope they get the power back on soon.”said Sodom. “This is getting really tiresome.”

“Eager to get back in the ring,Sodom?”said Mika.
“That and get back to my hotel room for a need repast and bath,little missy Mika.”said Sodom. “And if that Bison creep does show up again—I’m gonna make a pig on a stick outta him!”

Suddenly,Bob Bluebolt got up from his seat and was about to leave the room.
“Hey,where are you going?”said Guy.
“What’s it look like?”said Bob. “I gotta take a dump in the worst way.”

“Ryu told us all to stay in here.”said Guy.
“Hey,neither he or any of you’s lugs are the boss of me okay?”said Bob. “Besides that,I’ll be right back,so hang loose.”

The repugnent boxer then left the room.
“Huh,what a bozo.”said Sodom.
“You said it.”said Mika. “No wonder Ryu beat that geek in no hurry.”

“I’m afraid he’s not much a person any more than he is a warrior.”said Lie Lo. “But—I will give you help any way I can.”

“Same here sugah.”said Diana. “I just wanna get outta here.”

While the others chatted,the Heavy Hitters group continued to sit in the shadows in their meditative stance.

While back in the generator room,Ken finally found a switch that said:BACKUP POWER SWITCH.
“Alright,I found it!”he said. “Gentlemen,we are back in business!”
“Good show!”said Dudley.
“Yeah,hit it man!”said Sean.

Ken then pulled down the switch and all the lights and power then came back on.

“Alright,Ken and the others must’ve found the generator room!”said Makoto.
“And not a moment too soon.”said Ryu. “Come on,let’s get back with the rest of the gang.”

While in a lone men’s room…

Bob Bluebolt had just finished his business on the toilet and flushed it.
“Man,at least the power’s back on.”he thought. “When this is over with—I am gonna challenge that jap bum Hoshi to a re-match he won’t forget!”

Suddenly,the lights in the restroom went out.
“Huh…?”said Bob.”Hye,what the hell is this? Did the power go out again so soon?”

Bob placed his gloves back on and exited from the stall.
When he got back into the open that lead to the door,he was faced with a strange dark shrouded figure.

“What the…?”said Bob. “..hey…you wanna them other fighters that was in the room?”
The figure said nothing and simply stood there.

“Hey,you don’t wanna say nothing,okay by me.”said Bob. “I just wanna get back to those other fighter dopes and get the hell outta here!”

Bob was about to make his way to the door,when suddenly the stranger places his hand on his right shoulder and shoves him backwards!

“UNNGH!”
Bob was slammed up against the wall of the toilet stalls.
“HEY—WHO YOU PUSHING YA PRICK?”he shouted. “WELL,I AIN’T TAKING THAT!”

Bob got into fight stance and lunged at the attacker.

Bluebolt thurst several punches at the man,but he simply dodged or swatted them away.

Bob then went for a low blow,but the stranger,caught his arm by the wrist.
Bob then swung another punch,but the stranger caught it as well.

He was trapped in a cast-iron grip which he couldn’t get free of.
“HEY--!said Bob. “LEGGO O’ME!”

The stranger then applied some more pressure to Bob’s wrist---and broke them both in two!

Bob screamed in sheer agony as he felt his wrists being broke.

They both sagged pitifully and blood dribbled and oozed from them both as he fell to his knees.
“Uuuuughh…what are you doing to me?”he said. “I didn’t do anything bad!”

The stranger then grabbed Bob by the throat and lifted him upward.
“Maybe not to me boxer,”said the stranger. “but your kind is poised to extincition---TONIGHT!”

The stranger then opened hi mouth,revealling a set of gruesome fangs.
The last thing Bob saw and felt before he died—was the sight of the man going at his neck and the blood being drained from his body.

Ryu,Li and Makoto just managed to hear the scream as they were heading back to the meeting room.
“Hey,did you hear that?”said Makoto. “Sounded like a man screaming.”
“Yeah I heard it as well.”said Ryu. “It appeared to be coming from—this hallway and--.”

Ryu stopped as he saw the door to the men’s room.
“You don’t think?”said Li.

“Stay here.”said Ryu as he strode towards the door.
“Ryu wait!”said Makoto. “What if the killer’s in there?”

“Then…maybe we won’t have to search any longer if he is.”said Ryu. “I’ll be careful.”

Ryu then went up to the door,slammed it open with his foot and dove in.

When he got there,the lights were back on and nothing was there.
Except…for a few drops of blood on the white tile floor.

Ryu took a closer look,and touched it with his pinky finger.
“Fresh blood.”he said.

He then looked to see where it was coming from,the trail lead to a toilet stall.
Ryu took a deep breath and went over to the front door.

He opened..and found a ghastly sight!

“Ryu—Makoto---get in here—now!”he said.
The two women rushed in and saw where Ryu was standing.

“Ryu—what is it—what---?”began Chun-Li. “Oh..my…word!”
Makoto saw it as well and screamed in terror.

There,was the remains of Bob Bluebolt,his body was stuffed head-first in the toilet bowl and his broken arms hung on both sides.

Ryu looked at his neck and saw puncture wounds there.
“Bite marks.”he said. “Just like the other victims!”

“You mean—the killer’s here with us?”said Makoto.
“I’m…afraid he is.”said Ryu.