Ryu was knocked to the ground by one of Den’s spin kicks.

“Haha!”said Den. “Ready to throw in the towel?”

“Not on your life!”said Ryu as he sprung back up.

The Shotokan then jumped into the air and came down at Den with a flying drop kick.
Den was more than ready for the attack as he jumped up at Ryu and spun his body around at super-speed motion,like a human top.

“UNNNGH!”went Ryu as he was knocked out of the air by the deflection attack,causing him to fall back to the floor.

“Bat Spin,gets them every time.”said Den. “As does my reportoire of moves.”
Ryu scrambled back to his feet,ready to do another attack.

“I’ll beat you yet!”he said.
Ryu then charged up a Shink Hadouken,and let it loose upon Den.

But as the super fireball flew straight at Den,he went into another Bat Spin,knocking the fireball away,causing it to crash into another wall.

“WHAT?”said Ryu astounded.
“You’re nothing against me,mortal!”said Den. “A pity,but this mission must come to an end,for I have a much bigger plan to fulfill!”

Ryu was about to go into another attack,but before he could,Den thrust his body forward,and lashed out a super-speed attack.
“DEMON CRADLE!”he said.

Ryu was hit in the chest by a shoulder ram and then hit by a super fast and hard uppercut,that sent him falling to the ground,and out cold.

“HAHAHA!”said Den standing victorous over his fallen foe.
“Your power ki shall be more than enough to add my own power enhancer back at my hidden lair!”he said. “Tonight----THE HUMAN RACE SHALL FALL! Just as your fellow street fighters shall fall against my minions!

But while back at various parts of the civic center,the rest of Den’s fellow bloodsuckers were about to learn firsthand that you should never underestimate your opponent,human or not.

Sean raced down through the corridors that led to a janitor’s station room.

Once inside,he locked the door shut and began to think of a strategy.

“What to do,what to do?”he thought frantically. “I need a weapon,a way to take that bastard out,before he has me for dinner!”

Sean looked around the room,and found many mops and cleaning solutions haning on the walls.

He then remembered what he saw watching The Lost Boys and other vampire flicks that the only way to take out a vampire was a wooden stake,cross,and sunlight.

The lights in the room weren’t enough,even if they were just flourescent.
Nothing for a suitable cross but….

Sean came upon a wooden handled mop and some cleaning solution,and had an idea or two.

Chen,the vampire Akiaido fighter then came upon the locked door.
He sniffed the air and caught his prey’s scent.

“Hiding in here huh?”he said. “Won’t do ya any good kid---you’re meat!”

Chen then began to pound and punch his way through the metal door.

While back inside,Sean had managed to set up the little trap he set up.
“Okay.”he thougt. “It’s now or never!”

Sean then ran to turn out the lights and hid in the darkness.

No sooner than he did so,Chen had managed break the door down.
“Ah,hiding in the dark eh?”he said. “That’s good…a vampire is at—home in the dark. Won’t do ya no good though,not when I have---night vision.”

Chen’s eyes glowed a neon green,allowing him to see in the dark.

“Where are ya kid?’he said. “I haven’t had a ‘bite’ for hours.”

Chen then walked underneath the hanging lights.
Suddenly,he nudged a rope that was tied to the lights from something.

“Huh?”said Chen as he looked at the rope and up at the lights.
“What’s this?”he said.

Suddenly,a big bottle of floor cleaner came crashing down and it’s fluid spilled all over Chen’s face,getting in his eyes.

“AAAARRRGGH!”he screamed as the solution burned his sensitive eyes.
“NOW!”said Sean as he jumped from the shadows and flung the man-made stake at Chen.

Chen suddenly swatted the stake away,still rubbing at his eyes.
“You sonuvabitch!”shouted Chen. “You think this is funny?”

“No—I think it’s time you got put out for the night big ass—permanently!”said Sean.

The brazillian youth then charged at Chen,doing his roll tackle.

Before Chen could react,Sean shoved Chen down with all his force and caused the both of them to roll across the floor like a human bowling ball.

Sean then saw the spare stake that he had set up just in case,and let loose of him.

Chen’s back part where his heart was got directly pierced head-on as the sharpened end of wood went right through him.

“YAAAAARRRGH!”screeched Chen in excruciating pain as he was killed instantly from the stake weapon---he was down for the count.

Sean stood before his vanquished foe,panting and huffing to catch his breath.
“M-man…”he said. “…my folks back in New York will never believe any of this when this is over with!”

Sean then went for another mop and broke it in two,making two more stake weapons ready.’
“Don’t worry Master Ken.”said Sean as he raced out the door. “Sean Matsuda is on his way!”

While back in the weights room,both R.Mika and Rango continued to struggle with one another,both locked in hand-gripping,each trying to shove each other to an advantage.

“You’re---pretty strong fer a gal baby,”said Rango. “but I’m the best!”
“What—the best at being a butt ugly bloodsucker like your pals?”said Mika. “You’re full of so much @#%$,your words are coming out in turds!”

“GRRRRRRAAAGH!”growled Rango. “You’re the one who’s in deep @#%$ here matey! And the one who’s about to get her ass ripped apart!”

Mika had enough as she jumped up and thrust both of her feet up into Rango’s chest,pushing him away.

“Getting me off your shoulders won’t do ya any good!”said Rango. “YAAAAH!”

The wrestler charged at Mika,but before he could lay a hand on her,she sprung backwards,landed on her back,causing Rango to land on the bottoms of her white boots.

Once he was firmly in place,Mika lifted him upward and tossed him right over her.
“UNNF!”replied Rango as he crashed into a nearby window.

Several pieces of glass flew across the floor,and one was near Mika.
She remembered that episode of Buffy and wondered if something as sharp would help.

Would she also dare do it?
She never killed anyone before in her life,but she knew this…person was not human in any sense.

Rango got back to his feet,madder than the fires of hell.
“YOU’RE DEAD BUBBLE-BUM!”he shouted.

“Bubble this ya bastard!”said Mika as she threw the glass shard straight at Rango,piercing him right into the area where his heart was.

“GAAAH!”replied Rango as he fell backwards,clutching his chest in severe pain.

Mika saw that it didn’t go in deep enough and had to do something.
She ran,did a flying jump kick and tapped the glass shard to go all the way through to his heart.

“AAAAARR!”cried Rango as he fell to the floor,and breathed his last.
Mika stood panting,and sighing in relief.
“G’day…mate.”she said and then left the room.

“Im sure hope Ryu and the others were as lucky as I was vanquishing the rest of these bloodsuckers.”she thought before running off towards another hallway.

While back in another hallway,Ken and Ted continued their skirmish.

Ted jumped at Ken,doing a flying kick.

Ken jumped out of the way,causing Ted to smash right through the wall.

He then saw his chance,Ken thrust at Ted and unleashed his Shinryuken upon the vampire.

“Sorry,Ted.”he thought as Ted’s chin and chest was hit several times by his Dragon Punh barrage.

Ted fell to the floor,but back-flipped himself to safety.
“Man,you’re better than I heard,Masters.”said Ted rubbing his chin. “But not good enough.”

“Says you old timer.”said Ken. “And if I wanted to fight you,it’d be in a real tournament match,not this life or death vampire bullshit!”

“Hey,you can’t always get what ya want in life.”said Ted. “So quit bitching and keep fighting.”
“If you insist.”said Ken. “C’mon.”

Ted smiled and jumped at Ken and the two continued to trade punches and kicks with one another.

Ken then dove to the floor and did a defensive roll,allowing him to be right behind Ted..
Ted spun around,allowing Ken to grab him by the arm and threw him over his shoulder.

Ken’s throw was so great,it caused Ted to crash into a nearby wooden door marked closet.

“Well,at least I learned something from you on that,Ted.”said Ken.

Ted arose from the rubble of the door.
“Yes you did,Ken.”he said. “But I’m afraid this fight is going to come to an---an--!”

Ted began to struggle with himself,his skin and eyes changed color,showing his ghastly vampirism,fangs and all.

“Ted…?”said Ken.
“I---I can’t control this—bloodlust anymore!”said Ted. “But I refuse---to---kill you outright Ken!”

“You wanna try to fight some more?”said Ken.
“NO!”said Ted. “Ken,you don’t understand the kind of power that—Den bastard inflicted on me and the others. If I used my full strength and power as a vampire,you’d be slaughtered.”

Ted looked down at the ground,and saw a large sharp piece of splintered wood that came from the smashed door.

He reached down,picked it up and threw it to Ken.
Ken caught it and knew what Ted wanted him to do.
“You—you mean…?”he said.

“You must—kill me Ken,”said Ted. “Here—and now.”

“I—I can’t!”said Ken. “I can’t kill a great a fighter as you---and I never killed anyone in my life.”
“It won’t make any difference!”said Ted. “Den already killed me—when he turned me into—a vampire! Please Ken,you’ve got to---if you don’t kill me…you’ll be dead like all the others that we slaughtered,and you won’t be able to help save Ryu and the others!”

“But---but I---!”said Ken.

“RAAAAAAAAGHH!”roared Ted as he flew straight at Ken.
“NO STOP!”said Ken as he staggered backwards.

But as Ted was upon him,Ken accidentally thrust the wood splintrered into Ted’s heart!

“GAAAAH!”cried Ted.

“NO!”said Ken.

Ted Durst fell to the floor,the splinter piece still stuck in him like a dagger.

Ken grabbed ahold of Ted by the back,lifting him up to him,preparing to pull the stake out.
“No Ken,stop no!”said Ted. “I told you---I’m already dead..you just completed the cycle.”

“But—it’s not…”said Ken.
“Fair..?”said Ted. “Some things in life isn’t. But..during our fight—you proved that---you were the better fighter. Your Shotokan karate was greater than my judo karate. Think of this…as you officialy becoming my—successor,the successor and true champion of North American martial arts fighting.

But enough about me and you okay? I…don’t have much time left.”
“What..what is it?”said Ken.
“It’s..about…Den…our’leader’.”said Ted. “The vampire part you know about. What you don’t know about—is what he---plans to do with the rest of your friends tonight.”

Ted then went on to explain the whereabouts of Den’s hideout,his true identity…and most of all—what his actual plan was.”

“I---I don’t understand some of this.”said Ken.
“Hey---neither did I.”said Ted. “All you need know is what I told you. But—you’ve got to save your friends from his fellow vampires. You see—what we did—they’ve been doing this as well.”

“Oh no!”said Ken. “You don’t think they’re all…”
“Never assume the worst,Masters.”said Ted. “You’ve got to have hope…and faith. Either way—you’ve got----to stop him---stop him—before it’s too…late----good luck….master warrior….*”

And after those last words,Ted faded away,no doubt to the heavens where old warriors go to rest.
Ken then placed Ted Durst in a more dignified lying position,,removed the stake from his chest,and placed his hands over his heart.

Ken the stood from the fallen warrior,and bowed as a true warrior would.
“Rest easy.”said Ken,a tear running down his face. “Reast easy,old master.”

Then,without another word,Ken ran off into the halls and corridors to try and find the others.

While back in the women’s locker room,Makoto and Juno continued to battle it out.

Juno knocked Makoto down to the floor and then jumped into the air,ready to pounce upon her.
But before she could do any real damage,Makoto jumped back up and did her Disco pose uppercut,punching the other girl in the chin,hard!

“AAAH!”cried Juno as she fell upon the couch.

“You’re not taking me out so easily!”said Makoto. “So c’mon---you want more—I got it!”

Juno arose from the couch,her skin had turned white,her eyes red and her fangs shown through her lips.
“Man,you are one ugly mutha!”said Makoto.

“You….DIE!”said Juno.
The vampire then lifted the couch upward with her very hands.
“Man,strong suckers aren’t they?”said Makoto.

Juno then threw the couch straight at her,but as she did,Makoto ducked and dashed straight at her.

The karate girl did her Justice Fist Rush,hitting Juno in the abdomen,followed by her charging roundhouse kick,getting her in the face.

Juno staggered slightly from the blow,but was still standing.

Makoto threw another blow,but was caught by Juno’s left hand,and lifted upward.
“HEY!”said Makoto.

“Think your so tough huh?”said Juno in a wicked and cold voice. “Well,your times up.bitch!”

“I don’t think so!”said Makoto.
The karate girl brought an overhead chop down on Juno’s throat.
The blow was hard enough to make Juno let her go.

Once Makoto was free,she did a lag sweep,causing her foe to fall to the ground.

Makoto then ran to the other side of the room to find some sort of weapon to kill the vampire with.

“Man---a stake,a stake…my neck ribbon collection for a lousy wooden stake!”she thought.

Juno jumped to her feet,angrier than before.

Makoto then saw a mini fridge and ripped it open.
Once open,she rifled through it’s contents,and found something wrapped in alluminum foil.
Openeing it,she saw it was a big piece of…garlic bread.

“Garlic..”she thought. “…I heard vampires hate garlic but…what does it really do them?”

“MAKOTO!”said Juno fiercly. “You will face me now---or die!”

Makoto then saw the tv set below her as well.
“I got a plan!”she thought,and then spun around.

“You want me fang breath—come and get me!”she said.

Juno hissed and jumped at her.
Once she did,Makoto threw the tv set up at Juno,causing one of her fists to go through the set,trapping it.

“HEY!”said Juno as she staggered and tripped.
“Here…ya wanna bite—have this!”said Makoto.

The karate jammed the piece of garlic bread into Juno’s mouth.

Once it was wedged between her mouth and throat,Juno began to gag.
“NNNHHH---GAAAGGH!”replied Juno gagging in sheer pain.

Suddenly,her skin began to catch on fire and her head began to swell up.

“What th---?”said Makoto.
Finally,Juno’s head exploded in a small but intense fireball,and her body crashed to the floor.

“Whooaaahh…”said Makoto. “So…that’s what garlic does.”

Makoto then turned to the door and unlocked it,exiting from the battle zone.

While back aboard Morrigan and Baine’s ship….

Charlie and Bestial continued their dreaded bout in the ring.

Charlie threw his Sonic Barrage at the Beast,but it’s super-speed dodged them all,and once he got close enough,Bestial kicked him down to the floor.

The Air force Lt.jumped back to his feet.
“Man!”he thought. “I’ve gotta find a way to take this brute down for keeps! But each time I land a hit or any attack,it just keeps getting more deadly!

Charlie then had a thought and remembered a mission he and Guile went on once against a ninja hit squad in Okinawa,Japan.

One of the ninjas he fought was about the same speed,all Charlie had to do—was time his attack and act with instinct.

And that’s what he had to do to win this.
He crouched down,closed his eyes,and listened for the beast to get close enough.

Bestial saw what Charlie was doing,and slowly crept towards his prey,licking his chops.

Once it was close enough,Charlie’s eyes popped open and saw the beast warrior directly in front of him.

“RAAAAAAH!”roared Bestial as he raised his massive arms over Charlie,ready to do some serious damage.

“SOMMERSAULT—JUSTICE!”said Charlie as he jumped up and did his powerful Flash Kick barrage.

Bestial’s chin was hit may times by Charlie’s endless assualt,till finally after the last flip kick,Bestial crashed to the floor.

“THUD!”
And was out cold.

Morrigan arose from her seat.

“The winner—Charlie Nash!”she declared.
“ALRIGHT!”said Cammy. “WAY TO GO,CHARLIE!”

“Th-thanks.”said Charlie as he tried to catch his breath.

“Yes,congratulations.”said Guineverre Baine. “But remember,it’s not over yet,dearies.”

The icy blue creature known as Frosticus stepped into the arena as did Cammy.
“Looks like it’s my turn,mate.”she said to Charlie. “You rest up,you’ve earned it.”

“But—are you sure you can handle that---thing.Cammy?”said Charlie.
“I’ve handled worse in my years,”she said. “Don’t worry about it.”

“Well…good luck.”said Charlie.

While back on earth,Den stood overtop his fallen foe,Ryu Hoshi,and he was ready to sink his fangs into his very neck.

While back in the halls of the civic center,Ken and the rest of the street fighters ran as fast as they could to try and find each other,and Ryu,before it was too late.