Ryu stood face to face with his old rival,Victor Sagat.

"Sagat...here?"said Ryu,still astounded. "But how...?"

Suddenly,the void of darkness that was around them was suddenly changed into something else.

Ryu then found himself in an all-too familiar setting.

He was standing on what appeared to be a tile-placed battle ring in the middle of a large warehouse surrounded by many people that were sitting or standing on bleechers.

Flags,banners and flyers read the words:'

"STREET FIGHTERS WORLD WARRIOR TOURNAMENT:FINALS TONIGHT!"

Even Ryu's utility belt and sword were gone.

"Omigosh!"said Ryu. "I-i'm back in the---Street Fighter tournament in Thailand! But..how?"

Ryu then sees Sagat stand across from him.

The man mountain of Muay Thai stood as he was before he was defeated,no scar across his chest,but full of ruthless and destructive power,ready to claim victory.

This was the same martial arts competition that Ryu and Ken first fought in many years ago.

It was the contest that would lead them to meet other great fighters that would either become friends,or enemies.

And it was here where Ryu claimed his first victory and the title of World Warrior over a very powerful and deadly foe.
 

"Sagat...?"said Ryu. "Why are you here? What's going on?"

Sagat said nothing,his eye was a stone blank.

Instead,he charged up both fists full of orange ki energy.
"Oh no,not this again!"said Ryu.

"TIGER!"
Sagat throws both of his fists forward and his trademark boomerang shaped energy projectile flies straight at him.

Ryu simply jumped over the projectile,landing on his feet.
"SAGAT--ANSWER ME!"said Ryu.

Sagat still says nothing,and instead he runs and jumps at Ryu,doing his Tiger Knee thrust.

Ryu dodges it,causing Sagat to land upon the ring floor.
"He doesn't respond at all."said Ryu. "He's either being controlled by Den or---could this be a trick?"

Sagat then arises and turns to Ryu.
"Well..looks like i'll have to fight--once again." he says as he gets into his stance.

Sagat squats down and fires another Tiger shot at him.

Ryu dodges it and then jumps at Sagat with a flying kick.

But just as he made contact,foot-wise,he fell right through the kickboxer.

"WHA---OOF!"
Ryu fell flat on his back.

As he got up,he saw the image of Sagat still standing.
"He--he's not even real!"said Ryu.
"I should've known--this is just another of Den's tricks! He must have pulled something from my mind--and made it real! But---how do I free myself from this--past vision?"

Suddenly,before Ryu could finish his thoughts,Sagat attacked again.

He jumped at him again,doing another Tiger Knee.

Ryu saw it at the last minute,thinking he'd just pass through it,but instead...

"WHAMM!"

"UNNGH!"
Ryu was hit in the chest and fell across the ring floor in turn.

"Hey--wh-what?"he said,completly flabbergasted.
"How could he do that,if I went through him?"

Sagat came down upon Ryu again,he was ready to bring one of his massive fists down upon him.
"Uh-oh!"said Ryu as he sommesaulted out of harm's way,just as Sagat smashed his fist through the ring floor.

"Okay."said Ryu. "Let's see if a different attack might work."
The Shotokan warrior charged up his powerful ki energy and unleashed his famed fireball.
"HADOUKEN!"

The white hot ball of energy flew from his hands.
But just as it looked like it was going to hit Sagat,it flew right through his chest.
"This is crazy!"said Ryu. "He's definitely not real,but somehow he can get a beating out of me. I've gotta find a way through this,before i'm really too late!"

While back in Ken's situation...

Ken found himself in a strange jungle area with lots of tropical foilage and strange aztec and mayan ruins.

Standing before him was Urien,Gill's brother,all revved up for battle.

"Wh-what's going on here?"said Ken. "How'd I get here,and where---."

Ken suddenly remembered that he was here before.
It was three years ago during the last Street Fighter tournament.

Ken himself was fighting his way to the finals against Gill,but he accidentally ran into a dead-end and found himself face-to-face with this same man standing before him.

Urien challenged Ken to a fight if he wished to make it back to the tourney.
Ken refused at first,but Urien made it possible with his blistering attacks that Ken would oblidge.

In the end,Ken managed to defeat the madman,but by the time he won,the contest was over.
Ken was disappointed,but was satisfied in winning the next US tournament that came along.

Ken kind of figured that he would never see Urien again--until now.

"Okay,nature boy!"said Ken.
"What are you doing here,are you in cahoots with this Den guy or what?"

Urien simply kept his fighting stance,but did reply saying:
"GET READY,TO DIE!"

"Wha---pardon me if i'm wrong,didn't you say that the last time I kicked your bronze ass in the last tournament?"said Ken.
"Don't think you want me to polish it off again,do ya?"

Urien still said nothing.
Instead,he aimed his right fist,and fired a Metallic Sphere at him.

"Oh boy,not this again."said Ken as he jumped over the projectile.
"All right then,snow head,you wanna whuppin'i'll give ya one!"

Ken jumped at Urien and did a spin thrust kick that was aiming for his abdomen.
But to Ken's avail,his leg went right through him.

"WHAAA?!"said Ken,nearly loosing his footing.
"Hey,what gives here?"he said.

Ken then went for another attack,he sprang into his fiery Dragon Punch,but his next move went through him like he was fighting air.

"Huh,he's not even real."said Ken. "Must be a holographic projection or something.
Well,at least I don;t have to worry about that."

Suddenly,the image of Urien sprang at Ken,unleashing another attack.

"TYRANT SLAUGHTER!"
Urien slammed Ken several times with a few shoulder rams and then finished him off with a swing punch.

Ken flew across the grass.
"UNNF!"

"Hey,what the hell?"

Urien then went into his Violence Knee drop.

"WHOA!"
Ken replied as he rolled away,just as the prince of evil's knees came crashing down on the ground.

"Alright,let's try that again."said Ken.
The blonde then charged up his ki energy,and then fired away.
"HADOUKEN!"

But the fireball went right through him.
"Wha--heeey!"said Ken. "What are ya,a freakin'ghost?"

Urien then charged up his own ki energy,and fired off a bigger mettalic sphere.

"Oh,boy..."said Ken.

While all this was happening,Den was watching gleefully from his monitor.
"Haha..look at those two nitwits."he said. "The old mind game spell gets them every time.

Both Ryu and Ken swung their bodies about in the room,both trying to fight something that wasn't even there.

All I need to is reach into their subconscious and bring to life thir greatest fear. Not suprisingly,it's a certain pair of fellow fighters that they still subcosciously fear.

And they certainly can't fight them,not physically anways,that they will have to find out for themselves.
Now,let's see how the rest of the gang are doing."

Den activated another video monitor.
There,on the screen was both Charlie and Cammy.

They were in what appeared to be the rec room.
"Well now."said Cammy looking around. "Anyone fancy a game of darts or billiards?"
"Sorry Cammy,"said Charlie. "no time for games now."

"Just being witty,Lt."said Cammy. "But the real thing to say and ask is,where the hell are the others?"
"Good question."said Charlie. "But one without an answer."

Charlie then looked to the doors.
"Right now,I think we'd better get moving,while the gettin's good."he said.

The two commandos went for the double doors.
Suddenly,without warning,something came smashing through the doors like a wrecking ball.

"WHAT?"said Cammy suprised.
Standing before them was a seven foot tall creature made of iron.

It's arms,legs and torsoe were all bulked out to hulking proportions and the top of it's head was shaped strangely,like a mailbox and a large bolt stuck out behind it's head.

"What the hell is that thing?"said Charlie,asking an obvious question.
"It--it looks kinda like--Frakenstein's monster."said Cammy.

"Well..at least you find something familiar about it."said Charlie.

"Oh,it's more than that."said Den. "Just a cybernetic version of an old Darkstalker my father fought once named--Victor. Hmm-hmm,I wonder if even he'd be flattered...or just--dumbfounded?

Ah well,let's see how these two handle my little..'present'."

Charlie whipped out the crossbow he was equippped with,and started firing.

"PING--PING--PING!"

But it was no go,the silver arrows just bounced off the creature's stell iron skin.

"No dice huh?"said Cammy. "Well,lemme see what this---shotgun device can do."

Cammy was given a strange looking shotgun that was filled with a sort of magic rock crystal.
She pulled back the trigger uptop,and fired!

"BLAMMM!"

The rock crystal blast hit the monster in the chest,making a dent.
But the thing was completly unharmed,and continued to skulk towards it's intended victims.

"Oh blimey---no dice either!"she said.

The creature growled like a bear and then smashed a piece out of the pool table.
"K-Kill---victims!"it said in a creeky voice.

"Stand back,Cammy."said Charlie. "I'm gonna give'em the Sonic Boom treatment!"

Charlie charged up both his fists with yellow ki energy,

"SONIC BARRAGE!"he shouted.

Charlie then started throwing fireballs at the creature.

But each fireball that hit the monster,simply bounced off.

"Aw,nuts!"he said. "The thing's inpenetrable!"
"Well,we gotta find a way past that thing,and find the others,before it's too late!"said Cammy.

"GRRRAAHHH!" roared the monster.

MEANWHILE,IN THE DINING ROOM AREA OF THE SHIP...

Dudley and Rose found themselves in the dining and ball room of the ship.

It was tastefully decorated with tables,chairs,a grand piano,a buffet table,cocktail bar and a large dance floor with a silver disco ball hanging down from the ceiling.

"My,my..."said Dudley. "...for a vampire warlord,he certainly has...taste."
"His evil and thirst for bloodshed cannot be veiled by any--decoratives."said Rose. "He must be destroyed."
"Patience,madame rose."said Dudley. "First,we need to figure out what happened to our comrades."

Rose lifted her head to the air and started mentally scanning for the other fighters.
"They're here,I can sense it."she said. "But..they've been displaced in various levels of the ship. We must find and rejoin with them."

"I couldn't agree more."said Dudley.

But before either of them could make a move,something very unexpected happened before their very eyes.
The enite dimly lit ballroom came to life.

A whole gaggle of people suddenly appeared out of nowhere,and they were all lving it up in the ballroom.

They were seated at their tables,either eating,chatting,or drinking.
Others were at the bar,drinking and chatting,while others were out on the ballroom dancing.

There were chefs,and waiters going about their business,and a jazz band was playing a melody of dance music.

"What...on...earth?"said Dudley.
"Where did these...people come from?"said Rose.

A waiter then walked up to the pair.
"Good evening,sir and madame."said the man. "Are you reserved for a table?"
"Um no...sorry,we--were just leaving."said Dudley.

"Oh,well then,door to your left marked exit,please come again."said the man.
"Yes,certainly."said Dudley.
"I think we'd better get a move on while we can."said Rose. "I sense something...not right here."
"Yes,we'd better."said Dudley. "Somehow...i'm just not in the mood for fine dining and dancing tonight. But maybe next time.."

The pair then made their way towards the door marked exit.

Suddenly,a young man in a tuxedo with slick back hair came in front of them.

"You're not gonna leave so soon,are ya?"said the man.
"Huh?"said Dudley.

"Why...the party's...just starting,HAHAHA!"said the man in an evil and monstrous tone.

The man's eyes suddenly turned red and his mouth opened to show a pair of fangs and his skin turned a pale white.

He was another vampire!

"Look out!"said Dudley.
He fired his crossbow at the monster,piercing him in the chest.
The vampire then fell to the floor,dead and turned to ash.

Suddenly,they all heard unearthly moans and wails behind them.

The pair turned around to find the entire party had just turned into a horde of vampires.

"BLOOOD---SSSSS!"
They all replied in unison,and slowly they stalked towards their intended victims.

"Dudley..."said Rose not turning her head. "...you'd better open that Exit door--NOW!"

"Oh uh--yes!"said Dudley.

The boxer then reached for the handle,but as he pulled on it,the door wouldn't budge.
"IT'S LOCKED!"he said.
"No...."said Rose.
 

WHILE ON ANOTHER DECK OF THE SHIP...

Guy and Sodom were inside a room that had a large swimming pool within and a couple of steam cabinets.
"Where are we?"said Sodom.

"I'm sure it's obvious even to you,that we're in the swimming pool area."said Guy. "But what matters is how we got here,and where the others went to."

"I guess so."said Sodom."Just don't get smart with me,Bushin! I'm itchin' to take on more vampires,and I don't need no lip!"
"Man,this is the first and last time I ever team up with him."he thought.

Guy then looked around to see where the exit was,and found it across from where they stood.
"That way,come on."he said.

The two warriors walked across the tiled floor to reach their destination,but just as they passed the diving board..

"SPLASSH!"

A gigantic tentacle suddenly emerged from the waters of the pool and grabbed ahold of both Sodom and Guy.

"WHAT TH---HEEEY!"replied Sodom as he and Guy were brought into the waters.

Once underwater,they saw a most horrifying sight,a gigantic sea-creature with many tentacles for arms,a giant mouth filled with vicious fangs and a single cycloptean eye.

"RRRRAAAGHH!"
The creature growled underwater and licked it's fangs,it was ready--for dinner!
And unless Guy and Sodom found a way to break free,they were going to be the main course!

WHILE IN THE ENGINE ROOM....

Sean and Makoto found themselves in a dark and stuffy area which was the engine and boiler room.
There were computerized systems attached to the ship's main engines and such around them.

"Man!"said Sean tugging at his tunic."Could it get any hotter in here?"
"You said it!"said Makoto. "If it gets any hotter,I may as well go around hunting buck naked at this rate."
"Eh...?"said Sean as he blushed.
"Don't get any ideas,Sean!"said Makoto. "I'm not that desperate. But..if I do get naked,don't get any ideas!"

"Relax,will ya?"said Sean. "I've learned better than that,from my folks and Master Ken.
I just hope they're all right."

"Same here."said Makoto. "I betcha that damn vampire sent us here,and there's no telling where the rest of the other guys are."

"Well,we'd better head off and find them right now."

The two karate fighters began to walk their way out of the engine room.
Suddenly,some dark force appeared in front of them.

"Wha---?"said Sean.
It appeared to be some kind of dark and oozy sort of shroud.

"Hey,what is this?"said Makoto.
"Dunno."said Sean. "Maybe it's some indoor fog?"

"Down here?"said Makoto. "Well if it is here,let's just go through it and be off."

Makoto began to walk towards the shroud,but as she did,Sean suddenly noticed something.

The shadow began to form tendrils and looked as if it was alive.

"No,Makoto--wait!"said Sean.

But it was too late,before Makoto saw what was happening,the shroud grabbed her and enveloped her inside the shroud.

"Makoto!"said Sean. "NOOO!"

The shroud then began to float towards him.
"Keep back you---blob of pudding!"he said.

Sean then began to run away from the thing as it continued to stalk him.

While back in Den's sorcery and lab room.

"Hahaha..."he laughed.
"That should keep them occupied for some time."

Den then turned to a large red crystal that stood before him.

And within it,was the last two hunters that would oppose him,
Morrigan and Baine the second.

"Ah yes..."he said. "....my dear mother,and the sole descedant of daddy's arch nemesis.
I hope you both enjoy your little stay here...because it's going to be--for a long time!
HAHAHAHAHA!"