Story of the Dragon Ch. 10
By Eliad Sholomovich

BASE OF THE "SHADOW OD DARKNESS" THE HIMILAYAS

Chun li fell througth the strange blue portal and into a dark room in somekind of cave. Bison and Akuma stood before her. She turned around to try and escape but saw a tall figure in the shadows was blocking the exit. The only thing she knew by looking at him was that the figure was big and that it wasn't human because the figure's eyes were glowing in green. a deep voice spoke

"Bison ,Akuma leave us. Go rest, soon I shall summon you again"

They both bowed and left the room.

"Who or what are you?" Chun li asked nervously.

The figure stepped into the light "You may call me Shadowbane, miss Xiang" Chun li ghasped "You..your the one thats behind all the assaults on Asia" He nodded and laughed " Correct ,ingenious plan isn't it. I simply used the ancient arts of stealth and martial arts to bring down the supersticious modern world to its knees".

Chun li stood up and stared at him angrily she was almost two feet shorter but still looked at him threateningly and stood in fighting stance. "Your riegn of terror ends here Shadowbane".The latter seemed to be unimpressed at her statement

"You don't realize your situation do you?" Shadowbane inquired. You cannot escape this place alive it is completly surrounded and you saw what a small portion of my army is capable of . What chance do you have against all of it. Not to mention that defeating me isn't even an option to you".

Chun li didn't care she wouldn't be used as a pawn in this madman's plan. "Your arrogance will be your downfall demon". She lunged at him and kicked at his chest . A loud clang was heard and she gripped her foot tightly she felt her ankle break from the inpact. "What in heaven's name are you . you aren't human you are a monster".

Shadowbane's eyes glew in blue and so did his hand and Chun li found herself floating in midair. Shadowbane laughed "First of all I'm from h*ll not heaven.You are correct, I'm not human. I am a vampire and I warn you If you even attempt to assault me once more, you will pay dearly" He motioned his fingers to the wall and she was flung at the wall with increadible speed. She slumped to the floor with a loud thud after hitting the wall. He then shot a purple beam from his hand. The beam turned into a chain of glowing metal and wrapped itself around Chun li.

Before leaving Shadowbane told her one last thing " Oh, and miss Xiang don't worry about your friends. They shall join you soon enough". He laughed and walked out of the room when he exited the room the door disappeared.

. "Ryu, please don't come here" Chun li prayed but she knew nether Ryu or her other friends would turn their backs on her.

MEANWHILE IN THE COMPUTER ROOM

Bison had found the site about Kain again and tried to enter it. "Access denied ,enter activation code" The viewscreen showed.

"D*mn" Bison cursed "He has locked the site". Akuma responded "Can you hack into the site?" Bison shook his head "But I know someone that can" He took his communicator and called Vega. Vega greeted Bison "Greetings master Bison how may I assist you?".

Even thougth Shadowbane had hired Vega his first loyalty was to Bison since he never encountered Shadowbane and still feared Bison more than Shadowbane. Bison chuckled to himself "I'm sending you a site adress I want you to arrange for it to be hacked and call me when the job is done. Is that clear" . Vega nodded.

Akuma stood guard so that no one would walk in on the conversation. "Bison we must hurry and execute are plan. Shadowbane is becoming suspicious and now is the perfect time to strike forget old texts lets just take him down". Bison normally wouldn't listen to Akuma but his words made sense. "The site's translation will be a trophy to show who we beat".

"To world domination and the fall of Shadowbane" they both yelled and raised their fists. A ninja stood nearby in the shadows approached them "I couldn't help but hear your conversation and we want in. We have been slaves to that monster for too long. A human must lead our clan not a monster. You have our loyalty masters" the ninja bowed after speaking

Akuma was still surprised the ninja passed his guard. "soon Shadowbane shall fall and we will take over his work". they all laughed as they started to formulta a plan to get rid of Shadowbane.

STREETS OF HONG KONG CHINA A FEW MINUTES EARLIER

Ryu reached his friends and handed them the note he found in the alley. "Read this note guys" Ryu said in a worired tone. everyone huddeled up and read the note it said.

DEAR STREET FIGHTERS

WE HAVE YOUR FRIEND. IF YOU EVER WANT TO SEE HER AGAIN COME TO THE HIMILAYAS IN A WEEK, ALONE. IF ANYONE BUT THE SIX OF YOU COMES I ASSURE YOU, CHUN LI WILL SUFFER

AWAITING YOUR ARRIVAL

SHADOWBANE : HIGH LORD OF THE SHADOW OF DARKNESS.

"The've got Chun li" Cammy said in dismay. "At least we know their location and now we can get Chun li from them" Dan stated.

"Yeah that helps us so much doesn't it" Ken said sarcastically "we're just gonna stop by pick up Chun li fight about a thousand Ninjas and whaltz are way back" Dan brows furrowed in anger "And I suppose you've got a better idea, Mr. martial arts champion"

Ryu yelled at them both "This is no time to quarell we must find out as much as we can about are foes so we can be prepared for the fight. Chun li's life as well as the world future depend on it".

Ken and Dan shook hands and apologized to eachother "I agree with the kid we gotta find out what makes these guys tick and then take it out"

The group started walking to the restaurant they needed to eat and buy some food for the long trek to the Himilayian moutains.