Story of the Dragon Ch. 7
By Eliad Sholomovich

SHADOWBANE'S THRONEROOM UNDERGROUND CAVERN IN THE HIMILAYAS

Shadowbane was sitting on his throne. He had been thinking of a plan to use Ryu's friends as a possible decoy for his capture. He knew by his spies report that he had been getting comfurtable with the young miss Xiang. Kidnapping her would be the perfect way to bring him and his friends to me. Now all he needed was for them to make a mistake so his minions could exploit it and capture her right under their noses. He let the matter drop for a minute. He always felt lonely and sad on this day because today 2,000,000 ago his wife Cassandra and son Bastion had been murdered. He thought of his heritage. "WHY am I the only descendent of kain that has inherited his magical powers. He knew he could easily use his powerful magic to wipe the humans off the Earth but that would end their existance too quickly and he didn't want them dead he wanted them to live and suffer. Shadowbane despite his hate for humans believed in giving them a chance to survive because he would have wanted one in their condition." I could have stayed in Delcrater and become king of vampires after fathers death , but without Cassandra my kingdom was like an empty void. What would my father Rogoss think if he saw his first born son the mighty Kain the second now, sitting in a dark cavern using humans as pawns in an endless quest for revenge".Kain prayed his father would never find him because he was ashamed of himself. He was supposed to take control of the clans and now his younger brother Tural would take control and he knew Rogoss was probaly very upset. He remebered the life in Delcrater under his parents loving eye. The rumors of vampires being cold blooded heartless murderers were wrong. They had feelings but alas most of them were hate towards those that hunted them. The vampires had always lived in the shadows hunting humans for nurishment. "Why was I cursed with this Immunity this power". he cried out the walls shaking under his booming voice. Curse Kain for his giving me his blood. It is what made me into this hidieous mutation ,this mockery of a lifeform. he looked at his true form. He was 7'6 his body had perfect muscles like a true living weapon. He had a pair of huge bat like wings sprouting from his back. his hair was silver like kain's his skin was totally black and very thick like a living piece of armor. his face was human except for the two horns thats grew behind and curled behind his ears his head. His mouth contained sharp daggerlike predetorial teeth. He was wearing his royal clan uniform a black breastplate plate of mysterious metal which held his clan mark a skull with burning green eyes. connected to 4 straps which entered into his flesh behind the shoulders and were covered by a long black cape which carried a sigil in the vampire language which meant death. and a pair of studded leather pants. his body armor was symbiotic given at birth . His arms held long sharp talons at the end of his fingers. an giant spikes grew out of his shoulder blades and his spine. He cursed Kain again for giving him such power for it alone was the reason they hunted his family. So they could hurt the strongest of the vampires the heir to his accursed bloodline. But now wasn't the time to cry about the past, it was time he took things into his own hands. he chanted a spell he learned from one of the many spell books He took from the royal library back at home. All the books he took were Kain's ancient spell books and diaries. A red glow covered his body and then his hair turned to black the spikes on his spine entered the flesh so did his teeth leaving only 4 fangs. his wings folded and entered his shoulder and so did the spikes he screamed in agony for the spell was painful. When he finished he left the cavern looking for Akuma and Bison it was time to reviel "himself" to his minions and start planning the final stages of his plan to inslave the planet earth. He laughed a evil booming laugh as he teleported to his main base which was 100 miles north of the underground cavern.

CHUN LI'S APARTMENT HONK KONG CHINA

The seven fighters entered the apartment. Cammy took a strange device from her handbag it beebed and hummed she nodded. "Your lucky Chun" . Chun li looked at her in confusion "They didn't bug your apartment . Chun li sighed "thats a relief, but isn't it a little strange. I mean there haven't been any reports of the organization ever since Ryu came to my apartment last week. it like they just vanished into thin air". Ryu was sitting in a lotus form and quietly spoke "O.K Cammy, know fufill your promise. Why are you really here and what is this oranization you are speaking about? " Cammy inhaled deeply and started telling him about the attacks on Asia and the drafting of shadowlaw and Akuma. Ryu was shocked "Akuma joined this oranization?" I guess my Shin Shoryuken shook him pretty badly" They all laughed a bit. so from what you are saying where completly alone on this case " Cammy nodded "No one knows anything not the CIA not the FBI, interpol, Mi6 its amazing". Ryu spoke again "Then we must be cautious I have a bad feeling well see plenty of this organization soon enough". Guy was curious about the ninja's Ryu encountered. Being a Bushin ninja he needed to know if they weren't from his clan. "Ryu how did those ninja's look? Ryu described them as tall with black uniforms they had long katana's "know that you mention it I remember that they had a strange symbol on their sword a skull with eyes filled in green fire" Chun li snapped her fingers "that maybe just what we needed Ryu. Does anyone have a laptop?" Ken raised his hand "one laptop coming right up" he handed her the laptop a few minutes later after digging throught his luggage. Chun li then used to enter the Interpol internet website she then searched for info on the symbol from the webpage. After a few minutes the screen showed various information on an ancient clan of ninja's called the "shadow of darkness". Chun li started to read the written info out loud "They were first spotted by the roman army at 30 a.d when they attempted to strike japan from the sea. The writings say the roman army wrote that they struck like a black shadow covering the battlefield. Their swords sparkling in white. The site says that the romans lost the battle while the clan suffered minor casualties. Thats why the roman empire never tried conquering the region near Japan. The site says that each leader is called the shadowbane in ancient language means "shadow poisen" which refers to the leader influence is as powerful as venom and authority as wide spreading as the shadows of night. well I gotta tell you Ryu. Your assault gave us a major clue. "It gave you a clue and me a broken shoulder". They all laughed again and each went to sleep the men slept on the floor while Chun li slept in her room and Cammy on the futon couch. Thet had alot of work ahead of them if they wanted to find the Shadowbane and stop him for good.