The Quest: Book 1 Ch. 9
By Eliad Sholomovich

POOL OF WATER IN WATER TEMPLE

Ryu swam frantically to the wall. He saw the sharks fin approaching. Ryu kicked off the wall and landed on the shark.

The shark started swimming deeper and deeper. Then Ryu felt the pressure hurt his ears. Ryu kicked off the shark ramming it into the floor and swam towards the surface. Then Ryu took a breath of air. He looked underwater but couldn't see the shark.

Ryu then sensed it coming from the right. Ryu turned and saw it dashing towards him teeth first. Ryu was wide eyed. He channeled his Chi and when the shark was close grabbed its jaws and held its mouth open.

Thw shark twisted and turned trying to free itself but Ryu's grip was strong. Then the shark sawn faster and faster pushing Ryu with him. Then he slammed Ryu into the wall.

Ryu groaned in pain. Then he started coughing from swallowing water. Ryu kicked off the wall and spun around releasing the sharks jaw at the last second. Ryu frantically swan towards the surface to breath.

He reached it and took deep breathes. Ryu then saw the shark coming towards him. Ryu turned his body at the last second. and the shark missed him. Ryu then grabbed the sharks fin.

The shark didn't seem pleased.It started swimming in circles and squirming. Ryu was loosing his grip. The shark then slammed Ryu into the wall. Ryu's head was cut open and blood started flowing in the water.

Ryu felt dizzy and weak. The shark then opened its jaws and closed then on Ryu's sholder. Ryu cried in pain. He thought of his freinds,Wife and daughter he felt renewed strength "I must win if not for me for them" he thought to himself.

Ryu then remembered he still had a sword strapped to his belt. He unseathed it. The shark teeth sunk deeper and the shark started moving trying to rip Ryu apart. Ryu aimed the sword and stabbed the sharks head above the eye. The shark started mmoving frantically. Ryu felt his body being shredded.

Then the shark went limp. Ryu felt the iron jaws loosten. He freed himself then he heard a voice "You have passed the test of valor" you may pass to the chamber. THe water rised until it reached the door.

He fell threw the door and all his friends rushed towards him. He went wide eyed as he saw them "Behind you" he screamed he pushed them aside with his good arm. a ball of ice hit Ryu's chest. Ryu was flung backwards.

He waited to feel the water but felt only air. "RYU!!!!!!!" Chunli yelled. Mariko yelled "Dad!!!!!" Ryu knew that without the water to stop his fall this was the end and closed his eyes and waited.

MEANWHILE DOWN THE OTHER TUNNEL

Akuma approached Ken. Ken gulped and then entered stance. Akuma lunged. Ken miraciously jumped over him and landed behind him. Akuma crashed into the spikes. But then he detached himself from the spikes.

He had many holes in him. But Ken saw that they were filled with water. they closed. Ken grinned "Guys use fire against them" Akuma lunged and smaked Ken with a kick then he lept and spun into a hurricane kick. Ken ducked low and smiled he was covered in flames and he lept upwards spinning in a pillar of flames.

Akuma screamed as he was incinarated by the flames. He turned into gray vapors and disappeared. Ken rushed to help Cammy.

Cammy lunged at Bison. Her fury fueling her. She kicked at him. He blocked but then she grabbed his neck with her feet then she slammed his head into the concrete. She then picked him up and suplexed him. Bison got up dizzy. She nailed him with a cannon drill. He slammed into the spiked wall. Cammy smiled and grabbed a torch from the wall.

Bison cowered and tried to escape. But was nailed by a kick from Ken. Cammy then thrusted the torch at Bison. Bison screamed and vanished into Vapor like Akuma.

Dan saw what happened to the others and channeled his Chi. He channeled his Chi and concentrated he blasted Sagat with a shinkuu Gadouken. The force of a regular Gadouken wasn't enough to stop the clone but now the force of the super version blasted Sagat into Vapors.

Lorain was still at the Troll's mercy. She rolled aside and grabbed her bow. He laughed and she took an arrow. She smiled and muttered some words. The arrowhead lit up in flames She shot it and it sunk into the Troll's torso. It then exploded with flames and the troll turned into vapors.

Derek was at the undead knight's mercy. He then lunged and tackled th knight. He muttered some words and white holy fire surrounded him. The undead knight screamed in oain and turned to vapor.

Baltazar was at the lich's mercy. Baltazar heard the shout he closed his eyes. the lich laughed "Giving up old man"

Baltazar's hands burst in flames he put them unto the lich's face. It screamed in pain. "No dear clone not at all" The lich turned into vapors as well.

They all gathered around. A voice was heard "I'm impressed with thou but now comes the test of luck and pressure"

a voice spoke. Ken heared a similarity to Shadowbane's voice but knew it wasn't it. Shadowbane with all his twisted morals still wasn't so cruel and a bad sport.

The spikes on the walls entered it. Ken smiled "But I thought he said..." Then a clanging sound was heard and the walls started moving slowly towards eachother.

"Oh S*** this is bad" Ken finished