Adam had been faithful to his word with Zangief. For the remainder of his fathers stay he trained diligently with the Russian giant. Of course there are always problems when training...

"Crap!" Adam yelled running in the waist deep snow. He was trying to escape from the bear behind him, as he had seen this one in action before. Somehow this bear was the only one able to withstand the move Zangief called his 'Final Atomic Buster'. Given that Adam was willing to acknowledge that that attack could take him down he was unwilling to let the bear get near him. "Okay...too...tired...and way too cold..." He turned around and saw the charging bear. Just as it came within distance he punched it in its muzzle, then quickly sent an electric charge through his fist. It seemed to be enough to make the bear reconsider attacking him. As it was reeling, Zangief came from behind with an atomic suplex.

"//How do you do that?//" Adam asked, in awe of his current sensei's brute strength. In truth, although Zangief had impressive skill, it was really his raw power that made him great. Through the past few days, Adam had picked up enough Russian to at least get by in a conversation.

"//Lots, and lots of training.//" The Russian strongman laughed, looking at the unconscious bear.

Adam sighed, looking at the bear as well, tapping it with his foot. "//Too bad I can't stay here any longer, but those grappling moves you showed me...eheheheheh, I'd hate to be the guy who messes with me now.//" Adam laughed a bit at the end of the comment.

"//Da, I hope you return soon, though. It will be entertaining to face you once more.//"

Adam shook his head as they parted ways, Zangief likely heading off to find a new challenger. Adam on the other hand was taking a last stroll through Moscow, looking to buy a souvenir for Blanka.

"Hmmm...what would he like..." Adam asked himself, looking through a few things.

"Adam Honshi..." The boy looked around, startled when he heard the voice. He searched in vain as he heard it again. Soft, alluring, distinctly feminine. Finding himself unable to locate the source of the voice, he left the store to continue his search outside. Upon leaving he bumped into a woman wearing a red dress. Over her shoulders was a fairly long shawl, and her hair was a deep purple. She fixed a stare at him before walking away that Adam felt drawn to. He found himself quickly crossing the street to catch up with her. She walked down a corner into an alleyway, and before he was conscious of it, he had gone in as well.

"Good, you have come." She said finally.

"D-do...I know you?" He asked curiously.

"No, but I know much about you Adam Honshi." The woman said, holding a tarot card in her hand. "Soon , your strength will aid in either saving the world, or destroying it." She said as a bluish fire engulfed the tarot card. Death. "Your old life will come to a quick end as you find new friends, new allies. This is to be your destiny. Walk it as you must. Find your own truth." She said then seemed to fade away, leaving a very confused teenager.

"What the hell was that all about?" He asked himself as he stepped out of the alley he had wandered into.

"Quickly!" He heard a female shout. The cry came from a woman, Chinese in appearance. She wore a light blue jogging suit with a vest, her hair held in buns. The man next to her wore a pair of jeans, and only a vest. His hair style was very distinct, the front of his hair spiking downward over his glasses. Both of them were sprinting at a very fast pace. "If we hurry we can catch her!", the Chinese woman yelled.

The man nodded silently and continued running. His curiosity piqued, Adam turned to see who they were talking about. It was a woman wearing a mask, with two claws on her hands. As she fled her pursuers, she was leaving a trail of destruction, flipping over tables and knocking over pedestrians. There was a slight glint of light, and Adam saw she was holding something in her hands as she ran.

"Dammit!" The man yelled. "There are too many civilians in the way!"

The man had a voice used to giving authority, and so Adam decided that he must be a law enforcer of some sort. He turned to the woman they were chasing and figured she must be a criminal . Of course, the fact that she was wearing a mask and claws helped him come to this conclusion. He quickly got into her path and launched himself forward with his rolling attack, slamming into her chest and knocking her to the ground. No sooner had he done so, the Chinese woman and her partner arrived and quickly disarmed the fugitive, slapping on a pair of handcuffs.

"So! An agent of Shadowloo?" The Chinese woman asked. "Good! Tell us where your boss is!"

"Go to hell!" The handcuffed female shouted.

"Chun-Li, I really don’t think this is going to get us anyplace." The man quietly said. "But we already know that one of the main Shadowloo bases is in Thailand. We might as well see what we can find there."

"Shadowloo? Thailand?" Adam asked.

Chun-Li slapped her forehead with her palm. In her excitement, she had forgotten that the boy had been there. "//Nothing. Go away.//" She said curtly.

"No way, I helped you capture her! I wanna know what this is all about!" Adam shouted in English.

"Look kid, all you need to know is that we're Interpol agents. That woman we have in custody is a wanted criminal for an organization called Shadowloo. Thank you for your assistance, but you cannot get involved any more than you have. Why don’t you just go find something else to do."

"Alright Charlie." Chun-li cut in. "Lets drop her off at the station so we can leave immediately to investigate the base."

The man nodded and the two started walking with the woman to take her into custody of the police. Adam’s curiosity got the better of him. He drew on his training with Blanka, as he climbed up a drain pipe, making his way up to a vantage point. He began to leap from rooftop to rooftop, making sure to keep the two agents in site as they eventually approached a police station. Adam staked out the building until they left. He picked up the pursuit again, and this time the two agents led him to a pure white van. They both got in, and before it went off the teenaged 'martial artist' quickly leapt onto the top of the vehicle. Charlie hit the gas pedal and the van sped off with Adam hanging on, unaware of the danger he had just placed his life in...