Charlie narrowed his eyes at Guile. His former pupil had apparently been sent by the military brass to extract him from his mission. Although Charlie couldnt quite ignore the pride he felt that Guile had been able to track him down he also knew he couldnt jeprodize his mission at this point, not when it was so close. The bombs Adam and Chun-li set in the Shadowloo base were due to go off at any minute, and, god willing they'd be far away and Bison still inside. He shook his head, knowing he had to finish this fast.
Guile struck first, dashing at his former
mentor. When he
was finally in range, he brought his leg
up with a small leap as he plowed his knee into Charlie's midsection. Charlie
took the full force of the blow, managing to wrap his arms around Guile's
body, and, despite the lack of oxygen in his lungs, suplexed Guile into
the ground behind him. Slightly dizzy from that exchange, he withdrew,
moving back a few feet to catch his breath.
Gulie got to his feet, his hair messed
up and vision taking a
couple of seconds to fix. Regaining his
senses, he drew back both his arms, the forearms and hands gaining a dull
yellow glow. He thrust them forward, both arms passing one under the other.
"SONIC BOOM!" There was a loud crashing sound as the disk-shaped blast
made its way toward its intended target.
Charlie moved to the left, dodging the
wave of ki, and started
closing the distance between himself and
Guile. "Still using your trump card as an opener eh?" He asked, throwing
a punch at Guile's face, the added momentum of his charge stunning Guile,
though he still used the momentum to throw a spinning back fist into Charlie's
own face. After the mutual punching they stood watching one another, each
in their respective stances.
"Who is that guy?" Adam asked looking over at Chun-li.
"His name is Guile, he was one of Charlie's
freinds and a
student of his. I guess he came to stop
us, based on hearing that arguement." She responded, not taking her eyes
off the fight in case she'd be needed.
This time it was Charlie who struck first,
leaning back into a
standing backflip. "Sommersault...SLASH!"
He called out just as his foot went straight up Guile's shirt, leaving
a clean rip up the middle and a small trail of blood. Charlie kept the
momentum going when he landed, repeating one of Guile's earlier tactics.
"Sonic Boom!" The blast moved faster then Guile's own, a fact that caught
him offguard and caused him to be hit in the chest, sending Guile flying
back a good ten feet before landing.
"Give it up Guile." Charlie stated calmly,
staring down his
pupil. "I taught you everything you know
about fighting. There's nothing you can throw at me that I can't counter."
"Really now?" Guile growled, spitting on
the ground. Saliva mixed with a little blood hit the dirt as he ran in
again. Charlie
steeled himself for another bout of physical
combat, but was briefly confused when Guile stopped just outside arms reach.
"Sonic...Hemisphere!" It seemed as though two enormous Sonic Booms erupted
from Guile's body, circling like tornadoes and catching the other pilot
unawares.
Adam and Chun-li watched in stunned silence
as Charlie took
the brunt of the attack, being launched
into the air before colliding once more with the dirt. His resiliance showed,
however when he rolled out of the way of Guile's attempt to stomp him,
getting back to his feet. "Alright..." He puffed. "I stand corrected about
you not being able to surprise me...But I've still got surprises of my
own." He didn't let his gaze wander from Guile as he manueved around him,
Guile
matching him step for step.
"Sonic Boom!" Guile hollered, trying the original tactic again.
Charlie smiled almost like he'd been waiting
for it. "Sonic
Break!" He countered, firing off one Sonic
Boom, the two blasts negating themselves. In rapid sucession, Charlie threw
out four more, each one succesively hitting Guile in the stomach or chest,
once again knocking the larger man to
the ground. He grumbled, shaking slightly
as he reached his feet. Charlie shook his head as he watched Guile's attempts.
"I'm...not backing...down. I have my orders,
Charlie." He wiped some blood from his lip as he waited for Charlie's next
move. The more experienced fighter slowly closed the distance, and when
Charlie refrained from attacking until
Guile was in range he smiled. "Flash Kick!"
With those words Guile immitated Charlie's sommersault Slash. Charlie seemed
to be expecting it but didn't fully clear out for a dodge, taking the brunt
of the attack in his shoulder. There was a brief popping sound and his
arm hung limply at his side. "Give up now, Charlie!" Guile roared.
"Why? From this?" He asked Guile, catching
his breath and
gritting his teeth. "I've had worse."
With that he gripped his useless arm and painfully popped his shoulder
back into place.
"Then this time I won't miss!" Guile yelled,
charging once
again. "Flash Kick!" This time it seemed
Charlie was completely
prepared for the tactic, ducking under
it and rolling behind Guile as he landed.
"Now what was the first thing I told you?"
He asked. "Never
give the enemy your back. Otherwise they
might do something like...THIS!" Charlie yelled, dashing forward and throwing
out several punches and kicks at Guile from behind. "Crossfire...Blitz!"
Guile let out a few grunts of pain, but couldn't even turn around. After the assault finished he slumped to the ground, gasping for air.
"Now, can we discuss this all logically?"
He asked, looking
down at Guile.
Just as those words were uttered there
was a deep laughter
from nearby. Standing in the shadows was
a large man in a red military outfit. His eyes, although holding neither
irisis nor pupils, seemed to see all around him with a strange blue glow.
He surveyed the scene before him a slight scowl on his face. "One more
then I anticipated...no matter."
"Bison..." Chun-li's tone was between a
growl and a hiss as
she narrowed her eyes at him.
"I must thank you Colonel Guile. You and
Commander Charlie
nullified each other nicely. All that
remains is ending your lives, and then ending your partner Chun-li...and
the child's life as well." With a malicious smile he extended one of his
hands. "You shall all bare witness to my limitless power. PHYCHO SHOT!"
He screamed out, the pulsating ball of energy hurtled toward Guile and
Charlie, neither in much a condition to evade it...