Street Fighter Movie Narration: Part 10

The convoy of trucks rides along a coastal highway, heading north across Shadaloo Island - miles away and definitely well out of view now from the island's capital Shadaloo City. Even the AN headquarters can no longer be seen from here! Well, there are a lot of mountains in this coastal area...

Thankfully, though no doubt this is all part of Sagat's own evil plan, Sagat and his thugs do not start any fights with the good folks - they may drop the odd insult here and there, even to Vega and his precious Princess Natalie, but it's not long before the good folks put Sagat and his thugs back in their places!

Some folks enjoy the magnificent views, some of them even climbing onto the roof of their respective trucks to get a better view, and the radios blast from all trucks. Of course, all radios are tuned into the AN's own radio channel, and the DJ frequently makes anti-Bison jokes... but still expresses his own (apparent!) grief for Guile. And few, if not none, can resist singing and dancing along to the music played on the radios - one of the top-choice songs being The Final Countdown, which even General M Bison himself would have to agree ought to be his official theme!

As for our favourite couple, they are too happy and in love to even barely notice as Sagat and his thugs insult them. At present the two of them hug each other very closely, and Natalie rests her head on Vega's shoulder and Vega is not wearing his mask, instead he has it on his lap... so Natalie may indeed gaze upon his beautiful, perfect, completely unblemished face and his sweet, dashing smile. Awwww!

The two of them are about to kiss with tongues... when all TV screens in every truck automatically switch on, displaying the evil General M Bison himself standing on his floating desk in the command room at his fort. This prompts every driver to turn off the radio of each truck - yes, so Bison does not hear the insults against he on the radio; and all turn to face those screens, some even saluting Bison.

"I congratulate you all on the death of Colonel Guile," he greets everybody. "Though yes... on the contrary I mourn, as I hoped I personally would be the one to kill he..."

"Thank you, Your Excellency..." Sagat greets him. "I was of course going to contact you myself upon our escape, as was agreed upon - we were going to stop at the first village we pass to do so, but you of course have beaten us to it..."

Bison chuckles. "So I see..." His eyes then fall upon the beautiful Natalie, comfortably rested in Vega's arms. "And just who is this very charming young lady at Vega's side?" he then asks.

"Oh..." Sagat replies. "She is Princess Natalie, the -or should I say the- leader of the Vega fans. As you can see she and Vega are not yet properly engaged... but you can only imagine their plans, starting with his stepping down from his position as my champion cage fighter..."

Bison's eyes light up. "The Princess Natalie?" He turns to Natalie, and he takes off his cap and bows. "...It seems 'you truly are as beautiful as they say' most certainly is an understatement, my dear - and as such, since you are obviously taken then I guess I'll just have to stick with my hopes to one day capture Chun Li Zang and make her mine!" ...His comment about Chun Li indeed causing everyone to laugh, Sagat and his thugs sharing his twisted sense of humour while Vega and co. fake their sharing of such...

"Oh..." Natalie softly speaks - indeed faking any acceptance of Bison's clear attraction to he. "Why thank you, Your Excellency..."

Bison then turns to both Natalie and Vega. "And I offer you both my congratulations. With your consent I would like to personally donate the wedding dress..."

"Thank you very much..." replies Natalie. "Yes, as you know white is my prime choice colour but since you have made your offer then I am more than happy to wear red. And I am certain you are aware of my tastes in style..."

Bison smiles, and puts his cap back on. "Yes, of course. Then I shall mail it to your mansion while we celebrate executing the hostages!" He then turns to everybody as he adds, "Which brings me to another point: I am certain all of you wish to receive clean clothing upon your arrival at the Black Market. But above all else... to the ladies among you, yes one of you most especially, please allow my harem girls to dress you all -in red, yes- upon our return to my fort! You must be properly dressed for my victory, and then to celebrate it!"

Exclamations such as "Oh yes SIR, Your Excellency General M Bison SIR!" echo throughout the trucks - and Vega's eyes light up at even the mere thought of seeing his beloved soon wearing a beautiful dress. Mel, despite knowing of Natalie's position, begins to feel faint at knowing she will soon wear red!

Bison then returns his attentions to Sagat. "And I assume you have chosen a new champion?" he asks.

"Yes I have..." Sagat replies, and he gestures to Ryu. "This is Ryu Hoshi, he was Vega's opponent in last night's cage fight - at least until Colonel Guile disrupted us..."

Bison nods his head. "Hmmm, I see..." And he turns to Ryu and adds, "...It's a pleasure to have you aboard, Ryu. I trust you too shall serve me well..."

Ryu salutes Bison. "I will not fail you, Your Excellency..."

"I very much doubt any failure since Sagat chose you!" Bison chuckles, then again he returns his attentions to all. "Anyways... I believe you are all now two hours away from arriving at the Black Market. My own convoy to escort me there has just arrived itself, so I must take my leave! Please contact me again when you are close to arriving, and I will wait for you at the entrance... so until then..." -he tips his hat and bows to Natalie once again- "...Adieu..."

And with this, all screens in all trucks turn blank and switch off once more. Sagat and his thugs attempt to start fights with Vega and co. - but they all halt their plans as soon as the radios are all switched on again, and music starts blasting...

Back at the AN headquarters, Chun Li's news van is parked in the middle of the road amidst AN troopers all out on their duties and patrols. A tannoy announcement states all curfew violators will be arrested, and anyone resisting will be shot; and some troopers can be heard asking to clear the press. Night is starting to fall, by now.

Inside the van, Chun Li, Honda and Balrog view a monitor screen tracking the homing movements of the convoy...

"A wireless mike..." Chun Li observes. "...On a coastal highway heading north..." But before she can say another word... the screen crackles! "Damn!" she groans. "That interference!!"

"No it's not interference..." Balrog observes. "It's too steady..."

"Well we're not the only ones who placed a homing device on the leading truck..." Chun Li replies.

Honda steps forward, and fiddles with the switch to adjust the monitor. "Well then let's analyse this other signal!" he tells his two comrades.

But then T Hawk knocks on the window of the news van. "Zang your five minutes are up!" he calls to Chun Li. "Move out!"

Chun Li nods, and turns to Honda. "Honda!" she tells him. "We gotta go, bro!"

"Yes ma'am..." Honda replies, and he squeezes past Chun Li and Balrog to take the wheel of the van. Chun Li then steps behind a curtain... and just as Honda starts up the van a few seconds later, she is now wearing a black hooded ninja costume. Okayyyy...

"You two follow our signal..." Chun Li tells Balrog and Honda. "I'll catch up with you at the Black Market - I'll find out who's playing games with us..."

"Watch your back, Li..." Honda tells her...

Chun Li is touched. "Oh, I didn't know you cared..."

"We don't!" Balrog responds. "You're the only one who can sign our expense accounts..."

Chun Li laughs slightly, and fits the hood into place. Honda then views out of the window, then looks back at Chun Li. "It's clear - go!" he tells her, and she readies herself to climb up the ladder in the van...

The van pulls up at one of the checkpoints at the headquarters. Just as two AN troopers are occupied in briefly questioning Honda... the roof hatch opens, and Chun Li delicately lifts herself up and swings onto an overhead platform, crouching stealthily like a proper ninja. She slips into a window, and carefully jumps down a stairwell - keeping herself well out of the view of a passing AN trooper. She then activates a hand-held homing device, and still remaining stealthy at all times she follows the signal...

The signal leads her into -of all places- the AN morgue, and it beeps faster and faster the further she paces therein. The beeping intensifies just as she approaches another homing device - positioned right by a row of tables lined up, to lay down bodies of soldiers to be prepared for burial. Only the table positioned right by the homing device is covered with a thin blue sheet, completely covering the body of whomever is laid on said table.

"Hmmm..." Chun Li muses as she views the homing device. "Another homing device..." But why the heck would someone place a homing device in a morgue? Is the AN planning a horror night or something - at this very difficult time, no less?!?

Chun Li puts her hand-held homing device down on a table nearby, and a part of her wanting to show respect for... whomever was under the sheet, she carefully lifts the sheet up. There, lying cold and very still, is Guile. Not even a hint of breath passes through his lips and nose!

She then places her hand over her heart and whispers a prayer for Guile, before carefully placing the sheet back over he once more. But just as she turns away - a hand grabs her! She turns around... only to see Guile, alive and well! He sits straight up on the table, and pushes the sheet away.

"If I didn't give you an interview when I was alive," he muses, "No way am I gonna do it when I'm dead!" And he opens his jacket only to reveal a bulletproof pad -slightly bloodied- on his chest, and he unbelts the pad and tosses it away.

"Of course..." Chun Li realises. "The two young men who led the prison break and 'killed' you! They're working for you, aren't they?"

Guile gets up from off of the table, and blocks Chun Li from making any sudden movements. "Are you asking as a reporter..." he asks her, "...Or... is there something else?"

T Hawk and Cammy then enter. "Sergeant!" Guile calls to T Hawk. "Take Miss Zang into custody!"

T Hawk is about to grab Chun Li by the arm... when she steps forward. "No wait wait, please..." she tells Guile, thus prompting he to hand-gesture to T Hawk to briefly stand down. "You're right, I'm not here just to cover the news, I don't want a story about Bison - I want his head! Now it's taken me 20 years to get this far - you can't lock me up, not when I'm this close..."

Guile pauses, then looks up to Cammy and T Hawk once more. "Take her away..." he orders them, and they salute him and grab Chun Li by her arms. She groans.

"I knew you wouldn't understand!" Chun Li snaps.

"Oh I understand better than you know..." Guile replies. "This war is not about a personal vendetta..." And as T Hawk and Cammy drag Chun Li away... Guile lowers his head and clenches his fist. "It's about mine..."

As Cammy and T Hawk exit the morgue with Chun Li in tow, Cammy feels it's her turn to step in and say something. "Darling..." she tells Chun Li, "...Basic black's not really you. Prison grey, perhaps?"

But before Cammy can say anything else... Chun Li breaks free from her captors and backflips toward the window! "What the...?" T Hawk asks in shock. "Stop her!!"

Guile rushes out of the morgue to see what has happened... but just as he emerges, Chun Li jumps right out of the window - completely unmindful of the breaking glass and lucky to not get any glass stuck in she, and too fast for T Hawk and Cammy to pursue her. She leaps down to a roof and puts her ninja hood back on, and Guile, T Hawk and Cammy gather at the window just as she runs off, to an unknown destination.

"Guards! Guards!" Cammy calls out to the AN troopers on patrol outside.

Careful not to hit his bandage-covered head wound, T Hawk facepalms himself. "What a screw-up!" he groans.

Guile then lightly chuckles. "What a woman..." he adds... and T Hawk and Cammy stare at him.

But then Cammy sighs in awe as she thinks of her sweetheart Jiggles. She can only hope he and the others are safe...