Street Fighter Movie Narration: Part 6

At the Tong Warehouse, the Vega fans wait eagerly to see the gorgeous Vega. Even as Sagat's thugs emerge from Sagat's office and stand at their posts all across the arena, the fans are just too happy and excited - especially with their beloved and beautiful leader here too. Forget the usual rule of betting on how long Vega's opponents will survive before his claws mercilessly carve up another victory - all bets are on "Yes!" to her... well, truly becoming their leader, and/or how long before she does! She too can tell Sagat's thugs are keeping a very sharp eye on she, but she is much too excited to even think about it!

The entire Vega fans fall quiet -but those with cameras and/or camcorders still photo and film everything- and Sagat's thugs all cheer as Sagat emerges from his office, accompanied by both Ken and Ryu. Sagat, Ken and Ryu too smile for the cameras, they too -especially Ken- not wanting to pass up the opportunity. And with all of these girls here...

"You must be in Heaven tonight, eh Ken?" Ryu asks Ken, giving him a friendly nudge.

"Oh yeah Ryu!" Ken replies. "Now who's the one who Sagat wants us to keep an eye on again? The cute carrot-top over there?"

"Yes. She's..."

But then Ken recognises one male face in the crowd...

"Oh my god there's Mel!" Ken exclaims. "Hey Mel! Hi what are you doing here?"

"Hi Ken!" replies Mel. "Just another random face here for the fight..."

Ken smiles, knowing Mel's true motive for being here - and he is proud of it. "Well I'm happy to see you, old friend. I hope you enjoy yourself tonight!"

"You too!" Mel exclaims, and he too watches as Sagat leads Ryu and Ken into the cage. Sagat stands on one side in the cage, and Ryu and Ken opposite he. All fall quiet as the moment for Vega to emerge draws near, and those who have banners hold those banners tightly, ready to wave them.

And right on cue, Sagat then slowly and carefully raises one hand. "Three... two... one..." he begins, and he points toward the sound box in one corner of the arena and to his thugs stationed in the sound box he orders... "Cue the music!"

Right on cue... the Habanera begins to play as the door to Vega's quarters opens, and Vega emerges accompanied by Raven and Sara. Cameras flash wildly and banners wave high, and Vega's fans all chant his name as he paces into the crowd.

"The next fight!" Sagat then announces, "...The challenger: Ryu! The defender: my champion, Vega! All bets start $100, American!" And with this, so begins a fury of betting, the bets in turn being electronically counted on the wall displaying the fight clock and the words 'Vega VS Ryu' written underneath... but as aforementioned, it's not on how long Vega's opponent shall last...

As Vega parades through his crowd, he happily hands out roses to his adoring female fans... and he is touched to see as some of them even pin their roses in their hair! "Such a beautiful sight..." he mutters to himself. "...I cannot thank them enough, I..."

...He speaks too soon. He looks up from handing out another rose to another of his adoring female fans, and seeing he now has only one rose left to hand out on Raven's velvet cushion... only for his eyes fall upon the beautiful girl. "Ohhh..." he gasps, as he feels his heart beat madly at the sight of she. "She... she's the most beautiful sight..."

The girl, in turn, can feel her own heart beat madly as she realises Vega is staring right at her... and then almost without thinking, their eyes delicately meet. "Oh..." she gasps. "...Oh wow..."

Sagat, Ryu and of course Sagat's many thugs smile evilly at this, but luckily manage to conceal the smile from this happy crowd. Sagat head-gestures to Jenny, who responds with a bow. Vega's fans keep on chanting his name, obviously happy for he.

Vega takes the rose off of Raven's velvet cushion, and approaches the beautiful girl and bows to her. "Hello... Princess Natalie..." he greets her. "I'm certain you can tell... how I know it could only be you..."

The girl -Natalie, by name- gently places one hand over her heart, and bows her head to Vega. "Why..." she softly replies, "...Why y-yes... ha... h-hello, Vega... I..."

Vega takes her soft hand in his, lightly rising it as if instructing her to rise and to then accompany he... and she blushes madly at his soft touch. "Come with me... beautiful girl..." he softly instructs her, and with her hand still gently placed in his she rises from her seat and happily walks at his side, most honoured at he personally escorting she to the cage. Raven and Sara still pace either side of the handsome matador and his sudden catch.

As Vega escorts Natalie to the cage, Sagat head-gestures to Ken to follow him out and sit with him in the crowd. Ken nods... and without Sagat looking, he winks at the young couple. They return his wink.

"Popular guy..." Ken observes, as Vega and Natalie enter the cage, with Raven and Sara following behind.

"He is Vega Fabio de Cerna..." Sagat tells Ken, "...The most powerful and famous matador in all of Spain, and the greatest cage fighter since Iron Fist..."

"Oh yeah, the Muay Thai champion whose first loss was in some street fighting tournament a few years ago?" Ken asks. "What happened to him?"

Sagat straightens up his jacket a little. "He retired... and became me..."

Ken is surprised. "What? You're..."

But before Ken can speak another word... all eyes fall on Vega as he readies himself to remove his mask. In less than a second, Vega swiftly and gracefully removes his mask... only to reveal the most beautiful male face anyone has ever seen. The women in the crowd scream in awe... and Natalie is breathless. "Oh... my... god..." are the only words she can muster.

Vega smiles at his lucky catch, as if to encourage her to join him in waving to the crowds. She nods, and she and Vega wave to the crowds in a very royal manner... and she is breathless once more and the crowds cheer as Vega then backflips and yodels, and as he stands once more he holds the rose in-between his teeth. Natalie blushes as Vega then takes the rose out from in-between his teeth, and hands it to she. "Why thank you..." she softly whispers, and she takes a safety pin out of her handbag and pins the rose in her hair.

Natalie stands at Vega's side as the two of them then watch Raven and Sara beginning to surround Ryu. After a few split seconds, Raven stands right behind Ryu and rips his shirt off... but while the many Vega fans who accompanied Natalie here remain faithful to the matador, some of those who were already here cheer for Ryu. Some of them even stop waving their banners, too! Vega and his many true fans, most especially their beautiful leader, are shocked at this (you can't deny it) betrayal.

"The... the traitors!" gasps Natalie. She then spies as one woman, named Crystal Hoshi, is about to throw away her own banner reading 'Mi amar, Vega' - so Natalie swiftly backflips out of the cage and swipes the banner from Crystal, then backflips back into the cage and holds this banner high above her own head. Vega is so touched at this gesture of goodwill, he instantly falls all the more in love with her!

Raven then holds out her velvet cushion to Ryu. Now on this cushion is a beautiful stainless steel cutlass. Ryu takes the cutlass in hand and moves it gracefully - then throws it, intending to shame Vega into fighting unarmed. The cutlass catches itself on the wooden pole right behind Vega, just inches above his head. "No weapons! No weapons!" the traitors in the crowd begin to chant, and Vega briefly pauses as he sees Sagat head-gesture for him to not use his claw and mask. But then Vega looks up at his adoring true fans, and especially Natalie... and he smiles. He puts his mask back on again and raises his clawed hand into the air. His true fans cheer and yodel wildly.

Raven and Sara then bow to Vega and Natalie, and Natalie follows Raven and Sara outside the cage as Vega and Ryu then take fighting stances. Raven shuts the cage behind them.

"Why are you making me watch this?" Ken asks Sagat.

"Research..." Sagat replies. "You fight next!"

Vega and Ryu tighten their stances as the fans -and the clock- count down the seconds. As 'zero!' is counted, Vega and Ryu rush at each other... but then a huge tank bursts in from one wall! Everybody in the arena backs up, and Vega and Ryu leap out from the cage - Ryu landing in the arms of the traitorous Crystal Hoshi, and Vega in Natalie's arms.

"Whoa! What was that?" Vega asks.

"Don't worry..." Natalie whispers. "He's on our side..."

Everybody gets back up again, as the tank stops in place. Pieces of debris from the warehouse fall around the tank, but do not scratch it at least. The hatch opens... and Guile emerges from within the tank!

"You're all under arrest!" he tells everyone, and they all raise their hands in surrender. And yes... Vega's mask hides a proud smile at knowing this is all good...

At Bison's fortress, Bison is relaxing in his private quarters. He kicks back on his sofa, and a sinister smile appears on his face as some unspecified evil thought comes to mind. He is about to drift off into a light nap when...

"...Your Excellency!" Zangief's voice can be heard, and Bison stands back up again only to see Zangief standing in the doorway.

"What is it, Zangief?" Bison asks.

"I apologise for disturbing your rest, Your Excellency..." Zangief begins, "...But I have just received word Viktor Sagat has been arrested..."

Bison sighs. "Damn! Was it Colonel Guile?"

"Yes. Guile arrested Sagat and all others within the Tong Warehouse just minutes ago, for violating the 7 p.m. curfew..."

Bison brushes back a few strands of his short, thick black hair. "Stupid curfew, it ruins even all celebrations in honour of my less-than-72-hours-away rule of the world! Very well... I shall personally make up for it with another party, tomorrow night..."

"At the Thieves' Market?" Zangief asks.

"Of course! Inform my entire forces at once, and have them prepare the convoy! Oh, and if Sagat escapes the AN prison, have him contact me!"

Zangief salutes. "As you wish, Your Excellency..." and he backs up until he is out of sight.

Alone once more, Bison straightens up his cape and fixes his cap. "Tomorrow promises to be quite an evening..." he smiles evilly.