Description: Alex is heading into Thailand. Operation: Beat Up Evil and Rescue That Kasugano Kid. But first, he's got to get over the border, and when a Shadaloo Doll blows his cover, Alex is going to have to punch his way through.
Getting in a country in the midsts of a coup d'etat is rough. First you have to make the pilgrimage; Alex has already had to deal with an attacker on the way, either just because they're after him, or because they picked up on his destination. Then you have to get /in/. Fortunately, it seems like more than a few do-gooder fighters have made their way into town. Now it's Alex's turn, and he's trying to lie low.
Wearing his boots, green trousers, and a slightly dirty white shirt, Alex isn't far from Bangkok, riding in the back of a beat-up American-model pick-up truck that's heading into town. He doesn't know much about what's going on aside from what's in the news, but if he wants to make a difference, heading to the seat of the government is as good a place as any to find out. The truck is moving as a comfortable clip, and Alex is sitting in the back, awake but low. It's hard for a blond hulk of a man to be inconspicuous, but he's trying, with a beat-up straw hat that he bought from the driver covering a small portion of his face.
It's not Hell, but it's damn far from Heaven.
Bangkok has largely been pacified. Only pockets of resistance remain, but the brutal hammer of Shadaloo, from advanced weapons to genetically modified soldiers, has walked all over the city. It's almost safe to walk to the streets, presuming you don't give any Shadaloo soldiers reason to suspect you. Unfortunately, they have a long list of reasons. And being one of the many meddling fighters is a pretty good reason.
A group of soldiers mans one of the checkpoints surrounding important government buildings, but they seem to be more busy chatting and smoking away the time. At least, as long as the Killer Bee is looking away. Mind, having her guard a roadblock like this would be overkill - rather, she's making a stop by to check up on things for Lord Vega. And, of course, to support morale, as most of the soldiers have the good sense to be terrified of any of the Dolls, much less Vega's favorite. She stands with her hands folded behind her back, looking over the scene impassively, searching for any notable flaws to report.
Here's the rough part. Getting smuggled through a checkpoint. He's just going to act... cool. Casual. That'll work, right? He doesn't know anything about this part, and was hoping to get help on it -- but help didn't come, and Alex doesn't like sitting on his hands. The pick-up slows to a stop at the checkpoint, and Alex, in the back, sits up and starts fishing for his passport. He knows a guy who knows a guy; it's his picture, made to look vaguely respectable, and identifies him as one "Terrance Hogarth".
That'll cut it, right?
There's that tense moment where the soldiers look over the ID, passing it between themselves. One looks inside the bed of the truck, while another checks the undercarriage, flicking a flashlight underneath. After some discussion, they start to hand the ID back, and then there's a "Wait." from the young girl.
Cammy loosens her hands, walking over towards the vehicle. She looks towards the driver for a long moment, and then to the figure in the back, leaning over slightly. Walking around the vehicle, she stares impassively from the back of the bed, folding her hands behind herself. "Welcome to Bangkok, Alex."
"Shit."
Alex has already been attacked by one Shadalo agent this week. Does everyone know him? Okay--think! She's not necessarily a -- is that a beret? She's totally a Shadaloo soldier! It freakin' figures! Alex isn't stupid, but he's no secret agent, either. His driver seems in a halfway state of panic; why did he take on a hitch-hiker now?! At a time like this? Alex sits up a little bit, looking at Cammy. He's totally and utterly made. This was a terrible plan. This was maybe the /worst of all plans/.
"Just my rotten luck," he says, to Cammy, sitting up a little more in the back of the pick-up.
"You /are/ lucky. If you had made it in, the penalties would be far worse.", the Killer Bee says, putting one foot on the bumper of the pickup as she frees up an arm to place it on the back, raising her other leg to put it atop the back hatch. "But you have been found trying to infiltrate our security line. You are to be captured and interrogated." She looks down with her dead eyes, closing them briefly. "You will resist. It's predictable for your sort."
"... Great," Alex says. "That guy?" He jerks a thumb at the driver. "He didn't have half a clue what was going on. Why don't we let him drive on into a town before he craps himself, and you and me'll sort this out? You know as well as these guys do--" Those are the guards, "That I can tear through as many of them as you got, armed or not."
To prove his point, Alex steps out over the edge of the truck, landing on his feet. He is, really, as American as apple pie, or Rambo. The truck shifts uner his vanished weight. "You gonna talk about 'data' again? Like the other ones? Lemme show you how what's-her-name fared--"
Cammy stands atop the bed of the truck, pacing after Alex before hopping off of it. "I have no objections. Let him go." The soldiers gesture with their guns, and the truck begins to back off. "The other one?", Killer Bee echoes. "While data collection is necessary... this is simply enforcement." She raises her hands mechanicaly, snapping them into place as she stares Alex down. "Who did you face?", she says with an odd rise in her normally plain tone, furrowing her brow slightly in suspicion.
"Busty lady. A little touchy-feely, too," Alex says, following Cammy with his eyes. "She was pretty tough. Had another friend. Messy hair. Beat the first one up," he explains, before he, too, starts to circle the ground near the checkpoint. "You tougher than she is? I can smell the fear coming off of your own boys-- You'll have to be a lot tougher, if you plan on arresting me. Hard to believe a girl like you is in camp with a guy like Vega."
COMBATSYS: Alex has started a fight here.
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"If you have harmed a sister of mine...", the Killer Bee intones. "... then I will exact additional penalties." She snaps her hands out before slowly lowering it. "And it is hard to believe a thug like you has such ideals. Still, after reeducation, perhaps you could replace Bison." Flexing her fingers slightly, she makes a fist, tightening it. "Do not concern yourself with my ability. It is more than sufficient."
COMBATSYS: Cammy has joined the fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Cammy focuses on her next action.
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"Well, that's what we're gonna find out -- as far as sisters go, hell if I know. She might've been old enough to be your mother," Alex adds, before his circle begins to tighten; he nears Cammy's reach, but she, too, is reaching his. "Bison? ... Wait, M. Bison? That chump? I left him sleeping in the dirt a week back--if you've got palookas like that on your side?" Alex is moving already, darting forward and chopping straight down for Cammy's shoulder as quickly as he can. "You're already toast!"
COMBATSYS: Cammy just-defends Alex's Jab Punch!
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The Killer Bee hmmms. "Perhaps it's one from that other organization... and as for Bison, we have discarded him as well." A slight distortion of the truth, really. But as the chop comes for her, she snaps her gauntlet to the side, a flash of blue power echoing from it as she bats the attack aside. "Negative.", she intones simply, and then...
... she ducks low, her 'tails trailing after her with the sudden motion. Planting a hand, she launches herself forward in a split-second, launching herself like a human missle at Alex. Her legs are wreathed in waves Psycho Power, clearly forming the warhead of her twirling drop kick. "Spiral Arrow!"
COMBATSYS: Alex interrupts Spiral Arrow from Cammy with Air Knee Smash.
- Power hit! -
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Cammy 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Alex
Katelynn heads to Asia Major.
"Jeez!" Alex is surprised that his blow is so readily deflected--he watches it knocked aside and barely has time to react to the unnerving speed of Cammy; she's dropped and coming for him before it even registers in his higher brain, but his animal brain? It's on the case. Alex picks up speed and and rishes right into the Spiral Arrow, angling to catch Cammy on the chin with his knee as the two pass by one another in the air, Psycho Power lashing at his body as he soars over. It's not a desirable experience, but he lands on the other side apparently unhurt, turning slowly to face the Doll. "That power--I've felt it before. Yeah--that vamp girl? She was one of you, I bet."
Cammy doesn't land so neatly, hitting the ground pretty hard... as the attack throws her usual acrobatics off balance. She rises quickly in a spinning kippup, wiping blood from her chin. "I'm not familiar with anybody like that in our organization..." Raising her hands once more, she narrows her eyes.
Then, stepping forward, she lashes out with a simple roundhouse kick aimed at Alex's chest, her foot blurring with her enhanced speed. Apparently, she expected her initial attack to go more... smoothly, and so, she's back to the basics.
COMBATSYS: Alex fails to interrupt Light Kick from Cammy with Slash Elbow.
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Cammy 0/-------/----===|===----\-------\0 Alex
Alex senses something; there's brain in that muscle, somewhere. He charges into the kick, /fast/, betraying more speed than so much mass ought to have, but he takes it on the shoulder and it's over right there; he stops. That didn't hurt so bad, but it wasn't fun, either. "That so," he says. "Duh-something. Douyoubi. That's what the one I was fighting called the other one, who watched," he says. Alex's method is changing a little; no attempts to get his hands on her yet?
The Killer Bee doesn't reply to the identification, but it clearly makes her think. "No, not one of my sisters. Just another thug." She steps back, turning her side to Alex as she does so, holding her defense high. She seems to relax a little as she comes to a stop, but it's only for a moment. She knows he probably has an advantage in a grapple, so she can't get careless. And so, she hops forward, skidding low before them kicking up high, using her hand once more to propel her into the air. But this time, it's a more focused strike aimed at the street fighter's chin, her boot flicking with an arc of blue energy once more. "Cannon Spike!"
COMBATSYS: Alex fails to interrupt Cannon Spike from Cammy with Slash Elbow.
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Cammy 0/-------/---====|===----\-------\0 Alex
This is bad. Alex doesn't seem to have fought someone like this any time recently. Most opponents want to out-hit him. Out-tough him. Out-last him. And they can't. This one? She's too fast, and all /she/ wants to do is land a hit. A little hit, here and there, but it's going to be enough, and he can't land much of any. New plan, then.
Alex gets nailed by the Cannon Spike, this time earnestly left staggering backwards and nearly off of his feet. New plan entirely.
"You sure?" he asks, wiping the blood from his chin. "She fought a little like you. All that weird, woozy light-show crap."
Flipping back, Cammy lands on her feet lightly. "Perhaps Lord Vega gifted her with Psycho Power, but..." The Killer Bee snaps her arm out towards Alex, pointing her knife-hand at him. "... I have more than just a 'light show'." With that, she rushes forward, ducking low as she comes in on the would-be infiltrator. She's trying to grab him - that's simple enough. The harder part is where she hefts his bulk over herself into a backdrop, her form belying her enhanced stregth.
COMBATSYS: Alex endures Cammy's Medium Throw.
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Cammy 0/-------/--=====|=====--\-------\0 Alex
Alex takes this one straight on. Right, he thinks, to himself. New plan. This is it. Alex twists around while he's thrown, managing enough to land on his feet. It's not the gentlest of landings, but it'll do. And what's more; it's only the beginning. He'll need to stay rested, ready. He can't outlast her if he can't lay a hand on her, but he only has to do /that/ once. Just once, and it's enough. Maybe twice, depending.
Steadying his feet, Alex tries to get a hand on her neck, to bring his knee up into her belly. He's looking to do with more than a little bit of power, too. "'Lord' Vega, huh? Figures--"
COMBATSYS: Cammy blocks Alex's Strong Kick.
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Cammy 0/-------/-======|=====--\-------\0 Alex
Recovering from her throw, Cammy twists around to face him - and gets grabbed by the neck... but rather than do the sane thing, she brings both legs off the ground, blocking the knee with both legs. The impact knocks her free, and she bounces back into her stance. "Your body is excellent material. But-" She then hops forth, doing a pirouette in midair as she brings her arms close in. As she lands, though, she leans into a powerful backhand, Psycho Power shining off her gauntlet. "Ya!"
COMBATSYS: Alex endures Cammy's Axle Spin Knuckle.
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"But what?" Alex says. He takes the backhand without an ounce of fear; it washes over his face, but with a quick snap of motion and action he grips her fist with his free hand, taking it by the back of the gauntlet. "It's not the body that makes the fighter--" he says, "--it's not the power, and it's not the secret birth--" Alex brings his left arm down, flashing with golden chi, a technique borrowed from (or by) a more famous fighter as he digs it into Cammy's ribs. It's fast, and it's unexpected, and it's going to be painful. All it takes is one mistake.
COMBATSYS: Cammy dodges Alex's Flash Chop.
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This time, the Killer Bee doesn't seem ready for the attack, but then she simply /blurs/, skidding away from the attack several feet away in a motion that's almost too fast to see. "The body is the basic material. All the rest is simply development and enhancement." She pauses, and straightens. "Analyzing data..." Then, she relaxes a bit. "... complete." She tightens one of her gauntlets, as if the rapid motion might have actually loosened it.
COMBATSYS: Cammy focuses on her next action.
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Cammy 1/-------/=======|=======\-------\1 Alex
"There's one point of view," Alex says, "That I can get behind." Don't keep up the pressure, not now. Instead, Alex stands his ground, steadying in place and preparing for her to come back after him. He's still got a few tricks up his sleeve, and as he settles in to gaze back at her--it seems as if he really might, and that he's not just hoping and praying not to be out of juice.
COMBATSYS: Alex gains composure.
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Cammy then brings her arm out to the side, the other close to her chest as she focuses for a moment... a swirl of Psycho Power flowing through her in azure ribbons. Then, she rushes back in wordlessly, leaping up before coming down with her boot. As she does so, though, she tries to land hard or at least close... and use any imbalance from her first attack to try and throw Alex to the ground, one armored hand yanking low as the other pushes high.
COMBATSYS: Cammy successfully hits Alex with Combo Throw.
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Alex just takes this one. There's no real way around it, no trick he can pull; he gets picked up and laid low by the smaller fighter, and this time, he doesn't land on his feet. He winds up flat on the ground, dealing as wel as he can with the pain if the situation. It's significant. But he's still not done. It's going to be a time, yet, until he is, and he's already digging his hands into the ground, bringing both feet up to catch her under the chin, a deceptively painfulway of popping up onto his feet.
COMBATSYS: Cammy blocks Alex's Strong Kick.
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Taking the hit on her gauntlets', the red guards actually crack with the impact.. but don't break just yet. She retreats two steps, and then springs forward towards Alex quickly. Trying to snag his head with her thighs, it's a quick trip to the concrete road if Alex doesn't react in time. Looks like she's more than light-show. Instead, she's a bit of special forces, a bit of assassination arts... and, of course, Psycho Power light-show.
COMBATSYS: Alex interrupts Frankensteiner from Cammy with Stungun Headbutt.
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Cammy 1/-======/=======|=------\-------\0 Alex
Alex isn't a special forces agent. He doesn't have a history with the Super Elite armies of the world. He isn't the latest and greatest bearer of a great and massive genetic torch. Sometimes he's not even very handsome. But he is tuogh -- and he is from the worst part of the worst city in the world. Alex gets drilled into the sidewalk, but he reaches up to grab Cammy by the head as soon as she delivers him onto the ground, and /there/, he starts to bring around some abuse of his own. He drives his forehead into her face again, and again, and again, not letting her up as he continues to hit her until he threatens to injure /himself/ in the process.
The Killer Bee is knocked away, stumbling to her feet and clearly looking a little woozy - a stark contrast to the crisp motions she started with. "Lock..." With a quick shake of her head, though, she steadies. "Lock on!", she says, focusing on Alex. Then, she springs high and back, grabbing ahold of a lamppost and swinging around it. As she does so, she's trailed by blue... and what happens next is hard for the soldier's minds to process. She flies at Alex with a series of rocketing kicks imbued with Psycho Power, flashing past and hitting a wall, off a guard station, off the ground, and off another lamppost. And then as she rushes at him one last time, she somersaults in midair, attempting to grab him into a roll so she can stomp him down to the street brutally with both feet and a brilliant flash of azure light.
COMBATSYS: Cammy successfully hits Alex with Killer Bee Assault.
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Alex hits the ground and goes for a tumble. While the two fighting opponents roll and tumble over the ground, a monument to brutality, Alex keeps swinging and striking, a cat slashing at a striking hawk. He doesn't seem to care about the severe injury that's being dealt to him or the harsh nature of the blows rained upon him; he just keeps reaching out for /one more/ -- one more hit, one more solid blow on the super-agile girl before he stops moving entirely.
COMBATSYS: Alex has reached second wind!
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COMBATSYS: Alex successfully hits Cammy with Strong Kick.
- Power hit! -
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"Target eliminat-", Cammy concludes as she hops off Alex, but she doesn't get a chance to finish that sentence. After all, not many stand up after that attack... and so she seems quite surprised as Alex nails her as she gets up, and she mumbles. "Systems failure... recalu-" She then manages to gesture in Alex's direction. "E-eliminate him!" The soldiers seem rather shocked at the Killer Bee looking ready to fall over, but her survival and security is prioritized over stopping the street fighter. Still, Alex doesn't look very good himself, and they open up with their guns, hoping to at least case the fearsome fighter off. And tensing for a split-second, she leaps towards a nearby roof, hoping she can limp or crawl to safety while the goons keep him occupied.
COMBATSYS: Cammy takes no action.
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COMBATSYS: Cammy can no longer fight.
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"--Crap." Alex gets up without realizing that he was still going. Cammy's been dropped, but he's... still up. Great. By the time he figures out what's going on, he's being shot at. "Maybe next time, kid!" Any math being undertaken on Alex should be--out of control, at this point. No calculation, no estimation, no projection could explain why he's still up and moving. There's some kind of x factor at work here; but what could it be? How can any of this be possible?
Alex leaves the theory to the calculators; he's already running away from gunfire, trying to cover his head with his arms and sprint through the checkpoint and into some alleyways to make his escape. Well, he got in, didn't he?
Just now everybody and there mom's going to be looking for him. Smooth going, Alex.
COMBATSYS: Alex has ended the fight here.
Log created on 19:56:59 06/06/2007 by Alex, and last modified on 01:16:13 06/23/2007.