Chapter 1:

Chun Li, now age 27, had reached a point as an extremely formidable and respected fighter across the street fighter community. In her career at Interpol, she was known for her fierce detective work and ability to take down entire crime organizations. Ryu still held his title of a champion fighter and a wanderer. He was known for his famous defeat of Sagat in a match that left his chest badly scarred. Bison was still after him, wanting to capture Ryu and put him under his psycho power, but as usual, Ryu was a great world traveler and kept out of sight.

Even though Chun Li and Ryu still had Rose's spell still clouding their memories, their subconscious remembered. Both had felt as if a piece of them were missing, something forgotten but couldn't remember. They dreamed of each other from time to time, always having the same dream. Whenever they passed each other in tournaments, they both felt a strong gravitational pull to one another, but they never understood it. They grew a deep admiration for each other, specifically for their accomplishments and goals. Ken was still their mutual point of contact and got them together on some occasions. Rose kept a close watch on both of them, befriending them. She took an interest in Ryu as she felt his pain and struggle to control the dark hadou.

One day at work, Chun Li was going over possible assignments. Work had been a little slow, so she was interested in finding challenging job. It was this day that would begin her path to recovering her memories. Chun Li's boss Salazar rushed into her office.

"Chun Li! Have you heard the news?" he asked.

She looked up from her desk, "what news?"

"A street fighter has attacked a prime minister at the capitol. Secret service has apprehended her and they're bringing her here for questioning."

Chun Li got up from her desk quickly and rushed to her boss, "They're bringing her here? Now?"

"Yes, and I want you to question her!"

"Her? You mean a female street fighter? Who?"

"Cammy White."

"You mean Bison's secret soldier Cammy? This is great, she can lead us closer to Bison. I'll prepare a statement of questioning at once."

"I thought you'd like this assignment. You'll be notified as soon as she arrives." The boss left the room.

An hour later, authorities brought Cammy into the installation. They escorted her to an interrogation room where Chun Li was waiting for her.

"Have a seat, Ms. White," Chun Li said holding her hand out in the direction of the chair. Cammy sat and seemed dazed and confused. "You can uncuff her," she told the policeman.

"Are you sure?" The policeman asked.

"I can handle it from here, you can go now." Chun Li sat across from Cammy and pulled out her notepad and pen. "So, finally caught. I'm sure Bison knows by now you are in custody. Why did he have you kill the prime minister?"

Cammy sat for a few seconds trying to collect herself. She looked visibly confused.

"Do you understand my question, Ms. White?" Chun Li asked.

"I…I don't remember," Cammy replied.

"Don't remember?" Chun Li scoffed, "You killed a prime minister this morning, you are going to be put away for a very long time but your sentence can be reduced if you cooperate."

Cammy looked up and into Chun Li's eyes. A memory struck her. A scene of being in an office with Chun Li, laughing together over cheesecake. Bewildered, Cammy closed her eyes, she felt a cloud over her mind, "Can I have a drink, I'm quite parched," she asked. "Tea, please."

"A drink?" Chun Li asked.

"Long drive here, luv"

Chun Li got up and exited the interrogation room to get her tea. She came back and set it on the table. Cammy smelled the tea and smiled. At the same time both women said, "Earl grey with milk, 1 sugar."

"How did you know that I like my tea this way," Cammy asked.

"I don't know, I guess I just assumed." Chun Li didn't know why she had made the tea so specific, but it seemed familiar. "Now, tell me, why did Bison want the prime minister dead?"

Cammy sipped her tea, "I can't remember"

"Nothing, you don't remember anything at all?"

"No, but for some reason I remember you."

Chun Li wondered what Cammy meant, "me? Perhaps it might be that you used to be a top British agent who worked alongside Interpol. I heard stories of your good work years ago. Too bad you squandered it by joining Bison."

"I did not join Bison, he kidnapped me!" Cammy slammed her cup down and stood up.

"Kidnapped you?" Chun Li asked. Cammy's memories were slowly returning. Recollections of her past, things she experienced, people she knew all started coming back. Cammy remembered her last day before Bison took her. She recalled the battle at Lab Corp and how Ryu valiantly protected Chun Li.

"My memories, they've been clouded, but things are coming back to me. My life before Bison, it's coming back." Cammy tried explaining.

"And just what life was that?"

"You and me. We were friends. Chun Li…we were best friends. How could I have forgotten?"

Chun Li let out a laugh, "Best friends? You've got me confused with someone else."

"Chun Li! You have to believe me! It's true. How can you not remember?"

"Ok," Chun Li crossed her arms, "if we were best friends, then answer me this. What's my favorite kind of cake?"

"Cheesecake with fresh strawberries and extra glaze." Cammy replied quickly.

Chun Li's eyes widened as she was caught off guard. "Impossible. Someone must have told you that."

"I'm telling you, we were best friends. How can you not remember? Where's Ryu? Ken? Ryu will set you straight, he always knew how."

"Ryu? What do Ryu and Ken have to do with this?"

"Your boyfriend, Ryu!" Chun Li looked at Cammy like she was crazy. She continued, "Don't tell me you and Ryu broke up?"

"I don't know whose life you're describing but Ryu was never my boyfriend."

Cammy couldn't understand what was going on. She wondered if Bison had messed with her memories too, but the more she tried remembering her old life, the more she was sure these events had happened. "What happened to you, Chun Li?"

"Bison must have used his psycho power on you, he obviously mixed your memories with someone else's. I too have been captured and controlled by Bison, I understand how confusing this time might be."

"Damn it! I'm telling you we were the best of friends, we used to have long conversations about your father, about Ryu, about what you would have done had your father not died."

Chun Li slammed her fist against the table, "Enough!"

"I don't know what has happened to you, but something is messed up. Something has changed."

Chun Li called a few men in, "Take her to the holding cell, she's unfit for an interrogation right now."

The men cuffed Cammy and began to take her out of the room. She tried yelling for Chun Li to listen to her. "Please, believe me, I'm telling the truth. Your favorite drink is green tea pomegranate with honey, you love Katz deli, your favorite T.V. show is I Love Lucy, you crave sweets before your period." The men practically had to drag her out of the room. Before Cammy was out the door, she yelled, you found your father's last letter to you under the bench in your garden.

Chun Li's head shot up and stared in bewilderment at Cammy's last remark. She was caught off guard. How could she possibly know that? I've never told anyone where I found daddy's letter. She felt an uneasy feeling in the pit of her stomach.

In the holding cell, Cammy was at a loss for words at what just occurred. She thought, what in the bloody hell is going on? What happened to her these last four years? Why does she have no memory of being with Ryu? She struggled to remember more of her life before her kidnapping. Then a flashback came into her mind, she remembered a man stapling a unit to her forehead. She recalled all the killing she had done for Bison while under his psycho power. He made me a monster. Other memories flooded her mind. I used to be a British intelligence officer, I met Chun Li while working together with her for Interpol. Could this all be a mix up? No…no, this isn't right. Chun Li and I were close friends, I have to talk to her again, find out what happened to her memories. If mine were forgotten, maybe somehow hers are too! Cammy paced her cell, trying to piece her memories back together again.

Later that night, Chun Li was doing tai chi to try and relax her mind but all she could think about was what Cammy had said about her father's last letter to her. There's no way she could have known about that! I've never told anyone that story, or did I? She began thinking about the other things Cammy mentioned. How could she have known all those personal things about me? Did I lose part of my memory in the Lab Corp fire? When I was dead? I don't remember ever being close to her. Chun Li felt like a cloud was covering her thoughts. "Ugh!" she banged her fists against the wall near her. She sat down and tried meditating. Chun Li cleared her mind and an image popped into her head. She was storming a building with Cammy and Ryu, another image popped in, a fire and inhaling smoke. Chun Li shook her head. What was that!? Cammy must have put these thoughts in my mind. I must speak to her again! Chun Li left back to work.

Cammy sat in her cell, bored, waiting for someone to come back with any answers about what would happen to her. She heard a knock at the door, and in walked Chun Li.

Cammy stood up and walked to Chun Li putting her hands on her shoulders, "Chun Li! Please, you have to believe me! Everything I said earlier…"

Chun Li put her hand up to interrupt Cammy's babbling, "No need to get frantic. I don't really know why I'm here but something in my gut tells me you are not lying. How did you know about my father's letter, specifically the location I found it?"

Cammy felt a little relief, "You have told me…on a trip we took down to Myrtle Beach."

"Then why don't I have a memory of it? I've told no one before. No one!"

"I don't know. I'm still trying to piece my life back together. Bison has been using me for his person gain for four years," Cammy's voice grew angry, "Please excuse me while I don't know why you don't remember your own past!"

"I'm sorry," Chun Li began, "As I've mentioned before, I was under Bison's psycho power once too, I know things can be hazy."

In a calmer voice, Cammy said, "Chun Li, I don't know what happened to your memories, but I swear on my life, everything I say is true. You used to have a romantic relationship with Ryu, you two were meant for each other. You had pictures of you two in frames in your apartment. There's a photo framed in black of you, your father, Ryu, and Ken standing in front of your father's dojo in Hong Kong."

"How could you possibly know that?" Chun Li asked.

"Maybe Bison did something to your mind too? Think about things, very hard. You've got to remember!"

"I won't lie, sometimes I feel as though something is missing in my life. Something must have happened after the Lab Corp raid." Chun Li sat in a chair and tried remembering that day. A flashback entered her mind, she was being carried through a burning building and looked up to see Ryu glowing from the dark hadou. "Oh my gosh! I just remembered. Ryu saved me, he's the reason I made it out of the building. He carried me out."

"That's it! Remember, Chun Li!" Cammy was beginning to feel hopeful. "When Ken's hotel opened, we went to the grand opening night with Alaric. Remember how he got so drunk, he spilled his drink all over your dress? You left with Ryu that night, and before that night you hadn't seen him in years."

"These memories, I feel pain, loss, anger…but I also feel love. A great love." A tear rolled down Chun Li's cheek, "but, I feel a cloud over my mind."

"Maybe they're your memories trying to come back! Don't you feel like something is missing? Something powerful? Someone must have swiped your memories."

"These past four years, I've always had this recurring dream. A man, calling out to me, it feels as though he needs my help. I try running to him but before I can see his face, I wake up. It feels so real, I never understood what it meant."

Cammy touched Chun Li's hand, a sudden flashback came to both of them. They were in Chun Li's office laughing over a piece of cheesecake. "Did you feel that?"

"We were…friends. How could I have forgotten? What happened to us?" Chun Li's heart began to race. "I don't understand."

"What about Ryu? Doesn't he have any kind of memory of you two being together? Ken?"

"If he does, it must be a secret from me because any time I've seen him over the years, it was in passing at tournaments or events held by Ken. We spoke but it was mostly about work and his travels, trying to bring down Bison. Come to think of it, it always seemed as though things prevented us from speaking."

"You've got to talk to Ryu and Ken," Cammy urged, "Maybe someone messed with their memories too!"

"Ryu is a known wanderer, it's almost impossible to find him," Chun Li exclaimed.

"We've got to talk to Ken then! He's the closest link to Ryu."

"I still don't fully believe all this and it might be a trick but something inside me has felt like a piece of me is missing, maybe this will help. I want to feel whole again. I have to go now, I will talk with my bosses in the morning on how to get you out of here. Until then, I'm sorry I can't do anything else."

"It's fine. Go. We need to get your memories back!"

To be continued…