By: Ominae
Rating: T
NOTE:
All characters of Martin Mystery are under the copyright of Marathon; all characters of Striker/Spriggan are under the copyright of Hiroshi Takashige and Ryoji Minagawa; all characters of Street Fighter are under the copyright of Capcom. I exclusively own the rights to the characters Mark Sy and Patrick Chan.
Summary:
A look at Mark Sy's past as a Center and Spriggan agent. The Center agent, for the first time, takes on a terrorist group named Shadowlaw in the old days before he met up with Diana and Java. What did he do and how did he make his first contact with the deadly terrorist group? Just stay and read this story to find out. (To the reviewers of my first MM story, hope you like this one as well.). A crossover story with Street Fighter and Striker/Spriggan.
Chapter 1: Dark Memories
Present Time
Mark's room, Sy Residence - 10:00 A.M.
He had just taken a break from defeating the terrorists back in his homeland, who were planning to use a new line of Berserker robots that were found in the Philippines. Since then, he wasn't needed by the Center except for the mandatory report if a Center agent, whether a field or an SRS operative, comes back from conducting their mission in foreign soil.
He was now lying on his bed, trying to recall the mysterious figure who was perched on a tree branch near the front doors of the mansion. He was sure that the figure was a Delta Red commando just from the emblem on the figure's head, but he wasn't sure at first.
Then, one name came to his mind.
"Cammy White." mumbled Mark under his breath.
1998
Somewhere in the jungles of Malaysia - 2:00 P.M.
Mark Sy, who was 13 years old then, was a rising Center agent who was undergoing martial arts training in Ninjitsu, both the Bushin and the Classic Arts under Commando team member Ginzu (Known as Sho in Asia) and Bushin fighters Guy and Maki Genryuusai with his native Arnis, Aikido and Wado-Ryu Karate, as well as some tutelage in the art of Shotokan Karate under the legendary Ryu Hoshi. He was also under the Center's Shadow military training program since he passed every aptitude test in excess to their standards after undergoing training alongside another rising Center agent named Martin Mystery for a year since he was recruited in 1996. His training was completed in 1997 and began to undergo solo missions to test his skills learned from his training days. He was then summoned by the agency on his most dangerous Center mission ever in order to check on a report that armed men were seen to be roaming around an excavation site somewhere in the deep jungles of Malaysian soil.
Mark had remembered reading a Center investigation report on the site somewhere in Malaysia. A Center scientific research team was busy digging the area in order to trace any signs of some strange artifacts. The report didn't say much, since it was sent after the team had arrived at the site. M.O.M. was worried that the team was not able to report back for a few days and ordered Mark to check the site.
Hidden among the trees was Mark Sy. He was wearing his civilian clothes, mostly a Calvin and Hobbes T-shirt with a blue Abercrombie and Fitch polo jacket. He had Gap cargo pants on with his Caterpillar hiking boots in a brown color. Covering his head from the heat was a blue Xavier School cap with Ray Ban Predator 8 shades on, which was the same shades used in the movie, Men In Black. Right now, he was doing recon work as he was seen observing a group of armed men checking some dead bodies around a recent discovered artifact of some sort.
He took out his binoculars and pressed a button that magnified his view. What he saw for the next few minutes shocked him...
He noted the Center logo on the white uniform of a corpse. He magnified it to see the body and saw bullet holes on their chests, legs, arms, some in the neck and he saw one female Center employee who was shot in the head. It made him mad with anger as he continued to clutch his binoculars tightly, which was enough to possibly break it.
Mark concluded that the entire Center reserach team was shot to death, probably by surprise. But that didn't surprise him. He scoped the armed soldiers doing beat patrols around the excavation site and it gave him the biggest shock of all...
"Shadowlaw soldiers." uttered Mark from the bushes as he saw the emblem of a skull with angel wings on its two sides and he noted that the Shadowlaw crest was sewed on their sleeves as arm patches. He also read from the investigation report that Shadowlaw has been interfering with the Center's excavation and research operations throughout the world. Intelligence believes that General M. Bison, the leader of Shadowlaw, is trying to search for mystical artifacts and use them in his organization. Now that make Mark even more infuriated. His blood was boiling with rage as he couldn't believe that Center personnel was being shot to death by Shadowlaw soldiers without having the chance to fight back. He pressed some buttons in his U-Watch to activate his X-Staff.
"U-Watch activated. X-Staff selected." The X-Staff materialized on top of his U-Watch, took it and placed in in his hand before he clenched it to a fist. With great speed, he jumped out of hiding and attempted to fight, but was instantly surrounded by a bunch of Shadowlaw troopers in full battle gear, especially since their heads were covered in black PASGT helmets, black balaclavas and SF-10 Avon respirators.
"Hey, who the hell are you?" demanded one of the armed troopers.
"You a Center agent?" barked another.
"Put your hands up, Center scum. We're taking you in." shouted a third.
Mark slowly raised his hands in the air in response. One of the Shadowlaw soldiers approached him from his left and barked at him on his clenched hand.
"What's in your hand?"
Mark ignores the Shadowlaw soldier. "Who wants to see me back in Shadowlaw?"
"Dammit kid! Open your hand!"
"I'd love too. But..." His X-Staff soon extended itself into a quarterstaff. "I'd have to decline it."
"What? Get him!" shouted the leader as they cocked their rifles pointed at him.
As soon as he held his quarterstaff in his two hands, he got into his fighting stance before he used a sweeping move with his weapon, taking out a number of Shadowlaw soldiers who were surrounding him in a circle.
Next, he knocked down a couple of Shadowlaw soldiers as he changed his quarterstaff by turning the two poles clockwise into two seperate ballistic arnis sticks. Using his double sinawali stance, he proceeded to beat the living hell out of the two soldiers even if they were armed with combat knives. Behind him, two platoons of Shadowlaw soldiers came up with guns blazing. Mark responded by doing a stealth dash that made him land near one of the platoons. He began to use roundhouse kicks, jabs, uppercuts, blows from his arnis sticks and ninjitsu dash and teleportation moves to attack them mercilessly. As he turned around as he heard a rustling noise from the bushes, a Shadowlaw trooper drew out his combat knife and attempted to stab the Center agent from behind, but Mark retaliated by kicking him in his shins before the trooper dropped his combat knife. He dropped both of his ballistic sticks before grabbing the knife's handle and he did a "come on" gesture to the downed soldier. When the soldier got up, he ran a short distance to try and punch him, but was silenced when the Center operative stabbed him hard in his stomach and heart. The trooper let out a gurgling scream from his mouth before he gasped his last breath.
The fight soon ended. All over the excavation site, Shadowlaw soldiers were now on the ground with their battered bodies. Mark began to scan the area and noticed that they are mostly armed with SIG 550 assault rifles chambered in 5.56 x 45mm NATO caliber and Czeska Zbroevka - Uhersky Brod (CZ-UB) 97B pistols chambered in .45 ACP caliber. Shadowlaw is higly funded thanks to their numerous criminal activities, such as drugs and weapons smuggling. He knew about the group, but he was not that sure on the extent of their activities. He soon picked up the ballistic sticks on the ground as he felt another presence with him in the forest.
"Damn! Someone's here and they're after me!" thought Mark as he used his psychic sense to detect enemies. Moments later, he used a stealth dash to jump out of the way from a punch that made a hole on the ground. When Mark stood up, he saw twelve women, all dressed in black garrison uniforms with their garrison caps that look like East German overseas caps, but only smaller with black boots and red gloves. They were all in their Shadowlaw Special Forces combat stances and were all facing him.
"God, they're so damn sexy!" remarked Mark as he took a glance at their bare backs. "Wait! Wait! They're the enemy! They're the enemy!" He focused his eyes on them and remembered that the 12 women are known as the Psycho Dolls, Bison's all-female elite commando unit. He had heard about them in the intelligence community, but no one was able to discover their identities. He only knew that their names are based on the calendar months according to their own native languages.
"Hostile target in range. Beginning anti-personnel combat mode. Identifying target with 100 percent data analysis." said a robotic-like voice coming from the group.
"Subject: Mark Sy. Occupation: Center field operative. Fighting styles: Aikido, Arnis, Ninjitsu, Wado-Ryu Karate, others unknown. Orders: Immediate Termination." said another robotic-like voice.
"DAMMIT! SNAP OUT OF IT! YOU'RE UNDER BISON'S CONTROL!" yelled Mark on the top of his voice as he prepared his double sinawali stance.
"Get him!" shouted one of the Psycho Dolls as 5 of them dashed near him. One of them did a Sniping Arrow move, but Mark countered it by stealth dashing to her side and used an elbow move to smack her down. Two women were now coming close to him and one of them was armed with a sword. Mark quickly used his double sinawali combat technique to pummel the two dolls before the last blow to the head knocked out the two as they had blocked most of his moves before he swinged his ballistic arnis sticks to their heads. His move has no serious effects to them.
SWISH! SWISH!
He managed to duck his head twice as he glanced to his rear. He took a good look at his assailant, who was using a pair of nunchakus. After releasing his grip on his weapons, he did a quick foot sweep and before he landed on the soil, did a fast solid kick to her stomach, which propelled her to a nearby tree before making her unconscious. He then twirled his legs before standing up, just barely enough time toget his ballistic sticks to counter a stab move from another psycho doll armed with a sharp spear. He budged the spear away from his face and used one of his ballistic sticks to strike her solar plexus, sending her a few feet before landing a solid punch on the same spot with another ballistic stick on his other clenched fist.
5 more Psycho Dolls come came running to him with their weapons at the ready as the first 5 were defeated. He stored the ballistic sticks temporarily as an X-Staff before raising his fists into a fighting stance.
"Nice workout!" uttered Mark sarcastically to himself as he dashed to a doll armed with two hatchets. Using his Nikyo technique, he first disarmed her of her hatchets before grabbing her hand and applying enough pressure just for her to kneel on the ground before doing the Kaiten Nage throw. He temporarily connected his two ballistic sticks into a quarterstaff and collapsed it so that he could use his hands and feet.
He got up from the grass and saw a woman whose face was covered with a black mask, reminding him of Vega, one of Bison's most trusted associates. She then did a Cannon Drill attack, but Mark countered it by dodging her propelled body and executed his Stealth Dive, a fighting move that consists of a stealth dash that made him visible above her and planted a kick on her face similar to Strider Hiryu's Vajra attack, cancelling her move.
BANG! BANG!
Mark took a fierce dive to the soil, barely escaping the sniper shots. He used his psychic sense to locate the sniper and with the help of a sparkle from the sun, began to run near her position. The hidden sniper tried to fire off more rounds, but Mark dodged them thanks to the help of his psychic sense and when he was in front of her, grabbed her Heckler and Koch MSG-90 sniper rifle and swinged it like a bat, hitting her face. As she fell on the earth, two psycho dolls came dashing near him. Like the sniper, he made short work of the two by swinging and smashing the sniper rifle on their heads and chests before he landed more punches and kicks at them at rapid speed. He turned his head to see one of them recover to produce a fist, which was about to land on his face. But fortunately for him, he quickly grabbed it and threw her to a tree trunk. The other quickly stood up and fought back by trying to swing her quarterstaff in hopes of knocking him out. Mark took out his X-Staff and extended them into a quarterstaff, blocking it momentarily before he could use a kick on her stomach as to lodge her out of his way.
"Damn! I need a break!" muttered Mark as he rubbed his forehead. He was beginning to feel tired, he knew that he couldn't afford to rest.
Suudenly, the last two Psycho Dolls appeared near Mark in their fighting stances as they had their backs facing one another, but with their position and attention towards the direction of the Center agent. He had heard that the two leaders were named Juli and Juni, two German nationals who were kidnapped by Shadowlaw commandos when they were in their teens.
"Well, well. The Cold-Hearted Assassin and The Level-Headed Silent Killer, I presume?" questioned Mark sarcastically.
"Mark Sy. General Bison has orders to bring you in since you were interfering with his activities." said Juli, the leader of the group who had brown hair.
"Sorry girlie! Shadowlaw's been attacking our research teams and has been threatening civilians around the world. I can't allow that." answered Mark in a cocky attitude.
"I'm afraid that we'll have to knock you out first before we present you to our great leader." replied Juni, the other leader of the group with blonde hair.
"Spinning Knuckle!" yelled Juni as she spinned around to land her knuckle on Mark's face. He managed to block it with his arm, grabbed it and pivoted her around before he threw Juni down on the ground with a Kote Gaeshi move. He accidentally dropped his X-Staff when he began his fight with the blonde haired leader of the Psycho Dolls.
"Sniping Arrow!" shouted Juli. She propelled her entire body like a missile aimed at Mark's body. He teleported out of her way as she neared him. Juli landed on her feet, wondering on what happened to him.
"Rising Punch!"
A voice from behind Juli came to life all of a sudden. She tried to turn around, but Mark was in motion with his move by propelling himself upwards to the air, landing his clenched fist on her jawline. As he came to, Juni tried to sneak up behind him and wanted to land a Razor Edge Slicer move from her Hooligan Combination technique. But unfortunately for her, Mark did another Rising Punch on her too, sending her face first to the ground.
"Why you little snitch! You'll regret that!" barked Juni while cleaning the blood dripping out of her mouth. Mark managed to pick up his X-Staff from the ground and detach them to ballistic arnis sticks while jumping in the air. "Cannon Spike!" Juni propelled her body to the air diagonally. Mark blocked her kick and swatted her down to the earth with a strong swing from one of his ballistic sticks.
"Look who's talking!" sneered Mark as he executed his Power Wave technique by swinging one of his ballistic sticks upwards after getting back on his feet, creating a projectile. It connected to Juni, delivering much damage to her.
Juli perfomed the Spin Drive Smasher. Noticing a weak spot, Mark dashed out of her way with a stealth teleport to the side and multiple images of Mark have surrounded her.
"Mulitple Image Attack!"
Mark's multiple images dashed near Juli and performed rapid punches all over Juli's body before the images became one as they landed a fierce punch on her belly. She was not able to defend herself while she was in the middle of her Spin Drive Smasher technique.
The two psycho doll leaders ganged up on him from his front and back with the aid of fast recovery since their DNA had been slightly altered to include it. Unfortunately, Mark channeled his energy to his feet, which resulted in the Whirlwind Kick aka Bushin Senpuu Kyaku move.
"EIYAA!" he yelled as he propelled himself into the air like a helicopter blade.
Influenced by his ninjitsu training, he initiated the move by making a slight dash to the nearest enemy before he lifted himself of the ground and spinned his two legs around in a clockwise motion, clobbering the two in the process. Juli attempted an elbow attack on Mark, but smoothly grabbed her elbow and glided his hands to hers before doing the Koshi Nage throw. As for Juni, she suffered a similar fate as she attempted to do a roundhouse kick. Mark simply blocked it and threw her like a rag on the forest floor.
Juli and Juni got together once more after being knocked out from Mark's techniques. The duo performed a Psycho Rolling move on Mark in a final attempt to capture him alive. As the two were about to grab him by his neck and shirt collar, Mark swatted their hands like flies in response as he was quicker than the two of them and countered by using the Shocker, which made his ballistic sticks electrify as his ki energy moved onto the dual metal weapons. He then swinged his ballistic arnis sticks at them, hitting their crucial points at their bodies with his sticks before channeling his ki onto them, sending electric shocks to their bodies as they screamed. Mark continued to use his ballistic sticks until they both collapsed to the ground.
"Not your lucky day!" said Mark as he cleaned the blood that was oozing out from his forehead to his eyes. He took off his shades and used his hands to remove the filty red liquid that was passing over his left eye. He make a visual check with his eyes to see if the Psycho Dolls are already down. He pressed a button in his U-Watch and an image of M.O.M. appeared suspended over his U-Watch.
"Yes, Mark?"
"M.O.M., mission accomplished. Guess the reports were true. Shadowlaw's getting more and more aggressive. They're really trying to eliminate our scientific research teams. I suggest that SRS operatives pair up with them as to prevent more losses."
"Of course. Anything else?"
"Shadowlaw soldiers and the Psycho Doll commandos were here too. They're the ones responsible for killing the members of the Malaysian research team."
"All right. I'll personally order the SRS to embed its operatives on future research team expeditions. You'll have to be debriefed at the Center. M.O.M. out."
"Mark out." As the image of M.O.M. disappeared, Mark took a last look around as he saw Center helicopters and VTOL aircrafts circling around the excavation site.
"Looks like I'll have to face the big boys soon!" remarked Mark to himself as he walked to the nearest Center Bell MV-22BM VTOL aircraft, which had their aircrafts slightly modified its rotors replaced with an improved one that included the rotor blade encased inside twin circular grates. Before he entered, he ordered a Center SRS operator to detain the Shadowlaw soldiers and Psycho Doll operatives before he left.
Later, the Center VTOL aircraft took off, taking him back to the nearest Center base. He then contemplates to himself; this was the beginning of a long mission for a rising Center agent like himself, preparing to take on Shadowlaw.
Chapter 1 END