Chapter 1: Twist of Fate

New York

Vega squinted his cold blue eyes and shook his head. Trying to shake the effects of the drugs away. He tried to stand only to fall to his knees seconds later. He placed his palms on the cold floor trying to stand, but all he could manage was to crawl. He struggled to raise his head and see the blurry vision of his padded cell. He clenched his teeth trying to clear his clouded mind. Then his sensitive ears heard a jingle of keys at his cell door. A doctor and his assistant walked in. Then Vega flinched, as the loud clash of his cell door slammed shut. He tried with everything within him to fight the headache. The assistant turned to the doctor with a very worried look in his eyes.

"Don't worry, he has been given enough tranquilizers. He can't possibly do a thing now. Besides Interpole is on their way to transport him tot their headquarters." The doctor assured his assistant. Vega remained on his hands and knees. His golden hair loose and uncombed hung over the splendor of his face. A face that clearly showed how much he was fighting the effects of the drugs. He began to regain some mental clarity. His cold blue eyes looked up at them through the stray strands of blonde hair. He stared at the two men the way a predator studies his prey.

"………heh heh….heh heh heh ha ha ha ha!" The laugh started small then grew louder and louder. Vega pounced reaching with both hands for their throats. Vega smiled as they gasped for air and tried to scream. His nails sliced in and broke skin letting their blood drip down Vega's hands. Vega delighted in their blood and in their pain. The lack of air began to make them go limp. Vega forcefully threw them onto the hard cold floor shattering the back of their skulls. They stared at him with horrified dazed eyes as Vega walked towards the assistant and kicked him in the face. And kneeled over the doctor and punched and punched until he felt no more resistance. Vega then stood up and looked down at the bloody beaten bodies at his feet. He saw an object glittering in the puddle of fresh blood. Vega grabbed the keys and tried every one until his cell was finally open. He looked down the long hall and spotted a guard in the nearby security booth. The guard was unaware of the attack but Vega knew he would be alerted soon. Vega waited for the guard to turn and ran down the hall and waited at the door. Vega looked at the bloody keys in his palm. But he decided he rather make an impressive last memory for this fool. So he took a silent step back, centered his energy, then kicked down the locked door. Then calmly opened his hand and let the keys hit the floor. Vega stepped in and looked directly into the eyes of the man he was about to kill as a flash of excitement flickered in his own blue eyes. The guard froze for moment until Vega leapt towards him. The guard drew his gun and fired three shots. But Vega was simply too fast. He kicked away the gun and dashed behind him grabbed the guard's head. Then with one quick and trained movement Vega snapped the man's neck effortlessly. Vega smiled as the lifeless body hit the ground. He walked passed the monitors that displayed the patient rooms, and on one he saw his previous cell and the bodies that lay in it. Vega smiled and enjoyed his recent work. But then he heard another guard radio in for a response, and Vega's moment of bliss had to be broken. He dashed towards a window and saw he could fit through it. He opened it and slid out and dashed down the fire escape and tried to disappear in the darkness of the night.

Vega looked down at the concrete below. Then the drugs began to blur everything around him once again. He groaned and tried remained alert. But as he was about to jump he saw a small black car drive up to the entrance of the asylum. At this time at night he knew it must have been Interpole coming for him. He watched as an older man exited the driver side. Then moments later he saw a beautiful woman that he instantly recognized dressed on black slacks and a blue top. His lips parted as he saw her. And his heart felt something he couldn't explain yet.

"Chun Li…" he whispered to himself. He watched her run into the building, and he knew exactly why. Vega waited for her to enter the building and smiled to himself.

"Oh I'll deal with you later…" Vega hissed.

Chun Li rushed to talk with the asylum guards for information.

"What happened?"

The guard responded "There were shots fired on the fourth floor. A guard doctor and assistant are dead."

Chun Li rushed up the steps to the forth the floor followed by the asylum guards and her partner. She entered the hall with caution. She carefully made her way to the room they kept Vega confined in. She opened the door with a gentle push. She was horrified by what she saw but kept her professionalism. Then she turned around and spotted the security booth with the door open. She cautiously made her way towards the room with measured steps. She stepped in searching for him but all she found was the lifeless body on the ground. Then her eyes saw the opened window covered with bloody handprints. Then her partner broke the eerie silence.

"Search the building!"

"Don't bother he's already gone." Chun Li knew for certain. So she turned around and dashed back down the hall towards the elevator. As she waited for the elevator she felt just pity that these men had to pay with their own lives for their work. She stepped into the elevator and tried to guess Vega's next move. She knew he would simply escape to the nearest contact he had around, some crime lord. The elevator doors opened and she ran out of the lobby to the parking lot. She saw something in the distance and hoped it wasn't what she thought it was. She dashed towards it and saw it was indeed the body of another security guard. She kneeled down and checked for a pulse, but there was none. The guards finally caught up with her and stared at the body in disbelief. Chun Li then saw a white shirt given to the asylum patients laying on the ground inches away. She gestured for her partner to come closer to her. Then walked away far enough that the asylum guards could not hear.

"Damn it! I thought they drugged him enough. We have to search the perimeter he has contacts everywhere. We don't have a minute to lose!" Chun Li took a few steps away and walked into the street, her lovely brown eyes searching everything. She felt the wind caress her bangs and braided hair. The night wind seemed to carry a message of change. Still Chun Li clenched her fist in anger. But determined to find him. Wherever he was.

"Vega…"