The King of Fighters '94 Rebirth

Chapter 2: Alternatives

The schedule was already advanced, it was almost the end of the afternoon when Rugal captured a helicopter preparing to land on his territory, the same was from the Alpha Squad. "Very well John, let us now take care of the rest, I ask you to wait for us as our escape route." Heidern said to the pilot who just landed on the Aircraft Carrier, getting out from the chopper the general distantly spotted a man with a good bodily size and long blonde hair, he was approaching the chopper alongside with a team of soldiers. "I see you're a punctual man general, so, can we go to the business?" Rugal asked with a peculiar form turning around to enter in one of his decks alongside Heidern. "How will I know my family is safe?" he couldn't risk his men in some kind of ambush, because of this he was very worried. "My men will follow me alongside with you and your men, if you try something against me my men will be present to give me cover." That's what Heidern said walking with his group alongside Rugal and his private guards ready to enter the gallery deck, leaving just the pilot on his post.

As the captain and general Heidern was advancing, the Bravo Team got close to the place by sub, in a way to didn't raise up any suspicion. "All we can do now is to wait for the captain's orders..." said the captain from Bravo Team Ray Alfred from inside the sub while his men were looking on the radar.

Inside the gallery deck, which was the superior deck, the Rugal's guards were walking alongside the mercenary army led by Heidern to react on any suspect try of attack. "What do you want from me Rugal?" Heidern asked quickly a question which was intriguing since the beginning of the operation. What Rugal could want from Heidern leading him to kidnap his family and ask negotiation? That was something unknown. "Don't play fool Heidern." Rugal talked with a rude way but, without changing his humor, because he was laughing inside. "You always dreamed on finish with my business, me as an international arms dealer and being the leader of the worldwide black market, I just haven't thought someone would go so far to try to stop me, as you were Heidern." Rugal explained approaching a staircase which leaded to the main deck. "Are you not afraid of being arrested or to lose your life?" Heidern asked just after they went down further and soon continued his sentence. "You are risking too much leading me inside your base, you overestimate yourself that much?" Even with his family under custody, Heidern had not lost his habit of challenging criminals. Rugal fell silent on a suspicious way, the two walked for a little more time until they arrived the place where Heidern's family were kept, he soon found his wife and daughter again inside a locked room with glass walls and a black panther surrounding the two which were tied up with chains. A Blonde woman with short hair and a long-haired girl with her hair tied, both tied up back-to-back inside that room. "Say hello to your family." The room was lighted and Heidern ran to the room's wall. "Sandra, Clara!" Heidern yelled the names of his wife and daughter and soon was surprised by the black panther which attacked Heidern jumping and breaking through the wall. Heidern fell down with the panther above his body which soon left him and went away. "My pet will not hurt you; he was only keeping your family under vigilance." Rugal talked calmly and Heidern rose up quickly running after his family. Soon a shot triggered by Rugal echoed through the deck and paralyzed the general who was after his family. "Let's end this small stage and begin to act like real grown-ups." The big mobster was now serious, but his talk always came before a smug laugh and the same did it seeing that all was going according to plan. The general turned around quickly face to face with Rugal and finally gave his command via radio. "Go!" The submarine received the message and got ready to invade the aircraft carrier Blacknoah.

Guards were running everywhere on the surface of the aircraft carrier; the alpha team pilot was not understanding anything from what was happening until he saw the Bravo Team jumping onboard.

"Searching target, keep distance from the entrance, we have to end the guards which are from the outside!" Shouted Ray Alfred joining John Raven from the Alpha Team and taking cover from behind the chopper. Soon the gunfire started, the guards took their position to defend Blacknoah while Heidern's mercenaries were attacking with full power to open their way to the gallery deck.

Rugal shot one of his own guards with a Glock pistol, his abdomen started to bleed. "Why?" The guard asked before falling down in agony. The mobster put the gun in the holster. "General, one of your men just killed one of my guards, how do you think I may react?" Sarcastically Rugal was making it clear that he just needed one excuse to start killing, his guards watching the scene stood paralyzed by fear, they knew that if they did not obey Rugal they would see hell soon enough, even having a dead fellow they could not leave the loyalty to their boss. "What are you waiting for?!" Rugal asked his men waiting a massacre over the Alpha Team which quickly took their assault rifles and started to shoot and search for shelter, killing this way various guards, but not hitting Rugal, which ran after Heidern and his family.

"I will get you out of here..." Heidern was saying to his family tied into chains and trying to tell him the truth. "Honey, don't get close to us." Heidern's wife Sandra said to her husband showing with her look a C3 bomb grabbed to a wall next and attached to a wire tied up on the chain. "You have your time Heidern, will you disarm the bomb and rescue your family while your team is wiped out?" Rugal proudly challenged his rival. "Or will you try to help your team without consider the well being of your beloved ones?" There was no escape for Heidern, even he having experience with bomb disarming that would take some time, he needed a key to unleash the chains and even so, he would be putting the life of his family on the risk. "Choose!" Rugal shouted running the opposite way Alpha Team which was trying to corner him.

On the surface, the battle was intense, Ray and John were together shooting without lucky of hitting a bullet while the other five men from Bravo, Alex, Jim, George, Steve and William were divided in two groups. "We need to proceed John." Ray called a friend to follow him, but John was the Alpha pilot, he was not wanting to leave his location. "The chopper needs to be kept under safety." John said shooting against one of the guards which soon fell dead. "It's your call, complete your mission well." Ray said advancing.