The King of Fighters '94 Rebirth

Chapter 11: The Trio

Clark crouched on the ground using the scope and targeting the same tree he had said, it was able to see a hole in the size of a projectile from the same gun. "What time to have a sniper." Heidern praised to Ralf his partner's attitude. "He took it under the enemy guns, we came completely bare handed, or should I say, just with this." Ralf said showing his knife and reaching the body crouched. "He was killed by a headshot." Ralf commented to Heidern seeing the dead soldier. "Get down!" Heidern shouted and the two left the body and threw themselves down on the ground, the sound from Clark's shot could be heard by the two against an enemy sniper. "Let's hurry, I just saw a chopper on that way." Clark approached with the rifle on his hands and everybody ran. One more time they entered the base which have been abandoned, a little far from there was the chopper and Ralf remembered something. "I forgot to inform you general, when I said 'bare handed' I have not included the grenades we brought." He showed explosive grenades and smoking grenades, took one smoking grenade and threw next the tents. They all walked covering the entire perimeter, when suddenly the chopper started to take off, then Ralf jumped holding on the landing skids and climbing aboard to prevent the enemy to escape. "There's almost no one inside there. General! It's a trap!" Clark was looking through his rifle's scope that Ralf climbed just to prevent a pilot wherein Tom, their boss was still on the territory using another escape route, Clark found him far away. "What about Ralf?" Heidern asked him on the chase of the enemy that ran to the side they just had arrived, but in the middle of the forest's bush, outside the open way. "See for yourself." Were the words of Clark, Heidern looked to the chopper and just saw from far away a man down behind the pilot and Ralf jumping to the ground before the 'enemy flight'. "You can fly through the air." It was also his thought before rolling on the ground and turning around to see the 'fireworks' that was a great explosion from the grenade he left without the pin inside there. "It's not time to celebrate, it's time to run!" He thought along himself frightened with the explosion and following towards the other two that were more forward on the way back.

Meanwhile, the soldiers from the Ikari Village saw the enemy chopper arriving just by where the ally chopper was shot down turning around and going to the base they just have invaded. "The general will handle them; we need to first of all fulfill our mission and go to the rescue of our allies." The soldier in charge gave the order to the squad that just trusted the rest of the enemies to the general and the mercenaries. The squad went in search for the crash site until finding it still on flames, they saw just the pilot body, that's when they decided to split into two teams to go after any possible survivor.

The sky started to get dark, it was already nightfall and Tom, the gun dealers gang leader arrived the site of the crash from the Ikari Village chopper, he got tired of running away and decided to stop and wait for his enemies. The chopper was no longer on fire and the trio finally reached the site, without being seen yet. "General, should we get him alive? If that's the case, it's just immobilize him with a shot on the leg and we will have no more problems." Ralf said to Heidern, the three stopped behind the trunk from a few trees. It's a good plan, but it seems like he already awaits us and I need to have a chat with him." The general Heidern left the place where he was hiding followed by Ralf and Clark and approached Tom a bit. "So, have you decided to surrender yourself?" That was Heidern's question. "Not really, I was waiting for you..." He got rid of his guns with different intentions from what the mercenaries were waiting for. Clark and Ralf aimed at him, but it was not necessary any type of sudden moves. "I know I don't have any chance of escaping alive because there is no longer a way out, that's why I challenged you general, I want to fight the man considered dead that survived the fighter mobster Rugal Bernstein, if you defeat me, you will have all the information you need." That was the last wish of the criminal before being arrested. "It's good that I was not the only one thinking on give you a beating to get some answers. Very well requirement accepted, you two can lower your guns." The mercenary leader seemed so confident, he wanted to retrieve information from the criminal one way or another, this combat would be the perfect opportunity. The two obeyed and the gun dealer threw all his equipment to their side. "General, we have a request to make." Ralf tried to deal with his boss. "You can talk." Said Heidern disarming himself. "Let us fight in your place." Clark decided to speak. "Why?" The general was a born fighter, that was the perfect opportunity for him to regain his lost confidence from eight years ago, or at least, some more confidence on the hope of one day get his revenge from the man that took away everything from his life. "We want to show our potential, we need to solve some unsettle things with him and probably he would not be capable of defeating you if he loses just to one of us because we are your mercenaries." Ralf said enthusiastic. "If you are the legend that he so speaks, it would be very good for us to prove our values, be useful and worthy of being called as Ikari warriors." Clark was disarming himself for a duel. "Since you two are so disposed, you can go. But if you suffer some kind of defeat, I will not be with crossed arms seeing you die." Heidern let a very clear warning. "Don't underestimate us!" Shouted Ralf adjusting his bandana. "So, are you coming?" Tom asked seeing that the things appeared being different from the plan. "My mercenaries want to fight in my place, I believe that if you are not good enough to defeat them you would have no chance against me, by my post and experience even in combats." The warning had been given. "Okay, I already fought with these two a little before. But if I win..." he was thinking on challenge the duo again. "I know, you don't have to tell, I will fight you if you win." Heidern ended the talk and Ralf had a quick talk with Clark until arrive at the mobster's front. "Are you not coming together like the last time?" The criminal asked. "Don't think we are weak. First, I'm going to beat you, then if you want to try your luck against my partner, I will not stop you, but I already warn you, he's also strong." Ralf threw the backpack behind and Clark caught it in the air. "When you wish." He cracked the neck from both sides and the fight began.