SF4 - Alt. Perspective 9

Episode 9: Unexpected Turn of Events



"THAT'S ENOUGH, CAPTAIN!"

Colonel Wolfman shouted, giving an end to the battle between Caius and Cammy. Apparently, he and the team needed some answers about Caius's mysterious ability. They stepped down from the upper level of the training room and they reached the lowest level, in which the two young fighters were fighting.

Cammy was looking at Caius while he was sitting on the ground. He was feeling a great deal of pain due to the activation of his right eye. Wolfman approached them and he started talking to Caius.

"Excellent. We're mostly impressed with both your fighting abilities and your stamina. You managed to hold off most of the Captain's attacks, even in your current worn out condition."

"Umm, thank you, I suppose?"

"Haha, don't worry, it's over. You don't have to prove yourself anymore."

"Great... Glad to hear that... But before you ask me about this, I..."

"No worries, you deserve some rest first! After that, we can talk about this interesting ability of yours!" Wolfman said with a warm smile.

"He's serious? I  thought that they would never let me go away with this... Not that I knew anything about it, but..."

Cammy and the rest of the team didn't actually agreed with the Colonel's decision, but everyone they agreed on one thing: Caius needed to rest, after all that ordeal. Besides, Caius never showed any signs of defect or whatsoever.

"Well then, you heard the Colonel, take some time to rest and we're talking, handsome!" Lita said to Caius.

"Yeah, might as well do that. Thanks guys." Caius replied.

"......Caius, you're.....you're...." George said with a somewhat trembling voice. The rest of the team was starting to notice what George was worrying about.

Caius's right eye (the one that copied Cammy's move set) was bleeding from the inside.

"Wow, that's unexpected... It won't stop bleeding..." Caius said. "Umm, guys, it feels strange, like.....Well..."

He lost his words and he fell to the ground unconscious, but not before Matt managed to grab him. The bleeding was getting more intense.

"MY GOD!" Lita screamed.

"Quickly, get him to the infirmary!" Cammy shouted at Matt.

"Wildo!" Matt replied.

And so, Matt put him upon his shoulders and he rushed to the infirmary of the MI-6.

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".........Ummm........ Where...... When...... What?"

"Hey!! Bro! Welcome back!"

"What the.... George?"

"Yup, it's me!"

"Oh.... What is this place?"

"Don't worry, you're going to be OK! We're at the infirmary!"

"Really? I should have known..."

"So, how do you feel?"

"Fine, just this terrible headache..."

"That's nothing compared to the inner eye bleeding you had. Thank God, we managed to stop it. A little more and... Well, you know. You lost a lot of blood, but you're born to survive I guess!"

"Hahaha, yeah i'm a stubborn one...!" Caius said with his rough voice. "So, how long i've been here?"

"A whole week. You recovered rather quickly."

"Oh really? Anyway, what are your position here? You know about medical?"

"Well, no, the medical crew took care of you. I had orders from Colonel Wolfman to watch about something..."

"Speaking of something... You mean my right eye! Why else do I have to wear an eye patch...!"

"That's right! We were impressed with this copying ability of yours and we took the liberty of removing it and study it."

"Well, I see... So, what did you find?"

"First, there's no sign of you copying valuable information regarding Delta Red activities and that was a great relief for the team! Secondly, It was I that I found out that you didn't copy anything suspicious, cause this eye can be plugged onto a computer and one can study it! Really hi-tech stuff! Impressive! And so far, i've seen that you've managed to copy all of Cammy's moves! Impressive!"

"Heh, I thing that's even more impressive that those guys back at the lab in which you found me managed to implant it onto me, don't you think?"

"Ohh... Yeah, i'm sorry..."

"Ha, that's OK. After I saw the potential of it, I found it interesting, too."

"Indeed. I also found out the cause of bleeding: No maintenance was performed on it and so, it was starting eating away your nerve endings between the eye and the brain."

"Creepy...! Anyway, just tell me that you can plug it back again to my eye socket..."

"Of course, don't worry! It was build that way: remove it, maintain it and plug it again!"

"That's a relief, thanks bro."

"Anytime! Well, maybe I should let you rest. You've been through a lot..."

"Rest? Nah, i'm fine. I've been sleeping straight for a week, I don't need anymore of a rest, but I could REALLY enjoy a shower... But wait: maybe the water was damaging the eye in the first place..."

"No, it's waterproof and even more! Really thoughtful! The only thing that's necessary for it is to clean it regularly!"

"Well, that's great news. So, care to plug it back to me?"

"Of course! Just lie down and everything will be finished before you know it..."

"What do you mean? Wait... AAAARGHHH!!!"

"Yeah, I forgot to mention that you'll experience some pain issues with your nerve endings...!" George said, with a cartoonish look on his face. "Thank God that these endings are artificial and they allow your eye to connect with them every time!"

"..... Arghh.... Yeah, I think that's really useful..."

"OK, you're all set. I've also got a new set of clothes for you here. Just finish whatever you need to do and then, go see the Colonel. He needs to speak with you."

"Affirmative... And here I go, talking military stuff..."

"Hahaha! Anyway, see you when i see you, Caius!"

"OK, bro, thanks again for everything."



After a whole week within the infirmary, Caius was ready to walk again among the halls of MI-6. And, he couldn't stop thinking about one thing: The time that he will officially join Delta Red.