You and Chun-li follow a worrying trail of carnage through the town until you finally arrive at the location of the attack. A large robotic soldier is surrounded by several of the weaker mooks you batted away yesterday. You quickly transform into your armour. "Be careful Chun, I don't know what tricks that thing has up its sleeve."
"A large opponent to be certain, but my resolve is greater still." Chun adopts her idle stance and prepares for the enemy to charge. You don't want to pull any of the other girls out here if you don't have to. The enemy foot soldiers are quick to turn on you and charge. Luckily for you they haven't gotten much smarter or more skilled in combat since you last faced them.
Even with your aching body you find it almost trivial to bat them away, though you try to keep some of Chun's good habits in mind while doing so. You square up your feet and swing your hips, delivering some amateurish blows that knock four of them for a loop. Chun leaps over the head of her first assailant, using his head as a stepping stone to deliver a bone crushing kick to the soldier behind him. She uses a barrage of rapid kicks to hold back a unified attack from two others, each blow lands like a gunshot, sending out a loud impact sound that rings in your ears.
As she turns, she grabs a soldier's arm as they swing and wrenches it, sending them tumbling onto the floor with a theatrical front flip. She doesn't take any time to rest, her hands glow with a blue energy, before she flings a fierce fireball that engulfs one of the enemies and sends them flying. With their assault having failed to deter you both, the still conscious soldiers retreat behind the drone that Mitsuru was describing.
The previous drone was merely a pile of compacted dirt driven by the strange power of the glowing purple rocks that now powered your own weapons. This one is visibly more composed. It still glows with the same energy, shining bright through the bolted seams. The internal mechanics can be seen through a hole in its chest.
"Chun, can you handle that thing?"
"I believe so. But rushing in now would be foolish."
As if to prove her point, a large cannon flips outwards from its arm. You duck for cover as a blast of purple energy erupts from the barrel and flies towards you. Chun deftly backflips away from the attack, flashing her lovely thighs and tight underwear in the process. She closes the gap at an incredible speed and delivers a series of punishing kicks to the robotic giant's leg. She manages to dent the metal armour, but otherwise doesn't seem to be capable of damaging it for real.
You lean over the car and fire the sledgehammer, bracing it against the roof. The shots are much more effective than Chun's kicks, opening gaping holes in the metal plating and sending the monster reeling. Chun changes her plan of attack in response. Her entire body glows with a supernatural energy, and her rapid kicks become even faster. Her body turns into nothing more than a blur as the metal is shredded and torn away, revealing the whirring internals of the mechanical leg.
Chun swings around and delivers one final blow, shattering the circuitry and cogs to pieces and scattering them across the street. The monster, unable to support its own weight, falls down to one knee. Sensing an opportunity, you use your enhanced agility to leap over the car and sprint at it. You hop up onto the bent limb and clamber up over its back. The beast tries to swipe you away with little success. Its red, circular eyes stare at you without emotion as you point your gun down into its exposed chest cavity and pull the trigger.
Sparks and fire explode forth from inside the metal container. You jump away and land next to the still posed Chun-Li. You aren't cool, so you stand and watch as the giant explodes into a fireball, before falling to the ground defeated. As the noise finally dies down, you notice that the enemy soldiers have already fled.
"What a bunch of cowards," you gripe, "They ran away!"
Chun remains silent. She returns to a neutral pose and bows to the burning corpse of the former interdimensional invader. You don't feel the need to pay respects yourself, and neither does Mitsuru, who appears from nowhere like a ghost and begins examining the still flaming wreckage. You detransform and approach the miniature scientist as she dons a pair of heavy gloves and tugs a piece of the machine out from an exposed panel.
"The guy's still burning and you're already looting him."
Mitsuru doesn't seem to see the inherent danger with poking around in a still flaming machine, she ignores you and continues to pilfer various bits and pieces, tossing them into a pile behind her. Chun-Li approaches you and taps you on the shoulder.
"These are the evildoers?"
"You know as much about them as I do," you explain. "They teleport in, cause trouble, and then bug out when the going gets tough."
"I cannot forgive such an attack on innocent people," Chun declares, her eyes narrowing.
"That's why we're here," you smile. She nods. It's nice to have someone who takes themselves a little more seriously than the other three who've helped you out recently. You turn back to Mitsuru, "Hey, are you nearly done in there? The police are going to show up any time now."
Mitsuru tumbles back with a metallic chamber clenched between her hands. It glows a tell-tale purple. It must be the power source for the machine. You walk over and help her back onto her feet. She holds up her trophy with sparkling eyes, "Ha! Amazing! This quantity… our weapon development just advanced by two-hundred percent!"
Chun doesn't seem convinced, "I would advise caution. Weapons made even with noble intent can be dangerous." Seems reasonable enough but it does raise a question in your mind.
"How much do you know about us, Chun?"
"I know enough to trust both of you, but others, I cannot say."
You begin walking away from the scene of the crime. "Don't worry," Mitsuru replies, "I've ensured that the Sledgehammer can only be used by me and our mutual friend here. There are fingerprint sensors on the grip, and a few other surprises for people who try to steal it." You hear the sound of police sirens behind you. You have to wonder how long you can keep doing this before somebody finds out about it.
"Aren't you going to reward Miss Li with a visit to your bedroom?" Mitsuru comments dryly.
You sigh, "Do you know how patronising you sound? And I don't think Chun decided to save those people just to ride the… me express." You cast a conspiratorial glance at Chun, who is blushing thanks to Mitsuru's lewd implication.
"Nothing interesting is going to happen at the lab. I'm going to be spending a lot of time refining this stuff, and it isn't the most stimulating thing in the world." You just shake your head. Why does Mitsuru always try to push you into these situations? She turns back on you and points in the direction of your apartment, "Go on. Get."
You turn to Chun-Li, who airs no objections to the idea. "Fine. We'll see you later. I need a shower anyway."
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Chun-Li is not impressed by your apartment.
She carefully plants herself on the couch, trying to avoid contacting it with anything but the bottom of her exposed legs. As you fix yourself and her a cold glass of water, she shouts to you, "How long have you and Mitsuru known each other?"
"Years. Ever since High School. She was a loner back then, still is, but she likes hanging out with me." You hand her the glass, which she takes and takes a sip from. You sit down beside her and consider your relationship a little more. "I don't really know how we started getting along so well. She's abrasive and straightforward to a fault, I've had to cover her ass so many times."
Chun smiles, "I envy you two. You seem very close."
You lean back and cross your arms, "Not that close though. I mean, in the past week I've had three girls declare themselves my fiancés."
"Really?" Chun asks.
"Yeah. They jumped right in and-"
"No, I mean…" Chun hesitates for a moment, before silencing herself with another swig of water.
"What did you mean?"
She shakes her head adamantly, "No. It's not my place to say, forget I said anything. Apologies." That arouses your suspicion in a lot of different ways, but you don't want to pry. You're already relying on her to help you defend your world from invaders after all. If it was important, you're sure that her code of honour would beget her to tell you.
You finish off the last of the water and give your own clothes a smell test. You stink. That elongated workout with Chun and the fight afterwards have made you a very smelly boy. You aren't so presumptuous as to ask Chun-Li to get into your crappy shower with you, it'd be more of a mood killer than an arousing scenario to share with each other.
"Am I everything you expected?" you ask.
Chun smiles, "You still have a long way to go."
You rub your eyes and grunt, "I know."
"But I know what you can become. What you have inside is something that does not come naturally to most. You will become a hero capable of protecting this world from evil, and I'll help you do it."
You smile and nod, "Thanks Chun. Do you want to use my shower?"
"Did I not say we should share?" she replies.
"Uh. I don't think we can both fit in there."
Chun Li clenches her fist, "I'd be happy to try."