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Tatsumi shifted his weight. "I know the feeling... if I find the person who kidnapped my father, they'll wish that my godfather had a hold of them before I'm done," he said quietly as the dirt bike stopped several yards away before his gaze flicked to Magneto. "What we're doing is surviving probably a good six ounces of C4 that was attached to the gas tank of that car," he said dryly. He saw Chun-Li's eyes widen before she spoke. "Who planted it?" she said with a slight Chinese accent. Tatsumi shrugged. "No idea, but if it has to do with Mad Gear... then things are gonna get ugly," he said coolly. Chun-Lin blinked. "What about Mad Gear? They've been disbanded by the Special Forces and Interpol," she said warily. "Then how the hell did they take over most of Aohura City in the past month and a half?" he said dryly. Chun-Li spun with a curse, pulling out her satellite phone. He glanced at Alexis. "Chun-Li's with Interpol, and if I'm right... also on vacation," he said with amusement. He saw Chun-Li stiffen as he knew she could hear him and knew immediately he was right.

Tatsumi cocked his head. Chun-Li flicked a hand in greeting, still on her cell phone before she turned around, not looking all that amused. "Dan Hibiki confirmed your story, and considering most of the high ranking Mad Gear fighters are ex-military, it is possible for them to get C4, though not locally around here," she said calmly. Tatsumi's hand flicked out, catching a shuriken lobbed his way from within the barn, though he knew Chun-Li wouldn't be able to see Venom, who had tossed it. He examined it, his eyes narrowing. "Sodom," he muttered, his fist closing on it as it gave a metallic popping crunch as it was crushed. "I think it's time we take the fight to them," he said more audibly. "I agree... I tolerate terrorissstsss lessss than I do Ssspider-Man," Venom spat.

Tatsumi saw Chun-Li glance at Alexis as if wondering who she was talking to and looking at, since he knew all she saw was empty air. "Chun-Li... Alexis and I have something in common, though our talents are remarkably different," he said carefully, making the Interpol agent look at him with interest, though she didn't say anything; her look said it all: 'And what would that be?' it said. Venom snorted, his tongue slipping out between his fangs. "You try ssspeaking with a tongue a third of your body height and see how easy it iss," he said dryly, flicking his head slightly as if rolling his eyes. "We have what I personally call guides... they have effectively given us powers very similar to theirs, though we aren't by any means as experienced," he said, glancing at Magneto. "Damn... the only thing more blunt than you, Erik, woud be a concrete wall," he said dryly.

Tatsumi rolled his eyes. "I know that there aren't pleasant people that have guides... I know since one attacked the Denver..." he said as Chun-Li nodded. "I already know about that... but how did you end up here when Denver is nearly six hundred and forty miles away?" she said. Tatsumi shrugged. "No idea, and before you ask... we've found that others with guides are able to see the guides of others. She has Erik Lensherr, whom you would probably know better as the mutant Magneto, as her guide... while mine is a little less pleasant," he said. Chun-Li blinked. "You're joking, right?" she said cautiously. Tatsumi sighed, the symbiont armor forming over his body, along with the blank mask. "If I were joking, could I do this?" he said dryly as he crouched, pushing off in a high somersault before landing inverted clinging to the wall of the barn a few feet below the loft's opening. Chun-Li blinked, her eyes widening slightly. "You're a woman whose kicks have been known to go through car doors with little resistance, and you think that something like this is impossible? How long have you worked with Guile again?" he said dryly as he stood on the wall just as normally as if it were the ground.

Tatsumi blinked as a rapid ringone blared out. He looked down, the mask contorting slightly as he grinned. Didn't expect a call from this guy... but damn good to hear from him, he thought as he grabbed it. "Still alive, I see, Jimmy," he said dryly. A deep laugh came from the phone, even audible to Alexis and Chun-Li, the latter of whom blinked. "He's still alive? Damn... even Guile respects him," she said softly, audible to Alexis as she walked towards the girl. "Don't take them all down too quickly... I'm heading over there soon, probably with help," Tatsumi said with a smirking chuckle before he closed the phone. "So you're going to take on Mad Gear?" Chun-Li said wryly. "Damn straight... I grew up there, and nobody screws with my friends... Batsu and Sakura are old friends of mine, and anyone who screws with them, screws with me," Tatsumi said coolly as he flipped off of the barn's wall, landing a few yards in front of both Alexis and Chun-Li.

Tatsumi sighed as he tilted his head, popping the tendons in his neck. "Colonel William Guile is a soldier in the US Army, and much like Chun-Li, is able to manipulate the latent energy of the human body known as 'ki'.... James 'Jimmy' Blanka has lived in Brazil for the past fifteen years, though Dan and I have both been friends with him at different times; knowing Guile, if he doesn't already know about this from Jimmy, then he'll know soon enough through Chun-Li here," he said. A small smirk flickered over his lips as the mask retracted, flowing like liquid down over his face. "Either way, we need to get to the airport, because I'm certain even though I told Karin not to send her jet, she probably will anyway," he sighed. "I'm thinking the best way to get into Aohura City without Mad Gear realizing it is a H.A.L.O jump," he said thoughtfully. Chun-Li blinked. "You've done those?" she said, surprise clear in her voice. Tatsumi nodded. "It's one way they'll never think to see people coming, and if I'm right... Alexis' powers will definitely help," he said with amusement.

Tatsumi sighed. "Unfortunately we don't have much time... Karin suspects they're going to try and head towards Tokyo.... to take over," he said coolly. He didn't like the idea himself, but he honestly felt torn himself; he wanted to help Batsu and Sakura, his old friends, but he also wanted to find his father in Charlotte, NC.

Tatsumi sighed. It was obvious she didn't like the idea any more than he did, and one thing he didn't like doing was dragging people around when they didn't need to be. A low chirp came from his phone as he got a message from Karin. His eyes narrowed at the picture of a brown haired guy he recognized as Daigo Kazama, a old rival of his. His fist clenched tightly. He could tell the guy had a broken jaw, probably a moderate concussion and, unless he was mistaken, more than a few broken bones.