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	Learning Something New about Yourself
	Chapter 3: Stupid Decisions
	A Street Fighter Fanfic
	Written by Jenny 'Android18' Chan
	android18@hotmail.com
	www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Pagoda/4071/index.html
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	Cammy lay in her bed, hands behind her head, apparently
deep in thought. Presently, she sat up, and switched on a lamp,
and looked at a clock. 
	It stated that it was 4:00. That was about the same time 
one, James Bond usually left a lady friend's living quarters to 
go back to his own to avoid the glare of some superiors.
	Cammy when into her closet, and began digging through
assorted clothing. 
	She threw some clothing on to her bed, and then threw a
large duffel bag on top of the clothing. She continued digging
through her closet until she found a small black box. Breaking
it open, she pulled out many fists full of bills, and stuffed
them into her pocket.
	After putting all her clothes into the bag, she hastily
scribbled a note and left it on her night table.
	Then, she left her living quarters, a look of determination
on her face.

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	James was walking aimlessly around the hallways when he
felt someone tap him on his shoulder from behind. Twirling
around, he only let his guard down, when he saw Cammy looking up
at him, smiling innocently.
	"Hi Bond," Cammy said with forced cheer.
	"Well if it isn't the World Street Fighting Champion! What
can I do for you, Cammy?"
	Cammy grinned. "Do you have the phone/lie detector on you
at the moment? I want to see it, please."
	James smiled, and brought it out of his pocket. "Since
when did you develop a thing for gadgets?" James handed it over
to Cammy and showed her how to work it.
	"This little thing is already out of date! Q made one that
can control a car!"
	Cammy nodded, satisfied with the phone. She held it, then
looked up at James again. "Can you help me with something else?"
She asked.
	"Anything."
	"Promise not to hate me," Cammy said quietly.
	James looked at her questioningly, and for the first time,
saw that her apparent cheerfulness was all an acted. While he
was realizing this, Cammy took the advantage, and dropped to the
ground.
	"Cannon drill!!" She cried, knocking James off balance. The
special agent flailed his limbs about for a moment, but Cammy was
on her feet again already. Grabbing James by his shirt, she
jumped over him, then hefted him over her, slamming him into the
ground, head first.
	James Bond was down for the night.
	"I'm sorry," Cammy whispered, before running off in a 
random direction.

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	The members of a certain British Intelligence Military
center were given a rude wake up call in the form of a helicopter
being stolen.
	Smiles found herself standing beside her team mates, Bull,
Stick and Shorty while a stern Lieutenant glared at them.
	"Smiles!!" Lieut. barked, "where is your team leader?!"
	"Sir! Cammy was not found in her living quarters this
morning, sir!"
	Lieut. considered this for a moment, before asking, "Do you
know where she is?!"
	"Sir! I do not know where she is, sir! Sorry sir!"
	Smiles felt her team braced themselves for a royal chewing
out, but it never came.
	Lieut. instead, gave a defeated sigh, shoulders slumped. 
"Normally, Cammy running off in the middle of the night would not
have me so agitated. But why the hell did she take a helicopter
this time?!" 
	Smiles, sensing that the conversation had become informal,
decided not to call her superior, 'sir'. "I don't know. But,
I found a note on her table this morning." Smiles handed Lieut.
the note, who skimmed it over.

	Smiles,
		I'm really sorry about all this, girlfriend, but I
just have to get some answers. Some dreams I've been having are
really getting to me, and I think I'm close to the truth. I'll
tell ya more once I get back.
							-Cammy

	Lieut. looked it over. "Thank you Smiles." He said. 
"Dismissed."
	Lieut. took the note from Smiles and was going to walk away, 
but stopped. Smiles looked over his shoulder, and saw that Agent 
Bond, was being carried in, with an ice pack on his forehead, a 
beautiful shiner around his left eye.
	"Bond!!" Smiles cried, running up to him, "what happened
to you?"
	James groaned, "Cammy... I showed her my new toy... then
she took it, and knocked me out... Owowowowow..." 
	James was taken away from her, and Smiles decided to just
walk around, and think things through a little bit, when she saw
their Interpol guest, Chun-li, leaning against a wall, deep in
thought.
	Smiles went up to Chun-li and snapped her fingers in front
of her. "Hey. What are you doing here? Noting down the 
pandemonium British Intelligence has to report back to Interpol?"
Smiles teased.
	Chun-li shook her head. "I was wondering why our friend,
Cammy would do all this," she replied. "It has me... rather
confused. What did she do?"
	"Took off in the middle of the night, attacked an agent,
stole government property, and an experimental project." Smiles
answered, shrugging.
	Chun-li blinked and looked at Smiles. "Does this happen
often?" 
	"Well, not often," Smiles admitted, "but this isn't the
first time Cammy ran off without telling anyone. Usually however,
it's at LEAST a couple of months in between. She already ran off
yesterday in her jeep. She's never taken Buzz before."
	Chun-li raised an eyebrow. "Buzz?" She asked.
	"That's the name we gave our chopper," Smiles answered.
	Chun-li nodded, understanding. Then, her watch beeped.
"Aw, I have to get to the airport in an hour." She realized. She
looked at Smiles. "Well, it's been a pleasure meeting you, 
Smiles. I'll look you up again when I'm in the area."
	Smiles waved as Chun-li turned and left. "Bye! And don't
tell Interpol what happened here! I was joking about that! 
Really!"

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	Cammy looked down at the earth and took a deep breathe.
By her estimate, she should be closing in on Thailand in a few
hours. Right now she was somewhere over Burma. That meant she
would have to ditch 'Buzz' right about now.
	Manipulating the throttle expertly, Cammy lowered over a
city and scanned it over until she saw a rather large parking
lot. It was the middle of the night, so there weren't any cars.
	Cammy dove for the parking lot and landed in the middle
of the lot without any problems.
	As the helicopter landed, several lights came on in 
nearby houses as the landing woke up the neighbors.
	Cammy poked her head out of the door and saw that no
angry locals had made their ways out of their homes yet, so she
jumped out of the copter, swung her bag over one shoulder, and
hightailed it to some nearby trees.

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	Smiles blinked the sleep out of her eyes when she felt
Bull nudge her slightly. She quickly straightened up when she
saw Lieut. glare at her team with a critical eye.
	"Smiles!" Lieut. barked.
	"Sir yes sir!"
	"We have found Buzz!"
	Smiles's eyes went wide. "Sir! Where was the helicopter
located, sir?!"
	"A parking lot in Tavoy, Burma. Cammy has not been seen
yet, but the Burmese government believe that she is still in the
country, as she has not been seen leaving Burma."
	Lieut. gave a pause before giving the team their mission.
"Your job, is to assist the Burmese police in apprehending
Cammy White and bring her back here! Understand?!"
	"Yes Sir!!" The entire team shouted.
	"Dismissed!"
	The entire team turned and marched out of Lieut.'s room.
As soon as they were out, the visibly tensed up instead of
relaxing.
	"Why is Cammy in Burma?" Bull asked.
	Shorty and Stick both shrugged their shoulders. "How 
are we suppose to find Cammy?" Stick asked. "She can be damn
near invisible when she wants to be!" 
	"The thing I want to know is if we should even find
her!" Shorty said. "Her punishment will be harsh if we bring
her in where as it'll be lighter if she comes back herself."
	The three men turned to look at Smiles for her input.
For her part, Smiles was rather thoughtful. "I think everything
will work itself out when we get to Burma." She said.
	She turned and walked off. The three men looked at
each other, shrugged, before following their commander.

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	Cammy sneezed and rubbed her nose. ~Someone's talking
about me,~ she thought to herself. ~Oh well, they probably found
Buzz and thought they'll find me soon.~
	Cammy grinned to herself. ~They're probably think I'm
still in Burma. Ha! It was so easy to get past the border. Jump
over a fence and viola!"
	Suddenly, Cammy heard a rustle and instantly stopped
thinking as she flattened herself against the ground.  She 
stayed like that for a full 15 minutes before she was positive
that no one was there. 
	Drawing her self upwards until she was squatting, Cammy
made her way silently through the forest. 
	When she was out of the area, a security camera rose
out of the ground a few scant feet away from where she had
been lying.
	It surveyed the area, then looked in the direction
where Cammy had gone and stayed there for a few minutes before
sinking into the ground again.

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	Cammy looked around her destination, Bangkok and decided
that it looked pretty much the same as the last she had been
here: when she had beaten Bison.
	It had been a few days since she had ditched Buzz and she
had walked around the city for a few hours. She was vaguely 
surprised that none of the citizens recognized her as the World
Champion, even though many people were still talking about the
fight. 
	Of course, the last time the locals had seen her, she was
in a green body suit, a red barrette, and combat boots.
	Now, she looked like any other tourist with a camera
around her neck, wearing shorts and a sleeveless T-shirt. There
were sun glasses on her face, and her hair were out of their
trademark braids. She had somehow managed to tuck every piece
of blonde hair into a large baggy hat on her head.
	She made her way to the plaza where she had fought Bison
and oohed and ahhed at the right times when a local came up to
her and told her how a small female had defeated the almighty
Master Bison right where she stood.
	Suddenly, the local shut up and looked up when someone's
shadow fell over him. He gulped, turned, and ran.
	Cammy turned around, and looked up. Her eyes narrowed
behind her glasses, and her lips tightened.
	The handsome man smiled down at her as he brushed a piece
of brown hair that had come loose from his braid out of his face.
	He was wearing a suit, but the blistering heat didn't
seem to bother him. "It is always a pleasure to see you, Miss
Cammy." He greeted in a pleasant voice. "Allow me to buy you
dinner?"
	Cammy swallowed. Only her eyes betrayed the anger she
was feeling on the inside, but her sun glasses managed to
hide that. "I would rather starve than eat food you bought me."
She replied in a cool voice. "I'd probably live longer.
	A flicker of anger danced across the man's eyes, but
he smiled none the less. "My dear Cammy. Surely you didn't come
all the way to Thailand, just to insult me!"
	Cammy pulled her sunglasses down to the tip of her
nose so she could glare at the man. "If you want to help me,
just bring me to your boss."
	The man smiled, but it wasn't a nice little smile
anymore. There was a predatory leer on his face. "Master Bison
knew you would come. That is why he sent me to come welcome 
you! He told me to make sure you were comfortable before I
brought you to him." 
	The man reached a hand up and stroked Cammy's cheek. 
Cammy clenched her fists and fought down the urge to attack
in response.
	The man chuckled. "My my, you're so tense! Not
comfortable at all. Come with me Cammy. I'll get you some new
clothes, a nice dinner, make sure you're all happy before we
go see Master Bison, Okay?"
	Cammy was silent. She studied this man before her 
intently for a few minutes before biting her lip. ~I'm playing
into a trap.~ Cammy thought to herself. ~But what else can I
do?~
	"Well?"
	"Alright." Cammy grumbled. "But you have to bring me
to Bison afterwards."
	"Of course." The man smiled again, and offered Cammy
his arm. Cammy looked at the offending limb for a few moments
before taking it.
	They walked silently for a few blocks before Cammy
broke the silence. She looked at the man beside her out of the
corner of her eyes.
	"So where's your mask?"
	The man laughed. "I only wear that thing while fighting
to protect my beautiful face. I don't think I'll be fighting
you today, so I didn't see any reason to wear it." The man
looked at Cammy, a smug look on his face. "Besides, how am I
suppose to get a cute, young lady like you to accompany me
for dinner without showing you my charming smile?"
	Cammy moved her eyes to look forward again. "You are
such a peacock, Vega. You know that?"
	Vega smiled. "You're just jealous."

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