Kagero gets a tip from Shadoloo henchman, Edge, as to where the now late Rick shipped the stolen tissue samples of her garou lover, Karen Donner. The indexed and numbered ova were divided into two main lots, and a small number of individual lots. Before his death, Rick lamented that his master scheme was being hijacked by others in Shadoloo, but managed to keep his talons on one of the main lots, hidden in a facility in Kabul, Afghanistan. The other main lot was sold to Wyn industries to raise cash, and the individual lots were scattered around the globe to various research geneticists. (Much to the dismay of the scientists, though, the nature of the garou cannot be explained by science alone. As such many of the individual lots were wasted.)
After a quick costume change so that the female members would not attract the attentions of the ruling Taliban party, our heroes head off in search. It is discovered that the Taliban are being partially financially backed by Shadoloo in exchange for security at the site. After breaking into the facility, the party is attacked by Taliban fighters guarding the complex. The party dispatches them and meets the obviously yet nonspecifically European mad scientist, Dr. Schaabs, who was running preliminary tests on the samples. Dr. Schaabs is forced to play his trump card and summons his two 15-foot tall hench-muppets, Bert and Ernie. Roy is taken out quickly and in his half awake state hears Dr. Schaabs cryptic line, "No, I am not in the thinking of that you in the suitableness will of the being be." The party only barely manages to stop the pair of muppet monsters when Sarah is forced to tap a portion of Miranda’s power to fire an energy beam that strips Ernie’s felt from his bones.
From their unusual first meeting (Alexi pulling Sarah from a wrecked car) to their peculiar courtship (Miranda’s Specter, Shadoloo’s perpetual forced recruitment attempts, the machinations of Gold Corp and Saki) to their curious engagement (in a temple at the Chaak with a pilfered conflict diamond ring), Sarah and Alexi have always stood by each other. Now in Sacramento they are getting married, again. They were wed in a small, but legally binding ceremony in Hong Kong some time ago. They figured that SOMEONE would attempt to stop the wedding, and they wanted insurance. Alexi and Sarah invite everyone they know with martial skills to the wedding, just in case Shadoloo tries something.
Scant hours before the wedding Roy meets a blind lady in a nearby café looking for the church. Her name is Katie Vick, and she is accompanying someone who has been invited.
Roy asks "who?"
And she replies, "His Name is Glenn, and he’s the strong silent type."
Shadoloo does indeed try something. A few revenants have infiltrated the catering staff and induce psychic rage on both the Bride and Groom with less than half an hour to ShowTime. Roy and Terry Bogard manage to quickly subdue Alexi with no small help from Alexi’s codger of a father, Stan. The Bridesmaids do not have nearly as much luck, despite the fact that Sarah unloads primarily on Alice Martin, Alexi’s kid sister and the only non-combatant in the room, paralyzing her with a diabolical nerve hold. Sarah is subdued, but not before Alice looses all feeling in her left arm. (This provides her with yet another reason not to trust street fighters.)
The ceremony began, with Yuki and Lillith being the flower girls (Well, Lillith was the de-flower girl) but Shadoloo was not done yet. During the ceremony the guests start getting agitated and violent. Shadoloo had psychic rage devices cunningly installed in statues of angels in the chapel, and those few with the willpower to resist the subtle effects were still caught up in the maelstrom that ensued. Shortly the guests has all beaten themselves down, leaving an eerie silence, which was shattered by the music of a single electric guitar. Several men all wearing black with the white letters "n.W.o." made their presence known.
The New World Order was back from the dead. Among their number was Paul "The Big Show" White a 7 foot 500 pound behemoth, Terminal, a 11 year old snake style chi-master prodigy wearing skull face paint. And Testament, a thin Japanese man with a raven perched on his shoulder and a wicked crystal scythe. (Testament would later be identified as a rogue member of the Yomi No Shinobi by both Shun and Oyuki, who were in attendance. Although they didn’t know how he could be still alive, Oyuki had frozen Testiemnt in a block of ice moments before Shun beheaded him years ago as punishment for his betrayal.) The three (Backed up by several thugs) made an enigmatic comment about their leadership being tied up outside due to the interference of a some woman, but they made their intentions quite clear: they were serving notice that Bison wanted the bride, and attempted to make good on it. After driving off the n.W.o. the wedding finally took place, and true love prevailed… for now.
(...and they got many wedding gifts because they invited every Street Fighter they knew. Though one weird gift had no "From" and was simply a toaster filled with crumbs of burnt toast. - T)
The newlywed’s honeymoon is cut short when they stumble onto a harebrained Shadoloo scheme concocted by Overlord Neumann. He has constructed a device to harness the power of the Caribbean sun to power his hyper death ray. He then proceeds to threaten the Emperor of Cleveland with "A Fate 20% worse than death." The party has trouble keeping a straight face through this. A Fight breaks out and Yuki saves the day when she runs to the Hyper Death ray and pulls the plug.
Kagero gets a message from Scott Kingsfield (See Antarctic antics) asking to meet her at Godfather’s Pizza in Lima Ohio. Upon arriving, she finds the vampiric pharmacist half heartedly munching on a deep dish pepperoni, sausage, and extra cheese pizza. Within the first 30 seconds, both ask the other why they wanted to meet. Realizing that this reeks of a setup, they bolt for the door and make it 20 feet out before the pizzeria goes up in a fireball. After they disappear before the fire department shows up, and Kingsfield revealed that among other things, various gang members are turning up dead, their bodies mutilated. Putting 2 and 2 together, they come up with the conclusion that Nerak is being field tested in Lima. With threat of a psychotic Garou and a mad bomber both on the loose, they decide to relocate someplace safer, 15 miles east, to Ada, Ohio. Ada, though small, is the local vampire prince’s seat of power, and as such safer.
Kingsfield reveals that he has data recovered from Antarctica and has had several months to sort it all out. He has made some interesting revelations and drawn a few conclusions based on that info plus what he has been able to siphon out of Dan. As proof he is not just full of hot air, Scott Kingsfield offers Kagero a timeline (See Timeline for details), and wants to know what the rest of the information is worth to her. She responds by offering him Roy’s wish from the Mayan gods he won at the Chaak with the promise that it will end his vampiric state. Although skeptical, Kingsfield tentatively agrees, and as a good faith gesture offers these two other bits of info. 1. A certain Lt. Richards was after the Antarctic data as well, and at least got some of it and she is most likely looking for the rest as well. 2. Alexia Ashford was not dying of a terminal disease, at least not in the normal sense. She had inflicted it upon herself, deliberately. Kingsfield claimed to know why, but that would cost her.