Street Fighter Wiki
Register
Advertisement

"In Search of A Friend" is the third chapter of Act One in A Shadow Falls.

Synopsis

Act1Ch3S1
Act/Chapter/Scene Act One, Chapter 3, Scene 1
Location Shadaloo Base at Night
Characters Rashid, Li-Fen, Shadaloo Soldiers

An aircraft descends toward the Shadaloo base. As the plane lands, a voice message plays from the phone of a socialite named Rashid. The mobile device plays back a message from Ken Masters to Karin Kanzuki; informing the recipient to watch over Mel and his wife with the incidents of the Black Moons occurring. Moments later, another voice message plays; reporting the success of his infiltration. However, as the infiltrator is about to update on the status of the disappearing hackers, Rashid ends the call.

Having previously knocking out a Low-Rank Shadaloo Soldier, he puts the phone in his backpack and pulls out a sun-shaped chess piece. While observing the item in his hand, the sound of footsteps recaptures his attention. While scouting on top of the wings of another aircraft, Rashid notices two cloaked soldiers escorting a frightened young girl who is carrying a tablet. Suddenly, he backflips off of the aircraft and blindsides the guard in the front with a kick to the back of the head; knocking him out cold and surprising the girl at the same time. Rashid confronts the second guard, unable to ignore someone in trouble.

  • FIGHT: AS-M vs. Rashid
    Rashid quickly takes down the remaining Shadaloo soldier to force him to release the girl. Despite his training, the guard is no match for Rashid's skill, acrobatics, and mastery over wind.
Act1Ch3S2
Act/Chapter/Scene Act One, Chapter 3, Scene 2
Location Shadaloo Base at Night
Characters Rashid, Li-Fen, AS-M

The remaining guard drops to his knees and loses consciousness. Rashid then approaches the frightened young girl, assuring her safety. He also promises her to escape with her, as soon as he takes care of some business. However, the girl steps back hesitantly; confused about Rashid's attempt to save her. Even when asked if the guards had captured her, she is still unsure. Realizing the awkwardness of the situation, Rashid changes the subject. He pulls out and shows her his cellphone, asking the girl if she has seen the person on the device. When she reacts with a frightened gasp, Rashid proceeds to ask of their whereabouts. Nervously, she points to an open entrance of the base. Rashid pauses and glances at the supposed location. Although he still doesn't understand her situation, he thanks her and plans to escape with her once he finishes. Rashid then heads toward the entrance, leaving the young girl behind.

Trivia

  • Rashid is the fifth character to be used in A Shadow Falls.
  • Throughout the story, the player faces a variety of Shadaloo soldiers. However, this is the only time an AS-M soldier appears as the opponent.

Scene 1

[Far from there, a jet-powered aircraft lands on a Shadaloo base. Voices can be heard.]

Cell Phone: You have new messages.

Ken: [over the phone] Hello, Miss Kanzuki. Did you watch the news about the Black Moons? Can you please watch over Eliza and Mel?

Male Voice: Status report: infiltration successful. Regarding the serial disappearance of the hackers...

[The phone is shown to belong to a young man clad in white, with marked Arabic features. He puts it away as it is revealed that he is perched on one of the wings of the aircraft. He then pulls out a small object, which looks like a chess pawn with a sun effigy at the top, when he sees a couple of Shadaloo officers, wearing pointed cloaks and skull masks, escorting a little Chinese girl into the base. The girl looks frightened as she clutches a tablet in her arms.]

Rashid: Ahhhh, crap!

[The young man acrobatically jumps down from the plane and confronts the guards, knocking one of them down with a kick.]

Rashid: I just can't ignore someone in distress.

AS-M vs. Rashid

  • Pre-fight (Rashid): "I suggest you release her."
  • At 50% health (Rashid): "Now."
  • At 25% health (Rashid): "Uh-oh."
  • Opp. 25% health (Rashid): "Better you give up now."
  • KO (Rashid): "Yes! Job well done!"

Scene 2

[After defeating the soldier, the socialite then walks towards the girl and crouches right before her, in an attempt to reassure her everything's alright.]

Rashid: It's OK, you're free now. We will get out of here right after I take care of some business... young lady.

[The girl simply steps back in fright, to his confusion.]

Li-Fen: ...You think you just saved me?

Rashid: What? Weren't you captured by those soldiers?

Li-Fen: Did it look like I was?

Rashid: This seems complicated. Hey little girl... have you seen this person?

[He shows his smartphone to her, who reacts in fright.]

Rashid: Bingo! Do you perhaps know where they are?

[Still fearful, the girl points towards the base entrance. There is a long silence as the man tries to understand why she is so scared.]

Rashid: Thank you. I don't get your situation, but let's escape together after this.

[He then dashes toward the base.]

Advertisement