We have now come to the point where Max finally meets his birth father...in 5 years.


Chapter 7: Face to Face

Nightfall comes around and Shiang Zhi and the rest of the clouded leopards made their way back the killer assassin tiger to show him the target he's been getting and Shiang felt like he had done his part to capture the little tiger cub...though he had no idea that the young grey wolf put up a good fight to protect him.

"Hey, Shiang...you better do something about this kid. He just won't shut up." one clouded leopard complained.

"You have no right to do this to me! Let me go!" Max protested.

Shiang could hear Max's cries of protest and struggling to get free and it annoyed him a lot and in response, he walks over to the bag where he's in and said, "Say one more word and I will slice off your legs. Just shut up."

"You can't tell me to shut up!" Max shouted.

"I'm telling you now! You want me to pound you until you can't move?!" Shiang screamed.

That made Max be quiet after that and Shiang lets out an angry sigh of relief and told the other leopards, "Make sure he doesn't escape."

One clouded leopard lets out an exhale and he said, "At least that little maggot didn't claw you in the face. He put up a good fight."

Another leopard looks at him with a very confused yet annoyed look and saud, "How could a little brat fight you off? He's only a kid. Don't you know that kids are known for pissing their pants?"

"Well, I pissed mine after he clawed me."

Shiang looks over at the clouded leopards and he said, "Quiet. The sooner we get back to my dad, the more chance we'll have to let him do whatever."

Later that night

The same deranged murderous white tiger comes in with a knife in his hand, looking at every rhino guard to search him down and he loves the fact that they fear him because they don't know when he'll strike, but he does. He lets out a chuckle and said, "My two prey...one that tried to place in death row at Chor-Gom Prison. They are about to get theirs."

He slowly crept down under the bushes and waited for the perfect time to strike and as he swooped down to the ground, he kept them under the element of surprise while letting out a very devious smirk in his face looking over them.

Three rhino guards were on the hunt looking for this notorious tiger killer and they had to be extra cautious because this guy is a super deranged murderer with a very scary reputation and an appetite for revenge. One rhino guard could sense that something was up and that it was possible that his prescence is very near and slowly walks up to find who it was.

He wielded out his sword and kept himself in check and when he jumped out to strike, no one was there. That's the thing that almost made him aware that he's around here somewhere. Another rhino guard came towards him and asked, "See something?"

"He's around here somewhere. I may not know where, but I can feel it." the rhino guard answered.

Just when they were about to head back to their post, they heard screaming from a further distance and they both ran by to see what's happening and what met their eyes is one of the rhino guards getting slaughtered.

"You!"

The murder tiger turns around and sees them standing there and with blood all over his hands, he lets out a smirk and said, "Long time no see."

"Xiaoshin...this ends now!"

Xiaoshin brings forth his dagger and looks at them in the eyes and replied, "Or...it ends for you."

The rhino guards were ready for a fight and as they charged him, Xiaoshin beat the living mess out of them and a big fight ensues between the two of them and it seems as though the rhino guards were struggling to defeat this tiger assassinator because he's the strongest one of the bunch, but what happened next was far more horrifying. As the rhino guard planned to handcuff him, Xiaoshin turns around and stabs him straight in the stomach and slicing his head off, leaving the other rhino guard looking on in horror.

Xiaoshin looks on to see the other rhino guard trembling in horror and fear and he wasted no words as he went forth and sliced, scratched and bludgeoned him to death, leaving behind pieces of their body parts sliced in pieces and him consuming their flesh.

After this, Xiaoshin walks away from the carnage with blood splatter and heads back to his home, deeply awaiting for Shiang Zhi's return home and he said to himself, "I can't wait to see my victim."

15 minutes later...

Shiang Zhi made it back with the other clouded leopards still holding the bag while most tried to contain Max under control and as soon as he faced his father, he lets out a deep breath and comes in the room and said, "Dad...I'm back."

"Did you get...him?" asked Xiaoshin.

"Right here."

The clouded leopards threw the bag down to the ground and out comes Max, who just fell to the ground with a few scrapes on him and he said, "I'm getting out of here!"

Before he could do that, Xiaoshin grabs him by the tail and faces him directly to his eye and he said, "Maximus...it's been a long time."

Max struggles to set himself free, but Xiaoshin's grip became stronger as he grabbed Max by the stomach and he asked, "Who are you? Why did these freaks bring me here?"

"Maximus...I am deeply hurt. Is this the kind of hello you gave...your father?" Xiaoshin asked, in a menacing voice.

Max looks at him with a hint of fear in his eyes to know that he's meeting his birth father for the first time and he thought he was dead or somewhere else, but to know that he is alive...sends painful memories of abuse that he had endured by him in his early childhood.

"Father? No...no...no!" Max screamed.

Xiaoshin shoved Max to the wall with his paws on his shoulders and said, "You have made my life miserable with your mother! All those years I had to endure you in our lives and those memories of you are too haunting! And I want it gone...starting with you."

As soon as he said that, he stuck out his dagger and brought it closer to Max's throat and he said, "5 years...5 whole years you've given me nothing but misery and now it's time I did the favor."

"Why me?" asked Max, in a scared tone.

"Maximus...if I had told you, you still wouldn't understand. But all I can tell you...is that I will make your life as miserable as the one you put me in." Xiaoshin said.

Then, he shoved Max down to the ground and that was enough to send Max running out, but the clouded leopards pummeled him down to the ground and one even planned to stab Max in the back if he was gonna move. Max was just crying and screaming hysterically, begging them to let him go.

"You idiots! Don't kill him yet! Wait until I do!" Xiaoshin shouted.

"But boss..."

Xiaoshin came towards the leopard that wanted to stab Max if he escaped and brought in a mace to his head and he said, "No one kills the cub but me! And I will kill him as soon as I bring in a plan!"

"So...what do we do with him?" asked one clouded leopard.

"Place him in my torture room for the time being." Xiaoshin answered.

"Torture room?!" Max shouted.

Immediately, the clouded leopard army dragged him to the dark room and Max refused to let them do this, but the leopards could care less because they wanted to see him get killed.

"Help! I don't wanna go!" Max screamed, kicking his feet at them.

Xiaoshin looks over Shiang Zhi and he lets out a smirk at him and said, "Good work, son. In a few days...he'll be out of our lives soon enough. Your half-brother will be gone...forever."

As soon as the words half-brother came out of Xiaoshin's mouth, Shaing Zhi became surprised, shocked and all-around disturbed that this was his half-brother. He had no idea he had one and it just came totally out of the blue and he wanted to ask him, but Xiaoshin was already gone...leaving him to wonder why would he do this.

'My half-brother?' thought Shaing Zhi.


Thought I should leave it like that for now...because I'm mischievous like that. (evil laugh) Stay tuned for more!~