Chapter 7: Battle with the Behemoth
Tigress's eyes widened as the tentacle shot at her. She managed to twist out of the way but the tentacle hit a glancing blow, it hit the amulet around her neck. The amulet seemed to fall in slow motion as it hit the ground and shattered. Tigress and the others could only watch in horror as it broke. The monster saw that tigress was distracted and gave a powerful tug on the tentacle which surprised tigress and pulled her away from the building.
"oh that's not good." Monkey said as he, viper and mantis grabbed tigress and tried to pull her away from the acidic stomach-like thing on the monster. They weren't as strong as the monster was, and it pulled tigress into the stomach-like sac. Tigress could only scream in pain as she felt an excruciating pain enveloping the front side of her body. It felt like the front of her body was on fire and that she was being stabbed with white-hot knives on every inch of her body.
"TIGRESS!" Viper shouted as she tried to free her from the monster, but she was forced to move out of the way as more tentacles shot at her and the others. The others were watching in horror at what they thought would've killed Tigress when she fell to the ground with multiple severed tentacles hitting the ground next to her. The others looked around as the monster looked for it's attacker.
"I swear, if I had a yen for every time I saved you guys…" A voice came from on top of a nearby building.
"Bryan? Is that you?" Mantis asked.
"Yea, seriously, did you even have to ask?" Bryan said.
"Where is the hole you pests keep crawling out of?" The Behemoth said.
"This is the second monster we've had to fight in the last 20 minutes. WHEN DO WE GET A BREAK?" Po asked.
"Now we need to deal with another monster who hurts innocent people." Bryan said.
"Oh please, everyone always gets mad about the innocent people. I used to let them live, but they all grew up to seek revenge. I took that privilege away, but then who became the bad guy." The Behemoth said.
"You, you do." Bryan said.
"That was a rhetorical question." The Behemoth said.
"and I gave you a rhetorical answer." Bryan replied.
"What happened to Bryan? He isn't acting like how he usually is." Tigress asked Po as she struggled to stand up.
"Oh, Progenitus hit him with some weird beam and scrambled his brain. We don't know when it'll wear off. It's been affecting his fighting." Po explained to the other.
"Ok, I guess that makes sen-woah whoa whoa whoa wait… I thought Progenitus wasn't supposed to rise for 4 more days." Mantis said.
"I'll explain later. Right now we need to finish off this behemoth." Crane said.
"I'm not sure how much help I'll be. That monster smashed the amulet that Bryan gave me. That amulet gave me the power to use my energy as the blasts like he could." Tigress replied.
"That amulet tapped deeper into your strength. You should still be able to do it. Take 5 and practice, you should be back to fighting condition soon." Bryan said.
"I'm done waiting." The Behemoth said as it opened it's mouth and sent a large blast of energy towards the group. They all scattered in different directions.
"Hey you!" The monster shouted at Bryan. "I'm going to introduce you to a friend."The behemoth picked up a large house. "Meet General Mansion!"
"What are you going on abo-(He was cut off as the house hit him.)"
"You see? That is just a taste of my power!" The behemoth said. He laughed a bit before Bryan walked out the door of the house.
"What the heck was that?" Bryan asked.
"That… was supposed to crush you." The Behemoth said. It only could stare for a few seconds before it was hit in the back of the head by Crane and Po. The Behemoth stumbled forward before Bryan delivered a powerful side kick to it's head which sent it into a building. Bryan then fired multiple blasts into the building.
"Did we get him?" Po asked.
"Po we can sense his energy, why do you bother asking?" Crane said.
"I'm an optimist" He replied.
"You're an idiot!" Tigress shouted from the side.
"You're both wrong, you're dead!" The behemoth said as it reappeared behind them. It punched Po into a wall and it sent a kick at Bryan but he managed to block it with one hand as he sent a blast to the monster's face with the other. The monster stumbled before it was hit by monkey and mantis from behind which sent it forward again as Bryan sent a roundhouse kick into it's jaw which sent it to the side. The monster took a powerful swing at Bryan who dodged but the punch hit monkey and mantis instead which sent them back.
The monster then charged at Bryan but it didn't even get halfway before a large green blast sent it into a building. Bryan looked over to see tigress standing to the side.
"That was for before." Tigress said.
"Looks like you got the hang of it. I think the brain waves are starting to wear off on me." Bryan said.
"I'm starting to, this feels just like before, except I don't have to wear jewelry." Tigress said.
"You're all just so eager to die, aren't you?" The behemoth shouted as it swatted an attacking viper and crane aside. "All you had to do was ask!"
"Let's have some fun." Tigress told Bryan. Tigress ran to the left of the monster and Bryan ran to the right. The Behemoth shot multiple beams from it's eyes at them but Tigress and Bryan remained one step ahead of the attack. Tigress sent a knee to the monster's side as Bryan sent a kick to it's head. Bryan grabbed the monster's side and spun it around right into a kick from tigress to give it extra power. Bryan then grabbed the monster's head and did a flip in midair while holding the monster's head and let go in mid flip to throw in at a building about 200 meters away.
"It's official, we make the best team." Bryan said to tigress.
The monster sent a powerful punch at Bryan who wasn't able to get out of the way and he was sent into a building. Tigress took a strong kick to the face which sent her to the ground too. Po then kicked the Behemoth in the eye again which sent it back even further. Then Viper hit it in the stomach as monkey hit it the back of the neck. The Behemoth doubled over as Tigress sent a powerful energy blast into it's other eye.
"GAAAH! THE EYE! WHY IS IT ALWAYS THE EYE?" The behemoth roared as it sent an extremely large blast out of it's mouth which sent the entire group back into a building. Tigress did a back flip and caught the monster's chin under her foot which sent it back a few feet before a blast from Bryan sent it to the ground.
The Behemoth staggered to it's feet as it felt something behind it, it turned around to see that Bryan had grabbed it's tail. Bryan flew into the air, bringing the monster with him as he spun the Behemoth around. He began to swing it faster and faster until he let go and he threw it at the ground at a high speed. The Behemoth then turned to smoke and reformed behind Bryan as it punched him into the ground. The Behemoth turned to smoke again and reformed behind Tigress as it punched her into a building.
"I didn't know it could do that." Bryan said to himself. He felt dizzy all of a sudden but then everything became clear. "The brain waves wore off!" He said to himself. He turned towards the monster and concentrated. 'This ends now!' He thought to himself.
The Behemoth had just sent Tigress into a building when it heard some shouting behind it. It saw Bryan with a blue aura of power radiating from him. The Behemoth knew that Bryan wasn't going to mess around now that the Brain waves wore off. Bryan flew at the monster again, It sent a punch his way but he flew beneath is and once he got close he started throwing punches and kicks into the monster's stomach and chest. Each punch left a dent in the monster, and the monster shot multiple blasts into the air which rained down on Bryan and the Behemoth. Bryan dodged them and came through the smoke the blasts created and sent a powerful punch into the monster's chest. The other warriors watched in awe as the monster flew out of the top of the smoke and Bryan flew up high above the monster. He charged a bit of lightning in his hand and he landed a super powerful punch to the Behemoth's chest which caused it's back to bulge due to the force of the punch and the monster hit the ground. Bryan then charged two large blue balls of energy in his hands and instead if firing them, he flew down towards the Behemoth. He pushed them into the Behemoth and pushed it's face in before he fired them and blue energy ripped through the behemoth and it fell to the ground as Bryan did a few flips to regain balance as he landed on the ground. He watched the monster's hand rise and fall as it hit the ground, lifeless. Bryan gave a small smile knowing that the Battle had been won.
"Wow, you weren't messing around." Po said.
"Yep, you got the old me back." Bryan said. Then a sandstorm whipped up and it encased the monster. Bryan flew up and looked down towards the monster in the middle. Bryan saw the monster shrink down and appeared to be transforming. As it transformed into a smaller shape, Bryan easily could tell what the monster was turning into.
"Shiru." Bryan said as the monster transformed in the cloud. It turned into the small monster with purple skin. Shiru saw that Bryan had seen him and he ran out of sight. 'It doesn't matter. I know who he is now. He knows that now I'm coming for him.' Bryan thought to himself.
"Man, what was that thing?" Po asked.
"It was Shiru." Bryan said.
"What? You're sure?" Viper asked.
"I'd have a hard time forgetting purple skin and pointy ears." Bryan pointed out.
"Yea, it pretended to be a bunny when we met him at first." Crane mentioned.
"So, who's ready for the shadow temple?" Bryan asked.
"NOT ME!" the others shouted as they took a few steps back.
"Oh please, how bad can it be?" Bryan asked.
"Well you should ask Master Charging Elephant." Viper said.
"But you can't." Mantis added.
"because he's dead." Tigress added.
"Well I'm not an elephant. We can head out in an hour." Bryan said.
Meanwhile at the jade palace…
"Renisham, can you tell me what's going on?" Shifu asked.
"The warriors have destroyed two seeds, they know that to turn off the shield for the third seed they must travel through the shadow temple." Renisham said as he meditated. "What exactly is the shadow temple?"
"Supposedly it's a labyrinth filled with horrors you can't even dream of." Shifu said. "I've never been there personally; I hoped to stay away from it."
"Looks like the warriors will have their hands full." Renisham said.
Later, just north of the town the group was at…
"It's time guys, you ready?" Bryan asked.
"Physically, yes. Mentally, no." Tigress said.
"Ok guys, start worrying. When tigress is nervous about something it is WORTH worrying about." Bryan said as they headed north.
Soon they came to a weird stone building that seemed to be really small. It was made of stone and was really small.
"This is it." Tigress said.
"It's not as bad as I thought it would be." Viper said.
"It's not just that." Bryan said. "It's got a larger section underneath the ground. I'm guessing that's what the labyrinth is."
"It has some sort of writing on the wall. It says that it's the… rules." Tigress said.
"It says, "For those who dare challenge the shadow temple must follow these rules and know these little features. Only up to 2 may enter the temple at a time. Those 2 must not only navigate through the puzzle and avoid the monsters. But they will need to go through something that can also be even more terrifying. At the end you will find the switch to turn off the shield of the last seed, forever. And a few more things, it may not always be dark but stay out of the dark, and light in the dark may be good but it will be sure to attract attention." Bryan read from the stone.
"So only 2 can go in? Who would that be?" Mantis asked.
"I know I should go in, I would have a better chance." Bryan said.
"Me too, I would stand a better chance than the others." Tigress said.
"Ok, we will wait out here." Po said.
"Tigress, I'm not sure if we'll be able to leave after we enter until we finish. Are you ready?" Bryan asked tigress.
"Yes. Guys, wait here until we come out, if we come out." Tigress said to the others.
Bryan and Tigress entered the temple and stepped inside the first room. It was near pitch black, Bryan could barely on the ground there was a piece of paper, Bryan picked it up, it had words on it.
"What does it say?" Tigress whispered.
"It says, 'If you are reading this, get out now.'" As Bryan said it, the temple began to rumble and shake.
"You have no idea what you've gotten into." A rasped voice said from the darkness.
Meanwhile on the outside…
"What's happening to the temple?" Po asked.
The temple shot into the air from the ground. It looked like a giant rubix cube that kept moving and twisting. It remained hovering in the air, the sheer size was amazing on how big it was.
"I really wouldn't want to be in there right now." Viper said.
"I can only imagine what's going on inside." Po said.
I decided to get this chapter up quicker. There might be a few horror moments in the next chapter but I'm sure you can handle them.
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