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Alright!! Back with another chapter! I would appreciate comments in order to brush up my writing, since I haven't been updating in almost a year. Guess what!! There's gonna be a sequel to Kungfu Panda!! It's called Kungfu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom. Can't wait for it to come out... oh well! Let's get on with the story!
-Tigress' Dream-
The sky was gloomy, sending shivers down her spine. Tigress stood tall over a deep ridge, which was several miles deep in to the Tavan Bogd Mountains. A few kilmometres away from the dreaded Chor Gorm Prison. Dark memories flooded Tigress' mind as she realized where she was standing.
"Funny isn't, how coming back here would bring back such precious memories." a voice laughed from behind a rock.
Tigress snapped her head in the direction of the voice and quickly got into a fighting position. She growled in response to his voice, a mere warning for the owner of the voice to show himself.
"It's always a pleasure to meet you Master Tigress." A young panther stepped out from behind the rock.
In his hands, he had a boy caught by the collar. Tigress froze in shock as she realized who he was holding. A blue vest, black pants, a small necklace dangling from his neck. It was no mistaking it, it was Tiger. Tigress felt rage building in her, she lunged forward, only to fall face first in the ice cold snow beneath her feet. Looking, she found that her feet were frozen in place.
"It's no use Tigress," the panther sneered "You'll be unable to do anything, even if I do this!"
With a heave, he threw the young boy up into the air and gave a powerful punch as the boy flew back down. Tiger crashed into the rocky wall, coughing up blood.
"Hei Shang!" Tigress growled in anger, struggling to break free. However, the more she struggled, the tighter the ice became. She could only watch as Hei Shang thrashed Tiger, unable to do anything to defend himself.
Finally, Tigress found herself looking away from the scene. The ice had tightened around her legs to the point that she couldn't feel any thing below her knees. The temperature of the ice wasn't helping to ease her pain either. Tigress felt tears leaking from her sunset orbs, something that she hasn't done in years.
"No...stop it... leave him alone..." Tigress whispered, shaking in fear. She felt weak, letting her enemy get to her emotions.
Hei Shang grinned as he saw Tigress trembling. He laughed menacingly, as though signaling to the world that he had won. He resumed to torturing Tiger, who cried out in pain.
"T...T...Tigress!!" he cried out.
"No...it's not true... it's been 13 years... this is just a dream..." Tigress clenched her fist tightly to stop herself from shivering, but all efforts went to waste.
"Tiger... no... let him go... stop..." Tigress clamped her hands over her ears in an attempt to block out Hei Shang's horrible laughter as well as Tiger's screams.
"Please... just stop it..." Tigress thought "I can't take it..."
-End of Tigress' Dream-
Tigress woke up with a start, breathing heavily. She felt a hand ease her back down onto the mattress. She was still groggy, and everything was one big blur. A cool cloth was placed upon her forehead before she drifted back to sleep.
General Kim Guan growled as he rubbed his cheek. The feline had struck him across the cheek real hard when she woke up. It took all of his strength not to throttle her in a fit of rage. He had found the young tiger shivering in her tent early in the morning. He though it was because of the cold night air but when he tried to wake her, he found that she was running an extremely high fever. Staring at the young feline, the agile panther sat by the mattress. He began to wonder how the feline had gotten sick.
-Flashback-
He sat in the tree, watching as the young tiger smashed a hole in the roof with the fat blob of a panda. He chuckled and watched as the young tiger jumped into the room below and saw silhouettes hid himself as the young tiger trudged out from the room and laid down in the back yard. He watched her for a moment, before realizing that she was asleep. He felt sorry for her, but quickly suppressed it. It wasn't long before he saw her waking, completely drenched. She was muttering to herself and he decided to make his move.
Later...
He saw her again the next day, rain still pouring down over the small valley. She was fixing the roof, climbing in and out of the rafters, dust clinging onto her fur. She was shivering, and he noticed that the fat panda had been watching her. When the panda went back in, she fell. He winced as he heard the hard impact on the ground. He sighed and put on his fake personality and confronted her.
-Flashback End-
Kim Guan closed his eyes as he remembered everything. She was just like his daughter, carrying herself with pride and dignity, well versed in the martial arts.
"She would be 25 now..." Kim Guan muttered "It's been 17 years..."
-Flashback-
"Hua Seow? Kilia?" Kim Guan called for his wife and daughter. A strong stench of blood struck him as he walked into the livng room.
He stopped in terror as he saw the bloodied room. Blood was splattered everywhere, and two bodies lay in a heap. A female panther laid there, hands wrapped around a small girl, no more than 10 years old. Both had been killed by multiple stabs, a bloodied sword laid beside the two bodies in a blood of crimson blood.
"Hua Seow!" He cried, shaking his wife "Kilia..."
"They deserved to die. They were in the way. Without those two distracting you, you would be a much better general to me when I become king." A black panther stepped out from the shadows, clothes splattered in blood.
Years of experience told Kim Guan that offending the Crown Prince would be a grave mistake. Wiping his tears, he bowed deeply.
"Of course, Prince Hei Shang. Thank you for removing those distractions." Kim Guan spoke humbly
Hei Shang smirked "I'll allow you to hold a funeral for them. Nothing too grand. Don't want to make this too big of an affair."
With that he walked out of the room, leaving Kim Guan to grief over his loss and his growing hatred for Hei Shang.
-Flashback End-
Ever since then, Kim Guan has put on a facade, making people believe he was loyal to Hei Shang and has slowly gained a reputation for being the most ruthless general in the kingdom. Kim Guan harboured a deep hatred for Hei Shang, to the point where he even thought of rebelling and facing him one-on-one. He took another glance at the striped feline, painful memories of his daughter flooding his mind.
"I'll get Hei Shang..." Kim Guan thought angrily "I'll stop him from inflicting pain onto anyone else. even is I have to give up my life in the process."
Taking one last look at Tigress, Kim Guan stepped out of the tent, his facade up once again.
Coughing violently, Tiger tried to look for the source of the sleeping gas in the cell. Viper had already succumbed to the gas after inhaling it. It was a really strong gas. Even Tiger had difficulty trying to say awake. With a violent stumble forward, Tiger crashed down onto the unrelenting stone floor of him cell, coughing. His vision started to blur and within seconds, Tiger had also fallen victim to the gas.
A few minutes later, 5 soldiers entered to cell, each wearing a mask to protect them from the gas. 4 of the the soldiers grabbed Tiger and the last soldier grabbed Viper. They dragged the two of them down a long damp corridor, throwing them into a room. The room was 100 times bigger than the cell they were in, the walls and flooring coated with metal. A large barred archway was at the other end of the room. 2 glowing red eyes stared out from within the barred archway. eying the 2 unconscious prisoners on the cold floor.
-In the throne room-
"All preparations are ready Your Majesty" a soldier bowed humbly before Hei Shang.
"Good... Good..." Hei Shang laughed evilly "We'll start at dawn tomorrow. Let's see how long they last."
That's it for this chapter!
Look forward to the next one!