The Dragon Warrior Blues
Session #10 Toys in the Attic
Travel Log 6968. Empty time, it sounds good to call bounty hunting freelance work. But all that really means is that we're self-employed. So when there's no-one to hunt, then we have nothing. Nothing to do, nothing to live on and most importantly, to some people at least...nothing to eat. Well, that's all part of the life that we have chosen, our destiny if you like. But when you're out of money, you start thinking of ways in which you can get some quick cash.
Ping out.
It didn't remember how it was born or where it had journeying from. All it knew was that it needed flesh to satiate itself. Over the past few days it had gotten some small animals and some vegetation, but now it craved something larger. In a clearing was a large wagon sitting by itself. It didn't know what kind of hellish demons lived inside of it, so it would bind it's time and wait for a weak spot to make itself known.
Tigress and Ping sat opposite each other at the small table in the 'Bebop'. Ping was stripped down to some white briefs and with gritted teeth kept his gaze on his opponent. Tigress had all of her clothes but was wearing a self-satisfied smirk instead, in one hand was a small cup, in the other were two die.
"You're fine with both of these now right?" She asked mockingly. Ping ignored her and exasperatingly weighed up his chances. Tigress threw the dice into the cup and then slammed it down onto the table upside down which concealed the dice inside.
Ping took a deep breath and calmly said, "Even." Tigress tilted her head slightly in amusement, "You're going with even" she lightly challenged. Ping reacted badly to her jibe, "N-no! Make it odd!" He demanded.
"Odd? You're sure" She replied in the same mocking tone. Ping nodded happily, "Yes, I'm sure." Tigress shifted in her seat slightly and then lifted up the cup to reveal two ones, Ping's expression dropped like a rock. "Oops, snake eyes" she said smugly.
Ping quietly stood up, raised his fist to the gods and yelled out loud "NOOOOOOOO!"
Tigress leaned back in her seat. "I'd actually prefer payment in cash this time" she said while pointing at all of Ping's possessions that he'd given to her as stakes in their little game. "I'm not a pawn shop y'know."
"Well Ping?"
A shadow fell across the goose's face. "A man always keeps his word" he said ominously.
At that moment Po walked into the cabin brandishing some noodles he'd just cooked. "Hey guys, what are you do-" Ping threw his briefs off of his body and walked straight outside of the 'Bebop' apparently very confident in his now naked body.
Po blinked dumbly for a second. "That's alright Ping! I didn't want to sleep tonight anyway!" He poked his head outside of the cabin towards the retreating goose, "This is why I told you not to play against her! It was for my sake as much as yours!" Po stepped back inside of the cabin and looked down at his noodles which now had an added ingredient in them.
Ping's briefs.
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Lesson #1
Ping stomped towards a chest where he hoped he had some spare clothes to use.
People were meant to work and sweat in order to make a living. Those who try to get rich quick, or live at the expense of others all get divine retribution somewhere along the line. That's the lesson. Unfortunately we quickly forget the lessons we've learned and then we have to learn them all over again.
All Ping could find was a long bathing towel and another pair of briefs. It was at this point the goose regretted his very simple desires in terms of fashion. He quickly put them on and shivered as a cold breeze blew through him.
"Damn that cunning cat! How does she keep winning!?"
Ping froze when he felt a pair of eyes on him, his old training kicked in and he began to subtly survey his surroundings as he pretended to clean up the mess he had made with his clothes. On the treeline near him he could see something just barely out of the corner of his eye. Ping began to slowly make his way over wishing it was just some kind of lost animal or someone who just really admired him in some briefs and a towel.
Lesson #2
Survival of the fittest is the law of nature. We deceive or we are deceived. Thus we flourish or we perish. Nothing good ever happened to me while I trusted others.
That is the lesson.
Po looked at Tigress who was figuratively rolling around on the ground at this point. Po threw his bowl contents outside and took the seat where Ping had been sitting. "So, how much did you swindle?" He asked with a hint of amusement. Tigress composed herself and replied "Be careful using that word panda, it could seriously damage my reputation. He just had a run of bad luck, that's all."
Po smirked, looked under the table and nudged her leg with his foot, this made the dice move on the table and become an odd number. "You sure he just didn't know about this?" He asked.
Tigress admired his tenacity and observation but didn't let him see it. "That's part of the skill of the game" she scoffed arrogantly. Po frowned softly and leaned back in his chair, "You could've at least given some of his clothes back, if he doesn't have any he'll have to go into a town like that."
Tigress shrugged, "Maybe. Or I could just rent them to him."
Po stifled a laugh and forced an eyebrow to go up "That's pretty greedy."
The tiger shrugged again, the gambler coming out of her in those moments "I prefer to think of it as enterprising."
"AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Po and Tigress shot up out of their chairs. "That sounded like Ping!" Tigress said, both Po and her jumped out of the 'Bebop' and made a beeline towards where they had heard it from.
In the distance they saw Ping sitting on the ground, as they got closer they saw his pained expression and although they would never admit it out loud to anyone not least their selves, they were worried.
"Hey what happened!?" asked Po as he knelt down next to Ping and offered him a hand up. Ping grunted, accepted Po's outstretched paw and got up. "Something bit me" Ping grunted through gritted teeth, the pain was bad but getting the information to his partners was far more important so it wouldn't happen to them.
"What do you mean by something?" Asked Tigress.
Po looked around and scanned the nearby tree line for any sort of creature or person. He didn't find anything but he had a weird sort of feeling that somebody or something was watching them, it was the weird 'hairs-on-the-back-of-your-neck' feeling.
"I don't know okay! Look at this, there's a weird mark on the back of my neck!" Ping said irritably whilst pointing at the spot he'd allegedly been bitten.
Tigress shrugged and started to walk off "Well that was another great session of 'Wasting time with Ping'."
Po also started to walk off. "Wait Po! Don't you have any ideas? I didn't make this up, you know that right?" Po stopped and turned slowly to face his partner. "Hmmmm, maybe. There was a...No, a space lobster wouldn't have done this."
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Tigress climbed back into the 'Bebop' and counted up her earnings. While filings through Ping's money she felt eyes on her, she didn't react at first so her surveyor wouldn't get the idea that she knew.
Tigress suddenly withdrew her small pocket knife and leaped into action. "Who's there?" She growled, there was no response but she could definitely feel eyes on her, if she'd learned anything it was to trust her instincts.
"I know you're there, show yourself!" After a few more seconds of quiet she slightly lowered her weapon and drew a deep breath. Maybe she was just being overly paranoid.
"What are you doing?" Asked Po. Tigress jumped out of her skin and whirled around, the panda was staring at her from outside of their wagon with an eyebrow raised. Tigress sighed and folded her arms, "What concern is it of yours panda?" Po smirked, "Well I need to know if my "Team mates are going stir crazy" because then I'd have to take care of them."
Tigress jumped down in front of him, "I'd like to see you try" She hissed in his face, Po sneered "Bring it kitty cat". The standoff was tense until "Can you two just kiss already!?" Came Pong's obnoxious voice.
Tigress scowled at him then pushed past Po. "I'm going to wash in that nearby lake, you'd better be here when I get back!" Ping climbed onto the 'Bebop' "Or what?"
"Or you don't get your clothes back."
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"Are you sure this is gonna work?" Ping asked with doubt heavy in his voice. Po set down the small tin they had been discussing and sat down opposite him. "It works on everything besides nearsightedness and cavities."
Ping picked it up and stared at it as the act would some how make it seem more appealing. "Then it works on athlete's foot?" He asked sarcastically, but to his surprise Po snatched the tin and placed it back onto the table while replying "Of course."
Ping leaned back frowning, "Don't you have any 'real' medicine that's for sores and wounds?" Po paused for a second before picking up the box he had earlier got the tin and taking out a small salamander, "That would be this" he said while holding it up between his thumb and forefinger to show his partner.
Ping replied with an "Ewwwww" before legitimately asking "That heals wounds?" Po nodded and drew the thing closer to his own face to get a better look at it. "Yep, you crush it and boil it in 3 cups of water until it turns green and gooey, then you drink it."
"Po, isn't there something more...y'know, different?" Po asked hopefully. Po scratched his chin and thought. "Oh yeah I got it!"
Ping leaned forward "Yeah! Give me that" his optimism was hasty however as Po immediately pulled out a small red scorpion as if it was the cure to every disease ever. "They call this one 'Qiong Qi', or 'Scorpion's Sting', if you want it to go down better then you could call it 'Love's Sting I suppose."
"...I'll take the other one."
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Tigress was walking back to the 'Bebop' she'd forgotten her bathing towels, unusually she couldn't hear any yelling near it so it set her slightly on edge.
She entered in and took in the scene before her. Po and Ping were sitting opposite each other, the panda was pouring a green, thick gooey substance into a small tea cup while Ping watched him with a dejected but resigned expression.
Po looked up at her but his hands remained steady as he poured.
He finished pouring so Ping held the cup up to his beak and took a whiff, "Great, I'm feeling a lot sicker then I did before." He rubbed his forehead with his spare wing, to Tigress he did look slightly shaken.
"Do I look pale?" He asked Po. The panda frowned and crossed his arms, "You always look pale, now stop complaining and drink the damn medicine!"
The stench hit Tigress' nose and she wrinkled it in disgust, she made an audible gagging sound and covered her face with a sleeve. "Ugh! What is that smell?"
Po looked at her trying to contain a grin whilst Ping ignored her apparently trying to steel himself for the shock of the liquid. "It's herbal medicine" Po answered simply.
She raised an eyebrow, "Herbal medicine? That stuff? It smells like day old road kill soaked in sour milk and maggot juice." Po laughed internally but came up with an alternative quickly enough, "More like rotten soybeans and overcooked noodles." There had to be a noodle reference there for the panda.
Tigress nodded, "Oh yeah! I can smell that now!" Irritating the goose was very enjoyable.
Ping grit his teeth. "Shut up! I have to drink this stuff you know!"
He paused and stared into the brew. Both the panda and the tiger watched with bated breath as he swiftly raised it to his mouth and drained the cup in one go. Both of them were legitimately impressed, even Tigress.
Ping put the cup down then suddenly collapsed. "Oh brother" Tigress said while rolling her eyes. Po tutted, "C'mon, will you quit joking around?" A shudder went through him when he saw that on the back of Ping's neck there was a huge purple mark which was glowing and pulsing.
Something was seriously wrong here.
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Po wrung the rag of water and pressed it to Ping's forehead. As soon as the two of them had realized that Ping's condition was bad they'd wasted no time at all in looking after him.
Tigress straightened out the small blanket that was lying on top of the goose, worry was etched onto her face no matter how much she tried to hide it, it unneeded however as Po was too focused to notice.
"Whatever did this, there's nothing to make a fuss over, he should be just fine right?" She asked quietly. Po was silent however.
She decided to broach the topic again "Am I wrong?"
"I have no clue."
He placed the rag back into the bucket of water next to him, stood up and then leaned against the wall. "This is no poison that I've ever seen before that's for sure, I've no idea what it could do to him or how to get rid of it" he glanced over to Tigress "So watch your back until we can figure this out."
She nodded.
"HEY GUYS!" Came an excited, youthful voice from outside. Because of the dour moment they were in they'd forgotten about Viper and Crane going out so Viper's loud proclamation had made them jump out of their skin.
Crane swooped onto the ground just outside of the wagon and waved at their two now irritated crew mates. Viper then appeared stealthily around the corner and beamed at them.
She saw Ping laid on the bed with the blanket on top of him, so she slithered over to investigate. "What's wrong with him?" She asked simply, her tone suggested she was asking about something as simple as the weather outside.
Po and Tigress looked at each other trying to silently decide who got the grim task of informing Viper about what had happened since she'd been gone. Judging by Tigress' panicked looks, it seemed as though the panda had this one. "He got bit by something but we don't know what it could b-".
"A mysterious space creature!" Viper suddenly interrupted, "Ohhh spooky! The attack of the horrible aliens!" She started to laugh hard and the only concerned crew mates shared a look. Po scratched his head, "Yeah, I guess that's a possibility" when he realized the ridiculousness of what he had just said he just scoffed "Yeah right" and rolled his eyes.
Viper suddenly appeared on Po's shoulder, "Well then what is it?" She asked sweetly. Po frowned, "I don't know, like I said to Tigress I've never seen anything like this before." Viper appeared over his other shoulder (Po hated the feeling of her on him, it was like some kind of 'kung fu chill') "Viper has never seen anything like this either. So it must be a horrible alien huh?"
Po thought for a second, "Maybe...some kind of rat, I don't know...got a sudden evolutionary buff and has started to secrete a new kind of poison?" That particular suggestion floated in the air for a second before being brought crashing back down to earth with a sarcastic single clap from Tigress.
"Oh that's brilliant panda, right up there with Viper's theory that it's an alien from another planet. At least hers was OK because she's a child!" Tigress shook her head, "You really are pitiful panda!" Crane seemed to agree with Tigress' prognosis because he was snickering silently in the corner.
Viper slithered over to Crane, "You believe me right Crane? That it's a horrible space creature who had come to feast on us all?" Crane just blinked at her stupidly before a light blush came over him.
Ignoring that particular scene Po walked over to a small bookcase in the corner and began pulling out volumes at random, "I'll go through this books and see if there are any poisons or diseases I might have missed."
Tigress remembered what she was going to do before Ping drunk the 'medicine', she weighed up the pros and cons of bathing now but she decided five minutes of that wasn't going to hurt anyone so she stealthily slipped out of the 'Bebop' with her bathing towels and made her way over to the nearby lake.
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It saw the tiger leave the wagon and head in the direction of the lake. It didn't get to finish off the balding goose, only get a small taste and ensure he wouldn't be able to put up much of a fight the second time around. The panda might still present a problem, as would the mighty bird and snake. These dominoes would fall in time.
It shifted it's gaze back over towards the tiger, it wasn't capable of the most complex thoughts in the world but it new a cold opportunity when it saw one.
Tigress slid out of her green robes and lowered herself into the water, she wasn't shy of herself so felt comfortable being nude. Beside any perverts who would want to sneak a peek do so at their own risk.
She left her head drift backwards and rest against the edge of the lake, above her were some trees that were letting a little bit of sunlight in. This place was great, hell if Tigress was a more appreciative person she would've considered the place a godsend, well compared to the places that she and her comrades usually found themselves in.
Because of the combination of the warm sun and the cool water against her better judgement Tigress found her eyes were beginning to close slowly...slowly.
*Rustle*
Her eyes snapped open immediately and the recklessness of her coming out here alone...and naked weighed down on her. Her arrogance thinking something like that could only happen to weak people.
She scanned the tree line above calmly just in case she had imagined the whole thing ans saw nothing. This put her at ease slightly but what happened next had the total opposite effect. She felt breath on the back of her neck and was suddenly made aware both of the horrible gurgling sounds coming from the subject and the fur rising on the back of her neck.
She turned her head slightly, dreading what she might see and also slightly curious. She just hoped she was fast enough to-
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Po clutched the bridge of his nose with his thumb and forefinger. It was very hard to think about how to both fix Ping and confront this mystery creature when Viper was still throwing out suggestions for the monster's identity.
"Ohhh ohhhh. Maybe he has 'River Fever', you and Crane can travel into dangerous territory and find the cure. Along the way you'll be turned against one another and questions your friendshi-"
Po's fist on the table cut her off. "Enough!" He snarled.
"The cause of this isn't some crazy old coot with 'Spirit Orbs'...whatever those are, it isn't someone performing a technique to wipe Ping's mind, he hasn't gone blind for some reason! And this is the most important one, HE HASN'T BECOME A GHOST!"
"How do you know?" She replied innocently enough.
"Because I can see him!" Po answered exasperated.
Viper tutted, "Well it won't happen with that attitude!"
A vein grew on Po's head, "Why would I want that to happen!?"
Before Viper could cause Po to enter a rage induced coma Tigress appeared. Po scowled at her, "And where did you g-" he stopped when he saw the look on her face. She looked terrified.
Po stood up immediately, "What's wrong? Did you find something?" There was a beat while Tigress' composed herself, "Do you remember that theory you had about a mutant creature Po?"
Po didn't understand. "Uhhhh yeah"
"What do you suppose would happen if you were bitten by it?"
Po took a look down at Ping, "I can't say for sure at the moment, but looking at Ping...I can guess-"
"Death" Tigress finished his sentence for him.
Po nodded and Tigress wilted in front of him, she threw herself against the wall of the 'Bebop' and hit it with her fist. "No! Why did it have to be this way!? I still have a lot to live for."
Po looked at her oddly, "What's wrong?"
She apparently didn't hear him in the bubble of emotion she had built for herself. "I haven't committed any crimes...well at least no really bad ones. I'mm still young and full of life."
Po took a step towards her, "Full of life?"
Tigress turned towards him and put her head in her hands, "Oh, life is so unfair poor me!" She fell to the ground before Po had a chance to catch her. He sat down next to her, "Hey c'mon, what's gotten into yo-" his sentence abruptly stopped when he saw on her bare leg the same pulsing purple mark that was on Ping's neck.
Two down, two to go.
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Po had laid Tigress on a makeshift bed opposite Ping and was wiping her forehead with the damp rag like he'd done earlier with Ping. "This thing is fast if it got her, if I can catch it off guard then maybe I can..." Po suddenly noticed the lack of laughter and noise, he looked around for it's usual source but couldn't find Viper or Crane at all.
"Damn, they must have gone after that thing by their selves. I have to save them, they won't stand a chance."
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"August 6th Skyday, the day Viper and Crane go looking for the spooky, mysterious, horrible, alien space creature!" Viper said in a sing-song voice. Her and Crane were walking about in the area to, as Viper proclaimed in song "Look for the alien creature". Although Crane hadn't exactly been hoping for a chance to hunt the thing that had already taken out Ping, when Viper pleaded with him to come along he felt that he couldn't say no, well that and the muteness didn't exactly help.
Lesson #3
Lesson lessons! When you see a stranger, follow him.
Viper suddenly slithered quickly along the ground. Crane reached out a wing and mentally ordered her to stop. The snake climbed up a nearby tree and hung from one of it's branches, "Where are you!? Are you here Mr Spooky Space Creature!" Viper let go of the branch and crane caught her before she hit the ground. She sat on Crane's head and began to laugh hysterically, the bird huffed irritably but couldn't help but let a small smile work it's way up onto his beaked face.
"Explorations experimentation explorations explanation!" She started to sing. "I will come back alive I trust you Crane!" She announced cheerfully before once again running off into the shrubbery. Instead of making any attempts to catch her again Crane simply waited for her to come back.
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Po pushed some leaves out of his face. "Viper! Crane! Where are you damn it? This isn't a game of hide and seek!" He did a full 360 turn to make sure every angle was covered before moving on. He didn't want to make a habit of yelling after them in case the crew's little friend was lying in wait for any more victims.
After a couple of minutes walking he decided to risk it again. "Hello! Are either of you out here!? If you are then answer me! This isn't a game!"
He came out onto a clearing nearby a lake that he assumed was the same one Tigress had used. Across it he saw a form lying on the ground. Panic ran through the panda as he started a sprint over to it.
"Crane! Viper! Is that one of you?" He yelled over to them.
He didn't get an answer.
As he neared the body he indeed confirmed that it was Crane on the ground. "Hey hang in there!" Po ordered, he checked the avian's body for any injuries and saw for the third time that same purple injury, this time it was on Crane's chest.
Crane's eyes flickered open. Relief washed over the panda, "Crane! Oh man, I can't believe it got you too" Po suddenly there were two he had been looking for. "Where's Viper? Did she get caught by that thing?" He was greeted by silence as Crane closed his eyes again. Po frowned, "Hey c'mon! Where are your animal instincts?"
Po suddenly felt a kung fu shiver ride up his spine. He looked up from Crane's limp body and saw the creature that been targeting his friends all day. It was a small black blob. That was it? This was the thing that's been harassing them? Po couldn't believe it, but he knew looking at it that it was bad news.
He tried to make out that he hadn't spotted it and kneeled down slowly to pick Crane up. He got Crane over his shoulder and broke into a sprint back to the 'Bebop' where hopefully they'd be safe for the minute.
"Sorry Viper but you're on your own for the time being, gotta get Crane some help first"
Po increased his pace when he heard the blob start it's 'sprint' towards him. He crossed from the open plain into the forest and hoped that it could slow that thing down slightly. The tension was as thick as the forestry as Po ran as fast as his legs could carry both him and Crane. He broke out into the open again and saw the 'Bebop' not far away.
He was in such a panic he didn't hear the creature give up the chase...for now.
He made it to the 'Bebop' and looked behind him. Nothing was there but it was now or never. Po now had to kill that creature totally alone.
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Po had wrapped a bandage around Crane's wound just as he had done with both Tigress and Ping. He placed them in a line on the floor of the 'Bebop' and covered them all with blankets so on the off chance he didn't make it back then they would at least pass away in relative comfort.
The panda still hadn't gone to look for Viper, he'd do so when hunting the creature but if he went out not he would just be making himself a target and would likely not make it back.
"No choice I guess, got to go in."
Po grabbed whatever weapons and equipment he could find around the 'Bebop' his knives, a small crossbow which he'd recently made out of boredom and finally some gas grenades that Ping had made using an old recipe from the force. He attached these to a brown belt which he'd wrapped around his waist, he also placed some bolts for his crossbow in here as well.
When he'd finished tooling up he climbed out of the 'Bebop' and made a beeline towards the forestry. He stopped halfway however and felt a nagging sensation, he turned and looked at the exposed wagon he called home.
Po moved all of their possessions they'd placed outside of it back in and closed the doors over, that way they couldn't be robbed or disturbed if he didn't come back.
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Po sighed and took out the crossbow that was strapped to his back. He slowly advanced into the forest.
The panda could hear his own heartbeat too loudly for his own comfort and felt his pores begin to produce sweat. He didn't often get nervous but this thing...he'd never seen anything like it and to be able to get the drop on his friends showed him how dangerous this was.
He used one paw to hold onto his weapon and another to part the leaves from in front of him, he was never really that great at this guerrilla warfare stuff, he was more of an open battlefield kind of panda. With every step he wished he'd move out onto that clearing he was on earlier.
Something dropped onto the panda's nose and he immediately gasped and fell over in shock. He sprung up immediately and fired a bolt into the air where the substance had come from. He waited a second for a noise but there was nothing, at this he reached to his face and tried to discern what had fallen onto him.
He held it to his nose and almost laughed out loud when he realized it was a simple water droplet from a leaf above him, he chuckled slightly at his own paranoia and reloaded his crossbow again.
Before moving on he looked up at the trees, "Don't do that" he threatened jokingly.
The panda continued walking for a little bit more before to his relief he found that clearing again. He quickened his pace slightly glad to finally be in a more open arena. He approached the water's edge and looked at his own reflection, he didn't have a particular reason for doing so but he needed to see this clear water.
In the reflection he saw a shadow in the leaves up above him, fear trickled through him slowly as the realization set in. He slowly readied his cross bow.
He sharply twisted around and fired at the creature. "That's it!" Po yelled triumphantly at the arrow sailed at his prey seemingly destined for the kill. To the panda's horror however it simply altered it's shape around the arrow and the immediately launched itself at Po. It struck the crossbow out of his hands and it sailed into the lake.
Po felt a burning sensation where it had made contact with his skin, he thought it had bitten him but it had apparently spared him that particular fate. Well, for now at least.
The panda unhooked the gas grenades from the belt, bit the tab off with his teeth and rolled them towards the blob creature. He sprinted away immediately because he knew how badly that gas could effect someone if it was inhaled into the lungs. He stopped to catch his breath but because of the adrenaline stumbled and fell onto his backside. Po breathed deeply and watched as the gas hung in the air.
He screwed his nose up and his brow wrinkled as the scent caught his nose. Even from this fair away it was formidable stuff. He waited until the gas dissipated but the creature was simply laid on the ground where it had been before.
It didn't move for a second which filled him with hope, but then it shook itself and dust particles came off of it. Po wasn't a scientist but he would have guessed that the gas had only gone onto it's outer layer and hadn't gone into what might have constituted a respiratory system on the thing.
Po readied himself again and drew a knife for each hand. It was now or never, he had nothing left and he was running out of ideas.
He yelled out a battle cry and ran towards it. "Come on then!"
When they got within spitting distance of each other Po jumped over the blob and threw a blade down towards it, it missed it by an inch and thudded uselessly into the ground. Po cursed internally and rolled so he could keep his momentum. Before he could go in for another round it wrapped itself around Po's arm.
The panda roared in pain as he felt the bite, he knew this was the end and seeing no other solution jumped into the lake in order to try and drown the creature.
Po and the creature sunk down to the bottom and grappled with each other. He still held his blade and tried to stab at it but due to his slower speed under water it had no effect.
Almost as soon as he missed it let go of him and 'swam' back to the surface. Po knew then that he's lost and could feel his eyelids start to close, he forced himself to stay awake as he began to swim back up.
Is this what Ping, Crane and Tigress felt before the darkness over took them?
NO! This won't be the end of Po the bounty hunter!
Determination gripped him hard from the inside.
He kicked off from the ground using all the power in his legs. It must of been an illusion from that toxin but he could've sworn that the surface was getting further and further away from him. His paw reached out hopelessly as if to grab the sunlight from the sky and pull it closer towards him.
Both the lack of oxygen and the poison now swimming through his veins encouraged him to give up and sink uselessly back down to the lake bed. But he could see the sunlight breaking through the water, he could almost taste the sweet, sweet oxygen! He could...
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The creature slid away to capitalize on those creature's now defenseless friends. It suddenly noticed however the snake that had been with that bird earlier. It was sleeping in the forest and was alone.
It needed to feast on this one, then they'd all be gone.
It quickly crept up on it but was then suddenly swallowed whole by the sleeping snake.
"Mmmmmmmm, pudding" She murmured in her sleep.
She rolled over onto her belly again, "Noooooooo, I can't eat anymore!"
See You Dragon Warrior
Teaser
The End
"And so...they all passed away, everyone. It was a short series but thanks for your support, may they all rest in piece."
"And for the next series may the genius behind this one make 'Cowgirl Viper'!"
"Hey wait a minute!" Yelled Po "Have you stolen my noodles again Viper!?"
Ping laughed, "Next sessions is Jupiter Jazz Part 1."
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