Chapter 11: Time's Running Out
A.N- Hey guys…I know I said sometime within this week, but with Christmas coming up so soon I've had a lot to do, so for my ignorance, I'm going to give you all a sneak peak at the story which is coming up next! (which by the way…the idea is completely awesome!) Enjoy the eleventh chapter!
Po woke up from his sleep to find that he was in a room, filled with chains, and riddled with eroded bricks which lay sprawled on different parts of the floor in heaps of clay.
He stole a glance over to his left and saw Ting, who was also being held, but in a different way than Po, by having two huge, steel acu-cuffs on both of her paws, and her feet were held firmly down by two weighted chains that were each linked to massive black balls.
"Whoa…that is so awesome…I mean horrible, now where's Tigress?" Po said silently as he scanned over to his right, hoping to see the beautiful tiger that he loved so much.
He noticed that she wasn't there.
"What…where is she?" Po said as he frantically looked around and grimaced at the pain he was feeling all over his body.
"Up here Dragon Warrior," came a weary voice from up above.
Po looked up suddenly from the voice and saw Tigress, who was being hung off a giant rafter by two chains that clamped firmly to each of her paws; her head was covered with a helmet that also had tons of acu pins puncturing the helmet at different points.
"Well…you look well Tigress," Po said as he looked up at the immobilized tiger.
Tigress let out a small chuckle and then tried to speak, "I'll tell you…I've been better," she said.
"Can you move at all?" Po asked.
"Do you really think that I can move…when I have over a dozen acu pins in my head!" Tigress said wearily in a sarcastic manner.
"Well…I suppose…no," Po said.
"Just face it Po…we've failed," Tigress said in a solemn voice.
"What…what! I don't know the meaning of the word fail; we can't give up now!" Po said.
"Well in case you haven't noticed Po…Tenizar is probably miles ahead of us by now," Tigress said.
"Fine then…gives up, but I'm going to save my friends, with or without your help!" Po said as he started to struggle with the chains and shouted because of the pain.
"Oh Po…why don't you ever give up?" Tigress thought to herself as she hung from the rafter.
Mozarah sat in his little meditation spot around a bunch of lit candles when a panda came running up to his side.
"Mozarah sir, I hate to bother you but-"the panda said but was cut short by Mozarah.
"He is here isn't he?" Mozarah asked as he turned his head.
"They're here and Tenizar requests to see you at once or he will destroy everyone!" the panda said frantically.
"All right then…" Mozarah said as he stood up wearily and walked out of his own little hut to see a huge army standing behind a white tiger that stood glistening in the sunlight.
"Ah Mozarah…you've been a bad panda lately," Tenizar said as he crossed his arms.
"I don't know what you are talking about Tenizar!" Mozarah said as he leaned on his staff.
"Don't play koi with me; I know that it was you who has been feeding the Dragon Warrior information about our plan!" Tenizar shouted.
"Excuse me, but I've done no such thing…I don't even know who the Dragon Warrior even is…I still have yet to believe that Master Oogway is yet to choose one," Mozarah said.
"Has Lord Shen kept you in the darkness for that long; Oogway has already chosen the Dragon Warrior, and in fact…Oogway is dead!" Tenizar said.
"Well maybe you can clear things up a bit…who is the Dragon Warrior that the Great Table has been searching years for?" Mozarah asked.
"Have you ever heard of the panda that they call…Po?" Tenizar asked.
"The name is familiar to me," Mozarah answered while trying to cover his amazement that his son was the Dragon Warrior.
"Well you'll be surprised to know that I have beaten him, think…the most powerful being in the universe…was beaten by me in an instant!" Tenizar said as he clenched his paw.
"What…you beat the Dragon Warrior!" Mozarah asked surprised.
"Oh come off it…I'm here to know how he knew my plan!" Tenizar screamed.
"What are you talking about that nice tiger that was here earlier?" Mozarah asked.
Tenizar's ears perked up at the comment and then smiled for a moment, "Do you happen to know the name of that tiger?" he asked.
"Yeah…her name was Tigress," Mozarah answered.
"Ah…that sounds like a Sand Tiger name…am I correct?" Tenizar asked.
"You would be correct Tenizar," Mozarah answered.
"I can't remember the last time I killed a Sand Tiger; I was pretty sure that I had killed the last one…oh who was that fellow's name….that's it…Tigren was his name!" Tenizar said at last.
"You killed Master Tigren!" Mozarah said now shocked.
"Surprised; surprised that I killed one of the Great Table masters?" Tenizar said smiling.
"Why Tenizar… you had such great promise…don't do what I think you are planning to do!" Mozarah said.
"Oh, I'm going to enjoy killing the last Sand Tiger, the ones who were the guardians of the great Time Clock, but until then I have an old score to settle with the Jade Palace!" Tenizar said.
"You're still thinking back to what Oogway said to you huh?" Mozarah asked.
"My moves can change the course of Kung Fu, but you and all of the other members didn't agree so…this time I think China should be run by a true master, and I'm not going to let you stand in my way Mozarah!" Tenizar said as he readied himself in a fighting stance and then started to circle around Mozarah.
"You're going to have to go through me if you want to get to Master Shifu!" Mozarah said as he readied himself also in a fighting stance and lifted his staff in both of his paws and also started to circle around.
"Finally…I get to challenge another Master…let's see how this turns out!" Tenizar said as he leapt towards Mozarah.
"We shall see," Mozarah said as he also charged with his staff in hands towards Tenizar.
"Po you aren't doing much by just pulling on those chains," Tigress said as she looked down at him.
"These have to give at some point!" Po said as he strained himself to pull on the chains.
"Po… can I ask you something?" Tigress asked.
"Anything Tigress," Po said as he stopped pulling on the chains to listen.
"How can you keep fighting when things look hopeless most of the time?" Tigress asked.
"I think about all that is at stake, everyone who is effected by my decisions, and even the ones I care about; I can't give up just because I want to," Po answered.
"Even with Lord Shen, you didn't quit even though it seemed impossible to win," Tigress added in.
"Because you were in the outcome, I didn't want to see you and the rest of the Five suffer for my failure," Po said.
"Well now I know something…"
"What is that?" Po asked.
"I know why I love you," Tigress finished.
Suddenly Po felt his heart jump with excitement knowing that Tigress had now admitted what he had feared of telling her…
He loved her…and she loved him back.
Po then started to pull on the chains, grunting and screaming, until the chains around his wrists finally started to creak and then at last…the one on his left hand snapped. He used his freed hand to grab the other chain and ripped it free.
"I'm free!" Po exulted as he stood up and then winced at the pain that suddenly racked his body. He then strolled over towards Ting, who hadn't moved once from the commotion, and released her chains and placed her body on the floor and then placed his chubby finger on her neck to check her pulse, and the next thing shocked him.
She was dead.
Po pulled his hand out from behind her back to find that blood was spewed all over his paw. He looked up to where she used to have been held and a huge blood stain remained where her back had been.
"You bled to death…didn't you?" Po said solemnly to the dead body of his friend.
"I'm so sorry Ting," Po said as he allowed a tear to cross his eye.
"Po what's going on down there?" Tigress asked.
"Ting's dead!" Po answered.
"What…she died how!" Tigress asked.
"She bled to death…it's my fault," Po said as he placed the body of his friend down on the ground softly and then ran towards the walls and jumped up each and then grabbed the rafter. He shimmied over to where Tigress was being hung from.
"Oh… I shouldn't have eaten before the trip!" Po said as reached out towards the first shackle and released it.
Tigress fell a few inches and then sharply stopped and hung from the other shackle.
"Hold on a second…shouldn't you release my helmet first so that way…oh I don't know…plummet to my death!" Tigress said.
"Good idea!" Po said as he climbed down on the final chain and hung off of Tigress' body as he began to pick out the acu pins.
Po finally took all of the pins out and twisted the helmet off of Tigress' head revealing the beautiful, yet bloodied face of Tigress.
Tigress cracked her neck and then smiled when she saw Po's face.
"Hello beautiful!" Po said as he then climbed back up to the rafter and freed the second chain and then they both started to fall.
Tigress landed on her feet and then caught Po before he fell straight on his face.
"Uh…thanks Tigress," Po said as he crawled out from her clutches and then stood up and pointed over to the body.
Suddenly Tigress' head started to hurt once again and the vision showed the vase on the floor.
"We can still save her…remember the vase?" Tigress asked.
"Yes, of course; I see where you're getting at! Po said with joy as he picked up the limp body.
"Get ready to run," Tigress said as she approached the metal door, lifted her foot up against her body and then shoved it outwards, causing the door to fly off of its hinges and then crashing to the floor.
"Let's go!" Tigress screamed as she and Po began running out of the room and towards the vase which was near the door.
"They're escaping…after them!" one of the creatures said and began to give chase.
Po laid Ting's body down on the ground and approached the vase as Tigress took a fighting stance and started to fend off the pursuers.
He took hold of the vase in his hands and found that the cracks had disappeared from the vase and was replaced by a new sentence which read…
"…you are the one who knows the secret, now use the rewards without regret."
Po grabbed hold of the cap and ripped it off of the vase, and he could have sworn that he heard a little chirp of a bird emit from it. He put his paw down into the jar and pulled it reveling the powdery substance that now covered his paw, and then immediately he felt his body heal from the wounds that he was given. He then turned Ting over and sprinkled the remains over Ting's wound.
Ting's wound then started to heal, and then she shot straight up, which startled Po.
"I'm…I'm alive!" Ting said as she frantically started to feel around herself.
Po advanced forward and gave Ting a hug, "Yes…your alive!" Po eagerly said.
"Ok guys we have to get out of here now!" Tigress said as they all got up and went for the door.
Po stopped in front of the door and then looked around.
"Ok now just to be sure…is there anyone out there in the creepy darkness?" Po asked.
(Silence)
"Well that's good enough for me let's go!" Po said as he pushed open the giant doors revealing the outdoors.
Po stuck his paw in the vase and pulled out some more remains.
"Here Tigress take hold of this stuff…it will make you feel better!" Po said eagerly as he handed the remains towards Tigress.
Tigress took hold of the remains and felt all of her injuries melt away from her. She then jumped up into the air and landed in front of a tree. She did a whole bunch of Kung Fu stances and then sent a punch clear through the tree.
"Whoa…I feel great!" Tigress said cheerfully.
"Uh guys," Ting asked.
"What is it Ting?" Po said.
"Is there supposed to be smoke over there?" Ting asked while pointing over towards the panda village.
"Let's go check it out!" Po said as he motioned the rest to follow him as he started to run.
"Oh no…Mozarah!" Tigress thought to herself as she started to run towards the heaping pile of smoke.
A.N- Well I hope that you enjoyed the chapter because now here is the sneak peak.
Kung Fu Panda: The Legend of the Time Clock: by David 265
When the Grand Time Clock breaks, all of hell breaks loose as time portals begins to pop up all over the Valley of Peace. Now, the Furious Five and Po must travel to alternate dimensions to fix each Time Clock before time starts to reverse itself. The Furious Five and Po get a huge surprise when an old enemy resurfaces from the time portal and threatens to take control of the Grand Time Clock and seize control of China. Will they manage to stop this foe and fix the Time Clocks before time itself is ripped to pieces?
Well I hope that you have enjoyed this little sneak peak for what it's worth…oh hey…did you guys know that the people at DreamWorks are making four more KFP movies? Well just a little fun fact for you…till next time.