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Chapter 14 Tai Lung
It had been one week since The students, Reidak and Cosmos had left the Jade Palace Academy, they were now in a clearing that was now covered in a sea of tents and shelters.
The Tents all belonged to the 5,000 troops sent by The northern King, they were only waiting for the Mercenaries now.
Tigress, Reidak, Cosmos, Midnight and a few other students stared into the campfire... except Reidak who looked off into no where.
"How long till your friends get here Cosmos?" Midnight asked
"Probably a few minutes to a few days" Cosmos replied
"Good, Tai Lung will be leaving in just over two weeks, meaning we have plenty of time to prepare" Reidak said
"Yes, though I'm not too sure on Cosmos' Mercenary friends" Tigress said
"Why not? Me and Cosmos are Mercenaries" Reidak said
"The friend of his from his old crew who tried to kill Oogway" Tigress said raising an eyebrow
"Oh you mean Mute, AKA The Hidden stripes" Cosmos chuckled "He's a good Guy, not a talker hence why we call him Mute, he thought he was taking out the warlord of a Kung Fu army" Cosmos explained
"Still..." Tigress said, but was cut off as a Cheetah soldier walked into the group
"Cosmos, there are Mercenary friends of yours at the perimeter" He said gruffly. The group followed him to the camps edge where they found a 100 or so mercenaries.
The first group, A Boar, A She wolf, The same tiger in black from the palace, a cat and finally a Rat, all rushed Cosmos and pulled him into a massive group hug. "This here is my old crew, The Tavern Brigade" Cosmos said to the others.
Next was a group of 5, A hare, a wolf, a husky, a bear and a pig. "Meet the Gongmen Militia, the Vigilantes of Gongmen" Cosmos said as they nodded to him
A group of 20 felines, ranging from Cats and Lynx's to Tigers and Lions were next, "This here is the Southern Arrows, they protect the southern villages and forest"
Next, a group of 7 big burly grizzly bears "Guys meet the Reds, Mercenaries from Russia"
the next group, made up of 6 bugs and 2 snakes, "This here are the Grass prowlers, they protect the areas we can't get to easily due to our size"
Finally a group of 30 Coyote's and Golden Eagles, "Guys meet the Yankee's, Mercenaries from some country called America out west"
But Reidak smelled something... or someone familiar... "It Can't be" he muttered, he took another sniff, then he definitely knew who it was... "Pickle boy... where are you" Reidak shouted laughing.
"How many times do I have to tell you... STOP CALLING ME THAT, IT WAS ONE TIME... Blind Guy" A Bengal Tiger with a slight Polish accent shouted, he was dressed in black clad ninja clothes with metal pointed shoulders, his mask covered his nose, mouth, head but left his eyes and the surrounding area open to view. He wore pure black twin katana's on his back.
"Whatever Pickleboy" Reidak said sarcastically as the two hugged eachother... But then 'Pickleboy' pulled something out... a firecracker. He lit it behind Reidak and dropped it to the ground. It went of with a loud snap, Reidak knew 'Pickleboy' would prank him, the two Tigers had been at it for ages in a Prank war... and Reidak knew exactly what to do... Fake a heart attack.
"OH CRAP" 'Pickleboy' shouted, he knelt down next to Reidak's 'unconscious body and took off his helmet, he then checked Reidak's pulse as the others stood their confused and not sure if they should help or not. 'Pickleboy' then had a quick shiver own his spine and slowly put his face towards Reidak's... to give mouth to mouth resuscitation
He pulled away from 'Pickle boy', clutched his own chest where his heart would be, and began gasping and going into fake shock, he then Fake feinted and layed there unmoving, "OH CRAP" 'Pickleboy' shouted, he knelt down next to Reidak's 'unconscious body and took off his helmet, he then checked Reidak's pulse as the others stood their confused and not sure if they should help or not. 'Pickleboy' then had a quick shiver own his spine and slowly put his face towards Reidak's... to give mouth to mouth resuscitation He got closer and closer, but as he got within 3 inches of Reidak's mouth, Reidak opened his eyes and shouted "QUICK ITS YOUR EX" 'Pickleboy' fell back on to his arse and looked round like cray... Both scared from Reidak's scare and the possibility of his Ex being there.
"You son of a prick, you're going down for that... Empty sockets" he shouted as Reidak laughed
"Guys, meet Delaware-"
"Ahhh... my identity" Delaware fake pouted
"hahaha, I mean Mercenary or the Delaware Hunter" Reidak laughed, "He's a Mercenary from Europe, and a friend of mine"
"Frienenemy" Delaware corrected, Reidak chuckled
"Anyway, we been frienenemies for a while now, but what are you doing here?" Reidak asked
"Oh simple, I kinda got... wanted in Europe... for murder... and well I legged it, I was going to go Japan, but then I ran into some Mercenaries who told me of what was going down here, and yeah" Delaware said rubbing the back of his head,
"Well it's good to see you again my... Frienenemy, also, from what just happened I'd say our prank war Is still on" Reidak said with a wicked smile
"Oh hell yeah, No sight" Delaware said taunting Reidak with the insultive nickname. "Wait... who is that" He purred eyeing Tigress
"Nuh-uh Lover boy, she's only 15" Reidak said
"Oh my... she looks like a 20 year old angel though... you sure she's 15" Delaware said still purring, Tigress glared at him with disgust
"Ah Del, what am I going to do with you, you see a nice looking girl then you chase them to the ends of the world" Reidak chuckled "Wow, your heart says your already in love, hahaha, she's almost just over half your age"
The groups all exchanged greetings with troops and the students of JPA... But Delaware had to be restrained by Reidak as he kept trying to flirt with Tigress, Then the general climbed onto a crate so he could look out over the crowd, the general was an Ox, big and bluey-grey, his horns tipped with metal and his clothes a black uniform.
"Everyone listen up, I just got word, Tai Lung has defeated the Mongolians quicker than expected, he arrives in 2 days most, so we better pack up camp now and get moving, the mercs who just arrived are welcome to sleeping in the storage carts as we go" The General said.
11 hour later
The army had packed up camp and was now marching north west along the path Tai Lung would most likely take, they were to delay him in any way, by either saying there was another invasion... or fighting him.
The troops marched out, Mercs and students at the front, soldiers behind. They marched for a few hours until they came to a large stone bridge that passed over a raging river. There on the center of the bridge was Tai Lung casually walking across. He looked confused for a second but then his face flashed with Anger, Betrayal... and finally Blood Lust.
"Oh well is this... a welcoming parade?" Tai Lung asked
"No, Tai Lung, e received a tip off the Mongolians will return soon, you couldn't be contacted for whatever reason, the messengers always came back injured. Anyway, you wanna tag along?" Cosmos Lied
"Why so many mercenaries? and why bring the Northern Army and not the Imperial? and why are the students here" Tai Lung asked, trying to get Cosmos to break and say something he shouldn't of.
The General answered "you see Master Tai Lung, our troops are closer and better equipped for the harsh north-western colds that plaque the area we will be fighting the Mongolians, and the mercenaries, we only have 5,000 troops available, and these Mercs are friends of Cosmos and Master Fearless Shadow, we figured we could use their help and the students need battle experience, they are trained but they need a chance to show it like you have"
"I see... but why are your soldiers and mercs all looking at me like a target I wonder, and why are you lying?" Tai lung sneered with an evil smile.
"I don't know what you mean" The General said quickly... too quickly
"Your here to kill me ain't you HAHAHAHAHA" Tai Lung laughed to the sky, "You can try... but why I wonder?"
The General looked to Cosmos, Reidak and Midnight who all shaked their heads in a 'no'
But Tigress spoke up, "the Dragon warrior has been chosen"
"WHAT" Tai Lung shouted
"The Dragon warrior has been chosen, and Oogway knew you'd turn evil even if you got the scroll and title, so now e are here to end you" Tigress said, stepping forward from the ranks, approaching her adoptive brother with each word.
"I shall kill this Dragon warrior and take the title" Tai Lung sneered under his breath. "RANKS" The General shouted, snapping back to reality after Tigress just revealed that was not to be revealed. The soldiers and Merc Archers stood along the river side and aimed their bows at Tai Lung, the rest stood on the bridge edge.
"FIRE" The General shouted as the bridge had a volley of over 1,000 arrows shot at it's current user. Tai Lung jumped over the side of the bridge and swung underneath as the arrows stuck into the stone works, he then swung back on from the other side as troops, students and mercs charged him. the bridge was narrow, but wide enough for 7 people to stand shoulder to shoulder.
Tai Lung backed up from his enemies until he was off the bridge, the troops all filled the ridge, over 500 of them were on the bridge, Tai Lung jumped into the sky and then kicked towards the ground spinning, he hit the center of the bridge, crushing a single soldier between his foot and the stones as the bridge seemingly exploded from the impact. Soldiers flew into the sky and into the river as it carried them down stream, some floated dead, others flailed as they drowned or tried to fight the current.
The remaining troops backed up from the bridge's remaining support beams that were now just stone stumps in the water. Tai Lung laded on the other side of the river,
"ARCHERS FIRE AT WILL" Cosmos shouted, the sky blackened with arrows, again and again, but Tai Lung would simply deflect those that would of hit him, sending them back to their owners, a few hundred died at the hands of their own or allies arrows. Tai lung jumped into the sky once again and then dived towards the troops on the other side of the river. As he landed a large crater formed, the blast of the force behind his dive threw more soldiers into the river and back into their friends drawn weapons, skewering them.
"Now, who's next" The snow leopard asked with a voice laced with venom and bloodlust, most the soldiers foolishly charged him, he would simply, throw them into the river... or break their spine or neck, more and more died or fell into the river, the troops, students and mercs numbers dwindled until the only six remaining were The General, Cosmos, Reidak, Tigress, Midnight and Delaware. They all encircled Tai Lung against the raging river, there was no sound other than the water as they all waited for someone to make a move.
The first was Cosmos and Midnight together, Cosmos swung his swords low for Tai Lungs legs, while Midnight drew his dagger and some throwing knives, and went high for Tai Lungs chest. Tai Lung jumped impossibly high, Making Midnight stumble upon landing, and Cosmos' swords to hit empty air, he then dropped down and kicked Midnight in the chest, sending him sprawling back onto the ground, The General rushed in to help Cosmos as Delaware helped Midnight as he coughed violently
Cosmos and The General both had twin swords, Cosmos' Katana's, black volcanic rock handles with solid gold blades with his seal, the golden fox head at the base.
The General's, a pair of cutlasses, Silver handles with the handle reaching up around the blade base, it was in the shape of a dragon head, making it seem the dragon head handle was spitting out the long narrow but long iron and steel blade.
The General and Cosmos attacked Tai Lung together, but he would somehow deflect their swords even though he was unarmed, The General was the first to fall, He went for a double overhead attack, but he was slow after the few punches he'd received from Tai Lung. Tai Lung dodged the swords but took his left wrist and twisted it to an unnatural angle, as his sword dropped to the ground, Tai Lung then picked up the sword and stabbed it through the General's chest, The others looked on in horror... Minus Reidak who could only sense the heart beat of the General stop and the sickening sounds of blood pouring out his body and the cracks from his armour when the sword was thrust through.
The old Ox stumbled back, dropping his other sword, clutching the blade in his chest, he kept going back as he looked down and he... fell into the river, carried away by the current with the sword in his chest.
Midnight stood back up, and he and Delaware and Reidak all attacked together, soon Tai Lung had Cosmos' 2 gold katana's. Delaware's 2 black Katana's, Reidak's Billy clubs and Midnights Dagger and throwing knives slashing at him, Midnight Fell next, He threw a throwing knife at Tai Lungs shoulder as he fought of the two older Tiger's, the blade found it's mark in Tai Lungs shoulder, making him growl in pain, he then drew his claws and charged Midnight, he slashed Midnight's chest, he then picked up the Black panther and tossed him into the river.
Tigress then joined the fight, fighting Tai Lung with various Kung Fu moves, but she was being beaten by the older, more experienced, murderous, adoptive brother of hers. Thankfully Cosmos, Reidak and Delaware all joined back again, Tai Lung knew that he would get injured even more if he stayed fighting this lot and didn't get the blade wound treated soon.
He needed to get this group separated and put out of action, he targeted Cosmos as he was the youngest Mercenary, Tai Lung deflected his sword blows as the three tigers caught their breath, He then through a massive uppercut to Cosmos, sending him up 30 foot onto the sky before he plummeted into the river. The three tigers charged, Tigress Attacked with a flurry of kicks, punches and finished with a double palm strike as Reidak came up behind her, she moved out the way as Reidak hit a stumbling Tai Lung over the head with his Billy clubs then kicked him in the chest, finally Delaware, Tigress couldn't tell if he was dancing or fighting as he twirled round and drew a small crossbow like contraption from his thigh sheath, it had no rope arch or arrow on top, but a single trigger underneath, He pulled the trigger and a small metal pellet shot out in a flurry of fireworks (I'm basically talking about a mini hand held Shen cannon AKA a firework gun) The pellet hit the handle of the throwing knife stuck in Tai Lungs shoulder, snapping it in half as the blade was ripped from his flesh, making him yell in pain... Actual Pain.
Delaware dropped the contraption and then jumped up and brought his swords out and went for an overhead air slash, but he was caught mid air by a very pissed of Tai Lung, Tai Lung punched Delaware in his face, denting his helmet and knocking him unconscious, he then threw him in the river.
Reidak and Tigress charged again as Tai Lung clutched his arm, Reidak went for an attack on Tai Lungs Temple (Head) but Tai Lung dodged and brought his knee up into Reidak's groin making Reidak think "Good thing I already got cubs cause OWWWWWW"
Reidak dropped to the ground from the cheap shot, Tai Lung picked him up by his neck and tossed him at Tigress, Tigress was hit full on by Reidak's body, the two crumpled and rolled across the ground. Tai Lung walked up to the two tigers on the ground, they were dangerously close to the river's edge as Tai Lung used his foot tom roll Reidak into the river and then he spoke.
"Sister, why attack me hey? we both wanted to be Dragon Warrior, so why not join me instead, and together we can get me... I mean us the title and then we can rule China and all those who didn't believe in us, and we can get revenge on Father for not stooping that old turtle" He said manically
Tigress groaned and rubbed her head, then she spoke with a whimper in her voice, she knew there was no way she could be him. "Never, Oogway said you'd turn evil either way, he said you'd destroy the village, kill innocents and then set on a conquest for control of China"
"So I guess it's like that then" Tai Lung said sadly, turning his back on Tigress then lashing round and throwing a punch at her, Tigress dodged at the last second and had a quick thought, she brought all her power down into a punch on Tai Lungs gaping wound on his shoulder, Tai Lung yelled loudly as he felt his shoulder break and the flesh swell, He then kicked out violently against Tigress, knocking her into the River, he then ran off on his two legs as he went to fond some healer or someone.
Tigress's head bobbed up and down as the river dragged her downstream, she felt rocks under the water graze her legs and back, she saw some bodies stuck under the water whenever she was put under by the raging waves, she then saw a large boulder up ahead of her, she knew she'd hit it, she tried to fight the current but it was too strong. She saw the boulder getting closer and closer until... THUNK The world went black for her.
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