A/N: It's good to get back to work on this story, but before you start flaming me, I have a good reason for not writing:
I had college applications.
I had research papers.
My time off to work on my colleges is worth it: I got accepted to Iona, Pace, Purchase, and New York Institute of Technology and got scholarship for three of the four! I'm now waiting on the rest of my colleges to get back to me.
I had to get a gift for this friend of mine who's having a birthday party in a day or so, so my bro recommended I see a sage at the pawn shop.
The sage/samurai/owner gave us a map and told us about an evil warlord that he fought and slayed him and his army with his epic sword. He would give me the best gift he could offer if my bro and I find his sword.
We trespassed on the docks onto a college booze cruise to Japan, getting drinks (non-alcohol with sugar), ate food of kings, sea surfed the waves while the boat was going, ridden the cruise on the captains quarters, and busting beats by singing:
I hate college, but I love all the parties
Finishing kegs and crushing bottles of Bacardi
King of the class, I'd rather lay up with a hottie
Single doesn't mean, I'm looking for somebody
Some say they drink, Blaze up but hardly
Popping P-K's. Ski, a little bit of Molly
Am I out of my mind, most people say probably
But I been on my grind, Puffin on L's of that collie (collie)
"I Hate College (Remix)" By: Sam Adams
We ran into a pirate ship and they tried to jack the ship, so my bro, I, and some dudes swung to the other ship and had an epic pirate battle, in which we won and got everyone rich.
When one of the pirates bombed the ship with fart gas, me and my bro single-handedly opened the vents to the ship to get rid of the gas and kicked the pirate off our ship.
Reaching Japan, we saw the sights, took a lot of pictures of girls, ridden the internet-connected train, been in an anime and got out, acted like a singing television, and ate a bowl of tiny cellphones the size of rice in a contest. A woman gave us directions as to where we could go, than she hopped into a pod which transformed into a robot which fought a monster afterwards.
Taking the fast express train, we went to a restaurant where the sages son led us to a mountain, which we climbed until we reached the temple.
As we entered, we dodged a lot of traps.
Then we found one third of the sword, which was the handle. As we 'raged,' we then learned that there was two more pieces at the floor which was a map.
Then the demon army came alive and attacked us.
My bro punched a giant hole in the wall and we ran through a bamboo forest until we fell and rolled down a hill, then crashed on to the top of a docked ship.
We parkoured from ship to ship on the harbor as the demon ninjas were chasing us.
Through certain circumstances, we somehow caused an explosion, killing most of the demon ninjas and escaping on a rowboat that is drifting out to sea.
As my brother complained about not having French fires and how were going to die, we got struck by a lightning bolt and drowned under a title wave.
We woke up stranded on an island (or burrito island as my bro called it) and we survived on our survival skills for a good minute until we saw a British war plane lower a rope ladder to us, which we caught at the last second.
We were rescued by a captain major lieutenant, private first class retired pilot suffering from alcohol blindness, yet somehow he spotted us a fort-night away.
Suddenly, we were ambushed by jet-pack demon ninjas (what was left), so we each took a shot of jinn from the back of the plane (which is full of alcohol) and my bro help pilot the plan while I manned the 50. Cal to take them out…
…and believe me, I played enough Call of Duty to know I'm a good shot. No lie; I once got the winning kill for my team and last kill win with a spring knife in black Ops, where I shot the knife into another person's foot, causing an insta-kill. I shot them all down, but my bro's skills as a pilot were bad due to suffering from alcohol blindness (the shot of jinn was too strong for him and the pilot) and we crashed landed in France.
The pilot died, so we gave our regards and thanks. We left to go eat in a French restaurant where we had a nice bottle of wine, but the food is sooo small and yet they are so expensive! Maybe that's why they taste so good. We ran into an old friend, but then the French police were looking for us, for it turns out my bro killed a mime when we crash-landed in the middle of the street.
We escaped and my friend broke the cars window and hot-wired it, and narrowly escaping into a high-speed chase. My bro jacked a motorcycle and an armored truck, I drove the car, and my friend fought a cop on the roof, than jacked a helicopter and we bailed to escape to the Eiffel Tower.
We found the blade part on the tip of the tower (I'm getting a weird sexual reference to this…) and escaped by jacking another car, then jacking another plane and taking off, then crashing in the water, then we were rescued by another boat but then it sank due to a monster and we were rescued by a military submarine, and from the sea we saw Atlantis, Titanic, ships, treasure, a destroyed UFO, and war planes, where two thirds of the way, it sank and we were rescued by fire breathing swimming tortoises, then from New York, we rod chopper motorcycles to a space ship launch in Florida, where we then took escape pods and parachuted to the edge of Texas, then we jacked a train, but then we ran out of coal, so we took a petal cart all the way to California, where my friend is, only to get off the cart onto a subway and the cart to be destroyed by the metro train at the last second.
The last piece was in another mountain, which we climbed, only to be captured by the last of the remaining ninjas and the overlord that the sage talked about, but we completed the sword upon escape and defeated all of them using Mortal Kombat fighting moves and killing the overlord by 'Sparta-kicking' him into the volcano.
Then I met the sage at my friend's birthday party and before I gave the sword to him, a monster appeared, which revealed to be the overlord we killed, and attacked us, but both me and my bro killed it and gave the sword to the sage, accidently freeing the sages wife from within the monster, tricking us from the very beginning.
So in return, I got…
…a beautiful lotus flower…
…and I gave it to my friend, who I really liked and I wished her a happy birthday, and she thanked me and even invited me to dance with her, and me and my bro ended our epic quest with an epic flashing high-five!
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Responses:
Animation Universe 2005: I am so sorry for the wait, but the wait is worth it. Enjoy this new chapter. Flames are allowed to me for the wait. Musaki will be back, I'm just figuring out how to introduce him in any bad $$ way possible.
Shen's General: Actually, her outfit is similarly based of the new character in the franchise, Delsin Rowe. Bertrand is in, and we will see something amazing come up. I did quote [PROTOTYPE] (I don't own it though) in the end.
Goddess of Imaginary: I try everything within my power to please a reader while it pleases me to write it. Thank you. Your English was good; there was nothing wrong with it. :) Btw, I have a name that you should switch to, "Goddess of Imagination."
Archangel: Sorry for the wait, new chapter up, flames are allowed. Thank you for your comment on the pervious chapter, and I know how long you were waiting for this chapter (and so was I). I was board too! I was itching for a season to post this, but I have a feeling that I may have cutted this chapter short. I expected to finish the series of chapters here, but I waited you guys out too long to update, so I'm posting what I have. It was from the Mass Effect 3 Citadel DLC (I don't own it). If you read carefully in the earlier chapter, you will red that Zeke visited a tailor for the clothes. And Po brought a giant pack with him to carry supplies. Btw, Zeke has Modern-Day memory of fashion. But Bertrand lived in New Maris, U.S., but you're mistaken, he isn't a bald eagle (even though mistaken for one) but he is a miniature Roc, a mythical creature (look it up), plus, his description was different than a bald eagle (look for how his beak was shaped). Btw… it pains me to say this… but I have a total use of over 20+ different characters (from both KFP, inFAMOUS, and OC's) and I have this weird feeling that the character is awesome in every way and would love to use him, but I don't know how to fit him and where he will take place in the story. I think I may have reached my limits on how many characters and OC's I use (let's face it, I only use a handful of characters who talk to one another while the rest are silent, it's awkward). Btw, should you ever create an account (where I can PM you and stuff), you can add your OC's in a KFP fic where so many people would read it! Also, I knew you were joking.
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Guest: Sorry for the wait, new chapter up, flames are allowed. Oh, I know how you feel! I hate the long road drive and sitting there with your butt on fore on a seat and your legs all sore… a nightmare. Oh, all your thoughts are correct. Wow, that sounds like a good career. Follow your dream and don't let anyone tell you any different. I'm glad you enjoyed that hotdog and when I told my bro about the he said, and I quote: "Let's just settle this, you won, good game." FYI, he never lets anyone win so I don't know what he is cooking up. Btw… if you really want to know where 'it' is… than I have you know that I've written a DELEATED scene involving the couple we know to love in this story, so I promise that when you finish the painting that you were working on, I'll send a draft over to your email or FanFiction account (should you have or make one). Oh, I can't wait to post my 30th draft of the scene.
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A. : Sorry for the wait, new chapter up, flames are allowed. I love your criticism, thank you. I agree with your insight, for I wasn't sugarcoating the character, I'm evolving a charters backstory to see how that can shape Tigress's personality and charter to people and certain situations. I know, it was weird on the TV series, but I disregarded it. Its okay to think that having a boyfriend is wrong, but I introduced this so that Tigress could learn to feel love and care for someone, for she doesn't know how to show emotion, and this story is to teach you that it's okay to show how you feel towards someone or something and that if your pained or emotionally wounded, know that time heals all wounds.
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ric castle: Sorry for the wait, new chapter up, flames are allowed. I'm glad someone picked that up. XD Yes I'm a fan of RED. I don't think that would work out, but I will use that line somewhere. I noticed, and I loved the song, but it didn't fit well with my gut. Enjoy this though.
Now, on with the story…
…wait, I almost forgot, shout-out to 'Seaside Fantasies' for giving me her three OC's so that she could expand her story to readers like you. If you like the story so far with Lan and Shen, visit her profile and read her stories.
Chapter 26: Laying Demons To Rest, Part 5
Song: Everything Goes Black By: Skillet
Link: watch?v=gC9RXqfRKgw
Song: Monster By: Skillet
Link: watch?v=LcAwd-FVg8w
Songs: 1. Good to Be Alive & 2. Not Gonna Die By: Skillet
Link #1: watch?v=xW2kWbuTb2E
Link #2: watch?v=QyprDlrAIYI
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(Start first song)
Late into the night, away from the chaos that our heroes are facing against Bertrand, is the tower that was rebuilt and completed, looking over Gongmen City like a dragon watching from the sky.
Inside the very tower was the guards that were givin the duty to protect it.
Tai Lung went out, feeling that that was what he needed. He trained hard enough and needed to eat to keep his strength up.
However, Shen…
…was dying…
…from a common cold.
Of course he wasn't dying, just very ill (or the story would die somewhat from here). On this night, the rain stopped roaming over the city and the very clouds became quite once more (I wonder who was responsible for that…). But the cold rain and weather made Shen ill to a common pathogen. In any givin situation, a few herbs, warn ginseng tea, and a good night's sleep would heal any warrior, no matter how weak or strong the warrior was. But to Shen, his albino state has also provided an immune system that is easily compared to that of a newborn chick.
He hated the fact that no matter how strong he was and whoever he ruled, he couldn't fight off or rule over a simple bacterial agent from killing him, like it was cancer.
Of course, a lord such as himself as access to a personal healer, but the old Soothsayer was imprisoned, and needed other options to heal himself.
Unfortunately, all the healers were too busy to care for the warlord, even when threatened, and due to his soldiers not knowing how to negotiate proved just how illiterate they are.
So, he sent out his personal messenger to receive another healer, and he was waiting until now in his bed chambers. His throat felt like a snake chocking him out, his skull suffering from migraines, his lungs overproducing too much mucus to eventually chock the air out, and a strong fatigue as well.
But no matter how severe the sickness was, he waited for the healer to arrive.
"Shen," Shen finally heard from his throne doors, "the healer you sent for has arrived."
Remembering his last experience with the healer, he said correctly in a weak voice, "Send her in."
As he expected, Lan was presented as she crossed the threshold to his chamber. She wore a thick cloke to protect herself from the rain and its cold atmosphere, as well as her identity to protect herself from being seen. In her wing was a rather large basket of what she needs to heal the warlord.
As Lan traveled to the ill peacock, she said, "You know, I never told you I was a healer, and yet you sent for me to help you recover." Her statement made it question as to how he found out.
Learning this, Shen replied, "I don't simply trust people I meet in one day, for I rather find out more through the use of my resources."
As Lan settled the basket down on the counter near Shen, she responded back, "Ah, I see. You were too ill to stalk me yourself, so you hired a stalker to do that for you."
Lan smiled as she saw Shen blushing.
And he never bushes.
Shen weakly pulled his head up from his pillow and said in anger, but in a weak voice that sounded like a crying whimper, "I do NOT stalk women! Such an act is only done by those who are-"
"Perverts." She finished for him as she settled her herbs and prepared to make something to heal Shen. Being an albino herself, she knew how it severe it was to fall ill, so she took certain necessities accounted for and knew just how much medication Shen needed than the average individual.
Shen looked to her as he calmed down and settled his head back onto the pillow and said, "Yes. I've never committed myself to 'peeping' on women, for it is disrespectful."
Based on his answer, Lan teased as she began to mix a few herb into her boiling tea, "Well, that makes you sound like a gentlemen. That alone could baffle anyone."
Shen looked baffled and said in frustration, "If I wasn't ill, I would have killed you where you stood for mocking me."
When she finished, she turned so that Shen could meet her angry/frustrated look and…
…then wing-slapped Shen across the face…
…and as he yelled an 'Ow,' Lan said with angry open eyes and her tail feathers flared open with aggression, revealing long white tail feathers and purple dotted patterns on them, and said, "You little SHIT! I wanted to have a conversation with you and you treat me like I was shit! Just so you know, I could have NOT come here and letted you die by downing in your own mucus! I had to walk from home and through a city, where I could get sick, and my identity be revealed, for 5 miles! My feet fucking hurts and is cold from the mud! I carried a basket that is worth a quarter of my weight just to make you something so you could get better! I even had to WALK up so many god-damn flights of stairs with the basket in hand just to reach you. And for all the hard work I put into, you threaten to kill me simply for teasing you. Show some respect for me or I'll poison you with enough herbs to make you bang your head against the wall so that you can learn your lesson!"
Shen watched her in pain, both to his face and to his honor. She was taking care of him, risking her safety and he treats her like an ant under his talons. Feeling shame strike his heart for the first time, as well as regret, he looked away and said, "You are right. A healer such as yourself went through great lengths to come here, and it is not my right to show disrespect for your efforts."
Slowly, Lan calmed down and her feathers slowly fell back in place as she said, "If you EVER do that again, there will be hell to pay. Now," she then grabbed something from her basket, went to Shen and, to his surprise, felt a cool piece of cloth sooth the spot where he was slapped, and then she let her wing be placed behind his head and with enough force, pulled his head back onto the cushion as she said, "Lie back and relax. Take slow breaths to ease the heart. I don't want you drowning in your own snot just yet."
Shen felt like a chick, where Lan acted like a mother to him, with he found weird and annoying at the same time. He was a warlord, not a weakling. Nonetheless, Shen relaxed and slowly breathed in and out, controlling his lungs and heart. The aroma of the herbs filled the room as she began to brew them.
As Lan waited for the medicine to be ready, she let the curiosity get the better of her and she asked, "Why did you send for me? Surely there would be others you could have gotten."
Shen frustratingly sighed and said, "They were too busy taking care of others, and I wanted to see if the information I received about you was true. And if it was true, then you would have certain experiences and methods that to heal an albino such as myself."
Shen easily saw that Lan was giving him the 'you're lying' look and she said, "I have this feeling that that isn't the reason."
Shen looked back in a staring contest, but it lasted only for a few seconds, for his stare back at her to 'shut up' ended up gazing deep into her purple orchard eyes, like it was a bed of purple silk blankets that he could wrap around and sleep in for the rest of his life.
Lan began to notice how his stare turned into a gaze, and from there, she knew, and he didn't need to tell her. But she in turn noticed his red eyes, which is like looking into a pit of a volcano.
Lan broke his line of sight and got up to check on the progress on the medicine as she said, "I see now. It isn't just to bring me here to heal you, but you also wanted to see me as well."
Shen tried his best to hide his blush, but Lan saw it and thought, Aww, a warlord is blushing and embarrassed. Cute.
After a quarter of an hour, Lan made sure the tea was hot enough for his stomach to feel warm and for him to be relaxed. Lan went to Shen slowly and with his head in her wing, she supported his head so that his beak could drink the liquid slowly, as to not burn his tongue right off.
After a few minutes, Shen finished and began to relax, feeling the lateness of the hour set to him, and so Lan settled his head back onto his cushion and slowly said, "Thank you."
Lan smiled and said, "I care about you Shen, and I want to see you get better, so I'm going to stay here and monitor you until you feel better."
Shen looked to her like she was joking and said, "You're not serious, are you?"
Lan snickered and said, "Of course not, or else I would of roamed around and peeked at everything you have. After all, you would be surprised to see me stalking you back."
Shen gave a ghastly expression and said, "You're stalking me?"
Lan laughed and said, "No! I never stalked anyone. Besides, I have my little telescope to see you from a distance, away from your knives."
Shen continued his expression
"I'm still joking." Lan admitted, "Jezz, learn to take a joke."
Shen relaxed and exhaled, knowing that his healer isn't his stalker as well.
As she turned to clean up her belongings, she timed out how long it would take him to fall asleep, and after one third of the minute, she turned to see that Shen was fully asleep, drugged by the tea he drank. After all, she did this without his knowledge, for he needed the rest to fully recover.
(End song)
But that wasn't the only reason Shen was drugged.
She looked to the basket and smiled as she said, "Okay, you guys can come out now."
The lid of the bag flew open and a male cobra was the first to come out, saying, "FINALLY! I've waited forever to get out of that basket. The dude couldn't even contain his body odor from me."
A male raccoon came out of the basket afterwards and said, "Dude, it's not my fault! I sweat when I get too excited."
The cobra smiled and said, "Yeah Zhong, 'that's what she said'."
Zhong then said back to his friend sarcastically, "Oh, I'm sorry Xun, it's just that your scales have a hard time trying to stop shedding every 6 minutes."
"Well, the cramped space made me claustrophobic, what did you expect me to do!?" Xun said back
"Guys, shut up already." Lan cutted in.
Both Zhong, once a blacksmith, and Xun, once an assassin, looked to her with excitement and Zhong asked, "Alright, where is he? I wanna see him!"
Lan sighed/exhaled, wondering just how they were able to convince her to bring them along, and showed then where Shen was sleeping.
Both of them went straight up to him and Xun said, "Dude, that's Shen!... And he's sleeping… Why is he asleep?"
"Because I drugged him to make him better and if he were awake, he would have killed all three of us for me bringing you guys here." Lan said
"Whatever, we're here now and we can see She- oooooooohhhhh, are those his knives?" Zhong said as he began to reach for the feathered knives next to Shen.
Only for his hand to be slapped away by Xun's tail.
"Dude, were not supposed to be touching his stuff! Evidence of us being here could lead to our executions! Don't touch anything." Xun warned
"Pffff, fine. I won't." Zhong
"Alright, I think we had enough time staying here, let's go." Lan said as she finished packing
"But we just got here!" Zhong said as he cried like a child, "I didn't even get to ask him if I can see his new cannons!"
"Shut up man. We're never gonna see them anyway, so c'mon." Xun said as he slithered inside the basket
"C'mon Zhong." Lan said
He gave a sad expression, but then said evilly, "I heard and saw how lovey-dovey you were to Shen. Make's me then wonder how you never got that mad befo-"
He was met with Lan's death glare, similar to that Shen usually gives to his enemies.
"Okay, I'm going." Zhong said as he the said to the snake as he crawled inside, "Scoot over man, or I'll fart."
"You wouldn't dare." Xun threatened with his hood open to scare his friend
"Make me." Zhong threatened, positioning his butt to the snake
It would have been funny to bite him then and there, but the cobra followed his demand, for Zhong's farts were just as lethal as Xun's venom (if not more than).
Being quiet, Lan exited the door's chambers and as she left, she heard one of the guards say, "See you around, whore."
She stopped then, turned and slapped the guard.
The slap was caught completely off guard as the guard fell down from where he stood.
"If it wasn't for me, Shen would be dead! Show some respect, guard!" Lan said with deep anger to his comment
The guard quickly straightened up and apologized for his insolence, while the other watched in amusement.
"That's what I thought." Lan commented as she turned and left for home.
…
As Kadaj led the group through the alleyways, away from the chaotic streets that revealed those running or dying from the corrupted that hunted them.
This bothered Po to the point where he charged into battle…
…multiple times, with the exception of Kuo giving him small chills to stop him.
The only ones who left to help the people were Wolfe, Bao, Chun, and Rachel, who went to gather as much people as possible into Bao's dojo for safety from the streets.
Po found this awesome and wanted to go, but was dragged by Kuo by the ear.
"We can't just let the people be slaughtered on the streets! We need to do something!" Po exclaimed
"Oh, well, you wanna die, be my guest. SHUT UP and keep walking." Kadaj said with some serious sarcasm. (Wait… when is sarcasm serious?)
"But Po's right," Viper countered, "we shouldn't be cowards. Some of us here have 'powers,' why can't some of us fight them?
Kuo looked to her as they kept moving and said, "Because Cole absorbed 'Blast Cores', which made his powers stronger every time he absorbs one. Nix and I never absorbed a blast core, so our powers are weaker. I don't know about those two," she mentioned to Lai and Kadaj, "but if we fight, we need to have the upper hand, which we don't."
For some reason, Rachel felt that Kuo was hiding something as she gave this fact to everyone.
Later on, she expects to find out what Kuo is hiding, even if her father knew about it.
"Yet." Kadaj added, "We don't, but we will soon. I know someone who can help us."
"And who could that be?" Bao questioned, wondering what they were even talking about
Kadaj, turned the corner to some house, and went through the back gate until they were at the backyard of someone's porch.
"Huh. Nice porch." Zeke complimented
Next thing they knew, one of the swamp monsters came on top of the houses roof, watching them.
"Aw, fuck." Nix cursed
The creature landed in front of them observing them slowly as it creped forward.
The conduits in the group flashed their powers preparing for a fight.
But then it stopped.
And then it screamed.
And then every cell in that creature's body was being burned slowly to carol.
And before they knew it, it was an ashy statue of its former self that stood before them.
"What just happened?" Chun questioned after some silence
Next thing they knew, a black furry fist went through the statue, and it feel apart like bricks to a wrecking ball.
It fell apart to reveal John, alive and well.
Out of the entire group, three of them held shocking expressions, one of them had complete surprise, while the rest was clueless.
Bao, trying to understand the situation, said, "Are you one of those guys with powers?"
"Sadly." The conduit panther before them in a red blazer and pants said
He looked to Kuo and said in a sincere tone, "It's good to see you again Kuo."
Kuo looked a little afraid, which surprised some of the group, and said, "It's good to see you too John."
"Wwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiitttttt… you don't look like The Beast." Po said with surprise, remembering how Zeke once described John as.
John immediately stormed to him until he was a foot away, the pandas jade eyes meet the Beast's red scorched pupils, forever damaged because of the ray sphere.
A scarred reminder of who he is and how he could still feel the energy consume himself…
…broken down…
…slowly…
…atom by atom…
"That name," John threatened, "is motivated by fear. Do you fear me, panda?"
Everyone held their breath, for a being of mass destruction is always unpredictable.
With whatever fear he could show, Po said with fright, "A little bit."
Tigress slapped him behind his head to shut him up and said, "That was a rhetorical question, Po."
Holding his head, Po complained, "Owwwwwwwwww."
John ignored the childish panda before him and looked to Kadaj, saying, "I sensed your power earlier with Cole's. You're pretty strong for a conduit."
Kadaj didn't know how to take in anything that he said, so he said, "I could say the same for you too."
Lai then intervened and got straight to the point, "John, Bertrand is here and he's slaughtering the people. We need your help to stop all of them before it's too late."
John looked to them, thinking of a proper answer to respond with, but first asked, "Which one of you is Nix?"
Nix replied with a death stare, fists covered in napalm, and growled, "You killed all of my babies…"
This caught most of the group off guard.
"What?" Monkey asked, surprised by what she said
"She's talking about her swamp pets she kept in the swamp. Like the ones killing everyone. She has this 'bond' with them and they listen to her." Zeke quickly explained
This surprised most of the group again
"So, those creatures are pets! And they are bonded…" Crane began, than realized as he said, "…bonded with Bertrand."
Most of the group let this information sick in, making each stomach twist with disgust
John looked to her and said, "I was trying to turn them into conduits instead of mutations, but I couldn't do it. I am terribly sorry for killing your… 'pets'…"
Nix calmed down some but said, "I still don't like you."
John then asked, "Where's Cole?"
"After Bertrand." Zeke replied
John then said, "He can help you. I won't. The LAST time I used my powers, I killed a lot of peo-"
He was interrupted, and remained silent has he 'sensed' something far off in the distance.
His reaction was quick, looking quickly towards where he sensed the being.
"Oh dear god…" John said with horror
They all looked to him like he was crazy
"What the hell are you talk-" Bao said
Then all of the sudden, the heavens themselves split open and a dark orangeish/reddish pillar of lightning broke the sky and hit something far of in the distance for a few seconds, than with a rumble, everything went silent.
No one said anything.
John looked back to the group and said, "We've got to hurry before Cole does something stupid."
From within the house, An watched John leave as she began to worry about what might happen to everyone.
As they hurry, Crane asked, "Why did you change your mind?"
John said an insidious warning, "You may know your demons, but you must never become them."
Upon hearing this, Kadaj prayed:
…
But he was pierced for our rebellion,
Crushed for our sins.
He was beaten so we could be whole.
He was whipped so we could be healed.
(Isaiah 53:5)
All of us, like sheep, have strayed away.
We have left God's paths to follow our own.
Yet the LORD laid on him,
The sins of us all.
(Isaiah 53:6)
…
Tigress mother watches from her window the terror roaming the streets, where most but not all have made it to safety from the Corrupted.
She didn't want to stand there and not do something, but she was defenseless.
…But, there is one way…
She shook the thought away as she thought. No, it doesn't belong to you and you have no right to use it.
But as she watched the flames in the distance grow from the forest to the houses, more monsters came out of them and more people screamed in fear of death.
She couldn't, she just couldn't let this go on.
Then she thought about her reunited daughter, her only child, and how much danger she could be in.
In complete instinct and fear of losing her daughter again, she gripped a small ore hammer from her kitchen drawer and went to a locked closet in a spare room.
With much dread, she slowly unlocked it and opened it to reveal something that has gone extinct for so many generations, yet secretly practiced, for only few practiced such paths and traditions anymore.
She grabbed something, which both objects were sealed together in a thick layer of burnt charcoal, forever to never be used.
But she needed it, despite what she was told not to do.
She raised the small hammer and aimed it at the sealed area.
Forgive me, she prayed
She didn't hesitate for second thoughts as she swung it down, hearing a dark crack erupt from the object, forever unsealing what was once forgotten to most.
…
The large group of warriors and conduits witnessed the blazing fire of the swamp and the corrupted waters, causing many swamp monsters and people to die.
Most of the group has never witnessed such loss and carnage before, but they all needed to keep moving.
Careful not to touch the water, be burned by the embers or chocked by the smoke, they crossed through the burning swamp.
The air was thick and hard to breathe, the smoke made it hard to see, the sound of wood burning blocked out sounds of those dying, and except for Johns, the ground under their feet burned.
Crane shouted over the noise of the fire burning around them and tried to watch is hat from burning too, "How much further?"
"We'll get there when we get there!" John shouted back
"How do you know which way you're going though?" Mantis shouted too.
"We know where he is!" Kadaj shouted, "We can sense him! He's close."
For a few seconds, they felt the ground shake and they saw some water spark red in the distance.
"He's right over there!" Lai shouted
Po enthusiastically charged into battle, to everyone else's horror. (XD)
(Start second song)
They tried to catch up with Po, but eventually they caught up to him…
The secret side of me, I never let you see
…to see his 'scared' face…
I keep it caged but I can't control it
…and looked from his view…
So stay away from me, the beast is ugly
…to see Cole holding one of the swamp monsters in his hand, holding it upward…
I feel the rage and I just can't hold it
…then draining it's energy, killing it.
It's scratching on the walls, in the closet, in the halls
It comes awake and I can't control it
Hiding under the bed, in my body, in my head
Why won't somebody come and save me from this, make it end?
Cole shoes were black and peeling, like they have been worn for too long. His pants were compared to that of rugged black jeans, with a darker blotched red union jack on his right leg. A red belt hangs loosely around his hips. His shirt has two ripped holes near his collar bone and is blotched dark red as well, with black short sleeves. His backpack is dirty brown and his Amp has rusted so much, then it gives off an eroding black color. His fur was dirty white and uneven, like he hasn't bathed all his life, and his stripes were black with a tint of dark red. Because his fur was white, three things were shown on his skin: One was that his very flesh was pale, two was that his veins were black, like his body was corrupted, and three was that his tattoos were switched. His phoenix was switched with that of a rattlesnake. His stars were switched with sharp spears. His crown that was on his arm has a more corrupt look, with weapons of all kinds. His health symbol and daisy with blue was switched with a red lightening, with devil horns at the top. T.D. was inscribed the same, but with darker ink.
To the group, this wasn't Cole, no; this was a darker side of him.
Since they were hidden, Cole and the monsters nearing him didn't notice the warriors and conduits. Cole dropped the dead body, and pulled out his Amp, letting it spring out, and the once blue lightning that they were all familiar with was now bright red and it coursed through his Amp back and forth like a withering snake.
I feel it deep within, it's just beneath the skin,
I must confess that I feel like a monster,
When one closed up near him, Cole swung his Amp, the electricity jumping from one monster to another, causing an arch lightning reaction to stun each and every monster, allowing Cole to shoot scythe bolts, taking them all down.
I hate what I've become, the nightmare's just begun,
I must confess that I feel like a monster,
With a lot of monsters caught in his lightning, Cole brought down a pillar of lightning on them. He held down his arms down to push the lightning forward, causing the earth to have a scorched line and the remains of monsters.
They have seen Cole pull a move like this before, but it was based on 'perspective' for being up close, feeling the earth shake the heat of the lightning burning off the ground on your face was COMPLETELY different from seeing it from a distance.
I, I feel like a monster (x2)
With one monster left, Cole put his Amp back to his backpack and waited for it to get close, and when it did, Cole tackled it to the ground and crushed his fist into its skull, draining its neuroelectricity and regaining his strength and energy.
My secret side I keep, hid under lock and key
I keep it caged, but I can't control it
As Cole got up, his fist covered with the blood of his enemy, he saw a Ravenger at a distance, in which the best in return spotted him and roared, then burrowed itself underground, away from Cole's sight.
'Cause if I let him out he'll tear me up, break me down
Letting his red lightning flow around him, now the core of his lightning becoming a more darker red, he used a powerful kinetic pulse to dive deep underground, causing the monster to be pushed to the surface. He then saw the monster leap out and look at him from the right, preparing a charge.
Why won't somebody come and save me from this, make it end?
As it roared and charged, Cole tightened his fists, pulled his arms upward, allowing one spark to come from both hands, and when brought down, two small lightning blades appeared near his hands, shooting red lightning to dance up and down his body.
It made him look more menacing.
I feel it deep within, it's just beneath the skin,
I must confess that I feel like a monster,
When the Ravenger got close, Cole arched his body towards one direction (not the band, for he is no fan XD), and swung his body around, causing one blade to uppercut its face, sending it flying in the air and landing dead with its skull split in two.
I hate what I've become, the nightmare's just begun,
I must confess that I feel like a monster,
Suddenly, a more powerful Ravenger appeared and pinned him to the ground. Cole simply unleashed one of his ionic drains, burning the Ravenger to a cinder as he absorbed its neuroelectricity. Burnt to nothing, Cole got up and let the lightning flow around him, dancing in a more darker color of lightning and for the water beneath him to dance as well.
I feel it deep within, it's just beneath the skin,
I must confess that I feel like a monster,
I, I feel like a monster (x2)
As Cole was concentrating on an echo, to his surprise, a thin four-fingered tongue grabbed his upper body and pulled him into the burning swam, unseen as to what Cole's fate have become.
"What happened to Cole?" Po said with worry, but as he looked to a few faces of the conduits that can sense him, they only grew paler.
Suddenly, a Devourer charged out of the swamp, Cole's hands and feet holding its parted jaws open with nothing but brute strength.
It's hiding in the dark, it's teeth are razor sharp
There's no escape for me, it wants my soul, it wants my heart
When Cole roared, "YIPPIE KAI YAY MOTHERFUCKER!", he used another ionic drain to burn the Devourer to ash as he drained more neuroelectricity than he could hold in, and resulted in exporting lightning in all directions like an overloading power plant.
No can hear me scream, maybe it's just a dream
Dropping from the dead corpse, dark red lightning danced on him, his eyes glowing orange from the overload of pure energy coursing through him, and as he looked onto his paw filled with such energy to unleash, his face held a big sadistic grin, showing off his white sharp teeth with such glee, it looked sinister.
Maybe it's inside of me, stop this monster
The group and Cole sensed a massive wave of corrupted coming towards him, and as they revealed themselves and charged at him, Cole began to have a sinister laugh…
I feel it deep within, it's just beneath the skin,
…As Cole's hands began to glow purple and twirled counterclockwise…
I must confess that I feel like a monster!
…then his ionic vortex, glowing with red wind, destroy the forest and all the creatures that stood in his way, then began to circle around Cole…
I hate what I've become, the nightmare's just begun,
I must confess that I feel like a monster,
…then he released a second one, destroying everything once more and circling him…
I feel it deep within, it's just beneath the skin,
I must confess that I feel like a monster,
…then he unleashed a third one, resulting with the same destruction and circling him, with a total of three tornados.
Trees were ripped from the ground, water flew in all directions, and the corrupted floated in the air like brown leaves in the winds of Fall.
I've gotta lose control, do something radical,
The Cole laughed again as he raised his hands and brought it down, sending three lightning bolts into each tornado, making lightning shoot out in all directions of the enemies, like three deadly spinning tops in a bowl full of ants.
I must confess that I feel like a monster,
Lightning danced around him as he laughed at this spectacle of carnage he has created. The group only watched in awe and horror of the destruction he controlled. The lightning's core that flowed all over him turned completely black, with dark red outlines.
I, I feel like a monster (x4)
With the overflow of energy finally expelled to a more controllable level, the lightning stopped and thundered the sky, the winds ceased their momentum, and the bodies fall dead on the ground, but the winds were not strong enough to stop the fires, which was only mostly taken out, but few remain.
Cole exhaled and relaxed, his fun ending too quickly for his taste.
(end song)
Cole smiled, content with what he has done for now, for he will save the rest for when he finds Bertrand.
"You guys can come out now." Cole announced.
Slowly, the group came out of the ruins of the trees, surveying the damage that was done.
"Did you like my little show I pulled out? I know I could of done better though." Cole said in a cocky tone.
Cole then noticed a John and the other two conduits that he meet back at Water Town, and said, "Surprised to see you guys here too. I guess everyone must have saw it."
In the distance, Tigress noticed that there was fires going on still from within the village away from the swamps.
"Cole," Tigress began, "when you left, the people were still getting massacred by the monsters, we need your help defeating them and saving everyone."
Cole's thoughts were only to finding Bertrand, so Cole quickly made the decision.
"I'm not gonna help anyone. I need to find Bertrand first." Cole stated
This sended a wave of doubt and worry over the group…
…for Cole never said 'no' to helping people.
"Brother," Zeke began, "I know you got beef with that nutjob, but the people need you."
Cole narrowed his eyes and said, "This is not open for discussion, every second we waste here, Bertrand is escaping an-"
"More people will die if you go after him. Leave him, we'll find him as soon as were done saving the village." Kuo worriedly said, even Po gave a nod to her statement.
But all Cole said was that he will find Bertrand first, end of discussion.
But, fortunately for the group, Cole's echo revealed Bertrand returning to the village.
Cole's only drive was to find Bertrand, and the group was lucky that Bertrand was there, or more people would have been killed in Cole's absence.
…
As night fell, our hero's and warriors have eventually reached the town, but not without encountering resistance (which were killed by Cole viciously, to many of the groups uneasy feeling grew ever more stronger of Cole's state).
As they reached town, Cole then split up the conduits within the group to find Bertrand, while Zeke and the masters stayed behind to help people get to safety.
But without super-being's around the masters, dealing with the fires and corrupted would make it harder, if not risky, to save everyone. But the group surprise, the monsters were too distracted by the flames and the screams of the people, so taking a more stealthy approach to stopping the monsters worked out better than they originally planned.
Eventually, the people were saved by taking refuge inside Bao's Do-Jo, which Po was ecstatic to see.
Peeking through the window, Chun shouted to them, "Glad to see that you are all still alive! Where's the rest of you?"
"Finding a religious psychopath. How's everyone holding up?" Zeke said back
She gave a look to the side and had a twisted face, then looked to them and shook her pincers sideways as if saying 'so-so'.
At least settling for her answer, Tigress's thoughts went to her mother, hoping that she was alright…
…she was hopping that her mother could give some answers to some still unasked questions.
Her thoughts were cut off though.
"More monsters coming!" Zeke shouted as he began reloading his pistol, the silver gleaming in the fire like a torch.
The monsters came shortly after his announcement, but each was taken down by one shot of his pistol.
And they fell.
Excited, Po asked, "Can I try?"
Zeke looked to him through his shades and said, "Have you ever heard the expression, 'never let a child play with fire' before?"
Po looked to him, remembering how much Shen's cannon hurt. He was lucky to have his fat on him to cushion the blow.
Po said in defeat, "Fine."
Then, charging out of a building on fire, a larger version of the monster they saw at the beast before them, which was more buffer and almost the same size of the lion Cole fought in Water Town. It turned and looked straight at them.
But mostly Po, for his fat smelled appetizing to the beasts hunger.
Zeke said, "Pffff, I can take him." And he aimed and fired
The bullet hit it straight in the chest, but the creature didn't even flinch as the bullet buried itself inside the creature.
Zeke then looked to his friends and said, "Shit."
Its jagged jaw opened and it roared a disgusting roar…
…but then it yelped and went silent…
…as a blade a meter long pierced through its abdomen.
Then the blade turned horizontal and gutted the creature from behind, and as its body spilled blood and guts, which made Po almost puke, it fell…
…to reveal a Samurai. The Samurai wore 16th-century Okasi-Gusoku armor, the colors of the armor itself was black and red, sewed together with strands and bolts the color of gold. The helmet was red with a nape guard to protect the neck, as well as the helmet crest shaped like a 'V' with sharp silver blades. Having front and back cuirass plating and attached to it is tassets to protect the exposed areas, with thigh guards as well. The sleeve and shoulder armor was red and black with an armor chain maul to protect the arms. The red greaves protect the rest of the legs from damage. To the Samurai's side, it held its blood covered Katana (blade) and Wakisashi (side arm). It held a clock under its shoulders to protect from arrows. Its mask was a sad smile, with two lower fangs sticking out of its mouth and two narrow red eyes looking back at them.
"No… Way…" Mantis said in awe.
The Samurai flicked its sword, sending all the blood to the ground in a straight line, than returned its Katana back in its scabbard.
Then it walked to them.
The masters have heard tales of how Samurai's form of combat existed before the birth of Kung-Fu, but to see one before them shook them to their core, believing that they were just myth.
After it stood before them, Po said with wonder, "Who are you?"
The Samurai took its hand, moved it to its mask, grabbed it and removed it, to reveal…
…Tigress's mother.
They all just looked on in shock, especially Tigress.
"Mom?" Tigress said in complete shock
She chuckled and said, "The way of the Samurai is still practiced secretly in certain parts of china, unknown to all."
"So cool." Po said in a low voice (XD)
She shifted her body to shake the armor a little and said, "This belonged to your father."
Another shock rippled through Tigress.
"You know, I hate to interrupt this intervention," Zeke said, "but I think it would be better if we took this inside."
She nodded and said, "Your friend is right."
Bao opened the doors to her friend's commands and most of them went to check on their friends and help the people.
Turns out that Chun's earlier answer on the people's situation was an understatement. The details were similar to that of when they encountered Alden and his other enemies. Tigress and her mother left to talk in Bao's quarters privately while the rest of the group tried to aid the wounded to the best of their ability.
Absorbing the fact that her very mother, who she meet and recollected mere hours ago, revealed to be a secret Samurai who secretly practiced the art, as well as others have secretly all over China. It was hard to believe, but seeing her in her FATHER'S armor and in combat (not to mention a flawless stealth kill), she took in quickly. After all, she first didn't believe people had elemental powers, until she meet Cole and his friends (minus Zeke and Rachel), the other two felines, Cole's enemies, and the Beast himself.
Based on what she learned from Cole, she didn't want to see John's power being used at all.
Getting back to focusing in her mother, who was standing at the corner of the room, waiting.
Tigress wanted to ask her all sorts of questions, but what to ask? Actually, where to even start at all? Her mind went blank, as if her mind was telling her not to learn.
But she needed to know, even if it isn't what Tigress's is expecting.
Meanwhile, her mother looked to her daughter's eyes, which was the last thing she saw before abandoning her back at that orphanage, and for some reason, every time she sees her eyes, she knew what she was thinking.
And she would will herself to share her knowledge to her only daughter, for she deserved to know after being abandoned, all these years being alone.
To Tigress's surprise, her mother began to walk towards her, her armor shaking slowly due to her mother's motions, until they stood in front of one another.
For some reason, with her mother standing in her father's armor before her, she looked like a giant demon while she was a puny cub.
Her mother took a deep breath, inhaling and exhaling with control, which Tigress could hear, and rested her armored paws onto her daughter's shoulders and said, "You're wondering where to even begin to know the truth. But the truth was I didn't know until later when I was in a relationship with your father. I will also tell you the truth that I left you back at that orphanage. I'll begin when I first meet your father, it was in an awkward situation when I ran into him and…"
…
(Play third song, keep the forth song ready)
Tigress's mother, after picking at the rice wheat's that remained in the mountain gardens, along with other farmers, piled what they picked into their baskets and traveled back home.
On every occasion she does this, she takes a shortcut home through the bamboo forests so that she was never late for her father's chores, for he was always too ill to tend to the chores.
Her mother, however, died when giving birth to her, leaving her father to feel guilty from time to time. But she didn't mind.
But sadly on this occasion, she was ambushed by some boars, and was surrounded. She was ordered to give up the rice… and more… and in return they won't kill her. She was disgusted and afraid of what her next action would bring, so she either had to run, fight, or submit. She would never choose the third option anyway, and weighed her options on the first two.
Then, he came.
She and the boars were surprised to see a male tiger accidently walk through the bamboo, map in paw, a large pack, and a confused frown as to where he could go.
Then he looked up and had a similar surprised face and said, "Oh, am I interrupting something?"
Without hesitation, he dipped one paw into the pack and threw a smoke grenade, immediately exploding and covering the area with a thick grey smoke.
She was suddenly lifted and swung over someone's shoulder and felt herself being carried away.
After an easier look, she realized that she was being carried by the male tiger that threw the bomb.
When far away, he putted her down and said, "Sorry about that, I know I'm not supposed to do that until I'm married."
She knew the shock from earlier still affected her, but she quickly recovered by laughing and countered, "Well, I would never expect any man to carry me like that until I was married."
He smiled and so did she.
They introduced themselves, his name being Hu and her name was Jun. When he got serious and asked where he could find a certain village, she tells him that that's where she lived, and as they walked together, in case they were ambushed again, they started a conversation. Jun told him that she was a part-time farmer for her village and took care of her ill-father. Hu told her that his clan sent him to this village so that he may mature to an independent adult, since he was near of age.
As they continued to see each other, the days became weeks, and the weeks became months. They were close friends and thanks to Jun, Hu assimilated smoothly in the village, which resulted in every female trying to get to him first, but Jun was always there to destroy the competition… or at least be on the defensive side.
Eventually both of them began to see more than a friendship in one another and when brought up, they quickly assimilated to beginning a relationship.
After at least more than a year has passed since Jun's encounter with Hu, Jun's father dies due to, what was revealed by the healer after his death, cancer. Jun wasn't just only heart-broken by such a loss, but was lost to know that she knew no other family members and was alone.
She knew that the people around her could think of many possibilities of what her future could hold, and all of them were worse, if not bad at all. Her only option to avoid such horrible fates was to be wed to a man.
Seeing Hu as the only man to marry, for she would never go for anyone else, she told him her situation and, without hesitation, agrees to be wed to Jun, for they were in love and he was old enough to take care of her.
Since they had no relatives to return to, the couple had a private wedding, away from everyone.
Jun, of course, has always fantasized what their wedding night would be like, but due to being a virgin (and she wouldn't be if he never saved her), she could only imagine. But instead of having one of the most passionate nights of her life that could forfeit any fantasy, Hu instead tells her that he is a Samurai and his family and others have secretly practiced the art since the birth of Kung-Fu.
It wasn't what she was expecting, but this revelation was one hell of a night to remember.
But that didn't mean that they were never intimate later on.
As the seasons pass, Jun worried about dying through the birth of her child, but the process and pain was worth it as she gave birth to a healthy daughter. The couple themselves was overjoyed, knowing the love they had for one another created their very own family.
Jun, never knowing her mother, feared of how her role as a mother will be poor on her daughter, but Hu supported her and told her that she would be a great mother.
Of course, Jun had to go to the mountains where the gardens held rice once more, and Hu left to prepare for their anniversary.
Jun hummed to herself as she pulled the wheat's and placed them in her basket.
Then, her nose smelled something off.
(In-between 4:00 and 5:00 into the third song, there will be a transition into the next song, be ready)
She turned towards what smelled of smoke and saw a black smoke emerge from the distance, where the village is.
For some reason, her instincts, feared the worst.
(Slow-motion)
The basket fell from her hands…
…and she didn't stop running for anyone.
After what seemed like an eternity, she saw what happened.
(normal motion)
Fires emerged from the village and wolves were all over the rooftops, villagers were running to safety inside the bamboo forests, where they could run to a safe haven, if such a raid occurred.
As Jun ran through the streets, in the corner of her eye, she thought she saw some white feathers.
Like that of a peacock's.
She heard the bird say to kill everyone they see.
(EPIC twist… Reason's later…)
But Jun didn't turn and kept running.
(Start forth song from third)
She ran until she found her house, wolves spraying their torches on the hay to start the fire.
On complete instinct, Jun started to beat the living shit out of them, thanks to Hu's Samurai lessons.
With all of them down, she broke through the front door, running through the burning house towards her cub, nestled in her crib, crying from the chocking smoke.
She picked her up and wrapped her arms around her daughters little body to protect her.
Just as she was about to escape, the foundation's fell on her legs, immobilizing her, but at least the baby wasn't harmed. But, she heard the empty foundations above creak, almost ready to fall on her. She tried to crawl and lift the foundations but was stuck, and all she could do was use her body to shield her baby from the fires until they saved her and prayed that help arrived.
And it did.
In complete surprise, she was yanked from the foundations and pulled away from the house as it fell apart.
She looked to see Hu in his armor, sword at the ready.
Hu gave her his second blade and told Jun that the wolves are not raiding, but trying to kill everyone and that they had to leave. He earlier was at the safe-zone, but was ambushed; he alone stood the defensive line and saved everyone but returned for her and their baby.
After leaving, for days they stormed through bandits and rain/weather to carry their baby to the orphanage in the valley of peace, a place holding sanctuary and hope to all.
Leaving their daughter on that very step was the hardest thing for Jun to do, and she swore that she would always be there for her.
But fate tore her from her daughter, and forced her to break her promise.
When Jun, Hu, and everyone else returned to the damaged village, they began to rebuild, but first attending to those who died. Jun took control of fixing everything and the people saw her as a leader. However, Hu was never tanked or spoken to, due to his status of a Samurai; for they thought that it was his fault that the murders attacked this.
Forever shamed from the public, and living with the guilt of losing his daughter, Hu rarely ate, drank, worked, or slept. Jun kept missing the feeling of his warm embrace in bed every night, forever cold and empty but her.
Eventually, his depression almost led to him committing a common ritual where if a Samurai losses his honor in any way, he is to commit harakiri (suicide).
But Jun stopped him in time.
As the season's pass, Hu dies of natural causes due to his depression. She was now all alone, a widow in an empty house, knowing that her strong husband was dead, her beautiful baby sent away, and nothing but the scar of those and the title of a widow to bare.
(End song)
…
After Jun, Tigress mother, finished explaining the truth, Tigress just looked to her with not only surprise, but complete sympathy. When she said to her mother earlier, 'I forgive you,' it held a different meaning, but hearing this now, made her rethink her words. The love for Cole was like all sweet while the love between her mother and father was passionate with a sad ending.
Tigress never expected to hear such a story, from her own mother nonetheless, but instead of seeing a mother, she saw a woman who faced situations no one asked for and hardened to the challenge, facing all odds and sacrificing so much to become the warrior she is today, standing before her.
She thought to herself what sacrifices she is to make in the future, and the thought of knowing the consequences with those sacrifices weighted heavy on her consciousness, and yet her gut told her that she would have to make a decision.
Tigress saw her mother tear up and little and said with a sad shutter, "If your father were here… he would have been proud… to see the woman you have become…"
Tigress looked to her again as her words struck her heart. Thinking it over, her father, if he was still alive, would have been proud of her becoming a master and the leader of her friends. She was never emotional in front of people (except Cole), but she began to tear up from everything she heard and hugged her mother, in which Jun returned the hug.
As they pulled away, Tigress remembered Jun mentioning white feathers…
…and she realized that she was talking about Shen.
Tigress quickly told her mother that Jun had encountered Shen on accident. Tigress told her that she and the others are on their way to stop them.
"Why was he there?" Tigress asked
Jun narrowed her eyes and said, "You should ask him that yourself when you see Shen again."
With this realization, Tigress now had the drive to find the truth as to why Shen attacked her home and made her, in result, leaving her to face the world alone.
As they returned to her friends, all have been treated to the best of their ability, but some are still dying.
To Zeke, he heard Laroche once say, 'We're just trying to ease their pain before they check out.'
Then it her again.
She needs Cole to save them all.
Before her friends could stop her, she ran out the door, avoiding the corrupted searching for victims, and hoped to find Cole before more died.Hu
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A/N: To be honest with you guys, I was disappointed in myself for not being able to post this chapter, but I was so busy with college applications. I could have been more flexible with this. But that's in the past, now I am free and can work on the next chapter. Man, I was hoping to finish this chapter, but I'm just posting what I have. I hope you enjoyed it, feel free to review, and look up "Seaside Fantasies" profile and stories.