"Any last words Dragon Warrior?" TaoTie smiled evilly as yet another rotating blade shot out and slowly inched closer and closer to Po's throat.
"I have a few." I snarled at the pompous pig as Po's and the Five's eyes locked on me.
Ping attempted to hold me back, but I gently shrugged him off. I wasn't about to let a villain, even one with a powerful weapon hurt MY friends. Wait...did I just think that...my friends...never thought I would be saying that anytime soon in a world such as this. Maybe I wasn't so detached from these people that I have lead myself to believe. Anyways though, I just made a very dangerous move on a mediocrely dangerous criminal. I really need to think these plans through a little more.
"Oh so I see your with them now, tsk tsk, no matter though, you will meet the same fate." He said to me darkly and he attempted to shoot another of his claw arms he apparently had tucked away.
I could see the Five and Po look strangely at each other when he said that, I knew I might have some explaining to do if I got out of this alive.
"You seriously think you could beat me..." I laughed as I just barely dodged the claw...nervousness still all too present in my voice, but not enough for him to notice.
"Please, you're just a girl, practically still a kid...what threat could you possibly pose to me?" TaoToe asked totally sarcastically.
I then remembered what I still had in my pack (thankfully I was smart enough to grab it before I went gallivanting outside) my smoke bomb, thankfully Emma had only managed to swipe my sleeping potion and not my prize invention. The only thing was, I had to time this right so the Five didn't get exposed to it as well.
I turned back to Ping and whispered "Get everyone out of this area now and as fast as you can, I have a plan."
He nodded to me still a little unsure, but ran off surprisingly unnoticed by the fuming hog. I then turned my attention to TaoTie once more.
"You're probably right, I got nothing...maybe I should just give up now." I said solemnly in a fake surrender as I judged whether or not it would be safe to release the bomb on him based on his distance from Po and the others.
I figured that if the bomb was released and I timed it right I could merely ask the Kung fu masters to hold their breath, and with their good reflexes they would probably be able to comply fast enough...but that only takes care of one problem, if any of the bomb's mixture got on their skin there would be no telling what could happen. I had a solution for this as well, but it would require me risking my own safety unfortunately...
You see if I simply punctured the bomb with a small hole I could much more easily control the liquid that would inevitably spray out of it. Thus I could insure Po and his friends never made contact with it. The problem with this is as soon and I made the puncture in the bomb that was highly pressured with volatile chemicals, I would have no way of avoiding a least some of this nasty stuff getting on me. Right now though, I wasn't at all worried about my own safety, right now nothing else mattered but saving the ones in front of me. I wasn't about to let something so unjust and vile happen to people I knew were just and good. So I swallowed any fear I may have had, ripped the bomb out of my bag, and shakingly took my pinky finger and made I small hole in the center of the bomb and watched as the liquid violently sprayed out.
"EVERYONE HOLD YOUR BREATH!" I shouted as I flung the thing as fast as I could at the evil pig.
All the masters immediately complied not seeing any other options. TaoTie however, not being nearly as trained or disciplined was caught by surprise and the the bomb landed directly at his feet on his little perch at the controls. Within seconds the pig went down, but unfortunately as he did, he bumped some type of red lever and the machine unpinned the Kung Fu Masters and started spinning rapidly out of control...of course with Po still in the tight grip of the claw, TaoTie being flung out and landing somewhere on the ground.
The machine was so bulky and massive it started to either take out completely or do some serious damage to a few nearby buildings and walls. Without a thought I approached the giant mechanical beast and grabbed hold of one of its wooden legs, painfully making my way to the top. The thing was spinning so fast all I could see around was random series of colors as I felt like I was going to puke. When I finally reached the top the centrifugal force pulled on my body like I was a rag-doll, I had to dig my fingernails into the machines wooden frame to even remain upright as I perilously searched for the precious lever. It was like searching for a needle in a haystack, the wind blowing so hard in my face that I might as well have been blind. The only real useful sense I had left was touch, and feeling around for a small lever on a machine that is spinning at about 100 miles per hour is surprisingly difficult. My nails were now digging into the machine so hard I could feel them starting to bleed. I knew if I didn't find the right lever soon I wouldn't be able to hold on for much longer. I could already feel as my muscles started to burn and I mentally cursed myself for never taking my school gym classes more seriously. I began running my hand frantically over the controls, accidentally hitting button after button, one of which made the claw that had Po shake a little violently, much to Po's dismay. After what seemed like forever though, I found the lever. Pulling it with all I had the machine shut down and slowly stopped spinning, smoke pouring from its inner workings like a house fire. When the thing finally stopped completely, I probably looked pretty green...literally. After a few moments of being stationary the claw that was holding Po violently fell to the ground shattering in pieces and releasing the dizzy looking panda. I tried to make my way down from the machine, but felt my vision go double as I noticed for the first time that my arm was dripping with some sort of fluid. When I made the connection with what the liquid was (the hemlock concentrate from my bomb) I looked on in horror. My fear was short lived however as I slowly lost my grip on the machine and lost consciousness, the last thing I remember is falling, and that's when my world went black...
