The Return of the Lion Warriors

Crane walked around like a giddy penguin as Saber laughed while a certain mountain cat fumed. "It's not funny," Mei-Ling declared.

"Oh come on, it was pretty funny. Especially when you added the soap in," Crane chuckled. Mei punched the bird in the shoulder. "Ouch."

"I love you all the same, honey," Saber replied, hugging her.

"Hey guys, what are you doing?" Zan asked.

"Oh, we were just telling the story of how Mei lost a bet and had to do laundry... for the first time in her life," Crane snickered. Mei-Ling glared at him.

"I liked you better when you couldn't form correct sentences," Mei muttered bitterly.

"Anyways, I need Saber and Mei-Ling for something. Teach's business," the duck emphasized. Mei-Ling groaned.

"Sorry, Crane."

"No need. I'm fine for a break," Crane replied. "Make sure that she doesn't get near any water!" Crane exclaimed as they left.

"I hate you!" Mei-Ling shouted back. The bird snickered as he walked back to his room. As he entered the hall of the barracks, he heard whispering. He looked around, carefully listening for anything.

"Anyone there?" Crane asked. The whispers continued to get louder and louder until he entered his room. They suddenly stopped as he stepped in. "That was weird," Crane said. It was night time, so Crane decided to sleep early.

Crane found himself in a ruined city. Smoldering ashes fell from the sky. A loud crashing sound was heard from the sky as Crane looked up to see lights in the sky getting dimmer and dimmer until they were completely gone. Crane looked back to the torn and charred building of the ruins. "Who am I?" said a voice. Crane turned around to see Tigress searching through the rubble. "Who am I?" She repeated. Crane walked over to Tigress and rested his wing on her shoulder.

"Tigress?" Crane stumbled back to the ground when Tigress turned to face him. She had no face. No eyes, no mouth, nothing. Yet her unmistakable voice kept ringing in his ears.

"Who am I?"

"What's going on?" Crane asked, frightened. Tigress 'looked' down at the ground to a key. She pointed to it. Crane picked up the key. He looked at it closely. The bird saw a clear picture of the old lion Platon. Crane looked at the faceless Tigress, who had her hands stretched out. "Is this what you're looking for?" She nodded. Crane gave her the key. In a shining burst of light, Tigress had her face back. "Tigress?"

"Take Tigress to see Platon. It is about time that she learns who she is," Tigress replied.

Crane shot up in cold sweat from his bed. It was still night, the moonlight still flooded the dark barracks, but Crane couldn't stay asleep now. He hurried out of bed, rushed to Tigress's room and woke up Krista first. "Krista, wake up!"

"Hmmm, Crane?"She said sleepily, "What's going on?"

"Come on, we have to get Alex and Tigress and get going," Crane said, grabbing a large stick and carefully poking Tigress awake.

"Why are you doing it like that?" Krista asked, still a little sleepy. Suddenly, Tigress's hand automatically punched up with so much force, the ceiling cracked a bit.

"That's why" Crane muttered as Tigress woke up. "Tigress, come on, we have to get going."

"Crane, what's going on?" Krista repeated.

"Tigress has to face Platon," Crane said. Now they were both awake.

"What?!"

"Shhh! Come on, let's get going. We need to catch up with Alex and leave, now!" Crane said urgently. Normally, the two wouldn't move unless they knew what they were getting into, but Crane never did something like this. It must be urgent. "Come on!"

"What about the others?"

"Don't worry about them. And don't wake up Po!" Crane hushed in urgency. They finally rushed down the mountain, managed to get Alex out of bed without waking his father and ran into the night, not knowing where they were going.

Meanwhile, Platon was in a new base overseeing Valor's designs. "This will be able to withstand them. I'm sure of it. The technology we gained from the tiger village will help us with the armor on these robots," the smaller lion menacingly grinned. Platon rolled his eyes.

"Just make sure that it's strong. I'm going to go practice," Platon replied. He walked outside of the dark cave they found. How China had this many caves was a mystery to him. He walked outside to a clearing in the woods where he came across Crane, standing in his way. The old lion was extremely surprised. "Master Crane?"

"Hello, Platon," Crane answered with a smirk.

"What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to interrogate you," Crane stated. Platon stared the bird down.

"No offense, but you're not really the best opponent to stand up against me," Platon answered plainly.

"I'm not, but they are," Crane smirked pointing up. Tigress, Alex, and Krista came down on the old lion, tackling him from out of the trees.

"ARG! Okay, this is different," Platon muttered. "What do you want from me?" Tigress stood up while Krista and Alex held him in place.

"Who am I?" Tigress asked. Platon was extremely confused.

"You tackled me to the ground to play a guessing game?" Platon questioned.

"Where does Tigress come from? Who are her parents? How does Lion fit into it?" Alex asked. Platon sighed.

"Get off of me," He said gently. Tigress signaled them to get up. Platon straightened up. "Ooo, my back isn't as good as it used to. Anyways, I'm guessing Po didn't tell you that you were an heir to the king and queen of the Run Rot Ruins?"

"He mentioned I was an heir, but not of the Run Rot Ruins," Tigress replied. "I'm looking for information that you didn't tell Po."

"Well, you deserve that much," Platon sighed. "Xia and Ai were rulers of the Run Rot Ruins. Lion's father, the great King Zelon, made a pact with them to experiment with something. Regularly, Lion was sent to check up on them. I guess you've already figured out that Lion isn't as young as he looks." Tigress nodded. "Anyways, the Tigers were very adaptive and started to improve on technology centuries ahead of their time. I guess that's where your quick thinking comes from," Platon joked. "Xia and Ai worked on finding a stronger power for Zelon to defend against potential threats to society. Your parents found it."

"How come Lion hasn't told me this?" Tigress asked.

"He probably thinks that you're not the tiger that he saw in the crib. I remember him making a doll for you at one point. It was strong enough to stand against most tiger children. You know how tigers play rough." Tigress's eyes widened.

Suddenly, her head started hurting as she stumbled to the ground. "Tigress!" Krista exclaimed. The tiger started breathing hard as she endured the pain. "What's wrong?"

"It's a lost memory," Platon diagnosed, checking her shaking eyes. "I've seen it before in Lion when he had some kind of amnesia. She'll come out of it."

"How do you know?" Crane asked.

"She's strong," He stated. Suddenly, Tigress came out of her trembling state and stood still.

"Tigress?" Krista asked. Tigress looked at her canine sister.

"I...I remember now," Tigress said. She looked at Platon, "You destroyed my village with your E-bots."

"I did and I am truly sorry for causing you and your family to separate," Platon replied sincerely.

"It's not just that," Tigress whispered, still in wonderment as she stood up. "We have to talk to Lion." She quickly threw a smoke bomb she carried and under the cover of smoke, they vanished from Platon's sight. As they ran faster and faster to the Jade Palace, Tigress kept repeating. "It all makes sense."

Later, Po was pacing around as Tai-gee sat still with his legs crossed. "Daddy, why is Uncle Po walking 'round funny?" Miracle asked.

"Because he's worried about his friend, Mrs. Tigress," Tai-gee said.

"She'll be fine. I can't find Crane, Alex, or Krista anywhere. They probably left together," Lion replied.

"But why in the middle of the night?" Saber asked. Po paced between them, kicking up the sand at his feet.

"Late night snack turned into a wild adventure. Po's had those before," Nelon replied.

"Yes, but Po is normally getting himself into trouble," Mantis bluntly stated, "Tigress wouldn't do something like this."

"Not without a reason," Po muttered, stopping his pacing. "She wouldn't do this without a reason, which is making me freak out!"

"Why?"

"Because what if the reason has to do with Platon?" Po asked.

"Okay, let's just calm down and use your Sky vision again," Lion said. But before he could, Tigress, Krista, Crane, and Alex all burst into the Training Hall. Po sighed a big relief as he ran up to Tigress and squished her into a hug.

"Where have you been? We've been worried sick!" Po stressed. But Tigress simply passed him and walked straight towards Lion. She hugged the wolf tightly nearly crushing him.

"Okay, now please let me breathe!" Lion wheezed out. As she did, she fell to her knees and started emitting a noise that the others had never heard Tigress make. She started crying. Lion bent down to her. "Okay, Tigress, you're really worrying me here." Lion said.

"2nd Baba," She whispered.

"What?"

"Your my second Baba," She tearfully said. She reached behind her and showed him the small doll she kept to herself. "Do you remember making this?" Lion's eyes widened as his jaw dropped. He carefully held the doll. He gasped at the sudden realization as he covered his mouth. He started laughing and crying at the same time as he rested his hands on her cheeks.

"My little Tyke," He cried, sniffling. He hugged her tightly as they laughed and cried. "It all makes so much sense."

"Good, because someone's got to start explaining," Monkey said, confused out of his mind. Lion helped Tigress stand up.

"Her real name is Tiger Lily. I knew her parents Xia and Ai. My father had a special pact with them so I frequently came over to visit them. They had a baby tiger, named Tiger Lily. She would always call me Baba. So I decided to be called second Baba. Now it all makes sense. Now I understand why Platon chose you," Lion said excitedly, tears still coming out of his eyes. "Oh Tigress, I'm so sorry for what happened. I should have been able to stop them. I'm sorry I wasn't strong enough." Tigress smiled brightly.

"I have one part of my history restored. I'm one step closer to figuring out who I am. There's no need to be sorry," Tigress replied, hugging him again. "And I know you're not a wolf." That shocked Lion. "When you came to me, you came in the form like a cherub that's skin was burned."

"How do you remember?"

"I bit your tail, remember? Your lion's tail. I was told about you guys from a long time ago and recently since these last few months."

"Tigress, what are you talking about?" Po asked cautiously.

"I'm saying... It's good to have the Lion Warriors back," Tigress smiled. Lion's eyes almost shot out of their sockets. Nelon, Saber, Mei, Zan, and especially Po were all surprised. But Lion laughed.

"It's good to be back," He replied.

To Be Continued...

Don't worry everything will be explained.