The following chapter will contains a bit violence and some sad part during the climax. Please review politely and enjoy reading.
Animorphia
Chapter 51: Battle of the Lost City
Back at the temple, all of the Pride Landers has set up some traps after Marcy comes up with the ideas. The elephant heard has picked up some logs to setup the traps while the baboons were tying up the vines like knots from inside the temple.
The rhino has pushed the big boulder, and then the chimpanzees' swings by to help them out. The crocodile floats are told to wait in the water, outside from the temple when Eddie instruct the Makuu, right next to Pumbaa.
"Once they go near the water, grab their legs to take them out, but do not drown them or eat them. We don't want any more violence in the jungle." said Eddie.
"You have my word." Makuu nodded.
He proceeds to step into the water. Marcy approach to write down her notes about the temple.
"How are we doing?" Marcy asked.
"So far, so good." Eddie answered.
"Whatcha' writing?" Pumbaa asked.
"I've written down all over the city, but when I looked inside, this place is huge! Can you believe how we discovered the lost city in the jungle?!" Marcy chimed when she smiles.
"It sure is, but we can look at it later. Right now, we have to face more dangerous as we thought." replied Eddie.
"Right, sorry about that. Fight first, discovery later." Marcy apologized.
Eddie couldn't blame her for all the discovery. He took a quick glance for what he's been holding. On his way trip from his home country to here, his sensei has given him his weapon when he gets older and when the time strikes, he'll be ready.
Up from the top of the temple Timon is looking through his binocular to see any choppers, with standing on top of Simba. They've been waiting for an hour until their traps are ready. Zazu flew in as he land next to him.
"Zazu, report." Simba ordered.
"Still no sign of them, sire. But when I flew up ahead from the jungle, I can hear some whirring from the helicopter." Zazu report.
"Was it them?"
"It should be them."
Timon set his binocular away and took out that looks like a flashlight, but something that they shouldn't play with it.
"What is that?" Simba asked curiously.
"It's an orange smoke. In order to protect the forest from fire, we have to use this to get them attention. Once I did get them attention, we'll be ready." Timon explained.
Simba nodded. He knew when it's time to strike.
"Let's hope this works." said Simba as he hopes.
Timon twisted the can until the orange smoke emerge as the wind blew to get them attention.
Then we cut from the chopper view as the pilots took noticed. Xuan looked out the window to see that there were trees and the river, but then he spotted something that is orange like smoke. Shen looked out the window too. His thought was like they've found the temple. He took his walkie out to ordered his men.
"They have found the temple. Follow the orange smoke before it's gone." Shen ordered.
His mercenary group obeyed his order as they drove towards the jungle to follow the signal while the helicopter flew by.
Back to the temple, Timon looked through his binocular again, but this time he can see the helicopter flew towards them. He set his binocular down, knowing that it is time to battle. He looked down at Simba when they're ready.
"We got their attention." said Timon.
Simba nodded before he climbed down from the top until he reaches to the entrance to the temple right next to Nala to make an announcer.
"Everyone!"
The Pride Landers including Marcy, Eddie, Rafiki, Tatiana, and Pumbaa looked up at him as he made an announcement.
"They are coming. Be ready."
They all nodded before they take their positions. The elephants, giraffes, and rhinos are hiding in the jungle to be ready. The baboons riding both zebras and antelopes to hide their spots. Hippos and ostriches are taking shelter inside the village hub. The cheetahs and the lioness climb up inside of the temple.
All that's left is the family and the lion pride. Timon jumps off Simba before he quickly transforms into human. Pumbaa and Tatiana transform as well. Eddie and Marcy use their hands like bro shake. Knowing that it is time.
"Eddie, be careful." said Marcy.
"Don't worry, I will." replied Eddie.
Then they let go of their hands, Marcy walks closer to Tatiana as soon to be mother of this family will protect her. She looked at Eddie when nodded.
"Go look after her." said Eddie.
"I will." replied Tatiana.
Both girls went into hiding by taking shelters, so that they will be safe until the battle is over. Simba nodded at Timon before he steps inside along with Nala. Rafiki and the chimpanzees climbs up on the village hub to hid himself with thumbs up.
Now, all that's left is Eddie, Timon, and Pumbaa. As the adopted father came down to the bottom, he approaches next to Eddie while Pumbaa has picked up a shield that he just found from the shelter.
"You ready for this?" Timon asked.
"Ready as I'll ever be." replied Eddie.
It was all too quiet, except that there some birds sound, all around the jungle. They could see that some birds just flew off when they sensed or saw something. Eddie looked at Timon. He wanted to tell him something that's important.
"Hey, pops?"
"Yes?"
"Can I be total honest with you before they arrive?"
"Sure. What's up?"
"Well, about from two days ago when we were chased by cars. Remember we gave each other a high five?"
"Oh, yeah. That was really quite stunning. I couldn't tell how'd you do it, but I gotta say kid, I'm impressed."
"Thanks. It's what I've been practicing after all these years. Spending my entire life, living with my grandparents. I've been spending holidays without my sister and my parents. I really miss them very much. I just wish my parents were here to see me. I wanted to make them proud for what I have accomplish."
Timon and Pumbaa can understand now. He set his hand on Eddie's shoulder to comfort him.
"I know how you feel, kid. When I was a pup, I used to have my father. He was the bravest meerkat that I ever looked up to him, but then he sacrificed himself to save me and the meerkat colony from hyenas. I never get a chance to say goodbye to him." said Timon softly.
Eddie formed his small smile at him very softly.
"Maybe your father didn't die for nothing. He died saving his family. Saving you."
Timon felt touched for Eddie's speech.
"My parents maybe gone, but not forgotten. I still have my grandparents. And my sister. She's alive because of you. If it weren't for you, I would never be able to see her after I accidentally bumped myself to her when we were kids. So, what do you say... dad? Are you with me?" said Eddie smiling.
Timon formed his smile when his small tear shed. His heart felt very warmly. He has never been so touched since Marcy came to his life. Pumbaa smiles warmly as well.
"Son, I will stand right with you... until the very end."
And so, Eddie wrapped his arm around Timon very gently. Pumbaa looks very happy with his eyes go sparkles. From the distance, Marcy and Tatiana were watching the whole thing to see that they were hugging each other like father and son.
"Aw." Tatiana cooed softly.
Marcy has recorded the whole thing from her phone. But then, their moment was ruined when they heard a helicopter coming closer. Tatiana and Marcy went back into hiding by closing the door. Timon and Eddie let go of their embrace as they looked up in the sky.
Then suddenly, four jeeps emerged from the jungle until they reach and parked by the shelters. All men have jumped out from the jeep to with their weapons like gun. They raised their weapons at the three of them as they stood their ground.
Once the helicopter has landed right behind the jeeps, the door opens when two more men came out, followed by Xuan and Shen as the engines turned off when power went down. All men were stood twenty feet apart from the three of them.
Tatiana and Marcy peeked through an open window to see what's going to happen. Marcy knew her brother well. Then two men walk steps closer to them until they reach their limit to twelve feet apart. Xuan took off his sunglasses to see Eddie, Timon, and Pumbaa with their face turned glared at the man who's responsible for all the trouble they've been through.
"Hello, Edward." said Xuan.
"Xuan." Eddie replied when his voice lowered.
"So, you must be the Wu's ancestor." said Shen.
"Yes, I am." replied Eddie.
"Then you know who I am? Yes?"
"I do. You're Shen. The man who was frozen after thousands of years, then thawed from the ice, 18 years ago!"
"(chuckled darkly) Indeed I was. You have something I want. The treasure to Animorphs."
Eddie clenched his backpack straps firmly while Shen continue to speak.
"And one day, it will be mine. Give it to me now... and I will spare your life."
Eddie slipped off his backpack as he took it off to unzip his bag and then he showed the chest to Shen as he much pleased. Then Eddie opens the chest to see seven glowing gemstones to them. Xuan gazed upon the stones. Shen slightly evilly chuckled.
"So, you have found the treasure." said Shen.
"Actually, my father found it." Eddie paused when he took a glance at Timon and Pumbaa, right between him. "Adopted father, along with my uncle. Eight years ago."
Xuan raise his eyebrows. Shen raise his left fist to ordered his men to lower their weapons as they obeyed. The eldest Chinese man is brushing his beard.
"I was hoping you say that, but where is your... sister? Did I scared her off?" said Shen.
"This battle is between you and me." said Eddie sternly to keep his sister out of this.
Shen was underestimated at the Taiwan boy. He noticed something that Eddie has been carrying around his waist. He disbelief that this boy is carrying a weapon.
"You think this sword that you've been carrying? Look around you. Guns are far better than swords. You three are seriously outnumbered." Shen taunted.
"Who said I was alone." said Eddie.
Shen raised his eyebrow at first. Before Xuan was about to argue, but suddenly something that just dropped to the ground until it explodes into something like smoke bomb, startling some men. They aim their weapons around to see where it comes from.
Shen and Xuan looked back at the smoke bomb, but then another one came when it explodes when smoke bomb spread all over. It turns out that Marcy and Tatiana were the ones that toss some smoke grenade according to her plan.
They sneakily went outside from the top to toss some more to prevent those men from escaping. When smoke bombs are everywhere, they were started to get nervous. Both men looked back at the three with their shocked. Eddie smirked when he shrugged.
"What can I say. Welcome to the Jungle." Eddie taunted.
As of que, they heard a rumble when the ground started to shake until they heard an elephant trumpet sound. All men started to nervously panicked when they felt something that's coming. As they aimed carefully, but they can a huge galloping sound until a rhinoceros emerge through the smoke grunting followed by the elephants roaring.
Before they react, the rhino charge as he flips one of the men over, dropping his weapon screaming. They barely dodged out of the way before tow more rhino came in, rammed to the jeeps while the elephants led by Ma Tembo, stomping over the jeep with her triumph trumpeting. Then zebras and antelopes were charging towards them as the baboons' screech by throwing fruits at mercenary's head.
Shen and Xuan were shocked that they've been ambushed, but then they heard roar from an echo when they looked up. For what's shocking them more when Simba comes out from an entrance to the tunnel as the lion roars up in the sky. Both men were completely horrified at first.
"Impossible." Shen whispered when shocked.
As the lion roars, both lioness and the cheetahs burst out from the temple as they all climbed down to the bottom, passing by Eddie, Timon, and Pumbaa that's been standing and run towards to any more men to pounce to attack.
Then Nala pounce to a man before he raises his weapon, but she pinned him to the ground on his back, then use her claw to swipe the weapons out from his arm as he looked fear at the lioness eyes.
Since the Pride Landers by them some time, Eddie closes the lid, put the chest away in his backpack, and then he strapped on. As Shen and Xuan looked back at Eddie, giving him a cold-hearted glare.
Just then when Eddie draws his sword out. A katana sword that was given by his sensei as a gift. Pumbaa cracked his knuckles. Timon pulled his nun chucks that he's been carrying all this time as he doing a pose. Shen felt that he has been tricked, just like Eddie's ancestor.
"You want the stones? Come and get it!" said Eddie as he stood his ground.
Shen looked at Xuan before he gave the order.
"Kill him."
Xuan drew his own sword out as he run towards Eddie before the Taiwan boy deflect with his sword when the battle starts. Timon and Pumbaa moved out of the way before they were apprehended by two more men, but Timon swing his nun chucks to hit the man's face while Pumbaa grabbed the man's shoulder and flipped him off from the back.
Shen just stood there watching, then he looked up at Simba who was giving him a fiery glare look as he growled. When one of the men was climbing on top to aim at the lion, but then his head was whacked by Rafiki with is his stick to knock him out.
"Not on my watch!" Rafiki taunted.
When more men moved out of the way from fighting, but then Basi burst out by crashing through the wall from the shelter to knock them out. Then the ostriches came out by pecking the men's head. More hippos burst to charge at them as they flipped like rag doll. Twiga lead the giraffes to whack them off by using their long neck to lose their weapons.
Two or three men were under attack by Zazu and some wild birds that he recruits by pecking their beaks to attack. The chimpanzees come out from hiding as they started to attack with some screech, taking away their rifles from them.
"THERE'S TOO MANY OF THEM! THEY'RE EVERYWHERE!" shout The mercenary.
Simba looked that the Pride Landers fighting back against these men, but he noticed when one of them aimed his weapon at the antelope. Simba react fast as he climbs down to the bottom to run towards when he roars. The man react fast, but he was pounced by the king and then swipe the gun out. Simba roars very loud as the man flinch with fear.
After Timon and Pumbaa beat them up fast, they looked at Shen who was standing there and do nothing. They look at each other as they both nodded. Then they charged towards at him, but jumped over the two of them as he uses his hand to chop behind Pumbaa and fell to the ground. Timon react fast when he was shocked before he formed his angry face.
"HEY!"
His yelling was interrupt when his face felt punch by Shen causing him to drop his nun chucks, but when he noticed that necklace that hold the yellow gemstone. He yanked it off from his neck and kick him really hard as the man in disguise fell down, but then it happened.
His transformation revert himself back into meerkat very quickly after the brightness went down. She was fully shocked that this man was disguise by a meerkat. How is this possible to him? When Pumbaa rolled off on his back as he felt groaned, Shen noticed that there's another necklace as he yanked it off from Pumbaa's neck.
Then same thing happens to his best friend as the transformation revert himself back into warthog. Now that Shen can understand why those two is wearing their necklace. From the hiding spot, Marcy and Tatiana peeked out at them, but was shocking them that Timon and Pumbaa were knocked.
Tatiana covered her mouth as she gasps while Marcy was shockingly horrified. Shen sneered down at the two mammals as they tried to get back up from the ground. He looked at the necklace to exam it before he started to speak very coldly.
"All this time, I thought you were just some pets. Pretend to be humans."
Timon struggles to stand up and picked up an African ancient sword that was laid from the ground, giving him his cold glare. With or without the stone to disguise himself.
"You will never hurt my children!" Timon growls.
"Your children?"
Shen chuckled so evilly as he draws his own sword that looks very old from the very dark ages.
"You think you're their father?!" Shen mocked him before he attack.
Timon deflect the attack when swords collide. Then they start to sword fight as the meerkat did the attack with swinging and whooshing, but Shen dodge as the sword bang when it collides. He swings his sword to strike at the meerkat, but he dodges, then climbing up by giving him good punch in the face, and jumped off to the ground as the ruthless man stumbles, but took balance. He wipes his face after he got punch.
"Very good, rodent."
Shen swing his sword again to attack, but Timon deflect it again. Pumbaa stood up after he shook his head to regain conscious until he has witness that his best friend is fighting. Marcy and Tatiana was shocked that Timon is sword fighting with this mad man, but for her reaction when she's afraid that he's going to loose against Shen. She needs to do something in order to save her adopted father.
"We have to do something!" Marcy whispered.
"But, Marcy. It's too dangerous." replied Tatiana with her worried look.
"I know, but we can't just sit here and do nothing. We have to help him."
"How?"
Marcy hasn't figured out yet, but she notices that there's something that can really be useful. Timon is still sword fighting with Shen. Despite that he was so small as a meerkat, but he's capable enough to use his skills to fight back. No matter how hard he tries to protect his friends and his family from any threats.
When he his arm to strike, but Shen blocked the attack to swirl around the sword to fall off from the meerkats paw or hands. Timon was horrified that he was beaten so easily, but he looked at the blade pointing at his neck. Pumbaa horrified gasp. Shen gives him an evil grin that he has won.
Before he was attending to strike, but then he felt that the vase was shattered at his head. Timon and Pumbaa was shocked that it was Marcy who throws the old vase at the man's head by saving her adoptive fathers live.
"Marcy?!" Timon stunned.
Shen turn himself around, looking shocked and then turned glare at the girl, nervously step back as he took his step closer. He will not hesitate to attack that are young. Marcy looks very scared a bit after saving the meerkat.
"You stupid girl." growled Shen.
But then, Tatiana jumped on him to restrain him from attempting to hurt Marcy. He tried to shake her off, but she couldn't let go. Timon and Pumbaa were shocked that the woman in disguise has jumped out of the blue to distract him.
Marcy was standing there like a deer. She doesn't even know what to do. She could hear Tatiana's telling her to run while reaching her arm to get two necklaces back from Shen as he tried to shake her off.
"Run, Marcy! Run!" Tatiana yells.
Then she snapped out of her thoughts and start running from the fight, but Shen sees her running off before he throws her off from his back and stumble by rolling. Timon was shocked.
"PRINCESS!" Timon shouted.
Tatiana felt pain as she groans. Then Shen sees the pink necklace and snatch it off from her neck until her transformation revert herself back into a meerkat. Shen looks at three necklaces of gemstones in the palm of his hands. He chuckled darkly.
"You are nothing without the stones."
Shen walk away to find Marcy. Timon rush over to her to help her out with his worried look.
"Are you okay?" Timon worriedly asked.
"I'm fine, but he got my necklace." replied Tatiana.
"Don't worry. We're gonna get it back. Right now, we have to save Marcy."
"Right."
As Pumbaa approach, Timon is helping her help by getting back on her feet, then they climbed up on Pumbaa's back, and ran off to stop Shen. Back to Eddie battling Xuan as they are still sword fighting. Eddie felt sweaty, but he's not giving up that easily. Eddie took step back to catch his breath while Xuan talks.
"I've been waiting for this moment. Training from my entire life, just enough to kill you." said Xuan.
"So that's what you've been doing? Working for Shen to take the treasure? Kidnapping me and my sister?!" Eddie raised his voice angrily.
"That's right!"
Xuan strikes his sword at Eddie, but he dodged before the sword clang at the stone. Then Xuan swings his sword at the Taiwan boy, but he dodged his head and ran towards him to strike him, but Xuan deflects the sword and making drop the sword to swing it off.
He swings his sword to attack Eddie, but he dodged and grabbed his arm by attempting to break Xuan's arm to drop the sword as he felt pain. He groaned when it hurts, then he uses his other arm to punch Eddie out, grabbed his backpack to took off from Eddie's back, and kick him in the back as he fell flatly to the ground.
Xuan held Eddie's bag to see that there's a chest inside. He picked up his sword, then he steps closer to him where he's getting too close to the water. As Eddie turns himself around as he groaned, then he froze as Xuan pointed his sword at his neck. He looked up to see Xuan's evilly grinned when he's about to finish him off.
"Any last words, Wu?"
Just then when Eddie smirked, he knew he got Xuan right where he wants to take him down that easily.
"Are you hungry?" Eddie taunted.
Xuan drops his grinned when confused. Then suddenly, Eddie dodged out of the way when Makuu jumps out from the water roaring. Xuan reacts fast before the crocodile leader snap his jaw, then another crocodile jumps out as Xuan startled. Makuu swing his tail to Xuan's legs as he fell flatly to the ground thus dropping Eddie's backpack.
Xuan tried to get up, but he felt that Makuu pushed him down to the ground to prevent him from escaping. Xuan was about to reach his sword, but Eddie picked it up to toss it out, then he took back his backpack right after he picked up his own sword. He looked at him smirked as Xuan struggles to move until he looks up with his hatred look.
"Tell your pets to get off me!" Xuan growled.
"I wouldn't say pets, but I talk to the rangers few hours ago. They're gonna be here any moment until they arrive." replied Eddie.
"You just gonna let me die and get eaten?!"
"No. My sensei once told me that killing won't bring to justice. I have to turn you in."
Xuan growled with pure hatred. Suddenly, Marcy approach to take her breathe. Eddie noticed that she was panting after all the running.
"Sis, what's wrong?" Eddie asked.
"It's Shen. He took off our parents and Uncle Pumbaa's necklace." Marcy panted.
"What?"
"Without their necklace, it transforms them back into animals and he's coming after the stones that you've been carrying!"
He could see his sister with her worried face, but he couldn't tell why it magically revert the three of them back into animals without the necklace.
"Don't worry. We're gonna get them back, but we need to go. Right now."
Marcy nodded. Then the ran off, leaving the crocodiles behind while pushing Xuan down as he growled before he yells.
"He'll never gonna stop until he gets his hands on you! You hear me?! HE WILL FIND YOU!"
By the time the fight is almost over, then suddenly, few of jeeps has arrived with some rangers and all other authorities, but what really shocked them when the animals fought against these men like the baboons are beating up a man by kicking and screeching.
Then they see most animals are surrounding mercenaries up against the wall of the shelter when they all surrender. They could not believe how crazy this is. Then suddenly, they spotted Xuan was being held down against the ground by crocodiles. They have no idea what's going on in this place.
Shen keep walking while avoiding the animals that fought against his men as he keeps looking for Marcy until he spotted her with Eddie running upstairs to the temple. He scoffs, knowing that they can't outrun him so easily and proceed to walking up the stairs.
When Eddie and Marcy ran inside to take their breathe, but they move their heads around to find their hiding spot and waited out so that they won't get caught. Eddie overlooked at the exit just to be sure before Shen arrives, but then he enters the temple as the footstep made an echo.
Eddie moves his down, then covered his sister's mouth to keep her quiet by using his finger to shush firmly as the Taiwan girl nodded. He knew that she was so scared that Shen will come look for them with the gemstones.
Shen move his head around to see that it was all empty, but with vines and moss all over the wall. It was quiet from the inside, but he could still hear the fight going on. He walks slowly while holding on his sword just to attack.
Eddie took a quick peek to see Shen is searching before he turned back at his sister. He needs to come up with something just to get away from this madman who's been frozen for thousands of years, but then he got an idea before he whispers.
"Alright, I know it's getting risky, but I have an idea. We'll switch our backpack he won't realize that I have the stones." said Eddie as he whispers.
"Then what are you gonna do?" Marcy asked as she whispers.
"I'll distract him. You have to trust me."
Marcy looked at his brother's eyes with his plead looks. Then she sighed softly. She took off her backpack to switch places while Eddie hand his backpack to her as they put it on at the same time.
"Okay, but don't loose it." Marcy whispered.
"I won't and when I give the signal, you run." replied Eddie whispering.
"What about you?"
"I'll be alright. Besides, I've been training with katan sword like a dozen times."
"Okay, but please be careful."
He gives her a quick until he let go. He knew that Marcy was worried if anything happens to him, but deep down he's a brave kid. A brave warrior.
"I will. Just sit tight until I say so. Okay?"
Marcy nodded. Then Eddie steps out while carrying his sword in his hand with his backpack on his back just enough to distract him when he yells.
"SHEN!"
He turns around as the boy yells with an echo al around the temple. Shen was staring at Eddie holding his sword with his angry look.
"You want the stones?! Come and get me!"
Shen evilly grins just as he thought.
"Alright, I'll take you down first." said Shen.
Eddie took charge towards Shen that he walks fast with their swords carrying until Eddie swing his sword to strike, but Shen deflects it. As the two fights with swords clanging repeatedly to fight over the stones.
Marcy took a peek from her hiding to watch her brother fight against Shen. She remembers what sword fighting is, but this isn't just like the movie she watched. It was a fight to the death.
Suddenly, Pumbaa arrived with Timon and Tatiana are riding just in time, but when Pumbaa stop as the three of them shocked that Eddie is fighting with Shen as the sword clash. They couldn't believe how brave Eddie's been, but they knew that it's gonna get ugly.
"C'mon! We gotta help him!" Timon suggested.
"Wait! This is Eddie's battle! We cannot interfere." Pumbaa disagrees.
"But what about the stones?"
Then suddenly, Marcy spotted them when she noticed, then she comes out of hiding as ran towards them. Pumbaa picked up his hearing by his ear before he noticed. They were relieved that their girl was safe.
"Guys!" Marcy chimed.
"Marcy! Oh, thank goodness." Timon relieved.
"Are you alright?" Tatiana asked worried.
"I'm fine, but I got the stones." replied Marcy.
"What? I thought Eddie has it?" Pumbaa confused.
"I know, but we switch our bags so that he gives him a distraction."
They took their glance at Eddie, that's he's carrying his sister's backpack while he sword fight with Shen. Then they looked at Marcy that's carrying her brother's backpack with the chest from what's inside.
"Huh. Good thinking, kid." said Timon.
"Guys, look!" Pumbaa noticed as they all witnessed.
Eddie is keeping up the pace when the fight continues. Shen growls, trying to get the bag off of him, but they still clashing their swords. Eddie twirls himself around and slash around Shen's back when he yells.
Shen felt pain behind his back, but his shirt was torn from the back. Marcy and her adoptive family were shocked. He gives Eddie a cold glare growling. Shen will not give up that easily. He hisses with his back hurt.
"That is a warning! You are no match for my skills." replied Eddie sternly.
"I agree, but this is."
Without a warning, he took out his dagger to toss at Eddie, but he caught it in his right hand
by the handle and then toss it back to him when it stabs him in the left shoulder as he yells it out. The four of them gasp.
They were surprised that Eddie has caught the dagger and toss it back right in the shoulder. Shen pulls his dagger out from his left shoulder. He looked at where his shoulder is wounded where it bleeds. He looks up at Eddie with the look of his hatred.
"You dare?!" Shen growls.
"You shouldn't mess with wrong family." replied Eddie.
Just as Shen snaps as he taking charge growling. Before Eddie reacts, he raises his sword to deflect Shen's attack as the swords clash each other. Once they release the clash, Shen kicks Eddie in the stomach thus dropping his katana., then he jumps over the boy and push him down to the stone ground.
All four of them were shocked. Eddie couldn't move when he felt pain. Shen put away his sword quickly just to look over Eddie's back. He knelt it down to remove the bag from Eddie, then unzip the bag, but what shocked him that the chest is not inside.
"What?!"
It was only just Marcy's stuff like her notes, her journal, and her game switch. Shen has been tricked. He dropped his emotions from shock to an anger. A cold-hearted hatred, but then Eddie rolled over just to kick his knee in the weak spot, right in the bottom.
Shen dropped Marcy's backpack when yelling, then Eddie jumps up like a ninja to get back up as he kicks him repeatedly until he reaches into his pocket to yank three gemstones back and then he gives him a big blow with full of punch as Shen stumbles backwards and fall to the ground.
Marcy and her adoptive family were shock and awe. Eddie picked up Marcy's backpack to zip it up and put it on his back, then put away the gemstones in his pockets, and picked up his katana sword as he points the blade at Shen as the boy gives him a stern look.
"It's over, Shen."
But then it happened. As Shen took out a pendent, but what's left that it's empty meaning that he couldn't drink just as he felt pain when hissing. Eddie was confused at first, but something is not right as the man groans in pain.
Shen crawls into four as the pain goes on until it happens when he started to scream it out loud. His clothes started to torn apart as his arms grew muscles thus shredding the long sleeves of his coat, then his skin started to turn scale with a color of black and yellow grey.
His hands start to turn with his claws coming out from his fingers, then his shoes were torn to shred when his feet grew big with his claws while his legs were ripping through pants, then what's behind him from the back of the bottom as the tail emerge, ripping through the hole of his pants.
Eddie was shockingly horrified as he gasps. Marcy looks terrified at Shen's transformation. Tatiana covers her mouth when she gasps. Timon and Pumbaa were shocked that no one has transform into something like this. It's like watching a scary movie, but it gives them a nightmare like this.
And finally, when Shen screams as his head start to transform thus losing all of his hair and his beard, his nose turning into a snout, his teeth raise it's sharp, and his ears are shrinking. Once he felt the pain was gone, he stands up on his legs.
Just then when Simba and Nala show up just in time for assistance, but what really shocks them that there was a lizard. An anthropomorphic lizard with his muscles on his chest, arms, and legs. His tail is swinging. Then the lizard opens his eyes with an eye of a reptile. They were all shocked.
"Havi kabisa!" Simba gasp.
Eddie couldn't believe what has really shocking that this man has transformed himself into a hideous monster. Half man, half lizard. As the beast growls, giving him a hatred look when Eddie terrified.
"Look what you have made?" Shen growls.
"Wh-who are you?!" Eddie shocked when stammered.
"I am the one that's been punished by attempt to kill your ancestor for betraying the clans, giving me a curse by turning me into a hideous Komodo Dragon. I was banished in the depths of the trench, turned frozen into the abyss, for years and years until I was discovered by these foolish mortals and took me to their lab."
"They've been studying me for what kind of monster I am, but when the ice has melted, I escaped. It took me months to find the cure to turn me back into human by drinking this potion. Then I funded this operation for years just to get my revenge until I discovered that your parents, your ancestor's descendants were there and starting to questioning them where I can find the stones so I can become normal again, but then they discovered my secret to rule over China and then they barely escape from my grasps!"
Eddie couldn't believe what his sensei said was true. Not only Shen has survived from freezing himself over centuries, but he was cursed by the Great Spirit for attempting to kill his ancestors just to get what he wants.
"Now, you will die screaming, just like your parents." Shen growls while hissing.
Then it really hit him. Eddie raises his eyebrows with a shock.
(Flashback starts)
We cut to a flashback in Los Angeles back in 2006, during that night when his father is driving in a red car with his wife sitting up front with him. Mrs. Wu has already dropped off her daughter at the orphanage to protect her from what's coming when she cries.
Her husband felt pity at her for giving up their daughter. He felt the same way that he left his son alone with his parents-in-law by the airport. He reaches his hand to comfort his wife by rubbing her hand.
"Hey, it's gonna be okay." said Mr. Wu.
"Oh, honey. I don't know what to do. What is going with our family?" Mrs. Wu replied when she cried softly.
"I don't know, but we're gonna get to the bottom of this once we head back to the Taiwan."
Before she replied when they come across the street when green light is on, but suddenly when a truck shows up from the left by colliding into their vehicle as the glass shatters, rolling their car over until it flips over when upside down, but with their car wrecked.
Mr. and Mrs. Wu were injured with their face scratch with a little scratch. He coughs a bit while his wife groaning. They couldn't move, but they still have their energy just to get out of their wrecked car.
Mr. Wu first took off his seatbelt until he crawls out, but what really shocked that there were two men jumped out from the truck with their boss. He ran over to the other side to get his wife out from the wrecked car that she's still stuck.
"Honey, can you hear me?" Mr. Wu asked worried.
"(groan) I'm hurt." Mrs. Wu groaned.
"Don't worry, I'm gonna get you out. Just, hold on!"
He reaches his hand just to unbuckled his wife out. It turns out that this man, Shen who's been hunting them down just to get what he wants. He took out of something like a detonator and toss it on the bottom of the wrecked car.
Once Mr. Wu got his wife out just enough time, but then it was too late when they took noticed that Shen was here as the parents shocked. Shen look into the couples eyes with full of fear.
"You should've given me the map while you have the chance." said Shen coldly.
Before Mr. Wu react, Shen held the remote by pressing the button until the bomb that explodes the wrecked car and have them both obliterate. This is where he has last seen the Wu's parents.
(Flashback ends)
Eddie has been staring at him with his shocked look as his eyes went wide. Marcy gasps as her small tears started to form. Timon and Pumbaa couldn't believe for what this monster has just said. Simba and Nala were shocked as well. Tatiana is still covering her mouth with her horrified look.
All this time. There wasn't a big accident for the car crash. It was Shen, the man who started this. Who is responsible for their separations from the start. Making him and Marcy an orphan. Never get a chance to see his parents smiling, supporting him, and having them hear his sister's first words.
"I-it was you. You were there." Eddie shocked.
Shen chuckled darkly as he picked up his sword.
"That's right. Who do you think sending your parents into accident in the first place?"
It was that day when something's changed inside of Eddie. Something has snapped.
"RAAAAAARGH!"
Eddie screams as he charges towards Shen with his sword before he clashes his sword against Shen with his evil grin. Waiting for him to strike him down full of hatred before Eddie screams.
"HOW COULD YOU?! YOU KILLED MY PARENTS!"
He angrily swings his sword at Shen, but he clangs against one another. Marcy was shocked that her brother is full of rage. She shook her head when she shed her tears.
"No." Marcy shake her breath with her tears.
Simba felt the same way like his father was murdered by his ruthless uncle. They were all just standing there and watch Eddie fight with pure hatred.
"YOU TOOK EVERYTHING AWAY FROM ME! YOU MURDERING SNAKE!"
When Eddie was going over to the head, but Shen swing his tail to hit him in the stomach and launch him backward as he fell to the ground. Everyone gasps. Simba drop his emotions as he turned glared when growling charge towards him.
Before Shen reacts, Simba pounce on the lizard's back to bite his neck off to dropping the sword. Shen tried to shake him off, but he felt pain as the lion scratch his skins, leaving marks all over his arms until he reaches his arm to get him off from his back and toss the lion out.
Nala react before she snarls when taking charge, but Shen swing his tail to whack Nala off as tumbles over where Simba lies on the ground. He turned his gaze where Marcy and her adoptive family shock. He took noticed that the girl has Eddie's backpack meaning that she has the chest inside. He looks very hungry as he walks towards them making the four of them shock.
"RUN MARCY!" Timon shouted.
Marcy starts to run with Pumbaa carrying Timon and Tatiana, but Shen run towards on four until he reaches to the girl as he yanked her up by her brother's backpack, making her scream. Pumbaa halt when he turns around with the meerkat horrified looks.
"MARCY!" They all shout together.
Eddie slowly got up from the scream until his eyes wide with horror. What really shocked him the most that his sister was taken. As the komodo dragon man held Marcy as a hostage the way he looked at them before they stood there with horrified looks.
"Stay where you are! Or that girl dies!" Shen snarls.
Shen runs off to the exit with Marcy in arms. Eddie got up as he put away his katana sword. As he approaches by Timon, Pumbaa, and Tatiana, they took their glance at Simba and Nala as they got up to their feet.
"Simba, Nala, are you guys okay?" Timon worries.
"We'll be fine. Just go." said Simba.
"Hurry!" Nala added.
Then they all nodded at each other before Eddie and Pumbaa runs off with the meerkats riding.
"C'mon!" said Eddie.
Once Shen reach to the bottom as he jumps to the ground with Marcy carrying, he ran past some crocodiles including Makuu that just shocked. He passed by some animals including Rafiki and Zazu for what they saw with their reaction while the baboons jumped out of the way before he runs through.
Since the rangers got here in time to apprehended those men including Xuan, but then when they saw Shen ran past them carrying Marcy, making them all shocked. Xuan looked at the appearance, but didn't know that it was his master.
When Shen arrives by the helicopter, he ripped the door open to toss her in with her brother's backpack. Then he ripped open the pilot door just to climb in to take his seat just to turn on the engines as the blade started to spin faster.
While the helicopter was turned on, Eddie and his adoptive family reach to the bottom and ran past the rest of the animals to make way for them. As they run past by Rafiki, he hollers at them.
"Go! Go! Your girl needs you! Hurry!" Rafiki hollers.
Eddie keeps running as he run towards the helicopter, but he realized that he's never gonna make it on time to reach it. He can't let Shen get away with this. But then, he felt that he was being lifted up by Twiga, the giraffe who helped him up after holding on to her back.
"Need a lift?" said Twiga.
Eddie was glad that the giraffe has long neck. Ma Tembo reacts fast as the leader of the elephant charge towards the helicopter to reach her trunk to grab the back of the wheel. Eddie switch into hopeful looks and so were the three of them.
"YES!" Eddie cheers.
"Way to go, Ma Tembo!" Pumbaa shouted with glee.
Marcy got up as the girl reach her hand to hold onto something like a hanging bar, but she looked down to see that her brother riding on Twiga and her adopted family are running towards to save her. Even what she saw that the eldest elephant is preventing Shen from escaping. Marcy formed her smile with full of relief.
"EDDIE! GUYS!" Marcy shouted when chimes.
"HANG ON, MARCY! WE'RE COMING!" replied Eddie.
Shen look left to see what's going on, but what shocked him that the elephant is trying to hold study until Twiga arrives. Eddie carefully slides down to her back as he balanced on the back until he jumps up to the platform where Marcy is standing.
Twiga bends her neck down to the ground so that she can lift Pumbaa up with Timon and Tatiana as they all yelped a bit and held the warthog up to them. Marcy knelt down to wrap her arms around her big brother while both meerkats and a warthog wraps around her.
"Oh, Eddie! Guys! You made it!" Marcy relief.
"Don't worry, we're not going anywhere
Shen snarls before he shifts the pilot to shake off them all off. Ma Tembo releases her trunk until the helicopter goes up in high as the Pride Landers watching them flew away. Simba, Nala, and Rafiki approach while Zazu flap his wings.
"Zazu, fly ahead! We'll catch up!" Simba ordered.
"Yes, your highness!" Zazu nodded.
As the king's majordomo flews, off to fly ahead while Simba and the rest of his animals fled into the forest leaving some rangers behind along with Xuan and his mercenary coworkers being handcuffed.
Shen looked to the back just to see the siblings and the mammals stood up, but then he pilots his wheels to shake them off by turning right as they all stumble and then he turns left as they stumble backwards. Timon, Pumbaa, and Tatiana grab onto something like a net, but Marcy nearly falls off as she screams.
Eddie quickly reacts as he rushes toward to grab his sister's arm just enough time as he hanging on to the ceiling bar. They were shocked that Marcy nearly falls off, but they relieved that she's okay. Marcy looks down with her eyes wide open with fear.
"MARCY!" Eddie yells.
She looks up to her brother eyes as he instructed her.
"Don't look down! Just look at me! Look at me! It's gonna be okay!" Eddie hollers.
"Don't let go!" Marcy cried.
"I'm not gonna let you go! Just hang on!"
They couldn't just sit there and watch their girl falls. They have to do something to stop this monster for nearly getting them all killed. When Timon look straight ahead to the front, he knew it might take too risky to stop him.
"I got an idea! Sit tight!" said Timon.
As the meerkat runs towards to the front, he could see that Shen can sense and smell his scent. He snap his jaws at him, but Timon dodge out of the way to used up all of his tricks as he pops up in front of him.
"NYAH-NYAH-NYAH-NYAH-NYAH!" Timon taunted.
"WHY WON'T YOU JUST DIE?!" Shen roars.
Timon dodged before the komodo dragon slam at the engine parts, but what cause is when the system is failing as smokes coming out with the alarm goes off. Shen tried to take control of the pilot, but he can't fly straight as the helicopter flew straight towards the edge of the cliff.
As soon as Eddie lifts Marcy up to him, wrapping her arms around him just enough time before they were about to crash after Timon crawls back to them after they took their seats with seatbelts on before shutting their eyes.
"Hang on, kids! Brace yourselves!" Timon yells.
Both siblings cling on to each other's arm. Marcy refused to let go of her brother as he overly protecting her from her fall. She is losing control of the pilot until he came down crashing to the ground and reach to the edge of the cliff until it stops when the engine dies down.
Zazu flew as fast he can just to catch up with them, but then he stops and saw that the helicopter is at the edge of the cliff with smokes coming out. He fears that his friends are in danger.
"I must tell Simba!"
Zazu flew away to bring message to his king and he will return in order to give Simba a direction. As they all open their eyes, they looked around that their seatbelt was on. They sighed with relief that they were okay, but then they felt something that just moves.
Eddie took a quick peek look at the window where the cliff reaches from top to bottom. He grew his eyes wide open, realize that they're the edge of the cliff. He needs to act fast in order to save his new family and his sister.
"Is everyone okay?" Eddie asked.
"Yeah, we're fine." Marcy answered.
"Good, then we need to get out. Right now."
But suddenly, Shen breaks through wall from between front and back as he roared at them. They were all jump scare as they screamed.
"YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE!" Shen roars.
Eddie drew his sword out before Shen reach his sword out. The Asian boy knew that he can't the risk for a fight because they were on the edge of the cliff. He exhaled through his angered and he will never forgive him for what he has done to his family.
Marcy held on to her brother's shoulders when she looked scared. Pumbaa fiercely protect them while Timon and Tatiana cling onto each other's arms. Shen is hissing at them as his saliva drools. Marcy could tell that the dragon's saliva was poison. She's smart enough to know that komodo dragon are dangerous to the humans.
"Do you really think that I let you two grow old?!" Shen snarls.
Eddie stood his ground while holding his sword up before he's about to attack as the lizard continues to talk.
"How long did you really think that the two of you survive enough to save yourself? Longer than your ancestors did?"
Eddie refuse to replied. Marcy took a quick glance at the exit where she nearly falls off before the crash.
"I look into the future. Where your world would burn to the ground. One of you will destroy your mankind, become the monster who fears you are."
"You don't know what you're talking about. After everything for what you have done to our family?! My parents?!" Eddie raises his voice high.
"They are the reasons why they betrayed the Wu Clans. I will get those stones. Even I have to kill every single one of you to erase your families' name." said Shen coldly.
"Not if I kill you first!"
Eddie will not let this monster kill him and his family. He felt his arm was too tight as he looked at his sister's pleaded look. He couldn't understand why she looks at him like that.
"Eddie, don't do this." said Marcy softly.
Eddie blinked his eyes with shocked, but he let her continue to convince him.
"If you kill him, you'll just like him."
He dropped his anger emotions. He lowered his katana sword down slowly. What was he thinking? If he did kill him, he'll be just like Shen. Or Xuan. He's no better than this.
"Son, don't make the same mistake like anyone else. Trust me." said Timon softly as he convinced.
He closes his eyes to exhaled sharply and then he put his sword away much to Marcy's relief. Timon and Pumbaa knew that he made the right choice.
"You're right. I'm not like him." said Eddie lowered his voice.
Soon, they were about to walk out, but Shen knew that this boy was too weak as he hissed at him.
"So unwise." Shen growls.
Before he made attempt to strike them down, but suddenly, they felt a bump as they realize that they were about to fall off the cliff. Eddie felt his heartbeat when it happens. Now is the time to get out.
"MOVE! EVERYBODY OUT!"
Pumbaa jumps off first along with Timon and Tatiana, then Eddie jumps out next. Marcy was about to jump off, but Shen grabbed her brother's backpack as the girl screams. They turn around and looked horrified as the komodo dragon man growls.
"EDDIE!" Marcy screams.
"IF I CAN'T TAKE CONTROL OF THE STONES, SHE'LL DIE WITH ME!" Shen roars.
"NOOO!"
Eddie scream as he draws his sword out to cut off the lizard's wrist as he screams in agony while Marcy took her chance to escape and launch into her brother's arm after he dropped his sword to the ground.
Shen stumbles backwards and fall to his back, given enough time to push the wrecked helicopter almost sliding off. He held his wrist when it bleeds. Shen took a quick final look at Eddie giving him a last glared while Marcy looked frighten.
By then, when the wrecked helicopter falls down, Shen has no place to go. All of his plan to conquest blown into smitheries. Then he closes his eyes and fatefully decide to accept his defeat before he goes down with the helicopter, tumbling all the way down until it hits the bottom when it explodes, incinerate an anthropomorphic komodo dragon.
Marcy and Eddie are taking their breathe after their full experience. They were sitting on the dirt to rest. He looked at his sister that's been staring where the smoke comes up. He can see that Marcy was very frightened like a child.
"Marcy? Are you okay" Eddie asked softly.
Marcy nodded.
"Y-yeah. I-I'm fine. I'm just... just..."
Marcy was stammering, then she's started to shaken up with her breathe, then she couldn't hold her emotions and release her tears. This worries Eddie that his sister started to cry. He wraps around his baby sister to hug her. Marcy accepted her hug as the Wu siblings are embrace, but with emotions of despair.
Timon, Pumbaa, and Tatiana grew sad that their girl is crying. They all knew what the poor girl has been through from all the traumas. Tatiana started to shed her small tears. Timon noticed his girlfriend that she releases her tears and he wrapped his arm around her. Pumbaa felt pity at the kids.
Then suddenly, Zazu flew right in as the hornbill felt relieve that they're still alive. Simba and Nala come out from the tree until they reach to slow down and saw that the kids are embracing. Simba doesn't understand why Marcy is crying.
"Guys? What happened?" Simba asked quietly.
Pumbaa looked at his Simba with his sad face. Zazu lands next to him until he realized what's happening. Marcy cries over her brother's shoulder when Eddie is rubbing his sister's back.
"Hey. It's okay. I'm here now." Eddie is soothing her.
"(shaking breathe) O-oh, Eddie. I'm s-so s-s-sorry. I-I thought I was... going to... to..." Marcy stops when she cries.
"Don't say that. You're safe now. You're safe."
"B-but m-m-my mom... and m-m-my dad... they're...th-they're gone..."
Marcy keeps crying as her tears still flowing. It really hurts for what she's been through. Eddie tried to hold back his emotions, but he couldn't do it. Eddie has released his small tears. Timon and Tatiana walk closer to the human kids and wrapped their arms at Marcy. Pumbaa came too close to wrap around Eddie.
Simba and Nala understand that the kids have lost their parents. Long lost parents. They lowered their heads down in sadness. Zazu lowered his head down as well. Rafiki approach as he walks out from the bush, but noticed that everyone is sad. The wise mandrill closes his eyes sadly as he lowered his head down with sympathy.
As the sun reach closer to dusk, all over our heroes grew sadness. There's no time to celebrate. They may have won the battle, but they have lost their own parents. The reign of terror is no more.
The battle is over. It is very sad that the siblings have lost their late parents like all people do. On the bright side, I will upload the next chapter whenever I got back home from work. In the meantime, stay tuned for the next chapter and have a Happy Earth Day!
Amphibia and The Lion King (c) Disney
