Tigress looked out his window and sighed softly. "Po, can you look after the kids for a while tonight?" She asked. "Uh, Yeah. If you want. Where are you going to be?" he asked. "Just out. It shouldn't be long." She said looking up at him. She felt Po hold her tighter resting his head on her shoulder. "I'll come home Po. I'm not running away again." She whispered. Po nodded slightly keeping her close against him. She put Jian back in the basket with his sisters and fixed up her shirt. She turned around stroking his cheek gently. "What are you worried about?" she whispered. "I don't want to lose you. Something could happen to you." He whispered. "I'll be okay babe. I can handle everything." She said kissing his cheek. "Just you wait and see. I'll come home tonight perfectly fine." Po sighed looking at her. "Promise?" he whispered. "Promise." He smiled hoping she was right.
Late that night Tigress left the grounds after dinner. She had fed Jian, Lei, and Suyin before she left so Po just had to put them to bed. Shifu had turned Tigress's room into a nursery and Tigress had moved into Po's room. Tigress took off through the village heading to the mountains. She ran up a path that lead to Chorh Gom Prison. She stopped walking up to the guards. They opened the doors and she walked in and down the halls. She headed to a room walking in. The guard closed the door behind her. She had arranged with them to see Bao and they'd agreed. They had a large, empty room that she was in and they brought Bao in. He looked up at her seeing her glaring at him and the doors shut. He was still handcuffed but they left the doors unlocked but guarded in case she wanted to leave. Bao smirked shattering the handcuffs and putting his foot on a stone in the corner. "What was that?!" Tigress growled. "I just locked the doors. I don't want us interrupted." He said. "Why?!" Bao leant against the wall. "You'll make Po very unhappy." He said. "Why would I do that?" She asked. "Well Junjie told me when Po was to be married to Lu Shi, Shifu said he either married her or gave up being the Dragon Warrior. You're now going to be wanted by everyone in the surrounding areas." He said. Tigress's glare softened. "Shifu wouldn't make him leave me or give up being the Dragon Warrior….would he?" She muttered to herself staring at the ground. Bao jumped kicking her in the stomach back into the wall. She groaned falling to the floor. "I don't know. Would he?" Tigress got up taking her fight stance.
"Shifu was happy for him to give up being the Dragon Warrior. Probably so he didn't have a dumb panda in the job." Tigress growled kicking him in the head and punching him twice. "Don't talk that way about Po!" She snapped. "Why so aggressive? He's gonna marry you isn't he?" he said smirking. "I don't know! But we've got three kids and I'm sure Shifu wouldn't make him give them up!" She hissed. "Kids?! You had kids with that idiot?!" he laughed. "Bastard!" Tigress growled as the two of them began fighting each other. The guards could hear what sounded like fighting and then Tigress scream. They pulled and pushed on the doors finding them locked and unable to get in. They pressed an alarm alerting the other guards they needed backup. Back inside the room, Tigress was lying on the floor. She had her paw on her stomach where Bao had slashed her with his claws. She looked up and glared at him. He grabbed her shirt lifting her up. "You're still pathetic." He hissed punching her in the ribs. She screamed again as something cracked. He smiled chuckling. "You should never have come to see me Kitty." She squeezed her eyes shut. She was covered in bruises and blood was pooling beneath her. She struggled trying to get up. She felt his larger paw grab her by the throat. She struggled trying to pry his hand off her throat. "I should've come back you sooner." He hissed. "And done this sooner!" She whimpered feeling his grip on her throat tightening. The doors suddenly crashed to the floor and the guards ran in grabbing Bao handcuffing him again. Tigress fell to the floor in a bloody mess. Her clothes were soaked in blood and she was gasping for air, but with her broken ribs it was hard and painful. The cut on her stomach and chest was open worse than before bleeding. She whined as two of the guards lifted her up and into a cart to take her back to the Jade Palace.
Po was up pacing the floor in the Jade Palace waiting for his soon-to-be wife to come back. He heard someone knock on the door. "Chorh Gom Prison guards. We have an emergency." One called. Shifu ran over to the door opening with the four running up beside Po. Shifu gasped as his eyes widened seeing Tigress. The others gasped and Po almost passed out. "Tigress!" he yelled running over to her. She groaned softly. "I'm sorry. I thought I could take him." She whispered weakly. "Take who?" he asked. "She wanted to see Bao-Zhi." One guard said. "But he somehow locked the doors and did this to her. She's got some broken ribs as well as the fact he tried to strangle her." Po growled softly lifting her up gently holding her against him. "You have to stay with me." he whined softly. "It doesn't matter Po. We couldn't have got married anyway." She whispered putting her ring in his paw. "What? Why?" he asked feeling his heart breaking. "Shifu told you with Lu Shi….you either married or..." she groaned softly. "…gave up being Dragon Warrior." Po held her paw in his tightly. "I'd give that up for you Tigress. I love you." He whispered putting his head to hers. Crane and Monkey began to bandage the wounds for her stopping the bleeding. Tigress sighed softly closing her eyes. "Don't die on me please Tigress." He whispered. Tigress just lay there as Po stared at her. He felt Tigress squeeze his paw gently. "I'm not going anywhere Po." He smiled pulling her against him careful not to hurt her. Shifu stroked her fur gently. "Tigress, sometimes you think you know what's going to happen but you don't." he said softly. "What do you mean?" she whispered. "It's true. I told Po he could have Lu Shi or be the Dragon Warrior. But seeing what he's like with you and how much he loves you and you love him. He can marry you and stay the Dragon Warrior. You're one of the Five. You're more experienced than Lu Shi was so I'll grant you both your wishes." Po smiled looking at Tigress who just looked at Shifu through half open eyes. She felt Po put the ring back on. She held Po's arm gently holding him tightly.
Po took Tigress back to their room lying her on the bed gently. Tigress winced in pain whimpering. She grabbed Po's wrist as he let go. "Where are you going?" she asked looking at him. "Just to get you something to ease the pain till the nurse gets here to fix you up properly." He said. "Fine. Just hurry back." She said softly. Po nodded walking out. She sighed softly. Po came back a minute later giving her the medicine. Po then sat down holding her close. She began crying softly into his fur. "I don't care what he says about you, you're not dumb or an idiot." She sobbed. Po looked at her. "You think I am." He said. "But that's fine. I say it but I still love you. No one has the right to say that about you except me." Po held her tighter. It hurt her badly but she wanted him to hold her tightly right now. She thought she was able to handle him but she was beginning to doubt herself. If she had been in there a minute longer, she would've been dead. She held Po as tight as she could but it was hard. Po sighed softly stroking her fur gently as he waited for the nurse.
