A/N ok sorry for the delay, I decided to take a break for one weekend; it is a good thing to do. Now back to the story again.
I slowly opened my eyes.
Somehow I had been standing upright.
I was in a familiar place…
"Oh no not this again…" I said.
"Alright, come out I know you're here." I said.
I didn't hear a response, but I knew if he was there he'd be staring at the back of my head.
I turned around.
And sure enough there was a tortoise with a stick staring at me.
Something was different though… The gentle smile he always had on his face was absent.
"Whats wrong Oogway, you're looking at me like I have done something." I said taking a step towards him.
For some reason I was in a good mood, better than the mood I went to sleep in.
He shook his head.
"Something is about to happen…" Oogway said.
"Oh great, as if enough hasn't happened, could it possibly get any worse." I said.
"You heard out your brother's side of the story, you know he's sorry. That should be your biggest victory." Oogway said.
"He's not my brother…" I said.
"Maybe not your real brother but despite all his mistakes and all his imperfections, he's the closest thing you've got to a brother." Oogway said.
I thought on it…
"Ok now what did you call me here for?"
"You'll be finding out in about five minutes." He said fading away.
He left me there…
…
"Get out" Tigress said commandingly as she pushed the GDI soldiers out one by one.
The next one was too big to push.
"Da-" the last one said as she literally threw him out.
"And don't come back!" she said slamming the gate shut.
"Jacob is waiting for you at the entrance to the village." Tigress yelled.
"FUCK YOU!" one of them yelled back.
And then another one joined in "Yeah go to hell!"
"We'll be back!" another yelled back.
"I'll kill you next time!" Tigress yelled.
She heard them mumbling as they went down the steps.
Everyone was laid up in bed except her and Niko.
Little did she know something big was fixing to happen.
…
"Kane" Cabal said.
"Yes, cabal" Kane said waking from his sleep in the chair.
"I believe that two patrols are 'going to rub elbows'." Cabal said.
"How many?" Kane asked.
"Hundreds of GDI and Nod forces have been regrouping moving towards the site of the sonic boom." Cabal said.
"Expected outcome?" Kane asked.
"Simulating, standby…" Cabal said.
After a few moments he came back…
"Stalemate…" He said.
"Good mobilize the body snatchers" Kane said.
"Standby…" Cabal said.
*We see one row of cyborgs step forward, turn left and then march out onto small helicopter like aircraft. We then see cyborgs from the opposing row take a step forward turn right and then march out onto small aircraft, and so on. We see the shield open up and the aircraft fly away. Sheilds then close back*
"Expected contact two minutes and thirty seconds, expected arrival two hours, twenty minutes, and twenty six seconds." Cabal said.
"Good" Kane said leaning back.
*We see hundreds of Nod soldiers walking through the forest, we see hundreds of GDI soldiers walking through a field the same way.*
…
A BOOM rips through the village.
I startle to consciousness…
Apparently Tigress did too because we both sat up at the same time.
I ran into my room, but I stopped short when I saw them…
They were all sitting on the floor playing cards, drinking and smoking.
They all froze and looked at me.
"Dammit… Never mind get your shit, NOW!" I said commandingly.
"What happened to your shirt?" one of them asked.
I looked down and low and behold my shirt was gone and I had tiny claw marks all over me…
Aw hell I thought to myself.
I turned and looked at Tigress whose mouth dropped open and she shook her head at me.
She then went in her room and got my shirt.
I put it on…
We all scrambled for our armor and weapons.
"Goddamn I hope they don't shoot you guys, I think with all that alcohol in your systems you'll explode." I said.
Tigress watched us getting suited up.
I saw her looking and I said "Tigress I need you to evacuate the villagers."
She nodded.
We then scrambled out of the room, but she stopped me.
They stopped and looked at us.
She grabbed me and kissed me.
When she let go she said "we'll be back when it gets quiet".
I then left her, we ran down the hall, outside, down the stairs, through the village, past everyone who was standing around wandering what was happening.
We ran through the darkness of the morning the time when you can see the rays of sunshine but no sun, towards the all of the flashes and booms.
…
Tigress ran down the hall getting all of her companions up who were still hurting but could move despite the pain even Shifu.
She told them what needed to be done and they got to it.
They ran through the village telling everyone to get only the essentials and follow them.
…
Shen opened his eyes and saw that he was staring up at the ceiling in his home… It was morning here
He was all bandaged up…
He sat up, and looked around.
He saw a silhouetted figure sitting in a chair.
The figure then said "ah good to see you awake, you took a pretty good beating last night, I was scared you wouldn't wake back up."
"Yeah right" Shen said.
The figure giggled.
"Nice place you got here, but you know you could have better…" the figure said.
"Yeah I know it you don't have to make me feel bad about it" Shen said.
"Well that palace isn't for peasants, but you know I believe the government should be" The figure said gesturing to the tower outside of the window.
"Yeah it was my parent's" he said getting up and moving towards the window.
"How come not yours?" The figure asked.
"Oh I did something stupid, and they kicked me out, but I've changed." He said.
"Stupid, ha, you must have had a just cause." The figure said.
"I thought it was, but I realized my parents raised me differently" he said.
"Did they?" The figure said.
"What do you mean by that?" Shen said offended turning to him.
"Oh nothing, I just assumed that since your mom and dad were both leaders that they raised you to fight for what you believed in, correct?" the figure said standing up.
Shen thought a moment.
"Yes" he said.
"Well then what you did was justified, which means that palace belongs to you." The figure said.
Shen thought a moment and it sounded right to him.
"Ok…" he said.
"Ok?" "OK?, ha" the figure said "don't you want it back."
"Ye- wait what you're talking about is treason, and is death for us both!" Shen said.
"I thought that way once upon a time, but you know I figured it out, if you win its not treason because its you in charge." The figure said.
Shen thought a moment and turned back towards the tower.
"I couldn't win against a skilled Kung Fu master." Shen said.
"Yes you could…" the figure said.
"How" Shen said.
"The way rebel fighters have always done it, man power, weapons of mass destruction, so on…" the figure said.
"Weapons of what?" Shen said.
"I'm sorry" the figure said stepping into the light and revealing himself to be a black tiger with blue stripes "our vocabularies are very different, let's just say I can get you both." the tiger said with a smile.
"Ok how do I get 'manpower' " Shen said.
"You tell people what they want to hear, when you do that they'll be on your side hoping for something better then they got." The Tiger said.
"And the weapon of…" Shen said.
"I'll give you the designs to it once you have enough resources and soldiers, and when you go to take the palace back, you'll win!" the tiger said.
"Ok" Shen said.
…
By now everyone was a long ways away from the village now all they could see was the flashes lighting up the sky.
Everyone was scared but they were keeping their heads about it.
Some were asking when they could go home, other what was happening, some why is this happening. Bu they all had one thing in common, they were scared, and with good reason.
The five tried to keep them well, but they couldn't do a very good job, when they weren't well themselves. Especially Tigress, she had too much to lose and nothing to gain, Niko was going to get his self killed and she was scared for him. For once she wished she didn't have to do this, it would had comforted her if she'd had known that Niko was thinking the same thing a few miles away…
A/N alright and that does it, until next time, and Goodnight!