Tian Cai

By mkusenagi2

The story concept © 5-19-2006
All Marvel characters are © Marvel Comics.
Kim Possible and other Disney characters are
© Disney Co.

Is this thing on?

We interrupt our regularly scheduled program to bring you these messages…

Combat. If you're a warrior or soldier you train for it and hope it never happens if you've ANY sense.

Love and Recognition, babies cry for it men and women fight and die for it.

The Transcendent Warrior tries to find the best way to end a conflict for he realizes that all human conflict is a sorrowed waste of our most valuable resources: Time and Life.

What the HELL'S that got to do with this conflict? You'll have to judge that for yourself…

Part V

While Kim and her squad positioned themselves around Fu Manchu's lair…

"Dr. Possible, here are the items that you requested for my tests," said Fu Manchu as he slid a titanium briefcase over to her.

"Would you honor me by looking at my collection of Chinese artifacts, it has been too long since I've spent time with a cultured person as yourself…"

"The honor is mine Shi (Honored Warrior) Manchu that you would think my level of expertise is equal to yours."

"Let us begin…" Fu Manchu said with a smile.

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"Hey KP," Ron said over the suit comlink as the stealthed team slid down their guy lines to the warehouse below, "how did you know Shang's sis was a MI6 spook?"

"She was wearing their logo on her collar!" said Kim, "Head in the game, Ron!"

"Oh Yeah, Right KP."

"Everyone take your positions while we do some Recon." Kim said as the unit landed on various rooftops and access points and decloaked in the shadows. Shang, Ron, and the Specialist took their positions with her on the warehouse adjacent to Fu's.

"Ok Rufus," Ron said to the molerat perched on his shoulder, "Do your stuff!"

With that the molerat turned on his goggles and scuttled off the roof of the warehouse adjacent to the target. Rufus crept through the alleys and around the warehouse in stealth mode.

As he helped the team update their Sitchmap Kim ran several scenarios in her head:

1) We could nonlethally silence the MI6 team and move in

2) We could let them move in and blast both groups while they're in combat

3) We could trip the alarm for Fu Manchu's forces and waltz in with shock tactics while the two forces slugged it out

'I'll pick 3 with a twist.' Kim thought.

"Skuld to the Technician," said Kim.

"Go ahead," said the Specialist.

"Do you have starlight shells identical to our opposing team's?"

"Good to go."

"Use one, set traj to look like one of them set it off by mistake!"

"Copy, Give me a minute…"

"clunk… OOOF," went a blackjacked MI6 trooper as he was sapped.

"Ok, ready…"

"Go!"

"BAM! SSSSSS!" went the starlight as it flew out over the warehouse and exposed the MI6 team.

"Everyone wait until the enemy has whittled themselves down a bit then move in on my mark!" Kim whispered over the link.

"WHAT THE HELL? ALL TROOPS GO!" shouted the angry and confused MI6 team leader. "Take them down!"

"BOOM, BAM!" went the sapper charges that the MI6 team threw in front of the warehouse doors and the 'soft' wall sections to gain entry.

As the team rushed into the building they encountered stiff resistance from Fu Manchu's Si-Fan.

Under the cover of the confusion the Specialist reappeared next to Kim and Ron.

"Good call," he growled, "letting them clash like that. How long do you think it'll take?"

"10 minutes," Kim whispered. "Then we move in. Ron, tell Rufus to sneak into Fu's office using the tiles overhead to peek into his office and to stay on station."

"Gotcha KP."

"All units, in 10 minutes we'll move in stealthed."

"Copy."

While the fire fight ensued Kim noticed that Shang Chi was missing!

"Where's Shang!"

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'Metal guides wood' thought Shang as he used the battle to sneak into the warehouse through a roof hatch onto a catwalk that crisscrossed the upper levels of the warehouse.

"It is nice to see you again brother," said a voice in the warehouse rafters.

"Unfortunately you're too late to save the Dr. and our father; my men are preparing to kill him for what he's done to our families." M'Nai said as his black hooded form drifted down from the rafters to land 6 feet from Shang Chi.

"This is not the way to redemption, leave this path…"

"You know what he did in Africa to my village and to the others in the Si-Fan."

"You would kill an innocent over him?"

"I have killed many innocents for him, one more won't matter…"

"If you let me pass, I will see to it you get the justice we all seek… if not…"

"Begin," said M'Nai.

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"BOOM!" Dust flew out of the walls in the lair as Fu Manchu stood and Anne Possible bolted out of their respective seats.

"I am sorry Dr. Possible for being a poor host… it appears that we've some uninvited guests. Pardon me."

Fu Manchu walked over to the throne, opened a recess and hit a switch on a control panel within.

"What is going on!" he said in Hakka.

"Sir, we're being attacked by a Covops squad… it looks like your daughter's people!"

"Do not let them pass, my guest must not come to any harm."

"Yes Sir!"

"We must leave." said Fu Manchu as he flipped another switch to reveal a corridor that held 5 of his best from the ranks of his Si-Fan.

"It is good to see you here my sons, cover our escape while…"

"Time to die DEMON, in the name of our families and the innocents we've killed for you over the years."

Fu withdrew a ribbon sword from underneath his silks as Anne cartwheeled to his side with a double-headed Dragon spear in hand that she took from his collection.

"You know the Way?" Fu asked.

"History, and ancient medicine aren't the only things I studied in college, plus courtesy of your son I've brushed up my skills a bit." Anne said as she twirled the spear in her left hand.

"Very well my sons, show us what you have learned!"

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"ATTACK!" was heard simultaneously on all 3 battlefronts.

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"Uh Oh KP," Ron cried as he, Kim and the Specialist fought their way into the warehouse between crates under cover of battle, "According to Rufus, your Mom's in trouble, looks like the rogues gallery from Eternal Warrior 3 is surrounding her and Fu Manchu!"

'Dammit I could use Shang's help,' she thought. "Skuld to Condor 1, I need to talk to The Director!"

"Copy Skuld, This is The Director whatcha need?" a gravelly voice said over the link.

"I need to know the casualty rate for the MI6 team, I want them transferred to my command!"

"You've got 15 left from their unit, and 18 from yours… I'm transmitting codes now… Ok you've got their commander online now… BTW I've got a wing in reserve do you need 'em?"

"No."

"Copy. All units prep your 'apples and get ready to throw on my signal." Kim's troops did so from their various locations in the complex.

"Skuld to MI6 leader, what's your handle."

"St. George."

"Copy, you're linked to my unit, tell your guys to take cover… now." And with that Kim's unit fragged the rear of the warehouse.

"Ok people, look sharp we're not done yet! Ready Ron?" she said as she pulled her hanbo from her backsheath.

"Ready KP!"

"GO, GO, GO!" Kim roared as they stormed the rear section of the warehouse to rescue her Mom.

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"Your protégé's are doing very well for themselves. Will you be able to do the same?" M'Nai asked as he flew towards Shang with a flying ax kick.

Shang drifted back and waited.

"Are you afraid, brother? Fight!"

Suddenly Shang was inside M'nai's arm range and struck with a 'soft' Metal Dragon's palm to his chest, uprooting M'Nai and throwing him 8' on the catwalk.

"You must stop before your actions are irreversible," Shang said, "I don't want to fight you!"

"The only way this ends is when one of us walks away…"

"So be it." said Shang as he emptied out and focused his chi to produce the Iron Body.

For every attack that M'Nai threw Shang redirected or neutralized. Finally Shang flicked his arms into a modified Bong Sau to deflect M'nai's attack. While he did this he struck his solar plexus then opened his defense with a Beng Chuan attack kicking the side of his left knee while wrapping his arms under, up and around his armpits to strike the Vagus complex on both sides of his neck.

No sound was made as M'nai fell on the catwalk in deep shock. Shang felt his pulse to make sure he'd recover, bound him then left the catwalk to join his friends below.

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"You boys know better than to act like this!" Anne said as she drifted out of reach and spanked her 2 assailants with the flat of the spear's blade on various parts of their anatomy.

Smack "Where," POW, "are," SMACK, "your manners?"

With that last one of 2 leaped at her head and tried to split her skull with his Dadao.

As he leapt forward Anne planted the Yin end of the spear into the floor and corkscrewed over him. In the process of vaulting over his strike some tips from her flaming locks were shaved off…

As Anne landed she twirled and rapped her opponent on the back of his skull and rapped his kidneys… thus taking him out of the fight. She raked the Yang end over his partner's legs with a blur of preternatural speed and hamstrung him, then she smartly rapped him in the temple with the Yin end.

"Only my Husband and my hairstylist are allowed to touch my hair like that Mister!" Anne said when she came to rest.

Fu Manchu, out of respect to Dr. Possible's oath and sensibilities floated in and stripped the weapons from his assailants and fought them empty-hand using known and unknown styles of combat.

The first opponent was struck down with the Twirling Monkey Fist as the setup and the Bagua Butterfly Fist for a finish.

The second opponent he kicked away from him as a setup for the third that grabbed his shoulder from behind with an attempted Eagle Claw, which was brushed aside and countered with a flawless example of Heaven Pillar Welcomes Sun that broke his arm in 5 places while slamming them both into unconsciousness.

"Well done Dr. Possible truly you are a bai yi zhan shi (a medical warrior), would you like some more chai before we leave?"

"I would be honored Sir!" Anne said as she collected her sample case and sat with Fu Manchu for chai.

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While Anne and Fu fought their battle; Kim, Ron, and the Specialist were fighting their own battles with the remnants of Fu's Si-Fan.

'Man,' Ron thought as he used an inverted Ocean Kick on an opponent's jaw while extending/flipping his way up the full 8' length of his bo Monkey Style, 'We've beaten most of these guys, but the five that are still standing won't get it! What's it gonna take?'

Kim was having similar thoughts as she fought two of the Si-Fan through the warehouse while jumping from crate to crate.

"Ron how's my Mom?"

"She's keeping them at bay so far…"

'Gotta think' "Ron, I'm heading back your way with mine in tow get ready!"

"Heart & Hammer?"

"Yeah!"

"Ok… hold on…" BAM! ZZZTTZ! "Ok, whenever you're ready…"

"?" Kim thought. "Rooonnn, what'd you do?" Kim asked as she landed next to him standing victorious over his opponent.

"Oh uh, I tried to pulse a shock into this guy… I figured if he's jacked up so's his nervous system… I think your Mom's the one that taught me that one!"

'!'

"Ready?" she said as they faced off against the last two Si-Fan while the 20 uninjured troopers left from their team cleared the way to Fu Manchu's lair.

"Ready!"

They leapt forward as a force of nature and coiled around most of the attacks thrown at them by the Si-Fan. Those that connected were partially deflected by their coiling evasions, but for every minor hit they received a devastating blow was delivered unto their opponents until Kim and Ron delivered a synched attack that leveled the Si-Fan.

"OOOOOWWWW, KP are you ok?" Ron asked.

"UHHH, OW, Yeah but I'm gonna be sore for weeks…"

"Uhh, I don't want to alarm ya KP but… I've lost Rufus' signal!"

"Come on you guys," the Specialist said, "The job's not finished yet!"

'Please God, don't let us be too late!' she prayed as they ran towards the lair entrance in the rear of the warehouse.

"Don't worry Kim," Shang said as he floated out of a side office, "She'll be fine."

"Where have you BEEN," Kim shouted as she stopped and quickly hugged him, "we were worried about you!"

"!" Ron thought.

"I had to settle a family issue…"

"Dude, You ok? You look like you went several rounds with a bear!"

"It was my brother… M'Nai… Midnight Sun…"

"That tough huh?" Ron asked.

"As you would say, 'Yeah'" "Ron?"

"Yeah Dude?"

"Booyah!"

"!"

"Will you guys hurry up and open this door already!" a highly nervous Kim Possible yelled at the tech working on the door.

"Yeah, Tech dude hurry up I've lost Rufus' signal!"

CREEEAAAKKK! Went the door as it opened to reveal… a highly composed Drs. Anne Possible and Fu Manchu drinking chai while sitting next to a stack of bound and gagged Si-Fan assassins.

"Oh hi kids," Anne Possible (without a hair out of place) waved to a slack-jawed Kim and Ron as she petted Rufus and said, "What took you so long, would you like some chai?" then started to laugh with Fu Manchu while they stared on.

End Part V