Dragon's fall part four.
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Dai stood by the window and looked over at a sleeping Tigress and sighed. The sun was starting to rise. Normally Dai might have been happy to see a new day. But he was still upset about last night. He kept thinking about what might have happened if he hadn't been there. Tigress moaned and woke up. "Hey." Dai said walking over and sitting on the bed. "How do you feel?" he asked "Horrible." Tigress said sitting up. She handed Dai his cloak back and Dai saw her shredded cloths. "I'm gonna get you some new cloths." he said standing up and kissing Tigress on the forehead. "I'll be right back, I promise." "Lang will stay here just in case."
Dai left the room and hurried to a nearby shop to pick up some new cloths for Tigress. They didn't have much but Dai found a red top and a pair of black pants. Dai went back to the hotel with the cloths and returned to the room, While Tigress changed in the bathroom Dai heard the sounds of a fight in the hallway and rushed out drawing his sword he saw Lang fighting a goose messenger. "Lang, back off!" Dai said and he let the messenger go. "What is it?" Dai asked the messenger. "The masters request your presence." The messenger said and flew off and Dai went back into the room. To see Tigress step out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel. She looked much better than she had last night. "You look amazing." Dai said setting the cloths down, "I'm gonna leave so you can get dressed." Dai left the room and returned a few minutes later to see Tigress fully dressed.
"Anyway." Dai said after a moment of silence. "The masters want to see me you want to come with?" "What for?" Tigress asked "I don't know." Dai said "The message just said they wanted to see me." "Alright, let's go." Tigress said standing up, they left the room together. "So where are going?" Tigress asked once they were outside. "There." Dai said pointing to a large tower in the distance. "The Tower of Sacred Flame." As they walked through the city Tigress grabbed his hand, the action surprised Dai and he smiled. He felt like he was the luckiest Tiger in the world. They walked up to the gates and the guards let them in. Inside they saw Masters Rhino, Croc and Ox sparring. Dai watched them and grinned.
He slowly drew his swords and jumped in between the three of them. "You wanted to see me?" Dai asked. "Dragon Warrior." The Masters said. "A scout reported a large army heading for the city." Master Rhino said. Dai's eyes widened at the mention of an army. "It's the same one that wiped out the Valley of peace." He said. "It has to be, I saw Gongmen City marked on a map." "Where is this map?" Master Ox asked. "I…Don't have it." Dai said. "They took it back when I was wounded during the mission." "We need that map the Army will be here in less than two days." Thundering Rhino said. "I can't go back in there I'm too easily recognized." Dai said "However I think I know someone who can." He added looking behind the masters. Crouched in the shadows above them was Lang. "He must have followed us." Dai said quietly to Tigress. "Lang, get down here!" Dai shouted. The masters spun around to see Lang jump down in front of them.
"What… how did you?" Thundering Rhino asked. "Lang here is an expert assassin." Dai said. "No one pays attention to a Twelve year old until it's too late." Lang said. "And by that time, I'm usually long gone." "Lang can sneak into the Armies camp, steal the map and come back faster than any of us." Dai said. The masters eyed Lang and agreed. "If that's all, I'd like to return to our hotel I didn't get much sleep last night." Dai said. "We understand." Thundering Rhino said. And the three of them left the Palace. Like Dai said they went back to the Hotel, he and Tigress practiced Tai Chi. "No, like this." he said moving behind Tigress and moving her arm for her. "So anyway, there's this club I know about." He said from behind Tigress "I was wondering if you wanted to go tonight." "I don't know." Tigress said. "Come on, it'll be fun." Dai said standing still. "We could use the chance to relax and be normal teenagers for once." "Well… alright." Tigress said. "Yes!" Dai exclaimed punching the air.
As soon as the sun started to set Dai and Tigress left the hotel and headed for the club. They could both hear the music from a block away, there was a line forming at the entrance. "Dragon Warrior." The guards said when they reached the entrance and stepped aside. As soon as they walked in the music hit them in the chest.
Nah you don't know me
Lightning above and a fire below me
You cannot catch me, cannot hold me
You cannot stop, much less control me
When it rains it pours
When the floodgates open, brace your shores
That pressure don't care when it breaks your door
Say it's all you can take, better take some more
"How did you know about this Place?" Tigress asked over the music. "I used to live in Gongmen City remember." Dai said.
'Cause I know what it's like to test fate
Had my shoulders pressed with that weight
Stood up strong in spite of that hate
The night gets darkest right before dawn
What don't kill you makes you more strong
And I've been waiting for it so long
The nights go on
Waiting for a light that never comes
I chase the sun
Waiting for a light that never comes
Oh oh oh
Waiting for a light that never comes
"You wanna dance?" Dai asked over the music. "Sure." Tigress answered over the noise and they headed for the dance floor. Unlike their dance in the Valley of Peace this was much more intimate, their bodies in almost constant contact.
When I was young they told me, they said
Make your bed, you lie in that bed
A king can only reign 'til instead
There comes that day, it's "off with his head"
The night gets darkest right before dawn
What don't kill you makes you more strong
You'll have my mercy then when you're gone
The nights go on
Waiting for a light that never comes
I chase the sun
Waiting for a light that never comes
Oh oh oh
Waiting for a light that never comes
I told them, nah you don't know me
Lightning above and a fire below me
You cannot catch me, you cannot hold me
You cannot stop much less control me
When it rains it pours
When the floodgates open, brace your shores
That pressure don't care, it breaks your door
Say it's all you can take, better take some more
Oh oh oh oh
Waiting for a light that never comes
The nights go on
Waiting for a light that never comes
I chase the sun
Waiting for a light that never comes
Oh oh oh
Waiting for a light that never comes.
When the song ended Dai and Tigress sat down at a table against the wall. Dai left to get some drinks and returned a minute later. Just as another song started.
I remembered black skies
The lightning all around me
I remembered each flash
As time began to blur
Like a startling sign
That fate had finally found me
And your voice was all I heard
That I get what I deserve
"I love this song." Dai "I think it fits Me." he said sitting back down. "You want to dance again." Tigress asked. "Sure." Dai said standing back up and taking Tigress's hand and leading her back to the dance floor.
This time their dance was more of a martial arts fight mixed with a few dance moves
So give me reason
To prove me wrong
To wash this memory clean
Tigress swung a kick at Dai who ducked under it and kicked at Tigress she leaded into the air and landed behind Dai who spun around and caught her forearm on his and smiled.
Let the floods cross the distance in your eyes
Give me reason
To fill this hole
Connect the space between
Let it be enough to reach the truth that lies
Across this new divide
They spun around and the same on the opposite arm. "Dai, everyone's watching us." Tigress said. "Ignore them." Dai said "It's just us right now." Dai swore he saw Tigress blush but it was kind of hard to tell.
There was nothing in sight
But memories left abandoned
There was nowhere to hide
The ashes fell like snow
And the ground caved in
Between where we were standing
And your voice was all I heard
That I get what I deserve
They finished the dance early and bowed to each other and went back to their table out of breath.
So give me reason
To prove me wrong
To wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross the distance in your eyes
Across this new divide
In every loss
In every lie
In every truth that you'd deny
And each regret
And each goodbye
Was a mistake too great to hide
And your voice was all I heard
That I get what I deserve
So give me reason
To prove me wrong
To wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross the distance in your eyes
Give me reason
To fill this hole
Connect the space between
Let it be enough to reach the truth that lies
Across this new divide
Across this new divide
Across this new divide
When that song ended Dai and Tigress decided to remain at their table to rest. "Dai?" Tigress asked when the music died down. "Yeah?" Dai answered taking a drink it tasted kind of funny to him. "Did you really mean what you said the other night about never leaving my side?" "Of course I did." Dai said. "I've loved you pretty much since the day we meet." "Really?" Tigress asked. "I wasn't kidding when I said so on the roof of the Jade Palace." Dai said. After dancing several more times that night. Dai said "Why don't we head back it's getting kind of late." It wasn't until Tigress stood up that Dai noticed she was a bit tipsy, Why? Neither of their drinks had alcohol. Dai groaned and helped her up. "Are you okay?" he asked.
"I'm okay." Tigress said. Dai helped Tigress walk back to the hotel. Even though Dai hadn't drank that much either he fell on the stairs a few times. They stumbled back to the room, Dai laid Tigress on the bed as the room started to spin that didn't make sense to him. Sure, he'd had a few drinks but he shouldn't be drunk, something was wrong. Dai remembered his drink tasting funny. They had been drugged that was the only answer. The next thing Dai knew he blacked out.