"So, you finally show up. I almost thought you two had run off." Shina said with an antagonizing tone.
"Not now that we are so close to finally taking this city." Hung boasted glaring at her threw one eye.
"What happened to you? Are you sure you're up for a fight?" She said fighting back a giggle after examining the extent of his scratches and scars. Uriko must really have given him a hard time.
"That brat of yours is a handful, just leave it at that." He said with a growl.
"She gets it from her brother. Now where is she and your companion?" She demanded.
"She's with him. Where's the pit? I see nothing but small boats and open water. You know the deal! No pit, no girl!" He let out a small roar.
Shina was not fazed by his display. She looked at him stoicly, then pulled out a cell phone and made a call.
"Yea, bring it in." She quickly closed the phone and put it away.
"Well?" Hung demanded, glaring at Shina. She said nothing, but pointed over her shoulder into the distance. A large boat was making its way to their position and signaled this by plowing its loud air horn.
Hung looked with slight amazement as the large ship made its way to port. Xie stepped out of hiding with Uriko tied over his shoulder when he spotted Shenlong standing at the very front of the large vessel. As they got closer, Uriko spotted Shina, then saw Shenlong as the boat came to a full stop at the pier. When she saw him, she started to struggle against her bonds, much to Xie's irritation. She managed to work the cloth out of her mouth enough to call out to Shenlong. He looked down at her in reliefe for a second, then with fury at her being tied up and hoisted around. He looked at Shina and gave a nod before stepping out of sight.
"Everyone on the boat NOW! We don't stay secret by holding still for very long." She said walking up to the ship. Xie and Hung followed close behind with Uriko in hand as a gang plank came down to meet them. Once they were all aboard,Shina gave a whistle and they were quickly on their way back out into open water.
"Give me the girl." Shenlong ordered stepping up to the pair, with rage in his eyes.
"Not so fast. Xie said transforming one of his arms into a massive claw threatening to take of Uriko's head. "Where is the pit? You brought us out here on open water for nothing." Xie hissed and Hung transformed ready for a fight. Shenlong waved a hand at the helm and the woman steering the ship hit a button that opened the cargo bay doors. The group walked over to the edge and looked down to see a full set up of a pit and multi layered stands full of stectators cheering and waving money as a Bison and Rhino were going at it in the center ring.
"Excellent…" Xie said chingin his arm back to normal. As soon as he did, Jenny swooped in and snatched Uriko across the deck and away from her captors, where Scarlette was wating to untie her.
"There, now we have what we want and you have what you want. You want to fight in the pit? Then get in there after these two are done." Shenlong said in a threatening tone. The rage in his eyes made Xie nervous, but Hung was captivated by the intensity of the fight that was taking place. These were two of the strongest individuals he had ever seen, and they looked like they were trying to kill eachother. Finally, the Bison got the upper hand and won the match. The announcer called it and bouncers came to remove the Rhino from the ring as she got the crowd pumped for the next match.
"ALL RIGHT!" Hung shouted. "This is what I've been waiting for." He finished with a grin before leaping down into the pit. "Soon this will all be mine!" He boasted to the crowd who cheared at his enthusiasm. Hung loved the attention and transformed, roaring a challenge to the crowd. His call was answered quickly, but Shenlong took over the mic.
"Because of all you did just to get here, we decided not to keep you waiting." Shenlong said with a sinister smurk. "You get to face the King in your first fight." He finished, cracking his knuckles loudly.
"I'd have it no other way. Bring the wimp out" Hung said looking around the upper levels of the arena.
"You're looking at him." Shenlong shouted threateningly. Hung's excitement dropped a little remembering the last time he comfronted this guy, but tried to keep a bold face.
"Bring it on! I've been waiting for a chance to put you in your place." He growled viciously.
With that, he transformed and wasted no time wildly swiping at his face and torso. Shenlong dodged every attack before stepping within his reach, ducking the swipe and landing a brutal punch to the large mans diaphragm. Hung doubled over holding his gut. When he bent over to gasp, Shenlong jumped and hit him with a powerful spin-kick that sent the bear to the ground groaning in pain.
"Pathetic." Shenlong spat. He wanted nothing more than to rip this mans head off, but Gado's words had sunk in for him. Uriko was watching and he needed to be an example of self control for her. That's when he thought about it; Uriko was watching.
"Uriko, come down here." He called looking up at her with a cocky smile on. She quickly responed and bound down to his side. He patted her on the head and was relieved to see her moving around so well.
"You do that?" He asked pointing to the scratches and scars on his upper body.
"You know it! This jerk should have known better than to mess with me!" She said folding her arms and sticking her tounge out at the groaning bear.
"That a girl. Come on, were gunna start your training with this guy." He said with a toothy smile. "Just follow my lead, and do as I do."
"You got it!" She said excitedly before matching his stance.
With that, the two of them stepped threw a number of stances building up energy and momentum in their hands and feet. Still dazed, Hung tried to swip at them, but they pair ducked it in unison before striking his midsection with a flurry of punches and finishing with a high kick to the face that put the bear on his backside again.
"That was so cool!" Uriko cheered high-fiving Shenlong.
"Alright, now its time to use what you already know. Follow my lead and go all out." He said proudly. She nodded in excitement, and the duo transformed.
Hung was enraged and wildly attacked them, but it was all for nothing. Shenlong met his charge with a sweeping kick that sent him flying over head where Uriko was waiting to land a flying axe-kick to the face. When he hit the ground, he landed hard and bounced a couple feet up. When he did, Shenlong grabbed his feet and started to spin him for a throw. Shenlong let go throwing the large man over toward Uriko where she dropped to her back and pushed upas hard as she could when he was overhead, launching him into the air. As he came back down, Shenlong stepped through his opening dragon form and stomped at the right moment to travel back skyward with punishing kicks to Hung's midsection. Once he hit the ground, he finished the move with a brutal back fist that vaulted him over toward Uriko who met him a cross kick and fury swipes.
Hung was beaten, broken and down for the count. Uriko threw her fist up in victory, but right when she was open, Xie snuck behind her and attempted to strike her with his venom tipped tail, but to his surprise, Uriko summersaulted back over the strike and stomped his shoulders. This slammed him to the ground before he bounced forward in a flip. Shenlong waited for him to be up right again before puncing on him. Shenlong lunged at him, sinking his claws into his clavical before flipping over his head planting his feet behind the scorpion and swinging him over his head and slamming him intot he ground with a wicked crack. Shina and Scarlette grabbed him and held him against the wall while Shenlong stepped threw his form for his most powerful attack. A flurry of punches and elbow strikes followed by a stom and a massive strike that hit with enough force to not only force Xie out of his beast form and embed him in the container he was against, but also send other containers behind it flying across the massive cargo area.
For Shenlong to use his finisher on an apponent was a rare occurance. So rare infact that most of the combatants had never seen it before. The crowd was silent for what seemed like hours before erupting in chear, applause and shouting. Javier and Gado came down into the ring and held Shenlong's hand up in declaration.
"Your King! Shenlong the Tiger!" Javier shouted out receiving a standing appalause. Uriko ran up to him and jumped on his shoulders hugging his head and waving to the chearing crowd that became even more excited at seeing her. Shina, Gado, Scarlette, Long and Jenny joined them in the ring for celebration and congratulations. Gado pulled out a flare gun and shot up into the darkened sky signaling for a helicopter to come to the ship. It landed on the barge as a Gorilla and a Jackle zoanthrope dragged Xie and Hung's bodies above deck.
"Here's the full report of what these two have been up to since they got here." Gado said to a man with the Chinese National Emblum on his chest. "See to it that they are brought before the Empiror and tried for international crimes." He said sternly. The pilot took the files as the fugetives were restrained and loaded into the copter. He saluted and took off into the distance.
"Those two will get just what they deserve. Shina said prowdly coming to stand by her father, looking back and Shenlong and Uriko.