Final Move


"Po, you can put me down," Tigress repeated herself. "I'm fine. It's just a sore ankle."

"I'm sorry, but you can't walk on that foot until we bandage it," Po said, finally getting her to sick bay. He quickly tended to the wound as Master Shifu came in. Po explained what happened.

"I'll have the rest of the Furious Five scout out the village. They'll find these Killers," Master Shifu said, walking out the door.

"I'll go," Tigress said, about to stand up. Po gently pushed her down.

"We need to make sure that foot isn't badly damaged. Let me look at it," Po looked at the wound. "I'll be right back." He went into the kitchen and came back with some dense liquid in a bowl. He gently rubbed some of the liquid on the wound. It almost seemed like the wound magically disappeared and Tigress could walk on her foot again.

"Another thing you learned from the scrolls," Tigress asked as she stood up on it. Po nodded. Tigress suddenly felt dizzy. Po rested her down on the bed.

"One of the side effects is weariness. Don't worry, you'll have your strength back in the next hour," Po explained. Tigress sighed as she relaxed a bit.

"Thanks, Po," Tigress said, just smiling enough to make Po smile back. Po knew that Tigress could hold herself up so he thought that it would be wasting her time if he just stayed here annoying her. So he got up and was about to go when Tigress called out, "Wait!" Po looked back to see Tigress stumbling for words. "Um... I'm not really tired or anything, I'm technically your protector, and you can't leave the Jade Palace so you can stay if you like."

"Are you sure," Po asked, surprised she would want him to stay. "I don't want to bother you or anything."

"I've gotten used to it," Tigress smirked. Po shook his head. "But you can stay if you like."

"Okay, if you say so," Po said, sitting back on the ground next to her bed. Tigress chuckled a bit since she had to look down at him to see him. She rolled over on her side and they talked like that.

Meanwhile, the Killer couple was contemplating about how to finish off Po. "We can't bomb him, we can't paralyze him, we can't shoot at him, and we can't poison him. I'm beginning to think we just can't kill him," Sheng said, "We've tried everything and he's countered each one with ease."

"Well, he thought out of the box with us. Maybe we should think out of the box as well," Liexing suggested. Sheng was about to say something, but Liexing stopped him. "No we are not going to kick him in the nuts," She said. Sheng sulked. "It really disturbs me that you wanted to do that."

"Eh, welcome to the club," Sheng replied. Sheng made a quick look at the village from their camp. He could spot some of the Furious Five patrolling the town. Then an idea came into his mind. He smirked evilly.

"I know that smirk. What are you thinking?" Liexing asked excited to know.

"We kidnap the Furious Five, threaten to kill them, and have Po offer himself to save them," Sheng said.

"Doesn't Po know that we don't kill people who aren't targets?"

"Yeah, but I can go back on that. No honor among thieves. Plus, I may just kill them just because I'm questioning my assassination skills."

"And you'll really do it?" Liexing asked. Sheng could detect the hint of timidness in her. If he went back on the code, then that means he could really be buck wild. That code was the one thing Liexing liked about Sheng. It meant that even he had standards. But he could hurt her if he broke the code, physically and emotionally. Sheng eased her fears.

"I'll try to make my bluff look convincing," Sheng replied.

"Okay, so who do we kidnap?"

"The monkey, snake, bird, and the little bug," Sheng said.

"What about the tiger?"

"Absolutely, not."

"Why? You struck her in the ankle. She's wounded."

"One," Sheng listed, "It's a terrible cliche. It's obvious that Po likes this tiger. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so honest and helpful towards her. He even carried her like a bride. I kidnap her, it will be your damsel in distress story all over again. I'm not letting that happen. Po would kill me and I already can't kill Po. Two, I'm not dealing with her. She's the strongest person on the team. I've known lions to be strong but tigers are stronger. It would be easier to capture these guys then mess with that woman."

"Okay, okay, so let's get going and kidnap the others," Liexing said, putting on her swords.


"Po," Tigress asked, "Why did you cheat?"

"I already told you," Po replied.

"Yeah, but why else? I know that's not the only reason," Tigress said. Po sighed.

"I... wanted to impress you. I wanted to be better so I could impress you, but I only made you angry," Po replied.

"It was my fault," Tigress blamed herself, "You were just retaliating from all the insults I've thrown at you. I should have known better."

"Here's a good question. Why do you care so much about why I cheated," Po asked.

"Because it isn't you," Tigress replied with a bit of surprise and disappointment. "I wouldn't expect you to do that. You're always honest and I've come to like that about you." Po blushed a bit. "Why are your cheeks red?"

"Um... it's a... side effect of the," He looked at Tigress's eyes and knew he couldn't lie. "I don't know," Po simply said. Tigress chose not to press the topic any further. "I think we've apologized enough to each other. Let's talk about something else." They were quietly thinking.

"Who do you think wants you killed, since the Killers charge such a high fee," Tigress asked.

"I can only guess it's one of my enemies. Scorpion's in jail, I just put Hundun back in jail, and those wolves are done with. So the only other criminals are Junjie, Fenghuang, Li-Dong, Fung, Taotie, and Tong Fo. Now that I think of it, those people would have just enough to pay the Killers' fee together."

"How are you going to stop them?" Po sighed.

"I hope I don't have to kill them. But that's proving to be hard," Po said. Then he remembered something. "Hey, I'm sure your weariness is over with. You can move around, you know, or train."

"Actually, I'm okay just talking with you," Tigress replied. Po smiled. Tigress blushed a bit.

"Did you get a shade redder just now," Po asked.

"NO!" Tigress protested. Just then Shifu ran in.

"The Killers have kidnapped the Furious Five!" He exclaimed. Po jumped up and Tigress got out of her bed.

"What? When?"

"I went down to the village to see how the others were doing," Shifu explained, "When I couldn't find them, an arrow flew past me. On it, it had this." He presented the scroll.

We've kidnapped the Furious Five. Come to the Gu-Ling Cave.

"It's a trap," Tigress said. Po sighed.

"Do we have a choice," Po replied. Po, Tigress, and Master Shifu went to the foreboding cave. It's monstrous stalactites and stalagmites could intimidate anyone. In the dark of the cave, they saw the Furious Five strapped to poles on a little incline. Sheng was on the right of the line of poles and Liexing was on the left. "Sheng!"

"I wouldn't come any closer," Sheng said, aiming the crossbow at Crane first. Po stopped. "Listen, you've been an interesting target. I'll give you that. But my patience is wearing thin. My employers need your head."

"So you kidnap my friends? What about that code of yours," Po asked.

"At this point, I'm questioning if I can still kill. Maybe I can shoot your friends through the head."

"Don't do it, Po," Viper yelled out.

"Wait," Po shouted out as Sheng was about to pull the trigger. "If you take out me, the people who hired you are going to be on your head. They'll be rulers who could be able to buy you and kill the others. So to avoid that, you two must be destroyed as well." Sheng looked to his wife. She shrugged. Sheng quickly put back the collapsible crossbow.

"I'm listening," Sheng said.

"There is no honor among these guys. They would take you out the moment they learned I was dead. Then they could take over China," Po explained. Sheng thought about it. Po was sure that Tigress wasn't near him just in case.

"I have an idea," Sheng said, drawing out his crossbow again, aiming at Po, "But it requires you dead."

to be continued.