The Final Kill
The Six anxiously waited for the Killers to come. "We've been here two weeks," Temuti grumbled, "Let's forget about them. We'll take on the Dragon Warrior ourselves."
"No need," Sheng said, coming into the cave. "The panda is dead." The Six cheered as Sheng and Liexing held solemn faces. "We'll be collecting the rest of our money now." Junjie's goons came behind them and grabbed them by the hands. "What's the meaning of this!"
"You see, the panda was the only one obstacle. Now that we can rule China, we have to finish you off to make sure we don't try to finish each other off," Tong Fo said deviously. Li-Dong picked up Liexing by the jumpsuit.
"Perhaps we'll start with the little lady," He laughed. Sheng then pushed the goon holding him down, took both crossbows and shot the goons on the sides dead, jumped onto Li-Dong's head and stabbed him in the back with his knife. Once Liexing was freed, she shot her poison arrow at Junjie, who was struck on the side. Sheng launched at Fenghuang, who repelled him. Sheng went for her on the right side. While she was distracted with that, Liexing quickly shot her arm with her toxic arrows. Sheng and Liexing quickly made for the exit.
"Stop them," Tong Fo shouted.
"They just killed your cousin, Fung," Gah-RI said. "We need to bail out of this."
"We can't! We're too deep in this," Fung replied, freaking out. Sheng and Liexing disappeared into the forest. They hid out of sight, overhearing Temuti's and Taotie's conversation.
"We can't find them," Taotie said looking everywhere.
"Nevermind that," Temuti replied. "They already killed the Dragon Warrior. We can still conquer the Jade Palace." So they went back to the cave. Sheng and Liexing ran until they stopped to catch their breath. Sheng looked at his wife, who had a cheeky smile.
"Don't say it. I know the panda was right," Sheng panted. "Come on, we need to get to the Jade Palace." They traveled through the night to get to the Jade Palace. They got there at sunrise. When they climbed the palace steps, Tigress was waiting for them with a smirk.
"Well, it's nice to see you alive," Tigress said smugly. Sheng yawned.
"Not now, tiger. We've come back for Po. I ain't got time to put up with your tail," Sheng grumbled going past her. Tigress jumped when she felt something on her tail. "Although it's a lovely tail," Sheng smiled cheekily as he stroked her tail gently. Tigress growled as she pulled her tail way from him.
"Why you!"
"As much as I want to see you finish off Sheng, Tigress, we need him alive," Po said. "How did it go?"
"You were right. They did plan to kill us," Sheng sighed. "We were only able to kill the bird, the huge croc, and the little fox. The oxen, the smaller crocodiles, the warthog, and the Loris are all that still live."
"So what's the plan," Liexing asked.
"We could put them all in prison," Tigress suggested.
"No, they would bust out and try to finish off the Killers," Po replied.
"I have an idea," Sheng proposed. He whispered it to them. Po looked a little grieved.
"Alright. But there are two people I want you to spare."
"Give me the name and why" Sheng replied.
"Taotie, the warthog. He has a son that he has to watch over," Po explained. "And the smaller crocs. They're really just pathetic thieves that won't amount to anything."
"Yeah, I realized that by looking at them," Sheng sighed. "Okay, then we'll need to get going. They'll be here in a moment. We can cut them off in the forest."
Tong Fo, Fung's gang, Taotie, and Temuti were marching through the woods. Junjie's students had fled amidst the carnage of last night. They marched onward to the Jade Palace. "Once we reach the Jade Palace, we'll all team up against Shifu. His precious students won't know what hit them," Tong Fo smiled deviously.
"There's only one problem with that," said Po, who was in front of them. The criminals looked as if they had seen a ghost. "What's the matter? Did the panda get your tongue? I don't know why you're speechless now. You could probably finish me off," Po proposed. The crooks looked at each other.
"GET HIM!" Temuti shouted.
"Actually, I was thinking that we...ah... run for our lives," Fung said, running from the group. Tong Fo groaned. He snapped his fingers and his gorilla guards pursued the panda. Po easily jumped on top of one of their heads, making one knock out the other.
"Well, that was easy," Po commented. He then saw Temuti, Tong Fo, and Taotie running after him. "Oh boy!" Po ran away from the three. While Fung and his gang was running from the fray, Liexing stopped them.
"AH! Killer lady," Fung exclaimed, hiding behind Gah-Ri. Liexing rolled her eyes.
"Look, you guys don't need to be bandits. In fact, come with me and you'll learn what happens to people who get into things they're not supposed to," Liexing said in a commanding tone. "Now follow me unless you want to be murdered," She said with a smile.
"Lead the way, ma'am," The group replied cowardly. Po, on the other hand, continued running from Tong Fo, Temuti, and Taotie. Sheng dropped out of the trees and snatched Taotie from behind.
"You have a son," Sheng said to him. "So we're going to spare you because your son would be after us. But the others will die." Sheng bounded Taotie's hands and led him to where the two were going to appear. Po lead Temuti and Tong Fo towards an open field. He stopped there.
"Wow, I'm really out of shape," Po panted. Temuti and Tong Fo prepared to capture Po.
"There's no place to hide Dragon Warrior," Tong Fo said.
"I'm giving you this one last chance," Po announced, "Turn from your evil ways and I won't destroy you." Tong Fo and Temuti looked at each other.
"Yeah, right," Temuti smugged. Suddenly, he froze and then fell to the ground. An arrow stuck out of his back. Po quickly charged Tong Fo, grabbed his finger, and did the Wuxi Finger Hold on him. The Loris disappeared in a golden cloud. Po coughed as the dust cleared.
"Well, that was dustier than I expected. If you had done that on me, I really would have freaked out," Sheng said. Taotie and Fung's group all stood in horror. Sheng spoke up. "It was Po that wanted to spare all of you. For differing reasons. Now that you are spared, you can not and will not try to hurt Po. If you do, I will kill you. Free of charge. Now, LEAVE!" With that, the warthog and the group of crocs ran away. Sheng sighed.
"Well, that went well," Liexing smiled.
"Come on, let's go back to the Jade Palace. There's a lot to tell the others," Sheng said.
"What about the payment that they were supposed to give you," Po asked.
"Oh, we stole that already," Sheng replied as if it were nothing. Po just shook his head.
"Okay then, let's get to the Jade Palace," Po stated.
To be continued.
