Kung Fu Panda 6: The Final Fate by
Mitchicus
Chapter 4: Remnants
Mitchicus walked with Lucy towards the Valley of Peace but it was growing dark. Mitch noticed this and looked at her.
"We'll have to find a place to stay somewhere for the night." The White Tiger said.
Lucy nodded. "But where?"
Mitch looked around and saw smoke in the distance. He pointed to it.
"That's a village. We could stay there." Mitch said as he walked towards it, and Lucy soon followed.
They reached the village and entered it. There were large buildings, and a group of kids played "Kung Fu Warrior" in the street. The village was filled with tigers only, and Mitch could not figure out why. He walked towards what he knew to be a hotel and entered it. Mitch went to the front desk and asked the employee there for a room.
"I'm sorry sir, but only the honeymoon suite is available." The employee said.
Mitch shook his head. "It's not the money! The girl I'm with is my cousin!"
"Well that makes sense then, since you are both White Tigers." The employee said.
Mitch growled and looked back at Lucy, who was observing a painting in the lobby. Mitchicus turned back to the employee.
"Is there any other hotel in this village?"
"No there is not." The employee said.
"Fine. Give us the honeymoon suite." Mitch said as he reached into his pocket and dumped a large amount of yen on the counter.
"Certainly," The employee said as he picked up the money and handed the White Tiger the key. "Enjoy your stay."
"Yeah, thanks." Mitch grumbled as he took the key from the employee and walked up to Lucy.
She turned from the painting and smiled. "Did you get us a room?"
Mitch scratched his scar. "I have good news and bad news."
Lucy waited for him to continue.
"The good news is that we have a room." Mitch said, never making eye-contact with her. "The bad news is that the only room available was the honeymoon suite."
Lucy's eyes widened and she blushed. "So there are no other rooms, and is there any other hotel?"
"Nope."
"And it's one bed?" She asked nervously.
Mitch gave a nervous smile and nodded. He tried to change the mood of her.
"Don't worry; I won't make a move on you." Mitch said and she flashed with a tint of anger. "I'm sorry, that was awkward. What I meant to say was that I'm married and you have a boyfriend, so we don't have to worry about anything."
Lucy nodded. "That's what I thought." She punched him playfully on the shoulder and he laughed.
The two reached the second floor where their room was. They walked down the hall and came to the door. Mitch put the key in and opened it. He looked around the room. There was a large bed of course, and there were beautiful paintings all around the room. Mitch sighed and closed the door, taking off of his coat and looked at the bed. He moved most of the pillows to the floor, and put a large one in the middle of the bed, dividing it in half. Mitch looked back at Lucy.
"We each get half of the bed?" Mitch asked and she nodded. "That will work."
Mitch pulled off his shirt and went under the covers. Lucy went into the restroom and began changing.
"Mitch?" She called.
"Yeah?" He answered.
"Close your eyes when you hear the door open, and don't open them until I blow out the candles ok?" Lucy asked.
"Got it." Mitch said and waited.
The door opened and he closed his eyes. She ran to the candles and blew them out, and Mitch opened his eyes. The room was pitch black and he felt the bed move as she laid down on it. Mitch closed his eyes again, and he drifted into sleep.
While they were both asleep, Mitch accidently rolled over the dividing pillow and invaded her space by a bit. Mitch awoke at around 7 AM the next morning, and looked down at his hand. It was touching Lucy's chest, and her tail was wrapped around his hand. Mitch's eyes widened and he tried to pull away quickly, but he realized that she would wake up if he did that. So Mitch moved his hand away from her chest, carrying her tail with him, and moved back to his side of the bed. Tigress would murder her if she saw that…and then me, Mitch thought. He fell back to sleep, and Lucy awoke at 8 AM. She yawned and looked as her tail was wrapped around his hand. She panicked at first, but then she slowly let go of his hand and put her tail under the covers on her side. She looked at his face, and saw his scar from his eyebrow to the top of his cheek. Though Leonardo had told lots of things about Mitchicus, she had not been told how he got that scar. She stroked it gently, moving Mitchicus into a memory.
Mitchicus was hanging from the ceiling of Tai Lung's cell by chains (not theone in Chor Gham Prison). His head was down, wondering what was next of him. Suddenly, the cell door was opened. Brutus walked in smiling.
"Good to see that you're still here, because you won't be leaving. Ever." Brutus said in an evil tone.
"We'll see about that." Mitchicus snapped back.
"You know, I was one of the raiders that destroyed your village and killed you and your girlfriend's parents." Brutus said.
"And?" Mitch asked.
"The raiders were bound by a code of honor by their leader. That they could never kill the people they raided. But before the attack on your village, the raiders killed their leader. After the leader was killed, a new raider became in charge. He decided to burn the village and kill everyone inside of it, and so we did it." Brutus said proudly.
"Who was the new leader?" Mitch asked.
Brutus ignored his question and said "Do you know who gave me these scars?" He pointed to the four, long, red scars on his face. "You did this."
"Yes, I did do that. For the record, I'm proud of it." Mitchicus smiled weakly.
"I believe it would be fair for me to leave a mark on you in return." Brutus grinned.
After saying that, Brutus took a claw on his hand and pressed it against Mitchicus' right eyebrow.
"Don't worry, this only stings a little. I lied, it burns like fire!" The crocodile said in an evil tone.
Then Brutus dug the claw into Mitch's skin, and drove it down over his eyelid and stopped near the top of Mitchicus' cheekbone. Mitch yelled in pain and anger, and glared at Brutus. There was now a long, red gash on Mitch's face, which would heal into a red scar.
"Now we have both left our mark on the other." Brutus said, smiling.
Mitchicus' legs were not chained, and the broken leg was almost completely healed. Mitch raised them and locked Brutus' head with them.
"I could kill you right now, Brutus," Mitch said in a near evil voice, "but I want a real challenge in killing you."
After saying that, Mitch let go of Brutus, who staggered backward.
"You'll never kill me," Brutus said before punching Mitchicus in the face, and then said, "but you will serve me."
Then Brutus turned and began to walk towards the cell door.
"I will never serve you!" Mitch yelled while still wincing from the wound on his face.
Brutus turned around and looked back at Mitchicus laughing. Then the crocodile left the cell and slammed the door shut.
Mitch's eyes quickly opened and he grabbed Lucy's hand, panting. When he realized it was her, he let go of her hand.
"My apologies." Mitchicus said.
"What happened?" Lucy asked.
"It was just a bad dream." Mitch lied.
"Dream or memory?" Lucy asked.
Mitch looked at her and slowed his breathing. He told her all about Brutus and what he did with under him, and she sighed.
"I'm sorry Mitch." She said.
"Don't be." Mitch said as he put his paw on her shoulder. "I made those decisions."
Screams and shouts were heard from outside, and Mitch ran to the window and opened the blinds. Wolves and Komodo Dragons were rounding up the tigers and killing them. The tigers, though they were much stronger than the Komodo Dragons or wolves, did not have any weapons. The soldiers raided the houses before setting them on fire. Mitch put his Katana on his back and took Lucy's bow and arrows.
"Stay here, and kill anyone if you have to." Mitch said as he gestured to her short sword.
Mitch ran out the door and went to the lobby, which many tigers were running into with soldiers on their heels. Mitch blocked a blade of a Komodo before stabbing him, and then he kicked the body aside. He cut off a wolf's arm, making the dog yelp before he beheaded it. Mitch pushed the others out of the lobby and into the street. Mitch looked down the street and saw a pool of blood. Near the pool was a group of bodies. The kids that Mitch and Lucy had seen playing when he arrived.
Mitch snapped back into reality as a sword was swung his way, and he ducked just in time to miss the blade. Mitch kicked the wolf's legs from under him and stabbed him. The other soldiers ran out of the houses, forming lines and retreating out of the village when they saw Mitchicus attacking them. Mitch saw an old tiger on the street, who was wounded. Mitch pulled up his head and looked at him, widening his eyes.
"Mr. Monso?" Mitch asked.
Mr. Monso had been a neighbor of Mitchicus when he was a cub and before the destruction of their village. The neighbor was very close to him.
"Mitchicus, is that you?" Mr. Monso asked weakly.
Mitch nodded. "It's me, Mr. Monso."
The old tiger smiled. "My, how you've grown since I saw you. I didn't think you survived the attack."
"How many survived Mr. Monso?" Mitchicus asked.
Mr. Monso coughed. "A good number of us survived, and we all started this village with some other tigers."
Mitch fought back tears. The irony of the situation. A good number of people survived Brutus' attack…only to be killed by the attack he had watched.
Mr. Monso gave a weak smile. "I'm not going to make it Mitchicus. Please avenge us." The old tiger took his hand. "Your parents would be proud of you."
After saying this, Mr. Monso's hand went limp and his head fell back. Mitch closed his eyes for him, and stood up. He looked around, watching the buildings in flames and the bodies of tigers lying on the street. Mitch went on one knee and vomited several times. He wiped his mouth and saw the employee from the day before, who was distraught from the event. Many of the tigers were missing.
"Where are the others?" Mitch demanded.
The employee looked at him with trembling hands. "They took them out of the village when they saw you defending it."
Mitch sheathed his sword and ran out of the village, his bow in hand. He reached the forest, where there was a trail of blood. Mitchicus got off the path and hurried past the trees. He heard marching and saw the soldiers with many prisoners. Their leader halted the group and drew his sword.
"That tiger must be gone, so we must resume execution." The leader said and pointed to a male tiger with his hand grabbing his wife's. "You are first."
Three Komodo Dragons went over to them and the wife screamed. They tried pulling the tiger from her but she was pulling back. At last a Komodo kicked her to the ground and took the tiger towards the leader. They threw the tiger to his knees, and the male looked up at his future killer. The leader put the sword at his throat, and then brought it back, about to decapitate the tiger. The leader swung, but was hit in the chest by an arrow, pinning him against the tree. The leader gurgled and then died. The other soldiers looked around for where the arrow came from and the tiger picked up the leader's sword and killed a soldier with it. Another arrow flew threw the air, landing in a wolf's eye. The wolf yelled before another hit him in the forehead, and he fell to the ground. Mitch jumped out of the woods and into the air, shooting another arrow at a Komodo Dragon and killing him. Mitch put the bow on his back and drew his Katana. He cut the head off of a wolf before kicking a Komodo to the ground. Mitch impaled him while he was there and jumped into the air as a wolf tried to cut him, and then sliced the dog in the chest with his sword. There were five soldiers left now. Mitch stabbed one before impaling another. Mitch turned to see the last soldier aiming his bow and arrow at him. The arrow was launched and Mitch caught the arrow in his hand, grinning. After seeing this, the soldier turned and ran into the woods, but he would not get far. Mitch aimed his sword and threw it at him; going straight through his abdomen and pinning him against a tree. The soldier groaned and went limp. Mitch walked to his body and freed his blade from it, making the soldier's body fall to the ground. Mitch cleaned his blade in the grass and walked over to the freed villagers. The White Tiger smiled.
"Do you remember who I am?" Mitchicus asked.
A middle-aged tiger walked forward. "Mitchicus, is that you?"
Mitch laughed. "No, I'm Mr. Got-no-camouflage."
The tiger smiled. "Oh, you remember that?"
Mitch nodded, and most of the other tigers smiled, remembering the young cub they once believed to be dead. The others were not in the village when it was attacked, so they did not know who he was, besides their salvation from the soldiers.
Mitch sighed. "I'm not a hero. I just was here at the right time, but I wish I could save more."
The tiger shook his head. "By saving one life, you save us all."
Mitch nodded. "Now, we should be getting back."
The White Tiger picked up Lucy's bow and walked with them back to the village. When they entered, the other tigers were thanking Mitchicus for saving them and their village, for only a small part had been burned down. Mitch found Lucy helping clean up the place and she hugged him.
"What happened?" She asked him.
"Some of Pantelis' men survived the fall, and they found this village to raid and destroy everything." Mitch said.
Lucy nodded. "What do we do now?"
Mitch scratched his scar, a nervous habit. "We clean up the place and stay for another night, then leave for the Jade Palace."
Mitch looked back at the Imperial City in the distance, and was glad it was spared the fate this village had.
A/N: Survivors from Brutus' attack are raided and Mitchicus defends them. This chapter's song is "Schindler's List Main Theme" by John Williams. This song sets the mood for the murder of the villagers and Mitch as the only one that can defend them. Next chapter: Owl Problem. Fenghuang attacks the Jade Palace and Po must defend it. Please review, share, comment, and please, no flames!