Baloo not wanting to stop watching his son leave forces himself to face Nanook.
"Let's do this."
Baloo runs to the front of the plane and takes over the controls. Nanook stumbles a bit as
Baloo turn the Sea Duck.
"Baloo! Where are you planning to land?!"
Baloo with a focus glare drives the Sea Duck and points towards the distance.
"There!"
Nanook stares out the window in a state of shock.
"Baloo! We can't land there! That's Khan's tower!"
Baloo remains silent and smiles for a bit.
"Exactly!"
Nanook jumps into his seat and desperately puts on his seatbelt.
"Baloo! Are you nuts?! We're going to crash!"
Baloo faces Nanook with a small tear in his eye. He pets the Sea Duck.
"I'm so sorry baby…"
He clenches his jaw and his body gets tight.
"HOLD ON!"
The plane hits nose first on concrete, but doesn't stop there. It continues to skid across
the tower as sparks consume the bottom of the plane.
"The plane isn't stopping! We're going to fall off!"
Baloo bearing some wounds from the crash turns the wheel in an attempt to save
themselves.
"Come on baby! Make me proud!"
The plane's wing crashes against a wall but remains stable. The plane comes to a complete stop.
The men are in a complete state of shock, but both are happy to be alive.
"It's true what they say. You are an amazing pilot Baloo."
The bear remains silent as he kicks out the door to get out of the wrecked plane. Nanook
not too far behind follows him to check the damages. Baloo walks up to his plane and
places a hand on it.
"Thank you…you made me proud."
Nanook remains silent even though he doesn't clearly understand the bond Baloo shares
with his plane. Baloo gives his plane one last look before he continues on. Nanook
stares at the plane with concern.
"Are you ok to continue?"
The bear stops at his tracks.
"We've gone too far to turn back now."
Baloo quickly heads towards a roof door to enter Khan's building.
"We've better hurry! I'm sure Khan's men are running up here to find out what the
commission was all about."
They enter the building and to their surprise nobody was around.
"Where is everybody?"
"Who cares! Now's our chance to hit Khan were it hurts!"
Baloo runs up ahead and suddenly stops cold.
"What is it Baloo?"
"I stepped on something."
He looks towards the floor to find a stream of a warm red liquid covering the entire floor.
"Oh my god! I think it's…"
Baloo looks toward his left to find the source. Nanook runs to her side to find her throat
has been slit from ear to ear.
"Who could have done this?"
"Nanook…do hear that?"
They both take a minute to notice a clashing noise.
"Sounds like we found them."
They both run into Khan's office struggling to open the gigantic doors.
"Nope, that only means it's coming from the stairs."
They run up the stairs to find a trail of blood.
"They're headed towards the second roof! Let's go!"
While running up the stairs there discover a blood covered sword lying on the floor.
Nanook grabs a hold of it.
"Might come in handy later."
Baloo runs towards the door and rams into it. The door swings open and the bear falls
flat on his face. Nanook runs pass him. Nanook stops to find Karnage pointing a
sword at the beaten and bloody Khan. Baloo is quick to stand up to stare at the
unbelievable sight.
"Karny?"
Baloo can right away detect that there is a huge difference with Karnage.
"Karny? What did they do to you?"
Baloo slowly walks toward Karnage in hopes to reach out to him.
"Put the sword down Karny. Killing him won't solve anything."
Karnage faces Baloo, he slowly passes him to confront Nanook. He smiles and lifts his
sword.
"Coward, you thinking shooting me in the back held honor? Tell me how it feels to have
my sword pierce your heart!"
Karnage lunges at Nanook with full force.
"Baloo MOVE!"
Nanook pushes Baloo out of the way and uses his new found sword to counter the attack.
Karnage uses all his skills in hopes to stop the beating of Nanook's heart. While Nanook
continues to block his attacks he tries desperately to reach the broken pirate.
"We are NOT your enemies!" We are here to help you! Ugh!"
"LIARS! You helped him! You shot me in the back! You killed my friends, my family,
and ME!"
Karnage had exploded in strength! Nanook felt like he was up against 10 men instead of
one.
"UGH! I'm sorry! I helped your men! They are alive! They are coming right now to
save you!"
"SHUT UP! I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYMORE OF YOUR LIES! JUST DIE!"
Karnage slashes his sword so hard it knocks Nanook's sword right out of his hand.
"Ugh!"
Nanook falls back and sees the point of the sword inches form his face. He stares up
at Karnage to see the pirate holding back his tears.
"You all took everything from me. I blame myself for ever showing mercy on you and your city. NO MORE! You all men, women, and child shall feel a pirate's wrath!"
Karnage about to swing is tackled. Dazed he looks up to see Baloo lying practically on
top of him. They weight on top of him causes the pirate to panic.
"GET OFF OF ME!"
He violently pushes the bear off and now points his sword towards his direction.
"That will be your last mistake bear!"
Baloo couldn't help but see all hope in Karnage eyes were gone.
"Karny…"
As he was about to finish his sentence he looks up to see a familiar plane fly by.
"Louie?"
His old friend flies by waving. Several planes follow and head towards the cloud of
pirates.
Louie grabs for the speaker.
"Let's get this party started! Show them what you got!"
The planes get into range and fire at the pirate planes. The pirates are more than happy to
return the fire. Planes from both sides begin to go down as there battle starts off.
Baloo stares off into the distance seeing his longtime friends fighting for both their lives
and for their city.
"Good luck fellas! Huh?"
Baloo is suddenly lifted.
"He's mine!"
Khan throws Baloo away from Karnage and picks up Nanook's abandoned sword.
"This ends now!"
Khan slashes down at the pirate.
"NO IT DOESN'T!"
Nanook tackles his ex boss to the ground.
"Nanook!? You will pay dearly for betraying me, starting with your life!"
Nanook steps on Karnage's sword and kicks it up to his hand.
"Let's dance."
Swords clash between the two men. Meanwhile Baloo tries to get away from enrages
pirate who has pulled out a gun.
"Karny…talk to me. What did they do to you?"
Pausing at the question he winces as flashbacks of being raped and tortured overcome his
thoughts.
"SHUT UP! They did nothing but make me stronger!"
Baloo can see right through him. For a second he saw both fear and pain overcome the
pirate.
"I'm your friend Karny. You got to believe me! I understand what you're going though!
Let us help you!"
Just like before the captain pauses to look up at the bear. Hope in his eye's fade. Under
his breath he growls.
"No one understands…"
He stares at Baloo with lost hope and points the gun at him.
"The Karnage you once knew is dead."
Ballo backing away from the crazed pirate sees from the corner of his eye Nanook falls
hitting the floor hard. Khan forces the tip of his sword to his neck. Smiling, the tiger
knows that he has won.
"Nanook did you really think that you could beat me? I haven't seen that look in your
eyes for a while. I believe that was the same look you had when you sat by your
daughter's bedside. Yes! It was when you thought she was getting better."
Nanook in a state of shock gawks at Khan.
"How did you…"
Khan presses the sword into Nanook's arm while wearing a devilish grin.
"UGH!!! BASTARD!"
"You were a man of great potential, but you only had one drawback…your family."
"My family?"
"Yes. Instead of striving to become what you were destined to be you wasted it by being
with them. Instead of creating new projects you went to birthday parties. Instead of
meetings you were playing dolls with your daughter. I wasn't going to sit down and
watch your strengths go to waste so instead I took it into my own hands. That car
accident was no accident . It was the best thing that could have ever
happened to you and most importantly my company."
Everyone remained motionless. Baloo completely forgot about Karnage and stares
shockingly at Nanook. Nanook blankly stares at Khan as flashbacks of his family
fill his mind.
(Flashback)
*"Cassandra? Will you marry me?"
(Crying) "Yes! Yes Nanook! I will!"
* "It's a boy!"
* "It's a girl!"
* "Daddy! Daddy! Let's go play some baseball with the new bat you bought me!
* "Daddy! You wanna play dolly wif me?"
* "Honey? Did I ever tell you how much I love you?"
He puts an arm around her and places a kiss on her forehead.
"All the time. I don't blame you though."
She laughs and punches him playfully.
"I'm kidding Cassy!"
She sits on the porch edge and stares into the beautiful starry sky.
"Thankyou…"
Taking his eyes away from the stares he returns his focus towards the woman who has
captivated his heart.
"For what baby?"
As the moon shines on her long beautiful blonde hair, he can see her emerald green eyes stare deeply into his blues.
"For making me happier than I could ever imagine."
Nanook slowly gets up to walk towards her.
(Ring! Ring!)
He couldn't help but feel that she was suddenly fading away.
("Hello?")
Why couldn't he reach her?
("This is Nanook...how can I…")
He could smell her perfume. It was just as he remembers. Her emerald eyes still memorize him. He leans into her luscious lips.
("Wha…I can't understand you?)
She fades away before he could kiss her. She is no longer in his arms. She has been replaced by a phone.
He drops the phone as his heart goes with it.
"We're very sorry…your son had died at the scene and as for your wife…she just
passed."
Nanook collapses in his seat and takes in the words as a stab to his heart.
"She wanted me to tell you that she loves you and to save Casey. She was told about
Cyrus and said she would watch over him."
Nanook cries uncontrollably into his hands.
"My daughter! WHERE'S CASEY?!"
* "Daddy? Where do people go when they die?"
Eyes swollen and drained he looks into his daughter's soft emerald green eyes.
"Heaven honey why?"
Casey looks up into the ceiling.
"Will you be there daddy?"
"One day…why are you asking?"
"Mommy and Cyrus are here and they say I have to go daddy."
His heart drops as he sees his daughter's life dissolve away.
"No…no baby! Don't go…"
She smiles at her father knowing that it would be her last.
"I love you daddy…you…can have…my dolls if you want…"
"Casey…CASEY!
He holds his daughter with all his might.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"
(End of flashback)
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"
With the rage loose Nanook strikes Khan's sword with his sword.
"YOU BASTARD!"
Khan dodges his next attack and lunges forward for the kill, but a blast is suddenly
heard. Khan stops to feel his shoulder grow warm and suddenly cold. He's been shot.
In dismay he stares up to see Karnage holding up a gun as smoke exits the barrel.
Nanook seeing his opportunity drops his sword and punches Khan right in the face.
"This is for the pirates!"
He lands another punch.
"This is for Baloo!"
The punches just keep coming harder and harder after each familiar face fills his mind
and heart.
"This is for Cassandra and Cyrus!"
Nanook rips the cross around his neck and with everything he had he lunges at Khan.
"This…this is for Casey and…FUCKING WITH MY FAMILY!"
The final punch felt like an intense explosion. Khan's eyes roll to the back of his head.
The tiger's head hits the floor hard and he is left there unconscious.
"Nanook…"
Nanook falls to his knees with tears flowing from his eyes. He opens his hand to find Casey's cross. He smiles knowing that his family was watching him and smiling.
"That was for you guys."
Baloo runs to his friend.
"Nanook! Are you all right?"
"Yes. I will be Baloo. In time I will be."
The pilot smiles at his friend and turns to stare at Karnage. The pirate has his back to
them staring at the pirate planes retreating as more of Cape Suzette's reinforcements
arrive. The Iron Vulture approaches Khan's tower and opens its mouth.
"Karny!"
Karnage faces Baloo as he was about to enter the Iron Vulture.
"Listen, before you go I know what happened between you and Khan, but your pirates
don't. I know I can't fix what happened but we're here to help."
Karnage turns away as he limps to enter the Iron Vulture.
"You are a very stupid bear Baloo. Nothing happened. It would be very smart of you to
keep it that way. Go to your family Baloo."
"Karny wait! I'm planning to purpose to Rebecca. If she says yes you're invited to the
wedding."
Karnage doesn't answer but instead walks into the Iron Vulture as it closes its mouth.
"I'LL TAKE THAT AS A YES!"
Sirens can be heard as cops storm the tower. The cops swarm Khan and lift him from the
ground.
"Khan you are under arrest for misusing military equipment and for endangering all of
Cape Suzette. You have the right to remain silent."
Khan still unconscious is carried out. Nanook smiles and stares at Baloo.
"I don't think he'll have a problem with that."
He puts his arm around Baloo.
"Come on Baloo. Karnage was right. Go to your family. Don't you have a special
woman to purpose to?"
Baloo rushes into his plane reaching into the glove compartment. He takes out the box
containing the ring.
"Yeah, let's do this!"
HI EVERYBODY!!! Long time no talk! This is honestly my favorite chapter. I really hoped this chapter made you cry even just a little bit! I was crying all over the place because I was listening to "My farewell and writing this! Let me know what you guys think. We're up to the end folks!