Kong Li Christmas : A Sue Story 5
By Crystalquirt
Tobue. Kong Li messes up Christmas by trying to take Sue out of the celebration for good. Scary situations, violence, action, romance, angst, oh yeah.
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Tobey thought it was strange that Sue was still sitting on the ground looking down, like Sid's head was still in her lap. Didn't she want to hurry home and make sure Sid was okay? There was still a lot of decorating to do yet tonight or Mr. Wu will be yelling and he wanted to help Sue re-make her ornaments.
As he got closer to her, she looked up and all it took was for their eyes to meet and she started crying. She buried her face in her hands and rested the backs of her hands on her knees.
"Sue! What's wrong?" Tobey took the last few feet in one leap and slid up to her on his knees. "We rescued Sid - You rescued Sid! That was some great shooting! Your arrow was right on." He heard her making noises like growling in between her sobs. "Sue? Please talk to me."
"I c-can't." Sue was all choked up and could barely breath let alone talk to him.
"Sid will be okay - and he's right, if it was me I probably would have fainted." he tried to get her to smile, or at least look up, but when she didn't, he sat down next to her and put his arm around her shoulders. She leaned on him, and he found her hand to hold it while she sobbed into his shirt. He sat quietly with her and didn't even care that her tears, and perhaps a little snot was soaking his shirt.
Wow two hugs from Sue in one night! Another time Tobey would have been thrilled. He would have really enjoyed his 'Sue alone time' if she was not so upset. When she quieted down a little he tried to get her to talk again.
"Tell me what's wrong Sue. Can you talk to me yet?" he asked softly.
"I d-don't know."
"It's okay, you don't have to talk to me. I hate seeing you so upset – is there anything I can do?"
Sue took a deep breath, "It's not that I don't want to talk to you, I am so glad you're here, Tobey. I just, I – S-Sid could have been . . . h-he . . . "
"I know." He hugged her tightly and let her cry some more.
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At Kong Li's underground lair he was pacing. "True - I got the recipe I went after, but Nana's little reject saw me, he knows I have a recipe and they will start searching for me to try to get the recipe before I can use it. I have to do something to keep them occupied until I can find all the ingredients and cook this."
He put the recipe on the table and sat a jar on it so it couldn't blow away with a sweep of his cape. "I know what I will do to them!" he exclaimed.
Kong Li got a book off a shelf and blew off the dust. He checked his handwritten notes in the back and found the page he wanted, but after reading it, said out loud, "No, not this one, it kills immediately and if that happens the rest of them will be even more determined to find me before I am ready."
I need something that works slowly to keep them busy and focused on something other than me. I wonder, he got another book off the shelf and opened it right to the page he wanted.
"Ah yes, this should do nicely. Mei Hua and her rejects will be very busy for the next few days. Mei Hua should realize right away what this is and the importance of staying close to the victim. With the brother already hurt, I think, the sister this time. Young Tobey will be no threat to me alone."
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In the cab on the way back to Wu's, Sid told Nana that he saw Kong Li with a recipe and told her where he found it. When they got home, Nana helped Sid up to bed before Calvin could try to put him back to work. She went alone to the store room and unrolled her maps on the table where she might have some privacy. One spot on the map flickered and glowed dimly.
"Ah, this recipe has been disturbed, but he has not started preparing it yet, or it would be glowing brightly."
"Now to figure out which one he has."
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When Sue finally stopped crying she was angry! She pushed him away and poked him in the chest. "Ow. Sue – What did I do?" Tobey was confused since she started yelling at him.
"I told you something bad was going to happen! I told you!"
"You told me?"
"Yes! I relaxed, Sid went out alone so you and I could help Nana decorate for Christmas – and Kong Li almost killed him! See, I cant relax and enjoy the holidays or anything else until we get rid of Kong Li!"
"Sue, that's not true, it was not because of Christmas that Sid went out alone, we all go out alone and split up all the time. It was just rotten luck that Sid ran into Kong Li this time and didn't call us sooner."
"No! Christmas is just a distraction that Kong Li will use against us again if we let him. We will have to be even more careful! He is probably still around watching us suffer!" Sue looked around nervously. " I'm gonna find him! You go back to Wu's and make sure Sid is alright!"
"Sue NO! Don't do anything crazy – didn't you just say that Sid shouldn't have been out alone and now you think I'm going to let you go out alone – looking for Kong Li on purpose? Think again."
"I will be alert, I will call if I see anything." Sue got up and walked to her bike with Tobey running along side begging her not to do it.
"Sue, just come back with me to Wu's! Sid will worry if I go back without you!"
"I won't be long and you guys can call to check on me." Sue was determined to find Kong Li and had even convinced herself that she could end this war that Nana had been having with him for decades, all by herself and that very night.
Tobey started to jump on his bike to follow her, but realized he left Sid's bike in the alley, so he rode back after it before he set off to follow her. He couldn't ride as fast as usual pulling Sid's bike alongside his, but still caught up enough to see Sue a block ahead going around a curve. Just as she went out of his sight, he heard a loud low horn, like a truck and tires squeal.
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Sue expected Kong Li to do something nasty to ruin what little Christmas joy that she could force, if she could force any and he had proven her right! He had hurt Sid and now, blinded by fear she wanted to make him pay. Kong Li was coming closer all the time to seriously injuring one of them, he had even managed to kidnap Nana right out of Wu's and hang her out for lizard mutants to eat! He had Tobey and Sid tied up in the kitchen and could have killed them if she hadn't rescued Nana and they got back when they did!
Thinking about everything like she was, Sue got tears in her eyes again and while she wiped them on her sleeve, she missed seeing the truck that crossed the line coming around the curve until it was almost too late. He blew the horn and Sue panicked. She turned quickly to avoid the truck. Her bike hit the curb and she and the bike landed in the flower beds along the curve. The truck driver laughed and just kept driving.
Seconds later, Tobey practically flew around the curve and saw Sue lying on her side in the flowers. He called her name and stood up on his seat before he jumped off. He landed right behind her, the bikes both hopped up the curb and landed on Sue's bike in the flowers.
"Sue are you okay?" Tobey kneeled and gently touched her shoulder. She brought her knees up to her chest and had her arm over her head like she was experiencing pain. Sue was trying to hide the fact that she was crying again.
"Sue? Please answer me!" he leaned over farther to try to see her face. He didn't want to move her in case she really was hurt. When she still didn't move Tobey panicked and started to call Nana.
"No Tobey, hang up. I'm just fine!" She forced out.
"But you didn't answer me! Did that truck hit you? Are you hurt anywhere? What should I do?"
"Tobey, calm down." Sue rolled onto her back, but still kept her arm over her eyes. "I'm alright. The truck didn't hit me."
"Oh thank-you - thank-you – thank-you truck for not hitting Sue!" he picked her up by her shoulders and hugged her. "If you had been hurt it . . .!" Overcome with joy, Tobey kissed Sue on the cheek before he even realized he was thinking about doing it!
"Tobey, really I'm okay." Sue kissed his cheek in return, "Thanks man."
He was overjoyed! He hugged her tightly and she didn't try to get away, he whispered in her ear, "Can we just go back to Wu's now, Sue? I'm starving."
"Alright Tobey." he helped her up, even though she didn't really need him to and they went to untangle the bikes and get them all pointed in the same direction again. "I'm sure Nana will send us all out after Kong Li when Sid is feeling better."
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Tobey continued . . .