Kong Li Christmas : A Sue Story 15
By Crystalquirt
Tobue. Kong Li messes up Christmas by trying to take Sue out of the celebration for good. Scary situations, violence, mild language, action, romance, angst, oh yeah.
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Sid made it quickly to the kitchen, Barney wasn't around and fortunately Mr. Wu wasn't up yet either. As Sid looked through drawers, he thought about what he was doing. He was looking for a knife for Nana to use to take his best friend's hand off.
The terror he felt was more than he could stand. Tears rolled down his cheeks and blurred his vision. He caught the edge of the counter and leaned on it.
No! You have to do this to save Tobey's life! Right? He set his jaw, wiped his eyes and opened the next drawer, but found he could move no farther. His arms were restrained by an unseen force and he felt and smelled hot, bad breath on his neck; an evil voice hissed in his ear.
"What's the matter Sid? Having a bad day? My day could have been better – I'm sure my mood will be lifted after I kill you!"
Kong Li brightened up a little and smiled. "But before I get my revenge on you and your Nana . . . did young Tobey enjoy his time in the Stone - before he died of fright?"
Sid growled angrily and twisted so powerfully that he broke Kong Li's invisible hold on him. He used his feet against the counter and pushed Kong Li back into the stove. Determined to take the fight outside he ran for the garden.
Sid rounded the corner and almost ran into the door he was going so fast: he slammed on the brakes in time to open the door before he rammed into it. Invisible Kong Li was on him again and they both fell out the door into the garden.
Kong Li landed on top of Sid and knocked the air out of him. He lie on the ground gasping for a moment even after he felt Kong Li get off. All Nana and Sue saw when they looked up at the commotion was Sid on the ground. Sue jumped up and ran to him, thinking he fell on the knives she thought he would be carrying.
"Sid! What . . ." her forward movement was stopped by an invisible arm striking her across her collarbone and she fell flat on her back.
They heard Kong Li laughing as he became visible again: his eyes like black holes with pale blue glowing pin-points in the middle. "You need to see me and know it it me who is killing all of you! Gaze upon the pleasure that will show in my face as you are dying in my hands you worms."
Sue screamed at him, "Kong Li! - I will make you pay for what you did to Tobey!"
"You will make me pay for nothing! And you alive - Sue? I thought you would be dead by now. What fool did you find on planet earth willing to kiss you? Doesn't matter - I will finish you off now."
Kong Li lunged at Sid first. Sue lunged at Kong Li. Sid kicked with both feet and somersaulted away from Kong Li's staff as it came at his head. Sue body slammed the villain and Sid moved in with a series of palm thrusts and a kick to drive him back farther.
When Nana saw Kong Li she immediately jumped up and locked the cookbook back in the Scholar Stone with Tobey. Kong Li landed a lucky kick to Sid's side and turned in time to see Nana with the cookbook!
"How did you get that, Mei Hua? I saw it fall down the well!"
"Magic." Nana ran at him.
When Sid got kicked, he was sure he felt ribs break and gritted his teeth as he tried to get up quickly with Kong Li baring down on him. He wasn't going to make it!
Nana jumped over Sid and planted both feet firmly in Kong Li's chest. As he fell something fell out of his cape. A vial! What was left of the Specter Stew he was using was in the vial! Thankfully it landed in the grass and didn't break. Nana recognized the recipe, grabbed the vial and ran back towards the Scholar Stone.
Kong Li got up; Sue and Sid attacked him again wondering where Nana had gone. They were a little distracted thinking Nana left because something more was wrong with Tobey.
Sid got up after being knocked down again still holding his side, Sue worried about him too, but had no time to check on him before Kong Li charged her again. She readied herself in her dragon stance while Sid ran to protect her. Sue greeted Kong Li with a kick, but missed and he took her legs out from under her with his staff. Sid struck with palms to Kong Li's chin and stomach, but Kong Li wasn't affected as much as he'd hoped. Kong Li blocked Sid's next hit and knocked Sue down again by the koi pond with a round kick.
After seeing Sue go down hard again, his sister - that he already nearly lost once this week, Sid roared as he leapt back at Kong Li ready to punch his glowing eyes out, but Kong Li sidestepped his punch and grabbed his arm instead. With a twist and a step into Sid he threw him half way across the garden. Sid landed head first against the Scholar Stone. Kong Li wiped his hand on his cape like he found touching Sid, even to hurt him, was distasteful. He ran back at Sue.
Sue was up again, but watching her brother. While she was trying to get up again, she saw him go down – and he was still down. "Sid!" She cried and tried to knock Kong Li out of her way so she could run to Sid.
Kong Li grabbed her and jabbed the blunt end of the staff in her stomach. She groaned and doubled over. Sid pushed himself up just in time to see Kong Li drag his sister to the pond. He threw her down and stepped on her back to keep her down while he held her head underwater with the dragon head end of his red staff.
Sue didn't even have a chance to take a deep breath before he shoved her head under water and her lungs were already hurting - her muscles spasmed as she forced herself not to breath in pond water.
Sid staggered to his feet holding his head until he saw what was happening to Sue! He recovered quickly and charged Kong Li!
"Let her go!" Kong Li stood with all his weight on Sue to kick Sid! She stopped thrashing for an instant as the last of the little air she had left was pushed out, crushed under Kong Li's full weight.
Kong Li's heal hit Sid in the stomach and he stepped back for a moment. Kong Li was off balance, Sue forced her oxygen deprived muscles to tighten and she rolled just enough to make Kong Li jump off of her, Sid followed through before Kong Li could turn completely toward him and palmed him in the back of the neck.
Before Kong Li hit the ground Sid had Sue out of the pond lying on her side coughing violently. After she caught her breath enough to speak she took Sid's hand and he helped her up. "Thanks Bro." Kong Li was still down so they took a breath.
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Nana drank the stew herself while she opened the Scholar Stone and in only a minute was able to make her body intangible. She reached in and touched Tobey's nearest shoulder. He turned intangible too and she gently pulled him out under his arms; his hand still attached! When he was out far enough she carried him across her arms a little way from the stone before she put him down and relocked the Scholar Stone with the cookbook safely inside.
It was dawn and the natural light was just starting to make it's way into the garden. Sue and Sid glanced over and saw Nana had Tobey out of the stone, lying on the ground. They had no time to show their relief or go to Tobey, since Kong Li was getting up, literally spitting fire!
"Gei Kow No!" Kong Li chanted and threw a fireball at Sue's head. Sid knocked her down and the fireball hit the Scholar Stone and went out.
Nana checked Tobey over quickly and in the light of dawn saw his other injuries. From all his the marks on his chest and arms and the deep scratches down his cheek, Nana knew that Sue must have attacked him while they were in the stone. "That's it!" Nana realized what must have happened.
Sue was taken over by the spirit, allowed by Kong Li's poisonous spell while in the scholar stone with Tobey. The warlord's daughter attacked and since Tobey was trapped and couldn't keep her from leaving, he would have been the one to lock the Scholar Stone. Then he was trapped inside with her. Somehow he managed to kiss her while she was fighting him!
Nana whispered, "Tobey is Sue's true love!"
As happy as Nana felt, having Sue alright, and finding out the special relationship that Tobey and Sue would share, she was very concerned that Tobey wouldn't be around very long to enjoy it,
"Oh, Tobey, you might not even know you saved Sue!" She leaned down closer to his face, "Do you hear me Tobey? You saved Sue – you did it - you kind, warmhearted wonderful child!"
So sad that Tobey was hurt, Nana solemnly looked him over more carefully and found that he had several other minor bleeding injuries and multiple marks on his body, but none so bad as his hand and wrist. Nana glanced over quickly and saw the fight going on between her other kids and Kong Li: they looked like they were holding their own so she stayed another moment to tend to Tobey.
She lifted him in her arms to carry him over near a bench; she put him back on the ground with his lower legs up on the bench to elevate them. She took her sweater off and put it over his torso. His wrist was no longer bleeding, but she was afraid that was because his blood pressure was so low or he had no circulation left going to his hand.
She unwrapped his shirt from his wrist and took off his wristband. There was a deep wound with ragged edges that went nearly half way around his wrist. His hand was a dark, bruised purple color. Nana gently placed Tobey's hand on his stomach to keep it out of the dirt and pulled the sweater down to cover it too. Nana then made the decision to help Sid and Sue so they could beat Kong Li quickly and no one else would get hurt.
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Kong Li held a hand out flat, palm up, and brought his other hand down on it making a clapping sound, a line of fire flew from all sides and made everyone jump to the ground and cover their heads.
Spot fires started in anything flammable all over the garden, but fortunately most stayed small and went out on their own. The garden was still wet after the morning's fog rolled in. Mr. Wu had a pot full of oil sitting near a bush that was still burning. He had planned on dumping it in the recycle container but had just left it sitting instead the day before. It burned long enough to catch the bush nearest to it on fire and Tobey was lying very near!
Sid and Nana got up and ran at Kong Li to try and get him before he could do that again! Sue saw the fire still burning near Tobey and ran to put it out.
She slid to a stop near Tobey's head, held out her hand and nearly screamed, "Kai Shrey La!" a stream of water burst from the palm of her hand and put the fire out. This was the first time Sue had been close to Tobey since Nana got him out of the stone and she couldn't help, but stop and kneel next to him.
She nervously looked under Nana's sweater and saw his hand. "Tobey?" She leaned down to kiss his cheek. Another fireball went so close over her back that she felt the heat. She looked up in time to see it hit the garden wall and go out. Sue got up and turned to run back to help in the fight, but only got about ten feet away from Tobey when she saw another fireball heading right for him.
Sue dived back at Tobey and got him covered with her own body just in time for it to hit her in the back of the leg, just above her knee! She screamed and fell forward with her long slender body lying along Tobey's. Her arm over his stomach with his wounded hand.
She groaned in pain into the ground near Tobey's hip. The fireball had burned her pants leg and blistered the skin before it went out. It hurt so bad she held her lower leg up, unable to relax the muscles. Her leg felt like the fire was still burning under her skin!
Sid was distracted after Sue got burned and Kong Li already had his hands around Sid's throat, but Nana knocked him away from him. She fought ferociously driving Kong Li away from Sid while he coughed and struggled to his feet. Nana kicked Kong Li and he slammed back into the garden wall. Nana readied another punch, Sid was running up from behind her and Kong Li went invisible!
"That coward!" Sid yelled and bent forward holding his chest.
The round garden gate opened and then slammed closed. Sid started to drop to his knees but Nana caught him. "Sid, are you able to fight?"
"But . . . Kong Li left, I want to go check on Sue and Tobey."
Nana whispered, "Yes go to them, protect them, Kong Li didn't leave."
Sid glanced at the gate and jogged, limping over to Sue and Tobey. Nana stayed near weary for any sign of Kong Li. Sid heard Sue scream again as he ran to them.
Tobey moaned. He heard Sue scream too and fought back to consciousness. He felt her lying against him even before he opened his eyes and saw her. "Sue?"
Tobey lifted his legs off the bench and put them down before he sat up gingerly holding his wrist and hand against his stomach. Nana's sweater and Sue's arm slid down into his lap.
"Ow-Ewe!" he winced and felt a little sick when he saw his wrist. "What happened? Sue?"
Sid got to them, kneeled next to Sue and looked at her leg. "Tobey! I'm happy you're awake. How does your hand feel?"
"Hurts, but Sid . . . what happened to Sue?"
"Kong Li shot a fireball at you while you were unconscious and Sue blocked it."
Sue moaned and tried to roll over, but Sid put his hand on her shoulder and whispered, "Stay down Kong Li is still here somewhere."
She fell limp again, her nostrils full of the smell from the fresh grass that she was lying in; her leg throbbing with intense pain. "Sid! Is my leg still on fire? It hurts so bad!" Sue really wanted to stand and fight, but just couldn't make herself get up yet. Sid grabbed Nana's sweater off of Tobey's lap and dunked it in the nearby fountain. He put it over Sue's leg to cool it off.
Nana was near the scholar stone. They watched in horror as Nana yelled and was lifted off the ground. She flew through the air, tumbling out of control and landed by the pond.
Sid stood up and ran to Nana. I have to help! Tobey gritted his teeth as he got up to stand over Sue in an attempt to protect her.
Nana kicked at the air and yelled again she was lifted into the air again - leg first and landed on the other side of the pond. Sid ran in and kicked where he thought Kong Li might be, and started around the pond to get to Nana, but he was pulled up short by his shoulders and kicked in the middle of his back. Sid's knees buckled and he fell forward groaning.
"Sid!" Tobey yelled, unsure of what to do, hoping Nana and Sid would rise on their own, he elected to stay near Sue. He held his wrist at his stomach and raised his other hand, slowly circling, trying to anticipate which direction the hit would come from. Standing up so quickly made him feel dizzy, his vision blurry and he blinked trying to clear his vision.
Sue rolled over and saw him struggling to stay on his feet. With great effort she stood up and stayed behind Tobey, facing the other way. Evil laughter echoed off the garden walls and seemed to be all around them. Nana rose up on one elbow and saw Sid was down. She looked over at Sue and Tobey just in time to see Tobey hit. He went down with a thud and a pained scream and when Sue turned to help him, she vanished!
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Tobey continued . . . right away :D