Sup Guys? Thought that I'd write this chapter. Not much to say, so I'll just get on with the story! Enjoy…
"Kiro, wait! I know what it feels like to be an outcast! To be considered a monster! That doesn't mean that you have to act like one! I know that somewhere inside of you, there is the white tiger that I used to know!" Tigress said.
Kiro's expression of hate didn't change, but his hand was shaking. Almost as if the evil side of him wanted to bring the dagger down upon her, but the side of him that used to be there, the good one, was holding him back.
*20 minutes earlier, inside Kiro's subconscious*
"Where the heck am I?" Kiro wondered out loud.
"We are in your subconscious, Kiro. I'm controlling your mind and actions right now…" Tai Lung said, walking up to his former apprentice.
"You? How? The Dragon Warrior defeated you! You were obliterated!" Kiro retorted.
"Maybe in physical form I was, but there has always been a mental part of me that has harbored in you. That potion that you drank, released me completely from the mental prison that you kept me in. Sure, I tried to escape, which might have caused you to abandon your friends or beat up the orange tiger, but you always pushed me back, keeping me in my cell." Tai Lung explained.
"So, you're controlling me right now?" Kiro asked.
"That's right, and your friend, the panda, is about to throw down with Su Wu. Oh, I can't wait to see how this turns out!"
"So, you can see what I see, hear what I hear, and control my every movement?" Kiro said, still coming to terms with the situation.
"Again, yes." Came the reply. "Shoot! He just beat Su Wu! Ah, but he'll be demolished now! All of the criminals are going to crush him."
No, Po! Kiro thought.
"Yes, Po!" Tai Lung replied, turning to Kiro.
"How did you know what I was thinking?" Kiro snarled.
"We're in your mind, dear boy. If you think in your own mind, I can hear it!" The snow leopard replied.
He turned back to look at the image in front of him and saw Su Wu hurtling towards him. "Uh oh."
The Wu sister crashed into Kiro, sending him tumbling backward.
"AAAAHHHH!" Both Kiro and Tai Lung shouted in pain, falling to the ground.
I can feel pain! I can feel pain even when I'm in my mind! Does that mean Tai Lung can feel what I feel, too?
"I guess it does, my former apprentice." The leopard said, standing up. "Oh, look the Five! There's Tigress now!"
Tai Lung cleared his throat and spoke to the image. "I believe that we have some unfinished business to attend to, wouldn't you say?"
"Kiro, what has gotten into you? Why do you keep changing sides?" Kiro heard Tigress reply.
"You can even control what I say? Oh, come on!" Kiro whined.
Tai Lung smirked at the white tiger's remark.
"QU-CA POTION. KA-FU? SOME POTION THAT THEY PUT INTO HIM, TURNING HIM EVIL FOREVER!" Kiro heard Po shout down to Tigress as he fended off Feng's attacks.
"What?" Tigress turned to Kiro. "You're with them, forever?"
"Until the end. Speaking of which this is your end." Tai Lung replied.
A dagger formed in the snow leopard's hand.
"I don't wanna fight you Kiro!" Tigress called.
"That's too bad, because if you don't, your death will be quick and no fun." Tai Lung shot back.
The villain in front of Kiro charged toward the image of Tigress, and Kiro's body followed with what Tai Lung did.
The snow leopard unleashed a series of attacks on the master, eventually pinning her to the ground.
"Kiro, stop!" Tigress pleaded.
Tai Lung raised his dagger in the air. "Sharp, isn't it?"
"Kiro, wait! I know what it feels like to be an outcast! To be considered a monster! That doesn't mean that you have to act like one! I know that somewhere inside of you, there is the white tiger that I used to know!" Kiro heard Tigress say.
"NO! YOU. WILL. NOT. HURT. MY. FRIEND!" Kiro shouted.
He ran towards Tai Lung and used one hand to grip the knife and the other to fend off Tai Lung's attacks.
The master and apprentice were engaged in a battle that would determine if Tigress lived or died.
*With Po*
Po was having a hard time fighting Feng, due to his inexperience with his dragon form. Feng, however, knew how to fight using his tail, claws, and the ability to blow fire out of his mouth.
Soon, the Dragon Warrior slammed into the ground and his red outline fizzled away, leaving the beaten panda holding Kiro's staffs.
Crane, Viper, Monkey, and Mantis were eventually swarmed over by their enemies, were chained again, and brought before the Emperor and the dragon.
Tigress, however, saw Kiro struggling with his knife and decided not to take any changes. She rolled out from under Kiro and kicked him, sending the white tiger flying into a stone wall.
The Wu sisters saw Tigress escape from Kiro and they lunged for her. They bombarded her with kicks and punches, sending Tigress crumpling to the ground. She too, was put in cuffs and brought over with the others.
*In Kiro's mind*
The snow leopard sent a devastating kick to Kiro's jaw, which shot Kiro across the stone floor which kept them from plummeting down into the white tiger's subconscious.
"Now that we're finished, I see that your friends have lost and are captured again!" Tai Lung stated.
"Well at least Tigress is safe." Kiro muttered.
"Not for long! Look" Tai Lung cheered.
Kiro watched in horror as he saw five more of the potions that Feng made him drink be brought out.
"Now," he heard Feng say, "All of you, except for the Dragon Warrior, will join your friend Kiro in eternal commitment to our cause."
"BUT I DON'T LIKE YOUR CUASE! I NEVER WANTED TO BE APART OF IT!" Kiro shouted.
"They can't hear you." Tai Lung said, turning to Kiro. "They will only hear what I say to them."
Kiro dropped to his knees in defeat as he could do nothing but watch his friends be forced to drink the same potion that put him in his situation now…
BOOM! Yet another cliff hanger! Will the Five be able to resist the potions effects? Will Kiro ever regain control of his body? All of these answers and more in these next five chapters that I will be writing throughout the week. LEAVE A REVIEW WITH YOUR THOUGHTS! More to come…