*With Po*
Tigress walked back down the prison steps with Viper right behind her.
Once at Po's cell, Viper stuck her tail in the key hole and started working.
"Hm, these locks are a bit tricky, but I should be able to crack them with no problems." She said.
"Ah! Finally! It'll be great to move around again!" Po sighed.
"I hear ya. I haven't seen sunlight in a while. I'm starting to lose my tan…" Kiro added, rubbing his white coat.
Po heard Mei Ling snort a few cells down.
"Hey! It's true you know!" Kiro shot.
Once Viper had unlocked Po's cell, Tigress flung it open and rushed in, grabbing Po in a bone crushing hug.
"Now… I know…what Kiro…feels…like." Po choked.
"Doesn't it feel great, though?" The white tiger said sarcastically.
Viper picked the lock on the cricket's cell.
"You have to sneak out of here and wait in the mountains. Be looking for us. If we call out for you, run and get help. Got it?" Viper instructed.
The cricket nodded and hopped off.
Viper slithered over to Kiro's cell and squinted at him.
'I know, I know. Not a word.' Kiro mouthed.
The snake nodded and began to work on his lock.
"Listen, Vi. We need to get that girl down there out of her cell, too. She's the only other one in here, but we need her for our fight." Kiro explained.
"Why?" She asked.
"Vision I had. Don't worry about it. Her name is Mei Ling."
Viper nodded again and finished picking the lock.
Kiro's door swung open and he stepped out.
"Ah, the sweet taste of freedom. I missed you so!"
"Ti and I will go back up with the others, alright?" Po said.
"Sure, go on ahead! We'll catch up." The tiger said confidently.
Po smiled and ran up the steps with Tigress close behind.
*With Kiro*
Kiro waltzed over to Mei Ling's cell and rested his arms on the bars.
"So, what brings you here on this fine, dark, cold, dreary day?" He asked.
"Come on," Mei Ling smiled, "Let me outa here."
"Vipe, do your thing!"
Viper slithered over and whipped the tiger on the arm with her tail.
Kiro sucked in a gulp of air and slowly let it out, making a pained face.
"You didn't have to do that!" He seethed.
"I know."
She set to work picking the last lock.
"So, are you part of the Furious Five?" Mei Ling asked, looking at Kiro.
"Actually, I—"
"Not yet, but he will be. We need to get out of here before he can be inducted." Viper cut in.
Kiro's jaw dropped. "Say what?"
"Did I forget to tell you? Master Shifu had already scheduled you to be inducted into our group in a couple of weeks. You ran off before we could tell you, though.
The white tiger slapped his paw to his face. "You've gotta be kidding me…"
"What would you guys call yourselves then if there were six of you?" Mei Ling asked.
"I have no idea…" Viper replied, thinking about it.
The lock snapped open, and the mountain cat stepped out of her cell.
"Thank you for freeing me." She purred.
"Yeah, no problem! It's what us heroes do!" Kiro said, sticking out his chest.
Song was right. I needed to get over what happened. I'm a lot happier now. Thanks, babe!
"Where do you think YOU'RE going?" Su Wu taunted as she and her sisters stepped out of the stairwell.
"Aw, come on! Everything was going so smooth!" Kiro complained. "Mei Ling, meet the scumbag sisters. Scumbag sisters, meet Mei Ling."
"We've met." The mountain cat said, gritting her teeth.
"Oh, I almost forgot. You wouldn't happen to have my staffs would you? I'd really like them back." Kiro said to the Wu sisters.
"You'll never get out of here alive!" Wan hissed.
"That's fine! Ignore what I just said! I don't care!" The white tiger said, raising his arms in the air. "I'll say it again. Can I have my staffs back? Pretty please?"
"No. Shut up, tiger." Wing spat.
"That's the problem with all of you bad guys. You're sense of humor is shot! You need to laugh more." Kiro said, leaning against a wall.
"ENOUGH TALK! ATTACK!" Su shouted.
The Wu sisters lunged at the three warriors.
Viper engaged with Wing, Mei Ling fought with Wan, and Kiro took on Su.
Viper easily dodged Wing's punches and wrapped herself around the Wu sister's arm, making her punch herself in the face.
"Why're you hitting yourself? Why're you hitting yourself?" The snake taunted.
Viper picked up the feline and threw her against a stone pillar, knocking her out.
Meanwhile, Kiro was furiously defending Su's attacks.
"You can't lay a finger on me! Haha!" He taunted.
Su swiped at his head, but Kiro ducked and brought her head down on his knee, sending the Wu sister stumbling back.
Kiro tore off a rusty bar from one of the cell doors and whirled it around. "A sad replacement for my Di staffs, but it'll have to do."
He swiped Su's legs out from under her and slammed the bar into her gut, knocking the air out of her.
"Bad kitty! Time for your nap!" Kiro jeered.
He brought the pipe down on her head, knocking her out cold.
Mei Ling was on the offensive against Wan. She blocked two of her enemy's punches and kicked Wan in the chest. Mei Ling then leaped over Wan, holding her attacker's arms, and flipped the Wu sister over her and slammed her into the ground. The mountain cat then picked up her enemy and threw her against the same stone pillar that Viper threw Wing at, and Wan crumpled to the ground unconscious along with her sister.
"I hate to steal Po's line, but that was awesome." Kiro said, walking over to Mei Ling.
Before she could thank Kiro, lots of bells sounded upstairs.
"Oh, that can't be good." The mountain cat murmured.
"Let's get the others and get outa here!" Viper yelled.
They ran upstairs.
*With Tigress*
Tigress had finished explaining to the others about their plan and when they were going to take action when the alarm went off. Bells were ringing everywhere and guards were running around, grabbing their weapons and rushing to their battle stations.
"Never mind. We'll revise the plan later. Right now we have to leave." Tigress stated.
The others nodded and gathered what little that they had and ran out of their rooms.
Tigress looked over and saw Viper, Kiro, and Mei Ling running for the door also.
She shot Kiro a glance that said 'What the heck happened?'
The white tiger just shrugged his soldiers and smiled, continuing to dash of the exit.
Feng noticed the escapees. "GUARDS! CRIMINALS! STOP THEM!" He roared.
Minions with cross bows lined up on a ledge and let loose a storm of arrows.
Tigress saw Kiro run over to a weapons rack and grab his staffs off of the shelf.
They dodged the arrows raining down on them and ran out of the cave with enemy's right behind them.
Kiro jumped in the air, elongated his staffs, and shot beams of electricity at the cave entrance, creating a rock slide that trapped the crooks inside.
"MAN I MISSED THESE THINGS!" He laughed as he and the others raced towards the top of some mountains.
*With Kiro*
Once they finally reached a mountain top a little ways off of the cave entrance, the group of heroes set their stuff down and rested.
"Let's…not…do…that…again." Crane stated.
"Agreed…" Po said.
"Why…? I thought…that…that… was fun." Mei Ling said.
Oh, we're gonna get along just fine, her and I. Kiro thought.