A/N: Here's chapter 15! Enjoy! I don't own KFP or the Kaftar from Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2011.
Chapter 15 - Getting back
Outside, in the streets of New York, Tigress, Vanessa, Shifu, Tai Lung, and Vanessa's team are fleeing from Grand Central Terminal.
"We've gotta get back to Master Lao Hu! We can't get caught by that wolf or his minions!" Vanessa shouted.
"I suggest we move up to the building tops and make contact with him!" Trisha said in a fast tone.
"Good idea! We've gotta move now!" Shifu shouted.
"I think we'd better move quick! The officers are starting to move!" Tai Lung said in a fast tone.
Vanessa looked over there and she saw them moving in the distance, but the officers don't see them. She said "Good call," before she activated one of her grapple hooks and took to the top of the nearby MetLife Building. Her team went after her, Tai Lung went after they went up. Shifu was about to go, until Tigress began running back! Shifu immediately tackled Tigress to the ground and she began fighting to get out of his grasp.
"I've gotta go save Po!" Tigress shouted in an upset tone.
"You can't go save him! We can't! Tokuta's got maximum guard on him and our friends! You cannot save him!" Shifu said, trying to keep his daughter from getting under the werewolf's grasp.
"NO! I won't leave him!"
"We gotta hide or we'll all be in Tokuta's grasp!" Shifu shouted in an angry tone, he made her look at him, "Obey me, Tigress! We'll find a way to get him back!"
Tigress got up, and Shifu let her go first up to the MetLife Building's top.
At the top of the building, Shifu reached the top of the building followed by Tigress. Tai Lung came over and said, "Thank goodness you made it!"
"Yes, we did. But we've gotta hurry and get back," Shifu said.
Tai Lung nodded and he looked over to see Vanessa and her team trying to get a signal to Lao Hu. Then he heard sobbing, he looked over to Tigress and it's her sobbing. She fell to her knees and began to let it out. Shifu put a comforting hand on her arm while Tai Lung formed a sad looking face, feeling sorry for his foster sister.
"I'm sorry about Po…and your friends…" he said in an apologetic tone.
Tigress looked up at Tai Lung with a glare with tearful eyes and said sourly, "What do you care? You're nothing but an evil being…"
"I do care for you, Tigress," Tai Lung said, trying to calm her down, "You've gotta stop being so bitter towards me. I hate seeing you like this, and I hated that happened to your boyfriend, and your closest friends."
"All lies," Tigress said in a bitter tone, "You don't care about anything but yourself."
"Master Tigress, you've got to accept Tai Lung as your brother! He's been trying to be nice to you and you just spit in his face!" Shifu said in an angry tone.
"He's an evil being and that's all he'll ever be," Tigress growled.
"I'm not evil, anymore Tigress," Tai Lung said, "The past just doesn't matter, you've got to live for the present."
"I hate you! You're nothing but a liar! You don't care about me! You don't feel sorry for me!" Tigress growled.
"I can prove that I care for you!"
He went over to her to give her a friendly hug, but she jumped on him, tackled him to the ground and began punching him!
"HEY!" Shifu shouted.
Tigress didn't listen she just kept punching him screaming, "YOU STAY OFF ME YOU CREEP!" Vanessa and the others saw what was going on, Vanessa pulled Tigress off Tai Lung and shouted, "Stop it! STOP it! Grow up you two bickering children!"
"Tigress started it! Tai Lung did nothing to her!" Shifu said.
Vanessa looked at Tigress dead in the eyes and said in a serious tone, "You need to grow up."
"Maybe you're just defending your love," Tigress snarled.
"I care for you!" Vanessa snarled, "And Tai Lung! You should not act like this! You're 27 years old and you're acting like a foolish child! Grow up will you, Jai-Li?"
She then faced away, trying to get another signal out. Tai Lung held back his crying and sadness, but you can see it in his eyes. Tigress just faced away too, she was sad, hurt, and angry at the same time.
"Hello? Is anyone there?" Lao Hu said from over the radio.
"Master Lao Hu! Oh, we finally got a signal!" Vanessa said in a relieved tone.
"Sorry, I was taking a nap. How's it going?" Lao Hu said.
Vanessa sighed and said, "Well, I have some very bad news." Lao Hu sighed and said, "Well, let's have it."
"Tokuta has enslaved…" Vanessa paused for a moment, "Po, Crane, Viper, Mantis, and Monkey."
"WHAT?!" Lao Hu shouted, "That is VERY bad news! What happened? Are you and Jai-Li okay?!"
"We're okay," Vanessa replied, "My team's here, Shifu, Tai Lung, and Jai-Li are here with me."
"Well, at least you and the others managed to make it out. But I'm ashamed for losing a huge part of our team."
"Me too…" Vanessa paused again, "I will try to find a way to get them back. But we've got a huge search party sent by Tokuta looking for us."
"I don't know how we'll get them back, but we'll defiantly try to get them back."
"Po blew our cover, but they knew we were coming."
"That's why I didn't want them here!" Lao Hu said, "Hurry and get back. It's not safe to glide over to the Empire State Building. Tokuta probably sent the warriors to scan the city tops. Cops are everywhere, and the security is on it too."
"How do we get back?"
"There's a secret entrance close to the Flatiron Building, but it's the only one that's closest to you."
"You mean we're gonna have to go that far?" Vanessa groaned.
"Yes! Now get moving! I don't want you or anyone else to become a slave to Tokuta!"
"Roger that! We're on our way!"
Vanessa looked at the others and said, "Let's move!" Her team began running and they began gliding to a smaller building. Shifu had to get Tigress to come along before they too went off. Soon, they were on their way back.
In the streets of the city, Vanessa's team, Vanessa herself, Tai Lung, Tigress, and Shifu managed to make it safely to the ground after jumping off a smaller building. Vanessa ordered them to push the button to take off their suits, they did so, and they were back in their regular clothing like in Central Park. Vanessa signaled them to follow her carefully. Vanessa looked around a corner and sees a few officers. She saw a stand that was selling clothes; she gave the cashier the money and took the clothes they needed. She put on a red baseball cap while the others put on jackets and hats.
"Follow me carefully," she whispered.
They nodded and began to follow Vanessa. The Flatiron Building was past the Empire State Building, so they had quite a ways to walk. Tigress looks up and sees Crane and Po by each other in the sky. She began to cry, but Shifu had to get her to keep moving. They managed to slip past the officers and continue. They had to be extremely careful because sirens are wailing throughout the city. Then they saw the enslaved VIPER and MANTIS! They had to hide quickly before they were seen.
"Tokuta's smart enough to put the search party on the ground," Phil whispered.
"So obvious, Tokuta is not stupid you know," Vanessa whispered.
They waited for Viper and Mantis to get out of sight before they moved on, once they were gone, they began to move on carefully. After a while of moving, they got the Empire State Building in their sights, but as Lao Hu said, it's not safe because the Empire State Building has security and officers surrounding it. Vanessa looked to see some motorcycles, she got an idea and led them over to them.
"Do you, Tigress, or Tai Lung know how to drive a motorcycle?" Vanessa asked Shifu.
Tigress, Shifu, and Tai Lung looked at each other and they shook their heads.
"Well…that figures," Trisha said, knowing they're from China.
Vanessa rented the three vehicles from some guys for 300 dollars, they climbed aboard the motorcycles, they had to kind of stack on each other too, three on two motorcycles and two on the remaining motorcycle.
"Ready?" Vanessa asked everyone else.
They nodded their heads and they were off. They zoomed down the streets of New York, the traffic wasn't too bad, but they still had to be careful. Phil and Aaron activated the GPS to get to the Flatiron Building and into the secret entrance.
"When we get there, we need to get off these vehicles as fast as we can and get into the secret passage as fast as we can," Vanessa told everyone through the radios.
They all understood as they continued to go down the streets. Then, POLICE CARS began chasing them! Vanessa groaned and she ordered them to speed up right away! They began zooming down the streets even faster and having to avoid cars. They almost ran into a diesel truck, but they missed it thank goodness. They drove like crazy through the cars and everything with the police on their tail! They began SHOOTING at them and they ducked their heads down to keep from getting shot in the head. The motorcycles went faster as they zoomed through the city.
Then more police cars pulled out in front of them! They all made a move and then they jumped into the air on their motorcycles! Shifu freaked out a little before they hit the smooth ground with a bump. The cars that were pursuing them crashed into the ones that pulled in front of them, but no deaths just injuries. They all turned to the right and after a minute, they turned left. Then the Flatiron Building came into sight! Vanessa got the other's attention and they began to head towards it!
The warriors drove up, and parked close to the Flatiron Building and Vanessa ordered them to move right away. They began to do so as they headed to a corner of the building. Aaron pushed in a code and then a secret passage opened up from the sidewalk!
"Everyone inside quickly!" Phil said in a fast tone.
They all immediately went through the secret passage, it sealed itself when they all went in. No one saw them go in.
In the secret passage, our warriors are making their way quite fast to their headquarters under the Empire State Building.
"They don't know we're here do they?" Shifu asked.
"No," Aaron answered, "Tokuta doesn't know about the secret entrances and neither do your enslaved friends. We're safe now."
"All I'm worried about is getting back to headquarters and resolving this situation," Trisha said.
They continued to move on to their destination, Tigress held back her sadness as they went.
In the headquarters, Lao Hu's anxiously waiting for his team, Shifu, Tai Lung and especially Tigress to return. He kept pacing back and forth on the floor, and then a moment later, a door opened and they all came out. He rushed over to them and hugged his daughter saying, "Thank God you're all right."
"Yeah…me too…" Tigress said before she sat down on a chair, trying to hold back her emotions.
"Okay everyone, I know the situation's critical. We've got to form another plan to make a comeback, stop Tokuta, and free the others," Lao Hu told them.
"Wait Master, you just don't know how much Tigress loves that panda," Vanessa said.
"I told Jai-Li that she's not going to marry that panda," Lao Hu said, crossing his arms, "I'm her father, and I make the choices."
"But you don't know him! You don't know me!" Tigress sobbed but she was angry too.
Lao Hu looked over to see his daughter crying, Vanessa was heartbroken seeing her friend like that. Tai Lung embraced her in a hug, it angered her a lot, but Tai Lung said softly, "I know you're angry and sad, but I'm not gonna lay a harmful hand to you. If I let go, you can swipe at me. But I won't swipe back at you." With that, Tai Lung let go of her, she looked at him with anger and confusion. She then stood up and turned around in a huff.
"Lao Hu, you've gotta let her marry Po!" Shifu reasoned, "He's enslaved and she's broken! How can a father see his own daughter going through this?"
"I know what's best for my daughter!" Lao Hu said in an angry tone.
"And yet, you've not seen her for 26 years and you've not experienced the true love of a father! I've shown her true love! I'm letting my daughter be happy!" Shifu said in a serious tone.
"Are you saying I'm not a good father?!" Lao Hu snapped.
"I'm not saying that. You just…"
Then Lao Hu punched Shifu across the room, shocking everyone. Shifu got up and shouted, "Don't do this Lao Hu! I'm not trying to…"
"You shouldn't have come!" Lao Hu shouted.
He began attacking Shifu, making the red panda put himself in defense mode. Vanessa and her team pulled Lao Hu aside and Vanessa told them to stop right away.
"I don't care! She's not going to live with this red panda anymore! I've planned her to come back and live with me and away from a life that's not turned her into a proper woman!" Lao Hu shouted.
Then Tigress growled, her face turned red in anger and then she began screaming and yelling out of anger. Her father took her ring and won't let her marry Po, her father doesn't understand, and now he's been planning to take her away from her life! She began screaming and hitting stuff like a maniac! She kicked a lot of stuff down in anger and frustration, Shifu tried to stop her but it was no use!
"Tigress stop!" Vanessa said desperately.
"Stop it! You're wrecking the base!" Phil said desperately.
"I DON'T CARE!" Tigress screamed.
She screamed again at the top of her lungs, she was just so furious and sad at the same time. Then she knocked over a huge computer, they all came in to try and stop her, but she broke free and began to run off.
"Tigress wait!" Shifu said.
"You all don't understand me and Po!" Tigress screamed, she pointed at Lao Hu and screamed, "Neither you FATHER! You're not like a REAL father! Shifu's been the closest thing I've ever had as a father! And you're just someone who doesn't seem to care a thing for his daughter!"
"I do care! I'm just trying to do what's good for you," Lao Hu said.
"What 'good' are you doing?!" Tigress screamed, "You aren't letting me marry Po! You're trying to take me away from my life! And now you're just trying to ruin it by taking away MY family?! I live in China! That's my life! Not in this city!"
"She's right, Master Lao Hu," Vanessa said.
"Vanessa, stay out of this," Lao Hu said.
"This city's nothing compared to the life I have in China!" Tigress screamed, "It has beautiful landscapes and beautiful nights, unlike this city filled with concrete and glass that blocks all of that!"
"Jai-Li!" Lao Hu shouted.
"GET OUT OF MY LIFE! OOOOOUUUUUTTTTT!"
Then she took off for her room and locked the door behind her, leaving everyone shocked of what had just happened. After moments of silence which felt like hours Shifu said, "I have never seen Tigress that angry before."
"I've never seen anyone act like that before. That…that was intense…" Vanessa said, stunned of the events that just took place.
"I want to be there for her. But she keeps rejecting me," Tai Lung said.
"I…I…didn't know she could be that ticked off," Lao Hu said in a shocked tone, "But she should realize that I'm the one making the decisions for her life. She's the one who's blind."
"So, what do you think we should do? Should we try to talk to her?" Phil asked.
"Not now," Shifu said, "If we talk to her now, she'll rip our lungs out. She just needs a little time. Or more."
"We should wait. I was even scared at the moment," Aaron confessed.
"While we're waiting, I'll see what I can do to make a comeback against Tokuta. In the meantime, you all should rest up for a while. We're going to need the extra energy," Lao Hu said.
They all agreed to that and they began to make their way. Tai Lung and Vanessa were walking by each other and Vanessa said, "He just isn't thinking clearly about this stuff right now."
"I hope he comes to his senses about this. He's the one who's blind," Tai Lung said.
Vanessa took in a deep breath and so did Tai Lung, they looked at each other and said in unison, "There's something I need to tell you."
"No, you first," Tai Lung said.
"No, you can go first," Vanessa said.
They paused before they took in a deep breath, they put themselves on the line and said "I love you," in unison. That earned a HUGE surprise for both of them. They held a shocked look at each other. Vanessa wasn't thinking anymore, she pulled Tai Lung into a deep kiss. Tai Lung's eyes widened at what was happening and then he closed them and began to kiss back. After a few minutes, they broke loose and they were blushing like mad.
"That…was awesome…" Tai Lung commented with wide eyes.
"Yeah…" Vanessa said in a shocked tone, "I found my love…finally…"
They chuckled and then they pulled each other into an even more passionate kiss. Vanessa's team saw them kissing, their eyes widened and they covered their mouths with their paws, hooves, or wings in shock.
"Oh…my…gosh…" Trisha said in a shocked tone.
"I know…OMG…" Aaron agreed with the same shocked tone.
They stared at the kissing couple before them, when they broke loose, they saw the others looking at them in shock. They tried to hold back their laughs but they couldn't.
In her room, Tigress is curled up in her bed with the sheets over her, she's crying and she's angry at the same time.
"Always pain and sorrow, Tigress," the Kaftar said in her mind, "You'll never find peace. Ever. You'll never succeed at anything. You're nothing but a failure, and failures always fall. You've failed Tigress, you lost your panda and your friends. Just how're you gonna fight Tokuta and me at the same time? You can't…"
"Hiissssssssss…" Tigress hissed, "I'm broken…I'm vulnerable to Tokuta and the Kaftar…my life's falling apart…no one understands…I'm just NOTHING!"
She opened up her wet red eyes that were leaking with tears, but she had an angry look while she showed her sad eyes.
A/N: That's it for chapter 15! Leave a review please and let me know what you think!