A/N: Here's chapter 20! Enjoy!
Chapter 20 - The Final Battle, Part 3
The warriors looked at the Empire State Building, barely visible now in the storm, in frustration.
"That werewolf's such a pain!" Tigress shouted out of anger.
"You're telling me!" growled Tai Lung.
"Quickly! Let's inform Master Lao Hu right away!" Vanessa ordered.
They agreed and then they began to head towards the street where Lao Hu and the others are fighting Lockuta. When they got to the street Po asked, "What about the others?"
"You're going to have to take care of them," said Vanessa, "Get them to a safe location and Phil will see if he can help."
"Got it."
Po went back up to the Woolworth Building to get his stunned enslaved friends, as the others see Lao Hu and the other North American Furious Five team members fighting the large werehyena. Tigress and Tai Lung charged for him and when they hit him, the hyena went flying into a building, covering him with debris.
"Lao Hu!" Shifu shouted.
"What is it? Did you disarm the weapon?" Lao Hu asked.
"I'm afraid it was a fake," Vanessa said in frustration, "The real one's attached to the Empire State Building."
"WHAT?!" Lao Hu shouted, "That stupid…! Let's just get there as fast as possible! NOW!"
"What about Lionel and Lockuta?" Tai Lung asked.
"Now's not the time! Let's go!" Lao Hu ordered.
They began charging for the direction of the Empire State Building. They began to activate their grapple hooks while Phil stayed behind to help Po with his friends. As Phil began to make his way, LIONEL came out of the rubble, making the deer jump out of his skin! The werelion ROARED and tried to swipe his great claw, but he was STABBED from behind! The blade came out of his chest and it was revealed to be Shifu that stabbed him with a sharp metal object.
"I can't abandon my students," Shifu said, "You need help."
Phil felt very appreciated, he smiled and said, "You must be a great Master to them then."
Shifu nodded and then they activated their grapple hooks to help Po with his friends as Lionel fell down dead. But they didn't notice Lockuta emerged from the rubble and began to chase after the others, not them. We follow the other warriors as Shifu and Phil helped Po with his friends. They all were moving at top speed through the city, desperate to get to the Empire State Building before it's too late! Then they came back to where all the jammed up traffic is, and then LOCKUTA appeared out of nowhere and attacked them all! The warriors fell into the jammed up traffic and came face to face with the giant werehyena!
"You guys go! We'll handle him!" Peter shouted.
"But he's…" Tai Lung started but Peter cut him off saying, "We've got him, guys! Go for it!"
They had no other option but to do that, and then Tigress tripped again and another ring of gold dust came out of the wristband. It went even farther than before and it freed many officers that weren't too far away.
"What is it with these rings?" Tigress asked.
"Now's not the time for questions!" Vanessa said in a serious tone, "We've got to get to the Empire State Building!"
"Right! Let's move now!" Lao Hu ordered as they charged.
Tigress, Lao Hu, Tai Lung, and Vanessa began moving while the rest took care of Lockuta as people panicked and fled. Trisha attacked the werehyena and he fell to the ground, Peter struck him and he went flying into a taxi! Then Aaron grabbed him and ROARED before he threw him into a building! The werehyena recovered and charged for them! The warriors were ready for him this time, and at the right moment they struck the large hyena with so much force that he went high into the air! Trisha went after him and kicked him back to the ground! On impact he created a crater, but that wouldn't stop Lockuta! Lockuta began fighting like nonsense against the warriors, desperate to defeat them. Peter went around the hyena and struck him from behind, long enough for Aaron to grab Lockuta's neck and WHAM him into the ground!
We join Vanessa as she leads Tigress, Tai Lung, and Lao Hu to the Empire State Building. She then told them it's more than 8 blocks away and they should move fast!
We join Aaron and his team as they kick Lockuta into a large container! The hyena was weak and exhausted, but still determined to defeat the warriors. Then, FBI agents began FIRING at Lockuta, the warriors turned to see them and they see that they're no longer enslaved! They kept shooting their machine guns at Lockuta, who collapsed to his knees. Then finally, Trisha pulled out a sharp knife, threw it at Lockuta and it struck his head before the FBI finally killed him.
"That wraps that up!" Trisha declared.
"You're…telling me," Aaron said wiping his hands.
Peter: We've gotta find a way to the Empire State Building right now!
They all understood immediately and took off in the direction where their other teammates went.
Vanessa, Lao Hu, Tigress, and Tai Lung are only two blocks away from the building. There weren't any people around. They looked up to see the giant weapon, it was a lot larger and much more fiercer looking than the prototype.
"You're not gonna believe the calculations I've done to see what that…thing can do…" Vanessa said with some fear in her voice.
"And what's that?" Lao Hu asked, wanting to know.
Before she could answer, TOKUTA came out of nowhere! They all managed to dodge him, but Vanessa did receive a small scratch on her leg. Tigress looked up at the werewolf, his yellow eyes glowed in the darkness, and he fitted perfectly in with the night.
"It's time to take our revenge, my daughter!" Lao Hu declared with a shout.
"Fools!" Tokuta barked, "You cannot stop me! HA HA HA!"
They all yelled and charged for the werewolf. Tokuta was handling Vanessa and Tigress fairly well, but he did have a little trouble. They went all over the place fighting each other throwing punches, kicks, and head butts. Vanessa grabbed the wolf's tail and threw him down! Tokuta recovered right away and knocked her off balance! Lao Hu punched Tokuta with his fist glowing blue, but that hardly had an affect on the werewolf. Tokuta punched Lao Hu into Tai Lung as Tigress began to fight him. Tigress shouted "Feet of Fury", the move Po taught her and she rapidly kicked the wolf in the face long enough for Vanessa to POUND him into a parked taxi! Lightning struck the Empire State Building's antenna, and Tokuta told them the device is lightning resistant.
Tigress growled and began to fight again, but the werewolf struck her and she crashed into the side of a parked car. She was just sitting on her rear, dazed and confused, for she hit her head. The other warriors were fighting, but Tai Lung was defeated along with Vanessa. Lao Hu got ready as Tokuta let out his long sharp CLAWS! They were LONG! Eighteen inches at least! They began fighting and Lao Hu had to avoid the sharp claws that Tokuta was swinging at him. Then the werewolf KICKED Lao Hu away and turned to Tigress, who was still dazed! He jumped high in the air with his CLAWS out! He was going to stab Tigress with them! Lao Hu noticed it, and he made a move. When the claws' tips were a foot from Tigress, Lao Hu got right in the way! Tigress snapped out of her dazed state and saw that the CLAWS pierced straight through Lao Hu's chest! She was horrified, Lao Hu's eyes widened a bit as Tokuta raised him up and threw him!
"FAAAAATHHHHHHEEEEEEEERRRRRR!" Tigress screamed in a horrified tone.
Lao Hu crashed into a parked van as Tigress dodged the claws; she grabbed an object and smashed it onto the claws, breaking them! Tokuta yelped in pain he then said, "It's me or your elderly pathetic father, Jai-Li! Take your pick!" Then Tokuta ran up to the Empire State Building and began climbing to the antenna high above. Tigress ran to her father who's laying down, she looked at him with a scared look. When Vanessa and Tai Lung saw him they gasped and rushed over.
"What happened?!" Vanessa shouted with a horrified look on her face.
"My father jumped into Tokuta's path and then the wolf pierced him with his claws!" Tigress said in a fast tone, also with a horrified look.
Vanessa began thinking quick; she looked up to the weapon above, as did Lao Hu, who's holding on to life.
"Go. Go disarm that weapon now!" she ordered Tigress.
"But I wanna stay here with my dad!" Tigress rasped.
"I'll get him to the hospital below! Go!" Vanessa said.
"But…"
"GET YOUR BUTT UP THAT DANG BUILDING RIGHT NOW!" Vanessa screamed making Tigress jump back, "I'VE DONE CALCULATIONS AND THE WEAPON WILL COVER A RADIUS OF 7,000 MILES! DO YOU HEAR ME?! GO NOW!"
Tigress was shook up when Vanessa screamed at her like that, but she had to do it, or the city and the rest of the radius will be lost in the darkness forever. Tigress began running over to the Empire State Building and began climbing it like Spider-Man. She used her grapple hooks to speed herself up. She continued onward and then a FLASH of LIGHTNING struck the antenna on the side this time, making it a bit unstable! Sparks flew from it as Tigress continued on. She was scared that lightning might strike her, but she had to stay focused.
The rain poured hard and the wind swirled even faster than on the ground. Tigress had to break the glass to get up to the observation deck on the 86th floor. She looked around for Tokuta and demanded, "Come out you coward!" Tigress cautiously looked for the werewolf as she headed up to a higher point on the building, then she heard a computer voice say, "Detonation in T-minus 1 minute, 30 seconds." Then TOKUTA came out of nowhere again, he took Tigress by surprise and they tumbled back down to the observation deck! Tigress was the one to receive the impact, but she recovered and began fighting the werewolf like mad! She moved back from him when he swung his damaged claws at her, he missed by a few inches. Tigress launched one of her grapple hooks and it grabbed his eye briefly making him HOWL in pain! The werewolf recovered and BARKED at her as she began to climb again, but the werewolf brought her down again! Then Tigress heard that there was only one minute left, she had to hurry! She punched the werewolf and kicked him, but it did no good! He grabbed Tigress HARD by the sides and looked dead into her eyes with his evil yellow eyes.
"Poor Jai-Li…" Tokuta mocked, "Trying to avenge her loss…she's losing her father…and…she's all alone up here."
"She's not alone!" Tai Lung shouted.
Tokuta BARKED at Tai Lung before the snow leopard struck him by surprise and then began to rapidly punch him! Tigress freed herself and began to fight alongside with Tai Lung. They began to push him to the edge of the observation deck! Tokuta knocked Tai Lung away and growled as he tried to get Tigress, but she kicked him to the edge, breaking the fence. Tokuta was outmatched and Tai Lung said, "Tigress! Get up there!" Tigress shook her head and Tai Lung said, "I've got him, Tigress! Go!" Tigress nodded and then began to climb up to the weapon to disarm it.
"T minus, 30 seconds," said the computer voice.
Tokuta had to hurry now, he was on the edge of the observation deck, and he recovered and snarled before he began sparring with Tai Lung! They fought like mad until Tokuta punched Tai Lung away! He would've fallen off if a metal beam hadn't stopped him. Tokuta looked up and began to go after Tigress, she's the bigger threat to him. Tigress has already reached the weapon and began to disarm it as it counted down from ten. Tokuta moved things out of his way as he made his way up, then the antenna began to greatly WOBBLE. Tokuta was almost there, and then the computer said, "ERROR! ERROR! ERROR!" Tokuta BARKED angrily at Tigress, she saw a metal beam, she grabbed it and chucked it into the werewolf's mouth! Then the werewolf began to catch fire, for silver destroys werewolf. Tigress said "Skadoosh" before she jumped off the antenna and lightning struck it! The werewolf fell off the antenna as the weapon crumbled into nothing. When the lighting stopped striking the antenna, Tigress fired a grapple hook and pulled herself back onto it. She looked to see the remains of Tokuta turn into ashes and then nothing.
"Yeah! All right!" Tigress said in an exhausted tone.
Then she heard a loud CREAKING noise! Then the antenna began to lean! It was going to fall of the building! Acting quickly, Tigress jumped off the antenna as it fell, it was right next to her, then she fired one of her grapple hooks and managed to break her fall a bit. She managed to grab the edge of the Empire State Building as the entire antenna fell down towards the street below! When the antenna was gone, Tigress looked up to see that Tai Lung caught her, if he hadn't she would've fallen off the building. Tai Lung pulled her up onto the observation deck with him as the rain stopped completely.
They laid there for a few minutes until Tigress said happily, "Yeah! That's done!" Tai Lung sat up with a smile and complemented, "That was awesome." Tigress sat up while smiling and said, "Thank you, Tai Lung. Thanks for all your help, and for the save."
"I was happy to help my sister in time of need," Tai Lung said with a smile.
"Yeah…" Tigress said with a wider smile, "Thank you, my brother."
They smiled a bit wider, and then Tai Lung dropped his smile as his eyes widened. He gasped softly before he said, "Your father…" Tigress' face turned into horror and then they began to head down the building to check on him right away!
A/N: Uh oh! What's gonna happen to Lao Hu? Will he live or die? We'll find out next chapter, sorry if this one could've been longer, but I did my best like always! I inspired the final battle with Tokuta off of the final battle in the new The Amazing Spider-Man 2012 movie. Go see that movie, it's EPIC!