Creatures of darkness chapter 11.
Tigress awoke to a dark blackness.
She knew it had to be morning.
She reached her paw out and felt a slightly warm leathery feel.
She realized that she was under Po's wing.
She smiled, feeling protected and safe.
Tigress began slowly licking the underside of Po's chin.
He stirred and retracted his wing, yawning widely.
"Good morning, beautiful." Said the assassin.
"Good morning, handsome." Said the tiger. "Feeling better?"
"Much." Said Po, giving her a kiss on the cheek.
Tigress nuzzled against him lovingly.
"We should probably get up." Said Po.
"But it's so comfortable." Said Tigress.
Po sighed.
He could not argue with that, but Po knew Shifu wouldn't be pleased if they were late for the gong.
"If you get up, I'll make noodles." Said Po seductively.
Tigress purred just thinking about it.
She got up and yawned widely, just as all cats do.
Po got up as well.
Then he turned as Tigress began taking off her clothes from the day before.
Tigress saw him waiting and wrapped her arms around him from behind.
"Po, you don't have to turn your face. We are lovers now. I don't want to hold anything in reserve." Said Tigress.
Po closed his eyes, savoring the feeling of her uncovered breasts on his scales.
"I am sorry Tigress. I guess I'm just not used to it." Said Po.
He turned to pull her closer.
"Hey, you don't ever wear a shirt." Said Tigress giggling.
"Well I'm a guy." Said Po.
"Oh!" said Tigress, acting offended. "How could I fall in love with such a sexist?"
Tigress began putting her clothes on.
"Hey you can wear whatever you like around me." Said Po, changing as well.
"I plan to." Said Tigress, giving him a suggestive look before walking out into the hall.
Po followed her to the kitchen and began cooking his noodles as he had promised.
"So, wonderful weather were having." Said Po, nervously.
"Po, are you really going to talk about the weather?" asked Tigress, chuckling at his awkwardness.
Po turned and raised his arms in surrender.
"Maybe, what do you want to talk about?" asked Po.
"How does Bane fit into our relationship?" asked Tigress.
"He's a friend." Said Po. "A close friend."
"Isn't he inside your head?" asked the tiger.
"Yes." Said Po, turning back to his cooking.
"So when we show each other our love, he's watching?" asked Tigress.
"Not if I don't want him to." Said Po.
Tigress felt relieved.
Po suddenly fell to the ground, an arrow in the back of his shoulder, tearing a hole through his wing.
The shadow of Bane quickly detached himself, crossbow in hand.
He aimed out the window and fired without a second's hesitation.
Tigress went to Po's side.
"Po! Don't move. You could hurt yourself still more." Said Tigress.
Po just moaned in pain.
"Bane, get master Shifu."
Bane nodded in understanding and sprinted off.
The five came into the kitchen.
"What's all the commotion?" said Viper, sounding tired.
She gasped when she saw Po.
His blood had started to pool on the floor.
"This is very deep. I don't know if I can get it out without medical help." Said Tigress.
Shifu burst into the kitchen with Bane.
"Tigress, that's not minor. We have to get him to a hospital." Said the master.
Tigress didn't argue as she began instructing the others to lift certain appendages, for they had no stretcher.
They carried him to a med hut in the village where the staff quickly told them to bring him into an enclosed room and wait outside.
Tigress paced like the feline she was.
Bane had stood in front of the door with a loaded crossbow, waiting for more attackers.
One of the doctors stepped out of the tent as Bane stepped to the side.
Tigress quickly ran to him and started asking questions.
"How is he? Is he going to make it? How bad is it? Is he awake?" Tigress was cut off by the doctor, who raised his hand.
"He'll be okay. He'll need to go through some therapy and it will take time, but your friend is tough, he will recover. He's not awake yet, but we think tomorrow Po will be up. Not out of bed mind you." Said the doctor. "All he needs is rest."
Bane waved his arms for attention then signaled to the doctor that he would like to see the arrow.
"Yes, I'll be right back."
The doctor came back five minutes later with the shaft of wood.
Bane took it with a nod of his head.
"Could I stay here?" asked Tigress.
"I'm afraid not. Po needs to be left alone. Come back tomorrow morning." The doctor went inside.
The five began to walk away when they noticed Bane had not moved.
"You coming Bane?" asked Mantis.
He shook his head and tightened his grip on the crossbow.
The warriors respected his loyalty and went back to the jade palace.
No one felt like training so they went and made a cup of tea after they had cleaned the kitchen of Po's blood.
Tigress was shaking so badly she had to stand outside until all of the blood was cleared away.
While they drank the tea, Mantis decided to break the silence.
"Probably should get to training." Said the small insect.
"Mantis, I think we deserve a break." Said Shifu.
Tigress got up without a word and walked out of the door.
"I think the hard core has been shaken." Said Monkey. "And that's not good."
"I never thought I'd see Tigress like this." Said Shifu. "Of course I also never saw her as one to fall in love with a master killer."
"I'm going to try to talk to her." Said Viper.
They went to train and Shifu went to meditate.
Viper approached the master of tiger style, who was currently in the field of flames.
"Tigress, do you want to talk?" asked Viper.
Tigress said nothing and kept training.
"Tigress, please talk to me. It's ok if you're upset. It happens to all of us." Said Viper.
Tigress jumped down to the reptile's level.
"Is this my fault?" she whispered to her reptilian friend.
"What?" asked Viper, confused.
"I spend one night with him and the next morning someone tries to kill him? What if it is my fault?" asked Tigress.
"Tigress, this is no one's fault except the one who fired the arrow." Said Viper. "Don't ever talk like that. What would Po say?"
Tigress sniffed and wiped her nose.
"If the food is burned blame the cook." Said Tigress.
"Right." Said Viper, though she had never heard Po say this she decided to go along with it.
"I…..have to go…..I have to be with him." Said Tigress.
"Then go." Said Viper.
Tigress gave a small smile and ran down to the village.
She entered the med hut where she found Po, still not conscious.
She stroked the top of his head and whispered in his ear.
"I'm here Po. Don't give up on me."
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