Ch39: Girls vs. Tsao
"You have got to be kidding me!" exclaimed Carmelita when I accidentally made the mistake of getting her attention. She wanted to hear about anything happening to the timeline and I told her the two major changes... those being the Cooper Plane not able to make it to the finals of the dogfight (which Neyla had fixed the plane now and it was with us...) and Opal on our team instead of the Guru. The second one was why she exclaimed that.
"Hey, we found her completely by accident!" Neyla exclaimed back when Carmelita fired a shock blast at our feet. "Besides, she can see the future, so I'm pretty sure that is helpful to have don't you think?" "I'm sick and tired of you two always messing this shit up!" she swore, turning her back on us. "If I wanted the timeline to be correct, it wouldn't happen anyway, you know?" I frowned.
"What did you just say?" Carmelita glared at me. "Think about it, Fox. If I wouldn't have been brought to this world, then the timeline would have stayed intact the whole way through. You'd have turned into a giant in the Outback. You would've barely escaped being hypnotized by Contessa. The Fiendish Five would never have been where they weren't supposed to be. Face it. Because of Interpol bringing me here, THAT is why this tale is messed with."
Carmelita growled again and aimed the shock pistol at me, shooting a blast at me, only to find that she shot it over my head at a tiger guard that I hadn't noticed was there. "T-Thanks..." I gulped, realizing I could've been speared if she hadn't done that. "I know that those eyes have lie detectors in them..." Carmelita frowned. "And... you're right... it's because of Interpol that this is all spiraling out of control... I-I'm sorry..." "I'll forgive you on one condition," I smirked, looking at the palace nearby.
"What do you have in mind?" she asked, knowing that in the palace was General Tsao and Jing King. "I want arrange a little visit with that guy and see if he can admit he is wrong... in terms of how he's a sexist bastard," I smirked. "And to do that, we need some girl power... Once Murray gets back his van... aka now..." It was then that Murray exclaimed into my Binocucom that he had the van back. "Good job, big guy! Told you you'd see it again!" I said to him happily. "Now we need our female members and you to go in there and do a little visit to Tsao..."
After another growl from Carmelita and once I'd convinced Penelope and Opal to come with me, we were at the entrance to the palace and saw that there were literally no guards there to stop us. (If anything it was because Opal's power of seduction kept them occupied trying to buy her gifts...) "Are you sure you want me to come along, guys?" asked Penelope when we were about to enter.
"You may not have good skills with your hands, but I have something that you can use..." Opal smiled, her body shining a pink light that soon entered Penelope, which gave her some kind of strength I could sense. "What did you do to the timeline this time?" Carmelita asked in an accusatory manner to Opal. "It's only a temporary thing... it will only appear when I tell it to... like right now..."
Penelope's body then started to glow a neon purple as she gained an arm that actually wasn't her own. It was actually made out of wood, like a natural punching glove. "Cool!" she gleamed at it. "Now what say we take down this bastard?" I asked, opening the door and entering the room.
It was just as I remembered it in the game, the vases, the interior, everything. "No! You can't come out yet my blossom!" Tsao exclaimed, his voice even worse to hear yourself in the flesh instead of in game. "But... please. I just wish to tell my father I'm alright..." said a very sad sounding woman. Jing King. We continued forward, me holding onto everyone and going invisible as we entered the room. "I beg of you Tsao, let me out of this prison! Is this the way you woo your wife? You have shown me nothing but cruelty... I am so unhappy..." Jing King sobbed as we neared Tsao's presence.
He may have been a rooster with a pun name, but Tsao was not to be underestimated. He was able to summon demons, vampires, AND dragons that could really hurt us if we made a wrong move. "Hmm?" he mumbled, looking over to our direction, an expression on his face that looked serious and confused. "I sense a strange power... one that has not been around my presence in some time..."
It was then that I revealed our presence, all of us outnumbering Tsao in his room. "Hello, old enemy..." Opal frowned at him, something that confused me as well as Penelope and Carmelita. "Hmm?! You! What are you doing in my dwelling, Dreamtime foe?!" he asked, his words surprising me further as I realized something. "I'm here to free King's daughter. What are you gonna do? Use black magic against me?"
Tsao grimaced and his hand started to emit a powerful force. "Uh, uh, uh!" Opal smirked, waving her hand and making Tsao's feathered fist collide with his face. "I... I think I may be missing something here..." I said, trying to find out what was going on. "It's quite simple, Sylvia," Opal smirked, Tsao's eyebrows raising at my name. Neither of our gazes faltered on each other. "You're looking at the family name that created my ancient foe. The Tsao family created that a-cursed mask. And now he's cornered..."
Tsao growled as Carmelita aimed her pistol, I aimed my cane, Penelope raised her wooden fist, and Opal shined a dim light of purple. "You make the first move, chicken legs," I smirked, the anger in Tsao's eyes seeing red as he looked at me. Jing King hadn't spoken the whole time and I knew that Neyla was at work in the eye trying to hack into the door, since it was electronic.
"BAGOOOCK!" Tsao exclaimed, raising his fist and slamming it into the ground, a large number of undead hands emerging from the floor. I picked everyone up and flew above the hands. I turned invisible and landed behind him, whacking him in the face with my cane. His helmet came off from the force of the punch. "OOF!" he groaned as he got punched in the chest plate by Penelope's wooden fist. I was stunned that the punch was strong enough to break the armor off completely.
"ARGH!" he growled, rushing up to Opal only to get a swift blast of light blind him. He then finally fell to the ground hard as Carmelita shocked him with her electric pistol. "You're under arrest, Tsao!" Carmelita growled as she placed the cuffs on him. As she did this, Neyla yelled "Yes!" as the electric door to Jing King's room opened up and we were met with her face. She looked very cute and sweet, even if her eyes were a little red from tears.
She was now crying again, only this time, it was tears of joy. "Thank you so much!" she exclaimed, hugging me and the others as Carmelita escorted the chicken out of the palace. "I'll locate a battery for Murray's van from around here..." Neyla said, looking around to detect any car batteries. "Meanwhile, Opal and I will get Jing King back to the hideout. They'll be overjoyed to find that we found and rescued her," Penelope smiled. "Good. Until next time we meet..." Carmelita smiled. "See ya later, Inspector Fox!" I smiled, waving goodbye as she left out the back.