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Post by ~*EtVL*~Jadena on Aug 22, 2008 19:28:54 GMT -5
Cobby was still very supicous. He looked at the scroll and nodded to Aisha. "Alright then" He said. He then took the scroll and lit a match. This was his final test for Aisha. He would burn it and if she did nothing then she would be totally convinced that she didn't care about it anymore. He held the match up to the scroll and got ready to light it.
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Post by Jiang on Aug 22, 2008 19:31:59 GMT -5
Her eyes locked with Cobby's, Aisha slowly stretched out her paw, placed it underneath his paw that was holding the match, and gently pushed it up, thus setting the scroll on fire. "Please... Just... Tell me you don't hate me, if nothing else." She asked, as fire consumed the ancient parchment.
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Post by ~*EtVL*~Jadena on Aug 22, 2008 19:36:40 GMT -5
Cobby watched as the scroll caught flames and eventually turned into ashes. He sighed and looked back at Aisha. "I don't hate you" he assured her. "But i need the day alone to think about all this Aisha" He told her. "I don't trust easily. Not since my father betrayed me" He told her. "I just need to think" He said shaking his head.
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Post by Jiang on Aug 22, 2008 19:39:58 GMT -5
"Then go and think, Cobby." Aisha replied, turning and slowly padding down the road. At least he didn't hate her. That was her only comfort at the moment. With the Phoenix Scroll reduced to a pile of ashes, Tai Lung would be furious with her... She shuddered at the thought of all the unspeakeable things he would do to her once he found out what happened.
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Post by ~*EtVL*~Jadena on Aug 22, 2008 19:46:13 GMT -5
(I guess i'll be tai lung as well.)
Tai lung eyes lit with furry as he watched the last of the scroll turn to ashes. He had told Aisha not to get emotional. He then tore off after her as she walked off. Once she was a good distance away from Cobby he attacked. He ran up behind her and kicked her straight in the back.
Cobby sat down against a tree and began to think. He really liked Aisha maybe even loved her but she had been toying with him all along. Well at least she had been at the start. It seemed that she had changed her mind some where in the mission and decided that she loved him and he was more important to her than the mission. When his mind landed on this conclusion he found he cared for her. He sighed and got up. He got up and was going to go find her.
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Post by Jiang on Aug 22, 2008 19:49:39 GMT -5
Aisha cried out in pain as she felt a foot connect solidly with her lower back, sending her flying forwards nearly twenty feet before slamming face-first into a tree. A muffled groan escaped the snow leopard/tigress hybrid as she slumped to the ground, dazed by the blow. Normally, she would have been all over Tai Lung by now, but getting slammed into a tree knocked most of the fight out of her.
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Post by ~*EtVL*~Jadena on Aug 22, 2008 19:52:54 GMT -5
"I told you not to get emotional" He snarled at her and kicked her again as she tried to get back up. She fell back down to the ground from his blow and he kicked her yet again. "I will kill you." he growled. "You watched as the scroll was burned.
Cobby had just stood to find Aisha when he heard her screech. "Aisha" He said and started to run. He knew that there was something wrong. Aisha seemed like a very strong Leopardress. She wouldn't scream about just anything.
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Post by Jiang on Aug 22, 2008 19:58:41 GMT -5
"Go to hell, you monster." Aisha mumbled, coughing up a little blood. She tried to get to her paws, but she found that she was in too much pain to move. She closed her eyes and uttered a short prayer, as she was sure that Tai Lung's next blow would end her life.
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Post by ~*EtVL*~Jadena on Aug 22, 2008 20:10:28 GMT -5
Tai lung smiled as Aisha told him to go to hell. "Oh i plan on it" He said picking her up by her neck and choking her in the process. He was just about to squeeze when he felt himself hit from behind. He was knocked to the ground and lost hold of Aisha. He coughed and stood back up and looked up to find Cobby standing protectively over Aisha.
Cobby hit Tai lung low and hard. He knew who Tai lung was. There were many stories about him. None of them good. "I will rip you apart if you touch her again" He growled at Tai lung. Tai lung smiled
"How cute" He said looking from Aisha to Cobby. He then leaned against a tree in a relaxed position and began to study his claws. "I suppose you must be Cobby" He said sounding uninterested.
"I am" Cobby said. "I'm also the lion who is going to kill you for hurting Aisha" He said staring Tai lung straight in the eye.
Tai lung grinned. "Let's go then" He said and began to run at Cobby.
Cobby also began to run and they collided. Cobby threw punches and kicks at Tai lung while tai lung dodged and tried to deliver nerve strikes. They then both jumped back and began to circle each other.
They then ran at each other again. Tai lung got a hold of Cobby's neck and began to press down through a mouthful of mane. There was a sharp Crack and Cobby fell down limp and didn't move or get back up.
Tai lung circled Cobby making sure his work was finished. He then laughed and kicked Cobby's limp body. "Well so much for your great Avenger" he said turning to look at Aisha.
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Post by Jiang on Aug 22, 2008 20:34:41 GMT -5
Aisha watched the fight between Cobby and Tai Lung, hoping and praying that the lion would claim victory, but her heart and her spirits broke when she saw Cobby fall to the ground, limp. "NO!!" She cried out, struggling to her paws and limping over to the lion, and dropping to her knees at his side. She had just turned her head to face down Tai Lung, when she heard a deafening and explosive roar shake the heavens. Not a second later, some invisible force slammed into Tai Lung's shoulder, spinning him around and dropping him to the ground.
A low growl escaped Siegfried's throat after his flintlock pistol discharged, propelling a single steel ball into the leopard's left shoulder and wounding him. Not a disabling wound, but enough to scare him off, most likely. "Run, Tai Lung, or my next shot will kill you!" The lion bellowed, raising a second pistol and aiming it menacingly at the leopard's head.
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Post by ~*EtVL*~Jadena on Aug 22, 2008 20:40:15 GMT -5
Tai lung fell to the ground as the tiny bullet hit his shoulder. "Of course" He said smiling at the new lion and before the lion could get a shot out he grabbed Aisha and ran. He zig zagged so that he was a harder target and ran off leaving the lion with Cobby's lifeless body. He carried Aisha right back to his secret hide out. He dumped her down on the ground and started at her. "You can even imagine what i am going to do to you" He said with an evil grin. He then tied up her paw and feet and took of his shirt to give her an idea of what was to come.
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Post by Jiang on Aug 22, 2008 20:46:36 GMT -5
Siegfried growled once more, muttered a few curses under his breath in his native German tongue, then padded over to Cobby's limp form as he stuffed his pistols back in their holsters. He knelt over the lion, and slowly stretched out one paw to the arteries in the male's neck, and the arteries in the male's wrist, while lowering his ear to the other lion's muzzle, feeling to see if there was any chance Cobby was clinging stubbornly to life.
Aisha's eyes went wide with fear. "..." She opened her muzzle to speak, but no words came out. This was the second time she had felt this much fear after losing Cobby. After a moment, a few words found their way to her muzzle. "You wouldn't dare..."
[Erm... Blackout/switch to pm's for Aisha and Tai Lung?]
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Post by ~*EtVL*~Jadena on Aug 22, 2008 20:49:58 GMT -5
(Guess so)
Cobby stirred as Sig began to check on him. He then sat up and looked around. "Aisha" He said desperately. He then reached under his mane and and tore of the broken wooden cast that he had placed around his neck for extra protection. He then looked at Sig. "Where is she" He asked.
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Post by Jiang on Aug 22, 2008 20:52:51 GMT -5
Sig sighed and helped Cobby to his paws. "That madman, Tai Lung, stole her away. Come on, the trail is still fresh, we should give chase before their scent fades." The german-raised gunsmith stated, turning and making his way up the path Tai Lung had used to escape, his keen nose focusing on the stench of Tai Lung, the sweetness of Aisha's scent, and the pungent smell of blood.
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Post by ~*EtVL*~Jadena on Aug 23, 2008 15:36:03 GMT -5
Cobby stood up but wobbled a bit. He held on to a tree to steady himself then he looked at Sig. "Well lets go and find her" He said standing up straight and sniffing the trail.
(Sorry writers block. *Hits self on the head*)
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Post by Jiang on Aug 23, 2008 15:43:50 GMT -5
*Nearly a hour later*
Aisha lay curled in a ball on the hard stone ground, her cheeks damp from tears. The once-proud and strong spirit of the snow leopard/tigress hybrid had just been reduced to a smoldering husk of it's former self over the last hour. Every now and then, a whimper would escape her muzzle as she tried to get more comfortable, but the bonds that still held her wrists and ankles tightly together prohibeted that. She just hoped that she would be granted the peace of death soon, for the shame she felt was too much to bear...
Sig and Cobby had mangaged to find what the gunsmith assumed was Tai Lung's little hidey hole, as Aisha and Tai's scent trail led into the hideout, a large cave. "I think I see that leopard's paw-prints leading away from the cave... If we go now, we can probably grab that girl and get her to safety before he returns." He whispered to Cobby, while taking out his unfired flintlock pistol and c0cking it.
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Post by ~*EtVL*~Jadena on Aug 23, 2008 15:50:13 GMT -5
Cobby didn't listen to Sig. He instead ran into the cave and looked around. He spotted Aisha curled up into a ball and ran over to her. "Oh Aisha" He said kneeling down beside her naked form. He quickly cut her bonds with his claws then pulled her into his arms.
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Post by Jiang on Aug 23, 2008 15:55:37 GMT -5
When Aisha felt the ropes tug slightly on her wrists as a claw sliced through them, she felt her spirits lift slightly. Tai Lung wouldn't be as gentle as whoever was cutting her bonds was being. As she felt herself being lifted up into strong and familiar arms, she realized that she was safe. The feline slowly opened her eyes, tilted her head to look at the male holding her, and burst into tears of joy when she saw Cobby. Aisha wrapped her arms around his neck and held herself up against him, inwardly thanking all the gods and angels that he had lived. "I was so scared that I had lost you..." She managed to whisper, nuzzling under his chin and closing her eyes.
Sig slowly padded up to Cobby and Aisha. He grabbed a clean white towel from over near what seemed to be a bathing area, then handed it to Cobby. "Wrap her up and come on, I don't want to be here when that psyhco when he returns."
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Post by ~*EtVL*~Jadena on Aug 23, 2008 16:03:30 GMT -5
"A Psycho am I" Came Tai lung's voice just as Cobby finished wrapping Aisha up. Cobby held Aisha close to him and snarled at Tai lung who was leaning against the entrance of the cave. "I would have used the term Evil Mastermind" He said grinning at all three of them. Cobby pulled Aisha closer to him and kept on snarling. He would kill Tai lung for what he had done to Aisha.
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Post by Jiang on Aug 23, 2008 16:09:41 GMT -5
"Let's see how much of a evil Mastermind you are without a head." Siegfried growled, popping off a round from his pistol at Tai Lung's head. The round wasn't a direct hit, thankfully. But it did graze the leopard's head, creating a bleeding gash and knocking him for a loop. Siegfried pulled out yet another pistol, and fired it at Tai as well, sending another large steel ball flying into Tai Lung's already wounded shoulder. "What are you waiting for, Cobby? Get her out!" The lion roared, dropping the now-useless pistols and charging headlong at Tai, his claws fully extended and fangs bared. If Sig got a good hold on Tai Lung, he'd rip him apart. Only problem was, Siegfried didn't really know Kung Fu, and Tai Lung was a master. The lion would probably be torn into a thousand pieces, but at least he'd distract Tai long enough for Cobby and Aisha to escape.
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