Kung Fu Panda Story (ORIGINAL)

A Cure?

{"Po..." Po's eyes snapped open as he heard his name being called by a familiar voice. He turned around to see Tigress lying on the floor. "Po..." She quietly said again. "Tigress!" He yelled as he rushed over to her. She was bleeding badly. There was a small cut on her face though she managed to smile a little.

"I-I'm sorry." Her smile faded as her body began to fail her. "I tried...t-to stop th..the shadow..but..." She trailed off as her eyes began to close. Po's eyes grew wide. "Tigress?" He took her in his arms and tried to shake her awake. "Tigress!?" Still no response. "TIGRESS!!!"}

"TIGRESS!!!" Po screamed. He jolted out of his bed as his woke up from that horrible nightmare. Though it was the middle of the night he heard everyone rush out of their rooms and barge into his. He put his head in his paws and sighed.

 "What happened!?" Monkey asked concerned. "We heard you scream." Viper and Crane comforted Po had he tried to keep his ragged breaths under control.

When he finally got his breathing to steady out, he barely managed to reply, "I-I had a dream about T-Tigress...And-d..She didn't-t make it-t." Monkey pat Po on the back. 

Viper told him, "It was just a dream, Po. Don't worry. Tigress is perfectly fine. She can handle herself in possibly any situation. The dream's not true Po. It's OK."

"OK... OK..." Po exhaled. "Sorry for waking you guys up at this time. You should all probably head back to bed. I'm good now. Thanks guys." They all nodded and Mantis patted Po on the shoulder one last time before heading back to their rooms.

Po lay back down though he felt like crying. He was worried now. Even as much as his friends tell him that dreams are just dreams, he just had to make sure Tigress was OK. So he packed a few things before setting off to Chorh Gom. He just had to see her, or at least just a glance to make sure she was fine.

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It felt like two hours when Tigress finally woke up. There was only dim light coming from the roof, so she assumed that it was nighttime already. She sighed and proceeded to find a warmer corner to rest in. She found a spot in the back where she fell asleep in for another half hour. She woke to hear the cell doors opening to reveal one of the three rhino guards.

She walked towards the door and gave the guard a questioning look before he said, "Don't know why you have a visitor at this hour, but here you go anyway." He shoved someone inside and walked back out saying, "You have fifteen minutes!" 

Tigress looked at the person the guards had pushed in and she almost gasped. "PO!?" She exclaimed.

Po grinned sheepishly as he brushed himself off. "You don't mind a visit do you?" He asked. He was taken by surprise when Tigress pounced forward and hugged him, and he hesitated to hug her back.

Po heard Tigress sigh sadly. When they finally let go, she immediately said, "S-sorry I just needed that then..."

"What's the matter?" Po asked.

 Tigress rolled her eyes as they sat down on the floor. "So, having an evil spirit controlling you, being sent to prison and being bored with nothing to do for the entire day isn't a 'matter'?"

 Po chuckled nervously and felt heat rise up his cheeks. He cleared his throat. "Ahem. Heh. Sorry."

After a moment of silence, Tigress asked, "So Master Shi Fu wanted me sent here?" Po answered, "Yeah, I mean he obviously feels bad about it. But he explained to us that he just wanted more time and focus to find an antidote for you. After he does, you can come back."