Tigress had trudged across the mountain and through the forest carrying Po for the last twelve hours straight. It was taking everything she had. The sun was high in the sky when Tigress noticed the rubble of Po’s lost village. Tigress smiled amid her tiredness and trudged on. The Soothsayer was more than surprised to see her, in addition to carrying a large panda over her shoulder.
As Po slept, now being unconscious because of drugs administered into his body, Tigress sat watching him. The Soothsayer sat beside the tiger. “Why are you so worried, dear? There is no venom in his body.” Tigress nodded. The Sooth had told Tigress, to the tiger’s relief, that the cobras would usually try to scare off opponents by making them think they were poisoned. The cobras did indeed have potent venom in their teeth, but usually they would simply bite without injecting anything first as a warning, then, if someone still wanted to venture into the dessert, took more drastic steps.
Tigress decided to be open. “I love Po.” She said, and her head dropped. The Sooth smiled and put a hand on Tigress’ back.
“So you found out what you really want to know, hmm?” Tigress nodded.
“I want to know if he loves me the way I do him.” Tigress said.
The Soothsayer looked at Po. “He does.” Tigress smirked with relief.
“You’ve been his idol for so many years, Tigress, he would do anything for you. And I know how much that felt foreign to you.”
“I never knew what true love meant. To forgive, or forget, or be like a family.” Tigress said, thinking back to her troubled childhood.
“Hmm.” The Sooth said, thinking.
“I never had a family.” Tigress said. “The rest of the Five and I have a union, yes, but it’s nothing like what I want with Po. It wasn’t until the holiday feast that I realized what I wanted after I was done practicing Kung Fu.”
The Sooth looked up at her, waiting.
“I want to be a mother. I know I’d be a good one, and I’d be sure to not repeat Shifu’s mistake. I would always be there for my son or daughter.”
The Sooth looked at Po. “And would you want Po to be the father?”
Tigress looked at Po. Amid all his quirks and stumbling, she saw so much good and quality. She nodded. “Yes. I do.”
The Sooth smiled, chuckling to herself.

Lihua served up three bowls of soup to a bunny family and took a peaceful moment in watching her customers eat in contentment. Lihua thanked god that she was secure now, and that her livelihood was taken care of. Lihua looked down and noticed something peculiar. The water in her sink was rippling, as though a heavy object was thumping outside. Upon looking up, she noticed the sky was growing dark. Suddenly, she could hear hissing and people screaming and running. Eyes narrowing, Lihua readied herself.

Tigress embraced Po once he was better. The two were happy to be reunited and on their way again. The Sooth gave them some provisions to start them out again, and after the two bid the Soothsayer farewell, they headed back to Gongmen City. Paddling up the stream, Po had to ask Tigress some things. “So, how long was I out for?”
“At least half a day, Po.”
“Wow.” Po said, then asked, “how heavy was I?”
“You’ve been working out I’m guessing, because I hardly felt you.” Tigress said with a smile.
Po chuckled, then noticed something floating downstream. “Hey Tigress, what’s that?”
Tigress looked. It appeared to be a thatched basket. Tigress watched it float down past her, then was shocked to see a bunny poke its head out from under it, then retreat again. Po was too confused to inquire what the bunny was doing, but soon noticed more debris were floating downstream. Boxes, carts, wagons, all of which housed some of Gongmen City’s inhabitants. The odd thing was every one of them was dead silent.
“What happened?” Tigress asked with authority. One little bunny spoke up hurriedly.
“Gongmen city is under attack!”
“What?!” Tigress said, looking back at Po, who was dumbfounded.
The pair ran through the woods, leaving their packs of provisions with the villagers. Neither of them spoke, but pressed on as hard as they could. They stopped at the City gates and were mortified at what they found.