Hero's fall

I still don't own Kung Fu Panda and I take no credit for Arizona and Max only Dai, cover art belongs to me.

**With Tigress and Arizona during Freefall**

Tigress and Arizona veered off from Dai and Max Tigress glanced behind them expecting to see more soldiers but didn't see any they were all focusing on Dai and Max. Tigress spread her arms and legs slowing her descent enough to grab on to the mountainside with her claws, she slid for awhile then stopped with Arizona next to her.

"When we find Dai I'm gonna kill him." Arizona said letting go of the mountainside and falling to the snow below.

A moment later Tigress landed next to him.

"Come on." she said racing off into the storm with Arizona following her.

"Tigress, wait!" Arizona shouted.

She slowed down and Arizona caught up with her.

"You can't just run off like that." he said. "Especially in a storm like this you could get lost."

"I have to find Dai." Tigress said.

"I understand." Arizona said "But getting lost in a blizzard won't help him."

Not surprisingly Tigress didn't listen to him and took off again.

Arizona caught up with her again. "Don't run off like that." he said.

"Quiet!" Tigress hissed her ears twitching.

"What is it?" Arizona asked trying to listen as well. He heard a very faint scream in the distance.

"That sounds like Max." he said.

"Come on!" Tigress said running off.

"Not again." Arizona said running after her.

He caught up to her and grabbed her by the arm. "Wait!" He said.

"What?" Tigress said.

"Look." Arizona said looking at the ground.

They were standing on the edge of a cliff and if Arizona hadn't stopped Tigress when he did she would have fallen to her death. Tigress gasped and took a few steps backwards.

"How do we get over this?" she asked looking into the chasm.

"We climb." Arizona said seeing the wall of rock to their right.

Arizona climbed up the wall of rock with Tigress following him then started climbing sideways towards the other side of the chasm. They got about half way before the rock gave out below Tigress and she fell, Arizona quickly reached out and grabbed her arm.

"Hold on!" he said digging his claws into the rock face as he started to slide down. He swung Tigress over to the ledge where she grabbed back onto it with her claws.

They continued climbing across the ledge until they reached the other side.

"I don't hear anything anymore." Arizona said in the eerie silence.

"At least the storm's starting to calm down a bit." Tigress said.

They kept moving until they came across the signs of a struggle with a good amount of blood staining the ground but no body. As they looked around Tigress found footprints and a trail of blood.

"This way." she said. "Dai, Max!" she called out but there was no response.

So she tried again. "Dai, Max!" again nothing so they continued to follow the trail stopping once in awhile to call out for Dai or Max.

They found a place where the tracks stopped and there was more blood on the ground but after that the tracks and trail vanished. Tigress looked around and swore punching a tree next to her causing snow to fall on her, Arizona held back a laugh as Tigress growled at him. Arizona sniffed at the air.

"Hide!" he said quietly to Tigress and they ducked behind some trees. Tigress peaked around the tree trunk to see a large pack of Tundra wolves go past.

"Split up and find them." the leader said.

"He must be talking about Dai and Max." Tigress mused.

As the wolves walked past them, without warning Tigress leaped out from her hiding spot. Arizona cursed and followed her. Tigress attacked the wolves spin kicking the first one she saw the others saw her and attacked her one kicked her in the chin knocking her back against a tree Tigress ducked his punch and punched him in the gut. He doubled over and Tigress drove her knee into his chin.

Tigress glanced over at Arizona and saw him fighting a couple wolves he was doing well so Tigress focused on other wolves. Three of them ganged up her and backed her towards the cliff she was so busy deflecting their blows she didn't notice.

One of them lunged at Tigress and she fell off the cliff, Arizona saw her fall and rushed towards her.

"Tigress!" he shouted kicking the wolves off the cliff.

He looked over the side and was relieved to see Tigress hanging on to the Cliffside.

"Grab my paw." he said kneeling down.

Tigress reached up to grab Arizona's paw. But as he reached for her a wolf grabbed him from behind Tigress heard the sound of fighting, then someone walking towards the ledge.

Tigress was sure it was one of the Timber Wolves but was relieved to see Arizona again and grabbed his paw and he pulled her back up.

"Come on, we have to keep looking." Tigress said.

"Dai! Dai!" Tigress called out. "Over here!" a voice called back and Tigress rushed forward.