(tiger growl)
(gasps)
(tense music)
- I am alright.
Sheeral, save yourself.
- Do it now.
How could you miss at this range?
- I didn't, but I don't hurt animals,
now people, (laughs), well that is a whole other thing.
- It's time to claim our prize.
The Guardian of the Temple of the Tigers.
- It can't be,
Ling?
- Surprised to se me, Beingal, my dear old friend?
(Asian music)
- [Narrator] Twins, both destined for greatness,
but only one can wear the Golden Power Band of the Dragons.
Only one may use its power to battle the forces of
darkest evil, the other must decide,
which path she will take.
(serious music)
Only one, the chosen one, can be
the new Golden Dragon.
(Asian music)
- So, you never knew you parents, and you grew up,
right here in this dojo?
- Right, Master Chin pretty much raised us,
you, and your maniac sister. - Ling's not a maniac.
- Uh-oh.
Back in my jungle, we call a banana, a banana,
and a nut, a nut, and your sister is a nu--
- Ling isn't crazy.
She's, well,
misguided.
- Some one cannot see the rainforest for the trees.
- Yeah, well you sound like Master Chin.
- Here's the thought.
- Sorry Master Chin, but he's starting to get on my nerves.
- Only, starting?
Such self discipline is most admirable.
- Xuan Chi just doesn't understand about Ling,
you know, that she's not really evil,
not like the Zodiac Master. - I agree.
Ling has not reached the same depths of madness yet.
- You see.
- However, only a fool denies the truth.
The path Ling follows has only one evil end.
- (laughs) You see. - Oh stuff it.
(laughs)
- Come now, there is still much a
fledgling Golden Dragon must learn.
- [Xuan] Maybe you could teach him some manners
while you're at it.
- Master Chin, before we go down to the temple,
I thought maybe I could make a quick trip into the city.
I kinda wanted to hit a cybercafe, Ling's got the palmcom
we use for email. - Email?
Is this some secret language. - Yeah,
spoken by about four billion normal people.
Anyway, I thought maybe I could try, and reach, Ling.
- The mental message still travels faster
than even your cyber space. - Maybe,
but Ling, and I, haven't mastered that yet.
- Which is why you must have this.
- A computer, but how?
- I am a master of ancient wisdom,
but it does not mean I cannot appreciate
the marvels of today.
After all, this is Hong Kong, capital of ingenuity.
You will of course permit me to check the financial reports?
- You're serious? - Yes.
The duty of the Golden Dragon is to protect the temple,
my duty is to make certain that we never lose the land
it rests upon.
I have learnt that a full piggy bank wields its own
special powers.
- [Ang] Is there anything Master Chin doesn't know about?
- [Xuan] Monkeys.
So you're gonna use that thing to find your wacko,
loony, crazy, mixed up, sister?
- Maybe I could convince her to come back.
- And maybe coconuts grow on trees.(laughs)
Wait, they do, maybe-- - I get it,
but I have to try.
(tense music)
- [Ling] How much farther to the Tiger Temple?
I asked you a question, Beingal.
Come on, just pretend this is one of the games,
we played back at the dojo, no matter how hard
you tried, I always won. - This is not a game, Ling.
- Maybe not, but I'm still gonna win.
So you might as well just tell me where your temple is.
(Zodiac Master laughs)
- [Zodiac Master] We are here.
- Very funny, there's--
but that's amazing.
The water's like natural camouflage.
- [Zodiac Master] As are the tiger's own stripes.
- [Beingal] Ling, how can you do this?
We grew up together, you and Ang are my best friends.
- Funny, how you both ended up Temple Guardians,
but neither one of you cared what happened to me.
- That's not true.
Ling, please. - Ling is history.
I am the Shadow Dragon. - And I am the Zodiac Master,
between us, we have the power to destroy you,
and this temple, a hundred times over.
- So do yourself a favor, and tell us where the secret
shrine is hidden.
One way, or another, we're gonna get your Power Band.
- No!
(tense music)
- [Zodiac Master] She has the Power Band of the Tiger.
- (laughs) That was it?
Your secret shrine is just a nut hole.
- If you'd been paying attention,
Master Chin taught us that tiger hides in plain sight,
blending into its surroundings.
- Yeah, yeah, and the tiger's element is wood.
Thanks for the lesson, but school's out,
and I'm in charge now.
- As Guardian of this Temple, I order you to leave now.
- (laughs) Right, like that's gonna happen.
Really, Beingal, just hand over the band,
and we won't hurt you. - Empower the Tiger!
Empower the Tiger!
- Take care of her. - What about you?
- You need to practice your new skills,
but if you can't handle one little girl.
- Just watch me.
- You were warned.
- Nice nails, girlfriend.
What was it that Master Chin used to say?
"When it is clear you're facing a superior opponent,
there's no shame in surrender."
- Then, I'm happy to accept yours.
- Power band, or not, you're no match for my power.
- [Beingal] A master of stealth, tiger teaches us
that there is more to victory than brute strength.
(Zodiac Master laughs)
(foreign language spoken)
- Brute enough for you?
- You asked for it.
- You'll pay for that, kitten.
(foreign language spoken)
(tense music)
No!
(foreign language spoken)
- You're weak. - Excuse me?
Who's on their knees here? - you spared her life,
because she was once your friend.
- No, because we need her.
She's the bait to lure the Golden Dragon here.
- I will finish this.
I claim victory, the power band is mine.
- Hey wait, I'm the one that fought her.
All you did was-- - Teach you a valuable lesson.
- Yeah, the same lesson I taught her,
never trust your friends. - You're wrong, Ling.
There's one friend, I still trust with my life.
(heroic music)
- Beingal, might be hurt, or worse,
and we don't even know when it happened.
We can't always be down in the temple,
watching the zodiac symbols.
I mean shouldn't there be some kind of alarm,
or something that goes off. - There is...
In your mind. - you mean I should have
sensed something? - Yeah,
but you won't get it if your head is full of mush.
- Distracting the Golden Dragon from his duty
is perhaps Ling's most powerful weapon.
- Wait, Ling, she's probably with the Zodiac Master,
so Beingal's gotta be safe.
Ling wouldn't let anything happen to her best friend.
- Oh please, don't make me loose my bananas.
(lightning)
- (sighs) I just wish we would hurry up, and get there.
(tense music)
- Not too long now, the breath of the Dragon favors us.
- Ling, talk to me, please help me understand all this.
- It's simple, I got cheated.
I deserved to have the Dragon power, and now thanks
to the Zodiac Master, I have it.
- No, you have the power of Darkest Yin,
an evil so great, it could destroy.
- If I were you, I'd start worrying about myself.
(gasps)
- Monkey Guardian at your service.
- Thanks, but what--
- It's that little freak.
My brother must be close by.
- Maybe the Golden Dragon is too frightened
to face us both, so he send an ape to do his job.
- Perhaps that is all that is needed,
since a wiser man would not under estimate the power
of two Temple Guardians, even without their Power Bands.
- Right, a monkey, a defeated tiger, and an old man,
against us?
- No my child, a monkey, a defeated tiger, and an old man,
against you.
- The Zodiac Master is mine, unless he's too frightened
to face me alone.
- Empower the Dragon!
(tense music)
- [Xuan] Come on, come on, come on.
Ready...
as we'll ever be.
- Empower the Darkest Yin!
(tense music)
(foreign language spoken)
(screaming)
- You lose.
The Power of the Tigers goes to the victor.
(Beingal grunts)
- Sorry Beingal, but this is where our friendship ends.
- Not quite.
I think this belongs to you.
You really want to take on two Guardians at full power?
- Not that I couldn't handle it, but I can wait,
it won't be long before I'm wearing both your bands.
- Uh guys, guys, hey, hey, hey look, she's getting away,
stop her, monkey stomp her.
- They can't, because they still care, which is why
in the end, I will win.
- Oh, what am I gonna do with you two?
- Sorry, Xuan Chi, but Ling was right.
- We do still care about her.
- There is great power in forgiveness.
Perhaps one day, it will be enough to heal the darkness
in her heart. - I'll never give up hope.
- I won't either.
- You both fought bravely, and with honor.
- Thank you. - Thank you, Master Chin.
- What am I? Chop suey?
- (laughs) Sorry Xuan Chi, you were fantastic too.
- The Spirit of Tiger owes Dragon, and Monkey,
a great debt, I hope I can one day repay it.
- Got any fruit, I'm starved.
- Might I remind you, we shall soon set sail again.
- He's right, no food for you.
You're not getting seasick with a full stomach.
- Just thinking about it.
I don't know if I can face it,
I don't like the idea of this, I'm outta here.
- Honorable Monkey must learn to forfeit tree legs
for sea legs.
(laughs)
(tense music)