Saving Captain Li ~ by SaralynArati

0

Wow, what a powerful and heart-pounding scene! I love Mulan's dedication to her captain, and it's awesome that she was able to save him! I also like the mention that the sword aided her by slowing down time; it makes her feel more human to acknowledge that even she couldn't accomplish such a feat entirely without help :)

5 years ago

SaralynArati

0

Thank you so much, LadySky!! Yeah, she totally saved him! And yeah, she'll be okay... she does, after all, save China, too!

6 years ago

LadySky

1

She totally saved him! Go Mulan! But is she okay? What a dramatic and bad ass chapter!

6 years ago

SaralynArati

0

Thanks very much, Lexia!! You're wonderful to C&C all these dolls, and it really makes my day to hear that you like my little tweaks to the original plot!

6 years ago

DysMalLexia

1

Really great scene both in illustration and writing, love your twist here on the original by having it be Mulan's quick thinking that saves Shang!

6 years ago

SaralynArati

2

He blinked and focused. "What?" he began. With relief, Mulan felt the rescue line she'd fired go taut. "There's no time. Cling to the rope, all right? I..." Mulan's ears were suddenly rushing from more than the noise of the avalanche, and her peripheral vision held spots. "It appears I'm hurt as well, and I... can't hang on. I'm sorry." Before she fainted completely, before Li Shang could say anything or try to grab her with his injured arm, Mulan simply let go. She vanished into snow.

6 years ago

SaralynArati

2

As the pair seemed to hover in air, several things happened. Mulan wrapped a line around Shang's waist and secured it, in case she couldn't wake him. She tied the other end to an arrow and shot it up into the sparse underbrush along the cliff's edge where hopefully her friends would catch it and pull them to shelter. And Fa Mulan finally noticed the hot, searing pain along her ribs. Just then, however, Yu Lien's spell wore off. Holding tight to the unconscious Shang, she slapped him, hard.

6 years ago

SaralynArati

2

This rock formation channeled the avalanche up or to the sides, like a ski jump. The new soldiers were just gathering Khan in when Shang slumped and slid from the horse, dropping into the chasm. Bow and rope in hand, Mulan immediately dove after her Captain. Unsure of her heart, Mulan was desperate to rescue him; Shang must not die, especially not due to her! Falling, she screamed to Yu Lien for help, and... time... slowed, briefly... for everyone but Mulan... from the sword spirit's power.

6 years ago

SaralynArati

2

(cont) Li Shang was hampered by a minor shoulder wound from an arrow he'd taken in the first onslaught by the Hun army. It had struck his armor, but penetrated it, and he was still losing blood. Mulan had no awareness of her own injury. Together they galloped as well as the treacherous footing would allow into a line of men and ropes set up ahead of the cliff's edge to catch them and bring them to safety. The Chinese had managed to squeeze into the lee of a huge stone outcrop, a flat shelf.

6 years ago