Ancient china
Gongmon city
(Skipper's POV)
We stood in Gongmon Jail which shen had converted into a warroom. On a table lay a map of Gongmon city. Blades were used to mark the locations already searched within the city. Hanging on the walls were maps of the surrounding region and someplace call the undercity both had the searched locations marked. A wolf came with in with his report. Shen pointed to a point on the region map that was in the middle of nowhere. "go to the desert shipwreaks," Shen said, "he known to hang out there…most notably in the wreak of the iron yak…which according to the records was his ship." "But sir it's in the middle of the desert!" the wolf said. Shen glared at him. "Okay!" the wolf said, "we're going! We're going! Let's move out." Boss wolf entered with his report. "Anything?" shen asked. "We searched the northen forests…nothing," Boss wolf said. "Search the mountains in case he set up camp in the old hideout!" "Yes my lord," Boss wolf said exiting the room. Wolves and gorillas with climbing equipment were waiting outside. "also stay way from the wu sister's camp!" Shen shouted, "I lost enough men to those leapords!" "yes sir!"
A gorilla entered the room, "Anything in the undercity?" Shen asked. "No," the gorilla said, "just darkness." Shen glared at him, "Then get torches and look again!" "Yes sir!" Another wolf entered the building, "Lord shen we searched the old panda village." "And?" "Nothing," he replied. Shen marked off the panda village and grumbled in frustration, "Where is he! WHERE IS KAI!" "Wait," Kowalski said, "what if he hiding where we least expected. "Like where?" Blowhole said, "the Tower of Sacred Flame III?" "He wouldn't be that stupid," Shen said, "Plus I already sent a team there!" "I have to ask," I said, "what about the building we're standing in?" "what of it?" Shen asked. "It used to be a kung-fu academy before you turned it into a prison," I said. "so?" Shen said. "Does their happen to be a basement?" Kowalski said.
Shen looked at us angrily, "The basement was sealed off!" "Making it a prefect place for kai to hide…right under our nose!" Shen's eye's widened in shock and turned to the wolf walking around the prison. "Check the basement now!" Shen shouted. "But sir it's sealed off!" "Then unseal it!" Shen shouted. "Right away my lord!' the wolf replied. With that the wolf lead several wolves and four gorillas out of the room. "You coming with us, "the wolf said. "Beats standing around here," I said. Kowalski, Rico, And Private followed me as the wolf lead us to the next room. The gorilla have already cut out the wall revealing the long forgotten door. The doors weren're wide enough for the gorillas to get thru, So the gorillas stood guard while the wolves armed themselves.
"follow me!" the lead wolf shouted kicking opening the door. He held a torch in his hand and found a two channels of oil. He light both of them with his torch and a chain reaction caused a series of torches set into the wall to flood the the room with light. We followed the team of wolves into the basement. As soon as we reached the floor of the basement itself the first thing we noticed was the massive door on the far end of the basement. "Sir!" a wolf said, "I don't think this was there before…it's looks brand new." And then their was a knock on the door. The wolfs rushed up to the door weapons drawn. "I have a bad feeling about this," Kowalski said. "Uh-huh…" Rico said. "What is going on in here!" Shen said as he entered the basement.
Their was another knock on the door, "Knock, Knock!" a voice said. "Who's there!" a wolf shouted. "Rude interrupting yak!" "Rude interrupting..." The heavy wooden door was knocked off it's hinges taking out four wolves. Kai then made his entrance holding a massive hammer. "Isn't that Master Thundering Rhino's hammer?" a wolf asked. Kai swung the hammer taking out the rest of the wolves. "You," Shen said. "You wanted to knew where I was…Well here I am!" Kai shouted. "Well there's four things you didn't count on!" I shouted. Kai walked up to the four us and kicked Kowalski and I up the stairs. We landed in a pile as Rico and Private were kicked up the stairs nexts. Shen was then rudely threw up the stairs followed by his weapons. "How dare you, You Oaf!" Shen shouted down the stairs as he picked up his weapons. "Oh insult me? That is not a good Idea!" Rico slammed the door in Kai's face and locked it. "Seal the door!" The gorilla quickly built a brick wall in front of the door sealing it off once again.
But then Kai bursted thru the door and the wall. "You think a hastely built wall can stop me?" Kai said. "Just give up already Kai," I said. "I am The Dream Destroyer!" Kai shouted. "Okay dream destroyer," I said, "so I'm guessing we found your secret lair…" "No you haven't," Kai said, "because there is on place in this city you didn't look…oh and by the way it's within the city walls!" with that Kai ran out of the jail stealing the chi of several wolves on the way out. Shen entered the "warroom" In utter shock. He turned to boss wolf who had just returned. "We catched the old hideout…nothing." "the one place we didn't look what does he mean by that…" I said. "The cannon factory," Shen replied.
2 hours later
The Cannon factory
Shen stood on the foreman platform ordering people around. "Leave no stone unturned!" Shen shouted, "I want that yak found!" On the ground level I turned to my comrades, "Anything!" "cannon castings," Kowalski said, "molten metal…freshly packed gun powder…" "I'm finding nothing but cannonballs over here!" Mantis said. "well all I can find is a bunch of burnt wood," Private said. "Barrels full of gun powder…" Tigress said, "fireworks…" "Boat building supplies is all I'm coming up with," boss wolf said.
"Lord Shen," A gorilla shouted, "No secret entrances, staircases, recess antechambers, secret hatches…or secret rooms." "THEN KEEP LOOKING!" Shen shouted, "there is no way a yak can hide from us for long!" "Lord Shen," a exjusted looking wolf said as he entered, "He's at the tower! Kai's at the tower!" "What!" Shen shouted, "Where!" "sitting on your fathers throne!" "Didn't you throw that away!" Shen asked glaring at a gorilla. "Um…" the gorilla said, "I thought I did." "And what is my father's throne doing in MY new tower in the first place!" shen literally screamed at the wolf. "that's it," Shen said, "Call in the wolves! All of them I want them ready to move out!" "all of them sir?" Boss wolf asked. "EVERYONE!" Shen shouted turning to us, "including all of you!" "No need to shout," Blowhole replied. "Where have you been this time?" I said. "You do know he doesn't actually have a lair here…right?" Blowhole said. "We do now," Kowalski replied. "Nobody makes themselves at home in my tower!" Shen muttered. "wait you rebuilt it…again?"
"Yes the Tower of Sacred flame III," he replied, "it represents my glory!" "Wait isn't the soothsayer there?" I said. "the Soothsayer?" Shen asked, "she hasn't been in gongmon city in months!" "wait where's dave?" I said. "He said something about going to the valley of peace to get some noodles and tufo," Blowhole replied. "Wait happen happened to mr. ping." "He went back to the valley of peace," Po said, "who can really blame him…I really don't want to be in gongmon city either." "good at least he's away from danger…" "Plus he learned that my other dad tried making a secret ingredient soup with an actual secret ingredient." "can we stop talking about soup!" Shen shouted as we left the factory, "I will not waste time talking about soup when a Yak is in my tower!" "Okay, Okay," Po said, "No soup. Got it!" I face plamed, "I'm actually looking forward to face kai!" I said. "Agreed," Crane and Mantis replied.
(end of chapter one)
