"Hurry up, hurry up then."
The goat yelled toward the many members of the caravan he was leading, whom had just traded and sold in the Kin-Do Valley and are headed for the Valley Of Peace. He started to grow impatient, since the caravan was quite huge and there was many people living is small mobile tents, and with the added weight of goods the weight was very suferable and the 30-something workers suffered.
But the goat looked especially to one black panther, who has been carrying the most weight and therefore very tired and weary and falling in and out of sleep. He looked like a teenager, but he was really only 22 years old. "Quicai!" he yells toward the panther, whom was falling asleep and is now awake. "Y-yes, Baojun?" "Put more back into it?" Quicai growls, and then throws the contents he carries on the ground. "You know what? No." He looks to Baojun, whom grabs the whip on his belt. "I'm not being part of this stupid caravan anymore. I was named 'Prodigy' because my mother knew I'm destined to do great things, but her and dad HAD to be killed by those robbers, and I was sold here. I'm not your slave, I want out. After we reach the Valley, I'm going to pay my freedom from you."
Baojun says nothing, but grabs his whip and whips Quicai several times until his temple is covered with blood. "How about you shut up and face it, you're staying here until you die. You don't have a cent on you. Now grab the gear and if you break out again I will make sure I whip into the skull." He puts the whip back as Quicai reluctantly picks up the gear again and walks along.
Two hours later, the caravan arrives in the Valley Of Peace. It's had many minor changes over the past 40 years, including a gigantic golden statue of the previous Dragon Warrior, Po Ping, who tragically died of a terminal illness only 22 years prior. After that time, Shifu ascended to the stars like Oogway had before, and a tiger who has been loyal for over 40 years was declared in Shifu's final moments as the new keeper of the Jade Palace. Ever since, a new Furious Five slowly swept in, and the original members have moved on and four of the five have been unheard of since. The only remaining Five member that anybody knows about from the previous Five is Tigress, whom has been meditating near the Pool Of Sacred Tears for years on end.
Quicai and the others set up the caravan in the shopping square, with Baojun attracting customers and such. Quicai took a break two hours later and slipped into the square without Baojun noticing. He was quite fascinated with all the things available, and wished he had money to buy a nice relic and some apples that were for once not rotten.
While in the middle of staring, Quicai crashed into somebody, and fell against the pavement and started seeing stars. He got up and saw a female white tiger at the bottom, clutching her head. She had baskets of many foods and goods, which were sprawled all around on the ground now.
"Oh, crap! I'm so so sorry!" Quicai said, and offered his hand to the girl. "Do you need help getting up?" he asked. "No, I think I'm good." she replies, and gets up, and starts to gather the things she dropped to her left. Quicai gathered all the things to the right and gave it to her when she turned. "Thanks." she said, and walked off. Quicai then turned and called, "Hey! What's your name?" She turned around. "Gequ." she says, and continues to walk off into the square.
"Gequ." Quicai mutters to himself, and walks back to the caravan, hoping Baojun hasn't noticed. To his luck, Baojun noticed and stood there, whip at hand. "Where were you?" he asked, with a very furious tone. Quicai gulps. "I was... looking around." "You're supposed to be handling the glass artifacts." "I thought Bui could do it." "No... come over here." Quicai sadly walks over to Baojun and gets whipped. A lot. So many times that he lay to a near bloody pulp on the ground, and could barely see out from much blood loss.
"Now get up." Baojun said, and then kicked Quicai. "GET UP." he continued. "Hey, stop that." a voice said distantly, and looked over to see Gequ stare at him with a disapproving face, arms crossed. "Who the hell are you?" "My name's Gequ Taitan, I'm the daughter of a traveling salesman and a nurse, and lived on the other side of the country for quite a long time. I was invited by the Jade Palace to replace Tigress as a member of the Furious Five when I was only 10 years old, and accepted, and was trained in the arts of Kung Fu by my master Siko-Yama Artemis Korkai. I'm one of the greatest Kung Fu fighters in all of China and I'd like you to let him alone or you will be kicked to the other side of the world before you can say 'dumpling.' Are we clear?" Everybody around stared in disbelief at the white tiger, and Baojun frowned. "I don't give a damn about your life story, this is my worker and I'm going to treat him however I want to." "I'll assume he was in a slave market?" "What's it to you?" "How much to buy him from you?"
Baojun smiled. "3,000 cents." "Just 3,000?" Gequ pulled a bag of coins out of her pocket and gave it to Baojun. "Now, you clean him up and deliever him on the door of the Jade Palace at exactly 9:00 tonight. I'll be waiting for you, so don't pull anything." She walked away, and Baojun laughed at her and counted the money. "Stupid bitch."
Gequ waited on the top step of the Jade Palace at exactly 9:00 and waited for Baojun himself to have Quicai with him, but instead two of the slaves walked up and put the sleeping Quicai on the step. "Baojun couldn't make it." "Yeah, I'm sure he couldn't. You are dismissed." The slaves bowed and walked off. Instead of carrying the panther, Gequ walked inside the Hall of Warriors, to find her master meditating next to the small pond, and without looking, said, "Who did you bring in this time?" "Oh do be quiet, Master Korkai." SikoYama got up and turned. "You bring in poop people every week and we care for them everytime and dismiss them, and it's starting to get repetitive. Remember the time we had the ram that broke our training room because we didn't get his soup right."
"Yes, I remember the time. Not one of my favorite moments." "Yes. What's the reason you brought this kid over?" "He was being beaten by his owner." "A slave from the other side of China?" "Yes, a caravan." "Alright. We'll let him stay here and get him to his feet. Nothing more."
"Yes, Master." Gequ said and went back out to help up Quicai.