"How could he of beaten me?" The angry peacock said while limping. "I have to get back to the camp… surely Ivan will give me another chance." The peacock spoke with some sense of hope. "He needs my help after all, I am his navy and the weapon design was mine."
He remembered how Ivan gave him the army… how he told him to not fail or else… and he knew what else was. He tried to not think of it because his revenge was far greater than that of his fear. He hated that panda and he was willing to do anything necessary to destroy him.
Shen saw a village and decided to stay in for the night at a local inn. But before tiring out he decided to get checked out by a doctor. The doctor kindly greeted the guest and helped him with the check up making sure no signs of infections.
"Well looks like your wing is better and so is your leg. But try not to lift things with it and it will be alright." said the lizard doctor with a grin. "But the face unfortunately will remain like that… so sorry." he said holding up a mirror.
"It is… nothing can be done… "said the once beautiful and proud peacock looking at the melted side of his face.
"No sir… but mind if I ask what happened to you? It seemed that you fought a real dragon." said the gecko. To Shen it was like a slap of irony to his face, and now it would remain there for the rest of his life.
"That is none of you business!" barked the peacock.
The lizard said nothing and quietly finished his check up with the peacock and told him that he was free to leave the but before he left the gecko told him
"If you are looking for revenge, you should stop right now… it will only lead you to your ultimate doom." Spoke the lizard.
Shen said nothing and then he closed the door. He left to the inn and decided to settle down for the night.
The peacock continued to move up the trail, and found the camp which was swarmed with wolf bandits, gorilla guards, and a small group of feline assassins, the most savage of the group. They were all lovely looking females but that was to only hide the fact that they were in fact cold blooded monsters.
The entire army looked at Shen stunned as to see him alive. Some of his old bitter enemies snarled at his presence but did not dare to cross his path. The white bird continued through the camp to the heart of the army, where a large tent was stood out from the rest. He entered, which later he wished he hadn't.
"Hello, Peacock… you look different, shame really does fit your look." said a huge figure not even turning around; disrespecting him. Though shen did find it very annoying he knew better to challenge him.
"Hello Ivan… it has been a while… since I last saw you…" said the peacock trying to avoid his wrath.
"How many of my men have you lost?" Said the figure in a strong Russian accent
Shen knew where this was going and paranoia got the best of him. "It wasn't my fault, it was the panda he…"
"HOW MANY OF MY MEN HAVE YOU LOST!?" roared the figure as he turned around. He was a giant black bear with red blood eyes, with no pupils or irises. He had his left ears cut as if someone sliced them with a scythe. His fangs were big and extremely sharp, as if they were knives not teeth.
"All of them… they either died or ran away…" Said Shen defeated.
"What of the blueprints to the weapon, do you have them?" The bear said looking down at the peacock as giving him one last chance to redeem himself. The peacock said nothing in reply and simply looked down.
"So you managed to kill off the entire army, lose the blueprints to the weapon, all from one panda who you claimed to have been wiped out of extinction…" said the in a very calm but frightening way. He then started to clap "Bravo, bravo, bravo. I did not know that any moron could have lost an entire army of 25,000 to one individual. Do you know what good you are of now?"
Shen froze stiff he knew the answer but hoped it wasn't.
"Remember the night in Paris when captain Kraw, failed… remember that dinner I had… I did not know crocodile tasted so good. Such a romantic night." The bear said dreamingly. "I wonder… how peacock tastes like…" He looked over at Shen and in an instant Shen began to run for his life. But the bear grabbed the peacock by the leg and smashed him down on the ground instantly breaking his leg.
"Guards!" The guards came and looked over at Ivan, he then spoke "Bring me my… tools." He said with mouth watering lips. "it looks like I will have another night of a delicious meal." They left with a bow.
"No….. Please…. I will…. Do anything…." said the peacock with one last hope of mercy. "A tiger…" The bear's attention immediately turned to the peacock. "there was a tiger… I wanted to give her to you… as a present but the panda beat me and…"
"Where is this tiger… that you speak of…" said the bear in a questionable remark.
"I… don't know…" groaned the peacock in a hurtful tone "But I will go look for her… If you would let me have some scouts I would start in Gongman then…"
"No… you have proved your worthiness… I will not give you another chance." said the bear and a gruesome tone. "Besides I really do want to eat your heart, I think it would be the most tasty of treats."
As a last resort Shen tried to kill the bear throwing his last feather knife at him. The bear though caught it like if someone were to be playing catch with him. He then slowly started to grip on the knife until it started to bend with a little blood coming out of it.
"Oh peacock, If only you could have been quicker you would of have killed me." He said with a reeking sarcasm.
"Guards" He spoke again, they entered with a wide assortment of torture devices. "Change of plans, let butch cook me the dinner... I have more important plans."
With that the guards bowed and began to drag the defenseless peacock to the slaughter house, as Shen pleaded him for mercy. He then started to scream and struggle and after thirty more minutes with a loud thud, the screams stopped.
"Hmm, too bad that the scenery in this camp site is so awful, nothing like Paris…" Ivan grimly whispered to himself.