Chapter Three: The Truth
Three Hours Earlier
Lee jumps to the Harbor after his brother Lin and Wolf Boss went underwater. Before he jumped, Lee is what he think truthfully that both his brother and Wolf Boss may survived after a the fireball of cannon demolished Lord Shen's ship, but he does not know that them both still lives or not. The wolf swims forward to save his friends who has known to them for years. While the pack of wolves are the only ones who survives the battle, The half of the pack can swim through harbor as a good swimmers, and the other half does not. In each of the pack, they go swim forward, dives underwater, saving their pack who is part of family, and as well as friends. Once they accomplish that, the pack of wolves must find a ground that will immediately find some shelter to use before the two Masters of Gongmen City will offer guards to use to search and seize all enemies who worked with Shen.
Lee continues swimming forward on the Harbor when he sees his good friend of his who is drowning next to the wreckage boat, cries for a help. As soon as Lee reaches his friend, he snatches him, and begins putting his friend on Lee's back to stay floating as he can to hold on. While he does that, Lee's friend are no longer whines and they both saw two Masters who are from Gongmen City and takes care of the townspeople name Ox, and Croc, struggles on a broken and a floating ship next to one of the Furious Five members name Crane. As for the wolves who are the only last survivors in a battle, they are no longer attack against their enemies anymore because of what they had saw to the panda that used his Inner Peace, the wolves were shocked, and startled.
Once the wolves reach at the side of the Harbor, they land there and searches any two or more apartments that are unfilled rooms and not any civilian lives there.
Lee and his friend are inside a hideout with a pack inside the first apartment after they both went off the shore.
"Are you alright, Chang," Lee ask to his good friend to see he is okay. Lee and Chang lays on the ground behind the wall to rest.
"I'm fine, Lee," Chang nods, panting. "Thank you for saving me back there. I owe you one someday." Chang doesn't know about between Shen and Wolf Boss. One thing that Lee can do when the time goes right, is to explain to all the wolves how Shen almost killed Boss with his blades, and why would he do that for a purpose.
"That fluffy panda," Chang remembers, "this guy must have been done something that we have not saw that coming."
"I know," Lee turns.
"We all got scared, Lee," Chang tells him seriously. "We all tried to stop the panda by shooting at him with a cannon. But... he threw back towards me and my pack. That's impossible."
"I'm afraid that nothing's impossible, Chang," Lee said honestly. "But whatever the panda has done something to amaze everyone in the city, then he must be the only Dragon Warrior that can do anything impossible." Just then, Chang thinks over his head quickly of what reminds Lord Shen.
"Where's Lord Shen," Chang worries softly. Lee knows what Shen did something very bad to Wolf Boss, remembering where both Lee and Lin were on one of the war ships they have stranded on, and saw Wolf Boss fall next to the cannon at the right side where that weapon pointed forward. "Lee," Chang calls his name afterword.
Lee turns to Chang slowly after he looked back to his flashback.
"I may need to talk to you and the rest of our pack, Chang," Lee grows weaken, he is preparing to have words to his friend and to all wolves as well.
"Is there something wrong, Lee," Chang ask. Just then, one of the wolves from outside howls, shouting and calls all the wolves to come outside.
"Let's go check outside," Lee tells Chang to come outside with him. Until they both went out and that includes all wolves for those who' s not injured, they gather around in circles, and some are up above the roof to listen the conversation down there.
"Alright, everyone," a wolf who carries a stick with a sharper blade on the top, shouts to let every pack must listen. "Listen to my words, my brothers. I have oversaw Lord Shen over there at the Harbor from the ship! He's still alive! But the only way what we need to do right now is to grab and move him away from the boat as possible."
"What about our pack," Chang goes asking to him, "They're still scattered from the offside shore."
"We will find our brothers who went missing," he said sarcastically. "But first, we have to make our plan to grab equipment, more food, find the Boss including the packs, grab Lord Shen, and we get out of the city immediately." Soon when a wolf who carries his weapon speaks to the pack about volunteers to have three groups, Chang immediately interrupts.
"Wait, Leo," Chang speaks. "Lee wants to say something to all of us. It's might urgent."
"Very well," Leo said. "Is there any words from me and our pack you wish to speak, Lee?" Just then, every pack turns to Lee, preparing to listen.
"What is it that you want to tell us, Lee," Chang speaks softly next to Lee. Once Lee look on every eyes everywhere now, he is ready to tell everyone the truth about Wolf Boss and Lord Shen.
"My brother and I have saw something unexpected between our boss and our leader," He shouts softly. "In few minutes back, once we barely reach through the Harbor, my brother Lin and I were both the only ones we saw both Lord Shen and Boss. There is something that a peacock does not care about us and even our leader as well."
"What are you saying, mate," Leo demands. Lee closes his eyes for a moment, then, as he began returns his eyes open for a short time, he tells them all in a sudden shock.
"Shen had thrown his blades to Boss back there," Lee shouts gently. Every pack including Chang and Leo goes shocking. "Whatever that peacock ordered Boss to fire the cannon, our leader may refused to fire because the line of fire was right onto us and our enemies as well! Soon our boss refused, then Shen tries to kill him for not letting the cannon to fire!"
"Why would he do this, Lee," Chang shooks, some wolves growls when they all reveal Lee's true words.
"I would have thought between Shen and Boss were great friends, my brothers," Lee remembers them both. "And Lin and I already know the huge problem between them both! They aren't friends anymore, we have just worked our psychopath in a dark days.
"This is treason," Leo angers gently.
"We have been betrayed, Leo," Lee explains. "If any of us go rescue Shen right now, then we'll face our troubles upon him. More rage, more troubles, and even worst he'll try to kill us all."
All of the wolves pack continues starring Lee with a shock moment.
"Lin and I thought Boss is dead during our last battle," Lee explains more. "But just when my brother founds out later, Boss is still alive, on Shen's ship behind us at the Harbor... I saw Lin swam the water trying to save Boss on the ship. When I saw them both for a last time, the panda destroyed the ship and barely killed Lin and Boss."
"I'm sorry, buddy," Chang apologizes. He now understands Lee's truthful words, and even Leo looks at him.
"I will not work with that evil peacock he just did to our leader," Lee tells Leo. "This guy's nuts, he'll try that again if he's alive."
"I should have talked to our Boss, Lee," Leo speaks normally instead raging. "Sounds like your words are serious and not lying... Is your brother still alive at the Harbor?
"I don't know," Lee shakes his head, "But my brother may be still there struggling with Boss, Leo. We don't know they are alive or not." Leo cares to Lee for what he is already know about Boss and Shen. After he listens to Lee, Leo commands all wolves around him.
"Brothers," he shouts, turns around. "grab our equipment, more food, and find our packs as we can!" One of the wolves above the roof calls Leo.
"What about Shen," a wolf said loudly. "What can we must do to him?"
"Forget about Shen," Leo said to one of the wolves above the roof right behind him. "let him stay on the ship and suffer. We are not gonna kill him, let our enemy do his own thing. He has just failed his own goal to conquer China. Lets move!" The wolves go split into three groups: The first will gather the belongings of their weapons at the warehouse where the cannons were built. The second must snatch every kind of foods and fruits in order to use for travel while they cannot be seeing from any Master's eyes. And the last group goes on a search to find any survivors of the pack at the Harbor, and closer to the town. Leo, Chang and Lee joins on a third group to search the wolves around the harbor, and including Lee's brother and Wolf Boss as well.
On the Gongmen Harbor, plenty of wolves flow on a water above. Fills with collateral, and broken ships on parts of it. Near about thirty five feet away from Shen's ship, Wolf Boss hangs on the floating wood that comes from the ship that was destroyed, where he continues suffering, and dying when the blades are onto his chest, bleeding softly. In right next to him, Lin flows the same as his leader, hangs himself on a broken wood, barely unconscious after the Dragon Warrior destroyed Lord Shen's war ship fifteen minutes ago.
