Me: Well, DB is back in the story and Nova had caused a lot of destruction.

Nova: Well he started it!

Me: Stop acting like a child.

Nova: I am not acting like a child! Now, where are those blasted speakers so I can silence you!

Me: If that isn't acting like a child, I don't know what is.

Iron Fist: Nova, you must control your anger. You will get nowhere if you don't.

Nova: Just shut it! I'm gonna pummel him when I get to him!

Me: Well, while he acts like a child, you guys can enjoy the chapter.

Nova: I AM NOT ACTING LIKE A CHILD! *he begins blasting randomly*

Shifu is in the Dragon Grotto, meditating when Zeng flies in. "Master Shifu! The emperor sent a reply!"

Shifu stood up and took the letter. "Thank you Zeng. You mat go ahead and leave for your other duties."

"Thank you, master." Zeng left as Shifu opened the letter. As he read, his eyes became wider. He quickly ran off for his students.

Kitchen

Most of those in the kitchen were engaged in conversation. Tigress was not. She was only glaring at Avenger. He and DB were talking like good friends. Avenger chuckled at something DB had said. "So, you gave him a watermelon bomb because he had put whipped cream in your shoes?"

"Ya. I'm pretty sure he learned not to try to out prank me after that." DB chuckled at his own story.

Avenger smiled. "You haven't changed a bit since I left."

"You know you'll be welcomed back if you want to come back."

Avenger shook his head. "I still have issues with trusting you."

DB nodded in understanding. "It's okay. But, just remember the offer stands."

Tigress slammed her fist on the table, getitng everyone's attention. "How are you able to be so trusting of him after all he's done!"

DB sighed. "He and I were great friends when we had joined the ninja clan. I am just hoping that we can rekindle that friendship."

Tigress was about to respond, when Shifu came in. "The emperor has sent a reply. Avenger was telling the truth. But, he is more dangerous than we may think."

Shifu laid the letter down on the table and everyone huddled around it to read it. It read,

Residence of the Jade Palace,

What Avenger speaks to you is true. I did have a rhino that had to be kicked out of the army for reasons that I cannot tell in a letter. What I can say is that he is the most ruthless warrior that you will ever face. His skills are better than any other soldier I have. If he has trained an army, then it will most certainly be the strongest army on earth. If you wish to attack him head on, you must be careful, as he will not hesitate to do under-handed tricks. If you get the chance, you must kill him. I wish you all the best of luck.

The letter was signed with the emperor's seal. The warriors all looked at one another. DB sighed. "Well. The plan will have to be carefully thought out for any possible under-handed move he could pull."

"Yes. I learned first hand how low he could go in a fight. If we fight him, we have to make sure his army isn't anywhere near him, because they will defend him with their lives. Also, we don't want to stay close to him for too long. If we are, he may pull an under-handed attack."

DB nodded at the new information. Matthew then asked, "What's the plan?"

DB thought for a few seconds. "Well. We don't want to get into a fight, so we will have only Informant, the Wu sister, Avenger, and myself go there. We will go in by way of the army's bunk room. We'll go straight for one of the secret tunnels. We'll look into every room for them. When we find them, we will take them out the way we went in and bring the army with us, just so we will have an army to fight him with." Everyone nodded.

Shifu said, "Very well. You will leave as soon as you can."

"Yes, Master Shifu." Shifu left and DB turned his attention to hs travelling companions. "So, how long will it take you guys to get ready?"

Informant shrugged. "I'm ready when you are."

Avenger nodded in agreement to Informant. "Same here. I don't got anything to grab."

Su said, "Just give us five minutes."

DB nodded. "We'll meet you at the front gates to leave." The Wu sisters nodded and those going on the mission left.

an hour later, forest

The group was walking through the forest. The sun had set about half an hour ago. The group was going slowly because of Avenger. Su asked, "Why exactly is Avenger coming with us?"

"Because he knows that base inside and out. So, he'll be leading us through it to all the possible places that they could be held at."

Wing then asked, "Why aren't we using a portal to get there?"

"Because we don't want to tip them off to our arrival and Avenger is the only one that could make a portal there, but it is not the smartest thing to create a portal to get places when you are injured, as it can aggrivate the injuries and possibly make them worse. If someone else were to make the portal, it would be alright for him to go through. The only time you would make a portal when injured is if you have no ther option. Otherwise, you shouldn't do it."

Avenger nodded. "I made that mistake only once."

"I believe we all have."

Informant chuckled and said, "I haven't."

DB looked at him. "That is because I warned you beforehand of the dangers of doing it. So, how long before we get to your base, Avenger?"

Avenger looked up in thought. "Well, if we can keep a good pace going, and travel from half an hour before sunrise to half an hour before sunset, we should make it in about three or four days. Also, can we set up camp?"

DB nodded. After setitng up camp, they all went to bed.

Three days later, night, in the mountains

The group had been travelling long past sunset. Avenger motioned for them to stop. He then whispered, "The entrance to where the army stays is right there. There is always someone gaurding the entrance. I'll be going out and make sure he allows you guys in. After we are in, we will go straight to one of the hidden tunnels." They all nodded and watched as he walked up to a bush by the entrance and began talking. After a few minutes, he motioned for them to come. They all followed him into the room. All the soldiers were sleeping in beds. Avenger made sure to keep quiet, so they wouldn't wake up and try to attack DB, Informant and the Wu sisters. He led them to a tapestry hanging on the wall and moved it aside, letting them go in before him. After they went in a ways, they stopped and turned to him. "Alright. We can speak normally right now. Now, DB, where do you think they would be at?"

"Most likely they'd either be where you guys tried to kill me or their rooms. After that, I'd say they'd be in the room for making cannons." Avenger nodded. "So, where would the closest room be?"

"That would be my room. Right next door to it is Traitor's. I need to stop by my room to get some stuff, so, I'll go into my room. You guys will just continue a few more feet to the next secret entrance." They all nodded and they began their trek.

an hour later

They had come out of the secret passageways and found no one was here. They were in the main foyer. "So. No one is here. That was a whole lot of useless sneaking." DB sighed and shook his head. "Looks like we need to figure out where he would be."

They all nodded. Avenger then said, "On the bright side, we have cannons, which will help us when we finally do decide to fight him. Help take out his army."

DB nodded at that. "Yes. It would. But. we should really focus on the more immediate things, right now. Like, getting the army to the Valley of Peace."

Avenger half-whined his reply. "Think we could rest here for the night, then take them there in the morning when we don't have to wake them up?"

Db sighed. "Alright. We'll spend the night here. Avenger, you can stay in your own room. We'll take up someone else's."

Avenger nodded as he entered his room. Informant pointed to Traitor's room. "I'll take up Traitor's sleeping quarters." He then threw down a smoke bomb, and just before it cleared, you could hear a door open and close.

DB aksed Su and Wing, "What about you two?"

"I guess we will share Mastermind's room."

DB sighed. "Good. I didn't want to sleep in Diablo's room. That creeped me out. We'll talk about our next course of action when we get back to the Jade Palace." The other three nodded as they all headed to bed.

Nova: Wow. Not a single fight. This is the most boring thing I've ever gone through. Not only that, but I've gotta share that time with someone like you.

Me: Well ,it ain't no sunshine for me either. But, we both gotta deal with it till the end of the story. So just suck it up buttercup.

Iron Fist: I will end this before it goes any farther. Everyone review.