Unfortunately, Po will not be meeting Lord Shen in this chapter! I know, I can hear the sighs of disappointment all the way over in Australia (I'm from the United States, btw). Lord Shen should be introduced in the next chapter if everything goes smoothly, and I know you guys will be excited for that one! Anyways, just stick with me for this chapter and we will get through this together!

StoryWriter2015: Leo is certainly going to have a few words to say to Croc and Ox!

CEW: Po is going to discover the truth about Shen's actions soon!

GreyZeppelin: Shen will be unhappy to see Po, but he will certainly be enraged to see Leo!

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Gongmen Tower

Dawn at arrived at Gongmen City. The sun was just beginning to crest the horizon. The yellow and golden rays of light turned the water a pretty light pink. The wind blew slowly and calmly, blowing away any remnants of midnight fog from the harbor city. On any other day, this would be a beautiful day to maybe take a walk on the beach or a peaceful ride in a small boat. But there was no such time for that.

Lord Shen stood quietly in the throne room of the palace, on the the top floor of the tower. In front of him sat the golden peacock throne, which his father and his father and his father had sat upon for generations. "My father's throne," He said quietly, staring at the intricate design in every feather of the throne, "he used to let me play here, right beside him, promising one day that this throne would be mine." The peacock reveled in the memory.

"What do you want us to do with it?" A burly gorilla asked, gesturing towards the throne.

"Toss it." Shen said, with a dismissive flick of his wrist.

And with that, the priceless golden throne was thrown from the highest window in the palace. Shen did not bother seeing what happened to it once it reached the bottom. Shen watched with gleeful pride as a pair of large gorillas hauled one of his weapons up the stairs and into the throne room, "Put it on the center pedestal, where the throne once was." Shen whispered, his eyes growing wide as the weapon grew larger as the gorillas hauled it closer.

The gorillas silently obeyed, placing the cannon in the center of the room. "A little to the left." Shen gestured.

"Ah, but it is so heavy, master!" One of the gorillas complained.

Shen scowled, "I have waited an eternity for this moment. I want it exactly as I envisioned it! And I envisioned it a little to the left!" He ordered. The gorillas did not say anything, and silently adjusted the position of the weapon.

"With the weapon by my side," Shen gestured behind him, but stopped suddenly, "A little bit more!" He said to the gorillas. They obeyed wordlessly. "Perfect." Shen commented, "With the weapon by my side, all of China will bow at my talons. We move out in three days, when the moon is full and the tide is high!" He ordered.

With a laugh, Shen turned to the side and caught sight of the Soothsayer. She was sitting near a corner of the room and had her little trinkets and fortune-telling objects gathered around her. The white peacock narrowed his eyes and stalked towards her, "Now, you old goat, why don't you tell me my-"

"Fortune?" The Soothsayer asked. Shen stopped in his tracks, looking at her,

"F-future. I was going to say future. Look into your little bowl there. Tell me what glory awaits." He grinned evilly. The Soothsayer nodded quietly. The older goat began to hum quietly,

"If you continued along your current path," Her eyes rolled upwards and back into her head. Shen's interest and curiosity piqued, and he descended down the stairs to approach her. "You will find yourself at the bottom of the stairs." She said blatantly. Shen stopped suddenly, his foot touching the bottom of the steps. He huffed in annoyance before walking towards her. "I see...I see.." She looked deep into Shen's eyes, "I see pain."

Shen yelped in surprise when a feather from his wing was yanked painfully off. But the elderly goat didn't stop, "I see anger." She lurched forward and took bite out of the white peacock's robes, resulting in him growling in anger, "How dare you!" He seethed, "This is the finest silk in the province!"

"Followed by denial," Soothsayer predicted. Shen glared at her,

"This is not fortune telling! You are just saying what is happening right-"

"Now?" The Soothsayer finished for him. Shen sighed in exasperation. The Soothsayer calmly put both the silken fabric and the torn feather into the bowl. Shen, who was losing interest watched as the Soothsayer spoke, "The most important time is now." Smoke began to rise from the bowl, "But if you want to see your future." Shen asked, "What do you see?"

"A peacock..." The Soothsayer observed, watching the smoke take the form of a peacock, "Will be defeated by a warrior of black and white." A yinyang symbol overtook the peacock. The watching soldiers in the back shrunk in fear. "Nothing has changed, Shen." The Soothsayer said.

Anger quickly replacing his curiosity, Shen grabbed one of his throwing knives and used it to smash the bowl, regardless of its contents. Shen pivoted in place and used his large tail feathers to fan the smoke away. He glared at the Soothsayer before speaking, "That is impossible and you know it!"

"It is not impossible...and he knows it." Soothsayer said.

"Who?" Shen glared at the rest of his soldiers, who all glanced at the ground in submission and fear. A sudden pounding of footsteps coming up the stairs caused Shen to glare in that direction. Suddenly Alpha, the commander of Shen's pack, burst into the room, panting wildly, "Lord Shen!" He exclaimed, "I saw it! I saw a panda!"

Shen shrieked in anger, "A panda?!" He lunged forward, his metallic talons wrapping around Alpha's thick furred neck. Alpha whimpered when Shen tightened the grip,
"He fought like a demon!" The wolf said, "He was a kung fu warrior! Soft and cuddly, kinda plush." He growled. Shen glared angrily in Alpha's eyes,

"All of the pandas are dead." He snarled to the wolf, his grip on Alpha's neck tightening.

"Even with his poor eyesight, he can see the truth. Why is it that you can not?" Soothsayer used her cane to tap on Alpha's injured eye. She looked at the peacock curiously. Shen stole a glance at her, but looked back at Alpha,

"Go! Find this panda," He said slowly, "And bring him to me." He flung the wolf away, forcing himself to remain calm. The wolf nodded and galloped down the stairs.

"So one panda lives." He said offhandedly to Soothsayer, "That does not make you right."

"You're right." She said, rather smugly, "Being right makes me right."

Shen turned away, not giving Soothsayer the pleasure of seeing him confused at her words, "Then I will kill him, and make you wrong." However, the sound of chewing and the slight tug on his robes caused him to turn back. Soothsayer was methodically chewing the hem of his robes. Shen snatched the robe out of her mouth,

"Will you stop that?!"

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A tiny boat arrived quietly in the harbor. Seven animals stood on the deck, their muscles tense as they prepared to leap onto the roof of a nearby building. The boat drifted closer to the building, and the animals, led by Leo Lung, leapt one by one onto the structure. The warriors began scaling the wall and clambered onto the roof. From their perch, they could see across the entire city.

"There!" Leo whispered loudly, motioning towards the large tower jutting up from the ground, "That is Gongmen Tower. If Shen is going to make base here, Gongmen Tower is our best bet." The others followed his gaze and stared at the palace.

"So let's get going!" Po exclaimed, "We'll barge into the palace, yell 'We are the Dragon Warrior, Master Leo Lung and the Furious Five; we are here to bring you to justice!'" The panda began to jump off the roof, but Master Mantis quickly grabbed Po's foot and yanked him backwards.

"What are you doing? This place is crawling with wolves!" He exclaimed.

Now that Mantis had mentioned it, the dark grey wolves were impossible to miss now. Wolves with slate grey fur patrolled the streets, snarling and snapping at any villager who dared make eye contact. Leo huffed in annoyance, and spoke quietly, "These wolves are everywhere. If there is so much as a rumor of us being in the city, Shen will put all of the wolves on high alert. We need to get to the palace without being seen."

"Isn't the guy that hammered you in the face?" Mantis asked. Confused, Leo looked to him. But the insect was talking to Po. Mantis gestured to a large grey wolf that stood out among the pack. Indeed, it was.

"I do not like that guy." Po said, glaring at him. Tigress quietly put a paw on Po's shoulder. Leo saw this and narrowed his eyes, but Tigress spoke before the lion could say anything,

"We can't be spotted by those wolves."

"Got it! Stealth mode." Po said excitedly.

The group of warriors slid carefully down the roof and climbed up to the next building. As they began to climb from rooftop to rooftop, all of them took careful precautions to stay out of sight. Leo led the kung fu warriors. Leo's ear twitched when he heard the sharp growl of a wolf. Alerted, Leo whipped his head around. Luckily, the wolf had not seen them- but Po was not behind him!

Leo's eyes narrowed, "Where is Po?!" He whisper yelled to the team. The rest of them glanced about, but the panda was no where in sight.

"How do you lose a guy that big?" Mantis asked no one in particular.

"There is his..." Tigress muttered, her voice seeping with embarrassment. Then Leo saw it. A big, fat, clumsy dragon costume that was almost like a parade costume was bumping and plodding along. At some point, the dragon bumped into a fireworks stall, somehow setting off a blaze of firecrackers. The dragon quickly glanced at the mess and scurried away. There were panda legs carrying it.

Leo cringed and held his face in his paw. The rest of the team was absolutely gobsmacked. Leo muttered, "Come on, everyone." He leapt down into the street and swooped under the costume. The rest of the Five followed.

"Hey, Po." Monkey said, coming up directly behind Po. The panda yelped quietly, using his large fist to hit Monkey square in the face. Monkey cried out. Po apologized. With all seven animals in the costume, Po was in the front, then Monkey, Viper, Mantis, Crane, Tigress, and Leo Lung bringing up the rear.

"About that stealth mode, Po." Leo said, across the shoulders of the other animals.

"Yeah, sorry! Not one of my stronger... modes." Po said, not exactly ashamed.

Leo huffed, "Watch where you are going, Po." The panda nodded and turned back around, only to spot a grey wolf holding sheep up with one paw,

"My rice is raw!" He snarled to the sheep.

"I'm sorry! You stole all my metal pans for Lord Shen!" The sheep bleated out weakly, holding her hooves up in defense.

"Do something Po!" Crane urged.

"How am I supposed to help cook rice without g- wait. I have an idea!" Po exclaimed. The rest of the team followed close behind as Po led the costume towards the wolf. He used the long, forked tongue of the dragon to tap the wolf on the shoulder.

"Hey." Po said.

"Hey." The wolf replied. Then a bolt of realization hit the wolf. His ears perked up and he turned back suddenly, only to be met with Po's fist. The wolf cried out, and Po dragged the wolf inside the costume, all while the sheep watched. Then the wolf was passed from animal to animal, as each of the kung fu warriors gave the wolf a thorough beating before passing him on to whomever was behind them. When the wolf reached Leo Lung, the lion used his large head to headbutt the wolf and knock him unconscious. When Leo knew that the wolf was out cold, he tossed the wolf out into the streets from underneath the dragon's tail.

"We are here to liberate the city and bring Lord Shen to justice!" Po said to the sheep, who had gotten up to watch in awe.

"You will need help." She said eagerly, glancing back and forth.

"Oh no, brave sheep, but it is too dangerous."

"No!" She whispered quietly, "Not me. It is not safe to speak in the open streets!"

"Right.." Po said. Thinking quickly, he opened the mouth of the costume and...ate the sheep. Someone screamed in the distance. The citizen spoke quickly.

"I am talking about Masters Croc and Ox. They are in Gongmen Jail in Black Dragon Alley."

"Black Dragon Alley.." Leo murmured from the back.

"Do you know where that is?" Tigress asked quietly, while Po was still talking to the sheep. Leo shook his head and frowned.

Suddenly a shout erupted behind the dragon, "Stop that costume!"

"Run!" Leo hissed. Po took off like a rabbit. All seven animals crowded under the costume. Po turned left and right, and Leo, in the very rear, scrabbled to keep up with the panda's spontaneous twists and turns. Po knocked over barrels and climbed over an apple cart. Leo saw the cart and sidekicked it towards a small pack of wolves,

"Take that!"

As Po continued running, they emerged in a courtyard. At least four wolves surrounded them, based on what Leo could see from inside the costume. Suddenly Po 'grabbed' one of the wolves with the costume mouth. The rest of the six animals, including Leo, gave the wolf a quick pummeling. Another wolf followed right after that one.

Leo angled himself towards the two other wolves and 'spat' his two unconscious wolves towards the enemies. All four wolves were tossed backwards, defeated. Another body was passed towards him. Leo tossed it out. His alarm suddenly spiked when he saw that it was Monkey. But there was no time to hesitate. Po took off running again, and Monkey caught up with them. He slipped under the tail of the costume and started running with Po.

Po began weaving through the streets, taking in wolves through the costume's mouth. The wolves, in seconds, were pummeled by each member of the Furious Five. When the wolf was unconscious, Leo spat out the canine from under the costumes tail. It was an effective system. However, when Po managed to find Black Dragon Alley, a pack of the slate grey wolves swarmed in from all angles. Leo pointed to nearby barrels, "Slip under the costume, and into the barrels!"

Po, quickly catching on with the idea, leapt the costume over to a box of cabbage and other vegetables, so that by each animals feet was a crate of the food. Then, one by one, with speed like lightning, all of the animals slipped into an empty barrel.

With not a second to spare, Alpha snarled and brandished a large sword. The pack of wolves surrounded the empty. "Now!" He growled. The pack of ten or so wolves stabbed the costume. From where he was crouched in his barrel, Leo peaked out through a gap in the wood. He watched as the costume was flipped over. Alpha stared angrily at the crates and snarled. He turned to his lackeys and growled, "Spread out! Search everywhere! They could not have gotten far!"

Leo huffed a sigh of relief as all the wolves dispersed. When the last wolf left his sight, he kicked out the bottom of the barrel and used it to walk. He led the way into the alley and, once he was around the corner and out of sight, he climbed out of and discarded the barrel. He shook his mane out, huffing about how cramped it was in the barrel.

Then, around the corner rolled Po. Tigress, who climbed out of her barrel, stopped the rolling barrel.

"We are close!" He commented, "I can feel a Kung Fu chill riding up my spine."

"Sorry, Po, that's just me." Viper said apologetically. Leo looked upwards. Tigress followed his gazed and smiled,

"Look! Gongmen Jail!"

But when Po clambered out of his barrel, Leo spoke up, "There will be guards at the entrance. Mantis, care to take them out?" He asked the tiny insect. The tiny barrel with insect legs sticking out the bottom twitched in acknowledgement. The tiny barrel rolled around the corner. Leo, Tigress, Po, Crane, Monkey, and Viper waited as Mantis went to dispatch the guards.

"Aww, it's cute!" A voice said. Less than five seconds later, the sound of wood breaking and snapping filled Leo's ears.

"Cute?!" Mantis erupted. Leo heard a scuffle, then two dull thuds, like bodies hitting the floor. Leo risked peeking his head around the corner, and smiled at the sight. Mantis had knocked both of the wolves unconscious. He approached the entrance, the rest of the team quietly following.

"Good work, Mantis." The lion dipped his head in respect. Mantis smiled, and tossed two large nearby barrels on top of the wolves, effectively hiding them.

Tigress moved ahead and punched the door open. The seven warriors swarmed into the building. Four guards waited for them inside. Crane swooped in, down the stairs, and kicked one guard over a balcony. Tigress and Leo, in unison, leapt down the stairs and dispatched two of the guards. Po joined them. A wolf charged at the panda from behind. Po, without even looking backhanded the wolf. Leo nodded and leapt down the prison itself below, where one of the wolf guards lay unconscious.

"At the first sign of trouble, I will give you a signal: Ka-kaw ka-kee!" Monkey said, perching on a fence.

"You mean like Crane?" Po asked. Monkey nodded enthusiatically,

"Yes!"

Leo looked at Tigress, who joined him with Po by her side. As Leo searched the cells for the two masters, Po suddenly shouted in excitement: " The Ferocious Master Croc! And Master Storming Ox!" Po grabbed onto their jail bars in exhilaration. "I can't believe we are rescuing actual legends of Kung Fu! Do not worry! We are gonna free you from these bars of injustice, no problem! There has gotta be a key around here somewhere..."

"He-yah!" With a mighty shout, Tigress broke the door off of it's hinges.

"Oh, great!" Po exclaimed, "You found it!" He turned and walked off, "We are coming for you Shen! Woo hoo!" However, when Po turned and saw that Croc and Ox remained melancholy in their cell, his happiness visibly faltered.

Leo moved to stand beside Tigress, glancing at Croc and Ox. The concern was visible in his eyes.

"Hey guys!" Po said, walking up to the entrance of the cell, "What's going on? Are you coming? Don't you want to take back your city or not?"

"Of course we do!" Master Ox grunted. "But if we fight, Lord Shen will turn the weapon on the city!"

"Listen to yourself! You are protecting Gongmen City by not protecting Gongmen City?" Po glared at them in confusion. "If we fight back-" Po stepped forward.

"Then the weapon will kill everyone!" Master Ox snorted at Po, securing the unhinged door back in its place. "Why don't you ask Master Leo Lung how dangerous Shen is?"

Leo's back stiffened. Every eye in the room, even Monkey, who was supposed to stand guard, turned to him. Leo inhaled and looked at Po.

"Master Leo? Have you met Lord Shen?"

"He has." Master Croc said quietly from the cell. "Everyone in Gongmen knows that story."

"Have I met Shen in combat? No." Leo answered slowly. "But yes, I have seen and talked to Lord Shen." Tigress, who was usually calm, had her eyes widened by a fraction of an inch, and her mouth was slightly agape. "Even twenty years ago, when Shen and I were younger, he was still a dangerous mastermind. He knows what he is up against and he knows what he is doing. A full frontal attack would not work-"

"Then we will use a sneak attack!" Po exclaimed, leaping inside the cell and moving behind Master Ox.

"Po! Will you listen-" Leo asked.

"You will be stopped!" Master Croc growled, "By the unstoppable weapon." The two masters picked up the door and shoved Po out.

"There is nothing unstoppable except for me stopping you from telling me nothing is unstoppable!" Po exclaimed. Leo huffed in annoyance and glanced at Tigress in exasperation. Tigress's facial expression was unreadable. A small scuffle broke out between the three warriors. A one point, Master Croc was pushed out of the cell. Leo Lung glared at him. The crocodile rapped his claws sheepishly against the door.

"Master Ox! I am getting you out of this cell!"

"I'd like to see you try!" The large bull bellowed.

Then, the fight was back on. The door was swinging back and forth, sucking Master Croc back in. Po was thrown out of the door and nearly collided with Tigress. She coolly grabbed a hold of him and flipped him right side up and back towards the two older Masters.

"You see that? It's called being awesome! Come on, you guys. Whatever happened to being heroes?"

"The only hero in this town is a dead one." Croc hissed.

Po leapt back at them. The three warriors began fighting again, and the door spun horizontally once more. Leo growled, "We don't have time for this." He watched in annoyance as the scuffle ensued.

"Like I said, you are not getting me out of this cell!" Ox shouted.

Except they were. Both Masters Croc and Ox were standing next to Master Leo and Tigress. The steel jail door crumbled from the abuse that the past five minutes that put it through. Po, who was inside the cell and saw that both Masters were outside the cell, cheered in glee. Masters Croc and Ox turned and moved towards a cell right across from it.

However, Leo Lung moved in front of them. "While I may know how dangerous Shen is, we are going to need all the help we can get. You aren't helping anyone but yourselves by rotting away in these cells."

"It's better to know that we didn't start the utter destruction of Gongmen City than to live with the guilt if we did." Ox said to Leo. He gently pushed the lion out of the way, and the two warriors entered the cell. Croc claimed top bunk.

Leo sighed in defeat. Po ran up to the cell as Ox closed the door.

"It is time to surrender. Kung Fu is dead." The large ox said sullenly. Leo hung his head. Tigress and the Five are equally as shocked.

"Kung Fu is.. w-wha..?" Po said, his sense of victory deflating. He grew frustrated, "Fine! Stay in your cell! Your prison of fear, with bars of shame and three square meals a day of..." Po thought for a minute, "hopelessness!"

"With despair for dessert?" Croc asked. Leo snarled quietly. Po stepped away from the cell.

"We will take on Shen! We will prove to all who hunger for justice and honor that Kung Fu still lives!" He cheered. Some miserable prisoner in the back also cheered.

A sudden crash of a door bursting open alerted the warriors. However, the door was not the main entrance. Alpha and two of his packmates charged into the room. Po, seeing this, glared at Monkey, "Monkey?!"

"Ka-kaa.." He said, defeatedly.

"You! Your mine!" Po exclaimed to Alpha.

"I'll tell you what will be yours: My fist in your plush, cuddly, super soft face!" He snarled. However, Crane, Monkey, and Leo Lung leapt into action. Crane and Monkey attacked and disabled the two underlings in front of Alpha. Leo fell onto all fours and charged at Alpha. He leapt into the air and collided with the wolf, pinning him to the ground.

"Uh oh.." Alpha's eyes widened. Leo placed a paw on Alpha's throat and looked to Po,

"What do you suggest, Dragon Warrior?" Leo asked, his tail twitching.

"Woohoo! Good job Master Leo! We need to get to that tower!"

Leo nodded curtly. He turned to Alpha and growled, "Take us to that palace, before you go blind in your other eye."

Alpha was quiet for a moment. He glanced at his two lackeys, who were beginning to regain consciousness. Leo flexed his claws and growled. His mane bristled. Alpha gulped, and then sighed.

"Alright. Let me up. I will take you to Lord Shen." Leo nodded and let the wolf stand. However, Leo glared at Alpha,

"If you make any sudden movements- even so much as a flinch-"

"Ok, ok!" Alpha growled. The wolf led the way out of the door.

"Nice work, Master Leo!" Po said to him. Leo nodded to Po.

The ten animals, with Alpha in the lead and his two lackeys bringing up the rear, left the jail. They headed into the city.

{It is time to face Shen.} Leo Lung thought to himself. {Time to face my past.}

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