Meili opened her eyes, the first thing she saw was Lang. He was staring at her, smiling. Once she saw his face, she started to lunge at him, only to see she was being held back. She looked to see herself chained, and surrounded by wolves.
Lang chuckled, "Heheh, I'm afraid that will do you no good vixen, we made sure you would be chained up nice and tightly, so that you wouldn't run off."
Meili shot a death glare at Lang, she moved around a bit, but it was obvious that she was chained up tight, and couldn't get out.
Lang chuckled once again, "Go ahead, try all you want, your not getting out."
Meili's anger rose, "What am I doing here? I thought I made myself clear when we last battled that you'd better not show yourself to me ever again," she continued to glare at him, hoping that she was striking some fear into him.
Lang grinned evilly, "Trust me, I've learned well from our last battle, but if you look around vixen, you can see that your very well out-numbered, but don't worry, if you be a good little fox, I can promise you that once this is over, you'll get out alive," Lang said to her as if she was a child.
Meili's anger suddenly wiped away from her face, all that was left, was a look of worriment, "What do you mean by 'when this is all over', why am I really here for?" she yelled out to him, as if giving him an order.
He got closer to her, "For right now, you're bait."
Meili's heart skipped a beat, and she almost stopped breathing for a second, she dared not asked who she was bait for, because she already knew.
"Shen, if you know what's good for you, please don't save me," she thought, hoping that in some way, Shen would hear her.
He stood near the entrance of the city. Looking at it, he could see not much has changed, than again, it had only been what, almost a week since the events that took place. Only a week ago, he was about to start an invasion to take over China. Only a week since that panda almost took his life. Only a week, since he first met her. Looking back on all of it, it felt like it all happened just only yesterday. The city looked real different without the Tower of the Scared Flame, but he had other things to worry about than how the city looked.
"What am I doing?" Shen though to himself. "I'm about to probably put my life at risk for this vixen." Shen sighed, he didn't know why he wanted to save her, after all, what much has she done for him? But he did know one thing, that he wasn't going to let Lang come between him, and his plans.
Speaking of his plans, Shen began to think back to when he was resting in Meili's hut, he was set on continuing to carry out his desire to take over China, but now, it was like that desire was slowly fading away.
Shen looked up to the moon, it was lower in the sky, but still shining bright, "Have I really changed?" he asked himself. He didn't know why, but he felt like something in him changed.
He snapped himself out of his thoughts, he had to figure out a way to get into the city without getting caught, if the citizens knew he was alive, they would do whatever it takes to make sure he wouldn't be.
He started to move silently, but suddenly realized that his metal talons made the clanking noise as they hit ground, a recognizable feature that the citizens knew well. He than looked up to where the factory was, if he was quick, he could easily fly to where it was, besides it was still late at night, so everyone would be asleep.
He walked over to bridge near the harbor, and spread out his wings. He didn't need to fly far, he just needed to get closer to the factory. He jumped off the bridge, and starting flying towards the factory. He'd forgotten how hard it was to fly with all his blades in his robe, plus his tail. He wasn't in the air for very long, but he managed to land not too far from where the entrance was.
"This is going to be a long night," Shen said quietly to himself, as he slowly made way for the factory.
Meili didn't know how long she'd been staring at Lang, she didn't take her eyes off him, to make sure he didn't pull any harsh tricks. They'd both been silent for some time.
"You know, what if Shen doesn't come?" Meili asked Lang. She was certain that Shen would come, but she really didn't want him to.
Lang walked up to her, "Oh, he'll come, you two were to reach here eventually."
Meili pulled her eyes away from him, he was right, their main reason for traveling so far was to get to Gongmen city. She than put her eyes back to him
"What do you want Shen for anyway, what has he ever done to you?" She couldn't help but ask.
Lang looked confused for a moment, than smiled, "You really don't know do you?"
Meili started to get confused as well, "What do you mean? What should I be knowing?"
Lang got in real close to her, "Shen doesn't care about you, he doesn't care about anyone, he's just using you to help him take over China."
Meili gasped silently, she knew that Shen wanted to take over China in his past, but she didn't know that he still wanted to, "N-No, that was in the past, he's changed, he doesn't want China anymore," she told him, voice quivering, wishing that statement was true.
Lang laughed, "Really? How are you so sure? The one thing about Shen is that he lies, chances are, once he has China, he won't need you anymore, and will get rid of you, the same way he got rid of me."
By this time, Meili was starting to tear up, she didn't want to believe anything he was saying. If there was one thing she'd learned since meeting Shen, is that he's conflicted, but he isn't a bad guy. She remembered that day it rained, and they were in the cave, Shen put his wing around her, at the moment, she knew that Shen, in some way, did care for her.
"N…N-No, Shen d-does care a-about me…and h-he's not who you th-think anymore, he has changed," Meili was trying really hard to keep the tears from falling, but she couldn't, she knew in her heart that Shen had changed.
"Really? You think so? They why doesn't he come to save you then?" Lang snickered to her.
Before Meili could respond, on of the other wolves came up to Lang. "Boss, come quick! It's an emergency!"
Lang turned to the wolf, "What is it?" he ordered.
"It's Shen, he's here." he told him.
Lang smiled, and turned to Meili once more, "Well," he began, "It looks like your hero, has finally come to save you." He backed away from her, and followed the other wolf to where Shen was, "Watch her," he told the other wolves.
Meili started to feel more tears coming to her eyes, and sighed softly to herself, "Shen," she said quietly, "please, be okay."
A/N: Hey guys, guess who's back :D? Well, just to let you know, everything's been sorted out now at home, and I can finally return to writing, and drawing, and stuff like that :D.
Well now, what have we here, Meili's chained up by Lang, and Lang has a plan to kill Shen, and Shen has to save Meili. Wow, so many stuff going on here huh? Sorry for another cliffhanger *SHOT*. All I got to say at this point is, in the next chapter, there will be a fight, and a character death, I'm not going to say for who though ;).
Also, we are nearing the final chapters of Just Like You D:. I'd say there's about 3 more chapters left L. Oh man, I'm gonna be crying buckets when this ends.
