Chapter 8: Add One More to the List of Problems
Monkey kept trashing out the door in angry, he wasn't going to let that monster touch her. Po tried to calm him down, but to no avail. So Master Shifu had to take things into his own hands, using a nerve attack, he paralyzed the angered monkey. All the others could do is sit and watch as their friend fell to the ground.
"And you couldn't have done that earlier because…" Slits asked. Po just glared at him before opening the door to the cage, picking up Monkey and placing him on a bedroll. With the door wide-open Crane flew to the tree snake and held her close to his chest, she looked that she was sleeping. Slits slammed the door to the cage shut before Master Shifu and Mantis could get out.
"Sorry, but I can't you leaving you might try and stop me. And look at the bird." He said heading his head toward the crane crying over the little tree snakes body. "His mind has completely left this cave; the only thing he cares about is Piper."
"Viper." Po corrected again. Slits rolled his eyes (though it was hard to tell because of his blindness) and using his long fangs slashed at Po's face, giving him a big cut of his cheek. It was bleeding, but the wound wasn't deep enough for the venom to affect him.
"What was that for?" Po yelled grabbing his bleeding cheek. The giant snake slithered up to him and smiled.
"For two reasons: 1.) For opening the cage and letting those two out and 2.) For correcting me on something that's not even the least bit of important. Don't do it again. Now quit whining and help me. I've got work to do." Slits hissed slithering back over to the table. Mantis and Master Shifu couldn't believe what they just saw; Po was attacked for helping out Crane and Monkey.
"How can you stand there taking crap from him? You're the Dragon Warrior and he's treating you like a slave." Mantis was now furious. Po just looked at him and smiled
"That was nothing you should have seen what he did to me when I was a kid." Po said completely unaffected by the huge cut in the face. Slits was completely ignoring them as he was examining the bruises on the tiger's arms and legs leftover after years of hardcore training.
"Incredible, I'm surprised this girl's this alive." Slits said in a sarcastically tone. Po rolled his eyes, he made should Monkey was safe on the bedroll. Then he walked over to the table where Tigress was.
"Panda, you don't have to do this. Your brother can be saved without the killing of others." Master Shifu said sterility; He just saw one of his best students going through the worst moment of her life, he didn't want the same for his daughter.
"We can help you save him if you just…"
"Oh shut up! You don't know what you're talking about, you little pain in my…"Slits stopped talking. Using his tongue to see he slithered away from the table to the cage where Master Shifu and Mantis were still locked up.
"Slits? What's wrong?" Po asked following him slowly.
"He's eyes are dilated. It's a side effect of the poison I put in the food…He's sick too." Slits was finally taking things seriously. He unlocked the cage, pulled the red panda out, and jabbed him in the shoulder so he would faint.
"Slits!"
"What? He's not the only one who knows nerve attacks. Mine's cooler though." Slits put Shifu on a bedroll next to Monkey. He examined the monkey and sighed.
"He's eyes are dilated too. They're both sick.
