Hey guys! Sorry I haven't posted in a little while, but between sports, school, and my new series, Sonic Legends (check it out please), I've been swamped.
Anyway, here's the new chapter.
*With Sin*
I still can't believe that Kai was investigating into Overlord's plan. He didn't even tell me! Course, there're things that I hadn't told him about me, so…
The grey and brown fox walked down the main street in the valley, making his way towards the Jade Palace.
Anyway, I better meet with Tang and Lupa and the others. I just wanna make sure that nothing bad has happened to them. I mean, all of their deaths are necessary for our goal, but I want to keep them around for as long as possible. Besides, I haven't seen them in months!
Sin scratched the spot on his chest where a tattoo of the two intertwined snakes was and breathed in the fresh air as he began to walk up the mountain stairs.
*With Zina*
As the fox knocked on the door, the black tiger took out her crossbow and aligned the center of the weapon with Sin's chest.
I hate all this sneaking around. I feel like a slimy lizard when I do this. I should be down there, ripping all of them apart…
Zina sighed and waited as she witnessed the brown and grey fox was greeted with a warm welcome and brought inside the palace.
Great. Now I gotta reposition myself to get a clear shot. Overlord wanting no loose ends makes my job that much more difficult and tasking.
The assassin packed up all of her things and started to move across the buildings, hopping off of ledges and sliding down sloped roofs.
*With Overlord*
"Why do you want Sin killed again? I mean he's done so much for us." Jaguar X exclaimed, leaning back in his chair.
"I don't annoy you with questions, do I? Unless you want to get too curious and end up like Sin or his brother, Kai, I suggest you keep your mouth shut." Overlord spat, standing up from his chair.
With this being said, the figure in black stormed out of the room and headed for his bedroom to meditate.
X couldn't hear him very well, but he thought he heard Overlord mutter, "No loose ends."
*With Chao, Specter, and Drift, ten minutes later*
The three friends sat in their room, all lounging around and waiting for something interesting to happen or something funny to be brought up, but nothing happened.
Nothing, that is, until Specter claimed that he had to use the bathroom and left the room, only to call out fifteen minutes later for help.
Chao and Drift bolted from their seats and shot down the hall, where a crowd of warriors had already gathered to witness what was going on.
"What happened?" Chao asked, pushing his way through the group of guards.
"Specter found Bin Le-Ti lying on the ground." One stated.
"Yeah, and it looks like he might be dead." Another added.
Drift and Chao knelt down beside the distraught white monkey and started to comfort him. The hyena saw Bin's cup and spilled drink next to him and swiped the tip of his finger through the liquid. After sniffing the liquid, Drift came to the conclusion that the drink was poisoned.
"Cyanide. Pure cyanide can only be derived in small quantities from apples. Apples contain minute traces of the stuff, but the other juices and nutrients in it balance it out." Drift stated.
"How'd you know that?" Chao asked, turning to his friend and raising an eyebrow.
"I took a class in poisons. Remember that?" The hyena replied.
Chao sighed and looked back down at the dead warrior next to Specter.
"Its official then," Drift's tiger friend concluded, "This was a murder. Looks like the Emperor was right. The traitor's backed into a corner now and is lashing out."
*With Sin*
"It's nice talking with you guys again." Sin laughed, sitting back in his chair and taking a bite out of his sandwich.
Too bad they have to die someday…
"Hey. Sorry to bother you guys, but could I use your guys' washroom?" Sin asked. "When ya gotta go, ya gotta go."
"Sure! It's just down the hall, make a left, then a right, and it should be the second door on the right." Takami instructed.
After thanking the heroes, Sin made his way over to the bathroom to take care of business.
*With Tang, five minutes later*
"Hey, I'm just gonna go see if Sin's alright. I mean, I want to see if he's recovered since Kai's death." The younger panda stated before walking towards the restroom.
There, Tang found that the fox had not been in the bathroom, but rummaging through the different rooms of the heroes of the palace.
"Come on…Come on…" Sin muttered.
"What do you think you're doing?" Tang questioned, anger rising in his voice.
"Uh…" The grey and brown fox sputtered, shoving the open drawers back into place. "Nothing."
"Why were you looking through our stuff?"
Sin sighed. "If I tell you, will you help me get out of a situation I'm in?"
"More than likely, yes."
"Alright," Sin began, "I'll tell you what I'm in…"
*With Zina, two minutes earlier*
The black tiger positioned herself on a building that she could easily see Sin. From where she was, she could see through a window in a room in the palace and spy on Sin.
She had just witnessed Sin get caught by Tang.
Take out the panda, or my target; I only have enough time to kill one before the other runs for help. On one hand, killing Tang would make everything easier on Overlord, but on the other, Sin could easily spill critical information about our group to the whole valley.
Zina aligned the unsuspecting fox in her crosshairs.
I know who I must kill.
*With Tang*
"I work for a person named Overlord. They've hired me to raise money for them and sent me here to primarily extract any information that you guys have collected on our group." Sin began.
"Overlord?" Tang exclaimed in surprise. "Why does this Overlord want us dead?"
"They want to take over China, and apparently only you guys can stop him."
"Isn't that always the case…" Tang muttered.
"They're hideout is located inside the old abandoned Sip-Ta Clothing factory, and I know that Zina as—"
Before Sin could finish, an arrow came crashing through the window of the room and slammed into his chest, sending the fox flying to the ground.
"SIN!" The panda yelled, ducking down and crawling over to the dying fox. "HOLD ON! HELP! GUYS!"
"Xin…is an asso…ciate…" Sin choked, coughing and hacking as he rolled on his side.
"Xin? The son of Tai Lung?"
The fox nodded slowly and painfully, clutching his wound and dragging himself across the floor.
"Hang in there, Sin! WHERE ARE YOU GUYS?" Tang shouted. "DAD! MOM! ANYONE!"
Sin was able to get close enough to Tang that he could grab the panda and pull him in close enough where he could whisper a warning to his friend.
"A storm is c-coming…Tang. People you…though you knew will…t…urn against you and…kill you-r friends…like me…T-trust no one and…always be on guard… There will… be others, who…die…Prepare yourself, T-ang…You must always be on guard!"
Sin was slowly lifting himself to his feet while saying this to Tang.
"SIN! Get down!" The panda cried, attempting to pull the fox down to the ground again.
Just then, another arrow zipped through the window and smacked into Sin's head, killing him on impact.
"SIN! NO!" Lupa cried, appearing in the doorway in time to see the grey and brown fox fall to the ground.
"WHAT'S GOING ON?" Kovu demanded, storming into the room.
"Kovu! Get down! Assassin!" Tang cried out.
*With Zina*
The Japanese assassin smiled wickedly as she reloaded her crossbow quickly and pointed it at Kovu.
Like shooting fish in a barrel…
*With Tang and the others*
Kovu gasped in pain as an arrow slammed into his stomach, making the hero crumple to the ground and wriggle in pain.
Just then, Po and Tigress as well as Viper, Kiro, and Mei Ling burst into the room. The Dragon Warrior whirled around Oogway's staff and summoned a burst of wind to slam into the shooter. The heroes and masters saw the wind travel across the area and slam into the assassin, sending the shooter flying into the air and off of the building they were camped on.
"KOVU!" Kiba shouted crouching down next to his dying friend.
"Move! MOVE!" Po commanded, making the students scatter.
The grandmaster of the Jade Palace carefully removed the arrow in a mere five minutes and placed his hand over the student's wound, and after a few more minutes, Kovu was healed.
Lupa and a few others were kneeling by the dead body of Sin while the rest checked to make sure Kovu was alright.
"Zina…" Po muttered.
"Sin's dead. We know that for certain." Mei Ling stated walking up to the group of masters.
"Where's the symbol of the snakes?" Viper asked.
"Yeah, it is odd that I don't see it anywhere…" Tigress added.
Out of the corner of his eye, Kiro was able to catch something. When Sin was shot the first time, part of his shirt had torn. This tear revealed the middle of a tattoo on the fox's chest.
"I know where it was…" The white tiger master replied, bending down and lifting up Sin's shirt, revealing the tattoo of the two intertwined snakes. "It was on him."
There it is! The big surprise dealing with Sin! Hope this makes up for my few days without posting anything new!
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