Chapter 9: The Escape
Later that night, we see Yuang finishing the touches of the golden sword and brings it with him on the balcony outside of his castle before chuckling evilly and laughing manically. He uses it to practice battling his minions and managed to defeat single handed easily. Suddenly, it glows red giving him some powers and allowing him to use kung fu techniques with it. Then, he thought to himself, "I'll use this to defeat Mei Ling tomorrow and when I will, I'll use it to scare her to death. No! I'll use it to sheath her shirt and let it cause her to faint. That's it.". Then, Ryshu appears and bows respectfully to his lord. "Yes, Ryshu?", asked Yuang. "How's the sword going along, my lord?", asked Ryshu. "Doing well with it", said Yuang, "Go tell the soldiers to check if my prisoners are still bond with their chains." "Yes, my lord", said Ryshu and disappears very quickly to the dungeons.
Meanwhile, Haru sees an axe not too far from the cell and tells Zhong to use the chains that were bonded to him to grab it. He tried twice, but failed. Then, he has an idea. He and Mei Ling used both of their own chains to grab the axe and succeeded before pulling it into the prison cell. Zhong uses it to cut Mei Ling's chains before Mei Ling did the same thing to his, allowing them to become free. Suddenly, the rat guard saw it and alerted the other rats. "The prisoners are escaping! Get them!", shouted the rat guard and the other rats ran towards the prison cell, but Zhong manages to use the axe to break the prison bars window and managed to escape, leaving Mei Ling's parents behind. "Good luck, Mei Ling", said the now sorrowful Ashiku and Mei Ling and Zhong ran, attempting to avoid any of the rat guard's attacks. Ryshu then runs to Yuang to tell the disappointing news to him. "My lord, the mountain cat and the wolf have escaped", said Ryshu, "They used the axe to break their chains."
Yuang becomes mad at this and claws at Ryshu's face, giving him a bloody stain on his feet. "I've sent the soldiers to go after them... since I already saw them... you IMBECILE!" "Sorry, my lord", said Ryshu and Yuang gave him a darker look. We then see Zhong and Mei Ling looking right back at the rat soldiers who are throwing their spears at them, but they managed to avoid them and reached the harbor where they last parked their boat. They jumped on the boat, but before they could row their way out of the village. A spear hit the boat and Mei Ling screamed. "Zhong, do something!", said Mei Ling and Zhong grabs the spear before jumping back on the harbor and used it to stab the rat guard in the chest. Then, he growls before turning to his evil self and howls very loudly, causing them to plug their ears in pain. "IF YOU DARE COME TO ME AND MY WIFE AGAIN, I WILL KILL ALL OF YOU! YOU UNDERSTAND?", shouted Zhong. "Yes", mumbled one of the rat guards. "I CAN'T HEAR YOU!", shouted Zhong. "YES!", shouted all of the rat guards and before they could walk towards him, he growls one more time, causing them to run away this time.
Zhong turns back into his good self and gets back on the boat. Before Mei Ling could spoke, Zhong rowed the boat as fast as he could. "What are you doing?", asked Mei Ling. "I'm trying to get us to the kung fu masters as fast as we could", said Zhong. "Be careful", said Mei Ling, "You keep on rowing like that and it would kill you.". "You're right", said Zhong, "Maybe I should slow down.". Zhong them slows down, causing the boat to drift by itself. "I hope your mother and father would be allright while we're gone", said Zhong. "They will, Zhong", said Mei Ling, "They will." The two lovers looked at the horizon with the blue moon still intact and they went to sleep. Meanwhile, we see Ashiku and Haru being carried by the rat guards to Yuang and he slapped them in their faces. "Where are they, you meddling fools?", asked Yuang. "We'd rather die", said Haru and Yuang slaps him even harder. "They're going to meet the kung fu masters and when they train them, your plans will be scraped like metal", said Ashiku sternly. "I see", said Yuang, "Well, let's wait until they return... and when they do... I would set a surprise for them." He chuckles evilly. "Take them away", said Yuang and the rat soldiers took Haru and Ashiku back to the dungeons.