Author's note: WASSUP GUYS! New chapter and sorry for the wait. I've just been extremely busy and haven't had much time to do anything about this story until now! And prepare for a new story coming up soon possibly 2day!
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Chapter XI – The Mogui
Zayn and Dax were soundly sleeping in their new room which was occupied with two beds and a desk that harbored a few drawers. It was only 6 in the morning when Zayn woke up in a cold sweat. His eyes were darting around the room, looking for any signs of intruders. He exhaled slowly and plopped his head back down on his pillow.
"Just the wind" Zayn told himself in a low whisper. He tried to close his eyes and wonder back into a deep slumber, but he couldn't. After several minutes of trying, Zayn gave up and hopped out of bed. He decided to take a look around the palace, maybe observe some of the ancient artifacts that aught to get his mind off of nothing. The tiger slowly proceeded towards the door when he saw his dagger that he had hidden in his vest back from the diner lying on the desk. He trolled over to the desk and stuck it through his belt strap. 'Just in case' he thought with a nod. He also saw the Concealed Killer on the desk as well and glanced over at the still asleep lemur. Dax had a problem of talking in his sleep, which Zayn had quickly noticed.
"Oh, yeah…right there. Right behind the ear…ooohhh yeah…" Zayn smirked at his whispers and proceeded silently out the door.
Zayn walked to Hall of Warriors and slowly began to gaze around the majestic weapons and tools of war. All the swords, crossbows, helmets, jars, and other artifacts made him feel like he was in a museum. Zayn was passing by the Sword of Heroes, when he began to hear a small moan come from downstairs. The moan was short and filled with pain, so out of curiosity, Zayn began wonder downstairs.
He saw many doors down a slender hallway that each held their own stories. Zayn slowly walked by each door and creaked them open so he could peer in and see the contents.
The first room held an exquisite collection f helmets that all had a wondrous design on them. He closed the door shut and preceded down to the next room. The second door concealed a range of scrolls and tablets that had bizarre markings on them.
"That's a lot of reading" Zayn whispered to himself. Another moan came down the hall again, accept it sounded closer. Zayn shut the door and approached the third room. He cracked the door open slightly and peered in.
It was Szen, locked up by the wrists and ankles with a bleeding bandage on his shoulder. That was where the moaning was coming from.
"So that's what they did with him" Zayn whispered in thought. 'Okay time to go back to bed' he thought, but he couldn't move. For some reason, Zayn slowly opened the door wider until his whole figure was showing. Zayn's actions began to contradict his thought process. He knew he should just go back to sleep and wait for the day to begin, but he couldn't pull himself to do so. The wolf's brown eyes shot open and he looked at the figure in the doorway. His face began to tremble in fear. Curled up and began to whisper to the tiger, 'Please don't hurt me. I'm begging you!' Zayn's reaction was intrigued.
"I've got questions for you," Zayn said in a low tone, "and you better answer them when ask." Szen glanced up and worriedly nodded his head. Zayn breathed in heavily before he spoke. "Alright…First off…"
The morning gong rang and all of the Furious Five, Zayn and Dax were standing straight outside their doors as they did every morning. Shifu came around the corner and examined everyone was present, except for Po. Shifu exhaled in irritation.
"Way to make a good impression, Dragon Warrior" Shifu said sarcastically as he approached the panda's bedroom door. "Po! Wake up!" he yelled as he slid the door open. The startled panda fell off his bed and hit the floor with a loud thud. He rubbed his head while he looked up Shifu, who had a stern look upon his face.
"Whaaaat?" the panda asked in frustration.
"Even the new guys get up before you do" Shifu said with a half-hearted grin.
They all sat down to breakfast in the kitchen that consisted of bean buns and tofu. Zayn kept quiet again while everyone else talked and socialized. Once Shifu had finished his meal, he stood up to announce the day's agenda.
"Remember, Viper and Tigress will be helping Zayn and Dax train today." Tigress and Viper both nodded in understanding. "And Po and Mantis will interrogate Szen, like we-"
"Already taken care of" Zayn interrupted. Everyone's heads swiveled to Zayn who had his arms crossed and was staring at the rest of them. "This morning, I woke up, couldn't sleep. Went for a walk and herd some moans in the dungeon. So decided to interrogate him then."
"What info did you get out of him?" Shifu asked while he leaned in. "What did he say about the Mogui?" Zayn breathed in with heavy nostrils.
"Almost everything" he replied while he took another breath. Everyone leaned in and perked up their ears, or whatever they have, and listened intently. "The Mogui is a band of power-hungry separatists who seek out to only harm and cause pain. They also want to be part of the Chinese Political Counsel, but due to their bias views and fixation on brutality, they were easily rejected and pinned on the no fly list. Out of anger, they began to commit acts and threats of terrorism around China in order to get their message out that they will be ignored. They are financed through a line of selling illegal herbs and holding underground street tournaments in order to find new clients." Everyone was stunned at how much information he had gotten out of the wolf.
"What do they have to do with Shen?" Po asked out of serious tone.
"Well, when Shen was in power of Gongmen City, he had a peace treaty with Mogui, who helped him accomplish his goals of raiding and killing the panda population in exchange for weapons and military friendship."
"Right, and when they heard that Shen was dead, they sent the wolves after us to tie up loose ends" Tigress now began to process.
"Yes, but I have a feeling that the first battle was just a test." Zayn said this with so much seriousness that his voice began to lower. Everyone just looked at him puzzled.
"What do you mean?" Crane asked.
"Whoever their leader is, sent the Alpha force to fight us. From what Szen told me, it sounds like they have a ranking system. Alpha is the lowest of the forces, then it goes Beta, Gamma, and Delta, which is the best of them all. If they wanted you dead yesterday, he would've sent higher ranks then Alpha." Zayn's words all started to make sense and set into the warriors skulls like someone had just flown without wings. This brought Shifu to his next question.
"Who is their leader?" This is where Zayn slumped back in his chair and shrugged in disappointment.
"That's the one piece of the puzzle I can't seem to get out of him. The only thing I know about him is that he's all powerful and rules the Mogui through fear." Zayn breathed out and stood out of his chair and began to stretch his arms out. Everyone else took in all the information they had received and tried to think of a plan.
"Well, we will discuss this more later. I believe that the best thing we can do right now is prepare, so everyone get ready to train" Shifu said to his students. They all bowed and they sprinted out the door and to the training hall. Dax hopped onto Zayn's shoulder as he dashed through the halls.
"So, what do you think this guy wants with us?" the rodent suspiciously asked. Zayn only closed his eyes in thought.
"I don't know, but I have strange feeling it has something to do with me" he replied. Dax just shrugged at his friends comment and thought nothing of it.
"Just concentrate on your training today. You'll tame this thing a' right?" Zayn nodded in response and continued to make his way to the training hall.
A dark figure sat on a majestic throne sipped from his glass of warm tea as the leopardess slowly walked toward him.
"Sir, I'm afraid that Alpha has failed their mission" she reported in a feminine voice. "Szen has been captured and all of the Jade Palace masters survived." The figure gently set his glass down and rose from his chair to speak.
"Tis nothing to worry about. I did not expect them to be victorious." He began to walk down a glorified set of steps towards the leopardess. He revealed himself to be a lion with a well groomed mane. He wore a golden silk robe with black decals of fire. He had a scar that ran through his left eye and trail down into his robe. His eyes were a dark brown, making his pupils almost invisible.
"I'm sorry they were not able to avenge Shen's death, sir" the leopard said. The lion glanced down at the feline and began to chuckle.
"Oh, I don't care about that blundering bird. He was a fool who didn't want to accept reality."
"Well, then what was your true intensions here, sir?" she asked with a confused look. The lion now reached the bottom of the stairs and looked at the leopard with daggers in his eyes.
"I'm sorry, but I don't feel fully capable of sharing those details."
"I completely understand" she replied in a hushed manner. The lion gazed at the leopardess with a curved eyebrow.
"Nala, can we be completely informal for a minute?" he asked her as if she had a choice.
"Um, of course, sir."
"Call me by my name, Nala." The leopardess hesitated.
"Um, okay…Vaas." The lion kept his gaze on her and slowly approached her.
"Have you ever lost a family member before your very eyes?" the lion asked with a hint of sadness. She noticed this and felt more comfortable with speaking to him.
"No, sir- I mean, Vaas." Vass' expression turned happy as he inched closer to Nala.
"Well then, you will see in good time why I want that tiger dead. He is the reason I lost my brother thirty years ago."
"Oh, wow, I'm terribly sorry." The leopardess slowly inched her way toward Vaas as he bowed his head. "Is there anything I can do to help you?" she now asked seductively, to which the lion answered.
"I don't know, sometimes you can only let fate decide." He whispered into her ear. They were now pressed against each other could feel their warmth.
"Well…at least you have me…" she whispered back before she planted a kiss on his chiseled cheek. The lion replied with sudden kiss to her lips, in which Nala indulged in. After a minute of locking lips, Vaas ushered Nala over to a room in the far corner.