Well Chapter 14 is finally done. I apologize I didn't have this up sooner, but I honestly didn't feel up to writing much while I was sick this week. regardless, the update is here and I do hope you all enjoy it.
I just wanted to say thank you for everyone who supports my 're reviews are indeed greatly appreciated but I do have one small request.
Wow - I am thrilled that you like my story so much and will always welcome your reviews, but, if it's not too much trouble, I wouls like to ask for you to ease up just a little bit. Please do not think I am upset in anyway. Your reviews and support are valued greatly. I just don't feel like my story merits 11 or more reviews for a single chapter by a single person, You know? It kind of makes me feel like I haven't truly earned the review count I'm recieving. I will not remove any reviews you have already posted but I would humbly ask that perhaps we just ease up a little bit. Okay? Perhaps one big review as opposed to so many short ones? Please don't be upset or think I do not appreciate your support. Thank you.
Now, Enjoy the Read!
Chapter 14
He got away
Earlier with Shifu…
"KYYAAH!" Shifu shouted as he leaped up into the face of a nearby wolf and delivered a powerful Jump kick to the poor soul's nose, sending the wolf lying back into a cabinet filled with numerous quantities of dishware. Shifu had managed to make his way to the back of the estate on the first floor and into what he had assumed to be a rather spacious dining hall. As Shifu landed on his feet, he immediately took his staff and began twirling it to the left, as he immediately knocked a wolf who was approaching from behind right off his feet, while smashing the wolf's face with his Master's staff.
Once Shifu was convinced the wolf was down, his ear twitched as he heard the remaining wolf, who he had yet to take down, whimper in fear behind him. As Shifu turned around he slowly began to approach the wolf, who was now looking around at 9 of his fallen comrades, all of which had been defeated in less than a minute by Shifu himself. As Shifu stood to his full height, he then declared while his eyes narrowed at the wolf, "And then…there was one."
Terrified beyond his comprehension, the wolf's sword was noticeably shaking in his grip as he contemplated on what he should do. Should he stay and fight? Or should he run away? But if he did that, he'd be marked as a deserter, a traitor, and he would be kicked out of the pack for good! On the other hand, if he ran there was a good chance that he would escape this estate and not end up going to jail. Deciding that he preferred the idea of not going to prison, the wolf quickly dropped his sword and turned to run when he was suddenly met with a strong fist aimed right for his face followed by a swift spin kick, sending the wolf sprawling to the ground in a heap as a low groan escaped him.
As Shifu looked up from the wolf that had just slid over to his feet, he saw that it was none other than Master Monkey who had come to his assistance. "Master Shifu, are you alright?" Monkey asked as he approached his Master. Shifu nodded as he replied quickly, "I'm quite alright. What of the others? Have we managed to find the key yet?" Monkey shook his head as he reported, "While you Po and Nightshade were looking here on the first floor, Mantis and I searched the second while Viper and Crane took the third." Shifu stroked his beard as he then asked, "And Tigress? Where is she in all of this chaos?" Monkey nodded as he replied, "The last I knew she was heading after that Drizen guy. None of us have seen her for a while now."
Shifu's eyes narrowed as he began to stroke his beard, "I see…hmm…Then the search for the key must continue. If Tigress is confronting Drizen then I suppose we shall leave him to her. I'm confident she would not face him alone if she could not handle it, at least for a time." Shifu then began running towards the east hallway as Monkey began to follow his Master. As they were running down the hall, Shifu started to say, " I want you to check the east wing down here on the main floor, while I shall check the-!?" but Shifu stopped in mid-sentence as he also stopped dead in his tracks, his ears twitching violently as he was able to pick up some muffled cries coming from…somewhere.
Monkey turned to address Shifu as he watched his Master scan the massive hall they were running through. "Master Shifu? Is everything ok?" But Shifu did not respond right away as he slowly began to walk up towards the left wall, placing his left ear close to it as he concentrated. It was faint, despite his superior hearing Shifu could just barely make out the muffled cries of some people coming from the other side of the wall. Either those walls were incredibly thick, or the people who were on the other side were further away then he thought…or… he was just getting old.
As Shifu pulled his ear away from the wall, he turned to Monkey and said, "There are people trapped on the other side of this wall!" But as Monkey looked up and down the hall he looked to Shifu while at a loss, "But Master, there is no door. How are we to get them out if we can't reach them?" Shifu nodded in recognition to Monkey's point as he once again began to scan the hall they were in, until his eyes landed on a single statue of a Lion, who Shifu recognized as the former Emperor, along the left wall.
As he walked up to it, Shifu began to look around the structure until he saw exactly what he was looking for. "Just as I thought." Shifu announced as he looked back at Monkey and said, "There is door being blocked by this statue. The Fang must have moved it here to barricade those people inside." Monkey nodded as he suggested, "They must be the caretakers of the museum. That explains why your contact never came out to meet us. But Master, how are we going to move it? It must have taken at least a dozen wolves to move this thing!"
Shifu thought about it for a brief moment before he turned to Monkey with a slight smirk on his face as he said, "Fortunately we only require 1. Go and find me Nightshade or Po if he hasn't made his way up to Drizen yet!" Monkey nodded and began racing down the Hall to try and find one of his comrades, while Shifu began to search the Hall for any sign of the Key while he waited for his student to return.
Meanwhile with Nightshade…
Nightshade stood completely speechless as he lowered his staff to his side and stared into the face of the She wolf who was staring right back at him. Her yellow eyes piercing him as if they were staring into his very soul. It was her, there was no mistaking her face. It was Yin, Nightshade's little sister. But if this was Yin…then that had to mean…
As Nightshade looked down at the male wolf, who his sister was holding while she knelt before him, her eyes refusing to leave the dark wolf in case he attacked. After a long moment of uncomfortable silence, Nightshade asked, "Is he…is that-?" but Yin just finished for him as she stated coldly, "Yes…this is Min. I suppose I should be grateful you have not completely forgotten us…what with you finding yourself a new Pack…and family."
Nightshade's eye narrowed as his grip on his staff tightened. Yin did not miss this, as she too withdrew one of her daggers and brought it up over her twin brother to defend him. Nightshade observed this before he said, "You know I never wanted to leave the two of you behind-" but Yin refused to let him finish as she spat, "Save it Nightshade. What's done is done. You made your choice 10 years ago."
Nightshade simply countered, "And apparently, so did the two of you." But Yin just growled as she snapped back, "If only it were that simple! You have no idea what we-" but in that instant, both Yin and Nightshade tensed, as they both heard a familiar howl echoing throughout the entire Estate. Nightshade just snarled as he turned towards the direction the call had come from and muttered, "Feng." But Yin was already quickly digging through her pouch attached to her hip. As she quickly brought forth a smoke pellet and stated, "Looks like our wok here is done Brother. The Key is ours."
Nightshade immediately whipped his head around nearly shouting, "What!?" but before he could question Yin further, she threw the smoke pellet down and was instantly covered in smoke. "Perhaps, we will meet again in the hunt for the final Key…farewell, Nightshade." "Yin!" Nightshade shouted after her, but as he dashed into the smoke, he was unable to see anything. Once the smoke finally began to dissipate, he saw that there were no signs as to where Yin had carried Min off to. Nightshade's brother and sister…were gone.
Nightshade released a frustrated growl as he smashed is fist into a nearby wall shouting, "Darn it!" but as he stood there breathing heavily his thoughts wandered over something his sister had said to him just now. "If only it were that simple! You have no idea what we-" Nightshade then pushed away from the wall as he looked out a nearby window and asked nobody in particular, "What did you mean Yin…what were you going to say?"
But Nightshade was unable to ponder the thought any further as he heard a familiar voice call out, "There you are!" Nightshade turned around and saw that it was Monkey who had arrived. "Master Monkey, what is it?" Monkey then stopped before the wolf saying, "Shifu needs your help moving a statue! We think the caretakers are trapped behind it!" Nightshade nodded as he slung his staff over his back and said, "Lead the way!" And together the two began running down the hall Monkey had emerged from seconds before.
In no time the two had finally reached Master Shifu. As Nightshade stepped forward, Shifu asked, "I believe the caretakers are being held as prisoners beyond the door behind this statue. Do you believe you can move it?" Nightshade looked at the statue briefly before looking back down at Shifu answering, "Well, yes but…I'll have to use my Darkness." Shifu nodded before he said, "Do as you must, lives are at stake here." Nightshade nodded before he closed his eyes and began to focus.
It had been a short while since he last called upon his True Darkness. Practically the only time he did get to use it anymore was whenever he would spar privately with The Dragon Warrior and Master Tigress. But soon Nightshade felt the familiar sensation coming from within, and allowed it to fuel him.
When Nightshade opened his eyes, Shifu and Monkey both saw that they were now glowing a bright blue color. When Nightshade placed his paws on the stature, he dug his feet into the ground and using his enhanced strength slowly but surely began to push the statue out of the way, sliding it down the wooden floors. As Nightshade pushed the statue aside, Mantis, Viper and Crane all came from around the corner.
"Master!" Viper called from down the hall, causing Shifu to turn and look in her direction. "What are you all doing here!? Have you managed to find the second Key?" his students all looked down ashamed as Mantis answered, "Sorry Master, but no none of us have the Key." Viper then added before Shifu could reprimand them, "But the wolves are in full retreat!"
This surprised Shifu a great deal as he wondered, "A retreat? Why on earth would they retreat? Unless…"Shifu sighed heavily as he stated, "They must have found the second key before us. It's the only reason they would leave. Then Viper and I saw Po running up the stairs after the leader of the wolves. But Master there's another problem. The Top floor is completely on fire and the flames are heading our way!"
Shifu's eyes widened as he immediately thought about Tigress and Po being caught trapped within the burning building. "Stop that…both Tigress and Po have managed to get out of tougher spots in the past…I must have faith in my students. They will not die so easily." Shifu nodded as he ordered, "On the other side of this door I believe the caretakers are being held. All of you escort them outside at once before this entire building collapses on us all!"
Nightshade then stepped forward and objected, "But Po and Tigress-" but before he could finish, Shifu whirled around and glared at the wolf as he snapped, "Will be alright! I have faith in my students, as you should as well." Nightshade hesitated for a brief moment before bowing his head in acceptance saying, "Of course Master Shifu." Shifu then turned to his remaining students and ordered, "Now get those people out of here this instant!" His students all saluted him as they declared in unison, "Yes Master!" and with that the Masters and Nightshade got to work.
A few minutes later…
It took them a little while to get the last of the Caretakers out of the museum thanks to many of them being knocked unconscious by the ruthless wolves, but eventually the Masters managed to get the last of the Caretakers out of the burning museum and a modest distant away. Even the guards posted at the front gate had arrived to provide assistance once Shifu had convinced them the Masters were not the cause of the fire. After Nightshade had finished bringing out the last of the caretakers, an elder goat woman, to safety, he turned around and his eyes widened in horror.
The top three floors of the museum were completely ablaze and there was still no sign of Po or Tigress anywhere, or even Drizen for that matter. After setting his latest victim down next to a few other unconscious caretakers, Nightshade stood up and shouted, "They should have been out of there by now. Where are they!?" But even Shifu was growing even more concerned with every passing moment. If Po and Tigress didn't get out of there soon then they might never get out at all. "I don't understand, what could be taking them so long? Don't tell me they're…" But Shifu refused to accept that Po and Tigress had perished.
As he looked up at the top of the tower his ears twitched as he could have sworn he heard a large blast of some sort. Almost as if several walls were collapsing all at once. "If those two don't get out of there soon the entire building will come down on top of them!" Nightshade then whirled around shouting, "I'm going back for them!" Shifu immediately called after the wolf, "You will do no such thing!" but before Nightshade could take more than a few steps towards the Estate, there was a loud crash coming from the top of the building.
Looking up, Shifu and the others watched as Po burst through the top of the West wing head first, his entire being shining brightly with the energies of his Heroes Chi, with a seemingly unconscious Tigress on his back. But as the two began to fall, Shifu noticed that it was becoming increasingly clear that Po might have hit his head a bit too hard and was beginning to lose consciousness, while the Heroes Chi quickly began to diminish altogether and Tigress slowly began to slip away from the Panda.
Shifu immediately ordered at Crane, "Crane, Catch Tigress, Nightshade-!?" But Shifu never even got to finish delivering the command as Nightshade's entire being was engulfed in a Dark Blue Aura, his eyes glowing brightly once again, as he dashed for the Panda at an incredible speed, with Crane flying just behind him.
With a mighty flap of his wings, Crane surged forward and while extending his talons, easily caught Tigress by her upper forearms, and began to slowly drift downward towards the ground away from the burning museum. Meanwhile, Nightshade managed to arrive just underneath Po in time and while using his darkness, leaped towards the Panda with his arms outstretched, catching the Panda in mid-air while shouting, "Gotcha!" briefly stopping Po's fall, only for it to resume once again.
As Nightshade held the seriously dazed Panda he quickly angled himself so that he would land feet first on the ground with Po. As they landed, the two managed to create a smallish crater due to their impact. It was only thanks to the enhanced strength Nightshade's True Darkness granted him, that the wolf was able to catch the massive Panda at all. But before Po could come around enough to make a smart comment about their rough landing, Nightshade quickly hoisted the Panda up over his shoulders and began running back to the Masters, while the Museum slowly began to crumble down behind them.
As Nightshade turned back to see the once historic estate now, a large soon to be pile of ash, he could just barely make out the image of a raven flying away in the distance. Drizen had gotten away and no doubt he had acquired the second key. In that moment, Po began to come around as he groaned in pain, bringing his paw up to his head. Realizing there was nothing left they could do, Nightshade carried Po over to the others and set him down across from the now stirring Tigress.
Once Nightshade sat Po down, he immediately released his True Darkness, and his eyes ceased their unnatural glow. As Po sat there on the ground holding his head he coughed several times, breathing in the much needed fresh air as he grumbled, "Okay, *Cough* *Cough*…definitely not doing that again." Right then Gladir then scolded the Panda saying at the back of his mind, "You never should have done that in the first place! Diving head first through a solid wall!? I know Tigress has said you have a thick skull my friend but that was just reckless! You are incredibly fortunate Nightshade had managed to catch you and Crane was able to save Tigress!"
At the mere mention of his wife, Po immediately looked up and saw Tigress not far away from him beginning to stir as the fresh air began to clear both her lungs and her head. At once, Po crawled over to her and held her paw calling out to her, "Tigress!" right then Tigress opened her eyes and looked up at the Panda that was worrying over her with a small smile, which quickly vanished when she saw the bruise beginning to form at the center of his forehead.
As Po quickly helped her sit up, Tigress coughed a few times before looking up and saw the burning remains of the Museum and her heart began to sink. Turning to face him, Tigress asked Po despite feeling that she knew the answer, "He got away?" Po simply lowered his head as he sighed and answered reluctantly "Yeah…he got away…again." Tigress too sighed as she hung her head forward while Shifu stepped forward saying, "As pleased as I am to see the two of you both in one piece, were either of you able to obtain the second Key?" Both Po and Tigress shamefully shook their heads answering, "No Master."
Shifu sighed in frustration, which only served to make Po feel even worse. Seeing this, Shifu then stated, "What matters is that the two of you are alive to fight another day. There is still one Key that I believe remains to be found." At this Mantis added, "But for all we know, the enemy already has it too! We don't know that are key was the first one they stole or not." Everybody immediately glared at the insect, who quickly brought up his claws saying, "All I'm saying is that there is that possibility."
At this Nightshade looked away as he began to debate with something in his mind. Po saw this and immediately raised an eyebrow asking, "What's eating you?" Nightshade looked over at the Panda and then over to the rest of the Masters who were all watching him closely. Nightshade wasn't certain what he should do in that moment. Should he tell them that he learned that Feng's lieutenants were his own brother and sister? He had no problem telling them about his Father. The wolf needed to be dealt with, of that he was certain. But…a part of him wanted to protect Yin and Min still. There was something about what she had said to Nightshade that was bothering him. "If only it were that simple! You have no idea what we-"
Nightshade closed his eyes as he thought, "Yin…what happened to you and Min after I left?" But realizing the others were waiting for an answer to the Panda's question, Nightshade cleared his throat saying, "I don't believe the enemy has located the final Key yet." Shifu then raised an eyebrow asking, "And what makes you say that Nightshade?" Nightshade nodded as he explained, "While I was fighting one of Feng's…lieutenants, right as they were retreating, the woman let it slip that maybe they'd see us at the third Key."
Viper then spoke up saying, "It could be just a ploy to distract us." But Nightshade shook his head as he responded, "I don't think so…I think she was serious." Shifu nodded as did Monkey and Tigress, but it was Crane who reminded everyone, "In case you all forgot though, we don't know where the third Key is exactly, remember?" At this, everyone's faces fell as Shifu muttered, "Quite right Master Crane. Zeng is supposed to be meeting us here with the location but it appears that he has yet to-" but before Shifu could finish, an elderly voice called out to him, "Excuse me…Masters?"
Shifu and everyone turned, while Po helped Tigress to her feet as an elder goat in a yellow robe slowly made his way over to the group of warriors. Upon reaching them, the Goat bowed deeply before saying, "I am the head caretaker of the museum, Lao Zhou. Or rather…former caretaker it would seem." As the goat looked back at the burning museum briefly before continuing, "I was the one who was to meet you at the gates upon your arrival."
Shifu immediately stepped forward as he bowed while saying, "Caretaker Zhou, our most sincere apologies. It appears that we arrived too late to secure the artifact in time and spare this historic location its sad fate." But the goat merely smiled as he said, "Perhaps Grandmaster, But you did not arrive late to save us all from such a fate, and for that, we all thank you gratefully." At this Lao and the other conscious caretakers immediately bowed to the warriors, while Po spoke quietly so that perhaps only Tigress and Nightshade could hear him, "At least some good came out of today."
Tigress immediately grabbed his paw and held it as she said, "And that's exactly what matters Po. These people are safe to live another day. Don't take that lightly." Po just nodded as Nightshade then said, "We still have a major problem though. With Drizen gone, he now has 2 of the 3 keys in his wings. Only one more and then he can obtain this Ancient Power or whatever it is. And we have no idea where to even find the last one."
Both Po and Tigress nodded at this but were unable to come up with any plausible solutions. That is until Gladir nearly startled Po by saying, "Someone is approaching from the sky." Po instantly whirled around, startling the other Masters by his sudden action while he looked up to the sky and asked, "Is it Drizen!?" but Gladir merely replied, "No, of that I am certain my friend. But whoever it is, they are coming from the east."
Po immediately began to look towards the east while Shifu walked forward to stand next to the Panda asking, "What is it Panda?" But Po just kept his eyes peeled as he searched the skies and muttered, "Someone's coming." All of the Masters then focused on the sky towards the east and soon enough they could soon see a figure flying towards them. As it got closer though Tigress was the first to recognize the flyer and said, "It's Zeng! He made it to us after all."
At once everyone relaxed but as they waited for the goose to arrive, Mantis whispered over to Monkey after leaping up onto his shoulder, "You know, I can never get used to the big guy doing that." While Monkey nodded and replied, "I know what you mean, but you know it's not really Po that does that right?" but just as Zeng was landing before the Masters Mantis finished, "It's still weird."
As Zeng landed before the Masters panting heavily he looked up at Shifu and bowed as he said in between breaths, "Master…Shifu… I finally…made it!" Shifu immediately stepped forward Once the Goose had taken a few breaths saying, "Have a seat Zeng. I trust you bring us some good news?" Zeng immediately plopped down onto the ground and released a deep breath. When he looked back up he smiled as he said excitedly, "Yes Master Shifu…or…at least I think so." Shifu stared at the goose for a moment before motioning for him to continue as he said, "Go on."
Zeng then said while he began to rummage through his messengers bag, "Well, you see Master, after you all left the Palace, Elder Choi Dak sent Chen and myself to the Full Moon Village right away. It took us a couple of days but we got there and we started searching for anything that had to do with some forgotten temple." Shifu nodded while Po stepped forward and asked, "Well don't keep us in suspense buddy, did you find anything or not?"
Zeng then looked up at Po and nodded vigorously as he said, "Yes Master Po, I believe we did. After searching through Elder Choi Dak's archives for an entire day, Chen managed to stumble upon something that he believes translated into The Temple of the Lost Stars." Everyone looked at each other questioningly as the Panda asked, "What's that?" But Zeng merely shook his head no saying, "Honestly I have no idea Master, but we believe that might be what you were looking for."
Tigress then turned to Shifu and asked, "Master, have you ever learned of this Temple before?" But Shifu merely shook his head before saying, "I'm afraid not Tigress. I do not recall ever coming across the name to such a temple ever before in all my years of studying the Palace Archives." It was then that Gladir added as he too was paying attention to the conversation by watching through Po's eyes, "Nor have I ever heard of such a location in all my years of wandering this world. No doubt this temple was perhaps of an early civilization."
Nightshade then asked, "you said the scroll roughly translated to the temple of the lost stars...are you not certain?" Zeng shook his head as he brought forth the scroll he had brought with him while saying, "Unfortunately no. Chen managed to translate some of the text, but not all of it. Perhaps if we took the scroll to Elder Choi Dak, then he may have been able to do more. But Master Shifu said to come straight here once we learned anything so that's what I did."
Shifu then asked as he took the scroll from Zeng, "So…we have a potential name…dowe have a location?" Zeng turned back to the Master and said, "Yes Master, I wrote down everything Chen was able to translate into that scroll. Unfortunately the original was so old, traveling with it might have severely damaged it if not destroyed it."
Shifu nodded as he then said to Zeng while briefly unrolling the scroll, "Good work Zeng. We now have a name and a potential destination. I cannot ask for more than that." Monkey then stepped forward asking, "So what's our next move Master?" Shifu thought about that briefly before he turned to look back at the Caretakers and declared, "First…we must escort these people to safety. We shall take them to the nearest Village and from there we can study the notes Zeng has brought us and formulate a new plan. Drizen may have gotten away this time, but now we may be able to form a proper plan of action, so that he cannot succeed again. Now…let us be off. Zeng, I want you to accompany us to the village, once there you can rest and then head straight back to the Valley." Zeng nodded his head, and together the Warriors began to head towards the Caretakers.
But in that instant, just as Po was about to follow his friends, he froze as if a sudden jolt ran through his entire being, while his head began to throb in intense pain for a brief moment causing the Panda to grab his head as he cried out in pain, "GYAHA!?" immediately Tigress was at his side crying out "Po!? What is it? What's wrong!?" But Po only grunted in discomfort as he continued to hold his head, his friends now surrounding him and the caretakers watching on in shock, while Shifu quickly stepped forward and grabbed the Panda's face to steady it while Po's eyes remained tightly shut, his face wretched in pain.
"Gladir, what's going on!?" Po screamed in his head while the Dragon seemed otherwise occupied at the time. "Gladir!?" Po screamed again, this time receiving an answer from the Dragon, "I am sorry Po, just relax, I'll do what I can." Po grunted once more while Tigress nearly shouted, "Po answer me, what's wrong?" But the Panda simply tried to shake his head no, finding it difficult with Shifu holding his face still as the Panda grunted, "Not…sure."
After several seconds of Po thriving in pain, he slowly began to relax, his breathing once again becoming normal as he took several deep calming breaths. Eventually, Po began to release his head and when he opened his eyes, Shifu noticed that for a few seconds, they were eyes of bright gold, which quickly returned to their normal Jade green color. "What is going on? Why was Po in such pain just now?" Shifu wondered as he asked the Panda, "Po? Is everything alright now?" But the Panda simply looked at his Master helplessly as he answered, "I…I don't know Master. That's never happened before."
Nightshade then stepped forward asking, "What about Gladir? What's he got to say?" But Po just shook his head as he said, "I…I don't know yet." But as Po tried to focus on the Dragon, he could feel that Gladir's mind was elsewhere. Po then called out to his friend, "Gladir…what was that about!? Why'd you do that?" Gladir then turned his gaze inwardly at the Panda as he apologized, "I am sorry my friend, but that was not my doing. I am…unsure of what just happened to you. But there is one thing I do know…" as Po was helped to his feet he began to without even realizing it turn in the direction Gladir wanted him to face towards the East as the Dragon finished, "Something…is indeed not as it should be."
In that exact moment, back at the Jade Palace…
The Hall of Heroes was completely empty, the only sound being the occasional breeze of the wind as it swept throughout the Hall and all of its treasures. However, in the very center of the Hall, there was a sudden green flash emitting from the ground, followed by a second flash of green light. In seconds, several cracks suddenly began to form in a perfect circle and soon the floor began to collapse on itself, revealing just underneath the Jade stone floor to be a seemingly bottomless portal of swirling green light and fire.
In seconds after the floor had disappeared though, a lone cloaked figure was launched out of the portal with a bracer on its right arm glowing as bright as a golden sun. The figure then proceeded to perform several front flips, landing in a low crouch, just as the Portal he had suddenly emerged from began to close behind him, replacing the Jade stone floor that had originally appeared to have been lost and destroyed.
As the cloaked figure slowly stood to his feet, he turned around and saw that his path he had just traversed was now no longer there. Slowly the figure brought up his white striped paw just as the bracer ceased its glowing and removed his hood, revealing the face of a rather young looking white Tiger, as Li then spoke out to no one in particular,
"Looks like I've finally made it."
Well there you have it! Chapter 14, and Future Li has finally made it back into the story. Thanks again for everyone who has taken the time to read my story and I look forward to posting a new update in the near future.
Thanks for reading and remember...
REVIEW!