Hey everyone! My schedule is slowly lightening up now, so I should be posting a little more often.

Anyway, with that said, here's the new chapter!

*With Drift, ten minutes earlier*

"So, ladies, what's our schedule look like for today?" The hyena asked, sitting down with Chao and Specter for lunch.

"Oh, I was thinking that after our training, we could go around town and hang out with some of our friends." The tiger suggested.

"Sounds nice. What about you, Specter?"

The white monkey looked at his two friends and sighed. "I've got things I want to get done before I go have fun."

"Alright, and that would be…?" Drift pried.

"None of yo—"

Just then, a loud horn sounded in the cafeteria, and the Emperor slithered in, making all of the soldiers and warriors jump up and stand at attention.

"As you were." The Emperor hissed. "Would team 59 please report to my throne room immediately! That is all."

*Twenty minutes later, with the traitor*

"You…wanted to see us, Sir?" Chao asked, walking in with Drift and Specter.

"I'm afraid I have some terribly bad news." The serpent began. "We've narrowed down the suspect pool for the traitor even more, and it now is down to one of you three."

The two warriors and the traitor staggered back a little and looked at one another in horror.

Make sure your reactions match theirs… The traitor thought.

"I KNEW IT!" Specter shouted. "ONE OF YOU TWO IS TRYING TO KILL US!"

I'll have to contact Overlord to figure out a new plan…

"Hey! How do we know you're not the traitor, huh?" Chao accused, pointing at the chimp. "And you, Drift, why've you been going through our drawers at night?"

"I've done no such thing!" The hyena defended, getting up in the tiger's face.

"Liar! I heard you get up and shuffle through Specter's dresser last night!" Chao spat.

"You did WHAT?" Specter asked, getting more and more angry by the second.

"SILENCE!" The Emperor yelled, making the three in front of him stop and stare at him. "I'm placing each of you under close surveillance until we can determine who the assassin is. Until then, keep one eye open at night and be sure to watch your backs. You're dismissed."

*With Po*

After some searching, the Dragon Warrior had finally made it to the center of the village to look for clues there. However, when he arrived, everyone had vanished and there was not a sound to be heard.

"Did I miss something?" Po asked aloud, only to get no response. "Helloooo? Anybody?"

"They're hiding, Dragon Warrior." A voice stated behind the panda.

Po turned to see the figure in black with a cracked dragon mask on.

"Not the one you're searching for, hm? Sorry, but she's preoccupied at the moment. However, if you're looking for a fight, I've brought friends…" Overlord added, gesturing to the six soldiers who were now perched on the rooftops.

"Why're you doing this to us?" Po asked. "What've we done to you?"

"You took my stepfather away from me, many years ago. I'm simply letting you feel how I have felt before I became wiser and realized that feeling sorry will not avenge him."

"Shen was you're dad?"

"No…"

"Grandmaster Feng?"

"Guess again…"

"Emperor Jow?"

"NO, YOU IMBESSILE! SAGE! SAGE WAS MY STEPFATHER!" Overlord shouted, clenching his fists.

"Oh! The one who tried to take over China?" Po asked, still unsure.

"The one who almost succeeded in doing so, but instead was defeated by you and your friends."

"Would an 'I'm sorry' make ya feel better?"

"How an idiotic panda like you defeat someone like Sage is something I'll never know. Jokes are over, Dragon Warrior! Soldiers, ATTACK!" Overlord commanded, pointing at Po.

The henchmen leaped off the rooftops, drew their katanas, and charged at the panda master. Po reached for Oogway's staff, but quickly realized that it was not there.

"Looking for something?" Overlord jeered, twirling the staff in his hands before breaking it in to multiple pieces and tossing them aside.

Well that's not fair… Po thought.

*With Xin and Jaguar X*

"Should we assist Overlord and his henchmen?" Xin asked. "I'd like to have some fun taking down the Dragon Warrior."

"No. We observe. We sit, wait, and watch." X replied.

"But, won't Overlord be upset?" The leopard insisted. "I mean, he did bring us along for a reason, right?"

"Not the reason you may think. Learn. Observe. If things go bad, we retreat back to the hideout and wait instruction. Those were Overlord's orders given to me."

Xin shrugged. He didn't care what the orders were as long as the Dragon Warrior would be dead someday. They went back to watching the fight below.

*With Po*

The Dragon Warrior ducked under one swipe of a sword and flipped over another soldier who swung at the grandmaster. Po sent three kicks to one soldier, sending the wolf tumbling into two of his comrades. The Dragon Warrior grabbed a dropped katana and blocked incoming jabs at himself.

"I've had years of training in the fine arts of AWESOMENESS!" Po exclaimed, disarming two soldiers and slamming their heads together, knocking them out.

"So I've heard…" The figure in black grumbled.

The remaining four assailants rushed the panda at once from all directions, but the Dragon Warrior jumped in the air and came down upon one's head, surprisingly only knocking him out.

"Three down, three to go!" Po called out.

"I might have to do this myself…" Overlord muttered.

The Dragon Warrior rushed over to an abandoned shopping stand and pushed it against a soldier, smashing him through a window; the henchman did not get back up again. Po then kicked the blade out of another wolf's hand and kicked him into the air. The assailant disappeared out of sight, and then reappeared a few seconds later, screaming until he slammed into a building rooftop and falling unconscious.

The panda turned and looked at the final wolf remaining, who dropped his sword and threw up his hands.

"I surrender." The last attacker said quickly, getting down on his knees.

"I thought so." Po replied, smugly.

Suddenly, a dagger whistled through the air and slammed in to the surrendered wolf's chest where his heart was, making the attacker jolt a little before slumping to the ground, dead.

Po whirled to face Overlord, who was now standing at the center of the village with two katanas in hand.

"Weak fool… He deserved what he got for surrendering early." The figure hissed. "Now you will meet a similar fate."

"Many people like you have tried to kill me in the past and have failed, ya know." Po replied blandly.

"Then let me be the first to succeed…" Overlord seethed before lunging at Po.

The Dragon Warrior tried to roll to his left, but his assailant was expecting that. Overlord slashed Po's arm with one of his swords and kicked him across the area. The panda slammed into a building and got up, clutching his arm, and glared at Overlord.

"Making you angry am I?" The figure asked sweetly before dashing towards the Dragon Warrior and bombarding him with more attacks, all of which Po swiftly blocked.

However, Overlord faked like he was going to attack the panda's left, which made the grandmaster of the Jade Palace reach towards his left, but the figure in black attacked Po's right, slashing his side and forcing the panda master to his knees.

The figure in black tossed one katana away, grabbed Po's head and forcing it back, revealing his exposed neck, and held the remaining sword high in the air to deliver the final blow.

"Like I said, panda, I'm the first one to succeed." Overlord stated.

Just then, a pot hit the assailant in the back of the head, making Overlord turn to see who had thrown it. It was a male bunny, no more than nine years old, with a stern face and a balled up fist.

"Leave Po alone!" The child shot.

Overlord turned back to Po and whispered in his ear.

"I'll be back. Don't go anywhere; not that you could anyway."

With that, the figure turned and slowly walked up to the kid, fiddling with his sword along the way.

"Foolish mistake, young one. I can't blame you however; after all, you are just a child." Overlord said, raising the blade in the air. "And you had so much to live for..."

"Don't you harm that child!" An old female goat hollered, walking out of her home.

"Yeah! Leave them alone!" Another villager called out, exiting his shop.

One by one, all of the villagers in the area had left their hiding spots and were approaching the villain in an angry mob fashion.

"I'll kill all of you!" Overlord shot, waving his sword back and forth. "Stay back!"

Suddenly, storm clouds covered the sky in a flash and thunder echoed throughout the valley.

"Storm clouds? What?" The figure asked himself, looking up at the sky.

A bolt of lightning shot down from the sky and hit Overlord's sword, traveling up the weapon and into the villain, making him quiver and fall to his knees.

"How is this POSSIBLE?" The hooded man asked himself as his arms were grabbed by the villagers and he was hauled to his feet.

"I control lightning and electricity." Skyler replied, marching up to Po's side with the other students and masters.

"Well, isn't that nice for you! UNHAND ME!" Overlord snarled.

"You're gonna go to prison for life, Mr. Overlord." Faith stated confidently, walking up the angered villain.

"And now, to see who this guy really is!" Kiro cheered, grabbing Overlord's mask and yanking it off, to find…

Nothing.

Nobody was behind the mask or under the hood.

After Kiro had yanked off the mask, the hood and boy armor clanked to the ground, revealing that no one had been in there from the start, apparently.

"Well, didn't see that coming." Dega said, his mouth hanging open.

"So, we're dealing with a ghost?" Kiba asked. "Sweet!"

Tigress slowly walked up to the pile of clothes and felt around, expecting to find a trace of evidence or something that proved someone was in there, but to no avail.

"Impossible…" She whispered.

*With Overlord, back at the headquarters*

A portal opened and the figure came tumbling out of the rift. Jaguar X was standing right beside the shaken Overlord and helped him to his feet.

"Thank you for getting me out of there before they discovered my identity prematurely." Overlord whispered as he made his way over to a chair.

"No problem. I also teleported the soldiers out of there as well, so they have no one to interrogate." X replied.

"Good work. Good work." The figure complimented, nodding slightly. "I was caught off guard again today. I must reconsider our strategy of how to beat those heroes and take China. I need time alone…"

Xin, who was sitting at the far side of the room, stood up and walked over to where his colleagues were gathered. "If I may ask, how did you get beaten?"

"The Dragon Warrior has friends…" Came the reply.

That's it for this chapter! Sorry it took so long to update!

Please, please, please leave a review and be sure to check out my new series: Sonic Legends: Fire and Ice. It has an OC of mine who's just like the funny and playful Kiro in this story!

More to come…