UNEXPECTED LAPELS
"Side kick bouncing. It's a pushed side kick. You have to charge by lifting your knee high from the ground and rotating your hip... without falling like a cucumber to the ground because of the loss of balance!"
Lei thought before finding herself sore on the ground. She got up at once and stared in amazeed Shen and Sheng as they trained together. Sometimes they used Shen's technique, the Cailifo, and Sheng's, Kung Fu. They had become so good that they seemed to be imagining each other reflected in each other's mirror.
"You're distracted!" Mei scolded her side by side. "It's been over a year! When are we going to get out of here? Shen keeps talking about freedom and making promises he hasn't kept so far!" She complained about the feline.
"He just wants to make sure that this time the plan is successful and..." "It's too long we've been waiting!" Lei burst out and turned to Mei a hard look "Well!" The friend said offended, "Then think about it!" She said furiously and made to leave "Sorry! Failing to unload the tension by fighting the dump on you! I'm going to insult those who deserve it!" Lei said, disappearing through the thick vegetation.
Mei moved her tail nervously. Impatience! It was becoming a problem!
The animals had lost confidence in the peacock from failure, even in themselves to say the truth! And ever since Kang let himself be convinced, they were nervous and nervous.
She absolutely had to find a way to calm the waters because that would not have benefited him in the precarious situation.
The reflection of his glorious plans was interrupted by the sound of the bell. All those in the clearing were frozen on the spot, except to start a race soon after. Mei's momentary distraction was paid dearly, as she was crushed in the snow and overtaken by two white peacocks. Thanks to the long feathers of the rump he was able to distinguish them as Chu and Chong, so that she could think afterward of the terrible revenge that would be fell on them.
She smiled, thinking how childish their behavior was at times and how much he appreciated this characteristic of the relationship he established with his friends.
Once they had gathered in front of the door from which the newcomers were "thrown". Since humans did not use any care in getting them out of cages and freeing them, there was no other way to describe it!
This time their number was unusually high!
An eagle was brought in, to Huo's delight, since he was a male. An albino mooce, a duck, an albino fox, a deer, a skunk, a dog, a raccoon, a melanic viper and an albino serval.
"But how the hell did he catch so many in such a short time?" Dishi wondered that like many he kept a safe distance for the time being!
"We must destroy that thing!" Xu said, referring to the airship.
"I agree!" Mei said as she curiously observed the new feline.
This time there was a wide variety of species in the collector's new cargo, but that young girl reminded her so much of herself when she had been captured four years earlier. By now, having to look after herself and with experience, she could say that she was a completely different person from the fearful and shy one who had walked through the gates years before, even if it had not been a long time!
Derek had hurt her very badly, but on the other hand she had been able to take advantage of this and instead of breaking down she had endured showing herself very strong in the eyes of many!
This had completely changed her life, but the idea of living with a small group of the reserve animals, including Shen, did not mind or frighten her as a prospect for the future.
She was returned with her feet on the ground when Kang began her usual speech.
As soon as everyone started to show up Huo wasting no time and ran towards the male of his species, who apparently called himself Shan, starting to make the fainting. If it wanted to be a courtship or just a way to get noticed... For Mei it was more of a tactic to make yourself haunt and avoid! ... His parents were right! She was too critical! Lucky he had learned to keep his mouth shut!
Of course, if she had become infatuated with a male, the situation would have been even worse! But... weren't the males to make the first move? And why the hell did she do all those mental problems if, at the time, she wasn't infatuated with anyone!
She saw Shen leave with Shu, Hua, Xu and Syaoran and decided to follow them.
"You are not curious about..." "No!" The altered wolf answered. "Where are we going?" asked Mei by changing the speech "At Shen's House!" The wolf said, "Miniature humans are waiting for us there, or we will have to wait, it depends on who does it first!" Xu said.
"Rose will expose us to her new plan! If we think it's good then we'll proceed with the preparations, otherwise the guys will have to work on it again!" Shen explained.
"Why do we do it to them?" Skeptical Hua asked, "Because they know their world better than we do!" Xu responded nervously. He didn't trust humans either, and he was aware that he had to keep his distrust to a minimum to prevent him from somehow ruining the plan.
Apparently they were the two of them making the boys wait. Rose, Sam and four other humans were on the doorstep of the white peacock's house.
"Hi guys! These are Caleb, Beatrice, Adam and Teo, some of our friends who have agreed to help us! While they are Shen, Hua, Mei, Syaoran, Xu and Shu" ended up presenting Rose.
"Pleasure! Could you translate it please?" asked Theo happy as an Easter. He was the only one of the newcomers to release pure positive energy.
Not that the others had not been happy or curious, only suspicion and distrust were the cause of the palpable tension that was created between the two groups.
"Look, they understand perfectly what we say!" Rose said as he headed for the door. "What? And why not us?" He asked the boy shocked.
"Good question! I don't know! Only I can understand them!" Rose replied that she had never been so fooled so much by that unique and strange fact!
"It's absurd! Because they understand us even if they write in a language very similar to Chinese!" He said, "They can't write?" Curious asked Adam "No! They write differently!" Rose said. "But couldn't we find someone capable of translating whether it's Chinese or something?" Adam asked, "We could!" Said Sam, "But it's better to keep in touch with my father to a minimum!" Rose added.
"I still don't understand how they understand us?!" said Theo was looking too curiously at the animals in front of him.
"Perhaps the same thing happens that allows Rose to talk to them!" Sam said, "What?" Asked Adam shocked "And how do I know?" asked his angry friend.
The sound of a door closing made the boys turn to the house "They went in!" Teo explained.
"Very nice these here!" Beatrice complained, "Imagine your captors coming to see you! You wouldn't be over the moon either!" Caleb said, "And who would they be?" asked the uncomfortable girl "Your parents!" The friend answered, causing general laughter. "Let's go! I don't want my father to find out I let you in! The sooner we finish, the less chance there are!" Rose said as he entered the house.
Her friend's parents were very rich, but they often traveled on business, which is why she was forbidden to leave the house until a certain time and many other boring rules. That's why the joke made you laugh. She knew what "living in a cage" meant... even if the situation was a little different! Because even Rose could have said the same thing since as a father he had... Him! Let's say more guardian since he destroyed his real family!
They sat on a big table "Remember the names!" Bea asked her friend, "Shen, Hua, Mei, Syaoran, Xu and Shu!" She said the girl pointed to the various animals.
"What news do you bring?" Shen asked, unable to stop looking at the four strangers badly.
"Then! Our plan is quite simple..." He began to say Rose and then stopped to think of a way to explain what they had in mind so that everyone understood "... one of you will come with us outside the reserve!" " Oh! Very simple!" sarcastically said the panther, "And it will help us to shut down the machine through which the guards can control every inch of the reserve." "It was enough to say that we are sending the hydroelectric power station into disarray, in addition to the emergency generators and the safety cameras will be useless!" specified Caleb bored.
Rose's slit glance was enough to sew his mouth.
"Adam and Theo will think about dividing humans so that they cannot communicate with each other, while you will attack the east side of the walls. There is a door big enough to get you all out in a short time and it is not many kilometers from the woods" continued the girl "But some of you will have to stay on the west side of the walls to distract humans. We will meet inside the castle and we will make the last remaining ones escape!" Beatrice concluded.
"If we attack from two sides they will be able to follow those who come out!" Shu said she was not convinced at all. "Don't you stunned them! Those who will be on the west side will have to try to buy time, but only once they escape will be on you that the guards will focus!" Sam answered once her friend had translated.
"How can you be sure?" Hua asked, showing complete distrust, "We will make the guards think that only "the diversions" are fighting and then fleeing! I will fall behind those who run away and cover them!" Caleb said.
"If all the guards chase them, how will the "diversions" get out of it unharmed?" Syaoran asked, "We will make sure to meet at a specific point in the castle, and from there Sam and I will rescue them. We will head to a precise point overlooking a narrow gorge that is on the opposite side of the final point of the match. From there the birds that can fly will take away those who can't fly disappearing into the forest below," Adam explained.
"If the first part succeeds, it won't be so hard!" Said the hopeful wolf.
"Don't underestimate the enemy! It wasn't even supposed to be the first time and look how it went!" Shen said he was deciding whether to accept or not.
"And you? You will definitely be caught!" Mei said that unlike many, she wanted to be sure to show at least some gratitude if the plan was successful.
"We're just kids! They won't do anything to us! Don't worry!" said Caleb with the air of a slit after the last observation of the feline had been translated.
"Tomorrow we will tell you whether to proceed! We need to study the plan well and assess whether it is feasible or not!" Shen said.
The perfectionist who was in him wanted to make sure to evaluate all possible complications and resolutions to see if the success rates were in their favor or against them!
"Perfect!" Rose said, "Do you want ice cream? I bought the canned cones!" said the girl as she and her friends walked out. A chorus of assent was the last thing Shen and the others heard before the door was closed.
"The plan doesn't sound bad to me, but I keep worrying!" Shu said he was eager to hear what the peacock thought.
"They're just kids! Even that brat who looked down on us!" Xu protested. "The first part of the plan is fully in their hands! So if it works, I say try the rest!" Mei said. "And if something goes wrong one of us will die!" Hua observed.
"Right... I hadn't thought of that!" confessed to the visibly embarrassed feline.
"We all risk our lives in this plan!" said Shen silenced everyone.
"We have to find solutions in case of problems" continued the peacock "That is?" Syaoran asked, "Last time humans reacted promptly. We have to be ready this time! Everyone will have a task: you have to study well the gate from which most will come out, the escape route of those who will remain behind, and block in advance the access routes to the reserve to prevent the guards from increasing!" Shen said after careful consideration.
"Every combat zone will have to be prepared and studied in our favor!" Said Shu, "How about we set up some traps? Humans like them so much! If they try them once I'm sure they'll go crazy for them later!" sarcastically said the wolf.
"Revenge?" Hua asked, "No, diversion!" Shen answered, unable to suppress a sneer.
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"Pleasure! I am Mei!" Said the feline as she sat next to the albino serval, "My name is Mayleen!" Said the other timidly.
After meeting with humans, she and the others had returned to the main square, where a welcome party was being held in honor of the newcomers.
The one considered most unique by Mei, was an albino mooce named Hai. He was in his thirties and from the many wounds he carried all over his body, it was evident that he had fought hard. The oldest was an albino fox named Fu while the youngest was an albino dog named Mao who seemed not to get along very well with the two wolves.
"At most it's got to seven," Juan said, "This time it's ten!" pressed Fai.
"Since we've been here, we've only increased in number!" Said Liu, one of the three twin sisters, daughters of Cheng and Yue. The first was one of Tai's four younger brothers.
"And without procreating!" Said Jiang, "This shows that there are many of us who are different, but few compared to most people!" Chong observed.
Shen ate silently by passively listening to the conversation among the other peacocks. He was more concerned about the impending clash than anything else. Although, when you think about it, the newcomers should have learned something in as little time as possible. They couldn't be completely unarmed!
He didn't know them at all, but since they were now in the reserve Shen felt a kind of responsibility towards them! He wouldn't leave anyone behind and as much as he tried to avoid... knew well that some loss would be inevitable!
"I've heard that you're the boss here!" A voice brought him back to reality and saw an eagle staring intently at him, "There is no leader! But if you're looking for a point of reference, I can introduce you to Kang, he's the one who takes care of most of the organization. If you need clothes, food or anything, talk to him," the peacock replied. He would have been their guide during the escape, but he had decided not to command anyone anymore, to ignore his title, forever. The fact that he felt everyone's safety as a personal duty was his own, nothing more.
"No, I was looking for you!" insisted the eagle, "I'm Shan! And I will never lower my head in front of anyone!" He said by slamming a wing on the table and attracting general attention. Mei, Xu, Shu and Hua approached the two angry men.
Kuen, Guo and Hao got behind the eagle with an intimidating act while Kang wasting no time and made to stay within earshot, ready to intervene if things got bad.
"You say you're not the boss, and yet they're all ready to protect you!" Shan mocked him.
"We're a family!" Said Mei, "And we protect each other!" Hua said, "So turn it around!" Xu said, growling.
"You say you don't want to submit, and yet your position says otherwise!" Shen provoked him with the calm of the world. "How dare you!" The rapacious screamed furiously.
He made to attack but stopped when the peacock began to speak "You have been captured by humans and one of them calls himself our master! In the end, they lowered your head anyway!" He continued to have fun Shen.
"No! Humans will never submit to me!" Shan yelled as if he didn't actually realize the situation, "Said the one who was in a cage!" Xu noted.
"Cage? There's no cage here! Those fools have freed us..." "... in a big cage! This is the reserve: a large piece of land surrounded by walls from which it is impossible to escape!" Huo finished the sentence for him.
As if he didn't want to win it, the rapacious soared" Then watch me walk away from madmen like you!" He screamed before he took up altitude.
"It will hurt!" Tai said, unsure. By now it was impossible to stop him!
"It will mean that he will learn from this experience!" Kueng said he was exasperated by the eagle's childish behavior.
A line of pain preceded Shan's fall to the ground at a different point than the one from which he had departed. The poor eagle was wrapped in a thick rope and it was the Master, aided by Huo, who freed him.
Shen waved his nervous tail.
There were no nets above their heads, but those deadly weapons that no one was trying to deal with.
They were like ballistas, but they threw thick ropes at the ends of which were iron balls that counterbalanced. Thanks to them, the rope was able to rotate and tangle around the target once it was hit. The peacock had spent a lot of time studying those weapons and now knew how to render them harmless since from some stories he knew they could also hurt. Luckily for him, Shan came out uninjured.
But it seemed that the eagle had not lowered the ridge even after that humiliating figure "You say it is impossible to get out of here!" shouted at Huo, "So why are there many white wolves outside the walls? Wolves like them!" He said pointing to Syaoran and Shu.
"What are you talking about?" Asked the poor female rapacious asked, "I saw them! In to the woods! For a moment, but there they were! They were also well armed!" Shan insisted, "The humans would have noticed! Don't bey us with your visions!" said Guo nervously moved his tail.
"Actually, we haven't howled in a long time!" Shu said suddenly full of hope. Did your family find her? How the hell did they reach the land of humans? To sail so long! To avoid being discovered by the collector!
The wolf howled and the answer made her jump with joy. "It's my family!" She screamed full of energy. "What?" Sheng asked, beered, "How?" Feng, one of Tai's brothers, asked, stunned. Many other surprised comments arose from many and followed others after the former alerted those who had left because of the irascible eagle.
"I have to write to him!" enthusiastically said the wolf rushing home.
"And I must talk to Rose!" Shen said, running to the gate. Mei decided to follow the wolf while Xu went after the peacock. Poor Syaoran remained in the forecourt, bewildered by the fast and unexpected unfolding of events.
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"That's great!" She screamed at the happy girl only to cover her mouth and look carefully around soon after, hoping that there had not been a guard close enough to hear her.
"At least we'll know what journey awaits us to go back!" Xu said apathetic.
"But I told you the course to take!" She defended the girl "Yes, but the duration was unknown for the moment!" He observed the feline "Right!" She surrendered.
"Why is it great? Now we risk them catching them too!" Shen said, voiced his concerns. "Yes, but the more we are, the greater the chances of success!" Rose said enthusiastically.
"That's true too!" Xu said. A rustle announced Mei's arrival. She was perhaps more unleashed than the wolf who after so many years had found her family.
"Then... Shu's writing a letter! So you're going to give it to the wolves outside the reserve!" explained the feline. Xu smiled sadisticinly in Shen's opinion.
The girl began to sweat cold "I-I? What? No! I don't know them! And I'm not sure they don't attack me, it's excluded!" She cut short.
"Quiet!" Shu said that she had arrived at that moment, "Above this letter is the coat of arms of my family! Show him and say I'll send you. They won't do anything to you because otherwise they couldn't communicate with me anymore!" said the wolf wailed like a happy puppy.
"Well I hope so! Otherwise you're going to have to stay in here for the rest of your life!" Rose said she didn't want to look like a coward even though she was dying inside.
As soon as the girl was gone Mei, Xu and Shu did the same, except to see that Shen had stayed in front of the gate and stared at him with extreme curiosity.
"All right?" Mei asked. "Yes, I'm trying to pinpoint the weaknesses of the structure!" She explained him briefly. "Then we go!" The feline said, disappearing among the vegetation along with the others.
No one had realized that two yellow eyes had fixed them all the time and were continuing to stare at the peacock that had been left behind.
"If you think this place is a good hiding place, you're so wrong! I can say I was very lucky when the humans caught me!" Shan said by taking an old sheet of parchment from his pocket. "There is a substantial reward for anyone who can take you back to GongMing... Lord Shen!".
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The following day Rose went to see the animals and fortunately it was still all the way. The plan had come together new allies!
"My pack has about 200 members! Once we get together, he should be able to keep the guards on the stand, no?" Asked Shu puzzled
"I don't think, remember that they own rifles with which it would not be difficult to shoot down numerous enemies!" Wei said not at all convinced of the escape plan. "And how do we do it then?" Guo asked frightened "Fireworks!" It was Shu's only answer.
"What if they hide in vegetation? It should be hard to spot them, no?" Lu- chu asked. "They are white wolves! So easier to see, even at night!" Explained Zhuang also against the idea of trying to escape.
The frontal confrontation cannot be avoided?" asked for Syaoran "No! Derek is guarding the 24 - hour wall in 24, telling me how we can avoid them?" Asked Hua tired of repeating the same things.
"Running from the dungeons?" Guo asked, "Have we had any memories before?" Hua asked, "Let's try again!" insisted on the panther.
"Don't you want to fight?" Lei asked him, "Of course you do!" He defended himself "Your words state otherwise!" Lei insisted, "Between having a hundred enemies or a few I prefer the second option!" He explained, "Then you're a coward!" The feline said, "No! Any! The fewer deaths there will be the better! That's it!" yelled Guo bruised with anger and embarrassment.
"Well in the meantime I check where I am!" Shu said before howling, amused by the bickering. The response was immediate, but as the wolf got on all fours and growled soon after, everyone present realized something was wrong!
"Did they insult you?" asked Lang Min with an obvious veil of sarcasm.
"I don't know them!" Shu said with confidence and fear. "Do they enlist new members for the herd?" asked Mei, "Can they do this even without your approval?" Zhuang asked. "It's not any member of my pack that's got to answer me! It's other wolves! Hua could you take a look and tell me what you see?" He said turning to the owl that was perched above them.
"I see... I see..." "Don't be a fortune teller!" Mei yelled. "Wolves!" Said Hua, "We had got here, thank you!" Shen said tense as anyone.
"Wolves..." "We get it!" growled Shu "... Black!... have swords very similar to yours, you know Shen?" said Hua landed elegantly on the ground.
"What?" The white peacock asked in disbelief to hear this. "I said..." Shen rumorously pasted "...Damn you! I will be deaf if you keep yelling at me in my ears! " complained the owl.
A howl replied to Shen and he had no doubt: It was Zhan!
Hello everyone!
Sorry if I delayed publishing, but being always locked up in the house because of the ordinances, makes you lose track of time and I can never follow the days of the week that go by fast!
I finally decided what the action plan will be and I decided, suddenly thanks to a last minute idea, to give the fugitives another hand!
The final confrontation is getting closer and I hope not to disappoint anyone!
What do you think? Any idea or bet on how it will end?
See you soon,
X-98