"This place is much bigger than I thought it would be." Po mumbled in slight amazement as he and others began moving over the rooftops of Gongmen, cautiously. They were finally beginning to take the warnings of the Komodo Dragons into account and realizing that the entire city was very much on a deep and thorough lockdown, for whatever reason they couldn't yet figure out.

The place was actually pretty rich in regards to buildings, citizens, decorations, and the like. There was constantly a flow of citizens passing in and out of buildings, casuaaly or not so casually passing one another by at almost every second they travel. There were some carts around that helped them carry things from one point to another, though sometimes they'd still bump into one another in the rush they looked like they were in. A lot of them looked completely frantic, as a matter of fact.

It was then that they finally took notice of a majority of their faces...deep-rooted fear. From what, they wondered until they took a good and closer look at the ones most likely responsible for that fear. A large number of Komodo Dragons, wolves, crocs, and even a few gorillas seen in the distance. The later two were very scarce, while the former two could also be seen almost all over the place like the citizens. They were all glaring down on the helpless scitizens, glaring at them, snarling and growling at them to get them to move along, and they looked a bit smug as they embraced the power that they have over those who couldn't defend themselves.

The very thought was causing the groups blood to boil, but they reluctantly stayed quiet for the most part. They were having outnumbered because an entire city was filled with these thugs, so trying to defy them without a proper plan wouldn't exactly be the safest idea. But their caution would be for not, as one of them would surely snap and jump in to help the helpless however they can. Sitting by while others suffer wasn't in any of their styles.

What caught Po off guard was the symbols on their armors...the same symbol that he kept seeing both in his dreams, and it was throwing him off again for a couple moments. There was another brief flash of fire terribly burning the landscape, it's crops, the houses and huts on top of said landscape, and the screams of pain and agony once again pounded his ears relentlessly. Po shook his head harshly and lightly slapped his cheek in order to try and stay focused.

C'mon, Po! Now is NOT the time for you to let these visions freak you out. You need to stay focused on the issue at hand, such as figuring out what's going on in this city that's caused all this!

"Po? Are you going to be alright?" Tigress said while placing a few comforting pats on his back in an attempt to call whatever might be stressing him. The lands gazes back at her and lightly shakes his head.

"No...it's nothing, really. I'm fine." Po waved it off as he kept looking forward. Tigress wasn't fully convinced, but quietly dropped it as it wasn't the main thing to be focused on right now. "What are we supposed to do? In order to figure out what's goin' on, we have to ask someone. But there's so many of those guards everywhere...anything we do, we're gonna be seen...man. This sucks."

"I'm sure we can think of something, we just have to stay low, as low as we can possibly be without getting caught." Viper said quietly. "So far, it looks like only myself, Mantis, or Monkey can pull this off accordingly. But since they most likely will recognize that we aren't from around here, we'll be immediately questioned. Then things will get worse from then on."

"Well, I'm not gonna stand here and let these guys be assholes and think that no one is gonna retaliate because of it." Monkey stated strongly, gripping the edge of the building he hung onto. "Rebellion is a pretty strong reason I was notorious in my home town, you know? How about we give these guys a taste of it?"

"I'm...not sure if that's a safe idea, Monkey." Crane worried.

Monkey rolled his eyes at Crane's hesitation. "I'm not entirely up to the idea of exposing ourselves so early, either, but we gotta find some way to get the answers that we need. Only way we're gonna do that is if we start taking action.

"Guys...plan or no plan, we might wanna make a decision soon. We've got trouble. Riiiiight over there." Mantis said while pointing towards an area that gained his attention.

Crane followed his line of sight, and his eyes widened in worry. "Oh..."

They finally caught sight of one of said citizens under harassment by one of said thugs. A crowd of wolves were surrounding a bunny who was looking helpless and scared, nervously letting go of the cart she was pushing. The ones helping her push were a litter of much smaller bunnies, most likely her children. Po narrowed his eyes as he got up and began hopping across rooftops towards them. Tigress immediately followed his lead, and everyone else made their decision and followed suit. Crane had sighed while stressfully rubbing his beak.

"Not even ten minutes..."

"Let's face it. Without a clear plan, we won't really accomplish too much by sneaking around. Best take the situation by storm, yeah?" Mei Ling patted the top of his hat and hopped along the roofs, the avian hesitantly following her.

Po did his best to sneak around the rooftops, though he slipped a bit on the edge and almost fell off. Though Tigress managed to catch him just before he fully fell backwards. He breathed a sigh of relief before continuing to move onward across the rooftops. With a few more well-placed jumps, he managed to reach just above the group of bunnies and the wolves, and waited for his chance.

"We don't have any more metal to give! What more can you possibly take?!" She said a bit desperately as she stood in front of her children in order to shield them.

"Don't hold out on us, lady!" The leading wolf growled as he lead the blade towards her head. She didn't flinch, because she was more worried about the state of her children. The wolves kept surrounding her while the bunnies stayed gathered behind her in fear. Though they quickly exploited this and effortlessly brushed her aside while picking up one of the bunnies by the ears. "Do you wanna bet your kids on keeping somethin' from us?"

"You said you leave them out of this! Heathens!"

"Then maybe you should start giving us what we ask." The wolves began cackling wildly as the wolf holding the small bunny eyed him viciously. "Or we'll be having something small and furry for dinner!"

She gasped and glared at them darkly. "Drop him, this instant!"

"Hm...maybe I will." The wolf said after a while of deep mock thought, and raised him over his head, opening his jaws. The mother's eyes widened in horror as her son was helplessly dangling over his jaws.

"Stupid doggies! I ain't scared of you!" The bunny said in defiance and without fear.

"Hehehe. That's adorable. The little one's a brave boy." He laughed maliciously while he lowered the bunny in front of his head licked his chops. "Haven't had a feisty meal~"

"Fite me!" Another burst of defiance made the bunny swing forward and kick the wolf right in the eye, causing him to whine loudly and pull back his head.

"ARGH! Little brat!"

That was the distraction needed, as something large and heavy suddenly crashed on top of him, doing major damage to his back and making him let go of the bunny. A pair of black-furred paws caught the bunny before he could hit the ground. The bunny is gently handed back to his immensely relieved mother. Then he got off the wolf he landed on and then towards the others, his eyes hidden under his hat. The wolves eyes widened in realization.

"That's...that's a panda...shit, that's a panda!"

"Shen's gonna be pissed!"

"He doesn't have to find out, we just gotta kill him quickly!"

The Panda looked from under his hat. "Look...I don't know who this 'Shen' guy is...but I don't care right now. I do know one thing." Po lifted his head and it showed that his eyes narrowed dangerously.

"EATING! KIDS! ISN'T! COOL!"

The panda ran straight towards them, the first wolf immediately knocked over by his headfirst charge and knocked to the side with a palm strike to the chest. One of the other wolves regained his bearings and tried to attack him from behind, though he was pounced upon by Tigress, landing on top of him hard enough to make a crater in the ground. Followed by this, was Mei Ling and Crane intercepting two other wolves from both sides and knocking them out with well-placed kicks to the sides of the heads. Mei Ling seemed a bit excited, while Crane looked awfully tired, on a mental level.

"Aaaaannnnnd now we're in the middle of a street brawl. How did we sink so low so quickly?" Crane sighed as he dodged a sword slash from behind and kicked the wolf hard in the chest and sending him across the street into a bunch of crates. This gathered the citizens attention as they watched Viper, Mantis, and Monkey follow right after the others. They see more wolves streaming from out of alleyways and charging right at them.

"Well, to be honest, we weren't that high up to begin with." Monkey shrugged as he managed a swift backflip and dodged the spear of one of the other wolves, his tail latching onto his wrist and swinging forward, sending him spiralling into one of the other wolves. "These guys seem pretty angry."

"Doesn't matter!" Viper yelled as she slithered around Po's arm and jumped up, tail slapping one of the wolves against the walls due to the added force from Po. "We already have a name! Shen, is it?"

"Right!" Mei Ling reminded as she ducked under a swing from a wolf with a mace, grabbing him by the arm and throwing him over her shoulder. She then grabbed her staff quickly and struck an approaching one in the back of the head when he tried to jump her. "Now if we can just get one of these wolves to spill about the guy and what he wants!"

"Don't bother. Cooperating with us looks like the absolute last thing these guys wanna do." Mantis zipped past multiple wolves, grabbing one by the tip of his tail and swinging him into another pack of wolves and sending them into disarray as they tumbled and tripped over one another. "I doubt they know much, anyway."

Tigress didn't say much at first, as she was mainly focused on defending the family of rabbits, as they seem to be a target of the wolves aggression due to Po being the first one to strike. All wolves that tried to reach them were immediately thrown back with rough strikes to the head, leg sweeped then kicked in the ribs, and sent flying through the crowd with well placed double-palm strikes to the head. "Most wolves may be thugs, but their strength of loyalty can be respected. They won't tell us anything no matter how harshly we beat them down."

Po caught the wrist of one of the other wolves and sent him flying into the other wolves again with a thrust of his belly. Then he decided it was time to clear them out. He pulled his paw back and the familiar green glow of Chi gathered at the center. It turns into a ball, as he lifted his head slightly so he could get a clear shot on the wolves. His comrades moved out of the way, also taking care to move civilians out of the way. He narrowed his head and pushed his paw forward. "Wind Hammer!" The green ball of Chi flew towards the tightly packed wolves. There was an explosion of green wind that spiralled around and created small gusts that had to be shielded against. The wolves were sent flying, landing in different spots at a time, some on other carts, others in roofs, or they just straight-up face-planted into the ground with their tails up. Simply out, the landings were painful.

They slowly got up and stared at the warriors with shock and slight bits of fear. Moments later, they chose to run away with their tails between their legs. Mantis and Monkey laughed as they retreated from the one-sided brawl. While the people around them slowly began to come out of their hiding places and stare at all of them in pure shock and awe.

"They...they sent Shen's wolves packing!"

"Don't they realize the ramifications what they've just done?! They'll be hunted down for sure!"

"Judging by the looks on their faces, I don't think they care."

Po let out a huff of air as he turned towards the family of bunnies. The mother went up to him and looked straight towards him. "You lot actually stood up to those hoodlums for our sake. And you also saved and protected my children. Thank you." Her smile lessened a little. "However...now you'll surely be branded a target for resisting them. They're definitely going to come back after you...and there will surely be more of them."

"Meh. You let us worry about that." Po waved off the apparent threat and casually placed his paws behind his neck.

"Such bravery...excuse me, would you all like to come inside for a while? We have at most a couple hours before they start hunting you down like the dogs they are. I can provide the information you seek, along with some snacks."

"Aw, you don't have to do that. You were just being shaken down, after all. We're just happy you're safe." Mei Ling smiled back at her. Though she was gently pushed by Monkey who walked up to the rabbits with a look of curiosity.

"...What kind of snacks?"

"Monkey!"

"She's showing us hospitality via snacks! I'm not about to turn that down!"

"I second that!" Mantis pointed out, hopping on the primates shoulder.

"Third!" Po raised a paw following the two of them.

"Not to mention her children are super nice too!" Viper said as the bunny children began gathering around her. In response, she coiled around all of them and had them in a stretched hug. "FLUFFY CUTIES!"

"Can we just get a move on? Because I don't think we should still be here when those wolves get back, with extra friends." Crane gently warned everyone.

They heeded his silent warning as the bunny mother began leading them all to her house away from where the conflict took place. Crane was still letting out a deep sigh as he followed the family of bunnies to a their private home.

He knew that they've just started something that will surely build up into something chaotic.

(Meanwhile)

Song was the one who was staying vigilant the most, as the streets were filled with passing citizens, along with thuggish wolves and komodo dragons watching over them with condescending glares and smirks. It wasn't difficult to see that these people were under oppression from whoever this army belonged to. Though it was clear that none of them liked what they were seeing.

"Geez, Fung. This place isn't as great as you made it out to be." Bian Zao noted as he was jumping across the rooftops, though his jumping was the most clumsy because he wasn't used to jumping around or even moving like this. So multiple times, Peng and Lian had to catch him in order to keep him from falling off the edge and getting caught.

"I'm telling you, guys! Gongmen was in a much better state them this! I left it in a much better state than this." Fung said as he lead the way across the rooftops, scratching the top of his snout in aggravation at the entire situation. "Darn it, when did this all happen?! I haven't even been gone longer than a year. Things got bad so quickly here..." He shook his head. "Gah! I need to find my team! Erm...you know, my croc squad and all that."

"We get it." Xuě rolled her eyes. "Any chance you might know where to reach your croc squad?"

"You don't have to worry, guys. I know this city and what's in it almost as much as the Kung Fu Council. So I have a closely accurate guess on where they might have taken my men." Fung said as he narrowed his eyes while looked a bit towards the northeast. "If they actually managed to overpower Masters Croc, Ox, and Rhino...then the most likely place they might have taken them to Gongmen Jail. Either a few of them or all of them, we'll make our way there, first."

"Sounds easy enough. So long as we don't get caught. I don't want to go through the hassle of having an entire army on our tails. That's gonna prove to be really lame." Bian Zao groaned softly as Peng once again helped him up onto a roof after another wide leap.

"Eh. We've taken on a an army before haven't we?" Lian said with a rather cheerful smile.

"That was an army of mailmen. Very tough goat mailmen maybe, but they weren't really looking to try and kill us. These guys...are gonna try and kill us dead."

"You need to show show a bit more positivity, Lazy-Ass. So much negativity can't be healthy for you." Lian smiled and lightly patted the top of his head. She did this while he looked completely deadpan as they made their way across yet another rooftop. As established before, Fung knew the city best, so he was the one they followed behind, while everyone else kept careful watch for others they would less likely want to be following them.

After scaling yet another rooftop, Fung stopped everyone with a small wave of his tail. "Over there. Gongmen Jail!" Fung pointed towards a building that had a label sign of said name. They also caught sight of two gorillas guarding the entrance of the prison that used to be a school/arena. Fung narrowed his eyes. "They're guarding the entrance...that means there's something inside that they want kept under wraps, obviously. We need to get inside if we're gonna make some progress."

"I agree. It doesn't look like we'll be able to sneak past them." Ànyǐng noted while slightly narrowing his eyes.

"Then we won't sneak." Fung said as he jumped down from the rooftop, which gathered a look of surprise from Bian Zao.

"Wait...we're really just going along with this?"

"Follow the leader." Lian shrugged as she also leaped off of the rooftop and followed Fung. Song and Peng followed after him. Bian Zao sighed a little as Ànyǐng helped him down the rooftops and approaching the jail.

The Gorillas caught sight of the group approaching them, and began asserting themselves upright, intending to look intimidating. The size definitely helped them in this regard. Too bad the ones approaching them had no fear of them in the slightest. "What is your business here?"

"It really isn't any of your business. Guys, I'm going to have to ask you to please step aside." Fung said, flashing his sharp teeth for a couple moments, also being a method of intimidation. It also helped that he was most likely not in the mood for being held back from whom he was looking for. The gorillas chuckled condescendingly at the croc attempting to scare them.

"Ha! Check this croc out, thinking that he can actually scare us into moving out of his way!"

"Heh, he thinks he's a big man. He's just like all those other crocs that tried to act tough when they really aren't. They're nothing but snivelling cowards when push comes to shove!"

Fung's teeth flashed again at the mention of said crocs. His eyes slotted slightly and his tail began hitting the ground behind him multiple times, unaware that he was making a crack in the ground. His fists clenched tightly as well, opening and closing multiple times. "My men...what the hell did you do to my men?!"

The gorillas blinked in confusion at his words, before they grinned. "Ooooohhh...now it makes sense! You're Fung, aren't you? Seriously? YOU'RE the guy that they kept calling to?!" They both began laughing again, which only served to infuriate Fung further. "Those guys truly are pathetic! Every time we rough them up, every time we beat them into a bloody pulp until they cried..." Song became concerned when she noticed that Fung's tail was now smashing into the ground at this point, creating larger cracks. "They didn't call out for Master Rhino. Not for Master Ox. Not even for Master Croc, their teacher. Noooo...above all, they wanted 'Fung'. Their Boss. Especially that skinny one. He seemed most loyal to you. Gary, was it? Yeah, he was the most loyal...so we've beaten him down the hardest. Even when he fell unconscious, he was saying your name every time he passes out. Being your right-hand man, we'd thought he'd be much harder to break...but we were very disappointed when he's been beaten down so badly and unable to get back up."

The other Gorilla grinned. "To be honest...we wouldn't be surprised if he died."

The Gorilla on the right was suddenly sent flying right through the doors of the prison, crashing into the ground with a loud thud. It was the result of Fung dashing forwand and slamming his tail into the side of the gorilla's face. The other gorilla looked on in shock from Fung's outburst, only to be ambushed by Peng from behind, who grabbed him by the arm and managed to toss him into a wooden cage that shattered apart on impact, causing a couple splinters to dig into him. Peng and Lian leaped inside first, while Song, Bian Zao, Xue, and Anying followed suit, soon filling the prison area. Both of the large simians got up from the surprise attack, though the first one was once again slammed into the ground with a vicious lash of Fung's tail.

"Fung is pissed..." Bian Zao mumbled quietly, looking around the different cells while Fung and Peng were taking care of the two gorillas. Lian helped him look through the cells, semi-ignoring the sounds of fighting. Though Song looked a bit worried as Fung leapt up and slammed his tail into the Gorilla's head again, knocking him into the wall.

Peng narrowed his eyes as the other Gorilla recovered from the shock and threw a large punch towards his way. He was able to swiftly dodge and catch the fist with both of his paws. Then he tugged hard and flipped him over his shoulder, throwing him into the geoung and creating cracks in the ground. He jumped onto the apes chest and pulled his fist back.

"Sleep."

He punches the gorilla in the head, which had enough force to crack the ground further, as the enemies eyes rolled to the back of his head as blood lightly covered his face, and he went limp, now unconscious. He sighed a bit as he got off the unconscious gorilla.

Fung was thrown into the wall by the other gorilla. He wasn't down for long. He pushed himself up and flashed his teeth again, his jaws just slightly parted as a snarl escaped him again. He turned towards the gorillas and watch him charge him again. With proper timing, he side stepped the gorilla and watched him run headfirst into the wall. His tail latched onto his wrist as he pulled and swung him around in an arc, until he crashed into the wall once again, now unconscious like his partner. Fung continued to snarl at the fallen gorillas, until Song grabbed him by the arm, gaining his attention.

"Fung..." Song's voice managed to soothe his anger a little as his snarling slowly decreased in volume and his breathing became more relaxed. He sighed as he fully regained control of himself, prompting Song to slowly let go of him. He sighed as he scratched his snout.

"Sorry...I just...I..." He shook his head while trying to regain his thoughts and focus. "Which cell?"

"Over here." Anying called out, pointing to a specific cell. Fung immediately made his way over to the cell, slamming the doors down with another swipe of his tail. He gazed upon a couple crocs that seemed very familiar to him. Irwin, Wong, Wall-Eye...they were all hurt in different ways.

But Gahri looked worse off than all of them.

Fung managed to get a good look at the three of them, then focused entirely on Gahri, running up to him as he sees him slumped against the wall. As the gorillas said, they had beaten him. There was blood running down his face and out of his mouth, one of his eyes was completely swollen shut, his tail looked broken, and there seemed to be a couple slash marks across his face, luckily none of them were deep enough to be fatal. Though Fung noticed that they weren't joking about how badly they had beaten him. It really did look like he was crying.

"Gahri. Gahri!" Fung shouted as he placed his paws on the skinny crocs shoulderz and began shaking him very gently. "Open your eyes. Come on, man! I'm not gonna make you get up, but I need you to open your eyes. Or at least open your good one." Gahri mumbled a bit while shifting against the wall, before opening the eye that wasn't at all swollen. "That's it. Look at me. Don't fall back asleep right now."

Gahri blinked his one eye as he stared at Fung, surprised to see him here. "Fung...you..." He started off calmly at first, but Fung saw that calmness immediately broken down as Gahri lunged at him and pulled him into a hug. "F-Fung! I-I'm so sorry! W-We tried to fight back...we didn't WANT to give up, we've tried to escape many times with no success...they kept brutalizing us every time it looked like we'd resist..." Gahri mumbled as he let uncontrolled tears roll down his face. "W-We weren't ready. We were t-too weak...w-we couldn't do a thing! We c-couldn't help anyone! I-I'm so sorry Fung! We let you d-down! We let you down..."

"Shhh...Gahri. It's okay. I'm not mad at you. Not at any of you." Fung said as he returned the hug, gently patting his back and closing his eyes. The other crocs gathered around him and hugged him as well. "You all tried your best at some point or another. That's enough for me to be proud of you all."

"We were totally helpless...it really makes me angry how they took advantage of us and we couldn't do anything about it!" Wong grumbled.

"It was horrible...they knew we weren't strong enough to stand up to them. Especially when we're restrained!" Irwin mumbled softly.

"Wanted Bossy Boss back...he save us...but not here to do so." Wall-Eye said, his eye darting to one direction. Out of all, he had the expression most identical to a kicked puppy.

Fung allowed himself to embrace and comfort his men. They were supposed to be strong and resilient guards of Gongmen, but they feel of oty that they didn't do a good job. They were so helpless without Fung. Not even Master Croc was the first person on their minds, they just wanted Fung back to help them. Though they don't blame him, he couldn't have known that this would happen after he left.

Fung was still hugging his men when he heard the door to he prison open up. The others looked ready to pounce on whoever is coming inside. Though they powered their guard when they realized who it was.

"Fung...I never expected you to be back so soon." Master Croc said softly as he walked down the steps into the prison, waaking towards his prized pupil. Fung didn't turn around.

"Woah..Master Croc...he's a lot calmer than I imagined him to be." Lian said as she watched him pass by them. Bian Zao and Peng nodded silently in agreement. Though Song was a bit worried that Fung had gone completely silent when Master Croc entered. There was little ways to tell what he's thinking except for the small swish of his tail. Master Croc finally stood a couple feet away from Fung, who eventually let go of his men and he stood up straight.

"So...we meet again so soon, Master. It looks like things have really gone downhill in Gongmen, huh?"

The only one who seemed to have an idea of what Fung was thinking and feeling was Master Croc, who gently placed a paw on Fung's shoulder. "Fung...I know you are upset with me-"

He was cut off when Fung turned around and struck him with a forceful right-hook, sending him into the ground in a slightly heap, landing rear first. Everyone else was caught off-guard by the unexpected action, as Fung pulled his fist back, glaring at Croc angrily. It didn't take too long to know what he was angry about. His croc friends we apparently beaten, Gahri's case was to the point of prolonged unconsciousness. And according to their explanations, Master Croc was not mentioned too much in their words.

Which means that he didn't do anything to at least try to help them. Fung didn't know that he was right, but he acted out anyway. The fierce look in his eyes said it all: Why the hell didn't you protect them?!

Croc helped himself up and rubbed his sore jaw, his expression still calm. "I cannot say that I didn't deserve that..."