(Tower Of The Sacred Flame)

"Ah...ah yes. I indeed remember this little chair..." Shen said softly while slowly pacing around the throne in the Tower Of The Sacred Flame. "I remember playing around on it since I was a little chick. Always looking up towards it, always admiring it's design..." He took a deep breath of air, and then sighed peacefully. "Good times...good times indeed..."

The throne met the pavement after falling from the top of the tower, seconds after he said that.

"Back to business. Set it right there." Shen said while lowering his wing. Two gorillas placed the cannon down where the throne used to be. "A little to the left...a little more...little more...more...more...more...slightly more...okay now a centimeter to the right. Aha! There! That spot's perfect." The two gorillas heaved a bit before falling on their backs. Lugging a large piece of metal around was not as easy as it looks, even for them. "Here, I can get a rather glorious view of the city, right next to my amazing creation."

He didn't have enough time to enjoy that view though, as Zhong came scurrying up the stairs in a frenzy. "B-Boss! Shen! We've got a huge problem on our hands!"

Shen groaned at being interrupted, but nonetheless turned towards his second-in-command. "How huge could it possibly be, Zhong?'

"I'm guessing around...uh...300 pounds."

"...What the devil are you babbling about?"

"I'm saying my men were thrashed by a resistance that seemingly appeared out of nowhere! They didn't stand a chance at all!"

Shen chuckled a little, turning towards the city once again. "That's what you've come to bother me for? I don't think that's something to alarm me about. I told you, all that resist will be punished due time. A small band of rebels aren't worth my attention."

"This isn't some normal band of rebels, though! My men saw a PANDA amongst them!"

Zhong knew Shen could get a bit erratic when provoked by the wrong words, even if they were the truth. Which was why he didn't flinch too hard when he found himself looking right into the tip of a knife a couple seconds later, and Shen's casual mood was shattered in an instant. "What. Did. You. Just. Say?"

"I'm telling you there's a panda in the city now! They couldn't track him down, either. His scent from where he was last seen was completely wiped clean!"

Shen put his knife away and sighed. He wouldn't be getting anything done if he got angry, but this simply wasn't something he could ignore. A panda was in his city...how he got in, he didn't know and he didn't care. All that mattered to Shen was that he be dead as soon as possible. And in order to be absolutely sure about it...

"Zhong! I want you to bring Master Ox and Master Rhino with you! If either of them becomes disobedient, you have my permission to punish them as you see fit! Just find that panda and bring him to me! Before he causes anymore damage!"

"Right." He nodded as he turned and ran out on all fours. Shen sighed as he tried to fend off an approaching headache. Things were going so well...only to not be going so well after all, if there really was a panda out there. This means that the prophecy really hasn't changed at all...not yet.

"So...Panda. You've hunted me down after so many years. You really think you can undo all rhat I've planned for, all by yourself? Hmhmhm..." He opened his crimson eyes as he stared outward to his city, narrowing them slightly. "I'm about to change my destiny...whether everyone likes it or not."

"Yeah...thing is...destiny can be a really picky bastard, buddy. I know from experience."

Shen's eyes widened as he swiftly turned aroune, knives in his wings. He was surprised to find that both of his gorillas have been knocked unconscious, lying on the ground with their eyes completely white. And the one responsible for it was a familiar muscular snow leopard. Shen was well aware of who he is. Stories tend to travel far and wide if they're significant enough to be noticed by him.

"You're that outlaw...Tai Lung, I presumed."

"And you're this Lord Shen bird that this old lady was babbling about." Tai Lung moved to the right to reveal that the Soothsayer was standing fight behind him.

"What are you doing here in my city?" The Soothsayer eyed Shen, seeing that he is still holding a knife in his wing.

"Shen...he will not attack you."

"How could you be so sure of that?!"

"Because you look so weak and fragile despite that tough facade you have on, that it wouldn't be worth my time. You're a pretty good shot with those knives, and a bit decent at Kung Fu, I'll give you that. But that's not gonna help you against me." Tai Lung waved it off, angering the peacock further. "Plus, you haven't personally done anything to me yet. So as long as it stays that way...I'm not going to do anything to you. Your subordinates on the other hand...they're fair game, because they attacked me first."

"...Then what DO you want...?" Shen asked carefully, not putting his knife away but not as posed to attack like before.

Tai Lung simply smiled under his cloak as he leaned against a pillar with his arms folded, and his tail casually swishing side to side against the floor. Shen was unnerved hat there was something powerful in front of him that can end him in an instant if he really wanted to. He knew Shen was dangerous, he knew he was an enemy...so what's with the casual attitude? He has the skills and power to back up the confidence that Shen couldn't do anything to him without his weapon.

Shen hated feeling trapped when nothing has happened yet to make him feel that way.

"I'm just here to have a civil chat with you." Tai Lung shrugged. This only caused Shen to narrow his eyes further.

What is he trying to pull...?

(Gongmen Jail)

"Why, Master?!" Fung shouted angrily, shoving Master Croc across a couple inches while flashing his sharp teeth. He has discovered that his own men have been brutalized in his absence, and Master Croc had not done anything to help them. Furthermore, it was starting to feel like Croc was not doing anything to help the citizens who were clearly suffering under some severe oppression from all of these wolves, gorillas, and whatnot. He also didn't see Rhino or Ox anywhere, so he's given the impression that they're also not doing much to help anyone. "The city is under oppression, my men are occasionally getting the crap beaten out of them, ans it looks like you're not doing anything about it! I've been gone for only a couple months and everything's gone to hell! How did all of this happen?!" He pointed at him in hostile accusation. "More importantly, why haven't you, Rhino, and Ox done anything about it?!"

Gahri groaned as he weakly tried to get up, stumbling slightly. Peng and Lian quickly helped him on both sides, preventing him from completely falling over. "Fung...d-don't blame Master Croc. T-They would have done a lot worse if he and the other Masters didn't do what they said..."

Fung turned towards his subordinate as his eyes softened significantly. Though the hostility felt towards Master Croc persisted just a bit. "...What do you mean? How much more can they do?"

Master Croc managed to completely recover from Fung's angered assault, rubbing his sore jaw still. "There's someone who's the head of this entire situation. It's someone who's had a serious grudge against the city for a long time. And it's been made painfully clear that he is intent on taking what he believes is rightfully his. And the amount of force he's wiling to use to do so is absolutely staggering..."

Lian folded her arms. "What? Someone holds a grudge against an entire city, so he decides to straight up take it over and mess with it's citizens? Who does this guy think he is?"

"Right now, it doesn't really matter who he is." Fung said as he stole another look at his subordinates, then towards the guards they have beaten up. "We've gotta get Gahri and the others some much needed medical attention. Crane and Mantis could be anywhere in the city right now doing other things, and we can't waste time trying to figure out where they might be. We're getting them to a medic as soon as we can."

"Decent idea. Because after the stunt we pulled..." Bian Zao gestured to the fallen guards around them. "staying here for too long would be a pretty lame idea. Someone is going tonknow that they're missing, sooner or later. And we'd gotta be gone if it's the 'later' route. We should leave right now, so we don't get caught in the 'sooner' route. Can't take too many chances here."

Xuě nodded as she turned to Fung. "You know this city better than anyone, and we can say without question that Master Croc does as well. You tell us where we need to go, we'll surely follow." The others nodded as they gently helped the other members of the Crocs up, in order not to agitiate their already severe injuries. Song was the most gentle with Gahri, seeing that he's in the most critical condition.

Fung nodded in agreement, but shoots another glare to Master Croc. "We're not done."

"I would suppose not." Croc frowned sadly.

"We've got bigger priorities right now, which is getting my men to a medic and in a place where they can't be found. Once we're sure they're alright...well...that's something we'll have to decide as soon as we have more information. Information that I know you're more than willing to share with us. Right?"

Croc sighed. His student was clearly going to hold this animosity against him for a long while... he couldn't blame him for it. "Alright. I'll fill you in as best I can on the way. Let us go, and remain unseen." Croc turned to look at the only wolf among them, which was Ànyǐng.

"I know what you're thinking. He's friend, not foe." Peng answered politely. "You can trust him. We certainly do."

With this, the group began to move out in search of a safe place to place the Croc Squad and put them in a place where they could recover from their wounds in safety. All the whike, Croc continues to glance at both Ànyǐng and Peng. The former puts him slightly on edge, because wolves are definitely not on his list of trustworthy allies, and the latter because he looked a lot like Tai Lung. The question nicked the Master's mind a couple times, but he ultimately shakes it off for a more important one.

"Fung. Your panda friend...Po...did he come here as well?"

Fung looked at Croc, taking special care to notice the concern on his face, and that he was speaking of Po, specifically. With a raised eye, he nodded. "Yeah...why do you ask?"

Croc sighed. He had been afriad of this. "I thought so. This makes the situation even more dangerous than it already is. Fung, you must move with haste. If they do not see me patrolling in my designated location, then I'll be marked with suspicion, more than I already am." He gripped Fung's shoulders and narrowed his eyes. "You can be mad at me for as much as you like. But as soon as you've done what you needed to do, you need to retrieve Po and leave. Immediately. Of all the places he could go, this place and time is where he is in the most danger."

Song lowered her ears a bit. "Why? Why is Po in the most danger?"

"Because if he was discovered, he's going to be labeled a priority target. They'll hunt him down with all the forces they can muster."

Fung lowered his anger a little and he began looking concerned. "Seriously? Does this guy have a grudge with Po that overtakes his grudge against the city?"

Croc closed his eyes as he let's go of Fung and turned around. "It's...a complex issue. But the problems are most certainly intertwined. That much I can tell you. Now, I'm going to make sure no one follows you. If I stay missing for too long..." Croc shook his head and began walking out the exit above.

"Croc? CROC!" Fung shouted after him, but Song grabbed his shoulder before he could chase him.

"Whatever is going on, it's obvious that Master Croc has his paws tied. We don't, that's why he wants us to keep moving. Remember what your main concern is right now." She said, gesturing to a still injured Gahri, as well as Wong, Irwin and Wall-Eye.

Fung gazed in the direction of Master Croc for a moment longer, then h sighed in frustration. After that, he turned towards the others. "Right. The boys come first. Let's get out of here before more goons can show up. I don't feel like dealing with more of them while the guys are in this condition." Fung said seriously as he gently grabbed Gahri from Song, hoisting him over his shoulder a bit. "Gahri...you still with me, buddy?" He asked gently, gazing into Gahri's unswollen eye. Song opened the door for everyone, and they began passing through a less crowded alley. Luckily for them, there were no guards.

Gahri fluttered his eye a bit, looking at Fung weakly. "F-Fung..."

"I'm here, pal. I'm still here. Do you know what happened while I was away?" He asked, his voice becoming completely patient and warm. Song and the others are now very much aware that he cares deeply for his men, and is incredibly caring towards them. "Don't push yourself too hard. We're not in serious danger right now. Relax as much as you can. Talk to me."

Gahri blinked slowly as he gently held onto him, being carried by his superior. "It was...just another day training with Master Croc...as usual, we got our tails handed to us..."

"That doesn't surprise me." Fung chuckled softly. "Keep goin'."

Song gently patted Gahri's snout, slowly caressing it comfortably. She smiled softly and nodded to him. He slowly nodded back. "That day we were training...we were going back into the tower for a little bit to get some snacks...but when were coming back out...there were these wolves...a lot of wolves...and gorillas...and komodo dragons and stuff. And there was-"

"A white birdy." Wall-Eye spoke up a little, almost tripping over but saved by Bian Zao. Fung immediately turned towards him.

"White birdy? What kind of birdy?"

"A white birdy...with a very big tail fan thingie...had lots of red dots on them...he throws knives at us a lot...and he has a lance sword thingie..."

"Big tail fan thingie with dots?" Peng said with a tilted head. "I think we're dealing with a peacock, guys."

"Yeah...that." Gahri nodded softly. "He's the one...in charge. The big boss, ya know...? He was ordering them around with his wolf second-in guy leading the wolves...they had the city completely under control in a matter of days. They were making sure that no one calls for help, and no one leaves for help...the city is on total lockdown."

"Why haven't the Masters done anything about this?" Ànyǐng asked from behind, keeoing a close eye out for any other wolves that might be in the area.

Gahri lowered his eye completely, and didn't open them for a couple minutes. Fung grew concerned, and lightly shook him. "Gahri? You still with me?"

The croc slowly opened his eye again. "A weapon...they have some kind of weapon...a really powerful one. If they don't do what the guy says, he'll turn it against the city and the citizens. After a couple warning shots, they caved in quickly...now they're doing whatever he says, and allows his goons to rough them up while they're at it...including us..."

"We couldn't do a thing, Boss. We couldn't even escape from the prison." Wong muttered, clenching his fists.

Bian Zao turned towards the few citizens that took up the alley. Most of them had eyes full of paranoia and caution. They stepped out of the way of the upcoming group, andnwere incredibly wary of the single wolf that accompanied them. Rethinking what the Croc were telling them, his gaze turned to the ground. "So that's it, huh...?"

"The entire city has been taken hostage." Xuě said softly. "And no one outside the city knows about it. And since the city is still on serious lockdown, sooner or later, they'll discover the infiltration, and try to snuff us out."

"Yeah well, they'll discover that catching us won't be as easy as they think it might be. We tend to be a pretty slippery bunch." Song said as she lightly stuck her tongue out. Then she kept stroking Gahri's snout. "But right now, we need to get Fung's friends somewhere safe, where they can be healed. Then we can worry about our next move."

"We gotta figure out some way to free these people! If the Masters can't do anything, we'll just have to take matters into our own paws!" Lian declared as she cracked her knuckles.

Gahri managed to shift his eye towards Fung. Even when weakened, he managed a small smile. "Fung...you made...some nice friends...while you were away...huh...?"

Fung grinned, flashing his teeth a bit. "Yeah. I sure did. "

"Then...this snow leopardess next to you..." Gahri said a bit curiously, which caused Fung to raise an eyebrow. "She's...really pretty...isn't she? Do you...like her?"

Fung's eyes became wide as he began standing a bit straighter, with a blush gracing his cheeks. "...W-What the heck, Gahri?!"

"What is it, Fung?" Song asked, her head slightly tilted.

"N-Nothing! Nothing at all!" Fung said while rapidly shaking his head. He sighed in relief once she noticed she returned her attention forward. Darn it, Gahri! If I wasn't so worried about hurting you further than you already are, I'd SO drop you! While standing straight up, more relief was shown on his face when he saw that the medical area was up ahead. "Yes! We made it!"

Peng was the one who approached the entrance first. He entered right through the door, politely knocking first. Up ahead behind the counter, there was a sheep going through a couple of her supplies and also looking out windows occasionally in order to make sure no guards were overseeing her. Though when she heard the knock and saw the group walking in, she looked genuinely surprised.

"What...? Hold on...is that you, Fung?! And the other boys...!" She immediately discarded what she was doing for the time being, and ran over to them. "Set them down! Set them all down, gently." Everyone did what she ordered, Fung setting down Gahri on a nearby bed, and the others setting the rest ofnthe crocs down on separate beds. The sheep sighed as she looked over their injuries. "Those rotten thugs...what did they do to you poor boys...?"

"They messed them up good, doc. Do you think you can help them out?" Fung asked of her. "We have our own medics in my new friend circle, but they're in an entirely different part of the city, and we don't have time to go looking for them before more guards realize something's up."

She shook her head softly. "I haven't seen you in a while, and you're already causing a huge ruckus. You're still a troublemaker, I see."

"Hey, now listen here-"

"Um...guys...?" Gahri said weakly as he pointed towards the entrance of the medical ward. The group turned to where he was pointing as they see a group of Komodo Dragons outside of the building.

Bian Zao turned towards them with a rather bored expression. "We weren't followed. They must have just been making their way here. I knew this was too easy...so lame."

"Knock knock, Doc!" One of the lizards began forcing their way through the door.

"You heathens get out! I have actual patients to tend to!" She shouted loudly, smacking her hoof into the wall.

"These gentlemen bother you on a daily basis, ma'am?" Peng asked politely, though there was a hidden growl behind it that only Lian was able to detect. Fung already had his fists clenched and his tail slowly swaying.

One of the larger lizards huffed. "This is just our usual visit, that's all! A simple...cleaning out, is all."

Peng also took a moment to analyze the room around them. There we're multiple claw marks, a bit of wooden snaps in the walls, and the counter looks like it's collapsed at least a few times. He slowly turned towards them, his eyes turning to slits. Xuě was able to voice exactly what he was thinking. "And by cleaning out, you mean trashing the place, right? You're just harassing this sheep for the hell of it. Mindless brutes are what you are."

Bian Zao shrugs, holding his hoofs up. "Pickin' on an old sheep? Geez, you goons keep getting lamer and lamer. And it's the type of lame that inspires us to beat the crap out of you."

Illustrating the boar's point, Fung charged them and knocked them all out of the room. They sprawled across the streets, surprising the citizens outside. The Komodo Dragons got up and snarled at the group as they slowly filed out of the room. They brandished their weapons ,or jsut their bare fists and claws.

"You rotten little punks!"

"I believe that description fits you jackasses better. So why don't ya beat it?" Lian said, sticking her tongue out at them. Peng laughed awkwardly at her straight-forward approach.

"I'd listen to her if I were you guys. Don't let that sunny smile fool you." Bian Zao shrugged. "

They all snarled at the group as more of them began gathering. Yet Fung and the others remained completely unintimidated. "You're all gonna pay for this! You should have kept your noses out of our business!"

Song twirled her parasol a little, humming softly. "You know...I've been curious about something, ever since we've began seeing you guys."

"And what's that?"

She smiled sweetly as her eyes began turning to dangerous slits as well. "I wonder what color is your blood? I heard it's green. Some say it's the same usual red." She said as her parasol sheathes a blade at the tip, and her claws began sticking out menacingly. Her slitted eyes turned slightly bloodthirsty.

"I'm about to find out~"

(Meanwhile...)

Po and the others have been hiding out in a kind rabbit family's home, as a thanks for helping save them, as well as to hide them from any other guards thay might pass by. Crane was the one who suggested that they plan their next move accordingly and as carefully as they can. They were in an entire city filled with enemies, so he suggested they move carefully. This was a stage they had to take with absolute seriousness.

They didn't have time for more distra-

"CUUUUUUTIIIIEEEESSSSS!"

The rabbits had them completely overrun. Some where accepting of it. Some weren't.

The squeals of Viper resonated slightly through the rabbit house as she had at least five of them wrapped in her coils with hearts in her eyes. Monkey and Mantis were pinned down by a majority of them, even as they we're trying to eat their dumplings. Po was actually pretty cool with the onslaught of children, casually eating an cookies as three giggling rabbits were having a good time repeatedly bouncing on his belly, trampoline style. Tigress and Mei Ling were the calmest of the bunch, but the former was feeling slightly awkward as multiple rabbits kept asking for the two felines to play with them. Crane was trying to keep his balance as bunnied hopped onto his legs and left wing and face, eventually knocking him over, as well as his hat.

The scene was utterly chaotic. All of them(sans Po) wondered how one can retain order in such a household.

"YOU KIDS BETTER SETTLE DOWN, OR NO ONE GETS DESSERT!"

The room instantly falls silent at the mother's booming voice echoing through the household, and all of the children obediently got a couple notches quieter and slowed down their high-speed shenanigans to a speed that everyone can keep up with. Mantis, Monkey, and Crane managed to recover after catching their breathe, and the bunnies on top of Po settled down too, and were now just sitting calmly atop his belly.

The mother calmed down and put on a warm smile. "These kind youngsters saved us. You'll go at a speed that they can keep up with, and you'll make breathing space. Am I understood?"

"Yes Mooom..." All of them said at once while calming down and being more gentle with the guests.

Crane coughed a little as he picked up a cup of tea that the mother was kind enough to make. "Oh. Um, thank you."

"You're most welcome. It's the least I can do."

"How can you keep order in such a state of chaos?" Monkey asked curiously as he balanced on his tail. "Not that I don't like the excitement of a bit of chaos...but how do you rein it in?"

She folded her arms with a sly smile. "I remind them of who's in charge of the household...I don't think I need to explain more in that regard."

"No she doesn't..." Mantis shook his head softly. "Women." Tigress reached her paw out and pressed her finger on his back. He gasped and began tapping the table he was on. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry-ack! I give! I give!" Tigress smiled and released the pressure, allowing him to breathe again. "I honestly thought she was gonna kill me..."

"I wouldn't do that. It's very tempting...but I won't."

"...I dunno whether I should be concerned or not..."

"Either way, these cookies are fantastic!" Po says as he picks three out of the cookie jar and noms them all in one bite. The rabbit lying on his belly took a couple cookies out the jar and also began eating a couple of them quickly. Po smiled and lightly patted his belly.

"I can't disagree with you there. These are delicious." Mei Ling said as she gently eats one of the cookies from another jar, while petting the head of a rabbit that was on her lap.

Po nodded as he turned towards the mother rabbit with a tilted had, his scarf neatly set on a nearby chair, and his hat placed on one of the children's head. "Anyway...you said that you had something to tell us that would help us out a whole bunch?"

"Ah yes, I did promise you that...along with the snacks."

"Yes. We enjoy the snacks. Greatly enjoy the snacks."

"Hm." She nodded while hopping in one of the smaller chairs and clasping her paws. "Now, I don't know the entire situation, but I'll give you as much as I know."

"Any information is better than nothing. We don't want to be in the dark anymore than we already are." Tigress said as she sat upwards, completely focused. Not at all distracted by the rabbit giggling on top of her head. Though she gave in after a minute and took the rabbit into her arms, cradling him. "Like I said, any information will do."

"Very well." She sighed as she looked towards the ceiling, ears flat against her head. "Thing's have gotten incredibly downhill ever since Shen returned to Gongmen City. I'm not exactly sure how he was able to do it, but he was actually successfulnin scaring the Kung Fu Council into giving into his demands and handing control of the City over to him. And as far as I'm aware of, nonone else knows that the City is in the middle of a large hostage situation. Anyone caught trying to leave the city or try to contact help will be punished severely. After a couple of failures and seeing the grim results, we stopped trying to contact anyone out of the City." She turned her gaze back to them. "So...you youngsters are here to help us? Were you sent here?"

Po shook his head. "No ma'am. We came on our own volition! ...volition? Uh..." He blinked a little bit, then turned to Tigress for confirmation of the right vocabulary. She nodded affirmatively to him, then he turned ba towards the mother. "Yeah, that's it! We came on our own volition!"

She blinked in surprise. "You mean you had no idea what kind of state the city was in, and yet you chose to come anyway?"

"Yep. We were plainning on coming here anyway. We just didn't expct these...other unexpected guests. It's crazy how the city got completely overrun. And we were gonna go on a tour of the place ,like Fung was gonna have us do! This totally sucks! How are we supposed to get to know the city better if we have all of these crazy goons running all over the place and trying to ruin everyone's day?!" Po pouted as he folded his arms. The bunnies on top of him blinked and them mimicked him, pouting childishly and folding their little arms.

"That's just sooooooo cute!" Viper squealed a little at their mimicking of Po.

Po squinted his eyes and folded his arms, trying to think of what to do. He sits up, gently places the children on the ground, arm refolds his arms. When one of them hops up and places his prized hat on his head, he lights up and smashes his fist into his palm. "I got it!"

"What? What is it, Po?" Tigress asked, once again gently pulling a rabbit off of her head and setting him on the ground without looking at him.

Po grinned. "We liberate the city, of course!"

"WHAAAAAAAT?!" Crane squawked, flapping his a bit and causing a bit of a gust through the room, almost knocking over his tea. He stopped flapping, quickly apologizes, and turned to Po, his eyes wide. "Po are you cra-don't answer that." He quickly stopped the futile question before it could finish. "Liberate the city? Us?!"

"Yep!"

"Do you realize how dangerous that could be?!"

"Yep!"

"There's only a couple of us, while this Shen guy has an ENTIRE ARMY! An army that's actually pretty strong and occupying the entire city!"

"Yep!"

"This insane, Po! It's six of us, including the others, vs the army of a dictator, and a tough one if he's got the Kung Fu Council under his heel! He might even sic them on us because they don't want the citizens getting hurt more than they probably are! We'll have to protect them as well! Or we'll have to get them to resist alongside us! This WHOLE idea is just filled with possibilities for mass chaos!"

Po folded his arms with a wider smile. "If everything on our journies was too easy, could we really call them journies?"

Crane's beak dropped at Po's complete insistence to go along with this idea. Monkey shrugs. "Po's the boss. And so is Tigress. Wait...what do you think, Tigress?"

Tigress folded her arms. "Po's idea involves bringing an oppressive order down by stirring up enough chaos for the people to start fighting for themselves. We start up that chaos that showing them that there's someone in the city who doesn't fear Shen, and is willing to resist him when the Kung Fu Council cannot. People don't like being oppressed. If someone starts resisting that oppression and actually succeeds...who do you think they'll side with?"

Mei Ling smiled. "Ahah! This is actually a pretty decent idea! Risky as hell, but when haven't we been in situations like that?"

"An oppressive order that's just waiting to be toppled over? You've got my vote!" Monkey grinned. "We'll take back the city by turning the city against Shen!"

"I'm in! Time to rally the peeps and raise some hell!" Mantis beamed, hopping around, now filled with energy.

"Huh? Oh! Right! Let's do that thing!" Viper said, still a bit distracted by cuddling the rabbits wrapped in her coils.

"Is there ANY way I convince you guys to think of another idea?" Crane asked, waving his wings rapidly for anyome to take his side. Though once he realized they were in support of Po's idea, he sighed in defeat. "Ugh...I guess we're actually going along with this, aren't we?"

"Why of course. The people should come first, after all." Tigress nodded, while one paw rose up to stroke her furry chin. "Of course, the Kung Fu Council will be adamant about staying under Shen's heel if it means keeping those same people safe. Our contrast of interests might have our sides coming to blows."

"You mean we might have to fight Masters Rhino, Ox, and Croc?!" Crane squawked again. Add that to the numerous wolves, boars, crocs, gorillas, and Komodo Dragons all over the place...Crane groaned as he wingslapped his beak. "We're in for some serious trouble...and since we've already been seen, it's just going to get much worse..."

"And we're gonna do it either way." Po's grin never left his face. It was clear that his decision was final.

"Of course we are..."

The rabbit mother could hardly believe that they were so willing to out themselves at risk for the citizens of Gongmen City. Even if it meant going against or even doing battle the Kung Fu Council that's currently under Shen's heel.

Po tilted his head as he sets another rabbit down from his head. "Now I might know where this is gonna lead. A couple of those guys already saw us. They're gonna tell their boss who we are and what we're most likely planning to do. They're gonna to capture us. Maybe even try to kill us, in order to keep this Shen guy's conquest on a steady course. And like Crane said, these guys are all over the place, and there's only a few of us. A few of us against an entire army...'

"And what say you to a scenario like that, brave leader?" Monkey asked while plopping on his feet, scarf tightly wrapped.

Po wrapped his own scarf around his neck, picked up his straw hat and placed it on his head softly. Then he looked outside, smile falling, and his eyes narrowed under the shade of his hat.

"Game on."