(Mount Penglai)
Fenghuang and Shifu's eyes both shot open as both of their meditation stances we're unceremoniously broken, in the middle of the night. Shifu fell over on his side while Fenghuang could barely keep herself standing. With shocked faces, the both of them looked in the direction where Gongmen City lies, trying to catch their breath.
A disturbance...a very troubling one...what could be happening?! Shifu thought, shaken by the sensation of the omens plaguing his mind.
W-What the hell was that?! I just got a bad feeling all of a sudden...! Fenghuang gasped, placing a paw on her chest while focusing on slowing her breathing.
Though it would seem that they weren't the only ones who could sense that something was wrong.
"P-Po..." Mr. Ping murmured uneasily in his sleep, turning over on his side while hugging himself. "My little panda...Po...please be okay...Daddy misses you...oh Po..."
Fenghuang lowered her eyes, saddened by the goose's clear immense concern for his son carried over even into unconsciousness. She and Shifu looked at one another, before the latter turned to the meditating Master Yao.
"...You want to go after him, do you?" He didn't even have to open his eyes. Fenghuang was still a bit put-off by how easily he could do that. "Concern is a normal feeling to hhave for a loved one in danger. There's pleasant way to say that feeling concern is wrong. But remember that you promised our cuddly panda that you would watch over his father."
Fenghuang groaned. "Ugh! This is irritating! I can't watch Mr. Ping worry about is son while sleeping! It's not something I'm used to dealing with!"
"The fact that you care at all is more than enough evidence to prove that you care deeply for the both of them. It's okay to worry. As long as your faith in him and his friends doesn't waver. Everything will be fine." Yao said comfortably.
"Grr...I still don't think we should just sit around and wait. I'm not a fan of doing nothing of I'm feeling terribly anxious at the same time." Fenghuang grumbled, folding her wings.
"Well, don't let me tell you what to do. You do what you want to do." Yao said with a soft smile. "After all, that's something you do all the time. Trust your instincts, Fuzzy, Tsundere Owl."
Fenghuang sighed as she tucked in her wings. Shifu quietly pondered Yao's advice. He nodded as he turned towards Fenghuang. Then he went over to wake up Taotie. Fenghuang nodded to Shifu fr a couple moments...before she gasped and glared angrily at Yao. "Don't call me Tsundere Owl! That doesn't suit me at all!"
"Really? Huh. I didn't notice." Yao seemed to be sincere, yet also simultaneously joking. The goofy smile he sent her way left both perspectives possible. It really frustrated her that she couldn't tell which one was the dominant one.
Why does one of the wisest Kung Fu Masters ever, also have to be the wackiest...? Oogway was a troll, but at least he knew when to be straightforward. Master Yao, he mixes wisdom into his somewhat unpredictable actions and speech that people could mistake it for his usual craziness.
Shifu soon snuck into the room Taotie was staying in, and lightly shook him. "Taotie...Taotie. Forgive me for disturbing your slumber, but I need you for something!"
The warthog groaned as he sat up, rubbing his eyes. "What do you want, Shifu? I was having a decent nap!"
"Me and Fenghuang believe Po and the others might be in trouble. We're going to need something that can transport us there as soon as possible."
Taotie folded his arms. "And you came to me? You expect me to create a contraption that will transport all of us to that blasted fairway city of Gongmen as soon as we possibly can? And you expect me to be able to achieve such a feat by getting started in the middle of the night?"
Shifu paused, lightly scratching his ears. "I know this is a bit much from you, but I wouldn't ask you if I weren't so worried. I'm worried about my son and daughter just as much as Mr. Ping is for Po, just like you're probably worried for your son. Please, my friend. Master Yao said for us to have faith, but we are allowed to do what we think we should do. We need your expertise to get us to the city as soon as soon as possible."
Taotie could see the concern and sense of urgency on his best friend's face. He sighed as he got up and stretched. "Alright...give me a few hours, and I'll have something up and operational for long-distance travel. My genius is at your disposal, but make no mistake. You owe me."
"Thank you, Taotie. Truly." Shifu bowed.
"Yeah, whatever." He yawned tiredly as he stood up and scratched his back. "Just go wake up your girlfriend and tell her we'll be doing some nightly traveling."
"That I shall...attempt."
"Don't be such a wuss, Shifu! You're just waking her up! It's not like you two will be-"
"I UNDERSTAND!" Shifu shouted, cutting off Taotie as a massive blush spread across his face. Taotie shrugged mischievously as he stretched a bit more as he went outside and began gathering the tools he needed.
Shifu sighed, feeling as if he dodged a speeding arrow. He also exited the room and turned...to see Mei Ling right in front of him. "M-Mei Ling?! You're awake already?!"
"I've heard the entire thing, Fufie." She said with her head teasingly tilted to the side. "It looks like we'll have to follow the younger ones after all. Guess parents can't help but be worried for their children."
"I am honestly worried about them. I really do have faith in them, but I just can't help but think that they're in need of our assistance."
Mei Ling patted his shoulder. "There's nothing wrong with feeling this way. They'll be a bit annoyed...but they'll surely appreciate the help. Besides, it's not like you're smothering them. If that were the case, then it would be a bit of an issue."
Shifu sighed as he once again turned towards the direction of the city. "I hope you're right, Mei Ling."
"I usually am." She grinned as she placed her paw on his other shoulder and smiled slyly. "Soooo...until Taotie finishes his little contraption...how about we have ourselves a bit of mischief?"
"Mei Ling, now isn't the time for your teasing." Shifu deadpanned despite the blush returning on his cheeks.
"I beg to differ. What do you think Taotie was implying...hmmmm...?"
"Let us not go into that!"
Meanwhile, Fenghuang went back to the sleeping Mr. Ping, still trying to soothe the sleeping goose rambling about his son. She softly petted his head with her wing.
"Don't worry, Mr. Ping. I'm sure Po is fine. And as soon as Taotie is done with his know-how whatever, we'll check on him ourselves and assist he and the others with whatever troubles they might be going through." She said soothingly with a soft smile. Though her inside thoughts said something else. Or more specifically, someone else.
Tai Lung. If I find out that something bad has happened to the panda, your ass is MINE.
(Gongmen City)
Why do I suddenly feel like my life is in danger, and not because I just got blown up...? Tai Lung slowly opened his eye as he sat up and accessed the damage around him. He lifted his arms to see that they were mostly wrapped up in bandages. That didn't surprise him, he just took a cannonball shot in midair with little to no preparation beforehand.
He looked around to see that the sheep medic was curently tending to Crane's injuries, with Golden Cat Mei Ling worringly looking over him. Viper was curled up on a nearby bed, the run makeup a clear sign of concerned tears. Peng had Lian placed on his lap as they embraced one another with troubled faces. Bian Zao propped himself up against the wall, snoring quietly. Monkey balanced on his tail with Mantis on to on of his head, both fidgeting with their scarves. Tigress was looking anxiously out the window, her paws tightly gripping the windowsill furiously. Fung was tending to his croc brethren, grabbing Gahri's paw gently and reassuring him that the situation will eventuslly get better, with Song standing over him.
Master Rhino, Master Croc, and Master Ox were guarding the outside of the building, with the help of Xuě. The goat was the most focused of all, glaring oitward for any hostile forces. Tai Lung managed to count all but a few. Obviously Po was somewhere else, seriously injured. But...
Where's the wolf-boy? Where's that Ànyǐng fellow?
"You're finally awake, Tai Lung? You took a pretty heavy hit back there." Monkey said as they allowed the moment of silence to pass. "We found you and we found Crane, easily enough. You've been getting fixed up here for a short 2 hours."
"One and a half would have been enough for me." Tai Lung grunted as he swung his feet over the bed and stood up straight, cracking his neck. "Do we have any measure on how serious the situation is now?"
"Well Shen is getting tired of waiting for his big conquest gig." Song spoke up. "He's mobilizing his forces pretty quickly, thought they seem to be having a few problems with that. Their wolf leader suddenly vanished without a trace, and they almost became completely disorganized."
Tai Lung blinked. Zhong just left Shen hanging when he was possibly needed him most? That was very suspicious of him. He did bail out when it was clear he's seen enough of Po's behavior. Maybe that had something to do with it...?
Peng lightly petted Lian's back for a couple more moments. "Uncle...what do we do now? Po is somewhere out there, seriously injured. We have to find him soon." He looked towards his Aunt Tigress. "Aunt Tigress is getting very impatient. She's made sure that you were okay, but she's really eager to jump out there and find him."
"I can see that, nephew. Very clearly."
"Hey! Geezer!" Fung suddenly shouted out for Master Croc, who remained calm even though his prized student was calling out to him. "There's a pretty good chsnce that you and the other two know where Po might have ended up, is that right?!"
Master Rhino turned to Master Croc, who merely sighed at the ridiculousness and lack of manners his student was showing. Though admittedly, the time for manners was obviously not right now. Rhino gave a bit of a head shake, before he turned to the others through the window.
"We can't keep it from any of you any longer. If Po has landed somewhere in the river and no one touches him as it carries him...then it should lead him there. You have to follow the river to the village...his village."
Tigress's attention snapped to Rhino's in an instant. "What do you mean...Po's village?"
Crane heard a piece of the conversation, and he groaned while sitting upward, assisted by Mei Ling. "Mr. Ping...did say that he found Po in a radish basket. Which obviously means he wasn't from the Valley of Peace, and he was born somewhere else." He looked towards Rhino with a look of expectation. "Isn't that right?"
Ox turned towards Rhino. "Rhino. Are you sure that this is the right course of action?"
"He deserves to know more than anyone. And so does his friends." Croc informed him. "They need to be there to support him when he learns the truth."
Viper slowly rose her head up in attention. "W...What do you mean 'truth'?"
Ox stayed silent, Croc folded his arms and sighed as he looked away in shame, and Rhino shook his head. "It is best if you see for yourselves. I don't know much about any of you. But if there was a time and place for you to be by his side, it would be now, and up that river."
"The panda has stood up to Shen's forces with no fear at all, and the citizens have seen and heard this. They're no longer as afraid of Shen as they used to be. They're beginning to rebel against him, putting them in danger." Ox said, at first it was degrading of Po's actions. Then he lowered his head. "But I must admit...he took action when it was needed most. Unlike ourselves, who stayed under Shen's talons like cowards. You kids...you cannot allow that panda to die."
"No way in hell we would let that happen!" Mantis shouted, hopping. "Po is our big guy! He's the heart of the team! He's the best damn chef in the entire world!" Everyone looked at him blankly, causing him to scratch his head with his foreleg. "Sorry, I'm just really hungry right now. Anyway, we have to find Po and help him out!"
"Agreed." Crane said, struggling to stand. "That cannon shot was nothing...I can still fight..."
Lian lightly lifted her head away from Peng's, folding her arms. "What exactly are we supposed to do? Shen's gonna start his attack soon, since the villagers are no longer afraid of him..."
"It's obvious what we should do now." Bian Zao said while staring at the ceiling. "Tigress, Crane, Viper, Mantis, Monkey, and Tai Lung are gonna go find Po. Masters Rhino, Master Croc, Master Ox, and Xuě are gonna buy them time by holding the army back and keep them from leaving the harbor until the rest of us get there. Me, Peng, Song, Mei Ling, and Fung are going to head to the factory in the city and keep them from producing anymore cannons. Case in point, we're gonna destroy it just like we did with the one at Mount Penglai, so he can't blindside us with more of them." Now all of the stares were on Bian Zao, this time they were full of surprise instead of just being expressionless. He raised an eyebrow at them. "...What?"
"I know that you're not an idiot...but a tactician? HOW?" Lian said, surprised.
Bian Zao shrugged. "I can be a smart guy when I need to be. But-"
"You like being a Lazy Ass because it takes less work, right?" Lian smiled sweetly when Brian Zao's eye twitched in annoyance.
Tai Lung cracked his knuckles. "Alright. We have a plan, and we've gotta split up for it to be done somewhat effectively. We're going after Po, where he should be recovering from that blast."
The doctor tending to the injured looked at them worriedly. "Are you sure he'll be alright...?"
"The panda is fine." Tai Lung said confidently as he stared out the window. "A person like him is far too stubborn to die from something as weak as that. He's alright. It's just a matter of how alright." Tai Lung shrugged. "Plus, Tigress is already gone."
"Eh?" Crane and Viper blinked as they could see that the striped feline has vanished out of the window. The former blinked in astonishment as he scratched his head. "How did she do that?!"
"Doesn't matter. Time to move." Monkey shrugged as he also jumped out the window, as well as the rests of the Five, and Tai Lung.
Bian Zao, Peng, and Lian stood up as everyone who didn't leave gathered around them. "Alright guys. We have a conquest to stall, and a factory to destroy."
(Gongmen Outskirts)
"Hey. Hey. Hey. Tubby. Come on, you can't possibly be dead. I can hear ya breathing."
"Ugh...voices in my head...pain in my face...emptiness in my tummy..." Po groaned in pain as he slowly sits up after a short stretch. He opened his eyes as the environment around him came into better focus...and he could see Zhong right in front of him, waiting impatiently for him to regain consciousness. Po blinked once. "Er...one-eyed wolf guy? Did you save me?"
"...How are you not pissed with me anymore?" Zhong said, as he shook his head in exasperation. "Look...I didn't save you so we could have a friendly chat." Po looked over himself to see that he was covered in numerous bandages. And judging by the slight stinging feeling over his body, someonen has just removed all of the acupuncture needles from his body. Though he was still surprised that someone who antagonized him so ruthlessly has suddenly saved his life.
"Did you bring me here to feed me?"
"...No."
"Did you bring me here to kill me?"
"Now if I wanted you dead, why would I save you?!"
"I dunno. You're bad at your job?"
"...Why didn't I let this dumbass drown...?" Zhong asked himself, facepalming himself hard. The question was rhetorical of course. Either way, Po was left horribly confused. The wolf shook his head as he looked at the panda. "...Anyway...I saved you for a reason. Something that'll be explained."
"Explained how?" When he said this, the Soothsayer slowly exited from the shadows from behind him. Following her, was Ànyǐng. Po blinked and pointed. "Hey, it's the old goat lady and your son!" Then he remembered that it was supposed to be a surprise, and he covered his mouth. "Oh! I'm sorry! I didn't-"
"Don't bother, panda. He already told me." Zhong waved him off, earning a further confused gaze from the panda. "Yeah...for so long, I didn't even know that I had a kid. I went for a fling once, a few months after...stuff happened." Zhong rubbed his neck awkwardly. "Shit...man, I don't even know how to explain this."
"By providing the truth of what you know, Zhong. You're doing great." Soothsayer said softly, standing by.
"I don't wanna do this..."
"Why would you start a path you're unwilling to finish?"
"Ugh! I hate it when you do that!" The wolf growled, shaking his head rapidly. "...Look, Panda. I just couldn't go through with it anymore, okay? At first I was on board with Shen's little scheme, and i have been for years. But...I can't do it anymore. Seeing you in action for the first time was the last straw for me." Zhong shook his head. "I thought we did what we did because your people were a threat to Shen. But seeing that idiotic, innocent look in your eyes, even when you were trying to kick my ass...you had no idea what happened, or why you were being targeted. For some reason, looking at you as my prey...it ain't fun. And you know I'm serious when I say that, because I consider messin' with prey to be pretty damn funny."
"How come?"
"You weren't trying to kick my ass out of revenge. You tried because I provoked you. When I came back to that realization, I came to another one...most of this mess was her fault!" Zhong pointed at Soothsayer angrily. "Why'd you have to let him hear that stupid fortune?! All of our lives could have been easier if you had only kept your mouth shut! But now, now the damage is far too severe for it to ever be undone! All three of us are to blame for this!"
"...I know...I didn't use enough care or caution when revealing that fortune..." She said bitterly, mostly towards herself than anyone else. "There was no way for me to predict his reaction...his ever so violent reaction..."
"Can you not talk like I'm not here?!" Po pouted childishly. "What's going on?! What isn't the goat lady telling me?!"
Ànyǐng sighed. "Po...you're about to take a walk through the past...and it won't be easy for you to handle. I only know the basic details of the events...but only you, my father, Soothsayer, and Shen can remember more vividly. I'm new to this part of the story, because I wasn't born yet."
"Follow us, Chubs. You're not gonna like it, but ya gotta see it." Zhong grumbled as he led the way for Po. He was very nervous about it at first, but he gathered enough strength to stand on his own and follow the wolf.
As he kept trudging forward, the anxiousness in his body continued to grow more and more prominent, and he felt a sudden headache grow to near unbearable levels. It took a lot of will for him to simply remain standing, and he was unaware as to why. Zhong, Ànyǐng, and Sootysayer remained silent for the most part. He was getting a very bad feeling about this burdening situation the more he progresses forward.
Soon enough, he stepped forward, and was shocked by the sight. It's a village...or what was left of it. Everything looked like it was burned to the ground. Houses, crops, everything. It looked horrendous...yet also hauntingly familiar. And not just by the fact that it's happened at the Valley of Peace.
He can still hear the screams of the fallen...
Po nearly fell over as screams pounded in his head, his eyes tightly shut as he tried to keep himself from collapsing. He slowly reopened his eyes as he turned to Zhong and Soothsayer. "What...is this place...?" Neither of them answered. Sighing a bit in frustration, he turned towards the burnt houses in question. Testing something, he closed his eyes...
He reopened his eyes, and was surprised to see many more pandas thriving peacefully in the village he was currently in. Most of them were cheerful, happy, and high-spirited, not giving much of a care in the world. The parents were managing the crops while also watching the children. He could even recognize his younger cub self crawling around, watching everything with eyes full of wonder and happiness. He also saw what looked like...
...are they...?!
He didn't find any time to confirm it, as the beautiful scenery of falling petals and sunshine was replaced with darken skies, pitch black smoke, and screams of the innocent's blood being spiller across the grass. His cub self was terrified beyond imagining, gripping the panda doll in his paws as if his life were connected to it.
"None of them escape! Kill them all!"
He could hear Shen's voice in the background, as well as seeing the peacock sweeping his wing in an arc motion as more wolves mobilized across the fields. He could see one of them leaping at him with his jaws parted, intending to Rio the cubs throat out. The cub, gasped fearfully, until the larger panda from before swung a rake in the wolf's face as hard as he could, batting him away and blinding him in his left eye for life.
"Take our son, run away! Go now!"
The female panda quickly scoops up the cub and quickly flees with him, making him accidentally drop the panda doll. He reached for it in vain, as it disappeared under the rubble of the house they passed under.
Po pushed away said debris and was surprised to see the same doll from his vision under it. His eyes slowly in shock as realization after realization hit him hard, just like the waves of memories.
"I...I lived here...there were more like me...but then..." Po's thoughts went unfinished as more memories struck him. The tradegy of this village being destroyed due to someone else's greed...soon became meshed with the tradegy of the Valley of Peace's near-complete loss of life. It became too much, as a painful ringing begwn filling his ears, causing him to drop the doll amd cover his ears. Unpleasant sounds filled them relentlessly.
The screams of the innocent...
The blood splattering on the ground
The wolves howling...
Po gritted his teeth as he fell to his knees, tightly shutting his eyes and shaking his head, trying in vain to make the sounds go away. It's too much. Far too much!
"Make it stop...make the screams stop...I can't handle the screams...!" Po growled. "Go away! GO AWAY!"
"Po...?! PO!" Someone called out to him, but he was too far gone into the agonizing memories to initially take notice.
MAKE IT STOP! PLEASE!
"PO! OPEN YOUR EYES!"
Po did as the voice requested...and he looked into the eyes of Tigress. She was wearing the most concerned expression he's ever seen on her so far. Because she noticed what he had yet to. He was crying. His eyes darted all over, the flashes of memories overtaking him. She realized that if he didn't stop hyper ventilating, he would pass out.
"Why did they have to die?! What did they ever do to deserve something like this?! Why?!"
"Po! Look at me Po!" Tigress placed her paws on his cheeks and forced him to look her in the eyes. "Don't look anywhere else, Po. Just look at me." She pleaded with him. There was little ways to help him if he was in this hysterical state of mind. "Breathe, Po. Don't focus on anything else but me."
Po blinked owlishly as he stared into Tigress's crimson irises, the tears still flowing down his cheeks. But he did as he was told, slowing his breathing while keeping his eyes on her. "T...Tigress...?"
"That's right, Po. I'm here. You're safe and sound for the moment." She spoke softly to him, wiping the tears away as best as she could. "Everything is okay, Po."
Po shook his head slowly. He slowly brought his arms around her and pulled her into a tight hug, his head gently pressing into her chest. "No Tigress...everything is SO not okay..." He whimpered, tightening his grip on her, his voice cracking a bit. "Everything about this is so messed up...and I...I..."
Tigress, in a significantly less serious situation, would be super embarassed by the way he was pressing his head into her chest, especially since the time period that they were taking s rest from fighting Shen's forces, she removed her wrappings and didn't have the patience to put on more when they made certain of Po's location.
Tai Lung would have definitely make a crack about it, but now was definitely not the time.
Right now, Po was in a very vulnerable state, which was very rare despite his carefree attitude. This was one of the times that her strength would be useful in more than just fighting. For the first time in his life, he's hit his lowest point. He needs to be brought up from it soon, if he were to help everyone stop Shen.
More importantly, Tigress absolutely hated seeing Po so miserable. She would hate it even more if there was nothing she could do about it. Luckily for this occasion, she could.
She slowly wrapped her arms around the panda and pulled him closer to her. One paw rested on his back, while the other was soothingly petting the top of his head as she allowed him to cry softly into her chest. Even though they were in the middle of a crisis, she didn't rush him. She gave him all the time he needed to calm himself down.
The rest of the Five were being debriefed on the situation they were in, with understandable glares aimed towards Zhong. Tai Lung slowly made his way towards Tigress and Po, as the latter as beginning to calm down. Po slowly pulled himself away from Tigresses chest, wiping the tears from his eyes. Tai Lung nodded.
"Hm...by the looks of things...you're ready for what I have to show you, Panda."
Po blinked. "R-Ready...? Ready for what...?"
"Oogway told me something once, when I was still in training. 'When we hit our lowest point...we are open to the greatest change.'" Tai Lung folded his arms. "I'm going to show you what I learned when I completely came to terms with the fact that I'm not the Dragon Warrior. I've noticed you're a quick learner like me, Panda. Do what I do."
Tai Lung took a deep, practiced breath. Po watched him for a moment, and did the same. Then...they both slide their feet across the grass, and gently pushed their paws outward. With precise timing, they raised their paws, and caught a droplet of water. The moment they did, the memories began flooding Po again, and he winced.
"Don't struggle against it, Po. You need to come to terms with what happened. Both with happened with the Valley, and what happened here." Tai Lung told him, his eyes closed. Po listened to him, and his breathing became easier to handle. He closed his own eyes as he balanced his droplet of water up and down his arms, never allowing it to break once.
Tigress recognized the movement, if only vaguely. Tai Chi...
Po followed the movements Tai Lung was guiding him through...until he was doing it on his own...
The mother carried Po through the snow-filled forest, fleeing from the wolves that are chasing the both of them down, including Zhong. They repeatedly tried to pounce at her, with her clumsily and carefully dodging out of the way each time.
Eventually, she managed to lose them, if only for a few minutes. She stumbled down a hill, yet she refused to let her cub touch the ground. She found radish crates at the end of it, and gently placed Po into one. He whimpered when she began pulling away from him, as she tried to calm him down or he'll give himself away. She held his tiny paws with her own, which brought a smile to his face. She smiled back, tears running down her face. Even admist all of this death and destruction, he was more worried about her than anything else. She was full of pride that he already has such a big heart...
It tore her apart that she had to do this. And years later, at an older age, this would do the same. She hugged her child, and planted a kiss on his forehead. Looking at him one last time with regret and sorrow, she pulled away from him, crawling back up the hill, and waving her arms widely to gain the attention of the wolves.
Po reached his arms out for her, crying as she ran away, with wolves chasing her down again, and the train of a peacock following shortly after.
He was all alone...
Po opened his eyes as he allowed the water droplet to slide off of his paw, onto the leaf, and back into the water. He then dropped to his knees as he stared at his paws. He sighed softly.
Tai Lung folded his arms. "You had one home utterly destroyed when you were a cub, and your second one destroyed when you weren't there to protect it. Honestly, I'm surprised that you ended up the way you are now, with the amount of tradegy that's struck you. Out of everyone of your friends, you suffered the worst." He nodded. "But that's what I like about you. Life has given you hell, and yet you still keep kicking. And even if you do break down once in a while...you have them to pull you up."
Tigress stood next to Po, and gently helped him up. Viper slowly slithered sround him and coiled around his arm, planting a comforting kiss on his cheek. Monkely lightly punched him in the shoulder, grinning supportively. Crane, even with a bad wing, placed a wing around him, also supporting him. Mantis hopped on top of his head, wiggling his forelegs excitedy, ready for a fight.
He smiled, remembering he's not alone anymore. And his Dad and Fenghuang...they'll be waiting as well.
"So...what's the plan?"
"Well, Fung and the others are planning to destroy the factory so that no more cannons can be made. Masters Rhino, Ox, and Croc are going to protect the citizens at any cost. As for us...we're going after the fleet. Should be fun." Crane chuckled bitterly. "But it's your call, Po. What say you?"
Po looked to the Five, then to Tai Lung, then to Ànyǐng, Soothsayer, and Zhong. The former handed him his hat, and Tigress handed him his scarf. He places the former on his head, and the latter around his neck. He cracked his knuckles as a sly grin spreads on his face.
"Watch out, Shen...I'm ready for Round Two."