Freeman's Odyssey
Chapter 10
Ancient Awesomeness
Disclaimer: The characters of Kung-Fu Panda are created and owned by someone else.
The portal opened up as Gordon Freeman steps into another whole new world once again, the air is warm and the wind blows from left to right. He did not know where he is, for he figured it must be another dimension as he started to walk. But not before logging it into his journal as he activated by a simple voice command.
Freeman's log
I find myself….somewhere. It looks peaceful and clean. So far no Combine communications traffic or any influence upon these lands. I will learn more once I find a city or a village. These lands look almost ancient; I wonder where I ended up this time.
End log.
A stream is nearby as it looked perfectly clean, where there is a stream there must be a village or a city up ahead. Even the skies are clean with no pollution, no noise, nothing. His glasses were a little dirty, so he used the stream to clean them and wiped off the water with a leaf. After putting them on he kept on moving for what it seems like a couple of hours until finally he heard children playing. Using the underbrush as cover he spotted children but more like what he has seen before.
Talking animals again!
Gordon figured that these talking animals do not know what humans are, so he needed a disguise as he can see a small village full of people-animals like pigs, goats and other animals. He got a good list to what they are speaking in which it is native Chinese, so Gordon understands now he is in China or ancient China in regarding to their clothing and native tongue. His suit comes with a translator that can understand all languages and translated to him so he can understand in perfect English.*
China in his dimension is just an arid desert full of creatures created by the Combine and once proud city of Beijing is just a distant memory as Combine forces bombarded the city into an unlivable environment that turned all of its inhabitants into head crab zombies. The ones who survived were made into Overwatch soldiers or so he heard.
He saw a clothes line nearby and crept quietly without arousing anyone's attention, he saw a cloak and a straw hat. So he snatched both of those objects and puts the straw hat upon his head. Then putting on the cloak to cover his armor as it is a perfect fit. Then he wandered into the village in which he got some questionable looks from the animal people who live here in wondering how strange he looks, but knowingly to move out of the way of a mysterious stranger.
Gordon noticed some of the children playing with dolls that look like a Panda, a Crane, a snake, a monkey, a tiger and a mantis. He found that to be curious as if they are some sort of heroes to these native lands of China. He heard talk about Dragon Warrior this and Dragon Warrior that. Also the villagers are on edge for some reason more like talk of an unknown problem that are going on in these lands as well. To what problems there is.
Even he did not know.
Gordon left the village as he kept of moving in which he heard a place known as the Jade Palace. The villagers themselves looked on at the stranger leaving their village in not knowing who he is.
China: Two days later
The lands are ancient and free as the skies are clear with no pollution, the waters are crystal clear and the air smelled nice. Gordon Freeman had wandered these lands for the past few days like a Nomad, going to village to village in learning all he can.
He found no Combine influence or anything remotely Combine for that matter. He is still dressed in a brown cloak that covered his armor and a straw at that is on top of his head. Having had something to eat in a form of Chinese made noodles in which he didn't had any noodles in a long time.
Gordon walked out of the village in a peaceful manner. Unknown at the moment as Gordon is walking upon a path to another location a small group of animals that have green scaly skin and big teeth are looking down upon him at a nearby hill. They are brandishing weapons in which the leader sneered down at the strange looking person in which he had found their next target to rob. These are mugger-crocodiles.
"For we are the strong," said the leader "And he is the weak."
"He looks pretty big to me," said another "Are you sure about this Fung."
"Oh shut up," said Fung "There is no challenge we cannot overcome and do you boys want to be rich or not."
They all nodded.
"Good, let's get him." said Fung
Gordon Freeman is walking along the path in the woods, everything seemed to be quiet….perhaps a little too quiet. He stopped as he used the replication device to bring forth his trusty crowbar. A crocodile came charging at him with a spear in hand as Gordon side stepped and slammed his crowbar into the back of the head of the crocodile.
He sees a crocodile that had leaped in the air and holding a sword in hand. Gordon braced himself as he used his fore arm to block it as the sword broke in half and Gordon landed a punch to the face.
That sent the crocodile flying into the tree, the other two charged at him in both directions as Gordon simply just moved out of the way and these two crashed into each other. The last one must be the leader as Gordon eyeballed the crocodile. The leader slammed his helmet on the ground and he looked really annoyed at this.
"Darn it," said Fung "I thought you were weak, an easy score." He pointed out "Then you must be one of them….the Ferocious Five.
Wordlessly Gordon punched him in the gut and hit him in the face with his crowbar, then grabbing him by the throat he slammed him against the tree in which he one free man eyeballed him in a cold way.
"Now," said Gordon "What do you mean by Ferocious Five….I'm not one of them?"
"It's only a rumor about them," said the reptile "Please let me go."
"Where do I find this Jade Palace" asked Gordon
"All I know it is where Kung-fu began." said the reptile, he went onto explain further
Gordon found this to be interesting as he tossed him aside as the crocodile bounced hard on the forest grounds and ran of like the wind as Gordon learned a few things in what is going on, but needed more information. Perhaps the locals do have more information.
Meanwhile…..at an unknown location a pair of red eyes watches in darkness. He watched the stranger take down the crocodile bandits with ease upon some kind of cauldron with smoke rising upwards. The pair of eyes sat upon a throne like chair. The crocodile bandits are unworthy of being his associates; a band of fools is more like it. Completely useless in his mind of thinking! The stranger could hinder his plans; then again it mattered very little in the grand scheme of things
He will be watched closely just in case.
"Master," spoke a female voice that kneeled in the darkness "It is done."
"Excellent," said the person "And so it will begin….begin with the next stage of the plan."
Soon, soon all his plans will be a reality.
To be continued
Gordon learns of a crisis that is unfolding in China that draws closer to the brink of a civil war. But what happed that would cause a crisis to unfold as he wanders ever close to the Jade Palace.
Chapter: 11
Country in crisis