Freeman's Odyssey
Chapter: 14
Who are the Ferocious five?
The name of the Ferocious Five mysterious popped up several months ago in some sort of a rumor that were passed by mouth to mouth throughout the lands of China. That alone lingered in the minds of Shifu and the Furious Five. Gordon Freeman tagged along as well to help out in anyway he can as cries for help is heard in the background as all of them are dashing down the stairs from once they came from the Jade Palace. Of course Po the Dragon warrior like always tripped himself and bounced down the stairs.
All of them finally reached the edge of the village as people are being chased by four cloaked figures along with the buildings of the village being trashed. The four cloaked figures noticed Shifu, the Furious Five, Dragon Warrior Po and a mysterious figure had arrived and stopped what they were doing as they came upon the gathering as all four of them knew they were coming the whole time almost as if they were expecting them to come. All four of them dropped their cloaks as Shifu, the Furious Five and Po recognized them all to well.
Throwing away her black cloak she is what looks like as a Eurasian Eagle-Owl and dressed in a blue colored tunic with a slight smirk upon her face. She was once a member of the Furious Five until she turned evil. Po has had several encounters with her before and thought she was gone forever. Her name is!
Fenghuang!
"No, way how did you survive." Gasped the Dragon Warrior
"Now Dragon Warrior," smiled the owl "That would be telling, let's just say someone else was watching me on that day."
Flashback
Oblivion is a void of nothing but darkness and no sound where the destroyed stay destroyed. What is lost will be never be found again. Fenghuang cursed herself to her thoughts in having ultimate power the Shuyong Seeds in controlling time. It was perfect plan and she almost won. Curse the dragon warrior, curse Shuyong Tree and curse everyone else. Her determination in her mind harden as she will find a way, there must be a way. She could not even breathe and then suddenly she felt as if her body was falling, until a thump was heard as she hit the ground.
Opening her eyes she found herself in a dark place with very few lit torches. A sound of footsteps is heard behind her as she readies herself for a fight. The figure stopped as his piercing red eyes looked down upon her. She took a step back and gasped in fear before regaining her composure.
"I've been watching you Fenghuang," said the figure with a dark toned voice "You had the power of time itself within your grasp. Underestimating the forces of good was your down fall."
"You!" said the owl "You were the one that brought me back from oblivion." She bowed respectfully "I have failed master"
"Indeed," nodded the figure "That was to be expected and what have you learned."
"I have learned to never underestimate the forces of good again." said the owl
"Pledge your allegiance to me," said the dark figure "Look what happened when you worked alone."
"I shall follow you to the ends of the Earth master," she said as she placed her wing upon the dark figures hand
"Excellent," smiled the dark figure "Then come my dark disciple there is much work to be done."
End of Flashback
Another one threw back his black cloak as he what looks like as an Emperor Tamarin and is dressed in a blue vest with a blue hat. Along with that his tail seems to be partly missing due to the fact it looks like it had been cut off. His amber eyes focused on Shifu for a moment has the hatred of the kung-fu master, but held his ego in check. His name is.
Pai Mei
"So you're back again," said Shifu who narrowed his eyes at him "I guess we have to hear your inflated ego, so go ahead do your villainous monologue."
"Pfft," said Pai Mei "I will not waste my breath."
Flashback
Pai Mei had fallen a long way down as he came to sometime later on the ground below. He tried to get up however his tail was stuck under a bolder and tried to get unstuck. However his tail was stuck pretty well in the boulder that is larger than him. He growled in annoyance as no bolder will stand in his way and decided to take a knife from his pocket. His anger fueled the fire within him as he will have his revenge and he sliced off his tail. As he howled in pain and now he is free. But he needed time to heal.
"Such an ambitious plan," said a voice behind him "Of revenge, but wasted on petty revenge."
"What who dares," growled Pai Mei as he sees a figure with red eyes looking down upon him as he was frozen with fear "I-uh."
"I dare, unless you wish to challenge me!" said the dark figure
"I am the true master," said Pai "I fear no one, once I get rid of you I will get my revenge on Shiful and his merry band of fools. Once then I will be the emperor of China "
Pai Mei went on to attack the dark figure in thinking he had the upper hand however his kung-fu skills were no mach for the dark figure as it would seem this person knows all of his moves and easily defeated Pai Mei without even moving out of the same position. The rouge kung fu master is sweating hard and breathing heavily.
"Your ignorance and overconfidence is a failing trait for the likes of you" shook the head of the dark figure "I will make you one offer, pledge allegiance to me as you know working alone lead to your defeat. Your lesson was to learn from your previous defeats as your personality is in your own way."
Pai Mei narrowed his eyes and remembered his defeats, as the dark figures words made sense as one question in mind "Who are you?"
The dark figure showed him as the rouge kung-fu master gasped.
"I thought you were a myth," said Pai Mei as he kneeled towards the dark figure and stuck out his hand "Then I am at your service master."
"Then there is much work to be done," said the dark figure
End of Flashback
The third figure threw back his black cloak to revile to be a snake a Cobra was once a famous hero that was descended from the Dragon Gods who fought nobly to defend China from evildoers until deciding to turn rouge. He looked upon Master Viper with disgust and his name is!
Fu-Xi
"Why are you here and with them," said Viper "But you were a hero and a great one too."
"My past is meaningless now," said the cobra "I learned from our last encounter that the forces of good….are corrupt."
"But two-leggers," said Viper.
"Don't waste your breath." said Cobra as he spat to the ground "Your end will come soon."
Flashback
After being thrown in the water as he had all the time to think as he came upon shore and spat out water. However he heard footsteps to his right and sprung into action as he is hissed for a moment as the dark figure stands before him. He could sense something is dark about this figure.
"How have the mighty have fallen," spoke the dark figure
"Who are you?" asked Cobra
He pulled back his hood to show himself.
"What they said was true, I never believed them." said Cobra
"Even gods had something to fear," spoke the figure "Working alone to achieve your goals was you're down fall, but that is what you expect from the forces of good like Viper."
"She betrayed me," said Cobra
"That is to be expected;" said the figure "Now pledge your allegiance to me and all your goals will be achieved, unless you rather are working alone and being utterly humiliated again by Viper and those two-legger friends of hers."
"Very well I shall serve you master," said Cobra as he bowed respectfully
"Come then my dark disciple," said the figure "There is work to be done."
End of Flashback
The fourth figure drew back his black cloak as the person is a clam with certain painted artwork on the clam as he was once a samurai in Japan until he decided to be Ronin to conquer Japan. He glared at Master Tigress, along with the other furious five members. His name is!
Kira Kozu
"I thought you were brought back to Japan," said Po "We kicked your clammy butt into next Tuesday with the help of Yijiro"
"Pitiful humor," said Kira "I underestimated all of you and I assure you it will not happen this time, Yijiro will not help you."
Flashback
Yijiro the prawn had finally brought back Kira Kozu in his box to Japan in reaching the shores of his beloved homeland. The box is secure and is escape proof. It was quiet a little too quiet. However he paid no mind as he has his prisoner and presents it to the Emperor of Japan. Then suddenly he is kicked from the side as the prawn slammed hard into a rock. The prawn got up to strike back in drawing out his sword. A shadow figure broke his sword and used the piece of the blade to stab the prawn very badly as he is bleeding from the wound.
The figure broke the box that kept Kira Kozu inside as the ronan leaped out of the box to find he is free and his old friend now enemy Yijiro who looks to be badly injured from a stab wound from his own sword. A dark figure stands at him.
"Kira Kozu," said the dark figure "It would seem that Ronans have a way of underestimating their old friends and his allies. But then again working alone is the downfall of you, despite your superior skills."
"Who are you," asked the clam.
The figure spoke in Japanese to tell him.
"So the old tales are true," said clam
"Yes, they are," said the figure "Now I believe have something in common," he pointed out "The forces of good are too strong to fight alone, although they are no match for me. My offer is this. Pledge your allegiance to me and Japan shall be yours, under your rule but under my dominion."
"Intriguing," said the clam "Then I am at your service master."
"Then, come my dark disciple" said the figure "There is much to be done," he paused for a moment and draws out Kira's own sword "Before we go, do kill your old friend. He's outlived his time on this Earth."
The clam just wordlessly takes his own sword and strikes down his old friend with the sword slicing him in half several times into pieces. Not showing any remorse or compassion for his old friend.
End of Flashback
"What do you mean by that," asked Tigress
"I extinguished his life," said the clam
"Why, you!" Tigress growled in anger as she was about to attack but Shifu held her back with a calm hand.
"Together we are the Ferocious five," said the owl
"Uh….there is only four of you," said Po
"There is more to it than that," said Gordon "If they have assembled here for a reason than it is important to be on your guard."
"Oh please I am the dragon warrior," said Po "Unstoppable and unbeatable."
"And here I thought I had an inflated ego," said Pai Mei
"He has no clue does he," said Clam
"We all know the truth," said Cobra "And our fifth member has been watching."
The fifth member of the Ferocious five had indeed had been watching as the large cloaked figure leaped from out of no where and landed in front of the other members. He threw away his cloak as it left Shifu and the Furious Five in shock, although Gordon Freeman doesn't who this person is as he looks intimidating. He looks like a muscular snow leopard as his eyes narrowed a Po and smiled in which he knew the Dragon Warrior would never see him again. His name is!
Tai Lung
"But how," said Po "I used the Wuxi Finger Hold to get rid of you."
"Yes, I underestimated you in using that hold," said Lung "But don't expect it to work on me again. And Shifu….your time will come as well. Behold the greatest warriors the world as ever known or fear. The Ferocious five"
Flashback
Pai Mei, Kira Kozu,Fu-Xiand Fenghuang had assembled in a room where their master stands in which their master heard their concerns for a fifth member. But their master is way ahead of them as a black flame appeared in the middle of the room and the flame died down to show a person that all of them knew to well. Tai Lung
"I live," said Lung
"Indeed you do," said the figure as the others bow before their master "Welcome back to the land of the living."
"Now I will be able to exact my revenge upon the world," said Lung as he growled in anger "And Kill the dragon warrior along with Shifu."
"As I recall," said the figure "Your hatred and anger overridden your judgment, as you let the Panda defeated you."
"I will not make that mistake again." said Lung with a growl
"No you will not," said the figure "There is something you should know." The figure walked towards Lung and whispered into his ear about everything.
"So I was defeated like that…." said Lung as he narrowed his eyes "What do you want from me?"
"To hear the name Tai Lung be feared throughout the lands," smiled the figure "But not alone. Hence forth you will all be called the Ferocious five."
"I like that name," said Lung "But I have a question. Who are you?"
The figure lowers his hood.
"So the rumors are true," said Lung as he kneeled to one knee "I am at your service master."
"Excellent and now the work begins." said the figure "Go strike fear throughout the lands and let no one stand in your way."
End of Flashback
"Seriously, your too stupid to lead anyone," said Po with a smirk "I guess you are still bitter about me being the Dragon Warrior, along with being defeated by a big fat Panda like me."
Tai Lung held off his anger as he knew Po was trying to bait him into something as the snow leopard just shook his head and chuckled.
"Name calling seriously," smiled the leopard "I expected better from the so-called Dragon warrior."
"I don't understand, who could assemble the greatest evils the lands have ever known," said Shifu "Unless all five of you have a master of your own."
CLAP
CLAP
CLAP
CLAP
Loud clapping is heard as a figure stepped out of the shadows and The Ferocious five bowed respectfully to their master in whom he walked past them and stands in front of the Ferocious Five.
"How observant of you Shifu," said the figure "It would seem your skills of thinking have not diminished one bit."
Shifu gasped at that voice.
"You monster," shouted Shifu "I thought Master Oogway said you were gone for good."
"My untimely demise was greatly exaggerated," said the figure "Oogway was always the fool."
"Master," said Po "Do you know this person."
"Mogwai" said Shifu
The Furious Five Gasped in shock in hearing that name as Po just looked on with a confused look as Gordon Freeman who has been watching just stayed calm at this.
"Right you are Shifu," said Mogwai as he lowers his hood in showing the face of a black Lion as his red eyes glared upon all of them that stand before him "My disciples stand ready to attack you and Oogway cannot help you. As I had predicted he would one day die!"
All of them knew this spells trouble for everyone in the lands of China and throughout the world as a major battle will take place.
Chapter: 15
Good vs. Evil