Wow, I don't think I've ever got that many reviews for just one chapter! Thank you all, you made me feel really special. I also thank those who offered to give me information of season 03, but I think I want to see the eps myself without any spoilers.
The atmosphere was badly infected and no one had said anything in a while. Jade sat in a corner while Hsi Wu made sure Tso Lan didn't come near them and the other demons had spread around the warehouse.
"This is ridiculous," Po Kong stated to Hsi Wu, who slit his eyes.
"Tso Lan tried to kill my slave!" he snapped angrily pointing at the moon demon, who answered the accuse with a cold stare.
"I only did what I thought was for the best," he said softly and felt he had failed. If he hadn't been that slow they would have got rid of the threat.
He glanced at Jade wishing the girl was intelligent enough to keep her mouth shut. If she ever said a word about the secret of Ni Tang every demon except the two youngest ones would be fighting over the right to kill her. That would beof no good though, everything would already be ruined.
Luckily Jade hadn't hinted anything, she had been very quiet after the return and the sky demon didn't see anything odd in that. He believed the girl was still in shock after Tso Lan had almost killed her.
The only thing that proved the girl knew something was the way she glanced at Ni Tang, who was again in his demon form. She thought no one saw her doing it and Tso Lan frowned, the girl was a real threat now. Right now he couldn't do anything about it though, he had missed his chance.
Hsi Wu spread his wings threateningly and glared at his brother. He couldn't understand why Tso had attacked Jade when he knew she was his slave. Well, whatever the reason was he'd never forgive, but would do anything to protect Jade.
Po Kong sighed.
"I never thought you'd join a childish game like this, Tso Lan. And you Hsi Wu, you have no right to rebel against your older brother," she said scolding them both. Then the mountain demon shook her head.
"I see you can not have a peace between you. So it's better that your paths lead to different ways now until you've grown a bit," she said.
"What do you mean?" Tso Lan asked in surprise, Po rarely used her right to make him do anything.
"Three of our brothers are still imprisoned in the Netherworld. We have to open their portals as soon as possible if we ever want to rule over this world. According to Shendu the portal of brother Xiao Fung is the closest one, so we will open it next," Po said.
"That still doesn't explain what you are going to do with me and Tso," Hsi Wu remarked on guard. He had not taken his human form, but stayed next to Jade making sure no one was about to hurt her.
"I was coming to that, you should learn more patience. You, your slave, Shendu and Ni Tang will leave to open the portal while we older ones stay here making plans. It's for the best that you have no connections with Tso Lan until you've both calmed down," the mountain demon said sharply.
Hsi raised his brows in surprise, opening the portal of Xiao Fung was left as the responsibility of the youngest ones? It was a great risk, but also a huge honour and he felt really proud. The sky demon glanced at Ni in victory.
He thought he saw something different in the gaze of his little brother. Ni had been very quiet after taking his demon form. Hsi was also surprised with his human form, it was amazing how Ni had managed to create a form suitable for thisera so soon.
"We won't disappoint you, Po," the sky demon promised and was very pleased when they got away from Tso Lan.
"Of course not, that is out of question," his sister said.
Valmont was alive.
Jade bit her lip and forced herself to look at Ni Tang's sitting figure. His white hair...
The warehouse was still lit by Tso Lan's blueish light and Jade could see pretty well ahead of herself. She looked at the polar demon's face, which was covered by the mask and tried to guess what he would look like if he took it away. Did he have the same featuresas Valmont?
Didn't he really remember anything? Didn't he wonder aboutthe emptiness in his mind and didn't he want to know what had happened before... this? How could he wander in a city so familiar to him without remembering anything?
She had to talk with Ni - no, Valmont, and tell him what was going on. It couldn't be avoided, at this point the demons still trusted Valmont and the man could get her away. Then Uncle would find a way to get rid of the curse and everything would be fine again.
And maybe the chance would come sooner than she had thought. Only she, Hsi, Shendu and Ni were going to leave to open Xiao Fung's portal and the sky demon would cause no harm. He knew nothing about his brother's true identity and Jade believed Shendu wouldn't be interested in what she did as long as she didn't annoy the demon.
But then again, she had to think about how the truth would affect the sky demon. Jade could see he really cared about his brother and the girl was afraid Hsi would either get depressed or mad when he found out Ni was just a human.
Why did she care about what happened to Hsi?
Hsi Wu was a real demon, not just an image like Ni Tang. She should feel only disgust and hatred towards him, but Jade couldn't force herself to do that anymore. Hsi had been deceived by his siblings just like Valmont and she really pitied the demon.
Soon she would take the only demon he cared about from him and Jade felt really horrible. She glanced at Hsi, whose red eyes glowed with excitement and suddenly felt like she wanted to wrap her arms around his slim shoulders.
Then she shook her head, it wasn't her problem if Hsi Wu broke.
Shendu raised his gazeto the sky and drew a deep breath. It was a late night and nothing could have been better. Oh well, everything would have been even more perfect if Chan had been here in his claws. But you couldn't get everything at the same time.
He was in a pretty good mood nevertheless, his back was almost healed now and he didn't have to laze around inside of the warehouse, but could stretch his muscles a bit. On top of that he had the chance to fight. Brother Xiao's portal was located in a prison which was of course full of guards.
Last time they had got in by allowing the Section 13 to arrest them, but this time it wouldn't be that simple. He, Hsi and Ni could always take a human form, but Ni Tang couldn't and would never learn to take any other forms than his old human body. He doubted anyone had forgotten Valmont and his sudden reappearance would alarm everyone.
Neither he nor Hsi Wu knew any spells that deceived the eye, so they couldn't hide their little brother in any way. And it was no use to ask Hsi anyway, he'd guess something was wrong and that would be it.
Then again, Shendu didn't care about the feelings of the sky demon at all, but when in shock he always got mad and lost his temper and Shendu didn't feel like fighting with him now when he had more important things to do.
So he just had to hope that everything would go fine and they'd reach Xiao as easily as possible. The best way was of course through the tunnels, which he now knew existed, if they just hadn't been destroyed.
Their previous underground adventure had been a fiasco. Xiao Fung had been banished back and the guards had finally found out about the tunnels. Most of them had beenlocated and destroyed, but few might have remained and maybe the prisoners had even dug new ones.
Whatever the truth was they had to at least try and if it didn't work he'd come up with something else. Now when he had the chance to show Bai Tsa he was a good leader Shendu wasn't going to give up no matter what.
Ni Tang gazed around and frowned under his mask. It was almost dark now and they had arrived outside of San Francisco. It had been pretty easy, Hsi Wu had flown with Jade in his arms, he himself had leaped the darkness protecting him from curious eyes and travelling had been easy for Shendu too.
He swallowed.
Everything was somehow different now. He felt like something was buzzing in his head all the time and that he could never again enjoy the calming silence. The polar demon wanted to cover his pointed ears with his hands, but knew it wouldn't help.
The sounds came from his head.
Maybe he should have been more nervous and questioningaboutwhetherhe was mentally ill, but he didn't want to embarrass himself in front of others. They'd just make fun of him.
And still, this had started right after he had taken his human form. It had to mean something and Ni Tang wasn't sure if he ever wanted to find out.
The human whose form he had taken was the one in his dream. Demons slept rarely if they didn't want to and that alone was enough to make him a bit worried. He had seen his inner human in his dream...
Maybe his mind had tried to tell him something? Ni tilted his head, yes, that had to be it. His memory was coming back and that was why he had seen the dream.
The wind had grown stronger making his hair flow behind him. It also found its way through his dark clothes, cooling his skin. Ni liked cold, it was his element and he was sorry he couldn't travel to north and build his own kingdom.
Time for that would come sooner or later. When they had freed Xiao Fung the kingdom of every demon was a bit closer again.
He gazed up where he could see Hsi Wu's figure as a dark shadow. Ni could only imagine what it would feel like to flash on the sky free to go wherever you wanted. No one else in their family could do it and he had to wonder. Whyhad Hsi Wu been given wings?
Maybe that didn't matter, just as well you could have asked why Bai Tsa didn't have legs. And thinking about things like this wasn't even useful, he was just wasting his time.
"Everything all right?" Shendu's voice hissed suddenly and to his surprise Ni noted the dragon was now running right beside him. Shendu was a fast runner and could keep himself hidden almost as well as Ni.
Ni Tang frowned.
"Of course, why do you ask?" he wanted to know. It just wasn't like Shendu to be worried about anyone... Shendu flashed his teeth at him.
"You seemed to be lost in your thoughts, brother. Are you sure nothing is bothering you?" he asked making Ni shook his head.
"I'm fine," he assured and felt something stinging inside of him. Well, maybe he wasn't, but...
"Whatever you say, Ni," Shendu admitted and took a long leap disappearing in the darkness.
The prison they were headed for wasn't too far away from San Francisco and the fast demons arrived there ina few hours. It was about an hour past midnight and the moon and the stars lit the otherwise dark landscape.
They stood on a small hill surrounded by the sighing coniferous forest and watched the prison, which could be seen in the distance. There was light in the tower, but all the other windows seemed to be dead. The wind murmured in their ears and it seemed to wake up the threatening forest.
Ni Tang watched as Jade wrapped her arms around herself, shuddering because of the cold and how Hsi Wu was immediately ready to offer her the protection and warmth of his wings. Ni tilted his head, he too had noticed the change in Hsi Wu. He seemed to be spoiling his slave and that was something Ni wouldn't have expected from his brother.
Shendu didn't let this be unnoticed either and he snorted loudly.
"Don't lose your self-control, Hsi," he warned and the sky demon gazed at him with his red eyes.
"My slave is cold," he stated. Shendu shook his head. Now when Jade was Hsi Wu's slave he couldn't do anything to her, but he could still have her uncle and Valmont. The dragon glanced at Ni Tang, who was standing beside him. It was just the matter of time when...
He nodded at the prison.
"Let's go. Xiao Fung might be a lazy and patient demon, but no one can stand everything," he said referring to that the faster they got all remaining demons free the faster they all got what they wanted.
Disgusting creaking could be heard when the dragon's bones twitched and shifted shape during his chance of form. Shendu enjoyed the look of disgust on Jade's face and wished the girl had better sight in dark so that she could see his grin.
Hsi Wu's wings and tail atrophied and Jade flinched when the cool air was again able to touch her. It had been so warm and nice to be protected by the demon.
"You won't be feeling cold for too long, we'll get inside soon," Hsi Wu's voice said next to her and Jade heard he had taken his child form. The girl still couldn't understand why someone as strong and old as Hsi wanted to play a child, but right now she was grateful for that.
Now she didn't have to raise her gaze if she wanted to see the sky demon's eyes.
"Shall we go?" Valmont's voice asked and Jade flinched again. So Ni Tang had taken human form too. It was so... spooky... to hear the man's voice so close and know he didn't remember who he really was. But maybe one day...
"Follow me," Shendu said starting to go down making few small stones roll. Jade refused when Hsi tried to help her, she couldn't understand what had got to him now.
"I still have legs. And I'm not stupid," she commented almost falling over when she stumbled on a branch. Hsi smiled.
"I see that," he said. Shendu sighed in frustration and rolled his eyes. If Jade had been his slave he would have never fawned on her like that, but ripped her apart a long time ago. What did Hsi Wu want? The sky demon had never been interested in children and even if he was now, why didn't he just take what he desired? Shendu would surely have done that.
"The shoes of this form are not meant for walking in a forest," Ni Tang remarked and Shendu had to smirk. Ah, Valmont's good old Italian shoes. He might not be able to enjoy the salty flavour of blood yet, but at least he could have some fun.
"If this strangely talking man really is my inner human, how can he dress in clothes like this? No one could even imagine things like this when I was born," Ni said. Shendu glanced at him.
"You can ask stupid questions from Tso Lan," he answered when didn't come up with anything better. It was irritating that Ni had chosen the clothes Valmont had been known to wear. It would have been easier if he was wearing the blue and black robe he had worn before they made him one of them. The robe had been used in the ritual and Ni Tang's dark clothing had been created with it.
"Here's the tunnel," Shendu said after a while and moving away some thick branches. He revealed a hidden mouth of a tunnel behind them. It was so small that an overweight human could never fit in, so if all prisoners had suddenly decided that a diet was very healthy the reason might be this.
Shendu went down on his knees to peer in the tunnel. In the dark he could see rough stairs going down and he turned to face his brothers.
"Let's go," he ordered and went down first. The stairs were not built very well and there were times when his legs barely had anything where to stand. At other times the handle was so bad his human fingers couldn't grab it and finally the dragon snorted in annoyance and let go.
The breeze of wind felt calming on his skin and just when he was starting to enjoy it he hit the bottom. Shendu landed softly on his feet and tried to not care about the stinging feeling in his back. He quickly moved away so that the others wouldn't land on him and gazed around.
The tunnel was pretty wide and even a long man could walk without having to bend down. The walls, ceiling and floor had obviously been built in a hurry, but the diggers seemed to have had some tools. Shendu believed them not to be prisoners, but men sent by some crime organisation which wanted one or few of their men to see the sun without annoying bars.
A quiet sound told him Ni Tang had landed too and the polar demon walked next to him. He shuddered looking around.
"I don't like it down here. There isn't enough room," he said to his big brother, who just glanced at him in despise.
"A real demon never lets the surroundings disturb him," the dragon snapped. Ni Tang frowned, but didn't answer when Hsi Wu and Jade got down too.
"Where should we go now?" the sky demon asked and glanced around in suspicion. They were now under the ground, which was as far from his element as possible, making him feel abandoned. Here he couldn't just spread his wings and fly away, he was doomed to stay on the ground just like everyone else. And here he couldn't say what was the right direction.
"Follow me," Shendu said taking the lead. He wasn't any better in underground business and when hehad last time led a group here they had got completely lost. He didn't let it hurt his pride.
If Dai Gui had been with them everything would have been so easy, the earth demon could tell the right direction merely bylistening to the quiet sounds of rocks and earth. He even claimed the earth sang to him, but no one believed it. The demons didn't usually believe anything they couldn't prove and since no one else had ever heard this "Earth Song" they just stated that Dai was stupid. Whether that was the case or not, he could spend hours by listening the mysterious song only he heard.
The only audible sound was the quiet rustling of sand and small rocks under their feet and few yelps from Jade when she almost fell over. Hsi Wu held her hand making it all a bit easier for her and telling which was the right direction.
The air was dryer and warmer than outside. They had got used to the wind blowing there so it was a bit odd to walk in the tunnels where no life seemed to exist.
What if they faced escaping prisoners? Would the demons let them go or would they have some fun? Jade didn't really care about people she didn't know and who were criminals, but she still didn't want to have anything to do with an underground slaughter.
They walked in silence for a while. Shendu and Ni Tang were in the lead while Hsi and Jade followed in the trail. Jade didn't feel good right now, her other hand was held by the sky demon and she had the Pan Ku box in the other. It had kind of become a part of her, she had carried it all these weeks and was already used to it being around.
Suddenly Shendu stopped. He frowned in annoyance.
"What is it?" Hsi Wu asked and the fire demon turned to face the others.
"It seems the wide tunnel ends here. Now we have to crawl," he said darkly and stepped out of the way so that the others saw the small and uncomfortably cramped tunnel, which probably led up to the prison. Maybe the prisoners hadn't wanted to take any risks and had made the opening as small as possible to keep it hidden.
Jade felt like Hsi's hand stiffen in her own and frowned before understanding. Hsi Wu was the sky demon, of course he was not used to such small spaces.
"Do we really have to?" Hsi asked sounding like he would have been doing anything else if he just had the chance. Shendu slit his eyes.
"It's the only way, you fool," he snapped and went down on his knees.
"It will get cramped, but we'll fit in," he guessed bending down and starting to crawl on his stomach. He really hoped none of the prisoners tried to escape now or they would be totally stuck.
"Come," he told and Ni Tang immediately followed his brother's example. He wrinkled his nose thinking about how dirty his fine clothes would be after this.
Where had that idea come from?
"I can't do it," Hsi Wu muttered staring at the small tunnel a bad flavour in his mouth. He just couldn't, Shendu or anyone else could never force him! Jade glanced at the direction of his voice in worry, if the sky demon lost his self-control no one would protect her from the other demons.
"It's probably not as bad as it looks like," she said cheerfully. Hsi Wu shook his head.
"No... it's..."
Jade sighed.
"Come on, do you really want the others to think you are scared? Shendu would never let you forget it., she commented.
"So what? He can't swim!" the sky demon snapped.
"We will wait forthe others here. They can take care of everything even without us," he added. Jade roller her eyes, but didn't say anything. She had the Pan Ku box and the portal couldn't be opened without it, but it was as fact Hsi didn't have to remember.
"Okay. We'll wait," she agreed eagerly. Hsi Wu nodded pleased because he didn't have to force Jade to stay. Just when he was about to feel comfortable again he heard Shendu's angry hissing right next to him.
"Hsi Wu! What are you still doing here? We need the Pan Ku box!" the dragon snapped with venom and Hsi realised he had returned through the tunnel to see what they were doing here.
"The Pan Ku box?" he asked glancing at Jade.
"Yes, if you don't know it by now, the portal can not be opened without it!" Shendu hissed. He knew his brother didn't want to come to the tunnel, but that didn't bother him. In fact it was the other way around, whatever Hsi did now would give him his fun.
"Will you come to the tunnel with your slave or stay here? I can take care of her until we return," he suggested smiling and Hsi felt the flame of anger growing inside him. Shendu would never touch his slave!
"I'll come," he said harshly and waited until Shendu retreated to the tunnel. Then hewent down on his stomach an drew a deep breath.
"Here we go," he muttered and swallowed. The sky demon crawled forwards listening the sound of his own breath and heart beat. For a while he thought about all the earth and sand and rocks surrounding him from everywhere and he had to stop.
Cold sweat dripped down his temples and made his dark hair wet. Hsi swallowed with difficulty, he couldn't stay here! He clenched his teeth and was about to continue, but hit his head on the ceiling instead.
Sand and small rocks fell on him and Hsi stiffened. The tunnel was about to collapse!
"I can't go on. I'll stay here," he whispered in panic and closed his eyes. If he moved on even an inch everything would fall on him and bury him in the darkness forever. He could never see the blue sky again, feel the brush of wind on his face or hit the air with his wings.
He would be trapped down here.
"What do you mean? You have to or we both will be stuck here!" Jade said loudly and Hsi shook his head.
"I won't go," he said. A small part of his mind told him he was being ridiculous, the tunnel wasn't going to fall down, but that voice was soon suppressed. Most if him was terrified and didn't want to listen.
They were both quiet.
"Hsi Wu," Jade said after a while.
"Yes?" was the quiet answer.
"You can't give up like this. Imagine, you, a mighty demon sorcerer being humiliated like this! You must have confronted greater difficulties in the ancient times," the girl encouraged.
"But... You don't understand. This is the same as if a human was not allowed to see the sun again. Everything just loses its meaning," he said making Jade snort.
"Tch! You and your siblings took the sun from me for a long while and forced to live in the darkness with you. Right now I don't see the sun, but have I given up?" she reminded. She fumbled with her hand until she found the sky demon's fingers.
"Neither sky demons or humans are meant to crawl in underground tunnels. But sometimes we have to do things we don't want to," she continued and grinned when she noticed how much like Jackie she sounded.
"Come on Hsi, let's go together."
Hsi Wu felt the girl's hand in his own and something warm seemed to flow inside him. Never before had he felt himself as strange and right now all he wanted was to flash in the sky among the stars until his wings couldn't carry him anymore. He found new strength inside him and the tunnel didn't seem that cramped at all.
Not anymore when Jade was with him.
"What took you so long?" Shendu asked angrily when Hsi and Jade finally appeared from the tunnel. It had been built in a cell and the grey piece of wall had been completely broken when Shendu had come. Luckily the cell was empty and they didn't face anyone.
"We had some problems, but everything is well now," Hsi said to his brother, who glanced at him in suspicion not saying anything. He pressed his hand on the lock and when it clicked he pushed the door open.
"Now we have to be extremely careful and quiet. One noise and all is ruined," Shendu said giving Jade a warning glance. He wasn't sure Hsi could keep the girl in line and he thought it to be his responsibility and pleasure to mention about it.
"Hsi, if your slave betrays us no laws will save her. If this fails because of her I will rip her apart right here in front of your eyes no matter the cost," he warned and Hsi touched Jade's shoulder to make sure she really knew how serious his brother was being.
Shendu remembered pretty well where everything was and he led his small group around in the prison. They all were on their limits sensing every noise or distraction and if a needle had been dropped they would have heard it.
The portal of Xiao Fung the wind demon was in the laundry, or that was what Xiao had told Shendu. This portal was the only one Shendu hadn't opened personally so he couldn't really say where it actually was. No one else of this group knew where the laundry was either and they had to do a nasty and risky tour in the prison looking for it.
Ni Tang looked around. He felt like he had been here before, but it was pretty much nothing compared to what he felt in San Francisco. In fact, this prison seemed to be nice because he wasn't having odd feelings all the time.
Shendu might not have known where the laundry was, but he could use his brains. In the ancient times it wouldn't have been built where the prisoners were so they passed all the cells not paying them any attention.
First they found the kitchen, which Shendu remembered quite too well. Right there they had been given the Pan Ku box and Valmont had made a ridiculous fool of himself. And here Chan had taken the box, hid in the laundry and accidentally opened the portal.
"This way," Shendu told. The laundry couldn't be too far away, if it was Chan wouldn't have been able to open the portal that fast. They increased their speed not caring if they caused too much noise and stopped when the clearly noticeable word 'the laundry' faced them. Shendu smiled pleased.
"Perfect. Opening a portal has never been this easy," he said proudly. Of course everything was perfect when he was the leader. He nodded at the door.
"Let's go in. Quickly," he said and they all went in.
They were faced by the darkness and low rumble of the washing machines. They had no rest even during night, but they had to wash the laundry all the time. The air smelled of soap and clean clothes.
Shendu took a red crystal which had hung on his neck and wrapped his fingers around it. It started to glow bright red light making the room seem as if it was in fire.
Uncle had forever sealed the portals of the first five demons and no human could ever open them again. But there was a way, for a free demon it was pretty easy to overdo the spell and then free the doomed demons.
"Ta Guai Zhe Ko Hiao," the dragon said loudly and the crystal glowed even more brightly. The light seemed to gather around one of the washing machines making it totally disappear in the brightness. They heard a hissing sound when the symbol of the wind demon appeared on it.
"Your turn," Hsi Wu said and pushed Jade forwards. The Pan Ku box started to glow bright green light. The box rose up in the air from Jade's hands the girl watched as it was smacked against the symbol starting the magical mechanism.
A huge green portal grew in front of them and again they caught a glimpse of the red Netherworld.
Xiao Fung stepped through the portal and it was closed almost immediately after him. At the same time all the light disappeared from the room and now all Jade could see were the red eyes of the wind demon.
"So I'm free again," Xiao Fung said and gazed around. Unlike his siblings he saw pretty much nothing in darkness and he had to slit his eyes to see something. He raised his brows in surprise when he saw all those who were there with him.
"Brother Shendu, you are here too. I hope this doesn't end like last time," the wind demon said making Shendu frown.
"True," he answered. It seemed Xiao Fung was in no hurry to leave and he hadn't taken his human form yet. That stupid overgrown toad, didn't he have any instinct for self-preservation at all?
"We are in a hurry, we can be caught at any moment," the wind demon said deciding to forget all polite manners. He and Xiao Fung were almost as old with each other and he didn't find it important to respect the wind demon that much.
Xiao Fung nodded and soon he had shrunk in the form of a man with grey hair, who many thought to be tremendously ugly. He liked this form though and rarely used anything else.
"Let's go then. Last time I really wasn't able to enjoy all the fun this world can offer," he said.
The darkness surrounded him and a clank from some distance away would have made a man with no nerve flinch. It didn't affect him though, he stood there keeping an eye on the street.
Hak Foo didn't really believe he'd find Shendu or any of the demons here from this filth, but he had to do something. He had no idea where he'd find the fire demon and he had never been good in tracking someone down in a city.
"Looking for someone?" a familiar voice asked and Hak Foo turned around quickly. He frowned both at himself and at his disturber. Why hadn't he heard him coming?
"Liao Su," he stated and wasnot pleased. Why was the man here again? Did he believe Hak Foo was on Shendu's trail and followed him because of that?
Liao Su stepped closer so that the Black Tiger could see him and shrugged.
"Found anything?" he asked as if they had been talking about the weather.
"Not your business," Hak Foo said darkly. He couldn't stand this fool, but maybe that was why they were always in the same place at the same time. He really had bad luck nowadays. Liao Su shook his head.
"It is my business. I'm going to kill Shendu," he said.
"I know that already and it makes me wonder why you are not attacking him right now."
Liao Su laughed.
"Oh Hak... You can be funny. Shendu is not in town anymore, be he will come back. And when it happens I will kill him personally," he said and Hak Foo had to raise his brows in slight surprise. Was Liao Su really stupid enough to charge at the demon like that?
"You are not afraid of losing?" he bothered to ask, though it wasn't his business to know if Liao was mentally ill or not. The warrior watched him in thought.
"Me? Afraid? No Hak, I have no reason to be afraid," he said.
"In that case I can wish you luck," Hak Foo said not meaning it at all. He hoped Shendu would win the fight of those two get rid of such an idiot.
It was a surprise for him that the fire demon wasn't in San Francisco anymore. He had probably gone to free one of his cursed siblings and would return with one new demon.
Hak Foo thought that now when there were more and more demons he too might need some new allies.
"We can't let this continue," Tso Lan said sharply at his sisters, who sat in front of him. Po and Bai glanced at each other, the calm moon demon rarely lost his temper.
"What do you exactly mean, Tso?" Po asked and Tso Lan snorted.
"You know that quite well, Po. I'm talking about Ni Tang, we have to do something about him. He is falling apart and can remember who he is at any moment. A strong magical conflict might even be able to break the spell and make him human again," he said.
"The threat of course exists, but we all knew this would happen. One of the original demons, you, didn't take part in the ritual and he never was a real demon. But I don't see a reason to do anything," Po Kong said.
"What about Hsi Wu? He has let himself care about Ni and might break when the truth is out," the moon demon tried. Bai Tsa snorted.
"Hsi Wu has been whole all these years,a small amount of emotional pain won't do anything to him. Besides, unlike Ni, he is demon in his heart and losing a brother won't affect him too much," the water demon said confidently.
"I don't agree with you," Tso Lan stated and turned his back on them. He frowned in worry, it was impossible to know what would happen.
To be continued...
