The Young Girl Of The Tung Shao Pass
A/N: Hello again, well here's edited Chapter Two...
Chapter 2
Mulan and Shang stood outside of the room that May Lin was being treated in. Shang paced back and forth, making Mulan more nervous than she already was.
"Will you stop that?" she said, more telling than asking.
"Sorry," he said as he turned to see the doctor coming out of the room. Mulan and Shang both walked up to him, grimacing.
"How is she?" Shang asked anxiously.
The doctor was clearly a bit shaken up, but he was very professional. "She doesn't look to well I'm afraid. It's a wonder she's survived this long. The people from the village all died from wounds as extensive as these. I don't know if she will make it through the night."
Mulan was shocked. Who would do this? She remembered herself asking. As did she remember the reply from Shang, his words as cold as ice, Shan Yu.
Shang felt like he had been punched in the stomach. They had found one survivor, so young, and now she was going to die.
"May her ancestors be with her," the doctor said, bowing his head down and turning to leave.
Mulan didn't even know the girl, but she felt a heavy grief. Please, she prayed silently, please don't let her die. Later that evening Mulan sat by May Lin's bed, staring at her, hoping against hope she would just open her eyes for a second and show some sign of life. Suddenly, there was a knock at the door and Li Shang walked in. Looking at May Lin and then quickly looking up, Shang said,
"The emperor has asked to speak with us."
"About what?" Mulan asked, very curious.
"I suspect about the war," he said.
Rising, Mulan gazed sadly at May Lin, and left the room. When they arrived in the emperor's throne room they bowed.
"Please, tell me, how is the child?" he said.
"Not well sir," Shang replied, a twinge of worry evident in his tone. "The doctor is not sure if she will survive the night."
Sighing, the emperor said, "Poor child." Then, gaining composure, he spoke again. "I have a very important situation I need to discus with you."
Mulan and Shang looked at him expectedly. "We have reason to believe that Shan Yu may still be alive. Recuperating somewhere in the mountains. Which is why I must warn you, if need be we will have to take him and any of his followers out..."
