Rescue.
Autor: Princess Lalaith
¿What would have happened if Shang hadn't stayed with the Fa's to dinner?
Chapter 2.- Against time.
Mulan counted the time. It had been about fifteen minutes since she had entered the place. She should hurry. Dressed like a man, and walking as silently as she could, she went unnoticed by most of the guards, and the ones that do noticed her, ended on the ground unconscious no long after that.
"Okay, this must be it." Mulan said as she arrived to the door of one of the main rooms.
She had taken the keys from a guard that now laid unconscious on the ground, she opened the place as quickly and quietly as she could.
Inside Mulan could see about a dozen and a half soldiers. All of them turned to look at her when she opened the door.
"Quiet." She said again taking her man-role.
"How did you get in here?" one of the soldiers asked surprised.
"Certainly not knocking the door." Mulan said trying to get some humor to the soldiers, it seemed to work. "Okay, you, get down the alley and on the end go out the window, once there you'll be able to see the wall that limits this place, you can climb it and get out. Try not to call the attention of the Huns."
"What will you do?" one soldier asked.
"I'll need just two or three soldiers to come with me to rescue the Emperor." Mulan answered, trying to sound like an authority.
"Why don't all of us go there?" a second soldier asked.
"Because we would get caught, that's why." she answered a little annoyed. "Now we should hurry." 'It must bee about half an hour already. She thought.
The soldiers agreed and left, and just three of them stayed. She was really happy when she found out they were Yao, Ling and Chien-Po.
"Ok, follow me." She said walking again.
"How do you know where to go?" Yao asked.
"I was shown a map of the place." Mulan said as she turned around a corner.
'Mushu must be around keeping an eye on everything. She thought.
It took them about twenty more minutes to arrive to the doors that led to the main bedroom.
"Here it is." She said.
"It's locked." Ling said after trying the knob.
"We can just break it." Yao said preparing himself.
"No." Mulan stopped him. "Are you crazy? They'll hear it and come immediately, we'll be dead."
"What's your plan?" Chien-Po asked.
Mulan took one of her hair pins off and broke it in half, then she knelt down right in front of the door-knob and got the two pieces of the hair pin in, she turned them one way and the other until she heard a click that obviously meant the door was unlocked.
"Ready." She said, standing up and opening the door.
"How did you do that?" Ling asked surprised.
"That's a secret." Mulan said smiling and winking.
Once the four of them were inside she closed the door silently.
They found the Emperor sitting in a chair, and he looked fairly calmed.
"Your Highness." Chien-Po said bowing. "We must get you out of here."
"Chien-Po is right." Mulan said as she looked through the window, making sure the Huns weren't on alert yet.
Ling was about to ask how did he knew their names when the emperor spoke.
"You're brave indeed. No men would have been able to do this." The emperor said.
This time Yao was about to ask the emperor what did he meant, after all They were men.
"Probably not." Mulan said as she untied her hair.
"M..." Yao was about to shout her name when Mulan stopped him.
"Don't yell Yao, or they'll caught us for sure." Mulan said.
"Mulan?" Ling asked, as surprised as his friends.
"The one and only." She answered smiling. "Now, I'm really happy to be together and everything, but I think we'll be able to chat once all this is over."
Everyone nodded.
"But we're missing General Li Shang." Chien-Po said.
Mulan noticed this. 'He must be in the main room.' She thought. 'Well, I'll have to go.'
"You must go back the way we went, and then follow the path I told the other soldiers." Mulan explained. "You shall wait for a Hun guard to pass, then you'll have about seven to ten minutes to cross the grounds and climb over the wall."
"And what about you?" Yao asked.
"I'll go find Shang." Mulan replied calmly.
The Emperor noticed she had tensed a bit, but said nothing.
"Mushu." Mulan called.
"Did you call me Mulan?" Mushu asked entering by the window.
Again Yao was about to yell.
"What's this lizard?" he asked finally.
"For your information I'm not lizard." Mushu said mad. "I'm a Dragon Guardian of the Fa family, in the moment Mulan's guardian."
"But you're too...small." Ling complied.
"Pocket-size for an easier trip." Mushu replied with a smile.
"Okay Mushu, you'll have time to bargain all you want later." Mulan interrupted. "Now I need you to guide them safely out of this place."
"And where are you going?" Mushu asked.
"I'm going to find Shang." Mulan said again. "Don't worry, I'll be fine. I've still got about fifty minutes."
They didn't understand what she meant, but didn't ask either.
"Chien-Po." Mulan called as they were about to leave.
"Yes?" he asked.
"Tell the captain to open fire no matter what, Understood?" Mulan asked.
It looked like Chien-Po was about to comply.
"Please, do it. Everything will be fine." Mulan insisted.
Finally Chien-Po nodded.
Mulan watched as they walked away the way they had come, and then she headed the opposite way, she had to find the main room where she would find the Huns' leader and, with a little luck, Shang.
In the main room there was Shan Teng, Shan Yu's cousin. He was the new leader of the Huns, and he planned to finished what his cousin had started.
"Soon all China will be at my feet." Shan Teng laughed.
"No. That'll never be." Shang said.
"And how are you so sure?" Shan Teng asked him with a wicked look.
Shang was, at the moment, kneeling down, with his hands tied behind his back. He felt really mad and useless in the present situation.
"The rest of the Chinese army will come and kill you all." Shang assured.
"And we'll kill them as we did with the first troops." He said with a maniac laugh.
The few Huns that were in the room laughed too.
"But for now I think I'll have some fun with you, General Li..." Shan Teng said.
He raised a knife, and was about to hit Shang when and arrow landed right at his feet.
"Am I late for the party?" a voice asked between the shadows.
"Who are you?" Shan Teng asked mad.
"We have bad memory, eh?" the voice said.
Shang, as well as the Huns could guess whoever was talking was smiling.
"Who are you?!" Shan Teng demanded to know.
"Your worst nightmare." The voice said as a figure stepped out of the shadows.
This time, they could notice it was a female voice.
"Get her!" Shan Teng ordered.
'Her? Mulan!,' Shang's mind worked really fast. She was really here.
Mulan defeated the few Huns in a few minutes.
"Am I disappointed." She said with a calm smile.
"You are her." Shan Teng said. "The girl that defeated my cousin, aren't you?"
"Yes, it's me." She said smiling. "My name is Fa Mulan."
Shang couldn't believe what he was seeing and hearing, it was true, she was here.
Mulan had seen him too, but was trying to control her emotions so her plan wouldn't fail. She couldn't fail, her life and Shang's depended on her.
Shan Teng smiled again his wicked smile as he got hold of his blade, Mulan got hold of hers too. And in less than two seconds, the fight started. Both opponents were really good in their own styles, and it was difficult to predict who would win.
After about half-an-hour fighting Shan Teng hit Mulan and she lost her sword.
"This is not good." Mulan said as she stepped backwards.
Shan Teng smiled madly at her and raised his sword.
"No!!" Shang yelled standing up with a few problems and kicking Shan Teng in the chest.
"Damn it!" Shan Teng hissed, he raised his sword against Shang.
"Shang!!" Mulan screamed really afraid.
Shang turned around just in time for the blade to cut the ropes tying him.
Mulan came back to her senses and flipped backwards, raising her sword in the process. She ran right to Shan Teng, who was ready to cut her through. But Mulan threw her sword aside and did a few flips and jumps, avoiding Shan Teng's blade and punches, and hitting him a few times by the way. Shan Teng was about to react when he felt something trespassing him. A sword.
When Mulan had thrown her sword, it had landed in Shang's hands. So he had waited until Mulan had distracted Shan Teng and he had the opportunity to kill him. But Shan Teng hadn't noticed this and was now dead. Finally.
"Mulan you were wonderful." Shang said really amazed.
"Thank you." She said lowing her a little.
"Thank You, for saving my life." Shang said. "God, you're good."
"You train me, remember?" she said with a little and sweet smile.
Shang nodded.
"Oh, no." Mulan said suddenly.
"What?" Shang asked.
"Quickly, we must leave." Mulan said running to the door and pulling Shang with her.
"Why the hurry?"
"Because this place shall be burnt down in about five minutes."
"What?!"
"Run!"
Both of them ran as fast as they could. It didn't took them long to get to the front of the building, just that they were on the second floor, and the only way down was by some wires.
"Well, just as last time." Mulan said with a sarcastic smile.
"You first." Shang said handing her a handkerchief.
"No. You go first." Mulan insisted pushing him to the limit.
"But I say..." Shang started.
"You may be the General, but at the moment you aren't My general, so you don't give me orders. Down you go. Now." Mulan said with authority.
Shang almost laughed at that. But anyway he went down. Mulan was about to do the same when a Hun arrived.
"They're escaping! They're escaping! Get them!" The Hun yelled.
"No." she said kicking him unconscious.
But it was already too late, the Huns were on alert and some of them ran straight at her.
"Mulan, come on!" Shang called to her from outside the grounds.
"I'm sorry." She murmured as she got hold of a knife.
"Get them!" Another Hun yelled.
"No, you won't." Mulan said as she cut the wire.
"Mulan!" Shang screamed.
She ran away.
"Ready to open fire?" one of the Captains asked the soldiers.
"You can't do that." Shang said.
"Why not?" the captain asked.
"Because Fa Mulan is still in there." Shang answered.
"We had a deal." Chi-Fu interfered. "She said she would be out in two hours, the time shall be up in about two minutes. I follow the deal."
"You can't do it. You're killing her!" Shang yelled.
Just then Yao, Ling, Chien-Po and the Emperor arrived.
The Captain was looking doubtfully at the rest of the people.
"Open fire." Chi-Fu said.
"No!" Shang shouted.
"Excuse me." Chien-Po said. "She told me to tell you to open fire, no matter what."
"What?!" Ling yelled.
"Mulan is still in there?!" Yao screamed.
Shang nodded.
"You must open fire." Chi-Fu insisted.
"No!!" Shang, Yao and Ling yelled at the same time.
"There was a deal." Chi-Fu continued saying.
"She said to go on with the plan, no matter what." Chien-Po repeated.
"Your Highness?" the Captain asked, as he knew no one else to ask.
The Emperor nodded.
Mushu wanted to do something, but he couldn't reveal himself to any human unless Mulan wanted him to.
Chi-Fu counted the time, thirty seconds to go...
Meanwhile, inside.
Mulan was still running, away from the Huns, trying to avoid them.
Twenty seconds...
She knew the time should be up in any moment know, but she didn't stop running.
Fifteen seconds...
Some Huns got in her way and she hit them unconscious as fast as she could.
Ten seconds...
She ran again. There were too many Huns, more than she had expected.
Nine...Eight...
Mulan dashed past another couple of Huns.
Seven...Six...
A rain of arrows passed by and missed her miraculously.
Five...Four...
She had to run faster, there was one last hope...
Three...Two...
The time was about to end, she knew it.
One...
"Open Fire!!"
Author Notes: Thanks to all those who are reading my fics. I really apreciate it. The fic is already finished, so you don't have to worry for me leting it hanging. It won't happen. The next chapter will be up in about 2 weeks, aprox.
