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Chapter 5: Hatred

Mulan awoke cold and shivering, as she opened her sore eyes she looked around her to see that she was in a cell, all that she could see was that it was dark and gloomy. She slowly got up and looked beyond the bars of the cell that kept her locked up. All that she remembered was that day, and how she lost everything then got hit and fell down. "Hello?" She called out. Nothing, there was just dead silence. All until the heavy doors opened to reveal Chi Fu. Mulan gritted her teeth she had a bad feeling about all this.

"Well, well look who I have in my dungeon." Said Chi Fu all proud of himself.

"What's going on? Why am I here?" She demanded answers.

Chi Fu began to laugh," Well lets just say that there is a new Emperor in town, and that would be me."

"How?" She asked.

"Well you see I found a little something that gave me power to control all, and well I knew that if you found out that you would just get in my way..so, I had a friend of your come and get you, even though I ordered him to kill you he decided to put you asleep and send you over here, he got punished for not killing you when he had the chance but when I thought about it more and more, I decided that this would be better. No one will save you; you are all alone now.." Explained Chi Fu.

"Why?" She almost felt herself weaken.

"Because I don't want you to ruin my plans for becoming the Emperor and unfortunately I had to kill your parents cause they would get in my way as well."

"You bastered!" Mulan snapped, she wanted out now, she wanted to just kill him right now, this was all his doing.

"Hahaha, you cannot win this time, Mulan. No one is on your side. Everyone that you know is either dead or is on my side. And do you want to know how?" He looked at her amused with all this torture. "All I had to do was pick up the rock, the rock that Shan Yu had, all the power to control peoples minds, to mesmerize them into thinking that death and pain is the answer. To have them look up to me as their king. And all I have to do is have them look into this rock and tell them what to do..and then, their mine!" Said Chi Fu as he showed Mulan the rock, but she quickly turned away so to not get mesmerized by it. Chi Fu laughed and began to walk away from her and out of the cell.

Mulan crouched down and wrapped her arms around her legs trying to get warm. "Oh.and if you wanted to know who it was who hit you, let's just say that you knew him and you admired him." With that he slammed the door behind him. Mulan began to think of who until it came to her but she shook her head, 'he wouldn't' she told herself. As she got up she moved her hands on the wall trying to see where she was going, she feared that there was going to be some kind of torture that she would have to go through. That was the only thing that she feared and it was to be locked up until beaten to death. She would rather die more then anything then have to suffer and to have no hope left in her life. Mulan crawled into the dark corner and pulled her head down by her knees letting herself cry and pray that someone just someone would come looking for her and help her.

Chi Fu sat in his royal chair admiring his work that he accomplished. "What is the news about the higher the taxes? What has happened to the last few towns?" He asked one of the men that was a council men like him but who was now mesmerized by the rock.

"All the towns that you have wanted money from have been burned and the money taken. They refused to give it to you in the first place."

"Well if they didn't respond and give my men the money were they killed?" Chi Fu asked.

"Most yes sir."

"Excellent" he paused, "Bring in my solders!" He ordered.

"Yes sir.." He bowed down and left the room. Chi Fu then watched moments later as the rock began to glow, Chi Fu began to smile and stroke the rock. "Everything is working out, and soon I will be able to control all of China."

The doors opened revealing a black cloaked man walking in front of all the other solders. "Hahaha, yes..my solders, you have done well, I want you to continue to kill those who will not obey! Thos that's will not pay will suffer and those who want to listen bring to me. Now go and do what you must! Time is running short and I need my money!"

All bowed down and began to walk out of the door. "Shang!" Chi Fu called. The Black cloaked figure stopped and began to walk towards Chi Fu. As he walked Chi Fu could now see his face, it wasn't covered up this time. But Shang had black around his eyes, his eyes were red, like the stone that mesmerized him in the first place. "Since you are the head of the solders, I want you to make sure that nothing happens to them, and retrieve more of the other solders that haven't talked to me yet; I want a huge army, an army that will kill when they need to! Now go!" Chi Fu ordered.

Shang bowed down then covered his face once again and proceeded on.

"Hahahaha, China will be mine! All mine!"

~I know its short but more is coming! Hehehe! Please Review and tell me what you thought. Thanks!