I'm sorry this one took so long guys! I was visiting my grandma. No, seriously, I was.
Anyways, I know it must've been torture to wait so long, so I won't keep you any longer. Here goes.
Shuai sits on the ground rubbing her butt after the fall from the 'cliff'.
Lee and E Liu jump down and the three look in front of them.
There is a burned village directly in front.
Shuai: Wha-what happened here?
Yao hops down beside her, and Shuai grabs onto his sleeve, afraid.
Yao smiles a little, then sees the village himself and stops smiling.
Chien Po and Ling lead the cart down and stare at the village as well.
Ling: Whoa.
Chien Po: My goodness, what could have done this?
Lee walks forward and stops in front of a stick stuck in the ground, a torn piece of red cloth stuck on it.
Lee: The Lao Shing tribe, that's what.
Yao: What's that?
Ling: I've heard of them before. They're a ruthless tribe who go around destroying other tribe's villages, like this one.
Ling walks forward beside Lee.
Ling: This looks like a scarf from the Shun Fei tribe.
Lee stays silent.
E Liu: Shun Fei? Hmm, why does that sound familiar?
Chien Po: Perhaps we should see if there are any survivors.
Ling: Good idea.
They all split up and walk through the village, Shuai stays with Yao.
Lee stays where she is.
Ling: Lee? Lee?
Flashback
Woman: Lee? Lee? Where are you sweetie? Lee? This is serious Lee, we have to go!
Man: There you are!
The woman screams.
End flashback
Ling: Lee!
Lee snaps out of her daze.
Lee: Huh?
Ling: Are you okay?
Lee: What? Oh yeah, I'm fine.
She walks off into the village.
Ling stands there for a minute, slightly worried, but dismisses this and also walks off.
Shuai peers through a destroyed doorway.
Shuai: Hello? Anybody ho….
The doorway suddenly collapses and Shuai screams, jumping into Yao's arms.
Yao smiles, and Shuai blushes.
Lee looks through what used to be a doorway, now nothing more than rubble. She starts to go into a daze again.
Flashback
Woman: Lee?
Man: There you are!
The woman screams, and kicks the man in the chest, knocking him over.
A young Lee, perhaps four or five, watches with fear from behind a corner.
Three boys, looking all to be about twelve, sit behind her.
Another man appears behind the woman.
We see him raise his sword and swipe down.
Then the woman falls on the floor with a thud.
Young Lee: Mama!
End Flashback
Lee gasps for breath and runs out of the village.
Shuai: Lee?
Lee runs down the hill, this scene overlapping with flashbacks of one of the boys carrying a crying Young Lee down the hill, eager to get away from the smoldering village.
Lee finally comes to a stop in a clearing and sits on her knees, panting.
She pulls her hair tie out and untwists it to reveal it is not a tie, but a scarf like the one on the stick in the ground.
On the scarf is the symbol for 'Meng'.
Lee stares at it for a moment.
Ling: Lee!
Lee looks behind her, and quickly outs her hair back up.
She regains her composure by the time Ling reaches her.
Ling: Are you okay?
Lee stares at him for a minute like he's insane.
Lee: Well, yeah. Why wouldn't I be?
Ling: But you…and the…running…and….I'm confused.
Lee: Like that's new?
She walks back up the hill, leaving Ling to stare after her in complete confusion.
Lee walks back into the village.
E Liu: Lee? You okay?
Lee: I'm fine. So, any survivors?
Yao: Not a one.
Chien Po: Perhaps we should do a funeral service for them, the departed souls deserve some dignity.
Yao: Yea, good idea Chien Po!
Lee: No.
Yao: Huh?
Chien Po: But why not?
Lee: Remember that scarf on the stick we saw when we first came in?
Yao: Yea.
Lee: Well, that means a funeral's already been done.
Ling comes up the hill.
Ling: How'd you know that?
E Liu: Because she's a Shun Fei!
Everyone looks at her.
E Liu: Now I remember where I heard that name- It's the name of the tribe that Lee and her family belonged to before they came to our village.
They look back at Lee.
Chien Po: Is that true?
Lee frowns and turns to go.
Lee: It's just another useless piece of my past, now let's get going! We still have to find Shen.
E Liu runs up beside her.
E Liu: But Lee!
Lee looks angrily at her.
Lee: I said, "Forget it."
E Liu looks frightened for a moment, but understands, and follows Lee down the path.
Shuai runs to catch up with them.
Yao and Chien Po walk behind them.
Ling looks back at the village.
Yao: Ling! C'mon!
Ling runs to catch up.
Yeah, I know, a bit more serious then my other chapters, but don't worry, it'll get funnier soon.