Alright peeps, this is probably gonna' be one of my longer chapters, so enjoy….. (mumbles) you vultures….
Did I say that out loud….?
Lee: Alright, now where do we go?
E Liu looks over the map, totally confused.
E Liu: Uhhh…..
Ling: Gimme that thing.
He snatches the map from her, and begins to look it over himself.
Ling: It looks like there's a shortcut to the Sao Chen forest if we go through the Gan Ye pass.
Lee: How do we get there?
Ling: There should be a cave along here shortly.
Lee: Okay, I'll go check it out.
Lee takes off running extremely fast.
Ling: Hey! Wait up!
He tosses the map at Yao, and runs after Lee.
Ling catches up to her in a matter of seconds.
Lee: Pretty quick, but not as quick as me.
Lee runs faster, and Ling soon follows, the two starting a playful race.
They run past the cave entrance.
Ling: We missed it!
Lee: Oops.
She jumps off a tree trunk and runs the other way.
Ling looks back at her, and slams right into a tree.
Lee stops at the cave entrance, then looks back at Ling and stifles a laugh.
Ling walks over to the cave, woozily.
Ling: Funny.
Lee: Yea, I thought so.
The two walk back to the others.
Lee:(thinking)…and also with my feet…
Lee shakes her head to snap out of it.
Our entire group now walks into the cave.
Chien Po strikes some flint together, and lights a candle in E Liu's hands.
He then pulls the cart along behind the others.
E Liu's candle lights the way along the cold, dark cave.
Shuai: Sure is dark.
Yao: Yea…
They hold hands, and blush.
Lee rolls her eyes sleepily.
Ling: Lee, why don't you get some rest? It'll be a while before we get to the end of the cave.
Lee: I'm fine E Liu.
Ling: I'm Ling.
Lee: Shut up.
Ling picks her up in a cradle carry, and carries her back to the cart.
Lee hits him on the head weakly, but she is too tired to do anything more.
Ling places her in the cart.
Lee: (sleepily) Hey Yao?
Ling: Ling.
Lee: Whatever. (yawns) Lemme know when we get there, kay?
Ling: Sure.
He rejoins the others as Lee lays down asleep in the cart.
Time passes.
Our group comes near the end of the cave, and we can see that the sun has already set.
Ling hops in the cart beside Lee and shakes her slightly.
Ling: Hey Lee…
She snaps awake and hits him in the head, hard.
Ling: Ow! Hey, what was that for!
Lee shrugs.
Lee: Reflexes.
She hops out of the cart and runs up to the others.
Ling sits there rubbing his head.
Ling:(Mumbles angrily) Reflexes.
Lee takes the map from Yao and walks outside the cave.
There is snow on the ground, about 2 or 3 inches.
Lee looks at the map for a minute.
Lee: Okay, so we're at….No, no this can't be right!
Ling runs up.
Ling: What is it?
Lee: This is Lao Shing territory!
Ling: What! No, that can't be….
Suddenly, a man dressed in dark green armor slams into Ling.
Ling is hit so hard that he falls off the cliff!
Lee: Ling!
She tries to run over to the cliff, but a second man grabs her.
Lee: Lemme go!
She struggles, and kicks him in the leg, but he throws her in the opposite direction of the cliff, and she slams into the snow.
Lee is knocked unconscious.
E Liu: Oh no! Lee!
Yao, meanwhile, charges for the third man who has just appeared.
The man throws Yao over the cliff also.
Ling catches Yao, and we now see that Ling has been holding onto a tree root this whole time.
Yao holds onto Ling, nervously, nearly strangling him.
Ling:(To Yao) You HAD to be afraid of heights, didn't you?
We cut to the first man running after Chien Po, E Liu and Shuai.
Shuai trips and the man gets closer.
Chien Po turns back to see this.
Chien Po:(To E Liu) Okay E Liu, just stay behind me the whole…
He looks behind him to discover that E Liu isn't there.
Suddenly, we hear a noise.
E Liu: (Off screen) HEEEEEEEYAAAAA!
Chien Po whips around to see E Liu fighting the man.
And winning!
She punches him in the stomach for the final blow, and he falls to his knees.
Chien Po: Oh my.
Shuai jumps up and embraces her friend.
Shuai: THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU!
We cut to Lee, lying on the ground.
She is not unconscious, however, but woozy.
The second man looms over her questioningly.
Lee blinks her eyes a few times, confused, then snaps awake and kicks the man repeatedly in a bicycle pattern to the chest.
He backs away for a second, then charges at, and leaps onto Lee.
She raises her legs up so the man lands on her feet, and flips him back into a rock wall behind her, while doing a backwards somersault.
The man gets knocked out.
Lee rubs her head for a second, then sees the third man peering over the cliff with his sword raised.
She gasps, and runs over.
We cut to Ling looking up at the man, who is about to slice the tree root supporting Ling and Yao.
Lee suddenly appears and kicks the man over the cliff.
He falls several feet below, and then disappears.
Lee: Need a hand?
She extends her arm to Ling.
The others come over and help them up.
Yao jumps off Ling and begins to kiss the ground.
Yao: Land! Land! Sweet Land!
The rest of the group stares at him with an 'Ooookaaaay.' Look on their faces.
Yao sees this, and immediately stands up straight.
Yao:(Clears throat) Well now, shouldn't we continue on?
Ling: What about those guys?
He points to the two men on the ground.
One unconscious, the other clutching his stomach.
Lee: I don't think we have to worry about them.
They continue on down through the pass.
The sky is darker than it was before. Whether from the quickly approaching night, or the evil, we don't know.
A hand grabs onto the cliff, and pulls its owner up on the ledge.
We see the same man was thrown off the cliff earlier.
On his now exposed left upper arm is a tattoo of a green snake.
He walks over to the man on the ground clutching his stomach.
He raises his sword above his head.
Man: You're useless!
Cut to black.
Well, this thing is halfway done. The chapters are probably gonna' get a bit longer from now on peeps. R+R S'il vous plait!