Finding the Path
Chapter 3 Trouble Brewing
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I do not own anything. This is just a story for fun.
The two warthogs that Lian had been beaten in the village market were making their way to a small fort. The fort had once been used by the Imperial Army, but as peace settled through the land the Emperor decide that there was no longer a need to have troops stationed at the fort and so the troops move to another location leaving the base abandoned. A few years later Dante and his gang had claimed the base as their own and had moved in. Since then the gang's numbers had steadily risen and they managed to keep the local villages under their control.
The warthogs walked up to the fort's gates and looked up at a couple of wolf guards. The warthogs waved at the wolves and the doors opened. The warthogs made their way inside the fort. Dante's Gang was made of an assortment of yaks, crocodiles, wolves, warthogs, some vultures, and a few gorillas. The Gang members watched as the warthogs made their way to the main building and entered.
The warthogs walked into a room that contained a large decorative chair. In the chair sat Dante. Dante was a large black panther, dressed in black clothes, with an eyepatch over his right eye. Sitting on the throne's right arm was a large falcon named Hudai, who served as Dante's second in command. Dante eyed the warthogs as they kneeled before his throne.
"You two are late and you look injured. Where is the money I sent you to collect?" Said Dante.
"We were on our way here with the money sir, but we were ambushed...by a gang of bandits." Said the first warthog.
"We fought them off as best we could, but there were to many of them and they overwhelmed us and took the money." Said the second warthog.
Dante and Hudai eyed the two warthogs. The panther saw a bead of sweat drip from the first warthogs brow and the second warthog swallowed. The warthogs were lying! Dante let out a growl as he stood up and pulled out a massive trident as he advanced onto the warthogs, who cried and cowered before him.
"Please Boss don't kill us!" Cried the first warthog.
"Tell me what really happen and I'll spare your miserable lives." Said Dante.
"We were at the market looking after the vender who owed use money, when a young snow leopard named Lian came and attacked us with kung fu." Said the first warthog.
"We tried to fight her, but she defeated us!" Said the second warthog.
"A skilled kung fu warrior?" Asked Hudai as he flew over and landed on Dante's right shoulder.
The warthogs nodded their heads.
"This could present a problem. If this Lian manages to give the people hope and encourages the villages to stand up to us, we could lose our hold on the territory." Said Hudai.
"Your right, we need to deal with this nuisance." Said Dante as he scratched his chin and looked at the warthogs. "You two take some more of our men to the village, capture this Lian and bring her here. I will make an example out of her."
The warthogs nodded their heads quickly as they turned to leave, happy that they would not suffer their master's wraith. Dante and Hudai went back to the throne and sat down to discuss the horrible punishment they should give to Lian.
To be continued.