A/N: Hey all. As promised, another chapter. I will try and post at least once a week (maybe more often once school ends), but I don't have a set schedule.

Enjoy!

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Tigress managed a few hours of sleep before nightmares dragged her back to reality. When she opened her eyes the fourth time, she resigned to just remaining awake.

The nurse's insistence that she stay in the medical tent for a little while only made it all the more difficult to get some shut eye. Not only did the moans and groans of the injured pervade the air, but the guilt at sleeping in there when she wasn't really injured gnawed at her stomach.

She stood from the bed, determined to get some fresh air.

The sun was not even above the horizon yet, the camp was deathly quiet. She wound her way through the wet grass, drinking in the coming autumn breeze.

Tigress didn't really know where her paws were taking her, only that she was getting to the edge of the camp. The grass changed underfoot, shifting from meadow to forest. However, she kept walking, wanting to explore the woods for the first time since being in the valley.

The valley. Thinking about home made her heart hurt. She longed for the days of simplicity, of training and missions. The uncertainty of the last ten years had taken its toll. On all of them, it seemed.

A crack of a branch behind her jerked her from her thoughts, and she whipped around, growl building up in her chest.

She stepped back in realization when she saw who it was. "Po? What the hell are you doing?"

"Sorry," He rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, "I watched you leave camp…just wanted to make sure you were okay."

He must have been unable to sleep like her.

She took a deep breath to calm her frayed nerves. "Yeah, I'm fine. Just don't scare me like that." She pushed him playfully.

She turned away and continued her walk, but paused when he called "Hey, wait!"

She hummed a response.

"Can I show you something cool?" He looked so excited that she was inclined to say yes. He moved ahead of her, and wound his way through the woods, following some unseen path toward an unknown place.

They must have walked for several moments, before they cleared the edge of the woods.

"What is this?"

Long rows of trees stretched for what seemed like forever. The sun had finally crested the horizon, and the dew on the leaves sparkled with the rising sun. As she moved down the rows, she answered her own question. The sunlight illuminated the fruit that had fallen to the ground.

"Is this an orchard?" She asked. Her paw reached out tentatively to touch the bark of the nearest tree.

"I guess it was at one point." He shrugged. "Found this place on accident yesterday. It hasn't been used in years, but the trees still bear fruit."

"Peaches." The word was like candy on her tongue. She smiled a bit to herself as she looked up into the branches of the tree. It was a little late in the season, but several of the fruit still hung ripe from the branches.

"That's a sight I haven't seen in a while." He commented softly. At first, she thought he meant the peaches, But when she turned, he was looking at her, or rather, the smile on her muzzle.

"Thank you, Po." She reached up into the tree and plucked a fruit, then tossed it to him. "I needed this."

The smile on his face faltered, and he hesitated before looking up at her. "I know you're not okay. We all do."

She looked at the peach in her paw, and then stepped out from under the tree and closer to him.

"I know you aren't either." She replied just as soft. "But maybe….maybe we can still help."

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They stood in a circle, much like they had the night before, but this time, tensions ran higher. Tigress was not among them, Po neither.

"Something's off." Viper was the first to speak once they were all settled. Several confused looks were shot her way.

"I agree." Monkey chimed in, folding his hands in front of him. "A camp this size, plus an ambush on their men, and no retaliation?"

"They've got resources, men, so what are they waiting for?" Viper finished. "Why haven't they attacked?"

"They can't." It seemed Tigress had arrived, jaw clenched. Although her paws were shaking, she fought it off long enough to stand just outside the circle, looking at Shifu. Po had followed her in, and he stood as well next to Crane, arms folded across his chest.

"What do you mean? And where have you been?" Shifu replied incredulously, looking her over with wide eyes.

"Oh." she threw something in the air towards him and he caught it…a peach.

"Why can't they?" Mei Ling looked up at her.

"Because they don't have food." She replied. "A lot of the people they put into the camps worked on the farms and orchards. With all of the people they've killed, they don't have enough food to feed the wolves." She gestured to the peach, still in Shifu's outstretched hand. "They're starving."

"How do you know that?" Mantis asked, but the glare from Po made him wish he hadn't said it.

Tigress took a deep breath. "The wolves talk" was all she said.

"Can Kai help us?" Po suddenly looked up at Tigress, frown on his face. The others looked to her in confusion.

"Maybe. I can certainly ask." She replied, thinking deeply. "If anyone knows what they were up to.."

"It would be him." Po finished.

"I'll be back." She turned on her heel and left the room, feeling eyes on her back as she did so. Of course, she knew they had questions. Po and Viper were the only two who knew her connection to the feline. Most likely, they would explain it to the others.

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"Do you know-"

Monkey didn't even need to finish the question for Viper to respond. "He's her son." The reply caused several intakes of breath. Viper and Po looked at one another across the circle.

"Not biologically." Po finished. "She took him in when he was a kid."

"It was to keep her compliant." Viper explained. "If she tried to get out, or fight back, he would bear the consequences and vice versa. If he didn't play his part, she…" Viper didn't finish. She didn't need to.

Shifu's eyes fell to his feet, and he leaned heavily on his cane. He felt guilt lap at his feet, seemingly wanting to pull him down under. Was this all his fault?

Tigress returned before the conversation could continue, Kai on her heels.

"Kai." Viper gave the boy a kind smile as he joined their group.

"I was told you guys might need my help." He responded, nodding to Viper.

"Do you know what the wolves are planning?" Shifu asked him right out of the gate.

"Not exactly." Kai replied sheepishly. "A lot of the main plans Bái láng had were kept secret…only the top brass knew about them." When he saw their fallen faces, he sighed. "I do know there's a weapon involved."

"A weapon?" Mei Ling's tail twitched eagerly.

"Yeah." He nodded enthusiastically. "It was massive. Bái láng took me to the ports to show me one time. It was this long thing and it shot these massive balls…oh god what was it called?"

"A cannon?" Crane asked.

"Yeah, that's it." Kai seemed super excited that someone knew what it was. However, the looks on the masters' faces made the smile slide off of his face.

Po was the one brave enough to say the word they were dreading.

"Shen."