A/N: Hey guys!

This might be my last chapter for the last couple of weeks while I finish up school, but I will do my best not to leave you on a cliffhanger.

Anyways, enjoy!

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Bai Liang was sweating.

His second in command-Jung Li-who watched the white wolf pace back and forth across the wooden floors, could tell just by looking at him that something was most definitely off.

"Sir," He gathered the courage to ask. They were alone in the house, the guards had stepped outside, "Is everything alright?"

Bai Liang froze, took a few deep breaths, before looking to Jung. "Yes-Yes everything is fine." However, the unmistakable voice crack and his furrowed brow told a different story. "The staff…it's almost here?"

"Yes. Coming on the last caravan from the palace. Should be here in a few hours."

"Good. Good." Bai Liang nodded almost frantically.

"Bai Liang, sir." A guard called from outside. Almost immediately, the white wolf drew himself up to his full height, the shakes and sweating disappearing instantly. It was like he was a different person.

"Yes?"

"The Dragon Warrior has been captured. A patrol caught them a few hours from the Valley of Peace."

"What?" Jung Li whipped around to look at the guard, completely caught off guard. "You captured him? How?"

"Nevermind that." Bai Liang replied dismissively. "Bring them to me."

"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Jung Li asked him, fighting the fear in his belly when his commander spun on his heels to growl menacingly. "Should we really be bringing the Dragon Warrior to where the staff is?"

"Where else would we put him?" Bai Liang replied coldly. "At least here, he has at least a thousand wolves standing guard over him.

"And the most powerful staff in the universe." Jung Li quipped, but Bai Liang was having none of it. He snarled harshly, and Jung realized this argument was lost.

"The Dragon Warrior does not know how to use the staff, old friend." Bai Liang clapped Jung Li on the shoulder, "And even if he did, he will not get anywhere near it. I will kill him before he does."

Jung Li didn't reply, but he knew how this would turn out. Bai Liang needed blood, and killing the Dragon Warrior was the only way he'd ever be satisfied.

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"Tigress."

It was barely above a whisper, caught in the breeze as they were escorted through the forest towards some unknown destination. He needed some kind of reassurance that she was still there, even though he could see her orange tail flicking around in irritation behind him.

She adjusted her pace just slightly so she could walk beside him. "Yes?"

"Are you okay?" He asked, not looking at her. The guards didn't seem too interested in their conversation, talking loudly amongst themselves instead. Still, they kept it at a whisper.

"Fine." She brushed off his question, but the stiffness in her spine, the look on her face….she was petrified. It was probably the first time he had seen her truly afraid.

"I'm sorry." He murmured, keeping his eyes forward. "I should have warned you. That wasn't fair."

"Just please tell me you have a plan." She insisted. "A good one."

"I do."

"So, what is it?"

"I take a few out, cause a distraction, while you run-"

"Absolutely not." She quipped before he could finish. "Bai Liang will kill you and I refuse to let that happen."

"Tigress-

"Po-"

"Will you let me finish?!" He asked her incredulously, pausing in his footsteps.

A branch came out of nowhere and whacked him upside the head. "Keep moving."

Po, rubbing his head, grumbled under his breath as he began moving once more. Once the conversation amongst the wolves had picked up, he spoke again.

"The staff that Oogway gave me…" he trailed off, but she got his meaning.

"Wow." She murmured, staring ahead wide-eyed, "did not see that one coming."

"I need you to get it."

"Of course." She replied, jaw set. "Where is it?"

"I think it's with Bai Liang. Seems fitting he'd keep it nearby, but I don't know. Can you find it?" He glanced at her just enough to see her smirk and knew that he had his answer. "There's fifteen wolves total. Five in front-"

"Three on each side, nine behind us." She rolled her shoulders. "Come on, Po. You know me better than that."

"You ready to run?"

"Absolutely."

"Hey wolf guy!" Po called loudly, getting the attention of the white wolf leading their procession. "I gotta take a leak. Can we stop?"

"Piss yourself." He snarled back, not stopping. Several of the wolves chuckled.

The procession continued several more yards before Po found something he could use-a large rock. He picked it up and, to the best of his handcuffed ability, chucked it within one fluid motion, flinging it straight into the back of the white wolf's head.

He whipped around and growled, baring his teeth. The whole procession stopped, attention on the wolf and panda about to face off.

"The only reason you are alive is because Bai Liang wills it." The white wolf moved forward slowly, rising to his full height and baring his teeth. "Otherwise, I would have slaughtered you both."

"What in the world do you mean?" Po tried to keep a straight face, prolonging his victorious smile until he had stalled the wolves as long as possible. "I'm all alone."

Realization dawned on the white wolf's face as he realized what exactly the panda was saying. His eyes flew around the group.

"FIND HER!"

Po watched the wolf turn slowly, growling low in his chest. There was a flash of something brown, and his world went dark.

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She moved faster than she thought possible, flying through the tree tops in a direction, any direction. The call of 'Find Her' could be heard reverberating through the trees, and she pushed herself faster, the trees becoming a blur around her. She had at least a hundred yards on the wolves and if she could find water, she could easily outrun them.

As many times as she told herself to speed up, her screaming ribs told her to slow down. There was the stitches in her side that told her to stop leaping from limb to limb.

She had to stop either way. Going this fast could throw her off track. She needed water. So, she paused, balancing on a rather thick limb for just a moment and sensing the air before the heard the trickle of running water in the distance. Picking up speed again, she moved in that direction.

She could hear the wolves calling to one another in the distance as she neared a pond. Without hesitation, she jumped in, wading through the almost-frigid water without much hesitation and coming out on the other side.

Her scent masked, she disappeared into the trees once more. She could hear the wolves cursing as her scent disappeared near the water, and they began to fan out in search for her…

But she was long gone.