Chapter 5 - Start of Something
It's been two days since Shifu told me about the demon and I never thought I'd be at my lowest point ever. I've been dealing with the demon and it's difficult to even fight against it. As the days go on, its words become more and more convincing and I've hardly eaten anything. My body now looks underweight, I had bags under my eyes and my hands were shaking.
I woke up in the early morning along with everyone else and Tigress looked at me with worry and frustration. I don't blame her, I'd be worried if my friend is clearly being broken apart but also frustrated if they didn't tell me anything. Why Shifu said to not tell anyone, I have no fucking idea. Then the morning gong rang.
"Good morning, Master." Me, the Five and Po said in unison to Shifu, excluding Viper who was still in her coma. I knew that everyone was looking at me with concern at my physical state, especially Shifu. He knew that I'm struggling and I saw regret in his eyes, I think he was thinking that not telling the others wasn't the best idea.
"Good morning, students. Today, you'll start training in one hour and you'll fight in duos." Shifu told all of us and we all walked to the kitchen for breakfast. I let everyone walk in front of me and I heard them all whisper to each other, I was starting to think that maybe they don't care for me and are saying that they can't stand me. We all sat at the table and Po cooked some dumplings. I hardly ate any and I saw Tigress keeping her eye on me which made me feel bad about myself.
After breakfast we all went to the Training Hall and Shifu explained that we'll each be training with a partner and that we'll change partners halfway through the training session to learn how to deal with multiple styles all at once.
My first partner was Crane and he was an easy opponent to face against and yet I didn't do my best and that was because I didn't have the usual amount of energy I had before all of this demon bullshit.
Then when that ended, we all switched partners and my new one is Po. We fought against each other for awhile until my vision changed into a red filter and my mood changed. I became darker.
"You made the right choice." The demon said to me with a chuckle. He was right.
Viper's POV - Minutes Earlier
I gained some strength and I woke up in my room. How long have I been out?
"Where's Luke? I have to find him." I said to myself remembering what happened before I blacked out. I slithered as fast as I could to find him and he wasn't in his room so I exited the barracks and went to the Training Hall. I instantly knew everyone was in there as I could hear the distinct sounds of grunts and yells.
"Gotta help him." I said to myself as I slithered to the door at a speed I didn't know I had. Then I slammed the doors wide open and saw Luke facing Po.
"STOP!" I yelled and that got everyone's attention.
"Viper, you're awake?" Tigress asked me as she came to me since she was the closest. Then everyone except Luke came to me.
"That doesn't matter, we need to help Luke. A demon is affecting him." I explained and Tigress looked at me with utter shock.