Here go chapter 3 and 4 is cooking so here we go, please review.

I woke to the sounds of screaming.

"Help!"

I got up and put the radio back in my helmet and I put my helmet on and then I grabbed my rifle and switched it into attack mode from charge mode, and took off towards the screaming.

I ran through the forest and found the source of the screaming there were 5 crocs 1 wearing a helmet scolding someone named 'Gary', while holding a rabbit upside down.

Now I was very confused I had never seen a crocodile but I think I was right when I thought crocodiles don't talk.

I was just about to charge out of my cover when out of nowhere a fat panda landed and did some sort of Kung Fu taking out all of what I assumed to be bandits, out.

Now I had seen some stuff, but that… that takes the cake.

He then asked the rabbit if it was ok, it said "yes thank you".

The panda then left the bandits laying there almost as if he didn't care, so I decided to follow him, he led me around bends and hills and bridges and I stayed hidden all the while, after several hours of following him he lead me to a village that appeared to be in the middle of a valley there were many animals whom I had never seen before walking around, going from stand to stand, conversing, it was a lot like the modern day New Adana, a joyful place. But the most amazing thing was what appeared to be a palace or something high on a mountain top, at the end of the street.

He appeared to be heading towards it, but there was no way I could follow him without being seen, I could activate my stealth mode but that only lasts 60 seconds and takes 80% power out of your suit meaning I wouldn't have enough to climb that gargantuan stair case (suit supports some of itself, making it a little lighter), it was really only for emergencies.

I decided to keep on following through alleys and around buildings he appeared to go into a building with a circular opening so I snuck up along to a window.

I heard a man say "Po so glad to see you."

And a voice which I assumed to be the panda's says "I know dad."

The dad then said "tables 5 and 7 are ready-. "

I then heard another voice say "monster!" I looked to my left to see a duck shouting at me I snapped my head around and accidentally bumped my radio and if I remembered correctly the volume was extremely loud.

I braced for impact, and the It cut lose making my ears ring and everyone heard this,

For killin' you

For killin' me

I then heard the pandas voices coming from behind of me "don't move."

Fuck this is a disaster, no it's an emergency I had an idea I hit the center panel of my chest as hard as I could activating stealth mode.

I now was invisible he couldn't see me but I could see him I had to make this count, so I took the butt of my gun and wacked him across the face knocking him unconscious, I then took off running as fast as I could.

The way you move you know it's easy to see

The neon lights are on me tonight

I got a way we're gonna prove it tonight

Like Romeo to Juliet

Time and time

I'm gonna make you mine

I've had enough, we've had enough

So Insane

She said

I knew right from the begginin' that you would end up winnin'

I knew right from the start you'd put an arrow through my heart

By now I was able to turn it off and get hidden in a ditch I felt exhausted I needed to lie in the sun a little while and recharge, my ears were ringing though.

I then heard him say in an exhausted voice.

"I don't want to hurt you, but if you force me I will"

I then hollered back "This isn't an episode cops and even if it was you isn't a cop, I don't know what you are, I don't care what you are, but I do know that you can't hurt me without me killing you, I'm in a strange place right now, and it isn't the war I left at the Scrin tower."

"What are you talking about; look I didn't mean to scare you if you will just come here we-"

"I don't know what you mean by we, but come one step forward and I will paint you up and down this landscape." I said standing up and firing a single shot between his legs causing him to jump.

Every sighed I heard chatter "what is that thing?" "Where did it come from?"

I shouted " I will tell you what I am, I'm a Nod soldier fighting for the Brotherhood of Nod."

After my helmet was done scanning I heard my built in Legion (Nod master AI) say "you are clear to engage."

"Now Legion just told me to engage, but I'm not going to… unless you force me to do otherwise."

"Look I'm Po the dragon warrior."

"And I'm Nikolas Norrison I came from Pretoria, South Africa, I'm sorry we couldn't have met under better circumstances." I said letting my accent slip that I tried to keep under control.

"Po we-" a Tiger with a female voice said but stopping in mid-sentence to gaze, she was followed by a bug, a snake , a Crane, a Monkey, and a Red Panda.

I heard a growl as she got into pouncing position I turned my gun towards her, she had beautiful markings on her head I would hate to have to shoot her.

"Po if you love them call em' off."

She then looked at Po, who just shook his head.

She stood up on two legs and took a small step back.

"Who's your leader?" I asked.

"That would be –" the Red Panda took a step forward causing me to fire a warning shot between his legs causing everyone to jump.

"Engage" I heard Legion say again.

"Hold on, Legion" I said in an irritated voice.

"Now who's leader again."

"I am" the Red panda said.

"And who exactly is I am?" I said.

"Master Shifu from the Jade Palace valley of Peace, China."

"Yeah right, I went through the Scrin Portal in the Balkans." I said.

"What and where now-" The Crane said.

"SHUT THE HELL UP, CAN'T YOU SEE WE'RE TALKING HERE!" I roared as he coward down.

"Calm down, I am not lying, you are in China, and I am Master Shifu, and we don't know what you are or where you came from, isn't that right." He said to the crowd behind of him to which they just nodded.

"Well I am Nikolas Norrison From the blue zone of Pretoria, South Africa, and I am enlisted in the Nod army, we were fighting at the Scrin tower, I entered the portal with my leader Kane and we got split up, and I've have been living in those woods for a couple of days, I woke up to the screams of a rabbit, who was being mugged by crocs, and then Po here eliminated them, and I followed him here, I'm sorry we couldn't meet under better circumstances."

"Fighting against whom?" Shifu asked.

"Fighting against rebel GDI forces known as Colonel James Faction, we were starving, tired, losing the battle, and dying, and then Kane said we would all have the chance to leave it all behind, the pain, death and fighting of a doomed world, we could all have a small piece of heaven, and that the Scrin portal in the Scrin tower would take us there, and wouldn't you know it I end up here with you fine people."

"Sounds like a sad story." Shifu said with a look of sorrow on his face.

"You don't know the half of it." I said.

There was a silence.

Then Shifu spoke up "can we help."

The female tiger then jumped in "Master what-"

He just gave her the hand signal to be quiet.

"I don't know can I trust you, if so how can I be sure?" I replied.

"It's not us you have to trust, it's yourself, are you going to try something you will regret." He said.

Surprisingly his words made sense, was I going to try to do something uncalled for, granted I could annihilate them, but they could be the answer to my problem.

I sat down the rifle and took a step and then another and then another until I was at the half-way point, he got the message and slowly walked towards me and extended his paw/hand thingy And I extended mine, ever so cautiously, and we shook hands like two people who had just met, his paw was extremely small.

We just stood there for a little while looking each other up and down.

He then turned and walked back to the other 6.

The Panda was up next to walk up he extended his paw, I extended my hand and we shook "I'm Po" he said and quickly turned and walked away.

Then the monkey extended his hand, and I extended mine we shook "I'm Monkey" he said.

"Nice to meet you" I said.

Then it was the Snake's turn, she had no paw or hands, she just said "Hi, I'm Viper."

"Hi" I said.

Then it was the Cranes turn "Hi, I'm Crane." He said in a shaky voice.

"Sorry for yelling at you earlier, and it's nice to meet you" I said, he did something with his beak that I assumed was a smile and walked away.

The bug then hopped up to me he looked like a praying mantis, I kneeled down on one knee. I pointed my finger at him he took it with both pinchers; I shook my finger "The name's mantis." He said.

"Hello there, Mantis" I said.

Then it was the tiger's turn she straightened up and approached me oh so slowly, with an 'I'll kill you look' on her face, and you could just tell that she was thinking on how to do it too.

I took my glove to reveal my human hand and extended it she reluctantly took it and squeezed it exceptionally hard, I played it off, "many have tried, none have succeeded" I said just barely enough for her to hear, she knew what I meant and this caught her by surprise.

She just lightly growled and squeezed my hand harder "So you think you can tell?" She said with a dark voice.

I saw the others give each other 'uh oh' looks, this made me giggle.

"More than you know" I said with a smirk but it didn't matter she couldn't see it; I could tell I was going to like her; she was mean, cold, and hard, and appeared to have had a dark history much like myself.

She released my hand and I slid the glove back on ignoring the pain she left in my hand, looked me up and down one last time and gave me an evil smirk and then walked back to her group, this confused me.

"Would you like to come up to the Jade Palace, we have much to discuss." Shifu said gaining a jaw dropping look from all of the others.

"Master what are you doing, we don't know him, he has threatened us-" the Tiger said.

"And did we respond so much differently? Besides I want to know more about his past and the place he came from, if you don't trust him then you are free to watch him, but I think he understands he is a guest and he is to act like one." Shifu said cutting her off.

They thought I couldn't hear but noise enhancers in my helmet made what they were saying easy to understand.

I walked back to my rifle and picked it up and dusted it off, with the same word watch going through my head, I didn't like the idea of being watched, and it made me very uncomfortable, but I would allow her to do it, because I was a guest.

"Yes, Shifu, I would like that very much, I appreciate your hospitality." I said turning to face him.

"Then it is settled you will be staying at the Jade Palace." He said signaling me to walk with him. So I did I walked directly behind of him with the clustered around me asking questions like, "What is that thing?"

"Well it is a pulse rifle it's a soldier's best friend other than the guy fighting right next to you." I said.

"What army where you part of again?" Mantis said jumping on my shoulder.

"The Nod army it is the military wing of the Brotherhood of Nod led by Kane." I said.

"Is that a helmet?" asked Po.

I knew fully well that he wanted me to take it off but we were walking through crowded streets "I don't want to make this a public event." I said looking at him.

"Yes I think we should wait until we reach the palace before we ask any more questions." Shifu said turning to us and then turning to the endless stair case in front of us.

"If we would have had one of these we wouldn't have had to shoot a Nuclear Missile at the G.D.S.S. Philadelphia, effectively blowing it to pieces in space and killing everyone onboard, we could have just walked up to it."

They all looked at me and then stepped onto the first step.

We went with little to nothing said, but when we got almost to the top, I felt a jolt of electricity, my knees buckled and the suit got heavier, I felt it collapsing around me, the others noticed me stressing.

Shit I forgot I was almost out of power.

"Um are you okay" Po said.

"No" I stressed to say attempting to grab my chest and using my other hand to lay myself on the staircase.

"What's wrong?" Viper said.

"Suit, out of power not supporting itself." I choked out.

They all ran up to me worried with the exception of Tigress who just stood there with a satisfied look on her face.

They tried to pick me up.

"Boy you are heavy." Po said.

"No, no put down…" I choked out

Po then dropped me on the step.

I reached up to the back of my helmet looking for the button to flip out the solar panels, I pushed it, and a shiny panel flipped out causing them to flinch.

I then felt the suit slowly inflating and beginning to supporting itself taking the pressure off of my chest allowing me to breathe.

I slowly stood up.

"Can you make it to the top?" Shifu asked in a concerned voice.

"I think so" I said still regaining my breath.

As we continued up I caught a sideways glance from Tigress who was still on the verge of laughing, I just ignored this.

We got to the top the first I noticed was an array of broken plates, broken dummies, and among other things many medieval weapons.

He led me through two huge doors into a green room with many artifacts and at the end was a huge shelf with what assumed were scrolls and a pool of water with a dragon above it and 3 hallways leading out of the room.

"This is the Sacred Hall of Warriors." Shifu said while I was looking around he led us down a hall.

"This is the training hall we train here." He said while I obediently followed.

He led me into another room "this is the kitchen we all meet here in the mornings."

He led me down yet another hall "these are the barracks; your room is at the end on the left, next to Tigress' room."

Ok now this was going to be extremely awkward sleeping next door to someone who was 'watching' me but I couldn't protest.

Shifu led us back to the kitchen and we all sat down.

"Ok do you want to hear my story or do you want to go first." I said.

"Well we just fight bad guys and protect the valley, now it is your turn." He said they all turned their attention towards me.

"Ok let's have questions after the story, ok." They all nodded.