Ming slowly crept inside the room. Nuan and Liu were tied up in metal chains. They both gasped in surprise when they noticed Ming in the room.
''Ming what are you doing here? How did you find us?!'' Liu asked.
''Well you see...I'm kinda being chased by Lord Bohai and his guards. I ran and ran until I stumbled upon the room you guys were locked in.'' Ming explained.
''I see. But you really shouldn't be here if you don't want to get caught.'' Nuan warned.
''I don't think it's a good idea to leave while I'm already here and Lord Bohai and his guards are trying to track me down..'' Ming sighed.
''Good point..'' Ming muttered.
''I'm getting you guys out of here. Shen has a plan and for it to work, I need to free you two first. We are gonna escape this place.'' Ming explained as she tried to figure out how to untie Nuan and Liu from the chains.
''Ming...you don't untie us..'' Nuan sighed. ''There is a lock on the chains.'' Nuan said as she gestured her head over to the lock on the chains.
''Oh...right. Where's the key to unlock it?'' Ming asked, feeling embarrassed she didn't notice the lock.
''Over there on that small table.'' Liu answered, gesturing her head over to the small table with the key on it.
''Wow...the key isn't hidden away anywhere and no guards are currently watching you guys? This is gonna be easier than I thought.'' Ming said surprised as she grabbed the key off the small table and unlocked the lock on the chains and freed Nuan and Liu.
''What now?'' Liu asked, brushing the dust off her shoulders.
''We try and get back to the dungeons, I think they will wait for us there.'' Ming explained and ordered Nuan and Liu to follow her.
The three peahens exited the room. They looked around if the coast was clear and slowly made their way to the Throne Room of the palace.
Suddenly, Ming got pushed down by someone from behind her. The three peahens instantly turned around. It was Lord Bohai, his golden lance pointing straight at Ming's throat.
''Say bye bye!'' Bohai chuckled menacingly as he raised his lance up in the air and got ready to kill Ming by stabbing the golden blade of his lance right into her throat.
Suddenly, Lord Bohai got a tap on the shoulder from someone. He turned around, his eyes widened when he noticed it was Shen.
''Bye.'' Shen smirked and knocked Lord Bohai on conscience by kicking him right on the side of his stomach and sending him flying across the Throne Room right into a wall.
''How did you guys get here?!'' Ming asked surprised, yet relieved at the same time that someone rescued her before that golden blade pierced through her skin on her neck.
''Didn't you listen when I explained the plan? We managed to get the key off the Key's Keeper. Well...the panda did.'' Shen explained as he helped Ming get back up on her feet.
''Nice. Well we should get going.'' Ming said as she brushed the dust off her shoulders.
''Wait. What about Master Oogway's staff?'' Liu asked, stopping everyone in their tracks.
''Cheng managed to bring the staff with him. He is now well far enough from here.'' Enlai explained.
''So he didn't even help his Lord or anything? He just scurried off with the staff?'' Nuan asked awkwardly.
''We can put it that way.'' Enlai nodded.
''What will we do with Bohai?'' Jia asked as she turned her head to Lord Bohai as he lay against the wall on conscience.
''You won't do anything...''
They all turned around, feeling the cold chill run down their spines when they heard the voice of Lord Bohai.
Lord Bohai ran out the palace window and glided down to the ground, escaping.
''You come back here, coward!'' Jia called out.
''He won't come back. I am sure we haven't seen the last of him..'' Enlai sighed as he prevented Jia from going anywhere without them.
''Well, I suggest we go and track Cheng down before he gets away with that staff too far. I thought that our mission was to bring back the staff and...happy ending right? But now we got a crazy Lord Bohai on our hands who is trying to kill us all and trying to take over China.'' Enlai sighed.
They all left the palace as quickly as they could, knowing that standing around won't solve anything, it would just waste their valuable time. They traced their way back down the steps of Lord Bohai's palace and to the town's harbor, where loads of boats and ships were available to rent.
''Let's rent that one.'' Po suggested as he pointed to a huge fancy ship, it's masts where decorated with fascinating designs and shapes. The wood on the ship looked very well polished, it almost glowed in the sunlight.
''Po...don't be stupid. We definitely don't have enough yuan to rent 'that' thing.'' Jia sighed.
''I never knew you were so fond of luxury, panda.'' Shen teased.
''Fine...you're right. Ti what do you suggest?'' Po asked as he turned to Tigress.
''What about that one?'' Tigress suggested as she pointed out to a much smaller than the ship boat. The boat didn't look as luxurious as the big fancy ship, but it was a lot cheaper.
''Alright. We'll take that one.'' Shen agreed.