A Whole New Problem

"We have some alarming news from the Southern region of China. Your 'friend' Gu has started taking over the small villages," Master Shifu rattled off.

"We have to stop him at the next village. I know how he works. He uses fear step by step conquering one city after the next. We have to stop him and quick," Vince urged. Po tied a white piece of cloth around his bruised hand. He used his teeth to cut it off. Why was his hand bruised you may ask? Well, let's put it this way. Never try to play slap rock, paper, scissors with Tigress. She will win.

"What do you want us to do?" Po asked as he nursed his hand.

"We have to get to that village where he'll have to go through. By now, he already knows that we're on to him. We'll have to get him on the surprise," Vince commented. He stroked his chin as his tail nearly brushed the ground. "You'll have to get the rest of the Furious Five to go with us. We have to leave soon." Master Shifu nodded as he ran up back the mountain. Vince rested his hand on Po's shoulder as he sat in his chair. "Are you okay? You've been tense for a while," Vince mentioned. Po was silent for a while.

"It's just this whole thing with Fang Po and me. And it's also about Tigress," Po whispered so that the whole shop wouldn't know. They were in Mr. Ping's noodle shop.

"You haven't told her?!" Vince exclaimed.

"No," Po calmed, "But I will. Honest. I'm just worried that it will come at a bad time."

"You mean like when you're probably dying," Vince said, "Po if you don't tell her, she's going to find out." The two fell silent for a moment. "You never actually told me how you did that split personality thing."

"I figured out a way to project Fang Po outside of my body," Po replied, "But back to the situation at hand. We need to get Gu."

"I agree. We're leaving today, at noon. Are you ready?" Vince asked resting his hand on Po's shoulder. Po was a little distant when he answered.

"Yeah, I'm ready," Vince smiled and exited the room. Po looked at the ground as he and Vince ascended the mountain.

"Gu the fox is based in the Gong Valley. It very near from here, so you should be able to get there fairly quick. Take care," Master Shifu said as they all bowed. Leng, Vince, Viper, Crane, Tigress, and Po set out to stop the advance of Gu the fox.

The little fox looked at his warriors excessively. He examined them as the giant gorilla guards they were. He examined the men of tens, men of hundreds, men of ten hundreds, and men of a thousand. Then he looked at his special warrior. He was small little duck that stood about the same height as Gu. His dark feathers had a little shine to them as the sun shone through the dark clouds of the Gong mountain side. "Men! It is time that you understand what we are here for! We are going to raid the Valley of Peace! I don't expect you to be merciful. In fact, anyone who shows a hit of mercy shall be put to death where they stand! Is that clear?" Gu demanded.

"Yes, sir!" The guards replied readily. They march off to their destination, getting prepared for their march. The duck strolled casually to Gu with his eyes half-lidded and a bored look on his face.

"You know that they only do this out of fear. You really want them to do all that you asked?" The duck casually asked. Gu turned around and looked at the duck with a stern scowl. The duck didn't seem scared.

"I must eliminate my enemies. I can not have weak soldiers," Gu said firmly. The duck sighed casually.

"All because you think that Vince and Leng are there with that white tiger. You need to learn to let things go," The duck said with a smirk. Gu's angry face became irritated. Gu approached the duck menacingly. He pointed his finger at him as he spoke.

"Be glad that you are one of the Potion Warriors and work for me, Gan. If it weren't for the fact that you were exposed to the potion and that I need you, your head with be on my wall," Gu said. With that, the fox left Gan to order the other warriors. Gan rolled his eyes. It was a different story for him. He was one of the retired warriors that was just bypassing where the wizard had made the potion. He had been exposed to some runoff of the potion which accounted to his surprising strength and speed.

"Ah well, let's get on with it men!" He said commanding the troops.

The warriors were soon able to reach the dismal Gong mountain side. "Hmm, this place seems familiar," Vince said.

"So, what's the plan?" Po asked.

"We go in there, figure out how to defeat them, and come back out," Tigress instructed.

"Gu will kill me and anyone I'm with if he finds me. He doesn't know Leng all that well, though. I suggest Leng, Po, and Viper go and spy out," Vince suggested. Tigress nodded. She signaled them to go on. Po slid down the hillside with Viper and Leng along with him. They hid amongst the cargo that the armies had, making their way to another high point near the middle of the horde. The gorilla warriors were preparing for war, and it did seem that they were about to launch the impending darkness on the Valley of Peace.

"Well, other than a bunch of big brutes, I don't see anything noteworthy," Viper commented in a hushed tone.

"Come on, let's get back to Vince and tell the Chinese armies to attack them. We'll help them," Leng said about to leave until Po grabbed his attention.

"Wait? Who's that?" Po said pointing to Gan. Gan looked over the armies. Then he picked up a heavy cannon that usually took four gorilla's to lift. Leng was astonished.

"It can't be. The only person that can do that is me," Leng replied truly shocked. Just when Gan was about to discover them, Leng, Viper, and Po all ducked. "We have to get back to Vince. Now!" He said urgently.

"What?! That's impossible," Vince said. The team was at excluded place surrounded by high bushes.

"You're a walking snake, I'm a superpower duck, Po's a thin panda and the Dragon Warrior, and another walking snake and a crane are in a relationship. You call this impossible?" Leng replied.

"How could Gu have a Potion Warrior? I thought that bad people couldn't become Potion Warriors. Didn't you say they get weaker?" Viper asked.

"Yes, yes, I know! I don't know why this is happening. Nor do I know why that duck is on Gu's side and alive," Vince sighed exhausted.

"Come on, we have to do something about this army," Tigress said impatiently. Po supported his body by leaning on a tree.

"We'll set up a surprise sabotage. It's nearing nighttime. We'll take down the cannons and try and take out some of the guards," Po expertly said. This surprised everyone. Po wasn't the person to announce plans that actually sounded good. "What? So I know how to strategically fight."

"Okay, but I think I'll go back to the Palace to get backup," Leng stood up starting to go. "Figure out what's the deal with the duck," he said as he went away.

"Okay, let's get on with Po's plan," Tigress ushered out. Po pulled Vince by his side.

"Vince, I have to tell you something about the separating technique. It reduces my strength to normal," Po whispered. Vince was worried.

"You mean that the technique is also your weakness?" Vince gasped. Po nodded. "Then don't use the technique unless it's absolutely necessary. This battle is going to be very interesting."

to be continued

Trivia

1. What's unusual about Gan?

2 What was the weakness Po had?

3. Why haven't people answered the trivia? :) (opinion)

answers to Chapter 14

1. a few months from now

2. Monkey

3. He can split himself