Here's the fifth chapter of Red Pandas. Enjoy.

Jason and Tai hid behind a dumpster. As soon as the police car drove past Jason motioned for them to go. The teenager ducked into another bush, "Hurry up you stupid panda bear!"

"I'm not a panda bear!! I'm a panda mamodo!" whispered Tai really loudly.

"Whatever, just c'mon!" replied Jason. They had reached the hotel Jason was staying at. There were a lot of people in front of it.

"Ok, so now what?" asked Tai.

"I don't know. You tell me. Can't you allude us in?" asked Jason.

"Haha, very funny. Mamodo's can only make illusions once in the first week of the battle to fit in." replied Tai.

"So your's was giving birth?" asked Jason sarcastically.

"Somehow, a panda walking around Washington D.C. with a book that makes magic spells didn't seem right to me..." said Tai.

"Ok, we need to get up into the hotel room. There is security all over the place. God." said Jason. He thought about a plan to get in. He looked over at the entrance.

A secret service agent talked into his walkie talkie.

"Tight security for a panda, don't you think?" asked Tai.

"Yea, it is a little strange." agreed Jason.

"Maybe we can go up the fire escape?" asked Tai.

"Do I look like Kareem Aldul-Jabbar to you?" said Jason willingly.

"Fine fine. We need to leave. The battle is more important now." said Tai.

"Wait hold on." said Jason. The secret service agent spoke to another. "Wallace will take care of it from here."

"Wallace? Who's Wallace?" Jason said to himself.

The agents left the hotel. "Yes, now it'll be a lot easier to get in." Jason looked over at the dumpster and saw a big long trench coat.

Tai saw it and sighed, "No."

"Yes," said Jason smirking as he walked over to it.

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A extremely tall man walked in the lobby and tripped to the ground. "I'm OK," said the voice of Tai Shan.

A hotel worker walked over and helped them up.

"Are you OK sir?" he asked.

"Yes, yes thank you." said Tai. The worker walked away. Jason poked his head through the middle of the jacket.

"Good going feet." said Tai.

"Well excuse me if I can't see through this smelly old coat!!" exclaimed Jason.

"Get your head back in. Here comes more people!" whispered Tai loudly. He pulled down the hood and spoke quietly into the middle of the coat.

"Straight! Left, right, right, one more right, another left, straight! No that's a pole, left! Left!!" They finally reached the elevator.

"Wait, there could be a camera inside. We look extremely suspicious as it is Tai!!" mentioned Jason. "Lead me to the bathroom. I have an idea"

"Ewwww..." said Tai.

"Not that!"

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Jason walked out of the bathroom with his sweatshirt hood over his head and wrapped Tai up in the jacket as to make the appearance of him carrying something large.

They walked up to the top floor and Jason went in the hall. Tai hid my the ice machine and Jason crouched down to see two secret service men waiting outside his hotel room. Jason slid back down and spoke to Tai.

"We're not getting passed them. They'll probably turn this corner soon to check. We need to circle around and then meet at the room." brainstormed Jason. Right then they heard the door close and Jason could hear his mother crying. She turned the corner and saw Jason holding a finger to his mouth. Mrs. Garrick continued to cry as an act and brought Jason into the girls bathroom. She locked the door and began to question Jason. She didn't notice Tai who had already snuck into the bathroom in case of emergency.

"Jason, you kidnapped a panda bear?" she asked calmly as air gritted through her wrenching teeth.

"Not exactly, I helped a panda mamodo escape out to battle against 99 other demons to decide the next king of their world." explained Jason.

"Do you think this is funny? Your grounded for the rest of your life!! You'll probably go to jail... Oh my goodness..." said Mrs. Garrick contemplating her thoughts. "You'll never have the same life Jason!! Do you realize what you've done?"

Jason stopped for a moment and thought about it. So far all this "battle" has done has caused Jason and his family trouble. "I'm sorry mom, but I can prove it."

"Excuse me? Prove what?"

"The magic," began Jason.

"Enough with the magic!!..." said Mrs. Garrick who then quickly quieted down. Tai walked out of a stall and flushed the toilet.

"Those are some nice toilets. And they use bounty! So soft!" said Tai. Mrs. Garrick went on the verge of screaming but Jason clamped her mouth. "Please don't scream mom."

"I... di,di, didn't, kn, know you were g, g, good at ven, ventriloquism." stuttered Mrs. Garrick.

"Like I said, he's a panda. And he does magic. Of course I read it." explained Jason.

"And I suppose you have a spellbook?" she asked. Jason held up his black and white spell book. Mrs. Garrick had an O for a mouth.

Tai stopped picking his nose and waved to Mrs. Garrick even though she was standing two feet from him. "Hiya!!"

"H..H...Hi..." said Mrs. Garrick slowly. "Why did you come here Jason, you need to get out of here now." she said because she heard secret service running towards the bathroom.

She walked outside the bathroom and saw the agents, she prevented them from entering the women's bathroom. "Wait, um, you can't go in the women's bathroom."

"Please step out of the way mam!" said the secret service agent shoving her to the side.

She tripped him. "Oops," she said playfully. "Don't ever push a lady!" The agents ran in the room to see it empty all the big window was open. They ran to the window to see that a fire escape was there. They looked up and down but Jason and Tai were gone.

"We've got a 37 alpha," said the agent to the walkie talkie.

As they walked outside they spoke to Mrs. Garrick. "Mam, we have evidence to believe that you just aided in the help of a fugitive. We're going to have to take you into custody."

Mrs. Garrick held out her wrists in front of her, "Fine, I could use the break anyway." she said sarcastically.

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Jason and Tai as opposed to climbing down the fire escape traveled up to the roof. They hopped two roofs before moving down another fire escape. She took out a liter, he held the flame to the book.

Tai turned around and yelped. "What're you doing you crazy!!"

"Back off!! Now!! Because of you, my mom and me are now criminals!!" said a nervous Jason.

"Please, Jason. Think of it this way, if you burn that book, you would've done of that for nothing!! You'll have no way to prove your innocent! Please don't burn it! We'll figure something out, please!!!!" begged Tai Shan.

"Sorry, but you can't make that promise," said Jason.

"Well that's a pity. Cause now we can't burn your book ourselves." Behind Jason and Tai a man dressed in a tuxedo with a blue flower in his pocket and an elephant next to him.

"And who the hell are you. Why don't you move on along to Africa where you belong." said Jason.

"I could or I could Ikiwa," said Wallace.

"You what...?" said Jason as a blast of water hit him and he was sent flying over the edge of the building. He grabbed a metal pole and hung on for his dear life. Jason tried to gain balance. His hands were wet and slippery and he fell. Tai Shan jumped over the ledge, past Jason and yelled, "Read the spell!!!!"

"Orukio!!" screamed Jason. Tai Shan, in mid air blasted a sound wave that pierce Jason's hears and body hard but sent him flying up back to the top of the roof where he was now a victim of more water blasts and with out his magic panda.

"Great," Tai Shan thought to himself. Just then his spell book fell on his head, "OW!"

"He can't destroy you if he doesn't have your book Tai, now go! I'll lead them away!" said Jason.

"You don't really think we're that stupid? Do you? Let's go Kilo." said Wallace to the elephant. Kilo, the elephant blew his horn hard and made a extremely loud sound. Jason took off running and jumped down to one building. He tripped and badly hurt his ankle. He crawled over to the ladder and slowly climbed down.

"Ikiwa!"

Jason got splashed into the busy road street. "He's done." said Wallace. "He'll have the perfect cell in Juvy..."

"Jason!" yelled Tai running towards his teenage book-owner. Tai pulled Jason back before a big 16 wheeler crashed into him. The truck skid off the road and nearly hit a line of people but the driver luckily shoved his foot on the brake and stopped the car. The driver kicked open the door and people gathered around Jason and Tai.

"Hey it's that kid who kidnapped the panda! Let's get him!" one man said.

"No! Get a way from me!" said an angered Jason. "Orukio!" A blast of sound erupted from Tai's mouth scaring away the civilians. Civilians screamed as the wild Jason sprung up into action. He ran as far as he could. At the moment the emotional teenager had no intention of returning to the society that now despised him.

Jason fell to his knees and collapsed into a deep slumber.