The New Servant
"We are NOT a dating service!" Exclaimed Zelon. Po rubbed his head.
"I'm not asking you to make them love each other. I'm asking for another person," Po explained. He just explained to the High Ones about the next step in his plan. Zelon shook his head.
"Look, I understand that you care for your brother. We all do. But you're asking for something that is sketchy." he replied.
"Everything I DO is sketchy," Po shot back, "But I just need someone that will sorta ease the tension between the two." Oogway rubbed his chin.
"I know those two. It's a family riff that separates them. One loved by his father and one seemingly neglected by him. What could you do to ease that tension?" He asked.
"Nothing," Po answered sadly, "But that's the point. I need someone to ease that tension."
"Well, there is Lion," Zelon offered. Po was confused.
"Who's he?" He asked.
"He's a quiet mouse that sneaks around China. I knew him when I was on Earth when he was a child. You'd like him, and he's about your age. He's kind, gentle, but can hold his own in a fight. Maybe we can bring him there to help ease that tension. But Po what you're initially asking is for two cats that used to hate each other to become one," Zelon reminded.
"Look, the reason why I need someone different is because I can't out right come out and explain it to Shifu. You of all people know that your pupil is difficult, Master Oogway," Po said. Oogway and Zelon looked at Chung. The big yak thought about it before speaking.
"Alright. We'll get Lion to go to the Jade Palace and stay there. I don't know how your plan is going to turn out, but all we can do is watch and wait. We'll try to help you the best we can." With that Po bowed and exited. He awoke to see the Furious Five, Shifu, and Tai-Lung staring at him.
"Um...what's going on?" Po asked. Then they started to bombard him with questions about the High Place. Afterwards, Po punched Tai-Lung for telling them.
About a month went by and Po could see that Tai-Lung was trying to get closer to Tigress, but she kept her distance. She wasn't mean to him, but there was still that tension that Tai-Lung could sense. "Po, what happened while I was imprison? What did I do to her that was so bad?" he asked wanting to put away the hatchet. Po sighed.
"It's hard to explain. I wish I could tell you right out, but there I some things about the village that I have to keep from you," Po said patting his brother on the shoulder. Just then Shifu asked everyone to come in the Grand Hall. Zeng was there. "What is it?" Po asked.
"I've hired someone to help with serving the Jade Palace. He's an extra hand. He'll be assisting me with the servant jobs," Zeng explained.
"So where is he?" Monkey asked.
"He's a bit...actually a lot shy and he's very very wary of people. So it's possible that you won't see him. As in ever!" Zeng explained.
"What do you mean?" Tai-Lung asked.
"This person is very good at not being seen. So, to break him in, figuratively speaking, he's asked for a hide-and-seek game. As in you try to find him. Master Shifu has agreed. Now, he's very hard to find, but you not only have to find him, you have to meet him. You have to know what he is and what his name is. So this will be a challenge," Zeng said.
"How can we lure him out?" Tigress asked.
"Make a mess. He can clean up things with impressive speed, so you can willingly make a mess. Just make sure that it's cleaned up," Zeng explained, "That's all. Good Luck!" With that the others were off to set their traps. The gang came up with some weird traps. Monkey broke some off the wooden soldiers in the Training Hall. Viper made her room a mess and looked out of a creak in her closet to watch out for the person. Mantis and Crane used flour on the ground to track the new servant. Tigress made her room a mess and sat quietly to hear for the servant. Tai-Lung watched the others to see how their traps would go. Po, actually cleaned his room and waited for the game to be over. Since he already knew who the person was, it would be cheating if he participated.
No one knew how he did it, but the new servant managed to clean all the messes that everyone made without being seen. With Monkey, he turned his back for five minutes and the wooden scrapes were cleaned up and new wooden soldiers were up. With Viper, she heard tapping on the top of her closet. She tried her best to hear for it. Then it stopped. When she looked out into her room, it was spotless. With Mantis and Crane, they both thought that there was no way that the servant could clean up all the flour on the floor so fast so they ate in the kitchen for two minutes. When they came back, all the flour on the floor was gone and swept clean, like it hadn't been there in the first place. With Tigress, she simply couldn't hear the servant. She had her eyes closed, so she hadn't heard nor seen the servant. The others were amazed. How can anyone be that quick, silent, and not be seen? Even Shifu was shocked when he did the same thing that Tigress did but with his eyes completely open. HE didn't hear nor seen the servant. "It's will take longer than you think, maybe a week or two. He's very hard to find," Zeng repeated.
"How is anyone that fast?" Monkey said shocked.
"I don't know. All I know is that everyone set traps, and no one met the guy," Tai-Lung said.
"This is going to be harder than we thought," Po said laughing a little at their failures. "Let's get some rest."