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Chapter 2

There is Bad news…

With Shifu and the Five…

Shifu stood there in the kitchen as his students finished telling him what had happened on their mission. His eyes were focused on Tigress, yet her eyes were still focused on the floor, with her arms crossed still. Finally Shifu asked. "How could you have been so foolish?" Tigress's fists clenched as she knew he was talking to her, yet she did not answer. "…" Shifu began walking to her "Tigress! I asked you a question!" Tigress still couldn't answer her master, as she stood up from leaning against the wall, her fists still clenched as she turned her head to the right avoiding her Master's glare. In a flash Shifu had whipped out his cane and with a swipe, knocked Tigress off her feet as he jump on top of his prized student grabbing her by the vest bringing her face towards his. "I order you to answer me!" Tigress then spat back "I have NO ANSWER!" "LIES!" Shifu shouted back as he pushed Tigress away from him, his glare menacing. "Tigress, as your Master I order you to be honest with me! What were you thinking going after Temutai alone! I know I've trained you better than that!" Tigress finally shouted back "I DON'T KNOW! I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I WAS THINKING, OR WHAT I WAS FEELING!"

There was a moment of shocked silence and then, after several deep breaths Tigress continued in a lower voice. "When that clumsy oaf saved me from that Qidan lowlife so easily…I was…frustrated…my focus was clouded…I wasn't in my right mind. And to make matters worse, that same oaf was so concerned about me that he…" Tigress couldn't even finish her sentence because Shifu roared at her. "Yes! And because of your FRUSTRATION with yourself! That same CLUMSY OAF could very well be now lying on his deathbed! And if it was not for HIS actions you could very well be in the same situation, IF NOT WORSE!"

Again there was shocked silence as the masters around the table watched in complete shock at the scene that had unfolded before there very eyes. Never had they seen the two shout at each other in such a way, especially Tigress shouting at Shifu. It was then that they all heard someone clear there throat trying to grab everyone's attention. Everyone turned to see the healer standing in the doorway. Shifu left Tigress with one last glare as she bowed her head. As Shifu approached the healer he asked in a calmer tone "How is the Dragon Warrior, Han?" The old goat had a very solemn expression on his face as he looked to the Grandmaster. "I think you all should come with me." and with that the old goat turned to head down the hall as Shifu and the Five followed.

Upon Shifu and the Five entering Po's room, Tigress took a look at her friend…if she could even still call him a friend…to be honest, she felt like she had no right to after today. Po was lying on his bed eyes closed. He had bandages wrapping both his legs, and his left arm while his right arm was wrapped and in a sling lying across his stomach, which was also wrapped completely with more wraps. And then there was his head which had some wrappings covering the top of his head but was heavily applied to the right side, almost covering his right eye. Tigress almost didn't recognize the panda, and that was saying something. Usually when the panda slept he had this goofy look on his face as he dreamed. She had seen it many times while on a mission with him, or when Shifu asked her to wake the panda in the morning if he slept in. but the Po lying before them had no goofy grin or slight smile, instead his face was blank, unreadable, if it wasn't for the slight rise and fall of his chest Tigress would have thought he was…dead…

Viper was the first to speak. "He doesn't even look like he's sleeping..." as she slithered up next to the panda bear looking down at him. Monkey was next saying "I can't even make a joke about this…" Tigress made her way to the foot of the panda's bed. She couldn't say anything, she had no words. So she just looked down at the panda her eyes filled with pain. Shifu then spoke to the healer. "What can you tell us about Po, Han?" everyone turned to the healer as he began to speak. "I'm afraid The Dragon Warrior's condition is quite, severe," as the healer walked over to Po and placed a blanket over the panda to keep him warm. "He received several lacerations covering his entire body which may scar over time. His right arm is indeed broken along with his left leg. There are three deep stab wounds on his belly, fortunately no vital spots were hit, but they will need cleaned at least three times a day. He has suffered much blood loss so we must give him plenty of fluids. But what truly concerns me is the damage dealt to his head." As the healer grabbed a cup of water sipping the water to the panda, as he helped the bear swallow by massaging his throat. "Though I do not believe his skull has been punctured, the force of the attack was strong enough to cause him a severe concussion. And it will most likely be quite some time before he will be able to regain consciousness…if… he is able to."

Tigress then spoke to the healer. "What do you mean IF he is able to?" The healer then turned his attention to the masters. "I mean that there is a very likely chance that I could be wrong and he has sustained serious brain injury. What I mean is that the damage to his head could be so serious…that he may very well not ever wake up again!" at this the warriors gasped, even Shifu seemed dumbstruck. But Mantis spoke up. "Come on goat man, isn't there like some special medicine or magical flower we can make a tea out of that can wake the big guy?" The healer now had a frustrated look on his face. "If I knew of one do you not think I would have tried that? We are not dealing with a hangover Master Mantis but a severe concussion!" Crane then asked "Is there nothing we can do to help him? I feel so useless just standing around waiting like this."

The healer seemed to ponder Cranes question for a moment. "There may indeed be something you might be able to do to help him regain his consciousness sooner, though it is incredibly unlikely." All to the masters asked in unison "WHAT!?" startling the old goat for a moment. "Well, keep in mind, there is no guarantee that this would work, but you could try and talk to him." The masters just stared at the healer with confused looks. "Talk to him?" Monkey asked "How would that help Po?" the healer then went on. "Well you see, though it doesn't work a lot of the time I have seen cases where when someone has been placed into a comatose state like Master Po is in right now, that hearing the words of a loved one, helps the person to want to wake up. Sometimes the person can even remember the conversation those people had with them, though, those are rare times indeed.

The masters were silent as the healers words sank in. then Viper spoke up. "I know! What about Po's father!? Surely if anyone has a chance at waking Po it would be his own dad!" the others except for Tigress grew smiles on their faces as Shifu stated "Excellent Idea Viper, I'll alert one of the palace staff to go and fetch Mr. Ping right away. And with that Shifu turned to Han saying "Thank you for your help Han…will you be able to check in on the Dragon Warrior from time to time?" Han bowed and said "Of course Master Shifu. But I believe I will go get something to eat for now, The Dragon Warrior should be fine with his friends watching over him for a little while. And with that the two left the young Masters alone with the panda, closing the door.

After a moment Monkey walked over to Po and started to speak with him. "Ummm…hey Po! How's it going?" "…" no response from the panda. "Uhhh…oh did you hear the one about the two bananas?" "…" Still nothing Monkey turned around saying "Man how do you talk to a guy who's unable to talk back?" Tigress then said. "Well if anyone could do it, Po could. The guy daydreams like it's nobody's business." Just then Viper had an idea. "That's not a bad idea Tigress." Tigress looked confused. "Huh?" Viper then explained, "Po's always daydreaming about stories he knows or adventures he's heard of, what if we did the same?" Crane then asked "What? You mean tell stories about Po?" Viper nodded "Exactly! Han said that talking to Po could help wake him up faster, so what if we told stories about some of our best times with Po?" Monkey nodded his approval "That could work. Not like we can do anything else." As the primate sat on his tail and balanced himself.

As the masters began to sit in a half circle along the side of Po's bed, Viper asked "So, who wants to start?" Just then Mantis hopped up onto Po's bed next to the pandas head so the Panda could hear him…hopefully. "I got a good one right here." As Mantis made himself comfortable the others did the same as they waited for Mantis to begin his tale. "Okay, so this story takes place about two months after Po first came to the palace, I was having a pretty rough time back then and Po was the only one who noticed…"

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