He couldn't move.

He felt cold and hot at the same time.

Why couldn't he move?

Why hadn't his Chi worked on Oogway's staff? What was going on?

He guessed that Shifu was right, that Chi did have to do something with his fainting spell. And now he'd fainted again.

What's wrong with me?

Questions swirled around and around in Po's fevered mind, and he was surprised that he was able to think at all in his current state. But he was unable to come up with any answers, and he was simply too tired and worn out to care at the moment.

"Woah! What was that?" Mantis asked in surprise when he saw a flash of bright, gold light shoot across the night sky. He sat atop Crane's hat, eyes wide at the sight. The two had gone out of the palace to get some fresh air, and so Crane could stretch his wings after helping with some extra tune-ups.

Crane stopped in midair and had to shield his eyes with a wing just from how bright the light had been. But it hadn't lasted long, disappearing just as suddenly as it had come.

"Do you think anyone else saw it?" Crane wondered, gazing down below at the empty palace grounds.

"Pretty much everyone's asleep by now...we're the only ones out here."

Crane nodded, causing Mantis to shift a little in his spot. The two stayed quiet, listening for any kind of nearby sounds. But nothing was heard except for the soft flapping of Crane's wings.

"It was really shiny, like Chi or something...we should check it out!" Mantis pressed. Master Shifu had banned Chi—no one was supposed to be using it, much to Crane and Mantis's disappointment, since they hadn't had a chance to use theirs yet.

"I don't know, Mantis. Last time we 'checked out' a glowing light, we got turned into Jombies." Crane shuddered at the memory. Though he couldn't remember much, he knew that he'd done terrible things as one of those monsters...like fighting his best friends. They didn't blame him, of course, but the thought of having no control over his actions was scary. He still remembered being trapped in the abandoned ship, and then nothing as Kai stole his Chi. It was something he never wanted to experience ever again, but now that Kai was gone, they didn't really have to worry about anything like that.

"Psh, that light was green. This light was golden. Plus there hasn't been any action at all lately. Don't you miss getting out there?"

Crane sighed. Mantis had a point. No one had been attacking the Jade Palace lately; it had been (surprisingly) pretty quiet. It was nice that their usual troublemakers were allowing the palace to have some breathing room after completing repairs, but the Furious Five were always ready and itching for whatever came next. Not that they wanted any trouble...it was just kind of boring, if he was being honest.

"Looks like it came from that direction," Crane gave in, pointing a wing towards the statue of Master Oogway.

They exchanged glances with one another.

"I don't think this is a good idea," he told the smaller warrior with worry as he began to fly down towards the statue. It was still very quiet, with not a sound to be heard. Crane landed in front of Master Oogway, keeping an eye out for anything unusual. But nothing was making itself known to the two Furious Five members.

Then without warning, Mantis let out a sharp cry of pain.

"Mantis! What's wrong, buddy?" Crane asked in shock, lifting up his wings so that he could take hold of his friend. But before he could gently wrap his arms around Mantis, a shadow was seen moving out of the corner of his eye. He spun around, one arm raised and ready to fight.

But what he saw next nearly made his heart stop, a heart that was already pounding its way out of his chest.

A dark, menacing figure slowly crept towards the now scared-out-his-mind bird. Mantis's cries of pain had quieted, and Crane couldn't feel any sign of movement on top of his hat.

Please be okay, please be okay, his mind reeled.

Crane's eyes grew to be ten times their normal size as he could finally make out who the dark figure was. "K—Kai!"

He was back.

Kai was back.

But how? He was destroyed in the Spirit Realm! Crane's mind continued to race, and at that point, he had no idea what to do, his wing still upwards in a fighting stance. Should he try using his Chi? But Chi was banned! He didn't even know how to use his yet!

The supernatural warrior slowly began to approach Crane, his steps slow and intimidating.

"Hello, little birdy," he said in a deep tone. "It's nice to see you again...and so soon, too."

Don't engage.

Crane backed away, ready to make a break for it. "What's that?!" he shouted for a dramatic exit, pointing in the other direction and causing Kai to follow suit.

He wasn't about to get turned into a Jombie again anytime soon if he could help it! He took to the sky quick as he possibly could, but was suddenly halted in mid-flight. His muscles cramped, painfully feeling as though they were being twisted by some kind of invisible force.

"MASTER SH—" His beak clamped shut just as fast and only muffled noises were able to make their way through. Crane struggled, but he was dragged backwards towards the ground. He couldn't get anything to listen to him anymore no matter how much he tried to escape the invisible bonds that held him captive.

"Shh..." Kai crooned, staring down at the fallen bird. He raised a hoof, and relief almost instantly swept throughout Crane's entire body. Still unable to move or speak, it was then that he noticed something was very different about their returned enemy. For one, he had appeared to have learned a new kind of power. Was it some new type of Chi, the ability to move objects (and apparently living things) with your mind?! Kai's eyes were also no longer green, but a glowing yellow. He also didn't have any of those weird, green necklace-things around his belt. The pendants of Kung Fu masters' Chi. That was a good thing, right?

But then again, nothing good could possibly come out of this new predicament. Especially not with Po's family, who were now (temporarily) living in the Jade Palace...his thoughts were starting to get muddled and incoherent as he watched Kai tower over him and a silent Mantis.

"Both of you seem to be in pain, so I must be back in the mortal realm," Kai noted with a grin as Crane attempted one last time to get away and warn everyone that Kai had somehow returned before he simply blacked out from pain and shock, his head drooping.

Kai then turned his attention to the newly rebuilt Jade Palace, and allowed a slow smile to spread across his face when he spotted the newly rebuilt statue of Master Oogway, as well.

"It's good to be back."