As I said before for the mysterious crocodile at the swamp who wears the jade necklace (not Kai's), that was Mateiko's OC Simon from "Legends of the Otherworld." I love bringing OCs in the game as the cameo characters, especially the swan picture from the Holy Flame Tower (Sacred Flame) on chapter 46, was Lady Lianne from Donovan94's "The Vow." Not so important to them, but only KFP gangs and my characters are.

On the side note: Happy December everyone! In future updates, I'll show you which of the newest chapters to indicate "horror" writing I suppose to upload on Halloween.

FIFTY chapters guys! I have reached this for nearly three years working on A New Prophecy! Fifty chapters of The Mightiest Warriors Series in total! The next fifty will take other years if I stay writing on Kung Fu Panda stories! Let's hope I can make it to one-hundredth chapter on the series, either the sequel or in future stories of The Mightiest Warriors!

Update: I might not make the goal to reach and finish the story on this end of the year, fellas. Too many things appear in life that slow me and the writing schedule. There's the battle you still must face Huoju's army and even our favorite peacock you'll worship him!


Episode Finale: Heaven and Hell (47 - 58)


Chapter L

Reinforcements

The Battle of Gongmen, Act Three

"WING!"

The Great Dragon sprinted toward her. The boom was approaching from Shen's cannons. The second blast rumbled the whole subterranean and pillars collapsed. Tai Lung rapidly carried Wing Wu, as him dashed into the rocky corridor through the entrance. The peafowls soared and bounded at the doorway before the ceilings collided. Peng lastly followed the peacocks.

Temutai's only right eye glanced above; every stone dropped to him, crushing him along the others the buffalo screamed into his muffle. The peafowls rushed out of the doorway and farther away from the collision. Behind them, Peng glimpsed at his uncle running away as Tai Lung carried Wing Wu. The whole subterranean crushed the entire jail interior, leaving the rest of prisoners and Temutai. Every fur and feather absorbed with water from the rain, silk robes soaked.

Tai Lung hurriedly sat on the brick floor, his left shoulder pillowed from Wing Wu's head, and right paw pressured the wound. "Wing, stay with me. STAY with me!"

The leopard's throat hacked, spilling blood from Wing's mouth. Wing gazed at the Great Dragon's poor eyes. Her paws clawed and crawled on Tai Ling's shoulders. "Tell… my sisters—Tai—" Wing Wu hacked more gore she hesitated her lungs. Her wound on the chest poured out. Tai hushed her tenderly. "I…" Wing's vision blacked out, loosened her final breath she was no longer in pain. The last movement only her head laid flat on the Great Dragon's paw near the floor.

"Wing? WING!" Tai Lung cried.

Every form on her body froze. No blink. No lips movement.

The screeching wind slammed against the houses near the roads across the north. Shouts approached nearby, with flames glanced on the alleyways. Tai Lung's right shoulder was patting. "I am sorry, Tai Lung. There's nothing we can do. Less sorrow, more focus." Shen begged, trembling his feathers.

Tai's lips and eyes pressed harder from sobbing. The leopard had other connections along the Wu Sisters. He and the sisters had conspired before to gather more bandits and create the incursion against the valley. Tai's left shoulder no longer pressed from Wing's head. He pillowed her to the ground, and paws held on underneath the wound.

All five dashed into the silent alleyway near the Black Dragon River. The only guards followed Lao were Huangdi's swan birds they must obey him and the young prince. They soared among the roofs; Mantis on top of Crane's hat looked down to the block roads he found all five warriors. "Crane, get down there! Shen and Tai Lung are out of jail!"

Crane squirmed his neck into confusion. "They are with Peng and Lao?! What are—?"

"DUCK!"

The bug's thingies pushed Crane down from the fire arrows. It nearly penetrated the avian's right wing. Diverging away, the bird master sighted the various army of Master Eagle's soldiers soaring and plowing against the archers. Mantis observed the northern district, amber fires aggressing the warriors. The panda's shout called out their names. "Hey, Po needs us!"

Crane didn't like to leave his new albino friend behind. Much concerns of Lord Shen and Tai escaped and knew their terrible crimes, he and Mantis could think of vicious warriors take this city. Regarding the leopard and albino lord unable to return the warlord, some masters (except Po and Xing) cautiously concern.

Aside from the concern, Huangdi's guards were near Lao's presence, knowing their vows mainly focused on protecting the prince by the Emperor's order. "Whatever Lao's doing, he better watches his dad and Peng looking after his uncle not taking over this city!" Mantis said boldly.

"I hope not!" Crane shook, bending his wings and soared off into the coastal breeze.

They reached the dark alleyway in no time. Further blocks away from Peng's view, the red torches glimmered, and the young leopard slipped and sidled his back on the wooden structure. "There's too many of them! Those bandits can outnumber the whole district!" Peng whispered, peeking his right eye onto the crowd of fire clan bandits patrolling the courtyard.

"I'm not running away, Peng," his uncle rejected. "We go to the north and help your friends."

What a marvelous and insane idea, Tai Lung liked! He was never born being cowardice, neither so unskillful fighter to flee from enemies. "You are going back to the Tower, Lao?" Peng asked the peacock prince.

"I must."

Tai Lung gestured his head. "You both lead the way," he declared, glancing the peafowls and further the southern gateway behind them — no guards. Only opened and half-wrecked apart on the rooftops. The Great Dragon bent his smirk at Lord Shen. "I'll see you on the other side, friend."

Both leopards run in all fours, bounded on structures and attacked every bandit close by, especially at the Courtyard. Both peafowls' faces grew cringy from every pounce, plow, knock, and fury. The final even cringed Shen and Lao, for both peacocks hearing Tai Lung's booming growl the leopard booted the brown buffalo's rib cages.

"This southeast land hasn't touched the fury," Shen glimpsed at the collateral path as his son observed both leopards running in the scenery and followed the river path. "Is that my parent's tower? The flames seem calm and—blessed."

His father never seen Peafowls' new tower that calmed the flames on every floor and side. No violent, and neither the representation of fear if any warriors who would dare to cease Lord Shen (to his opinion back then). Wings broke from the rainy sky and drew close. White swans landed ahead of the peafowls. "My Prince! Were you hurt?" one commander bird asked worriedly, while the other half carried the staff and half aimed at Shen.

"No," Shen's son flattened his feather on the swan's gray staff. "Gongmen Jail is destroyed. My father is coming with me. Head south of the province, and return to the Tower, unharmed."

Both swans glanced at themselves in concern, needless to say bringing Shen to the Holy Flame could be a terrible idea, but following the Prince and Emperor's commands were now essential. Once nodding from one of the swan guards, Lao looked upon his shoulder at Lord Shen. Shouts from the Black Dragon Alley courtyard slithered close. "Before you and I go, how will you get in, father?" he inquired hastily. "What lies there, Huangdi and many guards including wolves defend there."

"Your father knows the way where he had always sneaked at the back entrance," Shen smirked, his eyes ghostly dazzling. "From there, I will deliver the joy my old buffalo companion shall see. Once the Emperor sees me, he will manifest my goal and fear every bandit in front of their eyes. And China—" his feathers handed on Lao's right wing, " — will know the Lord of Gongmen ally with Huangdi."

So Lao inhaled his beak inaudibly. How Shen nearly changed, despite the same voice he was reminding the intimidation in front of Tigress, his parents would have loved to hear their son's deliberation and privilege in front of Prince Dongji.

"Follow me," one of the guards gestured, the swan led into the downhill bricks as the other birds followed.


Five Hours Later

The battle has continued to wreck this gracious city even worse. The morning colored tangerine, mostly orange the people of China saw the crimson light before. Red was Shen's the people recalled ten years ago. This orange meant the reflection of the unknown. The only color of the warlord's favorite color? What could the peach combine with red and orange skin? Red-orange.

This morning let Huoju's lips smirk. Not on this war he craved to put a smile on his face. The sunlight he watched many times, represented the only happiness and love. Beautiful dawnlight, isn't it, sister? From the past, we were small, watched this sunlight while our father met companions of his, and my master. We were children, stood on the Throne Balcony, observed the whole Jinse Simiao city. Lovely gold. Desert land. We loved to touch the sun in our hearts. You once asked how we will reach the sun? I said we could not grasp the sun because we are part of the stars.

Huoju's hoof caressed his sister's necklace.

You and I will reach the sun after this, Wugu. I promise you…


The Undercity

The Five's leader scurried into the mound, across the town street where mauled and half-crowded with bandits and fighters. The Masters had to retreat, as the northern lands wrecked with many pieces of collateral damages from Shen's cannons beyond the rim of Gongmen City. The cannons have ceased over an hour before having another catapult.

Slithering Tigress, Viper launched herself on her sister's paw Tigress flipped and bounded to the red balcony. "Take that!" the reptile slashed her tail, jerking and tripping the black wolf he fell. After crashing into the firework stand, the tiger's eyes pinned the opened floor bar in the middle of the road. Not only one underground path you could see the Undercity hallways, but Tigress thought of the innocent panda child Lei Lei.

Two— Five bandits entered the hall. How did the bandits get in there? Tigress revealed the Dragon's Mouth might have compromised, as the bandits entered and saw villagers without charity. Coming to the hole and in the halls of the Undercity with Shifu, Tigress peeped at scattering mountain lions, two gasped and one snarled.

The feline spun her body. Her right foot slammed the lion's jaw. Behind her, the red panda scurried behind other three runners sprinting and attacking near the villagers inside the interiors and corridors. Beside the bandit who knocked out cold, the mountain leopard with burnt red eyes and dark eye bags, roared and catapulted ahead of the Five's alpha. Tigress dodged his surprising spring. Returning in position, Tigress countered the lion's round punches and claws, nearly clawing against her cheek the fierce warrior advanced.

The lion launched his clenched fist. Tigress snatched the wrist, her feet sweeping onto the cat's ankles. Without noticing, the bandit jerked her down to the ground, both rolling roughly as if Tigress's neck was smothering. His left paw surrounded her throat, the bandit's strength holding from maneuvering.

"Give me back my Stripey!"

The girl's solemn tone stopped the lion's right paw rising and summoning his sharp brown nails. Observing her pupils to the left, Tigress freed her lips widely. Lei Lei stood alone in the middle of the hallway, fearlessness, and boldness.

"She's mine now!" The bandit snarled at the innocent panda, giving him a grim glare toward her and clenching his left hoof onto Tigress's whole neck. "This lady belongs to ME!"

Le Lei's wide pupils thrived. She positioned in a stance of the tiger style and advanced against him. "You're mean!" she protested, spiraling her lethal kick toward the mountain lion's forehead.

The bandit's forehead cracked softly. His hoof released Tigress's neck as if she bounded and caught Lei Lei in the midair. Lei embraced Stripey's fluff cheeks, and both heads turned to the bandit wobbling his whole head. "I'm in love!" he fainted his voice and flattened to the solid rock.

Lei Lei pointed her finger at the unconscious bandit intense. "My Stripey Baby! Do you want her?! You gotta go through me!" Lei Lei glared. This panda was born being the only fearless panda, like no other. Tigress slightly broke her lips with a nod.

The red panda sprung on each bandit's forehead. The boar nearly reached Shifu's left foot; the red panda's wooden staff hammered his skull. The first six rooms vacated as if the villagers sprinted in front of Shifu. He spotted three gray gorillas fisting against four red columns. The columns supported not only the Undercity ruins and underground tunnels, but on local areas to collapse.

The red panda's short gasp inhaled, shrinking eye pupils he pressured his stiff chest that hammered. The bars above the window ceiling slammed down, revealing its light and the figure of a leopard style of kung fu, which roared and leaped toward the columns. Shifu's vision blurred heavily. His knees and right paw collapsed to the hard cinnamon pavement.

The red panda struggled and fell. The last thing Shifu heard, was his daughter's shocking call.


The red panda nearly opened his heavy eyelids. His chest and back of the head warmed from someone's paws that firmed, and well-known strength. Something bigger than Tigress's paws. He knew the tender feeling what Shifu's hand brushed on thick fur. Once opening, visions bubbled with balloons. The red panda repeatedly blinked his eyes once more and wanted to know who kept him safe, watching this broken master.

Murmur shouts including random catapult collisions boomed among the Undercity.

In normal view after blinking slowly and peering, Shifu grinned his lips at both eyes that glimmered yellow in front of the red panda's head and his brown robe. A clouded leopard. Same chi eyes (one black eye). Same clouded fur, now scratched with battle marks. It was the red panda's son. Shifu's fortunate son. His dream was coming real, was it?

"I have always been proud of you," Shifu broke his silvery voice.

"You have said that. Last time we confronted," Tai admitted in agonizing. Tai's lips curled upward. "I am sorry—for everything…"

The master has ever watched his loving son, being innocent Shifu reflected of the Great Dragon's youth voice. Tai's golden eyes slipped, dazzling the pale. "I have always been your fortunate son," Tai said hardly. "I did everything to make you proud. After all this aftermath I nearly destroyed the Valley, it was all my fault."

Contemplating his son's voice, Shifu hardly reached his paw near Tai's chest. "No, Tai Lung," he shook in sympathy. "I created you—and the one to put up the blame. Without the revelation of your heart, you could have—earned a hard work you have ever achieved."

While Tai started from the beginning, he loved following Shifu's advice. To seek the philosophy Shifu's son achieved for years. Breaking bones and hurting fists and kicks made the Great Dragon stronger. Flowing the melody of inner peace built Shifu's fortunate son a respectful student. Disciplining the concentration made Tai Lung smarter, quicker than the red panda master.

The leopard's eyebrows rose. "Why did you come back?" Shifu asked tenderly.

Tai had many answers to convince his master. His lips pressed in mushy, the leopard sniffed. "I understood the panda's ambition he explained the Dragon Scroll." Tai Lung consoled, pawing Shifu's hand on the red panda's chest. "That script was not just to pick only one warrior who destines to defeat a greater evil. It was the mysterious, philosophical message. What that scroll's reflection is to represent the belief and Po's secret ingredient. Oogway's script I considered wrong was only the strong can survive, and defeat many adversaries.

"The wisdom to look what 'limitless power' is not only one unique warrior. It is everyone. Even me."

The red panda buzzed his throat, grinning his lips. "I loved you too much to perceive my only son as the next master before me," he said sympathetically. Light and fast steps dashed behind Tai Lung. The leopard's head rotated freely. His breath was filling the breeze of coldness, squaring his eyes he recalled the figure's blue eyes — a white tigress.

"Mother." Tai Lung called Ming.

The elder tigress hardly closed her jaw Ming nearly gasped. She was always being called from Shifu's student forever. The question stormed in her head: Tai Lung?!

"Tigress…?" the red panda master coughed.

Tai Lung pressed on his father's chest softly. "She is with the panda and her friends," Tai Lung answered.

"They keep coming in!" one of the villagers frightened and scurried behind Ming. "That door will not stop them now! Not even anyone's strength can hold them off!"

Overhearing the frightened rabbit, Tai Lung felt his paws brushing. His adoptive mother's hands nearly warmth Tai's clouded fur. "Help my students near the door, Tai Lung. You are the only one who can hold them off."

As much as Ming would not speak defiantly against her loving adoptive son, she sensed a light heart within him. She and Shifu adored their son more than what they cared, even Tigress before Tai Lung's pandemonium attack. Before walking out, Tai Lung curled his lips downward he nodded.

A few bandits rushed in behind the frightened villagers. Tai Lung's tail swept back and forth, his shoulders rose, arms pulled back, and sharp teeth clenched. The Great Dragon began dashing in all fours. Most of the people feared and moved away to the sides from the rushing leopard, as every villager from the Valley recognized him.

Fanshe and Bao at the front hallway glimpsed into a stun from the Great Dragon's snarl. Freezing, Bao glanced the giant boar rushing in the corridor hall entrance, thronged with every form of bandits infiltrating. The Great Dragon jumped after Bao and Fanshe dodged. Tai heaved and thrust his fists at the giant brown boar within the corridor.


The Holy Courtyard

The water buffalo Emperor stood his ground on the top of the entrance balcony. His dawn eyes peered at the gates it thunderously and continuously banged. HEAVE! HEAVE! HEAVE! Beyond the walls that surrounded the Holy Courtyard, was the Emperor and alpha wolf's men guarding, firing arrows, and pushing back the wooden ladders as if the bandits figured other ways to enter. One way or the other.

The Emperor was no longer wearing his yellow robe with the black dragon. Huangdi dressed his battle armor which pulling a few eyes of the warriors staggered: Scaled armor, golden fire pads on his upper shoulders, and gold crown shone and burned from the east dawnlight it turned light cheese. "My Emperor. After the gates breached, there will be many bandits rushing in." Master Wolf informed.

The gray goose soared among them. "Sir, the captain from the Fire Tower, has spotted red and black sails voyaging near the Harbor!" he warned the Emperor, pointing at the south. "Huoju's warships!"

Next to the Emperor in concern, the peafowl prince rose his breath Lao shut his gleaming eyes. "My Emperor. We always pray to Oogway. Help will come soon enough."

Hope is not lost, my child. Huangdi thought, grinning his lips and palmed a giant hoof behind the prince's back.

The heave bang struck the whole gate, left opened to a blow. The swarm of bandits rushed in, and the red arrows flew ahead of them. Archers from the sides of the stairway pavements and all five levels from the Tower loosened their bolts. The bandits continuously sprinted, even when getting shot and killed; the rest including the giants (boars, oxen, bulls, and buffalos) hailed.

Huangdi and Wolf's guards clashed against the bandits. Lao spread his train, bounding on the railing courtyard. His pitch cry let few bandits turn at him, and the peacock prince crashed into the battle with his heaven guandao sword.


In the Throne Room, Wolf Boss swung his hammer at the vulture's beak. Three wolves intercepted a couple of vultures swarming over the red columns they dodged and snarled their beaks. The blackbirds were only circulated in the Tower of the Holy Flame, outnumbering against the wolves and deer guards in every floor.

"Stinking parasite!" the vulture with a blind left white eye spat, clawing against Wolf Boss's maul pole.

Struggling on the marble floor, Wolf Boss held his strength back he matched the same as the black bird's. "Get off the Tower, you numbnuts!" Zhong barked, nearly bit the vulture's long throat be bent his muse from the bandit's yellow tongue. He rose quickly from his right knee. The one-eyed wolf's hammer spun, shattered the bird's mouth and the bandit fell.

The twins revolved around the Throne Chair. The vultures with dark brown vests banked away as if soaring over the columns. One shrieked behind one of the twins. "Liu! Get down!" his brother yelled. Liu ducked his head; the vulture's black talons missed a scratch about an inch from the wolf's fur. Lee spun after leaping, booting the bird's neck. The other rotated in between the two columns and screeched like a woman's wail. Clawing and spreading his sharp talons, the vulture widened his eyes from the maul Wolf Boss swung from out of nowhere.

As three vultures knocked out, the wolves gathered in circles as if the other blackbirds advanced their guidance after soaring into the Throne Room from stairs. Now more than five vultures arrived with their nasty grimaces. Tongues dripped with saliva, throats burning into grunts and growls; the bandits ambled forward and wary. Wolf Boss clenched the pole of his war maul, twins including him held back near the northern open porch doorway menacingly.

Zhong's boldness look glared his burnt red eye at the blackbirds. "There's nobody tell you: You mess with the wolf, you—"

"You get the fangs."

The bold voice shook the vultures. As they turned, the talon lifted and hammered the bird's left foot on the vulture's beak. Vultures diverted away to their cry. Many eyes stirred and widened at the unexpected pale form who startled all of the birds, including both twins. Wolf Boss silently gasped and grinned his black lips a little.

The albino lord spread his legs and black and red train feathers he summoned his guandao from the right sleeve.

Two vultures on Shen's right rushed. The peacock spun his sword, slashing both of their chests they collapsed next to the throne marble floor. Three birds squawked and snarled before sprinting. Shen flipped his train wide open, distracting as if they ceased in confusion, and the albino clouted the guandao pole at the middle bandit. His train slid after Shen spiraled his body and sprang among the Throne Chair. Two black hawks behind the wolves screeched and arrived.

The Lord of Gongmen pelted two feather knives at the hawks after spinning and landing on the marble floor. Disoriented as if not sliced and plunged but collapsed the birds, the wolves hammered the hawks. "What are you three been doing up here?" Shen demanded at the wolves calmly.

"Er— DUCK!" Zhong freaked out, but Shen shrunk his head from the whirling black feathers screaming.

Lord Shen rose and jabbed his talon on the vulture's neck, jerking him to the marble floor. The albino aimed his guandao towards the vulture bandit's throat. "Welcome to my parents' Tower!"

"Fresh meat!" the bird spat at his robe.

Lord Shen grinned wickedly. "Very well then. You are NOT welcome the Tower!" The peacock lord rotated his staff and buffeted him.

Lin loosened the red arrow he fired at the other bandit who indeed infiltrated with swift. His brother was nearly mumbling after Lee including Lin sensed the nostalgia of hate, and recognition of this peacock lord who controlled this city, and almost conquered all of China, you thank the Dragon Warrior who stopped him! For now, there was no time to shout or question Shen's return. Lin's head froze after his brother glimpsed back at the other birds banking left and right sides from the stairs. Lin's pupils shrunk into a horror.

"Zhong! Ships are sailing at the Sea!" he pointed.

After breaking bones and buffeting the vultures and three black hawks into unconsciousness, the one-eyed wolf jogged and observed next to the twins; Lord Shen stood cautiously as if any breaking could let him prevent bandits from taking over. At this moment when all three wolves scanned the sea, was thronged with hundreds of red sails voyaging, every edge of the horizon. On the southwest, were black sails following.

"Pirates," Zhong figured, glancing at the twins in slight anxious he flipped his black ears back. "We are outnumbered." Watching the sails voyaging on the sea and near Gongmen Harbor, Wolf Boss sniffed inaudibly he lifted his chest. That was a grave mistake bringing all the sails ambush the city and disembark at the province. Their time was—

The black ships launched their fireballs into the sky. Rainy fires soared and wrecked all fifty red sail ships they were near the edge of the Harbor entrance. How could this have happened? Were there other allies joining this horrific battle? Zhong, confused, checked the telescope he observed the sea of wreckage red ships. And beyond that this wolf squinted his left eye at beyond the ocean, the lead ship was no longer upheld its black sails.

The sail's banner has feathers with iron shields.

"That turtle's blessing! We got Sea Defender!" the one-eyed wolf laughed in joy, and exciting. He browsed underneath the banner what pirates gestured in a victory. The wolf almost gasped before the sightseeing at the captain's Main Deck. Masters Storming Ox and Croc were on board next to the bull captain Haidao, behind them, three students of the Nine stood by.

Lord Shen strolled in a quick pace near the northwest balcony when the wolves cheered. He craned his long neck as the peacock lord looked down to the Courtyard. Small ants of the bandits endlessly rushed in like the water flow. Somewhere near the gateway, something gold and black armor coach strolled with four wheels. Technically not a coach. The peacock's heartfelt the fire what his eyes gleamed into a frightened look.


"Knock them off on the wall!"

"Take out those archers!"

Resistance fighters commanded elsewhere across the Courtyard, spilling with blades encountering each other. Lao diverted the dark buffalo's war maul he swept to the sides. The hammer nearly hit the old, blossom tree that once grown by the ancestors of Peafowl Nobles, after Lao, after Shen, after Lord Feng and Lady Muquin, and before Li Han. Lao booted the giant's left knee, his other talon spiraling toward the buffalo's cheek. A sudden blow cracked his muzzle and knocked out.

Advancing through the Courtyard to pick any target, Lao spun his heaven guandao he deflected blades and spinning hammers. The Indian elephant near the entrance bridge rose his whole body as if mountain lions sprang at him, his trunk horned and screamed. Multiple bandits joined in, crawling and clawing at this elephant like an angry mob. There were too many to encounter and push forward.

Oh, my God. Lao thought horrifyingly.

The bats among the air and beyond the Courtyard screeched and stormed to a swirl. Lao ducked and retreated to the stairs. Scratches, bashes, and bites mauled all the fighters especially wolves they howled with a cry. Talons from the hawks and vultures with fire clan chest armor battered, wings and beaks thrashed every who they encountered against the bandits.

"HOLD YOUR GROUND!" The Emperor commanded, wielding his wavy sword as the peacock prince including Master Wolf guarded next to him and so as their guards circulating and pointing their weapons at the enemies.

On the Courtyard, the bandits thronged and rushed without stopping. Same onto the pavement walls where fast bandits climbed onto the ladders. The bats screeched, diving their wings and biting their fangs against Huangdi's buffalo guards. Eagle's aces countered the cold-blooded bats from soaring and retreating. Ahead of the Emperor, Lao, and Master Wolf, the metal wheels strolled and over the circular pool bridge. Bandits broke and separated the line of pavement as if all the eyes including the Emperor's dawn eyes dazzled.

The cannon.

The weapon has the same recognition of the peacock lord's creation that built from the War Ship. Same black dragon. Reptile skin, golden fangs, and fins. What Shen's eyes observed his deathly work of art, the cannon made its vicious than it was before. Inside of the dragon's mouth, the lava-like crimson dripped its saliva onto the jaw.

This is the end… The Emperor shut his eyes.

Wings flapped, and the train spread above the Emperor. Metallic talons landed. The white bird spread his red and black train, summoning threatening black eyes, leading the whole hundred bandits to cease their dash and the metal wheels stop. Huangdi watched the albino stand without an inch. "Shen…?" the Emperor gasped.

The bird's spine brushed with pale and cold. The peacock's head froze to a stone Shen softly grimaced at every bandit's eyes. The northeast temple above the gate. Two crimson houses. And two bridges. In front of the albino, his cannon villainously snapped with metal fangs opened.

Master Wolf spread his arms he revolved, legs towering to a lock when guarding beside the Emperor. "Shall we cease Shen, my Emperor?!"

"Leave him out of this, do not harm Shen!"

Overhearing the roaring buffalo's command, Lord Shen rose his head and met his eyes at Huoju's army. "Before you fire, there is no chance for you to surrender," the peacock lord announced. "It has come to my attention: You decide following Huoju's command. Whatever the necessary of your goal is: Killing the Emperor and my Prince, are the acts of execution."

His cannon moved forward. Without stopping, the Lord of Gongmen stood still in defiance. His breath loosened without bending his beak, including eyebrows. "Let me manifest you a final warning," he said cooly, his feathers motioned to both sides of his body. "Deny me; you will fail."

The gray buffalo with fierce eyes and square jaw in front sauntered, his ax dragged behind him when grinding the pavement and glaring his eyes at the albino. "Lord Shen is a traitor! FIRE AT HIM!"

Lord Shen knew these enemies would never surrender. Do they? As you wish. Lao's father softly shut his eyes. Metal gears clung, the barrel formerly aimed at the Tower and Emperor Huangdi, so as one of the gray bulls carried the torch behind the match, sniggering in wicked.

Lao's eyes caught his father's right talon brushing the pavement in half circle. Shen's arms swiveled to the sides. Breathing in calm, the Lord of Gongmen visioned the black and white bear whom he including Lord Shen perched together with crossed legs. Inner peace… Inner peace…

He was ready.

The cannon triggered.

"DAD!" Shen's son echoed.

The Lord of Gongmen reminisced the memory of his indulgent parents. They called their son's name. Visions stormed across his meditation mind — the disturbances what he encountered many regrets, pains, fires, and pandas in the darkness. He met his wife, ocean eyes glazing, and his son, same of Lao's mother's eyes. The last what Shen commanded one of his gorilla bandits to spark the ignition, the cannon hacked its blood and sparkles, envisioning the ball of fire to a cloud of the droplet.

They loved you. They loved you so much when having to send you away, killed them. Soothsayer Mali echoed.

I scarred you for life…

His mother wept.

He opened his ruby eyes. Shen would have imaged of him getting shot like Master Rhino he killed him. Instead, the lands of gold and blinding yellow surrounded the peacock. He believed this was a dream, either the visions as if himself during his life before the catastrophe, wished to credit watching his ancestors from the stars. Warmer and comfortable this place he contemplated. Constellations dazzled and fainted from above. Dense and shadowy birds appeared by the Lord of Gongmen's eyes ahead.

Shortly, the faces revealed from the look of Shen's gasp. Robes enlightened the ocean and blossoms. Beside the blossom, horizon and deep green glimmered. Both garments matched the colors of their feathers, beaks grinning as you imagine of a father and mother expect your presence, from wherever you go and miss them. Shen thought he was dead (which isn't and not ready to join his parents).

Shen's beak returned his smile upon them, melting both tears from the eyes of ruby. I love you…

The peacock's feather reached the droplet. The sun's wind approached and surrounded ahead of the albino, as the ball spun after Shen caught in the reality. Burning the feathers and quickly springing, Lord Shen bellowed in bird's pitch, hurling the velvet blood and white sparkles ball at your eyes.


On the Run

The city echoed its loud blast from the Southeast. Tigress swam her head, her ears flickering from the boom, so as her nephew glimpsed where the sound came from the south. She and Xing boarded on the roof tiles as if observing hundreds of buildings occupied, now half burned, and wrecked in collateral.

The blast like the mushroom billowed at the heart of Holy Flame Courtyard.

"Lao!" Tigress's nephew screamed under his throat.

The Masters including three of the Nine (Lotus, Hong, and Xing) glanced back from the snarling close behind them. Two Righteous members the fox and deer in green vests swept their bamboo sticks right under the leopards' ankles. Poles thudded their foreheads.

"Keep moving, Xing!" the dragon warrior warned next to the tiger he palmed Xing's back. "These bandits will not stop running!"

"Neither will we!" Xing agreed, additionally the fact before they including the Five, Nine and two Righteous warriors sprang onto the next tiles. Roof bridge connected to the other side of the pale brown apartment. Po knew this path before. The way of his stealth mode impacted the panda's idea before bounding to the road, half rhino soldiers attacking enormous apes. Wolf archers on small tiles and in the windows loosened their arrows toward boars.

Pots and many stands of miscellaneous items smashed. The Five vaulted on the inclination tiles; three of the Nine and two Righteous students followed after vaulting. The tiger as he used the red bow, drew the string before aiming. The black arrow flew pass above the tiger's head, screeching Xing loosened the shaft and hit the gray boar's knee.

"Where's Po?!"

Xing's right ear rose from Tigress's demand. "How could that be hard to miss him?" Mantis complained.

The tiger's eyes peered at the main road. Xing's eyes shrunk when lips curled. A swift costume movement from the alley. The panda's right foot tugged in the right red reptile outfit, balancing the whole sky dragon's head. "Here's that big!" Xing gestured the Five.

Po heaved the dragon interior and opened its mouth. The leopards and deer in scaled with fire clan chest emblem hastened from the downhill ahead; left deer yelped in surprise, and the costume snapped its teeth into him. The body kicked on ribs and elsewhere, pooping the injured deer left. After two marauders eaten alive, the rest of locals squealed and scurried back.

The Five followed the dragon costume and into the passage. Lotus, Xing, and Hong continued leaping on the glazed rooftops they sled, rolled toward flat surfaces and skimmed on the steep pavement. The costume jerked its tail, the wood wagon slamming bandit runners they chased as if various peach fruits flew.

Farther forward, a few wolf swordmen in sky armor swung at fierce mountain lions. Most snarled, swords hammered to sides and over the top of their heads. One wolf and the red eyes leopard grunted when thrusting their blades against themselves. Their ears flickered by the sound of horrors and dash steps like a stampede. The dragon costume gave its laughing chortle and sprinted close.

"It's a freaking DRAGON?!" the leopard frightened.

The wolf dodged after leaping. The costume feasted the leopard with a rush. Few wolves howled before this warrior yelled in anxious. "DON'T EAT ME!"

The Masters reached on the hilly courtyard, more space—

The fireball across the sky slammed into a few houses; the collateral debris tore a small cut on the costume's left rib. The other fires hurled behind the Nine, they paced beside the outfit through the downhill. Down as they went, black arrows penetrated the costume's nose, mouth, and below its golden legs.

Monkey's right leg left a small slash by the arrow. "Ow!"

The dragon costume slid wildly to the sides. Lost control when crashing the costume's wood design including the reptile skin's shredding like papers, the Masters quickly repositioned their fighting stances when rolling on the pavement. The Nine and two Righteous fighters united behind the Five, their eyes glancing at the whole hundred local bandits rushed. Snarling, growling, and shouting.

Observing the bamboo construction, the Dragon Warrior grabbed his conical hat, flinging underneath the supports which connected all that held stairs, roofs, and structures. "DISK OF DESTRUCTION!" The hat sliced many supports. As Po's hat returned flying above the panda's head, the bamboo sticks collapsed to collateral damage. Stairs, structures, and bridges fell straight to the long, hilly road, crashing every enemy.

Debree smokes rose. Winds flung against the Five and Nine they covered themselves. As they did within seconds, shrill cries swam out of the gray haze. There was no other way to retreat. Either forward, or behind the warriors, the Five and Nine gathered around in circles. Five of Righteous students arrived and spread themselves among the roofs they towered, guarding what lies ahead of them including the alleys.

The Five's alpha stood her tiger stance. "Stand your ground!" Tigress commanded.

"Where is Shifu when we need him?!" Crane insisted. The bug on the bird's conical hat positioned defensively.

The bandits gave their rebellious, and rude gestures. A few slipped their tongues to hunger and juicy. The rest hissed and barked. Beside Xing when arms guarding with fook sao, Lotus yanked her silvery nunchuck, the stick held next to her breast she leered. Hong on top of Xing's left shoulder grasped her sai and the other paw braced to balance.

"Um… Guys! Why is there an aurora floating on the sky right now?!" the bug snapped.

The silky green sheet that fainted above the morning clouds swam and shaded almost light when approaching. Including the sea and beyond the mountains at north. Not possible. If having to journey on the north or south far away, then you could watch the line of silks tangling and dancing underneath the constellations. If here in China—

The glow of green ball flew above the Masters, Nine, and Righteous, wrecked against the line of half of hundred bandits screeching. The color of nature. The color of healthy and — it mauled all the forces in front of every master's eyes.


Side Note:

Did I surprise you there? Now here's the battle which has not one Ox warlord, but the other who wants what you have.

About this show The Paws of Destiny, it does promising which looks cool to pandas grasping four constellations and master the powers to defeat the new villain. Yes, there are concerns and demands like this: WHERE ARE THE FURIOUS FIVE AND SHIFU?! Why is Lei Lei not there?!

Slow down there. Take a deep breath, slowly exhale, and repeat. Everyone has different taste, whether you like the show or not.

This show has to be the side story similar to Legends of Awesomeness. Of course, we would love to have Furious Five on PoD, as they could have easily trained four pandas with the Dragon Warrior.

Let's put my wishlist of Season 2: Bring Shifu and the Furious Five. Have Lei Lei part of the pandas.