The tale from Xiaolin.

Chapter 8

As soon as we landed, the young monks stood in fighting positions.

- Chase Young! What are you doing here?! - Omi shouted

- Hasn't Anna told you? She was going to say that I would be here soon. - Chase replied.

- Master? What's going on here? - I shouted

- Master?! Anna, this is your master ?! - the monks shouted

- Sorry, Anna, but I deceived you. I had to say I belong to xiaolin for you to trust me.

- Master, but I ... I don't understand! What's going on here? And who are these cats? - I began to ask incredulously.

- Anna, he belongs to Heylin! He is our worst enemy! Since he has defeated all the monks, we must fight him or run away! - Omi shouted.

- You're not getting anywhere. Catch them! - Chase shouted.

Then all the cats moved towards me and the other four. However, they all passed me by attacking and knocking the rest of them to the ground.

- Tell Anna. Would you like to join Heylin? You would be my right-hand man and we would rule the world together. - Chase began to say.

- Do not agree! - Omi screamed. - As soon as you agree, you will turn into a cat for Chase's eternal servant!

- That's true. Do you remember Anna, what I told you when we first met? - Chase asked. - What would happen if I wanted to get the Tsung's Cube by force?

- Of course I remember - I replied, scared.

- Excellent! I will give you time until evening to consider my proposal. If you agree, your life in my palace will not change. I will continue to train you. I can think of letting you see Jack or the monks. However, if you do not agree or you start a fight with me, I will find a way to kill you or convince you, but then living with me will not be such a pleasant experience.

After these words, he left with his army of cats. I dropped to my knees and the others immediately got up and ran to me.

- Anna, you can't agree! And what did he mean with that first meeting? - Omi asked.

- When we first met, he stated that if he was on the side of Heylin to get the dice, he would kill me and destroy my entire island, killing all the people.

- It's terrible! How could he say or want to do such a thing! - Kimiko said.

- What are we doing then? What's the plan? - Raimundo asked.

- I don't think there is anything we can do. If I don't agree, he'll either kill me or use the islanders to threaten me. - I said with tears in my eyes.

We all stood silently for a moment trying to come up with a solution to the whole situation.

- What if we evacuate the entire island? - Raimundo said - Dojo can move people on his back to different countries and places without Chase finding them! We also have tiger claws that we recently won in a duel with Jack. This is how we save all the people from there! You don't have to worry about us, we'll definitely beat him in five!

- The idea of moving people to different places sounds like a good idea. But I can't let you be there with me. I don't want anyone to get hurt.

- Then let us help evacuate the people. - Omi said

So we organized two groups. Clay, Kimiko, and Raimundo were to deal with the injured people in the temple. Meanwhile, me, Omi and Dojo flew to my island and evacuated people. When Omi and the Dojo were flying with a group of people, leaving them all over the world, I did the same using the tiger's claws. When all the people were moved to safe places Omi and Dojo returned to the island, I told them to leave so they took the tiger claws from me and returned them to the temple.

At this point, I was completely alone. So I entered my house and lay down on the bed. Cube? I started to think. What should I do? I don't want to join the evil force, but I don't want to die either.

- The choice is yours master. No matter what happens, I will continue to serve you.

What would happen to you if I died?

- I would be looking for a new master. Chase is strong, but I don't think I want him to be my master.

I see. He'd probably be pissed if I died and you wouldn't listen to him. Good thing all the people on the island are safe.

After a while I was lying in silence again with my own thoughts. The silence was broken by a knock on the door.

- They're open, you can come in! - I shouted

The door opened and Chase Young appeared. He was dressed in the armor he usually wore, but now spines were coming out of it. Two tigers walked in with him.

- Hello Anna. Hope you thought about my offer. - He said

- Honestly? I still hesitate what I should do.

- Come with me outside. - he said, going outside.

So I went out with him. I couldn't believe what I saw. All the people came back. Every person we tried to hide was now standing in front of me. There was no one missing.

- How? - I asked.

- My dear Anna, you underestimate me. After all, I told you I know everything. All day my informants watched the island and the whole world. As soon as you moved someone, they let me know. Later it was only necessary to find them. Some also flew behind Dojo and were easier to find.

- This is ... On the one hand, it is terrible, but on the other hand, it is incredibly impressive - I said.

- Thank you! So let me repeat my question. - He said standing in front of me. - Will you join Heylin?

He raised his hand as if to give an order to his cats guarding the people to attack.

- I .. I will join, But if possible I would like to make two conditions.

- All right. Tell me what?

- First of all, you'll never make me eat that horrible soup. Second - you will never order me to kill or hurt anyone.

- As for Lao mang long soup, I'm not going to give it to you. It hasn't worked recently, so now it probably won't work either. As for the second condition. You are a warrior. You will hurt many people more than once. However, I can agree that you don't kill anyone. Is that ok with you? - Chase asked

- Yes. Absolutely.

- Great! Then let's go to the palace, where you will swear your allegiance to me.

Then we teleported to the palace. As promised, I took the oath of allegiance. Chase tried to turn me into one of the cats but it failed. Or rather it succeeded, but only partially. Cat ears grew on my head. I also have tail.

- Surprisingly interesting and charming - Chase said, then stroked my head. - As I promised, your life will not change here. You can also look into all rooms that were previously closed. I know how much fun it was for you to discover new places. I will continue to train you until you become a great warrior. You can also see Jack and even the young monks, but when it comes to fighting you will immediately side with me. Understand?

- Yes master. - I replied, trying to suppress the purr from his stroking my head.