Dead Shot Duck

The Four Generals

Panting, Po put one foot in front of the other as they reached the top. Even the Furious Five were a bit winded. Po fell onto his belly and groaned. "Okay, a catapult to get to the top of the mountain. Someone. Make. It. Happen!"

"Come on, Po," Tigress said, helping him onto his feet. "We have to make sure that Master Shifu is okay." They rushed into the Hall of Heroes but came to a screeching stop. "Master Shifu!"

"I wouldn't go any further if I were you," said the man holding a dagger to Master Shifu's throat. Shifu and Zeng were tied and gagged together while a goat in a dark tunic held the point of his dagger to Shifu's neck. His shoulder had the spies' emblem of the four swords killing the duck. On his other shoulder was a large crow with the same shoulder plate. A tallish fox stood on the other side of the bound Shifu and Zeng with Shang Lu next to him. The yak towered over his other comrades. Though the team could tell what they were, the four had wooden masks carved to look like a duck's face with X's for eyes like the duck was dead. 

Po looked at the massive hold on the left side of the palace. "Well, we know what the explosion was. Wait, you couldn't just use the front door?" 

"Blame the yak." Came the reply from the person holding the dagger. 

"It's not my fault we came up the wrong side of the mountain!" Shouted a familiar voice. 

"And yet, you didn't wait until we looked around FOR an entrance," Said the masked fox. 

"Shut it!" 

Po tilted his head. "Okay, sooo, you're uhhh... We know the yak-"

"Shang Lu!"

"Right, right. And you three are-"

They all took off their masks.

"I am Hu," The goat said. "This is Wu Nang on my shoulder and the fox is Cheng Long. We are the sons and daughters of the Deadly Five."

"What do you want with Master Shifu?" Tigress growled.

"Nothing," Hu said emotionlessly, "No one needs to get hurt."

"Uh, you... kinda tied our friends up. I'm pretty sure you're gonna get hurt by the end of this," Po said.

The bird on Hu's shoulder scoffed, "He has a point."

"Not now, Wu Nang," Hu fiercely hissed. The goat sheathed his dagger as he walked the thin imaginary line between him and the others. "Masters of the Jade Palace, I'll make this simple. This whole operation isn't for power. We do not wish to overthrow the Emperor or disrupt civil order. We simply want information."

"What's that?" Tigress asked.

"We want the name of every scoundrel known to man. The complete history and records of every outlaw and their most recent whereabouts," Hu said flatly.

Frowning, Po narrowed his eyes and crossed his arms. "Really? And you had to tie up Shifu and Zeng for that?"

"We needed leverage."

"What about the other masters?" 

"Most of the masters have been... hesitant," Hu answered.

Po rose his eyebrow. "Why? You're the Emperor's top generals. Don't you have access to his private library or something?"

"The achieves of the Emperor are... incomplete," Hu sighed. "They don't have what we want. There is a large chunk missing that indicates... a conspiracy. We simply want information."

"And what information do you want?" Tigress questioned.

Shang Lu's teeth gritted together, shouting, "The name and location of the man who ruined our all lives in one night. The one who we've sworn vengeance on since the day we became fatherless. The one who killed our parents!"