The Countdown

Bad news and worse news

70 days and counting....

Tigress, Viper, Mr. Ping, and Monkey stood in the now deserted panda village, unsure of what to do.

"Um...hello!" Monkey called out. "We're not here to attack! We're just looking for our friend Po!"

No one answered. Tigress sighed and glanced around the village. "Looks like we'll have to find him ourselves," she said flatly. "I have a feeling everyone here has some vendetta against newcomers."

"After that whole issue with Shen, I wouldn't be surprised," Viper told her.

The group of four looked around the village, taking cautious steps towards some of the houses in the hope of finding Po.

"Son?!" Mr. Ping called out. "Po, are you over here?!"

Monkey peeked into a house, seeing everything completely deserted. "He's not here," he called out.

Viper slithered back over after peeking into another house. "He's not in there either," she noted.

Mr. Ping looked about anxiously. "There are a ton of houses!" he cried. "How are we supposed to figure out which one?!"

"The orb?" Monkey offered.

"The orb's not flashing to a specific spot," Tigress told him. "It's just staying on Po."

"Where is he then?" Mr. Ping asked, quickly walking over to look at the image.

"Not in a house, by the looks of it," Tigress said. "He just left one."

"Which one?"

"How would I know? I don't know where anything is here."

The masters (and Mr. Ping) looked at the orb carefully, trying to figure out where Po could have been.

"Hey, there's a pond he just passed by," Viper noted. "Could that be a clue?"

"It could be," Tigress admitted. "Now the question becomes where is that pond?"

"Guys?!" came Po's voice suddenly.

Everyone jumped and looked behind them, seeing Po and his dad coming towards them. Just behind them was the pond that was seen in the orb.

"Po!!!" Mr. Ping cried happily, dashing over to give his son a hug.

"Dad?!" Po exclaimed as his dad jumped up and gave him a tight squeeze. Hugging him as well, he smiled and added, "How on earth did you find me?"

"There's an orb that can locate you at any point in time," Mr. Ping explained. "Master Shifu happened to have one on hand so that we could find you."

By this point, the remaining masters had darted over to the Dragon Warrior, ready to tightly hug him as well.

"Po! Thank goodness you're okay!!!" Monkey exclaimed, trying to not topple his friend over in the group hug.

"Of course I'm okay," Po replied with a slightly confused look. "Why wouldn't I be?"

"It's certainly nice to have you as guests," Li told them. "But I promise that L-Po is perfectly safe here."

"Not for long, I'm afraid," Tigress said solemnly, breaking free from the group hug. "We have bad news."

"Tai Lung's not back from the dead, is he?" the Dragon Warrior asked nervously.

"No. It's worse than Tai Lung. And Shen. And probably even worse than Ke-Pa."