Strength In Unity

Chapter 19: Saving Them

A meeting was called, every house servant sent out to reach all the wolves with an order to meet in the pack house. Each one that guarded it's portion of villagers quickly and almost in sheepdog formation gathered all the villagers back into the palace arena area and then marched over to the pack house to see what was afoot. Po and the five followed Shifu inside the wolf dorm.

Wolf Boss was one of the first to express shock and disbelief at the grand master's words, jaw dropping with his single eye widening to the size of a dinner plate.

"The EMPEROR! The Emperor is coming down to contain this? You dare lie to me Shifu!" Wolf Boss snarled in disbelief and rage. Shifu glared up at the angry canine growling down at him from across the fire that roared in a cauldron between them.

"I am not lying to you Kirscher, you can be rest assured my words are true. The Emperor's council is headed for the Valley with it's strength in numbers the fox clan will not have a chance to attack us."

"Great, Great you may wanna think about what in the hell WE'RE GONNA DO? If you haven't forgot WE'RE wanted dogs!" He barked in an obvious tone.

Shifu lowered his eyes back into the fire. "I know...When the Emperor's council sees you-"

"We're dead. They'd never let us see the light of day, assuming they don't stick us full of arrows the moment we come into view."

"Kirsc-"

"No! You don't get it, now the Emperor is after us! This is just getting better every minute." He snapped, several growls echoed behind the Wolf Boss.

"Remain calm." Shifu waited until the canine got a grip on himself, satisfied he continued.

"Kirscher, I know you fear for your pack's safety, When the council arrives, I will have seen to it that you and every other wolf here that your safe. You have my word." He said in a direct tone that ushered away any further argument. Kirscher looked at him and then to Po who stood beside Tyan and Tigress. Giving a low growl and baring his long fangs, raising a paw out toward him.

"What?" The wolf groaned, annoyed rolling his eyes.

"Continue already, it's the universal symbol for continue." (Sorry Vince Gilligan and Jonathan Banks :).)

The red panda groaned his brow furrowing, he looked around the room at all the wolves in front of him.

"There is a good side to this, we must remember that, if the council didn't bring reinforcements then we would be in worse conditions however because of their "rescue mission" that it sounds to be, the valley may return to its namely state soon, everything will be as it was before." The grandmaster stood by his words watching as the wolf boss licked his lips and looked at his brothers.

"You say all this like you've got a plan so lets hear it already." He said.

The red panda looked over at Po who stepped forward.

"We need to discuss this with the villagers don't we?" He asked Shifu raising his paws in uncertainty. Several wolves tilted their heads in question,

why would they be involved?

Master Shifu nodded, "Yes we need to include them in this decision." Frustrated by lack of answers Kirscher snarled lowly, trying to keep his composure.

"What decision!" Both pandas looked toward the wolves, Po was about to speak but Shifu cut him off.

"The decision to house you within the village...amongst our residents." He said, sending the silent furious five members to look at one another and back to the wolves with questionable expressions. The wolves appeared just as stunned, many with blank expressions, some turning to one another and dropping jaws.