Weapon Lost

## Premise

When a wily pickpocket steals Esther's spear of water, she enlists the help of an ancient kung fu master to track down her weapon and reclaim her honor as the master of water.

## Synopsis

Tai Lung and Esther are in the slums of the valley of peace searching for Car Affa, an arms dealer selling kung fu weapons to the Dark Empire. They arrive at a bar where Affa is hiding, and Tai Lung instructs Esther to wait outside while he apprehends the fugitive. When the patrons storm out of the bar, Esther is jostled by the crowd and her spear of water gets stolen. She chases the thief, but loses him in the crowd. Unwilling to inform Tai Lung about her loss, she heads to the Scroll room in the Jade Palace, where she meets Eyolf a kung fu Master with specialized knowledge about the valley of peace's criminal underworld. Eyolf finds Esther's thief in the database, a salamander named Bannamu. Before Esther rushes off, Eyolf insists that he comes along, advising her that slowing down will help her find what she's looking for.

Back in the slum district, they are directed to Bannamu's hideout—the Spider Arms Hostel. Esther eventually locates Bannamu, and learns that he has sold her spear to an assassin called Nack Movers. The two masters hurry to find him, while Eyolf advises Esther again to be patient in their search. At the apartment owned by Movers' girlfriend, they find that the lock has been cut open and Movers has been killed. The two masters soon see a frightened female called Ione Marcy hiding in the apartment, who asks if the men who killed Movers have gone. Esther goes to search the bedroom, where she gets attacked by Cassie Cryar, wielding Esther's spear of water. Upon learning that Esther is a kung fu master, Cassie jumps through the window and runs away along the valley's rooftops. Esther chases after her and contacts Eyolf, informing him about the development.

Eyolf realizes an inconsistency due to the fact that Esther's attacker was a female while Ione Marcy claims that men had broken into the apartment. Coupled with sensing something more than just shock in her, Eyolf deduces that Ione Marcy was involved in the crime. He subtly attaches a tracking device to her and summons the valley of peace's Rhino guards, but Ione escapes in an airspeeder.

Meanwhile, Esther is closing on Cassie on the top of a high building, when Cassie jumps and lands in Ione's passing speeder. Eyolf picks up Esther in another speeder, and they follow the tracking device to a train station. Rhino guards apprehend Ione, but Cassie manages to dash off onto the top of a departing train. Esther runs after her and they ultimately enter a wagon, where Cassie takes a Twi'lek mother and child as hostages, still with Esther's spear in her hand. When the train arrives at the next station, Cassie attempts to run away again, but Eyolf, having gotten to the station first, intercepts her and disarms her. Cassie is arrested. Later, Eyolf suggests that Esther should share the lesson she has learned as they head to the Jade palace. Master Oogway greets them and invites Esther to share with the students the value of patience and the responsibilities of never losing their weapons.