Scroll Heist

## Premise

Cad Bane infiltrates the Jade palace and attempts to steal an ancient Kung fu scroll. It's up to Esther, Tai Lung, Sonic and Daniel to stop the bounty hunter from escaping with the valuable kung fu artifact.

## Synopsis

Kung fu cruisers arrive to evacuate the forest. Kung Fu gunships, escorted by a fighter squadron commanded by Master Chao break through the empire and Arkeyan  blockade surrounding Felucia to evacuate Tai Lung, Daniel, Sonic, Esther and their troops. The former are outnumbered, with Arkeyan droids and Empire soldiers  closing in on them. However, Esther is elsewhere, sending a pack of Arkeyan Hammahs running. Tai Lung shouts to his student through the comlink that the group she is chasing are regrouping with the main force and orders her to retreat; Esther is in disbelief that her Master is telling her to run and is insistent on continuing; Tai Lung brings his gunship in front of her and orders her and her troops to get on.

Later, at the Jade palace in the valley of peace , Tai Lung and Esther are before the Council for the latter's lack of foresight. The Council sends Esther to the  Scroll room for guard duty, under Madame Jocasta Nu's eye. Jocasta tells Esther that she has a specific duty to defend the Scrolls Vault, where the Order keeps their collection of Scrolls; only Council members are allowed in.

Elsewhere in the valley of peace , Cad Bane is contacted by The Unknown Enemy, who hires him to steal a Scroll from the Jade palace; Bane considers it suicide, as the palace is well guarded; Unknown Enemy assures him that he will ensure that he will gain entrance; Bane demands in return a stealth ship with elite weapons, cloaking device and triple his usual pay. He then places a device in his helper droid, Todo 360, under the pretense of fixing a system crash. Also Bane installs a security chip into Todo, giving him access to all the temple security measures. His partner, Cato Parasitti, a Clawdite bounty hunter, then arrives. Bane tells her to take the form of Master Ord Enisence, whose corpse is in his room, to help him gain access to the vault.

At the jade palace, during a briefing, Oogway senses a shift in the elements and determines that thieves will arrive at the palace. Tai Lung, Sonic and Daniel inaccurately deduces that their enemies are after their transmission codes and go to secure their location. Meanwhile, Cato infiltrates the palace as Ord. However, he/she is barred by Esther, who asks if he/she needs help; Cato tries waving her off but the kung fu student's pestering results in him/her snapping at her. He/she then gains access to the palace's schematics, telling Bane and Todo where to get in. They get through the shielding and the fans, before coming up upon a laser grid. Tai Lung, Sonic and Daniel quickly catch on when the sensors begins a blackout.

Meanwhile, Jocasta approaches Cato/Ord at his/her console, asking why he/she is working when the palace is on high alert; Cato/Ord responds by knocking her out and taking her appearance. She then returns to her work, telling Bane on how to disable the lasers, while Todo drew a hole into the ventilation system. Esther soon notices and engages Cato/Jocasta in a kung fu duel.

Because of her preoccupation, Bane detonates a small charge by the grid, as the masters follow Todo's trail. The droid soon arrives in the communication center, at which time a beeping is heard from him. Thundering Rhino quickly realizes that there is a bomb inside him and pushes him into the vent as he explodes; Tai Lung, Sonic and Daniel get away just in time. Esther then contacts them, having learned from Cato that Bane is after the Vault. However, Bane had completed his objective and sneaked out of the palace with a scroll, disguising himself with a kung fu robe. However, Cato gives one more clue: Bolla Ropal. Rhino realizes that Bane is after the missing master who is the keeper of the Kyber crystal, that with the scroll could crack the data on the crystal, which contains information, listing all the element-sensitive children in the kung fu panda wall; the future of the Master Order. Daniel and Sonic stays in the valley of peace  to search for Bane while Tai Lung and Esther track down Ropal in the Devaron area.