A.N.: Hello everyone. This story follows after season 5 of Jackie Chan Adventures. A great show indeed. The most important characters of the show will appear, from Jackie and Jade to the J- Team and the Enforcers, all will make an appearance. Others unfortunately will not appear or play a minor role, like Shendu and his siblings or the Oni, not to mention Valmont. Daolon Wong will have a major importance however, as will Drago. In fact you may be surprised in seeing how I will depict him in this story (although it is not that original). But the major antagonists are more or less a creation of mine (not completely, since the names of some of them belong to true mythical creatures). To tell you the truth, the storyline is based on the game Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine, although the events will be majorly different from that game. For instance, Indiana will not appear of course.
Anyway, I don´t own Jackie Chan Adventures or Indiana Jones the Infernal Machine game. So let us start from the beginning.
Prologue
In a room several figures were gathered in a circle. Ominous words and chanting in a strange dialect were the only sounds in this place, similar to an ancient tomb. It would seem a scene that represented a cult from ancient times, if not for two things.
One, behind the figures covered in white robes and hoods covering their heads were several monitors and televisions, all connected to a single player. It was strange in a chronological sense to have modern objects in a place that was surely ancient.
But the second one was almost taken from a sci-fi movie. The figures faced a wall, or perhaps what could be described as a blue metal wall with complex circuitry that connected to a strange blue metal ring, almost looking like a portal or gate. Interestingly the metal was giving out a strange ethereal blue glow, illuminating the room.
And between the figures and the metal ring was as statue, this one made of ordinary stone. It depicted a winged lion like creature that had a human head, similar to the ones of ancient Mesopotanian people.
One of the figures leaves the circle and directs to the statue, kneeling before it and placing his arms on the ground, in a gesture of adoration.
"We, the followers of Marduk, ask for your divine presence, oh great Marduk, ruler of Aetherium, he who dominates magic, the one who passes judgement, the god that will lead humanity to a golden age. Leave your kingdom and bless your loyal followers with your presence."
Suddenly the ring glows even more, along with its interior. From it comes a strange blue energy that directs to the statue, covering it forming a layer of blue light. The statues eyes glows a deep purple, as a loud ominous voice spokes, with a distorted tone impossible to tell if it belonged to a male or female creature.
"WHO SUMMONS THE ALL POWERFUL MARDUK?"
"Us, your followers from this era. Our ancestors tasked us with the duty to help you reach your divine purposes." said the same man, still bowing on the ground.
Purple eyes fall on the man and looked at the assembly of figures. Then the entity says:
"SO THE TIME HAS COME. HOW LONG HAVE IT PASSED SINCE MY LAST APPEARANCE?"
"Nine hundred years, ever since your instructions allowed Lo Pei to defeat the demon sorcerer Shendu." answered the man.
"AH YES, I REMEMBER. I ASSUME THAT HE IS STILL IMPRISONED?" asked Marduk.
"Better than that. He along with his brethren are now out of this world." said the man making the purple eyes almost wide in surprise.
"ARE YOU SURE OF THIS?" asked Marduk.
"Without a doubt divine one. And we will show you." said the man.
One of the figures leaves the others and directs to the monitors. Opening the player the figure inserts a disk in it. Soon the monitors come to life, depicting several videos of the famous archeologist Jackie Chan fighting against Shendu several times. Other videos showed him fighting the other demon sorcerers along with an agile young woman, Viper the ex-thief, a Mexican wrestler, El Toro Fuerte, and an enormous Japanese man almost the size of a sumo wrestler, Tohru. Also several videos depicted the fall of Daolon Wong, the defeat of Tarakudo and the other Oni, and at last the banishing of both Shendu and his son, Drago.
Marduk watches this with surprise and interest. The god never imagined that so many demons and other magical beings could be defeated by a team of humans, even with the aid of magic.
It made the entity wonder how much of threat they represented in case they interfered with its plans.
"IN ALL THE EONS OF MY EXISTENCE I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH AN OUTSTANDING FEAT. IT ALMOST EQUALS TO THE FEATS OF OUR ENEMIES, THE FOUR GUARDIANS." said Marduk, almost with a disgusted tone at its last sentence.
"Indeed. At first we were stunned by the first defeat of Shendu, so we followed the movements of this man, Jackie Chan and his associates. Witnessing again him and the others overcome impossible odds, we concluded that there must be something special about him, or one of the others at the very least." said the man.
"SO YOU PRESUME THAT THE CHOSEN IS AMONG THEM?" asked Marduk.
"Yes, and that is the reason why we request your presence on this plane. Only the divine Marduk can identify the Chosen and make he/she its herald." said the man.
"SHOW ME ALL OF THEM!" ordered Marduk.
The monitors all freeze, showing several people. Jackie, Tohru, Viper, El Toro, Uncle, Hak Foo, Finn, Ratso, Chow and Jade. Marduk purple eyes scanned all of them, widening at the sight of Jade.
"THERE IS WITHOUT DOUBT MUCH POTENTIAL ENERGY INSIDE THAT CHILD. NO OTHER HUMAN COULD HAVE THIS MUCH ASIDE FROM THE CHOSEN." said Marduk.
Instantly several videos depicting Jade played in front of Marduk. From assisting her uncle Jackie several times, to her experiments with the Talismans and Chi spells, it even depicted her brief experience as the Shadowkhan Queen.
"MYTHICAL ENERGIES SEEM TO DRAWN CLOSER TO THAT CHILD. SHE IS INDEED THE ONE INDICATED TO BE MY HERALD." said Marduk with satisfaction on its eyes.
"The others will interfere if we try to take her. And the two Chi wizards are without doubt strong." said the man.
"THEIR POOR EXCUSE OF MAGIC IS NOTHING COMPARED TO MY MIGHT." said Marduk as from the portal emerges a staff, made from the same blue metal with a purple gem stone at the point. It levitates to the kneeling man, who takes it with interest.
"WITH THIS STAFF YOU MAY ACCESS TO MY ENDLESS POWER. I ASSURE YOU THAT NO OTHER MAGIC CAN MATCH IT." said Marduk.
"We thank you for this blessing, divine Marduk. We will carry your will, bringing her to you." said the man as he raises, his face revealing to be of a 60 year old man with a long black bear.
"THE TIME AS COME TO FINALLY ENTER THIS WORLD. ONCE THE FOUR ARTIFACTS ARE REUNITE THE GATE WILL OPEN. AND THEN MY RULE WILL BE SUPREME."
The god laughs at this, a malicious echoing laughter that spread through all chamber. Even its followers seemed to feel a dreadful sensation upon hearing it.