The Secret of the Shen-Gong-Wu
Chapter 1, The Time has Come
"Guys! Guys! We got a live one! And this one's a doosey! I feel like I'm having a seizure!" said Dojo as he came screaming into the monks rooms twitching all over the place. It was the middle of the night. Raimundo had only just been chosen as the Shoku Warrior the afternoon before. "I got out of bed for this? Dojo, can't this one wait til morning? It's only half an hour past midnight." said Kimiko yawning. "Yeah Dojo, I can't find a Shen-Gong-Wu this early. It's the middle of the night." said Clay just getting up. "I agree with Clay Dojo. I too am too wheeled to find any Shen-Gong-Wu." said Omi as he fell down from standing on his head. "That's tired Omi. How could you possibly get that wrong." said Raimundo without getting up. He was trying to go back to sleep. "What does the thing even do?" he continued.
"I don't know, but it's called the Eye of Chaos." said Dojo as he opened the Scroll of the Shen-Gong-Wu. There was no animation for this one; only the picture. It was clearer than the pictures of the other Shen-Gong-Wu. This one was in full color. It was a large flat ruby with a silver ring around it and 7 onyx stones set into it. One stone was a circle in the center and the other six looked like three rings of varying sizes cut in half and lined up perfectly around the center stone. "Dashi never told me what this one does. For some reason it's at the end of the list even though there are still hundreds of Shen-Gong-Wu between it and the last one we found."
"If it's at the end of the list, then why is it activating now? Are you sure you're not sensing another one?" said Kimiko. "Besides, how do you know it even does anything? It could only work with another Shen-Gong-Wu that hasn't gone live yet." said Raimundo as he finally sat up.
"The most mysterious weapon is often the most dangerous, and the most sought by evil." said Master Fung from behind them. "Kimiko is right that this Shen-Gong-Wu should have been the last to activate, but that means that something is amiss. Something that could change the lives of everyone involved. You must find this Shen-Gong-Wu before anyone else does. If you do not…"
"The world could cease to exist as we know it. Yeah we got it already. We'd better get going guys. The sooner we get the Wu, the sooner we can go back to bed." Raimundo interrupted.
After the monks got their Wudai Weapons, Elemental Shen-Gong-Wu, and their favorite regular Wu, they all boarded Dojo and told Master Fung to wish them luck before taking off. "I wish you the best of luck young ones. I fear that when you find out what is about to unfold, your lives will never be the same again." There was great fear in Master Fung's voice. He went back into the temple to his private room. He put his hand on the wall and where his hand was, the wall lit up. A secret compartment opened up, revealing a blue crystal the size of a cell phone. Master Fung picked it up and then the flat surface of the crystal glowed blue on his face. "Najarin, it's me Fung. The Eye of Chaos has awakened." he said. "I know." said a voice coming from the crystal. "I fear the time has come. Though I prayed it would not be this soon."
"Welcome passengers to the Bermuda Triangle; home to ship disappearances, alien sightings, and our new objective, the Eye of Chaos. Please wait until the dragon has come to a complete stop before beginning your search for the Eye of Chaos." said Raimundo as they landed and Dojo shrank down to his normal size. "Knock it off Raimundo. We need to find this thing fast before Jack and Wuya show up." said Dojo. "Oh come on Dojo lighten up. You're usually the one making the jokes. Is everything ok?" said Raimundo. "I'm fine. Let's just find this Wu fast and go home." said Dojo. "OK. You remember where you hid this thing, right Dojo?" asked Raimundo. "Uh. I didn't hide this one guys. Dashi brought it here using the Silver Manta Ray. He didn't bring me to hide this one." said Dojo.
"So where do we start lookin'?" said Clay. "We should make the banana split down." said Omi after he crawled into a hole to look for the Wu. "That's make like a banana and split or split up Omi." said Raimundo. "That too." said Omi popping his head through the ground. "NO! I mean, we don't know what this Wu does. Master Fung could be right about the whole world ceasing to exist as we know it thing. I mean, remember the Heart of Jong? That was a nightmare. Who knows what we're in for this time." said Dojo nervously.
"Well, alright. Hey. Are you sure you're alright Dojo? You seem kinda nervous today." said Raimundo. "Well, What do you expect? Were you not listening when I said cease to exist as we know it?" screamed Dojo. "Easy there partner. He meant that you're never this nervous about any Shen-Gong-Wu. You haven't been this freaked out since before you went crazy and tried to eat everything in sight. Besides, I see the Wu over there on that mountain. Dang! That is one shiny Wu." said Clay. "I agree with Clay Dojo. That must be bright if we can see it from here. Also, is there more to this than encounters the ears?" Omi misquoted. "Ugh. That's more than meets the eyes Omi. You really need to watch Transformers again." Kimiko corrected. "And yeah Dojo. Is there something you're not telling us? Like possibly someone you don't want to run into here."
Dojo got more nervous and looked around. Then his eyes got wide and he screamed "Well, them for starters!" as a huge pack tigers surrounded them out of the blue. "Please tell me that tigers are indigenous to the Bermuda Triangle." said Omi. "No such luck Cheese Ball. Look" Raimundo said pointing at the bad guys that just showed up, Jack Spicer and Chase young. "It's the lizard and the junkman."
"Let's get past the name-calling. I'm afraid I must retrieve this Shen-Gong-Wu instead of you. You cannot possibly understand its power." said Chase. "Why? What does it do?" said Jack. "Hopefully you won't have to find out." responded Chase.
"Forget it Chase. Since when do you care about the Shen-Gong-Wu?" said Raimundo as the monks got their elemental Wu and Wudai Weapons ready. "It does not matter. Prepare for a most humiliating defeat!" said Omi "Shimo Staff Water!" Omi turned his staff into a giant fist and clobbered three cats behind him and in front of him with it. "Arrow Sparrow Fire!" Kimiko unleashed a barrage of sparrows that created a ring of fire around five more. "Big Bang Meteorang Earth!" Clay sent his boomerangs shredding the ground in a circle sending sand, dirt, and gravel burying another four tigers. "Blade of the Nebula Wind!" Raimundo sent the remaining cats flying in a gigantic whirlwind.
"This is why I don't have cats. They're useless. Jack-Bots, Attack!" said Jack. "Wudai Orion Formation!" the Wudai Warriors said simultaneously. Raimundo brought up a huge tornado while Kimiko set the wind on fire. After Omi cooled the melted robots into a huge twisted lump of metal, Clay opened up a huge lobster claw he drew from the ground and smashed the melted mound of androids.
"That was a slice of pizza." said Omi. "What the heck are you talking about?" said Jack, obviously annoyed and confused at Omi's misquote. "I think he means a piece of cake." Kimiko translated. "Yeah, that was way too easy. But wait. Where did Chase go? Oh, I know. HE'S BEATING US TO THE EYE OF CHAOS YOU IDIOTS!" Raimundo screamed at them before they all raced for the Wu. Jack engaged his helio-pack and soon caught up to them.
"Give up Xiaolin losers. That Wu is mine." said Jack as he passed them. "We'll see about that. Fancy Feet!" said Raimundo as he and the others grabbed each other's hands. Then they sped away catching up to both Chase and Jack. Then, all six of them reached the Eye of Chaos at the same time. "Chase Young, We challenge you, Jack, and two of your cats to a four way…"
Before Raimundo could finish challenging Chase to the Xiaolin Showdown, the Eye of Chaos glowed brighter than any Shen-Gong-Wu before. "What's happening?" said Kimiko. "I don't know, but it's freaking me out!" screamed Clay. "I think we're about to find out what this Shen-Gong-Wu does!" said Omi.
Meanwhile, there were huge storm clouds shooting lightning left and right at both the temple and Jack Spicer's place. It wasn't any normal thunderstorm. The Shen-Gong-Wu belonging to both the Xiaolin and Heylin sides were causing this natural disaster. Then, they suddenly shot out of the vault and Jack Spicer's locker and flew towards the Bermuda Triangle where the Eye of Chaos had just activated its mysterious power. "This can't be. Mala Mala Jong can't be formed again for another thousand years. What could the Shen-Gong-Wu be doing?" said Wuya, puzzled at this anomaly. "I was afraid this would happen. It has begun." said Master Fung, knowing what was about to transpire.
Everyone was trying to pull themselves away from the glowing vortex caused by the Eye of Chaos. "Hang On!" said Rai as he and the others started losing their grip on the cliff. They were all being pulled towards the Eye of Chaos. It was opening some kind of portal. "Why did Dashi make a Shen-Gong-Wu that creates a black hole? I think it's getting bigger!" screamed Kimiko as she held on to a crevice for dear life. Even holding on as tight as their arms would allow couldn't help them much longer. The vortex shot out a bolt of energy at the top of the cliff, cracking it all the way down to where the monks were.
"Uh-Oh." said Omi. Just then, the cliff exploded in a barrage of rubble, sending all seven of them screaming and hurtling towards the vortex. One by one, each of them went in. Raimundo, Clay, Kimiko, Omi, Dojo, Jack, and Chase were all sucked into the swirling energy storm. As soon as they had all gone through the vortex, the Shen-Gong-Wu had just showed up and started flying into the portal. After the last of the Wu had fallen in, the portal vanished without a trace along with the Eye of Chaos.
I don't own Chaotic or Xiaolin Showdown. I doubt I even own the Eye of Chaos. I just made it up, but there's bound to be some game, book, TV show or something that uses that name. The next four or five chapters will focus on each of the dragons arriving in one of the tribes of Perim.