A/N: Hi! I'm back with another story, and this one should prove to be… interesting… I just thought it would be interesting to put my favorite buddy ever (Jack) in a very high stress situation. I love watching him writhe in his own mistakes. So I thought a world wide chase would be kinda neat. He'll meet many people along the way (like some Xiaolin Monks perhaps) and make butt loads of friends and even more enemies. Enjoy!

--- PROLOGUE---

Dear Journal,

It was sort of rainy today, and I'm guessing it's going to do the same tomorrow. Yeah, I got myself into a little bit of trouble, but I doubt it's nothing an evil boy genius can't handle.

Jack

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All day long, his house phone had been ringing off the hook. For the most part Jack would just ignore the incoming calls, but soon the person on the other end of the line began to leave threatening messages, leaving the boy no choice but to call the man back.

With only a little resistance, he managed to pull himself away from his work bench and over to the phone. Jack searched out the guy's number on his caller ID and soon found himself waiting impatiently for him to pick up. He knew he was in the right, he knew he shouldn't have to be dealing with this right now, and he knew he didn't want to be.

After waiting for barely three rings, the phone was snatched up from the other side. The voice that seeped into Jack's ears was cold and angry. "I see you've finally grown a spine and called me back, Spicer."

Usually Jack was timid around CY, and with good reason, but today he knew he had to be strong. "Oh, hey Chase," he practically chirped while subconsciously quaking in his black leather boots.

"The money, Jack. Where's that money?" Now more than ever, Chase was coming off a tad bit more than irritable.

There were two things Jack could have said to Chase at this point. He could tell him the truth which entailed confessing his feelings about this whole situation and fessing up to not having that type of money on him, or he could lie through his teeth and find some way to weasel out of it later on. Jack chose the latter of the two. "CY, oh CY. Of course I have the money. What kind of person do you take me for?" Jack laughed nervously while busying himself with a stray string dangling from his coat's sleeve. After some silence provided by Chase as an answer, Jack went on, "never mind. I can get you the money by…"he pondered for a moment's time and then carried on, "does tomorrow around supper time sound good to you?"

Chase knew he could always manipulate Jack into setting the time to whatever he personally fancied, but for some reason beyond him, he didn't feel the need to bother this time around. So he agreed to the arrangement and hung up with little more than a single threat, "if you don't get that money to me, I will hunt you down… and I'll find you."

A strange lump formed in Jack's throat as he hung the phone up on its receiver. But like many things in life, it quickly passed as he began to formulate a plan of some sort in his dark, twisted, and not to mention desperate mind. It was true, he knew that Chase would chase him down relentlessly until he got what he wanted from him… I mean, Come on it's in his name for God's sake! But what if it took CY longer than he had anticipated to catch up with Jack? What if it took CY so long, it ended up biding enough time for Jack to get all the money he owed together? What if the chase took so long that CY just gave up the hunt?

That was it! Jack would draw out the chase so long; CY would have to give up. It was ideas like these that proved to Jack that he really was an Evil Boy Genius. But this meant there was no time to be wasted. He would need to gather up his things as quickly as possible, grab as much cash as he could carry, and jet outta China first thing in the morning. The chase was on, and as of tomorrow, Jack would be in the lead.

xxxxxxx

so that was it for Ch 1,I know, it was a shorty, but trust me... the rest wont be like that. so you got it easy this time around, next time you won't be so lucky. Umm, review if you like!