Jack stumbled along the country side. He had no idea where he was, how he had gotten there or how long he had been walking. He did know why he hurt all over and as he thought of it once again he began to shiver in fear and cry at the memory. He suddenly ran into a wall and noticed it was the Xiaolin Temple. He realized he must look a mess and bleeding badly judging from the trail behind him. He just hoped they would let him in.
Jack staggered over to the door willing himself not to pass out before getting help. He banged on the door before falling onto it for support. When the door was opened he fell onto the person who had opened it. This just happened to be Clay who looked down at him in shock.
Clay saw Spicer covered in scratches, bruises, and open wounds. His outfit was torn to ribbons and he was missing his goggles and boots, "Jack, what in tarnation happened to you."
"Just help me, please." said Jack before he passed out from blood loss
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Clay sat next to Jack's bed looking down on his battered body. One of the monks had said that there had been signs of rape when they examined Jack. This thought made Clay physical sick once he had heard it. Who would do that to Jack. Jack was so young and vulnerable that just thinking about it made Clay cry. As rage filled Clay he promised himself he would find out who did this and make them pay.
Clay was distracted from his thoughts by a groan from Jack's bed, "Hey there partner, how you feeling?" Clay asked as he helped Jack sit up slowly
"To be honest Clay, I feel like I was just hit by a large truck." Said Jack as he tried to hide his pain with little successes
"Jack…who did this to you?" Clay asked softly
Jack stiffened before saying, "I just fell out of the sky. My helipack malfunctioned and I crash landed."
"Jack, I know that's a lie. When you got here we did a full physical to see what was wrong and check for internal bleeding. The monk found signs that someone had…forced you to do things."
Jack stiffened even more as he began to tremble lightly, "Really, I have no idea why that would be. Must be a mistake."
Clay lay his hand on Jack's shoulder, "Jack"
Jack jerked back, "Don't touch me, please."
"Fine, we wont talk till your ready. But I am the only one who knows. The monk thought he should tell who found you. Now get some rest and we'll talk later." Clay said with a soft and caring voice before turning off the lights and leaving a crack of door open so some hallway light could come in
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Jack opened his eyes and found himself laying in the center of Chase Young's swirl patterned floor. Chase was standing over him. Jack stood and asked, "Chase, what am I doing here?" the last thing he remembered was working in his basement, "Wasn't I in my evil lair?"
"You were Spicer but I had my cats bring you to me. There is something I have need of that you are adequate enough to do for me." Chase said with an evil smile. He started to slink toward Jack's nervous form.
"So, what do you want me to do?" Jack asked
"To just be yourself and scream for me." said Chase as he lunged forward
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Clay was headed over to check on the sleeping Jack when he heard a terrible scream from Jack's room. Quick as lightning Clay was at the door to see Jack curled up on his mat crying hard into his pillow. Clay ran over and grabbed Jack into a hug. Jack struggled, "Jack, it's me, Clay."
Jack relaxed instantly into the older boys arms and hugged him tightly. As Jack cried into Clay's shirt Clay looked up to see a few other monks at the door. Clay nodded to show he had everything under control and sent the monks on their way. As Clay held Jack to him he heard him muttering, "Please…don't let him do it again."
Clay held on tighter and shushed Jack, "It's alright Jack, your safe now. No one's gonna hurt you while I'm around."
They stayed like that all night and fell asleep in each others arms.
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The next day went by swiftly with little of interest happening. When the day turned into night however Clay was walking Jack around on his healing ankle in the evening air when the vault alarm went off. Clay wanted to leave Jack there but Jack didn't want to be left alone so Clay dragged him along. When they got to the vault they were joined by the other monks. They had no time to prepare as Chase Young stepped out the building door to greet all 5 of the teens before him.
Upon seeing Chase Young Jack began to tremble hard and cry silently. Clay noticed this and told the others to take care of it for the moment. He crouched down by Jack as he had sunk to the ground and vomited into the grass.
"Jack, what's wrong? Are you sick?" Clay asked
"I don't believe that is Spicer's problem." said Chase
Clay turned to find his friends defeated. Clay stood over Jack's crying form and prepared to fight. He was however quickly beaten in one hit that launched him into a wall. He watched as Chase bent down and picked Jack up bridal style and lightly bit his neck drawing blood. That's when it hit him, "It was you who did that to him?!"
"Yes young Clay. Thank you for holding my doll for me. He seemed to have escaped a few days ago and I've been looking everywhere." Chase said with an evil smile as Jack struggled in his grip. In a puff of purple smoke Chase disappeared with Jack in his arms.
"NO, JACK!" Screamed the monks as Chase vanished. Looking around and seeing his fellow monks just waking up he informed them that Chase had been the one to injure Jack, leaving out the rape of course as he was the only one the medical monk had told, and then ran off on his own to save Jack while the others prepared a room for Jack at the temple.
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Three hours later Clay reached The Land of Nowhere Mountain. He arrived in time to see Chase leaving. He ran inside, defeated the cats with the Wu, and then began to frantically search for Jack.
Clay soon found what he was looking for. He had to hold down vomit at the sight before him. It was Chase's bedroom. In the left corner of the room was a bed with a naked Jack tied spread eagle upon it. He was crying softly and whispering, "Save me Clay, please."
Clay rushed over saying, "Its alright Jack, I'm here." he quickly untied Jack and picked him up Bridal style after wrapping him in the silk sheets. Clay ran out into the hall and out the front as soon as possible.
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Upon returning to the temple Clay took Jack to his own room that his fellow monks had set up in his absence. He lay Jack down on the bed and covered him before leaving Kimiko on guard duty, "If he wakes up before I get back tell him where I am." said Clay
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Clay took a deep breath and plastered on a fake smile before knocking on the Spicer's front door. He waited about a minute before a lady answered the door. She had long red hair, green eyes, fair skin, and wore a black dress. She smiled down at Clay and asked, "What can I do for you young man?"
"Howdy miss, are you Jack's mother?" Clay asked with false happiness
She smiled down at him and said, "Why yes I am, what can I help you with?"
"My name is Clay, I'm a friend of Jack's. He decided to stay with me and a few other friends for awhile and try to learn martial arts. I was wondering if I could collect some of his things?" Clay asked politely
"Of course you can. I'll show you to his room." Jack's mother then motioned Clay to follow her down the hall and up the stairs, ""Jacky never introduced me to you. Are you friends with Ashley?"
Clay knew she must have meant Katnappe, "No Mrs. Spicer, we don't run in the same circles."
"Oh well, it's still nice to meet you. Hear, this is Jacky's room. There's a few duffle bags in the closet for you. When your done just come back downstairs."
"Sure thing." Clay said as he watched her walk off down the hall. He looked into the room and was surprised at what he saw.
The room was painted robin egg blue. The sheets on the bed were a bright neon green as were the pillows. When he opened the closet to get the duffle bags he found two familiar looking jackets along with a few unfamiliar ones, a tuxedo, and several different colored pairs of all-star high-tops. Grabbing all the shoes as well as both black coats Clay put them into the duffle bag. He then went over to Jack's chest of drawers and took out several pairs of jeans to fill up the rest of the first duffle bag. He then filled the second bag with socks, underwear, and t-shirts. He also grabbed some gel, toothpaste, toothbrush, hairbrush, and eyeliner from the bathroom before heading downstairs. Mrs. Spicer gave him some cookies for Jack before showing him the way out.
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Clay returned he found the temple in an upset. There was high pitched screaming coming from Jack's room. Clay dropped everything he was carrying and ran as fast as he could. What he saw when he arrived was Jack trying to make Raimundo let go of him. Clay ran in and pried Rai off of Jack, "What in tarnation is going on here?" Clay asked as he held Jack in a tight embrace
"I was just trying to redress his wounds. He let me do the arms okay but when I tried to take the blanket off his chest he freaked out." Raimundo said
"I'll explain everything when Jack is alright with it but for now just go Rai. And could you bring that stuff I left in the courtyard in here please." Clay said with understanding
"Sure, no problem man." Raimundo said as he left