Guardian of Air

Jackie brings back a magical amulet from one of his trips, this amulet only works when its master has claimed it. And the next master accidentally does so when Jackie and Uncle are busy trying to find out more about it.

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Jackie tries to sneak into the store so he might be able to get some sleep before Uncle realizes he's back but unfortunately for him Uncle's hearing has yet to go so he hears the stairs creak. "Jackie!" he calls from the back of the store, "Come here!"

"Yes Uncle." Jackie sighs already resigned to the fact that he'll sleep on the books again.

Walking into the book and herb cluttered backroom Jackie hands over the strange amulet he discovered on this mission. It's not like the others he had found trying to foil Valmont's plan for Captain Black. In fact it doesn't even seem Chinese.

"Interesting, I wonder why Valmont was after this," Uncle states examining it closely as Jackie looks for pictures or descriptions matching the amulet in the books, "Don't bother Jackie, these are all Chinese books, not from long before such civilizations were created."

"What? How can something be older than the more ancient times?"

"This is from when mankind first came into being. Nature was so powerful that men would die from flying debris in the smallest of gusts, or the smallest wave. Because of this and how close to magic humans were at the time they created relics that could control the elements. These Relics would choose one master to rule over whatever it was made for, but people didn't understand this. Wars were fought over such power because only the four masters understood that any other to try to control nature would die, or go mad."

"The last time the Relics were known to be around was during the Jews time in the desert. Because no one could use it they placed it inside the Ark of the Covenant," Jade continues for Uncle as she messes around with the amulet that Uncle had set down during his longwinded explanation. Jackie and Uncle just stare at her. "What?"

"How do you know things that we don't?" Jackie asks.

"I'm sure there are several things you don't know." Jade responds setting down the amulet that is now lightly glowing a soft yellow color that the two still in the room don't notice.

"What I want to know is why Valmont is after it if no one's been able to use the thing?" Jade hears Jackie ask as she climbs the stairs into the storage room. Sitting down on the sofa she thinks about what Jackie was up to, and the adventure she clearly missed out on. After a while, she can hears Jackies snores going uninterrupted by Uncle yelling which means both are asleep. Jade creeps down the stairs not noticing the fact that she isn't putting any pressure on them and into the backroom. Turning off the light she's about to return upstairs but pauses at the now obvious glow.

Grabbing the amulet and studying the lines, Jade manages to translate the words muttering them aloud. When she is finished, the Relic releases a bright light that could easily blind any other than a master of one of the elements. As it is Jade is temporarily blinded much as though if someone were to turn on the light after sleeping in a very dark room. The flash awakens both the older men who open their eyes as Jade begins cursing in a language older than Latin.

Jade is floating over their heads upside down with the wind tossing around papers and blowing open books papers ripping out as Jackie tries to talk to her. After several minutes of this Jade lowers her hands from her face and speeds out of the building. Before they have a chance to follow her Captain Black calls, "Hey is Jackie there?"

"I'm a bit busy right now." Jackie replies as politely as possible.

"Yeah, yeah, researching the latest 'magical' amulet that Valmont is after, this is actually about that to be honest. The ones we already have are missing and the images on the cameras show Jade flying in and out."

"But she was just with us. She couldn't possibly have gone all that way in such little time." Jackie tries to reason with logic and Captain Black.

"Well she somehow managed it, and I'm barely managing to stop an arrest order against all of you so you better find her and talk her into returning the stones." And with that he hangs up.

"How are we supposed to find her if she can move so fast?" Jackie asks to the air.

"Easily. You follow her trail while I find more information on these relics." Uncle answers pushing Jackie out.

SCENE BREAK

Jade is on top of the Eiffel Tower holding her head like one would with a really bad migraine. There are now opaque looping graceful lines covering her skin visibly moving as the wind billows around her touching yet also not touching her. Jades eyes are shown to have changed when she opens them looking out over the Seine towards where she somehow knows another relic and it's master to be is.

Unfortunately she already realizes something only the past master have ever known. They don't control the elements, the elements control them.

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A/N; MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Longer than my usual! Read and Review please.