A/N: I don't own Xaiolin Showdown or anything else mentioned


Chapter One: Villains United

It started with six.

Six of the worst villains from all corners of the world and even from beyond the stars. Six villains, who in their right were dangerous enough on their own, had decided to unite with one another for one simple goal: the complete and total destruction of their enemies. Together, they pooled their resources, knowledge and tactics together to form the most formidable force of evil the very universe had ever known. The six were known and feared throughout the world as…

Lord Dominator: Intergalactic warlord and destroyer of entire galaxies.

Vlad Plasmius: Devious billionaire and secretly a sinister ghost/human hybrid.

Cobra Commander: Ruthless leader of the terrorist organization known as Cobra.

XANA: A sentient computer A.I with dreams of conquering the world.

Demona: An immortal gargoyle whose mastery over both science and sorcery made her a force to be feared.

And finally, there was their leader, the one who had united the six together in order to bring wrath and ruin down about their respective enemies. His name was Toffee, a creature that hailed from a world called Mewni. Like the other villains, Toffee sought out revenge against those who had wrong him. The Septarian was once a general in a grand army of monsters who sought to fight against the tyranny of the ruling class of their world, the Mewmans. Going against the orders of his leaders, Toffee slew the queen of Mewni, but his victory was sort lived his slain enemy's daughter, Princess Moon, placed a curse on him that robbed the general of his immortality. So, he hid in the shadows, waiting for the proper moment to strike down those who had wronged him and his people for so long and finally claim the vengeance he had wish upon the Mewman royal family for so long.

Toffee had been fighting his war with the Butterfly family on his own for a while now when he got an idea. There was an old saying that Toffee once never really took to heat: there's safety in numbers. Truth be told, the former general never really put much stock in those words, since he always considered allying himself with others a nuisance, that was until he saw the change in the world that was going on around him. While his plans centered around the princess of Mewni and her people, Toffee always kept tabs on the other heroes of earth in case he should ever cross paths with them by chance, and what he was starting to see with the other heroes was beginning to trouble him.

From Amity Park to as far as Paris, heroes from across the world were beginning to appear all across the globe. Not only that, but the man-lizard also noticed that these said heroes were starting to unite more and more often. Toffee knew that one day these heroes would join together into one unified force that would crush not only him, but also others like him as well. This was a future that Toffee could not let come to fruition and immediately went about setting up a team of his own. It wasn't easy to not only find these other villains, but also to get them to sit in a room together on top of that. What was easy, however, was talking them into working together, and convincing people to unwittingly work together was something Toffee could do in spades.

He played on their fears, their hatred and their desires to see those who had wronged them suffer as they had suffered. It wasn't before long that the man-lizard had managed to get the other members of his team to cooperate with one another, and together, they went about making this team even larger than before. the six newly united villains went about recruiting others into their ranks. They enticed other villains with special perks to joining this group. They offered protection from the heroes they fought against and paid work for any missions they were sent out on. They also made some rather not so subtle threats to those who didn't want to play with their plans.

The Secret Society. That's what they called themselves.

Villains from Miracle City, Townsville, Copper Canyon, Megadale and other parts of the globe flocked to join Toffee's ever-growing alliance. Some were small-time crooks like Professor Princess, Candy Rapper and the Box Ghost while others were serious threats such as Hawkmoth, Dr. Drakken and Thailog. Granted not every villain was on board with working with the Society, but those attempted to reject the offer were met with fierce reprisal. Some major villains such as Him, Megatron and Chase Young had managed to refuse acceptance into the army of evil on the grounds that no one could order them. Those types of evil doers were left alone, for Toffee and his fellow leaders of the Society had no intention with starting a war that would ultimately prove pointless to their cause.

However, there were still some villains who did not have neither the power nor the influence to refuse the Society still stood against them…


Africa, The Congo

"No" he said to them firmly

Zombozo and Katnappe could only look at the teen who had just refused them in a state of total perplexment. On Toffee's orders, the duo was sent out into the depths of the African Congo in order to recruit another villain into their society, one whom had seemingly vanished off the face of the earth. Once he was boy genius with dreams of world conquest, but his constant incompetence made him a joke among his peers. One day, for whatever reason, he switched off his robots and bought a plane ticket to central Africa, were the boy had since remained for two years now. After searching the depths of the humid jungle for a week, the two villains found the lost villain, who upon first glance they could tell had become a changed man.

His name was Jack Spicer, and the living joke that he once was had died.

Gone was Jack's all-black attire and heli-pack, now he only wore a pair of black shorts with matching black boots and his signature goggles atop his head. He also wore a necklace with a set of leopard claws on it, no doubt a trophy he claimed when he slew the beast. The lack of clothing reveled that he bulked up from his time in the jungle. He was no longer the scrawny weakling that Katnappe knew him to be, now Jack had built up some muscles while he had stepped away from the outside world, something that the cat-themed thief found very interesting. The two villains who had been set to collect him could see a series of scars that ranged from claw marks to wounds made by gunshots. Strapped to his back was the Monkey Staff, one of the many mystical objects known as the Shen-Gong-Wu. This one in particular granted the user all the abilities of a monkey, something that no doubt came handy to Jack while he lived alone in the Congo.

From Katnappe remembered of Jack, he was a bumbling idiot who always trying to earn the attention of his peers, all of whom thought he was beyond pathetic. True Jack was a genius, but his over-inflated ego was more than often the reason he failed time and time again. Jack was not only a considered nuisance and a moron to those he was trying to impress like Chase Young, but the rest of the villain community didn't give him much respect either. Kat always assumed that the boy genius was either going to give up the business of villainy or just commit suicide—or do both, at some point in his life. But never in Kat's wildest dreams did she think that the boy she once thought of as a total failure in life become something so completely different than he once was.

"What do you mean no?!" Zombozo demanded "Do you know what we had to go through just to find you?! I nearly died from dysentery because of you!"

"Come on Spicer, it's a good deal" Katnappe insisted "you get to be a part of something big. Isn't that what you've always wanted?"

"I did once" he admitted "But that's not who I am anymore"

"I don't get it Kat, you said this guy was an idiot!" the physic clown argued

"He was—I mean he is!" the cat-themed villain tried to reason "the Jack Spicer I know is a brownnosing screw-up—he's not supposed to look like some goth Tarzan!"

"Well he doesn't look like that now, does he?!" Zombozo shot back before turning his attention back Jack "now you listen to me, do you know who I am? Do you know what I can do to you?"

"I do, and I don't care" Jack answered plainly "the sun's still going to rise and set everyday weather or not I'm still breathing. So, your little society, much less yours threats, don't scare me, Zombozo"

"I'm going to pull out your insides through your nose you little punk!" the clown snarled

"You might be able to do that, but I'm sure my friends wouldn't be happy with you if you did" the teen informed him

Before either villain could ask what exactly what Jack had meant by that, they heard the sound of something rustling in the underbrush that surrounded them. Slowly emerging out of the jungle, a family group of gorillas appeared, and all of them looked as though they were ready for a fight. Jack remained where he stood, but both villains could see as his muscles slightly tighten up at the apprehension of the fight that was to come. If this was the Jack Katnappe once knew, then he would've ran off at the first chance he got, but instead this new Jack looked like he was ready to be the first to jump headlong into the battle at the drop of a hat.

"Mankind has spent centuries trying to make them extinct" he told them "I'm sure they wouldn't mind returning the favor"

The gorillas that now surrounded Katnappe and Zombozo began to growl and bare their fangs at the villainous duo, however they remained where they were, waiting for Jack to give them the signal to attack. both Zombozo and Katnappe knew they could take out several of the apes, but even if they managed to kill a few of them, the rest of the troop would still be able to overrun them and proceed to rip them limb from limb—not to mention there was still no telling what Jack would do to them should he decide to step in and join the carnage. Even though the redhead still hadn't shown his new fighting prowess, both the thief and the clown had a pretty good idea that the teen had picked up some new moves during his time in Africa.

"Ok Jackie, we get the message" Katnappe told him "But don't think this is over"

"It should be Ashely—for your sake" Jack warned, using the girls real name as he did "By the way, if you run into any poachers on your way back, could do me the favor of skinning them alive for me?"

With that, Jack turned around and began to walk back into the depths of the jungle with the gorillas following close behind him. As they watched him disappear back into the Congo's vast jungle, Katnappe and Zombozo had no idea what exactly about the fact that Jack Spicer of all people had just told them no.


"He said WHAT?!" Vlad roared upon hearing the report from Katnappe

After filing her report to the leaders of the Secret Society, the six heads of the organization gathered together in their private meeting room to discuss what to do with the boy who had denied their offer to join their group. The Society had made their main headquarters in one of Cobra's secret undersea base, where their kept constant tabs on those who served within the ranks of the organization. Upon hearing the news about Jack's refusal to join the Society, it goes without saying that some of the leaders of the group were insulted by this.

"Who does that little creep think he is?!" the half-ghost continued to rant "I can understand being rejected by someone like Bill Cipher or Zarkon, but Jack freaking Spicer?! Absolutely not!"

"I agree with Plasmius!" Cobra Commander spoke up "We cannot let this insult go unpunished!"

"Oh baby, now you're talking!" Dominator said with a laugh "I say we wipe that whole damn jungle off the face of this mudball planet!"

"That would be a highly illogical maneuver, Dominator" XANA, who was speaking through an android body, protested "while the boy did refuse our offer, it would be a waste of resources to kill a single individual"

"XANA has a point" Demona agreed "while our sources mentioned nothing of Spicer's sudden transformation, it would be pointless to kill some boy who lives alone in the jungle"

"I don't think either of you understand the implications this could have on our society" Vlad argued sharply "we all knew we'd get some backlash from the big names, but what message would we send to our other members if we can't rope in some third-rate never was?"

It was then that Dominator turned to look over to Toffee, who had not said a word this entire time.

"Toffee, you've been awfully quite during this entire meeting" the warlord said to their leader "care to give us your two cents, oh fearless leader?"

The humanoid reptile had remained silent during the whole of the meeting, only sitting at his chair at the end of the table and listening to his peer's bicker among themselves. This was the norm for Toffee, only speaking when he had something to say or when one of the other heads of the Society wanted his input on a certain matter, this being one of those times.

"So, do we kill him or not?" Vlad inquired

Toffee didn't reply right away, he had a tendency to do so as a tactic to keep the others hanging on every word he had to say.

"We don't" he finally said plainly

"What?!" Cobra Commander exclaimed in anger, shooting up from his chair as he did "Have you lost your mind, you brain-addled lizard!"

"You better step off snake-boy, or I might have to turn your insides into liquid!" Dominator warned, her firsts forming lava as they did

It was no secret that the intergalactic psychopath and the former general had a formed relationship during their time together in the Society, though it was more of a physical attraction between them rather than an emotional one. While they disagreed on how to handle certain matters such as this one, Dominator still fiercely defended her partner from anyone who attempted to challenge him in any capacity. However, Cobra Commander did not back down from his associates threats and instead began to reach for the gun that was holstered to his belt. Vlad, XANA and Demona waited with anticipation for the possible slaughter that was to come.

"Enough" Toffee commanded in a stoic tone as he a raised hand "This in-fighting was not the reason we decided to join forces"

Cobra Commander and Dominator both stared each down for several seconds before relenting in unison. Once they were seated, Toffee spoke once more.

"Mr. Spicer has made it quite clear to us that he has no intention of joining our organization" he began "So out of courtesy, let us leave him be. In fact, let's not touch him at all"

It took a few moments for the meaning behind their leader's words to sink in, but once it did, a collective dark smile formed on everyone's lips.


Jack downed his sixth glass of whisky before asking for another a seventh. He had been drinking like this since the crack of dawn at a bar that was locating within a small trading outpost just outside the jungle he called home that he occasionally traded animal skins for resources at. The teen had also redressed himself back into his original attire, save for the leopard claw necklace that still hung around his neck. Jack didn't care much for humanity these days, but there were still things he needed from the outside world in order to survive in the Congo. However, right now the only thing he wanted was another glass of alcohol to try and drown his sorrows and keep his hate strong.

After telling Ashly and the clown to leave, Jack figured there would be some sort of reprisal against him. One doesn't just say no to an entire army of villains lead by six of the most dangerous people on the planet and expect to walk away scot free. Jack could honestly care less if the Society sent someone to kill him, so long as he got to take out as many of them as he could before they managed to leave him a corpse. It was the most basic law of the jungle: only the strongest survive, and if one couldn't adapt to that rule, then they deserved to die. There was a time when Jack would've cut and run or gone to the leaders of the Society and begged them for forgiveness, but that side of the teen ad died in the fires of his rebirth into the person he was now.

However, while Jack expected that the organization would attack him directly, he failed to realize that there were other ways they could do harm to him. It was four days after he rejected the offer to join the Secret Society, Jack returned from a hunt to find that his troop of gorillas had been brutally massacred. At first, the teen assumed that the apes had been butchered by poachers whom Jack had dealt with in the past, but upon closer inspection of the wounds that were inflicted on his troop, the teen deduced that his gorillas were not killed by gunfire, but the blasts of a lasers. What really stood out was the fact that the lasers and blades that were used weren't the type to be used on humans or animals, but instead were more than likely used to hunt a different kind of prey.

Weapons that were used to hunt something like ghosts.

Weapons that only someone like Skulker would have.

He failed them. He had protected the troop from leopards, crocodiles and the evils of men, but when they needed his protection the most from something they could fight against, he wasn't there to save them. even if he couldn't take on Skulker head on, he would have preferred died fighting protecting them instead of being left in the blood of the family he had adopted. However, he had no desire of just sitting here drinking himself senseless, he had too much hate for that. There was another law of the jungle that Jack understood even before he lived among the apes: an eye for an eye.

And he had every intention of ripping Toffee and his cohort's eyes right out of their skulls for what they did to him.

As he continued to drink his whisky, a woman entered the bar. Jack could smell the scent of lavender perfume from the newcomer even from where he was sitting. The woman in question was skinny and in her late teens with blonde hair and tanned skin. She had on a sleeveless stripped blue shirt on with kakis and scandals, obviously the only clothing one would wear out here to be trendy in this heat. The woman made her way across the bar and approached Jack, who didn't turn around to acknowledge her presence.

"Mind if I sit here?" she asked coolly

"If you're from the Society then you better make your peace with God real quick" Jack told her bluntly "Because I'm sending my message back to them written on your skull"

"I'm not with those losers, Spicer" the girl replied, "My name's Camille Leon, and I've an offer you just can't refuse"

"Camille Leon?" the young genius repeated "aren't you that former celeb that Kim Possible occasionally beats up"

Jack's visitor grimaced at that remark. The former evil genius was well aware of who this woman was before she even stepped inside the bar. Camille Leon was a former teen idol who was also a master of disguise. When her fame was coming to an end, she turned to a life of crime, only to be stopped time and again by teen superhero, Kim Possible. The way she carried herself made Jack want to gag, he could almost smell the arrogance that was coming off of her.

"Look, I represent a group of people who refused the Society's offer to join them like you did" Camille explained "we heard about what happened to your monkeys—"

"Gorillas aren't monkeys" Jack tensely corrected "Their apes"

"Whatever" the blonde shrugged off "As I was saying, we heard about what happened to your 'apes' and we were wondering if you wanted to do something about it?"

"I'm in" Jack answered simply

"Really? Just like that?" Camille questioned in surprise "Huh, that was easy"

"Did you have some grand speech to try and convince with?" the fellow villain inquired

"Nah, not really" the former teen idol admitted

"I know why you want me on this little team of yours, Ms. Leon" the redhead commented "You want to embarrass the Society. Well, to tell you the truth I'm fine with it. They killed my gorillas, so I'm going to make them suffer"

"Now that's what I like to hear" Camille said "We've got a jet parked out on the nearby runway. We'll leave as soon as you're ready"

"Just a second" Jack replied, "There's something I have to do first"

Jack then reached into his pocket and pulled out an envelope and handed it to the bartender.

"Could you make sure this gets mailed?" he asked

The bartender nodded to Jack in acknowledgment. With that, the outcast villain followed the girl out of the bar.

"So, do we know how many have already signed on with Toffee's Society?" he questioned

"From what we know, there's about two hundred recruits in the Society so far and growing" Camille answered

"And how many are on this team of yours?" Jack furthered

"Counting you? Six" the former teen idol simply stated

"This just keeps getting better and better" the goth groaned, facepalming as he did


The flight from Africa back to America didn't feel that long to Jack, then again, his mind was elsewhere. All he could think about was how going to make Toffee and the rest of the Secret Society pay for what they done to him. Returning to the states did feel odd to the goth at first, after spending so much time in the jungles of the Congo, he had nearly forgotten what it was like living in a more civilized part of the world—if one could call it that. The rules of the jungles easily pertained to the urban jungle, for as Jack learned at a young, the strong preyed on the weak, and Jack was no longer among the weak.

He still didn't know what to make of Camille, other than the fact that she lived up to her bratty reputation that is. There was a part of former evil genius that wondered if this all some big ruse and she was instead taking him to the Secret Society's headquarters to be executed by Toffee personally. If that was the case, then he'd make sure that he'd rip the blonde's throat out before the man-lizard had the pleasure of killing him. He still didn't know what to think of this team she had told him either—assuming that there even was a team to begin with, of course. Jack had no idea how a team this small group bring down the entire Society, then again, even if it did fail, the Jack would make sure that he took a few of the villains with him.

The private jet landed on a makeshift runway out in the middle of a seemingly dead forest. Jack gathered his things and followed Camille out of the plane and out into the forest. It was then that the follow villainous teen led Jack toward a massive Victorian era-mansion in the center of the forest.

"Nice place" Jack commented dryly

"Our headquarters, it was given to use by our leader, Cardinal" Camille informed him

"Who the hell is Cardinal?" the goth asked

"Our leader. He's the one who brought us all together" the former model answered, "The only thing we know about him is that he's got a real axe to grind with the Society and chose us to fight them"

Jack would've made a comment about how real leaders lead from the front instead of the back if he wasn't reminded that he himself had done that in the past with his Jack-Bots. So, he kept his mouth shut and followed Camille inside the mansion. Upon seeing the lavished insides, the goth had to admit that he impressed what he saw. Being in the jungle made him forget about such things like running water and beds, there when even a part of him that missed toilet paper. Camille led Jack into a large room with a large table at the center of it with a massive TV screen in front of it. However, Jack was pretty sure that this wasn't the living room.

Sitting at the table were three other costumed villains, all of whom Jack knew of by their respective reputations. The first was Black Cuervo, a young villain from Miracle City whose mother and grandmother were both career villains. Together, the three women formed a trio of advanced armored thieves known as the Flock of Fury. It surprised Jack to see the girl here and not her family who had no doubt joined the ranks of the society. The next was Shezap, the psychotic clone of Megadale's protector, Shezow, who was born from toxic waste that mixed with a broken fingernail from the hero's hand. Finally, there was a little green-skinned creature whom Jack could only assume was Zim, the little alien who Jack had heard rumors about. From what the goth understood about him, Zim was more of a danger to himself than he was to the planet.

"So, this is it?" he commented, clearly unimpressed by the line-up before "a kid, a transgender clone and a little green alien?"

"You're no prize yourself" Shezap sneered with contempt

"You dare call the great Zim tiny?!" the alien exclaimed "You will pay! YOU WILL PAY!"

"And I thought you said there was six of us" Jack furthered to Camille "do you not know how to count?"

"You rode in him, jackass" the fellow teen informed him sharply "That jet is our other member. His name is Nitro Zeus, he's a Decepticon"

That took the goth aback by that statement. He had never encounter a Decepticon—let alone any Transformer for that matter. Jack once had a wild idea in his younger days to try to rewire the Decepticons and make them steal the Shen-Gong-Wu from the monks' vault, but that idea more than likely gone the way of most of his plans: badly. Then, almost as if on cue, a human sized hologram of the alien robot appeared in one of the seats. Nitro Zeus looked similar to another Decpticon Jack had heard about named Shockwave, however this robot lacked Shockwave's signature gun arm and purple coloring and was covered from head to metallic toe in weapons.

"Hope you enjoyed the ride fleshbag, because it was a glitch and a half trying find you in that damn jungle!" the alien robot scolded Jack "we should've just carpet bombed the whole thing and drove you out, but noooo, Cardinal wanted to be 'formal' and invite you here"

"And just where is this Cardinal guy I keep hearing about anyway?" Jack mused

Just then, the screen in the meeting room let out a nearly blinding flash of light as it switched on. When the flash faded away, the outline of a man hidden in the shadows materialized before them. The six villains took their seats and focused solely on the shadowy man on the screen who was most assuredly Cardinal.

"You are the six" Cardinal began in a modulated voice "Alone, you were all useless, weak and posed no challenge to those whom you fought against"

"Great pep talk so far, boss" Camille muttered

"But together you six can become the greatest force of evil this world has ever known!" their mysterious leader continued "together, we shall destroy Toffee and his so-called Society. And from the ashes of their defeat, we shall spit upon their graves as we sit upon our golden thrones!"

"Alright enough!" Black Cuervo sudden snapped "If I wanted to jump through hoops, I would've joined the Society!"

"Zim agrees with the bird-woman" Zim spoke up "I only wanted to see what you had to offer to defeat the Society, but it is clear that you only give us lies!"

"Yeah, I didn't come here to get treated like a lapdog!" Shezap added on

"I think you misunderstand me" Cardinal said, "I'm not asking you to join me, I'm ordering you to join me"

"And what if we say no?" Cuervo questioned

"Then you will be punished" their boss replied simply "for example: with one word I can have the boy you love killed in his sleep"

The words that were just spoken to the bird-themed villain visible shook her. It was known that Black Cuervo and Miracle City's young hero/villain, El Tigre, were an item after he had broken off his relationship with his long-time friend, Frida. While Tigre could take care of himself, there was a good chance that Cardinal could make good on this threat. Fearing the worst for the boy she loved, Cuervo backed down.

"And that each goes for all of you" their faceless leader furthered "each of you have weaknesses I can crush you with. But it needn't be this way, not when our true enemy is the Society"

"So, assuming we say yes, what do we get out of this?" Camille inquired

"You'll get Europe, Camille" Cardinal told her "all of Europe"

It was then that the screen switched to show them six villains the globe and what parts of it they would each inherit. As mentioned before, Camille would receive Europe for her service. Jack would get Africa, Shezap would rule South America whereas Black Cuervo would get both north and central America while Nitro Zeus would take control of the whole of Asia and Zim would claim Australia. It all seemed too good to be true, and some of the villains thought that it was, however they could back out while knowing Cardinal could destroy them. As for Jack, he could care less if Cardinal prize was true or not, all he cared about was getting his revenge. So, without giving it a second thought, the goth stood up from his seat and gave his answer.

"I'm in" he told his new boss

"Me to" Camille followed, standing up as well

"It ain't like we got a choice" Nitro Zeus added as he stood up

"I'm in to" Cuervo said as she stood

"Meh, it'll be fun" Shezap mused as he stood

"The mighty Zim will offer his grand expertise to this band of lowly mud pigs!" the Irken proclaimed "watch as I stand to illustrate my point!"

"Then it is decided" cardinal told them "From now on, you shall be known as the Secret Six"