Jack has always had problems with partners ever since Wuya betrayed him for Mala Mala Jong so it no wonder that by series three jack probably doesn't trust anyone…

Even if his life depends on it?

After a nasty cave in he's stuck in a tunnel with the Xiaolin Dragon with a pretty nasty wound. Experience from other encounters tells Jack that if they found out he was injured they'd take his wu and leave him for dead, but if he doesn't get medical help soon he'll bleed to death.

What is his choice bleed to death or risk telling the monks?

Chapter 1: CAVE IN!

Jack walked around a mining quarry with his Shen-gong-wu detector-bot strapped to his wrists, it was leading him south and towards a cave. He looked around to see it had Mexican writing on it and was barred with planks of wood.

"Danger Unsafe mine?" Jack translated "Of course why can't they be in safe places, like I don't know…a spa?" he demanded only to look around to see no one around.

'Oh yeah I forgot that I'm going solo now' Jack thought but then he scoffed 'then again what else is new?'

Time and time again Jack would find someone to work with and then before he knew he would find himself tied up and punched up and in one weird case turned into a plant. Jack had decided to fk it all and go solo that way he didn't have to worry about un-loyal partners.

However this lead to the horrible feeling of being alone.

Jack shook his head and grumbled to himself.

"You are not lonely I have jack-bots and…" he stopped and face palmed himself "and I'm talking to myself! Man I'm loosing it!"

Jack walked into the cave and saw at the top of the roof of the tunnel was long horrible pointy stalactites and a pair of metal armoured mittens with rubies for knuckles. As Jack looked up at them he saw that they were jammed in a crack that looked very unstable, there was no way he could take them out without causing a cave in.

Just as Jack was calculating a way to remove them he suddenly found himself being kicked in the chest and being flung into the wall. Omi stood there looking very pleased; Raimundo was standing on Clay's shoulders as he reached for the mittens.

"Come on Magma Mitts come to papa!" he muttered as he yanked them clear of the rocks.

"That was…" Kimiko began but stopped when a deep rumble grew louder around them and the tunnel shook and shuddered as dust and chunks of rock fell.

"Easy?" she ended.

"You twits!" Jack shrieked "You caused a cave in!" rocks tumbled down in a deafening roar and Jack made a break for the door…only to fall flat on his face! He rolled over and looked up to see one of the stalactites break away and plummet towards him like a stone dagger…

Then every thing went dark…

The first thing Jack felt was a warm wetness and he instantly assumed he had landed on his bottled water again he found that embarrassing as it always looks like he wet himself and considering his reputation people can jump to assumptions!. However when he tried to get up he felt a stabbing sensation in his side he opened his eyes to see nothing but darkness and Jack whimpered. Suddenly a light filled the area and he saw Omi with his dots glowing standing there looking around as his other friends got up groaning.

"Are you alright my friends?" Omi asked.

"A bit bruised but I'll be alright" Clay muttered and Kimiko and Raimundo groaned an agreement. Jack looked around and saw he was lying in a puddle of blood…

He painfully got up and realised that it was his own, on his side was a nasty gash that started from his stomach and travelled to his arm. Blood was pouring from it and he tried to put pressure on it to stop the bleeding but it barely worked.

"Oh look who survived" Kimiko sneered and Jack looked up at them.

"Hey it was you guys who caused the cave in not me!" he sniped but they grumbled and walked away. "Where are you going?"

"When we were flying here Dojo spotted a tunnel entrance on the other side of this hill, with any hope it's the exit to this one so we're going there" Raimundo explained.

"Can I come?"

"If ya have to just don't slow us down" Clay said and Jack looked down at his wound.

If they knew about this they'll just laugh in my face and abandon me, and they'd probably take all my wu too. Jack thought and winced as he got up, I'll stay quiet and follow them.

It seemed like forever as they walked on further and further into the mines, Jack followed behind and Omi turned to look at him as Jack leaned against a wall to keep himself balanced.

"Jack Spicer are you alright?" he demanded, Jack winced and looked up at them to see they were staring at them.

"None of your business Twinkie!" he declared and marched on ahead of them trying to carefully hide his pain. It wasn't long before they over took him and he was free to stagger without anyone seeing him.