JCA Extended: Chapter One
Six months had passed since Jackie Chan and company banished Shendu and Drago to the Demon Netherworld. With the sealing of dark magic came the sealing of all magic itself, thus restoring proper balance in the world and life back to normal. Jackie and Jade were finally able to move out of Section 13, much to Jackie's delight but to Jade's dismay, since she loved being there. Jackie and Jade moved to a small but nice apartment in Chinatown near Uncle's antique shop. Jackie had promised Jade that when she turned sixteen, she could begin training to become a secret agent. Fortunately, that was only two years away for Jade, so she hoped the time would pass quickly! Viper eventually moved away from New York and got a job at Section 13 in the criminal justice department along with Valmont, who had reformed successfully. Jackie and Viper finally went on a first date and started dating. As for the Enforcers, they each lived and worked independently again but maintained their strong friendship by hanging out often. They all agreed to be on call for Section 13 in case their services were needed. Finn went back to singing in a disco band called Righteous Funk and performed all over San Francisco. Ratso studied theoretical physics at the same university Jackie works for, Chow became the manager of Sunglass Shack, and Hak Foo started working for a construction company. The Ice Crew was arrested quickly after El Toro Fuerte and Paco stopped them from escaping and were sentenced to 10 years deep inside Section 13's new and improved prison unit after the secret underground government base had been rebuilt. What adventures lie ahead for Jackie Chan and company?
"Here we are! Welcome to San Francisco!" Taggart McStone exclaimed to his best friend, Lydia McPeek.
Lydia was a 39 year old woman who was very beautiful and young-looking for her age. She had long dark brown hair, vibrant blue eyes, a big smile, soft white skin slightly tanned from the sun, and was tall at 5'11". She and Tag were lifelong friends who had met when Tag and her older brother Nathaniel started hanging out in sixth grade. She was a sports nutritionist who had been offered a good job at Section 13 as the corporate fitness director/counselor. Section 12 had sent out a protocol to hire on corporate wellness professionals to improve the quality of life for the employees and to reduce the number of sick days. Agent Tag had suggested to Captain Black Lydia for her expertise and trusting his dear friend, Captain Black allowed him to hire her on. Tag had flown down to Los Angeles where she previously lived to help her move into the city. Lydia was excited about the opportunity but was also nervous to be starting a new life in a new place. She looked around outside her window.
"It's nice, Tag! It's smaller than LA which is nice because traffic should be much better!"
Tag laughed. "It's definitely better here! Oh Liddy I'm so excited about you living here, we can hang out all the time!"
Lydia smiled. "I know! I really miss Larry but he said that he would come up as much as he can to visit!"
Another lifelong friend of Lydia and Tag's was Larry Franklin, who was a famous movie director in Hollywood. Lydia and Larry met in first grade and went to middle school, high school, and college together.
"That would be great!" Tag replied, "We need to get Nate and Kelly up here too!" They finally pulled up to a nice area of newly built condos, one of which Lydia would be living in.
"Well we better get started!" Lydia said as she took a box out of the car, "The faster we get done the sooner we can hang out!" she added with a wink.
Monday morning came. Lydia looked at herself in the mirror and gulped nervously. Today was her first day at Section 13 and she was so nervous! What was it like? Who would she work with? Would they like her? "I look pretty good I guess!" she thought. Her long dark brown hair was secured up in a stylish loose bun, she was wearing a black sleeveless top, gray slacks, black diamond-studded flats, and was wearing a diamond necklace. Knock knock! That was Tag waiting to pick her up, since she didn't know where the secret location was at yet. "Let's do this" she thought to herself as she grabbed her things and opened the door.
"Liddy, are you okay?" You're awfully quiet" Tag asked as they were driving.
"I'm fine" Lydia sighed, "Just so nervous! You think they're gonna like me?"
Tag smiled. "Aww Liddy listen to yourself! You have the most energetic and fun personality and are so friendly! How could anyone not like you! Besides, I'm you're backup if you ever need me" he added with a wink.
Lydia laughed. "Oh Taggart you're such a sass! But I love it!"
They finally pulled up to a parking lot hidden behind a lot of buildings. Tag got out and hit a particular brick on the ground. He got back in and the car started sinking into the ground.
"Whoa!" Lydia exclaimed, "What's going on?"
Before she knew it, she was at the secret underground parking lot where all Section 13 vehicles were kept. "Lydia McPeek, welcome to Section 13!" Tag exclaimed. Lydia looked on in amazement. It was huge! Tag smiled at the look of fascination on her face. "Come on, let's go meet Captain Black!"
Captain Augustus Black was typing some emails at his desk when he heard a knock on his office door. "Come in!" he called out.
Tag opened the door and smiled. "Good morning, Captain, Lydia McPeek has arrived!"
Captain Black turned around anxiously. "Oh! Send her in!" In walked a very nervous Lydia. Captain Black's eyebrows rose in amazement. So this was her! "Wow, she looks so young for 39" he thought to himself. He got up from his chair, went towards her, and smiled. "Welcome, Miss McPeek! I'm Captain Augustus Black, the head of Section 13!" he greeted as he shook her hand firmly.
Lydia smiled back. "Thank you, Captain! I am very happy to be here!"
Captain Black smiled more. "Good! Tag will you show her to her office? I'll join you in just a moment."
"Of course, Captain!" Tag replied.
He and Lydia were about to walk out when Valmont came in. "Captain, I have the latest report and I-" he stopped instantly at the sight of Lydia. His eyes grew wide and he could feel his heart starting to race. "What a lovely young woman! Where did she come from?" he thought anxiously. Lydia smiled shyly at the sight of the handsome white haired, tan skinned man dressed in a green suit. "Whoa, he's cute!" she thought.
Tag smiled at the sight of the two. "Valmont I'd like for you to meet a dear friend of mine, Lydia McPeek! She is the new fitness director here at Section 13. Liddy this is Valmont, a part of the criminal justice department here" he said.
Lydia smiled. "It's so nice to meet you!"she said as she shook his hand.
"You as well, Miss McPeek. Welcome!" Valmont replied with his smooth British accent. Flushing slightly, he went over to Captain Black to discuss some business matters while Tag took Lydia to her new office.
"Wow Tag, Section 13 is so fancy!" she replied.
Tag smirked. "Valmont is too, right?" he asked playfully. He burst out laughing while Lydia smacked him.
"Taggart Christopher McStone!" she replied using his full name. She did flush at the name though. "Valmont." she thought, "What a unique name! And his accent...wow it was so sexy! I like it here already!"
Jade came home from another day of school. High school was a different world but at least she was going to school with people she knew from her old school! "Hey Jackie" she said as she walked in the door. Jackie turned around from examining some ancient Mayan artifacts and smiled. "Hello Jade! How was school?"
"It was fine," she replied, "Dullsville as usual."
Jackie laughed softly. "Well I have something that will cheer you up. Captain Black asked me to come over to Section 13 and meet the new fitness director. If you promise to do your homework you can come along".
Jade smiled instantly. "Cool! Let's go!" she exclaimed as she dropped her backpack and ran out the door. Jackie laughed. "Kids."
Lydia smiled after finishing counseling her first Section 13 client. Her office was plain but she looked forward to making it fun and colorful with her college degrees, fitness and nutrition awards, and pictures hanging up on the walls. She wanted to make her office welcoming for all her clients. Her first day was going great so far and she intended to keep it that way! Tag walked in and smiled. "How's your day going, Liddy?"
"Great!" Lydia replied, "The people around here have been very welcoming! Someone asked if I was going to do any fitness classes, and when I said yes, they got really excited! Now I just need to figure out what classes I should do" she ended.
"I'm sure anything is fine!" Tag replied, "You can think of a million ways to kick people's butts!"
Lydia laughed. "You bet I can!"
Captain Black walked in and smiled. "Lydia I have some people for you to meet".
Lydia smiled back. "Okay! Send them in!"
Jackie and Jade walked in and stopped in amazement. She was so young looking! "Hi! I'm Lydia McPeek, the new fitness director here at Section 13!" she said enthusiastically as she shook Jackie's hand.
"Uh..hi! I'm Jackie Chan, and this is my niece Jade." Jackie replied somewhat shyly.
"Jackie is a good friend of mine who has done a lot of work for Section 13 in the past" Captain Black stated, "He's on call for us whenever we need him so he is always welcome here. Though his niece is a different story" he ended teasingly which made him and Jackie laugh.
Lydia smiled and bent down to Jade's level. "Good to meet ya, kid! What grade are you in?"
"Ninth" Jade replied, "It's so hard! Biology is tough!"
"Aww really? I loved biology when I was in high school a hundred years ago" Lydia said teasingly, which made Jade laugh. "But hey, if you need any help, I'm here for ya!"
Jade smiled. "She's mondo coolio!" she thought happily to herself, "And I could use a good excuse to come here more often!" "Do you want me to show you around Section 13?" she asked out loud bravely. "Jade!" Jackie began to scold.
Lydia smiled. "I would like that! Perhaps you can give me a more deluxe tour than what Tag gave me" she said teasingly, which made Tag laugh.
Down in a different part of Section 13, the Ice Crew sat miserably in their prison cell.
"Yo I can't take being here for 9 1/2 more years!" Strikemaster Ice said.
MC Cobra sighed while running a hand through his purple hair. "I know, bro! They're ain't nothin' to do!"
"Yo we should come up with a way to bust out of here" Ice replied. "I ain't stayin' here!"
"I don't know about that, dude" DJ Fist said in his rarely heard deep voice, "We tried that a week after getting thrown in here and got put in solitary for three weeks, remember? They tightened up security after we tried to bust a move."
Ice sighed. "Yeah that's true, yo. But I want out so badly, yo! I hate saying this, but maybe we should go on the good side. Life was kinda actually better when we didn't go bad, yo."
Cobra and Fist nodded in agreement. "Yeah it's not worth being bad no more" DJ replied, "I just wanna live a normal life again."