Black and White
Part I
Brenna "Snakelady" Dawkins
A Jackie Chan Adventures Fanfic
Rating: PG-13 Disclaimer: Jackie Chan and subsequent characters belong to Jackie Chan and associates. It'd be pretty useless to sue me since I have nothing! I've made no profit nor will see any from this fic.
Summary: An experiment gone wrong in Section 13 has greater consequences then Captain Black or Jade had ever imagined. Now Jade is twenty years older and wiser and in love, how can Captain Black convince Jade to give that up before Jackie and Uncle return home? J/CB
"Oh come on, I've been in much more dangerous situations, Jackie! You gotta let me come with!" Jade pleaded her uncle.
"It's not that, Jade." Jackie said mildly, "You've missed too much school already because of the talismans. This week of tests is too important for you to miss. You don't want to repeat fifth grade, do you?"
"No." Jade said feeling a little pouty. But she didn't want to miss the latest adventure either. "I learn way more stuff going out on your adventures then I do staying in school."
"Nevertheless, you will be staying here at Section 13 while we are away. Captain Black has agreed to look after you." Jackie told her.
Jade put her hands on her hips, "He doesn't know anything about looking after a kid."
"He's strict." Uncle said approvingly. "I doubt you would be able to pull the wool over his eyes."
"He's no fun." Jade looked around to make sure the man wasn't in the room to hear. "And besides, he's too busy running this place to have time to look after me."
But Uncle and Jackie were firm and that was that. Jade was to stay at home, well, she'd make Section 13 her temporary home anyway--- again. At least she had her Gameboy with her. If Captain Black wasn't such a stick-in-the-mud, Section 13 would be a paradise for a girl like her. Of course, it still was paradise, just her secret paradise. She'd let Captain Black think she was following the rules, to give him less reason to watch her, then just when he thought she was being the good girl, she'd give him the slip. Jade had done it before and knew someone as busy as Captain Black wouldn't know what to look for like Uncle Jackie might.
She grinned at that as she sat on her bed and pulled out her Gameboy from her backpack. It would pass the time until she could find a window for her escape. If Uncle Jackie thought she'd sit by complacently for his return, then he was crazy!
Her door opened and she saw Captain Black stick his head into her temporary room. "We'll be testing some top secret equipment in a bit. I'm afraid you'll be under lock down for a few hours. Do you need anything for the duration?"
Jade perked up at the mention of 'top secret equipment' and 'testing' but did her best to put on her mildest poker-face. "Maybe a pizza?" Captain Black had no idea how to talk to a kid, she mused. Let alone, deal with one.
That unamused expression that she knew so well spread upon his face. "How about a sandwich instead?"
Her innocent look never wavered, "Sounds dandy!"
Captain Black hesitated at her amiability. He was familiar enough with her past antics to know that this was not the norm for her. But he had a schedule to keep, and as long as she wasn't causing any trouble, then he wasn't going to worry about it. "I'll have one of the assistants bring it out to you. Then you'll be locked in here for about three hours. There is a washroom beyond that door." He pointed. "And this is the intercom," he pointed to the small box mounted on the wall next to the door. "Use this ONLY if you have an emergency."
Jade sighed inwardly, but nodded pleasantly. Captain Black closed the door and Jade put down her Gameboy. If she couldn't go out with Jackie and Uncle to have an adventure, there was NO WAY she'd miss one so close to home! She just had to figure out how to get through a locked door. Sure, no problem. Jade scowled. She hurried to the washroom and lifted the cover off the toilet back and removed the chain that attached the floater to the lever and hid it in her pocket. Replacing the cover carefully, she hurried back to her bed and pretended to play her Gameboy.
True to his word, it wasn't long before her door opened once more and an assistant came in carrying a tray with what looked like a peanut butter sandwich and a glass of milk. Jade smiled pleasantly enough though she wanted to roll her eyes. She wasn't five years old!
"Oh, before you go, I think there's something wrong with the toilet. It won't flush." Jade told the young man.
The assistant placed the tray on the side table and paused, looking torn between completing his duties in the lab and aiding in the comfort of their guest. "Um, I'll take a quick look." And he disappeared into the washroom.
Jade's grin widened. She quickly pulled back the covers on the bed and slipped her backpack under them. Then she yanked the covers up high, covering the pack completely. She was going to bet that such a simple trick would work on a very busy assistant. There, she paused just a moment to take in her handiwork. Pathetically easy, but it was perfect. She nodded then darted out the open door.
"I fixed the problem temporarily," the assistant was saying as he came back into her room. Then he noticed that she was sleeping soundly in her bed and covered his mouth. Tiptoeing out, he hurried back to his more important duties.
Meanwhile, Jade slunk around the building, trying her best to keep to the shadows. She could hear where the action was taking place and made her way there as fast as she could. It had to be the coolest thing in the world to be able to play with all that top secret stuff and get paid for it, she thought to herself. It wasn't fair to ask her to always sit by and miss all the good stuff!
When she finally made it to the room, she slowly peaked in. There was Captain Black, seeing over everything as usual. Sternly giving out commands. She watched this quietly for a while, letting it all sink in. Then she spied what had to be the experiment and her eyes lit up.
"Give me full power to transporter one." Captain Black barked.
Transporter? Jade's eyes went wide, cool!
"All green here, sir." One of the technicians replied in response.
"And transporter two?"
"Ninety percent, sir. Well enough for what we're looking for."
Captain Black shook his head, "No. Not good enough! If it isn't at least ninety-five percent, we'll fry the connections."
"It'll take at least another hour, sir." The assistant complained.
"This problem should have been solved already!" Captain Black shot back, "You have fifteen minutes!"
She watched them scurry about the platform like mice and itched to be out there amongst the controlled pandemonium. She wondered what the problem was and what possible differences it could make. What were they using to test upon? Then as if to answer her question, Captain Black was barking orders once again.
"Why isn't the test subject out on the platform yet? What am I paying you people for, anyway?" There was more scurrying about and a cage appeared on the platform by an anonymous assistant. "Need I remind everyone that this is our first complex biological subject. I don't need this to be screwed up, gentlemen! A setback now could mean months of preparation wasted. I don't need any more unexplained overhead cost!"
That caused disconcerted muttering from a few of the harried assistants. Jade had no clue what was going on, just that things were not going as Black had planned, obviously. Inching closer to the action, she made her way to the cage. She had to see what was in it. It was easy enough to go about unnoticed. Everyone was too preoccupied to notice an inquisitive grade schooler lurking just under their noses. Which was just fine with Jade.
Crawling over the last few feet from behind, she ducked around the side of the raised platform the cage was set upon. She could hear shuffling coming from inside the cage. It had to be an animal, she guessed. Her head popped up in line with the floor of the cage. There was a monkey in there. They were going to transport this poor animal using faulty equipment? No way! She wasn't going to let them experiment on that poor, helpless monkey. Jade checked around her, making sure she still wasn't noticed, then reached up and fingered the flimsy mechanism that held the cage door shut. The door swung open and Jade tried to silently encourage the creature out of the cage with sweeping movements of her arms towards herself. But the monkey just sat there staring at her.
"Up to ninety-four point six percent on transporter two!" An assistant informed Captain Black. The machinery started to throb.
To which the Captain growled, "Just a bit more! It's not that much to ask, is it?"
Jade knew her time to get the monkey out of there was running out. So she reached in and grabbed the monkey's lanky arm just as she heard one of the assistants declare they were past ninety-five percent. The monkey protested at Jade's treatment and complained while trying to pull away from her. She muttered under her breath as she pulled. The loud pulsing sounds from the machinery easily drowned out the sounds of the commotion on the platform.
"Come on, stupid monkey! I'm trying to help you!" She whispered fiercely at it and pulled that much harder.
"We got green on transporter two!"
Captain Black sounded pleased, "It's about time! Let's do this! Sync coordinates!"
"Coordinates are in sync!"
Jade yanked on the monkey's arm and the monkey chattered angrily at her then to her surprise, bolted. She ducked as the creature nearly flew over her head and out into the lab.
"Activate transporter!" Captain Black commanded.
Jade watched as the monkey disappeared.
Captain Black caught the motion out of the corner of his eye. What was that? He glanced at the cage and saw the door was open. How---? Then he spotted Jade staring off into the distance.
"NO! Abort the experiment! Abort it, I said!" He grabbed onto the closest assistant.
But it was beyond recall. Captain Black could only watch in horror as the transporter sprung to life with Jade leaning up against the platform. A flash of light bathed the room and when it was gone, so too, Black noted, was Jade.
To be continued---
Part I
Brenna "Snakelady" Dawkins
A Jackie Chan Adventures Fanfic
Rating: PG-13 Disclaimer: Jackie Chan and subsequent characters belong to Jackie Chan and associates. It'd be pretty useless to sue me since I have nothing! I've made no profit nor will see any from this fic.
Summary: An experiment gone wrong in Section 13 has greater consequences then Captain Black or Jade had ever imagined. Now Jade is twenty years older and wiser and in love, how can Captain Black convince Jade to give that up before Jackie and Uncle return home? J/CB
"Oh come on, I've been in much more dangerous situations, Jackie! You gotta let me come with!" Jade pleaded her uncle.
"It's not that, Jade." Jackie said mildly, "You've missed too much school already because of the talismans. This week of tests is too important for you to miss. You don't want to repeat fifth grade, do you?"
"No." Jade said feeling a little pouty. But she didn't want to miss the latest adventure either. "I learn way more stuff going out on your adventures then I do staying in school."
"Nevertheless, you will be staying here at Section 13 while we are away. Captain Black has agreed to look after you." Jackie told her.
Jade put her hands on her hips, "He doesn't know anything about looking after a kid."
"He's strict." Uncle said approvingly. "I doubt you would be able to pull the wool over his eyes."
"He's no fun." Jade looked around to make sure the man wasn't in the room to hear. "And besides, he's too busy running this place to have time to look after me."
But Uncle and Jackie were firm and that was that. Jade was to stay at home, well, she'd make Section 13 her temporary home anyway--- again. At least she had her Gameboy with her. If Captain Black wasn't such a stick-in-the-mud, Section 13 would be a paradise for a girl like her. Of course, it still was paradise, just her secret paradise. She'd let Captain Black think she was following the rules, to give him less reason to watch her, then just when he thought she was being the good girl, she'd give him the slip. Jade had done it before and knew someone as busy as Captain Black wouldn't know what to look for like Uncle Jackie might.
She grinned at that as she sat on her bed and pulled out her Gameboy from her backpack. It would pass the time until she could find a window for her escape. If Uncle Jackie thought she'd sit by complacently for his return, then he was crazy!
Her door opened and she saw Captain Black stick his head into her temporary room. "We'll be testing some top secret equipment in a bit. I'm afraid you'll be under lock down for a few hours. Do you need anything for the duration?"
Jade perked up at the mention of 'top secret equipment' and 'testing' but did her best to put on her mildest poker-face. "Maybe a pizza?" Captain Black had no idea how to talk to a kid, she mused. Let alone, deal with one.
That unamused expression that she knew so well spread upon his face. "How about a sandwich instead?"
Her innocent look never wavered, "Sounds dandy!"
Captain Black hesitated at her amiability. He was familiar enough with her past antics to know that this was not the norm for her. But he had a schedule to keep, and as long as she wasn't causing any trouble, then he wasn't going to worry about it. "I'll have one of the assistants bring it out to you. Then you'll be locked in here for about three hours. There is a washroom beyond that door." He pointed. "And this is the intercom," he pointed to the small box mounted on the wall next to the door. "Use this ONLY if you have an emergency."
Jade sighed inwardly, but nodded pleasantly. Captain Black closed the door and Jade put down her Gameboy. If she couldn't go out with Jackie and Uncle to have an adventure, there was NO WAY she'd miss one so close to home! She just had to figure out how to get through a locked door. Sure, no problem. Jade scowled. She hurried to the washroom and lifted the cover off the toilet back and removed the chain that attached the floater to the lever and hid it in her pocket. Replacing the cover carefully, she hurried back to her bed and pretended to play her Gameboy.
True to his word, it wasn't long before her door opened once more and an assistant came in carrying a tray with what looked like a peanut butter sandwich and a glass of milk. Jade smiled pleasantly enough though she wanted to roll her eyes. She wasn't five years old!
"Oh, before you go, I think there's something wrong with the toilet. It won't flush." Jade told the young man.
The assistant placed the tray on the side table and paused, looking torn between completing his duties in the lab and aiding in the comfort of their guest. "Um, I'll take a quick look." And he disappeared into the washroom.
Jade's grin widened. She quickly pulled back the covers on the bed and slipped her backpack under them. Then she yanked the covers up high, covering the pack completely. She was going to bet that such a simple trick would work on a very busy assistant. There, she paused just a moment to take in her handiwork. Pathetically easy, but it was perfect. She nodded then darted out the open door.
"I fixed the problem temporarily," the assistant was saying as he came back into her room. Then he noticed that she was sleeping soundly in her bed and covered his mouth. Tiptoeing out, he hurried back to his more important duties.
Meanwhile, Jade slunk around the building, trying her best to keep to the shadows. She could hear where the action was taking place and made her way there as fast as she could. It had to be the coolest thing in the world to be able to play with all that top secret stuff and get paid for it, she thought to herself. It wasn't fair to ask her to always sit by and miss all the good stuff!
When she finally made it to the room, she slowly peaked in. There was Captain Black, seeing over everything as usual. Sternly giving out commands. She watched this quietly for a while, letting it all sink in. Then she spied what had to be the experiment and her eyes lit up.
"Give me full power to transporter one." Captain Black barked.
Transporter? Jade's eyes went wide, cool!
"All green here, sir." One of the technicians replied in response.
"And transporter two?"
"Ninety percent, sir. Well enough for what we're looking for."
Captain Black shook his head, "No. Not good enough! If it isn't at least ninety-five percent, we'll fry the connections."
"It'll take at least another hour, sir." The assistant complained.
"This problem should have been solved already!" Captain Black shot back, "You have fifteen minutes!"
She watched them scurry about the platform like mice and itched to be out there amongst the controlled pandemonium. She wondered what the problem was and what possible differences it could make. What were they using to test upon? Then as if to answer her question, Captain Black was barking orders once again.
"Why isn't the test subject out on the platform yet? What am I paying you people for, anyway?" There was more scurrying about and a cage appeared on the platform by an anonymous assistant. "Need I remind everyone that this is our first complex biological subject. I don't need this to be screwed up, gentlemen! A setback now could mean months of preparation wasted. I don't need any more unexplained overhead cost!"
That caused disconcerted muttering from a few of the harried assistants. Jade had no clue what was going on, just that things were not going as Black had planned, obviously. Inching closer to the action, she made her way to the cage. She had to see what was in it. It was easy enough to go about unnoticed. Everyone was too preoccupied to notice an inquisitive grade schooler lurking just under their noses. Which was just fine with Jade.
Crawling over the last few feet from behind, she ducked around the side of the raised platform the cage was set upon. She could hear shuffling coming from inside the cage. It had to be an animal, she guessed. Her head popped up in line with the floor of the cage. There was a monkey in there. They were going to transport this poor animal using faulty equipment? No way! She wasn't going to let them experiment on that poor, helpless monkey. Jade checked around her, making sure she still wasn't noticed, then reached up and fingered the flimsy mechanism that held the cage door shut. The door swung open and Jade tried to silently encourage the creature out of the cage with sweeping movements of her arms towards herself. But the monkey just sat there staring at her.
"Up to ninety-four point six percent on transporter two!" An assistant informed Captain Black. The machinery started to throb.
To which the Captain growled, "Just a bit more! It's not that much to ask, is it?"
Jade knew her time to get the monkey out of there was running out. So she reached in and grabbed the monkey's lanky arm just as she heard one of the assistants declare they were past ninety-five percent. The monkey protested at Jade's treatment and complained while trying to pull away from her. She muttered under her breath as she pulled. The loud pulsing sounds from the machinery easily drowned out the sounds of the commotion on the platform.
"Come on, stupid monkey! I'm trying to help you!" She whispered fiercely at it and pulled that much harder.
"We got green on transporter two!"
Captain Black sounded pleased, "It's about time! Let's do this! Sync coordinates!"
"Coordinates are in sync!"
Jade yanked on the monkey's arm and the monkey chattered angrily at her then to her surprise, bolted. She ducked as the creature nearly flew over her head and out into the lab.
"Activate transporter!" Captain Black commanded.
Jade watched as the monkey disappeared.
Captain Black caught the motion out of the corner of his eye. What was that? He glanced at the cage and saw the door was open. How---? Then he spotted Jade staring off into the distance.
"NO! Abort the experiment! Abort it, I said!" He grabbed onto the closest assistant.
But it was beyond recall. Captain Black could only watch in horror as the transporter sprung to life with Jade leaning up against the platform. A flash of light bathed the room and when it was gone, so too, Black noted, was Jade.
To be continued---