Two in one night, we are on a roll. Only really because I've got nothing else to do and it's now twenty to two in the morning. All tomorrow will probably be spent in the same way. What a sad life I lead. Never mind, I hope you like it. Again, sorry about spelling mistakes and typos.
Chapter 2
Crown of Darkness
The only sound in the temple kitchen was the sound of the Xiaolin Monks wolfing down their dinner. Clay belched loudly then continued eating. Dojo slithered into the kitchen, the Ancient Scroll clasped in his small hands.
"New Wu kids!" he cried, climbing up onto the table.
"Not during dinner time, Dojo!" Clay said, spraying the dragon with half chewed food.
"Well sorry Clay, I'm sure the Wu and Jack Spicer will just wait until you've finished filling your faces," Dojo said, wiping his face clean.
"Alright, we're coming," Raimundo sighed, wiping his mouth with the back of his sleeve.
"What is it?" Kimiko asked. Dojo unrolled the scroll.
"It's The Crown of Darkness," he said mysteriously. "It submerges everything into total darkness, but allows the wearer to still see perfectly. It'd be good for a quick getaway."
"Then let's get it before Spicer does," Raimundo said.
"Yes, we must not let our enemies get their hands on this Shen Gong Wu," Omi said determinedly as he left the room.
Dojo soared past the fluffy clouds, heading for England. He landed on the pavement next to a small field full of trees next to some old looking bungalows and a main road. The warriors split up and began looking around for the Shen Gong Wu until they heard the familiar sound of Jack Spicer's helibot approaching.
"Jack Spicer, prepare for a humiliating defeat!" Omi cried.
"Hey, don't hurt me! I don't want any trouble!" Jack squealed, holding up his hands. Then he began to laugh. "I can't believe you got someone killed! You're even more useless than me!"
"We had nothing to do with it!" Kimiko snapped.
"Apparently not," Wuya sneered.
"Just put of interest, you don't happen to know who did it do you?" Raimundo asked curiously.
"Search me," Jack shrugged. "I'd like to shake their hand though!"
"Enough! Just find the Crown on Darkness!" Wuya demanded. Jack rolled his eyes in annoyance.
"Jackbots, keep the murderers busy!" Jack ordered. Five Jackbots shot at the warriors, their arms becoming razor sharp blades, spinning so fast they were nothing but a blur. Two of them headed straight for Kimiko from different directions. She waited until they were seconds away then jumped and clung onto a tree branch, hauling herself out of harm's way as the two robots crashed into each other and fell to the ground in ruins.
"Typhoon boom, wind!" Raimundo cried. A powerful gust of wind caught a Jackbot and threw it backwards into a tree trunk where it fell to pieces.
"Tsunami strike, water!" Omi called. A wave of water washed over one of the two remaining Jackbots.
"Seismic kick, earth!" Clay roared. He stamped his right foot on the ground and a chunk of earth rose from the ground, moulded together into a hard ball and threw itself into a Jackbot. The pieces of the Jackbot were thrown backwards into Omi's wave and smashed into the remains of the other Jackbot.
"Get the Wu!" Kimiko cried as she spotted it tangled in the branches of a wild, overgrown tree. Raimundo sprang forward, just as Jack spotted it as well. He dived into the web of branches and wrestled his way through them, climbing the tree to reach the crown. Branches scratched his arm and legs but he ignored them. His hand closed over the Shen Gong Wu and the same time as Jack's and it began to glow.
"Spicer, I challenge you to a Xiaolin Showdown," Raimundo said. "My Silk Spinner against your Monkey Staff. The game is tree hopping; first to reach the Wu wins."
The field began to tremble. The trees grew even taller and more trees appeared, making the small field look more like a forest. Raimundo and Jack were placed on separate tree branches next to each other.
"Gong Yi Tempai!" the cried.
"Monkey staff!" Jack screeched. He began to swing off through the trees.
"Raimundo, how could be so foolish as to pick a Showdown where Jack Spicer has the advantage! Have I not taught you anything?" Omi yelled from the side.
"Shut up Omi, I know what I'm doing," Raimundo replied. "Silk Spinner!" he shot a web at the branch a few feet above him and swung from it onto another branch.
"He is like man of the spiders!" Omi said excitedly.
"Spiderman," Clay corrected politely.
"That too!" Omi said.
Raimundo could see Jack ahead, perched on a branch, scratching his back with the Monkey Staff. He swung past him.
"Hey!" Jack said. He began to swing from the branches again but Raimundo was already ahead of him.
"What did you stop for?" Wuya scolded.
"Shut up, I'll get it!" Jack replied, but even as he said it, the surroundings were returning to normal; Raimundo had won.
"No fair!" Jack whined.
"That's what you get for underestimating your opponents!" Wuya said.
"See you later murderers," Jack huffed. He flew off on his helibot, Wuya right behind him.
"Alright Rai!" Kimiko said, hugging Raimundo.
"Come on kids, let's get back to the temple so you can finish feeding your faces," Dojo said, supersizing.
"Sounds like a plan to me, partner," Clay said. They climbed onto Dojo but before he could take off there was an ear splitting scream.
"What the fuck was that?" Raimundo asked nervously. Omi jumped off Dojo's back and walked cautiously in the direction of the scream.
"Careful little partner," Clay said, following at Omi's heels. Dojo shrank back to his lizard sized form and wrapped himself around Clay's hat. The four warriors stepped onto the pavement next to the road and immediately saw the source of the scream. A young woman was lying on her side, drenched in blood. They ran over. She had long blonde hair, and dazed, brown eyes. Blood was pouring from a deep stab wound in her chest. She was still alive but her eyelids looked heavy and there was a nauseating whistling sound whenever she hitched in breath.
"Kimiko, call an ambulance," Omi ordered. "Excuse me miss, what is your name?" he asked, kneeling beside the injured woman.
"You...you're...the Xiaolin...monks?" the girl choked.
"Correct!" Omi's face brightened.
"It's...your fault," the woman said. Omi's face immediately fell.
"Look, we don't know what's going on. Could you tell us who's hurt you?" Raimundo asked, kneeling down beside Omi.
"Your...fault," she said again.
"The ambulance is on its way," Kimiko announced.
"He...said...he said...to give you...this...and then I won't have died...for nothing," the woman said. Her voice was getting weaker and blood beginning to trickle from the corner of her mouth. Her hand twitched slightly and they saw a piece of paper scrunched up inside of it. Clay gently took it from her hand but didn't smooth it out.
"Please tell us who it was. We can stop this happening to anyone else if you do," Clay begged.
"He'll get you," the woman said. The corner of her mouth twitched into a chilling smile. "He...promised." Her eyes closed. She took in one last breath, let it out in a long sigh and then she was still.
"Oh my god," Kimiko said, her hand to her mouth.
"What's that piece of paper, Clay?" Raimundo asked. Clay smoothed it out and they gathered around to look at it. It was a note.
Dear brilliant Xiaolin Monks,
As you may have noticed, you've started to annoy people, what with you walking around like you own the world and that. Now you're going to pay for what you've done. This woman is dead because of you. And there'll be more. And then I'm coming for you.
Until then, brilliant Xiaolin Warriors,
R.L.
"Who's R.L.?" Clay asked.
"Doesn't ring a bell to me," Raimundo said.
"What have we done?" Kimiko asked. Her voice was shaking and tears were welling up in her blue eyes. They could now hear the sounds of a siren getting closer.
"Come on, the ambulance will be here soon," Raimundo said.
"We can't just leave her!" Kimiko argued.
"We've got to," Raimundo replied calmly. Dojo supersized and they clambered onto his back clutching their Shen gong Wu and the note and Dojo soared off into the sky.
"This is most worrying," Master Fung said as he read the note they had found.
"Do you happen to know anyone whose initials are R.L.?" Kimiko asked. Master Fung simply shook his head. Kimiko sighed.
"This can't go on," Kimiko said. "We've got to find out who it is and what we've done."
"Before someone else gets hurt," Clay said.
"Or before we get hurt," Raimundo added.
"At least we know it's a he," Dojo said.
"Great, that really narrows it down," Raimundo spat.
"It does?" Omi asked hopefully.
"Sarcasm."
"Oh."
"Well, we've got to do something," Kimiko said sadly.
I hope you enjoyed it. Please review, I'd really appreciate your feedback.
