Clay woke the next morning to find his robes clean on the bedside table and the dishes from the day before gone. He quickly changed and walked over the bookshelf on the other side of the room. Looking at the titles he found a variety of different books. There were fantasy, mythology, mechanics, horror, romance, and western books. Clay picked up a book on ancient Chinese Mythology. He figured he might as well keep up with his studies while he waited for his friends to show up.

After he had been reading for about 2 hours he heard the door open. He looked over to see an angry looking very angry. Then for no reason of Clay's own Jack punched Clay in the face harder then Clay knew he could. Clay fell off the bed, "YOU AND YOUR DAMN FRIENDS!" yelled Jack

Clay was rubbing his cheek as he stood and asked carefully, not wanting to be shocked again, "What did I do…master?"

Jack sighed as his anger was replaced by sadness. He walked over and helped Clay back on the bed. He then lay down and put his head in Clay's lap while motioning for Clay to stroke his hair, "I'm sorry I hit you Clay. I was just so mad at your friends. I woke up this morning and went downstairs to find your loser friends in my lab. They had torn the entire place apart looking for you. I acted like I usually do around everyone else, like and idiot, and they left."

"You mean you fake that?" Clay asked as he stared at Jack's ruby eyes which for some reason he found interesting

"Yeah, it's so when I finally put my plans into action or do something really evil then everyone underestimates me." Jack said as he closed his eyes, which for some reason upset Clay

"Well that's slyer then a fox in a hen house." Clay said, "I never knew you had it in you."

Jack sat up and leaned in to kiss Clay while saying, "Yeah, I'm just full of surprises pet."

Their lips touched and Clay found himself not really minding it, even slightly enjoying it. He twisted his tongue with Jack's in a passionate motion for a while before they had to break for air, "Good job cowboy, you're a good kisser when you try."

Clay found himself blushing at the compliment and feeling the need to say, "Thank you master."

Jack gave a purr, "You sound so sexy when you call me that." was all he said before he began to kiss Clay's neck

This surprised Clay so much all he could do was let Jack push him onto his back and gasp at the new sensation he was feeling. Clay closed his eyes as a swirl of new feeling swept throughout his body. His blush grew when he realized he was starting to get hard at the feeling of Jack kissing his lower neck. When he realized Jack was untying his sash he panicked and began to squirm.

Jack came up so his face was in front of Clay's face, "Why are you moving around so much?" Jack said with a hint of annoyance

Clay panicked at the thought of being shocked again and smiled nervously up at Jack, "No master, I didn't mean to, honest. It's just that I aint never done nothing like this and I'm a bit uncomfortable. That's all, really."

Jack smiled softly down at Clay in an understanding way, "I'm sorry but I just cant stop myself when your around. Half the time when we Showdown I have to use all my self control to not jump you."

Clay gasped in shock at this confession and decided that he wanted to ask Jack something, "Master, can I call you Jack again?"

"Sure, I was just trying to get you to respect me. I'm sorry about both the shocker and the master thing. I just wanted you to do what I said." Suddenly, to Clay's surprise, Jack said, "Release protocol 17593." and Clay felt the ankle shocker detach from around his ankle, "I didn't mean for this to happen but I just wanted to keep you to myself. But when I saw your friends, they were crying for you. Just like I used to do at night sometimes. I can't let my own selfish filling make others feel as empty as I feel without you." Jack's eyes filled with tears as he pulled a cloth out of his pocket and said, "That's why I need to do this."

Suddenly Clay found the cloth in Jack's hands pressed over his mouth and right before the world went dark he heard Jack say, "I love you Clay."

The next thin Clay knew when he awoke was the shine of the sun on his face and grass beneath his body. He sat up and looked around to find himself on the hillside just outside of the temple. He thought back to the two days he had spent with Jack and how much Jack had cared about him. He thought of the regret he had seen in Jack's eyes just before he had knocked Clay out and the sincerity of his apology for everything he had put Clay through. Clay realized that there was something in his hand and he looked down to see a photograph in his hand. It was of Jack smiling while standing next to what he assumed was the first Jackbot judging from the big 1 on it's front. He turned over the picture to see that Jack had written a message.

Dear Clay,

I am really sorry for everything I have done to you and your friends. I never ment to hurt any of you when this all started. My head was warped by the power of the Shen Gong Wu. You'll not see me around anymore except in the news. I am not as coldhearted as my parents, this I learned over the last 2 days when I felt so guilty for what I was doing to you. Tonight I am going to the police with evidence of what my family has been doing. Hopefully this will help me get back on the right track.

Yours in Love

Jack Spicer

Jack Spicer

Clay was stunned at what he had read. Because of Jack's love for him he had realized that doing evil was wrong. This was something that for some reason made Clay very happy. He ran to the temple as quick as he could to find his friends all depressed. Upon seeing him however they all tackled him in a giant hug. The rest of the day was spent celebrating Clay's return. When they asked him what had happened to them he claimed that he had gone on a spirit walk to the mountains to find out the answer to a personal question.

It was later that night when a monk at the temple came to the celebration room to say Clay had a private visitor. Clay said he would be back soon and left to find a short, plum readhead waiting for him in the courtyard, "Melinda?" Clay asked in shock

"Oh, Clay, thank God." Melinda said as tears were falling down her face. She ran up to him and began to cry on his shoulder.

Clay held her in a comforting embrace and asked, "Melinda, what happened, why are you here?"

"Master, I mean Jack, released me not 2 hours ago and set me free while telling me of his plans to expose his family. He was caught by his father and I only just managed to escape. Jack is in great danger. Treachery in the Spicer family is punished with death by torture." she fell to her knees while clutching his pant legs, "Please, you must save him. The poor boy will surly die."

Clay's face went pale and he felt his insides go cold. Jack was going to die. Clay's face became one of stone before he said, "No," Melinda looked up at him in shock, "Jack is going to live." Melinda smiled and followed Clay back to the room where his fellow monk's were

"Guy's, I gotta go right now. This is Melinda, she'll explain everything while I'm gone. I'm gonna take a few Wu with me. Dojo, let's go, I'll tell you on the way." Clay said all of this in such a commanding tone that everyone went along without question

As he and Dojo flew through the air toward Jack's house Clay explained what had happened. Dojo's reaction was to almost hit the side of a mountain in shock. But by the time they had reached the Spicer mansion Dojo decided he could live with it, somehow.

"Are you sure you wanna do this Clay?" Dojo asked as he landed

Clay set his face in a determined expression before saying, "Yeah, never been more sure in my life." he then put on his blue Showdown arromor to hide his identity before jumping over the wall around the estate. The security was easy to get past but once he got inside the house he was lost. The first thing he did was go to Jack's lab to see if he could find any clues. What he found worried him. The room was torn apart, like there had been a large struggle. He noticed the Shen Gong Wu had been left so he picked them up and continued to search the room. The next thing he found turned his stomach. IT was a puddle of red liquid he was sure was blood and in the center of the puddle were Jack's goggles.

Clay ran out of the basment and began to search the house. He was searching rooms when he came to one that resembled a library. In the center of the room was a man who looked like and older Jack, just in different cloths. This man was using a rag to clean off his hands, a rag covered in blood.

"No!" whispered Clay in fear

"Hey. Who are your?" the man asked in a deep voice as he pulled a gun out of his pants pocket

Before the man could get very far Clay pulled out a Shen Gong Wu and said, "Shroud of Shadows."

The man became confused when Clay disappeared and looked around him, "Come out and fight like a man."

"Fine." said Clay as he reappeared before the man and kicked the gun out of his hand and the punched him in the face

The man fell back onto the floor but quickly got to his feet. As he wiped blood from his lip he asked, "Who are you and what do you want?"

"Who I am is none of your concern but what I want is Jack." Clay said in and ice cold voice that made the man shiver

"Why would you want that pathetic loser?" the man asked and instantly realized he had made a mistake as Clay's eyes squinted in anger behind his face mask

The next thing the man knew he was against the libraby wall with a masked, angry man holding him up by the front of his shirt, "Don't you ever call him an idiot cause he's smarter then you'll ever be. And he aint no loser for trying to overturn your crime business. Now where is he?"

"Why should I tell you?" the man asked

Clay threw the man to the center of the room before holding up another Shen Gong Wu, "Third Arm Sash, Earth."

The stone hand at the end of the sash bashed into the space next to the man's head and went down thought it into the room below. The man gulped before getting up and running to the bookcase. He pulled out a book and a secret door opened in the shelf.

Clay grabbed the man with the Third Arm Sash and dragged him along behind him as he entered the hidden room. What he saw nearly made him sick. Jack was tied, spread eagle, to the far wall. He was naked except for a pair of red silk boxers. His entier body was covered in scratches, deep cuts, dark bruises, and whip marks. Jack was not conscious but he was still breathing. Clay ran over to him and patted his face, "Jack, Jack can you hear me? Please wake up partner, please." tears began to fall from his eyes, wetting his facemask, "Come on, please wake up."

"Clay?" said a hoarse voice

Clay watched as Jack's head rose a small bit and looked up at him, "Yeah, it's me partner. I came to save you. Think you could walk if I cut you down?"

"No, I lost to much blood." said Jack as tears began to flow at the pain that was returning to his body now that he was awake

Clay looked back at the man he was holding with the Third Arm Sash and growled. Clay then quickly untied Jack and replaced him with his father, "Maybe they'll think to look for you here." was all he said to the man before running out of the house and back to Dojo with Jack held bridal style in his arms