"This is bad." Dojo said.
"I think that is a country of a misunderstanding." Omi spoke, the others looked at him with a bit of confusion, he did not notice though.
"I think the little partner meant that is an understatement." Clay tried to translate even though he did not know what to make of it. But the serious tone had returned to reality as the blonde cat girl was trying to escape but as she dove into the bushes not to far behind was Kimiko half keeping up, not because she wanted but because she was being half dragged by the bracelet as her arm was outstretched as if an invisible tether was latching them together. The other three warriors jumped in and grabbed her free hand to bring both Kimiko and Katnappe to a dead halt.
"Hey!" the blonde snapped as she felt her arm being jerked back as she almost fell, glaring at her enemies she found why she was being held back. Jerking her arm Kimiko fell forward and landed harshly in a dirt patch which caused her to chuckle a bit, Kimiko, furious, got to her feet. The dragon had tried to shout out a warning but it was too late as the fiery Japanese girl had gone straight for a sharp kick into the stomach that made Katnappe bend over from the impact but something had happened as Kimiko was the one in pain, so much she fell back into the dirt patch as she clinched her sides. Katnappe was a bit taken back and was utterly confused, frozen to the spot and watching the three Xiaolin monks help one of their own to her feet she wonder how did that happened. For the brief moment her face was showing something besides malice or evil, but an emotion foreign to her expressions. Concern.
Kimiko gotten to her feet as she dusted herself off kicking herself for such a foolish action, "that was stupid."
"Sure was," Raimundo quipped and received a glare from Kimiko. He held up his hands defensively as he backed away a bit, "it was a joke."
Kimiko seemed all right as her friends checked her over, Katnappe was slowly stepping away making her way to her escape route when she felt a strong pull coming from the bracelet which was causing Kimiko's to lift up a bit. The Xiaolin monks were now focus on her again as she try to make a run again but like last time Kimiko and her friends stopped her by the connection of the bracelets. "Stupid thing," the young blonde glared down at the item as she tried to pry it off with her sharp nails without hurting herself, "get this gaudy thing off of me."
"Ditto that," Kimiko was looking for a way to take her bracelet off but there appeared to be no seems or latches to strike at. "How do you get this stupid thing off anyway?"
"Take three days of rest and allow them to fall off," Dojo said in a matter of factually tone as he lifted up one finger.
"What!" the dragon shrink away as the two girls were about to jump onto him but the other three had held them both back as they hold onto Kimiko. It took several minutes for them to stop wanting to tear into the green dragon, but they still had to be held back a bit.
"You see, if it was placed on by accident the magic wears off after about three days and it should fall off." Dojo shifted a bit uncomfortably as Katnappe glared a bit, "don't blame me, Dashi made it for some reason that he never told me."
"We cannot allow you to leave with our friend, little lady." Clay said as he embraced Katnappe in a crushing "hug" from behind, as she struggled to break out his hold Dojo enlarged himself and waited for them to climb onto him.
"Hey, let go! This is kidnapping, let go!" Katnappe snapped as she was placed onto the large dragon's back as she kicked the air in a vain attempt to escape before they lifted up into the air, now she was hanging on for dear life after going up several hundred feet.
"Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Hey, watch the claws."
"My friend, you sure it is safe to bring her to the temple?" Omi asked.
"We can't just leave Kimiko alone with her, she cannot even fight against the naughty feline." Clay remarked as Katnappe altered between sneering at him and being terrified. Kimiko really said nothing as she looked down at the bracelet as they traveled back to the temple, this situation was just getting more and more stranger. Even for by their standards.
There was something about the feeling of floating above the clouds, slipping through the white fluff with little to cover oneself other then the clothes on the back. But Jack was not in a whimsy mood, in fact he was in a down right foul mood as he flown through the sky by means of his heli-pack. His mind was going over how his work is being stolen left and right by several of the villains in the field even with his security in place.
Who am I kidding there is no security, I should have really invest in some locks. Deadbolts perhaps, a slid lock might work. Jack rubbed his chin a bit as he thought about a metal door with a touch key pad, the cool ones that check your fingerprints and such and such. He grunted as he was getting off track, the issue was about his work being stolen and his plans being ruined all the time. If the Xiaolin losers were not enough there was also Katnappe, Pandabubba and Chase Young stepping on his toes. Since he has some time to think before he reaches Mexico and his stolen jet he has some time to think of a solution to this little problem, in the past team ups (or hired work) always came back to bite him in the end. Fighting was not his bag and he was running a little low on Jackbot parts so taking them all out one by one is out of the question, so where does that leave him?
Simple; open season on Jack Spicer, boy genius.
Jack growled again, there was a solution somewhere in this mess but he cannot see it. Not yet, at least. But for now he just has to settle for getting his jet back from the annoying girl, something he dreaded when he sees Ashley again after so many betrayals. He bet there was something up her sleeve this time, he just has to factor it into this new "plan" when he gets to it. Jack descended down as he neared the tracking signal, time to get his stuff back.
The room was at the bottom of Chase Young's large, dark mountain castle. To describe it would be dark and small with just a small bookshelf with a small number of books and a very basic bed with just a frame and a piece of wood placed over it. There was a single torch that never went out unless it is willed to go out, she left it burning as she sat on the edge of the bed reading through the night every once in a while. She loved the dark, she was evil after all and a child of a witch family. But Wuya was unnerved to be here, in this room when it was dark.
Wuya was laying on the uncomfortable bed tonight resting her aching and bruised body after trying to pull something behind the castle's master's back, he normally resort to this cruel of punishment but he thought it was necessary. It was not the electrical shocks or the soccer match with her as a ball, although it was the reason she was not up and dancing the night away. She had endured worse when she was being "trained" by her parents. What is getting to her is this life style of being in the shadow of some she is obviously superior to and is left as some sort mid-level slave, that is what is getting to her.
Call it ego or pride but it was stuck in her mind going around and around about becoming as strong as she use to be, 15,000 years ago when Dashi had sealed her into the puzzle box. That thought only made her growl a bit as she looked up at the ceiling, now she knew why she hates it in this room. It was like the puzzle box, stuck in darkness and feeling nothing she hated it in there. Chase Young, how I loath you.
Shifting she laid on the side, still feeling the pain. Somehow she will make them all pay for this.
The temple was silent without any of the dragon warriors around, the only sound and movement was the wind blowing through the plants all around the courtyard. Master Fung was taking this time for some reflecting and often organizing the important scrolls he kept for the warriors when they are ready, he had seen Dojo's form from a distance and decided to greet them. As he stepped out he could hear Dojo's voice, and one other.
"I hope you had your shots."
"Shut up before I turn you into a handbag." Fung raised a brow as he noticed a new passenger was now getting off along with the other Xiaolin monks.
"What happened here?" Fung asked as he approached them.
"Kimi had accidentally bound herself with kitty girl," Raimundo said as he jerked a thumb at the two girls who were staring each other down.
"And now she has to stay here until the spell is broken," Clay finished. "This situation is stranger then a turkey and a chicken's hatchling."
"I see."
"Stop dragging me around," Kimiko glared at the blonde girl as Katnappe was trying to go into the temple but was slowed down a bit by her "slave"'s resistance. "And where do you think you are going?"
"Steal your stuff." Katnappe jerked Kimiko forward but was held back with Clay's help, "what?"
"This is a problem." Omi pointed out, "how do we keep Katnappe from taking our eye sight from all of us."
Everyone stared at him in confusion, "I think it's robbing us blind." Kimiko translated. She jerked the bracelet a bit but it did not effect the other bracelet, "but he is right. How do we keep this kitty from getting her dirty claws off of our things."
"Please stop with the cat puns." Katnappe snarled annoyed, she faced away from them angry that she was in this with these people. She looked down at the bracelet then over her shoulder at them as they were watching her intensely, there is an upside to this. She just has to swing it her way and that should not be too hard. "Is there something?"
"Perhaps it would be best if we," Fung fell silent as he eyed the blonde girl for a moment as she stood there with her arms crossed. "discuss our plans later on, after a night of rest."
The dragons knew what he meant as if he discussed important in front of them then the young villainous would over hear it, which is not a wise decision. Kimiko wonder what the plan was but as long as she was connected to Katnappe she knew she was not going to be directly involved, a sharp glare towards the blonde girl made her feel a bit better. "I guess it would be time to go to my room," Kimiko sighed in a down trotted tone. She tried to leave but as she walking into the temple but she was walking in place, "come on."
"Don't boss me around, I'm the boss." Katnappe followed anyway as they walked into the temple and into the living quarters.
"Three days, you say." Raimundo said.
"Yep."
There was a loud crashing sound from within on of the halls, "watch how you pull on that thing!"
Clay shifted, "may the heavens have mercy on us all."
In a familiar apartment sitting just a short distance from the beach, the one on the lower level with white walls and pictures hung on the wall of a happy blonde girl of a young age holding tightly to a stuff animal or on a swing. In one room there were several kittens asleep until something stirred them, a door opening.
"I hate cats." the man said as he walked in, he was a tall man with a scruffy beard and unkept brown hair. Behind him was a woman of the same height but more "clean" then the man as she has her hair was trimmed and well styled. "Why did we ever let her have these dumb things," a cat lifted his head and hissed at him. "Oh shut up."
"Because it is her," the woman scoffed a bit. "Friends."
"What a strange child we have." the man unlocked a door that was normally sealed off from the animals and his daughter, since in this room was a pure white furniture and carpeting with an ebony coffee table in the center.
"Keeps her from tearing into us, Jon." the woman closed the door behind her, they took seats opposite from each other as they rested from their long trip. It was once in two months they came home to "check" on their daughter and here they were for only a few days to find Ashley was not home. "Genetic tampering seemed like a good idea at the time."
The man, Jon, shifted at the mentioning of genetics when his mind went back to the days of when he learn that his wife was pregnant with Ashley. "Of course it is like a few other things, but why did we choose cat?"
"Agility and speed." the woman snorted, "what a mistake that was." Jon stood up and walked over to one walk which had slid away as he approached to reveal a large array of drinks, he picked up a glass to pour some liquor into it. He came back to hand her the glass, "thanks."
"You are welcome, Helen." he return to the mini-bar, "when do you think we should tell Ashley? About the reason for changing her DNA a bit, along with such and such too."
Helen drank half of her glass and took a moment to swallow. "When we throw her out on her butt when she is useless to us, I say in a few years."
Jon laughed as he sat down he looked out towards the moonlit beach as he sipped his drink thinking, watch the wave come in and out. For a moment he focused on something on the horizon that was skirting across the waters at amazing speeds, at first he thought it was some speed boat but there was something off about it. He shrugged it off when it disappeared, "ever wonder what she does when we're gone?"
"Playing villain, I think." Helen smiled. They sat there in silence for several minutes, watching the waves come to shore and leave out to the sea. Jon shifted as the object skirted across the horizon again, he frown for a second catching his wife's attention. "Jon?"
"There is something, out there." the waves came up to the beach and left again, he could have sworn there was a mass going through the water.
The windows shattered as a bright light filled the room causing the two to cover their faces to protect themselves while stumbling from their chairs, Helen fell to the floor as a sharp pain pierced her rips as something wet and warm surrounded the sharp pain. Jon was too blind but he heard his wife screaming and a figure standing there holding something he could not make out, turning to him there was a sense of inhuman amount of pain before nothingness washed over him.
My native language is somewhat English but it took me several years to get this far, and for the past three months I have been using a grammar checker.
And about Katnappe's parents, since she looks "modified" if you watch the intro I wonder what kind of parent would allow their kid to be genetically tampered with?
Thank you all for reviewing.