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Disclaimer: I do not own Jackie Chan Adventures or it's Characters
I know, I was only planning on writing two at a time. But this was such a good idea, I had to get it down on paper. Beware, I may start a fourth because of just shier want to write these stories before I forget them. Enjoy
Chapter 1
Awaking in an unknown world is strange. For Jade, it seemed a little new, but she had dealt with different situations much like it. For example, being sent to the future, or going back in time was part of the job. But when she woke up with her wounds bandaged and her burns properly cared for, she was confused to why her wrists and ankles were tied to the chair she sat on.
She quickly looked around her, taking in the surroundings of a building basement. It had a smell of mold and mildew. The sound of water dropping nearby filled the room with a sense of clamminess. A cold chill surrounded her as she worked to loosen the ropes on her hands. It was a failed attempt. Her breath came out in disappointment as she looked down to her hand. She looked at the well bandaged forearm where she saw spots of red where the cut was.
"So," a voice called. "You're finally awake."
She looked at the figure that was just to her left. The man sat on a crate with one leg propped up against the edge, being held by his elbow. He easily let it slide down as he jumped off the wood box and stepped into the light.
Jade glared at the figure in front of her. After all he had did to her, why would he dare show his face to one that despised him so much. Drago crossed his arms in front of his chest and glared down at the girl sitting in front of him. Jade gritted her teeth, and returned the glare in full force.
"And why, may I ask, is the empress of the world beaten and unconscious in an alley?" He asked with a curt tone.
Jade scoffed. "Empress? I think your head has been a little messed up the last time we fought. I'm no empress."
Drago cocked an eyebrow. "Really, you're not the empress, then I must have gotten the wrong Jade, divine ruler of the world. Wait, there's only one Jade, divine ruler of the world. And that is you."
"Drago, I don't know what happened to make you think that I'm royalty, but the last time I saw you, you were trying to kill me in a burning Section 13 base." The Chinese girl retaliated.
"Burn it?" He growled. "You talking to the boss of Section 13, your former partner." He gestured to the area around them. "And this is what is left of Section 13 after you came to rule."
"Partner!" She yelled. "I would never partner with someone who constantly tried to kill me, my family, and destroy the world just to provide a new place for your demon race."
Drago's glare continued but there was a mixture of confusion in with it. "I never did that. You're the one who is doing that, just without the demons."
"Quit lying to me, I know what has happened in the past, I never would do that. You were the one that tried to destroy everything I cared for."
"Your family was like family to me, compared to my father. It was Jackie that took me in and helped me. It was you and him that helped me find a way out of the darkness I was in. Uncle taught me how to control my powers. Black trained me to be an agent. Toru taught me more about friendship. And you were my closest friend, you never gave up on me until you decided to rule the world."
Jade's glare changed to fear, Drago had gotten to her. She was scared about what to think of this information. She was scared on what Drago was going to do to her. To put it in better words, she was terrified for her life.
Drago took a deep breath before looking at her again, this time he caught something strange. A scar along the jaw of her left cheek. The Jade he knew didn't have that. He walked closer to her and bent down to get a better look at it.
His claw slightly touched it. "Where did you get that?"
Jade jerked her head away. "You gave it to me when I was 14. Seven years ago. During a fight for another demon enchanted object. When I was fighting you off, your claw managed to cut me right there. Who do you think gave me all of these wounds and burns?"
Drago brought his hand up to his chin and thought. Maybe this wasn't the real Jade he had been fighting for the past three years. When Jade was 14 in his world, they never fought. He never went after demon enchanted objects, and he never hurt her.
"Yo, D-man." Strike Master Ice called as he entered the room. "We got some info that you might want to know."
Drago turned away from Jade to look at Ice. "What is it?"
"Her Highness is still in her palace. The one you have is a fake." He threw down a folder showing current pictures of Jade in elegant cloths and tiara's.
"Excuse me, but I am Jade." The agent of Section 13 called from her chair.
"Yes," Ice said. "But not from our world. D-man, there are several points of evidence that show that she is from another world. Like ours but with a different path." He walked over to her. "The Jade from our world never became this high of raked agent in Section13." He pulled off a badge from her shoulder. "She has several scars which she never obtained here." He pointed to her jaw and arm. "And the things she clams don't match up to what you have experienced."
Drago thought for a moment. He finally looked to her with his piercing eyes. "I'll make you a deal. I'll untie you and let you go if, and only if, you promise not to do anything funny."
Jade didn't like making deals with her enemies, but she nodded nonetheless. He walked over to her and used his claw to cut the ropes around her wrists and ankles. He rubbed the sore skin on her arms before standing and stretching slightly.
"Ice, you saying she's from another world?" Drago asked.
"To put it in better terms, she's from another dimension. So the reality she knows will be much different from the reality we know, you dig dawg?"
"So," Jade said with curiosity. "I'm not on my home world?"
"Seems like it." Drago said. "Maybe this will be to our advantage. Jade, could you help us fight this world's Jade and end her tyrannical rule?" He asked her. "You may just give us the edge we need to defeat her. I have been fighting against her for three years now, and nothing has worked. But with you, we may just be able to end it."