We're going to be looking at the next part of Randy's adventure. I hope everyone enjoys the chapter, and I do not own anything.

Howard Weinerman walks into his best friend's house and heads straight to Randy's room with a half-eaten chocolate bar in his left hand. He enters Randy's room to find his best friend sitting at his desk doing homework. "Are you seriously doing your homework right now?" Howard asks hating the idea of what he was seeing.

"You would be to if you actually cared for doing the homework." Randy remarks without looking up from his Geometry homework.

"Yeah right, I rather be out playing video games and watch you get beat on during training."

Randy rolls his eyes and sets his pencil down. "You can say what you want Howard, but a certain sister could come over at any moment to make sure you actually do the homework."

Howard narrows his eyes at Randy and points at his best friend. "Don't even joke about that."

Randy pushes the chair back and turns his body to face Howard. "I'm not joking. What happened to doing the homework like you did a couple weeks ago?"

"I got bored really quick."

Randy rolls his eyes and shakes his head at his best friend's remark. 'If this keeps up you'll never graduate high school.' Randy thinks sadly.

"Besides, once we graduate high school, we will have no more homework to worry about and no more school." Howard says making an up motion with his hand. "Yep, everything will be going uphill from there."

Randy shakes his head and shuts his book putting the pen on the page for him to continue for later. He gets out of his chair and hears a portal open getting him and Howard to turn their heads to see Dr. Strange walking through the portal. "Hello Randy…" Dr. Strange starts before Randy interrupts him.

"Hey, Dr. Strange, you're a bit early!" Randy blinks a couple times realizing that something was different. "I thought you would have been opening a warp mirror to send me somewhere to train again." Randy says raising an eyebrow at the sudden change of what they've been doing the past couple weeks.

"I would, but the search for the gems has finally gotten some results."

"You found one of them gems?!" Howard yells happily. "Oh man, this is going to be so awesome when I get to…"

"Hold your horses Howard." Dr. Strange interrupts raising his left hand getting Howard to stop his happy statement. "Yes, we found a gem, but the gem we found was not water or metal. It was earth."

"Where is it right now?" Randy asks knowing the situation would not be good.

"That's the thing. We lost track of it in China."

"China? How can you lose someone in China?!" Howard yells angrily. Randy smacks Howard on the back of the head getting the teen to yell in surprise. "What was that for?!" He asks turning his head to Randy while rubbing the back of his head from the pain.

"You'll understand if you let Dr. Strange explain everything." Randy tells his best friend.

"Fine." Howard crosses his arms over his chest deciding to let Dr. Strange continue his story.

"What happened?" Randy asks turning his attention back to the situation at hand.

Dr. Strange nods his head and says, "Wong and I were able to find a trace of energy left by one of the three holders, and we found out the holder was earth. We were able to trace the gem down, but we lost track of it in China, because of some unknown entities."

"Entities?" Howard asks raising an eyebrow.

"He means outside forces or magic." Randy explains for his best friend.

"Oh, that makes much more sense."

"Are you planning on taking us to China to continue the search today?" Randy asks feeling a little giddy inside while keeping a straight face.

"Unfortunately, the situation is unclear. I will need to travel to China to find out where they are heading to and why, but it means that our training today will be canceled since I will find myself busy with this." Dr. Strange explains not wanting for Randy to risk losing the trail that they just recently found.

"Why can't I just go to China?"

"Pfft…" Howard spits and starts laughing uncontrollably on how Randy made that sound.

Randy gives his best friend an annoyed glare and asks, "Why do you find that funny?" Howard puts his right hand up as h tries to calm down from the idea of Randy going to China. Randy crosses his arms over his chest as Howard starts to calm down from his laughing. "You done, or are you going to keep laughing?"

Howard wipes the laugh tear from his left eye and says, "I'm done."

"Good, now tell me why you found that funny." Randy demands glaring at Howard who rolls his eyes.

"Dude, you can't even pass Spanish without shoobing up what you are saying. True, I'm no better at the subject, but you can't form a small sentence. What makes you think you could go to China and walk around with no knowledge on their language?"

"Funny, coming from the guy who normally doesn't think about those kinds of consequences when it comes to school." Randy remarks crossing his arms over his chest. "Besides, I did think of something, and it involves magic."

Howard blinks a couple times trying to come up with an idea that would involve Randy and magic. He shrugs his shoulders and says, "Nope, I got nothing."

"Randy wants me to cast a spell that would allow him to talk in their native language and be able to understand what they are saying. While the idea is not bad, I will have to push the idea away for another time." Dr. Strange explains for Howard and finishes for Randy getting the two teens to look at him.

Randy blinks a couple times and turns his head to Dr. Strange. "Say what now?"

"You don't know anything about the countries outside of America."

"I know a little bit." Howard mutters talking about the types of food he loves to eat.

"Food doesn't count." Dr. Strange points out getting Howard to deflate in defeat. "Besides, this needs to be planned ahead not last minute. While Randy could go to China, there are other variables that make him unable to go look for our targets."

Randy sighs knowing that Dr. Strange was talking about his parents and the time zones. "Ok, you got me there, but it doesn't change the fact that you came here to tell me in person."

"That's because Phantom wanted me to bring you something."

"Oh, is it something cool, like a hover board?" Howard asks his eagerness and happiness traveling through his body in excitement.

"Out of everything you could have come up with, you chose a hover board." Randy remarks raising an eyebrow at his best friend.

"Well, what do you think it could be?!" Howards asks feeling offended by Randy's remark.

Randy taps his chin with his index finger and looks away in thought. 'What could it be? Danny and I barely know each other, and I can say the same with the girls, but what could he give me?' He looks back at Dr. Strange and says, "I want to say that it could be something really awesome and cool, but I barely know Phantom. So…I got nothing."

Howard deflates at his best friend. "That's it? You're not even going to try?"

"What do you want me to say?!" Randy asks looking back at his best friend. "That it could be a teleporter?"

Howard blinks a couple times and smiles at the idea of the thing being a teleporter. "That actually sounds really great right now." Howard admits.

"Of course, it does, but it wouldn't make sense for Phantom to give me one since we barely know each other."

"Can't find any fault with that logic." Dr. Strange mutters.

"Besides, Phantom has a lot on his plate with people helping him, and I only got one problem, and it is one of my main priorities to take care of." Randy finishes his explanation to Howard who rolls his eyes annoyed that Randy had to explain it.

"You just went from making sense to making no sense at all." Howard points out waving his arms out in a dramatic motion.

Randy sighs, "Ok, how can I put this in an easy way for you to understand?"

"Howard," both boys turn their heads to Dr. Strange as he speaks, "Randy and Phantom have a sense of duty that they want to uphold. You might not be able to understand what they have to go through, but they have things on their plates that take up their time."

"I get that. There is only so much a guy like me can do." Howard points out as he pats his stomach. "Besides, I tried to be the Ninja, and it was terrible. I could go on by saying how honking bruce I was, but I would never want to do it again." Howard rubs the back of his neck and sighs, 'Not to mention I knew nothing on what to do. Though using the sword to hold my food was great. I wonder if Cunningham will allow me to do it again at some point.'

Randy winces, "Yeah…let's not talk about that situation ever again."

"Agreed."

"Anyway," Dr. Strange starts as he pulls a device out of his pants, "this is for you, Randy." He tosses the device to Randy who catches it in surprise.

Randy looks over the device noticing how it looked to a normal cell phone. "Why did you give me a new cell phone?" He asks as he taps the screen bringing up the home screen.

"Well, you could call it that, but this device can't make normal calls." Dr. Strange starts to explain getting both teens to look at him in confusion and surprise.

"Well that's lame. Why would you give him a cell phone then?" Howard asks crossing his arms over his chest with a mock pout on his face.

"The device you are holding is a special communication device created by Angelic Code. Phantom and Ladybug already have one as well as another person called Guardian."

Randy's eyes widen in surprise at the idea of being able to talk to other people who are like him. He smiles and nods his head in appreciation to Dr. Strange. "Thanks for giving me this. I'll make sure to use it when I actually need to."

"Be sure that you do." Dr. Strange turns his back to the two teens and opens a portal. "Randy, we'll continue our training once this situation is over."

"Yeah, hopefully that doesn't take too long."

Dr. Strange turns his head to look at Randy and smiles, "We will see."

Randy and Howard watch Dr. Strange leave the room through the portal then turn their attention to the device in Randy's hand. "You're going to call the other heroes, right?" Howard asks looking up at his best friend.

"I should mention that two of them live in Europe." Randy says glancing at his best friend.

"So, what does that have to do with anything?" Howard asks feeling confused as to why his best friend would bring that up.

Randy sighs, 'Why am I not surprised?' "Well, let's just say the hours are completely different from our time."

"And you lost me." Howard slightly lowers his head not getting what Randy meant.

Randy rolls his eyes and mutters, "You really know how to shoob this up." He sets the device on his desk and sits down giving his best friend a stern look. "Think of it like this. We had to move our clocks up three hours because we had to travel from California to New York, right?"

"Well duh, that was pretty obvious." Howard says like it was the most obvious thing in the world. "Still don't see how that relates to…Oh, I get what you mean now."

'Thank you.' Randy mentally screams happily. "Yes, I don't know how many hours they are ahead of us, but I can definitely say it is more than six or seven hours."

"Well that's lame. Guess that means you'll have to call Phantom then."

Randy gives his best friend an uneasy look. "I could, but I don't think I should call him while you are here."

"What? Why not?!" Howard almost yells at Randy's statement. "Why in the world would you leave me out of a conversation you are about to have with Phantom?"

Randy turns around on his chair to give Howard a stern look. "Look Howard, you will get to meet him, but I can't let you ruin a friendship that has barely even started."

"Why do you think I will ruin that?" Howard asks raising an eyebrow in confusion. "I mean; you guys did meet a few weeks ago back in New York and fought some bad guys and freed some people. I don't see how I could shoob that kind of friendship."

"It's not that you could shoob it Howard. It's the fact that you would go crazy in asking Phantom questions when we barely know each other to begin with." Randy points out getting Howard to frown. "I actually want a good friendship or partnership with other heroes, dude. If I must take on bigger threats in the future, then I would need people to help me out. I shouldn't have to explain that part."

"Right, I totally hear you, but…you should totally let me stay to see him."

'This is getting me nowhere.' Randy gets up and puts the device in his pocket giving Howard a stern look. "If you won't go, then I will."

"Oh, come on Cunningham! Don't you trust me?"

"That has nothing to do with this situation."

Howard slumps forward with a pout when Randy calls his bluff. "Fine, but does our friendship mean so little to you that I can't meet Phantom?"

"That also has nothing to do with this." Randy sighs, "Howard, there is so much more going on then either of us realize, and honestly, I would love for you to meet him. He is the cheese and so bruce, but I got myself in a situation where I can't bring you along for the ride. I want to, but it's not my call this time."

"What are you getting at?"

"I…"

The teens hear a noise behind them and turn their attention to a floating clock appearing in the middle of the bedroom. They watch as the clock hands spin around and stop on the twelve. The clock splits open, and a cloaked person walks through the clock looking straight at Randy. "Hello Ninja, it's nice to see you again." The figure says.

"Uh, who are you?" Howard asks pointing his index finger at the figure.

"Sleep." The figure snaps its' fingers, and Howard drops to the ground falling asleep completely.

Randy looks down at Howard then back at the figure. "Alright, I know that I should be going Ninja, and I should not be this calm. So, I'll just ask: what is going on here?"

"I got another mission that you need to be a part of." The figure answers.

Randy crosses his arms and gives the figure a questioning look. "Really? If I remember from the last event, you zapped us before we could do anything and had us reveal our secret identities to each other."

"There was a good reason for all of that."

"Uh huh, which part did you mention that to us, because you zapped Danny and didn't give us time to explain." Randy points out getting the figure to sigh angrily. "Ooh, touched a hard spot, right?"

"Look Randy, you're starting to push my nerves on this part, and we do not have time for this."

Randy raises an eyebrow and asks, "Really? I thought we had a lot of time since you made us learn something about each other only to bring in someone who we don't know then reset the timeline."

"I see your mentor has been teaching you more about laws of nature."

Randy shrugs off the figure's compliment and asks, "Whatever you say, but why are you here? What is so big that you have to come here for me?"

"I know where the three elemental stone users are going to be and who they are about to attack."

"Wait wha…?" Randy trails off realizing what he was looking at.

"Yes, and Dr. Strange will not be able to make it there in time to stop what is about to happen."

"What is about to happen?"

"I can't tell you."

"What?!" Randy yells in surprise getting the figure to groan. "You come here to tell me that you want me to fight the elemental stone users but leave out the fact of what their plans are."

"There are things that you need to find out on your own."

"Oh, come on! How is that fair?"

"You'll understand, but I don't have much time left." The figure lifts its' hand and fires a time blast at Randy.

Randy moves to the right avoiding getting hit by the blast and asks, "Do you have to be like this every time we meet?"

"Yes, I do." The figure fires another blast at Randy who ducks to avoid the blast. "Randy, stop making my job harder than it needs to be."

"Then tell me what I need to know!"

"That's not how my job works."

Randy groans and jumps back avoiding the next time blast sent at him. He glares at the figure and pulls the mask out of his pocket. "Tell me something that I need to know then!"

"The world can fall into chaos!"

Randy's eyes widen in surprise. "What?" He asks softly.

The figure sighs, "This is why I couldn't tell you. If you don't stop whatever they are planning to do, then the world will fall into chaos."

"What do I need to do then?"

The figure raises its' hand and says, "You need to make sure they do not get the Golden Tiger Claws and the Fountain of Hui." The figure blasts another time blast and sighs in defeat when it connects with Randy making him disappear from the room. 'You never make things easy Randy.' The figure looks down at Howard before turning back to the portal. 'He'll be fine.'

Randy blinks when he finds himself standing under a random tree in the middle of nowhere. He looks up at the tree then out at the scenery around him trying to get a feel of where he is. 'Wait, I'm in China.' The realization settles in when the memories of his conversation with the cloaked figure settled down in his mind. He balls his hands up and jumps for joy but stops when the mission came to mind. "Right, I got to get to work." He looks around the area again to see anything different when he remembers something. "That person never told where I have to go! This day just keeps getting worse."

"I don't suppose you want to take a breather, Omi." A cowboy says as he watches his short, bald friend jump and make a battle stance.

"No can-do Clay. I need to make sure my body stays in tip top shape for our mission when retrieving the Shen Gong Wu." Omi says before jumping again to get into a battle stance.

"Dude, you seriously need to know when to relax." A brown-haired teen says as he walks up to the two teens. "I know that you are little jumpy since our conversation with that Nick Fury guy a few months ago, but nothing has come up about it since."

"That is not the point Raimundo." Omi says getting out of his battle stance to start explaining his main reason for his battle stances. "Our enemies can strike at any given moment, and we don't know what could be out there when it comes to new enemies."

"Yeah, it's called being logical." Raimundo counters pointing at his mind. "Outside of our main enemies, barely anyone knows about the Shen Gong Wu and the power they hold. The slightest chance for anyone to know about them will have to be a legendary enemy or an unknown force."

"Raimundo is right." An old monk says as he walks up to the three. "There are many unknown forces that not even I will know of. It is wise to train more for anything can happen."

"I feel like I just got insulted instead of complimented." Raimundo mutters to Clay who tips his cowboy hat with a small smirk on his face.

"That's because you practically agreed with Omi instead of disagreeing with him." Clay points out getting Raimundo to sigh.

"Ok, so I need to work on my speeches then." Raimundo mutters sadly. He removes his sad look and keeps a calm face when he says, "Fine, I'll go get Kimiko, so we can start our training. Maybe we can come up with something new." 'Is it so hard to get a training free day?' He wonders as he walks off to go grab their female teammate.

Omi and Clay share a look and watch Raimundo leave their view before turning their attention to the old monk. "Master Fung, no that I want to sound rude, but what was that about?" Clay asks pointing back at the place where Raimundo disappeared.

"I'm a bit confused myself. I thought Raimundo was trying to get out of training so that we can relax." Omi says not sure why Raimundo was doing something he was not too keen on doing.

"He was, but his role as leader has yet to take full effect. He knows that he has to lead the team, but there are still a few things that he needs to learn as a leader." Master Fung explains to the two young monks.

Clay smirks, "When you put it that way, I'll be sure to make things a little tougher for him then."

"So will I." Omi says giving the pair a big teeth grin.

Raimundo walks into the dining hall and sighs when he sees the twin-ponytailed girl sitting on the table while looking at her PDA. "You still use that thing?" Raimundo asks her.

"I would use the new technology, but none of it gets service like my PDA does." The girl says without looking up from the screen.

"Kimiko…"

"Don't start Rai. I know that I can get it any time I want, but a girl needs to live on her own." Kimiko responds before Raimundo could explain the situation.

"Actually, I was just going to say that it's time for training." Raimundo explains getting Kimiko to blush in embarrassment.

"Oh…sorry."

Raimundo shrugs, "Hey, I get it. We've been away from the world ever since that Fury guy showed up." He looks back and does not see anyone in the hall before turning his attention back to Kimiko. "What do you think about the invasion?"

"I don't want to talk about it."

"Come on Kimiko. You never want to talk about it."

"That's because there is nothing to talk about."

Raimundo groans feeling frustrated that Kimiko was keeping her feelings about the invasion to herself. "You can't keep doing this Kimiko…"

Kimiko puts her hand up and pockets her PDA into her robe. "Don't try to talk to me about what I need to do Raimundo. The invasion is happening, and there is nothing any of us need to talk about."

Raimundo watches Kimiko walk out of the room and follows her to the training ground where Clay and Omi were. "Kimiko…"

Kimiko ignores Raimundo's way to get her to speak her opinion and walks onto the training ground where she sees Clay take a deep calm breath and Omi meditating in a battle stance with his nine dots glowing on his forehead. "Hey guys…"

"Hello Kimiko, it is good that you are able to join us." Omi says as he takes a small glance at her before going back to his meditating stance.

"Yeah, Raimundo didn't give m much of a choice." Kimiko glances back at Raimundo with a stern look getting Raimundo to wince.

"Yeah well, you still won't give us your opinion about the invasion." Raimundo counters getting Omi and Clay to look at her with worried expressions.

"Oh no, this isn't good." Clay mutters fearing the anger Kimiko was about to give.

Kimiko turns around and glares at Raimundo trying to keep in the anger that her team leader was messing with. "I don't give it, because there is nothing to give!" Kimiko exclaims getting Omi and Clay to back up in fear of Kimiko's wrath.

Raimundo rolls his eyes and says, "Oh come on! Kimiko, we know that you're hiding something about this, and we're worried about you. Is it so important that you must bottle it up and not tell us? Aren't we your friends?"

Kimiko balls her hands up and sighs mentally, 'There are things that can never be known about to normal people.' "You guys are the best teammates and friends a girl could have, but there are some things that cannot be known to everyone. Just drop it Raimundo. Please…"

Raimundo puts his hands in his pockets and sighs, "Fine, I'll drop it for now."

"Well, isn't this a nice get together?" A voice says behind the Xiaolin Monks.

The four teens turn their attention to the voice and see three robed figures standing on top of the wall looking down at the Xiaolin Monks. Raimundo takes notice of the different colors each of the people were wearing and narrows his eyebrows at the trio. "Who are you guys?" He asks them not sure how he should be taking the situation.

The one in the green robe jumps onto the ground with the red robe and yellow robe figures following the first's example. "We are The Elementals, and we're here for some Shen-Gong-Wu."

"Sorry, but that isn't happening." Kimiko says as the four monks get into defense stances.

"Actually, it will." The green robed figure raises his hand and shoots a blast of air at Kimiko who flies back in surprise by the sudden force.

"He controls wind!" Omi cries in surprise.

"I got this! Shoku Star Wind!" Raimundo yells throwing a huge gust of wind at the green robed figure.

The yellow robed figure brings up a wall of rocks and dirt and pushes it straight at Raimundo. Clay gets in front of Raimundo and yells, "Wudai Crater Earth!" He puts his gut out and takes the hit from the earth taking almost no damage. He tips his hat and mutters, "Now you're asking for it." He slams his foot into the ground causing the earth to shake and split apart towards the yellow robed figure.

"Bad move." The yellow robed figure smashes his foot on the ground again getting the earth to stop rumbling. The man raises his arms and throws multiple stones that transformed into fists at Clay. Clay growls and stands his ground as the fists hit his stomach. Clay grunts in pain as the rocks hit him, but the yellow robed figure moves the ground beneath Clay getting the cowboy to lose his balance. The figure slams his foot on the ground getting a big chunk of rock to shoot up and make Clay fly into the air in surprise.

"Clay!" Omi and Raimundo yell in surprise.

"You got us to worry about kid." Raimundo turns his head back to the green robed figure only to fly back by a surprise gust of air that hits him in the stomach.

"Raimundo!" Omi yells in surprise. He turns his attention to the three robed figures and narrows his eyes. "You guys have made a grave mistake."

"Actually, the party is just getting started." The red robed figure says before jumping at Omi.

Omi ducks down as a blast of fire flies over his head and swings his legs out to trip the red robed figure. He jumps back avoiding the earth that blasts out of the ground where he was and glares at his three opponents. "Wudai Neptune Water!" Omi jumps into the air and throws a slice of water from both of his feet getting the robed figures to jump away in different directions.

"Wudai Mars Fire!" Kimiko yells as she charges at the red robed figure. The figure moves out of the way dodging Kimiko's flame covered foot as it slams on the ground. Kimiko ducks avoiding the stream of fire coming from the red robed figure's hand and shoots her own stream of fire at the figure. Her eyes widen in surprise when she sees the fire get absorbed by the hooded figure. "Oh no."

"Oh yes." The red robed figure ignites her hands with fire and smirks at Kimiko who was starting to feel uneasy. "You're going to learn what it means to face someone who is your superior."

Kimiko grits her teeth and growls, "We'll see about that." She pulls out a giant eye surrounded by a gold casing that is connected by a crisscross strip with a smaller eye in a smaller casing. She puts the Shen Gong Wu on her shoulder and yells, "Cat's Eye Draco!" The Shen Gong Wu extends on her arm, and Kimiko reaches into her pouch hanging on her side and pulls out some golden sparrows. "Arrow Sparrow!"

The red robed figure jumps out of the way from the attack and chuckles, "Nifty trick, but I got a few of my own." She runs at Kimiko swinging both of her flaming fists at Kimiko, and Kimiko jumps back barely avoiding the attack.

'What was that?' Kimiko think as she stares at her foe balling her hands up in fear and anger. 'I actually felt the flame. I might not be resistant to heat, but how could her flame feel hotter than mine?'

The hooded figure smirks, "I see you figured it out." The orange and red flames flash and turn blue getting Kimiko to widen her eyes. "Let's see how you can really handle fire, Xiaolin Monk!"

Raimundo jumps off the wall just as the green hooded figure's air attack hits the wall. He slides across the dirt and glares at the green hooded figure. "That the best you got?" Raimundo taunts pulling out his Shen Gong Wu. "Sword of Lucida!"

The green hooded figure jumps onto the wall and shoots a gust of air straight at the tornado being made by Raimundo's Shen Gong Wu. His eyes widen when Raimundo stops his tornado and allows the air fist to fly straight through him. "Neat trick."

"I would say 'thanks,' but you're not worth it." Raimundo flies straight at the green robed figure and sends a slice of wind straight at the figure.

The green robed figure jumps off the wall and goes through Raimundo before grabbing Raimundo's head surprising the Xiaolin Warrior. He slams Raimundo into the ground getting Raimundo to let go of his Shen Gong Wu and groan in pain. "You still have a lot of learn kid." He swings his foot around and slams his heel into Raimundo's head knocking him out.

Clay slides across the ground and glares at the yellow robed figure. He tips his hat and slams his foot on the ground getting the earth to start shoot rocks out of the ground in a straight line to the yellow robed figure. "Do you ever get tired of this?" The yellow robed figure asks as he moves to the side avoiding the rock that comes out at him.

"I would if you weren't here attacking us for no reason." Clay responds reaching into his shirt. He pulls out a blue and gold boomerang. "Big Bang Meteorang!" The boomerang splits into eight boomerangs, and Clay throws it at the yellow robed figure.

The figure stares at the boomerangs and mutters, "Now isn't that nifty." He brings up a dome of earth around him, and Clay watches as each part of his Wudai weapon flies by the dome or slams into the wall.

"Not this time." Clay reaches in his robe pulling out a Shen Gong Wu that looked like a head of a bull and yells, "Longhorn Taurus!" He feels the Shen Gong Wu extend on his arm and smiles when he hears the clang of metal on his hand. He swings his fist and smashes it on the ground breaking the ground and smirks as the ground breaks open and splits open around the dome allowing the dome to fall into the hole. "Let's see you get out of that." Clay feels someone tap his shoulder and turns around to meet a fist landing straight in his face knocking the cowboy out before he could respond.

Omi watches Raimundo drop into unconsciousness and yells, "Raimundo!" He hears a figure drop and turns his head to find Clay out on the ground. "Clay!" He turns his attention Kimiko to see her struggling taking on the red hooded figure and makes his decision to help her out. He swings his foot and shoots a stream of water out at the figure getting the figure to jump away from Kimiko. Omi jumps and lands in front of Kimiko who sighs in relief. "Are you okay Kimiko?"

"I'm fine. How are Raimundo and Clay?" She asks as she tries to relax her body's tension that the red hooded figure got her in.

"Uh…they are currently unable to help." Omi says uneasily as he was trying to keep the situation from getting worse.

"What do you mean?" Kimiko asks not liking the uneasy look Omi was giving.

"He means that your friends are unable to fight." The green hooded figure says walking up next to the red hooded figure.

"It was too easy if you ask me." The yellow figure says behind the two Xiaolin Monks.

Kimiko turns around and gets into a battle stance with Omi's back against her back. Kimiko growls angrily and asks, "What do you guys want?"

"Give us the Fountain of Hui and the Golden Tiger Claws, and we'll be out of your hair." The green hooded answers getting the two to glare at the hooded figures.

"I am sorry, but that is not going to happen." Omi replies with no hesitation. "Why should we give you something when you come to our home and attack us?"

"This could have been so much easier if you only complied." The red hooded figure says lighting her hands up with fire. "Let's get this battle over with. You Xiaolin Monks don't know enough about your elements to be considered a threat to us."

"We'll see about that." A voice says getting everyone to turn their attention to look back at a figure garbed in a black ninja suit with a red scarf. Ninja jumps off the wall and lands next to Omi glaring at the green hooded figure. "Air, Fire, and Earth, I was wondering when I would find you guys."

"Ninja…" Fire growls not liking the idea that the Ninja was able to find them.

"Well, this is definitely a change of events." Air mutters distastefully. "How did you find us Ninja? I was certain we covered our tracks well."

"Can't tell you. I mean I would love to gloat about it, but this isn't exactly the time and place to do that." Ninja explains as he pulls out his chain sickle. "Besides, I need those stones you three have, and the two you guys are looking for. Can't let you guys get away with killing more people."

Air sighs, "Killing hasn't been a part of the agenda for years Ninja. Those people I killed were fighting over land, and none of them deserved to live for fighting some pointless battle."

Kimiko and Omi flinch at that response, but Ninja glares at Air. "It doesn't matter if the battle was pointless Air. You killed innocent lives, and you can never return from that." Ninja counters pointing the blade at Air.

"You're right." Air shoots a gust of air at Ninja who slices it with the blade and throws the blunt end back at Air. Air jumps back to avoid the chain sickle and mutters, "Of course, the Ninja can counter our magic."

Fire starts throwing fireballs at Ninja and uses it to get Ninja's attention off Air. Omi gets in front of the line of fire and activates a tsunami getting it to block the oncoming fireballs and to head straight for the female. "I'll take care of her." Omi tells Ninja. "Kimiko, you go ahead and protect the Shen Gong Wu. I don't think you would be much help against Earth if he has knocked Clay out."

"No kidding." Kimiko responds.

"Of course not, I do not kid about that kind of thing."

Kimiko facepalms and sighs, "I'll try to regain some of my energy while protecting the vault."

"No, if any of us leave now, they'll know where they need to go." Ninja informs them. "You'll just have to make do with what you got."

"Look, we may not know who you are…."

"We don't have time for arguing. We got unwanted intruders, and we cannot afford for them to get what they want."

Kimiko sighs knowing that Ninja was right. "Fine, I'll see what I can do with earth."

"Negative, we need to focus on all three of them. If we go separate like you guys did earlier…"

"We would be facing defeat before we even know it." Omi finishes understanding what Ninja was trying to tell them.

"What do you suppose we do then?" Kimiko asks.

Ninja keeps his eyes on Air as he and his fellow teammates surround the three warriors. "Honestly, the only idea I got is to fight and to make sure they do not get what they want."

"I hate this job." The cloaked figure says as this person walks down the hallway passing multiple clocks with each moving at a different speed.

"You shouldn't allow something so typical as this to get you down Time User." A man with black and gray hair says as he walks alongside the person with his cane moving up and down on the ground ever few steps.

"You're one to talk Professor Paradox. You haven't even gone through the actual present time yet." Time User decides to point out.

"That's because Ben Tennyson is not ready to be meeting me, and you should really stop calling me that. It might have been my original name, but I lost that name until Ben gives it to me."

Time User rolls her eyes and says, "Fine, you can be technical, but you only got four more years until Ben does that, but that would be past you who meets him not the current you."

"Yes, time travel does do that to people like us." Paradox smiles, "It's good to know that you are already understanding how time really works for us, and you've only been with us for a year…well in earth time anyway."

The two time-travelers walk down the hallway and stop at the door that is located at the end of the hallway. "Clockwork sure knows how to build this place." Time User mutters as she stares at the door.

"It's a good thing that he invited us then. We would have come all this way for nothing." Paradox grabs the door knob and pushes the door open allowing him and Time User to enter the room.

The pair enters the room and sit down on the two brown chairs with clock symbols on the top of those chairs. The scene around them changes from a normal room into a room with multiple windows showing things happening at different time frames for parts of time. They hear foot steps behind them and wait patiently as the person walks by them. "It is troubling that so many things have changed." The figure says. "Time has so many possibilities for things to happen, but we'll talk about that at a later time."

"Hello Clockwork, I wish this could be a proper meeting instead of you being in your tower." Paradox says with a frown on his face.

"Agreed old friend, but the Observants are being a bit more watchful since time has been changing into something they don't like."

"Is the Ghost Zone really disappearing?" Time User asks.

Clockwork sighs, "Yes, and most of the ghosts have already disappeared. Certain ghosts have already been transformed into someone else, but most of them are not going to be helpful."

"Who would be helpful at this time? Nicolai Technus was a master at using all types of technology, and Ember McClain's guitar would have been very helpful with our plan to restore the original time lines." Paradox points out.

"I thought the original timelines were already impossible to bring back." Time User says.

"They are." Paradox says glancing at Time User then back at Clockwork. "So much has changed, and no one has any clue why it is happening."

"Which is why you want all of the others to meet." Time User says getting the reason why she was going out and having the others meet each other.

"The heroes from multiple realms' meeting is very crucial. Phantom, Ben Tennyson, Randy Cunningham, The Xiaolin Monks, Kim Possible, Ladybug and Chat Noir, The Lyoko Warriors, and many more are just a few of who can be used to save our original time lines." Paradox's face darkens at a sad thought. "Unfortunately, some will have to go through suffering for new heroes to be born, and some heroes will have to fall in order for live to continue moving forward."

"Jeremy was one person who made a noble sacrifice, and the Lyoko Warriors have learned from it. Aelita is the only one who is still troubled at heart." Clockwork says getting Time User to sigh.

"Wish I could see the multiple ways on how time works." Time User mutters getting the two adults to chuckle at her sadness.

"You might one day Time User, but your body cannot handle the stress it would bring. I'm lucky to still be around with what I had to go through." Paradox says not really trying to cheer the female up. "Either way Ben's role hasn't really started yet, and I better be going to make sure nothing else changes for his timeline until he puts the Omnitrix back on."

"What about Randy and the Xiaolin Warriors?" Time User asks before Paradox removes his butt from the chair. "What's the current situation with them?"

Paradox pauses at the question then leans back on his chair. "A good question Time User…Randy's timeline has gone through a drastic change just as Danny's timeline, but the elemental stones are dangerous weapons or elements if you want to be technical."

"Our resident Ninja is about to go on a three-on-three battle with the current stone holders. Lets us hope nothing bad will happen." Clockwork says bringing up the timeline on the front screen.

Paradox crosses his legs and mutters, "I haven't had a good time-video to watch in a long time. This actually might make a good thing to take notes on."

"I thought you had to go check on Ben?" Time User asks glancing at Paradox.

"I do, but Ben has his grandfather to watch over him. He doesn't really need me until he becomes a teenager, and I'm not speaking figuratively either." Paradox counters getting his point across. "Young Randy on the other hand doesn't have a time mentor to watch over him, and truthfully, I wouldn't mind taking up a second one."

"I thought he was my case."

"Oh, he is, but he isn't officially under your care until you get your official recommendation as a time protector." Paradox explains. "Besides, you have way too much to learn before you are even considered to be recommended."

"There are not many people who can protect the time stream anyway." Time User counters.

"True, and those of us who do protect it don't get the respect we deserve from those who believe we shouldn't exist."

"Can you blame them?"

Paradox smiles, "Of course not, they don't really know the consequences of time travel anyway. This job isn't easy for any of us."

"Agreed." Clockwork says as he appears behind the two time-travelers. "Now, let's enjoy the show." He puts his thumb on the button on top of his staff and smiles, "Time in."

There we go. Finally got hits chapter done, and I am exhausted because of work. Man, that was taking up so much time. Anyway, let's focus on this.

It seems Randy is going to be fighting to save the world by stopping the Elemental from taking the Shen Gong Wu. Kimiko and Omi are going to help him out, but Raimundo and Clay are down for the fight.

Why was Kimiko being a little rude earlier?

Why wasn't Omi helping his friends fight their natural elements?

Who is Time User?

Some of those questions will be answered in the next chapter. I hope you guys have enjoyed the chapter, and I hope you guys leave a review.

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