Sapphire Stuck Chapter Three
Kimiko was standing with Jack, trying to figure things out, when she saw Omi running up the hill. She squeaked back a sob with happiness and she ran to hug him.
"Omi! You're okay!" she sobbed joyfully.
He hopped out of her grasp and said, "Yes, but unfortunately Dojo and the others have been turned into sapphire."
"Well, maybe I could burn it and that'd cover it with soot again," Kimiko offered, thinking their options over aloud, "Or maybe we could free Dojo and… Wait, no… They can only be freed when the dragon is destroyed…"
Jack stood behind them and listened as they talked. He didn't really offer up any ideas, he just stood by and listened. Kimiko snapped her fingers a couple of times and said, "I got it!"
The guys both looked at her as she said, "We could go back down there later tonight and sneak up on the dragon and then I could burn it while you guys distract it!"
Omi said that sounded fantastic, Jack mumbled under his breath nervously. So with no arguments, the three waited for the sun to go down. It slowly became dark and they then ran as fast as they could down to the temple.
Walking on tip toes, Kimiko hid from a zombie-fied Raimundo and Clay and motioned for Jack and Omi to go once it was safe. The two saw the Sapphire Dragon and jumped at it, each shouting and flailing their arms to confuse and distract it. The Dragon scowled at them and looked back and forth as fast as possible, trying to keep track of who was where. Kimiko ran up behind it and shouted "Judalette Flip! Fire!"
She kicked the Sapphire beast, but her foot only came in contact with it. There was no fire. And now it was angry at her. This wasn't good! The Sapphire Dragon spun its head around and roared viciously at her before blasting its blue fire at her. She jumped and rolled away as fast as she could, and then the boys quickly joined her in running away.
"Kimiko, what happened?" Omi asked, not slowing down for a second.
She gasped and replied, "I have no idea! For some reason my fire wouldn't work!" They stopped asking questions after that- the major focus was getting away.
They had reached the trees, but the glow of the Sapphire Dragon's flames could be seen a little ways off. "Where do we go now?" Kimiko asked, panting and gasping for air.
"We can't go to my house! It's already been zombie-fied! My Jack bots won't realize they're attacking me…!" Jack whined in his usual girly voice. He started wailing for a moment before suddenly jumping up and saying, "We could go to Chase!"
The two Xiaolin Monks looked at each other and shrugged. "What other choice do we have?" Omi spoke, "Chase is nearest to where we are…"
The three of them took off running to the palace of the Emperor of Darkness at top speed, Jack occasionally tripping and Kimiko occasionally trying her fire attacks unsuccessfully. Omi led the pack, knowing exactly how to find Chase's palace by heart now.
Looming over the edge of a monstrous cliff was the terrifying cave of Chase's palace. But instead of striking fear into the hearts of the Xiaolin monks and Jack, it gave them all hope. Even if Chase wouldn't help them, they'd at least have time to think of a plan while they were there.
Jack rammed into the wall of the cave and the wall rammed back, throwing him into Omi's hands. The wall then opened for them and the three quickly went inside. They were surrounded by cats on all sides, but they were so exhausted from running so far and so long that they didn't care.
Kimiko slipped onto the ground and sat there, gasping and panting heavily and trying not to choke on the air she was heaving in. Omi and Jack each looked tired- Jack was practically choking he was so out of breath. Omi was hiding his fatigue, as he always did.
"Why are you here?" came the calm, sinister hiss of Chase Young. Each of them looked up to find him walking down the marble stairs of his palace towards them.
Kimiko quickly gasped and exhaled out, "We need your help!"
Glancing between them, Chase asked calmly, "Where are your fellow monks?"
"That is just it," Omi quickly said, "They have been turned into Sapphire!" Chase raised an eyebrow and smirked.
"The Sapphire Dragon, eh?" he hissed, sounding all too pleased by this news. He chuckled and said, "Couldn't control it, could we…?"
"We tried to stop it, but Dojo got Sapphire'd and Kimiko's fire isn't working!" Jack shouted.
Kimiko glared at Jack for revealing that she was weakened in front of Chase- this would probably make him less likely to help and more likely to betray. She looked at him and she could see him grinning devilishly. Yep. Definitely more likely to take advantage of this weakness…
"Chase," Kimiko said before inhaling again, "We need to know if you have," another gasp, "any ways to stop it…" She inhaled again and barely let the last word out as a breath because her lungs couldn't physically manage more, "Please…!"