Shendu kept his distance from then on and focused on retrieving his remaining talismans. He wasn't the only one. Dominic was never far when Jade snuck along. The Dark Hand always seemed to make it a point to take her hostage. It was always fun to mess with them with her telekinesis. She almost didn't have to do anything as they were so incompetent. That was until she felt Jade's call.
Jade watched helplessly as Uncle tried to keep Jackie from turning to stone. Nothing was working. She had an idea. She may not know any magic but a certain dragon might. She pulled out the scale and focused. The scale glowed in response. It didn't take long for her to respond. Jade smiled as the shop bell rang and Dominic walked in.
"What happened?" She asked.
"I need your help!" Jade begged.
"Obviously." Dominic raised an eyebrow at her. Before Jade could specify Uncle burst in from the back.
"We are closed!" he stated.
"No Uncle, she's here to help." Jade interrupted. "This is Dominic. She's the one who was guarding the dragon talisman."
"So, you are the dragon I've heard so much about." Uncle said studying her. "Why did you come?"
"Because Jade called sir" Dominic informed him.
"Hmm very polite. Come." Uncle gestured for her to follow
Jackie was surprised when the young girl came in with him.
"Jackie, young dragon has come to help." Uncle stated.
"Dragon?" Jackie questioned.
Dominic flashed her dragon eyes at him.
"Uncle how is a dragon that tried to barbeque us going to help?" Jackie asked.
"I said I was sorry about that." Dominic protested.
Uncle smacked Jackie. "Dragons are known to have powerful magic." He stated.
"It couldn't hurt." Jade chimed it.
"Yes, it could." Jackie muttered under his breath.
"Not letting that go anytime soon are you?" Dominic muttered as she examined his stone fingers with her dragon eyes. "So, what exactly happened?"
Jackie recounted the events leading to his predicament.
"I was afraid of that." Dominic sighed. "This is powerful dark magic. I can't reverse it but I can slow it down."
"Good magic is stronger than bad magic." Uncle commented.
"It's not a matter of good or bad, it's a matter of me. My skill level is nowhere close to where it needs to be to fix this. I'm sorry" Dominic apologized.
"Do it." Jackie sighed.
"This might hurt." Dominic warned as her hand began to glow. Jackie winced in pain as she touched his chest and the light spread through his body. "That's all I can do." Dominic apologized again.
"Perhaps not. You might offer some insight on antidotes." Uncle suggested.
Jackie took a walk as the two discussed possible magical remedies. He sat looking at statues in a fountain. He sighed thinking about how he would soon be a statue himself.
"Jackie?" Jade said startling him, "Jackie you have to give the talismans to Valmont."
"I can't. According to the legends the power of each talisman is nothing compared to the power of all twelve combined." Jackie stated.
"But if your all turned to stone who's gonna stop the Dark hand from getting the talismans anyway?" Jade protested.
"That's Captain Black's department. I'm just research remember?" Jackie reminded her.
"Jackie please! I don't want a boulder for an uncle." Jade begged.
Jackie pulled out his phone. "Captain Black I need a ride back to Section 13 for Jade." Jackie requested. "Its past her bedtime"
"Ok if that's the way you want it." Jade challenged. She was just going to have to take matters into her own hands.
Jackie returned to the shop where Dominic and Uncle had come up with a new antidote.
"This might sting." Uncle warned as he sprayed Jackie's stone fingers. It literally blew him through a wall.
"We may have used too much Sulfur." Dominic commented as Jackie's phone began to ring.
"She what?" Jackie questioned as he listened.
"Jade made her point. She can be an agent when she grows up." Dominic heard someone say on the other end.
"Jade stole the talismans. She's going to trade them to the Dark Hand for their antidote." Jackie told them as he went to leave but Dominic stopped him.
"You're not going to do much good if you turn to stone and I don't know when my spell is going to wear off." Dominic cautioned. "Let me go get her."
"Both of you go." Uncle ordered. "I will keep looking for an antidote."
They got their extremely fast though Jackie didn't seem to enjoy riding on her back as much as Jade did. Because of her size, they had to land at the base of the tower and climb to the top.
"What is the point of having wings if you still have to climb stairs." Dominic thought to herself.
They reached the top just as the hand off was going down.
"Jade no!" Jackie cried just as his nose turned to stone. Dominic's spell was beginning to wear off.
"I have to Jackie you're running out of time." Jade protested.
"Wow, using a little girl's love against her, that's low guys." Dominic growled stepping into view.
"Oh no." Finn said backing away.
"I warned you what would happen if you messed with her again?" Dominic said pulling out a pair of tessen. "I guess I'm going to have to show you that I'm serious."
"Uh with fans?" Ratso asked.
"Enough talk!" Toru ordered grabbing the bag with the talismans.
"No!" Jackie yelled running forward but one of his legs turned to stone. The dark magic seemed to be coming back with a vengeance. The Dark Hand laughed but their laughs turned to coughs.
"Aw the poor babies are sick. Let me warm you up!" Dominic mocked opening one of the tessen. Wind swirled around the fan and she sent it at the enforcers as she mixed it with her dragon fire making it stronger. They barely got out of the way in time.
"What is it with you dragons and fire?" Finn demanded.
Toru counted the talismans.
"One is missing" he frowned.
"No way I cleaned out the vault!" Jade protested. She quickly realized that she had forgotten the horse talisman at Uncle's. "Um if you give me the antidote I really for sure promise to get you the other one." Jade pleaded "Scouts honor."
"Yeah like she's a scout" Finn laughed.
Toru responded by dropping the antidote. Jade dove but missed it. It stopped just before hitting the ground and flew to Dominic's hand.
"Nice" Jade cheered sticking her tongue out at Toru. He gave a great sneeze before charging at Dominic.
"Uh oh!" Dominic uttered allowed.
She could handle the three Enforcers easily enough but she wasn't sure the same could be said for Toru, at least not in her human form. She sent a gust of wind slamming into him knocking the talismans from his hand and dodging out of the way in time for him to slam into the wall. With Toru fighting the dragon, the enforcers, Jade and Jackie were free to grab the talismans. Chow got there first. Despite Jackie quickly turning to stone he could still fight surprisingly well and even made turning to stone an advantage. Ratso and Chow played keep away with the talismans from Jade. Dominic continued to battle with Toru. All he had to do was keep her from getting the antidote to Jackie and her attacks weren't having the same effect as with the enforcers.
"Jackie, go long!" Dominic called.
"No!" Jackie called back but she had already thrown it. Finn made sure he didn't catch it and they watched in horror as the vial shattered.
"Oh, you're dead for that one!" Dominic threatened Finn as she sent a much stronger gust of wind at Toru sending him flying.
"Jackie!" Uncle called as he entered the tower.
"Oh, please tell me you figured out the antidote." Dominic pleaded.
"No I brought the horse talisman to trade for theirs." Uncle said holding it up. "One more thing I also brought the antidotes that did not work. Maybe if I mix them together…"
Toru interrupted him by taking the talisman. His victory was short lived as Dominic slammed into him grabbing the talisman. The momentum caused him to roll down the stairs like a giant bowling ball. She heard his surprisingly calm ouch as he crashed at the bottom.
"You mean to tell me they you had the horse talisman this whole time and you didn't use it.?" Dominic demanded.
"Eiya! How can I use it when I don't know what it does?" Uncle countered.
Dominic didn't get a chance to answer as the Enforcers rushed her. Dominic grabbed the bag of talismans and tossed it to Jackie before sweeping their feet from under them. Jackie turned completely to stone just as he caught it.
"Jackie!" Jade screamed running to him.
Dominic jumped over the Enforcers as they started to get up.
"Bet you a dollar his arms snap right of." Ratso commented.
"Deal!" Finn and Chow said simultaneously running forward despite Dominic standing between them.
"You stay away from him!" Jade yelled as Dominic took a defensive stance.
"Two more things!" Uncle said behind them. He through one of the antidotes on Finn and Ratso. They both screamed as they realized they now had lizard skin and accidently knocked themselves out. The exploding antidote sent Chow flying and took care of him.
"Oh Jackie." Jade mourned.
"He was very brave." Uncle said trying to comfort Jade.
"I miss him Uncle." Jade sighed.
"He left a fine memorial for us. Looks just like him." Uncle commented.
"We could put him in the garden Jade sniffled.
"Or outside the shop to ward away evil." Uncle said.
"Uh guys?" Dominic said putting away her tessen. She held up the horse talisman. "We could always use this."
Both Jade and Uncle gave confused looks. Dominic squeezed the talisman activating it and held it to Jackie's chest. The statue began to glow and Jackie turned back to normal.
"Hey." Jackie smiled testing his joints.
"The horse is the healing talisman." Uncle realized.
"How did you know?" Jade asked.
"I know what all the talismans do." Dominic commented.
"Where were you eight talismans ago?" Jade joked.
Heavy footsteps caught everyone's attention.
"One more thing." Dominic smiled. She and Jackie leapt into the air and kicked Toru sending him rolling down the stairs again.
"Ouch!" was the only thing heard this time. Dominic couldn't help but smile.
"Jackie!" Jade smiled hugging her uncle. "
I told you I would bring the antidote. You must never question Uncle." Uncle commented.
"Thank you, all of you." Jackie said. He turned to Dominic. "I owe you an apology and I would appreciate your help on future talismans."
"Apology accepted and I would be happy to offer any talisman knowledge I have." Dominic said.
"Now we have some talismans to return." Jackie commented turning to Jade.
"I've got some explaining to do don't I? Jade sighed.
"We will just tell Captain Black we were between a rock and a hard place." Jackie smiled.
Jade groaned at the bad joke.
"Hey why don't you come and meet Captain Black." Jade suggested to Dominic. "You know as a dragon."
"Oh no! There is no way I am risking getting shot by a government agent because he's never seen a dragon before." Dominic refused.
"She's right Jade. A dragon might be a bit much for Captain Black right now." Jackie agreed.
"Worth a shot." Jade shrugged.
