Stupid school projects, sports can't be helped though, going average three games a week. –Sigh- Well I have the whole story planed out unlike I did when I started it, so yea that's taken care of. Reviews, comments, thoughts, I want to hear them!
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A New Evil Arises
Chapter 4
/The robot extended its arms and the two warriors prepared for their end/
Raimundo barely woke to find himself somewhere familiar; he just couldn't name it though. He looked beside him to find Kimiko passed out, but his mind didn't register the fact. He thought to himself, Omi, Clay, Jewel… help, before he blacked out.
Clay, Omi, and Jewel all sat next to one another facing a worried Master Fung. Jewel hung in head down trying to contain her anger and something else she wasn't familiar with. She listened to her music through one ear and listened to Omi and Clay explained to the Master what had happened with the other. "My young students it seems like we are in quite a bind yes? With our Shoku and Fire dragon trapped in the invincible sphere we must take caution and make sure Jack doesn't get his hands on any more Wu."
"But Master Fung can't we just go in there and take the sphere of Yun from him?" Clay questioned.
"Indeed, this is only Jack," Omi added.
"No, as long as he has the two elements in his hand he is as strong as you, we just have to make sure he is not to gain the Ring of the Nine Dragons, which has just awaken," Master Fung told them. "By using the Ring Jack could create another version of himself where one controls Fire and the other controls Wind and without dividing his personality, giving him the upper hand. You must get to it first before Jack has the chance to do so," Fung stated. "You must leave at once." With that he left the Dragons to go after the Wu.
"Hey Jewel you alright? You haven't said a word," Clay asked her fearfully.
"Nothing, I'm angry because I can't do anything but I'm also… I don't know, why did Rai save me?" She questioned.
"You my friend are confused," Omi told her. She thought about it when he continued, "I think Raimundo didn't want Jack to get the Wu, you were holding all of them."
"Yea I guess," They all walked outside and Dojo grew in size. Jewel smiled for a split second before she said, "you two go ahead, and I'm going to stay here in case Jack decides to attack instead." They tried to argue but she assured them she'd be fine. When the two and Dojo were out of sight she ran towards the vault. Here I come Reversing Mirror, prepare yourself evil wanna be. She thought to herself with a determined look.
"Hey Dojo slowdown will yah!" Clay said as they and Omi flew through the air.
"No Clay we cannot risk Jack getting the ring, there's Sydney!" Omi replied and point at the said city. Shortly after, they landed and began to walk around the city. "So Dojo, why can't you sense the Wu directly?"
"Something's upset the earth kid and the Wu isn't as responsive because it's trying to balance the world," the green dragon replied. The three walked in silence as the searched for the Ring, none of them wanted to split up in case Jack was to attack. They walked for a while when someone wave to them and ran up to them.
"Hey you guys look like you need some help― Oh gosh―" he yelled as he tripped over a dip in the sidewalk and face planted into the concrete. He was about Clay's height with extremely dark skin and green eyes; despite where he lived it was obvious he wasn't from around there for he had an american accent. He looked up from the ground to the two in front of him scratching the back of his head sheepishly, "Hey… you guys look lost."
"Indeed my clumsy friend," Omi stated, "But we must continue on our search." Him and lay walked past the strange boy and continued on their path.
"Hey wait up," the boy pushed himself up and ran back after them. "Maybe I can help yah, name's Brandon Million." By now he had caught up and was walking beside the two, Dojo was unseen hiding in Clay's hat. "You said you're looking for something right? I can help; I know this city inside and out bro!" The two looked at him and decided it would be best to let him tag along. "Great! So what'cha looking for?"
"The Ring of the Nine Dragons, its gold and," Omi paused while grabbing the scroll out of Kimiko's extra backpack he found. He showed Brandon and his face went dark and serious for not even a second before he went back to normal.
"Well I don't know where you'll find that, but first place I'd go to is the old abandoned warehouse, the best thieves placed their goods there until they got caught, your ring might be there." He motioned for them to follow him; they were hesitant at first, but followed. "So you guys aren't from around here huh?"
"Yep partner, we live in China, but I'm from Texas," Clay answered.
"Well no durr 'partner'," Brandon mocked low enough so they wouldn't hear. "Is it just you two… brother's I guess?"
"No we live in a temple with the other monks and train with our other friends Raimundo, Kimiko, and Jewel," Omi told him.
Monks… man can they get any weirder, Brandon thought to himself. "Well what do you guys do at the temple?"
"We―" Omi was cut off when Clay grabbed his arm and whispered in his ear.
"Be careful what you say Omi we don't know who he is."
Omi nodded and continued, "We train and you know … fight our enemies."
The two walking behind Brandon was oblivious to his face; he was deep in thought pondering on the conversation. His body was tensed, and his face was shady and wearing a frown. He spoke up with a light hearted tone, "there it is."
Omi and Clay were lead through a small hole in the wall and twisted through piles of trash until they made in to the center of the room that was largely spaced. "Hahahahaha…" they heard a low evil laugh from somewhere in the room, when they looked up they saw Jack standing there on a high platform grinning down at them. "Looks like the losers have fallen into my trap!"
"You dirty snake you!" Clay hissed through his teeth.
"Jack Spicer prepare to taste defeat―" Omi began.
"Oh just shut up cheese head, Jack bots attack!" Jack yelled. Maybe a hundred of robots all came out of the trash and began to attack the two. Brandon stood under the platform Jack was on and watched with a growing smirk.
Brandon thought to himself, serves them right. He continued to watch Omi and Clay beat all the robots almost effortlessly, kicking and punching every single one without saying a word. "Take this!" Jack yelled at them thrusting fire and wind at them. Clay pushed up a wall of earth and pushed against it to deflect the wind while Omi gather water to push against the fire. "You're never getting your friends back, just give up!"
"It is a Xiaolin's duty to protect those in need," Omi stated trying to hold back the fire, "We will never give up!"
Brandon's eyes widen in shock, "You're Xiaolin warriors! Jack you told me they were evil!"
"Jack's the evil one here!" Clay yelled, struggling to block the wind pushing against him.
"Who cares, what could you do Brandon, you're just a useless mortal, nothing can stop me! Chameleon bot number three, destroy them!" A robot walked out of the shadows behind the warriors and raised its arms to strangle them, Omi tried to fire water at the robot, but failed when Jack push harder. Just as the robot extended its arms and the two warriors prepared for their end, dozens of thick vines shot out of the ground and grabbed the robots arms. More vines came out and sliced right through the machine, "What!" Jack immediately stopped his attack completely confused.
Omi and Clay looked fell to their knees breathing heavily, they looked behind them to see the automaton in millions of pieces. The plants then shot up over them straight at Jack who squealed and released fire to burn the plants. They looked up in front of them to find Brandon with raised arms and his green eyes glowing.
"Thorn Twist!" Brandon yelled as he reached down and shots his hands back up. Short vines popped up and as he spun his hands the plants connected and twisted like flying rings with deadly thorns. He threw them straight towards Jack who tried to counter by pushing wind toward the attack. The flying plants sliced right through the wind and made contact with the target. Jack was covered in loose thorns and several bleeding scratches were on his body.
"Don't think you've won losers!" Jack yelled as he flew off and away from the city.
Omi and Clay still sat in their places staring in shock when Brandon lifted his hands towards the two. "Forest Blessings," he softly said. The two warriors were surrounded by a green light for a few seconds before it vanished. They weren't completely healed but they had a lot more energy than they did.
"How did you do that!" Omi questioned, "You are not a Xiaolin warrior! Are you a warlock?" Clay was wondering the same thing.
Brandon answered completely offended, "No I am not a warlock!" He sat down and motioned for the other two to do so as well. "There are three different levels, the Xiaolin, the witches and warlocks, and mages," he explained.
"What are mages?" Clay asked. "What's the difference?"
Brandon sighed, "First off a witches and warlocks are not given their powers, and they gain it through items and long spells. Mages are magic wielders who gain their abilities through birth. Natures choose who it believes is fit and assigns them one of the seven main elements or three secondary elements―"
"But how can nature choose others when it chooses us to be the controllers of the five elements?" Omi interrupted.
Brandon looked at him slightly annoyed and answered, "Xiaolin are chosen by the Dragons of the elements, spiritual beings, you guys specialize in martial arts and bending the nature. Us mages, we control the nature, using short, few worded spells to attack. Nature's elements are wind, earth, water, fire, wood, light and dark. The first five in that order have the advantage over the next."
"That's why Jack's wind didn't affect your wood spell, wood beats wind," Clay stated.
"Exactly," Brandon nodded, "Light beats dark during the day, and vice versa at night. The three secondary elements are ice, lightning, and psychic. Neither having an advantage or weakness."
"This is very interesting, why have I not heard of these mages?" Omi asked.
"Pure magic and Xiaolin have never mixed, and should never be."
"But imagine the power we could have to defeat evil once and for all!"
Brandon smiled and laughed a bit, "The answers will reveal itself in time Omi bro, but I like how you think. Here," he reached into his pocket and held his hand out, "I was planning on giving to Jack until that whole thing happened. Keep that mindset and never forget it by the way. "He opened his hand and dropped the Ring into Omi's hand. They looked up to thank him but the boy was nowhere to be found.
――――Meanwhile back at the temple…―――――
As soon as the two was out of sight Jewel made a run for it to her bedroom and grabbed her backpack. She took out her laptop and headphones and placed it on her pillow. She ran out as fast as she could and snuck into the temple vault. Shroud of Shadows, check. Tongue of Saiping, check. Golden Tiger Claws, check. She mentally went through a checklist and stuffed the three items into her bag. She exited and locked the vault. "Golden Tiger Claws!" she jumped through the portal thinking to herself, I will get the reversing mirror, or die trying…
O my gosh, I can't believe it took so long, and I only wrote this much… I split Chapter four in half actually just so I could post something. Next chap. Will have a lot of action and you guys will NOT have to wait this long for it either! BTW Brandon was idea me and a friend came up with so yea. Thanks for the reviews! And thank you followers! Comments and reviews are welcome! Even if it's just a simple 'Good Story'. Thanks!