Disclaimer: Xiaolin Showdown is a product of Kids WB and Cartoon Network so I don't own it. I'm simply going to use its characters to entertain myself and others through the power of fan fiction that is all.
Summary: This is what I think Xiaolin Showdown would be like if it were mixed with Code Lyoko. Jack Spicer was browsing the internet one day when he stumbled upon a mysterious e-mail that told him to upload a virtual world onto his laptop, which he decided to do because he had nothing better to do. After booting up the program he finds a mysterious fish boy. Deciding to find out more about him, Jack attempts to bring him to reality. When everything starts to get out of hand Jack must find help from three of the most unlikely sources. Jack, Raimundo, Kimiko, Clay, and Omi must now band together to destroy the corrupt virus program named W.U.Y.A.
Chpt. 3: The Tower
Early that next morning, Raimundo woke up in Jack's bed to sounds of beeping. He was still a little groggy from the day before and his head slightly hurt.
"Ugh, my head. What am I doing in Jack's room anyway?" The memories of yesterday's adventures in Xanadu came flooding back to him as he remembered everything. The lab, Chase, Kankrelats, Bloks, his outfit, the tower, all of it. But where was Jack? The lab maybe? Raimundo got out of the bed and walked over to the keypad Jack had revealed the day before. What was the code? Ah, yes, 1-2-3. For a boy genius, Jack was a little simple at times. Typing in the numbers revealed the elevator from behind the bookcase and Raimundo walked inside of it, taking him underground to Jack's lab.
"Ah, you're awake." Jack said, hearing the elevator open up behind him. Raimundo walked over to the supercomputer to see what his friend was busy typing, "If you're interested, I'm trying to get more information on Xanadu. I've been up all night and found this really awesome program. It's called Reverse Rebirth and it can reverse the flow of time by exactly one day. I've also found out that each person virtualized in Xanadu is given a weapon as well as a special power."
"Really, what's mine?" Raimundo asked excitedly.
"Your power is super-speed and Chase's is called water clone. Also, your weapons are called the Blade of the Nebula and the Shimo Staff." Jack informed him.
"That is most interesting Jack. I cannot wait to go into battle again!" Chase chirped happily.
"You won't be going into battle just yet; we should wait until after school before attempting to go to the red tower." Jack said.
"But, Jack, why must I wait to free myself from this prison? You saw me yesterday; I destroyed that Megatank in one blow." Chase argued.
"That was because it was only one! Next time it could two, even ten! That's why we have to wait until later!" the genius argued back.
"Guys, guys," Raimundo interrupted, "we won't solve anything if you keep arguing like this. Chase we'll get you outta there, but we have to go to school first, okay?" Chase nodded and agreed reluctantly, closing off the world connections.
"Finally, stubborn fish-boy!" the genius groaned.
"Ah, you're too hard on the little dude, I'm sure he'll come around eventually." Rai reasoned.
"Like Clay and Kimiko? Yeah, right, I'll be lucky if they even acknowledge my existence." he sighed.
"I'm sure they already have. Come on, I need to get to the dorms so I can change clothes before class starts." the Brazilian grinned. Jack followed, making sure to cover the keypad before he left.
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"What do mean you haven't seen Rai ever since yesterday?!" the angered Kimiko shrieked at her Texan friend.
"Exactly what I said. Ever since he ran off after school yesterday with that Spicer kid I haven't seen him." he tried to explain to the short-tempered girl.
"With Jack!" she shrieked, "What if that freak does some kind of weird experiment where he takes out Rai's liver and eats it to see if it helps him sleep better at night?!"
"Ew! That's completely absurd, not to mention gross!" Kimiko turned around and saw Jack, accompanied by Raimundo.
"There you are! Oh, we were so worried!" she hugged Raimundo tightly, and completely ignoring Jack.
"Why? I told Clay that I was going with Jack. Anyway, could you guys all leave? Class'll start soon and I really need to shower." He grabbed another set of clothes and pushed them all aside and headed to the shower on the boys' floor.
"I don't know what your game is Spicer, but I'm gonna put a stop to it!" Kimiko said forcefully.
"What are talking about? What game?" Jack asked defensively.
"You know what I'm talking about! Don't play dumb, just stay away from all of us! You should just go back to the shadows like before! Come on Clay, let's go!!!" she ordered fiercely, the Texan following quickly out of fear. Jack stood there with a hurt look on his face as he watched them walk away. Why does Kimiko treat him so coldly?
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'Jack does not know what he is talking about. I am most certain that I am capable of finding my way out of here on my own.' Chase got up from his cross-legged position and left the blue tower, returning outside to the frozen wasteland.
"There is the red tower. Once I enter it I can look for a way to leave this place." He took off in the tower's direction completely unaware of the giant crab thing behind him. Using the element of surprise, the thing shot at him in his left leg, sending him head-first into a bank of snow.
"What is this beast?" he gasped, "Wait a minute; I have the ability to fight now!" He reached behind him and pulled out the tiny bo staff and attempted to whack the Krabe with it. He hit it, but it wasn't enough to destroy it. The Krabe recovered quickly and fired again, this time hitting his other leg. The creature raised his leg and was about to slam it through Chase when...
'There must be something I can do. If only I had some help.' Chase's wish came true, for just when he was about to be stabbed, another fish-boy who was an exact copy of him, slammed the Krabe through the swirly mark at the top of it head and destroyed it.
"Thank you, me. I guess Jack was right about my powers, and seeing as how I have a clone of myself, I will be able to make it to the tower in no time." He smiled at his clone.
Meanwhile, in the scanner room in Jack's lab a large sphere of electricity could be seen emerging from the cords that connected them to the supercomputer.
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'I wonder where Jack is.' Raimundo thought to himself. After he had gotten himself cleaned up, he hadn't seen Jack at all and it was already time for lunch. Did he go back to the lab, or did just decide to skip class altogether? Either way, Raimundo was worried. When he got to the cafeteria he still hadn't seen Jack. He walked over to Clay and Kimiko to see if they had any news.
"Have, you guys seen Jack since this morning?" he asked.
"No, why do you ask?" questioned Kimiko.
"He hasn't been in any of his classes all day. I'm just a little worried about him." Rai explained.
"Well, golly partner, if you're that worried why don't you go and look for him?" Clay suggested.
"That's a great idea! I'll check the nurses station and I'd like it if you and Kimiko looked in the back of the school, that's usually where we hang out in between classes." he informed the two, using his most sickeningly cute face that he knew Kimiko could never ever resist ever.
"Oh, fine. We'll help you look for him, just don't expect us to be nice." Kimiko warned.
"Kimiko!" Raimundo glared at her.
"Okay, I'll try and be nice." she scoffed.
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Jack had decided to go outside to the forest behind the school in order to think clearly. He had been out there for three periods already and still hadn't figured out why Kimiko had despised him so. Usually he wouldn't care, but the look of anger hatred on her face when she said it had really gotten to him. He knew that he shouldn't be skipping class, but his grades were near perfect and he could afford to miss a few periods anyway.
Still not feeling any better, he decided to un-strap his laptop from his back to see what Chase was up to. Though he couldn't use many functions, he could still contact Xanadu to talk with Chase. Besides, he needed a friend to talk to anyway right about now.
After booting up the program he entered the coordinates for the tower that Chase was in earlier. To his surprise, he found absolutely nothing, which means...
"That runt ran off on his own to get to the tower!!! This is bad, he could get deleted! I gotta find Raimundo." He shut off the laptop and was about to head back to the academy when he caught a glimpse of something in the bushes. He thought it was a rabbit or something and started walking away again when, suddenly, the ball of electricity from his lab attacked him. He screamed loudly, grabbing the attention of two of his fellow students.
"That girlish squeal sounded like Spicer!" Clay shouted.
"It came from over there, let's go and check it out!" Kimiko ordered.
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Still fighting side-by-side with his water clone, Chase was down to only fifty life points as more Krabes had shown up as well as a few Bloks. All Chase could do was continue to run and try and hide from the mechanical monsters.
"I am beginning to think that I should have listened to Jack. What do you think handsome clone?" The water clone turned and nodded as one of the Krabes shot it, making it vanish and leaving Chase to defend himself all alone.
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"Ugh, uh, what happened?" Jack groaned, rubbing his head.
"Kimiko and I found you knocked out cold in the forest. We brought you to the infirmary and Kimiko went to go and get Rai." Clay explained.
"All I remember is..." he instantly remembered Chase's absence from the tower as well as his attack by the electric orb, which explained why his back hurt so much.
"Are you okay, Mr. Spicer? Your back appears to be hurt pretty badly, but you'll be fine with some rest." the blond nurse smiled at him, "I'm going to go and get some ice for you. Keep an eye on him Mr. Bailey."
"Yes ma'am." Clay nodded. Seconds after the nurse left, Raimundo and Kimiko rushed in, "Where's the fire?" Clay asked.
"Raimundo, Chase left the tower and there's some sort of electric monster on the loose! We have to get to 'you-know-where' ASAP!" Jack threw off the bed sheets and jumped off the bed, nearly falling. Clay caught him before he hit the floor.
"Whoa, there partner! I think its best that you rest for a little while, like Nurse Dorothy suggested." Clay advised.
"You don't understand; Chase could be deleted by now!" Jack screamed.
"Deleted? You're not talking about some stupid video game, are you? Is that why Raimundo was gone all last night?" Kimiko asked, "If so, I think there're more important thing to worry about, right Raimundo?"
"We have to go." Raimundo stated simply. Kimiko and Clay looked at him, then at Jack, then at each other, and then back at Rai suspiciously. Before they could ask any more questions they heard a scream from the hallway. Raimundo opened the door and saw the nurse lying on the floor. Beside her limp body was the sphere of electricity that Jack yelled about earlier. It had the same swirly-eyed symbol that the monsters on Xanadu had.
"W.U.Y.A." he whispered before slamming the door, "Everyone, get out, now! The floating ball of thunder is here and it doesn't look too happy!" he yelled to his friends. The sphere burst through the door and sent an electric current towards Raimundo who dodged it.
"The window!" Kimiko shouted, opening it. She, Rai, and Clay, carrying Jack on his back, leapt outside. "What's going on?" Kim shouted again.
"No time for that! Sparky's on our trail and we need to get the lab quickly!" Jack yelled.
"Lab? What lab?" the Japanese girl asked.
"Just come with us so you don't get hurt, Rai lead the way!" Jack commanded.
Kimiko had a confused look on her face as Rai dragged her away from the sparkling sphere with Clay, carrying Jack, not far behind.
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"Wow, this place is amazing!" Kimiko gasped, marveling at Jack's secret lab. Clay placed him in his chair as he began to type on the keyboard frantically.
"I found him!" he said happily, "But he's being attacked by Krabes and Bloks and on top of that, he doesn't have that many life points left! Raimundo, to the scanners!" Raimundo turned to leave when Kimiko spoke up.
"Wait," she said, "I don't know what exactly is going on here, but it seems way too dangerous for just us to handle, but if Rai goes, I'm definitely going too!"
"And it would mighty rude of me to let those two go off on their own like that." Clay added.
Jack pondered the thought of letting the two newcomers go to Xanadu before finally nodding in agreement and sending them towards the scanner room telling them that Raimundo would explain everything on the way.
"Don't worry Chase, help is on the way." Jack said before starting up the virtualization procedure once again. Raimundo was ready for another battle, but Clay and Kimiko both had looks of fear on their faces.
"Transfer, Raimundo; transfer, Kimiko; transfer, Clay!" The scanner doors shut tight and a small gust of wind depressurized the chamber. "Scanner, Raimundo; scanner, Kimiko; scanner, Clay!" The three began to float in midair as virtual images for Clay and Kimiko were being created. "Virtualization!" After pressing the enter key, all three teens were consumed by a bright white light.
The virtualization process to the ice barrier had succeeded again with Raimundo landing on his feet and Clay and Kimiko landing on their butts. When the two stood up, they couldn't help but notice their new attire.
Kimiko was wearing light brown leather boots, a matching skirt with orange feathers on it, a white shirt with sparrow wings in the center, her black hair flowed freely with a red and white feather placed at the top and a similar colored headband. She was wearing a coat that matched the skirt and boots, and she had a light brown Indian-style purse was strapped from her left shoulder to her right hip.
Clay, on the other hand, was wearing a brown form-fitting outfit with rock-like armor on his hands, feet, elbows, shoulders, and knees, a brown mask was covering his mouth and a giant, golden boomerang was strapped to his back.
"Whoa, check us out!" they gasped in unison.
"Yeah, I forgot to mention that this world comes with a new wardrobe." Raimundo told them smiling to himself.
"Forget that, now! Chase is just ahead and he's down to just 20 life points! Hurry up and go!" Jack rushed, his voice booming over the iced area.
"Where'd Spicer's voice come from?" Clay asked.
"Never mind that! Just follow me!" Raimundo took off running at an extremely fast pace, a trail of silver light following him. Kimiko and Clay were amazed with their friend's sudden speed and hardly managed to keep up with him. Raimundo caught up to Chase and blocked the laser fire by using his sword.
"Good to see you again." Rai smiled.
"And you too, thank you for coming to my aid Raimundo. I really needed your help." Chase thanked him.
"Other's are here too, just look behind you." Raimundo pointed. He saw Clay and Kimiko just arriving and starring at the monsters in awe.
"Just what are these things?" Kimiko gasped.
"They're called Krabes. Kimiko you've got to use your weapon to destroy them and guide Chase to that red tower!" Jack commanded.
"But all I've got is this purse. Yeah, it's stylish, but what can it do?" she asked.
"Look inside; there may be something of use in there!" Jack told her. She did as she was told and found three metal sparrows lying in the purse. One of the Bloks shot her in her moment of hesitance. "You just lost ten life points, try not to lose anymore." Jack warned. Kimiko glared at the thing that shot her and flung one of the sparrows at it. As it flew threw the air, it burst into flames and burned straight through the Blok, destroying it.
"That was pretty cool, I think I'll keep it." she said in reference to the purse. Clay had quickly picked up the proper way to use his weapon and continued to fling it at any enemies that stood in his path. Chase and Raimundo were also killing their fair share of monsters. By this time though, Raimundo was so busy protecting Chase that he down to only ten points.
"One more shot and it's over, Rai. Huh? Aah!" Jack shrieked. The sparkling ball of lighting had somehow gotten into the lab and once again attacked the boy genius.
"Did you here that? Jack's in trouble! We've gotta help- Ahh!" Raimundo was shot by a Krabe, losing the remainder of his life points. His body slowly faded away, leaving Chase almost defenseless.
"Hey, what happened to Rai?" Clay asked.
"Do not worry; he is fine in your world. In the meantime you must be careful and help me reach the tower. It's not that far from here. Leave the monsters!" Omi barked.
A Blok had locked on to the distracted fish lad and prepared to fire.
"Look out, partner!" Clay waved his hand towards Chase and a piece of the earth rose from the ground and shielded him, "Well now, that's a handy ability. Didn't know I had it in me." he smiled.
Back in the lab, Raimundo had just come from the scanner room and saw Jack being electrocuted by the orb. Thinking quickly, he ran towards it and slammed his body into Jack's, knocking to the floor and away from the monster. As a consequence, Raimundo suffered the attack.
"Rai!" Jack screamed, "I don't mean to rush you guys, but the sooner you defeat W.U.Y.A., the sooner the thunder orb will disappear!"
Back in Xanadu, Chase, Clay, and Kimiko were running from laser fire. Kimiko had 30 points left, Clay had 50, and Chase was still at 20. The tower was dead ahead in front of them when a black ball stopped them.
"Oh no, a Megatank!" Chase screamed.
"What in tarnation?!" Clay yelled. The large bowling ball opened up and shot at the group. Kimiko and Chase dodged, but Clay was not so lucky. He lost the rest of his life points and was sent back to Earth.
"Now what do we do?" Chase worried.
"You get to that tower thingy, I'll handle this!" Kimiko ordered. Chase took off running and the Megatank followed him, completely ignoring the Indian-dressed girl. "Hey! Get back here!" she began glowing with a red aura and so did the Megatank. It was lifted into the air and turned to face Kimiko. "That's more like it. Come on, let's go!" She threw her flaming arrow sparrows and the black tank fired its energy beam. The red beam completely obliterated her sparrow arrows and her life points went to zero. The tank turned to Chase but it was too late, he had already reached the tower.
In the real world, however, all three boys were busy being shocked to death each one near the point of passing out. Kimiko only watched as tears began to form in her eyes.
As Chase stepped into the tower the platform began to hum with three tones each one higher than the last. When he took the last step, his body glowed with a blue aura and he floated to the top of the pillar.
He stepped forward and placed his hand on a screen that appeared before him. Upon moving his hand the word "Omi" appeared and Chase began to remember something. The word "Code" appeared next, followed by the letters X-A-N-A-D-U. The ball of electricity suddenly disappeared and large amount of binary code moved to the bottom of the tower.
"It's gone!" Kimiko smiled, "Jack, Rai, Clay, are you okay?" Only Jack managed to stand as he walked over to the supercomputer.
"I hope this works." he said weakly before hitting the enter key and fell to the floor. That's when everything stopped. A bright beam of light glowed brightly from the tower Chase was in. It came out of the supercomputer and engulfed everything. "Reverse Rebirth Activation." Jack groaned. And then everything in the world began to reset itself...
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"Would you mind explaining to me why you're late, Mr. Spicer?" the gym coach asked angrily.
"I'm sorry, Coach Guan, but I got held up back at-"
"Bup bup bup! I don't want to hear it! The first day back in school since spring break and you're already cutting class. Just run around the track three times like everybody else did." the coach interrupted, sending Jack on his way with Kimiko, Clay, Raimundo, and all his other classmates watched him. When he completed his laps, he sat next to his happy Brazilian buddy.
"Well, it looks like your return to the past thingy work. Were back at gym class from yesterday!" Raimundo smiled.
"Huh? What are you talking about?" Jack asked, completely clueless.
"Did you hit your head or something? Don't you remember Chase or Xanadu or anything?" Kimiko asked with her serious face.
"Yeah, but I don't remember telling you two about it though." Jack answered.
"I remember too, so how come Jack doesn't?" Clay inquired.
"Well we all went to Xanadu and as far as I know, Jack hasn't. Maybe that's why he doesn't remember anything that happened after today." Raimundo offered.
"After school I guess that I'll have to go and get scanned." Jack decided.
"Hey, you three, no talking! I want five laps out of the lot of you, now!" Coach Guan bellowed. The four teens sighed as they got up and ran.
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"Are you ready for this? Scanner, Jack!" Kimiko typed at the keyboard. She was good at computers too but not as good as our boy genius. When Jack stepped out of the scanner room he took his place at the supercomputer and contacted Chase.
"Chase, there you are! I guess we defeated W.U.Y.A.!" he said smugly.
"Wrong on both counts." Chase shook his head, "When I deactivated the tower I got back a part of my memory. W.U.Y.A. is a virus, that much is true, but it has the ability to affect the real world. I never knew that this world was that dangerous, we must shut it down quickly."
"Not without getting you here first Chase!" Jack argued.
"Another thing, my name is not Chase. It is Omi. I realized this after touching the screen inside of the tower." Chase/Omi informed them.
"Omi? Well it has a nice ring to it, I guess." Clay said.
"Looks like we have a second goal now. Not only do have to materialize Cha- Omi, we also have to find a way to permanently defeat W.U.Y.A." Jack turned and faced Kimiko and Clay, "Can you keep a secret?"
"Of course!" Kimiko answered, "From now on were a team; the five of us together! I'm sorry for the way I treated you Jack, forgive me?"
"Yeah, 'cuz that's what friend's do." he smiled at her.
TBC...