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. 6: Beyond Belief
Exactly one week after Mr. Blake, a member of the local science department from downtown, visited our gang of warriors at the academy, Mrs. Hunter, the divorced science teacher, took her extremely lucky third period class to the city's local power plant for a fieldtrip on which they would learn hoe electricity surges and provides power through their city. Those poor teenagers.
"Okay all you bright and eager students, are you ready to learn how electricity flows throughout our wonderful city?" Mr. Blake said happily. Did he expect to get anything other than annoyed groans?
"Why did we come here?" Raimundo asked, annoyed that he had to miss his second period art class, his favorite period.
"Raimundo, sweetie, don't you remember? We came here to learn about the flow of electricity." Ashley answered. She didn't look like it, but Ashley was one the best science students that Mrs. Hunter had. Her grades in that class where even higher than Jack's, but he still had a better average than Kitt, whose was the third best in class.
"One: I'm not your 'sweetie', and two: I could care less." Raimundo answered in a very rude tone.
"Honestly, Ashley, I don't see why you even talk to these guys." said Kitt. He was insanely jealous of Raimundo for some unknown reason.
"Quiet, all three of you!" Jack scolded, wanting to hear what the man had to say.
"Yeah, we're trying to listen!" Kimiko finished. Wondering where Clay is hanging out right about now? Unfortunately, he was still at school listening to Ms. Grayson go on and on about the wonders of math.
"I agree wholeheartedly with Ms. Tohomiko. Spicer, Pedrosa, Gordon, be quiet!" Mrs. Hunter ordered sternly, causing them to suddenly shut up.
"Now, for those who paid attention to my presentation last week, this should be nothing but a simple review." Mr. Blake began explaining to the students how power plants work, what needs to be done to make sure they run properly, and asking them questions here and there to make sure they'd been paid attention to what he said. After he was finished with his own questions, he asked them if they had any questions of their own, and once again, Jack raised his hand.
"What do you think would happen if this power plant were to gain more electric power than it was meant to hold?" the curious red-head asked.
"Duh, it'd blow up! Don't be a moron Jack, oh, too late for that." Ashley smirked, with Kitt and Ten snickering behind her.
"Now Ms. Spicer, is that any way to talk to your little brother?" Mrs. Hunter asked.
"But Mrs. H, moron is his nickname. Isn't that right, little Jackie Moron?" she said using her soothing voice, while pinching Jack's right cheek (on his face people, his face!). With that, the students were able to go leave and return to Fung Academy. Not before receiving an essay on the dangers of too much electricity in a power plant for tonight's homework though.
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"Man, I hate essays!" Rai groaned, "This is like the third one she's given us this week, and it's only Monday!" True, Mrs. Hunter would give her classes essays on any little thing. The only good thing about that was she didn't give as many tests, but when she did, they were extremely hard. Is that really so much better?
"Look on the bright side partner." Clay tried to offer.
"What bright side?!" Raimundo groaned again. The Texan had just opened his mouth when Kitt and Ten burst through the door.
"What do you guys want?" Clay asked.
"Well," Ten began, "Ashley sent us to ask if you wanted to join our band." Raimundo raised an eyebrow.
"Band? You guys have a band?!" the Brazilian shouted excitedly.
"We sure do!" Kitt replied, "I'm on the drums, Ten is on the keyboard, Ashley's the lead singer, naturally, and she'd really like it if you'd be the guitarist! Together we're Katnappe'!"
"Katnappe'?" Clay questioned.
"Yeah, got a problem with it?!" Ten shouted, getting up in Clay's face.
"Look, Ashley would really like it if you joined the band, and Headmaster Fung already gave us permission to perform after classes this weekend, so you've got to join!" Kitt begged.
"Why are you so intent on getting me to join? I thought you hated me." Raimundo brought up.
"I don't hate you, just dislike to an extent. Besides, I'd rather do something to make Ashley happy than squabble with you. Look, for some weird reason or another, Ash likes you. I'll never understand why, but please make her happy by joining our little band!" the orange-haired teen begged some more.
"I'll think about it, I guess." Raimundo finally replied. Kitt decided that was the best answer he'd get out of him for right now and left the room along with Ten.
"Rai, are you really gonna join some band? For all you know this could be some kind of joke!" Clay said.
"I know that, but Kitt seemed like he was telling the truth. He may be a friend of Ashley's but he never lies." Raimundo replied.
"Suit yourself." Clay shrugged.
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Meanwhile on Xanadu, Omi was busy doing some research on Earth so he would know what to expect once he finally got there. He found a lot of interesting stuff that he couldn't wait to ask Jack about later. He had come across an internet article about something called broccoli when he felt a strange pulsation. Immediately, Omi found himself running out of the tower and back outside in the arid desert sector.
"The pulsations are definitely coming from this sector. If I wait for Jack it will take too long, but the last time I went off on my own I was almost deleted. I know; I will send him a message and go only halfway to the tower!" Omi said to himself. He went back to the tower and sent a message to Jack before heading off.
At the power plant from earlier, things were going less than excellently. The electricity readings were off the scales and that was not a good sign.
"Sir, the pylon is taking on electricity at increasingly dangerous rate! If it gets full, there's a very high chance that this entire plant could explode!" one of the workers yelled.
"That's not good! If this plant explodes, it could take out half the city with it!" another worker exclaimed. (a/n: Did I forget to mention that if the pylon explodes, it'll take out the school as well as Jack's house? No? Well you probably figured that out anyway.)
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"Well, did you get him to join our band?" Ashley asked using her annoyed tone.
"I got him to say he'd think about it." Kitt mumbled.
"He'd think about it!?! You were supposed to get him to say he'd do it! Leave me now, and don't come back until he says yes!" she growled furiously. Kitt, scared for his own safety, quickly left the room and went in search of Raimundo.
"How do I manage to get myself into these things!" he shouted before seeing Jack, Kimiko, Clay, and Raimundo run past him. Seeing how it was nine forty-five he wondered where they were going, but didn't dwell on it long when he remembered Ashley's threat.
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"So what are we dealing with this time?" Kimiko asked once they made it to the lab.
"Let me see; according to the various news reports on the monitor the pylon at the power plant is going to explode in a matter of thirty minutes." Jack explained.
"Gasp! Explode as in 'go boom'?" Clay gasped.
"That is generally what the word 'explode' means." Omi cut in.
"Are you sure we can handle this on our own Jack? Maybe one of us should go and see if there's something we can do at the power plant." she suggested.
"What could we do at the power plant?" Raimundo asked.
"We could possibly find a way to divert the electricity somewhere else for the time being, or release some the stored energy in small quantities." Jack suggested.
"Or we could tell the workers about Xanadu." Omi stated simply.
"Are you crazy!?" Jack, Raimundo, and, Clay cried in unison.
"I agree with Omi! Our best chance would be to go down there and tell them about Xanadu. If we let the workers know what they're dealing with, then they may be able to counteract what W.U.Y.A. is doing! Guys, this is too dangerous, even for us. We've got to tell someone." the black-haired girl said.
"We do not have much time Jack. You must make a decision." Omi said.
"Okay, okay. Kimiko, you go to the power plant. Rai, Clay, and Omi will deactivate the tower as fast as they can." Raimundo and Clay went to the scanner room as Kimiko exited the lab. When she made it to the outside, she could clearly see the sparks of electricity glowing in the dim night sky.
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"No time to lose, to the desert!" the genius yelled as once again started the virtualization procedure. "Transfer, Raimundo; transfer, Clay!" Doors close, chambers depressurize. "Scanner, Raimundo; Scanner, Clay!" Virtual I.D.'s selected. "Virtualization!"
After landing gracefully on their feet, the two boys found themselves in the more arid sector of Xanadu. It's a good thing that that couldn't feel the temperature 'cause it was freaking hot in that place! Clay spotted Omi after doing a little scouting around the field, and the three of them picked up where Omi had left off.
"Any sign of monsters on the holomap?" Clay asked.
"Surprisingly, no. But make sure to keep your guard up, who knows what W.U.Y.A.'s planning." Jack warned. Omi, Clay, and, Raimundo continued their trek through the desert while Jack wondered if Kimiko had made it to the power plant yet. She would have been there, but was stopped by the police. They thought that it would be too dangerous for people who weren't specially trained to enter the plant, and were still trying to convince those who were still inside to leave.
"Hey, come on! Let me in!" she yelled.
"Sorry, missy, but it's too dangerous for a small girl like you. You should probably get out of the city while you still can." the police officer told her.
"Sir, you've got to listen to me! There's this virus inside this virtual world that a friend of mine booted up six months ago, the virus has taken over the plant and plans to destroy his lab so we can't fight it anymore! Look, you don't have to let me in, but tell the workers inside to try and disperse the electricity in small bursts." Kimiko pleaded.
"We've already tried that! We were going to divert the electricity to some place else but that would be too dangerous for the citizens. We've even tried cutting the power, but all the machines still work! Sorry miss, but I doubt there's anything you can do." the officer said grimly. Kimiko took out her cell phone and began dialing Jack's number.
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Meanwhile, back on Xanadu, the three warriors were sitting around near a virtual oasis. They were sitting because they were trying to find the tower. Omi knew that the tower was there somewhere and Jack saw it on the holomap, for some reason though, they couldn't see it.
"Maybe W.U.Y.A.'s tricks have turned the tower invisible." Clay suggested.
"I suppose that is possible, but even so, if that is what she did do, my senses would still allow me to see the tower." Omi said, dismissing Clay's theory completely.
"Anything yet, Jack?" the sword-wielding warrior asked.
"Nothing yet. I just got off of the phone with Kimiko though, and she says that the workers at the power plant have even cut the plant's power off from the rest of the city and it still keeps collecting power. Reports say that it will reach critical mass in exactly nine minutes and forty-two seconds." the goth genius informed them.
"Argh! I can't believe this!" Raimundo groaned. He kicked a small pebble into the oasis they were all waiting by. The pebble fell through without even making a sound, no vibrations on the surface either.
"That was strange." Clay said.
"What about it?" asked Omi.
"Well, usually, when you kick a stone into a lake or something, you're supposed to hear a splash. I didn't see any vibrations on the surface either." the cowboy noted.
"What are you getting at?" Raimundo asked.
"I can't believe I didn't see it before!" Jack exclained, "What you're standing on is just a surface layer, you should be able to jump down there."
"He is right!" shouted Omi, sticking his head into the fake oasis, "Oh, no!"
"What is it?" Clay questioned.
"I can see the tower just fine, the problem is that is being guarded by an army of Krabes and Bloks." he told his friends.
"Don't sweat it, Clay and I will jump down there and handle them, when I give the signal, come and deactivate the tower." Raimundo ordered, jumping through the oasis followed by Clay. They landed and began attacking the monsters.
"Blade of the Nebula!" Raimundo shouted, stabbing one of the Bloks.
"Meteorang!" yelled Clay, slicing through one of the Krabes.
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"Oh, where could those guys be?" Kitt asked himself. It was already after ten twenty-two and the gang still hadn't returned to the dorms. He had managed to hide in the bathroom whenever Coach Guan came by and walked the halls. He was still sitting outside Rai and Clay's door because Ashley absolutely would not let him return his dorm with Ten until Raimundo joined her band.
Getting bored and sleepy at the same time, which by the way is a quick way to fall asleep; Kitt looked outside the window at the end of the hall and saw the light emitting from the power plant.
"Wow, the night sky sure is beautiful." the teen sighed before falling asleep.
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"Uhg! Meteorang!" Clay shouted once again, this time taking out two Krabes. The field was down to just a few monsters and the boys were running low on life points. In case you were wondering, Raimundo had fifty and Clay only had twenty.
"Omi, come down and give us a hand, would ya?" Raimundo shouted. Within a few seconds, Omi jumped from the surface layer and used his water clone technique to confuse the Bloks and Krabes just long enough for Rai to slay them.
"Omi, hurry up and get this way!" Clay shouted, while holding off a Krabe. It charged its laser and shot him in the arm.
"Argh!" he groaned, "I hate those danged crustaceans!" The same Krabe took aim at him and again, giving him a trip back to reality.
"Jack, its game over for Clay!" Rai yelled.
"I see, to make matters worse the pylon is at ninety-five percent! I give it two minutes tops before it explodes!" he shouted frantically. Raimundo groaned desperately as he took another hit from a Blok.
Back at Kimiko's location, she was standing around trying to come up with a plan. The officers had tried to escort her away many times, but she kept coming back, trying to explain the situation. It didn't work though and the pylon had reach ninety-eight percent. Luckily, Omi had just entered the tower.
He slowly made his way to the center of the room, lighting up the circles on the floor as he went. Once he got to the center, Omi began glowing with a blue aura as he floated to the upper platform. He stepped onto it, lighting all three swirls at once. After he placed his hand to the transparent screen it read the word "Omi" followed by "Code".
"It's too late! The pylon's reached one hundred percent!" Jack yelled. In that same second, the letters "X-A-N-A-D-U" came after code. The flowing binary moved to the bottom of the tower as reappeared as a glowing white light.
"They did it." Kimiko sighed with relief.
"Ready to return to the past Clay?" Jack asked, receiving a nod from his friend. "Reverse Rebirth Activation!" The genius snapped his fingers and set thing back to only a few hours before...
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"Not you guys again!" Clay groaned as Kitt and Ten came into their room for the second time that day.
"What are you talking about Bailey? We've only just got here." said Ten
"Anyway, were here to see Pedrosa." finished Kitt.
"Don't bother; you want me to be the guitarist in Ashley's band, called Katnappe'." Raimundo said for them.
"H-how'd you know he was gonna say that?" asked the black-haired teenager.
"Just a hunch. Anyway my answer's yes." the Brazilian nodded.
"Really? That's great! Let's go tell Ash the good news Ten!" Kitt shouted as he drug his roommate out of the room.
"I don't get it; why'd you join their band?" Clay asked.
"Eh, I always thought being in a band would be cool. Besides, it'll help me express my creative side."
"You know you'll have to practice with Ashley and her gang, right?" asked the Texan.
"A small price to pay I suppose." Raimundo sighed, turning over on his stomach. Needless to say, Katnappe' was quite successful among the students in the academy. Even Coach Guan and Headmaster Fung liked to listen to their weekend concerts. They number one song just happened to go by the name of "Electro Fusion".
Tbc...
Another day, another complete chapter. BTW, I totally have a teacher like Mrs. Hunter, except he's a man and teaches geography. I don't see what this has to do with the actual story though so, um, bye-bye.