Back again! For a first story, this one has gotten a lot of love from the readers. It means so much to me that you guys love this story. I hope to continue to please you as we continue down the road of Ben and Jade's story. Anyway, I don't own Jackie Chan Adventures or Ben 10. On with the chapter!
It's been a few days since the Dark Hand broke into Uncle's shop and stole one of Uncle's books. They've been sorting through each and every book, trying to find which one was stolen. They searched left and right, stacking book after book. There were still many books to go through, but they remained vigilant. Suddenly, the bell rang as someone entered the store.
"Aiyaah!" shouted Uncle as he walked to the front of the store. "Go away! We are closed for inventory!" A man in a tuxedo steps forward. He wore a wrestling mask with a bull logo on the forehead.
A brunette boy in a blue long sleeve shirt, khakis, and brown loafers stood beside him.
"We are not customers." stated the masked man. Uncle's eyes widened.
"Jackie!" shouted Uncle as he pointed at the aforementioned man. "A burgular!" He picked up a mop and pointed it at the masked man as Jackie ran over. Jackie pushed the mop down.
"Uncle he is no thief." laughed Jackie. "He is..." He was interrupted by Uncle giving him the signature slap.
"Of course he is! He wears a mask!"
"Oh no señor." argued the boy. "El Toro Fuerte never removes his mask." The masked man was indeed El Toro Fuerte, a famous luchador. He had met Jackie when he arrived in Mexico in his search for the ox talisman. Tohru came to the front room.
"You!" gasped El Toro. "Dark Hand enemy!" El Toro attacked Tohru. The large man backed into a book case, causing a case to fall. Jackie quickly grabbed the vase and set it on a nearby shelf.
They continued this for a while, the amount of vases to catch increasing each time. Jackie caught multiple vases, even balancing one on his nose. He sighed. He suddenly shouted as another vase above him began to fall. Luckily, someone caught it.
"Oh!" sighed Jackie. "Thank you..." He shouted as he realized who had caught the vase. He dropped all the vases he was trying to save in his shock. The black haired woman wore a straw hat with a pink band above the brim, a pink dress, and red high heels.
"Viper!" gasped Jackie as the woman lifted her head revealing her face. Viper met Jackie when he searched for the snake talisman. She had found the talisman before him and began using it in her previous work. She used it to pull off unbelievable heists. Thanks to Jackie helping her out of a bind, she left that life behind then and there.
"I've heard of a bull in a China shop Jackie, but never two." said Viper as she looked at the two men duking it out. Jackie took the vase from her hands. He placed it on the table. He grabbed her hands, then held her arms behind her as he began to escort her out.
"No thieves allowed." said Jackie. He released her as Uncle gave him another slap.
"That is no way to treat a lady!" shouted Uncle. "Please forgive my nephew."
"But Uncle! She's the thief!"
"Ex-thief. Thank you." argued Viper. Jackie suddenly ran towards the two fighting brutes as Tohru began to throw El Toro.
"El Toro stop! Tohru is..." He was interrupted by ElToro as he was thrown into Jackie by Tohru. "On our side now." Jackie groaned as he tried to get up. He couldn't, however, because El Toro was right on top of him.
"Chan tells the truth." stated Tohru.
"Sorry." apologized El Toro as he got off Jackie. Jade came down stares and ran towards the group.
"You guys made it!" shouted Jade. She frowned when she saw the boy. "What's Paco doing here?"
"I go wherever El Torro Fuerte goes." answered Paco. The boy wasn't lying. He was El Toro Fuerte's biggest fan. He met them around the same day they met the luchador. Jade tsked.
"Whatever. With everyone's help, Jackie's sure to kick bad guy butt!"
"Actually Jade, I'm sure El Toro will be the one to kick butt."
"No, Jackie will."
"I'm pretty sure it'll be El Torro."
"Jackie."
"El Torro."
"Jackie."
"El Toro."
"Jade." interrupted Jackie as Tohru helped him up. "Explain."
"This is your team Jackie." answered Jade. "The J-Team, the Chan force, the Chantastic 7." She began count off the others. She frowned. "Well, two of us are missing."
"Uh Jade?" asked Paco. "If there are supposed to be siete of us, then why are we missing two? There are seis of us."
"Huh? Oh. You aren't number six."
"Then who..." Paco was interrupted by the bell ringing. Everyone looked over to the entrance. All but Jade took a step back. A dinosaur like creature barged in the door.
"Jade!" shouted the creature. "Got your message. What's going..." The others blinked. The creature blinked.
"Demon!" shouted Uncle. Jackie jumped at the creature in a flying kick. The creature was sent flying through the air. El Toro ran at it and held it in an head lock. The creature hit a mark on its chest.
A flash blinded El Toro as the creature was replaced by another creature with four arms.
"Can't we just talk about this?" asked the red creature. It grabbed El Toro's arm and pulled.
"Guys stop!" shouted Jade. Jackie got in the way.
"Jade go inside!" ordered Jackie.
"Jackie! It's not a demon! It's Ben!" Jackie looked at the creature. He looked back at Jade. His eyes widened.
Before he could shout about his surprise, Uncle began to use a chi spell. The spell shot at Ben in a green beam. The beam was cut off by a blue magic blast. Uncle turned towards the magic user, expecting to see a dark Chi wizard. Imagine his surprise when he sees a little redhead girl with those same colored bolts covering her hands.
"Ben just turn off the stupid watch!" shouted Gwen as she didn't want to fight.
"Duh!" shouted Ben as the four armed alien. "Why didn't I think of that." He didn't have to hit the logo as it began to blink red and a familiar sound played. A green flash filled the area again. In the creature's place stood Ben.
"Can you let go of me now?" asked Ben as he hung in El Toro's headlock. He put Ben down.
"Sorry." apologized El Toro. Jackie gawked at the event that just transpired. Jade ran to her friends
"Sorry about that guys." apologized Jade. "We've had a bit of bad blood with reptiles. Especially the humanoid kind." Gwen glared at Ben.
"Okay." sighed Ben. "Probably should have waited for the watch to power down." Gwen smacked him in the back of the head.
"I told you that the moment we got here but no!" ranted Gwen. "XLR8 is to fast to listen. How did you expect them to react when you walk into the building as an alien?" Gwen yelped as Uncle gave her his signature slap.
"Aliens do not exist!" shouted Uncle.
"They're just as real as demons and magic and I've seen both. How much do people believe in those things huh?"
"Puh! I... You... Jackie!" Jackie had never seen someone frustrate Uncle in such a way.
"Sensei." called Tohru. "I may have found the identity of the missing book." They all went back inside. Uncle looked at the empty space.
"Hacha!" shouted Uncle. "The missing book. A guide to ancient artifacts in Tibet."
"Magic artifacts I bet." stated Jade.
Tibet
An aircraft carrier landed in a small village. Hex sat inside, meditating to silently discuss matters with Shendu. His eyes opened as the vehicle hit the ground. He watched the Dark Hand members exit the carrier.
"This is it boys." laughed Finn. "Our ticket to a huge fortune is at hand! With how good we're doing, we might as well get two blank checks for this!" Hex stepped off the aircraft. He smirked.
"What I offer should be more valuable then all the blank checks in the world." said Hex as he walked past the grunts. All but Valmont looked at their employer with wide eyes. More valuable than all that money!? What was this guy offering? A country!?
They followed him deeper into the village.
San Francisco
Jackie began packing. His phone began to ring.
"Jackie." answered... well you know who.
"This is Black." said Captain Black over the phone. "I told Washington about the situation here and..."
"And their sending reinforcements!"
"Their... reassigning all Dark Hand matters to section 12. I never should have used the M word (magic), but that doesn't change anything. The system has picked up that Valmont has landed in Tibet. We need you there ASAP."
"Already on my way Captain Black." Jackie hung up the phone. Jade heard the whole conversation.
"Alright team, let's move out!" shouted Jade. Jackie grabbed her shoulder.
"Jade. There is no team." Jade held up an aviator jacket and Ben came behind her wearing one. He turned his back to Jackie to show him the same logo as the one on the jacket Jade was holding.
"Tell that to these jackets." Jackie groaned as Uncle came behind him and gently pushed him along.
"Tohru." ordered Uncle. "Tend to the shop and watch Jade." Jade hurumphed. "The rest of you. Get out!"
Tibet
The Enforcers were getting a little antsy. When Hex said that he's offering something more valuable than all the blank checks in the world, that got them thinking. Is this guy really offering them anything valuable, or is he gonna give them some fortune cookie mumbo jumbo? Valmont wouldn't tell them. Finn got bold and walked right up to Hex.
"Okay, listen here skull face." boldly proclaimed Finn. "I've got a feeling that after all this is over, your gonna give us some kind of proverb and walk off. If you don't tell me what the reward is, I might just take the dang artifact and sell it online." Valmont quickly got in the way.
"Stop it or..." started Valmont before he was interrupted by Hex's hand on his shoulder.
"It's quite alright Mr. Valmont." reassured Hex. "My colleague would love to inform him of his reward." Valmont moved out of the way as Hex walked over to Finn. He placed a hand on his shoulder. "My boy, the reward is..."
His eyes went red as he pulsed Finn into Ratso.
"Your lives." finished Shendu as he was in control. The Enforcers gasped.
"Shendu!" cried Chow.
"He's back." nervously said Ratso.
"Now that you know what's at stake, do you still feel so bold?" asked Shendu. Finn shook his head no. "Then you will have no problem from here on out following my orders." Shendu breathes fire at the Enforcers as a sign of dominance before Hex took back control. He turned away as he walked towards the village.
San Francisco
Back at the shop, Tohru was packing his stuff. He didn't feel like he was doing the right thing. He was told to stay at the shop and watch Jade. He was doing one of those alright, but he had a bad feeling. He turned to Jade.
"Are you sure it is alright to be doing this Jade?" asked Tohru. "Uncle clearly asked me to tend to the shop."
"He also said to watch me." argued Jade. "You can't do both." Paco popped up from another area of the shop.
"Plus he told us to get out of his shop, so that's what we're doing." agreed Paco. Ben smirked as he walked up to Paco. He held up his fist.
"I like the way you think partner." said Ben as Paco bumped his fist into Ben's. He walked to the door. "Let's get going before we miss the action." He opened the door to find Grandpa Max standing there with his arms crossed. "Grandpa! How did..."
"I texted him before we took off." admitted Gwen. Ben and Jade looked at her in betrayal.
"The Rust Bucket. Now." ordered Grandpa Max.
"But Grandpa!" shouted Ben. "They need our help."
"Now!" Before Ben could argue anymore, Grandpa Max was kicked from behind.
"Grandpa!" shouted Ben and Gwen in unison. They turned to see a blue skinned, red eyed ninja standing in the doorway. More of them appeared from the shadows.
"The shadow kahn!" shouted Jade. "I thought they were Shendu's guys! What're they doing here!?"
"Did she just say..." started Grandpa Max before a noise interrupted him. As the team readied to fight, a red portal appeared outside. A huge rock monster came from the portal.
"One of Hex's pets!" shouted Gwen.
"We've met this Hex before." stated Tohru. "That monster seems impervious."
"Nah!" argued Ben as he fiddled with the Omnitrix. "You've just gotta hit 'em hard enough." He settled on an alien and smacked down on the watch. In a flash he transformed into a green crystal creature. He looked down at himself.
"Diamondhead will work." said Ben as he ran at the stone creature. He shot some shards at the creature. It raised its arm to protect its face. Diamondhead jumped on the golem's back and began to pound at it. He took a short break to fire some shards at some shadow kahn, but got right back to work.
The others were fighting off the shadow kahn. They weren't doing so well. More and more began to appear. Jade looked at her team. When her eyes landed on Gwen, she got an idea.
She pulled Gwen over to a spell book.
"What are you doing?" asked Gwen.
"I'll mix the ingredients, you cast the spell." answered Jade as she grabbed some weird ingredients. El Toro body slammed some shadow kahn heading their way. Jade mixed in one last ingredient. She handed Gwen a blowfish. "Now do Uncle's chant!"
Gwen did as told. The shadow kahn began to dissolve into thin air. Tohru shook some of the white vapor off his hand. They watched as the last dark ninja dissipate. They suddenly saw the stone creature Ben was fighting fall to pieces.
"That was awesome!" shouted Diamondhead. The watch blinked again. Ben turned back to normal in a flash of light. He shook some rubble off his pants. He then ran over to the group.
"I was about to get in one last hit when that spell literally tore the golem apart!" shouted normal Ben. "We've gotta keep a copy of that spell." Grandpa Max walked over to the group. He looked at his grandchildren. "Before you say anything..."
"Where are they now?" interrupted Grandpa.
"Wait what?"
Tibet
Jackie and Uncle walk into the small village. They looked around. It seemed pretty empty. Uncle stopped for a moment. He sighed.
"We must stop for the night." stated Uncle.
"Now!?" asked Jackie. "But we need to..." He was interrupted by Uncle's signature slap.
"You want Uncle to help stop the forces of Darkness, yes?" Jackie nodded. "Then Uncle must rest!" They found a hotel to spend the night at. Jackie went to the washroom to brush his teeth. When he opened the door, he saw Finn and Ratso standing in the middle of the room.
He quickly shut the door and stood back against the wall. The door slammed into his face as the aforementioned men exited the washroom.
"It's a good thing that Hex decided to rest and talk to Shendu in his dreamscape or whatever." said Finn as he and Ratso walked back to their room.
'Shendu!' thought Jackie as he followed the pair.
"I'd get my rest too if I was possessed by a demon." commented Ratso. "That's gotta be freaky having a second person in yer noggin." Jackie rolled over to a side table as the door shut in front of him.
"Shhh!" hushed Valmont. "Don't wake him! Who knows what he would do and I dread the thought if Shendu should be the one we awaken. Just get some rest."
"Night Chow." said Ratso as he turned to his side table. "Night talismans." All enemies were asleep. Jackie spotted the rest of the twelve talismans out in the open. He grabbed a pair of pants off a table and began collecting the talismans.
He carefully collected the magical stones. He reached for another one as another hand reached. He pulled his hand over to see Viper in her thief outfit.
"What are you doing!?" whispered Jackie as he tried not to shout.
"Duh! What's it look like?" whispered Viper in the same manner as she held out the remaining talismans. Jackie swiped the talismans and stuffed them in the makeshift bag.
"Thank you! Now go away." Viper grabbed at the makeshift sack and tugged.
"Go away yourself! Super thief remember?" Jackie tugged back.
"Ex-supper thief!" They tugged back and forth. Suddenly, the sack flew through the air. It landed on Hak Fuu's face. He suddenly awoke.
"Slumbering bear greets the dog!" shouts Hak Fuu as he sits up.
"Nice work." sarcastically says Viper. Hak Fuu jumps at them with a fist cocked back.
"Hungry wolf slaughters lamb!" They dodge as he crashed into a nightstand. Viper turns to find the other Enforcers awakened along with Valmont. She whistled, which made Chow look down to see he was in heart patterned underwear. Tohru, the real reason she whistled, walked through the wall behind them leaving a hole in its wake.
"Tohru!" cheered Finn as he, Ratso and Chow walk up to the large man.
"You're alive!" shouts Ratso.
"Great to see ya." replies Tohru. He suddenly picks them up in his arms and throws them at a wall. He stood above them as they got back up.
"Tohru's a traitor!" shouts Chow.
"Then let's give him a taste of talisman." states Finn as they get into signature talisman wielding poses. They looked at themselves. "The talismans!" Chow points at a bed.
"My pants!" shouts Chow as they run to the bed. They grab their talismans. Suddenly, El Toro Fuerte came through the wall in the same fashion as Tohru. He picks up the bed and the Enforcers went along with it. He holds it above his head.
"Buenos noches muchachos!" shouts El Toro. Uncle snores on a room over as the bed and the Enforcers come crashing through the wall. They crash through the next wall. They finally stop as they run into a support beam. Jade and Paco shoot up from their beds.
"Whoa." states Jade. They look back to see Jackie and Viper duking it out with Hak Fuu. They turn their heads once again to see the bed that came crashing through burst into flames. The Enforcers ran to the fight. Tohru looked through the two holes.
He was suddenly sent flying back by eye lasers. He crashed into his three teammates as they break through yet another wall. Hex was laying in the bed. Shendu wakes up. He walks in Hex's body to the hole and sees Valmont and the Enforcers standing up and getting a little more prepared.
"I trust you all have had proper rest."stated Shendu. "Then follow me!" Ratso groaned in protest as they followed him out the door. Jade and Paco ran through the rooms. They approached the pile of men.
"Jackie/El Toro Fuerte!" shouted Jade and Paco respectively. Uncle walked up holding his ears.
"No yelling!" shouts Uncle. "How is Uncle supposed to sleep with all this..." He gasped. "Tohru?" He watched the man rise from the pile.
"If you are here then who is tending shop?" Tohru tried to find an answer.
"Don't worry Uncle." reassured Jade as the two men looked her way. "It's covered."
Meanwhile, in San Francisco
Captain Black sat in the middle of the room looking at a book. A fishman in interesting looking armor sat across from him. He began to eat a mung bean sandwich. He hummed in delight. He took a second bite.
"Whooee!" shouts the fishman. "I do love me a good mung bean sandwich!"
"Hm." hummed Captain Black. "Chi spell." He flipped the pages of the book he was reading a few times. "Hey Patelliday? You thinkin' what..."
"I ain't gettin' in to no magic today. No sir."
Back to Tibet
Jackie got up from the pile.
"Look what you did!" shouted Jackie as he turned to Viper.
"Hey!" argued Viper as she took off her mask. "It's not my fault you're not a team player."
"We only wished to help." stated Tohru.
"And if it weren't for us you would've been pulverized." added El Toro.
"I was pulverized and the Dark Hand still has the talismans!" shouted Jackie. Uncle smacked him on the head.
"I told you!" shouted Uncle. "Talismans are not important!"
"Talismans are very important." argued El Torro.
"Not important!"
"Very important!" They argued for a bit.
"Uncle is right." interrupted Jackie.
"Hah!" shouted Uncle.
"Shendu is back. He's possessing the dark sorcerer we met months ago, Hex."
"Aiyaah! The one time you agree with me, a demon returns to the world!"
"Shendu isn't exactly a demon old friend." states a voice from one of the rooms. They turn to see Max Tennyson enter the room through the hole in the wall. Uncle gasps.
"Maxwell?" asks Uncle.
"Chan." Max received a smack on the head.
"Of course Shendu is a demon! Has always been!"
"Shendu used to be part of a now endangered species of alien. You can say he became demons when they tried to steal manna from the Annodites. He was cursed with dark Chi by the way he stole the manna."
"That... Uncle can partially believe, but Aliens don't exist!"
"Yes they do."
"No they don't!"
"Yes, they do."
"This is all your fault!" shouted Jackie as he pointed at Viper. They all began to argue back and forth. All with the exception of El Toro and Tohru, who were trying to settle everyone else down. Jade and Paco watched for a bit. Paco was the first to speak up.
"The adults are starting to sound like us." stated Paco.
"Yeah, and we have no time for kids stuff." agreed Jade. "I'll get Ben, you get Jade. We're going after them."
"Would it not be better for me to get señor Ben and you to get señorita Gwen?" Jade blushed at her own logic.
"Uh... yeah. Just do it." They went to wake up the other kids. Meanwhile, the Hex and the Dark Hand arrived at a temple. Jade, and Ben popped out from behind a statue. Gwen and Paco popped out from different statues close by.
"We're going to take them down?" asked Paco.
"Uh, duh!" judged Ben. "Why else would we be here." Gwen smacked her face.
"We can't take them down when they have those talismans." stated Gwen. "The watch won't always save us."
"They may be packing talismans, but we're wild." stated Jade as they continued to follow the villains. Back at the inn, the others were still arguing. El Toro and Tohru gave up on trying to calm everyone and just sat on a bed each. Jackie and Viper were fighting like an old married couple. Viper turned away from Jackie.
"I don't know why I'm listening to you." growled Viper. "I'm only here for Jade." Jackie's eyes widened at that statement.
"Jade!?" asked Jackie. El Torro looked in the direction of the room the kids were in.
"Paco!?" asked El Toro with the same concern.
"Ben!? Gwen!?" called Grandpa Max. They all waited for a response. The building was silent.
"Where are the children/ kids!?" cried Jackie, El Toro, and Max.
They enemies walked into a shrine like area. They stopped when they caught sight of an interesting looking artifact. It seemed to be some kind of container with lines going across it making rectangles. Hex smiled. One of his eyes turned red.
"The Panku box." said Hex and Shendu in unison. Hex smirked as Shendu took over and looked back at his slightly concerned colleagues.
"The key to opening the portals that keep my siblings locked in their eternal prisons." continued Shendu. He pointed at the artifact. "Take it!" The Dark Hand walked to the artifact.
"Why don't you just take it?" asked Finn.
"I cannot touch it. It is forged of good magic. I inherently am not."
"Well..." started a voice. Jade swung towards the artifact. "If no one wants it, I'll take that! thank you!" She grabbed the box and landed beside Paco. They ran for the exit.
They suddenly found themselves floating in the air. Finn used the rooster talisman to float them back over. Hak Fuu took the Panku box from Jade as she flew over head. They finally stopped right in front of the enemies. Shendu/Hex growled.
"Finish them." ordered Shendu. Finn charged up the pig talisman while Chow did the same for the dragon talisman. Jade and Paco held each other tight in fear. Neither of them saw the flash of light nearby. A dark figure jumped in front of them as the two attacks shot towards them.
"No!" shouted the being as he stuck out his hands. The attacks were absorbed into the fingers of the creature. The two would be victims opened their eyes. The creature looked to be a black and white with golden plug type things on the fingers, two long tendrils coming off the head with those same plug type things, and a tail with a plug in. The living power outlet turned a bit to them, revealing the familiar logo on the chest.
"Ben!" cried Jade. Shendu/Hex took a step back.
"What is that!?" cried Shendu. Hex took over.
"Tennyson!" growled Hex. Chow pulled out the monkey talisman.
"You dirty rat!" shouted Chow as he shot the magic at Ben. One of the tendrils on the alien's head stuck forward and absorbed the beam.
"Hey!" shouted Ratso. "Give those back!" Ben smiled.
"Not a bad idea!" shouted Ben. He pointed his hands at the Dark Hand and company. The magic shot at him blasted out of his hands. They all jumped out of the way. Jade and Paco fell to the ground.
"This guy rules!" shouted Ben. Suddenly, the magic from the monkey talisman shot out of the tendril it went in. It hit Paco. A rat sat in his place. Gwen ran over and picked the poor rat/kid up.
Jade glared at Ben. He put his hand behind his head.
"Sorry." apologized Ben. "New alien." Jade let that slide as Finn came flying at them. He powered up his laser eyes. Jade gasped and pointed at the entrance.
"The J-team!" shouted Jade. Everyone turned to see the aforementioned group in fighting stances.
"Let them go." demanded Jackie. His eyes bulged at the sight of Ben. "Not again!"
"It's Ben."
"Oh." They squared off with the villains. Different fights were about to begin. Jackie vs Finn, Tohru vs Hak Fuu, El Toro Fuerte vs Ratso, and Viper vs Chow. They all began the assault. Hak Fuu threw the artifact to Hex.
He screamed in pain as the box burned his hands. He launched the box over to the side. Valmont walked over to grab it. It was knocked away from him by a magic blast. He turned to see Gwen with magic coating her hands.
"It's official." stated Valmont. "I hate kids." He ran as Gwen chased after him. Hex and Ben stood eye to eye. Ben crossed his arms.
"Just like old times?" asked Ben.
"Just like old times." stated Hex as he conjured some golems. Ben frowned.
"Gwen, did you remember that spell?"
"Don't exactly have ingredients." answered Gwen as she turned to see the golems.
"Perfect." Ben was suddenly rushed by some golems. He jumped off some of them as they ran at him. They crashed into each other and broke apart. He landed next to Shendu/Hex as he breathed fire at him.
Meanwhile, El Toro was standing off against Ratso. The latter reached for a talisman. He turned up empty handed. El Toro cracked his neck. Ratso gave a frightened chuckle before he ran. El Torro gave chase.
Tohru ran at Hak Fuu. Hak Fuu followed suit. He leaped at Tohru.
"Flying dragon screw!" shouted Hak Fuu. His head connected with Tohru's stomach. He landed on his feet. He whacked Tohru's face with his hair while screaming "Horse tail swats flies!" He did a low sweep while screaming "Snake cuts grass!"
Viper was backed against a wall. Chow punched at her. She dodged. His fist connected with the wall. He screamed as he grabbed his hand.
"Man do I miss the ox talisman!" shouted Chow in pain. Viper used a low sweep. Chow jumped over it. He lunged at her. She jumped over him, using his body as leverage while he ran face first into the wall.
He groaned as he slid down the wall. He dropped both the dragon and the monkey talismans. Viper picked up the dragon talisman while Gwen grabbed the monkey talisman. Gwen set Paco down. She pointed the monkey talisman at the rat/boy.
"Uh... change back." said Gwen. The talisman began to glow. It shot a beam at Paco. As Gwen commanded, Paco turned back to human. He hugged her.
"Thank you Gwen!" shouted Paco. "You have no idea how scary it was! I couldn't stop thinking about cheese and I think I'll be afraid of gatos for a week!" Gwen blushed as she pushed Paco away.
"You're... welcome."
"Move!" commanded Viper as Ratso flew at them. They ducked as he went flying past them into the same walk as Chow. He slid down and landed on Chow. El Toro walked over. "A little warning next time!"
"Sorry." apologized the luchador. Meanwhile, Jackie was running from Finn. He grabbed Jade. He jumped over a stone rectangle while dodging more eye beams. He placed Jade down.
"Stay here." ordered Jackie. He looked over the hurdle, only to duck again to avoid more lasers. He peeked over again. He jumped over it while grabbing a shield that rested atop it. He dodged some more lasers as he ran up a support and backflipped behind Finn.
The flying man turned and launched more eye lasers at Jackie. Jackie held up a shield to block the attack. He ran as Finn continued to fire upon him. He was caught in a corner and his shield fell to pieces. Suddenly, a fire blast was launched at Finn.
Jackie turned to see Viper holding the dragon talisman. Meanwhile, Uncle was walking past the remaining fights. He stopped as El Toro tossed a golem over his head. He resumed walking. He gasped as he came upon the wall behind the podium.
"Inscriptions." stated Uncle before he began to read the literal writing on the wall. Hak Fuu was still assaulting Tohru with his barrage of awkwardly named attacks. He leaped over Tohru screaming, "Monkey kung fu!" He rapidly punches him in the gut shouting "Octopus rapid punch!" He held his hands above his head shouting "Bear claw!" before entering a weird stance.
"Minnow wallops whale!"
"I'm sorry." apologized Tohru putting a hand to his ear. "What was that last part?"
"I said minnow wallops..." Hak Fuu was interrupted as Tohru shouldered him causing him to fall to the ground. He lifted his head. "What was that last part?" Tohru chuckled.
"I wasn't gonna use these but..." Hak Fuu held up the tiger talisman. It didn't glow. He thought it worked. "Tiger talisman! I have the ultimate balance! You cannot knock me ov..." He was interrupted once again as Tohru kicked him into the wall. Tohru grabbed the tiger talisman off the ground.
"It means spiritual balance, not physical balance Hak Fool." Valmont noticed that no one was paying attention to him. He made a dash for the relic. He almost had it. It was suddenly knocked away by the foot of one of the golems.
Back with Jackie and Viper, they were having a hard time taking on Finn. He landed on the ground. He made the two of them levitate in the air. He powered up his eye lasers. He felt a tap on his shoulder.
"Sorry boys." apologized Finn thinking it was the other Enforcers or Valmont. He turned his head. "I don't have any talismans to..." He stopped talking as El Toro gave him a knuckle sandwich.
He fell to the floor. So did Jackie and Viper. Jackie walked up to Finn and El Toro. He picked up the remaining talismans. They turned as they heard Valmont scream.
Tohru had the aforementioned man in his arms.
"Unhand me you traitorous brute!" shouted Valmont. They turned again to here Ben being pushed by a golem.
"A little help would be appreciated!" shouted Ben. Jade ran over looking at Jackie. Jackie smiled. He held the dragon talisman in his hand. He shot a huge blast at a group of the golems, turning them to ash.
Hex snuck around the group. He eyed Jackie Chan. He fought Shendu's urge to destroy him. He couldn't hold him back for long, however, as the dragon took over. He ran at Jackie and breathed fire.
The fire was suddenly swallowed up in Ben's fingers. He smirked at Shendu/Hex.
"Time for some Feedback!" shouted Ben as he blasted out energy. It sent the possessed sorcerer straight into a support. Ben turned to the group. "That's right! I just came up with his name!"
Gwen glared at the scene.
"I guess only talisman magic comes out the same way it went in." said Gwen. Paco nodded in agreement. They walked to Ben and Jade. Ben turned back to normal in a flash. He and Jade high fived.
Hex turned his head to see Finn grab the Panku box. He decided to withdraw. He opened portals to send the Enforcers back to the hideout. He turned to the others. Valmont stared at him.
"Get me out of here!" demanded the leader of the Dark Hand. The J-team turned to see the sorcerer. Hex's eyes didn't even turn red.
"Save yourself." growled Hex as he teleported away from the scene. Valmont hung his head in defeat. The team members looked at the talismans in their possession. Tohru still held a good grasp on Valmont. Jackie smiled.
"Now we have all the talismans!" cheered Jackie.
"Talismans not important!" shouted Uncle. "The inscriptions are. Shendu is one of eight demon sorcerers who terrorized China. Each with their own powers are derived from the elements of fire, sky, moon, thunder, earth, mountain, air, and water. One by one, the demons were defeated by the eight Immortals, the legendary heroes of ancient China. The eight Immortals used powerful to banish the demons to another dimension, using a different portal for each one. They used the Panku box to seal them away, and only the Panku box can open the portals, so it is a very good thing that Shendu did not..."
"They got the Panku box!" shouted Jade as she and Ben ran to the others.
"Aiyaah! We must get the Panku box back before Shendu finds the portals and releases the seven other demons!" Uncle leaned on Jackie in his stress. They all went back to the inn to sleep for one more night. In the morning, they arrived at the airport.
"I tried to get Captain Black to pull some more strings but..." started Jackie before Ben held up a finger.
"Grandpa's got everyone else covered." said Ben. Suddenly, strange aircraft flew overhead. They landed on the ground. The hatch to one of them opened. A few soldiers in strange armor and men holding signs with the name of a member, or in the case of Paco and El Toro Fuerte two, of the J-team on them exited the vehicles.
"I thought he was a plumber?" said Viper in confusion.
"That's the name of our division." stated Grandpa Max as he approached the group. "We specialize in extraterrestrial relations and intergalactic justice."
"How do demons fit into that?" asked Jade.
"With the threat class extraterrestrial Shendu and his siblings technically are, that places this mission under Plumber authority, but we've managed to convince the Senate to allow the assistance of Section 13."
"Sweet! The J-team is officially funded!" Jackie pulled on her arm.
"I am sure these nice men will get you home safely." said Jackie in a respectful bow.
"But Shendu will release the demons." argued El Toro Fuerte.
"We cannot accept help from a thief!" shouted Uncle.
"I'm a wrestler. She's the thief." El Toro gestured to Viper with his shoulder.
"Ex-thief." said Viper. She straightened his tie. "Don't worry big guy. If Jackie needs help, Jade knows who to call." Jade grinned at Viper.
"You know Jade?" started Paco. "El Toro may be the greatest..."
"and Jackie's better..." followed Jade.
"But the J-team rules!" shouted both kids. Ben turned to Grandpa Max.
"Grandpa we've gotta stay and help them out!" shouted Ben. "They need us!"
"I'm sure they have everything under control." stated Grandpa Max.
"I agree with Ben this time Grandpa." argued Gwen. "Hex is basically our enemy, so that makes this our problem. We have to help them."
"You have school you need to do." Both Ben and Gwen look down in defeat. They knew that argument was coming. Ben sighed. He was prepared to say that he didn't care about school and that this was more important.
Max looked down at his Grandchildren. They were really down about it. It kinda made him feel bad. Ben looked like he was gonna have an outburst. It really made him feel bad to keep them in suspense.
"Which is why I've talked some things over with your parents." continued Grandpa. The kids looked up to him. He smiled as he kneeled down and out his hands on their shoulders. "Have you two ever heard of homeschooling?" Ben and Gwen looked at each other with huge smiles plastered on their faces.
They ran over to share the good news with Jade. The sound of their excitement was blocked off by Uncle's screaming.
"Now we must get back to the shop!" shouted Uncle. "It has been left unattended for too long!" Jade stopped celebrating and walked over to the adults.
"Don't worry Uncle." reassured Jade still grinning from ear to ear. "I told you it's in good hands."
Meanwhile, back in San Francisco
Captain Black was hopping on one foot and holding a blowfish while chanting. He was trying to use a spell. Sadly, he wasn't using the right chant. He stopped. He suddenly turned into a fish and landed on the floor.
Patelliday walk into the room. He tsked several times.
"This is why I didn't want to use any magic." scolded Patelliday. "Now let's get you in a bowl before ya run outa oxygen." Patelliday picked up 'Captain Blacktip' and went to find a container.
Hex's lair
The Enforcers were sitting in Hex's study. They were sulking over the fact that Valmont was captured. What did that mean for the Dark Hand? Was it all over for them? Hex entered the room.
He was holding some form of documentation.
"What's that supposed to be for warlock?" asked Hak Fuu.
"A proposition." answered Hex. Finn stood up.
"If this is another threat on our lives, then we'll show ourselves out." stated Finn. "We've got a boss to bust out of down town." The Enforcers began to walk out the door.
"Could Valmont offer you a seat in global domination and power beyond your comprehension?" Finn stopped in place, causing the others to stop. "What we plan to do will bring this world to its knees and into the palm of our hands. The strength we'll gain is unfathomable. All you have to do to have a place our new world is sign here. Does the world fit your bill?"
Chow was the first to break from the group. He picked up a pen and signed his name on the bottom. His hand glew as a rune appeared on it. He took a step back and gasped. He looked at Hex.
"What did ya do to my hand!?" asked Chow.
"I've given you a taste of the power to come. That seal contains the power to control water. Give it a whirl." A cup of tea floats over on a tray. Chow holds out his hand as all the liquid in the cup floats around his hand, forming a ring.
The other Enforcers are baffled. Chow looks over at a picture of Jackie Chan. He swipes the water across the picture. It looks like it just dampened it. Suddenly, half the picture falls on the ground.
Finn walked over.
"Got another pen?" asked Finn.
That's right! Elemental Enforcers! The water powers are just an example of what Hex's contract can give them. So to recap, Shendu and possibly the other demon sorcerers are actually aliens turned demons by their thirst for mana, Valmont is captured, Ben and Gwen are going to be indefinitely homeschooled, and the Enforcers now work for Hex. If they keep those elemental powers, that might make them a little more troublesome in times to come.
Now I must inform you that I've reached a crossroads. At first, I thought that I was set on pairing Gwen with Kevin. When I wrote the Gwen and Paco scene, I kinda began to crack. I'm now torn between GwenXKevin and GwenXPaco. Please guys help me out on this one. Leave a review on your opinion for both Gwen's pairing and the other Enforcers powers. Anywho, until next time!