How did I get stuck doing this? I wondered.

For some reason, I was in a pink dress of some floaty material. There had been a conical hat that came along with the stupid ensemble, which I had stomped flat as soon as I realised I had it on.

Dojo and I were in tall tower with only one window. Below, the eight Heylin and Xiaolin warriors were fighting it out in a Xiaolin Showdown. It was unfair, to say the least.

"Hey," Dojo protested. "I liked that hat."

And of course, the Heylin started cheating the second the oppurtunity came. But against all odds, the Xiaolin monks actually had a chance of winning.

And finally -

"Orb of Tornami, ice!"

The Shen Gong Wu produced a pillar of ice, the force of which bringing Omi up, towards the top of the tower, towards me -

The Xiaolin would win. They would fix the timeline.

I would die, and stay dead forever.

Or... Not.

They had not counted on my powers. The had simply assumed I would cheerfully agree to die.

With a slicing motion of my hand, the pillar of ice supporting omi began to fall as a cut that ran thoughout half of the ice mysteriously appeared. A few more movemnts, a few more cuts, and in two seconds, the pillar shattered.

"What did you do?" shouted Dojo. I shot him a glare, picked him up, then ripped him apart. He never even had the time to scream.

In the few short seconds my attention was not on the window, Chase, in his reptilian body, had bounded up the walls of the castle.

I smiled. "Heylin wins." And softly "I love you Chase. You know that, don't you?"

He caught my eye, in the way he used to do. I knew he was saying "Me too." I knew it.

"C'mon." I giggled a little. "You can carry me down."

"I do not understand," Omi said hoarsely. "The ice.. The ice... Just fell together."

No one bothered to correct him. The Xiaolin monks were all so deep in their depression, they didn't notice Dojo's attention.

"I'm sorry, that was my fault," I said sweetly.

That got their attention.

"Why?" wailed Kimiko.

"Morons," I muttered. "Don't you see?" I kicked, and Clay's spine was crushed, paralyzing him for life. A punch at that neck and that ended it.

"If you stopped Omi, I would die," I explained. "I don't really want to die so - " A hand came down on Kimiko's skull. She died instantly.

A hand thrust into Jack's back and I ripped out his spine. A quick slash at Omi's throat, and he collapsed, choking on his own blood. I strode over to Raimudo and ripped out his heart. I turned to the dying Omi.

"Thanks for the warning," I smiled.

The flow of blood from his neck wasn't a gushing river anymore, but a mere trickle.

"Any last words?" I asked.

He managed a hoarse gurgle, and was dead.

There was a dull ringing noise. I turned and saw Hannibal clapping.

"Well done," he said, and I could see he meant it.

Wuya wrinkled her nose. "You could have killed them with less blood."

"Now where's the fun in that?" chuckled Guan. There was respect and fear in his eyes. Just like the old days.

I caught the smile of approval on Chase's face.

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fukaimoriMidori./art/By-the-way-I-liked-that-dress-73002750 for a drawing of that dress. :D