While the aurors were off trying to get permission to enter the Bermuda Triangle from their superiors the rest of team were searched through the books looking for any hint of the location of Atlantis but the merfolk were through in erasing any and all mention of it's location. The fact that it was hidden by magic didn't help in the slightest.
The bell rang and Uncle called. "Please come back later shop closed."
"Now come on Chan, surely you are willing to talk to an old friend." came the voice of Valmont as he stepped out of the shadows.
"Shendu!" Jackie called getting into a defensive stance.
"No." Valmont whispered his cool demeanor collapsing as he feared Shendu's awakening. "You will wake him though if you yell." he said worry in his eyes.
"No we won't the soul does not work like that." Harry said rolling his eyes as he looked down at his book flipping through the pages.
Valmont sighed in relief upon hearing that, then to everyone's surprise he fell to his knees. "Please help me?!" he begged.
"What!" Jade exclaimed in disbelief. "Why should we help you?"
"Because removing Shendu from me will mean that you can trap him in stone once more." he tried they didn't want a rogue demon spirit running loose right.
"Deal with Shendu later, right now must do research." Uncle said before addressing his apprentice. "Tohru remove him from shop."
"With pleasure sensei." Tohru said stepping forward with an eager smile on his face.
"Wait come on now Tohru old chum surely we can work something out." Valmont turned to Jackie. "Chan I'll tell you where our base is. It's the blue bird cannery down by the docks." he blurted out desperately for help.
"Leave Valmont."Jackie said turning his attention away from the leader of the dark hand.
"Please Chan!" he begged before he tripped over a book. He looked at the cover and tried one last desperate attempt. "I know where Bai Tza is!" he cried making Tohru stop.
"Sensei?" Tohru asked looking at his teacher.
Uncle seemed pensive before he waved his hand dismissively. "Already know lost city is located in Bermuda Triangle, nothing more he can tell us." Uncle dismissed with a wave. He doubted Bai Tza told them exactly where she was going and Shendu certainly would not have had asked having been there before.
Instead of being nervous or starting to beg again Valmont began to chuckle. "Not even close." He laughed with a smirk as Uncle frowned.
"What do you mean?" Uncle asked eyes narrow.
"I saw some of Shendu's memories of the lost city and it most certainly was not in the Bermuda Triangle." he said smugly.
Uncle peered at him before frowning, he was very confident that he knew something they didn't. "Where is Bai Tza?" he asked reluctantly.
"Ah ah ah." Valmont said wagging his finger, his confidence back now that the odds were in his favor once more. "You scratch my back, I scratch yours."
"Iya!" Uncle exclaimed in anger grabbing the out of date phone on the table and dialing a number. "Uncle needs help to find spell!" He shouted before slamming the phone.
Five minutes later they heard several loud cracks and Valmont looked around worried. "What was that?" He asked panic rising in his tone. Were they under attack? He had to get out of here.
"What did you need us for Uncle?" asked a woman stepping into the shop. For a moment his attire confused them until he realized they were dressed similar to how Shendu made him dress when he was in control of his body. That meant these were sorcerers, dear God first dragons then demons and now sorcerers! After all this was done he was going back to being a regular crime boss. Forget what power the talismans could give him, his life had been almost perfect before all of this. He didn't know why he let that damn dragon talk him into helping him find the talismans, honestly what was he thinking? That dragon would have taken over the entire world and all the gold in the world would have been worthless.
"I need you to prepare chi spell for Bai Tza and the rest help me find exorcism spell for dark spirit."
"What class of spirit?" asked the woman that seemed to be in charge.
Uncle paused to consider it. "eight." he decided. "But at full power in the flesh easily a class ten." he warned.
"What on earth are you talking about how will this rid me of shendu!" Valmont demanded to know.
"Shendu!" one of the sorcerers exclaimed looking at the others. "You mean he harbors one of the spirits of one of the eight demon sorcerers!"
"Yes and I would be very much pleased if you would get him out of me!"
"We are going to need some heavy duty stuff for this." one of them said before turning to their leader and Uncle. "Are we trying to just remove the spirit or trap it as well?"
"Hmmm." uncle hummed walking up to a very old looking text. "We are going to trap him, according to text so long as he does not have a vessel his demon portal will remain open for any to use."
"And if we trap him we can block that little loophole?"
"With correct preparation yes."
"Alright then, Trip and Fell go back to base and get me the massacre purging kit."
"Trip and Fell?" Harry questioned with a laugh and Jade giggled too.
"Yeah yeah laugh it up." Trip said rolling her eyes. "As unspeakables our real names have to be secret so our code names are given by our fellow unspeakables and I ended tripping a lot when I first started."
"But boss are you sure we need a massacre purging kit?"
"This is a class eight possibly nine level spirit better safe than sorry." she said she saw the look of confusion the other had and elaborated. "Massacre purging is for places where a massive amount of death happened. It is normally meant to be used on hundreds of level 2-3 spirits but I think Shendu is worthy of the honor as well."
"Good." Uncle nodded as he finished making what looked like a bowl of ink. In a swift motion he drew a Chinese symbol on Valmont's forehead. "There that shall keep Shendu asleep till I can make spirit removal spell."
"And while you do that we will get to work on Bai Tza's banishment. So where is she?" the lady in charge asked turning to Valmont.
"Who the bloody hell are you!?" Valmont shouted finally. "I don't know you and my deal is with Chan!"
"I am Mary Poppins and in that case we shall abide by wizarding law and throw you straight into maximum security prison for consorting with demons and trust me however bad you think your prisons are wizarding ones are worse." she said with a smirk making Valmont pale.
"No! No! That will not be necessary I am the victim here!" he shouted in fear. "She is just off the coast of Japan if you give me a map I can give you a rough idea!"
"Are you seriously called Mary Poppins?" Jade asked with a smirk.
"I fell off a cliff and used an enchanted umbrella to stop my fall." she said with a smirk. "Beside don't I just scream motherly to you."
"More like make kids scream for mummy." Valmont muttered.
Bai Tza entered her sunken city to find it not in ruins as she expected. "What is this?" She asked looking around at the changes. Nothing too great but enough to make it clear people had been living here. "Who dares defile my city!" she hissed and slowly various sea creatures began to emerge from the buildings.
As soon as they saw her they began to mutter and point then as one they all bowed low. One of them dressed in finer clothing than the rest rose and began to speak. "My great empress Bai Tza. We knew you would return to us!" he declared. "We banished the traitors from your city and took it back in your name!" he finished with a bow.
"Well done." she said giving a genuine compliment. It was good to know some of her servants remained loyal.
"Has the time come my empress?" he asked still bowing. "Will we finally sink to the world beneath the sea and take it all in your name?" she had no idea where they got the idea that she was going to sink all the land in the world. but with all her siblings sealed away, it wasn't like there was anyone to stop her. Yes! She would take the world she knew her siblings would do the same.
"Of course now is the perfect time." She declared and the creatures beneath her cheered.
"This way my lady." The leader said guiding her into a large ornate temple with her image all around it in the form of various statues and pictures. As they entered the entire hall was cleared out by several guards.
He walked up to one of the statues and twisted her head and moved the tentacles causing a secret passage to open. "I am sorry my lady but that was the only way to make sure none found this chamber as it is forbidden to touch the statues." she frowned but nodded as she entered the tunnel she cast several spells to make sure this wasn't a trap. They may have claimed to be her loyal followers but she was so foolish as to take them at face value.
They exited into a small room with what appeared to be a map of the world, expect there were several lines across it she did not recognize that did not seem to follow any pattern. "What are this lines?" she asked peering down at the map.
"This my lady is the plan we have devised to sink the surface world, over the centuries we have tracked and located all the major fault lines in the world. If you were to set off any three of these it would set off a chain of events that would drown the world."
Bai Tza felt a smirk overcome her face. "Good well done." she said this world would be hers and nothing could stop her. "You shall be well rewarded for this. We strike in the morning starting with…" she looked down at the maps and found the nearest one as well as in her mind the most well protected. "San Francisco." she declared.
"Bai Tza is in the city!" one of the men shouted running up to captain Black.
"What! Where?!" Black demanded feeling dread what was she doing in the city.
"She is going towards the subway several people have posted videos of her online apparently they think this is some kind of weird parade."
"What do you mean?!" he exclaimed.
"She is surrounded by several merfolk who are somehow walking on land."
"Shit those are Adaro! I didn't even know they were still around." one of the aurors cursed.
"Move Now!" Captain Black ordered and his men rushed to their various means of transportation. Which he couldn't believe actually included broom stick.
As he jumped into one of section 13's vans he pulled out his phone. "Jackie we got her! she is in the city headed towards the subway system. We don't know what she is planning so you better hurry with that chi spell."
"I know what Bai Tza is planning." Uncle stated with a frown. "Many years ago one Adaro declared that their goddess would return and drown the world. Clearly since none of her siblings can stop her she is planning on doing so." it hadn't been a real prophecy just the ramblings of a religious zealot, like those strange men on street who told Uncle to become one of them or else. But it seemed Bai Tza liked the idea enough that she decided to follow through with it.
"We need to go now!" Jackie said jumping up and moving towards the door.
"Iya!" Uncle called smacking his nephew with two fingers on the forehead. "We need to know where she is going to perform the ritual first!"
"I am guessing mid town that is where the San Francisco fault line is closest to the surface."
"We must hurry!" Jackie shouted rushing out the door with Tohru following behind carrying the ingredients necessary for the banishment ritual.
Done so we will finish Bai Tza next time also I apologize for how long this took but I don't update that much during breaks because for me this is my me time when I sleep play video games and do what I want without worrying about homework or school.
