'Shendu, why have you led me to this place?' Bai Tsa asked in annoyance.

She looked around at the hustle and bustle of humans dragging around storage devices on wheels and racing past one another into a building with a large sign above it reading A I R P O R T.

'How is this any help to us? What on Earth is an A I R P O R T?' Bai Tsa continued to question aloud as some mortals walking past her gave her a bemused, somewhat apprehensive glance.

Sighing at the lack of mortal knowledge his sister possessed, Shendu hissed a reply,

'Bai Tsa, you may not have realised but we will need to travel lengthy distances in order to release our siblings, and in the modern world the fastest and most efficient way to do so is by flight'.

'Your incompetence never fails to annoy me Shendu. We cannot fly, that is Hsi Wu's ability. It would be far easier if we used the ocean to reach our destinations, I could swim us to them in no time at all', Bai Tsa answered.

Shendu shuddered at the thought of being submerged underwater, true he would not be physically there but seeing it through the mind made it all the more worst, that way he could definitely not escape. 'Anything but swimming', he pleaded. 'Besides, the mortals have created a machine that allows them to fly to different locations', he continued.

Just then a big sound was heard coming from an extremely large and empty road, the only thing visible was a giant, white metal bird, the bird began to pick up pace and suddenly it was up in the air, flying into the distance.

Bai Tsa screamed in fright, causing a few passers-by to once again stare strangely at her and subtly side step her.

'You can't possibly be meaning that metal bird thing! I cannot go in that, I'm a demon sorceress I do not fly and I most certainly do not trust mortals to guide us through the skies'.

'Come now Bai, you're not scared are you? A truly fierce some, powerful demon like yourself would never allow mere humans to out-brave her', as he spoke a young girl clad in pink pulling a Disney princess suitcase in one hand and holding a Minnie Mouse teddy in the other skipped by happily, singing a made-up song about planes, seeing this as the needed fuel for his argument Shendu continued, 'Bai surely you aren't going to let a child show you up? As fast as you may be in water without the ability to take your proper form we can't be sure how quickly you could get us there, if we use aeroplanes as a means of transportation then we should be able to release our siblings relatively quickly and get back to our old selves'.

'Fine I will take the stupid machine bird just stop your incessant nagging', Bai Tsa growled and followed the girl into the main entrance, as the child's parents were pre-occupied looking at various electronic timetables Bai Tsa took the opportunity to storm over to the girl and push her over, no little mortal was braver than her, that would show them. Walking on she smiled, the cries of the girl was music to her ears.

'Was that really necessary?' Shendu sighed.

'You burnt a man to a crisp earlier, I think I deserve that tiny ounce of cruelty', she justified.

'Fine, just keep moving there should be a ticket desk somewhere nearby', he replied.

Looking around she growled, inside the building was even busier than the outside of it. Eventually, over the tips of moving figures she saw a sign that read the word 'Tickets', confidentially Bia Tsa strode over to the counter that lay beneath the large sign.

'I need a ticket', she said forcefully.

The woman behind the counter was taken aback by tone of the woman but managed to breathe deeply and remind herself that the customer was always right and that she was being paid to provide a friendly service. 'Whereabouts would you like to fly to ma'am?'

Bai tsa froze, who knew that getting a ticket could be so complicated.

She could hear Shendu insult her but blocked him out, she could work this out on her own, he was not smarter than she.

'What places are there to choose from?' the water demon asked.

The woman stared at Bai Tsa in confusion, 'Usually people know which ticket they would like, it saves the crowd behind you getting so restless', the female replied her fake smile getting ever-harder to maintain.

Bia Tsa stared behind her and noticed that a queue had formed, all the mortals stood there impatiently, some shouted abuse at her for taking so long.

A part of her wanted to ask Shendu for help, the other part of her would never allow her to stoop so low, his ego was big enough without her to help him.

Still, Bai Tsa didn't like her situation. Everyone was staring at her expectantly, the woman from behind the counter was speaking to her but Bai Tsa was not listening, she was trying to decide what to do but the longer she took the louder the voices became, to add to it Shendu had also joined in once again. She was getting so frustrated.

Suddenly Bai Tsa unleashed a gush of water towards the ticket lady that send her flying back in to a wall and knocked her unconscious, the line of angry travellers fell silent grabbing what precious items they needed they slow back stepped away not wishing to be on the receiving end of the strange female with glowing red eyes.

The silence soothed Bai Tsa once more and she sighed and allowed her demonic eyes to return to sapphire blue, closing them she tried to think about her next course of action. Naturally however, she was interrupted.

'And I thought I lacked social skills', came the hiss of the dragon.

'Silence!' Bai Tsa snapped, she was not in the mood for his pathetic witty remarks.

'Now where do I get these damn tickets?' she said aloud, more to herself than to him.

Bai Tsa clambered over the counter and began to flick through tickets to different locations.

"Zimbabwe, no. Russia, no. Austria, no. Timbuktu, no."

'Why is there none to the moon?' she whined, Tso Lan was her priority, her voice of reason, she was sure she could effectively ignore Shendu with him around.

'The mortals don't use aeroplanes to reach the moon. It will be far more difficult to reach brother Tso, it would be best if we kept a …(he recalled the sudden outburst of anger from his sister and felt himself falter on his words) … low profile'

'But you said that these machines flew in the air, the moon is in the air why is that not included?' Bai Tsa argued.

Choosing to ignore her he growled, 'just keep looking through the tickets, the first one we find that is near one of our siblings we go to'.

"India, no. Egypt, no. Pamplona, no."

'Wait! Pamplona, that's in Spain, there is a demon portal just outside Pamplona', Shendu exclaimed, interrupting Bai Tsa's ticket searching.

Picking the ticket up she calmly walked over the unconscious worker and exited the counter just before an array of security guards came to resolve the situation. Sliding into a family of holiday goers she disappeared from their view and reached the centre of the airport full of people waiting around on chairs. Following their example she found an empty one and sat down.

After several minutes of silence she realised that she still didn't fully understand the way this means of transportation worked and wondered whether she was yet to find the metal bird and go on it or whether she was already in one without realising.

Sighing, she eventually realised that she would have to ask her roommate.

To her surprise however his reply was not as smug and confident as she had expected, 'Well when I was trapped within Valmont we never used public transport, he had his own plane. There was no need to muscle your way through crowds of mortals, this is completely different. I myself am proud that I got you this far to be honest', he admitted.

Bai Tsa merely laughed, 'Shendu, you don't know the meaning of the word honest. Now you were the one who dragged me to this place so hurry up and figure out what we have to do to get to our destination'.

As Shendu hummed and mumbled as if pretending to be thinking Bai Tsa scanned the area, out of the corner of her eye the words Pamplona appeared on an electronic screen. She pointed to it and read the information out loud.

'The departure number 069, over there to your left, it's leaving now, we need to go,' Shendu stated taking in the information they had just received.

Bai Tsa looked to her left and then slowly began to walk toward the departure door.

'It's leaving now Bai Tsa, the chances of us getting another ticket are very slim after you almost killed that woman', Shendu hissed.

'It's difficult to run, not all of us were born with legs Shendu', Bai Tsa snarled in reply.

'… besides, I wouldn't want to risk damaging these beautiful Athenian shoes'

'now!' Shendu yelled.

Bai Tsa moaned and then ever so slightly began to pick up speed, telling herself she was only doing so in order to get ever so closer to being free of her annoying brother. She eventually reached the door, flashed her ticket at the worker and just managed to get on board the plane in time.

After half an hour or so Bai Tsa was safely strapped into her large, cushioned seat and was settled calmly by one of the small windows. Fortunately the plane was more or less empty so no passengers were alarmed by the scaly dragon staring back at her through the glass.

'It's odd to think that humans have created technology that allows them to fly', Bai Tsa murmured, looking at the passing clouds through the astro-form of her sibling.

'I didn't think you seemed overly impressed by the power of human technology', the dragon commented.

'Why do you say that?' Bai Tsa asked.

'Oh no reason in particular, maybe just that part where you screamed for ten whole minutes when the plane began to take off', he replied.

'I… was in shock', his sister defended.

There was a silence, Bai Tsa could tell that Shendu did not believe her. Okay she had been a little scared but he had no right to know that information. She was a demon sorceress, she did not get scared, that's all he needed to know.

The silence continued until after around five minutes when the dragon began to murmur something under his breath.

It began to annoy her and although she hated to admit it the last five minutes had been rather dull and the silence was making her overthink her safety and panic about the idea that she was hundreds of thousands of feet above the earth. Yes she had complained about the ground before but had come to the conclusion that it was far better to be an earth-dweller than a winged animal. Sighing she pretended that she wasn't that interested in talking to her brother and coolly asked, 'What are you muttering about now Shendu?'

'I'm just trying to remember what portal is in Spain', he replied, he knew he had been there but the whole mishap journey he had had with the Dark Hand seemed to jumble into one.

'If you've led me to Spain and it turns out that there is no sibling of ours there I will kill you', she stated bluntly.

'Hong Kong is my portal, Rome is yours, half way between the Earth and Moon is Tso Lan's, Po Kong resides in Japan, Xiao Fung within the Black Forest, Tchang Zu is in California, Hsi Wu is in Boston…come to think about it, we should have released either Tchang Zu or Hsi Wu seeing as they were both located in America at least'.

'What! Why didn't you tell me that? We could have saved ourselves this traumatic ordeal!' Bai Tsa yelled.

'Ah it is Dai Gui's portal that is near Pamplona', Shendu recalled, completely ignoring Bai Tsa's question.

'Oh great, let's release the idiotic, aggressive one first, that's a good start, I'm sure he will be of great aid in our journey', Bai Tsa muttered sarcastically.

San Francisco:

So far it had not been a good day for Jackie, it was only midday and already he had been fighting a giant ogre, had been clubbed about three times by the beast and almost knocked down by about five swerving vehicles. It was strange to think that his actual occupation was as an archaeologist. Still, Jackie thanked that his Uncle had turned out to be a chi wizard, so whenever there was some supernatural problem he was always there to banish the evil beings back to where they belonged. His niece, as mischievous as she was also, Jackie had to admit, helped a lot too.

Just before the ogre tried for a fourth swipe at Jackie Uncle appeared in the nick of time and cast a re-sealing chi spell. The ogre disappeared in a flash and the only evidence of his presence that remained was a few torn down lampposts, six smashed cars and a very desolate street.

He walked back into the shop and past Uncle who was complaining about ogres being bad for business and gesturing towards the empty street, avoiding the maze of artefacts Jackie eventually found a comfortable recliner and collapsed into it. He had not slept since the night Jade had returned and told them of Shendu and Bai Tsa and the portal key, since then all the days had run into one, if it had even been days, he had lost track of time completely. Yawning his eyes grew heavy and he began to drift off, so far there had been no news on the demons, he'd have to just wait and rest until Captain Black got in touch to update him and until then all he could do was sleep, he thought smiling to himself as he lulled off.

'EVERYBODY WAS KUNG FU FIGHTING!'

Jackie woke with a fright as his phone flashed and vibrated in his pocket. He really needed to work out a way to change that ringtone, Jade and her silly jokes, he sighed.

He groaned when seeing on the screen that it was no other than his friend Augustus Black calling him.

Jackie prepared himself and then pressed the button.

'Jackie, Black here'.

'Hello', Jackie replied, wondering to himself why his old friend always greeted him like that, I mean he could see who it was calling from the phone and a hello wouldn't go amiss.

'The weather hasn't been so great here recently has it?' Captain Black continued.

Jackie was confused as to where this conversation as leading, maybe this was his way of being friendly. It was better than having a conversation about demon hunting he figured.

'No?' Jackie replied, unsure of how to really answer the vague, random question.

'Great, glad you agree. I have the perfect place where you can go for some sun. What about Pamplona in Spain, I hear it's brilliant at this time of year', Captain Black said happily.

'Very thoughtful of you my friend but I'm beginning to think that this is not your way of giving me a nice relaxation holiday and that two certain demons also had the same idea', Jackie answered.

'So you in?' Captain Black asked, aware that Jackie was now informed.

Jackie took a deep breath then he slowly exhaled, 'Yes, I'm ready', he replied.

'Good the jet will be there in 10' Captain Black said hanging up the phone.

'Bye', Jackie murmured into the receiver, what was with these secret agents, surely a quick hello and goodbye wouldn't kill them.

Just then Jade popped out of nowhere.

'So where we off to?' she asked, grinning.

Pamplona, Spain:

'It's too hot, I'm tired, can't we find a nice pool or lake to swim in?' Bai Tsa complained, her feet ached and the lack of hydration was making her grouchy, it felt like she had been wandering for hours.

'Perhaps I should take control dear sister', Shendu offered aware that they had only just left the airport five minutes ago and his sister was already a nightmare to deal with.

'No, you always want to do everything your way, I am the eldest of the two of us and I shall do as I wish', Bai Tsa replied darkly.

'I assure you I wasn't trying to take control of the situation. It is just that you seemed tired, you probably are suffering from jetlag, a common thing after long plane journeys. I merely wondered if you wished for us to switch as that would mean that you could rest', Shendu stated, he really needed her to stop whining, he was going crazy and unlike his sister he loved the sun, the fact that she was enjoying the heat made him seethe with jealousy.

'You just want to get all the glory when you release Dai Gui', Bai Tsa hissed, all too aware of Shendu's devious schemes.

Shendu laughed, 'If family glory matters so much to you then we may change back when I reach the portal'. For once he genuinely wasn't out to get glory, he didn't care about releasing Dai Gui, in honesty he'd rather Bai Tsa had to deal with him, he just wanted to stretch his legs and have freedom. He had gone almost a millennium without limbs it was torture to go through the same ordeal again.

Bai Tsa sighed, she was tired and her feet hurt. Shendu did have a point he was the one who actually knew where the portal was located. Although she did not want to give in and agree with his idea she knew that it was futile her exploring Spain for some portal, besides Shendu was the one with the key anyway and if something were to go wrong, which was more than likely, Shendu would have to take full responsibility for it.

'Fine', she eventually replied and allowed herself to be surrounded by a red light.

Once the light faded Shendu's male figure re-appeared and he stretched out his arms embracing the freedom.

He scanned the area trying to remember where Dai Gui's portal was. He knew that it was near Pamplona but not exactly in the resort. He raked through his brain, trying to remember and eventually decided that it was to the right of the resort. Turning in that direction he then began to run and leap from place to place. As much he disliked being in a human form he preferred his current shape to his previous vessel, Valmont. Still, it would be ideal if he had his dragon figure to run much faster and leap far greater distances.

After a while of running through empty, sandy trails he reached a small ruin that he instantly recognised from previously releasing his brother.

Taking a deep breath he took the key from his pocket and waited for it to fly forward and release his sibling.

'Hope he is in a good mood', Shendu whispered, knowing that temper-wise Dai Gui could be just as bad as Tchang Zu.

Suddenly a pull of gravity forced Shendu off his feet and he went flying into the air along with the key he held in his hand.

Shendu yelled as her realised that the key was guiding him to a solid brick pillar, however it was too late to retaliate and Shendu smacked his forehead right off the object and fell to the dusty ground with a thud.

'That was hilarious, can you do that again?' Bai Tsa laughed, awakened from her nap.

'I thought you were resting?' Shendu groaned, rubbing his bruised forehead.

'It's hardly like you're being quiet, I don't usually sleep through people slamming against walls', Bai tsa remarked.

Before the conversation could continue a gruff voice interrupted.

'Shendu?'

Shendu looked up, 'Oh, greetings brother'.

Dai Gui snorted and looked around.

'Dai Gui is surprised. Dai Gui thought that the Chan Clan would have followed you here'.

Shendu grinned, come to think about it so far things were going quite well, the Chans had not interrupted at all.

'Stop right there Shendu!' Jackie yelled jumping out from a nearby hill.

'There goes my theory', Shendu muttered.

'Dai Gui will crush you mouse man!' the earth demon roared as he began to run towards Jackie.

Shendu contemplated whether to help or not. Eventually he sighed and took a fighting position.

Admittedly his figure was not as impressive as his Brother's but he figured he could at least take out the little Chan or something.

'This should be interesting' he muttered, as he envisioned the comedic chaos that was about to ensue.