Strikemaster Ice had improved to the point of being able to breathe on his own. Kyle had taken the mask off and prepared something warm for him to eat and drink.
"Yo man! I still can't believe you're here!" Ice exclaimed to his older brother, "What chu doin' all the way down here?"
Kyle smiled. "Well after I graduated med school a buddy of mine asked me to come down here for a year while he and some others worked on a research project. He wanted a doctor on site because of the freezin' cold conditions. Project ends in a week so I'll finally get to go back to the States! Good thing I was walkin' outside today cuz you could've died out there! What's your story man! Last time I was home I heard you ran away?"
Ice took a big sigh and told his story to his older brother, from training at the Zu Monastery and meeting his crew to being in jail to meeting and getting married to Cassie. He was pretty nervous about telling the truth since his brother was always a good guy but he did it anyways, though he left out all the magic stuff for the moment since he was sure Kyle wouldn't believe him.
"Get outta here! You're married?!" Kyle exclaimed, "Mr. Girls-suck-and-I-don't-want-their-drama-yo got himself a girl?!"
Ice laughed out loud. "Yeahhh for reals right!" he replied as he stuck out his left hand to show Kyle his wedding ring, "But marrying her's the smartest thing I've ever done, yo! I can't wait for you to meet her!"
Kyle grinned. "That's good for you! Man sounds like you've been through a lot. Proud of you for changing, dude. That takes guts."
Ice smiled as he gave his brother a hug. "Thanks, yo. Gosh I miss my Cassie so much, I wish I could call and tell her I'm okay, I'm sure she's freaked! Hope that fool Larry hasn't made no moves on her."
"Power lines are down but in a few days, they'll be alive and kickin' again!" Kyle replied.
"Well I guess I can wait, yo!" Ice said, "So uh, tell me more 'bout what's been going on in yo life."
Back in San Francisco, the Section 13 crew who was going to Antarctica was packing their bags on a plane, having nothing but the warmest of clothes, essentials for being in freezing cold temperatures, and ingredients for spells.
"Everyone ready?" Jackie, who was designated the leader of the mission, asked those who were going with him. They nodded as they began to board the plane.
"Hope you find Ice, Uncle Jackie!" Jade said as she gave her uncle a hug. "Be careful!"
"I do too. Be safe up here, and remember everything me and Uncle taught you as you take on the bad guys" Jackie replied, though he was feeling confident in his niece's abilites.
"Take it easy, Cass!" Kaysha said as she hugged her younger sister goodbye, "Hopefully Ice will be easy to find."
"Thanks, sis, I hope so too" Cassie replied, "I can't wait to tell him I'm pregnant! He's gonna be stoked!"
Kaysha and Charmaine then turned to their husbands and hugged them tight.
"Please be careful, babe" Charmaine said to Cobra with a worried look on her face, "I hope you'll be home before the baby's born."
"I will, yo. I love you, cutie" Cobra stated as he kissed his wife's lips passionately.
"Bye bye little B" DJ Fist said as he held his son and kissed his head gently, "Take good care of mommy while daddy's gone."
Kaysha laughed softly. "He will. You take good care of yourself too, baby. I love you" she added as she and DJ kissed and share one more big hug. DJ smiled bravely and kissed his wife's cheek before going on board. The crew who was remaining behind watched as the plane flew off.
"Do you think they'll come out okay, Liddy?" Charmaine asked her aunt, "Cuz I'm worried sick on the inside."
"I hope so, Char" Lydia replied, "I hope so."
"I have locator spell ingredients ready!" My-Yung said as she motioned everyone to the main lounge where she had set up two cauldrons, one for finding the amulets and the other for finding Larry.
"Great!" Jade said, "Uh since Uncle and Tohru are gone me and Mick will help you!" she added as she took Larry's Gameboy out of her pocket.
"How did it go with Larry's mother?" Lydia asked.
Jade sighed. "It was tough. Getting something that belonged to Larry was a piece of cake but Larry's mom doesn't believe that Larry went bad, so she's not exactly happy with us."
"It's a hard pill to swallow, unfortunately" Tag said, "My uncle and aunt were quite devastated when they found out that Sheila was a good girl gone bad."
"Well regardless, we gotta find where Mr. Hopeless-in-love is so that we can find our mystery crooks" Micky said. "Let's make some spells!"
My-Yung first performed the spell to find Larry. She put the Gameboy into the cauldron after mixing up the ingredients and chanted something in Korean. After the spell, a hologram shot up.
"The Helm's Fish Hennery!" Valmont exclaimed, "That was once the Dark Hand's primary hideout when searching for Shendu's demon brethren."
"So they're hiding out there! Well that's convenient, Jackie and I have been there before!"Jade said.
"Okay, good! We have something to work with! Alright then, now where's the amulets?" Tag asked.
My-Yung followed the instructions on the magic amulet scroll on how to locate the sky and mountain amulets. After chanting the Korean spell, she was surprised to see nothing happen.
"Aiyah! Spell did not work!" she cried.
"Did you follow the instructions right?" Micky asked.
"Yes! Word by word! I have learned of such cases when training with Chi Mistress Fong! Spell did not work because power of amulets has been drained out of them somehow! Spell can only locate amulets if power resides within them!"
"Aww man! Well that's just great!" Micky complained.
"Unfortunate indeed but do not worry Micky dear" Tag replied, "Once we find our unknown villians we will make them reveal the location. Two can play this game."
Back at the Helm's Fish Hennery, Min and her henchman were just leaving in search for Section 13. Min's uncle revealed that the six remaining amulets were hidden together at the secret underground base, meaning that their enemies had figured out that the amulets were under attack.
"I can't believe your uncle and aunt wouldn't give us the spell to find my Cassie!" Larry whined.
"I'm sorry, but the amulets are far more important to them at this time" Min said as she rolled her eyes at Larry's juvenile drama, "But we will help you find her soon enough. Now, where does the seeking device indicate we should go?"
"Seeking device?" Larry asked.
"Yes! Seeking device! Don't tell me you didn't bring it!" Min yelled.
"Oh! Uh...I thought you asked Jake to do it" Larry said sheepishly.
Min facepalmed herself in frustration. "I told YOU to do it, you idiot! Go back to our hideout and get it!"
"Yes ma'am" Larry said nervously as he started his way back to the Hennery.
Jake and Adam looked at Min and before they could say anything, she stared at them evilly and said, "Don't start."
Not too long after they left, the Section 13 crew arrived at the Helm's Fish Hennery. Amazingly, Min and her crew were able to walk through the streets of San Francisco out of their sight.
"Alright, crew. This location is not horribly large so let's search the place quickly and carefully" Tag instructed.
"I know all the primary hideouts in case nobody is familiar with the architecture" Valmont added.
The crew walked inside, searching quickly but carefully for Larry and his new "friends". As they went from room to room, Charmaine felt a strong pain hit her abdominal area.
"Ow! What was that?" she thought as she continued to walk. A few moments later, a stronger pain hit the same area.
"Ahhh!" she cried as she fell to the ground. Everyone turned around and crowded around her.
"Charmaine! What's wrong?" Kaysha asked.
Charmaine started breathing hard and tried to look up at the crew while holding her rounded belly in pain.
"Guys...I...I think I need to go to the hospital."
