Yo peeps. Thanks for all of the comments. By the way, I'll be sure to update more often now that I have a stable source of internet and finals are done. So anyways. I really don't have much to say, so in everyone's best interest, story time.
Disclaimer: Blah blah, I don't own Xiaolin Showdown blah blah
A bone-chilling silence filled the room after Tara hit the ground. The monks stared at her unconscious body and the girls fell into tears when they saw her injuries. Tara's blue shirt was ripped to shreds and caked in blood. Lightning burns and deep cuts covered her lower back and legs. The team was dumbfounded; they've been hurt badly before: broken bones, cuts, concussions, etc. but they never suffered anything to that extent. Omi was the first to snap from the trance.
"My friends, we must help her immediately! She is badly wounded!" screamed the little monk as he stooped down to pick up Tara's limp body.
"Yea, the little feller's right. Kimono, get Master Fung and Master Monk Guan now. Ciara, see if you can't do anythin' 'til the medical monks get here."
"I'm on it. Hey Omi, put her on this pillow." Omi set Tara down and sat by her feet.
"Okay, here I go. Healing Light!"
Ciara's hands began to emit a white light and she proceeded to place them on Tara's body. Her hands cleansed the blood and stopped further blood flow.
"Okay, I've cleaned her up pretty well, now I'm going to fix any broken bones. Ok, Tara, this might hurt a little bit." Lela moved around and placed Tara's head in her lap.
"Healing Light!" Ciara's hands began to glow again and started up again, first working on her left calf."
"M'kay, looks like it's only partially broken, it should in a week or so. You see, this only resets the bones, she still going to need a cast and stitches, but this will speed up the healing process quite a bit. Something that takes months to heal under normal medicine will heal in a week or so with me. She'll still have to do some physical therapy though, I'm not that good." Ciara brought a much needed smile and laugh to the room that made all of the monks forget the severity of the situation for a moment. Unfortunately that reprieve ended all too soon when Tara let out a moan of pain and the monks were brought back to the overwhelming despair they forgot seconds ago.
"Shh, shh, it's going to be okay sweetie," Layla whispered as she stroked Tara's face. A tear slowly fell down Layla's face. Ciara's eyes filled with pain as she looked at her broken sister. Her eyes moved to Omi. He hadn't moved or said a word since he put Tara on the pillow. She turned to Clay. His hat covered most of his face to hide his tears. She looked down and saw the wet spots on his shirt. She hurt for him. For Omi. For Kimiko. For Tara. For her sister. For Alex and Raimundo. This pain she felt for her friends over whelmed and suppressed any self-pity she had for herself.
Tears slowly slipped down her face as Tara groaned again. Layla rubbed Tara's cheek and whispered more soothing words into her hurt friend's ear. The group suffered through Tara's pain for several more minutes as Ciara finished up resetting bones, closing cuts, and fixing burn wounds.
"Very good young monk," the monks looked up to see Master Fung, Master Monk Guan, Kimiko and two medical monks standing by the doorway. Kimiko's eyes were red and looked as if she had been crying as well.
"That will do for now, the medical monks will take her to the infirmary and finish your work."
The monks attempted to pick up Taranis; however, Omi stopped them and carried her himself with the two monks in his wake.
Masters Fung and Monk Guan whispered a few words to each other; took a quick glance at the monks; whispered a few more words and Master Fung walked off.
"Okay monks, you are all done for the night. Sleep now and rest for a few days. Ciara, make sure everyone is healed by Thursday. On that day, we will continue your training. Alex and Raimundo are growing quickly! You ninnies must be ready for that time! Good night!"
Guan bowed and abruptly left.
"You guys go on 'n sleep. I'll go check on tha lil' feller.I'll make sure he gets proper rest 'n food. G'night y'all."
Clay tipped his hat and walked out of the room.
"Hey guys…can we sleep in the same room tonight? I-I don't feel too great."
Kimiko and Layla looked at Ciara. She had her arms wrapped around her legs and head tucked into her lap. The two looked at each other. They were both thinking the same thing.
"Yeah Cici. We'll sleep in my room," Layla said as she offered her sister a hand up.
"Thanks guys."
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BLEEUGGGHHH! Raimundo walked out of the kitchen with a toothpick in his mouth.
"Woah, excuse me."
Raimundo walked across the hall into the tv room Chase made Wuya create for his new pupils. He plopped on the couch and started flipping through channels.
"Oy, where the hell is Alex? He should've been here hours ago."
BOOM BOOM BOOM
"Aye, Wuya. Door!...Wuya! Man, I gotta do everything." He slowly crawled off of the couch and dragged his feet on the way to the door.
"Okay! Okay! Relaxe…Who is it?" the Brazilian asked in a sing song voice.
"Fuck. It's me asshole. Open the damn door."
"Me? Who's me? I'm me. Me is right here, so I can't be talking to me." Rai sung back.
"Shit! It's Alex, I'm fucking hurt, now open the door."
"Haha, okay janota, relaxe," Rai opend the door and was greeted with what he assumed to be a hug.
"Woah Alex, it's only been a few hours since I last saw you."
"Shut up. I fell. My leg is fucked up."
"What? Oh shit man, what happened?"
"I'll tell you later. Just get Wuya down here to fix me up."
"Okay, gimmie a sec," Rai led Alex to the couch and ran off to retrieve Wuya. "Wuuuuyyyaaaaaa!"
Alex sat up and checked out his body. He was pretty bloody and cut up, but nothing too serious besides the rather large gash on his leg. He fell back down and though back to the events that put him in this condition.
Flashback
"Hmmm, I wonder where I should go?" a dark-skinned boy asked himself. He had been riding a dirt bike around for an about an hour now, with exact destination. He decided to grab a bite to eat from a small diner he stumbled on his ride.
I wanna go into a hurricane or something, but the only strong ones are in the middle of the ocean, and I don't feel like drowning. "Here ya go sweetie," a woman who seemed to be in her 50's was holding his food.
"Oh, thank you." He said and accepted his food.
"No problem, doll."
He smiled as the lady walked away and glanced outside. I swear I know this place. I'm sure I used to come here…with someone, but I can't remember who. A lot of my memories before I switched to the Heylin are hazy.
The boy disregarded these thoughts for now and dug in to the hamburger and fries he ordered.
About 5 minutes later
The boy paid for his meal and walked back outside. Standing next to his bike, he observed the area once again. Nothing but mountains. But, something seemed very familiar about the place. That's when he saw it: a flash in the corner of his eye. He turned just in time to see what seemed to be a girl coming out of a portal by one of the mountains.
The boy's eyes lit up, not at what he saw, but who he saw. Hey, isn't that…Taranis? Why the hell is she here? Wait, it's coming back to me…Me and her…We trained around here. I don't know where, but I bet she does. I'm going to follow her.
The boy tied his dreads into a ponytail and hopped on his bike and left to follow the girl.
He tailed her for a few minutes until he could see her destination: Thunderstorm Butte.
That's right! We came here all the time because of our elements. Well now, let's get this party started.
He put on his helmet and flew past her, almost running her over.
"Hey, watch it douchebag!" she screamed when she got back up.
The boy ignored her and kept riding. He played around the bit while he waited for her to get into position, so he could make his next move.
She arrived on the butte about 15 minutes later, more than enough time for the boy to set up his trap.
"I wonder where that asshole went," She looked around and she didn't see him nor did she hear his bike. She shrugged her shoulders, "Eh, I guess he left."
"You'd be wrong on that one." A disembodied voice spoke.
She turned to the sound of the voice, "Who's there?...Show yourself."
"Haha fine." A tall boy with a motorcycle helmet on walked from behind a few bushes.
"Who-Who are you?" She asked, backing up slightly.
"What? Come on Tara you know me. I can't believe you don't remember me." He sneered, walking closer to her.
Hey, I know that voice…is it? No, it couldn't be…Alex?
"A-Alex, is that you?" she asked, backing up further by another heap of bushes.
"Hah, you remembered me. I'm so FLATTERED!" He inched closer to her and took off his helmet. He had a demonic look that would have made a grown man cry. "But, it doesn't matter. It's time for you to die! Heylin Lightning!" AN: Yea, Kingdom Hearts reference.
He shot a dark bolt of lightning at the girl who nimbly dodged to the side.
"Looks like your aim still hasn't gotten better since you left," she taunted.
"Hmph. Two things: Number one; it has. And number two; I wasn't aiming for you dumbass."
She turned around and saw a lit trail of gunpowder. She followed it with her eyes to the open gas tank of a dirt bike.
"Oh shit."
She screamed and jumped out of the way of what would have been a fatal explosion.
"Very good. Looks like you haven't lost a step. But, you don't get to live just because you dodged that."
Tara threw off her charred jacket. And looked at her former best friend. He was a different person now. His demeanor changed to something very brutal. She knew that there would be now running from this fight.
"Okay asshole, you want a fight, then you got one. HAAHH!" She flew towards him and launched into a flurry of punches and kicks.
"Hah, you're gonna have to do better than that," He said while blocking a few kicks.
"MMM! Try this one then. Thunder Blast!"
She threw a few more kicks to the outside to open his chest. She placed her hands on his chest.
"Boom."
Her hands grew a light blue aura and she sent out a force with a deafening sound. Alex was sent flying about 50 feet backwards. He slowly got up a wiped some dirt off of his face. His shirt was badly shredded. He looked at it and decided to rip it off.
"You know what, I really liked that shirt." He cracked hiss neck and used his lightning to appear in front of Tara in an instant. "Bye bye."
Alex punched Tara hard in the gut to knock the wind out of her. She doubled over and Alex kneed her in the chest. An audible crack could be hear coming from her ribs.
"Ahhh!"
"Don't cry. I'm just getting started. Lightning Gun!" He stepped back and fired bolts of lightning from his fingers. The bolts struck her body burning her on contact.
"NGH! Huh-AHHHH!" Tara screamed in pain.
"Electro Ball!" Alex created a small ball of electricity in his hands and jumped to the injured Xiaolin Warrior. "Enjoy." He put it on her ribs and jumped back.
"Explode!" On his cue, the ball of electricity exploded and sent the small girl flying.
Alex used his lightning to warp in front of her and intercepted her in midair with a kick to the back of the head to send her crashing into the earth.
"You can't win monk! Wahaha!...Wait, what?" Alex stared at the black figure coming from the hole in the ground.
"Hey Alex. Remember me? Your best friend. Well looks like I've managed to get into my Wudai form. Hehe. So, now I'm going to kick your ass!"
"Thunder Pulse!" She yelled and let out a wave of energy with a roaring noise.
"Ah! Electric Pulse!" Alex mimicked her and let out a wave of crackling electricity. The two energy blasts collided and created a large explosion. Moments later, a thunderstorm appeared above them. The two fighters looked up and looked back at each other.
"As you know, our power increases during storms, hehe. And since I'm in my Wudai form, looks like I have the upper hand." Taranis teased.
"Sure, whatever. Just you wait and witness the power of the Heylin!" He retorted. Deep inside, Alex knew the girl spoke the truth, but he couldn't allow signs of weakness to be shown.
The storm continued and the fight went on. Tara was winning now and was close to finishing the fight; however, a bolt of lightning fell down and struck Alex. Tara's eyes widened and backed up. Alex too was now in his Wudai form.
"Woah. Sweet. I bet I can end this now. Wait, I think I can control it now." Alex began to play with his newfound power; going in and out of his Wudai form about three or four times until he was blown away by Tara's Thunder Pulse.
"Bad idea. HYAA! Electric Charge!" Alex's hands and feet were coated in negative ions so he could create electricity easily on contact with someone else. He attacked with lightning fast punches. His hands would spark as they flew threw they air and lit up on contact with Tara's skin. He suddenly kicked her in the leg and yet another crack could be heard.
"AHHHHHHH!"
"Aww, look at you, crying. Hmph, weakling, give me one good reason why I shouldn't kill you right now."
"Because, you're my best friend and I know the real you is there somewhere. And I swear, Alex, I will save you!" She cried as tears fell down her face.
"You'd be wrong on that one, the Alex you knew is dead!" Alex charged another lightning bolt; however, he thought about it and decided to spare her life.
"You caught me in a forgiving mood. I'll let you live. Good luck getting back." Alex took her Golden Tiger Claws and jumped through the portal.
Tara cried in pain. She was losing consciousness.
Suddenly a portal opened up again and the Golden Tiger Claws flew through. She didn't ask any questions and left for home.
AN: I know what you're thinking, why didn't they just warp inside? Well, let's just say that protective seals have been put up that prevent warping inside both places. You can warp out, but not back in. Like Harry Potter.
End Flashback
Maybe I should've killed her. Well, I'll see what happens. Maybe I'll kill her next time. But, this is no time to dwell in the past. Ugh, Where the hell is Wuya?
"Ay, Sorry it took so long bro, Wuya was…uhm...busy. Hahaha."
"I was in the shower you brat. Now let's see Alex…Man, you got a number done to you. Can't you take one girl?"
"How did you know?"
"Haha, I was spying on the monks, darling."
Alex sneered at her, "Just fucking help me."
"Un-uh. What's the magic word?"
"Help me, before I rip your hair out, please."
"Eh, close enough. Just relax this might sting a bit."
"AHHH! DAMNIT!"
"Hahahahaha"
"Shut up, Rai."
Chase Young observed his pupils, they were ready for the Yoso Orion form. It was only a matter of time before the two could raid the Temple alone for Shen-Gon-Wu. According to Wuya, Some important ones would reveal themselves within a few weeks. He would let the monks retrieve them without a fight, but let Raimundo and Alex steal them later, so he could lure the Xiaolin into a false sense of security. It was almost time.
Okay, Sorry it took so long but I'm finally done. Not much to say. Constructive criticism please. R&R please!