JK: We have counted your votes and now someone new.
There were hearts drawn on the walls that they were supposed to follow. Chase was confident to win this one the third time in a row. But this time, it was going to be different.
"Wait, you are an evil boy genius, Jack Spicer."
"Who the heck are you?" asked Jack to himself. A tiny version of himself appeared on his shoulder.
"I am your alter ego," said Jack to himself. "Come on, you should be able to outsmart these Xiaolin losers.
"Hey, you're right," said Jack. Without a thought, he pulled a chocolate pudding cup out of his coat pocket, and opened it. Just about when the path was getting narrower, he threw it behind him and ran.
"Jack, what are you doing!" yelled Rai.
Tubbimura sprang in front of all of them and grabbed the pudding cup. Just as Jack predicted, he got stuck in the narrowing path. Their only chance for winning now was to pull him out and start over. But by the time they do that, he would've already won. Jack activated his heli-bot and flew the rest of the way there. The others had to tug Tubbimura back to the outside entrance. As Jack followed the last heart, he opened a trapped door and went out to the light.
Some French people mumbled something like, "Where did he come from?"
The others had finally got Tubbimura out of the tunnel.
JK: The winner of this Trial is Jack Spicer. Meet at the Eiffel Tower at midnight to discuss your trial.
"Damn, I lost to Spicer," said Chase.
Jack flew the skies of Paris, kind of proud of his victory. He went back down to the café and this time, there was no Wuya.
But there was a reason for that.
An odd purple cloud floated in the skies. Who sat on it was no other than Wuya.
"Good job, Jack."
Kimiko was searching various designer stores all around the city. Rai and Clay hauled loads of bags on their backs.
"Do you think it was a good idea to go with Kimiko?" asked Clay, his arms shaking.
"No," said Rai. His arms were turning purple from the pressure.
Tubbimura was still eating after the trial. The nearby Frenchies store at him, thinking he's some kind of manifestation.
"I don't know what is the stranger, America or France," said Vlad. No matter where he went, things confused him.
Chase wanted to be alone after the loss. Sure, he survived other losses. But why did he have to lose against Spicer?
He stomped through the French countryside. Maybe the green fields would make him happy. But happy was not a frequent emotion he had. So he had to settle for being content.
As for Katnappe, she was out to snatch some rare French jewels. And as for dinner, it was not very appealing.
"This food is in a hit," said Omi, staring at snails. He poked one with a fork and it died.
"Out of whack," said Kimiko.
"Whatever," said Rai. "I am not eating this."
He turned green as he watched Clay ingest a snail, formally known as Es Cargo.
"What?" asked Clay.
Tubbimura was still hungry after his escapade. Jack was gloating about his victory.
"You think that's good? I snatched the rare Le Cher jewel today," said Katnappe. She snatched it off the table.
"You stole a snail?" asked Jack. "I'm starting to question your intellect."
"Snail? Wait, what happened to Le Cher?" she pawed around the table for the jewel. Tubbimura was sitting next to her. Everyone's heads slowly turned to Tubbimura.
"Oh crap."
"Uh, meow. I spent all afternoon trying to steal that," said Katnappe. "Now it's useless."
"I don't think you want it back," said Rai. "I wonder what will happen when the French starts to look for it."
"Hey wait, where's Trinity?" asked Jack.
Meanwhile…
"eww," she said. She was running like a complete idiot, stomping her hot pink boots. "omg omg omg wat teh beep ish in mi perfect perfectly perfecter dan urs boots"
You could hear distressed buzzing and crunching in one of her feet. You can probably guess what happened. She was screaming running down the stone road.
"eww eww eww eww eww eww dis ish lks so grose an stuf" she sat down at the same table where Jack drinks his coffee.
"dis ish lks so grose" said Trinity, pulling off her boot. There was a bundle of crap on her toes. She looked inside her boot and there were the squished remains of a giant green fly.
"lks EWW" she did not notice that Le Mime was behind her.
"I steped on a shoo nome" she whined. Le Mime was making disgusted faces behind her. He was leaning against an invisible wall, listening to her bitch the night away.
She turned around. "hay beet it frenchie i hats u ppl u ppl r lks so stoopid an shud di"
He just simply smiled.
"didnt u here mi i told u 2 beet it" she said. He just started to walk against the wind.
She was pissed. "dats it mime ur lks so did an stuf u shud no i am da dragon of life an deth u r going 2 b srry"
She started waving her hands in a suspended background. "uh lks hares mi signitre mov, mi kill u: deth"
Nothing seemed to happen because her non-existent powers seem to NOT EXIST.
He pretended to laugh at her.
"uh stop it ish not funi" she fumed.
JK: Trinity, stop talking to that mime and meet at the Eiffel Tower for trial discussion.
"all rite u grumpy" she fumed. She pointed at Le Mime. "ill b back"
He started copying her.
"grr" she bared her nails that she filed to be sharp as knives.
JK: Trinity…
"uh fine" she stomped off towards one of the most famous landmarks in the world. The others were already there in their chairs. And in front of the ten chairs was the familiar Saw puppet.
JK: Discuss your trial to each other.
"Jack cheated," said Rai.
"No, I just simply used my brain," said Jack.
"Finally," said Katnappe.
"Hey shut up, Ashley," said Jack.
She showed her claws. "It's Katnappe."
"Whatever, I won the trial anyway, so hah," Jack stuck out his tongue.
"The pudding cup was good though," said Tubbimura. Chase was silent throughout the conversation. He still couldn't believe he lost the trial, and worse, he lost to Spicer.
"hay ppls i saw sumthing wird" said Trinity.
JK: What exactly?
"wel i is insulted teh dumb frenchies lks i du everyday an i herd the wall mone" she said casually.
JK: That must be the spirits of the dead. Do you want to know what is so special about the ghosts that haunt the catacombs?
"wat" asked Trinity, mad that the puppet interrupted.
JK: They have red eyes.
At that point, Trinity turned white. She remembered when she pulled out the brick from the wall and looked through. But in truth, it was the eye of the dead that was staring right back at her.
"What's wrong with Trinity?" asked Rai. She dramatically fainted in her chair.
JK: Ha-ha, I was kidding, that was only our camera.
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JK: Chase is not adapting well to loss. And as for Trinity, she's completely oblivious. Their trip to Paris was filled with ups and downs, but this is only one of many to come.