Love Hurts
After the fiasco with Ikazuki's Mask the Chan Clan decided to go to Sodor for a vacation, "For once we don't have to worry about anything, in a sense it's kinda dull." Jade said in boredom.
"This is my kind of vacation," Jackie replied, "Hopefully we can catch up with our engine friends."
"And not have to worry about any Oni." Tohru added.
"Uncle is glad we don't have to deal with Tohru's mother." the old man put in.
"And besides this is a friendly vacation. What could possibly go wrong?" Jackie asked.
"Jackie, don't you watch the movies? Something usually goes wrong when somebody says that." Jade warned him.
"Oh, that's crazy, Jade. You're crazy." Jackie denied it.
Uncle hit Jackie with his signature two finger smack, "Have you learned nothing? Do not tempt fate!" Jade and Uncle had no idea how right they were about Jackie tempting fate.
In the Gigant Horse Mavro, Malkor, Vrak and Mindy were discussing their next strategy while Jack was introducing them to Gianna, "This my fellow villains and villainess' is Gianna." Jack introduced them.
"Hello, everybody. Jack Spicer has told me so much about all of you."
"We welcome you, Gianna." Mavro greeted her.
"Our skills in robots match those for Jack Spicer and he tells me that you have a plan to defeat our enemies. Is this true, Gianna?" Vrak inquired.
"I do, if you're willing to hear me out."
"Can you please hear her out? She worked so hard on it!" Jack begged.
"We should hear her out, Mavro," Malkor answered, "A wise leader listens to ideas before formulating a plan."
"And you are a wise leader, Malkor." Mindy praised him.
"Very well. Gianna, you may speak." Mavro said.
"First I have a question. Are any of you familiar with the show Tiny Toon Adventures?"
"Oh, I loved that Cartoon when it first aired. I recorded every episode that played." Jack cheered.
"Well, I was thinking we use the Personality Changer and make our enemies act differently than usual. Then we swoop in, and defeat them." Gianna planned.
"Hmm, with their personalities altered that would make them easier targets when they would lack their quality to help them fight." Mavro admitted.
"But what happens if we make one of them worse than the way they were before?" Vrak wondered.
"Vrak has a point. Malkor, would you like to add your two cents into this?" Mindy asked.
"It is fairly risky, one of them might become more evil than the rest of us, and may attempt to overthrow us. So perhaps we should start with one of them before deciding to use it on everyone?" he suggested.
"Thank you very much and there is one more thing. While studying up on the Personality Changer it requires that the user think of somebody and I have the target all picked out."
"We're listening." Mavro replied.
"I'm planning on using the Personality changer on Maggie Nova Perkins."
"Phoenix girl." Mindy gasped.
"That's so devious. I like it." Jack smirked.
"Here's what we do. To lure her out all we have to do is vandalize her father's kettle."
"Provoking her at her weakest point. Perfect." Mavro admitted. Jack and Gianna left to put the plan into action.
Meanwhile the ship had arrived at Brendam Docks where Josh was waiting to take the passengers, "Come on, let's keep em coming."
Josh's Driver spoke, "Take it easy, Josh. There's plenty of time. Remember you're covering for Edward on account of the fact that he's updating the China Clay Line. Zuko and the Fat Controller want this done so they didn't have to worry about low bridges anymore."
"I know I know."
Jackie who along with Tohru, Uncle, and Jade arrived spoke, "Your driver is right, Josh. Slow and steady wins the race."
"And that's a fact. Unless you count using the rabbit talisman as a cheat." Jade noted.
"Or the Celestial Key of Liu Rin. The Noble Rabbit of the Chinese Zodiac." The group then saw Camille emerging from shadow wearing her usual sleeveless black dress.
"Hey, Camille, nice entrance." Jade admitted.
"Thank you very much, Jade. I've been working on it. By the way, Carol and I are gonna hit the beach with our friends. Want to join us?"
"Can I, Uncle Jackie, Can I?"
"I don't see why not. Just be careful."
"Always."
"Follow me, Jade. And Stay close. This could get bumpy." Camille instructed, as Jade followed her.
At the beach, Carol and the gang were already in their swim suits enjoying the weather when Camille and Jade showed up via shadow power, "Camille, glad you could make it. And you brought Jade with you." Maggie greeted.
"Like I'd miss this." Jade replied.
"No doubt about that." Edna said.
"You know you should join us. The Water's great." Carol said. So Camille and Jade went to find someplace to change.
When they came out Jade was in her usual one piece while Camille was wearing a black two piece bikini that she had bought from Vegas.
"Now time for some fun." Jade said in excitement.
"Indeed. I could use some fun after the Ikazuki fiasco." Camille added.
As Jade and Camille joined the others in the surf they didn't notice that Jack Spicer and Gianna were watching and wearing Helipacks on their back so as to put Gianna's Plan into action.
"You remember the plan right, Jack?" Gianna asked.
"Right, I distract them long enough for you to activate the Personality Changer."
"Excellent. I can see why Mindy brought you into Crime Incorporated."
Jack: looked smugly, "Well, a lot of others underestimate the genius of Jack Spicer."
"Don't get cocky now get going." Gianna ordered. Jack nodded and went to put his part of the plan into motion.
Meanwhile the gang was already swimming and Maggie had even began surfing
"Whoa, look at her go." Jade gasped.
"What did you expect? Maggie likes doing all kinds of sports. Though she dislikes ballet and cheerleading. She finds them too girly." Michelle said.
Jade was about to ask but then some metallic sharks surrounded the group, "What do you think of my shark bots, losers?" Jack asked, as he rode atop one.
"Jack Spicer. Can't you see we're having a day off?" Jade asked.
"Shark bots attack." he ordered. The robotic sharks were gliding through the water with opened marks with metal sharp teeth.
"I got this." Carl said, as he used some Waterbending to destroy the sharks.
"You benders think you're all that tough." Jack grumbled.
"You have yet to see tough. Carl, up for a double team?" Carol asked.
"You bet."
"Light, give me strength." Carol called.
Jack watched as the two fused. When the light show ended. Carol was standing on a block of ice wearing a blue dress and pants. Jack clicked his watch and lowering down were his Jack-Bots, "Jack-Bots, attack!"
"These rust buckets? Bring it. " Carol beckoned him. Carol used advanced waterbending moves that would easily put masters to shame as she destroyed the jackbots and danced while doing it.
"You may have beaten my robots but this isn't over." Jack left
"Well, that was random." Jade said. Carol powered down and she and Carl were back in their swim suits.
"Jack had to have a reason to attack." Edna said.
"Yes, but what?" Carol wondered.
"We better get back to shore." Seth suggested.
So the group returned to shore but what they didn't know was that Gianna had found the opening to use the Personality Changer on Maggie, "Gotcha." Gianna used the shen gong wu on Maggie and vanished. When the heroes got to shore and Seth used his magic to get the sea water off of them Maggie was looking at Carl with hearts in her eyes.
"Maggie are you okay? Carl asked worried. Maggie looked up at Carl and suddenly hearts began filling her eyes.
"Oh, boy." Carol said not liking this.
Maggie jumped into Carl's arms, "Oh, my darling. Where have you been all my life?!"
Carl looked confused, "Right here all these years. What's with you today?"
"Oh, Carl. I am seeing things in a whole new light today!"
"Carol, Edna. I don't suppose you know what's going on?" Jade asked.
"Maggie's got mood swings?"Edna suggested.
"I'm afraid it may not be that simple. I think she may have been turned into a human version of Fifi La Fume." Carol deduced.
"Seriously?" Jade asked.
"Looks like it to me." Carol confirmed.
"So what's the plan?" Geoff asked.
"We call the Xiaolin monks." Benjamin said.
"And quick!" Carl pleaded, as Maggie was already slobbering his cheek with kisses.
So Carol and Camille went to call the Xiaolin Monks. Meanwhile Jack and Gianna were watching the results of the test, "It worked!" Jack cheered.
"Any minute Maggie is gonna be chasing Carl like Fifi chasing a potential boyfriend." Gianna added.
"She'll be so love struck she won't be able to help anyone, and Carl will be too busy trying to shake her off." Jack put in.
"Allowing us to swoop in and destroy them." Gianna finished.
"But first we must get back to Mindy's Mansion. That's where we hid the Gigant Horse." Jack said, as they took off.
Meanwhile Dojo was flying the Xiaolin Monks to Sodor after Kimiko got a call on her PDA about the Personality Changer, "Guys, we got a problem." Kimiko said.
"What sort of problem?" Clay asked,
"The Personality Changer's been used on Maggie."
"This could lead to the end of the world as we know it." Omi feared.
"Then let's go help the guys out." Raimundo ordered.
"Next stop the Island of Sodor!" Dojo flew as fast as he could.
He arrived at the Sodor Steamworks where he could see Ezekiel the S100 that Akiza and Espio rescued being overhauled.
Omi asked, "What are you doing here? Normally Hiro is the one who shows up."
"Normally that's the case but Mr. Shiba needed Hiro in Japan this summer due to the destruction caused by the Armada, Crime Incorporated, and the Tokyo Terrors. So I'm stuck here."
"Well, we got a situation here that needs us." Raimundo explained.
"What situation?" Ezekiel asked.
" A Shen Gong Wu's been used on one of our friends." Clay answered.
"Well, my siblings Yin and Yang told me about them since they did do a stint in China after the War. What does this one do and who was the victim?" Ezekiel asked.
"The personality changer alters a victim's personality, and unlucky target was Maggie." Dojo explained.
Ezekiel started panicking, "This is bad. This is very very bad. What if they bring out Nova's personality and make her act like Nova the Phoenix. We're dead. So very very dead. We're all gonna die!"
"Get a hold of yourself. We're gonna fix this." Raimundo calmed him.
Ezekiel calmed down, "You're right. I'm sorry. I forgot the most important rule of being a Military Engine. Don't panic. So what's the plan?"
"We need to find the shen gong wu and use it to turn Maggie back." Raimundo explained.
"First we need to know who has the Personality Changer. Then we get Twilight to build a plan from there." Ezekiel planned.
"Only one person I know could possibly have that Shen Gong Wu." Omi began, as the monks said together.
"Jack."
Charlie who had been listening decided to speak up, "So go get him. He's only a mama's boy. It'll be easy."
"Not when he's got that whole Crime Incorporated varmints on his side." Clay warned him.
"Not to mention he's got Chase's Jungle Cats, and the Armada backing him up." Jinty put in.
"So take the fight to them already." Billy said. The monks nodded and headed off to rendezvous with the others.
Meanwhile Carl was running for his life with a love struck Maggie hot on his tail, "Maggie, can we please talk about this?"
"Oh, we can talk all right. As we're smacking lips." she answered.
The group dried off and left the beach they changed back into their regular outfits but Maggie was wearing a sleeveless body hugging red dress inspired from China.
"This is just too weird." Jade said, creeped out.
"I don't know. This could make a good romantic comedy." Michelle admitted. The group glared at her.
"Let's just get the Monks before this gets any crazier." Edna said.
"Like it isn't weird enough?" Geoff asked rhetorically.
Right on cue Maggie had gotten a hold of Carl and was taking him to a Hotel Room, "SOMEBODY HELP ME!" he screamed.
Maggie spoke in a perfect French accent, "Oh, Carl, you do not need to call for help my love."
"Actually, I think I do. And what's with the French accent?"
"You like it?"
Carol spoke to the others, "It seems the Personality Changer's effects are stronger that I thought."
Just then Maggie then grabbed Carl and teleported away to a hotel just as Twilight Sparkle and Spike arrived.
"We got here as fast as we could." Twilight said.
"What's the situation?" Spike asked.
"Maggie's been turned into a human version of Fifi La Fume."Carol explained.
"And she's gone head over heels in love with Carl." Jade added.
"You should see mating season in Equestria. Zuko mentioned it." Spike noted.
"Sounds like a new Shen Gong Wu. Where are the Xiaolin Monks?" Twilight inquired.
Ezekiel's Voice came, "Right here." Right on cue Ezekiel puffed in with the Xiaolin Monks on board.
"Hey, guys. Just in time." Jade greeted them.
"We have no time to waste. We must find Jack Spicer and take back the Personality Changer." Omi declared.
"Unless there's something about the wu that Dojo forgot to mention." Rai said.
They looked at the dragon, "I triple checked the scrolls and Camille even restored the lost pages on the Ying Yo Yo in the Shen Gong Wu Scroll. There's nothing else about the Personality Changer that I forgot to mention."
"Then we must find the Personality changer and get Maggie back to normal." Omi said.
"My guess is that he's at Crime Incorporated's lair. And we don't know where it is." Kimiko said.
"Mindy's Mansion might be a good place to look." Camille stated.
"Then let's go." Omi jumped up.
"Problem. We don't know where the mansion is." Brian replied.
"There has to be a way to find it." Twilight said.
"Mindy never took me into the mansion at all but we could ask for help from the Other Railway." Camille explained.
"Worth a shot." Raimundo admitted.
So they took a train to Barrow-In-Furness and from there they went to London knowing that would be a good place to start looking for Mindy's Mansion.
Meanwhile at a Hotel Room Maggie was already getting things heated up. Carl was already on a bed in his boxers looking nervous, "Maggie, what are you going to do to me?"
Maggie's voice came from the bathroom, "I'm gonna have me a good time with you."
"What do you mean by that?"
Maggie poked her head out of the bathroom, "What I mean is. You and I are gonna be doing a very special ritual."
"Maggie, I should warn you, you may come to regret this later on!"
"Oh no no no. I'm as pure as fresh snow and I'm clean and so are you. Besides I don't want to do this with anybody other than you." Carl gulped as Maggie then exited the bathroom wearing the sexiest red lingerie he had seen. Carl couldn't help but blush at the sight of her, but knew this shouldn't be happening between them. Not like this.
Back in London, the rest of the team was looking for Mindy's Mansion. According to Camille the Mansion would be located far away from the Railway.
"Still nothing." Raimundo said.
"What if we were to look on the outskirts of town?" Seth suggested.
"Good idea as any." Clay admitted. So the group walked to the outskirts of town to search for the mansion
They searched all around, until they spotted someplace in the distance, "Have we found anything?" Omi asked.
" Let's try that place over there." Raimundo said.
"You mean the black mansion with the bad weather surrounding it?" Benjamin asked.
"Yeah. I mean can ya get any more obvious than that?" The leader asked rhetorically.
"This is too easy." Camille said.
"Correct. We must be cautious." Omi added. The group walked closer to the mansion unaware they were heading into a trap.
Suddenly the ground they stood on opened up like a trap door and they all fell in, tumbling through a tunnel before finding themselves in a dungeon, "My head." Omi groaned.
They all got up and saw they were surrounded by Shadowkhan and Jackbots Mindy's Voice then came from the loud speakers in the dungeon, "Welcome to my dungeon, fools!"
"Great, a dungeon." Dojo rolled his eyes.
"Mindy, release us now or else!" Omi ordered.
"You are in no position to be making demands, little monk."
" Enough talk. Let's get them." Geoff ordered.
So the heroes prepared to defend themselves if necessary. The Jackbots started blasting them. Camille used her magic to project a shield around the heroes.
"Of all the Dungeons that Mindy had to stick us in she picked the one dungeon that's made of wood." Kimiko groaned.
"We gotta think fast." Raimundo said.
"I got it! Edna let's combine powers." Carol called.
"Right."
"Light give me strength!" Carol and Edna combined powers and when the light show faded Carol was wearing Airbender robes and had the Airbending tattoos on her arms and forehead.
"I was wondering when this form would show up." Camille said.
"Is this the power of friendship?" Omi wondered.
"In a way, Omi. it is. This is my Air Form." Carol explained.
Mindy's voice ordered, "Minions. Attack!" And so the Shadowkhan fought. Air Form Carol was easily blowing away Shadowkhan Ninjas like no tomorrow.
"Come on!" Raimundo called, as they started hurrying to find a way out.
Eventually one of Carol's air blasts cut a hole in the wooden prison which wasn't easy considering the prison was made of Jobi wood.
"This way!" Omi called.
So the group bolted through the hole and headed deeper into the Mansion, "This place is bigger than a Texas rodeo stadium." Clay said.
"You said it, Clay. So where would Mindy keep the Personality Changer?" Geoff wondered.
"In the last place anybody would look?" Dojo suggested.
"Bad idea. Mindy knows that the last place most of us would look is the first place I'd look." Camille said.
"And that would be?" Omi wondered.
"Her bedroom."
"We're gonna actually go looking in someone's bedroom?" Raimundo asked.
"You have a better idea?" Michelle asked.
"Speaking of bedrooms I hope Maggie hasn't gotten Carl in one by now." Seth hoped.
"You and me both, Seth." Benjamin agreed. They took off.
Meanwhile back at the hotel room. Maggie was already about to make her big move with Carl, "Maggie, are you sure you really want to do this?"
Maggie laid a hand on Carl's cheek, "Yes, my love. I am ready." Carl sighed as he accepted his fate.
Meanwhile the Xiaolin Monks, Team Avatar, the Cooper Gang and Jade were outside the door to Mindy's Bedroom in the mansion, "So let's bust in." Jade called.
"Mindy might have booby trapped her bedroom." Brian feared.
"We'll see." Camille replied. So they opened the door and found that Mindy's bedroom was girly and pink.
Their eyes were widened as Omi spoke, "This is the bedroom of a dark villainess?"
"Not what I was expecting." Camille said.
"Where should we start looking in here?" Raimundo asked.
"Anywhere I guess." Clay replied. They went to her dresser drawers first
"What does a villainess keep in here?" Omi asked.
"We're about to find out." Raimundo answered. They opened the drawer carefully and found nothing but socks and underwear. In pink of course.
"I'm starting to feel less and less intimidated by Mindy." Kimiko said.
"Why is that?" Carol asked.
"Seeing this makes me think she's not so dark and scary as she makes herself appear to everyone."
"Perhaps there is a hidden side to her that we don't already know?" Omi suggested.
"Maybe we can use this as an advantage." Raimundo smirked.
"Guys look what I found." Seth called, revealing he found the Personality Changer.
"We got it!" Clay pumped a fist.
"Let's get out of here before we fall into another…." Dojo began, but before he could finish the group fell into a hole that opened up in Mindy's bedroom leading them into a coliseum like Arena.
There they could see Mindy was in the Emperor's seat with Jack and Gianna beside her, "Welcome to my web said the Spider to the Fly."
"Trap." Dojo finished.
"See, Mindy. I told you leaving the Personality Changer in your bedroom was a good move. It lured the Heroes to us and we can crush them all at once." Gianna said.
"Hah, losers!" Jack mocked.
"Mindy, I have to ask. What's with the Pink bedroom?" Camille asked.
Mindy's eyes widened, "What did you say?"
Camille smirked, "You heard me."
"They got into my stuff upon entering my room!" Mindy cried.
"Tobo Guards. Destroy them!" Gianna ordered. The robots took off to attack them.
The gang fought back and attacked the Robots that were attacking them, "Guys. Time to break out the Wudai Weapons." Raimundo ordered.
They pulled out their Wudai weapons and fought. The robots continued attacking but the Monks fought back till they were defeated.
"Dojo, get us out of here." Carol ordered.
"On it!" He grew big and blasted a hole in the roof, "Hang on everyone." Dojo then flew Team Avatar, The Cooper Gang, Jade and the Xiaolin Monks out of there at once and headed on a course back to Sodor.
"We got the personality changer, now we just need to find Maggie." Raimundo said.
"And how do you expect me to find her?" Dojo inquired.
"Maybe someone on Sodor's seen her?" Kimiko asked.
"Let's ask James. He's usually the first to know where to find her." Carol suggested,
"Then let's go." Clay called.
So Dojo flew the group to James' current location and the Red Number 5 of the North Western was surprised to see them so soon, "Hey, guys. What's going on?"
"James. Where is your driver's daughter?" Edna inquired.
"If I had to guess she's probably at the Knapford Hotel. What she's doing there though is a mystery." James answered.
Camille's eyed widened, "Oh, no." she gasped
"Please, tell me Maggie's not in any danger.' James said hopefully.
"Not danger, but given her situation she may be doing something she's not in the right state of mind to realize it." Camille said in worry.
"We must hurry at once." Omi called, as they took off in a hurry.
At the hotel, Maggie was already cuddling with Carl. Carl was panting, "And I'm spent."
On the outside of the door the team could smell the odor of sex from the room that Maggie had rented, "That is that smell?" Omi inquired.
"Don't ask." Camille answered.
"Which of us should go in?" Geoff asked.
"A better question is who is closest to Maggie?" Edna asked, as they all looked at each other.
"We could use the changing chopsticks if we had them but perhaps we should send Edna." Carol suggested, and everyone nodded.
Edna opened the door to the room and to her surprise Maggie and Carl were sleeping. She then used the Personality Changer to return Maggie to her original state before leaving, "I think we can let our love Birds enjoy themselves." Edna suggested.
"They're gonna be in for some wake up call." Geoff stated.
"But in the end this could bring them closer." Michelle noted.
"Let's hope." Camille said, as the rest of the team left.
