When the Section 13 crew got back to Section 13, they noticed that the darkness of the Shadowkhan was beginning to invade San Francisco.
"This is very bad Uncle" Jackie said, "How can we survive if the Oni are ruling the earth and covering everything in darkness?"
"Uncle does not know, but we must do research to find out how to defeat them!" Uncle replied, "We must look in magic book about elemental amulets and find a way to get them back!"
"Guess that makes sense!" Micky said, "I mean I'm sure they didn't steal all eight just because! Remember the book said that if all eight come together in the hands of good, we can beat 'em!"
"How can we know where the rest of the amulets are, though?" Viper asked.
"Well, here's one" Cassie said as she got the mountain element amulet out of her pocket.
Everyone stared in amazement. "Cassie! How'd you swing that?!" Charmaine asked.
"Managed to grab one when Ikazuki was taking the bag from me without him noticing. I have my ways" Cassie teased.
"Well one is better than none!" Jade exclaimed.
"Yes, perhaps we can use this to our advantage and see if it can help us find the other seven" Tag said.
"Sensei, what are we going to do about the rest of the earth?" Tohru asked, "They could lose their lives!"
"We need to order everyone to go into hiding immediately, if they haven't already!" Tag answered.
"How are we gonna do that? Yo there's a ton of people we'd have to talk to!" MC Cobra said.
"I know, but I can communicate with Section 12 and have them help make calls to the presidents and rulers of the other countries" Tag said, "I'll speak with Captain Black at once and get going on that." he added as he left.
"In the mean time, I will cast a spell here and on my shop to prevent darkness from entering and to allow good magic to prevail. But first I must gather ingredients! Tohru, help me, quickly!" Uncle said as he began to leave.
"Yes, Sensei" Tohru replied.
"Man, this is crazy! We have to stop our lives for some goofy-faced magic generals!" Charmaine complained as she was walking away with her sisters, fiancé,and friends.
"I know! But it's better than gettin' killed I guess, our butt-kicking skills can only do so much. Only magic can defeat magic, like Uncle always says" Cassie replied.
"Well on the bright side, we'll get to spend more time with each other, yo!" MC Cobra said, "I mean, I don't think any of us should leave Section 13! That'd be kinda dangerous."
"Yeah I'm with you babe," Charmaine replied, "Because of that, we should at least try to go home and get our stuff and bring it here while there's still some light! We don't know how long we're gonna be here or how long it's gonna take to defeat the Oni dudes."
After a while, everyone gathered back together at Section 13. Everyone who lived outside Section 13 managed to bring their things and were given rooms to stay in by Captain Black, who was grateful that they agreed to help out. Uncle cast a spell on his shop and on Section 13 to prevent darkness from emerging through. All of San Francisco had gone pitch black, and the entire city had gone into hiding in their own homes, not understanding what was truly going on but recognized that something bad was occurring.
"And I thought I wouldn't ever live here again" Jackie complained.
"Don't worry, babyface, it's only until we defeat the Oni! Which I hope is soon" Viper replied.
Micky and Jade were looking through the book about the amulets to see if there would be any information about defeating the Oni.
"Jade! Look!" Micky said, "There's a chapter in here called 'What to do if the evil ones are released from the Shadow Realm'!"
"Wow, talk about backing us up with a plan B" Jade replied, "What does it say?"
Micky started reading through the chapter, concentrating on the words. "Hmm well it says that we'll need all eight elemental amulets and activation by the eight elemental humans to defeat the Oni. Already knew that. There's also different spells in here that will locate each of the Oni generals and where their empires are at. Apparently they've divided up the whole world into different empires...And the same spells will reveal where the rest of the amulets are- says that the Oni will take the amulets into their possession to prevent them from being stolen by the eight elemental humans. Guess they know what the power of the eight amulets can do when they're combined by the good guys! Man this is crazy, I wonder who wrote this book! They know like everything about the Oni! We need to show this to Uncle!"
Micky and Jade ran through Section 13 and found Uncle in the main lounge, reading through his books with the others.
"Uncle! We found some information on the Oni!" Jade exclaimed as the two teenagers ran through the door.
"Let me see!" Uncle commanded. Micky handed him the book and pointed him to the chapter she was reading.
"Yes, I see" Uncle said as he was reading through, "This is very good start!"
"Uncle, what does it say?" Jackie asked.
"Says that Oni have divided world up into nine different empires, with Tarakudo being ruler over entire world. There are spells that we can use to find empires and rest of amulets. We must gather proper ingredients at once according to book!" Uncle said.
"This is gonna take forever to do one spell at a time!" Chow complained.
"Hey, who said we should do it one at a time?" Micky said, "Uncle, isn't there a way we can do multiple spells at the same time?"
"Hmm, never tried that before but worth a shot!" Uncle replied, "I will gather ingredients and have you all assist me!"
As they were waiting for Uncle and Tohru to return, Micky and Jade looked at the ancient scroll they had found back at Stonehenge.
"Jade, you think it'd be good to figure out the rest of these prophecies so we know who the rest of the elements are?" Micky asked.
"Yeah, knowing who the rest of the eight humans are could help us later!" Jade replied, "I mean we already know that you, Kaysha, Ice, DJ, and Cassie represent elements. But who could be the remaining three?"
"Hey guys, whatcha doin'?" Charmaine asked as she and MC Cobra approached them.
"Trying to figure out the rest of these prophecies so we know the remaining four elemental humans!" Micky replied.
"Oh that's cool! Hey I can help, I'm pretty good at solving riddles and stuff" Charmaine said as she and Cobra sat down next to them on the lounge couch.
"We could sure use your help!" Jade replied, "Here, see if you can figure out the rest of these!" she said as she handed Charmaine the scroll.
Cobra put his arm around Charmaine and looked at the scroll with her.
"Hmm, wind element prophecy: 'The female who represents the yang of the wind element is one whose natural state is a bit contradictory but the strength of the element gives her strength. Her hair is short, her personality is fun, her and the water element are as one.' Funny wording for an ancient prophecy but what's funnier is that this prophecy kinda sounds like me!" Charmaine exclaimed.
"You think?" Jade asked.
"Well yeah! I mean, I'm asthmatic and that contradicts the nature of powerful breathing but the element would increase my lung capacity! My hair's short and my personality...yeah I'd say it's fun! Her and the water element...hey! What does the water element prophecy say?" Charmaine stated as her eyes searched the scroll.
"Right here, yo!" MC Cobra said, "Umm it says: 'The male who represents the yang of the water element is one who was born near the water, enjoys the water, and has hair as spiky as the sharp edges of a mountain peak. He and and the wind element are as one, and himself, the earth element, and sky element have a friendship that is not weak.' Yo that totally sounds like me! I was born in Florida near the Atlantic, I love surfing, my hair's spiky, me and Charmaine are the perfect match, and me, Fist, and Ice have a really strong friendship!"
"Aww! We were meant to be with each other since the old school days, that's so sweet!" Charmaine exclaimed as she and Cobra kissed.
Micky rolled her eyes. "That is so cheesy! Nah I'm just kidding, that's cool! Alright we just have one more to figure out! Kaysha's moon for sure, DJ's earth for sure, Ice is sky for sure, I'm fire for sure, Cassie is mountain, Charmaine is wind, Cobra is water, and...thunder is the last one! What does the thunder element prophecy say?"
"Hmm" Charmaine said as she looked for it on the ancient scroll, "Aha! Here it is: 'The female who represents the yang of the thunder element has hair as dark as the nighttime and is a wily sidekick on the side of good who will help defeat those from the Demon Netherworld and Shadow Realm. She and the fire element are as a close as a good friend, and their ingenuity combined will help defeat the ultimate evil in the end.' This totally sounds like Jade!"
"I think so too!" Micky exclaimed, "She has black hair, she's wily for sure, she's helped beat Shendu, Tarakudo, and Daolon Wong before, and the two of us are definitely best friends! Jade! We're both elements! Oh yeah!" she cheered.
"That's awesome!" Jade said excitedly, "I can't wait to tell Uncle Jackie!"
"Wow, can't believe we've been chosen to represent the eight elements!" Charmaine exclaimed, "That's so tight!"
Uncle was counting the ingredients needed for the spells in the main part of Section 13 when Micky, Jade, MC Cobra, and Charmaine appeared.
"Jackie! Guess what! I'm one of the elements!" Jade said.
"What?! How do you know?" Jackie asked, surprised.
"We read the prophecies and pieced the puzzle together! The eight humans representing the eight elements are me, Micky, the Ice Crew, and the McPeek girls! Isn't that awesome?!" Jade exclaimed.
"Wow, that's something!" Viper said.
"Woooo! Go us!" Cassie exclaimed as she high fived her sisters and friends.
"Well, that answers one question!" Finn added, "Don't need to worry about that anymore!"
"Uncle, do you have everything you need for the spells?" Jackie asked.
"Yes! Uncle hopes this works, doing multiple spells at once can be veeeeery complicated" Uncle replied.
The nine people Uncle chose to help him put the ingredients in their own individual cauldrons and began chanting ten different Korean spells. After they chanted each spell three times, lights flashed out of the ten cauldrons.
"It worked?" Uncle asked, amazed that doing multiple spells at the same time actually worked!
"Yeah I think so!" Micky said. "Look at this! Mairoki, the red faced general has the wind amulet and his empire extends from China down to the South Pacific islands!"
"We need a camera to take pictures!" Chow said as he went searching for a camera. He came back and managed to take a picture of the ten locations while they were still flashing in the air, just in case they forgot the information.
"Alright then! So here's what we else we found: Horishi, the maroon faced Oni general occupies the northern half of Africa and has the thunder amulet, Akata, the purple faced Oni general occupies South America and has the earth amulet, Izmuki, the yellow faced Oni general occupies eastern Europe from Germany to western Russia and has the moon amulet, Tadaki, the green faced Oni general occupies western Europe and doesn't have an amulet since Cassie stole one, Watakishi, the orange faced Oni general occupies southern Africa and everything below it like Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica and has the water amulet, Ghenki, the mustard yellow faced Oni general occupies the western US and Central America and also doesn't have an amulet, Katawu, the black faced Oni general occupies the eastern US and Caribbean and has the sky amulet, and Ikazuki is ruling Japan and eastern Russia, Korea, and Mongolia and has the fire amulet, and Tarakudo has made his world capital Tokyo. Whew, that was a lot!" Micky exclaimed, taking a deep breath after saying so much.
"How are we going to take down all the generals when they're scattered across the earth?!" Jackie asked.
"Guys! I have urgent news!" Tag exclaimed as he and Captain Black joined the rest of the crew.
"What's going on, Tag?" Micky asked.
"I spoke with NASA and the latest picture of the planet revealed that the entire world is covered in darkness!" Tag cried.
"And many people around the world have already been terrorized by the Shadowkhan" Captain Black added frantically.
Everyone gasped. "They moved a lot faster than I thought!" Tohru exclaimed.
"Gosh I hope Mom and Dad are okay!" Charmaine said.
"Yeah, I know" Micky added as her thoughts went out to her parents in Hong Kong.
"This is bad! How are we going to survive when the sun won't shine?!" Jackie said.
"We must divide up and take on the each of the generals ourselves" Uncle replied, "We must retrieve all eight amulets in order to have a chance to even survive. And we also must try to stop the Shadowkhan from terrorizing the people."
"A dangerous plan, but I think you're right" Lydia said, "Besides, Sheila and the Utlimate Revengers will still be at large under Tarakudo's bidding and since they know we're based in San Francisco somewhere it'd be best if we split up. We can start by dividing up our charming eight elemental humans."
"What?!" the eight cried out at once.
"You can't separate me from Micky!" Jade exclaimed, "We HAVE to work together!"
"I know, Jade, but I think Lydia's right. Wouldn't it be easier for each of you to fight for the amulets that you represent?" Jackie asked.
"Yo I ain't in this if I can't be with Charmaine" MC Cobra said firmly. The other seven agreed.
"The eight of us have to be together eventually for the amulets to work, so why does it matter how we're divided up? Micky asked.
"Come on, Jackie. That would be like you and me getting separated for this mission. If something bad were to happen, don't you think it'd be better to be with the one you love most?" Viper asked, understanding what the others were feeling.
Jackie sighed. "It's risky but I don't think it'll be harmful to have two elements together at the same time. As long as they're not in the same place at once I think we'll be okay! We can all work together to retrieve the amulets!"
"I agree!" Tag added. "Alright, here's what we should do: Uncle, you and Tohru stay here at Section 13 so that you can continue to do research while you have the resources and take on one of the Oni generals if he shows himself. Micky, Jade, and I will go to Japan and try to take on Ikazuki and Tarakudo. Cobra and Charmaine, you go to China. Lydia and Valmont, you go to western Europe. Kaysha and DJ, you go to South America. Ratso and Chow, you go to eastern Europe. Cassie and Ice, you go east in this country. Jackie and Viper, you go to southern Africa, and Finn and Hak Foo, you go to northern Africa."
"Great plan but it's gonna take forever for us to fly there! And how can we go and find a hideout without being noticed?" Charmaine asked.
"I have several spare briefcase airplanes that you can each take that are pretty fast" Tag answered. "And special walkie talkies that can communicate with different ones at any distance! And don't worry if you can't fly, the autopilot mode is of top quality!"
"And I know a spell that will make aircrafts invisible so that Oni will not detect your presence!" Uncle added.
"Man, all this magic stuff is crazy!" Cassie said. "We should pack up asap, bring all the essentials, and peace out! Hope we'll be able to eat, breathe, and survive."
"I have ration kits that will take care of the basics of life, and that needs to be the primary concern at all times!" Tag replied. "Now, let's move out!"
After an hour, everyone had gathered back together in the Section 13 aircraft field, packed and ready to go.
"Good luck, girls" Lydia said as she hugged her nieces tight, "It's good that we can still communicate. And if anything happens, just know that Uncle Valmont and I love your girls very much. Perhaps we can find a way for Section 13 to make sure the family's okay!"
"Good luck, Jade" Jackie said as he hugged his niece, "Please be careful. I am comforted in knowing that you'll be with Micky and Agent Tag but you must watch what you do at all times."
"I will, Uncle Jackie. I promise" Jade replied as she hugged her uncle.
"Yo see ya, crew" Strikemaster Ice said as he said goodbye to MC Cobra and DJ Fist, "Hope we all come out of this thing alive."
"Ready to rock and roll, girls?" Tag asked Micky and Jade.
"You bet! Let's go kick some demon butt!" Jade replied.
"I will communicate if Tohru and I find spells that will help us in our quest!" Uncle added as he said his farewells.
"And just when we thought the adventure was finished, another one is just about to begin!" Micky exclaimed as she buckled herself in.
After the goodbyes, the nine groups got in their planes and were off. Captain Black stared into the black sky as the Section 13 crew darted into the sky, invisible to the demon eye.
"Good luck, crew." he said to himself before he walked off.
*Note to readers: The names of the Oni generals (except for Ikazuki) were never revealed in Jackie Chan Adventures so their names were made up for clarification purposes, compliments of Alana Fox!
