A/N: Sorry that this took longer than I promised, but some stuff came up.

XxxxxX

With the way everyone involved in the Xiaolin-Heylin conflict constantly spied on each other, it was hard to tell who knew about what. But Hannibal Bean liked to think that he stayed on top.

After some extensive searching, he found a spell that would make Ying-Ying virtually undetectable. The only way someone could find her was if they were looking for the bird. But if they never knew she there, why would they look?

"It's getting harder to stay a step ahead of Chase," Wuya had told him. "He has his own spies everywhere. And he can always use that orb of his to find anybody or anything. If you keep sending your bird to his place, he's eventually going to catch on."

Although the witch sometimes grated on his nerves, he had to admit she had her uses. Having her here meant that she wasn't in cohorts with Chase, for one. And she always had good information to share.

Apparently, Chase was doing a mighty fine job of making his new minions loyal to him. And according to the witch, he was actually a bit protective of them. When the bean got the time, he would have to investigate that. But he had other things to do at the moment.

He had also found a way to see what Ying-Ying was currently seeing. This way, he wouldn't have to wait for her to return before he knew what was going on. He closed his eyes and focused. Using his mental link to the bird, projected himself into her mind.

Now, it was time to look in on his good friend Chase.

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Chase was busy doing some spying of his own. After some careful observation and consideration, he had decided who would be next to join his ranks.

He had decided it would be best to add Tubbimura. The man already had some fighting skills under his belt, so it would hopefully be easy to teach him new fighting moves. He had also shown that he could be cunning, which was good.

The only bad things were that the ninja could become cocky and uncooperative. He had certainly proven that many times, as evidenced with his partnerships with Spicer. But that shouldn't be too hard to fix. Tubbimura was eager to join the Heylin, after all. Once he tasted the power that Chase could offer, he would surely swear his loyalty to the immortal.

He smirked and leaned forward in his chair. He looked at his target's current location. Surprisingly, Tubbimua was in what appeared to be a dojo, practicing with his sword. Chase groaned when he saw the small dog in the corner. He would have to make quick work of getting rid of that thing. For one, he hated dogs. Secondly, it would be foolish for any of his minions to become attached to a mere animal(his warriors, of course, didn't count).

With a snap of his gloved fingers, he summoned a tiger to his side.

"Go and fetch my apprentices," he simply ordered.

As the tiger left to do so, he leaned back in his chair and laced his fingers together. It had only been a few months, but he has happy with the progress he'd made so far. If things kept going this way, the world would be his in a matter of years. Of course, he knew that he would have to give his minions something in return to keep them in line. Perhaps he could give them each some small country to "rule" over. Well, it was more like he would tell them what to do and they would carry out his laws. But at least that way that had the allusion of power.

His two students soon arrived in his throne room. They made their way over to him and bowed.

"You wanted to see us, Master?" Jack asked.

"Yes," the immortal answered. "I've decided to add another to our group..."

XxxxxX

Hannibal chuckled darkly as he listened to Chase's plan. Tubbimura was next, huh? Maybe it was time for him to make his move.

"Wuya!" he called. "C'mere fer a moment! I got something mighty interesting to tell ya."

The ghost reluctantly floated over to him. She had been watching a show about building cars that she liked. Hey, when you lived with Jack Spicer, you picked up strange habits. And who knew that Hannibal had a television in the cave?

"What is it?" she asked grumpily.

"I found out who Chase's next target is," he answered smugly.

"You did? Who?" she asked excitedly, her mood instantly changing at the news.

"Tubbimura," the bean answered.

"Tubbimura?" the witch echoed. "He actually isn't half bad. Who knows what might happen if Chase gets hold of him!"

"Well...maybe we should try and stop him," Hannibal drawled.

"What do you mean?" Wuya asked.

"If we can get to Tubbimura before Chase does, then Chase won't be able to get the man to join him," he said slowly, as if talking to an idiot.

"That's a great idea!" Wuya cackled. Then again, anything that promised to annoy Chase sounded good to her at the moment.

"And just in case, maybe we should bring in some reinforcements," Hannibal added.

"Reinforcements? Like who?" the ghost asked.

"I think it's about time someone let the monks in on Chase's little project," he answered, a devious smile on his face.

"Are you suggesting we turn to those little brats for help?" Wuya screeched. "They probably won't even believe us!"

"Now, now, don't you fret," he soothed. "I've got a plan..."

XxxxxxX

The Xiaolin Dragons-in-training were busy in the courtyard. They were doing an exercise that required them to jump around on a bed of spikes. Every other spike had a flat point, which they were supposed to land on. Since the points were so small, it was a bit difficult.

"This is more difficult than tryin' to wrestle a snake in a barrel," Clay panted.

"I'm just going to pretend that made sense," Raimundo replied as he tried to keep his balance. Master Fung said if they fell down, they would have to do this exercise for an extra twenty minutes.

"Do not worry, my friends," Omi said, sounding annoyingly cheerful. "This is a good way to learn both agility and balance."

"Are you working hard, young monks?" a voice suddenly asked.

In surprise, Clay fell to the side, creating a domino effect that knocked all of his friends to the ground. They all groaned loudly as they sat up.

"Let's all agree to not tell Master Fung about that," Kimiko said as she rubbed her head.

Omi looked up to observe their visitor. "Master Monk Guan!" he exclaimed.

They all turned to their fellow monk. It had been a few months since they'd last seen him. But he still looked the same as ever with his orange robes and bald head.

"Greetings to you all," he said warmly. "I hope that I'm not interrupting anything."

"Nah, it's cool," Raimundo replied. He was going to take this unexpected visit as an excuse to stop training.

"Master Monk Guan, may I ask what brings you here?" Omi asked politely.

"I'm afraid I have discovered something quite troubling," Guan answered. "Chase Young has made a new plan for world domination."

"Oh, no!" Kimiko gasped. "What is it?"

"He has decided to bring together all the Heylin and take over the world with their combined forces," the tall man answered gravely.

"Oh, so that's why Jack and Katnappe were working together!" she realized. "But what about the others?"

"To my knowledge, it is only those two, so far," Guan said. "But I know that soon, Chase shall go after Tubbimura."

"Then what in tarnation are we waiting for?" Clay asked. "We need to get to him before Chase does!"

"I have other urgent duties to attend to," the older monk said. "But I'm certain that you four will be able to handle this."

"Of course! We will not let you down!" Omi replied proudly.

"Alright, let's go find Dojo!" Raimundo ordered. "Let's go, guys!"

They all quickly ran off to find the temple dragon. As they ran, "Guan" smirked and pulled something out of his robes.

"Moby Morpher!" he cried.

The tall, muscular man changed into the form of a small, red bean.

"That was certainly easy," he mused. "Now, let's go see how Wuya's doing."

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A/N: Are you in suspense? I hope so!