Chapter 12

Darcie

"Jack, you have a visitor!" Jack's mom yelled from the first floor.

"OK...mommy. Who is it?" Jack asked, preparing for the monks.

"She's gonna come downstairs!"

"OK...wait..she? Hey, if it's Ashley-"

"It's not her." Said a voice, stepping down the stairs. It was a female, with short curly hair. She had brown eyes, along with brown boots. She had a tan dress on. It looked like a princess blouse stitched onto two different sized skirts, but it was beautiful and not at all ugly.

"Wait...D-Darcie?" Jack screamed. "PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!"

Darcie laughed. "We're not in school, but try to be smooth and you won't have a face."

Jack huddled into a corner. "Well, what do you want?"

Darcie smiled evilly. "These...Shen Gon Wu. This ghost told me. But she ran off. Her name was-"

"Wuya!" Jack frowned.

"Yeah. Anyways, she said this 'Space Staff' revealed itself, but no one can get to it."

"No one can get to it...bot even the monks!"

"Um...whatever that is." Wuya secretly glided into the room.

"Yes...I can feel it, but vaguely. That dragon and I don't have the slightest clue where it is." Wuya said.

Darcie shook her head. "Someone explain to my what is going on here?"

"Not now. And why did you bring her into this?" Jack asked.

"She's powerful, I can tell."

"But she won't work with me!"

"Yup." Darcie said, breaking the conversation between the two. "I just want the power...the intellect! And, I'm leaving." Darcie walked up the stairs and left.

Jack rubbed his chin. "We gotta see what the noobs are up to. They have the Golden Tiger Claws, after all."

At Chase's Castle...

I knocked on the door to the dining room, where Chase was eating dinner.

"Come in." He said, and the door opened.

"Sorry to bother you..." I said sheepishly.

"Do not apologize for a mistake you have not made. Now, what is it?"

"Wuya told me about this Space Staff. It is one of the three Legendary Staffs. Is it important?"

"I shall leave you on a mission to retrieve it. It might be important in the future."

I nodded and left.

At The Xiaolin Temple...

Dojo scratched his head. "Guys and girl, I think we have a Wu alert."

"What are you talking about? Your not shaking." Kimiko said.

They were all outside practicing and watching.

"Hmm...I think it's the Space Staff..but that Wu is in..." Dojo groaned. "It's in SPACE!"

"Can't we just use the Golden Tiger Claws?" Rai asked.

"Nope. We don't know exactly where the Wu is." Dojo said.

"So we either have to go up in space..." Clay started.

"...or bring it down here!" Omi said.

"Dojo, do you remember where you hid the Wu?" Kimiko asked.

"I'm not sure...Somewhere where humans can stay on safely." Dojo said. "And it wasn't Mars. Trust me."

"So it must be on the moon!" Clay said.

"But where on it? And we need to breathe!" Kimiko said.

"Can't we get your dad or someone to send us to the moon?"Rai asked.

Kimiko nodded.

Back At Jack's...

Some girl and I ran downstairs to Jack's basement.

"Jack!" I said. "I need-"

"Who's this girl?" Darcie said. "Is she after these Shen Gon Wu things too?" Darcie was pointing at me, and fuming.

Wuya chuckled. "You both are after the staff? Shall we-"

I waved Wuya away. "Nope, no alliance for me! I'm with Chase." I turned to Jack. "I need a spaceship and gear to get me up to the moon!"

"Me too!" Darcie said. She glared at me. I rolled my eyes.

"Why should I-" Before Jack could say one more word, Darcie was coming closer to him with the Eye of Dashi. "Um...DON'T HURT ME! W-When do you need it?"

"NOW!" Darcie and I said at the same time.

Jack nodded. "We'll just...cram into one."

At The Moon...

"We could walk for hours and not find the staff! Jack might find it before us!" Kimiko said.

"Hey! I'm steering you guys to it." Dojo said.

"And there's our Wu!" Rai said.

The four monks ran after the Wu while Jack, Darcie, and I ran after it too. But only Kimiko made it to the staff first.

"Kimiko, Darcie, Milah, I challenge you to a...um..." Jack started, confused.

"Xiaolin Showdown Quad." Dojo said.

"Yeah, that. I wager my Jetbootsoo against Darcie's Eye of Dashi against Kimiko's Star of Hanabi against Milah's Shroud of Shadows. The game is...tag! Everyone is a tagger and runner."

"I accept!" I said.

"Your on!" Kimiko said.

"This will be easy, especially against weak girls. I accept." Darcie said, smirking as she insulted Kimiko and me...and Jack.

"Gon Ye Tampai!" We yelled.

The moon expanded, and cracked in some places. There were also some lava spots too.

"Shroud Of Shadows!" I yelled, and disappeared.

"Eye of Dashi!" Darcie yelled, and hit Kimiko. Kimiko fell and got back up.

"That's it, Star of Hanabi!" Kimiko yelled. Without much experience, she didn't dodge, and got hit. She took it hard, too.

"Jetbootsoo!" Jack yelled, flew toward Darcie, and tagged her.

Darcie screamed. "No!" And she was moved onto a platform where the others were.

"Star of Hanabi, fire!" Kimiko shouted. Jack dodged, but fell on the way. Kimiko darted after him, and tagged him.

"Dang.." Jack sighed, and appeared onto the other platform.

"Now..where are you.." Kimiko said, looking around.

"Behind you." I said, and lightly touched her shoulder.

The moon turned to normal.

I grinned. "Now to see what this does! Space Staff!" I yelled. Nothing.

Jack laughed. "It does nothing!"

I smirked.

"What's with the...face?" Darcie asked.

All of the sudden, comets rained from the darkness, and the moon shook.

"Let's get out of here." I said, and stepped into Jack's rocket.

At Chase's Castle...

I entered the castle at night. It was sorta creepy, but light and had that same 5 second fantasy theme music.

"Ah...I see you've retrieved it." Chase said, walking down the stairs.

"I'd never let you down. And, it's pretty cool."

"Well...better be going to bed." He said, and...surprisingly, kissed me on the cheek.

I blushed madly and walked to my room.