Successor of Jackie Chan Adventures
(Series 2, Season 1 version)
(Again, I do not own JCA, thank you!)
Chapter 12: In The Mighty Terror Jungle
Vickie, Travis, and Jade had arrived at Santa Elena in Costa Rica when the Chi Tang detector activates the new Chi Tang item, grappling spider's silk. Travis used his stick of ninja to cut down some large green leaves so they can walk through. Until suddenly, they saw the hanging bridge of the sky walk which it was covered in fog.
"Let's get to that bridge and find the grappling spider's silk," Vickie pointed out.
"I agree with you," said Travis. "Let's find the entrance so we can get across."
"Well, it shouldn't be that far," said the woman who was right behind them.
"Whoa, who are you?" Jade asked the brunette-haired woman who seemed to be one year older than Vickie.
"The name is Roxie, Roxie Collins, and I am the jungle ranger or the jungle explorer that is. And the entrance of this bridge is on your left side, you wouldn't miss it."
"Thanks, Roxie!" said Vickie.
"But there is one thing you should be aware of."
"And that would be?" Jade asked.
"A giant spider," Roxie replied. "Once you get across the bridge, you will see a pair of tropical trees that was wrapped together like a tunnel. As soon as you pass through it, you will find a cave, which it was blocked by the huge rock. That's where the giant spider lives, inside of that cave that is. Many people or tourists were scared of that monster. Few of them were brave enough to fight that creature and tried to stop it, but their plans had failed and had chosen to give in."
"No way, I don't believe they actually gave up right away!" said Vickie.
"Yeah, it's too bad they didn't have any ideas to stop that spider," said Travis.
"I know it may sound very bad to you, but you must be very cautious that this spider is a tough rookie unlike the other spiders were," Roxie warned them and narrowed her blue eyes. "And I would stay away from that endangered creature if I were you."
"Whatever and we don't care at all," said Travis. While he and the others were about to continue on their mission, Roxie crossed her arms and gave them a scoff.
After everyone heard a legend of the giant spider from Roxie, they were on their way to find the Chi Tang item. Travis used the Chi Tang detector to contact the grappling spider's silk while they were walking across the bridge. When they made it through the long bridge, they had found two pathways. The Chi Tang detector points directly to the left side where it has a bunch of tropical trees were wrapped together. So they chose to enter through this pathway.
When Vickie, Travis, and Jade made it through the pathway, they found themselves a huge cave and the one, in front of it, is a boulder. The Chi Tang detector, Travis was holding, was pointing at this cave; which it would be leading them to the grappling spider's silk. But the problem is that the boulder was blocking the cave's entrance.
"We had to move this huge rock somehow," said Vickie, as she tried to push it as hard as she can, but failed.
"If Tohru would've been here, he would help us move the huge boulder," Jade complained.
"But Jade, what is Tohru doing now?"
Meanwhile in Uncle's Rare Finds, Tohru was in charge to keep an eye on the shop. But all he does is snacking and took a nap while there were no customers in the shop.
Back in the jungle, everyone was still figuring out how to get rid to the boulder.
"Well, who knows and who cares?" said Travis. "But luckily, I had a few tricks up in my sleeve." When he pulled up his sleeves, he showed the earth wristband in front of the girls.
"No way, you have got to be kidding me!" said Jade surprisingly.
"And I thought Zhen had that item all along," said Vickie.
"He may have had it temporarily, but now it's ours permenantly," said Travis. He used his earth wristband to focus on the boulder. He punched very hard on the big rock, then it cracked very quickly and turned into a million gravels. He felt a big pain on his fist; he shook his hand and massage a little.
Vickie and Jade opened their mouths and widened their eyes that they were so amazed what Travis was doing. They were standing there very still like a statue because they don't believe that nobody could do that! They actually believe that only strong people like Tohru could do that.
"Come on, girls, let's go in the cave and find the grappling spider's silk," said Travis, as he was about to enter.
Vickie and Jade closed their mouths and narrowed their eyes, as they were about to follow him. Once they were inside of the cave, Travis took a look at his Chi Tang detector and it's pointing directly at the tunnel right in front of him. Everyone was heading to the tunnel and went through it. When they came out, they saw three tunnels right in front of them.
"Aw man, talking about finding a clue here," Vickie complained, putting her hands on her head.
"So which tunnel leads to the Chi Tang item, Travis, do you know?" Jade asked.
"Hmm, I may not know yet, Jade, but the Chi Tang detector will find a way to sense it," Travis explained, checking his item. "Round and round it goes; where it stops, nobody knows for sure."
"Gee, you know something, I never heard of this catchphrase before in my life," Vickie murmured unsympathetically.
Travis cleared his throat and raised his eyebrow at her. "Well, that's because one of us is lame enough to come up with our own catchphrases; and she thinks she knows some of them. I just came up and thought, 'some she said it right and some she said it does not make sense at all!'"
"Oh, great, look who's talking, Mr. Smart mouth that is!"
"Uh, guys, shouldn't we concentrate on looking for that grappling spider's silk first?" Jade asked calmly, as she interrupted the argument between Vickie and Travis.
"You're right, Jade, I almost forgot about that," said Travis, as he glanced at his Chi Tang detector and it points directly to the tunnel on the right. Then, he turned to Vickie and apologized to her. "I'm sorry, Vickie, I didn't mean to get carried away."
Vickie shook her head and also apologized to him as well. "No, I was the one who should say sorry about that. I was the one who got carried away as well."
"Hello? I don't care whoever's got carried away from the first place!" Jade exclaimed. "Let's go to that tunnel and retrieve the grappling spider's silk already!"
"She's right, you know, let's go!"
Vickie, Travis, and Jade ran through the tunnel in order to find the Chi Tang item. It wasn't very long to get out of this tunnel until they found the area with some scribbling writing on the wall and some levers which either they contained traps or secret passageways. Everyone was browsing all around in this room. Travis took a look at his Chi Tang detector, it went all berserk when it started to glow and the arrow spins wildly like it's out of control!
"Whoa, the Chi Tang detector sensed that the Chi Tang item draws near within this room!" Travis exclaimed.
"Then, we must find it immediately!" said Vickie.
So everyone went to the different direction and find the grappling spider's silk within this room. Jade was about to search for it until she found some levers in this area. She gave it a try to pull one of the four levers; and one of them will reveal the secret hideout with the Chi Tang item in it.
"Hmm, let's see, I wonder what this one goes to," said Jade curiously, pulling one lever from the far left.
"Jade, no!" Vickie and Travis shouted at her.
Once the ceiling door opens, a couple of bats were flying down and fluttering at them. Vickie, Travis, and Jade screamed and tried to get away from them as they began to panic.
"Bad day! Bad day! Bad day!" Everyone yelled at the same time, but they ran in the different direction.
"How on earth are we going to get rid of them?" Vickie shouted, while being chase by a couple of bats.
"Use your items to stop them, what else?" Jade shouted her back.
"OK, I'll give it my best shot! So here goes!" Vickie took out her cascade pendant and used it to fire against the bats. Then, she took out her heart bell to use it. "Heart bell, defensive shield!"
When Vickie used her own item, it creates the barrier to protect her, Travis, and Jade from the angry bats. Few seconds later, the bats flew off back to the ceiling and they disappeared. Not only that, the magical barrier was gone, too.
Vickie took a deep breath and sighed. "Well, so much for trapdoor demostration we face! Jade, you never tell us this cave has levers in it."
"I didn't even notice them until I notice them," Jade shrugged.
"Then, we must figure it out which levers will lead to the Chi Tang item," said Travis. "Any one of the levers, besides the one from the far left, will reveal a secret hideout."
Everyone tried to think and figure out which lever should they pulled next. Vickie finally knows the answer so she chose the lever on the right and pulled it.
"Vickie, I hope you pulled the right lever," said Jade, with a panic look on her face.
"Oh, please let it not be a trap," Travis mumbled.
Suddenly, the door was half open from the right wall. A few seconds later, a bunch of rats were running from the mouse hole and came scurry around their feet. Everyone hopped from one side to another in order to avoid those crazy rats.
"Oh, man, that's not exactly what I had in mind!" Vickie shouted, kicking one rat to another.
"Well, it looks like you just did with a handful!" Travis shouted back, as he used his stick of ninja to knock the rats down.
"You guys better think of a plan fast or we'll become a rat chow!" Jade yelled, as she was about to move one side to another.
When Vickie and Travis had finally come up with a solution, Vickie used her monarch fairy wings to fly high and took Jade with her; and Travis used his jet-rocket boots to fly high also. He used his eye of dragon to exterminate the rats. While some of the rats got burned, Vickie used her cascade pendant to extinguish the fire. After the fire disappeared, they found some rats survived and ran away into their homes, and some of them were dead as they turned into a crisp.
Once it was over with, Vickie and Travis flew down and Jade landed on her feet as well. Travis quickly smack Vickie on her head with his hat.
"Hey, what did you do that for?" Vickie asked him.
"Well, that's for making a wrong switch, you novice!" Travis replied.
"Oh, come on, you guys, this is no time to fight!" Jade exclaimed, as she tried to break up their argument again.
As everyone continued to figure out which lever will lead to the secret hideout in order to get the grappling spider's silk. This time, Travis has finally decided which one it is. He used his instincts so he can tell which one goes to which. He chose the lever on the far right and pulled it.
"If I was wrong, then there goes my luck and my instincts," said Travis.
When Travis pulled the lever, something really happened from the ground on the left hand corner. The door opened and revealed the stairs, which means this could be a secret hideout with no traps whatsoever. Vickie, Travis, and Jade went for a closer look to make sure everything's fine. So they went downstairs and search for the grappling spider's silk. Once they made it to the lower level of the cave, it was pitch dark in this room so they used their flashlights to see where they're going.
Few minutes later, everyone saw the light and the shining object coming from the right hand side. So they went into that room and saw a small, golden ornament spider along with the handle on its back. Everyone was so amazed that they wouldn't believe that they found the Chi Tang item!
"At last, we found the grappling spider's silk!" Vickie exclaimed. Travis took the grappling spider's silk, and everyone was about to leave the secret hideout.
Vickie, Travis, and Jade were about to get out of this cave after they passed the domain that has levers in it. All of the sudden, a shadowy figure appears behind them as it quickly rushes to the other side. Jade turned around and thought she might have heard something or someone coming in their direction.
"Come on, Jade, let's keep moving!" said Vickie.
Jade shrugged and continued to follow them as well.
Once everyone continued to exit the cave, the mysterious red-eyed figure was following them. It keeps moving quickly from one place to another. All of the sudden, Vickie and the gang finally heard something as they turned around and find something suspicious. Until a large, giant creature appeared right in front of them. It has a giant body along with eight legs, red eyes, and the nasty, furry face. They had met what it seems to be...a giant spider!
Vickie, Travis, and Jade screamed in horror when they saw the giant spider. They ran as fast as they can to get away from it. As soon as they saw the light, they got out of the cave in one piece. Then, the giant spider got out of the cave, too, and everyone continued to run as well.
"Guys, the big, ugly spider is gaining on us!" Jade panicked. "Can't you do something to get rid of that thing?"
"Wish we could, but we need time to think!" Travis screamed.
"Hey, guys, I'd just thought of something," said Vickie, as she tried to refresh her memory. "Didn't someone give us a warning about that hideous spider?"
"Huh? What?" Jade gasped as she finally remember something. "Of course!"
The flashback began where Roxie pointed out and narrowed her eyes.
"'Beware of the giant spider that lives in the cave!'" Roxie reminded them.
After the flashback ended, everyone has finally come up with a solution. Until suddenly, the worst has yet to come, everyone heard a scream like Tarzan. They saw the Ice crew swinging with their vines and landed on their feet as well.
"Oh, for heaven's sakes," Travis mumbled, as he covered his face with his hand.
"Oh, man, not now!" Vickie complained, as things were getting worse everytime they showed up.
"Sorry, dogs, we're not going anywhere until you hand over the grappling spider's silk," said Strikemaster Ice.
"Oh, come on, man, we had bigger problems to face, seriously!" Vickie exclaimed.
"Yeah right, funny girl, like we're going to fall for that excuse, but we're not falling for that this time!"
"Hello?! I am being serious here! If you, dudes, don't believe me, then do as you wish, yo!"
Suddenly, a giant spider appeared in the jungle and was about to attack everyone as well. The Ice crew was now scared when they saw a huge spider. A huge spider that they had seen before in their lives. Their mouths were wide open as their eyes were.
"Yaaahhh!" Strikemaster Ice panicked as he and his crew ran as fast as they can.
"Yo, wait a second, dude," said MC Cobra. "Aren't we supposed to get the Chi Tang item from Trang first?"
"Dude, just shut up and run!"
After the Ice crew screamed and ran for their lives, everyone watched them running like a coward they were. They were acting very oddly as they shook their heads and shrugged at each other.
"Well, this will teach them a lesson that they'll never forget, and that lesson for not believing me that is!" said Vickie.
"Uh, Vickie, forget the pizza boys, we should concentrate on the big spider first," Jade reminded her, while it was still right behind them.
"Oh my god, good point!"
The spider launched its web attack at everyone, but they quickly dodged it. Then, it uses its claws to stop them, and they luckily got away from it. Vickie uses her heart bell to attack the spider, but it wouldn't leave a cinch. Travis used his shifting arrow to stop that monstrous bug, but it wasn't going to leave a mark as well. Finally, the spider was about to charge on them by using the tackle attack until the whip appeared and it hit the creature's face. Vickie, Travis, and Jade turned to see where the whip was coming from, and it was none other than Roxie.
"Are you three alright?" Roxie asked, as everyone nodded at her.
The spider shot the web strings at Roxie, and she quickly jumped to the other side to avoid it. She used the rope to tie the spider's legs and bind them together. While the large bug was immbolized, Travis tried to use the grappling spider's silk to create a large spider web to trap it like a net. Then, he used the eye of dragon to burn the spider down. It screeched very loudly when it felt the burn on its body from the fire. Few moments later, Vickie used the cascade pendant to get rid of the fire and cool the spider down. Finally, everyone found the large spider died and has gone forever.
Before Vickie, Travis, and Jade went back to San Francisco, Travis was about to explain to Roxie about the Chi Tang items and the dark forces. He also explained to her about the reason why they went all this trouble to go to the giant spider's cave was to retrieve the grappling spider's silk. When Roxie finally understood, she wanted to thank them for taking down the giant spider. Everyone was all happy as they were about to say good-bye to each other, and they would meet again next time.