Dark Hands Washed
Author's note: Sorry this update took so long! Now that I'm back with my dear computer, I'll make up the time I lost with a rousing action packed chaperino!
Reply to Mireia: And I'm sorry for not updating in a while! I'm so lazy, you know. And, thank you! - -blushes- Now, about your questions: Valmont was set free from Shendu's grasp when Shendu cast the spell waaaaay back in a yonder chapter. Shendu went with his Thunder brother, and then, free of demon, Valmont quickly escaped, he's good at that. And just Emma's mother is dead, and it was to get out of talking to Jade. Anywho, little Emma's history will be spilled soon.
Disclaimer: Yo, J-J-Jackie Chan ain't owned by me, yo. Word.
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The Final battle, No more Monkey Business
It was a simple manner of taking over the television station for Tso Lan, the smartest and the cleverest of the children, in his opinion. He was gallant looking, with a kimono that was made to accommodate his four arms; his black hair pulled back…yes, a pretty picture for the humans.
Floating along, he blasted open the weak metal door with the power of gravity. Like inky air, it stuck to his hands as he blasted the people aside. There the camera was. His tongue wiped around, pleasantly. This was going to be easier than he thought.
Tso Lan set the camera up as best he could with three fingers. There! His magnificent self was on the screen, this one and everyone this station was connected too.
'Rejoice!' He thought, straightening out his splendid garments, 'you shall see me before you perish.'
Somewhere, Downtown New York
"The next one could be anywhere in New York!" Jackie exclaimed, flopping down on a park bench, placing the chi pod next to them. Merry people around him were oblivious to the plight of the J-Team, which now included The Viper.
"Don't worry so much, Baby Face," She said firmly, "We'll get them, after all we're the good guys."
Good guys indeed, the group, though on a noble quest, certainly did look dotty. The Chan family (which included an old man and a little girl), a Professional Wrestler, his apprentice, a ex-thief, and a huge ex-con stood, waiting for the next vibe, or at least the punch line to their joke.
But, they didn't need the Chi-Pod to tell them where the next demon was. On a skyscraper, that could be seen between the trees of the park, was a massive screen where Tso Lan's face appeared.
His red eyes narrowed, coldly, looking at the world as though it was his already.
"I know where he is!" Jade yelled, suddenly rushing off.
"Aaaaayia!" Uncle cried, "Wait for Uncle!" With that, the group raced off after Jade.
Back at the station
"In matter of hours, I will release the gravity from the Earth if you do not yield to the power of Tso Lan, the demon of the moon," He told the world, feeling self-empowered. What man would not yield to that threat?! He heard something rattle in the background, glancing off screen just for a second.
"Chan!" Tso Lan hissed, as Jackie Chan raced towards him. Jackie leaped in the air, taking advantage of Tso Lan's off guard-ness. His foot landed squarely in his face, sending him flying into the camera.
The machine fell beneath the moon demon, his red eyes widened at this insolence. Lifting himself up with his hands and anti-gravity, he then disappeared, or did he?
"Where did the demon go?" The masked man asked, as the rest of the group caught up with Jackie. El Toro was lifted up from the ground, and spun like a magnificent top in the air, before being thrown against a far wall.
Tso Lan reappeared like a fuzzy reception on a motel telly as Paco raced towards his fallen hero. One of the demon's four arms grabbed Paco by the back of his shirt, taking back off; he floated over them, menacingly.
"I am Tso Lan, demon of the moon," He announced, "I control both gravity and speed. No one can defeat me!"
"Speed?" Viper asked, flipping back her beautiful mane of hair, "That's my department!" She leaped on top of the anchor's deck with such swiftness that it didn't seem human, and then she proceeded fling herself at Tso Lan, to save Paco.
Unfortunately, she wasn't the one to strike him down. As Viper flew into the air, gallons of water rushed into the small box like room. All of the heroes were washed away with Tso Lan, under water.
"You dare, dear brother?" A female voice, raw and harsh, cried, "With out gravity, there is no water!"
And as Bai Tza appeared in the water, Tso Lan hit the circuit breaker. The box erupted in ten thousand jolts of doom, exploding in the water.
Tso Lan let out on unearthly scream, before exploding himself. His Chi flew into the submerged Chi pod, as Uncle Chan swam up to the top, gasping for air.
But the water just continued to fill, and Bai Tza's outflow blew the top of the new station, with her at the head of the water. The sun hit her just right, creating a swirling rainbow around her multi-blue body. Bai, with her squid like head, grinned up at the sky as her water began to flood New York City.
The humans had escaped out of her water, but that didn't bother her at all. They'd feel her wrath later, or all at once. She would make this hunk of rock her New Underwater Kingdom.
"I shall rule over you all with an iron fist!" Bai Tza cried to the heavens, as her water blew out windows, and flooded sky scrapers.
"Wouldn't that rust?" Cried back a little voice, full of defiance. The water demon snarled, as she turned around. Who dared to talk back to her like that!?
As soon as she turned, however, she was entangled in fishing net. Why there was one there, I don't know, but Jade and Paco managed to find one, and throw it over her as the road her waves on a soggy work chair.
They held to the ends, forcing Bai Tza downward. On a turned over desk, the adults (minus Uncle and Tohru) were shaking off the water as best they could.
"Jade!" Jackie Chan called to his niece, who was now being swept up in a tilde wave. Bai Tza became water herself, her destruction casting rainbows in every direction.
The net floated on the hapless sea, as massive jaws formed in the water. The water, which began to spin around, and around, like a Walpole.
The two children, who had nothing but a chair to rely on, screamed. The scream riled El Toro to action, he stood up, (which was very stupid and unwise) causing the whole desk to turn over.
"Sorry," He said thickly, causing Viper to roll her eyes. Her hair would need some deep cleaning after this.
Bai Tza's liquid body tousled and turned them, until everyone was separated from each other. Total strangers, squirrels, and our heroes were caught in the doom waves…and suddenly…all was calm.
Jackie found himself alone, and underneath two cars. He held some part of the car's underbelly that he didn't know the name of, his hair was dripped wet, stabbing him in the eyes. With a flip of the head, he tried to clear his eyes and his mind.
Then the sky went dark, because a massive cloud was casting its shadow over the newly acquired sea. Jackie pocked his head out, letting go of the cars. A foolish move.
Bai Tza re-appeared in all her serpentine glory, wrapping her watery body around Jackie so that he was in centre of her, and unable to breath.
"So ends Jackie Chan," She purred, becoming more and more solid, just solid enough to get hit in the head with a metal pole.
One of Bia Tza's tentacles grabbed the bar as it fell, looking around curiously. The enormous cloud let out a growl, sending a lose bolt of lightening through the air. The lightening bolt changed course mid-air, striking Bia Tza down.
As she was being electrocuted, Jackie was thrown from her wrathful embraced. Flying through the air, he spotted a helpfully, friendly hand. He grabbed it just in time, as Bai Tza's water was being sucked up, taking everything from stray cats to cars with her.
Soon, all that was left of her was a small blue chi ball, which zipped off into the Chi Pod, which was completely dry on the roof with them. But where were Uncle, Tohru, Jade, and Paco?
Viper pulled Jackie up on the roof top with a grunt. The soggy group; a wrestler, an ex-thief, and an archaeologist, all who still didn't know the punch line to their joke and now, were missing four of their members.
But, up in the clouds, instead of wishing for togetherness, they wished their partners would disappear.
"Look at what you did!" Squealed a small grey demon, as he hopped from one cloud bump to another. This small demon has an impressive wing span, an impressive tail (he was very proud of his tail), he was thin, bony like, with huge ears and eyebrows. His name was Hsi Wu, and he was the demon of the sky.
Tchang Zu let out a thunderous roar, swinging one of his massive arms at his brother. This thunder demon was far more impressive. His body was mainly blue, like his sister that he smote, but he looked a brilliant storm.
The sky demon flapped out of the way, crackling madly.
"ENOUGH!" Belched a very frog like demon, his foul breath nearly blasted the two off the cloud.
"You're just jealous, "Hsi Wu teased, flying around them like annoying mosquito, "because you only have one talisman, Tchang Zu!"
Xioa Fung, the gross frog demon croaked disapprovingly of his little brother's antics, for now Hsi Wu was leaping around, pointing out the uselessness of the Tiger Talisman.
A rope, with a part of a chair that held it up, was dangling at the end of the cloud. This rope was the one that let Jade and Paco up on cloud, and now were lying low in the cloud, eavesdropping.
"You hear that, Paco?" Jade whispered, as Tchang Zu thundered again, shooting a beam of lightening at his brother.
"Thunder?" Paco inquired, feeling slight stupid being up here. But that Jade, she just got under his skin and could take him anywhere!
"No," She started to stand up, causing Paco's eyes to grow wide, "I hear the knock of opportunity!"
"If you hadn't shot at me to begin with," Hsi Wu snipped, rubbing his burnt tail. The Horse Talisman in his tail lit up, healing him, "we'd now have are sister, making us rain!"
"In my defence," The thunder demon stomped on the cloud, making a good size hole in it, "she wouldn't have done in anyway!"
"You shouldn't have lost your tempter," Xioa Fung rippeted, flicking his froggy tongue over his demon eyes.
"Hey," Jade called, jumping up from her hiding spot, "Two against one, no fair!"
"A human!" Hsi Wu leaped over, so very fast that it startled Jade. He licked his lips, "A tasty little girl and a side of boy, yum, yum, yum!"
"Leave the humans, Hsi Wu, we're having a discussion here!" Hsi Wu turned around, grabbing up Jade with his tail. Tchang Zu was losing his patience, and the girl was right, he was out numbered.
"Why don't you show them how powerful the Tiger talisman really is?" Asked Jade innocently, wiggling in the tight tail of the winged demon. He squeezed her all the more harder when she spoke, causing Jade to give a cry of pain.
"You leave Yade alone," Paco jumped up for the spot he had clung to in fear, attempting to tackle Hsi Wu. The demon just laughed, grabbing up Paco in his claws.
The thunder demon let out a monstrous roar, he wasn't going to be outdone by his younger brother, nor was a child going to take attention away from him! The Tiger talisman lit up.
"No, brother!" The wind demon hopped up and down, "Do not let them goad you!"
But it was too late, the short tempered demon already split into two. A Yin Tchang Zu and a Yang Tchang Zu stood there, both growling. The two looked down at themselves, and it's one of these moments that the world stands eerily still, and looks on.
Paco gave a swift kick in a knobby knee, quickly slipping out of Hsi Wu's grasp. He flung Jade, slashing at Paco who chases after the now air-born Jade.
Jade cried, as she flew, though her flight wasn't long. The Yang Tchang Zu caught her, thankfully, in his tiny thin hands. The good thunder demon was much smaller, and paler than the Yin, who was grey and massive, and currently locked in a battle with Xioa Fung.
The little Asian girl grinned; messing with demons was easier than she thought it would be. And as she though that, the large grey demon shot down Xioa Fung, who, with his last breath of air, blew the cloud apart with his wind. He fell and fell and fell, hitting the ground finally; his Chi soaring to the Pod.
Paco dived, as Hsi Wu did, missing the little human by a hair. The last thing Paco saw before he plummeted downwards was Jade's frighten face as she laid forgotten on the quickly disappearing cloud chunk, as the little Yang, big Yin, and Hsi Wu clawed at each other.
He saw his life flash before his eyes. He didn't have much to see, which was all for the better, because he was saved by El Toro, his hero. They had been conveniently moving closer and closer to the skyscraper, which the adult were on, watching the battle from below.
"El Toro is the greatest!" Paco shouted to the heavens, throwing up his arms in jubilation.
The tiny counter part of Tchang was soundly defeated, which caused the evil one to grow in sizes, and return to his normal state. But now, he was too big for the cloud. He plummeted down to Earth as well, landing squarely in the centre of the roof.
Hsi Wu laughed triumphantly, grabbing Jade, who had was stranded on the cloud with no where to run.
Jackie watched his niece being taken away by the demon. Now, he couldn't let that happen. As the roof was exploding by Tchang's weight, he leaped up, grabbing Hsi Wu's tail.
The demon hissed, flapping eccentrically. He was weighing him down, that Chan man. Hsi Wu closed his eyes, he'd regret this…
Jackie kept a firm hand on Hsi Wu's tail, so when the demon detached his tail, Jackie was not prepared for it. He found himself falling, the ground looking a lot harder and closer as he sped to it.