Chapter 11: Stealing Thunder

"Yo, Changity-Chang, what're we doing here?" Bananas B asked.

"Seattle is known, among other things, for its thunderous climate." Chang explained as she took the castanet out of the container and absorbed the Thunder Demon chi from it. Her features started becoming more like Tchang Zu's and lightning could be seen at the background behind her but that last part wasn't necessarily a result of the demon chi. "Now all I have to do is being hit by lightning and my newfound thunder powers will increase to the point nobody will be able to take them from me!"

The Drago showed up, surprising Chang, and grabbed her, absorbing the Thunder Demon chi. Drago was now the one to bear features of Tchang Zu. "How did you find me so soon?" She asked. "I was under the impression no demon would be able to feel the chi until it was out."

"Brilliant minds think alike, Chang!" Drago answered. He was furious. "I suspected you'd also think about coming here. Now, care to explain why you came here instead of handing me the chi?"

Meanwhile, at a plane the Chans and Tohru were using to fly to Seattle after some agents informed Capt. Black about dragons going there, Rita and Reina felt the demon chi. "Granduncle Tchang Zu's chi is active again! We can feel it!" Both twins exclaimed.

"Chang?" Uncle asked.

"At first but then Dad appeared and now he's the one with the Granduncle Tchang Zu's chi." Reina explained.

"Should we change our course?" Jackie asked.

"No, they're really in Seattle." Rita explained.

"Rita, Reina, may I borrow some demon chi from you?" Jake asked with a puppy-dog face. "I'd like to be some cool dragon able to burn ass. I already can do the kicking as it is."

The twins couldn't help but feel awkward seeing their mother (even if just a past self of hers) acting like that. However, before any of them had a chance to reply, Uncle intervened. "Chi sharing is serious business! It must only be done in case of emergencies like that chi vampire we once met! And besides, you're a past self of demon girls' mother from before they were born. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF HOW MUCH HISTORY COULD BE ALTERED BY THEM TURNING YOU INTO DEMON?" He shouted with his usual anger.

"Fine." Jade spat. She then whispered into Rita's ear. "Share your power with me and I'll sneak you a Talisman. Anyone you want. Deal?"

"If my sister and I wanted the Talismans, we'd get them ourselves." Rita replied. "And we already have Grandfather's fire power."

"Jade, you're their mother." Jade told her future self. "Can't you order them to cooperate?"

"Could our parents make you obey them?" Future Jade replied. "And we never needed to be demons before."

Later on, they finally arrived at Seattle. Uncle drew his blowfish. "Thunder Demon chi is this way!" He exclaimed.

"Uncle, we could have told that." Rita moaned.

"Uncle must not get used to depending on time travelers who'll return to their own time once this demon chi hunt is over." Uncle explained and the demon girls nodded in acceptance.

Meanwhile, Drago's minions a.k.a. the Ice Gang were working on something to help him canalize a thunderstorm's energy when Chang, wearing a trench coat for disguise, showed up with some take-out food. "Boys, it's lunch time!" Strikemaster Ice exclaimed.

"I say when it's lunch time!" Drago angrily replied and then ignited his hands. "Now get back to work before I burn this industrialized stuff you dare to call food. Honestly, maybe it'd be considered a good thing if I do prevent you from eating this. A fast-food based diet can't be good for anyone's health."

"Dawg, if we wanted to work for a square, we'd have agreed to work for that Britton we met last year." Strikemaster Ice grunted.

"Less talking and more melding, Ice." Drago ordered.

"Uh, Drago, we have a problem." Chang said as she noticed the Chans and Tohru approaching.

"Boss, we're finished here." Strikemaster Ice announced.

"Good!" Drago exclaimed. "The three of you, take the equipment to the roof of this tower and then get down there to stop the heroes but don't kill this time's Jade." He then looked at Chang. "Chang, you and that rapping simian come with me and don't get any brilliant ideas unless you want a second dose of that shock therapy I gave you the first time I cured you from a disloyalty syndrome. Is that clear?"

Chang shuddered from thinking about it. "Yes, Master."

Later on, as the Chans and Tohru were entering the tower, the Ice Gang showed up and blocked their path. With Uncle's blowfish and Tohru's lizard, both the chi master and his apprentice started shooting spells at the Ice Gang, who quickly dodged. Jackie then kicked Strikemaster Ice, who retaliated by using his tail to grab one of Jackie's legs and throw him away. Jackie quickly stood up again while Future Jade used a leg attack to take down MC Cobra. Meanwhile, DJ Fist was about to punch Jade (what Drago didn't know wouldn't hurt him – or the Ice Gang) when he quickly dodged out of the way and appeared behind me. "Missed me!" She gleefully mocked. DJ Fist then tried to punch her again only to obtain the same result.

Meanwhile, at the tower's top, Drago was ready to be hit by lightning when he heard someone chanting "Yu Mo Gui Gwai Fai Di Zao! Yu Mo Gui Gwai Fai Di Zao! Yu Mo Gui Gwai Fai Di Zao!" Drago then noticed Reina floating right in front of him. "After her!" He ordered Chang, who quickly complied. What neither Drago nor Chang suspected was that Reina was just distracting them while Rita approached Drago from behind with the chi-o-matic and chanted "Yu Mo Gui Gwai Fai Di Zao! Yu Mo Gui Gwai Fai Di Zao! Yu Mo Gui Gwai Fai Di Zao!" After losing the Thunder Demon chi and returning to his natural demon dragon form, Drago only had time to shout a big "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" before lightning struck him, causing him to fall off the tower. Unfortunately, the lightning caused the Ice gang's device to explode and a piece hit the chi-o-matic, causing the chi to escape and allowing Rita no other choice but to absorb it. With features similar to Tchang Zu's, Rita Chan appeared where her non-demon relatives were fighting the Ice Gang. "Bad news, bad guys!" She happily announced. "Your boss lost. You'd better leave or I'll fry you."

Worried about Drago, the Ice Gang left. "Rita, why are you using the chi of Tchang Zu?" Jackie sternly asked. "What happened to Uncle's chi-o-matic?"

"Lightning." Was all Rita said as she showed the now broken chi-o-matic.

"That can be fixed." Uncle calmly stated.

"Jade, the Talisman." Jackie sternly demanded and she complied, revealing the Rabbit Talisman. He then turned his attention to her future self. "Didn't you know she'd do it?"

"My memory doesn't adjust to how things are changed as a result of this time travel." Future Jade explained. "I only remember how things originally happened."

"And you didn't take the Talisman in your timeline?" Jackie asked.

"There's no use discussing erased past." Future Jade quickly answered.

"Yeah, right." Jade sarcastically retorted, suggesting she believed that part stayed the same.

Meanwhile, Chang and the Ice Gang found Drago. "Any new ideas, Master?" Chang asked.

"Who did you call 'Master'?" They heard someone ask. Turning around, they saw the Dark Dragon.

Chang quickly thought about answering "You, of course, Master. I took advantage of your absence to infiltrate on his gang. How did you come back?"

"His Uncles and Aunts helped me, my servant." The Dark Dragon answered. "They don't care about who reunites all chis as long as it's someone who enables them to return. Drago, consider it a last warning: stay out of my way!"

"We'll meet again, Dark Dragon!" Drago exclaimed as he and the Ice Gang fled.

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