You Got Jacked!
Disclaimer: I do not own Xioalin Shown.
Chapter Twenty-Six: Pure
"Just stand there my boy, this'll only take a minute" Hannibal directs as he ushers Good Jack into the middle of a carefully drawn spell circle.
Hesitantly, the boy takes a step into the looming pictogram. His shoulders are tense and his eyes are watering slightly as he firmly plants his feet. Looking up to the bean who is gliding above him atop his bird Jack begins to jumble a string of barley coherent sentences.
"Speak up my boy…it's rude to mumble."
"Uh…Mr. Bean sir. I'm-I'm scared…I don't want to do this…I don't want to become evil."
Suddenly a large cage slams down over him and good Jack leaps to no avail to the bars. He grasps them tightly and pulls with all his might but they do not move. His head turns from side to side, then back as he searches for a way out. He hears Wuya cackling evilly.
"Heh, heh, heh…like a little mocking bird in a cage. Calm down Jacky, this won't hurt but just a lot I hope."
Hannibal comes to a stop on a high ledge and peers down at the two. "Oh the transformation will be quite painful for 'im trust me my lady. He'll just have to tough it out though."
"You promised I would be able to remain good!" Good Jack pleads reaching out in between the bars towards Wuya.
"Evil does tend to lie to goody too shoe boys like you, Jacky. Being a genius…you should know that by now." She holds up her hand and creating a file from thin air, begins filing her nails.
"Relax son" Hannibal coos as his bird grasps in its talons a book before flying down to Wuya.
"What am I supposed to do with this?"
"Please, Wuya…be a dear and gather those ingredients for me from that cabinet?" Hannibal requests.
Wuya walks cautiously over to the cabinet and with a quick, sudden motion swings the doors open. She opens the book to the marked page; two snips, three snails, six puppy dog tails, one dragon tooth, half a sloth tongue, one cup of cinnamon and the spit of a pretty girl. Shrugging off the last ingredient Wuya carries everything over to Hannibal and sets it down on a table near the cage. Atop the table is a big bucket filled with swamp water.
"There, now throw everything in there except the snails and snips." Wuya throws the ingredients into the pale and mixes it with a wooden spoon. "Right. Now just take the bucket and throw it at him."
"Throw all this junk on him? Just throw it?"
"Yes."
"Works for me." With a heave the contents of the buckets are thrown all over Good Jack.
He instantly freezes, his eyes practically rolling to the back of his head. The water is so thick and…there is a tail on his shoe. He squeals loudly and begins to cry from the shock.
"Not nice! Not nice! Not nice!" He slams himself against the bars. "Let me out! This is just inhumane! There are puppy tails on the floor!"
"That's right my boy…now please don't move them and stay still." Hannibal orders. "Wuya my dear. Please throw those snails at young Spicer…be sure to hit him." Wuya smiles happily as she grabs the slimy shelled creatures in her hands. "I'm goi'n to go sprinkle the snips on him."
And as Hannibal sprinkles the snips from above Good Jack, he is hit with the snails by Wuya. Covering his face he stumbles back against the bars and slides down to the floor. His knees knock as his palms lay silently on the wet floor. His hair is down plastered to half of his face and his one showing eye is open wide and quivering.
"That's everything. But what's this ingredient? Spit?" Wuya questions limply holding the book out to Hannibal.
He smiles. "Why my dear. I know it's impolite for a woman to spit and all…but could you do the honor?"
Wuya smiles and walks over to Good Jack. With a quick motion and a smile on her face she sends a small wet bullet down at him that lands on the side of his face…traumatized as he is, Good Jack does not even budge.
"Now what?"
"Now place the reversing mirror so he can see himself…and make him look good." Hannibal orders, the bird dropping the Wu in Wuya's hands.
She looks down at the mirror and with a smile tightens her hold as she walks towards Jack.
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Pacing…she had been walking back and forth, back and forth from the window to the bed to the bathroom for what seemed like hours. She quickly looks over at the clock to see the time has not even been that much since she last heard those words from Chase.
Kimiko stops her walking and looks over at Jack. He is asleep on the bed, his mouth slightly open and his eyes tight. He is holding his heart, gripping with all his clawed hand's might as if to keep the organ from leaping clear out of his chest.
"What have I done?" Kimiko pulls on her hair and frustrated with her situation grabs a nearby vase and slams it against the wall.
She pauses for a moment as Jack stirs in his sleep, his tail making a slow whipping motion before settling back on the bed. Jack could not be blamed…it truly was not his fault. Closing her eyes, Kimiko remembers the night and how Jack had ran from her…Jack running from her when she was seducing him? He was trying so hard, poor Jack.
"What should I do?" She lightly places a hand over her stomach and has to look away from Jack.
He begins to mumble in his sleep and she turns back to him. Treading softly, she reaches the edge of the bed and softly sits.
Jack's hand suddenly reaches out and tries to grab something. "No…Jack…what's going on…help…help…Jack help…me." His eyebrows furrow before his head limply falls to one side.
His arm hit's the bed and bounces once before lying motionless a top the covers. Not even his fingertips or even his tail are moving and Kimiko worriedly leans forwards. Slowly her hand leaves her side, fingers twitching as they approach his pale skin.
"Don't touch him" The voice echoes just behind her.
"Chase."
"He is not dead…if that is what you were wondering." Chase leans down and with one hand cups one side of Jack's face...he rubs the pale flesh with his thumb. "He is dying however."
"Heal him then…you said you could." Kimiko whimpers, now wanting to reach out and touch Jack.
"Only you can heal him now…he is dying by will…because he thinks he has lost you."
Kimiko looks at Chase, then Jack and back to Chase. She gulps. "I…I can't let the father of my baby die…I'll do anything to save him Chase."
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Twisting and turning, spiraling and spinning, up and down…everything is moving everywhere nonstop as Good Jack is forced to look himself in the eye through the Reversing Mirror. His mouth hangs open and he cannot move.
"Reversing Mirror!"
Instantly his back arches, his head thrown back and his mouth opens as he gasps in agony. His whole being burns as he feels his very soul morphing and falling…deep down into a black abyss he knows to be hell.
There is smoke as the Reversing Mirror cracks and Wuya is thrown back with a large flash of black light. Good Jack screams…but it soon fades into maniacal laughter.
As the cage is cleared of obstructing matter Wuya sits up holding her back and weakly gets to her feet. Hannibal jumps from his bird and lands on her shoulder.
"My dear…he is pure."
Head tilted and tinged teeth wet with spit his glowing red eyes shine through the light fog of smoke. A low crazy chuckle escapes the boy as his tight fists unclench and strain to form claws as he begins to straighten out his hunched form. Shakily his fingers brush against the bars then full on grab them. And with narrowed eyes, caged rage is held back as he looks over at Wuya. Daringly he stares her right in her spiraling eyes and lets out a small huff.
"You little brat. It's rude to stare."
And with one fluid motion, he raises the ultimately insulting finger to her and huskily growls with all the fierceness in his voice she never fathomed a guy like Jack could muster. "Bite me baby."
(Chapter Talk): Okay…this is pure evil Jack. I mean real evil…just wait and you see. And for my readers…yeah, Kimiko's 'with child' (Jack's baby). Now if he survives Raimundo and his own evil self then perhaps Jack will get to be a daddy! Be sure to review my readers…I know it has been awhile for me to update…but I recently posted another story The Aftermath…it's less angst and a little more funny, another JackxKim, but they get together a little smoother. Be sure to check it out, i'm quite fond of it myself...and naturally I write it as well as I do this fic.