Mayhemb; I'm Baaaa-aaaack! Thank you to all the people who helped me get better; the doctors, my parents, the creator of Ramen, the maker of hot sauce (which I put in my ramen...It's pretty good actually), and to all of my loyal readers out there! Now guess what..?
*points to reader* YOU GET A NEW CHAPTER!
*points to other reader* YOU GET A NEW CHAPTER!
Heck, EVERYONE GETS A NEW CHAPTER!
(oh Oprah, I love using your kind of refrences)
Mayhemb; Okay, so...On with Part 1 of the Black Viper- 2 Part special!
Enjoooooy~
"Okay...Uhm...Fav'rite ice creme flavor.." Clay told Alexis as the 2 were strolling through the garden, asking the other quick questions. Yet, they'd have to bring this conversation to a closing in a bit. Alexis was still cooking dinner, yet...Well, she was okay with spending some time away from the stove for Clay.
"Hmmmm...Chocolate chip cookie dough, ooo'ah cookies 'n c'ah'eme." Alexis happily said, before looking up at the Texas-boy. "You, Cher...?"
"Would ya believe me if it was French Silk..?" Clay asked with a small smile, earning a giggle from the smaller girl.
"Of cou'ah'se I vould Cher, you 'aven't lied o'ah 'idden anyzing f'ah'om me."
"Ah know, and you haven't hid nothin' from me neither." Clay softly spoke, not noticing when Alexis frowned a bit at this..
"Oui..! Nozing 'idden." Alexis declared, before reaching up on her tiptoes a bit and gently pressing her lips to Clay's cheeks. "I 'ave to go make food Cher."
"Alright, ah'll go see what tha others are doin' then." Clay stated, smiling down at the Nature Dragon. "See ya later Sugar."
"Oui, adieu." Alexis softly said as she walked away from the boy, trying to keep the smile on her face in front of him...Only to let out a sad sigh and a frown once she was out of his sight...
Oh, why the heck did her past have to haunt her..?
Alexis was once again smiling as she watched the group train with blindfolds on, before Master Fung nodded to her. With the signal, the French-girl lifted the metal lid over a plate that held-
"Teriyaki pork..?" Clay asked, before dropping Kimiko and running full long at the table. "DELICIOUS~"
Alexis had to refrain from laughing as the cowboy accidentally lit Raimundo's sleeve on fire, causing the Wind Dragon to yell as he wildly ran across the yard...Before finally dunking his arm into the fountain.
"Ah-Ah'm sorry Rai, ah couldn't help it ah..Ah smelled mah favorite meal and uh-" was all Clay told the group, before stuffing another piece of the meat into his mouth.
"Every meal is your favorite meal Clay!" Kimiko announced as Clay finished, making Alexis giggled a bit at this before she picked up a napkin.
"Cher." Alexis whispered, making the Cowboy look up, only for his chin to be taken as the napkin was pressed to his skin.
"Heh, thanks Sugar."
"Anytime, mon chéri (French for "my darling')" with that Clay took the torch from Alexis, who had put it in a small pot, before the 2 walked over to Raimundo and Master Fung near the fountain.
"I can't believe your first loyalty is to a pork chop..!" Raimundo declared after he almost fell into the fountain, the sentence made Clay found.
"Hey now, it was mah Sugar's pork chops. There's ah difference."
"Well I wouldn't know that, since you eat all of it before the rest of us ca-" Raimundo was cut off then when Dojo came slithering in, pushing the Brazilian into the fountain.
"Hey kids..! We got a 3-alarm Shen Gong Wu al-" Dojo then began to mumble as he smelt something. "Mmmm~ Pork chops.."
Kimiko, however, didn't take this distraction kindly. "Dojo! Where exactly IS this new Shen Gong Wu..?
Alexis smiled as she got ready to leave for Texas, happy to go to her Cher's homeland and-
"Uh...Sugar..?" Clay cautiously spoke from outside the blanket door. "Are uh...You decent..?"
"Oui, I am. Come in." Alexis said as she put a small First Aid kit into her backpack, before Clay entered. Alexis still wasn't in her civilian clothing, having chosen to pack her backpack before getting dressed. Slowly the French-girl stood up, sensing the Texan's seriousness. "Vhat es eet Mon Cher..?"
Clay walked over to Alexis, putting his hands on her shoulders. "Look, Sugar...Ah don't want ya ta take this tha wrong way...But...Ah want ya ta be ready ta run, iffin' the case comes up."
"...But..Vhy.?" at this, Clay frowned, before sighing a bit as he looked at the smaller girl.
"Ah ain't saying that yer weak or nuthin' Lexi, but...We may be goin' inta gang territory iffin' Dojo's right about the location of tha new Wu. And.." Clay then smiled at Alexis, putting a hand against her cheek. "And ah just couldn't stand it, if ya got hurt cause uh me sum'how."
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"But..But Cher...I-"
"Ah know ya can fight, and ah know better than every'un that you can hold yer ground when push-comes-ta-shove...But...But ah'd never forgive mahself if ya got hurt...Please, Lexi. Ya gotta promise me that you'll run as fast as ya can when ah tell ya to."
Alexis looked at Clay with sad eyes, before she gave a small sigh..
"Fine, Cher...I...I vill be p'ah'eep'ah'ed to 'un if I 'ave to.."
"Thanks Sugar." Clay happily said, before kissing Alexis' lips. "Now, ah'll just leave ya ta...Ya know, get ready and uh...Stuff."
With a small giggle at Clay's embarrassed expression as he left the room, Alexis turned and looked at her backpack as it laid on the ground.
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Gang territory.
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Alexis' eyes became dangerous slits as she picked up the backpack, dumping all the contents out of it, before going over to her Chest and pulling out her black box with the red "X", the one that had all her Gang trinkets.
She knew what she had told Clay.
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But..
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She never promised what she'd do AFTER she ran away..
Alexis sighed as she and the group rode through the air, happily watching the passing dry land bellow them.
She was wearing a dark blue blouse, a pair of black pants, dark brown boots, a black belt, all of her necklaces, and the Tao Choker. Her hair was in a French-braid using the light blue ribbon Clay had given her. Kimiko was wearing a white/black diamond button-down shirt, a blue-jean knee-high skirt, red cowboy boots with black accents, and a black-sashed red cowboy hat. Her hair was in 2 braided pigtails with red bows.
"Ah can't believe we're back home in Texas..!" Clay happily said after he got off of Dojo, whistling at the dry land before him. "Isn't she beautiful..?"
"'She' is a big, flat, desert prairie." Kimiko pointed out a few moments before Dojo shrunk down to size and hopped into Alexis' arms, all the while Clay went over and...And hugged a cactus..?
"Yeah! But the cactus aaaall look l'ah'ke kin ta me!" Clay chimed with a grin, before they heard it...Alexis knew the sound well, the rev of machines in the distance.."Dojo! Better stash the Wu! We got company.."
"What is it Clay?" Kimiko's question was soon answered by Alexis, who gazed through the cloud of dust that was starting up behind the machines.
"Moto'ah'cycles..?"
"Not just motorcycles, the Black Vipers..." Clay declared, before looking down at Alexis. "Sugar, go!"
"B-But Cher, I-" Alexis started, before Clay gripped her shoulders and twirled her around, shoving her away from the scene.
"Go on now, get!" Alexis frowned at this, before sighing as the Cowboy took Dojo...And the French-girl took off running.
"What is a Black Viper..?" Omi asked Raimundo, who bent down beside him.
"Little dude, I think we're about to find out..." the Brazilian whispered, before 3 motorcycles started to round around the 4 Elemental Warriors and Dojo, whoopin' and hollering.
"Greatings my friends..! My name it-" was as far as Omi could get before he was buried underneath a pile of sand that had been kicked up by one of the motorcyclist's bike.
"Hey! HEY! Watch it! I BRUISE EASILY!" Dojo called out as he slithered through the sand, a few moments before the motorcyclists started to twirl around lassos. Sensing the danger, Raimundo hopped into action and he pulled out the-
"GLOVE OF-" Raimundo was cut off as a lasso pulled him downwards, while another took the Glove of Jisaku. Kimiko tried to attack also, only to be pulled down much like Raimundo.
"GOLDEN TIGER-" Omi then gave a small 'huh' when one of the motorcyclists took the Golden Tiger Claws from him.
"Ah'll take that half-p'ah'nt." the girl said, before the 3 already caught Dragons were then hog-tied and piled up...Leaving (once again) Clay to try and save them.
"Clay! Look out!" Kimiko called out to the Texan-boy, who dodged the first couple of lassos.
Yet, soon enough, both of his hands were caught by 2 of the Black Vipers...But it wasn't a real problem. In response to his wrists being tied up, Clay pulled against both ropes, sending the 2 girls flying into each other.
"Nice move cowboy," the 1st motorcyclist said as she began to twirl her lasso. "But too little, too late."
Before Clay could respond, a lasso from behind took away his hat. "Ooow, not tha hat..!"
With this distracting, the 1st girl managed to lasso Clay down to the ground, before another one of the girls placed the hat back on Clay's butt..
"We're tha Black Vipers, and you've just been snaked." the first girl said, before the group was suddenly blindfolded.
Alexis watched from about a mile away from the group, using a pair of binoculars as she hid behind a cactus bush that she resurrected. With a low and dangerous growl, Alexis put back her spects, Alexis pulled out the Changing Chopsticks and her shrunken motorcycle.
"Changing Chopsticks..!" Alexis whispered as she returned her bike to full size, before pulling out from her backpack a set of new clothes...And hurriedly changed behidn the bush.
~2 Minute Later~
Alexis sighed as she stood up, stretching a bit as she tried to lossen the leather's cling.
She was wearing her old black leather jacket that had the name "Thorn Eagle" sown in bright red on the back, dark blue jeans, black boots, a dark brown belt, a red scarf, black sun glasses, and finally her dark brown whip in her hands. Quickly she placed her old clothing into her bag and stowing the stash in the secret compartment underneath her seat's compartment, and put on a black cowboy hat.
She had placed the blue ribbon carefully into her bag already, and messed up her hair while using some red washable hair-dye that she had gotten from Kimiko's room before leaving onto the tips of her hair...Dear lord, if her brothers saw her like this, she'd never hear the end of it..!
With all of this done Alexis reved up her bike, adjusted her dust-scarf to where it was over her nose, and raced after the motorcyclists.
Alexis sighed as she came up to the motorcyclists, who stopped when they had noticed her behind them...Stupid dust clouds...
Oh well, showtime.
"And who are you..?" the leader of the 3 asked, making Alexis scoff a bit as she got off of her bike and walked over to the captured group.
"A p'ah'son whose been looking for these folks for a loooooong time." Alexis spoke in a slightly higher-pitched voice, a few tones higher that way the group wouldn't recognize her...Then, she smirked as she walked over to the blind-folded group. "Do you all remember me..?"
"Uhm...Nope." Raimundo commented, before he was soon followed by Kimiko, Clay, and Omi.
"Not really."
"Can't say ah have."
"Uhm...Did we EVER meet..?"
"Vell, not 'eally short-stuff." Alexis said, before she turned her back to the Xiaolin Monks when she noticed Omi's position as she reached for her pocket with her right hand, and her whip with her left...Just in case. "I am zee Zo'ah'n Eagle-"
"Leader of tha world-famous Poisoned Thorns..!" the first motorcyclist gasped out, making Alexis scowl from beneath her scarf. How could she feel so much pride well up inside, yet feel the same amount of acid pile in her stomach at the same time..?
"Oui, zat's 'ight." Alexis declared, gripping the Changing Chopsticks in her hands as the motorcyclists looked at each other.
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"Our boss would l'ah'ke ah word with ya ah bet." the girl stated after a moment, making Alexis smirk a bit. Good, she was in.
"Fine zen, let's go." Alexis nonchalantly said, before she and the group were off.
Alexis looked past her sunglasses at the rocks of the Black Vipers hide-out, a few moments before the Xiaolin Warriors' mining cart tipped over and spilled them out. From in front of the group and to the side of Alexis, the gang's leader stepped out with a lantern...Huh, she was right at Alexis' height...Maybe an inch shorter.
"Well, well. What have we here..?" the leader asked, before all of the blind-folds were taken off the group. Raimundo looked right at Alexis, glaring at her it seemed...Yet.."Leapin-lizzards..! Clay?.!"
Huh..?
"Uhm...Do ah know you..?" Clay questioned, honestly confused as the leader walked over to the group.
"Awww now ah'm hurt, don't chu recognize yer own." the girl then held the lantern up to her face. "Sister?.!"
"SISTER?.!" Raimundo, Kimiko, and Omi exclaimed with shocked expressions, while Alexis blinked in surprise.
"Sa petite soeur..? (his little sister)" Alexis softly said, remembering from Thanksgiving when she and Clay had talked...Aw man, what was her name again?
"*gasp* Jessie?.!" Clay gasped out, well that answered Alexis' question..
"You never told us you had a sister..!" Omi told the Cowboy, who glanced from him before he glared up at Jessie.
"Would you want people knowin' you were related to ah no-good varmint..?" Clay hotly asked while also taking a jab at the blonde girl before him, making Alexis flinch a bit from the side-lines.
"You think ah'm a varmint..?"
"Well ah'd th'ah'ank ya'd sooner tip ah cow than milk it..!" Clay declared, making Jessie scoff a bit at him.
"You NEVER understood what it was l'ah'ke growin' up in tha shadow of such a perfect older siblin'!"...But Alexis could, this was what made the French-girl's focus stay upon Jessie.
"Aaaw not this old saw again..!" Clay complained, before Jessie started to rant...With some rather odd additions from Alexis.
"Oh you were the beeest at everythang..!" Jessie started out, before listing off a few things. "Chasin' wood."
"Pickin' f'ah'oot.." Alexis added in, remembering her own past with her brothers.
"Shoein' horses!"
"Dancing fo'h mama.."
"Chasin' pigs!"
"Collecting zee ch'ah'ickens.."
"Ma and Pa always thought you were tha pick of tha litter.." Jessie complained, sharing a stare with Alexis.
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"You chased pigs..?" Kimiko asked Clay, who only glanced down at her a bit.
"And whatever ah wanted," Jessie then pointed at Clay, "YOU got! "
"Well you know ah only got things first cause ah was the oldest..!" Clay defended himself, before Alexis felt herself having a serious deja vu moment...Dear lord...Maybe she shouldn't have come to Texas..
"And then when it came ta goin' to Monk school, guess who they picked..." Jessie told the group, before Omi had a..Well, a rather idiotic moment.
"Who..?"
"Tha biiiig hero, it was l'ah'ke I didn't even exist..! No matter how much ah tried ah could never beat him..!" Jessie declared, before Clay started to...Well, to spout a bit.
"So instead of tryin' ta be tha best of tha best, you joined tha Vipers ta be the best of the worst..!"
"Ah'm the best, period..!" Jessie said to her brother, before an idea popped into her head. "Hey, ah say we settle this right now l'ah'ke men..! You and me!"
All the while as Jessie was talking, Alexis bit the bottom of her lip...Man, how badly did she want to join in and just.
Well..
Actually, to just do anything really..! She didn't know what she'd do entirely...
"Hey, ah've done some things ah'm not proud of...But ah'm NOT gettin' into a fist-fight with mah baby-sister..!" Clay stated as Jessie tried to tempt him to fight by running around him, throwing punch after punch into the air near the cowboy.
"Yer just yellow cause ya know ah'll whoop yer butt..!" Jessie exclaimed before kicking Clay's butt, sending him sliding over to the Xiaolin Monks...At this display, Omi 'tsk'ed with disappointment as he scuttled near the Gang-leader.
"Ohhh, Brother and Sister should not be fighting..! Is there no warmth in your heart-" was as far as Omi could get before he was suddenly picked up by the head from Jessie, who scowled at him.
"Butt-out round-boy!" Jessie yelled before rolling Omi over to the group...Yet, the Water Dragon ended up crashing into the mining cart..With that, Jessie looked straight at Alexis. "Ya mind helpin' me get these folks ta tha hospitality suite..? Then, we can talk."
"Fine zen." Alexis said, before making a bee-line to Omi, who was partially knocked out. While bending down to pick up the yellow-skinned boy, Alexis placed the Changing Chopsticks into his Temple-Robes, before taking a grip of his shoulder and slapping his face. "'EY! VAKE UP!"
Even though she hated it, Alexis had to play the part of Thorn Eagle.
"Ooooh...My head.." Omi groaned a bit, before he noticed that Alexis was now carrying him upside-down by his rope restraints. "Hey! Let me go this instant...!"
"Vhy should I, you 'ave no azo'ah'ty to me."
"But I-"
Omi and the group then found themselves behind cage doors while being tied upside down, Clay glaring at his sister as she and the red-headed motorcyclist that Alexis had talked to from before spoke.
"So, what do you wanna do with 'em..?" the red-head asked Jessie, who smirked as she walked over to the cage doors and took her brother's head.
"Ah'll make you ah deal," Jessie said before letting go of Clay's head, making a Newton-ball reaction from the bound group. "If you scrape with me and win, you and your monkey friends are free ta go look for yer Shen Gong Worts..!"
"Wu." Omi carefully corrected, before Kimiko raised a good question.
"And if he loses..?" Jessie and the red-head shared a look then, smirking to each other as Jessie started over to a cage with a cloth over it.
"Well then, ya'll gonna be Buzzard-bait..!" Jessie declared as she threw off the cloth, showing the group a few squawking vultures..
Then, the Black Vipers couldn't help but laugh at the group's shocked expressions.
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"What do ya say Big-Brother...? We gonna throw-down 'er what..?" Jessie asked the bound Clay, all the while the red-head was tapped on the shoulder by one of the other bikers, and given a wallet.
"You keep askin' me, ah'm gonna keep sayin' the same thing..! Ah'm not fightin' you, it just ain't right!" Clay declared, yet before Jessie could reply to this, she was nudged by the red-head and handed the wallet.
"Ain't this tha wallet that Pa gave ya when we were kids Clay..?" Jessie questioned as she held the old leathery item, looking at her brother, who growled at her.
"Ya better give that back ta me..!"
"Look in the pictures, Jess." the red-head commented, quickly the gang-leader flipped open the tool...Before smirking at the picture inside.
"Aaaaaw, now ain't that cute~. What, this yer giiiiirlfriend..?" Jessie asked as she took out the picture, showing it to Clay, who scowled a bit.
It was just a plain old picture of Clay and Alexis, the French-girl hugging him from behind while wearing his hat.
"And ah could-a sworn that there was 5 of ya when you landed.." one of the other bikers commented, making Jessie smirk even more.
"Well then, maybe ah'll see if yer lil' Girlfriend would l'ah'ke ta thrown down in yer place then..!"
"You leave mah Sugar out of this Jessie..! She ain't gonna fight you, and ah won't fight you! And there's nothin' you can do about it." Clay squarely said, before Jessie shrugged to her company as she stuck the photo into the wallet and shoved the trinket into her pocket.
"Weeeeeell, it looks l'ah'ke our uninvited guests have decided on an extended stay in tha hospitality suit." Jessie nonchalantly said as she and the Black Vipers left, Alexis walking along with them when Jessie nudged her over.
"Uh...Why, thank you..! That sounds mooost inviting! Where do we go..?"...Oh Omi, sarcasms will NEVER be your forte...
"Well now, it's a pleasure ta meet cha, Miss Thorn Eagle." Jessie said to Alexis as the 2 stood in front of one another, holding out a hand. "Ah'm Jessie, leader of this fine gang."
"Bonjour." Alexis said, before slapping her hand against Jessie's and shaking it.
"Quite ah grip ya got there." Jessie commented, before squeezing Alexis hand. "How'd mine..?"
"Could ooze vo'ah'k." Jessie smirked a bit at the statement, before the 2 dropped their hands.
"Now then, ah th'ah'ink that we...Might have a few things in common."
"Oui, ve do."
"Well then, ya mind tellin' me yer back-story then..?" Jessie requested, before Alexis glanced at the 3 other members of the Black Viper gang, before looking to Jessie. "Oh, ah see...Girls, you go and make sure our guests don't leave without us."
With grumbled replies, the other 3 left, before Jessie looked at Alexis.
"I vas zee second youngest in mon family, 'aving z'ah'ee brozahs. Tvo tvin oldah brozahs, Louis and Ma'k...Zen a youngah brozah, Stanfo'd. Monb brozah, Ma'k, ended up opening a law-f'ah'm and a few ozah buisinesses of zee so'ah't in populah cities, ea'ning mon Papa's respect easily. Louis ended up going into B'oadvay, voaking behind zee scenes g'ah'eatly and planning zee dances, making mon Mama love 'im to bits. Zen Stanfo'd took zee Baby-of-Zee-Family position f'ah'om me...Vhen mon Grandmama got sick, ve vent to F'ah'ance vhere Ma'k left us fo' a vhile to vo'ah'k on 'is company...Zat vas vhen I vas scouted out by zee Poison Tho'a'ns, 'aving 'eard of me f'ah'om zee g'ah'apevine...T'ah'imes vhere 'ard zen, and I figured zat eet vould be fun...Zen, aftah some time, I-"
"Became tha best there was." Jessie finished, looking at Alexis with stary-eyes. "Wow...Ah can't believe that ah really got ya in mah den..! Ah mean, ah heard about ya through some of tha other gangs but..But ah thought you were a myth..! Where ya been all these years..?"
"A'ound.." Alexis nonchalantly replied, even throwing in a shrug of the shoulders.
"Wow...Hey, uh...Ah know that this is a bit much but...But could ah..Maybe.." Jessie looked down at her feet, a small frown on her face. "Uhm. Look, ah...Ah don't got many folks down here who understand what ah go through a-and all...But, well...You do so...I was wonderin' if...Maybe, ah could..Ah could call ya mah...Mah Sister..?"
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"I suppoooose I could-" Alexis was then cut off when Jessie suddenly hugged her, a big grin on her face.
"Ooooh thank ya kindly Thorn Eag-Uh...A-Ah mean, Big Sis." Jessie attoned for her mistake, before smiling up at Alexis. "Ya don't know how much this means ta me."
"Vell, I-"
"Boss!" one of the girls yelled from a few feet away. "They're on the move!"
"Come on then Sis, let's go!" Jessie happily exclaimed, before running towards her team.
Dear lord, what had Alexis gotten herself into...?
"By tha way, what's up with them Shen Gong Warts anyhow?"
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The Xiaolin Monks and Dojo were smiling happily as they came towards the new Shen Gong Wu.
"The Shen Gong Wu, is ours!" Omi happily chimed, before Jessie's voice came out from behind.
"Think again Short-Stack!" with that, the 4 Xiaolin Monks were lassoed and Dojo was forced into a sack, before Jessie and T.E. came into view.
"Well ah'll be ah day-old biscuit..! You let us lead you right to it!" Clay declared, before he and his sister got into a verbal argument.
"Man you ain't as slow as drippin' tar after all! But yer still thicker than ah cut of Texas Prime-rib."
"Well a'least ah ain't as slippery as goat-droll on an oil slick!"
"Yeah and ah'm not tha one yellaher than ah slice of Auntie Clarabelle's Lemon-Silk custard pie!"
"Will you two PLEASE stop abusing the English Language?.!" Kimiko yelled out, cutting the 2 bickering siblings off...For now.
"But, the pie does sound most delicious.." Omi told the group, the gang could literally see smoke coming out of Clay's ears before Jessie walked over to the Sphere of Yun.
"Ah got me a better ah'dea. See, ah know enough about these Shen Gong Warts (Omi; Wu!) That if we both grab this here deal, then you HAVE ta fight me brother." Clay then pushed out of the other Black Viper's grips, before glaring down as he walked into the space before Jessie. "So Clay, you ready to be a man and lose to a giiiirl...?"
Yet, before they could begin, the entire room started to shake...Before Jack Spicer's driller came through the top, revealing the evil boy...Uh...The "Boy Genious", as his hat said (literally, look it up, the 'S' is even backwards..!).
"Jack Spicer!" Omi hissed out his name, before the red-head rose to his feet.
"That's right! Jack Spicer, Evil Boy Genius is in the house..!" the Black Vipers then undid their lassos around the Xiaolin Warriors, and instead used them on the on-coming fleet of Jack-Bots.
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Yet, well...All they had was rope to fend off metallic beings so, after a little while, everyone else in the room was captured. Especially after Jack used the Silk Spitter to take away the lassos and the Golden Tiger Claws from the Black Vipers..
Man, Jack Spicer winning...Huh, never thought any of them would see that day.
"Whoa...That's it..! I did it!" Jack happily exclaimed, even Wuya sounded a bit surprised at this.
"I can't believe it! For once, you are actually the victor!"
Jack raised the Sphere of Yun proudly, before a look crossed his face. "I almost forgot what this feels like..!"
"Which, by the way, is sweeet!" Jack told the group, before he noticed the additions to the regular bunch..."Say, who ARE all these people..?"
"We're the Black Vipers, the most elite all-girl gang that ever roamed these wild plains." Jessie told Jack, before she got in front of her captured team.
"And since you have defeated us, our law demands that you inherit leadership of, the Black Vipers." the red-head stated, before the all-girls gang bowed down to Jack.
"Yes..! I guess this makes me Queen!" everyone couldn't help but 'huh' at Jack's declaration.."..King..!"
Even Wuya was giving the red-head a rather odd look. "Anyway...Sweet!"
"ZAT es all you 'ave to do to gain cont'ah'ol of zis gang..?" T.E. hissed out, eyes wide behind her glasses. "Zat es puzetic..!"
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"No way." Jack commented, before he started to laugh a bit. "Y-You REALLY went back to being Thorn Eagle..? HA! Oh man, this is rich! THIS, is, RICH!"
"What are you bumbling about, Spicer..?" Kimiko asked, glaring at the red-head, who was continuing to laugh as he looked at T.E..
"You didn't even TELL them?.! Man, this just makes it better!" Jack exclaimed, before walking over to T.E. and slinging an arm over her shoulder. "You see, *snickers* T.E. goes by another name that we all know and love."
"Oh, and what's that..?" Jessie hotly questioned, crossing her arms as he watched Jack take a hold of T.E.'s scarf and sunglasses.
"You know her, you love her, and ya can't seem to hold her down...! Everyone, please welcome back." Jack then removed the items that he was holding, making everyone but Raimundo gasp. "Alexis!"
Alexis quickly ducked her head downwards as soon as the sunglasses came off, before Jack forced her to look at the group. "Come on Lexi, say hi to everyone..!"
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"B-But this..This makes no sense..!" Omi screamed out, obviously one of the most shocked of the bunch. "ALEXIS IS WHO?.!"
"The Thorn Eagle kiddies..!" Jack chimed a bit to happily, grinning at the group.
"This has to be some kind of trick, r-right Alexis..?" Kimiko asked the French-girl, who frowned at her. "Right..?"
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"Non, eet esn't...I..I 'eally am-non...I 'eally vas, zee Zo'ah'n Eagle..." Alexis softly told the group, making Jack fist-pump happily. "But I-I nevah vanted zis to get zis fa'h! I-I only vanted to get you all f'ah'ee zo ve could get zee Vu a-and leave but...But then I 'ea'ah'd about Jessie, a-and I...I just.."
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"So then, whose side are you on then." Jack questioned the French-girl, grinning at her. "Are you gonna stick with your little sis and be the Thorn Eagle with us, oooooooor are you gonna stick with the Xiaolin Geeks and remain as Alexis all your life..?"
"I...I choose...Uhm.." Alexis' eyes looked from both groups, obviously having to think all of this over. "T-To..."
It wasn't until Alexis looked at Jessie, whose eyes were focused on her, did she HAVE to remember something...
~Rewind Time to 8 year-old Alexis~
Alexis happily bounded through the tiled halls of the house, before stopping in front of her dad's towering figure.
"Papa~ I'm 'eady to lea'n hov to make zee cupcakes and-"
"Ah'm so'ah'y mon creme-dumplin, but you'ah g'ah'andmama needs me at zee hospital." Alexis blinked at this, before watching as her father side-stepped her and walked away. "M-Maybe some ozah time, ah..?"
"Oh...Uh..O-Oui.."
~X-X~
Alexis grinned happily up at her Mama, who was working on sewing some clothes with Louis.
"Mama! Louis! Can I 'elp o'ah-"
"No, mi belle." her mother said strictly, focusing on the fabric in her hand. "I do not want you near any needles. You know what happens when you get near them."
"Then...Then could Louis play with me..?"
"Sorry sis, but I have to finish this new line, you understand don't ya..?"
~X-X~
Alexis slowly peeked into her Mark's room, the boy jotting down notes on a piece of paper before looking back to his laptop screen.
"Uhm...Ma'h'k, do you vant to-"
"No."
"But I-"
"No."
"You don't even-"
"No." Alexis frowned at this, before sighing as she then walked away from the door.
~X-X~
Alexis stared down at the 2-year old Stanford, who was sleeping.
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"Vell, I knov zat YOU can't play viz me..."
~X-X~
Lil' Alexis sighed unhappily as she sat on the edge of the pond in the family villa, her legs dunked into the cool water as her reflection was seen.
"Mon belle! Zhere you a'he." her grandpapa said from behind her, making the sad French-girl look up at him. "I 'ave been looking all ovah fo'ah' you Chéri!"
"Y-You 'ave...?" Alexis cautiously asked, before she was suddenly picked up by the strong arms of her elder.
"Of cou'ah'se I 'ave belle, I need you to 'elp me viz zee ga'den..!"
"Did you al'eady ask Ma'h'k, Louis, o'h mon papa..? I am su'ah zat zey vill 'elp you.." Alexis sourly replied, before she blinked at her grandfather's hearty laugh.
"No, I 'aven't mon belle. Because, I only vant to vo'ah'k viz you!"
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"Huh..?" Alexis asked, confused beyond belief now.
"Oui, I knov zat I von't alvays 'ave t'ah'ime fo' you, buuuuut...I vill alvays t'ah'y to be zhere fo'h you, and zat means." Alexis gave out a small squeak when her grandpapa threw her up into the air, catching her without a doubt. "Zat I 'ave to make su'ah' zat you a'n't alone."
Alexis happily smiled at this, hugging her grandfather as best as she could with her little arms. "Merci! Merci! Grandpapa~"
Sigmund smiled at this, kissing Alexis' forehead as he looked into her eyes. "You vill alvays be mon f'ah'st choice, belle. Fo'h as long as I 'ave zee choice."
~Present~
Alexis always remembered how bad it felt to be pushed aside and have someone else picked over you, no matter what the reason...Yet...The feeling to finally be picked first, after such a line of waiting...That was what made her smile, and feel like the best person in the world! A-And besides, maybe, she could help Jessie kick her old habits and reconcile with her fami-
"Hey! Ya mind speeding up your thinking..? Ya've been flash-backing for a few paragraphs now." Jack told her, tapping his foot impatiently..
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"I..I choose to be Alexis.." Alexis softly replied, earning a thankful look from the Xiaolin Side and a sad look from the Black Vipers. "B-But...But I vant to be Alexis, on zee Black Vipe'ah's side."
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"Eh, works for me!" Jack happily chimed, before commanding his bot to release the French-girl, who was soon glomped by Jessie.
"Ya won't regret it, Lex. Ah'll make sure that you don't regret yer choice, ah promise..!" Jessie happily chimed, before leading the elder girl over to the other gang mebmers...But on their way, both heard what Clay softly mumbled.
"Ah can't believe that you'd do this..."
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"Hey, Brother, don't be so down! Be happy that yer Sugar's on the winnin' side..!" Jessie told her brother, laughing happily as she walked away with the head-down Alexis.
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"So, let's see if I got this straight." Jack said as he paced before everyone, grinning to himself as he did so. "Xiaolin Dragons, defeated. Shen Gong Wu, mine. Outlaw cowchicks, bonus. Aaaaand making Frenchie turn bad, double bonus..!"
Jack then walked over to Wuya, the grin on his face not faltering. "Between my Jack-Bots, Alexis, and the Black Vipers, there's no way I can lose!"
"Yes, it would seem that way." Wuya commented, before smirking a bit. "But then again, if there is a way..."
Jack didn't seem to hear her though, and started to do a...Well, attempting, to start up a hoe-down. "YEEEE-HAW! This calls for a hoe-down victory dance..!"
All the while as he started towards the girls, he ended up hookings arms..W-With Jessie?.! "Well, aren't you a pretty little thing. You got a name..?"
"Is a cow-pin full ah sod..?" Jessie snapped back, making Jack stop and smirk at her.
"I like that..! Though disrespectful, it smacks of a deep seeded inner-evil."
"Keep is up Slick and ah'll be introducing yer butt ta mah boot!"
"Yet another girl falls prey to the irresistible charms of Jack Spicer." Kimiko commented, Omi opened his mouth to ask.
"But he-"
"Sarcasm." Raimundo quickly declared, making Omi 'ooooh'.
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"Ugh, this Spicer fella of yers.." Jessie said as she walked over to Kimiko, chatting with the bound girl. "He's about as appealin' as ah-"
"Pillowcase full of polecats...?" Kimiko tried, laughing a bit along with the other girls in the case.
"Hehe yeah, and what's with his girly eye-liner..?" Jessie questioned Kimiko, making a small uproar of laughter in the cave now.
"Oh, I know! Hello~ SO not working!"
"Hey! I'm still in the room over here!" Jack declared, a bit offended.
"Oh why don't you take yer fancy hair-do and." that was when something odd happened, right after Jessie said this, she and Clay chorused together while saying-
"Jump inta Old Man Hickory's lake!" ...The 2 siblings couldn't help but smile at one another.
"Ah can't believe it..! We actually DO have somethin' in common, we both can't stomach Spicer!" Alexis couldn't help but smirk at Clay's statement, before glaring at Jack when he ruined the moment.
"What am I, invisible..?" Jack questioned, before yelling in pain when Alexis threw a boot at him.
"YOU A'HE 'UINING ZEE MOMENT!"
"Come, join us Jessie..! And find out what REAL evil power is like!" Wuya said as she circled around the youngest of the Baileys, who thought about it for a moment...Frowning as she looked at the ground, before back up to Alexis, then to the Xiaolin Warriors as they were held above them all.
None of them talked, except Clay. "Oooh. This would be a new low, even for you."
Cher, why did you have to say that..?
With an angered look, Jessie turned back to the hag. "M'am, you have got yerself a deal! Put it there!"
Jessie was then a bit disgusted and surprised when her hand went through Wuya's, but the hag didn't seem to mind. "Excellent!"
"This is mooost discouraging..." Omi commented, frowning greatly, before Jack suddenly brought out the Golden Tiger Claws.
"I say we send these losers where they can't cause any trouble." Jack declared, before Wuya chipped in.
"Heh, heh. Like a few thousand feet bellow the Earth's crust..?"
"No!" Jessie suddenly yelled out, making Jack look at her in surprise.
"Loyalty issues...?"
"Nooo." Jessie stated, before taking the Golden Tiger Claws and putting them on. "Ah just want the fun of buryin' tha Golden Boy mah-self!"
"No..." Alexis whispered, fearful eyes switching back and forth between the Xiaolin Monks and Jessie. She...She had to-
"Not so fast, hun." the red-head said before a lasso went around Alexis, surprising the French-girl even more. "Can't let ya tr'ah anythan now."
"GOLDEN TIGER CLAWS!" Jessie yelled out, activating the Shen Gong Wu without a second of doubt. Then, they all watched as each one of the Xiaolin Warriors was thrown into the purple/black vortex, Clay being the last.
"Bye-bye, big bro~" Jessie chimed, even throwing in a casual wave of the claws as she stood between Wuya and Jack.
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Dear lord, what had Alexis done..?
Mayhemb; Well now, how will our favorite dragon warriors get out of this one...? Find out in Part 2 of the Black Viper 2-Part Special!
Next time; "Dude! You got DOUBLE-CROSSED! HA!
"I am on nobody's side..!"
"Uh...Ya mind puttin' down the whip?"