" Talking"
' Thinking'
" Dragon/ Demon Talking"
" Spirit Talking"
Phillip couldn't remember the time he was forced to his limits, to have a challenge, to feel so alive. He was sparring with Chase Young, the only warrior that didn't fall to his first strike. Fighting after fighting did good to satisfy his thirst of battle. But he knew that there with a point where just sparring and fighting just wouldn't be enough. He felt that point slowly came closer as he sent a fury of jabs at Chase that was blocked quickly. He felt his lust for blood increase with a barrage of kicks sent at Chase, only to be blocked with light speed. Phillip wanted death to be seen etched onto his enemies faces.
Chase stumbled back for a breather. " You are good."
Phillip smirked at the man. " Aw, is Chase getting winded? Come on, you can't be out of breathe now. I'm hardly trying."
Chase stood straight. " May that be, we must rest if we plan to attack the remains of the Xiaolin Temple."
Phillip let a " hmph" escape his lips. " That's only because you were too weak to kill them." The Xiaolin Warriors left unscathed under Chase's watch. He said that it would test Phillip's skills to fight them himself or something. Phillip didn't see the point, seeing he almost killed them.
Chase chuckled as he left. " You'll find the reason why I kept them alive sooner than you think." He stopped, however, and turned to Phillip. " I must ask you to swear your loyalty before hand.
Phillip grumbled a "yes" and Chase went on his way. Phillip watched him leave before turning to shadow-box.
Wuya shimmered in front of him. " So, when I gain my body, what do you say to a... relationship?" The tone the ghost said that in almost made him shudder. He let silence answer for him.
" Aw, don't be like that! The strongest warrior of darkness and a Heylin witch should make for the best of couples." Phillip let himself shudder at Wuya's suggestion. The thought scared him out more than anything the world had to offer. Wuya must have taken his silence as either a yes or a maybe because she left without much of a word. Phillip sighed and continued his training.
That was when another voice forced him out of his training, to his annoyance. " Hey, over here!" Phillip looked up and noticed Jack and his little band hanging from the windows. " We're here to get you out."
Phillip watched with amusement as the group jumped down to surround him. " Now, what makes you think I need saving?"
Jack didn't look to be in the joking mood. " Look, I wouldn't do this if I knew you're better than this. The world's in chaos and in need of ALL Xiaolin Warriors, including you."
Phillip looked at the genius with sinister eyes. " Maybe I like it that way. Ever think of that?"
Jack let out a groan. " We didn't come negotiate. You're coming back whether you like it or not. Third- Arm Sash!" The sash that rested around the boy's waist sprang to life and tried sucked punching Phillip.
Too bad it didn't work.
Phillip snatched the new hand by the wrist, lifted Jack up, and slammed him into the ground. The genius didn't get up. Vlad and Tubbimura used their Earth element to bring about a large shock wave that shook the building. Phillip jumped over the attack and brought his fists to meet their heads. Another two were down for the count. Cyclops stomped up behind him and grabbed his entire body for a restraint. Phillip just twitched and he was free from the grip. He removed himself from Cyclops' hands, grabbed the wrist of the oaf, and swung Cyclops over him and onto Tubbimura and Vlad. That left only Katnappe left.
Kat, however, seem unable to fight. " Please don't make me do this." Phillip gave her the " bring it on" sign.
She didn't waste anymore time.
Kat jumped from where she stood and landed behind him. She slashed at his back, but Phillip faded away just as the attack hit. He reappeared behind her and, with a chop to the neck, knocked her unconscious.
Phillip picked up the girl by the neck. " This is all you have? Give me a real challenge!"
" Enough." Phillip looked behind him and found Chase at the door-way. " The insects have learned their place. Come. We have the Xiaolin Temple to raid." Phillip dropped the girl and walked past Chase.
He looked back when he noticed Chase wasn't following. " You coming?"
" I have some business with the insects. Go." Phillip shrugged before pushing on ahead.
_Scene Change_
The chariot that brought them must have made quite the noise because the Xiaolin Warriors stood in front of Chase. Phillip took to the side and climbed the wall for the " surprise" Chase mention. The only thing that was different was that Fung sat in a wheelchair and with a brown wig on the top of his head.
The Warriors got into their stance. Chase just pointed to Phillip with his thumb. Phillip jumped onto the group with enough force to cause a blanket of dust to cloud him from their vision of a couple seconds. When the smoke screen did settle, Phillip grinned at them with a evil grin and stared with sinister eyes.
Kimiko looked the most distressed. " You haven't been yourself since you went into the Ying-Yang World. Something's happened to you." Phillip ignored them for the staring.
" Do you recon he understands anything we're tellin' him?"
Phillip fazed in front of the group. " I hear you loud and clear. I just don't care."
Omi walked up him. " Please, Phillip. We are your friends."
Phillip looked down at the bald monk. " And your point?" Omi looked hurt at this.
Raimundo set up a battle stance. " Well, we're not going to let you through. Besides, I need to repay you for getting us up in the middle of the night." The others' followed his lead.
Chase called from behind him. " Go wild. You've earned it." Phillip's smirk nearly split his face in half. He jumped back before pushing forward with a flying kick. Everyone retreated, Dojo pushing Fung around, except Raimundo, who took the kick full force and was sent skidding into Fung's sitting form.
Phillip turned as he heard Clay say, " I got a notion this is going to hurt me more than you." Clay spun a lasso at fast speeds. " Lasso Boa Boa-" Phillip stopped the attack by grabbing the loop and forcing it around Clay. Phillip than kicked the cowboy away. Fung fell with him.
Kimiko rolled up from behind him. " Woozy Shooter!" Phillip jumped out the range of the fog and landed behind Kim. He gave the girl a push and she fell into her own attack. The girl came out looking like Cyclops on a drunk day.
Omi sailed above him. " Orb of Tornami: Water!" A massive flood came down him, but Phillip jumped over the torrent and kicked the Orb away. He then sent Omi down to the ground with an ax kick.
Raimundo pulled out another Wu. " Silk Spitter!" Phillip once again dodged the feeble attack, allowing Clay, Kimiko, and Omi to be pinned down instead of him. He landed behind Rai and kicked him towards the web. Fung got in the way and Raimundo and he was found stuck to the web.
Chase walked up from behind Phillip. " See? Shen Gong Wu are merely a crutch for true power." The two walked off and into the Meditation Temple.
Chase walked down, missing every other Shen Gong Wu, and pushed on one of the stones. Inside was the Serpent's Tail. " We have what we came for. Let us leave." Phillip rolled his eyes before following Chase back to his palace.
_Scene Change_
Phillip found out what Chase's business was with Jack's team when he got to his room and found them all, except Cyclops, washing the floor with towels. " Well, at least we'll have more training dummies." Each one of Jack's team looked at him with a pitiful look for help as he walked past. He ignored all of them and jumped into his bed. It was simple bed with dark stones that made the frame, pillars, and roof above the white mattress.
Just then, before Phillip could place his head on one of the three pillows, a pulse of energy was released with enough strength to shake the palace to it's foundations. This meant Chase's plan was a success.
Phillip groaned. " That means Wuya will be annoying me more often." He said it soft enough that no one noticed, though Kat's ears seemed to shift in his direction and her mood dropped. Soon, everyone filed out, though Katnappe stayed a little longer, and Phillip fell asleep, finally fatigued from the day.
He wished he could say he had good dreams, but the dreams were anything but. Voices taunted him and scolded him all at once. Some told him that he shouldn't have hurt the Xiaolin Warriors. Some said he should have killed them when he had the chance and he was a pansy for not doing so. They just wouldn't shut up. His heart ached with every word that he heard. He just wanted out.
" Awaken, young monk."
Phillip's eyes creaked opened. He sat up and found Chase standing at the base of his bed. " What?"
" The Xiaolin Warriors come for the Ying Yo-yo." Phillip smirked and walked with Chase to an inclosed space.
Chase explained. " When the Xiaolin Warriors get close to the entrance, a beam will bring them here for you to defeat and/or kill."
Phillip looked back at Chase. " Did Jack help you with it?" Chase nodded. " Good to know he's doing something right this time." So there, they waited.
And waited.
And waited.
It soon got difficult to believe the monks were coming when suddenly the Xiaolin Warriors slipped through the hole in the ceiling.
Chase called to them. " We've been expecting you." The warriors turned to them. " And right on time."
Phillip snorted at this.
Phillip aimed at them with the Wu he always holds. " Eye of Dashi!" A bolt of lightning shot at them.
" Orb of Tornami!"
" Sword of the Storms!"
Raimundo's and Omi's combination attack diffused the lightning and headed straight at them.
" FLASH ATTACK: LIGHTNING!"
Phillip's attack caused the attack to disappear into nothingness.
Kimiko pulled out a Wu. " Thorn of Thunderbolt!" Similar to before, a lightning bolt crossed the room to attack Phillip. He let out his palm to absorb the attack and send it back at them. They just ducked.
The wood behind them turned out to be the door to the Ying Yo-yo. They grabbed the Wu, activated, and escaped to the Ying-Yang World. Phillip would have followed had Jack and Katnappe didn't move in front of him, pushed him back, and jumped in just before the portal closed.
Phillip snarled. " I am going to kill them."
Chase looked at him. " They could exit anywhere at anytime. Find a place and wait to see if they appear there. My warriors will search the world for anywhere else."
_Scene Change_
Phillip looked down from the eyes of the mountain. The look-out helped cover most of the palace's grounds. After a few minutes of waiting, his objectives appeared in front of him.
Phillip laughed. " This was too easy. Now, who should I kill first?" The team looked at each other and nodded like they had a plan. " No volunteers? Fine, Kimiko dies now!" Phillip ran at the group. Kimiko, however, disappeared from his vision and he was stopped by Clay and Raimundo, who both held his arms pinned to his side.
Jack called out. " Changing Chopsticks." Phillip didn't care to know what the genius was doing as he wanted out of the two's grip. Phillip brought the two together and sweep kicked them. Clay landed first and Raimundo would have landed on him had the Wind Warrior not used Clay's protruding foot to recover, jump into the air, and created a gale that pushed Phillip back a bit. Katnappe helped by using her own Wind element while Clay and Omi sent the more devastating attacks. Phillip was pushed into the air by a shock wave by Clay and slapped with a whip of water from Omi.
Phillip landed on his face. He heard the Xiaolin Warriors panting. Phillip got up at this.
" Heylin power: Flash Attack: Lightning!"
Phillip felt a pulse of electricity rush through his body. Lightning circled around his body and arms. As the electricity found Phillip's hands, the lightning made large, yellow hands that were a few inches away from Phillip's real hands.. The Xiaolin Warriors looked scared now.
Phillip sent the first attack: a punch that stretched across the room to ram Omi into the wall and another slamming Katnappe into the floor. Raimundo dodged the first punch but was grabbed by the other hand and sent into the wall.
Phillip heard someone speaking, so he turned his head 180 degrees to find Clay with the Lasso Boa Boa. Clay turned scared at the sight. Scared enough to forget what he was doing and allowed a barrage of the electric fists to land true. Each hit sent a discharge into Clay's body, soon leaving his paralyzed and charred. Clay fell to the floor afterwords and Phillip walked over to him to deliver the final blow.
However, something caught his eye and he turned to find Raimundo giving him the " bring it on" sign.
Oh, how Phillip did.
Raimundo's agility helped him dodge the punches sent his way, but couldn't dodge when Phillip grabbed him and pushed him against the wall. Phillip grinned as he upped the pressure. Raimundo let a tear run, but Phillip just let the pressure continue to build.
He would have kept going had Katnappe and Omi wrenched from his focus. The two held tight until Phillip let out a roar and a field of electricity appeared around him. Kat and Omi were sent flying by the force of the roar. Phillip floated high into the air by the power of the electric field.
He looked down on the Xiaolin Warriors and spoke with a truly demonic voice.
" HEYLIN POWER: FLASH THUNDER BLADES: DARKNESS!"
The lightning hands reappeared only a thousand times larger and with two blades that came out of the knuckles. The blades were black in color and, if one were to look close enough, black lightning danced around them in a symphony.
Phillip raised the fists to destroy the weakening figures beneath him.
He didn't know what happened, or what was happening, but Phillip's power failed him and fell into Katnappe's awaiting arms.
Kimiko came out of nowhere while Jack beside her.
Phillip groaned as pain coursed through him. " Any catch the number of the bus that hit me?"
Kat placed a finger on his lips. " Shh. Just rest." Phillip looked at her tear stricken face.
He wiped away some tears. " Only if you stop crying." Kat returned this with a small smile.
Unfortunately, a voice ruin that. " I'd hate to interrupt such a nauseating moment, but we have some serious evil left on the agenda." Chase stood at the top of a cliff above them.
Clay pointed to Chase. " You've got no hold on Phillip. He's got his chi back and you ain't getting your grubby hands on him."
Omi took a stance. " He is on the path of good again. I will not allow you to waver it!"
Chase stared down on them all with amusement. " Phillip swore his loyalty to me."
Kimiko stopped Phillip from speaking. " He wasn't himself back then!"
Katnappe walked in front of them. " You're not touching him ever again!" She jumped up to Chase for an attack. Chase grabbed both hands and bent them back. This left Kat swinging her legs helplessly.
Phillip didn't waste time to help her. Phillip punched Chase away from Kat. This, however, lead to her falling down the cliff. Phillip jumped down to get behind her and cushioned her fall. Phillip felt his spine snap at the impact, letting him growl at the pain.
Lizard Chase pulled himself out of the crater he was put in. " You're still strong, it seems. Let's see that will crack."
Chase joined them on the floor and, out of the shadows, came some warriors with different armors from different places and time periods. The same ones that held the Xiaolin Monks captive.
The Warriors took their stances but Dojo grew full form and shot a flamethrower at the lizard. Chase stopped the flames with one hand, caused them to turn blue and black, and called out a technique while pushing the fires into the air.
" Heylin Memory Recall!" Phillip's mind brought up a small memory. The memory when he did swear his loyalty to the lizard in front of him.
He knew what he needed to do. " Stop! Everyone!" Everyone did.
Raimundo was the rebel though. " But he-" Raimundo stopped when Phillip hugged the guy.
" Stay strong. You'll find a way to save the world." Phillip said with a smile.
" But-" Phillip left Rai there to hug Kimiko.
" You keep them in line, okay?" Kim nodded.
Omi was next. " Keep that ego of yours. It might help someday." Omi didn't say anything.
Phillip shook Clay's hand. " You earned your manhood already. Show them that." Clay tipped his hat.
Jack received a pat on the shoulder. " Keep them safe."
Dojo looked ready to burst when Phillip reached him. " Keep them occupied. God knows they'll need it."
Kat was last and seemed the worst to wear. All Phillip could do was give her a quick, yet long kiss before walking over to Chase.
Chase smirked. " Done saying good bye?" Phillip bowed to Chase, who placed a hand on his head. A snicker came from the lizard. " You will make a good little cub."
Phillip felt his body change and gave his last plea. " Don't hurt them." Smoke covered his vision and the change was almost instant. A gasp and Phillip already knew what happened. He was now some sort of cat.
He felt his body move against his will as Chase said, " As you can see, Phillip belongs to me. Now and forever!" The warriors that were behind Chase were now large cats, literally for him, seeing as he was the size of their foot. At the snap of his fingers, Chase's cats stalked forward, but were unable to get to their prey as it had flown off on Dojo's back.
Phillip will came through afterwords and he was allowed to watch the Xiaolin Warriors leave him to Chase's command by his command.
That's a wrap!
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