As always thanks to I.S. AWESOME 2014 for editing and writing help!
I do not own Jackie Chan adventures of Fate.
Try to guess what Jackie Chan film this fight scene is based on.
AS always, I hope you enjoy!
As Jade sat handcuffed and alone in the cold room, she had an epiphany. "Tchhh, they totally forgot to get me my lunch." She mumbled; her arms crossed as best she could past the handcuffs. She watched the door, her stomach growling almost constantly now.
Suddenly as if Alaya itself had heard her pleas the ceiling vent collapsed, safely depositing a toasty box of good old, never-before-tasted, Tex Mex Fried Chicken on the ground right before her.
"My chicken!" She cried in pure joy as the one spark of hope in her dire situation landed before her…only to be crushed a second later; quite literally as someone landed on the food right after. "MY CHICKEN!" She cried in despair, "Hey! Do you know how long I've waited for….Uncle Jackie!" The chicken was all but forgotten once she saw past the dust and debris.
"Jade! Are you ok? Are you hurt? What did they do to you? Wait! You can speak English?" Jackie rattled the questions off at break-neck speed.
"Yeah, wait! What are you doing here?!" She asked.
"We came to get you." Jackie replied as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"We?" Jade asked.
"Yes. Atalanta, my friend and…it's too complicated to explain now. We have to leave before..." Jackie was interrupted by the door slamming open with a thud. Three familiar faces and an army of men behind them blocked the path out.
"Chan, what a surprise. Let's get straight to the point, tell the captain to clear his men and let us go or you and your girl aren't goanna be in the best of shape." Finn said with the sound of cracking knuckles.
"Or you can let us both go, and we never see each other again." Jackie countered.
"Considering the forces outside, all the trouble we went through with her popping up, and the bruises your cat girl gave us I'm going to say; No." Finn mocked, "I'd say it's not personal but it is."
Black's eyebrow twitched at the man's words. "Jackie, I have a personal message for Section 13's soon-to-be-prisoners."
"Tell them the cat girl has something she wishes to say as well." Atalanta added as the secret agent and huntress discussed a new plan.
As the plan was described Jackie continued playing his part, "Um, Captain Black and the cat girl want me to tell you something."
"Oh, the cat girl's here too. Alright, what do they want to say?" Finn asked.
"Captain Black said, 'Your cell will be very uncomfortable, and she says, 'you're going to want to tilt your head to the right.'"
"Tilt my head to the right?" Finn repeated in confusion, his head tilting unconsciously in that direction. A second later, he received his answer by way of a long, black arrow that grazed his head with enough force to send his hair flying. With a thud, the black projectile found it's target. The arrow's sharp edge cut through the chain of Jade's cuffs and embedded itself in the pipe with a triumphant reverberation.
Everyone in the room, from the thugs to Jade and Jackie, were silent until the reverberations ended. The silence was broken by Finn's screams, "Whaaaaa! What the-!" He never got to finish as two more arrows flew right past the heads of Chow and Ratso with equal proximity.
"WHAAAAAAAA!" The entire group screamed as all began ducking for cover. Using the cover of chaos, Jackie threw Jade over his shoulder and started running.
After a minute, Ratso peeked his head over a topples table when another arrow pierced the table; right where his heart would be, "What do we do Finn?!" He asked, falling back in shock.
"I-I don't–"
"Ratso, go after the girl. Finn and I'll take care of Chan. Everyone else lob everything you got at the Vindictive Kitty in the building next over!" Chow roared as he fired up an electric sword.
As they ran, Jackie turned his head around to see the trio of thugs were closing the gap between them, "Atalanta, can you get them?" Jackie asked.
"I assure you; there's nothing I would enjoy more, but I'm busy." The Servant was forced to hide behind a pillar as a blizzard of bullets and mini explosives tore away at the walls. As the attacks continued, the ground crumbled further and further.
"Jackie, turn to your right. There's a room full of supplies and containers with a back door." Black said as he pulled up data on the state of the outside operation, "Our men won't be able to aid you for at least another few minutes. The Dark Hand's little fireworks display has made evacuating that much harder."
"Right, Jade you go. I'll hold them off." Jackie said.
"But Jackie, you'll-" A little of Jade's worry made it into her voice, but she was cut off by the deafening sound of ammunition flooded the warehouse.
"Don't worry, I got this. Besides, I need you to get backup." Jackie said quickly with a smile that was at odds with the situation they were in.
All of the worry fell away, replaced with excitement and courage, "Right, you can count on me!" She said.
"You sure you can handle them Jackie?" Black asked.
"I just need to last long enough for your men to get here. I should manage." He replied.
As for Jade she was following her Uncle's instructions, just not how he expected. "Right, I got to get backup for Uncle Jackie. This is so cool!" She said as she made it into the darkened room close by her Uncle, "Let's see here, what can help?" Jade said as she turned her head all around as she searched for something, "Boxes? No, Fish? Smelly but not helpful. How about..."
"…You surrender and get that cat girl off our backs?" Ratso finished the sentence. He blocked off the only exit. The outside light cast his shadow, so it towered over the young girl. The balance of light and the man's silhouette gave off the impression of an old horror film.
"Or how about you give up before Uncle Jackie and Atalanta beat you!" Jade shot back as she ran and slid underneath a bunch of objects to lose her pursuer.
"Oh, so that's her name!" Ratso said to the revelation, "as for surrendering, Chan said the something similar. Like father like daughter huh." He finished with a chuckle.
"Actually, he's my uncle." Jade said as she scurried underneath a bunch of upright shelves silently."
Ratso slowly walked forward, his hands outstretched to catch the little kid. Once Ratso arrived at the end, he went silent and bent his knees. "Got ya!" He yelled as he leapt, only for his hands to be empty.
"Missed!" Jade teased as she was still crouching underneath the table, her bright orange sweater was now all dirty from the floor.
"Oh did I." Ratso whispered to himself as he noticed an ever so faint orange color from the general direction of the voice. With a smile, pushed over a table that started a chain reaction of other tables falling over.
Bam, Bam, Bam. The sound got closer to Jade who, in a mad rush, scrambled forward from the approaching noise. Unfortunately, she reached a dead end. Her life flashed before her eyes as the final table came crashing down. Working off instinct alone, Jade tucked herself in, hoping to mitigate some of the damage. Bam! The last table fell a mere few inches above her head. Ironically, the dead end was what saved her as it was the only thing stopping the table. Jade's eyes were wide as plates and she tapped her chest to restart her heart.
"Gotcha!" Ratso tried to reach for the girl but she slipped to the other side, "Come on!" He said as the two of them were now on opposite sides of fallen row. The battle now consisted of the two matching each other's movement in an endless dance. When Ratso walked left Jade walked right, when he made it to the left end of the row Jade was on the right, and thus the epic stalemate began.
"Stay still Chan!" Chow shouted as he swung down his electrical sword, but Jackie dodged to the side. The handrail that Jackie was standing by came apart with a hiss of hot metal.
"Yea, just let us get one hit!" Finn added in as the battle changed settings to a stairway.
"No, thank you." Jackie said as he focussed solely on evasion in an attempt to delay them as much as possible.
"If these stairs weren't so narrow." Chow muttered.
"Well why didn't you say so sooner? See you downstairs." Jackie said as he jumped through the stair's beams.
Finn and Chow immediately looked past the stairs edge to see where Chan went, only for their view to be blocked by the crates of fish below. "Gahhh, come on. At least we'll both be able to attack him now." Finn said in frustration.
The two made it to the bottom and immediately began searching. Chow paused for a moment as he saw a shadow. Pulling his sword back, the man leapt forward and let out a battle cry as he swung his weapon down…on nothing. "What the! Where did you—Ahhhhh!" Chow went flailing and then groaned in pain as his head collided with the concrete floor and then passed out.
Finn turned his head in shock. Chan was hanging from under the stairs they were just on a few seconds ago, his kick being what had taken out Chow. Finn dove in for another assault, but his electric sword dug into the stairs as Jackie used his agility to swing around like a monkey and landed on the stairs. He arms resting on the side as if relaxing. "Nah Nah!" Jackie mocked.
"Gah, goanna need more men!" Muttered Finn.
As for Atalanta.
"Captain, can you give me some information?" Atalanta asked as she ducked from the latest wave of fire.
"What do you need?" Black asked.
"The men firing aren't staggering their assaults and are instead sending waves against me. So far, I've counted five seconds between each volley. I've managed to take a few shots in-between their attacks but theirs to many of them. What sort of weapons are they using?" She asked in a tone of calm intrigue rather than panic.
"Let's see." The captain muttered as his men pulled up information from their database on the screen once more. "Some standard machine guns for some of the attacks with most coming from New automated small launchers. Their designed to assist soldiers as once they're turned on, they'll load and fire automatically."
"Is it correct to assume that the breaks in fire come from re loading." Atalanta asked.
"You are indeed correct." Black replied.
"Then it appears these thugs are relying almost entirely on their weapons instead of their own skills." The huntress said, the look on her face being one of a hunter who has cornered their pray.
Atalanta prepared a bow as the latest volley came to an end.
One second. She moved past the pillar.
Two seconds. She finds the target.
Three seconds. The arrow is in flight.
Four seconds. The arrow hits its mark. That mark being the barrel of the launcher which it has traveled down perfectly.
Six seconds. The thugs realised what's happened and murmur, "oh no." As the launcher and the ones by proximity blow themselves to bits. The men were sent flying before they can back away in panic.
"Nice!" Black says while whistling.
Back to Jade.
Jade and Ratso continued to circle each other in an ever-frustrating dance with each footstep being matched by the other. The sound of the battle outside echoed through the room adding to the tension as both had their eyes occasionally darting to the door to see if anyone would come through and tip the scale in their favour.
Right at that moment, the sound of a massive blast tore through the air making the two jump in shock. Jade recovered first and took the opportunity to jump across the collapsed furniture. Ratso recovered from the shock and sprang into action but, he was too late as she dived under another row of tables. Unfortunately for him, his inertia carried him into the wall.
"You won't get away kid. You're too obvious!" He said in frustration, cradling his head in pain.
Jade turned her head in confusion as she once again scrambled under tables, "What does he mean that I'm too obvious?" She wondered out loud as she looked down at herself, the orange of her jacket still clear as day through the grime, "Duhh Jade!" She slapped her forehead before a devious smile appeared on her face.
Ratso continued to stalk through the isles as he rubbed his head, "Kids never learn." He said as his eyes came to lay on the ever so familiar orange sweater under the tables. "Got ya!" He said again as he lunged for the clothing…only for the jacket to come too easily.
"Guess criminals never learn." Jade said as she put her entire weight against the other row of tables. Much as it had earlier, the tables fell against each other like dominos, cascading rapidly to Ratso's form. The criminal struggled to get out, but he was too slow and got knocked out by the final table.
Once it was clear the criminal wasn't getting back up anytime soon, Jade started dancing in victory. "GO JADE! YOU'RE THE BOMB! DEFEATING THE BAD GUYS! GO JADE, DOING WITHOUT BACKUP! Oh wait! Backup, Jackie!" She looked around frantically once more for anything she could use. Her eyes coming to land on those familiar boxes of fish from earlier or more specifically what lay behind them; a forklift
Jackie looked out across the dock. After all the fighting and maneuvering he noticed that he had returned to where he had let Jade go. Before him, the warehouse was in chaos as fire and men flew everywhere. The audible sound of Atalanta's arrows flying and yelps of pain echoed through the air. All the criminals that Jackie could see were still alive, evidenced by the way their chests heaved. To an outside viewer, they looked as if they were only napping.
Unfortunately, that was where the good news ended as surrounding him were an army of thugs with Finn at the head who while cracking his knuckles in a far to personal fashion said "say goodbye Chan."
Suddenly, a screech emanated through the whole building as a forklift broke through the wall besides them, plowing through all in its path. It swayed uncontrollably under the weight of a few crates of fish and slammed into the thug, sweeping them away. The vehicle tipped over and the men was buried under splintered wood and raw fish.
"Ah, goodbye Chan." Jackie said bewildered.
"Hi Jackie!" Jade said as she waved, a big grin splitting her face.
"Gah! Jade, what're you doing here? Why are you driving a Forklift!" The horrified Uncle asked.
"You told me to get the backup." Jade replied factually.
"I told you to get backup not…get…the backup." He slapped his face as a groan left his lips, his mind unable to come up with anything. "At least you're safe. Now, we need to get out of here."
"No need my friend, the cavalry has arrived." Black said. Just as the last word left his lips, agents clothed in black burst through every available doorway and window not to mention coming down from the skylights above. In an instant, they dispatched the tired thugs and any who tried to fight back were instantly outnumbered.
"Hey Jackie?" Jade asked.
"Yes, Jade." Jackie looked at Jade his niece.
"What's your job?"
"I'm an archeologist, why do you ask?" Of all the times to ask about career choices, why now?
"Because I had no idea that archeology was so cool!" His niece shouted, practically drooling at the sight before her.
"Trust me, it's not this dangerous most of the time." Oh, how wrong those words were.
Ok first sorry if this chapter seemed rushed but I honestly just didn't want to get stuck in another fight seen for like two months (aka Uncle's shop battle). That also extends to the writing feeling pretty blunt without much character, but I just really didn't want to get bogged down by this as the first two episodes of the series have taken way too long to complete.
Second, one more chapter and we should be on to episode three of the series, so Ox and wrestling goddess here we come.
Finally, the answer to what Jackie Chan movie this battle was based on will be answered in the next chapter, I know this one was a bit vaguer, but I wanted to try something which just wasn't copy and paste.
I hope you all enjoyed as always and till next time!