A/N I would like to thank Omnitrix 12 (my most faithful reviewer) for agreeing to become my editor! This is a major improvement as I have been looking for a beta reader for quite some time now. For the rest of you, enjoy the story and be sure to give feedback!

Disclaimer: I do not own Jackie Chan Adventures. I swear I only own Macey!

"Timing's everything

And this time there's plenty

I am balancing

Careful and steady

And reveling in energy

That everyone's emitting"-

Jason Mraz, "Make It Mine."

Chapter 8 - Rumble In the Big House (s2 ep 5 completed)

"...uh, chinchilla?" A pause. "What's a Chinchilla? That's the password!" Frustration riddled Jackie/Chance's voice. "Just get me Captain Black! What do you mean he can't be disturbed?"

I lifted my head from the bench. "Jackie, give it a rest already," I muttered sleepily, shifting positions. (It didn't matter which position I tried to sleep in- the bench was as hard as a rock and I would probably have a crick in my neck for the next two-thousand years because of it).

Jackie let out a growl of frustration and slammed the prison phone down on the cradle, causing me to jump. I don't think I'd ever seen him this keyed up before. He usually had a calm, aloof demeanor. I'd noticed that he usually only grew angry or stiff when he was stressed out. Being in prison when you're not really supposed to be in prison in the first place is something to be stressed out about, I guess.

"I can't just give up, Macey." His voice softened when he sensed my jumpiness. "I have to get us out of here!"

"Why?" If I would have known we were going to get in only to get out, I wouldn't have come with him this time in the first place.

"The Dark Hand...Uncle...you...UGH!" Jackie let out a huff of frustration and gripped his head, agitation apparent. He reached for the phone again, dialing a number.

"Uncle? It is me...your nephew! We are in prison-" Jackie began, but was cut off by Uncle yelling on the other end,

"You are in prison?! You are a bad influence on Jade! Good thing it is not really you!" Click. Then fuzzy, cold silence on the other line of the phone.

Jackie attempted to dial Uncle's number again, but I grabbed the phone from him and yanked it from the wall. It fell to the floor with a sickening thud, a large chunk of the wall pulled out of the wall with it. I had managed to pull out the whole phone system in the room. No calls were now accessible to this room or out of this room.

"Did...did you just break the phone?!" Jackie demanded incredulously, stepping back and pointing at me.

"No." I hid my hands behind my back, feigning innocence. "I'm stupid, you know."

"You are so in for it!" Jackie started chasing me around the room. I let out a terrified squeak, knowing he could still totally kick my butt, and cornered myself in the back of the cell. He skidded to a halt. We looked at each other, gazes frozen, like deer caught in the headlights.

Jackie was smart. He ran to the other side of the room, leaping up onto the bench. Or tried to. But I stuck my foot out, ultimately tripping him. He let out a cry of surprise and lost his footing, landing on the ground. Wincing in pain, Jackie leaned against the bench and glared over at me.

"What on earth did you think you were doing!? You ruined our escape key! I was going to call Uncle to let us out!"

"Well, clearly your little plan didn't pan out like you thought it would," I replied sarcastically, sitting down next to him. "Thankfully I have another idea."

"Like yours is any better?" Jackie was equally as sarcastic but I could tell he was giving in. If I grilled people enough I could wear them down till they just gave in. Being stubborn is one of my weaknesses I guess.

I grinned. "You'll see at dinner tonight."

*JCA*

Prison food was tasted exactly like school food: gross, watery, and had no real nutritional value. But it was part of my plan, believe it or not.

Jackie and I got separated in the long line to the cafe, so I ended up, by some sort of sick twist of fate, by the Dark Hand.

I tried to ignore their obnoxious school-boy aged behavior and raunchy jokes by trying to figure out whether the barf on my plate was really tuna salad or tuna salad sandwich. I gave up after awhile. It didn't even look like food. At least it was free.

My plan finally falling into place, I slowly lifted my fork into the air and flung food at Finn, who yelped in shock as the food hit his face. His facial expression was actually pretty funny, and I covered my mouth with my palm to stifle a laugh.

"Food fight!" You know that phrase acting instead of reacting? Well that's what everyone did, pummeling each other with food. The guards didn't look too happy, knowing they'd have to call in the janitors to clean up the mess.

Ducking food and drink, I scanned the buzzing crowd with my eyes for Jackie.

"Jackie!" I yelled, pushing my way through the crowd.

"Right here!" Jackie appeared by my side, and I yelped. "Sorry. Let's go!" He grabbed my hand and pulled me through the crowd, where we finally made it into the empty hallway. I noticed his mask had been ripped off- his cover had been blown as well.

"It doesn't look like somebody's been murdered here," I grumbled sarcastically as we made our way down the dark corridor. "What's your plan B?"

"You didn't have a plan A?" Jackie looked at me with panicked eyes.

"I thought you had a plan A!" Jackie and I protested in unison, pointing at each other.

Here's where Uncle would say "Ayee-aah! You are acting like children!" He's not wrong I guess. We kind of were, so I straightened up and said, "Look, we need to get out of here as calmly and quickly as possible. Do you-" I was interrupted by the sound of a loud boom, followed by a hole appearing in the wall. "What was that?" Jackie and I both ran to the hole, peering in. It was a tunnel- prisoners must have dug through it in escape attempts. I tried to ignore my racing heart and impending anxiety.

"As soon as we get out, I am kissing the grass and never leaving," I declared as we descended the tunnel.

Out of thin air, Jackie suddenly vanished. "Jackie!" My claustrophobia was rising, my chest tightening. I couldn't stand to be alone in the dark. Call me chicken, but I find being alone in dark and small spaces to be one of the most terrifying things ever. "Jackie!" I heard a small squeaking noise, not unlike the noise a gerbil makes, beside my feet.

"That better not be a mouse." Besides small spaces I hated mice. They weren't cute or sweet, they were gross and creepy and I don't know why people keep them as pets.

"Jackie, this isn't funny!" I felt a tug at my jeans and looked down to see a small chinchilla pulling at the hem of my pants. "Aww, hey little guy. Do you know where Jackie-" Could Jackie have turned into a chinchilla? What did that have to do with anything? I was getting super confused and my heart beat was increasing by the minute. If I didn't get out soon I would probably end up having an anxiety attack. I had to find Jackie- I couldn't just leave him there.

Jade and Tohru suddenly appeared in thin air. And I mean literally appeared.

We both let out a squeal of fright/surprise when we saw each other. "What are you doing here?!" Jade and I demanded in unison.

"Same as you," I returned, frowning. "Looking for Jackie."

The chinchilla disappeared, and in its place stood Jackie.

Jade grinned sheepishly. "Lucky for you, he's right there," she chuckled nervously, pointing at Jackie.

Jackie looked tired. "You have a lot of explaining to do, Jade."

Jade overturned her palm; in her hand lie a familiar Talisman. "The Monkey Talisman- invisibility!"

I heard a loud roar sound from behind us. "Run!" I screamed, pushing Jackie and Jade down the tunnel. I didn't know who the roar belonged to but they probably weren't friendly. We tumbled down the dirt tunnel and into the daylight. "Ya-ba-da-a-doo!" I yelled.

With help from Tohru, Jackie and I pull Jade to safety...but not for long.

A large, green and grey dinosaur-looking creature stood in the middle of the tunnel, growling at us.

"What kind of Pokémon is that?" I somehow managed to crack a joke even though my knees were buckling and my head pounding.

"The spell!" Jade exclaimed urgently, tugging on Jackie's sleeve.

Jackie closed his eyes and recited a spell out loud. Powerful wind swirled in tornado-like circles around us, and Jade and I held onto Jackie for support.

The dinosaur let out one last roar of anger before disappearing into thin air.

The commotion died down just as soon as it started up. I tried to remember how to breathe again as Jackie informed us that the monster, whose name was Xiao Fung, had been banished back to the Netherlands.

"Let's never ya-ba-da-ba-doo that again," Jackie breathed, wiping sweat from his forehead.

"Aye-ah!" Uncle came ambling toward us, cell phone in his hand.

"Uncle! Who was that?" Jackie asked, eyeing the man in question.

"Crank call." Uncle waved his hand in dismissal.

"Prince Albert in a can?" Jackie smirked.

"Nah, crazy talk about demons and prisons," Uncle replied nonchalantly, and Jackie and I looked at each other and said in unison,

"Aye-ah!"