Alright for everyone out there despairing of my short chapters I'll try to
make this one a little bit longer. Jackie Chan is not mine blah blah. Well
this took awhile and as I had help I give some credit to my friend
DemonQueen666 for inspiration. *by the way you should check out her fic "To
Us This Is Normal"*
"Uncle you finally got here!" Jade exclaimed. "Jackie has been stuck in there awhile and the Dark Hand ran out of money to lose to me in poker! Jackie is stuck in there with Valmont and who knows what they're doing to each other"
MEANWHILE INSIDE THE CAVE
"Do you know how hard it is to be a criminal mastermind? You are constantly surrounded by people who want to capture you and your always idiotic lackeys! It is a lot harder than it looks to get your tail kicked whenever you do anything by some karate kid!" Valmont was ranting at Jackie who was counting the number of holes in the ceiling.
"5,724, 5,725…. Yes, yes it is very hard to be you and so on. Can we concentrate on getting out of here now? Being cooped up in here with a man suddenly regretting turning to a life of crime is all very nice but I would really like to get out of here now." Jackie turned around and once again began trying to figure a way out.
"We are never getting out of here. This is awful. Maybe that talking statue could get us out of here." Valmont headed back toward the rear of the cave.
"Uh no." Jackie said hurriedly "I already asked her and she said no." Valmont glanced at Jackie suspiciously before pretending to go back. Dashing past Jackie he ran into the secret room.
"She's gone!" Valmont shouted "Wait a minute what is this." Where the statue had once stood there was a stone that looked loose. Valmont pried the stone away from the loose mortar barely holding it in place. Beneath there appeared to be a tunnel with a rope ladder descending down into it. "Yes, I just found our way out Chan!" Valmont rushed down the ladder, which being very old and rotted collapsed beneath his weight. He landed very hard at the bottom about 8 feet down "Yeah, I know just don't say I told you so alright?" Valmont looked up at Jackie who appeared amused.
"Ah but you see, I didn't say I told you so." He replied smoothly. Jackie leapt down the distance easily, crouching at the bottom and jumping back a couple steps to absorb the shock from the landing. Pulling the still sitting Valmont to his feet, Jackie grabbed a flashlight from a pocket and flipped it on. He swung the narrow beam of light around. It revealed that what appeared to be a hole was truly a short passage ending a walk away in a well lit room. Looking confused both Jackie and Valmont walked forward cautiously. As they entered the huge room, they looked about themselves in awe. The cave walls were polished smooth and looked like marble. The ceiling also polished smooth, ended many many feet above the two men. The whole room gave the feeling of some majestic cathedral. Centered in the room, there was a short pedestal placed upon a dais. There were some short steps leading up to the platform. Valmont and Jackie stepped upward carefully. As they reached the top their mouths dropped open in stunned amazement. Upon the pedestal lay a purple tasseled cushion. The source of their amazement however, lay upon the cushion itself. There sat an emerald about the size of a curled fist. Valmont's eyes lit upon this treasure, and greed showed openly in them.
He reached out his right hand to grab it. Before touching it however he waved his hand above and around it. Feeling no trip wires of any sort he grasped the emerald. Jackie reaching to stop him grabbed his wrist. Even as he did so, a huge flash of light illumined the room.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah" Valmont screamed. Jackie looking questionably at him yelped as well. They were looking at their own bodies! "Oh No! That stupid emerald has switched our spirits! I hate magic! I HATE IT I HATE IT!" Valmont was freaking out.
"Calm down" Jackie tried to say rationally but was interrupted by Valmont.
"Look you might be ok with this but I am not. Just because you got my superb body and face is no reason to be happy! I mean look what I got stuck with! Oh my beautiful face." By this time Valmont was slumped on the floor, not even realizing what he had said.
Jackie glared at him before saying "We most likely need only hold the stone in a similar way and it should undo the transformation." Jackie placed Valmont's hand on the stone and took hold of his wrist. Looking around anxiously……..Nothing happened. Valmont slumped back down with the stone still tight in his fingers. Jackie practically dragged him back to where the trap door entrance appeared as a hole in the ceiling. "Once Uncle gets us out of here he can help us change back." As Jackie said this he jumped up onto a cornered section of the wall and bounced back through the trapdoor.
"Didn't know I could do that." Valmont said before grasping Jackie's proffered hand and pulling himself up.
"Uncle you finally got here!" Jade exclaimed. "Jackie has been stuck in there awhile and the Dark Hand ran out of money to lose to me in poker! Jackie is stuck in there with Valmont and who knows what they're doing to each other"
MEANWHILE INSIDE THE CAVE
"Do you know how hard it is to be a criminal mastermind? You are constantly surrounded by people who want to capture you and your always idiotic lackeys! It is a lot harder than it looks to get your tail kicked whenever you do anything by some karate kid!" Valmont was ranting at Jackie who was counting the number of holes in the ceiling.
"5,724, 5,725…. Yes, yes it is very hard to be you and so on. Can we concentrate on getting out of here now? Being cooped up in here with a man suddenly regretting turning to a life of crime is all very nice but I would really like to get out of here now." Jackie turned around and once again began trying to figure a way out.
"We are never getting out of here. This is awful. Maybe that talking statue could get us out of here." Valmont headed back toward the rear of the cave.
"Uh no." Jackie said hurriedly "I already asked her and she said no." Valmont glanced at Jackie suspiciously before pretending to go back. Dashing past Jackie he ran into the secret room.
"She's gone!" Valmont shouted "Wait a minute what is this." Where the statue had once stood there was a stone that looked loose. Valmont pried the stone away from the loose mortar barely holding it in place. Beneath there appeared to be a tunnel with a rope ladder descending down into it. "Yes, I just found our way out Chan!" Valmont rushed down the ladder, which being very old and rotted collapsed beneath his weight. He landed very hard at the bottom about 8 feet down "Yeah, I know just don't say I told you so alright?" Valmont looked up at Jackie who appeared amused.
"Ah but you see, I didn't say I told you so." He replied smoothly. Jackie leapt down the distance easily, crouching at the bottom and jumping back a couple steps to absorb the shock from the landing. Pulling the still sitting Valmont to his feet, Jackie grabbed a flashlight from a pocket and flipped it on. He swung the narrow beam of light around. It revealed that what appeared to be a hole was truly a short passage ending a walk away in a well lit room. Looking confused both Jackie and Valmont walked forward cautiously. As they entered the huge room, they looked about themselves in awe. The cave walls were polished smooth and looked like marble. The ceiling also polished smooth, ended many many feet above the two men. The whole room gave the feeling of some majestic cathedral. Centered in the room, there was a short pedestal placed upon a dais. There were some short steps leading up to the platform. Valmont and Jackie stepped upward carefully. As they reached the top their mouths dropped open in stunned amazement. Upon the pedestal lay a purple tasseled cushion. The source of their amazement however, lay upon the cushion itself. There sat an emerald about the size of a curled fist. Valmont's eyes lit upon this treasure, and greed showed openly in them.
He reached out his right hand to grab it. Before touching it however he waved his hand above and around it. Feeling no trip wires of any sort he grasped the emerald. Jackie reaching to stop him grabbed his wrist. Even as he did so, a huge flash of light illumined the room.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah" Valmont screamed. Jackie looking questionably at him yelped as well. They were looking at their own bodies! "Oh No! That stupid emerald has switched our spirits! I hate magic! I HATE IT I HATE IT!" Valmont was freaking out.
"Calm down" Jackie tried to say rationally but was interrupted by Valmont.
"Look you might be ok with this but I am not. Just because you got my superb body and face is no reason to be happy! I mean look what I got stuck with! Oh my beautiful face." By this time Valmont was slumped on the floor, not even realizing what he had said.
Jackie glared at him before saying "We most likely need only hold the stone in a similar way and it should undo the transformation." Jackie placed Valmont's hand on the stone and took hold of his wrist. Looking around anxiously……..Nothing happened. Valmont slumped back down with the stone still tight in his fingers. Jackie practically dragged him back to where the trap door entrance appeared as a hole in the ceiling. "Once Uncle gets us out of here he can help us change back." As Jackie said this he jumped up onto a cornered section of the wall and bounced back through the trapdoor.
"Didn't know I could do that." Valmont said before grasping Jackie's proffered hand and pulling himself up.