The 13th Talisman

By: Yu Mutou

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters from Jackie Chan Adventures.

Author Note: Finally I am updating!!! Yah! I don't really have much to say here but thanks to all the reviewers!!! I would normally say hi, but I just wasn't to get this chapter done. So, thanks to all of you!!!

Chapter Four: Hsi Wu

Jackie walked slowly into the temple that the Pan Ku Box was supposed to be located. After striding down a long hallway, Jackie came to a large room will pillars along the walls. As he gazed around he noticed Chinese symbols engraved in the stone and a small podium standing in the center of the room. The podium seemed to hold nothing and Jackie hopped that wasn't where the Pan Ku Box was supposed to be. With a couple more glances Jackie to a step forward and his eyes fell to the floor in front of him. There lied a small girl with short black hair and was wearing a bright orange sweatshirt.

"Jade!" Jackie ran to her and dropped down to his knees. He held her in his arms. "Wake up Jade! Please wake up!"

"She's not sleeping." A harsh voice said from the other side of the room, Shendu steeped out of the shadows and grinned at Jackie. Jackie looked up at Shendu and then back down at Jade. He noticed her skin was pale and she had a small slit on her neck.

"J...Jade...no." Wet tears streamed down Jackie's face.

"Your to late Chan, and not that I have this," Shendu held up the Pan Ku Box, "more of your loved ones are about to die. But you're not going to see it because, you're going to die first."

"No!" Jackie stumbled back.

"Oh, say hi to you niece for me, she made a great servant."

"Nooo!" Jackie screamed as Shendu loomed over him. His sharp claws gleamed in the dim temple light. He swiped forward and barley missed Jackie's head.

"Jackie...Jackie..." He heard a voice calling his name. "Wake up you lazy olf." He felt a thwack on the head.

"Wha! No, I don't want to die!" Jackie said as he waved his arms around.

"Calm down Jackie it was only a dream." Uncle said trying to calm Jackie down.

"No! It was real! There was Jade and then Shendu showed up and he said- " Uncle thwacked Jackie again.

"Ouch!"

"Jackie you were dreaming. D-r-e-a-m-i-n-g!"

"But...Jade...was...was dead!"

"No she's not Jackie, Jade will be fine. Your just worried." Uncle gave Jackie a reassuring look and walked away. Jackie sighed and laid his head back on the seat.

"Fine minutes till landing." The pilot said over the PA system. Only five minutes until they arrived at the temple the hopefully still held the Pan Ku Box. Jackie just hoped his dream wouldn't come true.

Five minutes later...

Jackie jumped down from the plane, Uncle not far behind.

"Thanks for the ride." Jackie yelled up to the pilot. He nodded and Jackie walked into the entryway of the temple. It was almost just like his dream and gulped when he saw the large room coming up at the end of the hallway. Walking in he hesitantly looked around and much to his relief, Jade wasn't on the floor dead.

"Phew." Jackie was relived.

"Don't be at ease just yet Jackie." Uncle motioned to the podium in the center of the room. "It's gone." Jackie kicked a rock and the ground.

"Damn, are you saying were to late!?"

"I'm afraid so Jackie..." Jackie was angry, he had missed his chance again.

"Well what in the hell are we supposed to do now!?" Jackie yelled at Uncle. "Shendu kidnapped Jade, has a new 'mind control' talisman, the Pan Ku Box, and is now going to release the other demons! The odds aren't in our favor!" Uncle sighed and looked up at the wall.

"Maybe these inscriptions will provide some answers..." He said walking up the character-covered wall. "Lets see, centuries ago the world was overrun by nine demon sorceress, each had his or her own element, these elements being, fire, water, earth, wind, water, sky, thunder, moon, and mountain. The demons were eventually banished by the eight immortals using powerful chi spells. Each demon had his or her own portal to the demon realm and the key to locking and unlocking these portals is the Pan Ku Box."

"And..." Jackie said in annoyance.

"Wait! There's more...originally there was only one immortal, but there needed to be nine to banish all the demons. No others wanted to face up to the might demons and to solve this problem a powerful talisman was created. This talisman was used by the original immortal to..."

"To what?!" Jackie said.

"Uncle does not know, a huge chunk of stone is missing."

"Great...just great. What are we supposed to do now!?" Jackie's phone started ringing. He picked it up. "This isn't the time right now- "

"Jackie!" A familiar voice said from the other end of the line.

"Jade!? Is that you!" Jackie said glad to hear his niece's voice.

"Yah, it's me-"

"Where are you, what happened, are you alright!? Jackie cut it.

"Shh! Shendu might here you!" Jade said in a hushed tone. "Ok, I'm in San fran., were here to unlock some stupid sky demon portal and besides the fact that I'm really hungry and I don't want to be here right now...I guess I'm ok."

"Where's Shendu?"

"Snoring on the side of the room, were in a hotel, he forgot that there was a phone here."

"Listen...I'll be there as soon as possible, and be careful!"

"Hurry Jackie! Before we have even more demons to worry about! Oh and I wanted to tell you tha-" The other line went silent.

"Jade! Jade! Are you there!? What happened!" Jackie heard someone slam down the receiver. "Jade..." Jackie said as he hung his phone up. "Hurry Uncle, we have to go back to San Fran."

SAN FRANSISCO:

"Who were you talking to!?" Shendu yelled. It was a dumb mistake sleeping without keeping an eye on the girl. (A/N: Ok, I don't know is demons sleep or not, but oh well! I my story, the do!) He did have it so she couldn't leave the room, but he had forgot about the phone.

"Umm, I was ordering pizza! You wanted anchovies right?"

"That's it child, from now on you-" Shendu held up the new talisman. Jade panicked.

"No wait!" She said throwing her arms up. "One more chance, please?!" Shendu sighed.

"One more chance...but only because well, just because! (A/N: The original line was: but only because...I am a fluff bunny dressed up in a dragon suit! Don't ask how or why.) Jade nervously smiled at Shendu. She'd have to be more careful next time.

"Enough of this, let us go free my brother Hsi Wu from that hell, called the demon realm."

"Yes, lets." Jade said sarcastically.

"What was that?"

"Oh, nothing."

SAN FRANSISCO STADIUM:

"This is where the portal is located?" Jade said looking around.

"This is where to map says, then this is were the portal is located!" Jade had already figured out the Pan Ku Box's puzzle and when she was messing with it, it reviled were the first portal was.

"Ok, Shendu...is something supposed to happen then?" Jade asked. At that exact moment Shendu and Jade were walking past the girls bathroom. The sky demons trigram appeared on the door. The Pan Ku Box glowed a bright green and lifted out of Jades hands.

"Uh oh..." Jade whispered. The Pan Ku Box floated over to the trigram and when it reached it, a large portal rose before them. Out of the swirling mass of red and orange stepped out a large bat-like looking creature. All the people standing around screamed and ran away.

"Finally I'm free from that hellhole!" Jade gasped at the sight of Hsi Wu.

"Greetings brother Hsi, welcome to Earth."

TO BE CONTINUED...

Author Note: Finally a chance to update!!! But my chapter still seems to be short! Grrr...Anyway, for those who haven't noticed, I'm releasing the demons in a different order from the normal. Any suggestions on who will be next! Please!? Tell me who!!! Hope this and my other stories will be updated soon, as well as a few new ones!!! Please review! I really appreciate the feedback! Thank you so much!

Yu Mutou