Okay, BIG apology for not updating. A lot of bad stuff happened to me over the past week. So, I know you are all mad about the cliffhanger. So I'm gonna start with the three way Showdown.
Clay was running up the walls as fast as he could, trying to avoid the elemental blasts from Raimundo. Of course, although Clay had great upper body strength and stamina, he just wasn't a very fast runner. He could have hovered up, but that would be very slow. And he couldn't let Jack or Raimundo get to the Orb first.
Jack was enjoying himself. He enjoyed the sense of freedom. If he lost there would be no purple ghost yelling at him. Wuya's new look was scaring him a little. Every plant or bug she got near died. Oh well. The Mantis Flip Coin was incredible. He had never used it before. He kept going up as fast as he could, occasionally grabbing a handhold, then flipping into the air again.
Raimundo was falling behind the others. His element should have made him extra fast, but it was still out of control. He grabbed a handhold, extended an arm, and grabbed another. He tried to focus his energy, but it was difficult to do in the middle of a Showdown. Finally, he focused on controlling his element. It was as if a switch had been flipped. A small tornado formed around him. It grew larger and spun faster, then started to shrink, and flew into him. A tornado formed around each arm.
"TORNADO FIST!" Tornadoes flew at Jack and Clay, decimating most of the wall. Jack was pulled away from the wall, and hurled into the air. The same thing happened to Clay. Then what was left of the wall started to crumble.
"Lotus Twister!" Instead of Rai's limbs extending, he had the strangest feeling. His body was being painlessly torn apart and began to spin. He could see without eyes. He had become a living tornado. He caught the falling Orb, and everything returned to normal. He landed on top of the normal rock-climbing wall, and was about to climb down, when there was a loud noise, and the top of a nearby building exploded.
Now what could that be? I'll tell you.
Rage was driving them. The air around them crackled with energy. Sousuke formed a tiny blob of dark energy. It took the form of a dragon. It slowly grew until it was nearly forty feet. With one swipe of its tail it destroyed the walls.
"DRAGON OF THE DARKNESS FLAME!" The dragon flew into the air.
"I recognize you," said Reed. "I shot your parents. And that girl, I drove her parents into bankruptcy. But those are secrets I'll take to my grave."
Sousuke smiled a sick twisted smile "If there's anything left to bury."
Sakura shot a blast of light into the dragon. It became a white dragon with a black skeleton. It flew down onto Reed, jaws open. The dragon flew down through every floor, energy exploding out the widows. There was nothing left of Reed but holes in the floor and a scorch mark on the ground.
Sousuke and Sakura had been driven by their anger, and suddenly came to their senses. Tears formed in their eyes and they sank to the floor. Stunned at one they had done, they could only stare at the destruction. Finally exhaustion kicked in and they fell asleep.
Raimundo slid down the wall. He had been staring at the explosion. It was scary. There was a void of nothingness. The darkness was infinite. I don't know what's scarier. he thought. What happened or my brain trying to explain it.
The others were freaked out too. They were just staring transfixed. Even Wuya was freaked. Jack broke the silence.
"Okay, I'm leaving."
Back at his lab
Jack was tightening a few bolts on his Chameleon Bot. He finished, and added a human exterior. The final result was a girl with red hair, brown eyes, a blue shirt, and jeans. Her name was Rya (Ry-ah, not Ree-a. I don't own the idea for Rya. She is from the web cartoon Bonus Stage).
"Get up Rya."
"I don't take orders from you. Ask politely."
"Please get up." That personality chip wasn't a great idea. "Let's test some Shen Gong Wu."
He went to the Shen Gong Wu vault, only to find Wuya stealing them. She ran as soon as he saw her. The only thing he had left was the Changing Chopsticks, which he had been using to work on Rya.
"What, no elaborate evil genius plan?" said Rya. Jack "accidentally" unplugged her personality chip.
Okay, back to the Dragons.
Wuya left a moment after Jack. Rai made no attempt to follow her. He simply looked at the ground
"I'm sorry," he said. "This is my fault."
"Yes it is." said Omi.
Kimiko walked over to Rai. She smiled. "Actually it's my fault. If I hadn't… hey, does anyone know where Sousuke is?"
"He went to see if he could find it in any office building."
Kimiko looked worried "That explains the explosion. We need to get to that building now."
They rushed over to the building, finding it totaled. Dojo flew them to the top floor, where they saw Sousuke sleeping next to Sakura. In Sousuke hand was the Orb of Upper Elements.
Sousuke woke up, saw the Orb, which he had grabbed in his sleep, saw Sakura next to him, and saw the Dragons.
"I'm sorry," he said.
"Great. So did Storm Sword decide to make it Take The Blame Day? Or are you going to tell us why you're sorry about the destruction. And I think the others want to know why you're sorry about causing me to leave."
Sousuke explained everything while they were on Dojo. That included what happened in Chicago, what happened with Kimiko, and who the girl was.
Back at the Temple:
Raimundo was lying in the grass, watching the sun come up. They had been out all night, and he wanted to sleep. Kimiko came out, and sat down near him.
"Master Fung said you would be out here." she said, lying down next to him.
"Kimiko, I'm sorry. Even if it wasn't entirely my fault, if Wuya had killed you, that would have been my fault."
"I chose to follow you. It's not your fault."
Raimundo smiled and wrapped an arm around Kimiko's waist. She smiled as well and they kissed each other. They fell asleep with their arms around each other.
They were awakened by a sarcastic voice. "Enjoying yourselves?" said Jack Spicer. Rai and Kimiko got up, more embarrassed than angry. Raimundo spoke first.
"What are you doing here?" he said angrily.
"I thought that I should warn you. Wuya's coming to steal your Shen Gong Wu. You might want to do something about it."
"Why are you telling us?" asked Kimiko.
"You have the Shen Gong Wu necessary to form Mala Mala Jong. I wouldn't like to have to face him with nothing but the Changing Chopsticks."
"Three words." said Raimundo "Golden Tiger Claws." He flew into a portal, returning with all the Shen Gong Wu. He put the Heart of Jong in his tunic pocket. "No Heart, no Mala Mala Jong. End of story. Even if Wuya puts in the Heart, we can just take it out."
"What is this I hear about Mala Mala Jong?" asked Master Fung. "And why are all the Shen Gong Wu out."
"Wuya just stole all of my Shen Gong Wu. Yours will obviously be next. You have all the Shen Gong Wu needed to create Jong, and she expects the Claws to be in your vault. Oh yeah, I forgot to ask, did you see Sakura anywhere. I searched the wreckage of that building, but I couldn't find her anywhere."
"She is inside, resting." said Master Fung. "A good deal of her energy was used in that blast. It would be best if you didn't disturb her."
Suddenly, there was a huge blast of energy. Master Fung shielded them from it, but more blasts came, and they ran to the Temple for shelter.
"We left the Shen Gong Wu out there. We have to retrieve them," said Rai.
"It is too dangerous." Master Fung told him.
Raimundo wasn't listening. "Lotus Twister." He grabbed them, but when he retracted his arms, they were burned.
"The Temple will collapse soon," said Master Fung.
Suddenly, Jack jumped into the air. "Lightning!" Bolts of lightning struck Wuya, and she flew away.
"You are a Dragon? That is the energy that has always surrounded you? Why did I not see it before?"
Everyone stared at Jack. "What?"
Okay, that was chapter four. Yeah I know, not worth the wait. Oh well. Sorry.
