Kimiko opened her eyes to see Jack Spicer above her, pulling his mouth away from hers. Kimiko spluttered and heaved as she coughed up lung-fulls of water. The water poured onto the grass and she fell back onto her back and stared at the sky. Tamara, Vic, Dani and Matt were also standing above her.
Kimiko suddenly sat up and hit Jack Spicer. He fell back onto the grass.
"What the hell was that for?" he asked.
"What do you think you were doing?" she asked angrily.
"Saving your life!" said Jack angrily "Mouth to mouth resuscitation, idiot."
Kimiko stopped and stared at him.
"Sorry," she said, "I…did Wuya get away?"
Tamara nodded and looked down at the ground.
"What?" asked Kimiko, noticing that the kids were all very quiet.
Vic pointed behind her. She got up and span around to see what remained of the village. No buildings were undamaged and it didn't look like there were any people still there.
"What are we going to do?" asked Dani quietly, "We've got no where to go and no where to get food from."
"It'll be okay," said Jack, getting to his feet.
Tamara and looked down at Kimiko who was still staring, wide eyed at the village. Suddenly, she sank to her knees and starting pounding the ground with her fists. Her black hair covered her face, but they could see the tears falling into the grass.
"Why?" she shouted, "Why does this keep happening? Why can't I stop it?"
Tears continued to stream down her face. She suddenly got up and started trying to run to the village. Jack grabbed her and held her back.
"Most of it's still under water you can't go in!" he said.
"Please," screamed Kimiko, "I've got to save them. I've got help! What if they're alive? What if I can help? Please just let me go. I can't let it happen again!"
She continued to struggle, shouting that she could help, trying to break free.
"Please…I can't let it happen again!" she gasped between sobs, "Not…again. They've got to be alive…"
"Kimiko," said Jack quietly, "It's a miracle you survived…they're gone…and trying to save the villagers won't bring them back…your friends are dead."
"NO!" Screamed Kimiko, "I…CAN'T…THEY'RE ALIVE…I…KNOW THEY'RE IN THERE…"
"Kimiko," said Jack, "There's no one else alive…they're all dead."
Kimiko sank to her knees heaving with the sobs. Jack was still supporting her. Tamara, Dani, Vic and Matt watched as he let her go and she fell down to the floor, her hand clenched in a fist, her black hair falling across the floor.
There was deathly silence as they watched Kimiko. She suddenly jumped to her feet and ran towards her bike. Jack followed her.
"Where are you going?" he asked.
"I'm going to find Wuya and when I do, I'm going to make her pay for this!" she said, angrily wiping the tears and dirt from her face.
They all watched her, when a voice sounded.
"I'm coming with you," said Vic, getting on his own bike.
"Me too!" said Tamara, getting on the other.
"And us!" said Dani, pulling Matt.
Jack stood and watched, shaking his head.
"You're all crazy…" he said.
Kimiko smiled.
"You coming?" she asked.
"Definitely!" he said, grinning and jumping on Kimiko's bike.
They pulled into the temple and Kimiko got down from her bike and began grabbing various objects. She suddenly found Omi's training dog and Clay's sash. She picked them up, smiling. She tied the sash around her waist and tucked the dog into it. Along with Raimundo's pendant, she would have a part of each of them with her.
"Give me luck guys," she whispered, "I'm going to need it!"
"Time to go!" said Jack.
"How are we going to find her?" asked Tamara.
"Not a problem," said Jack, "We've got our ways…right?"
Kimiko nodded and smiled. She pointed in a southern direction.
"Wuya's in that direction," she said.
"How do you know?" asked Vic.
Kimiko grinned and winked.
"I just know."
They drove south for about three hours before they stopped in a clearing.
"What's up?" asked Jack.
"She's close," said Kimiko, getting down from her bike, "Can't you feel it?"
Jack shivered and looked around the dark trees.
"Sort of…I feel…evil." He said.
"Congratulations," said Kimiko, "You're good enough to know the difference now."
"Wow, so now I'm good, how about a date?" he asked, grinning.
"No way in hell." Laughed Kimiko, walking forward.
"After I saved your life and everything." Said Jack, pretending to be grumpy.
There was a sudden movement in the trees, something was glowing and all of a sudden Kimiko felt the scroll activate in her bag. She pulled it out.
"The emerald box?" said Jack Spicer, "Sound kinda lame."
"It lets you combine up to three Shen-gong-wu at any one time. Even during a showdown!" said Kimiko, "If we can get it, we'll be able to beat her…hopefully…"
The scroll suddenly shook and another Shen-Gong-Wu activated.
"The amethyst crown, makes the wearer indestructible!" said Jack, "That's my kind of Shen-Gong-Wu!"
"This is bad!" said Kimiko, "Two Shen-gong-wu have activated and one will make her nearly impossible to beat and one will make her impossible to beat!"
Jack and Kimiko looked at each other.
"Split up!" said Kimiko, "Matt, Dani you go with Jack, Vic, Tamara you come with me!"
They ran off in different directions. Kimiko was following the detector in silence as Vic and Tamara followed.
"Where are you?" Kimiko whispered to herself, following the compass like device.
They followed it for a few more minutes before they stopped.
"Kimiko?" asked Tamara.
"It should be right here…but where?" she asked.
They looked up, but there was nothing in the trees.
"Maybe," said Tamara, "It's not up, but down."
Vic nodded and shoved Kimiko aside before getting down on his knees and pulling clumps of dirt out of the ground to uncover a light purple crown, shining in the dirt.
"You're smarter than you look," said Vic, nodding at Tamara.
Kimiko walked forward and put her hand into the pit lifting up the crown. All of a sudden another hand appeared out of nowhere and took hold of the crown. Wuya appeared out of nowhere, holding the silver cloak used to make people invisible; the shroud of shadows.
They crown started to glow as the two both tightened their grip.
"Are you ready for this?" cackled Wuya.
"Think fast!" called a voice behind Kimiko.
She looked over her shoulder and raised her spare hand just in time to grab hold of the emerald box.
"Oh yeah," said Kimiko, smiling, "I'm ready."
