Unhealthy Competition

Author Note: This is a two chapter fic, that introduces an original villain of mine who will play a key role in my upcoming fic: "Jack to the Past". By the way, I have no real clue how many Sheng-Gong-Wu the warriors have. 44 is an educated guess. (Please tell me if I'm wrong.)

Part 1-Unidentified Fatal Object

"Here we are." Dojo announced as he landed in a grassy field.

"Ugh, what's that smell?" Raimundo asked as he and the rest of the Xiaolin Dragons got off of Dojo.

"Well it isn't me if that's what you're thinking." Dojo snapped, reverting back to his lizard-sized form. "Wait." He sniffed the air, feeling a familiar sensation. "That smells like Sheng-Gong-Wu! It's coming from there!" he pointed to the ruins of a medieval castle.

Omi was the first of the dragons to arrive at the ruins. The castle remains were black, charred and smelled strongly of unusual odors. The site was covered with rubble. Shields, swords, armor, capes, dotted the area. Omi looked over the area, puzzled. Any of these artifacts could be a Sheng-Gong-Wu. "Perhaps we should look at the scroll to give us a reminder of what we are searching for." Omi suggested.

"Good idea." Kimiko took the Sheng-Gong-Wu scroll out of her backpack. "We're looking for…" she opened up the scroll. "The Alchemy Vial" the scroll showed a picture of a small glass test tube. "It can transmute any form of metal into another kind of metal." She looked up to see the confused expression on Clay and Raimundo's faces. "That means it can turn aluminum or copper into gold or silver."

"Oh. Well no sweat." Raimundo started walking around the ruins. "I mean, we're in a medieval castle." He went up to an old closet. "How many vials can there be-." His question was cut short when he opened the closet to reveal a huge pile of vials, all identical to the one on the scroll. "Okay, maybe this isn't going to be that easy."

(a few minutes later.)

It turns out that the vials weren't just in the closet, they were everywhere. The Dragons had a crude way of discovering which vial was the real Alchemy Vial. Since Sheng-Gong-Wu were indestructible, they only had to smash the vials on the ground. If it was real it would stay intact, if it was an ordinary vial, it would shatter. Meaningless to say, there was a lot of shattered glass on the floor.

"Whew, only a small pile left to go." Clay said as he saw the small pile of unchecked vials. "Though, there's one thing that's bothering me."

"What is it Clay?" Omi asked.

"We haven't seen Jack Spicer or Wuya in over a week. I just can't help but feel kind of suspicious of this." Clay stated.

Kimiko picked up a vial and examined it. "Don't worry Clay. I'm sure Spicer is in his 'secret' base, trying to find another new way to kill us."

"Or maybe he's just scared." Raimundo said. This phrase received stares of disbelief from his teammates. "Oh, please. In case you haven't noticed, we can actually use our elements in a fight. And Jack doesn't even have that much Sheng-Gong-Wu. So I think it's safe to say that he's probably given up."

"As much as I'd like to believe your theory, Raimundo. I find it hard to think that Jack Spicer has gone poultry." Omi said, picking up another vial.

"Don't you mean chicken?" Clay corrected.

"That too." Omi added. "Besides, Jack and Wuya are not the only evil in the world. Who knows what forces conspire to use the Sheng-Gong-Wu for evil!"

As if on cue, a giant black sphere fell from the sky and crashed on the small pile of vials. Luckily, the warriors saw it coming and leapt out of the way in time. The dust cleared to reveal a huge black robot; it was four times the size of a Jack-bot, had vacant blue eyes, large beefy arms, tiny legs and engraved on it's chest the symbol of a skull in the shape of a big "T". The robot looked at them with it's hate filled eyes and said. "Duh, I'm lookin for a…uh…uh little shen…go…ghosts…wupper thingie."

"You are searching for a Sheng-Gong-Wu?" Omi asked.

"Duh yeah." The robot said stupidly. "Uh, I'm Demolitioner unit 12. My master guy…told me to find this Sheng-Gong-Wu. So, where iz it? Tellz me pleasies."

"Um, I'd hate to tell you this Demolitioner, but you're sort of…stepping on it." Kimiko pointed at the test tube under the Demolitioner's foot.

The Demolitioner Unit looked down at his foot and gasped. "Ah." He leapt off the Alchemy Vial and started to cradle it in it's arms. "Oh, I musta broken it. The boss is gonna blow me up and turn me into a can opener!" He sobbed.

"Mr. Unit, please relinquish the vial." Omi raised his right palm, expecting the mentally challenged robot to hand it over.

All he got was laughter. "Hahaha, tiny little man make me laugh. You expected me to handing overing the shin go wuey? Boss might blowin me up but if I gives him this tiny shen gong whacky and he might fix it and forgive 12." Demolitioner laughed. "I know know what yur doin. You tryin to make me be can opener. Well I won't forgive you for dat. I will destroy you, yes. And then, I go sweepy." Demoltion Unit 12 opened it's moth and gobbled the Alchemy Vial and burped.

"That was most disgusting." Omi and the rest of the warriors got into battle stance. "Tornado Strike WATER!" Omi shot a huge icicle at the Demolitioner.

But the black robot caught the icicle in his mouth and swallowed it. "Owie, brainfreezer!" it cried.

"Typhoon Boom ,WIND!" Raimundo fired a tornado at Demolitioner. The Demolitioner just stood there and was hit, but it didn't get that damaged.

"Judallet Flip, FIRE!" Kimiko delivered a flaming flip kick to Demolitioner's jaw, knocking a few screws lose.

"Seismic Kick, EARTH!" Clay shouted. The cowboy warrior stomped the ground, causing a small earthquake.

The Demolitioner remained unshaken. "Ha, You call that a quake? Me show you big quake!" The Demolitioner slammed one of it's fists to the ground creating an even larger quake.

The ground shook terribly, the Dragons were thrown off balance and the ruins vibrated. Omi regained his balance and ran towards the Demolitioner. "Orb of Tornami, ICE!" the orb shot a wave of ice which froze the Demolitioner. Omi kicked the frozen chest of the robot, shattering it. Then he reached inside and grabbed the Alchemy Vial. "The Alchemy Vial is ours!" Omi shouted as he raised the small test tube above his head.

But the Demolitioner wasn't destroyed yet, he was weak, but still active. "Boss, sorry much. They strong, me in the needing for h-h-help. Please." A small antennae came out of his shoulder, transmitting the message.

Just then the sky began to ripple. The Xiaolin Dragons looked up at the sky, curios at this phenomenon. The ripple, started to take the shape of a huge disk and in a flash of light, was revealed to be a big, black flying saucer with the ominous skull shaped "T" on it's center. "You idiot!" a deep, sinister voice shouted from the saucer. "I knew it was a mistake to send you after the Sheng-Gong-Wu alone!"

"Who the heck are you?" Dojo shouted at the saucer. "And how do you know about the Sheng-Gong-Wu?"

The voice laughed. "I already have one of the mystical Sheng-Gong-Wu. And once I gather them all, I will have enough power to conquer the world."

"You have 'one' Sheng-Gong-Wu?" Raimundo laughed.

"That's nothing, we have 44 Sheng-Gong-Wu!" Kimiko announced, trying to hold back her laughter.

For a few minutes, the voice remained silent. "Hmm, interesting." It said. "And pray tell where are you keeping them? Not talking ,eh? Well then…" A hatch at the bottom of the UFO opened and 6 Demolitioner pods were dropped. "Demolitioners! Destroy them. And when I mean destroy; I mean annihilate, crush, kill, smash, painfully and preferably slowly." The voice commanded to the Demolitioners.

As soon as they crashed on the ground the Demolitioners started to attack the Xiaolin warriors. But though their punches could cause quakes and their kicks could crush diamonds, their bulky frames and lack of intelligence prevented them from even landing even one hit. The voice, was displeased to say the least. "WHAT ARE YOU FOOLS DOING? I GAVE YOU ENOUGH POWER TO DESTROY A CITY! USE YOUR BRAINS. OR BETTER YET, USE YOUR VAST AMOUNTS OF WEAPONRY!" the voice, angrily ordered.

"We got vat amount of weaponry?" a Demilitioner asked as if finally realizing they had been imbued with enough firearms to make the National Guard sweat, the Demolitioners hesitantly pressed the skull insignias on their chests. The insignias opened up to reveal a huge hoard of missiles.

The Demolitioners aimed the missiles at the Xiaolin Warriors and fired. Raimundo quickly got out the Eye of Dashi. "Eye of Dashi, WIND!" a tornado, much larger than the Typhoon Boom caught the missiles and sent them hurtling back at the Demolitioners.

"Oopsie…" were the last words the Demolitioners uttered before their very own missiles blew them to bits.

"In your face, bozos!" Raimundo was quite pleased with himself for defeating the Demolitioners. "These guys are easier to beat than the Jack-Bots!"

"NOT TRUE!" the voice cried. Suddenly, a strange yellow energy rope ensnared Raimundo. The rest of the Dragons tried to aid him but soon found themselves tied up by the energy ropes as well. The energy ropes originated from a blaster which was attached to an arm cannon, which wouldn't have been so bad if the arm wasn't attached to a big black robot, which wouldn't have been so bad if the black robot wasn't about the size of a medium-sized building, which wouldn't have been so bad if the robot wasn't being piloted by a very, very evil scientist.

To be continued…