Jack came at him with the Trember Trident. The word 'Noooo...' echoed through Reimundo's head. Could anything stop what was going to happen? He could... But no, he was many things but not a coward. At least he hoped not. But it wouldn't help his predicament even if he did spill any beans - Jack was too far gone. Suddenly, a bell rang, causing Jack to stop in surprise.

"Wha? Shen-Gong-Wu?"

Yes. Reimundo felt a shudder go through his body. It seemed as though he had retained that power of sensing Shen Gong Wu from the other, alternate future. What was the Wu-Shu Helmet? Who cared, knowing wasn't going to help. Though their existence had got him off of the hook temporarily, finding out anything else was completely pointless. A lot of things at the moment were pointless. Like breathing, for example...

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"Trember Trident!" yelled Jack. The Xiaolin Apprentices dived for cover as the place they had stood was scorched by Red Lightning.

"Star Hinabi, Fire!" cried Kimiko. This time is was Jack's turn to dive.

"Wha... Since when could you do that?" Jack complained.

"Since I learnt how!" she smirked, advancing on him. He raised the Trember Trident above his head in defence.

"Can I just say that you look even more lovely this morning, even better and more hot than on other mornings, um. I like the look. Very Gothic, really." Kimiko scowled. "Please don't hurt meeee!" A jet of water sped past her and hit Jack square in the face.

"Perhaps that, as they say, will Cool you Up!"

"Down." Clay corrected.

"Perhaps that will Cool You Down, then!"

Kimiko shook her head. Omi even trying to come up with that joke was wrong - The jokemaker had been... But those days were dead and buried. Dead. Suddenly it felt as though someone was twisting a knife in her gut. She couldn't let herself cry. Her mascara wasn't waterproof.

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"I haven't sensed a Shen Gong Wu in months..." Wuya mused, sitting in her cave, staring at the fire in the centre. She had seen why her deceased protégé had been uncomfortable on the mountainside the moment that she got back after destroying him - it was entirely unsuitable for those with physical bodies. Physical Bodies that felt the cold. Suddenly, something winked in her mind - Someone was using her Shen Gong Wu!

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"Trember Trident!" screamed Jack, holding it high above his head. The stick made a raspberry noise and smoked. "Huh?" He bashed it against his hand. "What's wrong with this thing?" he yelled, thumping it on the ground. There was a half-hearted spark. He poked Kimiko with it, and nothing happened.

"You seem to have drained the batteries; my boy..." hissed an evil voice from above them. "Now, give me my Shen-Gong-Wu!" Wuya screamed as she descended.

"No! Um, who are you, anyway?"

"What!" Wuya screamed.

"Isn't that that half-finished thingamabob that Wuya stole back in the Old Days?" wondered Dojo.

"Well, we weren't around back in the Old Days, so... I dunno." said Clay.

"Well, when Shen Gong Wu were in their 'experimental' stage, we used to test them with this kinda..." Dojo waved his arms around as he tried to explain it. "Magick, elemental, kind of chargeable battery thingy..." He stopped and thought for a moment. "But there was only one of those, and it was in the prototype Trident of de Bliksem(1) that Wuya stole..."

"What do you mean it needs batteries?" Jack yelled, waving it about his head. "I've been using it on Reimundo all week and it hasn't lost any juice!"

"I finished it, and I didn't make it have a different energy source in case it was stolen from Me!" said Wuya. "Of course I could have..."

"It needs charging by the elements every so often - it's one of those Shen Gong Wu that gets left at the bottom of lakes because the old owner just forgot about it... Of course, burning in, burying it and throwing it into a lightning storm do the same thing, and..."

"Dojo?"

"What is it, Clay?"

"Why are you tellin' him how'ta work that thing?"

"Good Question. I don't have an answer right now, but good question."

"Smell ya later, losers!"

"Why exactly would he want'ta-"

"Don't worry about it Clay - let's just find this Shen Gong Wu." said Kimiko, putting her hand on his arm. Wuya stopped in mid flight-after-Jack.

"Shen Gong Wu? I sensed no Shen Gong Wu!"

"You can't last time that you were 'In The Flesh', either!" called Dojo as they flew away. If you thought that Omi was being very quiet during this conversation - he was off finding the Wu-Shu Helmet.

Wuya glared at them, and then realised what Dojo had said. When she had swapped her ghostly body for a solid one, Reimundo had gained her ability to sense Shen Gong Wu that she had lost when he became ghostly!

And so, she screamed at the sky.

(fade out)

(1) De bliksem: Dutch for 'The Flash of Lightning'

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Hope you liked - this is one of the only "people do other stuff than torture each other" scenes in the arc - New Arc pending though! Oh, and remember to review.