Chapter 3: Xiaolin Showdown

When Kim woke up, she found herself in what appeared to be outer space. The only thing supporting her was a grid of white lines that acted as a floor. She could see right through it to the stars and planets below her, making it feel like there was nothing underneath her at all. She looked around and saw the monks, Ron, Rufus, Jack, Shego, Drakken, and a shadowy figure that she couldn't make out. The figure was the only other creature that was awake.

"Who are you?" Kim asked the shadowy person.

"I am the evil sorcerer Diego! Somehow, that energy blast separated me from my host. Without him, I am nothing but a spirit!"

"Well, that's good. At least you won't be trying to kill us anymore," Kim said.

"No, but I'll be thinking about it," the spirit threatened. At that moment, everybody else started to wake up.

"Ugh… what happened? Where am I?" Drakken asked. He looked around at the landscape. "Um… did that gem do all of this?"

A mysterious voice came at them from all directions. "No… I did!" Pandabubba's form loomed over them.

"Dude! It's a giant panda!" Ron shouted.

"Pandabubba? What are you doing here?" Jack Spicer shouted.

"This is my game world! I created it to capture the Shaolin warriors, but it looks like I picked up a few extra guests. No matter… you will all be put to the test."

"Test? Aw man! I hate tests!" Ron complained.

"Too bad. Let the games begin!" Pandabubba shouted. He clapped his hands, and suddenly they were all inside a coliseum. Kim, Ron, Jack, the monks, and Diego were in the seats, while Drakken and Shego were down on the field.

"What's going on?" Drakken asked. He looked around to try and get a picture of what was happening.

"This game is programmed to make the participants fight each other in one-on-one battles. You two are the first competitors," Pandabubba explained from his perch near the top of the coliseum.

Shego smiled an evil smile. "Uh-oh," Drakken muttered. The next few minutes were full of Drakken's screams as he was chased around the coliseum. After a while, Shego finally managed to hit him with an energy blast, causing him to disappear.

"So… what happened to him?" Kim asked.

"He was thrown into a virtual trash bin. Once the entire tournament is over, the trash bin will be emptied, and my problems will be gone forever!" Pandabubba shouted triumphantly.

Everyone was silent with horrified looks on their faces. Ron was the first to break the silence. "Does this game have a name?"

"Ron!" Kim shouted.

"Why yes, it does. I call it 'Xiaolin Showdown.' Sound familiar, Omi?" Pandabubba smiled. Omi gasped.

"You have desecrated the sacred art of the showdown!" Omi shouted. "Oh, you shall pay for this, Pandabubba!"

Pandabubba merely sat back on his couch and laughed. "I'd like to see you make me," he taunted.

The next battle was between Jack and Diego's spirit. Jack stared at the shadow for a while. "How am I supposed to fight this? It's not even solid!" He tried to punch the shadow, but his hand just went through it. The shadow seemed to scowl at him.

"You shouldn't have done that," it said. It then flew around in circles, creating an illusion all around Jack.

"Huh? What's going on?" Jack wondered. At that moment, he saw a rhino charging toward him in the distance. He screamed and ran away, hitting the wall and falling unconscious. He disappeared into the virtual trash bin. Diego chuckled and flew back up into the stands.

"This has to stop before everybody is gone," Kim said to Ron.

"Okay, so we agree on that. But what exactly can we do?" Ron asked.

"Here's one idea," Kim said. She turned toward Pandabubba and fired her hairdryer at him. The grappling hook bounced off of an invisible force field.

"Kim, Kim… in this game, I can't be attacked directly," Pandabubba said. "Perhaps you want to be next in the ring?" Pandabubba pointed at her, and she appeared in the center of the coliseum with Ron.

"Whoah! I can't fight Ron!" she shouted. "He's my friend!" She paused for a moment to think. "And it'd be way too easy to beat him."

"Hey! Kiiiiiim! Are you forgetting about the Monkey Kung Fu?" Ron started jumping around.

"Monkey Kung Fu? That sounds interesting…" Pandabubba mused. "This game is programmed to make you fight, whether you want to or not!" Suddenly, Ron started to mutate. Brown fur sprouted all over his body, and his hair became wild, just like a monkey. He grew monkey fangs and a tail, and his feet became extra hands. His eyes became red and he started screeching like a monkey.

"No! It's impossible!" Kim shouted. Ron jumped at Kim, ready to strike with his fangs. Kim ran around the coliseum, trying to avoid combat.

"Well, this looks like fun! Kimmie's gonna be defeated by her own goofy sidekick!" Shego observed. The monks all gave her nasty stares. "…What?" Shego smiled innocently.

Kim could only run from her mutated friend. She didn't want him to end up like Jack and Drakken… just a pile of data that had no use. She had to figure out some way to save everybody…

And then it hit her. Wade! He was still on the outside! She pulled out the Kimmunicator and tried to contact him, but the signal wasn't strong enough.

"You don't seem to understand the rules of the showdown, do you, Kim?" Pandabubba asked. "There's no way out! You can't contact the outside world, and everything in here is controlled by ME!"

Kim kept trying to reach Wade, but the Kimmunicator was completely useless. In a desperate attempt, she threw the Kimmunicator at Ron to get him to slow down. It bounces off of his head and landed behind him without any effect. Now Kim was just plain scared. So this was how it ended… after surviving every super-villain, every criminal, and every situation, Kim Possible would be defeated by her mutated friend in a whacked video game.

At least she wouldn't have to deal with Drakken ever again.

(To be continued! I can't let the readers think that this is the end of Kim.)