-1Disclaimer: I don't own Xiaolin Showdown.

Edited: August 16, 2007

It turned out that sometime in the night I fell asleep. When I woke up, I was on the floor, and Jack wasn't on the cot. On the table was a plate of food, and a cup of orange juice. I walked over, and saw that there was a note sitting beside the steaming food.

Kimiko,

Here's breakfast. The door's still locked. If you want to walk in the lab, just knock on the door.

Jack

P.S. Why were you on the floor?

Yes! I get to go in the lab, so I won't be completely bored! Yes! I couldn't believe it. It was a miracle.

I went to the door and knocked. No one answered. The door was locked. OK, I thought, that's the door to the lab. So what's that other door for? I went over, and opened it.

I heard something as I started poking my head through. It sounded like . . . running water? Why is there . . . and then I realized it. Jack was taking a shower.

I quickly shut the door. "Ewwwwwww!" I shuddered. That was so wrong. How on earth was I supposed to know that was a bathroom? I mean, I just assumed that the bathroom was in the house itself.

To try and forget what just happened, I went and ate the breakfast. I knew it wouldn't be poisoned. Jack needed me, so he could swap for our shen-gong-wu. And then, when I was eating the toast, the evil little voice came back.

What if the others don't come back for you? What if they leave you here with Jack?

Again I shook it away. The others wouldn't do that. Omi cared way too much for his friends. He wouldn't let me stay here, right?

The door to the bathroom opened. A fully dressed Jack walked out, his hair still a bit wet from the shower.

Oh God. Please say he didn't notice me walk in there. Jack looked at Kimiko, and said, "You're finally up? I thought I might have to poke you." he laughed.

I rolled my eyes. "I've been up for a while now. And for your information, I was on the floor, because I couldn't go to sleep. I must've curled up on the floor and fallen asleep."

Jack looked convinced. "OK, well I'm going in the lab. If you want out, knock." He started walking off. Wow, maybe he really didn't notice. Of course, my hopes were dashed when he turned around and said, "Oh, did you walk in on me taking a shower? I heard the door open and close."

I could feel the heat rising in my face. I was blushing really bad. "How on earth was I supposed to know that was a bathroom, and you'd be taking a shower. I opened the door, heard the water, and then shut it. You should've told me it was a bathroom last night."

Jack shrugged. "Whatever. If you're done, then you can come out now."

I nodded. I couldn't eat any more than I could trust myself to speak. I picked up the plate, and walked over to the door. Jack took the plate from me, and threw it in the trash. I wonder if he knew that wasn't a paper plate, I thought.

(-)

I walked around the room while Jack was working on the robots. I didn't dare go near him. An idiot and a blow torch don't go well together.

After about ten minutes of walking, I found something of interest. "Oooh! Goo Zombies 5!" I didn't even have this one yet. I guessed Papa hadn't had time to send it yet.

Jack looked up from his work, and turned off the blow torch. "Go ahead and play. You won't be any use if you die from boredom. Go sit by the computer. Don't go on it. I don't trust you enough." He picked up a wrench, and resumed his work.

The evil voice was back by the time I sat down. I wonder why Jack's being so nice, it said sarcastically. I couldn't really disagree with it there. I was wondering why Jack was being nice to me, but than again, I couldn't say that it was much of a mystery. Everyone knew Jack liked me. I figured that out last night. It had hit me that I had been part of all of his kidnapping plans.

After about an hour of playing Goo Zombies, I put it up. I felt filthy. I walked over to Jack's table. He looked up from his work, and put down the tools. I waited until he pulled up his goggles to say, "You got any extra clothes? I need to take a shower."

Jack considered it for a moment. "Yeah, I guess you could borrow my mom's clothes. You two are about the same size. Besides, we're going out after you're done."

That was a shocker. "Where are we going?"

"Chase Young's place. Wuya goes over there more than she spends time here. She has a huge crush on him."

I nodded and walked into the other room. The thought of going to see Chase Young isn't something that should make you feel good. But for some reason, the thought that Jack was gonna be with her made her feel a lot better.