Twelve Soul Dragon

By Gigawolf1

Chapter 28: The Leave of Lightning

Katnappe was bored out of her skull. She was supposed to be helping the Xiaolin Dragons, who had a strange tendency to beat her. What she couldn't understand is why she couldn't merely be out taking something or shopping. 'What's stopping you? A couple of weak fools that feel they can become stronger than an ancient being? How could they possibly be stronger than you? And besides, they probably wouldn't even try to stop you. Omi wants all of you gone, and you know it. You also remember he tricked you last time you were here.'

She agreed with the voice in her head, which she thought her own. However, she had no way of knowing that halfway across the world, Rioss had used the Mind Reader Conch to speak in her mind.

She left in the middle of the night. Only Omi saw that she was leaving, but he made no move to stop her. A voice had spoken to him, saying that Katnappe was not worth stopping. He was sure beyond a doubt that it was his own mind that had told him that, but he was wrong.

The next morning, everyone awoke to find that Katnappe had gone. She had left a letter.

To the Xiaolin Losers,

I've decided to leave the temple for my own reasons. Don't even try to bring me back: I need to get my life back the way I want it to be. And by the way, that Rioss guy is much stronger than any of you ever thought.

"What everyone looking at?" asked Vlad. This caused Omi to scream in surprise, similar to how he does when he's recently seen a squirrel. He also jumped up into the air and flew by everyone watching him.

"Vlad! You're here! Just in time! Katnappe just left! We need your powers of Magnetism! You're the perfect one to stop Rioss!"

Each of the newer Xiaolin Dragons had been given one Shen Gong Wu. Katnappe had been given the Shard of Lightning, Tubbimura had been given the Wushu Helmet, Jesse had kept the Wings of Tinabi, and now Master Fung presented Vlad with the Glove of Jisaku.

"The last Xiaolin Dragon will have the Thorn of Thunderbolt," said Master Fung wisely. No one gave another thought to Katnappe, but were rather preparing for the last arrival.

"Too bad," said Kimiko to Raimundo as they went to prepare the next arrival's 'bed.' "It was nice to have another girl at the temple."

However, someone elsewhere was very busy. "You do not need the Shard of Lightning," said Rioss. "The Xiaolin Dragons needed it, but you are too strong to need it. You can move fast enough without it, but with it, you could be tracked. Jack has a Shen Gong Wu tracker, and the Dragon Dojo can track previously activated Shen Gong Wu. You could just leave it anywhere. Such as on that tree stump next to you. And no one could ever find you, unless you wanted to be found."

Katnappe agreed with the voice in here head. She put the Shard of Lightning on the tree stump beside her. She walked away as quickly as possible. She didn't even notice the diamond on the stump...

Omi was more worried about who the next Xiaolin Dragon would be. He was more concerned because Katnappe had nothing to do with him. He thought of everyone who would be eligible for the title of Sonic Dragon.

"Pandabubba? No, he's too fat. Cyclops? No, he's too stupid."

"What about me bein' the Dragon of Sonic?"