The Demons' Revenge
Chapter 10: Demon Commander
In Uncle's shop, very early in the morning...
"Jackie! Wake up!" Uncle screamed at Jackie.
"Uh? What?" Jackie mumbled as he woke up. He realized that he had fallen asleep on his desk while reading up on the book that Daolon Wong had recently stolen.
"You lazy boy!" Uncle yelled. "You fell asleep when I asked you to do something. Well? Did you find anything?"
"I haven't found anything Uncle," Jackie answered, "I don't know anything about the new powers that Daolon Wong has."
"Keep reading, you'll find something soon." Uncle told him, "I'll call Tohru down to help you too."
As Uncle woke Tohru up, the phone rang. Jackie picked it up, and as he spoke on the phone, the expression on his face grew darker.
"Who was it, Jackie?" Uncle asked, as Tohru brought them tea.
"Captain Black. He says that Daolon Wong is in Italy." he responded.
"Ayaa! He must be trying to release Bai Tsa, the Water Demon!"
"We must get going immediately." Jackie said, "Tohru, you must stay here and take care of Jade. She still hasn't woken up, and let's hope she stays that way. If she wakes up she'll want to go with us."
"Okay Jackie." Tohru replied. "Sensei, you must remember to take the gourd."
"Of course I will take the gourd. Uncle not that senile." Uncle said, scowling.
"Let's go!" Jackie said, and went out the door. Uncle followed him, and left Tohru behind.
Later in the day, in Rome, Italy...
"Jackie! We cannot be late," Uncle exclaimed, "We want to get to the Roman Colosseum before Daolon Wong releases Bai Tsa!"
"I'm driving as fast as I can, Uncle. I do not want to go above the speed limit!"
"Go faster!" Uncle yelled.
"We're here, finally." said Jackie. "It looks empty. Daolon Wong must not be here yet."
"Think again!" Daolon Wong exclaimed, surprising both Jackie and Uncle. He entered from one of stone doorways, and as soon as he was close enough, the Xu Kan box glowed a lime green, and opened the portal.
"Aha ha ha ha!" Bai Tsa cackled. "I have returned! And this time, my plans will not fail!"
"Think again, Bai Tsa!" Jackie said, and gave Uncle the cue. Uncle raised the gourd, and started chanting.
"I don't think so!" Bai Tsa said, and shot a beam of water from her claws, and shot the gourd out of Uncle's hands. Then, Daolon Wong chanted, and with his staff, he shot the gourd into flames.
"AYAA!" Uncle screamed, "We do not have anything to banish demon with! Jackie! We must get back to San Francisco. We will track Bai Tsa down from there."
Uncle and Jackie got back in the car, and Bai Tsa started to follow. However, Daolon Wong stopped her.
"What do you want, you foolish chi wizard?" the Water Demon asked.
"Wouldn't you agree that I deserve something for freeing you?" he asked.
"What? You expect me to repay you? Ha!" Bai Tsa chortled.
"If you won't co-operate, we're going to have to do this the hard way." Daolon Wong said, and started to chant. With a spell that he learned from the book that Hsi Wu gave him, he put Bai Tsa under a spell. She was under his command.
"Now, we must go to San Francisco, and take care of the Chans, once and for all!" Daolon Wong told the Water Demon.
"As you wish." Bai Tsa said, with a certain distance in her voice.
Later in the evening, in San Francisco...
"Hotcha!" Uncle said happily, "Locator spell worked. We have found Bai Tsa!"
"Where is she Sensei?" Tohru asked.
"Strangely enough, Tohru," Uncle told him, "In San Francisco!"
"What?" Jackie exclaimed, "What would she be doing here."
Unfortunately for them, they were about to find out. A jet of water blew the door open, and Bai Tsa stood in the doorway.
"What's all the commotion?" Jade asked, coming downstairs. "Whoa! Water Demon in the house."
"Jade get out of here!" Jackie said. Realizing it was too cramped in Uncle's shop, he decided to fight the Water Demon outside.
"I'll get the gourd." said Tohru, and took the gourd outside.
"I am coming Tohru!" Uncle said, taking his blowfish outside.
While Jackie was taking on the Water Demon...
"Give up now!" said Bai Tsa, once again, in a distant, and emotionless voice.
"You wish!" said Jade, disobeying Jackie.
Jackie tried to kick Bai Tsa, but as soon as he made contact, she changed into water, and regenerated.
"No fair!" Jade said, cheering Jackie on.
"I'll show you fair, you little brat!" Bai Tsa said, and transformed into water again. However, this time, she took the shape of a particular animal, and changed into a sea serpent made of water, almost twice her original size. Bai Tsa swooped down, and attacked Jackie.
"Oh, bad day, bad day, bad day!" Jackie exclaimed, trying to dodge the Water Demon.
Meanwhile, while Uncle and Tohru took on Daolon Wong...
"What are you doing here?" Uncle asked suspiciously.
"With this new book I've acquired," Daolon Wong said, holding the book of Advanced Chi Spells in his hand, "I now have complete control of the Water Demon, and she will be your demise."
"That is what you think," Tohru told him, and together with Uncle, they started chanting a chi spell, targeting Daolon Wong. At the same time, Daolon Wong started reading a spell from the book. He shot a purple beam from his staff, and Uncle and Tohru shot a green beam from their blowfish, trying to hold him back.
"Tohru," Uncle whispered to his apprentice, doing his best to hold Wong back," Distract Daolon Wong. Uncle has a plan."
Tohru kept holding Daolon Wong back, and Uncle shot a beam of red toward Wong in a different angle. However, instead of targeting Daolon Wong, he targeted the book, and shot it into flames.
"No! What have you done!" Daolon Wong shouted. Without his book, he no longer knew the spells necessary to defeat Uncle, or control the demons. He muttered a spell under his breath, and was gone in a cloud of purple smoke.
"Now, Sensei, we must banish Bai Tsa." Tohru said. "Daolon Wong no longer has control over her, and won't be able to do the same thing to the remaining demons."
Back at Jackie and Bai Tsa...
"Punch her, Jackie!" Jade cheered. As Jackie got ready to punch the demon, she reverted to her original state. She was thrown back by Jackie, and knew not where she was.
"What are you doing here, Chan?" Bai Tsa asked. "What am I doing here?"
"What are you talking about?" Jackie asked, and Uncle explained to him what Daolon Wong had done to her.
"I must escape, now!" Bai Tsa said, and got ready to leave. However, just as she got ready to change into her watery state, Uncle chanted his chi spell, and Tohru held the gourd up, and they banished the Water Demon.
"You certainly have not seen the last of me!" Bai Tsa screamed and she spoke the truth, although they would not be seeing her for a while. She was taken back into her portal, across the Atlantic Ocean.
"Ha ha!" Jade laughed. "Without his book, Daolon Wong will never be able to control the demons again."
"We are still not out of trouble, Jade." Jackie said, leading everyone back into Uncle's shop. "We still have got more demons left to banish."
"But, have you forgotten Jackie?" Jade asked, smiling slyly, "You've got me on your team, and we'll always be one step ahead."
To Be Continued...