hi all. i know that i really should be updating my other story 'four dragons and a phoenix?' but i just had to start writing about how Rai and Jack learned to love each other so much in my one-shot ' raindrops tell me to run'. also i have so many ideas for this that i will have to break it up into 3 or 4 chapies. anyways thanks to anyone and everyone who reviewed my one-shot and if you read this too i hope you enjoy it.
This is where the marks began to fade
"Here we are, Britain. The most…""Dreariest place on earth!"
Raimoundo cut off the 40-foot long green dragon as they flew over the Themes.
"It isn't that bad Rai, and besides we need to get the shen-gong-wu." Kimiko reminded the tall, sun kissed skinned Brazilian.
"The 'mist of recall' will be ours!" a small, yellow tinted monk exclaimed.
"Don't get to carried away there little partner." Clay attempted to calm Omi down.
As they approached the edges of London, Dojo landed swiftly in a spiral and allowed the young wodai worriers to jump off before he shrunk back down to his gecko like form.
"So where is the wu?" Rai questioned Dojo raising an eyebrow.
Dojo rubbed his temples as though he was trying to imitate Master Fung (and failing) and pointed towards a large building that had an 'evil' looking jet hovering next to the roof.
"Jack Spicier has beaten us, we must not be dawdling buses!"
"That's slow coaches melon for brains!" corrected an obviously unwanted 'evil boy genius' whose presence caused the worriers to snap into their fighting positions. Jack held a funnel shaped object that looked a lot like the 'woozy shooter' except it had three funnels and a swirl handle at the end that attached to the arm.
"Give us the shen-gong-wu and we might go easy on you Spicier." Threatened the porcelain faced Kimiko whose fiery blue eyes were set firmly on the 'mist of recall'.
"Yeah, right like I'm gonna give it to you losers." He retaliated.
"Then maybe you will give it to me." An eerie smooth voice stroked Jacks spine, sending him into a shocked state. His eyes went misty and soon his body was limp, only a darkened outline of Chase Young holding him up.
"Chase Young! What are you doing here?" Omi questioned the tai-chi master with a look of hatred on his face. He still remembered when Chase had tricked him into turning evil.
"Do not threat, young monk. I am not here for you. I'm here to get revenge against the one who swore his loyalty to me, then coward away like a rodent." He turned his eyes to Jack who Chase was still holding in his left-hand grip, far from his face as though the boy was something putrid.
"Why keep bothering with him if he means so little to you?" Rai seemed compelled to ask the question though he didn't know why. After all he really couldn't care less about Spicier. Could he?
"You can say its for my… image, as an evil villain. After all, I can't have my enemies thinking I've gone soft. Until we meet again, Xiaolin worriers."
Chase turned with Jack still in his grasp, unknown to him that the 'mist of recall' was still attached to the boys arm. This didn't escape Rai though. He used his power over wind to leap to the ledge were the two evil villains were perched, just managing to catch Chase Young's clothing before all three of them were sucked into a Heylin portal. When the others managed to reach it, they where gone. Along with the shen-gong-wu.
A dull rattle of metal rung silently around his ears. Slowly, he pried his eyes open but squinted so they could adjust to the light. Faint snapping of a whip and screaming could be heard echoing through the damp, woeful dungeon walls that surrounded Raimoundo. The screams seemed familar, but yet so different.He tried to lift up his hand to cradle his aching skull but only got it half way. The thick, heavy chains rattled and clanged as he pulled at them in the shock. He continued to struggle even though the screams of torment had ended, fragments of them left in the walls of which they echoed through. "There is no point in fighting against them, dragon of the wind. They are strengthened by my Heylin magic. Even your strongest attempt wont brake them." A darkened figure of Chase Young walked up to the stone table that the young dragon was chained to and grabbed the boys collar to stop his squirming. "Get your hands off me and let me go!" Chase had to push him hard against the stone to firmly keep him from moving. Doing so made Rai's head bang harshly against it; blood trickled from a small wound that had opened. The boy cried out in pain and blood also splattered from his mouth."How dare you try and interfere with my plans. Is this what you want?" he held up the 'mist of recall' just far enough so that Rai couldn't reach it. A smirk of pure evil stretched on his face, feeling the Wodai worrier struggle again to get to the prize. Chase pulled the wu away, tauntingly. He signalled towards the doorway as though he wanted something bought in. Through the gloominess of the tunnel like corridor appeared Wuya and was pushing in a metal frame, chains tangled within it. At the centre all the chains separated on to the mangled arms and legs of a blood spattered Jack Spicier.
"What the fuck did you do to him!" Raimoundo's eyes widened in disbelief at Jacks blooded body. He was stripped down to his underwear and had whip marks all the way down his body, blood dripping from every one.
"Oh, just a little revenge that I was talking about earlier, that's all."
Rai looked in disgust at the smirk on the Heylins face.
"You really are a monster!"
Chase raised an eyebrow of interest at the young Brazilian.
"You care about this… vermin? I would have thought you would like to see it suffer."
"No one dissevers this kind of torture, even Jack."
The maniacal lizard-man smiled to himself at this, looking quite proud. He turned towards a second doorway and signal Wuya to follow him.
"Not so brave now, are we Raimoundo?" the hag taunted as she walked past. He just replied with growl and glare, which she just smiled off.
"Your compliments have been most appreciated young dragon. Maybe spending sometime with your traitorous buddy here will make you realise that by opposing me, you are only prolonging the inevitable."
Cackling erupted from the two as they made their way through the corridor to the upper chambers.
Rai sighed and looked towards Jacks unconscious body and cringed thinking of the pain the boy genius had to endure. He even wondered whether Jack was still alive as he hung motionless from the bloodthirsty chains.
The xiaolin worriers landed soundlessly at the temple gates, thinking of their lost companion as they walked towards Master Fung. "Where is Raimoundo?" he asked seeing the gloom on their faces.
"We wish we knew." The cowboy replied looking at his muddy boots.
"All we do know is that where ever Chase is, so is Rai… and Jack." The thought of her friend being forced to hang around with them two made Kimiko shudder.
"We must formulate a plan to save Raimoundo. We do not know what tortures he is being submitted to."
"To true. Chase would do anything to him if it were to prove a point." Everyone bowed their heads slightly, not wanting to think of what might happen.
"We must not waste anymore time. Raimoundo's life may already be in danger. Use your newly acquired wodai powers to give him a chance to escape. Be wary, Chase is still a formidable opponent." Their Master warned them as they all bowed and hopped on to Dojo, this time flying to save Raimoundo's life.
Rai stared at Jack's still limp body, noting every drip of blood as it fell to the floor and echoed around them. After a few hours he looked away, now positive that the evil boy genius had to be dead. He heard a slight rattle of chains and quickly shot his head towards Jack again. He smiled ever so slightly andhis eyes widenedwhen he saw the boys eyes flicker open and amoan escape his lips. "Jack… Jack are you ok!" Rai asked in slight disbelief at Jacks stamina. "Ugh… yeah. But Chase really did a number on me. Really how bad is it?" Raimoundo did no how to tell such a venerable being that his body was torn to shreds. Even if that being was Jack Spicier.
"That bad huh? Can you see now why I teamed up with him?"
"Aren't you worried about what he's done to you?"
"Not really but why do you care?" Jack voice was very muffled from his lack of energy, but he still made Raimoundo's brain rack to think why he did care. He didn't before, so why should he now?
"I don't know, guess its just seeing you so beat up." He sighed deeply. "Jack, I know me and the others are mean to you, but…well I don't know about the others but… most of the stuff I didn't really mean."
There was a slight reaction from Jack at this sudden outburst from Rai. Though it was very slight, it still made the young Brazilian uncomfortable. It was also a relief to have it off his chest.
"Rai, I've never been as scarred as I am today, but in someway, I'm glad you're here to keep me company."
Raimoundo closed his eyes and smiled.
"You sure you wouldn't have preferred Kimiko."
"HA! Ugh… and have her nag at me the whole time saying it was my fault. I don't think so some how."
Rai couldn't help but giggle at Jacks reply. Jack tried but just ended up moaning in pain and making more blood drip from his wounds.
"Try not to laugh dude. You'll kill yourself faster. Grrr… I need to find a way for us to get out of here!"
"Chase said you were awake when you tried to fight him for the shen-gong-wu. Didn't you see anyway that we could get out? I guess it doesn't really matter until we break out of these…"
"Wait, wait, wait. I don't remember fighting Chase let alone being awake until a few moments ago."
"So you don't remember… anything?"
Rai closed his eyes tight, searching for anything, anything that linked to him fighting Chase.
"No, nothing. All I do remember is falling into darkness. Then, nothing."
They both sighed deep and looked at each other. Not like they did before. No, they looked at each other with more caring and love then they did before. Though he didn't realise he was doing it himself,Rai saw the relief on Jacks face. It was as though something happened to himself that really scared the boy genius. He just wished he could remember.
well that was long. anyways i hope you enjoyed it so plz R&R asap (flames are welcome along with advise) and i will be updating asap (if people like it or not). and by the way, anyone who i hav reviewed, plz take on any advise i hav given and i hope you liked them (i tried not to be harsh). untill next time, good bye!