"WHA-?" I fumbled about in my sheets and fell to my concrete floor with the grace of a rock.
"What'sgoinnon?" I said half asleep.
"A new Shen Gong Wu has just revealed itself! Now get up you lazy boy!" Wuya screeched from above me. See, it's times like these when I wish I had a set of ear plugs.
I checked my watch and saw that it was 2:15 in the morning. Annoyed, I ignored her and pulled my blanket from off my bed and snuggled beneath it, apparently ready to go back to sleep.
"What are you doing child! This Shen Gong Wu is important!" Wuya yelled and flew through my head. I screamed and immediately sat upright.
"Alright already, I'm up," I groaned and picked myself off the floor, "So what does it do?"
"It's called the Cresent of Light, it has the ability to ward away creatures and spells that would be considered evil and dark."
"Will it get you to leave me alone?" I retorted angrily, and Wuya gave me the evilest glare I have ever seen her give me, "I'll take that as a 'yes'," I said cheerfully and prepared to get ready for the journey ahead.
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The flight to our destination wasn't a very pleasant one, considering the fact that Wuya continued to scream in my ear and I was kinda half asleep while flying and nearly flew into Chase's montain. Although, actually flying into it, would have been a very good thing, since I don't like Chase any more and the thought of him comeing home to see a huge hole in his roof would be hilarious.
Anyway, upon arrival, the Xiaolin Losers and even Chase were found at the site of the Shen Gong Wu. I parked my plane in midair and jumped out of it and then used my heli-pack to hover down below, and was able to catch a bit of the conversation that Chase and Omi were having.
"- will be your last battle Chase, because we will succeed in retrieving the Cresent of Light and use it on you!" Omi cried out while pointing an accuseing finger at Lizard Boy.
"I, however, doubt that," Chase said simply and turned his head to look at me.
"Yeah, me too," I said with a broad grin, "Because I'm going to be the one who gets that Shen Gong Wu and 'I' will be the one that gets rid of Chase and Wuya!" I said as Wuya growled in my ear.
"What are you talking about Spicer? You haven't won a showdown in at least two months," Raimundo said with a grin.
I gave him a sour face, "Well, that's about to change," I said, it was at that time a came to realize my surroundings. I was obviously in a dense jungle. And as I looked around, there was what appeared to be a large doorway at the base of a nearby hill, and the doorway was boarded up and had the words KEEP OUT, TOXIC WASTE, and HAZARDOUS written in red paint, across it.
"Well, gang," the stupid green dragon started, "It seems like the Shen Gong Wu is in that closed up shaft," Dojo said and pointed at the creepy looking doorway.
I felt a shiver go down my spine. The reason for this wasn't because the place looked very frightening, but it was because it seemed oddly familiar. Like it was from someplace I had heard of before, although I couldn't quite place it.
I watched as Kimiko shivered as well, apparently she didn't like this place either. Other than that nobody seemed to be fazed.
Feeling oddly enough, brave. I put on one of my stupid grins and charged at the door, ready to bust it down. Only for me to hit the wood at full force and fall down on my rear, while sporting a bloody nose.
"Owww," I said and cupped my hands over my nose. How could I have been so stupid as to think that I could actually bust down that door? I must have been watching to many action movies because I obviously don't have that kind of strength.
"And this is were a bid you farewell," Chase said and snapped his fingers. At that moment, many of his jungle cats appeared, surrounding me and the xiaolin warriors. After that, he punched the entrance to the shaft and the boards over it snapped into many pieces. He then ran into the cave and disappeared in it's dark abyss.
"Well, go get the Wu, you baffoon!" Wuya screached. I nodded and was going to run into the shaft also, but one of Chase's cheetah's was blocking the entrance. Lucky for me though, it was only one cat. Everyone else had about five, but still, being the weakest person in the group really was a down side.
"Jackbots, attack!" I yelled and about eight appeared and began to fight the cats and the xiaolin warriors. Unfortunately, half of them got destroyed by the cats and the other half were blown up by the warriors in a matter of seconds.
The cheetah growled and pounced at me, luckily enough, I dodged and ran straight through the entrance of the cavern with a cheetah closely following.
No, I am not afraid of the dark, which it was in this place, I am just afraid what is in the dark. At this moment, there is a cheetah chaseing after me in the dark. Okay, normally, that would freak me out, but not as badly as the cheetah successfully pounceing on me and tackleing me to the ground.
I screamed as loud as I could, while it stood ontop of me, scratching me with it's front paws while pinning me down with it's weight.
"Fight back Jack!" Wuya yelled in the darkness. I then kicked my legs up and pushed the furry beast off of me and and it landed to my right. Well, actually, I can't really say that it landed, because I heard it roar, but the roar started to get distant until the sound disappeared and I didn't hear it land. So I'm guessing it fell into a deep, dark hole that is nearby. Well, I guess you can tell that I really don't like this place.
I grunted as I attempted to stand only to fall back onto the ground in pain.
"What's wrong Jack?" Wuya asked from somewhere above me.
"I think that cat scratched me or something," I said slowly. It was true, the cat had to of, because I don't remember my chest hurting before entering the cave.
It was then that I could hear the other's running in my direction. I was about to get up, but Clay tripped over me and fell right ontop of me. Oh, yeah, that really did a number on me. I have a bloody nose, my chest is in pain and some guy that is nearly twice my size falls right on top of me. Yeah, that really doesn't feel to great.
"What in tarnation?" I heard the cowboy gasp ontop of me.
"What is it Clay?" Kimiko asked and the others stopped running.
"I think I tripped over somethin'," he said ontop of me, I grunted in reply and he heaved himself off of me.
"What is it?" Raimundo asked curiously. God, why don't they just get a flashlight and take a guess?
"You tripped over Jack," I heard Wuya say flatly.
"Did he get kicked out?" Omi said.
"Uh, I think you mean knocked out," Raimundo corrected.
"That too!" Omi exclaimed.
"No, he's just lying there," Wuya said with a sigh, "I should have gone to Katnappe, at least she is more compitent than him."
Someone took out a flashlight and shined it on me. I heard everyone gasp.
"I'm not that ugly," I said to them. Oh great, I just insulted myself...again.
"What happened you?" Kimiko asked. I glanced down only to see that the cheetah had caused more of an injury than I had realized, because starting at my chest and ending at the center of my stomache were three long gashes. And blood was staining my clothes.
"Stupid cat," I hissed and slowly stood up, hunching my back and placeing my arm over my wounds.
"Are you going to be alright?" Omi asked me.
"Yep," I said with my stupid smile and gave a nervous laugh, "I'll be fine. Now were was that Wu again Wuya?" I asked the floating witch.
She eyed me strangely, "Just keep going straight," she said simply and floated off into the darkness.
"Right," I said smugly and marched forward, trying to ignore the pain.
The monks must have been giving me strange looks because I could feel their eyes on my back as I walked onward.
"Are you sure your alright Jack?" Raimudo asked me from behind.
"Besides the fact that I am in a creepy, dark cave, and talking to a bunch of losers...I'm fine," I replied and continued to walk.
Well, ten minutes had passed and the xiaolin warriors and I continued to walk on. Although, my chest continued to be in a considerable amount of pain.
"Do you think that Chase has already retrieved the Wu?" I heard Clay speak from behind me.
Dojo stuck his head out from under Clay's hat, "No, if he did, then my Shen Gong Wu rash would be gone my now," the little dragon said.
"I wonder why it is taking him so long," Kimiko stated.
"Hopefully, he fell down one of those dark holes," I said with a snicker.
The others and I continued onward for a while until we came across a area where there were large barrels of toxic waste lined against the walls.
"What is this most peculiar place?" Omi asked.
"It must have been some sort of mine until they decided to make into a storage area," Kimiko stated.
"What makes you think that this used to be a mine?" Raimundo asked Kimiko.
"Well, for one thing, there are alot of shovels and carts down here," Kimiko replied, and she was right, there were many of those things here.
The pain in my chest continued to grow as we walked on.
After a while longer of walking, we came to a fork in the pathway. To the left was a smooth tunnel that led upward. And to the right was a tunnel that was very jagged and it led downward.
"Where to Dojo?" the cowboy asked the green dragon.
Dojo slithered out from under Clay's hat and placed his clawed hand on his chin, "Well, according to my rash, which has oddly taken the shape of an arrow," he paused and grabbed his tail. His tail had alot of red bumps on it and had indeed taken the shape of an arrow that was pointing in a certain direction. "The Shen Gong Wu is down that creepy tunnel!" Dojo said and pointed to the tunnel with all the jagged rocks.
I shiver went down my spine again, but this time it was stronger than the last. My heart beat heavily against my chest. For some odd reason, this place seemed so familiar. I think I had heard about it from a story of some sort.
Ignoreing the fear that was within me, the xiaolin warriors and I treaded down the tunnel.
TBC
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