Disclaimer: I don't own Xiaolin showdown, but I do own dani.

Jack Spicer lay under his black duvet covers, curled up in a ball.

I'm going to Chase Young's tomorrow…I'm going to Chase Young's tomorrow…

His mind was a swirling torrent of emotions; excitement, fear, rage and doubt raged a fierce battle in his head.

He wanted to see Chase Young, oh how he did. He yearned for the day when Chase would respect and embrace his "genius" and his unique abilities. Sure, he was no warrior, but he had on more than one turn wielded the power of the shen gong wu in his beloved creations, fulfilled the idle fantasies of man with his bare hands. He'd invented a time machine, given himself the ability of flight and created a robot with morphing skills were rivalled only by the moby morpher. His latest invention had been directly intended for Chase: a cloning machine. All he had to do was get his hands on some of Dojo's DNA, and viola, the prince of darkness would never need fear a shortage of dragons again. Jack smiled in his sleep whilst visualising the delighted reaction of Chase, a genuine smile reserved only for him.

Fear slithered. But what if Chase rejected him again? What if Chase brushed him away, his beautiful, cruel eyes gleaming with repulse and hatred…

"Be gone you worthless insect."

NO!

Anger paced. "You worthless insect."

Those words penetrated deep into his being, questioning his very identity. Is that all he was, is that all he would ever be to them? His hero, his enemies, did they always see him as a nuisance, as a nothing?

His sleeping figure tensed. All those times he had been shunned, bullied, unappreciated, well that was going to end now. Chase Young was going to appreciate him at last; everyone was. And if they didn't…

It'll be their loss.

The expression on Jack's face softened, and he slept sound, his mind at rest.

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Dani stumbled through the dark woods that bordered the land of Nowhere, searching for a place to set up camp for what remained of the night. The wind howled through the gaps between the gnarled trees, and a dull crescent moon cast dusty patches of light on the leaves. The atmosphere was serene, yet chilling.

Her heart fluttered in her chest as the dim light of her torch warned her of potential trip zones on the uneven path, and every small noise caused her panic. The truth was Dani was terrified of the dark and was certain that unknown creatures lurked in the depths of the shadows, waiting for the opportune moment to claim her. She knew that her fear was ridiculous, but in the dark of the night, all common sense was thwarted.

RRIIIIIIIINNNNNGG

"AAAHHH!"

Dani leapt in fright as a noise shattered the deathly silence, a second later realising that it was her mobile phone. She reached into her pocket, pulled out her phone, pressed a key and put the phone to her ear.

"Hello?" she whispered, her heart still beating wildly from the shock.

"Hey Dani, it's Tach."

"Oh hey! What's up? You gave me a fright just now."

"Not much. Anyway, how's the mission going?"

"Everything's all set up. Soon all fan authors will witness a lesson that they will never forget."

"Ah, about that. I received some info earlier on today from a reviewer that kinda defeats the purpose of the plan."

"What do you mean?"

"Well apparently, there are practically zero chase/jack fanfics that actually have jack and chase spontaneously and randomly start loving eachother, plus I quote: 'In fanfiction, we can make the story whatever we want, as long as we, the Fans, like it. And it's reasonably in cannon. May not happen in the show, but it's FAN-FICTION.' "

"What! Well now what am I going to do?"

"Relax, it's only a minor setback. All I have to do is change the genre of the story so that it's humour rather than a spoof, and then things can go ahead as planned. Now, your mission is just about stirring up a few laughs. I'll call you later, right now, you'd better get some shut eye."

"Kay, bye."

Dani hung up and gazed up at a patch op the night sky not hidden by the ceiling of leaves, contemplating the sudden change of situation. After a few minutes had passed, she slipped off her backpack, pulled out a sleeping bag and laid it out where the roots of a particularly large tree formed a crude bed frame of sorts. Crawling into it, she zipped herself into the sleeping bag. Dani closed her eyes, willing the night to hasten its ascension into the day…

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She seems a bit stressed about the slight change of plan…anyways plz review. Yes, this is still boring I know, but I don't want to rush the story. Oh, and I would like to send out my sincere thanks to gig blipdot for pointing out the fatal flaw in our plan and helping me to set things back on track. Oh and thank you to all the other people who have taken their time to review. :D

p.s: please do warn me if you think that dani is becoming slightly mary sueish and if that is the case then I will ask her to tone things down a bit.