Demon Inferno
Chapter 2: You break in, you buy it
"'Uncle's Rare Finds'?" asked Kimiko questionably. On this mission, Kimiko decided to wear an aquamarine shirt with white pants, sandals, and her hair in a bun behind her head. "The shell of the oyster is not important," said Omi, "what matters is the pearl inside." "Oh no," said Raimundo. "Now Omi's talking like Master Fung." "Enough with the sight-seeing," said Dojo. "We need to get the Cannon." The others agreed and knocked on the door of the antique shop. An elderly man with gray spiky hair, small glass, a yellow vest, white shirt, blue pants, and brown shoes opened the door. "Welcome to Uncle's Rare Finds. How may I help you?" said the old man with a thick Chinese accent. "We are looking for an antique," said Omi. "Yes, yes, come in," said the old man. As the Xiaolin Warriors entered, the old man barked at a large sumo-like man in black overalls and a white shirt and a young man wearing a blue sweater and beige pants. "Tohru, Jackie, we have customers! Get cracking." Both of them jumped up. "Yes, Uncle," said the young man who seemed to be Jackie. "Yes sensei," said the sumo who seemed to be Tohru. They grabbed some boxes and started stacking them away. The old man turned to the Xiaolin Warriors and said, "What can Uncle get for you?" Before they could talk, Uncle grabbed a spice box and held it up. "This spice box is of the Yung Dynasty, carved from mountain pine, very convenient for storing spices." As Uncle continued bantering about the antiques he had, an 11-year old Chinese girl with black hair came down the stairs. She was wearing an orange sweater, blue jeans, and red shoes. "Hi. My name's Jade," said the girl. "Greetings. I am Omi. And this is Kimiko, Raimundo, and Clay." "Hi." "How ya doing?" "Howdy do, little lady." Dojo meanwhile had been hiding underneath of Clay's hat and was listening to Uncle's chattering. Finally Dojo lost his patience and popped out of Clay's hat saying, "Enough of this, we don't these things." "Ay-ya! A dragon!" cried Uncle. "Oh yes and this is Dojo," said Omi not noticing Uncle's surprised look. "Whoa! Cool dragon!" Dojo smirked and said to Raimundo, "She said I was cool." "She probably hasn't seen many dragons," said Raimundo indifferently. Jackie and Tohru stepped in front of Jade. "Be careful Jade," said Jackie. "These people are probably looking for trouble." "No, we are actually on a quest looking for something," said Omi. "Ah," said Uncle calming down. "Then what you are looking for is probably of great importance. What is it you seek?" "We're are looking for a cannon, bronze, 1500 years old, mystical properties," said Dojo. Uncle thought for a moment and said, "Could this be what you are looking for?" He pointed toward the corner of the room. In the corner was the Mala Mala Cannon, but since it had not been recognized as a magical weapon it was being used as, "AN UMBRELLA STAND!" cried Dojo. "The Mala Mala Cannon is being used as an umbrella stand!" "It looks as humble as a armadillo in a prairie dog hole," said Clay. "See?" said Uncle to Tohru. "I told you that it wasn't a vase. Vases are never made out of metal." "Yes sensei," said Tohru. "Why do need this?" asked Jackie. "It is a mystical object called a Shen Gong Wu," said Kimiko. "And we are to collect all of them before the Evil Jack Spicer and Wuya does."
As if on cue, the door burst open. Jack Spicer and Wuya were in the doorway. Several Jack-bots were floating outside. Uncle pointed at Wuya and screamed, "Ay-ya! Evil Spirit!" He then turned to Jackie and said, "Jackie, keep them busy while I make a chi spell." Uncle walked to the back of the shop. "Jack-bots, attack!" commanded Jack. The robots extended the blades on both sides. The Xiaolin Warriors, Jackie, and Tohru step outside to battle the robots. The Xiaolin Warriors defeated the Jack-bots in their usual manner. Jackie partially climbed up a building and did a flying punch on a Jack-bot. He waved his hand in pain as he muttered to himself, "Ouch, hard metal, ouch." Jackie changed his battle strategy to smashing the robots against the buildings. Tohru was easily crushing the Jack-bots with his large body. Meanwhile inside, Jack and Wuya were looking for the Mala Mala Cannon. They found after two minutes. "It's being used as an umbrella stand?" said Jack. "That's no way to treat an evil weapon of destruction." Jade jumped in front of Jack and said, "If you want that, you're going to have to go through me." "A super evil genius against a little girl," said Jack flexing his fingers. "Oh, this will be easy." Wuya flew right next to Jack's head and said, "Jack, you scream like a little girl, cry like a little girl, and whine like a little girl. How could expect to beat a little girl?" "I do not whine," said Jade and Jack at the same time. "Enough talk, let's get this over with," said Jack. "Fine with me," said Jade and did a flying kick towards Jack. Jack screamed and ducked at the last second. Jade bounced and fired several punches at Jack. Jack managed to block a few but he was punched the stomach. As leaned against the wall to get his breath back, Jade made a flying leap towards Jack. Jack saw a bookcase next to him and, grinning evilly, knocked over, causing several books to fall on top Jade. Jack grabbed the Mala Mala Cannon and headed out the door. "Jack-bots, fall back!" commanded Jack. The remaining Jack-bots stopped fighting and flew off with Jack. "Later, Xiaolin-losers!" taunted Jack. "This is most unfortunate," said Omi. "We've have lost the Mala Mala Cannon. I feel lower than a mole at the bottom of a canyon." "Better leave the lame cowboy metaphors to Clay, Omi," said Kimiko. "You better leave the lame cowboy metaphors to… Hey, now wait a minute!" said Clay. At that instant, Uncle left the shop holding a small cauldron and his dried puffer fish and chanting his chi spell mantra. Uncle looked around and asked, "Where did the evil spirit go?" "She left with Jack and the Mala Mala Cannon," said Raimundo. "This is terrible," said Uncle. "Yes now the world is in terrible danger," said Omi. "No, they left my shop in a mess." "The Temple will need more protection than ever," said Omi. He turned to Jackie and said, "Would you and your family like to come to the Xiaolin Temple with us?" Before Jackie could reply, his friends pulled Omi to the side. "Easy there partner," said Clay, "Don't buy a horse till check its record." "Huh?" "What Clay means," said Kimiko, "is that you're being too quick to trust these guys." "Please, name one time that I misjudged someone and brought them back to the Temple." "Vlad," said Raimundo. "Okay, name a second time." "Dyrus," said Kimiko. "A third time." "Chucky Choo," said Clay. "I'll say," said Dojo. "Never the less," said Omi, "I have confidence that the," he walked over to Jackie and asked, "What's your last name?" "Chan." Omi returned to others, "Chan family will help us in getting back the Mala Mala Cannon." The others looked at each other and said, "All right, but if you're wrong, you have to clean up the mess." "Question is, how do we get back to China?" asked Dojo. "I can't fly with eight people let alone him." Dojo pointed to Tohru. Jackie overheard this and said, "Don't worry. I'll have my friend, Captain Black, get us a plane ride." "And Jackie," said Uncle, "Don't forget to bring Talismans." "What?" cried Jackie. "If forces of darkness are as powerful as Omi says they are, we'll need back up." "Yes!" cried Jade. "We're off to another Talisman adventure."
Meanwhile Jack and Wuya had arrived at Jack's evil lair. "I can't believe it," said Wuya excitedly. "You actually managed to capture a Shen Gong Wu. And a really powerful one too." "Yeah, I'm going up in the world, baby," said Jack. Jack lifted the Mala Mala Cannon high and said, "All of Earth will bow before the might of Jack Spicer, Prince of Darkness!" Then a book fell out of the Cannon and bonked Jack on the head. "What's that?" asked Wuya. "It must have fell into the Cannon when I knocked over the bookcase." Jack picked it up and read it. "It's a journal, these Chan guys must have had a lot of magical adventures." "I don't care about that," said Wuya. Then talking more to herself than to Jack she said, "Now all I need to for my plan to work is some more Shen Gong Wu." "I could get them," said Jack still reading the journal. "No, the Xiaolin Temple will have more security now. We need someone who they've never encountered before to help us steal the Wu." Jack turned a page in the journal and said, "Whoa, here's one scary looking guy." "Let me see," said Wuya, "Hand-bots!" A pair of robotic hands with levitation pads floated over to Wuya. Jack had built them so Wuya could be a bit more helpful but they couldn't do everything she wanted without Jack's consent. The Hand-bots flew over and took the journal from Jack. "Hey! I was still reading that!" The Hand-bots held the open journal in front of Wuya. Wuya scanned the pages and an evil smile spread across her mask-like face. "I believe we have found our partner," she said.