The sunlight streamed into Kimiko's face, and she blocked out the rays with her hand. "Where are we Dojo? I'm dying here!" she yelled, cupping her pink gloved hands over her mouth so the sound was carried farther.
"Somewhere near Arizona, I think," he yelled back, also sweating from the sun. Clay just shrugged, used to the heat.
"So, which Shen Gong Wu are we trying to round up?" he asked Rai, who was looking down at the scroll.
"According to the scroll, something called the Wudai Time Tables. Whatever that is," he replied, tossing the scroll to Omi. The bald monk studied it for a few moments, and then smiled.
"Ah, yes, I know about this Shen Gong Wu. It multiplies anything you point it at by up to ten times. It is a most powerful Shen Gong Wu," he concluded, as Dojo started making his decent. Suddenly, he halted.
"Woah, somebody else just picked up the Shen Gong Wu," he said, resuming his flight although speeding up. "Jack!" Clay yelled, and the other three nodded their approval.
But as the warriors approached the ground, they saw it was not Jack, but rather a girl of their own age. Dojo refused to go further down, however, claiming there were too many people around. So the monks jumped off his back, landing directly behind the large crowd of people, who were all eating hamburgers and hotdogs. "Looks like a BBQ," Raimundo commented, scanning the area for the girl. Omi spotted her, and started sprinting her way. The other three followed, and in a few seconds time they skidded to a halt in front of her.
"Hello, we were wondering if you would pretty please hand us that white stone with the weird blue symbols on it," Omi said, stretching his hands out. The girl studied them for a few seconds, and then shrugged.
"You guys don't strike me as the bad guys, so take it," she replied casually, smiling at them. But before she could place the Shen Gong Wu in Omi's hands, Jack Spicer swooped down in his latest vehicle. The girl ducked before it hit her, standing up angrily as he turned around. "Don't worry, I enjoy coming near death every day of my life!" she hollered at him, gazing at the hard item in her hand then back at the boy. "Hey, what's this thing called and what does it do?" she suddenly asked, and Omi explained. A smile curled on her pink lips, and the word "Interesting," formed on her lips. "Mind if I give it a test run?"
The four were doubtful. "Well, we don't know, it's not really our decision…" Kimiko said, but there was no time for any other words, because Jack fired a laser at them. The four monks jumped high in the air, but the girl stayed on the ground, doing a back handspring to dodge the orange beam. As she got back on her feet, she noted a hard rock was behind her, and a pointy one behind Jack. An idea forming in her head, she pretended she didn't know what she was doing.
Sure enough, Jack aimed another beam at her, and she yelled, "Wudai Time Tables!" The beam instantly became wider, and sped towards her more quickly. She jumped out of the way at the last minute, and the beam hit the boulder right on target. Jack's machine was hurled backwards, and as it hit the hard stone a green bunny hurled out of his evil device. The evil boy genius and the random girl both jumped up to try and receive it, and they both grabbed it at the same time.
"Oh no," Omi said, pointing at them. "Now we're doomed! She doesn't even know what a Xiaolin Showdown is!" Kimiko just put a finger to her lips, trying to hear what was going on.
Jack smiled, and practically screeched the words he next said. "I challenge you, ummm, what's your name?" he suddenly asked, and she replied in a fairly calm tone,
"My name's Torie." Jack just grinned even wider. "Fine, whatever. Torie, I challenge you to a Xiaolin Showdown!"
Torie rolled her eyes. "What are we doing?" she asked, and Jack scoffed.
"Well, when two people grab a Shen Gon-" but Torie interrupted.
"I got that part," she said, and Kimiko couldn't help but giggle from the sideline.
"The game is we both stand on a platform, and play tug-of-war. First one to fall off loses," Jack said, and Torie laughed.
"You mean rope jousting genius?" she asked, and this time Rai snickered from the side. Jack just growled.
"My Eye of Dashi for your Wudai Time Tables. Let's go, Xiaolin Showdown!" he yelled, raising his hand as the landscape changed.