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Chapter four.
Raimundo sat on a high rock ledge overlooking a vast grass plain. Behind him was Daeva and the two wolves, and they were talking quietly. Raimundo felt a bit confused. One second, he was Raimundo, Xiaolin monk and friends of Omi, Clay and Kimiko. And then the next, he was Diomedes, Heylin agent and lover of Daeva. These personalities fought with each other to gain control of the body. He had memories of both personalities, one good, the other evil. He was not sure which one he should be. He knew that he had the powers of both, but he was not sure which personality will win, and that may decide the fate of the world.
Raimundo felt a brief nuzzling on his shoulder. Without looking, he reached out and scratched the male wolf's ears. The wolf lay down next to him. Raimundo stopped scratching the wolf's ears. The wolf looked over the plain and asked.
"One wonders what you are looking at."
"Nothing." Raimundo said in the wolf's language. Raimundo picked up a rock and then threw it over the cliff edge. Raimundo looked at the wolf and the wolf looked calmly back with its golden eyes. Raimundo sighed and gazed back over the plain. The wolf silently got up and walked back to the other two.
"Diomedes." Daeva called. Raimundo got up and walked over to Daeva. She was sitting next to the fire holding the Heylin sceptre, and the she-wolf was lying next to her. Daeva smiled up at him, and then stood up.
"I need you to do something for me, Diomedes." She said. Raimundo nodded, something inside him stirred in protest, but something else quelled it.
"I want some Shen gon wu, Diomedes. Will you get some for me?" She asked.
"Yes." Raimundo said with a bow. Daeva smiled and kissed him. Raimundo turned and walked away. After he had gone a few metres, he heard the male wolf come up behind him.
"One wonders what you are doing." The wolf asked, falling in step with Raimundo.
"One is going for the hunt." Raimundo replied. The wolf looked up at Raimundo.
"One shall accompany you, you should not hunt alone since you are a puppy" The wolf said, waging its tail.
"Thanks." Raimundo said sarcastically.
"One wonders what you are going to hunt." The wolf asked.
"We hunt Shen gon wu from the enemy pack."
Chase Young watched Raimundo leave the camp with one of the wolves. He looked back at Daeva and the remaining wolf. How to get the sceptre from Daeva. He sat on dirt, behind a boulder, so he was not seen from the camp. He was also downwind, so the wolf could not smell him either. Beside him, one of his tigers stirred slightly. Chase soothed it with a stroke on the head. Chase turned his attention back to the camp. He saw Daeva put down the Heylin sceptre and sit back down. The wolf went up to her and sat down next to her. He was not sure what Raimundo was doing, but it was properly not good. He looked in the direction Raimundo went, he had sent his crow to follow the boy, so he would know where he was going. He watched Daeva, she showed no signs of moving, instead, she seemed to be waiting. Properly Raimundo.
Just then, his crow flew out of the sky and landed on his shoulder. Chase turned his head slightly toward the bird. It cocked its head at him and looked at him through one beady eye. Then, it started to whisper in his ear. It told Chase Young that Raimundo was at the Xiaolin temple, getting Shen gon wu and that the others had discovered him. Chase looked at Daeva, that would get her attention, she was not going to risk Raimundo after all that effort of getting him back. He saw movement in the corner of his line of vision. He turned his head sharply towards the camp. Daeva was standing up now, her face facing the sky. She growled, and then she and the she-wolf disappeared. They forgot the Heylin staff.
Chase chuckled.
He got up and walked over to the camp, the tiger still at his side and the crow still perched on his shoulder. He looked at the Heylin sceptre. Raimundo must really be in trouble if Daeva left without the sceptre. Chase picked up the sceptre and looked at it. It was about a metre long and about 10 centimetres in diameter. It was a plain wood staff with a pulsating green orb on the tip. It did not seem so dangerous, and yet it was. To himself and all other Heylin agents. Chase Young grinned.
It was time to finish business that started a thousand years ago.
Omi couldn't sleep; he was too stressed to sleep. He had to walk, run or something! He walked around the garden, hoping to calm himself down. He finally sat down on a bench and put his head in his hands. He wanted Raimundo back. Even though Raimundo was a bit mean to him, they were still friends and Omi missed him.
Omi felt a hand on his shoulder, he turned round to see Kimiko and Clay.
"We all miss him, Omi." Kimiko said quietly. Clay patted Omi on the head.
"Don't worry, lil partner. We'll get Raimundo back."
Omi looked up at Clay and smiled.
"There, that looks much better." Clay said. Kimiko suddenly turned her head to the Shen gon wu vault.
"Hey, can you guys hear that?" She asked. Omi got up. He listened for a moment and thought he heard noises from the vault. He ran towards the vault room, with Kimiko and Clay not far behind him. Omi burst in through the doors and stared in horror at the scene. Raimundo stood at the entrance of the vault. At his side was a wolf. The wolf turned and snarled at them. Raimundo was carrying a bag full of Shen gon wu. He turned to face them. He frowned. Omi thought he saw something stir in Raimundo's eyes. Raimundo then closed his eyes and raised his face to the ceiling. Then, after a moment , he opened his eyes and returned his gaze to the Xiaolin monks.
"Raimundo, don't you remember us?" Omi asked. Raimundo frowned, as if trying to remember. Then he slowly nodded. Omi felt a little hope flare inside him.
"Don't you remember that we are your friends?" Raimundo looked closely at Omi, then he shrugged; he wasn't sure. Omi frowned, trying to think of what to do next. Then he felt the glimmer of an idea.
"We are you best friends. Daeva does not really love you." He said. Raimundo cocked his head, considering what Omi was telling him.
"We want you to return to us Raimundo; you belong with us, not Daeva. You must stay with us." Omi said. Raimundo frowned. Then, there was a new voice from behind them.
"Don't you even dare, little monk!"
Omi whirled to see Daeva there. He gulped, he hoped that Chase Young had managed to get that staff off from her. She looked very angry; she had the other wolf standing next to her, watching the four monks with its golden eyes. Omi looked at Daeva's face. Her sapphire blue eyes gleamed as she turned her hate filled glare at them. Omi looked back at Raimundo. Raimundo was staring at Daeva, his face in an expression of adoration. Omi sighed and then turned back to Daeva. Daeva glanced at Raimundo and chuckled. Her hands started to glow with a red fire.
"Look out!" Kimiko shouted. Daeva started to throw fire balls at them. The jumped about the vault room to get away form them. Raimundo had moved to Daeva's side and watched as the three monks tried to dodge the fire. Suddenly, without warning, she threw a large fireball and that caught all of them. They were thrown through the wall and then into the garden. Omi coughed and stood up. Daeva was now standing outside, Raimundo and the two wolves still at her side. Raimundo looked a bit uncomfortable, like as if he was dealing with some internal struggle. Daeva laughed wickedly. Omi stood with his friends.
"Give us back the Shen gon wu, or you will suffer a humiliating defeat." Omi said.
Daeva threw back her head and laughed. Raimundo smiled, almost confidently, at Omi.
"I don't think she takes you too seriously, Omi." Clay said.
"You?" Daeva said scornfully, "You cannot defeat me! There was only one person who defeated me, and he struck me at my weakest moment. I am now even stronger then before."
She raised her palms towards them.
"Wudai warrior, Water!" Omi shouted. He thrust his hand forward, a jet of water shooting out of hid palm, straight at Daeva. Daeva laughed, her hand glowed red, and the spurt of water stopped. She lifted her hands and the water just fell to the ground.
"Wudai warrior, Fire!" Kimiko shouted, and she threw fireballs at the Heylin witch. Daeva smiled and the fire balls stopped in midair, then the fireballs suddenly vanished.
"Wudai warrior-" Clay was stopped mid-sentence as Raimundo struck from behind, they had not noticed that he had moved. Clay flew forwards and fell into Kimiko. Kimiko yelled and landed onto the ground. Clay landed a few yards away from her. Omi turned to stare at Raimundo. Raimundo returned the gaze calmly. Omi turned back to Daeva. She smiled, and then opened her mouth, about to say something. She then stopped. Her face filled with pure hatred as she looked behind Omi. She growled. Omi turned to look straight at Chase Young, who stood a few metres to the left of Raimundo.
He was holding the Heylin sceptre.
Omi's heart gave an extra thump.
"Go away, Dragon!" Daeva said, her voice filled with hatred.
"Tut-tut." Chase said, waggling a finger at Daeva, "Is that the way to treat an old friend?"
Daeva growled and threw a fireball at Chase. He easily dodged it. He then turned to Raimundo, he held up the sceptre and pointed it at him.
"Heylin sceptre!" He almost shouted. A beam of green light erupted from the end. It hit Raimundo in the chest. Raimundo flew backwards and landed into the wall of the temple. He slide down, dazed.
"Diomedes!" Daeva shouted, her voice ringing with alarm. Raimundo slowly got up onto his feet and shook his head. He frowned at Chase Young. Then he turned his gaze to Omi, Kimiko and Clay, who had got up and was now standing next to Omi. Then he glanced at Daeva, who looked angry.
He lifted his left palm, and stared at it. It was glowing with a blue flame. Omi's heart sank; he could still use Heylin magic. Raimundo looked at Chase Young, surprised. Chase nodded slowly. Raimundo was holding the Sphere of Yun in his right hand. Raimundo looked back at Omi, and frowned as if trying to figure something out, then his eyes widened as if he had suddenly figured something out.
He suddenly turned to Daeva, who looked relieved that Raimundo could still use Heylin magic. Suddenly, Raimundo leapt at the startled witch.
"Sphere of Yun!" He shouted, throwing the sphere at Daeva. She exclaimed as she became trapped inside the sphere. Raimundo landed softly beside it, he now had the Yin-Yang yoyo in his hand. Daeva stared up at him as she lay inside the sphere. She looked hurt and afraid.
"Diomedes!" Daeva cried, almost pleading with him reaching out to him with a hand.
"My names not Diomedes, its Raimundo!" And with that he opened the portal to the Yin-Yang world, and kicked Daeva and the sphere in there, to be trapped in there for all eternity.
Omi clapped as Raimundo turned back to them. He had never felt so happy. Clay and Kimiko, beside him, were clapping and cheering along with Omi. Raimundo walked slowly up to them, he looked drawn and haggard. He stopped just in front of them.
Then he collapsed to the ground and started to weep uncontrollably.
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