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Xiaolin Showdown: The Legend of the Thunder Child
39: You've Got Mail!
In a basement / evil lair…
"MUHA HA HA!" laughed Jack as removed his goggles from his eyes, "Those Xiaolin losers won't know what hit them with this, my latest and greatest invention!"
He pushed a button on a nearby control panel; the table that Jack's invention was on began to rise.
"They think they're so tough, wait until they goes up against…Jack-X!"
There was a sudden crackle of electricity, as Jack-X began to move on the table, it stepped of the table and stood in front of Jack. He looked just like Jack, but he had black metal plating on his chest and legs, sharp metal spikes on his head and red glowing eyes.
"Jack-X" said Jack as he walked around the robot "Who is your master?"
"My master" said Jack-X "Is Jack Spicer, evil boy genius and ruler of the universe"
"Excellent!" said Jack as he pushed another button, "You carry five weapons Jack-X, each one is related to the five Xiaolin losers"
Jack-X looked at his hands as he cycled through his weapons, his hands turned into a flamethrower, an ice launcher, a large hammer fist, a high pressure air cannon and a magnetic rail gun.
"Ha Ha Ha!" laughed Jack "With you, no one can stop me!"
"Jack!" called a voice from upstairs, "Can you keep it down?"
"Ugh…" groaned Jack, "Yes mum…"
"Someone's here to see you! He's on his way down!" called Mrs. Spicer.
"Hello, Jack!" said a voice from behind Jack, he turned around and saw Ryan was leaning in the doorway.
"Ryan!" shrieked Jack as he leaped behind Jack-X, "What are you doing here? How did you get past my robot guards?"
"Simple" said Ryan as he walked towards Jack, "I walked in, Wuya's right, you should lock your doors…"
Jack glared at him.
"Okay, what do you want?" said Jack.
"Please…" said Ryan "Don't tell me you're still upset that I destroyed your Jack-bots in England?"
"That was you!" gasped Jack.
"Yes" sighed Ryan as he grinned at him, "Chase says I'm very fast"
"Chase? Chase Young?" gasped Jack "You work for Chase!"
"Anyway, moving on, I need access to the internet" said Ryan "Can I use your computer?"
"What?" said Jack giving him a confused look, "Why do you need to use my computer?"
"Because if I don't…" said Ryan as he raised his hands and clenched his fist, his hands began glowing and sparking with electricity, "I will fry you to a crisp!"
"Ahh!" cried Jack as he moved away, "Jack-X! Attack!"
Jack-X moved forward towards Ryan, who yawned as Jack-X aimed his flamethrower at him. Ryan picked up a spanner that he found lying on the ground, and with a well aimed throw, he threw it at Jack-X. There was the sound of metal against metal as the spanner hit Jack-X; there was then a creaking noise, followed by the clattering of metal as Jack-X fell to pieces.
"Now that's over" said Ryan as he walked over towards Jack, "Now can I use your computer?"
"Just don't hurt me!" squealed Jack as he held out a shaky hand and pointed over to a computer. Ryan walked over and sat down at the computer and began typing. After a few minutes, Ryan got up from the computer.
"Thank you Jack…" said Ryan as he walked out the door, "Keep working on Jack-X, try using better armour"
Ryan laughed as he went up the stairs, leaving Jack in his lair, which was littered with parts of Jack-X.
Ryan looked at his watch, 11:43, 17 minutes left. Will Kimiko read the email? All Ryan could do was wait…
Back at the Temple…
Kimiko sighed as she lent back in her chair, she couldn't sleep, so she had spent most of the evening surfing the web. She looked at numerous fashion and electronics websites, but she couldn't find anything that would even remotely cheer her up. She yawned as she closed the internet and when to shut down her laptop, when suddenly an email opened up.
"Huh?" said Kimiko "Who'd email me at this time of night?"
She clicked on it and read what it said:
E-Mail #3
From: Spicer107
"Kimiko, Meet me in the training grounds tonight before midnight. There still may be a chance to get me back, Ryan"
Kimiko stared at the screen; her jaw fell open as she read each and every word over and over again,
"There still may be a chance …" gasped Kimiko "To get him back?"
She looked at her clock, 11:45; that gave her 15 minutes to think about what just happened. The man who she loved, who betrayed her and is now trying to kill her, wanted to see her. Her pulse began to race as her mind went crazy with thoughts of Ryan.
"I could have Ryan back…" she thought to herself, a small smile grew across her face, suddenly another thought when through her mind.
"No, No, No! This could be a trap!"
"But I could have Ryan back…"
"He could try and kill you!"
"But I could have Ryan back…"
"Damn it! What should I do?"
She groaned as she rubbed her head, all these thoughts where giving her a huge headache. She lent back in her chair again and looked up at the ceiling,
"What should I do?" she sighed as she looked at the photo of Ryan and her on her bedside table; it was all crumpled and ripped because she hadpunched the picture frame.
Ryan positioned himself in the old oak tree; from there he could see the whole training grounds. He looked up towards the edge of the grounds and saw there was a figure walking towards him.
"I'd knew she turn up" said Ryan as he jumped down, into the shadows of the tree. Kimiko looked around the grounds for any sign of Ryan; a cold wind blew across the ground making her shiver. The moon was shining through the trees, making large creepy shadows across the floor. Kimiko felt uncomfortable, she knew that Ryan was around because she could feel him, but she didn't know where he was or what he was planning.
"Uh oh…" sighed Kimiko as she looked around in the darkness, "I knew this was a bad idea…"
Another gust of wind made the leaves rustle, making her jump. Her pulse began to race, somewhere in the shadows; Ryan was waiting for her, waiting and watching.
She lost her nerve, she was breathing so fast she had trouble talking.
"Ryan!" she called out, "If you're there, come out!"
She heard a movement from the darkness; Kimiko spun around, holding the Star Hanabi in front of her. Ryan stepped out of the shadows and slowly walked towards her.
"Stay back!" said Kimiko "Don't come closer!"
Ryan ignored her and kept on walking towards her.
"I'm warning you!" said Kimiko; her body began shaking, not with cold, but with fear. Ryan stopped within a meter of Kimiko.
"If you think I'm threatening you" said Ryan in a calm voice, "Go ahead and attack me"
Kimiko raised the Star Hanabi and aimed at Ryan. She tried to summon fire, but something inside of her stopped her.
"No…" said Kimiko as she lowered the Star, Ryan grinned as he looked at her.
"And why not?" said Ryan. Kimiko began to tremble even more as fear rooted her to the spot.
"I…Don't know…" stuttered Kimiko. Ryan gave a small chuck as he walked even closer to her.
"Kimiko, do you know why you won't attack me?" said Ryan. She tried to look at Ryan, but she was so scared, she couldn't even look at his face, she ended up looking down at the floor.
"You didn't attack me for the same reason I didn't kill you in England…" said Ryan. He was now directly in front of her; he moved his hand to her head and brushed her hair away from her face. She felt his hands move across her face, they felt warm against her skin, unlike the time when she touched his hand in Chase's lair. She managed to look up at Ryan; his eyes were looking deep into hers. There was not a trace of evil in them.
"Kimiko…" said Ryan "I still love you…"
UXD: Now that that's done, I'm going to run away before Yamato comes to kick my ass…
(UXD runs off, closely followed by Yamato)
Yamato: UXD! GET BACK HERE! RYAN IS EVIL! NOT GOOD! I'LL KILL YOU!
UXD: R&R everyone! (Narrowly misses Yamato as he dives into him) Whoa! I'm out of here!