Author's Notes:
1. I do not own Xiaolin Showdown but I do love both of the series. I do own Gloria, who is Jack's daughter in fanfiction; she'll be a character throughout the story and I hope you will all like her.
2. This fanfiction is an updated version of a story that I had started writing in 2014 and stopped working on in 2016 due to a lack of time and inspiration. Unfortunately I lost the original files and thus have no other choice but to post an entirely new version of the story that was copied and pasted from the original and then edited. Hopefully this version will be grammatically correct and have less errors overall.
3. Please note: SOME parts of the description for what Jack Spicer looks like now was borrowed from CrystallicSky's fanfiction Decision Decision (a great fanfic by the way). I would like to thank Crystallic very much for giving me permission to borrow the description from your fanfiction, and assure you (and everyone else reading this) that I didn't just copy and paste it in this fanfiction but have edited it up so that it has both elements from the description you gave but also elements of my own that I have added.
4. The name of Jack's daughter will be mentioned in this fanfiction, some of you will probably think it's a bit long and odd but once the acronym for her name is explained later I think you'll find it funny (or I hope so).
Also I added the S in her name to stand for Spicer in this fanfiction because she's meant to be Jack's daughter, usually her last name does start with the letter S but it was changed just for this.
5. There will be yaoi somewhere in this fanfiction, therefore, if you don't like yaoi you might not want to read this fanfiction.
Anyway enough with my yapping, let's move on to the story Shall we; I hope you enjoy.
Jack unintentionally ignored Kimiko's question, he was much too distracted by the expression on her face to have heard her, in fact everyone around him had dumbfounded expressions at the sight of him and whilst this amused Jack he could hardly blame them for staring; seven years had definitely changed him. He was no longer a scrawny little worm he had been when he'd last seen the monks, true after months of confinement he was no longer the 195 pounds he had been but he still wasn't nearly as scrawny as he had been in his youth and the clothes he been put in still fit him quite nicely.
At almost twenty years old Jack had grown to be 7'1", his eyes no longer made him appear like a cute innocent doe; now they were hardened by maturity and were more in proportion to the rest of his face then they had been in his younger days. The baby fat that had stuck with him before he'd hit puberty was officially gone now, revealing an elegantly straight nose as well as high cheekbones and a sharper, more defined jawline.
"It's been a long time Kimiko; and hello to the rest of you too of course." Jack said with the slightest smirk as he cricked his neck because he was stiff from having been in the box for so long.
Unfortunately Jack didn't have time to smirk at the fact that his now deepened voice earned him yet more stares, as he had moved his neck he had felt something around it and couldn't help but groan because he had been forced to design this during his imprisonment and thus knew what it was doing around his neck and what it was going to be expected to do when it was turned on.
"Jack, why are you here partner, been seven years since we've seen you try to get a Shen Gong Wu or seen you at all fer that matter and now all of you get wheeled here in a weird looking box by whoever that is behind you." Clay said breaking Jack's train about the blasted collar around his neck.
"That's a good question Clay, a very good question indeed." Jack said before looking over at the man who had brought him here in the first place.
He knew this man's face having had to deal with him during his original imprisonment but knew nothing else about the man or why he had been brought there, as far as Jack knew they didn't need him to find the different Wu because he'd given them a device to give to the monster so why he was here still didn't make sense.
"You look confused Spicer, don't know why you're here do you?" the man who'd brought him here mocked as he stared over at him.
"Have to say I am a bit confused, I'd answer Clay's question if I actually had the answer to it." Jack said with a slight shrug.
"You'll find out why you're here soon enough, Spicer, the boss finally has a use for you after having used you as a lab rat for so long." The man smirked which confused Jack even more.
"For now though, focus on getting that object you told us about, if the boss just has one of those things…" The man added, starting to talk about the Shen Gong Wu but suddenly getting interrupted.
"What makes you think that Spicer can get the Wu for you, sure he's clearly changed in the last seven years but that doesn't mean he'll be any more successful then he used to be at getting Shen Gong Wu." Hannibal Bean said, speaking for the first time and earning a chuckle from Wuya and Shadow.
"Oh you'll see soon enough you freaky bean, we found something that after years of dealing with Spicer you think you would have noticed before." The man said with an amused chuckle.
Of course the Heylins looked skeptical, as did the Monks despite the fact that they had been about to go after a wu that was balancing on a rock not that far off, and Jack didn't blame them…he had no idea what this man was talking about and personally wasn't sure he wanted to.
"Now then enough pleasantries, time to get down to business, and have you get that Sheng Gong Wu for me Jack." The man said after a few minutes of letting everyone stare at him.
"I'd ask you what makes you think I'll do anything for you, but I already know the answer to that." Jack said before rubbing the collar around his neck and smiling a bit.
"Don't know why you're smiling Spicer, you know as well as I do what that collar around your neck does and I think I'll be activating it now." The man said looking confused by Jack's smile.
Oh the look on his face was priceless when he tried turning Jack's collar on and nothing happened, what was even better was the fact Jack noticed that everyone else looked amused by the clear frustration that the man eventually started to show.
"You're such an idiot, did you think that I'd make a mind control collar… of course I am capable of it but I knew that monster would try to use it so I edited it while I was being forced to make it." Jack chuckled in amusement.
"You bastard, you miserable bastard Spicer…you'll pay for this mark my words you will." The man said looking beyond pissed off now.
"And how are you going to do that, Jack here has outsmarted you…looks like that genius of his has finally caught up with him in his years away." Wuya complimented with an amused chuckle.
"You shut up lady, the boss always has a backup plan…it's just a matter of getting her here." The man said, looking furious at first before suddenly a look of calm appeared on his face.
Jack's expression however immediately dropped, the monks and Heylin had no idea who the man was talking about but Jack had little doubt and was scared out of his mind.
"No wait please, you don't have to…" Jack tried begging when suddenly he was interrupted by a fairly large jolt of electricity passing through his body which of course made him keel over in pain.
"Good at least one part of this stupid collar still works, that'll keep you quiet while I get little Gloria over here." The man said getting on a phone he'd been apparently keeping in his pocket.
If everyone had been confused before they were even more so now, even as Kimiko kindly rushed over to help him instead of staring at him in a dumbfounded way there was a look of bewilderment on her face.
"Jack, who is Gloria, I saw that look on your face…I can tell whoever she is that she's very important but who is she?" Kimiko asked gently while all the while struggling to help him stand up as the other monks and the Heylin began making their way over to the Shen Gong Wu balancing on the
"Her full name is Gloria Izabella Zena Marie Olivia Spicer; I know it's long but there's sort of a…" Jack started to say as he tried to help Kimiko help him up when he was interrupted.
"Wait Jack hold on, did you say this girl's last name was Spicer?" Kimiko asked, looking stunned.
"Yes I did, she's my daughter Kimiko." Jack said, chuckling a bit at Kimiko's expression as she finally got him to his feet.
Even if Kimiko could have said something through her shock she wouldn't have had the chance, while she at Jack had been talking and trying to get him on his feet the man who had brought him here had been on the phone talking to someone the phone and suddenly the sound of a helicopter approaching stopped everyone in their tracks.
"Right on track, well Spicer, are you going to listen to me now or do I actually have to have the helicopter land and bring little Gloria down here?" the man asked in a taunting way.
"You miserable asshole, I haven't seen Gloria for almost two years and now…" Jack started to say angrily before being interrupted.
"Look Spicer I really don't want to have to bring Gloria here but if you don't listen to me I'll have no choice…now will you get that Shen Gong Wu or not." The man asked with a mocking smile.
"From the look on your face I'll take that as a yes, not a very willing yes but a yes nonetheless… now get going." The man added with a chuckle at Jack's angry and frustrated expression before suddenly throwing Jack's helipack at him.
Jack didn't know where the man had gotten his helipack but was glad that he had it now, the rest of the monks and the Heylin were already pretty far ahead and he knew that his helipack was the only way he was going to be able to keep up.
"Jack, wait please, you don't have to do this; we can help you…" Kimiko started to say kindly as Jack put on his pack but was interrupted as he started it up.
Though still weak from having been electrocuted by the stupid collar that was still around his neck, Jack was able to push off from the ground and then allow his helipad to help him speed along after the others. Kimiko of course followed him though unlike the other monks Jack knew she wasn't really after the Wu. Kimiko and Ping Pong had always been fairly kind to him during his years on the Heylin but Kimiko had often tried at times to be kind when they weren't fighting him…now however Jack had to try to ignore her; he had to get that Wu if he wanted to keep his little Gloria safe and nothing she said was going to change his mind.
Pushing his helipack harder than he had ever pushed it before Jack made it to the rock just as everyone else did, Kimiko also made it thanks to her monk training helping her speed and all of them did when multiple people touch them this Wu began to glow.
"Oh my, so many people in this challenge" Ping Pong said, looking shocked as the Wu began to glow.
"Yes this will be a most interesting fight, Spicer, do you have a Wu to wager?" Omi said looking excited.
"Of course he does Omi, here Jack." Kimiko said before handing Jack a Wu she had been holding on to.
"What are you doing Kim, Jack's situation aside you do realize that he's against…" Raimundo started to ask before being interrupted.
"Yes Rai I know but I have a good reason, there's more going on than..." Kimiko started to say snippily, but was not able to explain further because Shadow interrupted.
"Look you, working with Spicer is great and all but I don't have time for this. Can we get onto the rules over the challenge already so I can win the Wu and go home?" she asked with an annoyed look on her face.
"I'm afraid I agree with the little apprentice, let's get this started so she can go home crying to her master." Bean said with a chuckle.
"I thought you wanted to start this, if you two love birds would stop arguing maybe we could start!" Jack said angrily before Shadow could counter what Bean had said and shocking both in the process
"Well Jack has a point, you did say that you wanted to start." Wuya says not bothering to hide a chuckle in amusement.
"Fine, someone make up the rules already!" Bean and Shadow both said at the same time.
"The game will be extreme hopscotch, whoever can get to the middle stone where the Shen gong Wu is balancing, retrieve it, and make it back to where they started without falling off the rocks to the floor below will get all the Wu." Kimiko said before anyone else could speak.
"But Kimiko Jack has his helipack, that gives him a…" Raimundo started to protest before being interrupted.
"What's the matter little wind dragon, scared that you can't take Spicer down?" Shadow mocked.
"Of course I'm not, appearance changed or not, Spicer is still probably not..." Raimundo started to say angrily before again being interrupted though not by shadow this time.
"Well come on then, you seem to be the only one with the problem." Wuya said, rolling her eyes.
"Fine, let's start this already." Raimundo said, looking very annoyed before everyone said the chant they always did to start the match.
Had he not been preoccupied with the world changing around him Jack might have looked over at the man who had brought him here in amusement when heard a shocked gasp; Jack remembered his first time in a Shen Gong Wu challenge and knew had been just as stunned.
Unfortunately there was no time to relive old memories as he had to focus on getting the Wu once the world had changed, despite Raimundo's worry Jack knew the Heylins weren't going to let him have the advantage or at least not for long and Jack also knew that this was something he was going to have to plan for when the match began.