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. There will be yaoi somewhere in this fanfiction (perhaps later), therefore, if you don't like yaoi you might not want to read this fanfiction.
4. There will be Yaoi later in this fanfiction, if that makes you uncomfortable then I highly suggest you don't read.
Anyway enough with my yapping, let's move on to the story Shall we; I hope you enjoy.
Of course Jack was immediately proven right about his hunch that the Heylin wouldn't let him keep his advantage, once the match had begun Bean used one of his vine like arms to try to grab him and toss him to the ground. Thankfully Jack had years of experience with his helipack and knew how to dodge in just the right way to avoid Bean's hit.
Once out of the overgrown bean's way Jack zoomed along trying to get past everyone else and get to the Wu, of course he knew it still wasn't going to be that easy and sure enough he was once again proven right as Raimundo levitated up to where he was flying over.
"I tried to tell her, look Spicer, I don't know what's going on with you or what Kim heard that I didn't but I'm not going to just let you fly over to the Shen Gong Wu." Raimundo said with a sigh before attempting to blow Jack out of the sky with his wind powers.
This time Jack did get blown back before he could dodge and couldn't help but groan, the wind dragon in training had gotten a lot more powerful over the seven years he'd been gone and though he hadn't been trying to severely hurt Jack; it still hurt nonetheless.
"Damn it I don't have time for this… I have to get that Wu and you're not going to stop me Raimundo!" Jack said as the wind dragon was speeding over to him to try to knock him back even farther.
How he did it he wasn't sure but as he managed to get past Raimundo he decided that it didn't matter, all that mattered now to Jack keeping far away from him and getting past everyone to the Shen Gong Wu. Thankfully for Jack Raimundo seemed to have decided that he too needed to focus on the others that were after the Shen gong Wu, Shadow in particular was getting closer and Jack knew that she was the last person the young wind dragon wanted to have it.
With two both becoming distracted by each other Jack took the opportunity to speed over to the Wu, he was actually able to land on the platform where the rock the Wu was balancing on was but as he reached for it knew there was no way he'd be able to hold on to it long.
"I don't think so Jack, be a good handsome young man and give your old friend Wuya that Shen Gong Wu." The old witch said, batting her eyes seductively and speaking in a sickly sweet way just as she used to when he was a child, as she landed right next to Jack on the rock's platform.
"Sorry but I'm not as naive as I used to be Wuya, you want this Wu come get it!" Jack shouted before pushing off the platform and going back into the air.
Of course Wuya was far then happy that her persuasion skills didn't work on Jack and to show this frustration she hurled a fireball at Jack. Unfortunately Jack had turned his back on the old witch and only saw the fire ball just as it was getting almost too close to dodge, he managed to avoid being hit somewhere fatal but there was no way to avoid the fireball completely and sure enough the masses fireball hit his helipack and apart of his back.
Wuya had obviously not been intending to hit him so hard because Jack heard the old witch gasp as the impact from the fireball sent him flying through the air and eventually caused him to hit the ground hard.
"What the hell do you think you're doing, get up… you have that Shen Gong Wu, now get up." The man who brought him here screamed furiously as Jack struggled to get back off.
"Did you not see Jack Spicer get hit by a fireball, you should not be so impatient and angry with him." Ping Pong said suddenly landing on the same spot Jack had crashed onto.
"My Gecko is correct, Jack had a good start and had the Shen Gong Wu much longer then he's had one in a while… still it is time to take it." Omi said, also appearing on the rock with Ping Pong.
"Sorry Omi but I don't think so, you're not taking anything." Jack said managing to get up despite the pain he was in thanks to Wuya's fire ball hitting him.
The one thing that was good and bad about these two particular monks was their sense of honor, sure the others had honor too but Jack was still pretty sure that they would have tried to stop him somehow; Omi and PingPong knew he was injured and as he tried to get himself back into the air they only half tried to stop him.
Despite this error of theirs Jack could tell that he wouldn't be staying in the air much longer, he didn't need to see the helipack to know it had been damaged…he could hear it and knew that he had to try to get back to his starting point as fast as possible.
"Why hello there Jack, you're lucky that those two let you go….you won't be so lucky with me." Bean said, suddenly appearing again after having not really bothered Jack for a while.
"Oh shit, sorry Bean but you're the second to last member of the Heylin I want to see at the moment." Jack groaned trying to get away.
Of course Jack knew that there was no way he'd be getting away this time, his helipack was in no condition to go the speed he needed and he also knew there was no way that it would be able to perform the moves he needed to successfully dodge Bean. Despite knowing this however, Jack was not prepared for how much it would hurt when one of Bean's vines did in fact get a hold of his leg and squeezed a hold of it hard.
"Think I can hear the bone in your leg cracking Jackie… be a good boy now and get down here so I can get that Wu." Bean said getting a hold on Jack but not being able to pull him down because Jack was pushing his helipack in to keep him in the air.
"Yeah I can hear it too Bean but I think I'll stay up here." Jack said trying to sound confident but almost losing as the sound of his helipack's engine starting to have issues filled his ears.
"Now come on Jack, I may not know as much about technology as you do but I can hear that engine of yours and I'm pretty sure that you're not gonna be staying up in the air for much longer so make it easier on yourself and…" Bean started to mock when suddenly he was interrupted.
"Spicer you worthless worm, stop talking to that overgrown talking bean and get me that Wu; you know what I warned you… it's time to give you some better motivation." The man who brought Jack here said, sounding very angry and then suddenly pulling out his phone.
"You bastard I have the Wu and I'm trying to get free; don't you dare call that helicopter!" Jack said desperately struggling to pull himself free and not caring about the fact that he could hear his bone cracking even more.
Of course in his desperation to get free Jack had become distracted from keeping his helipack in the air and Bean took this distraction and used it to his advantage by tossing Jack through the air and causing him to land on yet another rock.
"Oh god, well so much for the helipack…. and my leg" Jack groaned as he heard his helipack and his leg break upon impact with the new rock and promptly tossed the broken pack from his back.
The only good thing about landing where he had was that Bean had unintentionally thrown him closer to his starting point, even this didn't encourage Jack however because as he heard the sound of the helicopter coming back he knew that no matter what he tried to do something bad would happen. Jack tried but failed miserably to stand and as he painfully ended up back on the ground the whole Shen Gong Wu challenge stopped as everyone stared in shock at the fact that a helicopter was trying to enter the distorted world of the challenge, this had never been done or seen before and as the helicopter got to the apparent barrier that blocked the real world from the challenge world.
"Are they nuts, if they don't stop they're gonna…" Raimundo started to say when suddenly a horrible sound stopped him in his tracks.
Jack didn't want to look because he knew where the sound was coming from and knew what was going to happen, still he couldn't help but look up and watch in horror as the helicopter entered the challenge world and immediately started having problems.
"No, Gloria… no please no!" Jack screamed in terror trying in vain to get up again as he watched the helicopter start falling from the sky.
There were no words to describe how grateful he felt as he watched Kimiko rush over to the helicopter, despite having been previously engaged in a battle with Shadow, and saw her going to save his daughter. Before he could see if she had been successful however Jack's view, as well as everyone else's, was blocked by a large cloud of smoke from the helicopter as it crashed nearby.
"Well shit so much for my advantage on you, should have listened to me Spicer; now not only is your little monk friend dead but so is…" the man who brought him here started to say not seeming to care about the fact that people he'd worked with had died in that crash or Jack's daughter, but being interrupted before he could finish.
"Shut up… you miserable bastard just shut up." Jack said not noticing or caring about the fact that his voice sounded dark and different from usual.
"Or what Spicer, what could you possibly do to…" the man started to mock but then stopped suddenly as Jack's eyes immediately hit his.
Jack didn't know or care what had made the man finally shut up, nor did he notice the fact that everyone was suddenly staring at him again; he also didn't notice the fact that he had somehow stood up despite his severely broken leg… all he cared about at the moment was that he was beyond furious at the thought that not only had Kimiko had died because of him but so had his daughter.
As this familiar fury bubbled up inside him Jack was unable to calm down and started to notice that the angrier he got the odder certain things started to act, as he clenched his fist so hard that his nails dug into his palms and dropped the Wu he had been holding up until now Jack saw something odd start to happen. It was subtle at first but there was no mistaking the fact that the broken pieces of the helipack were coming toward him and started floating above his head, not only that as he got even angrier Jack noticed that debris was heading toward him as well.
Of course having debris flying toward him was not the most welcoming sight no matter how angry he was or how fascinating it was, this being the case Jack ignored his fury for a moment and couldn't help but flinch and try to brace for impact as the debris got closer.
"What the? What's going on?" Jack couldn't help but wonder to himself when he didn't feel the impact he'd been expecting and opened his eyes again.
He knew he looked shocked as his eyes opened and he saw that the debris was floating around him but to be fair everyone else looked shocked as well so he didn't feel too bad for being dumbfounded, not knowing how he thought of it Jack smirked as a sudden idea filled his head and he turned back toward the man who had brought him here… and the man who had killed Kimiko and his precious little girl
"Oh shit, no wait… I know you're pissed but please wait." The man begged somehow knowing what Jack was thinking and trying to get away but failing because the challenge was still going and there was nowhere to run.
Jack didn't care that he was suddenly able to walk without feeling pain, he didn't care about the fact that the Wu was laying not that far from him and he could have picked it up, and finally didn't know why or how the debris was floating around him…all that mattered was that he seemed to be able to control the debris and despite this asshole's begging Jack had no thoughts of mercy on his mind as he approached him.
"You… you'll pay for what you've done, I'm going to make you scream!" Jack said darkly as he got ever closer to the moment.
"Oh come on you don't even know what you're doing or how, besides even if you did know what you're doing hurting me won't…" the man said in a panic as he tried to get away from Jack but getting interrupted.
"You're right this won't bring them back but I don't care… I plan on doing a lot more than hurting you" Jack said with a dark smile at which point the debris around him started to sharpen and point directly at the man.
Though he didn't know if it would work Jack raised his arm and pointed at the man, the smile that formed on his face as the debris flew toward the man was sinister but vanished almost immediately as the man managed to dodge a fatal attack.
"If you think you can keep dodging me you're wrong, there's only so many places you can go while the challenge is still going on and I will get you before it ends." Jack screamed at the panicked man which caused more of the floating debris to go in his direction.
"Jack stop, dude I understand that you are mad but doing what you're doing won't…"Raimundo started to say as he levitated over to Jack to try to stop him but was interrupted.
"No you don't understand, you'll never understand what I've just lost… Now get out my way!" Jack screamed furiously and unintentionally causing debris to go flying at the wind Dragon in training.
Normally Jack would have actually felt bad about what he had done but with Raimundo out of the way he could focus on the man again…or at least try to.
"Jack, Raimundo is right, you need to calm yourself; if you do anything while angry you will regret it when…" Omi started to say as he appeared next to try to stop Jack but was interrupted just as Rai had been.
"Get out of the way Omi, I don't want to hurt you or your friends… all of you just leave me alone!" Jack screamed which, like it had with Rai, caused debris to fly at Omi.
This time was different then before and despite the fury he was feeling even Jack had to pause for a minute in shock as some debris went after Ping Pong and Clay; the other Heylin looked pleased by this and took the opportunity to go after the Wu Jack had dropped but were shocked as the debris went after them too.
"You see, you can't even control it you idiot, how do you expect to hit me when you…" the man he had been chasing mocked when suddenly he stopped as Jack glared at him.
There was no way he was gonna get away now and he knew it, there was a warped tree behind him blocking him from escaping that way and with Jack in front of him; Jack knew that he had the idiot trapped and with a somehow seemingly unlimited supply of debris flying around his head he prepared to finish him off.
"This is for all the pain you've helped cause me through the last two years." Jack said before using his debris to pin one of the man's sleeves to the tree.
"This is for bringing Gloria here in the first place and trying to use her against me." Jack added pinning the man's other sleeve to the dress despite the man pleading with him to stop.
"And this is for them, this is for you causing the death of…" Jack started to say preparing to fire on the last piece of the floating debris at the man when suddenly arms encircled Jack's waist and he interrupted.
"Jack stop, we're not dead, your daughter is safe...she's right over there." Kimiko's voice said from behind him as she tried to hold his arms down and stop him.
Of course Jack was shocked by the sound of Kimiko's voice and from the look of her tiny arms as they tried to hold him he could tell she had been hurt but what concerned Jack more than this was the fact as she had said his daughter was alive too, desperate to see if this was true Jack looked around and almost all the fury he felt melted away when he caught sight of his beautiful Gloria sitting on a nearby rock looking completely uninjured.
"Daddy! Daddy, I missed you so much!" The little girl cued happily at the sight of him which melted his heart even more and caused him to temporarily forget about the man he'd pinned to the tree… which he was about to find out was a very bad thing to do.