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. Up until now the chapters have been roughly from Jack's point of view, or more like in third person view, this chapter however will switch point of views…sometimes even more than once. Hopefully this isn't a problem for all of you reading this and hopefully you enjoy the chapter.
4. Be aware that Shadow's voice actress, Jennifer Hale, gave her either an Australian or a New Zealand style accent (Sorry I find it hard to tell the difference just by listening… so I'll ask that anyone reading this from these two places would please not flame me) hence Shadow has an attempt at writing a character with an accent. I already have it hard enough doing it for Clay and Rai who both have different accents of their own so PLEASE no flames if I fail miserably at making it seem like she's speaking properly.
5. Yes I gave Jack's Daughter powers too, I think it makes her more interesting and gives Chase another reason to keep her around later on. I don't tell you exactly what her powers are yet but I will later.I also finally tell you what the acronym Gloria's name stands for and give you the nickname she'll be called through most of the fanfiction now. I'm sorry if you don't like either of these but remember she is my character so I can edit her how I please… still constructive criticism is appreciated.
6. 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.
Anyway enough with my yapping, let's move on to the story Shall we; I hope you enjoy.
How he had gotten free from being pinned to that tree Jack wasn't sure, but the only reason he noticed that he had was the fact that he heard a strange sound coming from that direction; as he looked he was shocked to see a gun being pointed at him.
"Wow you really are dumb aren't you, Jack just had flying metal debris floating around him and you're pointing that at him and planning to shoot him with it?" Shadow asked, suddenly popping up and holding the wu in her hand.
Of course the sudden realization that the debris that he'd somehow been controlling had been metal was shocking, but before Jack could really be shocked his thoughts were interrupted.
"Good point, but let's see if he can stop me shooting someone else." The man smirked before aiming the gun at Jack's daughter.
There was no way Jack would have been able to protect his poor daughter in time even though Kimiko had let go of him; and he knew it. Now that his fury had ebbed slightly, the debris was no longer floating above him anymore and the pain in his leg and the burn he'd gotten on his back prevented him from moving.
This terrifying realization being the case Jack was shocked by the fact that Shadow, for reasons he didn't understand, threw the Wu at him and grabbed his daughter before the bullet the man had fired could reach her.
"Wait, I don't understand. Why would you…" Jack started to ask when suddenly Shadow shoved him hard off the rock he was on and sent him flying.
The force of being shoved off the rock cracked Jack's rib and severely confused him, he was about to ask Shadow what the hell she was thinking when suddenly the challenge world disappeared around him and he realized what had just happened.
"What the hell man, Shadow just gave Jack the Wu and let him win" Raimundo said, sounding just as shocked and dumbfounded as Jack was feeling.
"I know you must be confused but there's a method to my madness, I know you must be desperate to get your little girl back but I think I'll hold onto her for a while…you know where to find me when you get healed up enough to move." Shadow said with a mischievous smirk.
"Wait what do you mean you mean you're going to hold on to her for a while, Shadow don't you dare take my…." Jack started to say getting instantly angry again but getting interrupted by Shadow teleporting away.
"No damn it no, I'm going to find that annoying woman and I'm going to…" Jack started to say angrily as he tried to stand but stopped as a jolt of pain coursed through his body.
"You're not going anywhere, Spicer; except with us." Wuya said suddenly plopping in front of Jack as Bean meanwhile, in cold blood, killed the man that had caused Jack so much trouble.
"Wuya is right Jackie, we'll work together for a short period of time so we can… get to know you a bit better after obviously not doing a very good job at doing so in our earlier years of knowing you." Bean said, licking off the now bloody vine that he'd used to kill the man.
"Sorry ta tell y'all this but Jack aint going with either of ya… he'll be coming with us for a while." Clay said picking him up as gently as possible as Raimundo did the same for Kimiko who had also collapsed.
Before either Bean or Wuya could do anything to stop them the monks borrowed one of the many Shen Gong Wu Jack had won, the Golden Tiger Claws to be specific, and teleported away right as Jack lost consciousness.
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Shadow's P.O.V:
He was going to be furious with her and she knew that as she entered his fortress, still she knew she'd be able to calm him down when she showed and explained to him what had happened.
"It's amazing it really is, he's going to be very shocked that he never noticed it before… he'll also be shocked to see you little one and to learn who you are." Shadow said mostly to herself at first and then to the tiny little girl that she was holding in her arms.
Of course the girl didn't say anything to her and Shadow hadn't expected her too, though she could see the intelligence behind the little one's eyes she also knew that what the girl had probably been through had been traumatic for her and knew it could take a while for the girl to warm up to her.
"I bet you'd like to walk around wouldn't you little one… I'll let you down and let you follow me if you promise not to try to escape." Shadow said not expecting an answer but wanted to talk to someone before she would be forced to talk to her master.
To her surprise the girl nodded in response to the question and looked up at her pleadingly, not a word was said between the two but Shadow knew somehow that the girl was promising to behave.
"There's a good girl, now we'll be meeting my master soon and when we go into the room I want you to wait off to the side until I decide to introduce you to him…understand little one." Shadow said, trying not to be too scary but also trying to make it clear that she was not to be messed with as she set the girl on the ground.
Again the girl didn't speak but Shadow did accept the girl's nod as a sign that she had understood, with this done Shadow continued walking and was pleased to see the little girl following behind her. With her heightened sense of smell Shadow found her way to where her master was but as she reached the door shadow could help but pause for a second.
"You're scared aren't you?" A quiet and sweet little voice asked suddenly which surprised Shadow.
"Of course not silly, why in the world would I be scared." Shadow said, looking down at the tiny little girl with a fake chuckle.
"If you say so Miss." The little girl said with a shrug somehow knowing that Shadow was lying despite the fact that Shadow had hidden it very well.
"Well I do, now try to be a quiet sweetie…I want to keep you a secret from my master for now." Shadow said, sounding more stern than she'd intended.
Again the girl merrily nodded and didn't seem bothered by Shadow's sternness, instead she seemed more interested in the door in front of them and with a sigh Shadow decided that it was time to go in and get this over with. As Shadow opened the door the girl followed closely behind and with a slight gesture from Shadow she hid behind a nearby pillar as Shadow approached her Master who was standing near the Cauldron they used to spy on whomever they chose to.
"Ah there you are Shadow, from the fact that you're not holding all the Shen Gong Wu you begged me to let you go try to prove yourself to me I'd say things didn't go well." Her master said, sounding not at all pleased.
"Chase I know you're not happy with me but I can..." Shadow started to say when suddenly she stopped because her master's eyes flashed opened and were aimed right at her.
"No you're not getting out of this Shadow, I'm tired of giving you all these chances to prove yourself and having you fail." Chase Young said darkly.
"I know you're angry but after I tell you what happened today I know you won't be…" Shadow started to say in a more submissive way before being interrupted yet again.
"You foolish girl, what makes you think I want to see your failure; what makes you think I care about whatever it is you want me to see." Chase asked, vanishing from where he had been standing and popping up again right behind her.
"Please master, if you'll just calm down and listen to me for a moment I can show you something that you won't…" Shadow started pleading now in hopes that it would work but getting interrupted again…only much more harshly this time.
"That's enough out of you, I never should have created you but I'll make sure…" Chase started to say as he grabbed Shadow by her throat when suddenly he was interrupted by something flying toward him.
Of course Chase dodged it with little effort but nonetheless was distracted from Shadow long enough to take pressure off of the girl's throat and to stare in the direction whatever had been thrown at him had been thrown.
"Leave her alone you big meanie!." Gloria said angrily holding what looked like glowing yellow energy balls in her hand.
"Well now isn't this a surprise, you didn't mention that we had a guest Shadow…and who would you be little one." Chase said first to shadow as he tossed the gasping girl to the side and walked over to the little girl.
"My full name is Gloria Izzabella Zena Marie Olivia Spicer but I don't like being called that much, instead I like being called…"Gloria started to say cleverly as she bravely stayed put as Chase walked toward her but getting interrupted as Chase stopped and stared at her.
"Wait Spicer, as in Jack Spicer or some other Spicer." Chase said, looking at Gloria in shock.
"That's right master, Jack Spicer." Shadow said timidly after having got her breath back and before Gloria could say anything.
"Is this girl Spicer's sister or cousin, if so she's very young… she has to be only two or three and why on earth would you bring a relation to that annoyance here." Chase said, looking over at Shadow in a very confused way.
"I'll have you know I'm four, not two or three; and I'll also have you know that he's my Daddy and he is not an annoyance." Gloria said, throwing another of the strange yellow glowing balls at Chase because she was angry.
"Your father?! Shadow, this little girl is Jack Spicer's daughter?!" Chase said again, easily dodging but also looking at Shadow in a confused and shocked way.
"Yes master she is." Shadow said still in a timid submissive way because she was afraid of what Chase would do to her.
"Alright Shadow I'm intrigued now and want you to explain, as for you little Gloria I won't hurt you now that I see that you have one of the many elemental dragon powers." Chase said as Gloria glared at him.
"Gloria here isn't the only one that's show elemental dragon powers today Master, Jack was at the challenge today and…" Shadow started to say when suddenly she was interrupted.
"Wait, Spicer was at the challenge, he hasn't been at a challenge in seven years." Chase said looking confused yet again.
"Yes I know he hasn't and as you can see a lot has changed…even more so then you might think." Shadow smirked as she patted Gloria on the head.
"Apparently so, alright you have my favor again… I'll let you explain what happened today and what possessed you to bring Spicer's daughter here when like me you clearly didn't know she was a dragon." Chase said having seen the surprised look on Shadow's face when Gloria had thrown the energy balls at him.
"I think it'll be easier to show you Master, I warn you though it's a bit shocking… you might want to sit." Shadow advised Chase.
"I'm sure I'll be fine Shadow, now then come over to the cauldron and bring Gloria with you." Chase ordered sounding less angry then he had been but nonetheless stern.
"GIZMO… call me Gizmo please, that's my nickname." Gloria said stubbornly not moving right away like Shadow did when ordered.
"Very well child I'll call you by your nickname… now do as you're told before I lose patience with you" Chase ordered, watching the little girl carefully as the balls of energy disappeared from her hand and also waiting for her to do as he said.
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Gizmo's P.O.V:
Gizmo sighed but did as she was ordered, unlike Chase and Shadow however, she chose to sit down because the four year old was tired after all that had happened and didn't want to have to watch what had happened all over again. It was all she could do not to laugh at the expressions the mean man the woman called Shadow had called Chase made… especially at the sight of her daddy.
"That's Jack?!" she heard him ask which made her giggle come out and earned her a look.
"Yes sir that's him, a lot has changed in the last seven years hasn't it… but that's not even the best part" Shadow said before gesturing for Chase to continue watching which he did.
Gizmo grew bored after a while but didn't move, she didn't feel like she should have to listen to the mean man called Chase but had been taught to respect her elders and thus sat and waited until she was told to do otherwise.
"There you go master… what do you think?" Shadow finally asked Chase after what seemed like forever to little Gizmo.
"Master… are you okay?" Shadow added in a confused way when for a moment Chase continued to stare down at the cauldron and not say anything.
"I think you broke him." Gizmo said quietly with a giggle as she watched Chase.
"Don't be a silly little girl, I'm sure he'll be…" Shadow started to say with a slight glare to Gizmo before being interrupted.
"How could I not have seen this, all those years around Spicer and never once did I consider that he might have powers like the monks." Chase said not sounding very pleased.
"Look I haven't known Spicer as long as you have Master but in the years I had to deal with him in the showdowns he was a whiny preteen genius who was too incompetent to be successful, he never showed any…." Shadow said, trying to make Chase feel better but getting interrupted.
"True as that may be had I taken the time to actually train the young man in his preteen years, instead of using him for my own means and then later ignoring him like I did, we would have a powerful ally now.
"To think, the metal elemental dragon was right in front of me all of those years, it makes so much sense now that I look back and think about it and I just let him slip through my fingers.
"Look, beating yourself up for what happened in the past won't solve anything, actually when you think about it knowing about Jack now is better than finding out about him in the past." Shadow said which earned a strange look from Chase and a giggle from Gizmo.
"What do you mean Shadow, If I had discovered this years ago…" Chase started to say before Shadow interrupted.
"Had you found out about Jack's powers in his preteen years you would have taken him in and tried to train him, as I said before however Jack was incompetent in those years and training him would have been a pain for you; knowing now however is better because clearly Jack isn't incompetent anymore…plus there's another perk." Shadow explained before looking over at Gizmo.
"Uh oh I don't like that weird look, I wonder what the meanie will say." Gizmo thought herself feeling a bit nervous but also curious.
"Yes you have a point Shadow, on both accounts." Chase nodded, also looking over at Gizmo.
"Well then Gizmo I think it's time to talk about a few things, I know you're still probably angry or afraid of me from earlier but I promise no harm will come to you… now will you allow me to talk to you. Chase added getting down to Gizmo's level and speaking to her as gently as an evil mastermind could manage so she wouldn't be so scared.
"You won't hurt me… or her?" Gizmo asked, a bit skeptically worried about herself and Shadow.
"I give you my word that no harm will come to you dear girl, as for Shadow; for you I'll do my best to be patient with her." Chase said, whispering the last part so only Gizmo could hear him.
"Well okay, I suppose I'll believe you… now what did you want to talk about? "Gizmo said still a little bit hesitant but decided to at least let Chase talk to her.
"You seem to have inherited your father's intelligence and though you're still clearly very young I noticed the fact that you threw balls of energy at me, this fact aside I'd be more than willing to teach you to figure out what your abilities are and how to control them." Chase said calmly to the little girl.
"Well I suppose it would be good to be able to control them, but I want to see my daddy... I haven't seen him since I was two because of the Bad Man and his man." Gizmo said talking about her grandfather which of course Chase didn't know.
"Wait what do you mean you haven't seen your father for …"Chase started to say looking confused for a minute but then being interrupted.
"It's a long story and I don't really understand some of it, anyway; can I please see me daddy." Gizmo said trying to be polite now but really wanting to see her father.
"Sadly not yet but don't worry I'm sure he'll come to get you soon, in the meantime you can stay here and explore my lair…I can even give you a tour if you like." Chase said, offering his hand to the little girl.
"You promise I'll see my Daddy again?" Gizmo asked hesitantly, not taking Chase's hand right away.
"I give you my word that you'll see him again and that when you do both of you will be allowed to come and go as you please, no what do you say… would you like a tour Gizmo." Chase asked, remaining patient and keeping his voice kind as Shadow looked nervous that Gizmo would accept.
"Well okay, I'll trust you for now sir." Gizmo said, trying to be polite now as she took Chase's hand.
"Please, call me Chase." The overlord said gently as he helped Gizmo stand up.
"Well if you insist, can we start that tour now please?" Gizmo asked, starting to get a bit excited now that she believed Chase would keep his word.
"But of course, little one." Chase said with a smirk before leading Gizmo toward the door that led in and out of the room.
Shadow couldn't help but smile as her master led the small girl out of the room, this little girl was special and Shadow knew that even if Chase did keep his word about letting her and Spicer come in go when they pleased that he'd be watching them closely from now on…for now though Shadow knew that Chase was far more concerned with Jack coming and she couldn't help but wonder what Spicer was doing now.