I'm still lazy... (no summary or anything... yet)

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"What's taking her so long!" Rai said impatiently as they waited outside.

Dojo had also sensed the Shen-gong-wu and they wanted to go get it.

"Maybe they found her!" Omi said worriedly.

"Well, I wouldn't rule that out," Clay said.

"Let's go get her now! The sooner the better!" Rai said and started to hop the fence when he heard the gate open up.

They all froze. Rai who was on top of the fence didn't see anybody so he assumed it was Kimiko and went running over. The others followed.

Kimiko pulled off the Shroud of Shadows as she pulled an unconscious Jack through the gates. Jack was heavy but he was surprisingly lighter than she'd expected so she didn't have that much of a trouble dragging him along.

"Well, I got him," Kimiko sighed.

"Good let's get out of here," Rai said.

"What about the Shen-gong-wu?" Kimiko asked.

"It's not that important let's just get Jack back to the temple before he wakes up," Dojo said.

"Alright," they said as they got off Dojo and dragged Jack inside.

"Let's get him tied up," Clay suggested.

"Here's some rope," Rai said and handed it to Kimiko, "tie him to the chair then tie his hands together."

Kimiko growled but did it anywayWhen she grabbed Jack's hands she noticed how
cold he was. He was absolutely freezing and that wasn't all - he had hastily tied bandages around his wrists. Creepy Jack Spicer, she thought to herself, but didn't say anything to others.

"Okay, so we got him tied up," Clay said, looking at the bonds, "Now what?"

No one said anything.

Maybe I shouldn't have taken him, Kimiko thought.

"Now we make him wake up and tell us his dastardly plan!" Omi finally said in a triumphant voice.

"Good idea," Raimundo said.

Before anyone else could say anything Raimundo slapped Jack across the
face.

That was enough to do the trick. Jack moaned and groggily opened his eyes to the sight of the four Xiaolin Dragons glaring angrily at him. Like they have the nerve, Jack thought bitterly, they're way better than I'll ever be and they're the angry ones.

"Good morning, Sunshine," Clay said sarcastically, and all Jack did was stare at him transfixed, a somber look on his face.

"Not so high and mighty now," Raimundo catcalled, a sly smile plastered onhis face.

"Like you're one to talk," Jack said quietly locking eyes with him.

"Shut up!" Raimundo yelled angrily, "I'm still paying for that!"

"Mmm-hhhmm," Jack said slowly and stared at the ground. There were a lot of things he was paying for too. Some them weren't him really his fault. He kinda sympathized with Raimundo but not really. Raimundo was lucky he was not too far gone.

"What's that suppose to mean?" Raimundo shouted angrily, not getting his point.

"It means yay for you! You have friends that..." Jack yelled at him but stopped himself from any further ranting. He hated to let the dragons see him, especially like this... but in the end it doesn't even matter.

"Have friends that what!" Kimiko asked him quietly.

"Nothing, it doesn't even matter," Jack stated, "nothing about me matters, never did and never will." Jack's head bowed down and he focused on a
spot on the floor.

"What are you scheming, Jack?" Clay asked trying to break the uneasy silence that had found its way into the room.

"Death," Jack spat flatly they looked at him incredulously, "Mine. I tried it once already," He motioned to his bandaged wrists, he didn't care now if they saw him like this it'd all be over soon.

"It didn't work out so well," Jack finished.

"You want to kill yourself!" Omi asked surprised.

"Yeah, I've always wanted to meet the Reaper, just decided to speed up the wait," Jack laughed, but everyone could tell it wasn't a joke and it wasn't funny.

"So you're not scheming?" Raimundo said still suspicious.

"I told you," Jack spat annoyed, "you're not the only atoning for you're
sins."

"Atoning for you're sins!" Raimudo said now flat out angry, "What makes
you think your death will atone for your sins!"

"They won't," Jack sighed, "Nothing would and nothing will... my death will just make it..." He was struggling to find the right words, "Some what... better. Nothing I do will ever pay for all the things I've done."

The room was too quiet... too silent... too somber after those words. They rang through the dragons ears and left an empty feeling in the pit of their stomachs. Jack wasn't making it up he was now fully telling the truth behind
the lies.

Jack's head dropped and he once again slipped into unconsciousness.