Depression Kills
Disclaimer: i don't own Xiaolin Showdown

Ch. 6

It had been several days since Jack's confession and he wasn't feeling any better. He hated his father, he hated himself. Kimiko and Raimundo tried to remain like they never knew but the minds kept straying to it.

"I can never have redemption," Jack sighed, seeing Kimiko staring at him.

"I just want you to eat," Kimiko lied and shoved the soup toward Jack.

"You're a bad liar," Jack sighed shoving the bowl away and standing
up to go to sleep. To him everything had become more restless and lost. He
wanted desperately just to end it all.

And that night as he lay in bed sleep not coming to him he decided that he would, end it that is. End all of it... take the bastard down with him. He still had the gun, there was still bullets, and he knew he could do it.

It would be his last task before the Reaper had his way.

Slowly and cautiously Jack got up out of bed. He checked around to see if anyone was still up. Satisfied that everyone was silently, or otherwise, sleeping the night away he left for the vault. Jack was rather sorry he had take a shen-gong-wu but this would definitely be the last time.

He crept down the staricase and started to busily search for the wu he wanted.

Ten minutes later he realised the one wanted wasn't there and left the vault grumbling.

Instead he went and found his helipack. He took one last look at the surrounding area before he wished it all goodbye and took off into the night sky.

The trip back to his home had been cold and frigid one and he shook himself from the cold as landed. Thinking about it he laughed slowly to himself, I should be used to the cold, either way the cold will become me.

He crossed the path to the front door and grabbed the spare key from the flower pot. Old and predictable, he thought as he pushed the key into the hole. He turned the key slowly and heard all the little locks inside turning as well.

He wandered about, what looked to be aimlessly to anybody who was watching him. Finally he had reached his first destination, his room. The gun and bullets were in there. Turning the knob he went straight in and went into the middle of the room close to his bed. He leaned down picked one of the floor boards and slowly but deliberately reached inside pulling out the small shiny pistol, followed by the case of bullets. Again in a slow
and deliberate way he filled the gun.

"So, I was wandering if you'd come back for me," A low voice snided, filling the darkness.

"So, I have," Jack sighed as stood to face the older man.

"So, you going to shoot me?" he laughed.

"Yes, I'm going to take you to Hell with me," Jack said quietly and slid down his goggles onto his face.

"I'd like to see you try," he laughed again, with that laugh made Jack sick.

"What you think I won't shoot?" Jack said, still in his low venomous tone. He aimed the pistol at his father.

"I'm just saying you're a bad shot and you don't have the element of surprise like last time," his father said slowly.

"It doesn't matter you killed her!" Jack growled through gritted teeth, and cocked the gun, "you took my mother away from me!"

"Yeah, I did," he growled back, "It was just another way to make you suffer."

"I never did anything to you!" Jack hissed, the gun shaking in his hand.

"You were born!" his father growled, "The little bastard that you were."

"Are you afraid to go to Hell?" Jack asked regain his composure.

"Are you?" he asked.

"No," Jack told him defiantly, "Hell will be waiting for the both of us."
All of the sudden he charged at Jack and Jack ducked and ran out of the way. Now Jack was in the doorway and he was in the room.

"You should've run when you had the chance," Jack sighed evilly,
held the gun back up, "Now you're dead."

"JACK, NO!" Kimiko shouted and flung herself at the red head. She surprised him and the gun went off hitting his father in the leg.

Jack sneered, looking at her, "Why are you here!"

"Because I don't want you to do this!" Kimiko yelled at him tears freely flowing down her cheeks.

"But I'm going to!" Jack yelled at her and held the gun back out towards his father.

Kimiko wrapped her arms around him and kissed his cheek, "I love you."
Jack was so surprised at her sudden outburst that he dropped the gun, luckily it didn't go off.

Jack's father made a grab for it and Jack realised it too late the gun was now pointed him and Kimiko.

"Well, now look who's in control now!" he laughed at the two.
Kimiko held tighter to Jack and whimpered.

"I think I'll shoot her first!" he yelled and cocked the gun at her.

Not seeing a little shadow move out of the corner of his eye.

The gun went off as Raimundo connected his fist into Jack's father's hand. The shot hit the floor and so did the gun. With Raimundo's lightning-fast moves he now had the gun in his hands and the barrel was now directly on Jack's father's temple.

"So, you're Jack's father," he sighed as tapped the gun on his head.

"Raimundo!" Kimiko yelled out in surprise.

"I took the Shroud of Shadows and followed you," he explain.

"Oh, isn't this touching," Jack's father growled and tried to wrestle Raimundo. Raimundo being pretty strong was not having any of it.

"Shut up, I don't like you," Raimundo told him, adding, "And I won't hesitate shoot you."

"Raimundo, don't!" Jack protested, trying to get free from Kimiko, "I should that!"

"But I would," Raimundo sighed, as he stared at Jack, "we're friends."

Just then Jack's dad's leg finally decided to give way and he crumpled to his feet.

"We can't keep him alive," Raimundo sighed the gun hadn't even flinched from the side of his head.

"I can't let you do this!" Jack said as freed himself from Kimiko
and grabbed the gun, "I'll kill him."

He aimed it back at his father's head. Any sympathy for his father would only come back to get him.

With that last thought he pulled the trigger and with loud bang
crimson sprayed all over over the floor and onto the bed. Kimiko shrieked at
the sight.

"So it's done," Jack sighed and lifted the gun to his own head.

Raimundo swiftly grabbed the gun from his hands.

"You can't do this!" he yelled at Jack and threw the gun.

Story end-

This chapter reposted, those italicized words weren't supposed to be there. Got to watch better.