Me: Ahoyhoy! Let's carry on with the story!
Joe: I'm back! And I brought someone with me!
Theo: Ah, Firekid! Remember the first chapter?
Me: Oh. Crap!
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Raimundo frowned when the little boy didn't move towards them.
"Hey, you okay?" he asked, turning towards the child. "C'mon over, Jack and I won't hurt ya, will we, Jack?"
And just at that moment, a figure skidded between them, leaving a trail of fire, and stopped just before crashing into the wall. In the split second before he appeared, he had seen everything. He had seen Omi's unwavering calmness, Clay's doubt, Kimiko's fear, Wuya's evil, and the strange meeting of creatures from different dimensions. As soon as he stopped, he disappeared from view. He didn't want Wuya to know he was there yet. He watched as Spicer and Spicer were united.
A split second before he was hit, Theo disappeared and melted into shadow.
"Sorry about that guys," muttered Dojo.
"Oh my gosh, he just vanished!" yelled Clay.
"I know he was evil, but he is Joe's brother!" cried Kimiko.
"You do not scare us Wuya," said Omi. "Well, actually, you do a bit, but not much!" He grinned.
"Hah hah hah!"
Apparently, this 'Theo' was even easier to defeat than Wuya had first assumed. One blast and he was gone... couldn't even dodge it. And, since he had been taken care of, the witch could turn her attention to the Xiaolin warriors that were still alive and imprisoned.
"I don't scare you that much? Well, I'm you will be plenty scared once I'm finished with all of you..."
While Wuya was occupied with the Xiaolin Warriors, Theo went off to explore. He went through every room. When he passed through the room Raimundo and Spicer were in, he stopped and became human.
The boy lay still on the ground trying to stop his stomach and head room spinning. He lifted his head up a little and slowly opened his eyes attempting to at least find out were he was, only to find the room spinning in front of him. He closed his eyes and shook his head trying to clear it. He kept his eyes closed as he dizzily fumbled to get up but only managed to get up on his heads and knees, and he was barley stable like that. He tried to open his eyes again but the room was still swimming around him. He blinked as he tried to stop the world from spinning and slowly began to notice that there were two people right in front of him. One of them was saying something but he could barley register what it was as he squeaked in panic and tried to scrabble away from the strangers only to end up face first on the floor again. He tried to push his self up to get away again but a sudden wave of nausea washed over him as he pushed him self to his
hands and knees and he quickly put a hand over his mouth as the acidic taste of bile tainted his mouth.
Raimundo stepped back, pulling a face at the sick on the floor. "Aw, poor kid...Jack, let's get him to a bed or something. Maybe he'll feel better after something to drink and some rest."
"Raimundo!"
The sound of Wuya's voice echoed through the dark fortress, straight to where the Dragon of Wind was. One of the golems that had been guarding the doorway began to move towards Raimundo upon hearing Wuya.
"I have a surprise for you... come down here immediately."
Joe and Theo stiffened as they heard Wuya's voice. Theo melted into shadow again, and Joe, using cracks in the ceiling, climbed along unnoticed. The two went to where Wuya and the Xiaolin Warriors were.
Raimundo jerked as Wuya yelled for him.
"Ok! I'm coming!" He turned to Jack. "Look after the kid, and don't leave this room. That's an order, Spicer." Issuing a guard command to the golems, Raimundo ran down to the throne room, where Wuya waited.
Jack stared down at the little manikin of himself.
"Err…ok." He glanced back up at Raimundo and watched as he walked off.
As the nausea slowly dissipated and his vision cleared the boy removed his hand from his mouth and sat up. He tried to stay calm as he looked around at his surroundings but found his self near hyperventilation when his eyes found the golem guarding the door.
Jack tilted his head and knelt down beside him.
"Hey...uh...little fella." His crimson hair fell in front of him when he turned his head towards the golem.
"Ah...yes, those things are scary. If you don't watch out they could eat you," Jack said jokingly even though he had believed himself that he was going to get gnawed on by one.
The boys eyes widened, not catching that it was a joke. He whimpered quietly, keeping his eyes on the golem. First the forest, then the creepy ring then sucked him in to a vortex and spat him out in to a place were giant things eat you. If this was what the outside world was like he was better off at home. He chanced looking away from the golem and curled in to him self tucking his knees to his chest and warping his thin arm around himself.
"I want to go home, I want to go home, I want to go home, I want to go home," he whimpered quietly closing his eyes.
Jack laughed and looked pointed his thumb over his shoulder at the golem.
"Don't worry, as long as Wuya doesn't order those dumb rocks to get us they won't." Jack poked the little boy. "Why would you like to go home? From the looks of your clothes, it doesn't seem like a good idea."
Raimundo skidded into the throne room, grinning wildly. "So, Goodtime Gal, what's goin' down?"
"Raimundo!" cried Omi.
"Raimundo?" asked Clay.
"Rai?" shouted Kimiko.
"Right, it's Raimundo, we get it," muttered Joe from the ceiling.
Wuya glanced over at the Xiaolin Warriors, raising an eyebrow. "There must be an echo in here..." she mused aloud, not really to anyone in particular. Then she turned to Raimundo, sneering widely.
"Raimundo, dear, we have unwelcome guests." She gestured towards Rai's old friends, imprisoned in the golems' stomachs. "I've decided you will have the honour of destroying them! Won't that be fun?"
Theo slid up the wall and appeared next to Joe.
"Here you go," he muttered, handing him the Eye of Dashi and Jet Bootsu. He pulled the Orb of Tornami out of his jacket.
"How did you get that? I thought we had it!" Theo looked at him, but didn't reply.
"Theo?"
"What? I'm a thief, I stole it. Is it that terrible?" The two waited in silence to see what would happen.
"I almost thought she said destroy us," said Dojo, and gave a faint chuckle.
"She did," replied Kimiko.
"Raimundo, you don't want to do that, buddy!"
"By the way, Joe," whispered Theo. "Did you get the box from Dashi?"
"Yeah." He pulled it out of his jacket, and paused. Then he gave a tug at the lid. Nothing happened. He pulled a few more times, but got no result.
"Give it here," said Theo quietly. He had turned his legs to shadow, and was hanging from the ceiling. Joe would have laughed if Wuya hadn't been standing below. He handed the box to Theo. The boy took the box. Suddenly, it slipped. He disappeared, and poked his head and hands out of the wall, shooting a stream of water at the box. It flew back to him, and he caught it and disappeared. However, the water fell to the floor. It splashed right over Wuya. Joe jumped off the ceiling.
"Jet Bootsu!" he muttered, and flew to the doorway. He saw the opening, and then everything went black. Theo, looking from the shadows, groaned.
'He hit the wall,' he thought.
Raimundo blanched as Wuya gestured at his former comrades.
"D-destroy them? But...I don't want them to be hurt, they're my friends...even Jack...I don't want you to hurt them. Let them swear their loyalty to you! They can hang with me in the palace!" The teen reasoned desperately. "Please, Wuya."
"Join Wuya?" said Kimiko. "Join Wuya? How about... IN YOUR DREAMS!"
"I'd rather kiss the backside of a mule," muttered Clay.
"I would agree with Clay's most unpleasant solution," said Omi
"Nope," added Dojo.
Wuya, noticing the water splash down at her feet, snapped her head upwards. She narrowed her eyes, scanning the dark ceiling for any sign of the source of that water. Just about to set her sights on Joe as he started up the Jet Bootsu, Raimundo spoke... and the other Warriors were kind enough to voice their opinions on the matter.
"Well Raimundo, they've turned down your generous offer." The witch smirked, looking quite thrilled at the situation. In the background, a thud - Joe running into the wall- echoed. "Destroy them."
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Me: Okay, please R&R! (two throwing stars hit the wall beside his head) And now I'm going.
Theo: Get back here!
Joe: Chill, bro. He'll be back next chapter!