Title: Impending Doom

Summary: he was tired of waiting for the day, he was angry time wouldn't bend to his will and go by faster. When the day came he'd make them ALL pay... dearly, rated T: for swearing and impeding doom

Disclamer: I don't own Xiaolin Showdown

Chapter 7: You Don't Know Jack

Jack and Kri only stopped by Jack's house to get some of his things and then they were going to leave. They definitely couldn't stay there because the Xiaolin knew Jack's house and if they came to Jack's house to get Raimundo it would ruin everything. And they couldn't have that now could they?

No, they went to Kri's house after that. The dragons wouldn't know where that was. The only one major problem with Kri's house; it hadn't been lived in, in years and was completely dusty and dirty. This problem they decided to fix by having Raimundo play maid. When he woke up that is.

So now, we find Raimundo in a strange house still passed out.

Raimundo awoke with an audible groan and sat up. Looking around he realized that he had no idea where he was. The room was dark and dingy. And cold, it was very cold. He shivered and knew that if he could actually see that he could see his breath. He also realized that there was an unfamiliar weight around his neck. Raimundo reached up and grabbed it; he could feel the icy coldness smooth metal. This made Raymond panic a little and he tried to take the collar off. But the thing wouldn't budge.

"Well, look it that," Kri laughed as he came into the room turning on the light, "the prisoner's awake."

Raimundo blinked back from the brightness.

"What's going on here?" He demanded as his eyes adjusted to the light.

"Didn't you hear?" Kri asked quietly, a certain venomous yet mocking quality was mixed in with his tone, "you're the prisoner."

"Yeah," Jack said as he too came in the room, "Kri decided to snag you."

"Oh, so I'm the prisoner?" Raimundo said annoyed, remembering when Jack had captured Kimiko.

"You get it now?" Jack asked as he and Kri crossed the room.

"Yeah," Raimundo spat angrily.

"Good," Kri said flatly, and turned again to face him, putting down a mop, rags, and pale of hot soapy water, "Clean this place up."

Raimundo was about to protest when his body unwilling got up to do what Kri had ordered.

"What'd you to me!" Raimundo glared questioningly at them as he picked up the rags in one hand and the pale in the other.

"What do you mean?" Kri asked innocently and smiled again.

"You know what I mean," Raimundo said as he stood in front of them.

"That collar around your neck," Jack explained, staring at the angry teen, "why do you think you have it on?"

Raimundo growled as realized that they were controlling him through that metal choker around his neck. He would definitely try to get it off again, later.

"Don't try taking it off," Jack said as if reading his mind, "it won't come off. You'd just be wasting your time."

"Whatever," Raimundo growled and crossed the room again, to unwilling carry out his chore.

"Now, for our plans," Jack sighed, and turned to Raimundo and then back to Kri.

It took forever for Raimundo to clean the place up. It was like it hadn't been inhabited in years. The thought of it really hadn't been in years crossed Raimundo's mind. Were they in Kri's house? It would explain the state of things.

Raimundo gaze wondered over to where Jack and Kri were talking in hushed voices. He froze and blinked twice. He really saw it. There was no trick of the light. There hanging off a nail in the wall near the pair was the Demon Pendent. Master Fung had not placed that shen-gong-wu in the vault. No, Master Fung had hid it deep where it wasn't suppose to be found again. It wasn't supposed to be found. But there it was; in all its evil aura.

"You see?" Jack asked lazily turning around to stare at the Brazilian.

"How'd you get that!" Raimundo demanded.

"My, my, my," Kri sniggered, "aren't we demanding today."

"Answer me!" Raimundo shouted angrily.

"Keep working," Kri sighed, and with the order Raimundo started to work.

"Well," Raimundo said not wanting to drop the subject; as long as he was still working he could ask what he wanted.

"Simple," Jack stated glancing at the Pendent, "you never had it to begin with."

Raimundo stopped working and starred at Jack, shell shocked, what did he mean? How could that be?

"You want to know what I'm talking about," Jack said, seeing his expression, "I've been waiting for this particular wu to show up forever. I made a copy of it. When it finally did reveal itself I took it and replaced it with the copy. The pendent your dear Master is hiding is a fake. That's the real one."

Jack pointed to the Pendent and then turned around to face the desk again signaling the end of the conversation.

Raimundocouldn't believe it. They had been tricked and Jack now had the Pendent... Or Jack had the Pendent all long to be precise.

Raimundo had just about finished half the room when he felt eyes watching him. The hair on the back of his neck stood on end. Raimundo didn't turn around or anything he just kept working. Seconds later two hands grabbed the desk he was standing in front of, one hand on each side of him. A body pressed him into the table.

"You know you're rather cute," Kri whispered into his ears.

Raimundo shivered, and it wasn't from the cold.

Kri's tongue licked at his ear and soon after that he felt sharp teeth. Raimundo tried to push his body back in order to get Kri off of him but Kri wouldn't budge.

"Ah, what you don't want to play?" Kri asked, starting to kiss the nape of his neck.

"No," He choked out.

"Don't be a spoil sport," Kri told him and pressed harder against him.

"Kri, are you hungry?" Jack asked the green haired demon.

"A little," Kri sighed as he let go of Raimundo.

Raimundo silently thanked god for the save as simultaneously thought hungry and demon in the same sentence.

"I'm kind of hungry, too," Jack said, and crossed his arms in a bored manner, "Why don't you get us some food."

Kri nodded and Jack tossed him the Golden Tiger Claws.

"Be back in a bit," Kri said before he left.

Jack stood there for a second after Kri left and then decided to go. He yawned lazily and made for some place to take a nap... some place not in here.

Raimundo watched as Jack left. He started to work again when he realized that he was all alone and Jack and Kri's plans were written out on the work bench they had been at. The dragon of the Wind couldn't resist the temptation; he had to look.

Silently he made his way over to the bench. He grabbed the first piece of paper and began to read it. It was some sort of spell. A spell that involved the Demon Pendent. Raimundo glanced at the whole thing trying to understand it. To Raimundo it sounded as if it was some sort of power invoking spell or something.

"Does it make you wonder?" Jack asked quietly.

Raimundo froze, and turned to the red head. Jack was standing right next to him. When had Jack come in?

"I couldn't find any place to sleep," Jack yawned, "I forgot this is Kri's house."

Raimundo stared at him as if dumbstruck.

"You didn't answer my question?" Jack said annoyed.

"Ye-yes," Raimundo stuttered.

"You know what it's for?" Jack asked, as he gently took the paper away from Raimundo.

"No," Raimundo said.

"Me," Jack said staring right into his eyes, "I need my power back."

Raimundo starred at him again not grasping the concept.

"It's for me to regain my powers," Jack tried to explain.

"Powers?" Raimundo asked, still not getting it.

"Raimundo, I'm a demon," Jack told him flatly.

"How could you be a demon? I mean we kick your butt all the time and you don't have any demon powers or anything," Raimundo asked, he didn't believe him.

"Why would I say I need them back if I already had them?" Jack asked him, getting a little annoyed with the Brazilian's stupidity.

"I don't know," Raimundo said not finding any reasonable explanation.

"Raimundo, have you ever wondered about my eyes?" Jack asked staring at him.

"Your eyes?" he asked puzzled.

"Yeah," Jack said, getting more annoyed.

"No, not really," he said flatly.

"They're red," Jack commented.

"Yeah, I see that," he said, still confused.

"Do normal people have red eyes?" Jack muttered annoyed at his stupidity.

"No," he said, "but I never really thought about it."

"Well, you should've," Jack said, "Now think, why would I have lost my powers; my demon self?"

Raimundo thought for a good long minute. His eyes went big as he remembering something Kri was said when they'd first met.

"You were the one Kri was talking about," Raimundo said still in shock over the revelation, "You killed that higher powers person; you got your powers taken away and they looked Kri up."

Jack nodded annoyance abating.

"So, you're going to get them back?" he asked putting the pieces together.

"Yeah, and when I do," Jack said darkly, "the world is damned."

Raimundo stared at him dumbly.

"Is Kri or you more powerful?" Raimundo asked finding his voice.

"I am," Jack said.

"Then why'd they lock Kri away and not you?" he asked curiously.

Jack didn't answer just stared at him with a very weird look on his face, like a cross between amused, evil, and pretentious.

Another stray though crossed Raimundo's mind.

"Why are you telling me this?" he asked, a little frightened by the possible answer.

"Does it matter?" Jack asked back, "I'm mean, it's not like you can do anything about it anyway. Tell you, the first person I take out once I get my powers back is Chase."

"Chase?" Raimundo asked in surprise.

"Yeah," Jack sighed.

Just then portal opened up and Kri jumped through.

End Chapter 7

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