The Spicer Diaries

Chapter 3-Wounded

…Doncha just hate Coke? Oh…Well I don't…I do not own Xiaolin Showdown, and if I did then the monks would be caged and Jack Spicer would obtain world domination. I do own the Jackwolf…And the Silver Gauntlets.

Jack Spicer trudged home rather unhappily, limping a bit. Wuya was already at the door, floating impatiently.

"There you are! You fool; you should be honing your skills with the Shen Gong Wu!" She hissed, bickering at him until he got to the basement. Jack promptly sat down and opened his History textbook.

"Why are you not working on your robots?" Wuya demanded, slightly confused at his strange behavior of opening books. Jack managed to grumble something inaudible.

"Is there something you are not telling me?" Wuya growled. Jack glanced over at her and grinned to reveal that he was missing two teeth.

"Oh." Wuya stated, floating off a ways. Jack grunted a bit and turned back to his book. Just when he didn't need it the huge Jackwolf bounded over and dropped the Monkey Staff at Jack's feet, sitting and wagging its tail patiently. Jack halfheartedly threw it a foot or so. The robot decided that it was pointless to fetch an object so close, and it padded away angrily, growling to itself.

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Later that night Jack's parents threw another of those wild parties that Jack hates so much. They didn't seem to realize that Jack was laying on the sofa in the basement while his Jackbots attempted to fix his black eye and dozens of bruises. Jack wasn't very happy that it hadn't been working so far.

"Can't you do anything right?" He cried at the Jackbot closest to him. The robot hung its head.

"Very sorry Sir." It said blankly, still hanging its head and looking miserable.

"Stupid emotion chips…" Jack sighed. Wuya floated over.

"What is going on up there?" She said, glaring up at the ceiling.

"…Wild party." Jack managed to growl. He picked up a scrap of metal on the floor and tossed it at the ceiling in hopes of quieting the intruders down. The scrap of metal fell back down and hit Jack squarely on the head, causing him to give a sharp yelp.

"Very clever." Wuya said dryly, as Jack got up and stomped up the steps. He opened the basement door quickly.

"SHUT UP!" He screamed, then closed the door as fast as possible and put his back to it, looking frightened out of his wits. Not soon after someone attempted to open the basement door, with such force that Jack had to get his robots to hold it shut. He limped back over to the sofa and sat down gloomily, wondering when the next Shen Gong Wu would activate.

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"Jack, a new Shen Gong Wu has been activated!" Wuya cried, waking Jack from his nap on the sofa.

"Alright, alright!" Jack cried, startled by the sudden yelling of the Heylin witch. He very soon fell back asleep again.

"Jack!" Wuya snarled. Jack lifted his head for a moment.

"Give me a minute…" He muttered sleepily.

"Fool! We must capture the Shen Gong Wu!" Wuya said, floating through Jack's head. The evil boy genius shuddered slightly and turned around to face Wuya.

"Never do that again!" He warned. "And have you noticed that my face is covered in big black spots?"

"I thought it was merely more makeup." Wuya said dryly.

"No, I um…I got in a fight and uh…I totally won. Of…Of course. But I still got…hurt." Jack stammered, trying to make it look like he won.

"Of course you did." Wuya said, obviously not believing him.

"So I can't really go hunt for Shen Gong Wu like this." Jack said, gasping as a Jackbot accidentally brushed one of his bruises.

"You are pathetic! I have had wounds far worse than this!" Wuya said furiously.

"Relax, woman! What's the Wu?" Jack sighed.

"The Silver Gauntlets. The user of this Shen Gong Wu can be turned into solid silver." Wuya declared. Jack groaned, thinking of a way that he could retrieve the Shen Gong Wu.

"It is a most powerful Shen Gong Wu, Jack." Wuya prompted him impatiently. Jack gave a sharp whistle and the Jackwolf stepped out from the huge doghouse that it had basically forced Jack to make.

"Jackwolf, fetch Silver Gauntlets!" Jack said, pointing to the door. The Jackwolf pricked its ears up and stood for a moment, then bounded out, howling. It leapt into the middle of the wild party upstairs and Jack heard a series of shrieks.

"Oh great…" He moaned. "Mom's gonna kill me."

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The Xiaolin monks were searching the forest, scouring it for the Shen Gong Wu.

"It's got to be here somewhere!" Rai cried, looking around.

"We'll find it." Kimiko sighed. Suddenly they heard a tree fall from the distance, then another, then another, and a loud howling sound.

"It is Jack Spicer's canine!" Omi exclaimed, quickly running up the nearest tree and watching. The robot sprang into the section of the forest they were searching. It sniffed, steam hissing from it's nostrils and from its half-closed mouth when it lifted its head up. The Jackwolf stalked over to a huge tree with a hole in the base of it. It stuck its head inside the hole and brought it back out, holding the Shen Gong Wu in its jaws. It began to dash off again, but Clay managed to catch it around the neck with his lasso.

"Come here, you!" The cowboy said, straining against the robot's force. Unfortunately for Clay, the rope broke and the Jackwolf could be heard running through the forest again.

"That's the second Shen Gong Wu we've lost because of that stupid dog!" Kimiko said, getting down from the tree and kicking the trunk.

"It's alright Kimiko. We'll get the next one." Clay assured her. But all the monks knew that he wasn't so sure.

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"Your dog has done well, Jack." Wuya said, gazing at the Shen Gong Wu quite happily.

"He's a wolf, not a dog!" Jack corrected. "And his name is Champ."

"You have named the stupid thing, now?" Wuya groaned.

"Hey, he has feelings too you know!" Jack cried, hugging the enormous creature around the neck.

"…Of course. Now put the Silver Gauntlets with the rest of the Shen Gong Wu. And do stop naming the robots." Wuya ordered.

"Oh…Okay. Ashley, will you put this with the other Shen Gong Wu?" Jack called as one of the Cheerbots passed by, saying 'Go, evil! Go!' The Cheerbot looked at him and nodded peppily. She took the Silver Gauntlets and stuffed them in the drawer where Jack kept the rest of the Shen Gong Wu.

'Thanks Ashley!" Jack called shyly, blushing slightly. He turned and saw Wuya glaring at him. Jack gave a slight smirk and shrugged.

"Well uh…no point in not using the names they already have, right?"