Title: The World is Black

Summary: Jack is the main character. its an angsty telling of Jack's past and present. bad at summaries. It's older. And its Jakrai. rated M

Disclamer: I don't own Xiaolin Showdown

Ch.4- Jack's Past Revealed part 1

It had been several days since they moved Jack into the temple. He hardly said anything and was barely awake long enough to eat, which in it's self was a difficult task. Jack kept refusing everything they gave him and in the end they had to force feed him.

Not only that but now CB wasn't saying anything to them either; all thought he desperately in all his little circuits, wanted too. He couldn't betray Jack.

CB staring out of the window. As if watching for something coming this way. Kimiko bit her lip and quietly walked up to the machine and tapped him on the shoulder. He jumped and swiftly turned around. "What are you doing? Sneaking up on me like that!"

Kimiko stared at the robot and spoke in a quiet voice, "We need to know more about Jack, so err please can you tell us more about Jack. CB, please tell us something," Kimiko said, once again after finding the robot in the main hall.

CB gave her a steely glare and said nothing. Kimiko moved back cautiously and bumped into Raimundo. She looked up at him and he nodded down at her and patted the young girl on the shoulder. Raimundo moved foreword and sighed, "Oh, c'mon," he shifted his foot from one side to the other.

Still nothing.

"Dumb robot," Clay said flatly.

"I'm..." CB began but then realized he'd just been tricked; by a cowboy no less too.

"You said a word!" Omi laughed and pointed at the robot.

"Look, we want to know about Jack that's all, please tell us something," Kimiko pleaded.

The robot frowned. It looked like he still wasn't going to say a word to them.

"Well Jack and his father never got along," he mechanical mouth snapped shut again. "Okay, something we don't know," Raimundo reply.

"You don't know the existent of it," CB told them.

"And we'd like to," Kimiko added.

"You say you do, but you really don't mean that," CB said looking straight at them.

"Yes we do!" Raimundo told him, his hands shaking in anger. The robot shook his head "Even if I wanted to tell you its against my programming I must keep all secrets of the master safe," The machine turned away from them his gaze piercing the floor "If you really must know, go find Jack he is the only one that knows what has happened that cannot be changed,"

They sighed as they realized they were getting nowhere and fast. Could they ask Jack and would he tell them anything? No, of course he wouldn't, they all thought.

Kimiko sighed again and began to walk up to Raimundo, "Rai."

Raimundo turned his head and looked at her. "Yeah?"

"You know the others wont ask Jack, so why don't we go?" She said slowly.

Raimundo looked at her, "Kim, I don't think you should go. Jack's probably seen enough of you, Maybe I should just go alone,"

Kimiko opened her mouth to argue but a tanned finger was placed on her lips. She looked up and saw Raimundo's emerald eyes staring at her in concern. Kim, I know you wanna go to but I think its time me and Jack just had a guy to guy talk, Ok?" Kimiko nodded and watched as Raimundo walked away from her. She smiled to herself, turned away and walked slowly back to her room to play Goo Zombies. .

He finally found Jack after a little wandering. Jack was in the kitchen and Master Fung had been talking to him.

"Hey," He greeted them as he entered the room.

"Hello, young monk," Master Fung said and bowed to him on his way out, "practice will be later on today. Don't forget."

Jack watched as Master Fung left the room and let his gaze trail onto the stone floor. Raimundo walked around the table in the middle of the room and grabbed Jack's shoulder. Jack stared at him and Raimundo began to speak "Jack, We have to talk," Raimundo sat down in the chair opposite Jack. Raimondo was not the type to beat around the bush. Jack glanced up at him without moving his head but that was all the reaction Raimondo was going to get out of the red head. "Now Jack, What's up with you? Me and Kimiko wanna know. What happened between you and your dad?"

Almost immediately, the things that Raimundo had said jogged a memory in Jack's mind that he had tried so hard to forget. Jack got up and hurriedly made for the door. Raimundo grimaced at him, he had expected a reaction from the boy. He beat Jack to the door and blocked off the other's escape.

"Jack I'm not letting you get away that easily! Not this time, mate," The tanned boy stood in front of the door and crossed his arms across his chest and continued into Jack's red eyes. Jack gave him a angry scowl, "Listen, I just don't wanna talk about it! So will you just leave me alone!" he whined, and made a try to get Raimondo out of the way. But of course very sadly it failed.

"And what do you wanna talk about!" Raimundo interjected, countering Jack's weak attempt to get past and sending Jack to the ground, a little harder than he wished.

"Nothing!" Jack growled pitifully from the floor, "You wouldn't understand!"

"Try me," Raimundo said, staring fiercely into Jack's eyes, "Did your father beat you?"

"That would be an understatement," Jack laughed trying to get up from the floor.

Raimundo growled; grabbed Jack's arm with force and pulled him up to his feet.

"Look I didn't need your help," Jack told him angrily trying to shove him away.

Raimundo didn't even flinch and kept his gaze on Jack "Yes sure you didn't, but even thought your so strong I would like to help," Jack moved his head away from Raimundo, "Stop staring at me!" he whined, still trying to shove Raimundo, But Raimundo was having none of that.

"I'm not staring!" Raimundo grabbed Jacks arm causing him to stop shoving Raimundo. Raimundo gave him a steely glare. "So Jack, What did your dad do to ya?"

"Raimundo! Stop asking about my dad!" Jack whined, the tears that he had been trying to hide now flowing freely down his face, he made no attempt to push Raimundo.

"Why?" Raimundo asked simply, "does it make it you sad? Despaired? Are you afraid?"

Jack wiped his eyes and shrank to the floor, "Yes! Ok! How could he do this to me?"

Jack shrank to his knees.

Flashback:

A ten year old Jack ran around looking for a place to hide in the vacant room of the house. Fearfully he looked around the room and spotted a ancient looking wardrobe. Quickly he opened it and scrambled clumsily into it. He shut the wardrobe doors and crawled into the back of the cupboard and hung some dust covered trousers in front of his face.

Jack pulled his knees up close to his face and buried his face in his arms. The young boy began to cry silently. Hoping that nobody would hear him. For if he found him this night would never end.

Unfortunately his prayers were once again not hear, Like they ever would be Jack thought bitterly in the darkness if the cupboard. Suddenly a giant swaggering figure came into the room. Jack held his breath his blood turning into ice. The figure stopped in front of the cupboard and Jack held his breath. For he could now see the glimmer of a sharp blade in his hand.

Suddenly the cupboard opened with such force that it nearly fell off its hinges. Jack's eyes went wide in fear.

"Well, well, well," came that raspy dark hate filled voice, "looks like I found you. You know what happens if I find you."

Jack had run out of hiding spots years before, there was no place left to hide where He would never find him. Jack always knew it was a pointless effort but he did it anyway. It was the only thing the ten year old had left.

He held the knife out in front of Jack's small face and laughed. After he stopped he looked intensely at Jack. Jack whimpered unconsciously. That made him laugh again.

Gawd, Jack hated that laugh it was the worst thing in the world, aside
from things that could actually hurt him physically. He held by his hair and dragged him down the hall, down the stairs, and into his room.

Jack involuntarily gasped again. All of the worst things happened in there.

Once they were in, He threw Jack and Jack landed with hard thump against
the floor. He shut the door behind him and continued over to Jack. Jack didn't move from where he had landed, he knew it was too risky. He leant over Jack and punched him in the face, a big bruise was forming where the giant hand had hit him. Seemingly satisfy for the moment He went over and into the closet. Jack cringed once again, he hated the things that He kept in that dark place.

Moments later He returned a leather belt in one hand the knife still in the other. He placed the knife on the bed sauntered over to Jack. The ten year old made no move to evade Him, that too was pointless and only infuriated Him more.

Once the belt was done Jack was black and blue every inch of him stung. He went for the knife next, Jack had tried not to yell when the belt had hit. The knife was worse, his screams filled the house as He sliced away at his skin.

The man leered evily at him. "That'll teach you," and with that the evil man walked out of the room. Jack stared up, the tears that were staying in his eyes finally falling down his face like a waterfall. Jack clasped his arm in pain and lifted his hand. Blood slowly crept down his arm and hand. More tears filled his eyes and he started to cry.

End of Flashback

"Jack! Jack! Are you all right?" a soft voice said in concern. Jack looked up and saw Kimiko staring at him.

"Kimiko? How did you get here? The door was locked and everything!" He asked.

Kimiko rolled her eyes, "I burned the lock cause I guess Rai was to into watching you cry!"

The girl gave Raimundo a steely glare and the tanned boy shrank back. "Listen I'm sorry I didn't mean to make you cry, Jack, I'm sorry I never meant to make you cry," Raimundo said plainly

"No, I'm not fine," Jack said, wiping his tears away with his sleeve, "I never have been. Not for the likes of me."

"Jack, don't say that!" Kimiko yelled and grabbed his arm, she almost whispered, "That's not true."

"Oh," he snorted, and pushed her off, "how do you know!"

"Because I just know it," she replied without hesitation, her worried eyes staring right into his.

"Well just knowing it doesn't make it true," Jack said, turning to leave.

"Neither does anything you believe," she said and she and Raimundo both blocked the door.

"I'd rather not see you cry but you need to get through this," she sighed, "Stop running away."

"Funny," Jack sighed and turned away from the them, "I tried that once. Just once…"

He turned to them a completely serious look on his face his voice came out just above a whisper it was ominous and eerie and he stared straight at them an odd, crazy look in his eyes, "Do you wanna see what happened when he caught me?"

Neither one of them could say a word. They had never seen Jack like that before and the whole thing caught them by surprise. Jack was effectively being scary.

End of chapter 4

Sorry, for taking so long with this.