Setting: The Xiaolin temple. Present day. Right after Shix had disappeared.

"Chase, you had better start explaining." KJ said, turning to him.

Chase narrowed his eyes and looked around.

"Not here. We can't talk here." He answered her.

KJ rolled her eyes and pulled something out of her pocket.

"Ring of the Nine Dragons!"

Her four personalities-Kacie, Amy, Carmen and Serena- split apart from her, and KJ smirked.

Kacie raised her left hand, and a dark light began streaming from it, but stopped.

"What the-?"

Right as Kacie spoke, her and the three others were sucked back into KJ.

She blinked and Chase raised an eyebrow.

"That was weird...Hm..."

She tried using the ring again, but it didn't work.

"Chase, you better start explaining right now." KJ said in a threatening voice. "Because your little friend Shix has kidnapped Master Fung, your little cats, and now the apprentices."

Chase nervously looked around.

"Get the Manta Ray. We need to go somewhere Shix can't find us." He instructed.

KJ frowned. She walked over to the Shen Gong Wu vault, while muttering,

"No matter how free I become, I'll always be taking orders from the great Chase Young."

She returned with two Shen Gong Wu.

"Silver Manta Ray!"

As the Wu became larger, Chase inspected it.

"Do you have any idea how to fly this?" He asked KJ.

She shrugged. "We're about to find out. Here- I brought this, too, because you're paranoid about Shix using the cats as birds to spy on us for him."

KJ handed Chase the Shroud of Shadows.

"It seems you've thought of everything."

"I'll take that as a compliment."

"Shroud of Shadows!" He used the Shen Gong Wu to make the Silver Manta Ray invisible, and then climbed inside.

KJ got inside as well, and didn't look back as she took off.

They landed at Chase's citadel in a surprisingly short amount of time.

They got out and quickly entered the citadel, quickly closing the door behind them.

"Alright Chase, we're alone now. Start explaining." KJ demanded to know about Shix.

Chase saw her demand as a request, however, and chose to deny it.

"KJ, tell me exactly what is wrong in your head."

KJ frowned. "I like how you turned the conversation magically so that now you're the one asking me questions."

Chase frowned with her. "I need to know what isn't working, so that I can create a plan knowing our weaknesses."

"I'm not a tool! I'm not yours anymore! It's not a 'what isn't working'- it's 'what's wrong'. Chase- you need to tell me right now every single detail of what's going on, and who Shix is." KJ ordered, growing angered.

Chase sighed in annoyance and walked up to KJ.

"There are some things that I must keep to myself in order for us to win this battle." He told her. He turned around and began to walk away when he saw that she had calmed down a bit.

"Wait."

Her voice stopped him, but she didn't say enough to make him want to turn around.

"Chase...I'm sorry...But I feel like I just got away from you, and now we have to help each other again."

He didn't turn around, but didn't start walking again.

"Perhaps...we should begin operating on friendlier terms." He suggested.

KJ smiled. "I think that's a good idea."

Chase smiled as well as he walked off.

Setting: Chase Young's citadel. Present day. The next day. Chase's POV.

Well, I had finally gotten my wish- KJ was back.

Was I happy?

No.

Shix was back-and I knew that somehow, it was my fault.

KJ was in some sort of trouble, and Shix was the one to cause it.

So to speak...we were all in trouble if someone didn't stop Shix.

I wasn't about to tell her anything that she absolutely didn't need to know.

I knew how hard she'd try to get me to tell her what she wanted.

It was too dangerous-she could just as easily be abducted by him and pressed for information. It'd be easier on the both of us if I didn't tell her anything.

KJ walked down the hall to Chase's room and knocked on the door. It opened and she entered.

"Whatever you're doing, I want to help." She told Chase, crossing her arms.

He was thumbing through a book, which he closed and placed on his bed when she walked in.

"No. It's too risky." He replied.

KJ frowned. "But Chase, I need to know what you're planning to do- I feel useless just sitting here."

Chase sighed. "Alright. What I want you to do is read up on ways to annul the effects of hypnotism."

KJ smiled and ran off. She returned moments later with a large stack of books.

Chase slowly lifted an eyebrow.

"I thought that I would do my reading in here with you." She explained.

He shook his head. "I know what you're doing. You're trying to figure out what my plans are."

KJ sighed and looked down as she started to blush.

"I actually hadn't thought of that." She admitted, shifting the stack of books so that they hid her face. "But I wanted the company."

Chase walked over to KJ. He took her stack from her and set them down on the ground beside her. He tilted her head up by guiding her chin with his finger and looked her straight in the eye.

"What did Shix do to you?" He asked sternly.

KJ averted her gaze and looked down again.

"Nothing." She mumbled.

Chase didn't believe her. He placed both of his hands on both sides of her head, forcing her to look at him. At first, she refused to make eye contact, and continued to look down. Chase's gaze held strong, however, and she eventually looked him in the eye.

"What did Shix do to you?" He asked again.

He noted that her eyes started to tear up, and she began to blink more often as he held her there, waiting for an answer.

Finally, she spoke.

"He got rid of my personalities."