Setting: Chase Young's citadel. Present day.
Shix ran in to attack first, with a right punch.
Chase easily perried it away, and countered it with a left wheel kick.
Shix skidded to to the right, and returned the favor with a right thrust kick.
Chase quickly recovered, and stood in a protective stance.
Shix ran in again and attempted a left hook.
Chase ducked, and sweep kicked Shix's ankles, tripping him. He landed on his back, and before he had time to get up, Chase calmly walked over to him, pressing his thumb to a selected spot on Shix's shoulder.
Shix writhed in pain, while kicking frantically and trying to pry Chase's hand off of his shoulder.
"Pressure point." Chase smirked.
KJ rolled her eyes. That was her own move that she had used on Chase many, many, many years before.
For his finish, Chase picked Shix up by his collar, and thre him down the hall.
Shix crashed into a closed door, hitting his head.
"Good job, Chase." KJ told him.
"No...That was too easy." Chase said, narrowing his eyes at Shix, who was still lying on the ground.
He groaned while rubbing his head, and slowly getting to his feet.
"Alright Chase." Shix admitted. "You win."
"I want my cats back." Chase informed him.
"As well as the dragon, the monks, Master Fung, and all four of my personalities." KJ added, in case Chase had conveniently forgotten.
Shix sighed, with a gleam in his eyes.
"A deal is a deal." He said. "You can have them all back."
Shix snapped his fingers.
KJ and Chase became surrounded by the jungle cats, Clay, Omi, Kimiko, Raimundo, Master Fung, an enlarged Dojo, Kacie, Carmen, Amy, and Serena.
They all had expressionless faces, and milky white eyes.
"Chase...what do we do...?" KJ asked.
Chase gritted his teeth and didn't respond.
Shix laughed loudly. "Are you sure that you want them back now?"
He laughed again at Chase's reply.
"...No..."
"Oh but Chase, a deal is a deal." Shix cackled. "You've earned all of your friends back."
"They are not my friends." Chase argued. "And I'll trade you your own freedom just as long as you and your hypnotized dolls leave here and never return."
Shix seemed to think for a moment.
"That sounds fair enough." He decided. "But I'll be looking forward to our next fight. I know that I'll win next time." He cackled.
With another snap of his fingers, the hypnotized captives vanished.
Shix cackled again, snapped his fingers once more, and disappeared along with them.
"So now you know what we're up against." Chase told KJ, walking back into the dining room.
She followed him.
"No I don't! All I know is that you're so confident in your own abilities, that you'd be willing to bet me!" She yelled. "And you told me that Shix didn't hypnotize people."
Chase sighed. "Because I didn't know that he could. And I didn't know that I would win." He admitted.
"What!" KJ exclaimed.
"I had to make a worthwhile bet. He requested you, so it didn't seem like I had much choice." He explained.
KJ frowned. "I can't believe that you would do that."
"Well I did...so believe it." He commented dryly.
"Fine. As soon as you figure out how to make everything right and kill Shix, I won't have to deal with you anymore." She concluded. "So until you need my help, or finish, I'll be in the library, got it?'
She didn't give him time to reply, because she turned and started to walk away as soon as she finished her sentence.
She thought that Chase would stop her, and do something dramatic, but he didn't, so she kept walking.
Chase watched her go, and as she did, he furrowed his eyebrows in frustration.
Setting: Chase Young's citadel. Present day. A couple of days later.
KJ was walking down the hall from the dining room to the library a couple of nights later, when she saw him.
She gasped and almost attacked, especially when she recognized who it was.
"Shix! What are you doing here?" She demanded to know.
He smirked. "I know that you used to be Heylin. Why are you still working with Chase Young? Why not help me?"
KJ frowned. "I won't help you. I'm not Heyling anymore- I never was by choice."
Shix continued to smirk. "I know that. I know about the secret you hid from Chase...and I know all about the secrets that he's hiding from you."
Her eyes widened, but then narrowed. "Shut up. I know everything there is to know about people like you- you'll say anything to get me to help you."
Shix chuckled. "You're a smart girl. Very cliche. But you know in your heart how much you want to believe me."
"Why would I want to believe you?" KJ almost laughed. "Aside from your name and what you've done, I don't even know who you are."
"And why do you think that is?" He asked. "I'll tell you why-because Chase is keeping that information a secret from you."
KJ closed her eyes. "Why do you insist on talking about Chase?"
Shix laughed again. "Because that's what this is about. Not you, not myself, and not the people I've kidnapped. He's the source of all of your anger- your hate."
KJ winced as she slowly opened her eyes. He was completely right.
Shix grinned. "If you join me, think of it: a Chase-free lifestyle. Don't you think that you've had enough of him? You've been a slave to him for a little less than 1500 years, and just when you escape, look what happens."
"It's because of you that we're stuck together again." She informed him.
Shix laughed once more. "Is it my fault, really? You agreed to working with him. You just as easily could've found a solution to this problem all on your own."
"You're the problem!" She yelled, blindly swinging at him.
He caught her arm, so she threw another punch, which he caught as well.
He held both of her arms while smirking and looking directly into her eyes.
"Am I really? You said it yourself- you don't even know who I am."
She had no response for that.
Shix released her with another cackle.
"Think about it." He told her.
He snapped his fingers, and disappeared.
