Chapter 2: Jack Spicer the lonely genius?
After the movie and a small fight over the last pizza slice which Raimundo won easily Raimundo looked to his watch and the got up while brushing the pizza crumbs off his trousers.
"Well I've paid my end of the bargain so I'll let myself out" Raimundo smiled getting up quickly and making his way to the door. "By the way thanks for the pizza" he stopped when he realised Jack hadn't said anything or even tried to attack him.
"So what no sudden jack-bot attack or booby traps?" Raimundo demanded and then looked a bit annoyed "Come on you're not even gonna try and steal my wu?"
"No…" Jack sighed "I did my end of the bargain and you did yours, so there's no point to attack you" Jack pulled his knees up to his chest and sighed as he buried his face his arms.
Raimundo looked at him and then began to walk away; he was just about to leave the room when…
"Please don't go" came a little whisper and Raimundo glanced over his shoulder at Jack, he gave a sigh and went back to sit beside him. Jack looked when he heard Raimundo sit down next to him.
"Spicer are you that desperate for a friend that you'd go to your enemies for one?" Raimundo demanded, "Because that's what it looks like"
"None of my so called allies want to be my friend not even Wuya and she said that she was gonna be my best friend!" Jack muttered.
"What on earth were you expecting from a fifteen hundred year old witch?" Raimundo cried "and you're such a freakin' loser it's unbelievable I mean you've lost nearly every showdown you've ever been in! You've made losing an art form…" he declared but stopped when he heard Jack sob into his arms.
"But I tried…I try really hard but nothing I do is up to scratch" Jack muttered "And no matter how many people I go to and strike deals with they always end up back stabbing me or leaving me to rot" Jack said his voice getting tighter as tears pricked his eyes.
"Why?" Raimundo demanded "I understand why Katnappe doesn't want anything to do with you but…"
"Because I'm nothing! I'm nothing but a useless worthless little freak!" Jack hissed angrily as tears flowed freely down his face "why can't I have any friends?" he sobbed.
"Well maybe if you didn't look like a bloody vampire all the time maybe some one might like you!" Raimundo said, "You know if you got rid of all that make-up…" but Jack started to laugh coldly as if Raimundo had made a sarcastic joke.
"Okay tell you what, I'll humour you and take off all the make-up on my face!" Jack exclaimed with a grim voice he clicked his fingers and a jack bot appeared with a wet face cloth. Jack washed his face and then looked at Raimundo; all that had gone was the black markings.
"But your face is still…"
"Pale? You haven't figured it out yet?" Jack asked saw Raimundo's confused face.
"You really are a vampire?"
"I'm an albino!" Jack cried out "what did you think I dunked myself in bloody face paint everyday!"
"Good point" Raimundo muttered "But I thought albinos had white hair?"
"I do I just dye my hair red!" Jack explained pointing to his hair "I figured if I dressed like a Goth people would think I wanted to look like a freak and not pity me because I was born a freak!"
"Good plan! I always thought you were girly cos you wore make-up!" Raimundo muttered looking down at the Golden Tiger Claws.
"Gee Thanks!" Jack grumbled.
"Look Jack how about this, when ever I get homework we'll do this bargain, how about that?" Raimundo smiled and Jack glanced at him with a little smile.
"Okay" he smiled.
"Well until then…see ya!" Raimundo smiled and vanished into a portal.
A few days later Master Fung returned with the homework, Raimundo smirked to himself as he watched Kimiko and Clay groan at what they got but Omi leapt up with a happy grin.
"Yes I got a fantastic!" he beamed and Kimiko looked at his book to see a dirty big F on it.
"Omi…that means you fail" Kimiko declared and Omi looked utterly confused, Master Fung came over to Raimundo and looked at him with a happy face.
"Well done young monk you did brilliantly" he exclaimed and showed him the books to reveal all of them had A+ on them.
Clay, Kimiko and Omi's jaws dropped to the floor.
"WHAT! Raimundo got A+ while all I got was a B" Kimiko cried "Okay something is really out of whack!"
"Just cos I beat you in something!" Raimundo smirked.
"I bet you're using a computer!" Kimiko muttered.
"You have my word as a Xiaolin monk that I am not using a computer to cheat!" Raimundo declared solemnly he grinned to himself.
Last time I checked using an evil boy genius to do my homework doesn't count as using a computer! He thought to himself.
Dojo came in shaking like a leaf as he rushed in with the Shen-gong-wu scroll.
"A new Shen-gong-wu just lit up!" he cried "let's jet!"
Jack Spicer had also noticed the new Shen-gong-wu and was now flying towards the forest which it was hidden in. His heli-bot whirred above his head as made his way to the ground he dropped to the floor and looked around. Light trickled down from the lust green leaves and sparkled off the dew of the grass below.
He was both hoping and dreading seeing Raimundo, now that they were 'unofficial friends' how was he suppose to react to him?
"I'll just pretend everything is normal" Jack told himself "Not like Raimundo would ease up on me just because we're friends"
Yeah but what if he betrays me? He wondered and Jack stopped in his tracks and stared at the ground. It's not like he needs me I'm just a 'get out of homework free' card to him…No! Jack thought and clenched his fists Raimundo won't do that…
Jack looked back to the last time he made friends with someone, it was Wuya and she backstabbed him the minute someone more powerful came across. She would toss him away like garbage how he would love to get back at her for that, make her pay for hurting him like that…
Suddenly a horrible icy sensation rushed through his head and he grasped his head as he winced in pain. The pain slowly ebbed away and Jack lent against a tree.
"What the hell was that?" he whispered.
He stopped and looked up when he heard the roar of wind as Dojo flew above him and Jack broke into a sprint as he began to look for the Shen-gong-wu.
"So let me get this right…" Raimundo began "We're looking for the Veil of Reveal"
"Yep!" Dojo exclaimed and opened the scroll up to show the Veil of Reveal picture "It reveals the past as if you were there. It's good for movies and stuff but it's not big whoop if we loose!"
"Like we're gonna loose to Jack Spicer" Kimiko scoffed.
"whoo wee!" Clay declared "And I do believe it's my turn to kick his butt!"
"Darn we really should think of a better way to pick, I always loose in paper, scissor rock!" Kimiko muttered.
Dojo landed and shrunk back into his little form, Omi looked up with a grin to see the Veil of Reveal hidden snugly in a tree, it's glow showed it's hiding place easily.
"The Veil of Reveal has revealed itself!" Omi cried.
"well if that ain't a tounge twister!"Raimundo muttered as Omi ran over to get it just before he could get it…
"PILE ON!" someone screamed and Jack leapt on top of Omi squishing him completely, Jack got up and looked down at Omi who was now imprinted into the ground.
"And my mom says watching wrestling was a waste of time!" he grinned. Raimundo came rushing forward just as Jack pulled the Veil out of the tree.
"Jack Spicer I challenge you to a Xiaolin Showdown!"
"didn't think you would change much" Jack smirked.
"And neither have you!" Raimundo added "The challenge is the stay in the tree, first to fall loses!"
"My monkey staff against your mantis flip coin!"
"Let's go Xiaolin Showdown!" they both called…
