A/N: Angel Jack didn't last as long as I wanted him to. I couldn't make him work. In all my infinite imagination, a super-good Jack just couldn't work. Like... he could never be uber good... (OH NO!) Jack's character doesn't provide well for an all-knowing angelic type. Oh well, maybe I'll try it again in a different fic. Watch out people, here comes Angel Jack Goes to the Mall! A new fic by the Jackophile! Coming soon to FanFiction!

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The land of Nowhere was a treacherous place. It was lucky for the others that Chase knew it so well. They searched high and low for a tree with seven knots, but nowhere did they find one.

"Maybe it's metaphorical," Kimiko suggested.

"Please no," Rai whined, "I hate metaphors.

"No, it is a factual location somewhere around here," Chase growled.

Chase was done baby sitting the four dragons and their misaligned friend. He wanted to find the antidote and get rid of Jack. As soon as the twit was normal again, he'd be of no significance to Chase. He looked forward to having the world of evil all to himself.

"There!" Omi shouted.

Everyone broke out and ran over to the tree in question.

"One… two… three… four… five… six… Six? I am sorry, but there are only six knots in this one."

"What about that one?" Kimiko pointed out another.

Omi went over to count the knots.

"One… two… three… four… five… six… seven…" Omi counted, "Seven! We have found the tree seven knots!"

"Uh, Omi," Rai sighed, "There's another knot. That makes eight."

"Oh, my badness…"

"So wait," Clay said as he scratched his head, "There's a tree with six knots, a tree with eight knots, but none with seven?"

"I found it!"

Everyone turned to find Jack standing up on a cliff holding a large earthenware bowl.

"Hurry up and drink it then," Chase rasped.

Jack brought the bowl to his lips and drank some of its contents.

"Ugh," he threw the bowl to the ground, "That's not right…"

Chase walked to the foot of the cliff and picked up the bowl that had rolled down. He sniffed its contents then stuck a finger into the purple goo.

"This is no antidote," Chase hissed, "It is nothing more than candle wax…"

"What?" Jack spat, "Candle wax?"

"Yes, just ordinary candle wax," Chase tasted a bit, "Lavender scented."

Jack's jaw dropped. The purple wax that caked his teeth glowed from his pale face.

"No," Jack cried, "No," he wept, "NO NO NO NO NO!"

The monks looked amongst themselves and then back up at the despairing figure on the cliff.

"It was foolish to trust the bean," Chase murmured, tossing the bowl aside.

"Then what can we do?" Omi asked innocently

"There is nothing we can…" Chase paused a moment, "Wait… There is one thing, but you must not tell Spicer."

"Why not?" Omi asked.

"He needs to reach a level of desperation that will let the necessary series of events unfold on their own."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Kimiko cringed.

"In his lost state, he must find his way to the Grand Master Dashi himself… It is the only way he can banish his evils for good.

When they looked back up the cliff, Jack was gone. A portal ripped open before them, and Evil Jack walked out.

"Are you whole?" Chase asked casually.

"Yeah. I went back and got my other half. I didn't want to cry alone…"

Jack sniffed and wiped his nose on the cloth part of his sleeve.

"Personally," Rai chimed in, "I like you better with all the bones sticking out rather than wings."

"Yeah I guess," Jack sighed, "But the voices are back… It was nice without them…"

Kimiko walked up and put a hand on his shoulder.

"Don't worry," she cooed, "Things'll get better."

"How can they?" Jack cried.

"Well," Clay said softly, "In my experience, once you hit rock bottom, there's nowhere you can go but up. And you, my friend, have hit rock bottom."

Jack smiled, "Yeah, but it can still get worse…"

"Not if you don't let it," Kimiko smiled.

"I guess," Jack wheezed.

There was a long awkward pause during which Chase rolled his eyes several times.

"I'm hungry," Jack mumbled, "Not to mention exhausted… I just want to sleep… Forever…"

Jack's eyes slid shut and he collapsed to the ground.

"I will take him for now," Chase said as he slung Jack's unconscious body over his shoulder, "He would not be accepted back at the temple. He will return to you when the time is right."

There was a silent agreement before Chase set off for his ruins.

"Well that was a worthless trip," Rai sighed as he got onto Dojo's back.

"Yeah, Rai's got a point. Jack's no better. We got to see his uber good side, but that's it…" Kimiko sighed.

"It's a good thing he changed back. Watching him feed all those birds was getting on my nerves…" Rai scoffed.

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A/N: I was kidding about that fic stuff... I think...