Authors Note: Hey all! Finaly back after christmas. Well I'm finally back and with ch.5 in tow. Um, just two things quickly… I got an e-mail asking me a question about the fanfic and I thought I'd answer it here just incase anyone else was wondering. This is a Jack Spicer fanfic, I just have to fill you in on a few teensy things about Jade first so please bare with me ok? Also I'm not getting as many reviews as I did on the first few chapters, hope its not 'cause my writings slacking off… sorry if it is. Eh anyway, on to ch.5
---Second Spirit----
There was a brief flash of light as the soul swapper activated, switching the souls of the ones who held it. Jade's breathing faltered as her spirit was lifted out of her body where it seemed to stay suspended for a brief moment before a black shadow snaked out of her spirit to wrap around her spirit. A darker spirit now hovered above Jade's motionless form her spirit now trapped within it. The spirit slipped into Jade's body as the soul swapper dimmed. Jade's body took a deep breath and released it before it began breathing normally once more. Jade's eyes opened to reveal a pair of bright ice blue eyes instead of her normal deep blue ones. A smirk crossed Jade's face as she sat up carefully.
Free at last… the spirit thought to itself. It's good to be the one in control of the body you're in. The spirit carefully moved Jade's body and brought it to its feet then took a few careful steps as if remembering how to walk.
So many things to do and such time to do it in; but first I must fulfill a request of my kind host. Walking quietly up the steps the spirit walked Jade along the dark quiet corridors of the large house till it found Jack's room. The door was open ajar and a little nudge was all it needed to open all the way. Jack lay curled up in bed, sheets kicked to the end of the bed with a teddy bear in a dead lock in his arms. Kneeling beside him the spirit held Jade's hand above his chest. A few strands of shadow extended from Jades fingers to bury themselves through Jacks chest to wrap around his heart. Pulling them back the strands withdrew from Jack holding a small glowing white sphere. Muttering slightly Jack rolled over and curled up tighter. Moving as quietly as it could manage the spirit moved into Jacks room and picked up Jacks boots, goggles, jacket, and jetpack before turning to head back out again. Once back in the basement it donned these items before taking the ring of nine dragons from the shen-gon-wu cupboard, a large backpack and some other items.
Taking the back door out into the yard the spirit turned Jades eyes up to the stars. It stared at them for a moment as if contemplating something before activating Jacks hover pack and headed towards the Xiaolin temple.
The spirit paused on a cliff overlooking the temple. It was close to eleven, and everyone seemed to be getting ready for bed. The cowboy seemed to be finishing a late snack as he tiredly walked to his room. The girl was saying a few last words to her friends on her phone before hanging up and was about to give her hair one last brush out when she threw it at a boy who had sneaked in to try and scare her with what looked like a fake spider. Looking around for the fourth monk the spirit spotted him in the room where the shen-gon-wu were supposed to be kept.
Only one lookout? This might be easier than I though… well, not going to take any chances anyhow. Slipping the ring of nine dragons on it instantly activated without a word. Looking to the two others (A/n: there are now three) the first reached into the backpack and took out three walkie talkies and gave one to each copy. The first pointed to one of the others and then to the monks, it nodded understanding. Pointing to the third then to the top of the guarded temple, then to itself and then the bag it held. The first then handed the glowing sphere it got from Jack to the second copy who pocked it before heading down the hill to the temple. The others waited for a moment before the third one followed then a few minutes later the first one followed.
The third took its position on top of the guarded temple and waited for its signal. The second snuck into the rooms of the now sleeping Xiaolin monks. Slipping quietly over to each of them it carefully removed a small glowing sphere from each of them just like it had done with Jack. I can get the fifth one in a moment… but five will not be enough for what I need to do… there must be someone else around here that I can- quickly ducking behind Kimiko's large rack of clothes just as Dojo slithered past down the corridor. Grinning, the second spirit followed him.
The first spirit stood outside the doorway glancing around for a moment before it snapped the branch in its hands with a loud 'snap'.
"Who is out there?" Omi called out immediately running to the door. He looked out into the dark garden but saw no one. About to go back into the temple he heard another loud snap not too far off.
"I know you are there! Now come out with you're fingers in the air!" Omi cried running off in the direction of the sound. The Jade with the backpack sounded the bells and headed down the stairs while the one that had led Omi off doubled back and closed the stairs before Omi returned.
Omi began his march around the entrance to the vault again as he wondered what it was out there that he had heard. He hadn't seen anything… yet for a brief moment a shadow seemed to have extended itself towards him as if it was trying to grab him but no person or animal to be seen.
Perched above the sleeping monks rooms a Jade looked over the six small glowing spheres it had collected. One more… just one more and I can… stopping in mid thought it silently smacked its forehead as if feeling foolish for not figuring out something sooner. Reaching into its own spirit it removed a sphere from itself and added it to the others and grinned wildly. Seven… perfect. Now I have to hurry before the others are discovered. This Jade was to provide a distraction so that the other two could get away without anyone the wiser. Slinking silently away from the temple grounds before activating the jetpack a safe distance away so as not to draw any notice before it was time.
Back in the temple vault all the shen-gon-wu were taken from their placing and put in the backpack. Jade then walked down to the floor at the end of the steps and took out the shadow of fear, heart of Jong, serpent's tail, and the golden tiger claws. Taking the walkie talkie from the bag it turned it on then began pressing the talk switch sending a faint clicking noise to the other two before walking back up the stairs to sit near the top to wait.
The seven glowing spheres spun rapidly around Jade; the dark spirit was no longer completely contained within the flesh that it controlled. The powers of the dark spirit bore down on the spheres it had collected enhancing them, channeling them, building them into something more. The spheres shone brighter and brighter till the grove was as bright as day. Bringing Jades hands together above her head there was a loud explosion of sound and of energy as the seven spheres were combined along with the spirits energy. The light began to dim as what looked like a golden gauntlet fell down into Jade's hands. The gauntlet had a white metal band on top and a black band on the bottom with seven snakes in the middle holding it together. If a new shen-gon-wu doesn't get their attention nothing will.
Back at the temple Dojo bolted out of his room growing to his full size then reverting back again then going back to full size, all while destroying a few doorways and anything else that got in the way when he was full size.
"Wake up! For the love of Dashi wake up!" Dojo screamed hysterically as he bolted to the monk's rooms.
"Dojo? What's all the ruckus about?" Clay mumbled as he stumbled sleepily out of his room.
"I was having such a nice dream too…" Kimio said sounding like she was still asleep.
"New shen-gon-wu! Now!"
"Wait what? Hang on a second Dojo we've got to get dressed first…" Rai muttered as he headed back to his room wondering if it was possible to sleep this one out.
"No time we're off now!" before the monks could protest Dojo slipped them all onto his back and quickly grabbed Omi who had run over to see what all the noise was and flew off in the direction of the shen-gon-wu despite the protests of the still PJ dressed monks. Dojo just hoped the involuntary size switching was over.
At the same moment the shen-gon-wu was created, in a far off volcano, Chase Young fell out of bed and ran out of his room at top speed stopping only for a moment to grab his spear before heading out the mouth of his cave to see if he could see what had created that enormous burst of energy. Seeing that it was nothing close by Chase went back inside to don his armor before flying off.
The new shen-gon-wu lay on the ground in front of Jade who now sat on the ground shaking violently. The body wasn't meant to hold or control the spirits powers or abilities, what it had done was more than what Jade's already weakened body could take. All the spirit could do was keep her breathing steady and wait for the shen-gon-wu to deactivate before rendezvousing with the other two. Since the shen-gon-wu is still incomplete it shouldn't take too long…the spirit thought with a sigh. It would have preferred being able to complete it but that wasn't an option at this time.
A short while later Dojo landed in the forest not too far from the temple and lay down so everyone could slide off his back.
"My feet are cold." Kimiko whined as her bare feet landed on the already dewy ground.
"I'll second that… you know since we weren't going that far don't you think it was possible that maybe we had some time to grab shoes or something." Rai said siding with Kimiko.
"Seriously, and judging by the time I'm betting little boy Jack won't be here." Kimiko said as she started looking around for the shen-gon-wu.
"I simply wish that we had time to grab shen-gon-wu before we left or at least the scroll of the shen-gon-wu." Omi said as he picked Dojo up off the ground to rap around his arm.
"So what shen-gon-wu are we out here looking for anyway Dojo?" Clay asked as he patted his bed hair down wishing he had at least had time to grab his hat.
"Actually… I'm not too sure." This answer was met with a chorus of disbelief and protest. "Hey hey, there's just so much energy I can't tell."
"Can you at least tell us where it's coming from?" Kimiko asked holding her arm out so Dojo could get a good look around.
"Well its coming from… I think it's…" Omi continued to look around while the others waited for Dojo to decide. As he slowly ventured away from the group he saw something moving through the trees.
"You there stop!" Omi yelled and immediately ran at the shadowy figure not knowing or caring what it was he was running at. Omi made a lunge but the figure sidestepped at the last minute causing Omi to go crashing head first into a tree. Lying there slightly dazed he felt a hand gently roll him over to one side. Opening his eyes he saw a pale face with a pair of yellow goggles with orange swirls over the eyes of the face. Omi blinked the stars out of his eyes as he heard the footsteps of his friends approaching.
"Jack Spicer I…" Omi's sentence died as he realized he was the only one, other than his approaching friends, around that he could see.
A safe distance above the group a once again one Jade hovered looking down at the Xiaolin monks very pleased with its works. A grin spread across Jade's face as if the spirit was very humored by all of this. Believing to have successfully retrieved the shen-gon-wu and given the monks the suspicion that the whole thing had been Jack's doing Jade's body turned to fly back to Jacks home. A few more feet above Chase observed everything that was going on below him with a great deal of interest.
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Jade's body was tiring fast by the time she was back in Jack's basement. Walking on shaky footsteps the spirit placed all the acquired shen-gon-wu in the cupboard despite its ability to hold them all. Turning to walk up to Jack's room intent on putting his things back before he woke up Jade's legs buckled under her sending her crashing down. Turning onto Jade's back the spirit tried to pick up and move Jade's legs but they were practically numb and there was no way they were going to be able to carry Jade up the stairs and back down again. Cursing silently in Jade's mind the spirit wished Jade's body had held out just a tiny bit longer before giving out. Knowing it was no use lying there wishing the spirit pulled Jade's arms under her and began to pull her over to the couch where it tossed Jake's jacket before going over to the workbench where it placed the goggles, boots and jetpack far from where Jade had been sleeping. Hoping that was enough the spirit used every last bit of strength Jade's body had left to pull her back into her chair and rest her head down just as she was. Last of all her hand wrapped around the soul swapper which flashed brightly as it swapped the spirits back around and everything seemed as if nothing had happened at all.
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"JACK!" Jack whined and rolled over in bed and wished that Wuya had stayed away at least long enough for him to sleep in.
"Go away Wuya its Saturday… I wanna sleep in…" he said as he buried his head under his pillow and tried to reach for his bed sheets to hide under only to find that they were at the end of the bed and out of his reach.
"THIS IS IMPORTANT!" She screeched again.
"Well I know it can't be a shen-gon-wu, my wu finder didn't go off." he muttered as he sat up and dove for his covers at the end of the bed wrapping himself up in them and lay down at the foot of his bed.
"That broken piece of scrap?" she asked with a sneer.
"It's not broken and it's not scrap I fixed it…" Jack had moved back to the top of his bed and was reaching for his wu finder which sat on his bedside table. The glass was cracked and the lights seemed fried, when Jack picked it up it nearly completely fell apart in his hands causing him to yelp in surprise and snatch at the falling pieces.
"Broken piece of junk more like it."
"What…sniff…happened?" Jack asked looking at his wu finder sadly trying to sniff back tears.
"It's the shen-gon-wu that activated last night… it was no ordinary shen-gon-wu."
"You're telling me, looks like I'll have to replace the whole thing…"
"Jack… could you please focus for just one moment?" Wuya asked trying her best to stay calm.
"So what was up with that shen-gon-wu? So far all the shen-gon-wu have sent out the same signal no matter how weak or powerful the actual wu is; so what gives?"
"Unfortunately… I'm not sure. The shen-gon-wu deactivated before I could get to it."
"But don't your eyes light up and show the wu and stuff…"
"Well… yes and no. I saw a brief flash of what it looked like but…"
"But…"
"I have no idea what it's called or what it does."
"You really are pathetic you know that?"
"Shut up, you're the last person I want to hear that from." she said glaring at him. "Now look Jack, I don't know what happened with that shen-gon-wu but if the monks found it we might be in trouble, you need to train with the shen-gon-wu."
"Not right now ok? I need to work on my Jackbots, I got a great idea last night and I want to see if it works."
"NO! You must train now!"
"How about this, I'll work on my Jackbots till lunch time then train."
"Only if you have lunch at twelve instead of three or four in the afternoon."
"Fine fine, do we have a deal?" Wuya grumbled but nodded.
"Alright then." Jack slid out of bed and staggered sleepily over to the bathroom to take a shower. Wuya continued to grumble as she watched him go but decided to try to be happy about the compromise. Usually Jack just turned down training flatly, and since he was going to train that meant a smaller chance of him selling what little wu they had left for stupid robots. Wuya sighed and wished something productive could get done while she had to wait for stupid Jack. Jade could be more useful than Jack… but her lack of speaking made it impossible for her to use shen-gon-wu so that ruled her out. Plus if she left there was no telling what Jack would do in her absence; that boy just couldn't take care of himself without her hovering over his shoulder half the time.
"Hey Wuya, have you seen my boots?" Jack asked as he looked around his room still towel drying his hair.
"You probably left them downstairs or something, just hurry up and get to your robots so we can move on to training."
"Ok alright already…" Jack mumbled as he headed down to his lab. He found and donned his boots, cloak and goggles but didn't really think much as to why he didn't remember leaving them down there.
"Hey Jade, you still sleeping?" Jack whispered nudging her gently so as not to wake her if she was asleep.
"Look how pale she is, she looks awful." Wuya commented in a matter-of-fact tone.
"Guess the showdown was more tiring than she let on…"
"Well looks like you can't work on your robots now can you? Don't want to wake up poor sleeping Jade, I'm sure she's earned her rest… so why not train instead? I'm sure it will be a lot quieter than a blowtorch or hammer…"
"Will you give it a rest woman sheesh; I've known people in their 70's who complain less than you you old hag." Jack walked over to the cupboard where he kept the shen-gon-wu. "Now I get to pick the wu alright?"
"Yes yes fine boy just hurry up and pick one." Jack opened the cupboard and let out a yelp of surprise and fell backwards as all the shen-gon-wu that had been placed in the cupboard fell out and came crashing down on him.
"What the… all of these shen-gon-wu… where did they come from?" Wuya asked circling the heap of shen-gon-wu.
"It's a Christmas miracle!" Jack shouted sitting up in the middle of the pile.
"It's the middle of summer you idiot."
"Oh yeah; well this is cool…" Jack said as he started looking through the pile to see what was there. He soon found the monkey staff and hugged it tight grinning widely. "I got my monkey staff back!"
"I just can't seem to think of a way… how did all these shen-gon-wu get here?"
"Does it really matter?" Jack asked.
"No, I suppose not." Wuya said with a small shrug.
"Alright, train with monkey staff then hide shen-gon-wu."
"Wait what? Why?"
"One, I like the monkey staff." he said hugging it again then using it to scratch his back. "Two, if the monks figure out the shen-gon-wu are here they'll come to get them back, and I'm out of Jackbots at the moment."
"Hm, good points… well, just make sure you don't hide them anywhere obvious like last time."
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Authors note: well there you go with ch.5 hope it wasn't too confusing, sorry if it was. If I didn't clarify anything enough just let me know and I'll try to explain it better before ch.6 Until then please read and review and i'll see you all later!