My Burden is my Fate

White light filled the cave and the Shen Gong Wu from the showdown transformed, including the Elemental Crown.

Tebigong-Fist of Tebigong

Yao-Elemental Crown

The Monkey-Monkey Staff

Himachi-Gills of Himachi

Tornami-Orb of Tornami

Moby-Moby Morpher

Strak-Ants in the Pants

Hanabi-Star Hanabi

Boa-Lasso Boa-Boa

Woshon-Woozy Shooter

JuJu-JuJu Flytrap

Blade-Sword of the Storm

Dashi-Eye of Dashi

"We're... free?" said JuJu, a giant humanoid flytrap, made out of stems, vines leaves and it's head was a giant flytrap.

"Water... water" croaked the humanoid fish

"There" said Tornami, basically a human with the surface of the Orb of Tornami for skin, spraying him with water.

"What now?" asked Moby, a dragon-like creature that had the same colour scheme as the Moby Morpher.

"Attack!" shouted Dashi and fired lightening at them. But lightening hit him before he could finish the attack.

"Wuya?"

"In the flesh"

"I sense you have ONE of your elements back"

"It's all I need"

Their electrical blasts met and the beams of energy were matched halfway between them.

"I can go on forever" said Dashi

"So can I"

"You said that last time."

"What's going on?" screamed Omi.

Jack created a metal spear and threw it at Dashi, it struck him and he grabbed at where it hurt, and then looked up to see a lightening-bolt hit him he screamed in pain, and then exploded in a ball of magic.
"The cave's collapsing!"

"Run!"

Everyone ran out of the cave as it collapsed.

"What's going on?" repeated Omi

"You don't know?" asked Cosmos

"No"

"Perhaps we should go back to the temple, away form these"

"Good idea" said Nature, "I'm Zoey by the way"

"That's a girl's name"

"I'm a girl"

"Just call me Wilds" said Cosmos

They walked through the forest and began talking.

"I'm Ashley" said Light to Jack

"I'm Tom" said Mind

"I'm Jack"

"Look we can still have an alliance; we can help you with your element"

"Don't listen to them" said Li. "We have Shen Gong Wu"

"You just turned his Shen Gong Wu into those"

"So you are the Shen Gong?" asked Wuya
"Some of them" replied Blade

"Good, I'll take great pleasure in doing what Hunter couldn't. Heylin Power, Lightening"

A thunder-bolt hit Himachi and he vaporized.

"With nine seals still holding you are too weak to fight against me"

"You're wrong" said the warrior with the same colour-scheme as the sword of the storm.

"Yao, Blade fusion! Wind!" he shouted and created an almighty storm "Yao can give me the power of the wind to make me stronger"

"Without Dashi you will always be nothing"

"That's a lie!"

"You know it isn't... Lightening!" she shouted and Blade exploded. "If I can't control you I shall have to destroy you!"

"Run!"

The Shen Gong ran away but Strak and Boa were hit and destroyed.

"Jack, you should join me" said Wuya, facing away from the group of teenagers. "They have no idea what can be done when our elements combine. Imagine the most destructive force you can create, then imagine the only thing that can destroy it. That is what we can become."

"You've got a deal Wuya"

"Excellent!"

"So Hannibal, having fun with your bird?"

"Impressive how you two managed to avoid being turned to Wu"

The Shen Gong circled Hannibal and his bird.

"We think we could dispose of you easily, even without our full power"

Hannibal leapt at them but was knocked back down.

"Goodbye Hannibal"

There was a scream and then nothing the Shen Gong walked away from what looked like a squashed Lima Bean and a bundle of feathers.

"You see no one knows why the Shen Gong had to be locked away, but it was said if even one element broke his seal there would be a cascade of every element opening their seal. And now three elements have broken their seals, with the bonus of using the Elemental Crown." explained Zoey

"And what became of the original elements?" asked Raimundo

"It's not known... But their elements would be given on until the seal was broken, then they elements would die with their last host. Unless we repair the seals, our elements shall die."

"Why do you want to free the Shen Gong so badly?" asked Wuya

"Every elemental has a burden. Mine has always been my fate"

"But you haven't even been an elemental for a day yet"

"That's where you're wrong." Said Li, kneeling on the ground, looking down into the grass. Sue and Jack were talking about something over by the cave, Ashley and Tom had gone off to plan their attack on the Xiaolin Temple. "I was destined to be the Ice Dragon, Omi had it easy, and he had water to balance it out. But Ice, it just causes itself to grow colder, until it can't cry" he was on the verge of tears now "until nothing can be felt. And then his heart is so cold, he finally dies... alone. My burden is my fate"

"What about her burden?" asked Wuya gesturing to Sue, Li looked over to her. "Her fate isn't sealed, she can change"

"No element can change. Lightening has always had a dark-side, wind has always felt a certain weakness, fire has always been angry, and earth has always been too simple, even stupid. Water has been..."

"The same as Ice... doomed"

"Metal..."
"...has the potential"

"Light..."

"Is burdened with distance"

"Mind..."

"An outcast, like all the elements"

"Nature"

"Confusion"

"Cosmos"

"...the mind"

"Darkness"

"...her-"

Li was choked by the tears, the truth that they could be little more than what they were born to be.

"How's the master?" said Wuya, looking down at him

"The same as ever... I just hoped, that by breaking the seals... we could become free from our elements"

"Why did you want Sue to keep her element?"

"What?"

"I know you let me have lightening so Sue could keep darkness"

"It was fate"

"Why did you? If it does so much damage?"

"We understand each other... and just because her element was gone... doesn't mean that the effects wouldn't last."

"You mean Omi is plagued by Ice, Raimundo by lightening?"

"Omi is safe from Ice, it can melt... But the ice of my heart just grows colder; no one can melt it..."

"I'm sorry"

"I'm sorry you had to experience darkness"

"The lightening got me through it"

"And together they turned you into the evil witch you are today... If you could, would you chose to have never become an element?"

"I'm not sure... Would you?"

"...I don't know... I like to think I would...but..."

"Yeah!"

"Huh..."

"All Ice can be melted you know" said Wuya, walking away from Li and over to Jack, "no matter how cold it is"

"Easy for you to say" muttered Li, as he got up and wiped his eyes. He had long ago decided to make the most of his tears, before they froze altogether.