Light versus Darkness

"The showdown will be a chi war: light versus darkness" said Ashley "No Shen Gong Wu will be wagered but our seals will. If I win you must repair your seal of darkness, but if you win I will break my seal of light."

"I accept, let's go Xiaolin showdown"

The area disappeared and they stood on a large, circular platform, with the yin-yang on it. The lighting was twilight and there was nothing outside the circle except and endless void. Spirits floated around the outside of the circle, they were invisible, but they were in fact the monks and Li. Flies entered and circled the yin-yang.

"Gong Yi Tan Pai"

A dark aura surrounded Sue, turning her into a shadow; likewise Ashley was surrounded by a light aura turning her into a human torch.

Ashley leapt at Sue, her arms changed form to look like blades, Sue jumped to the side, and her arm was sliced, she felt a burning pain but rolled over and got up. Sue's arms turned to tentacles that flew at Ashley, who was recovering from tripping after she had missed Sue. The tentacles bound Ashley, but Sue was burnt by the light and was forced to release her, and her arms turned back to tentacles.

Another light-blade attack, this time one of the blades managed to go through Sue's torso. Sue gripped her torso, in burning pain, Ashley turned round, her hands back to normal, she leapt on Sue, pinning her to the ground.

"Sue" screamed Li, silently and reached a hand out, which was knocked back by the orbiting flies.

"How does it feel?" taunted Ashley "the burning sensation of light destroying the darkness. How foolish that you thought and absence of light could be something physical"

'How foolish indeed,' thought Sue as she winced in pain. 'But this isn't light against darkness. It's yin chi versus yang chi. This is the same kind of battle as with Tom, it's all in the mind. Which means it's my chi against hers... the elements don't matter, it only burns because of mutual consent... If that is the case...'

Shadows shaped like arms raised from her back, over her shoulders and gripped Ashley. She lifted Ashley up, and noticed her wince in pain.

"If darkness is an absence of light, than your chi isn't destroying me, it's vanishing into me."

They both felt some pain, and Sue's second pair of arms carried Ashley to the edge of the circle and to the flies, she held her in their swarm as they orbited the circle. Ashley screamed in pain as her light became fainter. Sue just laughed, as her hands became more claw-like. She enjoyed seeing Ashley suffer so much she didn't notice the shadows change her shape to a more skeletal form, and her face become more demonic. Tentacles of shadows came out of her back, below the arms and went round her waist and struck Ashley quickly, she then tightened her grip, and there was an explosion of light, she released the body of light as the real Ashley faded in. The showdown ended.

"What's this?"

"Dashi?"

"Don't worry I'm on the Heylin Side"

"This-this is a machine that will unlock the potential Wuya told me about."

"How does it work?"

"I step into the chamber and Wuya uses her element to create a strong enough voltage, which should power this machine correctly, though too much would cause an over-load and it would explode with me in it."

"I have bad news, Wuya has become..." he finished the sentence by pulling out the Eye of Wuya.

"She's a Shen Gong Wu?"

"Yes, but she can still help you in Wu form, I'll use it"

"Really?"

"Of course"

"Alright, here is the amount of power I will need" said Jack, pointing to the screen

"That seems simple enough"

"Alright I'll go in"

Jack stepped in to the metal chamber.

"Eye of Wuya, Thunder!" shouted Dashi and fired a powerful ray at the electro-pad, the machine powered up.

'Jack... Jack... can you hear me?'

'What!'

'It's Wuya; Dashi's planning to kill you... He trapped me inside the Shen Gong Wu and stole my element.'

Jack noticed that the machine was starting to overload, he tried to move but he was stuck.

'Use your element. Just believe...'

"Metal" murmured Jack

Dashi laughed with joy as he saw Jack struggle.

"METAL!" shouted Jack as metal surrounded his body; he fired a spear at Dashi, which caused him to drop Wuya. He leapt out of the machine as it exploded and his blade-arm slashed at Dashi, he cowered into a corner.

"This is for Wuya!"

'How did he know?' thought Dashi as the pain began.

"Sun Chi Lantern!" shouted Sue, and stole Ashley's chi just after she had broken her seal. Sue looked around and saw only the monks escaping, Li walked up behind her.

"Good work!"

Sue jumped.

"You scared me"

"Sorry"

"What are we going to do with her?"

They didn't have time to think, Shen Gong Wu began to shake, and several new Shen Gong appeared. One of which was Suchi, the Sun Chi Lantern with the power of light.

Dashi screamed in pain. Spears had been inserted into both his hands, and he was pinned down by them. He sensed a seal breaking, and a blade slashed across his chest again, he was bleeding to death. Then he sensed it, a Shen Gong coming back.

"Scorpio is alive" he whispered