Later that night, while everyone was asleep, Jade crept out the window and sat on a bench, waiting for something. And it wasn't the bus. Ten Shadowkhan appeared in front of her, bowing. "Well, have you found her? Any trace of the Water Demon?" The Shadowkhan shook their heads. Jade let out a growl as her skin turned blue and her eyes turned red. "This is ridiculous! How hard is it to find a single trout demon?" She sighed and exhaled before turning to her minions. "You're dismissed." The Shadowkhan disappeared into the shadows.

"This is getting out of hand," Jade said, a little concerned. "If I don't put a hook on the Water Demon, my plans will be ruined!" She paced back and forth and thought. Then she had an idea. "Well, if I can't find a demon with Shadowkhan, why not find a demon with a demon?"

"Hsi Wu!" Jade shouted at the water tower. "Wake up, you overgrown bat!" There was no response. Growling, she flew up to the water tower and opened the loose panel. Inside was the Sky Demon, snoring loudly and having his wings wrapped around him like a blanket. He snorted and scratched his rear with his tail. Jade deadpanned, "That's something I didn't want to see."

She took the flute from her pocket and blew into it. The Sky Demon let out a shriek and tugged on his ears. "STOP! STOP THAT CURSED MUSIC!"

"Good evening to you too, Hsi Wu," Jade said sarcastically.

"What the heck is wrong with you?! You're sending me back to my portal after everything I've done?!"

"It's the only thing I could think of to wake you up."

Hsi Wu sat up and growled. "What do you want, Jade?"

"I'm going fishing and I need you help to find her."

"Her? You mean Bai Tza? Yeah, forget it." Jade put the flute to her lips. "Wait! Wait! You don't understand! My sister is craftier than Shendu and twice as dangerous! If she sees me with you, she'll drown me on dry land!"

"Tch. Like that's going to stop me." She snapped her fingers. Twenty Shadowkhan appeared behind her. "It's still one demon against thousands of shadows."

Hsi Wu laughed. "Bai Tza stood before a thousand human armies, each of them superior to a little girl with shadow powers and all of them died!"

Jade smirked. "Yeah, human armies."

Bai Tza swam out of the water and onto the shore of an unknown island. "Curse you, Jackie Chan!" She let out a roar and slammed her fist on the sand, making the water behind her ripple violently. She panted heavily as her anger was spent. Then she exhaled. "No matter. I can always find another land to flood, another Atlantis to claim." Her train of thoughts was cut off when a shuriken sliced off her right arm, turning it into water. "What?!"

She suddenly found herself surrounded by at least a dozen Shadowkhan. Enraged, she yelled, "Shendu! You would dare betray me AGAIN?!"

"Shendu's not the one in control here." A small girl with black hair and the grayish blue skin and red eyes of the Shadowkhan stepped out of the shadows. "I am."

The Water Demon snickered. "So, you are the child Hsi Wu talked about." She chuckled again. "You are playing with forces you could never understand."

"What I understand is that you can teach me. Help me translate your pages of the Demon Archive."

Bai Tza narrowed her eyes at the girl. "And why should I do that?" She got her answer when Jade held up a gourd that was glowing green. "The chi spell!"

"That's right. And there's nowhere you can hide from me forever. As long as here are shadows, my friends," Jade patted one of the Shadowkhan's shoulders. "Will find you."

The Water Demon wasn't afraid. "But as long as I am near my element, you can't beat me!" She raised her hands. The water surrounding the island suddenly rose up into a giant wave. With a snap of her fingers, blades of liquid shot out of the waves and rained down on the Shadowkhan, making them disappear in puffs of smoke. Jade dodged the water blades by turning into a shadow and slither along the ground like a snake.

"Maybe Hsi Wu was right. I am out of my element," Jade thought as she reformed to her normal form and dodged more water blades. Then she had an idea. "So why not do the same to her?" She ran up to the Water Demon and tackled her into the ground. With a single thought, she put a hand on Bai Tza's shadow and the two of them sank into darkness.

The next thing the two of them knew, they were surrounded by sand. Lots and lots of sand. And the sun was baking down on them. Bai Tza let out a screech as steam started coming out of her body. "Where are we?! What did you do?!"

"I teleported us to the hottest place on Earth I can think of," Jade said, wiping sweat off her brow. "The Sahara Desert. There's no trace of water here for thousands of miles! You're out of your element!" Her smirk slowly started to vanish when Bai Tza started chuckling. "What's so funny?"

"I'm not quite out of my element," the Water Demon said. "Did you know that the human body is seventy percent water?"

Jade's eyes widened a little. "Uh...I think I learned something like that in science class." She suddenly felt her entire body stiffen up. "What?! I...I can't move!"

Bai Tza laughed. "I can control the fluids and juices inside your very body! If I can, I can make your blood flow stop!" She laughed as she watched Jade struggle to break free from her paralysis. Suddenly, she felt a kick in the gut and she fell to the ground. She looked up to see a Shadowkhan looming over her. She whipped it away with her tail and hissed at Jade.

Jade gulped as she backed away. "I do not want to go through that again." With a thought, she commanded Bai Tza's own shadow to reach out, grab her and pin her down. "Now that I got your attention," she said. "How about we get right down to business? What will it take to help me read my book?"

"Your book?! I am one of the writers of that archive! It is not a mere child's play thing!"

"Tch. I am no mere child. And I want to learn far greater powers."

Bai Tza just laughed. "You've only scratched the surface. I can teach you more than what that book or what Hsi Wu has to say." She suddenly felt the shadow tighten its grip around her.

"You want to know what Shendu said when he promised me that? He betrayed me. And I know you will do the same. Hsi Wu says you're craftier than that dragon."

The Water Demon snorted, "Of course I am. You know that I can still control your bodily fluids with a single flex!"

"Which is why I got you bound. So, what's it going to take for you to help me read your section?"

"NOTHING!" shrieked the Water Demon as she struggled to get out.

Jade remained expressionless. "Oh, then in that case, I'll just leave you here in the desert to evaporate." She turned to leave.

Bai Tza's eyes widened. "Wait!" Jade paused. "I can teach you."

The Queen of the Shadowkhan turned. "I'm listening."

"But only if you do me a favor."

Jade crossed her arms. "What favor?"

"Provide me a new Atlantis. Preferably one away from your meddling uncles."

"What? And have you flood another innocent city?"

Bai Tza snarled. "They're just humans! Humans who pollute the waters, choking the life of its inhabitants, and taking and eating more than they need! No human is innocent!"

Jade thought it over. The Water Demon had a point, but she couldn't let her destroy any human settlements. Section 13 would immediately find her out. Oh, and Bai Tza as well. Then she had an idea. "Well, the bad news is," she finally said. "I can't let you flood any cities."

"Then you can forget about-"

"I'm not finished, you overgrown trout!" Jade shouted. "Sheesh, let a girl finish her sentence, will you? As I was saying, why don't you flood a human settlement that's already abandoned? It's a win-win! There will be no humans to destroy and Section 13 or the J-Team won't think to look for you there."

"Oh, sure, sure, no one will think to look for me," Bai Tza said sarcastically. "Except they already are! All because Jackie Chan foiled my plan to make San Francisco my new kingdom, and you helped him!"

"Tch, if you mean be there for moral support," Jade muttered. She asked, "What if I were to make it look like you've been sealed in your portal? It worked the last time with Hsi Wu."

The Water Demon narrowed her eyes. "And what is that?"

"You'll see. I just need the ingredients for a duplication spell. Oh, and you need to take on a human disguise." She took note of the Water Demon's disgust. "Okay, shadow, you can let her go now." The shadow dropped its owner and sunk back into the ground. "One more thing: betray me and I will serve you with chips."

Bai Tza raised an eyebrow. "What are chips?"

Jade popped out of the shadows and landed next to Hsi Wu. "Well, your sister is a fine piece of work."

"I told you. She's not one to take lightly."

"Still, I think I got her on my side. All I need is a duplication spell and she will be in the clear."

"And you think she won't betray you?"

Jade took the gourd out of her pocket and rolled it around in her hand. "No. I don't."