Hello, and thank you everyone for the awesome reviews! They're fuel for my creativity so give me more if you want more chapters! I'm beginning to come out of my hiatus, but I'll mainly focus on this fanfic and my new ROTG fanfic.

I've been a little distracted lately with my iPhone 4G getting stolen by some moronic bastard from my school. I'm sending a can of whoop-ass on him! but I got a new one, and now school is over for me XD!

Okay so in this one, you'll find out what Sheila's element is! Now, I had to do a lot of research for her powers because they are quite complicated. . . and deadly. To her. And everyone else.

I'll try to explain them the best that I can, but even I don't get some of it either. If you want a more detailed explanation, go to my deviantArt page on my profile and you'll have to look for the journal in which I explained Sheila's powers. It's a two part, in which part 1 has Sheila's backstory, so if you don't want any spoilers of the next few chapters, I strongly suggest that you just move on to part two.

Also, if you see the words/names Kimono and Raymond where Kimiko and Raimundo should be, that's not my fault. The computer I'm using doesn't see them as actual names, and it tries to automatically correct them. I've gotten a few complaints.

I don't own Xiaolin Showdown. I only own my OC.

At The Temple. . .

Sheila's eyes fluttered open. Her vision blurred, but slowly focused as she recognized her room. Sheila laid there for a moment, trying to collect ever bit of memory she think of about what happened before she passed out.

'We were fighting this robot, and then I somehow. . .' Those moments were almost a blur to Sheila. The more she thought about it, the more confused she was. And she hated being confused. 'I somehow slowed down. . . time?'

It was impossible, when one thought of it. But Sheila actually experienced it! She looked out her window. It was dawn with the sun just peaking over the bending and bowing treetops and bamboo. Sheila's hair had fallen out of its braid. It curled around her face, all the down to the base of her spine. It was thick and spread out around her face, which was one of the reasons she kept it in a braid the whole time. She hated not being able to see.

Sheila stood up, testing her balance to see if she could walk. Her head pounded as she took the first step. She nearly fell and accidentally grabbed the ledge of her window, which also resulted in grabbing onto the vase of the mysterious purple roses, causing it to crash to the floor, right beside her. Feeling that weird urge to sniff the roses again, she didn't fight back and plucked the dripping bouquet and practically shoved it in her face.

Her eyesight, hearing, and sense of balance improved dramatically with each inhale of the addictive scent. She soon felt brand new and picked up the roses, wrapping them in a bag and gently hid them in the trunk, promising to get them a new vase soon, and to clean up the broken one. But now, she had to look around the temple for the other monks.

No one was in sight. It was like a ghost town, or ghost temple, I guess. The last place she didn't check was the meditation hall. Which was where she had actually found them. She stood by the doorway, listening in on the conversations.

"This cannot be, Master Fung." Omi's voice was the first one that Sheila heard. "I always assumed that a Xiaolin Dragon was an element!" Sheila was a little confused (and satisfied) because she thought she heard fear in Omi's voice.

"This is most surprising indeed." Master Fung replied. "I did not expect her powers until later."

"So what exactly would her powers do?" Kimiko then asked.

Master Fung paused before replying, "Her powers are still not entirely understood. What we know is that they are powerful, and are capable of splitting the world in half."

Sheila tried to contemplate what they were going on about. Had Master Fung known what her "element" was the entire time? Why wouldn't he tell her?

"Sheila!" Omi's voice startled Sheila. "You're awake!" Omi pulled her into a hug. Sheila flinched violently in his grip when they made contact with each other.

"Three second rule!" Sheila squeaked. Omi instantly let go of her. "How long was I out?"

"You've been out for two days." Raimundo came up behind Omi.

"Two days?!" Sheila brain was melting into cheese at this point.

"We need to explain a few things to you." Master Fung said, before he gestured for her to follow him inside the meditation hall. Once inside, Master Fung had her sit in front of the semicircle that the other dragons formed themselves.

"Sheila," Master Fung said, "Do you remember anything that happened last night?"

"Well, I don't know what exactly I did, but I think. . ." Sheila trailed off before taking a deep breath. "We were fighting that giant robot and as it reached for me, everything around me became as slow as a tortoise. And I just walked away from the temple, started running back towards it, then I jumped and spun into it. Then everything after that became a blur."

Master Fung stroked his beard in thought. "Sheila, I don't know how to explain this to you in any other way, but you were moving faster than the speed of light."

Sheila didn't react physically, instead her brain just exploded! "B-But that's impossible!"

"Nothing is impossible, especially not when it comes to your element." Master Fung said. "Can you figure out what your element is?" Sheila didn't see it, but Omi opened his mouth to answer the question, but Master Fung silenced him with a simple gesture.

Sheila thought long and hard. 'This would involve magic with a mix of science in there. The only way for an object to obtain the principle of the faster-than-light theorem is to gain a mass amount of negative energy. So what in Chinese mythology is the source of negative energy?'

Her brain finally pieced itself together. "Yin." Sheila answered. She looked to Master Fung for a reply who only nodded in his approval of her answer.

For once, Sheila didn't know what to think. In Chinese philosophy, Yin is the feminine or negative principle of the two opposing cosmic forces into which creative energy divided and whose fusion in physical matter brought the phenomenal world into being. So if Sheila can control negative energy. . .

"But then, wouldn't my powers be deadly to the world?" Sheila asked.

"Let me answer that with a question of my own. Is a knife, by itself, dangerous?" Master Fung replied.

"No, when it's by itself." Sheila answered.

"Is the person holding the knife in control of the knife's actions?" Master Fung once again asked.

"Yes." Sheila replied.

"And that would mean what?" Master Fung asked her.

Sheila thought. "It means that what only matters is how I use my powers."

"Correct." Master fun said.

"Don't worry, Sheila." Clay and the others came up and sat beside her. "We'll help you every step of the way."

"Thanks, mates." Sheila blushed. "But there is one thing that is still bugging me."

"What's that?" Clay asked.

"If Jack was the one who attacked the temple last night, where was he?"

In the Mountains Outside the Temple (During the Attack)

Jack was controlling giant robot, via remote, as Chase Young stood beside him. The attack on the Temple was just starting as Raimundo and Sheila arrived. Everything was going accordingly to Chase's plan. And of course as much as Chase expected, Jack sent his biggest robot to the Shen Gong Wu vault.

But he counted on this move. The monks had entered the temple and Jack made his robot attack them. He tried to target Sheila, but the other monks kept getting in the way. But once the way was clear, Jack made his final move.

Jack didn't actually want to hurt Sheila, but Chase made him do it. And though Sheila was his (secret) friend, this was just business. Jack would feel guilty about it when he is king of the world.

But within the blink of an eye, Sheila was struck by lightning and vanished. "What the-?" Jack almost cursed, before a blazing trail of gold and white zipped toward his robot, bounced off and spun around the inside of the vault. Once it was outside, the light stopped, and Sheila dropped to the ground, limp and lifeless. The monks gathered around Sheila's lifeless body as the vault collapsed on top of the giant robot. Clay then picked her up and carried Sheila to her room.

Chase smiled mischievously to himself. "Excellent." He then turned to Jack. "Your services are no longer required. For now." Then he vanished.

Jack just stood there. "What the f*ck just happened?!" He yelled to nobody.

Over the Next Few Days

Sheila's training had gotten exponentially better over the last few days. Her focus, concentration, and execution of her moves and skills were more accurate and more effective on the practice dummies. She didn't know what her powers were supposed to be doing or even how to use them in combat, but she didn't care. It was the memory of that very morning that made her more motivated to better her training. But it was more of the single moment in that memory that she loved about it. It was not the discovery of her powers or the assurance of the monks vowing to help her better understand her position in this game of life.

It was the fear in Omi's voice for some reason that made her satisfied.

Omi feared her powers.

Omi feared her.

Why did that make her feel happy? It was like she had control over something. Sheila made something happen. Maybe it was just a phase. Omi probably wasn't used to having someone around whose powers could rip the earth in half. When she could control her powers better, then things would go back to normal. Omi would be the boasting little munchkin everyone knew in love, and Sheila would go back to being the weird girl who always kept her gob (mouth) shut most of the time and be ignored by everyone. The other monks were sparring with each other while Sheila simply walked around them, eyeing their movements and techniques. She wasn't focused on worrying about how humiliated she'd get if she had her arse handed to her. Instead, she was focusing on how everyone else fought.

Clay, for instead, lacked speed, but made up for it in strength. His fighting stances left him vulnerable to strikes that were positioned anywhere lower than his torso. Sheila would have to strike from either his side or from behind. A Trap-Sweep and a gyro-kick to the base of his spine would do the trick.

Kimiko is fast with her feet and legs. Plus she definitely doesn't have any upper body strength. In addition her temper is always her weakness. Her torso wouldn't be optimal, but her throat or neck would be the prime place with a Knife Hand chop.

Omi's short height made him vulnerable to low kicks. But his knowledge and years of experience would make Sheila hesitate in even trying to attack him. But his ego is as large and high as a hot-air balloon. Sheila would not hesitate to pop it and send him spiraling to the ground. A Reverse Round-House Kick or an Axe Kick would be perfect to bring him down during a jump-kick.

Raimundo was all about dodging. He would make his opponent waste crucial energy in offensive attacks while he simply gave a final blow. But when Raimundo fought Sheila, he underestimated her and went on the offense. His aim is high so an upwards sweep-kick would be best.

Raimundo caught onto Sheila's behavior. Somehow, looking into her solid sapphire-blue eyes felt colder than before. When he first looked into her eyes, they gave off the investigative, shy glimmer that made him curious about her. But now it was as if he were looking into the eyes of a starving predator about to pounce on its prey. Something had awaken inside of Sheila. It wasn't good but it wasn't particularly bad either, it was just unknown. And that made him worried.

Sheila met Raimundo's emerald eyes. There was almost a glare towards each other. a few nights ago, they were bonding, almost like siblings, she even confided her secret disability to him. But now it was a rivalry, a challenge to even speak to each other in that time. Raimundo felt as if he was being violated through his thoughts. Sheila blinked and the intense moment was gone.

"HIIYYYAAAA!" Raimundo was distracted by Sheila and was tackled by Omi, his current sparring partner.

"Observe alive, Raimundo!" Omi instructed.

"It's 'look alive', Omi." Raimundo corrected.

"Do I look ill to you?" Omi ignorantly asked.

Raimundo glanced back to Sheila, who had gone to watch Kimiko and Clay fight. Before long, Clay was put out of commission and it was Sheila's turn to fight Kimiko. Omi and Raimundo sat down with Clay and watched the two girls fighting.

At first they just circled around each other. Kimiko seemed unnerved, but at the same time, entranced by Sheila's intense glare. Kimiko cocked her head to the side only slightly, but that was when Sheila attacked.

Sheila was using Xiaolin Leopard Style. She used her hand to have the use of the Leopard's claw, basically a half-fist, created by folding each finger at the fist phalanx, using the ridge created thus as a striking surface, also using the palm of the claw as secondary weapon. Kimono saw it coming in time and ducked under Sheila's strike and used her foot to kick her in the chest.

But Sheila had thrown a decoy punch and jumped back to grab Kimiko's ankle. She flipped over her, taking Kimiko along with her. Sheila threw the Asian girl, but Kimiko caught herself and landed on all fours, glaring up at Sheila.

"Wudai Mars Fire!" Using a Tornado Jump Inside Crescent Kick Combination, Kimiko aimed for Sheila's head with her hands and feet set ablaze.

It happened again.

Time slowed down considerably. Kimiko was moving only 1 inch per second. Sheila looked over at the other monks who were watching. They each blinked s-l-o-w-l-y. Sheila simply walked behind Kimiko and made a slicing motion with her left hand, acting like she was slicing Kimiko's neck off of her shoulders. Back in normal time, the force was tripled more than Sheila intended.

Kimiko was sent to the ground in a pained THUD and a sickening CRACK, and she didn't move for six whole seconds. Sheila almost smiled that the sight. Almost.

"Sheila! What the hell?!" Raimundo yelled. He and the others quickly ran over to Kimiko's side. She was breathing and her eyes were open. But why wouldn't she move?

"What is going on here?" Master Fung came running towards Kimiko.

"I-It was an accident!" Sheila stuttered. "I didn't mean to-" Sheila paused. Did she mean it? She felt sort of happy when she heard the sickening crack from Kimiko's neck. That was terrifying to think that she liked hearing that sound! What was happening to her? She never once in her life found other people's pain or fear funny, amusing, or satisfying. She always found it as a beastly behavior. Master Fung quickly jabbed a few spots on Kimiko's back, along her spinal column. Within seconds, Kimiko gasped for air and writhed in pain.

"What happened?" Kimiko groaned.

"Kimiko, I'm so sorry! I didn't meant to hurt you!" Sheila was almost on the verge of tears. Especially with everyone else watching her. Sheila could actually feel the anger off of Raimundo, while she felt worry radiating from Master Fung, Clay, Omi, and she felt Kimiko's pain. She felt these so easily, and began to almost cry because these felt all of it at once. She could feel their negative emotions.

Fortunately, Dojo slithered in covered in red scales. Wait, red scales? No, there were blotches of red here and there along his reptilian body. He was obviously trying not to scratch them, meaning that they were irritated. "We've got a Wu alert!"

He gave the scroll to Master Fung who opened it and read the content. "The Rainbow Star. It can turn everyone and everything into a rainbow of colors." The image revealed a large disk with different colored blades coming out of it.

"We'd better get going." Kimiko said as everyone headed for the sleeping quarters. Sheila's accident was quickly forgotten, making her feel relieved, but still feeling guilty over what she had done. It was weird because she didn't plan on doing it, she just did it in the spur of the moment. But she felt excited at the same time. For once she had actually won a battle. She felt so . . . so . . .

Alive.

Dojo flew every one to the Great Barrier Reef. It laid just off the coast of Queensland, along the cities of Cairns and Townsville (yes, that it a real town). It ranged from shallow inshore areas – such as sea grass, mangroves, sand, algal and sponge gardens, and inter-reef communities – to deep oceanic areas more than 250km offshore. Dojo had shape-shifted himself into a boat. They floated over the colorful kingdom of fish, coral, and beauty.

Everyone had worn the same clothing style that they always have, except Kimiko. She wore a leather vest over a butterfly patterned cardigan, a pink shaded skirt with yellow trims, green flats, and her beautiful black hair was in braided pigtails.

"Now, according to my itchy scales, it's somewhere among the coral." Dojo explained. "You're all going to have to swim down and get it." Sheila didn't hear the rest of the conversation. She just stared down into the water. A distant memory was resurfacing, making Sheila's eyes squint shut.

"Sheila!" Clay shouted and touched Sheila's arm.

"WHA-?" Sheila jumped and nearly fell over board.

"I asked if ya were ready about a minute ago." Clay explained.

"Oh, yeah sure, I'm apples (I'm fine)." Sheila gave a weak smile and a thumbs up.

And with that awkward moment gone, Omi pulled out his chosen Shen Gong Wu, the Gills of Hamachi. The Gills of Hamachi was a gold band with a green scale design on the front. He placed it around his neck and everyone held onto him as he shouted out the name.

Sheila felt her body became cold and moist. Scales replaced her skin and her hair, as much as she could feel it, was still there, but it turned into a dorsal fin starting from the back of her head, reaching all the way down to the base of her spine. Her fingers and toes became webbed, but her shoes stayed on, as well as the rest of her clothing. When the change stopped, Sheila looked at herself in the reflection of the crystal blue waters. She looked like something from a Marvel comic book. A sort-of human-fish mutant experiment by the government. She smiled at the thought.

Then one by one, everyone jumped into the water. Except for Sheila, who gently slipped in after momentarily hesitating. The salty ocean water cooled Sheila off, after she realized that she was baking in the heated summer sun. It felt wonderful to her now scaly figure and she breathed in lungfuls of saltwater. It felt like instinct to just keep her mouth open. Although she dreaded being a mouth-breather.

She swam with the others as they headed toward the reefs. The vast colors and vivid creatures made it look like a real underwater kingdom. Clownfish, red bass, red-throat emperor, and several species of snapper and coral trout swam out and about. The other monks looked around in amazement, while Sheila was busy keeping an eye out. She knew the dangers of the reef. Sharks, jellyfish, salties (saltwater crocodiles), and sea crates (sea snakes) all lived around the reef. Not to mention, their Heylin enemies may be lurking around here, waiting for someone to get the Wu so they could steal it from them.

Sheila had rammed right into Clay. "Sorry." Sheila bubbled underwater.

Clay didn't answer back. It was weird, yet it felt cool to talk normal underwater. She then saw what everyone was looking at. A large saltwater crocodile, the largest of all living reptiles. An adult male, generally between 4.3 and 5.2 m (14 and 17 ft) in length. It has fewer armor plates on its neck than other crocodilians. On this species, a pair of ridges runs from the eyes along the center of the snout. The scales are oval in shape and the scutes are small compared to other species. It was a dark greenish-drab in color, with a few lighter tan or grey areas apparent.

It was staring straight at the five monks. No one moved a muscle. Sheila glanced to the others. Raimundo was giving it an angry face, along with Kimiko and Clay, but Omi was filled with confusion.

"How can a crocodile live in this salty water?" Omi asked.

"Shh!" Sheila hissed before answering in a quivering whisper, "It's a saltwater croc. And due to their size and distribution, saltwater crocodiles are the most dangerous extant crocodilian to humans. Now be quiet, they rely on hearing as well as sight."

"Well, Sheila, now's the time to do your stuff." Raimundo said.

"What stuff?" Sheila was kind of scared of Raimundo's command.

"Don't Australians wrestle crocodiles on a regular basis?" He asked ignorantly. If steam were visible underwater, it would've been blowing out of Sheila's ears.

"Oh, could you teach me how to wrestle a crocodile?" Omi smiled excitedly at Sheila. By then the steam would've been blowing out of her nostrils.

"That's a bloody stereotype! And I don't know a bloody thing about wrestling crocs." Sheila growled calmly. The croc stirred and clawed its way off the reef, carefully not disturbing any of the coral beds. Everyone froze when the croc started to head right towards them.

"It's on the attack!" Kimiko whispered.

"I don't think so mate," Sheila answered, "Crocs are stealth hunters; he's lost the element of surprise. There's no point in attacking us now."

The croc pretty much confirmed Sheila's suspicions as it dove deeper into the dark depths of the reefs. Sheila finally let out a breath of relief. Once they was sure the croc was gone, everyone began swimming back towards the reef. The water around the reef was warm and inviting. The coral surrounding and inhabiting the reef was much more beautiful up close.

"I have never seen this type of rock before." Omi said as he stared at a specimen of brain coral, "What is this?" He was inches away from poking at the delicate creature.

"OMI STOP!" Sheila cried as she sped through the water like a bullet to snatch Omi's arm away.

"What?!" Omi yelled, like he was caught doing something illegal.

"Coral is not a rock. It's an animal." Sheila explained catching her breath. "They are a sedentary coelenterate of warm and tropical seas, with a calcareous, horny, or soft skeleton." She was about to explain further when Raimundo burst into laughter.

"What's so funny?" Sheila asked.

"You said 'horny'." Raimundo snickered.

"Yeah, corals can be horny." Sheila said, not getting the joke. Raimundo burst into more laughter, and Sheila began to feel self-conscious when Kimiko began giggling and Clay chuckled, pulling his hat down to hide his blush.

"Is there something going on that I don't know about?" Sheila asked, confused and looking a little frightened. When Kimiko saw the confusing look on Sheila's face, she swam over and whispered the explanation into her ear. A few seconds later, Sheila shrieked at the top of her lungs and her cheeks were now a cherry red.

"Oh, look!" Kimiko provided the much needed distraction for everyone. "I see the Wu!"

Down below the sea cliffs of the reefs, a large disk with different colored blades was practically stabbed into the rock. It was about probably 30 meters down. If it weren't for the bright colors, that practically glowed, they wouldn't have been able to see it. Sheila felt a sense of dread just by looking over the cliff. She was sensing something. She glanced at the others to see if they could sense something as well. They were just looking down over the cliff with Sheila.

"So, who's going down there?" Clay asked. Everyone looked at each other before looking at Sheila.

"Wha- Me?" Sheila gestured to herself. "I can't go into the open water by myself! There are sharks, jellyfish, sea crates, and that saltie could still be here."

"I can go with you!" Omi volunteered. He took Sheila by her sleeve and pulled her over the cliff.

The cold became evident as they went down deeper. Sheila felt as if she were being pushed back and were having to fight against the water. But Omi was having no problem, he felt fine and was keeping his eye on the Rainbow Star.

"Wait!" Sheila just blurted out. It was very uncharacteristic of her to do that. She very rarely spoke out, and when she did it was for an emergency. But Omi stopped swimming down and looked at Sheila.

"Is something the matter?" He asked. He was showing no signs of fear, so that meant he wasn't sharing the same feeling that was crawling up and down her spine.

"I-I just have this feelin'." Sheila forced herself to answer. "It's a kind of bad feelin'." Her entire body was trembling. Her breathing was starting becoming irregular and unsteady.

"Sheila! Please calm down!" Omi tried to put a hand on Sheila's shoulder, but the Aussie immediately made a b-line for the surface.

Sheila knew what she was having: an anxiety attack. She knew the emotional symptoms: Feelings of apprehension or dread, trouble concentrating, feeling tense and jumpy, anticipating the worst, irritability, restlessness, watching for signs of danger, and feeling like your mind go blank. And then there was the physical symptoms: Pounding heart, shortness of breath, tremors and twitches, and muscle tension. All of which she was suffering.

"Yo, Sheila!" Raimundo caught up to her. "What the hell-?"

"JUST GO AWAY!" Sheila shouted.

Raimundo was slightly taken back, before he blinked and finally understood. "Omi, get the Rainbow Star!" He shouted down to Omi who was still in the same place. "I'll take Sheila back to Dojo." Raimundo put a webbed hand on Sheila's back and guided her to the surface. Once Omi had gotten the Rainbow Star out of the rock cliff, he, Clay, and Kimiko came up to the surface with them. Omi took off the Gills of Hamachi and everyone returned to normal and climbed onto Dojo, where Sheila was curled up and hugging herself on the floor, staring fiercely at the sides of the Dojo-boat and twitching violently. Dojo was occasionally glancing back to make sure that the newest monk was alright.

"What's wrong with her?" Kimiko asked. The Japanese girl bent down to put a hand on Sheila's shoulder.

"Don't touch her!" Raimundo quickly snatched away Kimiko's hand. "She's having a small anxiety attack."

"Why would a simple feeling of anxiety attack someone?" Omi asked ignorantly.

"Omi," Raimundo bent down to the little monk's eye level, "Anxiety is more than just a feeling. It's a product of the body's fight-or-flight response. Anxiety involves a wide range of physical symptoms. Because of the numerous physical symptoms, anxiety sufferers often get mistaken for having a medical illness."

"How do you know all of this?" Clay asked, wringing the water out of his hat.

"Because my little brother, Raj, suffers from anxiety attacks often with his autism." Raimundo answered. He then stared back at Sheila. She was becoming more calm as she was became dry. "Dojo, head back to the temple!"

Sheila stared at the ceiling with an icepack on her forehead.

That was so embarrassing.

Having a panic attack in the middle of a Wu-hunt! Luckily only the monks were there. The other villains must've thought that the Rainbow Star was completely useless as well. She agreed with that that. How is turning everyone and everything around you into different colors considered useful? There was another thought that she had in her mind.

Yin applies to negative forces, or in this case negative energy. Moving faster than the speed of light is just one of the hazardous things Sheila is now capable of. And not just dangerous to her, it would be dangerous to everybody. She snapped away from her thoughts when the other monks came into the room.

"You feelin' any better?" Clay asked, taking his hat off in a chivalric gesture.

"I guess." Sheila said in a monotone voice as she sat up.

"Look, Sheila, everyone gets panic attacks." Kimiko came over and placed a gentle hand on the Aussie's shoulder. "There no need to mope about it."

"I'm not just moping because of the panic attack." Sheila raised her voice a little bit. Everyone waited for Sheila to give a reason why she was so jittery. She took a deep breath and spoke her thoughts on the situation.

"Do any of ya know what Yin symbolizes?" Sheila asked.

Omi immediately stepped in. "In Chinese philosophy, Yin symbolizes the feminine or negative principle of the two opposing cosmic forces into which creative energy divides and whose fusion in physical matter brings the phenomenal world into being." Omi gave a pompous smile that followed his answer.

"Yes." Sheila answered. When Omi wasn't showing off, Sheila could actually find him lovable. "But it's not just that. Yin is applied to negative energy. Negative energy is a concept used in physics to explain the nature of certain fields, including the gravitational fields and a number of quantum field effects. In more speculative theories, negative energy is involved in wormholes which allow time travel and warp drives for faster-than-light space travel."

"Well, what does that mean?" Raimundo asked.

"It means," Sheila snapped in an irritated voice and counted down on her fingers, "I have the potential power to move faster than the speed of light, could travel through time, strengthen the gravitational attraction between two objects, and I can manipulate light, to make it into a deadly laser, make it dance around, or I can suck all the available light around us and make it implode, thus blanketing everything into total darkness."

"That's awesome!" Raimundo cheered. Clay and Kimiko agreed with him, but Omi stood with a solemn face looking at Sheila. He must've realized where Sheila was going with this.

"Do you guys have any idea what that could actually do?" Sheila gave a solid glare at each of them. When no one dared to answer, she continued. "The faster-than-lightning would take a MASSIVE amount of negative energy, strength, and concentration. If any of these were to fail, it could put me in shock, in a coma, or worse. I was lucky that night. That lightning was negatively charged, so I didn't have to use as much energy. And remember what I did to Kimiko? Even though it was a complete accident, I could've killed her!

"And the gravitational thing, the consequences still apply, not to mention that if I do fail in my concentration with that, I could squash someone like a bug. And do you know what happens when a star dies? A blackhole is created, which would be the same result if I make light implode on itself."

"We get it!" Raimundo shouted. "What are trying to tell us?"

"I'm trying to tell you," Sheila's voice volume matched Raimundo's, "That I'm basically "Darkness Incarnate"! And my powers are too dangerous!"

"That's why you're here, Sheila!" Raimundo yelled back. "So that you could learn to control your powers!"

"Then what, Raimundo?! What do we do once we have completed our training and become Xiaolin Dragons?!"

Raimundo opened his mouth to retort, but he hesitated. Sheila was right. What would happened when they'd completed their training? He's their leader. He's supposed to have the answers to questions like this. Sheila folded her arms and held her head high, signaling that she had won.

In retaliation, Raimundo growled and stomped out of the room, with Clay and Kimiko in tow. Omi was the last one to leave. He turned back towards Sheila who was opening her trunk and was staring at . . . Purple roses? Omi hid behind the doorway. Those were the same purple roses, blue leaves, and black thorns that Sheila had "requested" for Omi to retrieve.

Sheila reached in and plucked one of the flowers. She eyed it with a kind of longing in her eyes. She sniffed it and her eyes turned red for a split second, but it was long enough for Omi to see it.

"Omi, you coming dawg?" Raimundo shouted.

The little monk immediately zipped out of the room, before Sheila could look behind her and find him spying on her.

The moment Sheila took a sniff of the flower, a vision came to her.

FLASH

A black tiger sat in an open field. Though the stripes weren't visible, you could tell just by it's shape that it was a tiger. The darkness of the night sky almost melted into the tiger's ebony pelt, making it almost invisible, save for its pure white eyes. The full moon loomed over the feline as it stared right at the lunar body's core.

Suddenly, from behind the black cat, the golden light of the sun rose from the horizon. It's light swept over the land and lit it's way through the darkness. The tiger, once calmly sitting on a rock formation, jumped off and ran as the moon followed it from behind.

On closer inspection of the sun, a white dragon was leading the sun over the fields. The only part that wasn't white, were its eyes that matched the pelt of the tiger.

As the light of the moon and sun clashed, the tiger turned and leaped towards the flying reptile. The dragon itself left the sun in its spot and flew down toward the predator. it dove underneath the feline as it was landed on it's front paws and was bathed in celestial light, while the dragon became cloaked in the moonlight.

The tiger and dragon swiped at each other as-

"Omi, you coming dawg?" Raimundo shouted from a distance. Sheila was brought back to reality.

Sheila spun around just in time to see Omi's heel leave her room as he ran out in a hurry. She would worry about her vision later, right now, she had to worry about getting rid of the flowers. He must've been watching her while she wasn't looking. Sheila unceremoniously shoved the flower back into its vase and looked for a place to hide them. The trunk? No, that's the first place anyone would look. Footsteps echoed down the hall, signaling that she was running out of time. How would she explain the flowers?! Sheila took a hesitant step back.

Creak!

"Huh?" Sheila only had time to gasp, because the next thing she knew, she plummeted down what seemed like 10 feet until she landed on her arse on hard cobblestone. The vase of purple roses slipped out of her hands and crashed just a few lengths to her right. Looking above her, after being stunned a moment, it seemed that there was a trapdoor hidden beneath her room the entire time. The door had snapped shut by the time she'd hit the floor.

"Okay, so where are these purple roses?" Raimundo's muffled voice came from above the wooden floor.

"They were right in the trunk." Omi's angry voice was easily recognized. Omi had brought the monks to snoop around her room! But she would be mad about them later. Right now she had to find a way out. If only she had night vision...

"Well, Omi, there are no roses in the trunk." Raimundo gestured towards Sheila clothing trunk.

"I swear, she had the exact same roses that she 'sent' me to find!" Omi gritted his teeth. But since the roses weren't there, he had no proof of Sheila's suspicious nature.

"Well, while we're here, we might as well look around." Raimundo suggested with a mischievous smile. "We can learn more about her."

"Rai, don't! She would never forgive us." Kimiko scolded the Shoku warrior.

"Oh come on, we'll just skim, not dig, alright?" Raimundo winked and began rummaging through Sheila's bags.

"Rai, you're one devious devil." Clay folded his arms and shook his head.

"Don't you guys wanna know more about Sheila?!" Raimundo paused in his rummaging. "We barely know anything about her. Aren't you guys the least bit curious of who she really is?"

Kimiko opened her mouth to say something, but closed it after thinking about what Raimundo had contemplated. Sheila was the only other girl in the whole temple, and yet, she and Kimiko barely knew anything about each other. Kimiko was used to other girls just opening up to her and they'd talk for hours. On the other hand, when the boys first went through her stuff, she was mad as hell. She didn't want Sheila to go through the same thing. But . . .

"Alright." Kimiko surrendered and began digging through Sheila's trunk.

Clay was a little taken back by Kimiko's sudden agreement. "Kimiko! Out of all people I thought-"

"I only want to find out more about her because she's the only other girl in this whole temple." Kimiko interrupted Clay. "It's kind of frustrating to not have anyone to talk to that shares your problems." She went back to searching Sheila's stuff, before having her eyes light up. "Oh my gosh! She likes the Vocaloids, too?" Kimiko pulled out a CD player and a CD case of Vocaloid music. "Score!"

"Well, I ain't partakin' in this hogwash!" Clay declared as he barged out of the sleeping quarters. But the others just ignored him as they kept searching.

Sheila felt along the cold stone wall. She had been walking around, trying to find a tunnel. When she did, she immediately followed it, taking the roses with her. Smelling the roses made her back pain go away. And her eyes had finally adjusted to the darkness, so she could make out certain amount of detail of the floor.

But she was still utterly lost. So far, Sheila had faces 5 dead ends and had to restart at 6 intersections. She would repeatedly reached around for some sort of torch so that she could use two stones to make a fire and light her way.

Which made the fact even more startling was that, the roses started glowing. It wasn't a blinding kind of glow, but enough to see a few feet in front of her. The tunnel's darkness continued to close behind her as she walked on. A side passage loomed ahead, looking easier to travel than the others. Nothing stood out about that tunnel to differentiate it from the rest, but something, maybe instinct, told her it was.

"I'm probably going to regret this." Sheila mumbled under her breath. Or, she'd meant to. Her voice echoed loudly through the labyrinth, now alerting anything that resided in the cave to her presence. Sheila, not knowing what to do anymore, pressed on into the side passage. The further she got from the main tunnel, the more the passage began to take on the qualities of that tunnel: dark, lonely, and forbidding. The tunnel's wall continued to stay close behind her, always just a few steps from where she'd just been. Sheila noticed this tunnel also had side passages and crossing tunnels. Some appeared to lead back towards the original tunnel; others lead off in unknown directions. Again, the choice was hers. Should she maintain her current course, or strike out in an alternate direction? And what criteria could she use to help make that decision?

As she passed by the numerous side passages, she began to hear sounds, but not words. It's like the hint of a summer storm when there's not a cloud in the sky. Almost like a shiver that suddenly runs down your back. With trepidation, she sensed a possible danger, yet at the same time, relief. The sense of danger came from the unknown darkness ahead of her, while the relief came from an inner sense that she's not really alone. She tried not to panic. It was just the stupid paranoia, Sheila tried to remind herself.

That was when she heard footsteps. Loud and clear footsteps. Heading right towards her. "Shit!" Sheila cursed. She began running at her highest speed. She just began taking random paths, trying to stay ahead of her pursuer. But no matter how many sharp twists and sudden turns she took, her pursuer was somehow always, at least, 12 feet behind her.

WHAM! Sheila had run straight into a wall. Sheila groaned in pain, her head throbbed from the bruising it took. She felt warm liquid travel down her cheek, her vision slightly blurred and fuzzy. But the footsteps were still loud and clear and were still headed toward her. Sheila grabbed two of the roses, inhaled their scent and her vision greatly increased.

"Careful," Said a familiar sultry voice, "You may get addicted to those roses."

"..." Sheila blinked and shook her head. "Chase Young?" Chase stepped into the range of light from the roses. With him was a Bengal Tiger with glowing red eyes.

"You seem quite calm in my presence." Chase eyed her. "Usually, anyone would be trembling in fear."

"I sense no aggression or danger from you at the moment," Sheila said, "So, why would I need to be frightened?"

Chase was silent for moment.

"Why were you following me?" Sheila demanded. Her eyes were stern and cold, not showing any signs of hesitation or emotion.

"You need to find the way out, don't you?" Chase stepped aside and gestured for Sheila to come with him.

Sheila hesitated. This could be a trap. But then again, she was trapped already, so what choice did she have. She took a deep breath and preceded to follow Chase Young into the darkened tunnels.

"What do you know of these roses?" Sheila asked, finally breaking the silence. They'd been walking for quite a long time, about 5 hours, and Sheila believed that they weren't anywhere near the end.

"It is an extremely rare species of rose." Chase answered quite easily. "It is found in only one place."

"And that would be...?" Sheila trailed off.

"The Yin-Yang World."

Sheila paused for a moment. "Yin-Yang World?"

"Do you know anything?" Chase scoffed. Sheila was a little insulted but she had to agree with him. They barely told her anything at the temple. It was extremely stressful that they didn't trust her just because she was the new girl. She hasn't even seen the vault yet.

"No. They never told tell me anything." Sheila muttered the last part under her breath. She almost ran into Chase before realizing he had stopped.

"We're here." Chase said with his arms folded. Sheila looked around and saw that it was nighttime. They had arrived outside the East Wall of the Temple, just as the moon was setting overhead.

"Uh, thanks for the help, I-" Sheila gasped she turned around to look at Chase, but was instead, horrified by what she saw. The tiger, at that moment, began to change into a bird. It had gray downy feathers, and black wings with red tips. "Chase" on the other hand put his arms together and pulled them apart, turning him into an abnormally large bean with tentacle-roots as hands. He had large yellow eyes and red irises, and a crooked smile with yellow teeth.

"Ah, now that's just hurtful." The bean smirked in a southern accent. It shot off its left tentacle at Sheila as she tried to run back to the tunnels. It wrapped around her body, trapping her arms by her sides, and keeping her legs together.

"SOMEBODY HEL-" The end of the tentacle wrapped around Sheila's mouth, rendering her voice useless.

"Allow me, to introduce myself," The bean gave a mock bow to Sheila as she gave off an intense glare. "I'm Hannibal Roy Bean. And you, my dear, are coming to help me with a little experiment." Hannibal turned to the bird. "Ying-Ying, let's go home."

The bird landed on Hannibal's shoulder as a swirling mist engulfed them, leading them to the Yin-Yang World.

"Young monks," Master Fung came into the kitchen just as the monks were eating dinner. "Have you seen Sheila? I must speak with her urgently."

"Sorry, Master Fung." Kimiko said as she took a bite of her sandwich. "Haven't seen her since this afternoon."

"It is getting late." Omi commented while looking at the sun setting over the horizon. "We should probably go look for her from up to down."

Everyone thought about what Omi was trying to say. "Think he means from top to bottom." Raimundo guessed. As they cleaned up dinner, they had all started searching around the temple for their missing comrade.

"She must be cooling off after the fight." Clay thought out loud. "She's as mad as a bull see'n red."

Raimundo scoffed. "Well, she should be. She was getting worked up over nothing."

"Well, you weren't make things much better either, Rai." Kimiko retorted. Raimundo remained silent, not wanting to start another fight. He had to admit that she was right, he was fueling the fire between him and Sheila by arguing with her.

After maybe 2 hours of searching, the had concluded that Sheila was not in the Temple. Omi had suggested checking the forest, seeing as how Sheila had disappeared into it a few nights ago. They had to split up to cover more ground, so right now, Raimundo was on his own. Night was becoming increasingly thicker as time went on. Though he would never admit it, Raimundo was started to get worried about Sheila. What if something had happened to her?

"SOMEBODY HEL-"

He heard Sheila's scream. Though it was interrupted, he knew where it was. He pulled out the Shroud of Shadows and covered himself with it, making sure that he wouldn't attract unnecessary attention. He was heading towards the East Wall of the temple, the location of the scream he heard.

He had gotten there just in time to see the Ying-Ying bird open a portal to the Yin-Yang World, with Hannibal Bean holding a tight grip onto a squirming Sheila passing through. Once the portal was closed, he was left alone with his invisible self.

"We have a problem." He said to himself.

WHEW! I'm pretty sure this is the longest chapter I've ever done! And this is only a part 1! And I've finally gotten at least one chapter done and wait till ya'll read the next one!

Here's a little hint as two what's coming next:

- Another elemental dragon will be discovered!

- A certain creature will return and find its master(s).

- And you all get to be introduced to Sheila's twin brother!

Good luck!