The Mask of El Toro Fuerte
Jackie and Celestia were in Mexico with a glowing cowbell being worn by a Yak from Tibet. This time they were joined by Luna, Jade and Terrador as they were looking through town for the Ox Talisman. Jackie had suggested looking at where the talisman was originally hidden which was in a shine but Terrador had stated that the shrine could be empty by now and the locator spell was much more effective.
"So tell me again why we're walking through town with a Yak?" Luna asked, "The enchanted cowbell I get but a Yak? Are you serious?"
"Because Luna this Yak is going to be a big help to us in the future one day," Celestia said to her sister, "As for why we brought it with is well this yak will allow us to take the enchanted cowbell we have it wearing to find the ox talisman power without causing a disturbance."
"But a yak?" Jade retorted, "Seriously those are found in Tibet not Mexico unlike an ox which would blend in much better. What were you thinking?"
"We can discuss this later," Terrador said, "Right now we have a talisman to find."
So the group continued walking through town with the Yak leading the way. Fortunately nobody seemed to give them odd looks since Terrador had told them that he was also an Ox herder which was actually true since he did have some oxen to help his leaders plow the land. The group eventually came to a wresteling arena which the cowbell guided them to.
"The talisman is here?" Jackie asked confused, "Are you sure the locator spell is working properly? Perhaps you might have made a mistake in the process or something. Ow!"
"The locator spell is working properly. Shasta researched them all before we even showed up," Celestia retorted before continuing to speak, "The talisman is here which means that one of us will have to compete for it in order to get the talisman."
"Alright this'll be a good chance for Jackie to show off his martial arts skills," Jade said doing some martial arts of her own that Luna had taught her along with some magic as well, "Ready to get the talisman Uncle Jackie."
"Actually Jackie and I had a word about that and we decided that I would go and get the talisman," Terrador said, "Shasta said that this talisman grants the power of super strength and as such I'm the only one here who can fight somebody with Super Strength in a fair fight."
"Besides Jackie's habitual caution and moderate thinking would hinder him this time," Luna added as the group walked in while Terrador got ready to face El Toro for the Talisman that the poster said he was wearing.
"So what do you think of Terrador's chances in this match?" Jade asked as the group took their seats as the match was about to begin later that evening.
"This Terrador has no chance against the great El Toro Fuerte," said a young boy named Paco. "El Toro is the greatest."
"Is that so?" Luna retorted, "This El Toro will get his first serving of defeat."
"Aw Jackie why didn't you get in there?" Jade whined, "You could've easily taken this El Toro character and won the Talisman in the process."
"Because Jade Martial Arts are supposed to be used in the art of self-defense," Jackie reminded, "They're not supposed to be used to show off or for attacking others unless there's no other choice. Remember this saying Jade, The greatest victory is the battle not fought."
Right on cue the bell to begin the match rang.
"There's the bell and they're going at it," the ref said as El Toro and Terrador went at it.
El Toro was currently grappling with Terrador as the Gaia Arkeyan was matching him in strength. Terrador attempted to get El Toro into a half nelson but El Toro dodged and attempted to do the bounce off the ropes maneuver. The Crowd all knew that this was about to be over but Terrador dodged it, used El Toro's own energy against him to get him on his back and put every drop of his strength in order to pin him to the mat.
"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten," the ref said, "We have a winner. Give it up for our new champion, Terrador the powerful."
Jade and the Arkeyans were cheering loudly while Paco was stunned that his hero, El Toro Fuerte was defeated in a match and lost his mask to a new guy.
"We have the talisman," Jackie said quietly, "Well Terrador has the talisman but either way we should leave. The Dark Hand and that Red dragon could be here by now."
"We better transfer the power first," Luna advised," Luna advised, "That way even if we lose the talisman the power will still be safe and Shasta already knows the spells to transfer new talisman powers."
"How does Shasta know all this stuff?"
"We'll tell you later. Right now getting the talisman back to Section 13 is more important."
Jackie nodded as the group met up with Terrador and found that the Arkeyan already had the talisman in hand as they were preparing to leave with the yak and return to Section 13.
"We have the talisman and for once Jackie got what he wanted," Celestia said, "He got to avoid getting into a fight and instead let Terrador do the work."
"I still wanted to see Jackie's martial arts moves," Jade groaned but right on cue an army of Shadowkhan showed up and with them the Dark Hand.
"Alright Chan and company, hand over the talisman or else," Finn ordered.
"Yeah we'll take it from you by force," Chow sneered, "We've got extra backup."
"Guys they're not kidding," Terrador said, "We may have to fight our way out."
"No we don't," Celestia said presenting a brown bag of powder, "Shasta gave this powder to instantly get us back to Section 13. It's a one way trip but in this case it's just what we need."
"Use it fast Celestia," Jackie said as the Shadowkhan rushed towards them.
Celestia threw the powder down on the ground creating a massive smokescreen. When the smoke cleared the heroes were nowhere to be seen.
Over in Section 13 the staff were doing their usual thing but right on cue Jackie and company showed up in a flash of silver light.
"That's one effective smokescreen," Jackie said.
"Good to know one of Ventus' newly created spells worked," Shasta said as she and Captain Black showed up. "So did you bring the Talisman?"
"Yep and your locator spell performed well," Jade said, "But why did you have us bring a Yak?"
"Actually I didn't have you bring a Yak," Shasta said, "I told you to bring an ox but either way we might want to get this guy back to his natural home."
Terrador took the Yak away while the others began to discuss.
"Well that's two talisman's down and ten more to go," Jackie said, "I just hope Shasta can find the other talismans before this Red guy can."
"Something tells me that we may need to call in our leaders and soon," Luna said.
"You mean to tell me that you guys aren't the leaders of the Arkeyan Sorcerer Empire?" Captain Black questioned.
"No we're not," Ventus said, "Aside from Luna we're just the Governors."
"You'll meet our leaders someday," Shasta said, "Now I better get to work on that locator spell."
Shasta left for the lab to work on the next locator spell.
"I'll say one thing for the Arkeyans," Jackie said, "Uncle likes how they do things as it is."
"True but you think they might teach me some of that?" Jade asked.
"Play your cards right and you might join us one day Jade," Luna said much to Jade's excitement but to Jackie's chagrin.
"Please tell me you'll keep Luna from teaching Jade to fast?" Jackie whispered to Celestia.
"I'll do what I can but the final say goes to my leaders," Celestia said, "But look on the bright side. If Jade does train with us we won't have to worry about her messing with Uncle's Chi Magic."
Jackie considered the options and decided Celestia was right as he prepared to find the next talisman.