Ok new chapter, warning this is a looong chapter. It's my first attempt at a full out fight scene an unlike some shows I didn't want to drag one fight into like 3 chapters. So lots of things are being answered, some I'm sure you guessed, and lot of other questions are being asked. So please read, review and enjoy.
Also big thanks to D.J. Scales and jackiechanadventuresfan16 for their reviews and support.
Hope you guys like it.
The streets of San Francisco were in chaos, a large 18 wheeler truck was barreling down the California hills at a frightening speed. The driver ignored any and all traffic laws, as he went down any street he wished regardless of lain, direction or light. His two counterparts stood on top of the rolling menace, aiming fire balls and a hellish flamethrower at pedestrians or abandoned cars and cheering the driver to go even faster. The reckless green teens were so caught up in their dangerous game that they couldn't see the Section 13 helicopter getting closer. Jackie was lost for words at the carnage he saw. True the Ice Crew had caused trouble before, but nothing like this.
"We have to get them off the streets!"
"I can try and get them to change directions. I guess the lest populated place right now would be the docks, these things can't fly or swim right?"
"No, not unless they've obtained some other demon powers."
"Cool beans, hold on now kids!"
Scarlett took hold of the level to shoot the guns below her craft and took aim. She had to plan and time each shot perfectly to achieve her goal. With her target lock she began to fire. As Dj Fist was enjoying his joyride, a rainfall of bullets caught him off guard and he began to swerve. Ice and Cobra saw the cause of the onslaught and decided to retaliate. A mixture of flames began to blaze toward the black helicopter, attempting to burn the vessel out of the sky. With nearly fictional skill, Scarlett dodged each blast the teens sent and continued with her own task. The craft dodge and spun in the air with the grace of a butterfly dodging the drops of a rainstorm. Her passengers now had their proof to how great of a pilot she was and why Captain Black called her the best.
At the very moment she needed, Scarlett shot out the back tire of the truck, forcing the driver to swerve down the nearest street. As soon as he turned, Dj Fist understood why the helicopter had not simply shoot to kill. Fist slammed on the breaks to keep the truck from driving into the ocean, in doing so sent his friends to fling forward and crash into a tower of crates positioned on the pier. As Ice rubbed a swollen bump on his temple, he saw the black helicopter approaching. He then reached into a side pouch and took hold of a round object.
"Yo man, they busted our ride, best return the favor."
With all his dragon strength Ice hurled the object to the helicopter's tail blades, causing them to explode on impact. With tremendous force the passengers could feel gravity taking hold of the craft. Scarlett took hold of the controls in an attempt to steady the craft.
"Bail, Now!"
"But what about.."
"NOW!"
Tohru grabbed hold of Jackie and leapt from the falling craft with Jackie and Gwen in each arm. He was followed by Sasha, carrying something in her mouth and Eggbert holding onto her collar. All the passengers were able to jump onto the roof of a storage building, that Scarlett was just able to get close enough too. As Scarlett forced her craft closer to the sea, her top blades caught fire and were breaking apart at a rapid pace. The helicopter spun in circles with a ribbon of black smoke ensnaring what remained of the craft, until a final explosion caused it's parts to break apart and seek the ocean floor as it's final resting place.
"Jackie!"
"Wahh, Jade where did you come from?"
"I thought I could help, I have before. But what about Scarlett, is she ok?"
With a heavy look from the adults Jade knew the answer.
"Was it because I was onboard, did I throw off the balance or something?"
"Oh no Jade none of it is your fault, it's theirs. Ice threw some explosive and that's what caused the helicopter to crash."
Jade's eyes now began to burn with fury, after all that Ice had done, she could never forgive what he had done this day.
"Listen Jade, I don't know what new powers or weapons they have this time so I want you to stay here where it's safe."
"On top of a building?"
"Ok wait until we distract them, climb down, find someplace safe and stay there."
"But Jackie, I wanna help."
"No Jade."
"But"
"You wanna help, then take Clucky here. He's freaking out so much that he's slicing me up even more. Why oh why did I bring the chicken."
Eggbert then began to furiously peck Gwen in her head. Gwen rescued Gwen and rubbed Eggberts feathers in a soothing manner.
"He prefers to be called a Rooster."
"I'd prefer it if her became a snack for Sasha."
"Now Jade I mean it, stay safe. If things go bad, take Eggbert and run."
Jade gave a defeated nod, she knew this was one fight she could not win. Jackie gave his niece a reassured hug, and proceeded down the building with Gwen and Tohru in tow. Ice and Cobra had made their way back to the truck and were helping Fist unlock the trailer door.
"Yo man, whatever Big D is doing back here better be worth it."
"Nothing can be worth what you have done today."
All three teens turned to see their least favorite person in the word, Jackie Chan.
"Check it out, in town for less than an hour and look who shows up. What, you some sort of stalker man. Not like it matter any, we can take you, tubby and …whoever that chick is, any time."
"Yo Ice I think that's GC, you know the singer."
"For reals? How does the Chan man know a shortie like that? Don't you normally have that old geezer as your back up?"
"You mean my father."
"Don't look now Ice, looks like we about to have a Diva blowout."
Gwen began to let out a vengeful growl. How dare these foolish children insult her, how dare they insult her father, how dare they cause so much damage and ruin so many lives like it was some sort of game. As her anger grew she felt a familiar power grow within her, a new flood of memories and powers awoke within her. Her ears began to grow larger and more feline, her nails on her hands and feet began to grow larger, thicker and sharper until they grew into full claws, the claws on her feet destroyed what was left of her shoes. A large white tiger striped tail extended from the base of her back, leaving a trail of fur from her tail to the base of her scalp. A pattern of black tiger stripes appeared all over her body, her pupils had changed into cat like slits, and her canine teeth grew into slightly larger more defined fangs. Gwen felt familiar to this form, it was closer to what she once was and the power she once had.
Ice and his crew were stunned for a moment, they had never had an opponent transform before them. Ice broke his disbelief with a sly smile.
"A'ight yo, kitty cat wanna scratch (he then blew a fire and gathered it in his hands) then let's scratch."
Ice led the onslaught and ran straight towards Gwen, but he was intercepted by Jackie who used a collection of kicks to cause him to drop his fire. Tohru and Fist resumed their previous fight and began their fight of strength.
With dragon speed, Cobra ran and attempted to punch Gwen, who used her tiger strength and grace to dodge his attacks. He proceeded with his attacks until he had Gwen with her back to a tower of crates. Cobra was a few steps away from her, cracking his knuckles in a threatening manner.
"Hey mama, thought you'd be a little tougher, with that old geezer being your old man and all."
"I've got a few surprises of my own, like this one"
"Like what?"
Gwen then pointed a single claw upwards, and as Cobra followed there at the top of the crate tower was a very angry tiger. Sasha leapt from the tower and pinned Cobra, who was too shocked to run, under her mighty weight. She placed her powerful fangs against his bare neck, with the possibility of ending his life with little effort. Gwen knelt down beside her captive, Sasha had followed her mental link perfectly.
"Yo come on man don't end me like this, I'll change."
"Save it, you do have some questions to answer. Where is Drago, how did he get free of the void, why are you doing all this madness?"
"Hey mama, I'm just following orders. I don't know how he got free, D-man just showed up earlier today with this weird look in his eyes. He gave us our dragon powers and said he needed us to swipe some'in."
"What?"
"I don't know man, some weird fruit cup pyramid."
"Come again."
"Some like seven sided pyramid thing with a gem on each side, makes the thing looks like a big rainbow. I know we're in California but come on man."
A wave a dread passed over Gwen, a new flood of memories of pain and destruction, of what started it and what stopped it.
"So what did he do with it?"
"He's in the truck with it, he told us to have a little fun while he messed with it."
"He's still in there?"
"Last I checked."
"Thanks."
Gwen then griped in-between where his neck and shoulder met, causing the teen to fall unconscious. Gwen turned to Sasha and gave her a loving stroke.
"Best thing Daddy ever taught me. Come on darling, I'm afraid our fighting isn't done today, after all this I'm treating us to a vacation."
Jackie exchanged blow for blow with Strikemaster Ice, the dragon teen tried to slash Jackie at every turn, he wanted to see his blood spill. Every time he and his crew had tried to get ahead, there was Jackie to stop them.
Threw the corner of his eye he saw a form bolting to the truck. It was Gwen, trying to claw her way through the metal door to Dragon within. What better way to hurt Jackie than to hurt his friends. Ice gave a powerful kick to Jackie's ribs, causing him to fall back into a pile of rubbish. He then lead a powerful charge to his target, he kept running faster and faster until his body was covered in pain. Everyone looked to the cause of the noise. A large crane had dropped a massive load of crates onto the unexpected Strikemaster Ice. From the controls of the crane, a cheerful Jade waved in victory. Tohru waved back, dragging an unconscious Dj Fist with him. Everything looked in their favor, that their troubles were at peace. But there is always a price for thoughs who drop their guard. The trailer of the truck erupted, scattering it's sides and roof is random piles of metal. Threw the swirl of energy stood a figure, Drago, with his arm outstretched over a small pyramid. The pyramid had seven sides, each with a different colored gem that was pulsating with powerful chi. The pyramid itself was covered in a thick black liquid. Gwen was the closest and relished what it was, dragon blood. Drago had cut his hand and was dripping ample amounts of blood onto the pyramid.
"NOOOO! What are you doing!"
Gwen raced up to pull away Drago, to try and stop the ritual. As she spun him around, her stopped for a moment. His eyes were completely white, absent his pupils. Gwen tried to gain control again, she knew what was about to happen and she had to stop it. She reach for the pyramid, but was too late, the ritual was done. The seven sides of the pyramid opened and released a tornado of darkness. It rose to the sky, swelling with immense dark chi. Two red eyes opened from within the tornado, and a fanged smile erupted in wicked laughter. Gwen was indeed too late.
Once the laughter had stopped, the great wind creature locked his eyes on the white tiger woman.
"My my, even after so many years, you're still so beauty my dear."
"He.. Hei 'an."
"So nice that you remember me my dear, care to reconsider my offer,"
Gwen tried to understand what he was talking about, there was still so much she still didn't remember of her past life. She did remember the hell this creature put the world threw when he was last on it.
"I have no idea what you're talking about, but I know what you're trying to do and I will stop you again."
Gwen reached out for the pyramid but was stopped by a powerful dragon kick that pinned her to the ground. Hei'an let another wicked laugh.
"Always the fighter, my dear. Did you really think I spent all this time and did not anticipate you and your sisters' return?"
"Release the boy Hei'an, or are you so weak now that you need to possessed some teenage reptile to carry out you plans."
"True my powers are not at their peak as they once were, but you more than anyone know that will change."
The great tornado wrapped itself around the black pyramid, causing the seven gems to fly into the vortex.
"As much as I would love to rekindle old history, I truly too much to do. But I will leave you in loving hands of my little puppet. Until the day we met again my dear."
The dark tornado took off towards the sky, the gems glistening in its vortex. Before Gwen had a chance to register what had happened, she felt a surge of pain as Drago stabbed her right shoulder with his dagger like claws. Threw her tear filled eyes, Gwen saw Drago retract his claws and position himself for a second jabbing. Just as he was positioned to stab her for a second time, a bright yellow light shot Drago from behind, sending him from the bed of the truck. On the dock, was a soaken body, with long red hair clining to her fleash as her fingers clutched a small gun.
"Have I mentioned that I really hate swimming."
"Scarlett!"
"Hey girl, glad to see my timing is still on mark."
"Yah ours too."
There was no time to celebrate their reunion or inquire about what had emerged from the black pyramid. Gathering from their wounds were all the members of the Ice crew and a still possessed Drago. Jackie, and Tohru took position closer to their female allies, while Jade tried to hide behind a few crates, failing to control a wild Eggbert. Gwen tried to use a simple spell to stop the bleeding, she would need all her strength for this fight. Despite her attempts to contain him, Eggbert clawed his way from her grasp and darted for the red beauty. At first she looked at the running bird with confusion, wondering why they had brought the creature in the first place. Eggbert kept running straight towards Scarlett, she opened her arms with the intent of catching the bird, but as he leapt towards her chest he failed to stop at her physical form but instead passed through her. Once he had passed through her, Scarlett felt a wave of pain in her left ankle. There in dark crimson, the form of a rooster appeared on her ankle. With the surge of pain came a wave of memories, a previous battle, her beloved sisters, the eyes of her beloved husband and more. She then felt another wave wash over her body. Golden streaks extended from her hair, thin talons grew from her fingers and toes, a feathery tail of emerald feathers grew from the base of her back, and from the bottom side of her arms grew long thick burgundy feathers.
As Scarlett tried to steady herself she found help from Gwen, who rushed to her in a deep embrace.
"Sister!"
"So I'm guessing those memories where real."
"Afraid so."
"There's still a lot I can't remember."
"It's ok, you'll just need to rest later and they'll come back to you."
"Yo man, don't tell me yall forgot about us."
Ice and the rest of the dragons failed to care about the transformation they had witnessed, all they cared about was spilling blood.
"I may not remember much of my past but I do remember how to fight."
Scarlett extended her wings and floated into the air, Eggbert by her side. Jackie and Tohru shared a nod as they also positioned for their fight. Within seconds the silent bell rang and the fight commenced. Tohru was attack with a hash blow from Fist, Jackie took on simultaneous attacks from Ice and Cobra. That left Scarlett and Gwen to take on Drago.
"Scarlett, be careful. This kid is being controlled by Hei'an, he may not be in control of his actions but he still has all of his powers."
"So we're stuck fighting a dragon who's only goal is to kill us by any means."
"We only need to knock him out, you know we need him alive."
"Remind me to royally beat Black for picking me for this mission."
Drago race forward to attack his prey. He first tried to claw at Gwen, but as she blocked him his back was met with the talons Scarlett. He was met with the same attack each time, as he attacked one he was attacked by the other.
"Yo shorties, I'd step away from the D-man if I waz you."
Tohru and Jackie had been bound by thick chains, no longer able to help fight. What was more concerning was what Ice had in his possession. There scrambling to get free was Jade. For some reason the sight of her sent Drago in a frenzy. He bolted towards her and held her outright in a tight grip, his claws barely breaking the skin. Jade kicked and tried to break free with no results. She stared into his snarling face to see his blank eyes, this was not the Drago she had fought before, this was just a puppet.
"Drago snap out of it. This isn't you, since when do you take order from anyone. You're a fighter, so stop being a wuss and fight back."
For a moment Jade saw a flash of red in Drago's eyes. He was starting to gain control.
"Come on Drago fight back, Shendu would have. You've done what Shendu wanted, now what Hie'an wants, when are you going to do what you want. What is it you really want. "
That was it, the breaking point. Everyone knew how much Drago despised his father and to called weaker than him was the final blow. Drago's eyes began to fade in and out, his body twitched in pain as he tried to get in control of his own body.
"I want…to be… in control…..I want…..I need…to find her….I want…him..OUT OF MY HEAD!"
With a great roar a swirl of black fire emerged from Drago. Once the fire had expelled from within him, black smoke slowly drifted out of his mouth. He slowly collapsed on the ground, forcing Jade to fall roughly on her rear. She turned her attention to the panting demon beside her. He heaved to desperately get air back into his body. He gave a tired glance to Jade, where she could clearly see his red orbs. Before he could give her any response, weather good or bad, his body went limped his mind went blank. Threw all the physical activity and the massive blood loss, it was natural that he would fall unconscious.
Ice and his crew showed the first sign of true fear. Their boss had fallen, a new evil had been released, two women had undergone great transformations, they had fought and fallen and they knew if they stayed they would clearly be sentenced to some pit in Section 13. As silently as they could, the three teens bolted into the unknown. Scarlett tried to fly after them, but was stopped by Gwen holding onto her tail feathers.
"Let them go Red, I think we've all had enough for today."
Scarlett gave a replied grin and both sisters flopped on the ground in an exhausted seat. Sasha purred and tried to help clean some of her master's wounds, as Eggbert cuddled in his master's lap and she stroked him soothingly. They had found their masters, they had found those who they were born to find. With a careful spell Gwen forced the metal chain to release Jackie and Tohru. Seeing that the girls were too tired to talk, Jackie went about contacting Captain Black as Tohru gathered Jade and tended to the few cuts and bruises she had earned threw out the day.
Scarlett and Gwen noticed that the sun was setting and looked on at its beauty. They didn't notice their features returning to their more human like states, nor that their zodiac marks had remained perfectly intact. Scarlett let out a heavy sigh as she turned to her sister.
"You know this is going to be the strangest report I've ever had to file."
"From my understanding, Black is use to this sort of thing."
"A guy who can keep cool under demon fire, I can respect that."
"Cool, good job…kinda cute."
Scarlett and Gwen erupted in a fit of laughter, nearly to the point of tears.
"How is it I survive a helicopter crash, face a dragon teen, reawaken old memories and yet at the end of the day the conversation always leads back to the guys."
"It's always about the guys. After thousands of years, it's still about the guys."
Gradually their laughter was toned and the sky began to be the stage for the stars to dance. With night's fall a more serious tone overtook the girls.
"So he's really back."
"Yes, and with those gems."
"Did he give them out yet?"
"No clue but I don't think so, or else we would have heard about it."
"There's still just so much I can't remember."
"You and me both, who knows maybe we'll remember more tomorrow."
"Maybe. So where do you think the others are."
"Our other 'sisters'?"
"Yah. I mean where are they, who are they and more importantly can we work together to stop Hie'an again?"
"I'm not sure, I'm not sure of anything really. But at least we already have each other, two down and ten to go."
Scarlett gave a final smile to Gwen, they day had been long and hard and all they could do was use the last bit of their energy to look at the setting sun and to with that the new day would bring them the answers the needed.
So what did you guys think? By far my longest chapter ever. So yah in my normal style I answered like 2 questions and started nearly 6 more, lol I'm so mean. But yah hope you all enjoyed it and I look forward to any reviews.
