Sorry for the wait ;) (If there is anyone waiting out there :'S) This chapter maybe a little fast paced but - hey! - Wuya's here! ...yeah, I know - not really something to celebrate, is it?

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We finally emerged from the awful mess of people…and with one extra person too. We stared at her wondering when she had clipped on to us and how we hadn't even realised until we were out in the open space and by the doors.

"Hey, guys!" she shouted at us above the roar of the music, wearing an adorable smile meant to win us over as if we were about to reject her company and throw her back in to the deranged crowd.

Jack and I exchanged looks and then turned back to her.

She was smaller than me, probably only 5 ft, and had her usually bright pink hair pulled up in to two messy pigtails tonight. She was wearing a short green dress and a pair of glittery pale wings on her back. Ah! She came as Tinker Bell. Her true identity however was Riley Temperton, another student in my class whom I had yet to ever really converse with.

"Thanks for helping me out!" she cried, holding out a thumbs up, "I was stuck in there and this guy kept nmapanmskk nmsck nosh!"

Her voice got lost in the loud booming music and it was beginning to give me a headache. I rolled my eyes and grabbed her wrist and then Jack's with my other hand and dragged them out of the main room in to the entrance hall where the thick glass doors held most of the music in – when they were shut that is.

"Okay, some guy was what now?" I asked with my arms crossed. I must have looked so interested…sarcasm…

"You know what? Nevermind!" she smiled nervously scratching the back of her head, "So did you guys come as a pair? You kinda match."

"Err, no," I replied glancing swiftly at Jack before turning back to her and explaining, "Look, not being rude or anything, but we're leaving now. This party is…a little too insane for us."

"Oh, okay then," she replied looking in to the hall with a slightly fearful look in the back of her eyes.

I sighed and realised she must have been ditched by the twins she always hung around with, "Where's Amy and Alice, Riley?"

"Huh?" she snapped her head back to me as if she had believed that we had already gone. She then realised I had asked her a question and stuttered a little before answering, "Oh! W-well, Amelia's not here tonight, she has a gig tomorrow night – here too, actually…though it's probably going to be cancelled with all the mess being made – a-and Alice is…somewhere…she was with Milo last time I saw her."

"Right…" I replied and then I looked to Jack.

He stared back at me for a moment and then at Riley, then back at me again, "What?" I lifted my eyebrows and nodded in her direction, he stared confused at first and then he made an 'O' shape with his mouth and turned back to her, "Um, Riley? Deina and I are gonna hang out at my place for the rest of the night. You wanna come?"

Her eyes widened slightly and then flickered between each of us, "Oh, I don't wanna intrude! You really don't have to include me if you don't wanna."

"No," I said and continued deep-pan and already walking away, "C'mon on, it'll be fun."

"Um, aright then," I could hear the bright smile in her voice and I could also hear her and Jack begin following me out of the building, "Thanks Jack, thanks Deina."

The walk to Jack's hadn't been too long but then Riley's constant rambling had been keeping us all entertained for the most of it. She talked non-stop and what she talked about was stereotypical girly-girl stuff – her favourite boy band, her favourite outfit, her crush, Amelia's band, Amelia's ex and how he became the ex. Urgh! Just when I was about to scream at her for being so…well annoyingly girly, she turned around and accused me of crushing on Jack. I had gone bright red and I shouted out a 'No!' in response. I'd glanced at Jack after the outburst followed by her giggle and because he wasn't wearing his mask anymore I could see his crimson face this time. He remained silent though and Riley just kept questioning who I liked at the moment – which I assured her was no one!

Arriving on the Spicer doormat I realised we didn't live too far apart. He lived two roads away – two long roads but that's not the point.

He unlocked the door and motioned for us to enter the already lit hallway.

"Welcome home, sir."

Riley shrieked and jumped behind me when a hovering robot appeared in front of us. I just leaned away from it wondering if it was safe to move or not.

Jack seemed to notice our reactions and laughed as he explained, "No worries, guys, they won't hurt you…unless I tell them to."

He walked on ahead and in to one of the rooms leading off from the hall.

"There's more?" I asked, as Riley and I edged around it to follow him. We found him turning on the television and start flicking through channels before he even sat down on the couch, "What are they? Robots, I know, but…what are they…err, called?"

He looked at me for a moment and then shrugged, "If you mean like specific names, they don't have any, they're just Jackbots."

"Jackbots?" Riley repeated walking further in to the room.

"Wait," I said gaining both their attention as I realised something. I stared at him wide eyed and asked, "Don't tell me you built them?"

He seemed to smile proudly, "Why? What's wrong with that? I am a genius after all, y'know."

"Oh my god!" I cried and smiled at him amazed, "Seriously?"

"That's amazing!" Riley gasped, stating the obvious as one passed through the room.

"Definitely something my Dad would have invested in," I told him - and, boy, was that a mistake. They both picked up on the way I said it; the way I worded my sentence.

"Would have?" Riley repeated and Jack sat forward on the couch, staring over at me and waiting for some kind of explanation to their unasked question.

"Err, car crash, guys. I don't really wanna think about it, okay?" I rushed out and then added, trying to dismiss the subject of my father - it hurt to remember him, "Point is, he would have been impressed by this, Jack. How come you aren't already famous? How come your name isn't all over the place yet?"

He seemed to sigh exhaustedly and relaxed deep in to the cushions of the sofa for a moment acting like an old man. Then he was teenage Jack again, who always sat two rows in front of me and three seats to the left - what? It got boring sometimes and while memorising everyone's usual seats wasn't very fun it was better than the crap I was learning at the time. He shrugged as he replied, "I don't think you'd understand it really. Or you'd just think I was a freak and leave."

"Dude, we're goths," I pointed out, crossing my arms, "To most people we're classed as freaks already."

"I'd just like to point out that I'm not one of those people, by the way," Riley commented shyly. I nodded to her to acknowledge her input and in a way thank her too and then turned back to Jack.

He shifted uncomfortably in his seat and his eyes scanned both of our faces wondering if we would really walk out or not if he told us what must have been much bigger than I originally thought. To be honest, I just expected him to come out and say 'I don't wanna share my skills in robotic engineering' but to be so reluctant in telling us the simple truth...well, it must not be that simple.

He took a deep breath, leant forward again and started to explain, "Okay, fine. But your not going to believe -"

"Jack! Where are you?" Riley yelped at the unexpected voice coming from somewhere else in the house. I just turned to the empty doorway half expecting someobody to walk in, but they didn't - not just then anyway. Jack closed his eyes and sighed heavily. He seemed to shake his head like he really didn't have time for this. The female voice came again, and this time she was closer, "Where are you, you worthless idiot! We've got work to do!"

After a moment's hesitation, he called back to the other person in the house and non too friendly either, "In here, witch!"

"Jack, I have information of the Xiaolin - Oh?" a woman with long maroon hair and an odd but fascinating make up style strode in to the room. She had stopped in her tracks though noticing both me and Riley. Her face turned from surprised to mischevious and she turned to Jack wearing an evil smirk as she made the comment, "Well, Jack, I never thought you'd be able to get one girl let alone two."

"Shut up! They're friends," he snapped back at her. He stood then and crossed his arms, "College friends. And I was just about to tell them. Y'know? About it all."

"Them?" she scoffed as she looked us up and down, "Why them?"

"Well, they're the only two who have ever actually hung out with me...even if it was only this once," he grumbled, sounding like even he wasn't sure if that was a good enough excuse.

I was beginning to become impatient, "Hey! I have no idea what's going on here! I'm pretty sure I asked about your robots and now all of a sudden you're going to tell me some life changing news or something! If so please shut the hell up with all your rabbiting and bloody spit it out already!"

Jack and the unknown woman stared at me for a moment until Jack finally told us, "I'm telling you this because it is the reason for why I'm not getting my face and knowledge -" the woman sniggered "- of robotics famous and well-known."

"Okay," I shrugged, "Fine."

He took a step forward to stand directly in front of me only a foot between us. His character changed a little then and he smirked at me as he offered his hand to shake, "Jack Spicer, Evil Boy Genius."

"Wow..." Riley almost whispered. We were sitting now, weighed down by the long stories of the Heylin and Xiaolin backgrounds, "Maybe I should have stayed at that crazy hell house."

"So, you're an evil witch," I pointed to Wuya, who was apparantly over 1500 years old - yikes! Then I pointed to Jack and said, "And you're..."

"An evil genius," he winked confidently at me.

Wuya rolled her eyes at him and said, "You wish. Concerning your childish little creations - it's a wonder how those robots of yours even make it half way to the field of battle because they're completely useless, in every way. And then concerning your own self...well, that's pretty self-explanatory. Your nothing more than an irritating errand boy and - if Chase and I were ever really that desperate - another source of back up - however pathetic you may be."

Personally, I thought that was a tad harsh but Jack seemed to only glare at her; but like it was just one of those mean but normal comments that even friends would slip in or snigger for a laugh or something. They must have some sort of insult-each-other-on-a-daily-basis thing going on - though anything and everything that Jack had said to her so far had been careful and mumbled and, now that we knew all about her, I could understand why.

"Now, before we delay this anymore than we already have, the Xiaolin monks are going on a training expedition further in to the country meaning the Xiaolin temple and more importantly the Shen Gong Wu vault will be unguarded and vunerable to attack!" she squealed with excitement and delight, "It's the perfect oppotunity to strike back after the few years and that last flaming battle!"

"They're leaving it?" Jack asked like he couldn't believe her. He seemed shocked, "They're gonna go off and leave the vault without any kind of protection."

"I'm sure they've found some sort of guardian to keep watch but nothing we can't slip by," Wuya shrugged. Her heavy, serious gaze then landed on me first then to Riley who leaned ever so slightly away from the crazy intimidating woman, "You two will be joining us, since you know now, about the Heylin plans. Or at least my Heylin plans."

"Wait, what!" I cried and jumped to my feet, "Don't we get a say in this? I suppose not, eh! You gonna force me to do something, old hag? Because I don't take orders from you!"

She didn't flinch, didn't even blink - which I found all the more infuriating. She just narrowed her eyes a tad and hissed at me fiercely, "My power may be limited but I can assure you, little girl, when it comes down to it, I can be most unkind and cruel."

"You don't scare me," I growled.

"Whether I do or not, it doesn't matter. If you cause me any irritation or become another annoyance, much like Jack, I'm afraid one of you will be on the receiving end of a green fire ball - and right now, you're the one I'll aim for," she spat back at me. Damn, I'd just made myself an enemy with some once powerful, thousand year old witch. Was that a good thing? Or a terribly, awkward and stupid thing to do? I settled with stupid and decided that I'd just give in for now - I mean in all honesty, I wanted to go to see if this all was really true, I just didn't like people ordering me around like they owned me.

"Now," she said preparing to continue where she left off, "Jack, you take the girl's to the lab and explain about the monks in more detail. Oh, and since we do have one Shen Gong Wu at least, show them the Monkey Staff and how to use it. Meanwhile, I'll be informing Chase about the latest events of the Xiaolin - and about your girlfriends too."

"Hey!" he whined and I snapped at the same time,

"Oi!"

She sniggered and left the room going off to talk with some dude named Chase Young who was meant to have been good once but then - apparantly - a bean had persuaded him or advised him or something to drink some immortal potion which transformed him in to some Heylin creep - I 'unno! It all sounded a tad insane to me with a sprinkle of crazy. But since me and Riley now had to accompany them, we would find out soon what truths had been told - if any at all.

"Sorry about her, guys," Jack apologised and he seemed to slip back to his classroom character again. He was shy and nervous once more. He then suddenly clicked off the act again - wait! Which one was really the act and which one was the real Jack? - and confidently smirked at us while gesturing to the door, "If you'll follow me to my lab, I'll explain to you more of the story and I'll even show you the Monkey Staff in action!"

I know it's a little fast paced, in all truth, but I just can't wait to introduce Deina and Riley to the others and also Ruby and Daniel - and some other OCs too ;)

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