Sorry I didn't update yesterday, but reality broke down and I had to fix it…Oh! A good chapter! This is where you finally find out Ryan's "true meaning of his existence" as it says in this chapter…Read on to find out...Thanks for R&R too!
Disclaimer: I do not own Xiaolin Showdown
Xiaolin Showdown: Legend of the Thunder Child III: Apocalypse Clone
31: Five Thousand Ryan's too many
Ryan and Jack walked down the corridors of the Shadow Ecliptis, it was rather gloomy and only a few lights were on. Apart from the odd small maintenance robot that scurried past, nothing seemed to be on.
"Strange" said Dojo "For a new space station, there doesn't seem to be anything happening…"
"The Eclipse Reactor must not be fully active yet" said Jack. Ryan looked at him with wide eyes.
"What?" gasped Ryan "But I thought that was fake? We didn't find anything…"
Jack chucked as he walked on ahead and stood in the centre of a crossroad.
"I'm guessing he used the fake vault trick" said Jack "He took you to the wrong vault to throw you off their trail"
"Damn it!" yelled Ryan as he punched a panel on the wall, "Now Chase's got the Eclipse Reactor…"
The sound of Ryan's fist echoed down the corridor, suddenly the lights around them lit up, bathing the whole area in light.
"Whoa…" gasped Ryan as the whole area came to life, "Look's like the Reactor is up and running…"
"He must have some of the Elementa" said Jack "There are eight different types of Elementa, and each type he has, the Reactor can produce more power"
"So that's why Logan was collecting our Elemental Wu" said Dojo "Our Elemental Wu contain the largest chunks of Elementa in the world"
"I don't understand what's going on" said Ryan "Logan was working with Chase, then Hannibal, just who is working with who?"
Jack said nothing as he walked towards a door with the words "K-9" on it.
"Hey! Heavy Weapons Storage!" said Jack "We could find something in here to help us"
Jack put his hand on the door lock, after a few beeping noises as the lock scanned his hand, the door opened up.
"How did you do that?" said Ryan as they both walked through the door.
"I made this place" said Jack "I have access to everything"
They stepped into the Heavy Weapons Storage and gasped, the walls were lined with a row of giant Splinter Bots.
"Oh my god…" gasped Jack "These were my top secret Quantum Splinter Bots!"
"Whoa!" said Ryan as he looked at a control panel of one of the Quantum Splinter Bots, "Those are your bots, why does Chase have them?"
"They were incorporated into my blueprints" said Jack "This place is also a Jack Bot factory"
They walked through the room and looked up at the Quantum Splinter Bots; they were three times taller than Jack's standard Splinter Bots, but they had two large Rail Guns on each arm. They also had three tripod legs that held them high above them.
"Come on guys" said Dojo "We need to move on, this place is giving me the creeps…"
"Okay…" sighed Ryan "Come on Spicer, the sooner we find out what's going on, the sooner we can ditch you…"
"Oh that's very nice…" said Jack sarcastically, "If it wasn't for me, you'd be stuck wandering this place…"
They were about to head back out the door, when it slammed shut and locked. Jack stepped up to the door lock and placed his hand on it, but the door won't open.
"Uh oh…" said Jack "Looks like we've been lock in, Chase must have overridden the system"
"Then he definitely knows we're here then…" said Ryan as he heard a hissing noise behind him, they both turned around to see three Quantum Splinter Bots step out from the wall. Their metal bodies whirred as they turned their heads at them and stepped towards them.
"Don't worry…" sighed Jack as he raised his arm, "They're my robots so I should be able to deactivate them…"
He pushed a button on his watch, but nothing happened, he pushed it again and still nothing happened.
"Err…Jack?" said Dojo as he clung to Ryan's head, "They're not stopping…"
"Chase has overridden their programs!" gasped Jack as he cowered backwards, "I can't stop them!"
The three robots stood over them and aimed their Rail guns at them.
"Err…Dojo?" said Ryan "Do we have a plan?"
"Cheese it!" yelled Dojo.
Ryan shot forward and slid under one of the Splinter Bots, two of them turned around and went after him, their feet stomping on the ground as they dashed after him. The third one stayed over Jack as its Rail Gun began to buzz with electricity.
"AHHH!" cried Jack as he activated his Heli-Bot, "Run Away!"
The helicopter like blades came out from his back and carried him into the air above the Splinter Bot, just as it fired a magnetically charged missile at him. The missile hit the wall below Jack and exploded with great force.
Ryan skidded across the floor as he looked up at the two Splinter Bots as their Rail Guns began to crackle with electricity. Dojo super sizes and takes off into the air, narrowly avoiding one of the missiles. Ryan sees the missile sticking out of the Rail gun that was aimed at him; he reacted in a split second.
"Wudai Overdrive!" yelled Ryan as he summoned his energy bubble around him, the missile was fired out of the Rail gun and hit Ryan's shield hard, sending him flying into the wall.
"Oww…" groaned Ryan as he slumped down the wall, "That's painful…"
He looked up from the floor at Jack and Dojo; they were flying about, trying to avoid the missiles. He looked back at the Splinter Bot, who was loading another missile into his arm.
"Uh oh!" gasped Ryan, he jumped to his feet and flew above the Splinter Bot, just as it tried to blast him again. He flew to its head and punched its head hard; there was a loud clang as his fist bucked against its head.
"YEOW!" yelled Ryan as he clutched his hand, "Son of a…"
"Chase must have altered the designs to make them super tough!" said Jack as he avoided a wave of missiles. Ryan yelled as the Splinter Bot whacked him out of the air, he hit the ground with a thud. The other two Splinter Bots launched more missiles at the roof. A metal girder fell from the roof, knocking Dojo and Jack from the air. They both landed beside Ryan as his Wudai powers disappeared. The three Splinter Bots stood over the three of them and looked down at them menacingly.
"Okay…" said Dojo as he shrunk down, "That didn't work…"
Ryan groaned as he got to his feet and tried to stand up to the robots.
"Okay, no more Mr. Nice Guy" said Ryan "Guys? Watch me kick their ass properly! Err…Guys?"
He turned around, just to see Jack and Dojo running out of one of the holes in the walls that the Splinter Bots blasted. He groaned as he looked back up at the robots, one of them had their Rail gun in his face.
"Err…" said Ryan as his face drooped, "Bye!"
He immediately spun around and ran after Jack and Dojo.
In the Control Room…
Chase grinned as he watched Ryan, Jack and Dojo run down the corridors, pursued by the Splinter Bots.
"Master…" said Guardian Angel "They're heading toward…Project "Apocalypse Clone"…"
Chase's grin got bigger as he looked at the map of the Shadow Ecliptis.
"Excellent…" said Chase "I'll let Ryan see the true meaning of his existence with his own eyes…"
Somewhere in the Shadow Ecliptic…
A door opened up ahead of Ryan, Jack and Dojo, they skidded to a halt as they looked back down the corridor.
"Quick!" cried Dojo as he pointed into the dark room "In there!"
Ryan grabbed Dojo and pulled him into the room, closely followed by Jack. Jack hit a button by the door, causing it to slam shut. They all put their ears to the door as they heard the Splinter Bots that were chasing them stomp past them. They all sighed with relief as they slouched down the door.
"Phew…" sighed Jack "Good thing we didn't panic…"
"Panic?" said Ryan "You were the first to chicken out!"
"Hey! If it wasn't for me we'd be lost and you would have been ambushed easily" yelled Jack "It's not like I want to put up with you too!"
"Oh god, I want to hurt you so bad!" growled Ryan. He leapt on top of Jack; both of them began to fight. Dojo groaned as he slapped his forehead, he slivered away to try and find out where they were. After fumbling in the darkness for a bit, he found a light switch, he flicked it on. A small light came on, revealing a small portion of the room. His eyebrow rose at what he saw.
"Err…Guys?" gasped Dojo as he stared at what he saw, "Guys? You better come see this…"
Jack managed to kick Ryan off him and Ryan rolled across the room. He growled at Jack as he got to his feet.
"Stupid Jack…" growled Ryan "If only we didn't need him I'd…Holy Guacamole…"
His jaw dropped as he noticed what was in the room, a group of familiar looking stasis tanks sat in the centre of the room, each on filled with a familiar green liquid. Ryan stepped up to one of the tanks.
"No…" said Ryan as he peered into one of the tanks, "Don't tell me…He didn't…"
He gasped as he took a step back from the tank after realising what could be floating in it.
"Ryan?" said Dojo "What's wrong?"
Ryan stared into the tank, he could see his face staring back at him…but it wasn't a reflection, even though Ryan wished it was.
"No…" said Ryan in a breathless voice as he darted to another tank, his face became even more freaked out as he went from tank to tank, "No…No…No, No! No! No!"
Ryan stumbled to the centre of the room where he collapsed onto his knees.
"Chase Young…" gasped Ryan "He has created a…a…"
"What?" said Jack as he looked into a tank, "I can't see anything…"
There was a sudden hissing noise as all the green fluid began to thin out, Jack and Dojo gasped as they were able to see who was looking back at them, floating in the tanks. A boy, a boy with light brown fluffy hair and brown eyes.
"NO WAY!" gasped Jack.
"Yes way…" said Ryan "Chase has created an army…an army of Ryan Young's"
Suddenly all the lights came on, reviling a thousand stasis tanks, each one had a Ryan Young floating in the green liquid.
"He's created a clone army…" said Ryan "Of ultimate warriors…"
Kaida: An army of Ryan Youngs? Holy cow!
Chole: One for me…One for you…
UXD: What are you doing?
Chole: Dividing the Ryan's up between people…I'll have a few so they can treat me like a queen, some for Ze-Smai and Kaida…some for DeafLizgon to annoy Yamato with…Oh! Hanbags would like a few! Animeang317 may want one; I'll have to ask her…Miniku can have him over there and the four on the far right…
UXD: (Thinks for a long time) …What?
Chole: But the number one rule: I GET THE ORIGINAL RYAN!
Kaida: What! Why do you get the original?
Chole: Cuz he's the better version!
Ryan: I have a name you know! And since when are you interested in me?
Kaida: I'm not, but I want the original Ryan cuz he's better!
Chole: No! (Grabs Ryan and pulls him) Mine!
Kaida: No! (Grabs Ryan and pulls him) Mine!
Ryan: (Stretched) Ladies, Please! There is plenty of me to go around! Anyway, none of us are for sale! Even if I was, I ain't treating any of you like queens! You're far from that!
Kaida and Chole: (Brief silence as they look at Ryan) WHAT!
(SLAP! BANG! CRASH! WALLOP! ETC!)
UXD: Ouch…Everyone, R&R while I…do something…