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Xiaolin Showdown: Legend of the Thunder Child III: Apocalypse Clone
40: The Silence after the Battle
Meanwhile, far away from the battle…
Raimundo, Omi, Clay and Dojo sat around a feeble looking fire as they sat in a cave, high in the mountains. Raimundo looked over to the mouth of the cave; Kimiko was sitting by herself as she looked out across the valley. He sighed as he got up and walked to her side. He shivered as his body meet with the icy cold mountain air.
"Kimiko?" said Raimundo "You okay?"
"Uh huh…" mumbled Kimiko as he realised she was busy on her PDA.
What are you do?" said Raimundo as he lent over her shoulder.
"Trying to hack into Hannah's communication system" said Kimiko "If Ryan is using it, I could contact him…"
A small smile grew across her face as the PDA began to track Hannah's signal, but a red error message appear. Kimiko's face twisted in anger as she jumped to her feet.
"Damn you!" yelled Kimiko as she shook her fist up at the Shadow Ecliptis, "You've disabled all satellite communication!"
She roared as she threw her PDA at the mountainside, the electronic device shattered, scattering chips and bits of metal. She groaned as she fell back onto the rock and rested her head in her hands.
"I'm so worried about him…" sighed Kimiko "If it wasn't for my chi bond, I'm probably died of worry…"
"Err…How is he?" said Raimundo. Kimiko closed her eyes as she focused her chi.
"Okay…" said Kimiko "A little low…But still healthy…"
A cold gust of wind blew across the cave mouth. Kimiko shivered as she hugged herself, Raimundo looked at her as she coughed.
"Kimiko" said Ryan as he ran a hand across her forehead, "You're freezing, and you're going to catch a cold…"
Kimiko coughed again, she shivered as she blew into her hands.
"Come on, in you come!" said Raimundo tried to pick her up.
"No…" said Kimiko "I can't sense Ryan in there…"
"Come on" said Raimundo as he picked her up, "You need a cup of hot coco and forty winks…"
Kimiko groaned as she rested her head against Raimundo's chest, it felt warm after being in the cold. She sniffed as it reminded her of Ryan. She gasped as she felt something in her body, as if she was being deflated.
"Oh no…" whimpered Kimiko "No!"
She forced her way from Raimundo's arms and ran back to the mouth of the cave; she began to panic as she could no longer sense something.
"Kimiko?" said Clay as he saw her acting weird, "What's up?"
She came back into the cave with a distraught face.
"It's Ryan!" cried Kimiko "I can't sense his chi!"
"Don't worry Kimiko" said Omi as Kimiko dived towards the Wu bag, "I'm sure he's…NO!"
The three boys yelled as they jumped on Kimiko as she dug into the bag and pulled out the Ark Angel.
"Must…get back…to temple!" gasped Kimiko as she wrestled with Raimundo, Clay and Omi.
"We mustn't use our Wu" said Omi "Chase can detect us if we do"
"I don't care!" yelled Kimiko "I want my Ryan!"
She managed to wiggle her way through the boys; she grabbed the rest of the Wu. In her scramble she tripped and dropped a few of the Wu, but she managed to jump off the edge of the mountainside without being caught by the boys.
"Ark Angel!" yelled Kimiko as she fell through the air. The Ark Angel glowed as it grew around her; there was a loud bang as it shot off into the horizon.
"Quick!" yelled Omi "After her! What did she drop?"
"The Sliver Manta Ray and the Lasso Boa Boa!" said Clay as he picked it up, "Let's go!"
Kimiko set the controls to autopilot as she looked into the Wu bag.
"I can't fight an army alone…" said Kimiko as she selected a Wu, "But I know someone who could help…Heart of Jong!"
Back at the battle…
"Ugh…" groaned Ryan as he came to, he slowly got to his feet, his legs wobbled as he regained his balance. He opened his eyes and looked across the battlefield; his mouth fell open at what he saw. A mist was descending on the field, covering it in a thick blanket that blocked his vision. He limped through the blood and purple slime soaked ground; the eerie silence began to scare him. He shuddered as he saw dead bodies of his fellow warriors and clones litter the ground.
"Ryan…" croaked a dry voice. Ryan gasped as he spun around, there was no one there.
"Down here…" croaked the dry voice again. Ryan looked down and gasped, at his feet was the blood soaked body of Kronego. His body was sprawled out on the ground with a large boulder stuck on his lower half, pinning him to the ground.
"Kronego!" gasped Ryan "Are you okay?"
"My legs…" groaned Kronego "I can't…feel them…"
Ryan raised an eyebrow as he tried to roll the rock off him.
"But you're a dragon" said Ryan "You don't have any…lower part of your body…"
"Is it…bad?" said Kronego "Are my wounds bad?"
"I don't know…" said Ryan "Is losing half your body bad for a dragon?"
Kronego groaned as he twitched his body in pain.
"Uh…It's hurts so bad…" groaned Kronego.
"I'm so sorry…" said Ryan "This is all my fault…I'm the reason Chase has an army…"
"No…Don't say that…" said Kronego "The people died here for the temple, not because of you…They chose to be here…So did I…"
Ryan looked up at the temple; black smoke billowed as fire licked at the ancient structure.
"Hannah…Lizz…Kelko" said Ryan as his head drooped, "Jermaine…Master Fung…Guan…All dead…Innocent people…"
He began to take deeper breaths as his eyes began to water.
"Don't lose hope…They chose to be here…" groaned Kronego "But now…You must find your love one…and protect her…The Wu was the key to the last war…and is the key to this one…"
He chucked to himself as he felt his life fade away.
"Two Heylin wars…" chuckled Kronego "I just wished I would be still alive for the next one…"
"I'll make sure there will never be a next one" said Ryan; he sniffed as he wiped his eyes. Kronego smiled as he looked up at Ryan.
"I truly have had a good eight thousand years…" said Kronego "Meeting great people like Lord Solidus…Master Dowryan…Grand Master Dashi…and you, Ryan Young…the ultimate warrior…"
His eyes began to close as the last seconds of his life ticked away.
"Guan was right…" said Kronego "You really do have your mother's hair…"
"My…My mother?" gasped Ryan "But I'm…cloned…I don't have a mother…"
Kronego said nothing; Ryan lowered his head, sighing deeply. Another number for the death toll.
Ryan looked up from mourning Kronego's death; the air around him suddenly became very cold.
"You've done enough damage…" growled Ryan as he narrowed his eyes, "Leave now…Chase"
Ryan heard a dark, evil laugh as he slowly got to his feet. He turned around and saw his father hovering in the air above him.
"I must say" said Ryan "You're tactic to use strategy was very clever, I see my creation has done better than expected"
"What I did today had nothing to do with your project" said Ryan "I have grown far beyond your petty little plans, I fought this war without your help"
"War?" said Chase "This was no war…This was a massacre…"
Ryan gasped as Chase smirked at him.
"Take a moment to count how many people died to day…" said Chase "One clone fell for every twenty monks"
Ryan glared at Chase as he clenched his fists in anger.
"Your army are just copies" said Ryan "Mindless copies with no desire except to hunt and kill; my warriors are real people with real lives"
"Correction" said Chase as his smug grin got bigger, "Were real people"
"I'm going to avenge all the innocent people who died today…" growled Ryan.
"You have no chance over me boy" said Chase "I will take down this planet and claim it in my name"
"Oh yeah!" yelled Ryan "You and what army?"
"Ha ha ha!" laughed Chase as Ryan realised what he just said, "This one!"
Ryan groaned as he slapped his forehead. Chase clicked his fingers and from nowhere, thousands of clones jumped out and surrounded Ryan. Each one was growling and hissing at him like a bunch of wild animals.
"Wuya said that you wouldn't beat forty" said Chase "But I bet her you could beat at least fifty before you die…Care to help our bets?"
"I bet I could have you eating dirt by the end of this day!" yelled Ryan as he activated his Sejoer Lzaas Blades, "Your first mistake was to create me!"
A one on infinite battle…Who will win? Find out next time on…Xiaolin Showdown! R&R!