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Xiaolin Showdown: Legend of the Thunder Child III: Apocalypse Clone

49: Rush to the Reactor: Take Two

Outside the Shadow Ecliptis…

2:02:55 till Cannon fire…

"Come on Dojo" said Ryan as he sat back in his chair, playing with Kimiko's hair as she sat on his lap, "How long do we have to sit here spinning our wheels? It's almost been an hour we've wasted!"

"What wheels?" said Omi "I thought you were trying to spin Kimiko's hair?"

Ryan gave Omi a disgruntled look as Kimiko giggled quietly to herself.

"We had to wait until the patrols had calmed down" said Dojo as he checked the radar, "But I must say…the patrol routes changed about half an hour ago for some reason…"

"What ever it is" said Raimundo "Can we hurry this up? I think we have only two hours left till this thing fires! We got to get moving!"

"Okay, okay!" said Dojo "I understand the urgency, just wait for this spaceship…"

There was a whooshing noise as a spaceship flew past them, completely oblivious to the large Ark Angel that hung under the dish.

"Okay!" said Dojo "Let's get out of here!"

There was a hissing noise as the landing gear detached itself from the underside of the dish and the Ark Angel floated off into space.

"And a one, two, three…" said Dojo. There was a bang as the engine started up and the Ark Angel flew across the large surface of the Shadow Ecliptis.

"Okay…" said Jack "We are now flying about a floating fortress of doom that I designed in broad daylight, we have no way off escaping if we get caught and no plan to stop them!"

There was a sudden thud as Clay pushed Jack's head against the window.

"Stop it Jack" said Clay "Your continuous whining is getting me more agitated than a cat in a dog pound"

"I think I know what we have to do" said Chucky "As I have a superior IQ to you all…We will use the same plan as before, but with a few minor changes…"

"Wow…" said Kimiko in a sarcastic voice, "It took you an hour to come up with that?"

She giggled as Ryan tickled her for no reason.

"Hey! Even genius need time to think" said Chucky.

"Well when you meet one, can you ask him how long?" said Ryan. Ryan, Kimiko and Dojo laughed as Chucky turned his head away in a huff.

"Can we stop with the jokes please?" said Raimundo "Jack's right, we're in trouble, Chucky, what's the plan?"

"Ryan and Kimiko said this Guardian Angel controls the whole army, right?" said Chucky "So if we take out him, Chase's army will fall apart as their clones will run about without orders, leaving the Eclipse Reactor open to attack"

"That makes sense" said Omi "We got all the Wu now so it will be easy"

"I'm guessing we'll do the same teams?" said Ryan "I'll head to the core and take out the Reactor with the fake Tesla Dynamo and you take out GA"

"Dojo, look!" said Jack as he pointed to an empty hanger, "There's Hanger 4, land there!"

Hanger 4…

1:57:00 till Cannon fire…

"Come on!" called Omi as he ran out of the Ark Angel, "We have less than two hours left!

"We know!" said Ryan as he ran to the doorway and peeked around the corner, "Good, no one's here yet"

"Okay!" said Kimiko "You guys are going to get Guardian Angel, me and Ryan are going to the core"

Ryan sighed as he looked up at her.

"Kimiko…" said Ryan "I want you to stay with them"

"No" said Kimiko as she held his hand, "I'm coming with you"

"Kimiko, last time we almost died" said Ryan "I may never make it back this time…"

Kimiko gasped as she looked at him in disbelief.

"No Ryan, you will make it back" said Kimiko "Because I'm going to help you!"

"Maybe…" said Ryan "Maybe not…But I don't want to risk you, you don't want to loss me, but I don't want to loss you too…You'll be safe with the others…

"But…" protested Kimiko, Ryan silenced her by putting his finger on her lips.

"I love you too much to put your life in danger again" said Ryan "I promised myself that I'd never let anything bad happens to you…Ever"

Kimiko said nothing as he looked at him; she threw her arms around him and hugged him tight.

"Take care of yourself…" whispered Kimiko as she kissed him softly on the cheek.

"You too" said Ryan as he released her and walked off towards the door.

"Okay guys!" called Raimundo as he picked up both the Blade of the Nebula and the Sword of the Storm, "Let's show this monster who's boss!"

"Ready!" said Omi as he picked up the Gripper Grabber and the Orb of Tornarmi.

"Ready!" said Clay as he strapped the Third Arm Sash to his waist and put the Fist of Temigong on his hand and picked up the Emblem of the Hedgehog in the other.

"Err…Ready" said Jack as he picked up the Monkey Staff.

"I'm ready" said Kimiko as she picked up the Star Hanabi and the Shen Gong Two, it morphed into another Star Hanabi and she held them like two guns. "Let's go!"

Near the Control Room…

1:49:17 till Cannon fire…

"Okay guys" whispered Raimundo as they neared the control room, "Guardian Angel's just around the corner, he is probably surrounded by guards, so when we get there, Omi, Clay and Jack will create a distraction while me and Kimiko destroys Guardian Angel"

"With him out of the way" whispered Kimiko "Ryan can easily get to the Reactor and blow it up with the fake Tesla Dynamo"

"Then we get back to the Ark Angel and we're off back home" whispered Omi "Back to the temple and my…I mean our promotions"

"Omi…" sighed Kimiko "How could you be thinking about that now?"

"I never stop thinking about it" whispered Omi "I know that because…"

He stopped talking as he looked up the corridor and saw a whole gang of clones walking towards them.

"Hide!" gasped Clay. They all spilt up and dived into separate rooms, just as the guards came walking past. Jack placed his ear to the door and listened to the guards march past, he sighed with relief as he slid down the door, wiping his brow.

"That was too close…" sighed Jack as he got back to his feet, "Okay, now to…Hey! The doors locked!"

"Hello…Jack!" said a voice behind him. Jack turned around and saw he was staring face to face with Hannibal Roy Bean.

"AHH!" screamed Jack "Don't hurt me!"

"Heh heh heh…" chuckled Hannibal "Don't be alarmed boy, I'm not going to hurt you, not unless you don't cooperate…"

Jack looked at him as the bean jumped up to his ear.

"I think that it's a shame that you created this magnificent space station but yet you have no control over it…" said Hannibal.

"Yeah…" said Jack. Hannibal grinned as he lent near his ear again.

"I think you should be in charge…" said Hannibal "And I can help you…"

Jack grinned as he rubbed his hands together with glee.

"All you got to do…" said Hannibal "Is kidnap Kimiko and capture the others…I'll do the rest…"

Jack grinned his evil grin as he began to chuckle evilly.

"It's about time I got a piece of the evil action…" said Jack "Jack is back…Baby!"

Reactor Room…

1:29:17 till Cannon fire…

The elevator went ding as it reached the Reactor room. Ryan peered out of the elevator into the long corridor that led to the Eclipse Reactor. He raised an eyebrow as he saw there was nobody on guard.

"No one on guard?" said Ryan to himself as he cautiously walked towards the Eclipse Reactor, "What's this world coming to…"

He sighed as he walked into the Reactor room and pulled the fake Tesla Dynamo out.

"I can't believe how easy this is…" said Ryan as he walked across the walkway towards the Eclipse Reactor, "Unless…"

There was a buzzing noise as the intercom switched on.

"Ryan!" cried Raimundo's voice "We're in trouble! Kimiko is…"

"What?" said Ryan "What's wrong with Kimiko?"

"Give me that!" yelled another darker voice, "Hello Ryan, long time, no see…"

"You!" gasped Ryan "You're that bean person from Texas!"

"If you value your precious girlfriend's life" said Hannibal "You will meet me in the control room in less than ten minuets…And don't even think about touching my seven Elementa, or your girlfriend will…"

There was a buzzing noise as the intercom cut off.

"What's going on? Raimundo?" called Ryan "Raimundo!"

He sighed as he looked up at the Eclipse Reactor, once again, so close, yet so far. He spun on his heels and ran to the elevator.

I never cease to surprise, don't I? Tune in tomorrow to see what happened to the others! I'm off to go make video games! And don't forget to R&R!