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

57: Ibis Cannon Backfire

Meanwhile, back in the control room…

"Damn…" groaned Guardian Angel as steam hissed out off all for hydraulics on his four limbs, causing his sphere to fall to the ground, "I…underestimated you two…"

Kimiko and Raimundo gasped with exhaustion as they looked at Guardian Angel's immobilised body.

"Ryan…" panted Raimundo "I did it…I beat Guardian Angel…"

There was a hissing noise as Guardian Angel retracted his robotic limbs into his metal sphere, the sphere closed as Guardian Angel rolled into the centre of the room. The floor opened up to reveal an elevator.

"This is not the end you two!" growled Guardian Angel's voice from inside the sphere, "You may have beaten me…I but I will return…Just you wait…"

The metal sphere sunk into the ground and disappeared as the floor closed up again.

"Ha…" said Raimundo "Good riddance…"

He looked at Kimiko; she sighed as she walked over to the window and looked out of it.

"Kimiko?" said Raimundo "We did it, we defeated Guardian Angel…"

"Does it matter whether we beat him or not?" said Kimiko "Ryan is gone…"

She groaned as she sunk to the ground.

"We didn't even save the world from the Ibis Cannon…" sighed Kimiko as she checked her watch, "The cannon's firing now…"

She whimpered as she rested her head in her hands.

"We let Ryan down…" cried Kimiko "He died in vain…"

"No…" said Raimundo as he lent against the window, "Damn it! I can't believe this!"

He banged the window with his fist in anger. There was a sudden banging noise on the metal door behind them, they both turned around to see Clay forcing the door open with Omi, Dojo and Chucky behind him.

"Kimiko! Raimundo!" said Omi as he ran to them, "We have come to your aid! Where is the danger?"

"Don't worry guys…" sighed Raimundo "Guardian Angel is gone…"

"What about the Ibis Cannon?" said Clay. Kimiko looked up as she saw the cannon begin charge up with energy.

"We failed…" said Kimiko "We failed everyone…We failed the whole world…I…I…I failed Ryan!"

She burst into tears as she turned to Raimundo and hugged him.

"It's okay Kimiko…" said Raimundo as he rubbed her back, "Just let it all out…"

"Ryan's gone!" cried Kimiko "Hannibal murdered him!"

"Hannibal…Murdered him?" said Dojo.

"Yes!" cried Kimiko "I'm going to get him if it's the last thing I do!"

"That's mighty strange…" said Clay "Because we saw Ryan only a few minutes ago…"

Kimiko looked up suddenly.

"W…What?" sniffed Kimiko.

"We saw Ryan in the hanger" said Omi "He told us that you two were in trouble and needed us to help you two"

"But…" said Raimundo "We saw Hannibal fire Ryan into space and blow him up…"

"What?" said Chucky "But we saw him…"

They all went quite as the intercom began to buzz.

"Hell…o?" said a voice on the other end, "Can…any…hear…e?"

"That voice!" gasped Kimiko as she shot to her feet and ran under the intercom speaker, "Could that be?"

"Kim…o? Is tha…ou?" said the voice "Ho…d on, tes…ing, t…sting…on…wo…three, hello? Is that better?"

"Ryan!" cried Kimiko "Is that you?"

"Kimiko!" said Ryan's voice "Are you okay? Has Clay and Omi rescued you?"

"Don't worry" said Clay "I think everyone is all…"

HE'S ALIVE!" shrieked Kimiko.

"Oww!" yelled Raimundo who was standing near her, "Mind the eardrums, girl!"

"HE'S ALIVE!" shrieked Kimiko as she leapt about hugging everyone, "HE'S ALIVE! HE'S ALIVE! HE'S ALIVE!"

"That's not all…" said Ryan "Check out the view…"

They all ran to the window, the Ibis cannon was about to fire. The tip of the cannon was glowing with a large ball of energy that looked like it would engulf the whole Shadow Ecliptis again. When it looked like it would fire and destroy the Earth, a huge explosion erupted from the tip, scattering the energy and thus saving the world from a certain doom.

"He did it!" cheered Omi "He stopped the cannon! The world is saved!"

"And by the look of that explosion" said Chucky "I'm guessing he used my fake Tesla Dynamo…Chucky…You've done it again…"

"Hey look!" said Raimundo as he pointed near the cannon, "I see someone!"

Kimiko dashed to the window near Raimundo and peered out, her heart skipped a beat as she saw someone standing on one of the platforms on the underside of the Shadow Ecliptis, a young man with charred dark red trousers and a ripped green T-shirt.

"RYAN!" shrieked Kimiko again as she clapped her hands with joy. Sure enough, there was Ryan, holding on his burnt arm with one hand and the walky-talky that Omi gave him in the other. He panted heavily as he looked at the bruises on his body and the burn mark on his arm.

"I took a bit of a knock…" said Ryan into the walky-talky, "But I'm still alive…"

Later…

The main door hissed as it slid open, everyone turned around as Ryan limped into the room.

"Phew…" gasped Ryan as he limped towards them, "It seemed quicker to get there than it did here…"

"Ryan!" cried Kimiko as she leapt onto him, hugging him and smothered him in kisses.

"Hey! Easy girl!" said Ryan as he almost fell over, "Don't hurt me more than I am"

Kimiko took a step back to look at him.

"Nah, only kidding!" said Ryan as he smiled and opened his arms to her, "Come here!"

Kimiko dived into his arms and hugged him again as he spun her around.

"Way to go, partner!" said Clay as he patted Ryan on the back, "You save our hides again!"

"Oww!" groaned Ryan as he felt Clay's large hand hit him hard, right where Chase has hit him.

"Oops…" said Clay "Sorry…"

"Ryan!" said Raimundo "Me and Kimiko took down Guardian Angel…Well…We gave him an ass whooping and he ran off somewhere…"

"That's great!" said Ryan "Couldn't of done it better myself"

"So Ryan?" said Omi "How did you do it? How did you survive getting shot out into space? And how did you stop the cannon in time?"

"Well…After being blasted into space, I thought it was all over, but then I remembered the Singala training we did" said Ryan "I don't know how or why, but I was able to activate my Singala Spectrumise"

"You did what?" gasped Omi as he realised, "You levelled up before me?"

"I was expecting congratulations…" sighed Ryan "But yes Omi, I did level up before you…Anyway, I used my element to send myself into the metal of the pod, as the thing exploded, I just floated inside the piece of metal till I got to a hanger"

"Not fair…" grumbled Omi "I wanted to be first…"

"Easy Omi" said Dojo "There are still three more places, you still have a chance"

"Now where was I…" thought Ryan.

"You just escaped from the pod and were in the hanger" said Kimiko as she looked up from having her head buried in Ryan's chest while she continued hugging him.

"Thanks" said Ryan as he patted her head, "I got out the metal and then I headed straight to the cannon to stop it from firing by using the fake Tesla Dynamo, I would of got there faster, but Chase appeared and we had a small fight, but I kicked his ass and got to the cannon"

"That's my Ryan" said Kimiko. Ryan smiled as he looked down at her; she smiled back at him as she kissed him.

"So then…" said Chucky "Now what?"

"Naptime…" groaned Ryan "There is something about being fired into space, blown up, running at top speed to get to the cannon, being beaten up by Chase, shocked by the cannon's energy and fried from the radiation that wears a guy out…"

"Wouldn't it be a good idea to go round up the Elementa first?" said Clay "With Guardian Angel out of action for a while, it should be as easy as collecting eggs"

"Yeah" said Ryan "Let's go then, first stop the Eclipse Reactor, then we're off for home"

"Uhh…" groaned a voice behind them, they all turned around as they saw Jack slowly waking up.

"Has he been out cold all this time?" said Ryan.

"Looks like it" said Kimiko. Raimundo and Omi stood beside him and helped him to his feet.

"Ugh…" groaned Jack "What happened…Where am I? AHH! Raimundo! Omi!"

He whimpered as he saw everyone crowd around him.

"Err…Hey guys…" said Jack in a nervous tone, "You're not still angry about me betraying you and helping Hannibal, are you?"

Raimundo and Omi grinned as he began to sweat.

"Don't worry…" said Raimundo "We have something special for you…"

Jack gulped as looked nervously around him. Before he could say anything, the whole space station shook. Everyone fell to the floor with a thud as the shaking knocked them all to the ground.

"What the hell was that?" gasped Kimiko as she climbed off Ryan, who she landed on.

I don't know" said Jack as he got to his feet and brushed his coat, "Maybe space junk hit the side of the station…"

"Err…Guys?" said Raimundo as he looked out the window, "Is it me, or is the world getting bigger?"

UXD: Another "Dun Dun Dah!" moment…Sort of…Anywho, R&R!

Ryan: Hey! That rhymes!

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