Okay, once again, I couldn't wait to write more but I forced myself to take some time off.

Chapter Seven

"Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune."-William James

Jocie flopped down where she stood. "You guys are right, I am useless." She sighed, "This was a bad idea."

"We never said that." Clay said trying to cover up how guilty he was.

"I'm blind, not deaf, I heard what was said when I wasn't around. You guys go ahead and make your way out of this maze I'll just stay here and die." Nobody moved.

"C'mon Jocie," Rai said kneeling beside her, "You're not useless." He put a hand on her shoulder and she look at him. "How'd you know I was here?" he asked with a smirk.

"I heard you talk and I felt your hand on my shoulder." She jerked her body away in disgust.

"Hearing and feeling, those are…." His smirk only got wider and he inched closer to her. Jocie was quiet for a second.

"Senses," she said quietly.

"Mm hm, if one sense is taken out the rest get stronger."

"I didn't need super senses to know you where there."

"True, but we do need someone with super senses to find your brother." He pulled her up and she yanked herself away again.

"Give me a good reason to help because last I checked, I was a two faced snake."

"Because," Omi said, "Without you, we may never get to Jack Spicer."

"Fine. This will actually be very simple. Knowing Jack, he's in the middle of the maze with the Shen Gong Wu. And also knowing him, he's lying about getting out of here. And there are no ways out, this thing is sealed. However, we find Jack and beat the living snot out of him; we can get out of here." Jack's voice came back.

"Oh! How did you figure it out so fast?"

"They have me, Jack. I'm smarter than you, I know how you work and think. You never change your methods of 'winning'. It's too easy, Jack."

"Fine! But you'll still never find me! Mwahahahahaha!"

"Yeah, we'll see. Let's go." She began walking forward and soon came to a split in the maze. She sniffed the air and chose the left path.

"You're sure he's down this way?" Kimiko asked following her as she work her way through the maze.

"I can smell his failure. And he's Goth and hasn't showered in over a month. Haven't you ever noticed that?"

"Ew, you're right." Kim laughed.

"My friends," Omi said, "I sense a boob trap."

"Um, booby trap I'm gonna say." Raimundo said.

"Eh, it's Jack, it's no big deal." Jocie took another step and activated a pressure point. Several arrows flew from the black walls in traditional 'Indiana Jones' style. She stepped back and the arrows punctured their opposite walls.

"Ooooh!" they heard Jack whine, "How did you do that?"

"Next time, don't make your traps so loud, just a tip." The others all looked at each other in confusion as they hadn't heard anything. "Come on," Jocie snapped, "Over here." She headed down a side way to the right. She walked on with the others in tow. Jocelyn felt a bit of a vibration beneath her feet but paid no mind to it. She kept going on. There was a more powerful shake and Jocie stumbled. "Is everyone okay?" She turned around.

"Yeah, we're fine." Rai said picking himself up off the floor.

"Okay." She took a few more steps and the ground rippled beneath her. It cracked; her right foot fell down into the split. Then in a sudden spasmodic way, a huge chasm opened like a mouth of a monster. Jocie gave a little yelp as she began to fall. Clay was closest to her and quick to react. He grabbed her hand and began to pull her out of the black depth. "What just happened?" she asked staring straight ahead.

"You almost just fell into a pit." Kimiko said looking over the edge, "That was scary."

"Maybe we should find another way, y'know, mosey on around this thing." Clay said looking at Jocie.

"No, this is the way to Jack; this is the way we're going. We aren't going to get flubbed up by one stupid little gap in the trail." She snapped. Truth was it wasn't 'a little gap' it spread all the way across the nine foot width from black wall to black wall and went forward about ten feet, and there didn't appear to be a bottom to the pit.

"Step aside, small tasty birds!" Omi declared, "I shall cross the breach." In a flash, he leapt in a cat like movement and cleared the space. "Ha! See my friends; I am off the fo-shnizzy-hizzy!"

"Did he call us chickens?" Jocie asked, muffling her laughter, "And I would like to know what the fo-shinny-hizzy is and just how Omi got off of it." Then she sighed. Rai and Kimiko passed the gap. "I don't need your help." Jocie said sternly. "I can do it myself." She backed up a bit and ran and jumped for it. One of her feet just barely made contact with the other side. Raimundo grabbed her hand and pulled her up. "There. Piece of cake." Clay vaulted the space and then they all heard the sound of clapping.

"Impressive." Jack Spicer's came voice over the intercom. "You'll still never find me though."

"Yeah, big talk for my stupid brother." Jocie muttered. "Come on." They took a couple more turns before coming to another fork and stopping hesitantly. "Urgh…" The red head began walking down one branch. "I think it's this way, but stay here; I'll be right back." She started walking off down the far right branch.

"I'll go with you." Clay said following her, "Y'know, just to make sure you stay safe." Jocie shot him a poisonous look but kept walking. Once they were out of the sight and earshot of the others, Jocie stopped.

"I thought I was clear. I don't like you as anything more than a companion and team mate." She turned slightly to him. "What's so hard to understand about that?"

"I'm…I'm sorry." He said quietly, "I just don't think I can live without you."

"You were living just fine before I came into your life; at least I think you were."

"Naw," he moved closer to her, "I wasn't. Well maybe I was, but I can't even remember what life was like before. It's killing me." He took her hands and she tensed. "Please, don't keep killing me; I beg ya." He stared into her eyes. She looked straight ahead, past him at some far away place where she wasn't blind and she wasn't in an anti-matter maze with traps ready to kill her at every turn. "Jocie….I-" She stood on her tip toes and pressed her lips to his.

"I'm sorry," she breathed into his ear, "But you'll just have to die." Jocie opened her mouth and shouted, "It's this way!" The others came running. "We're close." She marched on as though nothing had happened while Clay lingered for a while. She lead them down a couple more turns and then her feet clinked on metal. "Yes! I can see." There was a sound of sarcastic clapping.

"How goody good for you." Jack stood on his table surrounded by Shen Gong Wu.

"Jack," Jocie growled. "Pleasure to see you again." She strode calmly toward the table and reached her hand out to the Crystal of Requirement.

"Hey! What are you do think your doing?" Jack leaned down and they both grabbed the Shen Gong Wu at the same time.

"Jackie, I challenge you to a Xiaolin Showdown. My Fist of Tebigong against your Bow of Artemis. The game is target practice. The one with the most targets at the end of two minutes wins."

"Let's go! Xiaolin Showdown!" They shouted together. The ground shook and three platforms rose up. Jack and Jocie stood on separate ones and the other four and Wuya on the other. A large number of circular targets hovered in between Jack and Jocie's platforms. "Gong Yi Tanpai!"

Woot! Sorry about the wait. This fic is almost over. There's only one more chapter and it'll be over. I'm sad though, I really like this story, but all good things must come to an end.

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