While Omi was wandering through the Temple halls, inspecting them after a thorough cleaning, the little Shoku Warrior of water passed by a wooden cupboard. The door was slightly ajar, and a familiar looking green tail was poking out.
"Dojo!" Omi exclaimed cheerfully, "I hope I did not tidy you away by accident while I was performing Willow's chores!"
The little dragon squeaked in surprise and opened the cupboard door wider so Omi could see him. Dojo was smiling uneasily, his body wrapped around a little turquoise coloured book. "Willow's chores?" he asked Omi, stuttering slightly. "Has she gone off to train by herself again?"
Omi ignored his question and tried to peek at the book that Dojo was hiding. "I hope you haven't been reading Ping Pong's most secret diary," he said sternly. "I thought we agreed not to read it without his permission."
"I can't help it, Omi!" Dojo exclaimed, almost tearfully. "He's just like you were when you were little! The few days he spent with us were like a trip down memory lane!"
Omi knelt down after looking left and right, making sure that no other people were in the vicinity. "I guess it cannot hurt to have the tiniest peek," he whispered.
Dojo chuckled nervously. "I kind of already had a little look," he said before sounding more serious, "I found out some very interesting things."
"What kind of things?" Omi questioned, sounding excited.
"From what I've read, it seems like Ping Pong grew up all by himself at a monastery, no mom or dad," the dragon replied, before sounding somewhat thrilled himself. "He looks just like you, with a similar past to boot! What if he's your long lost brother?"
The warrior of water's mouth dropped open. "No wonder he showed so much talent for one so young!" he gasped.
"That talent you're talking about was the fighting style of the Lotus Locust Clan! The clan was led by the great Xiaolin Dragon of Wood; Barkey Le Bois!" Dojo explained, remembering the tiny monk's battle prowess.
Gradually, Omi's elated expression became one of sadness. "But he refused a place here at the Temple, and I foolishly supported his decision."
"We can still talk to him when he stops by!" Dojo said, slithering up onto Omi's shoulder. "But he has to choose his own destiny. We have Willow now, and she's proven herself to be just as worthy to be the fifth chosen one. She'd be disappointed if we were to just suddenly swap her out for Ping Pong."
Raimundo made an appearance, causing Omi to hurriedly hide Ping Pong's diary back into the cupboard. The Xiaolin Leader seemed somewhat perplexed by Omi's appearance. "What are you doing here Omi? I thought you went to go train with Willow in the wilderness!"
"I thought she went to train with you!" Omi replied, sounding just as puzzled. "Oh no! Willow might be all by herself in the woods!"
Raimundo rolled his eyes and sighed. "If you set off now as fast as you can, you can probably catch up to her," he said. "It didn't look like she was in much of a hurry when she left."
Omi nodded to his leader and hurried out of the room, dropping Dojo behind him. The little dragon recovered from his fall and rubbed his head, looking back at Raimundo. "Is it me, or has Willow been sneaking off a lot lately?" he asked.
Raimundo shrugged his shoulders. "I don't think we should worry about her. She's new to the Temple and probably wants a little alone time before she settles in. Maybe she's homesick."
Dojo chuckled. "Or maybe she's seeing a secret boyfriend of hers!"
Under the cover of night, Omi leapt from three to tree through the forest outside the Xiaolin Temple, looking for the fifth Xiaolin Warrior. A flash of lightning from the clouds above briefly illuminated the area, allowing Omi to see the unmistakable figure of Willow not too far ahead in the distance. She appeared to be carrying a small sack of Shen Gong Wu, presumably to practice using them.
As the thunder that followed the flash echoed through the valley, Omi managed to catch up with Willow quickly. Before he cheerfully called her name, Omi caught a glimpse of the purposeful look on her face. As Omi observed her quietly, it became apparent to him that she was actively searching for something or someone.
Omi's tiger instincts told him to continue pursuing her in secrecy, following her all the way to the foot of a mountain. It was here that following Willow became more difficult, with no cover provided by the trees. However, since Willow appeared to be slowing down, it seemed like she had arrived at her intended destination.
Willow stopped at the edge of a ledge and placed the sack of Shen Gong Wu on the ground, while Omi hid behind a nearby boulder. There was another blinding flash of lightning, and after it faded, Omi saw that Chase Young had appeared beside her. Omi gasped and was about to leap in battle to protect Willow, but when he saw her smile and walk closer towards the immortal evildoer, the warrior of water decided to remain hiding.
Omi was surprised even further when he witnessed Willow change from a blonde young woman dressed in white to a dark haired femme fatale in armour, after being briefly enveloped by the shadows. Chase and Shadow stood together, with their faces only a few inches away from each other.
Unbeknownst to the Xiaolin Warrior, the two villains were having a telepathic conversation. "Jack Spicer's scheme is about to commence. While he crushes the Xiaolin Temple, Omi will have to retrieve one of the most dangerous Shen Gong Wu from the hidden vault in order to get rid of him," Chase said in his thoughts.
"And that's when we track the little cheese ball and take all of their shiny toys away," added Shadow. "The demise of the Temple shall bring us a new dawn."
Omi clutched his chest, feeling a burning sensation inside him. He believed that Willow had been his friend, but now he had seen her true form, he felt betrayed. The monk slowly crept backwards, shaking his head in disbelief. However, Omi's senses were dulled with sadness and frustration, and he suddenly found himself falling backwards as he lost his footing.
Chase and Shadow looked in his direction as he tumbled down the side of the mountain and rolled into the forest below. Omi eventually came to a halt when he bumped his head against something smooth and round, and when he came back to his senses after being briefly disorientated, he was staring Ping Pong in the face.
After they both rubbed their aching foreheads, Omi's eyes lit up. "Ping Pong!" he proclaimed as quietly as he could, "I am most pleased to see you have returned!"
"I came back to the Temple grounds to warn you of great danger!" Ping Pong whispered sternly. "Willow is working for Chase Young! She wanted me to feel sad and have doubts about whether being a Xiaolin Warrior is my destiny, so she sabotaged my last Xiaolin Showdown!"
"So Willow is the mysterious shadowy spectre you saw?" Omi asked, sounding dismayed. "I am very sorry I doubted you, little gecko."
Ping Pong took Omi by the hand and smiled confidently. "You have defeated Chase before! With me by your side, brother Omi, we can deal with his new assistant too!"
Instead of charging into battle, Omi began to pull his doppelganger away from the mountain. "We must alert the others of Willow's betrayal!"
Just as they attempted to run back to the Xiaolin Temple, Omi and Ping Pong realized that they were being watched from the shadows of the forest. A dozen tigers, lions and panthers slowly emerged from the bushes and paced towards the two young warriors. Omi held Ping Pong tight and attempted to turn and run the other way, but found their only chance of escape was blocked by the imposing figure of Chase Young.
"It seems that you may have figured out my plan a little prematurely," he said with a short laugh.
The Heylin Warrior's jungle cats began to close in on the two little boys, but while Ping Pong was cowering, Omi stood defiant. "He will not harm you, Ping Pong. Chase Young is evil, but he would never hurt an innocent bystander."
Chase smiled wickedly and snapped his fingers, causing a panther at his side to leap through the air and pounce at Omi and his companion. Ping Pong was knocked aside by the beast, and found his shirt snagged in the jaws of another big cat. While he was on his knees, Omi watched in horror as the animals began to toss Ping Pong around, but the little monk was largely unharmed and managed to escape into the branches of a nearby tree.
Omi got to his feet in an instant, staring at Chase Young in revulsion before leaping into the tree to join Ping Pong. The two of them began to leap from branch to branch through the forest, with the stampede of big cats below them. Omi produced two Shen Gong Wu from his robes, the Orb of Tornami and Tangle Web Comb, handing the latter to Ping Pong.
Omi unleashed a blast of high pressure water from his orb at the mob of jungle cats, sending some of them rolling across the floor while dry cats took the places of the fallen. The attack bought the two monks time to get further ahead of their enemies, hoping to reach the Temple in time.
"Leaving so soon?" chuckled Chase young's female accomplice as she emerged from the shadows by Ping Pong's feet, before grabbing the small boy by the angle and tossing him into a tree.
The Shoku Warrior of water stopped in his tracks to help his fallen comrade, but Shadow held out the Sphere of Yun, sealing Omi inside an impenetrable bubble. Omi watched helplessly as Shadow approached Ping Pong, but the diminutive warrior held out the Tangle Web Comb and called out its name. Gripped by fear, Ping Pong could not focus enough to control the mystical item, and ended up trapping himself with its webs. Omi looked on in dismay as Shadow lifted the struggling little monk by his collar.
Chase slowly came over, the crowd of jungle cat warriors parting to let their master through. "I want this one alive to witness the demise of his little heroes, the Xiaolin Warriors," chuckled the immortal villain.
"He's a spirited little gumball," Shadow added slyly. "Or a ball of yarn for the cats to play with."
Omi pounded on the walls of his prison to get the attention of the evildoers. "What have you done with the real Chase Young?" he asked furiously. "The Chase Young I know would never gain amusement from causing such unneeded pain!"
Chase approached the prison sphere and grinned at the Xiaolin Warrior, while Shadow held Ping Pong under her arm. "I've changed for the better, just like you and your friends have," he answered. "When you said there was good in me, you were sorely mistaken."
The warrior of water simply stared at the evildoer, feeling like he was holding back tears. Shadow bought the sack of Shen Gong Wu that she had carried with her to the mountain and handed it to Chase, who reached inside and placed the helmet like Wushan Geyser on his head. As the rain came down, the events of the last few minutes were erased from Omi's mind by the mind altering Shen Gong Wu.
Omi woke up on his bed, surrounded by Kimiko, Willow, Clay and Raimundo. He immediately sat upright, but was met with an intense pain in his head, causing him to lie back down. Willow placed a hand gently on his forehead before looking at the three other Xiaolin Warriors.
"Thanks for bringing him back safe," Kimiko said to her.
"You've got to keep us informed about when you decide to wander off for some training, Willow," added Raimundo sternly.
"I'm really sorry, boss," the blonde fighter said with a nervous smile. "I promise that today will be the last time you'll put up with anything like that!"
Clay was holding an empty tray in his hands. "I bought you some food to help you recuperate, but it seems like some varmint saw them as easy pickings."
There was suddenly a thunderous belch, catching everyone's attention. The Xiaolin Warriors turned to see Dojo holding a large bowl of noodles in one hand and chopsticks in the other, but what was most noticeable was the relatively massive amount of weight he had gained, looking like a round green mound.
"Hey gang," the dragon said between mouthfuls of noodles, "Got a live one incoming, and it's giving me a really bad case of the munchies."
"Well, that solves one mystery," Clay said with a sigh, placing the empty food tray down on a side table.
Dojo pulled the mystic scroll from his fatty coils and quickly devoured the remaining noodles before opening it up to display the moving image within. The image displayed a figure playing a guitar like instrument wildly, causing other figures in the image to shake uncontrollably.
"It's the Shen Gong Wu called the Wreck 'n' Roll; whoever possesses it can cause intense vibrations!" he proclaimed before licking his fingers and burping again.
Omi managed to sit upright with less pain than before. "There is too much at stake for you to wait for me to recover!" he groaned. "Dojo might consume everything in the Temple if you do not retrieve the Shen Gong Wu quickly enough!" The voracious little dragon glared at Omi and produced a chocolate bar, which he immediately began to nibble on.
"I'll stay with Omi, guys," Willow said, "You go on ahead."
"That's alright with us, Willow," Raimundo said with a smile and a thumbs up. "Jack will think it's best to leave us alone after we wrecked his house." Kimiko looked at the warrior of wind as though she disproved of his insensitivity towards their adversary's predicament.
Raimundo, Kimiko and Clay hurried out of the room, followed by a wheezing and puffing Dojo who was sluggishly slithering behind them. Omi sighed and closed his eyes as though he wanted to go back to sleep, while Willow slowly walked out of earshot.
"When the monks have gone away, Spicer boy will come to play," she chuckled fiendishly in Shadow's accent.
As Dojo was flying above the clouds with the three Shoku Warriors on his back, he sniffed the air and abruptly dived downwards, snatching something from the trees below. "Whoopee, looks like Dojo got to the Wu in the twinkling of a bedpost!" Clay exclaimed.
Raimundo leant to the side and saw what Dojo was holding; a pile of red apples. "Nope, he's still got the munchies," the team leader sighed.
The dragon shoved the fruit into his mouth and spoke to his passengers in between chews. "I can smell that it's pretty close though! Smells kind of like that Russian salve I had for that really bad itch onetime..."
After several more moments of flying above the trees, they reached the forest's edge and came to a rocky plain with long grass. As Dojo touched down near a suspicious looking pile of rocks, he frightened a flock of black birds away. The warriors of earth, wind and fire leapt off the dragon as he returned to his original but now hefty size.
Raimundo dashed over to the rock pile and rummaged inside the gaps between the boulders, while Clay expressed disappointment at the fact that Dojo had managed to find the beef jerky he had hidden inside his hat. Eventually, Raimundo slowly pulled out an octahedron shaped object topped with an antenna.
"It's another fake!" Raimundo shouted, throwing the device to the ground and shattering it pieces as it began to play a recorded message of Jack Spicer laughing.
"The real deal's got to be nearby!" Kimiko said, scanning the area around them. "Everyone check the long grass!"
Dojo began to vibrate, his extra girth making him wobble more violently. "I can sense the real Wreck 'n' Roll this time! It's a few miles from here! No, it's getting closer!"
"Is this another one of those lively Shen Gong Wu like the Serpent's Tail?" Clay questioned the dragon.
"No, someone's holding it! And they're getting their grubby fingers all over the strings!" Dojo snapped back, enlarging himself once again for them to climb aboard.
Dojo soared away with great speed, racing over the miles of plains, while the three warriors watched as they approached a small town. As they got closer, the heroes could hear an earthquake and the noise of people shouting in fear. Before Dojo had even prepared to land, Raimundo jumped down into the road, quickly followed by his two companions.
The ground shook, and the three Shoku Warriors realized they were standing near the epicentre of the earthquake. As the road ahead began to split apart, the heroes could hear what sounded like a noisy guitar solo that was growing louder and more clearer each second. The Tunnel Armadillo burst out of the fissure that had formed in front of them, and opened its cockpit to reveal Jack's henchman Vlad playing the blue guitar like Wreck 'n' Roll Shen Gong Wu.
"He combined the power of the Tunnel Armadillo with the Wreck 'n' Roll to make an earthquake!" Kimiko exclaimed before covering her ears along with Clay and Raimundo.
"Stop playing! You have no talent!" Raimundo yelled at the top of his lungs as he walked towards the Russian brute.
Vlad removed the star shaped sunglasses he was wearing and stopped strumming the magical instrument, seemingly insulted by what the warrior of wind had said. "I was top musician in my entire junior school!" he huffed, producing an accordion photo album from his pocket. The photos featured a young Vlad calmly playing a different musical instrument in each one, in the middle of crying children with broken instruments. "I was perhaps even greatest young musician in all of Russia at the time!" he continued.
"We're here for a fight, not an exclusive peak at your autobiography," Clay said.
Kimiko and Raimundo nodded at each other before the warrior of wind took the warrior of fire's hand. Raimundo used his elemental powers to carry himself and Kimiko forward with a powerful burst of air, managing to grip the Wreck 'n' Roll in Vlad's hands. The instrument like Shen Gong Wu began to glow, signalling the start of a Xiaolin Showdown.
"Vlad, we challenge you to a Xiaolin Showdown! Our Falcon's Eye and Shield of Many Suns against your Tunnel Armadillo for the Wreck 'n' Roll!" Kimiko proclaimed.
"The game shall be maze of pain; if I chase you down before time runs out, you lose!" Vlad said with a haughty laugh.
"Let's go! Xiaolin Showdown!" yelled Raimundo as the environment began to change into a maze of stone blocks, while he and Kimiko became dressed in their blue showdown attire. The sun above them became twelve, arranging themselves into a fiery ring in the sky.
"Gong Yi Tan Pai!"
Kimiko and Raimundo were alone together somewhere in the centre of the maze, standing alert. Every few moments, the fighting duo heard their enemy's buffoonish laughter echoing throughout the maze corridors. In the sky above, one of the twelve suns vanished, signalling that the clock was ticking.
All of a sudden, the ground beneath their feet began to shake. "Run for it, Kimiko!" Raimundo cried.
The two Shoku Warriors managed to leap out of the way just as the Tunnel Armadillo erupted out of the ground, sending shards of stone scattering in all directions. Vlad turned the magical burrowing vehicle towards Kimiko, who hurriedly disappeared into a corridor.
Raimundo had already made a run for it, but briefly stopped to use the Falcon's Eye to see through the stone and discover Vlad's location within the maze. The warrior of wind watched the Tunnel Armadillo beneath the earth, but noticed it was not travelling towards him. Raimundo realized that Vlad was targeting Kimiko, who was in the opposite corner of the maze. The Xiaolin leader looked up to see that eight suns remained, meaning that Vlad still had plenty of time to capture them. Raimundo began to run towards where Tunnel Armadillo was heading, hoping to distract Vlad until the time ran out.
Meanwhile, Kimiko was readying the Shield of Many Suns, knowing that Vlad was coming for her as the ground beneath her feet began to shake more violently. The shield shaped Shen Gong Wu would be able to temporarily blind the villain, but Vlad needed to be above ground for it to succeed.
When Raimundo abruptly arrived to accompany her, Kimiko acted immediately without thinking and called out the shield's name, blinding her companion by accident. The Shoku Warrior of fire cringed at the sight of Raimundo staggering about blindly, but her shame became fright as the Tunnel Armadillo burst out of the ground, striking the Xiaolin leader.
The Shoku Warrior of wind yelled in exasperation as the contact with Vlad's Shen Gong Wu teleported him outside the maze and onto a platform floating above, where Clay and Dojo were observing the showdown. Raimundo got to his feet and stood beside the Shoku Warrior of earth, who was struggling carrying the oversized Dojo on his hat.
"Only four suns left! I hope Kimiko manages to stay in the zone just a little bit longer!" Dojo exclaimed, shifting his weight about in anticipation. Raimundo looked at the suns himself with a look of concern on his face.
Dojo's shifting was causing some discomfort for Clay. "If I wanted to risk a neck injury I'd become a rodeo clown, quit shaking about!"
Kimiko managed to leap away from Vlad and ran down the opposite corridor, before leaping into one of the tunnels that the villain had created. Vlad briefly stopped the Tunnel Armadillo and looked out of the mystical vehicle's cockpit, grinning fiendishly as he realized that the Xiaolin Warrior was hiding underground.
Vlad drove the heavy vehicle above the tunnels, causing them to collapse behind him as he drove onwards. As the tunnels were collapsing, Kimiko had no choice but to evacuate the underground. To her horror, the warrior of fire popped out of the ground almost in front of the Tunnel Armadillo, allowing Vlad to target and begin chasing her.
Driving at full speed, Vlad managed to chase Kimiko into a dead end. With her back against the wall, Kimiko had no choice but to watch the Tunnel Armadillo closing in on her. Briefly glancing up at the sky, Kimiko saw that only one sun remained shining above. She kept calm and almost smiled, watching her impending doom come closer.
Just as the Tunnel Armadillo was a few centimetres away from her, the final sun disappeared from the sky and the maze went dark. In a flash of light, the Xiaolin Showdown was over, and the environment returned to normal. Kimiko and Raimundo were holding the Shen Gong Wu they had wagered, plus the Tunnel Armadillo in its dormant state and Wreck 'n' Roll.
Vlad was on his knees as the Xiaolin Warriors surrounded him, but he looked up at them with a sly grin on his face. "Oh no!" he said in an almost deadpan tone, "You have beaten me, Vlad, in Xiaolin Showdown for the Wreck 'n' Roll Shen Gong Wu! I wagered Tunnel Armadillo, but it was no match for fire warrior Kimiko's Shield of Many Suns and wind warrior Raimundo's Falcon's Eye! Raimundo, with his brown hair and green eyes and-"
"That's enough!" Kimiko interjected, silencing Vlad. "Why can't you shut up and be quiet today, for just a few minutes?"
"I think I know what this snake's up to," added Clay, "He's trying to stall us for some reason!"
Raimundo and Kimiko glared angrily, but warily at the villain. "I am not stalling you!" Vlad explained, producing a small dictionary from his pocket. "I will define stalling in order to tell you what I am not doing!"
Vlad yelped when Kimiko kicked the pocket sized book out of his hands and held him by his collar, pulling his face towards hers. "What's Jack planning?"
A quiet whirring sound emanated from Vlad's other pocket, and without breaking eye contact with the Shoku Warrior of fire, he pulled out a vibrating cell phone and answered it with an "Allo", a Russian phone greeting. After a few seconds, Vlad grinned smugly and put the phone away.
"Jack has very special surprise for you, and he just finished setting it up!" Vlad chuckled. "Since we couldn't send Temple into space, Temple will be crushed underfoot."
The alarmed Kimiko threw the villain aside, strong enough to make him roll across the ground for a couple of feet. "Sounds like Jack's going to attack the Temple somehow!"
"Omi still needs to recover, and Willow's not experienced to take down whatever big thing Spicer's been planning!" Dojo added, sluggishly rolling off Clay's head and expanding to his full size.
Raimundo, Kimiko and Clay hopped onto the dragon's back to leave Vlad behind with the angry townsfolk. Dojo was heading back in the direction of the Xiaolin Temple at full speed, but as the heroes drew near, the four of them saw a large object looming in the distance.
"Where in tarnation did that thing come from?" Clay asked aloud, startled when the colossus slowly began to turn to face them.
The giant machine resembled some kind of humanoid tyrannosaurus, with an elongated neck and a hunched back covered in spines. Both of the fifty foot tall robot's arms terminated in three huge claws, and its wrists rotated a full three hundred and sixty degrees as it set its sights on them. The behemoth was constructed from a dull gold coloured metal, a similar hue to a Jack-bot's chassis. Its enormous eyes glowed with a yellow light, containing a red spiral pattern.
Suddenly, the red spirals within its eyes became more intense. In a burst of light, the giant robot launched spiralling beams of crimson energy from its eyes. The lasers danced towards Dojo, but the dragon managed to frantically dodge, after a bit of shrieking. Raimundo looked back to see that the lasers had struck a mountain; its peak slowly slid off and crumbled.
"This thing reeks of Shen Gong Wu!" Dojo exclaimed.
"If Jack can create fake Wu signals, then he can incorporate some of their magic into his machines!" Raimundo added. "It seems that this thing's good at attacking airborne targets; lets tackle it from the ground!"
Dojo managed to dodge another laser blast before he settled on the ground a long distance away from the giant robot's clawed feet.
"You can't hide from me!" boomed the voice of Jack Spicer from the machine's jaws. "My Doomsday-bot's still gonna crush the Temple! That'll teach you not to crush people's homes!" The evil boy genius was sitting in the robot's cockpit, positioned inside its head.
The Shoku Warriors and Dojo were hiding in the cover of a small group of trees, watching the Doomsday-bot's sluggish but thunderous steps. The towering robot abruptly stopped in its tracks before a giant pair of wings unfolded from its back, and the roar of rocket engines propelled the metal monster into the sky. In a few moments, the Doomsday-bot was hovering overhead. Jack used the machine's heat sensors to clearly see Clay, Kimiko, Ramundo and Dojo.
"I think he's looking right at us!" Kimiko shouted.
"This baby's equipped with Wu and life sensors! Did you think you could hide?" Jack asked, laughing fiendishly. "I'm glad Vlad delayed you losers long enough for me to start it up! Ashley says it would've ran smoother if I didn't run so many programs on it, but what does she know about computer systems besides the fact you can use a computer to look at cat pictures?"
Clay ignored the villain's rambling and stared the metal colossus in the eye, taking his hat off and placing the Kahuna's Crown on his head in its place. "Pick on someone your own size!" he yelled, activating the Shen Gong Wu's power to enlarge himself.
To the warrior of earth's dismay, the Kahuna's Crown had only enlarged himself to twenty five feet; half the size of the metal monster. With a swipe of its claw, the Doomsday-bot knocked the giant cowboy to one side, causing the crown to fall off his head and reducing him back to his original size.
"Go big or go home!" Jack laughed as Raimundo and Kimiko readied their Wudai Weapons.
Meanwhile, Omi leapt out of bed, clutching his head in pain. However, the pain was not as intense as it had been before. Running out into the courtyard followed by Willow, Omi witnessed the looming figure of the Doomsday-bot in the distance. Willow smiled at the sight of the menacing figure, but when Omi turned to face her, Willow's expression changed to a look of concern.
"I must help my friends!" Omi groaned, turning in the direction of the Shen Gong Wu vault.
"That thing looks way too big and scary for an ordinary Shen Gong Wu to handle!" exclaimed Willow, grabbing the warrior of water's arm. "I think we'll need to access the super secret Shen Gong Wu!"
Omi tried to pull himself free from Willow's surprisingly strong grip, but he exerted so much force that when she finally let go, he sent himself running into a wall. With a loud thud, Omi's forehead struck the wall and he collapsed onto his back. Willow looked hesitantly at Omi's motionless body before he sprang to his feet seconds later, glaring at her.
"The bump to my head," he murmured, staring her in the eyes. "It restored my memories of the events that happened during the night."
Willow gasped and then frowned at him; both of them had assumed a fighting stance. "Looks like there's been a change of plans," she chuckled, transforming into her Shadow persona.
Omi was about to strike, but Shadow quickly ensnared him with the Tangle Web Comb she had hidden on her person. It seemed like Shadow was prepared to trap Omi using the comb Wu from the start, just in case he regained his memories that Chase had erased.
"What have you done to Ping Pong?" Omi asked her as he struggled in the webbing. "What are you and Chase planning?"
Shadow ignored him, leaving him alone and tied up on the floor. Omi's struggles only made his headache worse, and a few moments later he lay motionlessly to conserve his energy. The Shoku Warrior of water lay on his back, gazing up at the ceiling. "Ping Pong, where are you?" he muttered to himself.
Miles away, Ping Pong's eyes opened, awakened by what he thought was Omi's voice in his head. "Brother Omi?" he said quietly.
The tiny monk found himself chained to a wall, hanging above a crowd of sleeping big cats. He was inside Chase Young's foreboding cave lair, and had little recollection of how he ended up in the villain's abode. Ping Pong tried to tug at his chains, but the noise caused the cats to stir and attracted the attention of the Heylin Warrior himself.
"I don't know what it is about you, little one," Chase Young said coldly as he approached his helpless prisoner. "You not only look like Omi, but seem to possess the same spiritual energy as him too."
"Why do you want me?" Ping Pong questioned the villain hesitantly. "I declined the offer of being a Xiaolin Warrior!"
"You're unnatural," Chase replied. "I shall keep you here for further study."
With those words, the immortal villain left Ping Pong alone once again. The boy warrior had sworn he had heard Omi's voice, which gave him the urge to try and escape immediately. Rattling the chains caused the lions, tigers and panthers below him to stir. Ping Pong feared that causing enough noise would wake them up, and cause them to maul him in anger.
"You can do it, little champ," said the southern accent of his 'conscience' inside his head. Ping Pong was startled at first, but listened out for more advice from the mysterious voice. "You have the spirit of a great Xiaolin Dragon within you, as well as the blood of a great Xiaolin Dragon yet to be. I know you can break out of these chains."
"But I do not know how!" Ping Pong whispered to himself.
"Let me take control for a while," said the voice within his mind. There was a small tickling sensation in his brain, followed by a twitch throughout his body. It felt like there was something forcefully guiding his body processes, although it seemed like it was a gentle hand and he did not try to resist it.
"What is this miraculous feeling?" asked Ping Pong.
"I'm matching the resonance of your Chi energy with resonance of the metal chains. This is an ability known only by master monks," answered his conscience warmly.
To Ping Pong's surprise, the shackles binding his wrists appeared to be cut cleanly open, allowing him to drop quietly to the ground without waking the sleeping beasts that surrounded him. With the sound of his mysterious yet trustworthy conscience guiding him, the little monk managed to find the sack of Shen Gong Wu that Shadow had taken from the temple.
Ping Pong could hear Chase Young's footsteps echoing throughout the cave, and so only had time to quickly grab one Shen Gong Wu that would help him get back to the Xiaolin Temple; the Longi Kite. Ping Pong heard Chase cursing and knew that the villain had realized he had escaped. By the time the Heylin warrior had rushed to the entrance of his cave, the little monk had soared off into the grey sky.
The combined efforts of Kimiko, Raimundo and Clay had no effect against the Doomsday-bot. The Arrow Sparrow and Big Bang Meteorang simply bounced off the colossal machine's armour with a dull thud, and the razor sharp winds from the Blade of the Nebula failed to leave even a small scratch.
"Combining magic and technology, I managed to replicate the metal used to make the Two Ton Tunic, and combined that strength with the Fist of Tebigong!" laughed Jack Spicer. "I could easily swat you like flies, but why waste my time dealing with single insects while I could eradicate the entire hive?"
The Doomsday-bot was moving closer and closer to the Xiaolin Temple, but the three Shoku Warriors continued trying to hamper its progress. Raimundo glanced at his companions before running towards the mechanical monster's leg, ignoring their concerned yells. The warrior of wind began to climb the colossus, using blasts of air to raise himself higher and higher.
Jack was eating a pot of noodles with his feet on the steering wheel by the time Raimundo reached the cockpit, pressing his face against the glass to leer at the evil genius. Jack shrieked and spilled the noodles over his lap, glaring angrily at the warrior of wind as he brushed them off.
Raimundo revealed he was holding the Wreck 'n' Roll Shen Gong Wu. "Get ready for your own personal rock concert, Jack! Let's see what this does to your delicate controls!"
Jack shrugged, as he could not hear what the Xiaolin Warrior was saying through the thick glass. With the push of a button, strange metal tentacles began to extrude from the very plating of the cockpit as though it was alive, constricting Raimundo's arms and legs.
"The Heart of Jong within the Doomsday-bot's central processor has made it almost like flesh and blood!" Jack explained with a grin. "You're the victim of its natural defence mechanism!"
The tendrils that had captured Raimundo sent a powerful electric shock through his body, causing him to fall off the Doomsday-bot's head. Clay and Kimiko shouted his name in dismay as they saw him fall, but the Xiaolin Leader managed to break his fall with a blast of wind.
"We're not going to give up," Raimundo grunted, looking over his shoulder at the behemoth towering above him as he slowly got back on his feet.
Shadow was sitting on a bench in the Temple courtyard, her hands behind her head and her eyes closed. The sound of something swooping overhead caused her to become alert, but she could not see the source of the noise.
Ping Pong had managed to swoop over her undetected and made his way to Omi, somehow knowing where he was. When the warrior of water noticed Ping Pong, he could not stop himself from making a small squeak of delight.
"You are a sighting for sore eyes, Ping Pong!" Omi gasped.
Omi's lookalike gazed through a window at the Doomsday-bot approaching in the distance; his legs began to shake in fear. "I have arrived too late!" he whimpered, hurriedly scampering over towards Omi and trying to undo the wrappings of the Tangle Web Comb, but with no luck. "I'm not strong enough to free you!"
The Shoku Warrior of water looked at Ping Pong tenderly. "When I called out for you in my mind, you came. I feel like our minds share a link!"
"I heard you calling out while I was trapped in Chase Young's lair!" Ping Pong exclaimed.
"Little gecko, if my tiger instincts are correct, then I will be able to tell you the secret combination for the secret vault with my thoughts alone, so Shadow does not hear!" Omi whispered. "The Knight of Jade may be our salvation!"
The two bald headed monks gazed into each other's eyes, and suddenly Ping Pong gasped. A sequence of numbers appeared in his mind, as well as an image of where the secret vault entrance was located. It was true; somehow the two of them could share thoughts.
As Ping Pong ran to the secret vault, he realized that Chase must have been correct about him possessing the same spiritual energy as Omi. After punching in the code, Ping Pong located the jade figurine of an armoured warrior amongst the other powerful Shen Gong Wu.
Shadow walked in to watch Omi, who seemed unusually cheerful for someone tied up. "What are you beaming about?" she questioned the monk.
Seconds later, a green light shone from the window, enveloping Omi in its jade coloured radiance. Shadow was shocked to see the webs that held him had dissolved in the light, and now the little monk was slowly hovering out of the window. Shadow growled and tried to grab him, but her hands simply phased through him as though he was made of vapour.
Raimundo, Clay and Kimiko continued to launch their attacks at the Doomsday-bot. Several times, they had managed to damage the machine's armour, but it simply repaired itself like a wound sealing itself up. All of a sudden, the Doomsday-bot stopped in its tracks. The three Xiaolin Warriors could hear a loud noise in the distance, and turned their heads to behold an object as equally massive as the colossal robot moving in.
"There's two of them?" Raimundo exclaimed.
"No, that's not a machine, it's a Shen Gong Wu!" Dojo panted, finally catching up with the other heroes.
As the second giant continued to stride towards them, the Xiaolin Warriors could see its true appearance. Towering above them was a colossal warrior, clad in green armour. The entire titan appeared to be carved from jade, resembling an enormous living statue. A pair of green eyes shone out from the Knight of Jade's visor and emitted rays of green light, which shone down upon the three Xiaolin Warriors and Dojo.
"So this is what the Knight of Jade can do!" Clay exclaimed as he and the rest of his companions were pulled into the air, soaring closer to the eyes of the giant knight.
Clay, Kimiko, Raimundo and Dojo found themselves floating inside a realm of green light and stars. They quickly noticed Omi, and to their surprise, Ping Pong. The two little monks were busy gazing out from two large portals, resembling the eyes of the Knight of Jade. Outside was a view of the Doomsday-bot, flexing its claws, waiting to battle.
"We must protect the Temple!" Omi proclaimed, pointing towards the Doomsday-bot.
From his cockpit in his machine's head, Jack gazed at the Knight of Jade in bewilderment. "Oh, so they want a clash of titans, eh?" he chuckled, pressing several buttons. "Time to shift into maximum overdrive!"
Jack paused and waited for his machine to charge into action, but the Doomsday-bot did not seem to respond. Suddenly there was a mighty roar, and the noise of creaking metal throughout the cockpit. The villain gasped as he witnessed what appeared to be veins growing across the surfaces of the machinery around him, and he squealed when his seat began to bend and twist out of shape. The entire cockpit was coming alive, and it was gradually compressing, threatening to crush him.
In a panic, Jack pressed a hidden button on his chair that flung him backwards, disappearing down a chute. Jack emerged from a hidden vent on the Doomsday-bot's backside, deploying a parachute to safely touch down on the ground. The boy genius watched in dismay as his gigantic machine went out of control, its features becoming more organic and fearsome as the Heart of Jong's powers became more potent.
"Well, at least it's still going to spread terror. I'm still sort of responsible," Jack mumbled as he retreated to a safe spot to hide.
"Let us take to the skies!" Omi cried, holding the Longi Kite and calling its name.
A pair of wings emerged from the Knight of Jade's back, emulating the flying power of the Longi Kite. The wings were green and crystalline, made from the same substance as the Knight's armour. Both the Knight of Jade and the Doomsday-bot ascended above the clouds before closing in.
The Knight of Jade's fist collided with the Doomsday-bot's claw, which shattered to pieces. The hideous machine shrieked and pulled what remained of its arm away from its opponent, emitting its spiral red laser eye beams in retaliation.
"Blade of the Nebula!" Raimundo cried, hoping that his Wudai Weapon would function in a similar way to the Longi Kite.
Surely enough, a blade of green crystal materialised in the Knight of Jade's hands. The Knight parried the incoming laser beams, deflecting them back at the Doomsday-bot. The mechanical monster managed to swiftly avoid the attack and retreated, but the Knight of Jade was in hot pursuit. The duelling giants soared above the clouds, occasionally moving towards each other to clash before quickly separating.
"My friends!" Ping Pong yelled, looking at the other Xiaolin Warriors floating around him inside the Knight's head. "The Knight of Jade is speaking to me! You must use your elements to lend the Knight your strength!"
The Doomsday-bot roared, enveloping itself in sickly green flames. The giant machine now somewhat resembled Mala Mala Jong, causing Ping Pong to flinch in fear. The four Xiaolin Warriors witnessed his distress and scowled at the demonic giant as it charged towards them. Crying out their elements, the Knight of Jade was enveloped in an aura of flames, bubbles, dust and wind.
Like two speeding comets, the Knight of Jade and the berserk Doomsday-bot collided with each other. A shockwave of golden energy spread out from the impact, parting the clouds. When the clouds settled, the victor emerged; the Knight of Jade held the Doomsday-bot's engine in its hand. The demonic machine, now split into two pieces vertically, gave a final roar as its remains came crashing down to Earth.
Omi looked at the crushed remains held in the Knight of Jade's hand; from amongst the battered machinery floated the Heart of Jong, Fist of Tebigong and Two Ton Tunic. "So, this is what powered the machine!" Omi proclaimed as the Shen Gong Wu floated towards him and into the hands of his companions.
"How did Jack Spicer get those?" Kimiko asked her friends. "Didn't Hannibal Bean have the components of Mala Mala Jong?"
"Who cares if the villains have been holding a swap meet," Raimundo said. "Let's head back to the Temple and tell Willow what happened."
Omi floated towards the Xiaolin Leader and gripped him by the arm. "Willow is not who she seems; she has been working for Chase all along!"
"Brother Omi speaks the truth!" Ping Pong chimed in, floating upside-down above Omi. "She has been using you so she can steal the Shen Gong Wu!"
The other Xiaolin Warriors looked shocked, then upset, followed by irritation. "In retrospect, all that flirting she did with me and Raimundo did seem pretty dang creepy," Clay said.
"She found me attractive too!" snapped Omi, but the monk of water regained his cool and continued speaking. "However, her plan has been foiled. She will never know the location of the secret vault, for we will head back to the temple and send her on her way!"
The Knight of Jade vanished in a flash of green light, and the Xiaolin Warriors found themselves sitting on Dojo's back. The Knight had returned to its diminutive statue form, which Ping Pong tucked away. Omi held onto the Heart of Jong, unaware of the minute blinking light that had been attached to it.
Meanwhile, back on the ground, Jack Spicer emerged from his hiding place. The boy genius solemnly trekked towards where the ruins of his once mighty machine lay, gazing upon the smouldering wreckage. He inhaled and exhaled deeply before answering his vibrating cell phone.
"Jack, I am in prison! Please send help!" sobbed Vlad. Jack curled his lip and sighed, hanging up immediately.
The boy genius dialled another number. "Dark raven, this is red robin; the egg is in the nest," he said craftily.
On the other end of the line was Chase Young. "I said I would put up with using this blasted newfangled device," the Heylin Warrior snapped, pausing to take a look at the cell phone he held in disgust. "I did not say I would put up with the gibberish you use!"
"Omi's taking the Heart of Jong back to the Temple!" Jack hastily corrected himself. "If I've guessed correctly, the Xiaolin losers will classify it as one of the dangerous Wu, and put it in the secret vault with the others!"
"Very well. You will receive your reward soon," Chase Young murmured, crushing the phone in his hand.
Jack huffed as the line went dead, then resumed gazing at the wreckage of his Doomsday-bot. "This whole thing was an anticlimax," he mumbled before snorting loudly. "I hope the reward will make up for it."