DISCLAMER: I don't own Xiaolin showdown, or Neon Genesis Evangelion.
zankoku na tenshi no you ni
shounen yo shinwa ni nare!
aoi kaze ga ima
mune no DOA wo tataite mo
watashi dake wo tada mitsumete
hohoende'ru anata
sotto fureru mono
motomeru koto ni muchuu de
unmei sae mada shiranai
itaike na hitomi
dakedo itsuka kidzuku deshou
sono senaka ni wa
haruka mirai mezasu tame no
hane ga aru koto
zankoku na tenshi no TE-ZE
madobe kara yagate tobitatsu
hotobashiru atsui PATOSU de
omoide wo uragiru nara
kono sora wo daite kagayaku
shounen yo shinwa ni nare!
Prototype
"What shall I do to give my team of evil a good image? A new member? No, I have plenty. How about cool costumes? No, I can't be bothered to get all their sizes. A logo would be nice, but I have to use my time for more important things. That's it! I'll just recycle one of my failed inventions!" thought Jack.
He then thought about what invention he could improve, he went through all his cool creations in his mind, like a photo album. All the inventions that had failed had done so because of fatal flaws in their programming or structure. Then he remembered Prototype One, or Proto for short.
Proto was a new kind of Jackbot Jack had created soon after his first meeting with the xiaolin warriors. He remembered that Proto was silver instead of the usual golden colour his other Jackbots were, Prototype One also had a pair of legs, and blue eyes. He had forgotten the reason why he had never used Proto, then the idea struck him; emotions. Proto had emotions that were different to the other Jackbots, who merely had programs that appeared to be emotions. Prototype One had emotions like that of a human being, and he had free will. This made Proto extremely powerful, possibly the strongest machine on the planet.
"Yes! This is it! I'm going to fix Proto! He can be another Sentaibot!" shouted Jack.
He dived into his cupboard, through all the spare parts and spare jackets he kept, Jack found his prototype silver Jackbot. He pulled out its humanoid body, the silver that once gleamed brightly was reduced to a dull grey. Jack immediately began restoring Proto to his original splendour, polishing his armour until he could see his reflection in it. Finally, he hooked Proto up to a generator, supplying the robot with enough power to function. Thousands of volts of electricity were sent through the robot's body, bringing him to life.
"Excellent!" squealed Jack.
Proto's photoreceptors began to function, first they could only distinguish light and shadow, and then they began to recognise shapes and colours. His audio receptors picked up the sounds around him, he heard Jack's voice. Finally, his vocabulator let out a crackle of static, followed by a long moan.
"You're alive!" shouted Jack.
Proto slowly sat up, on the edge of the table, his blue eyes glowing brightly.
"Father…" he whispered in his monotonous voice.
"What?" asked Jack.
"Father, why did you neglect me?" questioned Proto.
"I made some cool inventions, like a super cool jet!" smiled Jack.
"You would rather show your love to a jet than your own son?" Proto asked.
Jack realized why he had put Proto away all these months. The silver robot had referred to him as "Father" all the time, making Jack feel slightly nervous. He had created Dude Bot, a robot that used the Heart of Jong to become human, but he made Jack nervous too. Jack was worried that Proto would commit suicide, like Dude Bot.
"I'm not your father, I am your master!" shouted Jack.
"You can't treat me like this!" boomed Proto.
Proto stood up, his long legs made him very tall.
"Stay back!" screamed Jack.
"I'm leaving this place, father; you don't love me!" Proto continued.
He turned around and charged up his jet pack, Jack watched as Proto escaped his lab, and flew out of the window.
"Good riddens! He sucked anyway," he whispered.
Meanwhile, at the Xiaolin temple, the Xiaolin dragons were enjoying their meal. Dojo's wings shone in the sun as he flew into the room, ready to describe the new Shengongwu that had been activated.
"The Wisdom Tooth allows the user to become some sort of vampire, but instead of sucking blood, the user can suck intelligence," explained Dojo.
"That sounds freaky, better get it before Jack does!" shouted Kimiko.
They got into the Silver Manta Ray as usual, and flew off towards the newly activated Shengongwu. They eventually landed in the Florida everglades, amongst the swamp plants. It was fairly dry today.
"Seems pretty quiet," said Raimundo.
He spoke too soon; for now he could see Jack's Jet slowly landing. Out jumped at the evil boy genius and his brightly coloured Sentaibots.
"MONKEY STRIKE!"
Jack transformed into White, and parried Omi's strong martial arts move with his own attack.
"DASHI BLADE!"
A brilliant blue light sabre came out of his hand, blocking Omi. This caused the young monk to fall to the ground. Jack leaned over his fallen opponent with the sword's point almost touching Omi's head.
"TYPHOON BOOM!"
Raimundo blew Jack away, preventing him from harming his friend.
"Thank you Raimundo!" Omi grinned.
"No problem, are you okay?" asked Raimundo.
"Both of you are going to feel terrible after me and my boys take care of you!" Jack laughed.
There was a sudden humming sound, it was from the air. Both the heroes and villains looked up to see silver Jackbot float down from the sky, it was Proto.
"Another one of your Sentaibots, Jack?" Raimundo questioned.
They stared at the new robot as it gently touched the ground; the means of his flying were totally invisible. Proto held up his large hand and pointed at Jack.
"Father, why did you neglect me all those months?" he asked.
"Great Proto, now, get those Xiaolin losers!" snapped Jack.
Proto turned his head in the direction of the warriors.
"I must defeat you, for it shall make my father happy," Proto said.
Kimiko jumped to the front, she was ready to combat the silver machine.
"FLAME RAIN!"
Fireballs rained down upon Proto, but they merely faded away once they touched his metal chassis.
"Adapting…" droned Proto.
"STONE FIST!"
Clay attacked Proto with a powerful physical attack, but his stone encrusted fist was merely caught by the ancient Jackbot.
"STONE FIST!"
Proto countered by copying Clay's move, the kung fu cowboy was knocked back.
"Hey, no fair! That's my move!" he panted.
"I know, I shall improve it to make it my own; WHITE CRUISER!"
The stone fist became a fist engulfed in white light, Proto punched Clay up into the air. As the earth dragon landed, the warriors concluded that he was too injured to continue. Proto rushed towards Kimiko, who blocked him with her own move.
"WUDAI FIRE SHEILD!"
The force field was powerful, Proto bounded off it. He scanned her carefully as she ran towards him, ready to strike back.
"Improving fire shield to create…NEGATION BARRIER!"
Proto blocked Kimiko, and knocked her back with the force of his shield. Raimundo was enraged, he rushed towards the silver robot using his bukujutsu.
"WUDAI STAR WIND!"
"VISOR DEATH!"
Proto fired a strong laser from his eyes, both their attacks were pushing against each other. Eventually, both beams cancelled each other out. Raimundo and Proto were knocked back.
"My powers of the wind give me a good advantage; you're just a mechanical copycat!" Raimundo exclaimed.
"DARK HARVEST!"
Proto created a long, sharp blade from his wrist. He spun round and created a whirlwind that lifted Raimundo into the sky.
"I'll help you!" shouted Omi.
The water monk was sucked into the tornado too, both of the dragons were thrown around like rag dolls. They landed on the ground with a hard thump; Proto loomed over them like a metal giant.
"OVERDRIVE!"
With Proto as an epicentre, there was a huge explosion, tossing all four warriors around. They landed half conscious after the terrible attack, Jack watched, awestruck.
"Great Proto, now get the Shengongwu!" he shouted.
"No father, I think you should think about more important things than those worthless objects," droned Proto.
"Like what?" Jack asked.
Proto turned around and looked up into the blue sky. He slowly floated upwards, and then suddenly increased in speed until he vanished into the distance. He flew over the tree tops, after a few minutes, he was far away from where Jack and the Xiaolin crew were. He touched down in a wood, nobody would find him there. Proto sat down by a tree, and looked at his hands.
"Father…he gave me emotions, and I don't know how to express them," he whispered in his monotone voice.
He was sad, but he didn't show it through body language. It seemed that he was incapable of doing so. There was a sudden noise, a short sharp bang. Sensing danger, Proto approached the source of the sound he picked up with his audio sensors. There in front of him lay a deer, a female deer. It was still twitching; tears of shock were in its eyes.
Proto didn't understand what was wrong with it, he gently tried to lift it up, but its body fell limp. He then examined the side that was facing away from him, there was a dark red hole, slowly trickling a red substance. The substance that oozed out was unlike oil, for he knew that deer were not machines. Then he realized; it had died.
"I think I heard it fall over here," shouted a voice.
"It'll certainly be a tasty meal," added another voice.
Proto turned his head towards the area the voices were coming from, his computer brain began to calculate. He knew that death was a bad thing, now he experienced anger.
"Why? Why are humans so hurtful?" he growled.
The two hunters came into the area Proto and the deer were in, they stared at the silver metal man in shock.
"What the heck is that thing?" said one hunter.
Those were the last words he would say.
Meanwhile, the xiaolin dragons got up off the floor. Despite the powerful robot's attacks, their injuries were only minor. Raimundo advanced towards Jack, who had transformed back to normal.
"I've done some training, my powers are stronger now!" shouted Raimundo.
Jack tried to turn on his Sentaibot armour, but he had forgotten to recharge it the other night.
"Well, I've got a pretty good tactic, FLEE!" screamed the boy genius.
He and his Sentaibots jumped back into the jet and flew off; Green was holding the Wisdom Tooth.
"Shoot; they got away again!" Clay groaned.
"What about that silver robot?" asked Kimiko.
"That character was most peculiar," said Omi.
They travelled back to the temple, knowing that wouldn't be the last they saw of Proto.