DISCLAMER: Even though it's a shining new chapter, I don't own Xiaolin Showdown.
The Old Fire Dragon
Master Monk Guan meditated in his room, behind him was the cupboard, containing the vile demon Backbeard. Jermaine was practising his powers outside; he had been recently upgraded to Shoku Warrior. He was using his Electro Kaiser as well as his Slam Dunker, along with a myriad of his attacks.
"Jermaine is very strong, he will be ready for the evil that lies ahead," thought the wise master monk.
"STORM BEAT!"
Jermaine used his move that he had learnt while being a Xiaolin apprentice; he defeated some of the dummies.
"Man, being a Shoku level fighter is a great experience!" he thought.
While the dragon of Thunder practiced his powers, the cupboard that contained Backbeard began to shake loudly. The door looked like it was going to burst of its hinges. Guan turned around immediately, was Backbeard breaking free?
"What are you doing, foul demon?" asked the master monk.
Backbeard laughed his usual laugh.
"Foolish human…hehe…did you think that a mere cupboard would keep me locked up?" the demon questioned.
The door flew off the doorframe, Backbeard was now larger than he used to be, and he enveloped half of the room with his darkness. His many eyes were fixed on the master monk.
"I am stronger than you, vile retch!" shouted Guan.
He got out his legendary spear, but it was not his original, he had given that to Omi.
"Hehe…DIE!" Backbeard giggled.
Darkness tentacles grabbed hold of the spear, but Guan shook them off.
"REPEL THE BEAST!"
Guan's blast made Backbeard retract and decrease in size, but he soon returned to his larger form.
"We can do this all day…hehe…you humans are so repetitive," Backbeard giggled.
More tentacles shot out, Guan sliced them off, but they regenerated. There was a sudden slurping sound.
"What is that?" Guan asked.
A large, slug like dragon approached Guan menacingly. It dragged its two arms behind it, as if they were boneless. The whole creature was coated in greenish brown scales, they leaked mucous constantly.
"Oh…hehe…that is brother Gouise, he likes fluid," Backbeard explained.
The slug monster extended its tentacles, its pinprick sized eyes glinted with evil.
"I sHaLl SuCk YoU dRy!" it growled.
Guan got ready to engage in battle with the two demons.
"Jermaine! Go to Master Fung, quickly!" shouted Guan.
Jermaine, without going to check on his master, heard this. He quickly rushed to the gates of the Fire Temple.
"TATSU QUARTZ RANK!"
He became the Quartz Knight once again, now he could fly. Lithius flew over the clouds to the Wind Temple, otherwise known as the original Xiaolin Temple.
"We've had a good stroke of luck lately, we've managed to get the Sword of Remedial and Pyro Orb!" exclaimed Kimiko.
She put the green sword and dark red orb into the vault. The new Pyro Orb was an orb that could shoot fire balls, allowing a person without fire powers to command fire. Omi ran into the temple, he seemed anxious to tell Kimiko something.
"Kimiko! The Quartz Knight has paid us a visit; he wants us to help Guan!" shouted the little monk.
Kimiko got ready.
"Okay then, let's go!" she shouted.
The two warriors joined the other two warriors, along with Dojo and the Quartz Knight.
"I don't know what is troubling Jermaine's master, but whatever it is, we must help!" said Lithius.
"I shall stay at our temple, ours might be attacked too," Dojo said.
Raimundo activated the Silver Manta Ray; they flew with the Quartz Knight to Master Monk Guan's temple. They soon landed, they all jumped out. Omi was leading; he ran and opened the doors of the main chamber.
"Master Guan, we're here to save you!" he screamed.
They saw the brave master monk fighting the two monsters; he was doing quite well combating his two enemies. Both demons seemed to recoil when they were hit by the Repel the Beast technique.
"I'll help!" shouted Raimundo.
Guan turned his head to face them.
"No, it's what they want! Let me fight them by myself!" he said.
"But…" whispered Raimundo.
"Listen to him, he can handle it," Omi said.
The battle continued to rage on, the four monks and the knight couldn't do anything. Gouise raised a few of his tentacles; the dragon was ready to strike.
"Guan; look out!" Kimiko wailed.
Guan couldn't block the attack in time, the tentacles pierced his chest. The five people looked onwards in horror; they couldn't believe what was happening. They watched Guan's life force slowly being absorbed by Gouise. His body disappeared, it faded away to nothing.
"Guan!" screamed Lithius as he charged forwards.
The Quartz Knight grabbed hold of the vile dragon by the head, Backbeard tried to stop him, but the black demon was thrown away by the tremendous strength of the knight. With a mighty heave, Lithius tore off Gouise's head; the dragon recoiled, screaming in pain.
"Foolish knight…hehe…my brother can survive without his head! Come on, let us leave these foolish mortals alone," giggled Backbeard.
Both of the demons left them, fading away into the shadows. Lithius roared, he had drained most of his strength. He transformed back into Jermaine again.
"Why…why the heck did he have to die!" he cried.
Omi was crying too, so was Kimiko. Clay and Raimundo stayed tough, but still they were very sad.
"Oh Rai!" cried Kimiko, grabbing hold of Raimundo tightly, her tears staining his robes.
"Not even a body left…" whispered Clay.
Omi tightened his fists.
"Reid…I know this is Reid's fault somehow! Hannibal too!" Omi screamed.
"Omi, we need to be strong. We can't expect everything to be happy all the time, we're saving the world. It doesn't mean that it'll be all sunshine and rainbows," said Raimundo, he was holding back tears.
Omi roared with anger.
"I'm going to kill him! I'm going to kill all those evil demons! I'll tear off Reid's head!" he growled.
Dojo glided through the sky on his feathered wings, the phoenix spied Guan's temple. He landed quickly, right in front of the Xiaolins.
"Dragons, the Treasure of the Blind Swordsman, its gone!" he shouted.
The dragons looked at him sadly.
"Dojo…Guan has been destroyed by Backbeard and another demon," whispered Kimiko.
The phoenix demon suddenly looked upset.
"My…he had so many questions to answer," he whispered, the feathers on his head drooping.
"Come on, we shouldn't think about it too much, let's go back to the temple. We can see if we can get any clues," said Raimundo.
They walked out of the gates and activated the Silver Manta Ray.
"Coming lil' partner?" asked Clay.
Omi walked behind the group, his face was a pale red.
"Yes…" he whispered.
They flew over the clouds and back to the temple. It was then that Master Fung heard the news.
"How unfortunate…we are against an evil we know little about. It seems that Hannibal is plotting something, he is more powerful now. Unfortunately I am too young to know what he exactly is planning. With the Blind Swordsman's treasure, he will be very powerful indeed," he said.
Meanwhile, Backbeard and Gouise landed on the mountains where Hannibal and his other demons waited.
"We have absorbed the master monk's life force…hehe…the faces on those humans were hilarious!" chuckled Backbeard.
"OnE oF tHeM tOrE oFf My HeAd, BuT i Am OkAy," added Gouise.
Raphalt stepped forwards.
"I managed to sneak into the Xiaolin temple, I stole this!" he grinned.
He held up the red treasure chest he had stolen.
"Gouise, do your worst!" laughed Hannibal.
The foul dragon penetrated the box with his tentacles; he sucked out the spirit of the swordsman.
"His life force is ours!" Epiales said excitedly.
"Our father shall be revived!" chuckled Reid.
"And the universe shall be ours!" Poze roared.