Omicron (1)
AUTHORS NOTE: From now on, movies shall be split into separate chapters. This way, there'll be more suspense…for anyone who's watching. If there is, please review at least once if you haven't done before!
"If you wish to meet us again, and learn the true secrets of your past, come into this forest at knight."
Omi walked through the forest, the same forest he had been in when he met the two strangers. It was far more menacing at night; the trees looked like they had scary faces on them. There were no animal calls, they were either sleeping, or being silent on the prowl.
"Anyone there?" called Omi, he was in his bedclothes.
He trod lightly through the leaves; there was someone else in here. He turned around to see a giant man wielding an axe, smiling at him with his skull face. Omi screamed loudly as he was lifted up by the right foot, hanging so all the blood rushed to his head.
"Unhand me!" screamed Omi as the big man walked along carrying him.
The man didn't listen, he continued to walk. Omi noticed that the man was sniggering evilly as he carried the water monk to an unknown place, he wouldn't let go no matter how much Omi squirmed.
The man stopped, he held Omi out over a large pit. The cavity was so deep it looked like a huge black circle; it looked as if the axe man was going to drop him in. Suddenly, the hole lit up, inside it was bubbling green ooze and organs that gave a bright glow.
"Son," bubbled the pool of glow sludge.
Omi screamed as loudly as he could, nobody came to his rescue.
"Time for a dip!" laughed the axe man.
He tossed Omi into the air; he was still kicking and screaming. Omi fell face down into the pool of ooze; he swallowed a large amount of sludge.
"Son!" bubbled the pool once more.
Omi tried to stay on the surface, but it was no use. Something was pulling him down into the depths of the gunk, like an icy cold hand.
"Quiet! I am not your son! Kimiko, Raimundo, Clay, Dojo…" panted Omi.
He was dragged under the surface, going deeper into the pool. He looked down to see what had grabbed him, it was Epsilon. His face was deformed into a gruesome caricature, with huge eyes and a massive grin. Omi tried to scream, but it came out as a gargle. He almost lost all hope, but then something caught his attention.
"No! He is my brother!" growled Epsilon.
Omi looked up; there was a shining humanoid figure. It resembled somebody who Omi had seen before.
"Dashi…" whispered Omi.
"Son," whispered the figure.
Omi woke up, entangled in his sheets. He coughed and screamed, pushing the covers off him.
"Get off…get off…" he panted.
He lay there for a few seconds, catching his breath, sweating like crazy. His door opened, his phoenix friend flew in and stood by his side.
"Omi, are you alright?" questioned Dojo.
Omi looked at Dojo; he was so tired it required a lot of effort to move his head. Omi smiled briefly.
"I had the most horrible nightmare," he whispered.
"Rest now; we don't need a nightmare to stop you from sleeping. They are merely an odd jumble of images that the brain creates for no reason," Dojo explained, wiping the sweat off Omi's brow with his wing.
Omi closed his eyes, the next time he would open them, it would be a new day. He drifted off silently into a deep slumber.
"Woohoo! A new Shengongwu!" cheered Clay as they all ran to the scroll.
Master Fung opened the scroll once again, finding the item that fitted Dojo's description.
"The Fog Lamp is an item that can create a thick mist to blind foes, the fog can be sucked back into the lamp," read their master.
Raimundo itched his chin.
"Let's put this Wu into the 'useful' list once we find it," he said.
They ran outside, Kimiko activated their transport this time. They all hopped into their Silver Manta once more, ready to retrieve the Wu. While flying over the ocean, Omi looked down at the azure waves. The dream he had last night still looped in his brain, he kept telling himself that it was only a jumble of thoughts like Dojo had told him. The last time he had seen a body of water was in the nightmare, only it was green and viscous.
"Hey partner, why the long face? You look like a horse that got his head caught in a taffy machine," said Clay from the seat behind.
Omi turned towards his cowboy friend.
"Oh Clay, your cowboy sayings are an endless source of amusement!" he giggled.
They soon stopped in midair; Raimundo looked down at the ocean. He seemed to be keeping his eye on a particular spot, a large cluster of seaweed.
"Here we are!" he shouted.
"But Rai, this is the middle of the ocean," Kimiko said.
"Yeah, I know. The Wu is down there in the weed. The Manta can swim, but it'll be much more convenient for one of us to use the Gills of Hamachi," Raimundo explained.
Omi froze with fear; normally he would like to use the gills. It was the dream he had, the ocean reminded him of it. The last time he was submerged was when he was being pulled down by dream Epsilon.
"I'll take them, I haven't swam in weeks," said Kimiko.
The wind dragon handed his comrade the Wu.
"GILLS OF HAMACHI!"
She assumed the usual form of a humanoid fish; they briefly opened the door to let Kimiko dive out.
"Uh oh, we have company," Clay said, pointing at Jack's jet that was coming their way.
The door of the jet opened briefly, Jack was given a helping push by Tubbimura.
"OXYGEM!"
Jack created an air bubble over his head using the gem Shengongwu, that way he could breathe underwater. Both Kimiko and Jack swam to the Fog Lamp hanging in the seaweed, both of them touched it at the same time.
"Looks like we have a showdown," Kimiko shouted.
Jack thought deeply.
"I know! Whoever finds the most hermit crabs in two minutes wins!" he said.
"You're on! I wager my Lotus Twister for your Quicksilver Gauntlet!" Kimiko added.
The scenery changed, they got a lot closer to the ocean floor.
"GONG YI TAMPAI!"
Kimiko and Jack swam off in opposite directions, each finding their own hermit crabs. They franticly picked up all of the little critters they could find, placing them in one of the two baskets that the seaweed cluster had become.
"Times up!" shouted Jack.
They both checked their catch; Kimiko had caught a lot more than Jack did. But, to Kimiko's disappointment, most of them were actually snails. Jack had a catch that consisted of crabs only, so he won.
"Snap!" growled Kimiko.
The scenery returned to normal, Jack laughed as Tubbimura piloted the jet to come pick him up.
"Hey Tubby, why did the lobster blush?" asked Jack.
"That is impossible. Lobsters cannot blush, they are red already," Tubbimura said, baffled by Jack's question.
"It's a joke, wise guy," Jack huffed.
Kimiko watched the two villains fly off before Raimundo picked her up.
"Doesn't matter Kimiko, you tried your best," said the wind warrior.
"Let's go back to the temple and get some grub," Clay said.
The Silver Manta Ray flew back to China, back over the ocean. They soon landed outside the temple, and came inside once they did. They were greeted by a pleasant surprise.
"Proto, Sheila!" Kimiko shouted.
She ran to meet her robot and Australian friend.
"G'day Kimiko, me and Proto just dropped in to see you. The boys back at my temple are so busy," said Sheila.
Raimundo ran up to Proto.
"How's it going, metal dude?" he asked.
"It is going fine," replied the friendly Jackbot.
They entered the Temple, where they talked about current happenings. Soon, it was time for bed, Sheila and Proto asked kindly if they could stay over. That night, before Omi went to sleep, he thought carefully about his dream.
"I want to know my past. That's it; I shall go to the forest! It was only a dream. Maybe those two strangers have candy for me, and my mother waiting for me!" thought the water Monk.
He slowly got out of bed; he got into his monk robes. He packed his favourite Wu before he set off. He quietly tiptoed out of the door and through the courtyard, where he activated a Shengongwu.
"LONGLI KITE!"
He set off into the night sky, he was hoping that his friends would read the note he had left. Omi soon came over the graveyard where they had been once before, he landed softly.
Through the forest he walked, keeping cautious. The trees looked like they had faces, and everything was silent.
"Wait. I have seen this before," Omi thought to himself.
He continued to walk onwards, not fearing the trees around him. To a Xiaolin warrior, even the fiercest of animals that lurked in the dark wouldn't harm them. He knew that there was someone with him; they were the insects and the badgers. The idea came to his mind, he was wrong. There was another human in his midst, knowing this, he turned around.
Omi screamed.