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"No." Jade said finally; crossing her arms in a firm gesture of denial.

Hsi Wu raised an eyebrow; leaning forward to rest on his scaly paws. "No?" He repeated, slightly disbelieving as he took in her new stance; his eyes meeting her stubborn gaze. The tense stare down lasted but a second before he broke it off with a wry demon's smirk.

"Sorry Jade, but somehow I don't think you have much a say in this one."

"Pssh like I didn't already banish you once." The girl scoffed; still glaring. She pointed a menacing finger in his direction. "Look sky demon, I don't know how you escaped Uncle's spell; but I'm sending you back to that freaky prison world of yours."

"With what?" He asked with a gesture her way; taking the opportunity to take in her interesting outfit once more. True to his expectations, the woman turned a furious shade of red. For no particular reason, he winked. "Don't tell me you have a chi blaster hidden under all that lingerie."

"It's not linger-" She began fiercely, only to cut herself off with a huff halfway through; either realizing he was intending to rile her up or actually wearing what he thought she was. Hsi Wu grinned at the thought; it was only all too amusing to imagine Jade in a human's fancy underwear store. "It doesn't matter." She finally finished, her face seeming to have no limit on how hot it could go.

Suddenly Jade dropped; all blush disappearing instantly as she slid into an expert stance. She held her hands out defensively and gave the demon an expectant look.

"I don't actually need a chi blaster you know."

The sky demon barely had time to blink before the human woman was upon him; much less dodge her first blow. Her kick landed square in his gut with a powerful accuracy that only years of practice could have made; and though it didn't do much for his physique, Hsi Wu was actually fairly impressed. Attacking a demon head on wasn't what a coward did; it was what someone that was brave and reckless enough to actually think it'd work did.

It didn't surprise him too much that Jade had grown up to have that mentality.

With a burst of demon's speed he was behind her; strong arms wrapped around the woman in a hold that was almost an embrace. She stilled instantly at his touch; probably just as aware of how breakable her neck was. Hsi Wu grinned an unseen grin; and though he was about to let the girl go and compromise, she chose that moment to do something very stupid.

Spinning slightly in his grasp; Jade swung her foot straight between his legs with enough power to down an elephant. Hsi Wu saw red as his claws extended to their full length; digging into the girl he held. What a stupid, stupid woman! He was a demon and thus her human strength wasn't nearly enough to bring him down; yet, it still pissed him off for reasons he didn't quite know.

Jade's look of victory vanished when he did not fall in pain; her eyes gathering only a brief glimpse of fear when his hands moved to her neck. Unseen to both of them, green chi magic sparked under his touch; already healing the minor cuts his claws had inflicted.

"That," He hissed, tightening his grip and frowning slightly at how difficult such a simple task seemed. "Was a very stupid idea Jade." Difficult task or not, the sky demon gripped tightly and twisted her delicate human neck.

The room exploded with green magic; sending Hsi Wu slamming into yet another of Jade's living room walls. The dog, excited by the commotion; chose that moment to begin a fresh wave of his piercing howls.

"Down Scruffy." Jade called from where she had crash landed across the room; her fierce glare fixed on the sky demon as she emerged from the remains of her couch.

Hsi Wu frowned at how very alive she was. He had broken her neck right? From what he could see, the woman didn't even have any bruises to mark the experience. Was this part of Shendu's spell as well? Why on earth would he think to include protecting this one human in a potion that was supposed to be their escape plan? The demon gave the glaring woman another look; could he not kill her at all then?

To test his theory, he fired the most powerful magic blast he could; only to watch with grim amusement as it turned green and sputtered out before it could reach her.

Jade, who had tried to duck in the face of danger; looked absolutely livid as she straightened out of her crouch. "What the hell was that?" She seethed, only calming down as she seemed to realize something. "We both know you're mad enough to kill me, why did you stop that blast?"

"I didn't." He said simply, chuckling at her expression. "I don't really think it matters if I'm mad; there's a chi spell protecting you here." His frown turned dark as he relayed the next part; not at all liking what it meant. "I'd say it has something to do with Shendu's bastard binding spell."

"Binding spell? And here I thought you had to be dead for one of those" Jade quipped with a tone of sarcastic disbelief; pausing for a moment before adding on to her original statement. "What does that even have to do with you not being able to hurt me?"

The sky demon sighed, "Yes, being a spirit is usually the requirement; but somehow my idiot brother managed to bypass that little fact." He shot her a look, "And of course binding spells prevent the spirit from attacking their hosts; they wouldn't have been much good otherwise. Ever wondered why Shendu didn't just walk Valmont off a cliff so he could switch to a better suited human?"

Jade, though her mouth had been open for a retort, bit it back as her face took on a contemplating air; obviously the thought had never occurred to her.

"Wait." She finally let out, her anger momentarily spent. "If you knew it was a binding spell then why did you allow it to be put on you?"

"Because Shendu assured us against such a result." Hsi Wu replied bitterly; narrowing his eyes. "That idiot could talk his way out of anything; yet he always seems to mess up when it comes to actually delivering what he promised."

Ears suddenly picking up the noises of new footsteps; Hsi Wu spun to face the entrance of her now battered quarters and vanished. Jade could only blink as the demon who said he could not leave disappeared before her eyes; yet whatever investigation she might have done was cut off when her door was thrown inwards.

"Captain Chan!" An agent called frantically; a man who barely blinked at the damage around them as he rushed towards her. "Break-in at San Quentin's!" He huffed, his face red from the run he must have just endured.

Falling instantaneously into her 'captain mode' Jade waited patiently for the man to take in some breaths before she questioned him. "A break-in? Why are you coming to me with this; aren't low level crimes handled primarily by the active police?"

"But it's not just a break-in!" The man cried. "There's footage of Drago; much older and with more power than before." At the mention of Drago, Jade snapped to attention; listening intently as the man continued. "Thankfully one of the magic teams was already on sight. Our Intel tells us that an agent is engaging with him now."

"Prepare my jet." Jade told him with shaky breath; still trying to imagine this new Drago. "I'll be leaving in five minutes." The man nodded and ran off; his panic just as evident as her own.

"Well," A very small voice said into the silence; causing Jade to jump. The demonic looking mouse gave an annoyed huff. "My nephew came along with me; wonderful."

"You're the reason for this?" Jade spat as the demon transformed back to his original self. "My men could be in trouble!" Marching into her room for but a second; she came back out completely ready and decked out in the usual mission gear. If he was surprised by her sudden change; Hsi Wu didn't show it.

"It wasn't my fault." He said as he watched her speed around the room; hurriedly collecting all that she would need. "Shendu was the one who sent us here. Apparently his spell actually can send more than one of us; that rotten liar."

"Well whatever," Jade called from her shoulder; breaking stride not even once as she strode towards the open door. "We'll deal with this later, right now I need to save my me- OOMPH!" However her sentence might have ended was cut off abruptly as Jade ran headfirst into the same magic wall that had chased Hsi Wu through the mouse tunnels. Now on the ground an aching, the captain could only glare with a vicious intensity at the shimmering green. The sky demon burst into laughter; not even bothering to help the fallen human as he guffawed.

"There's a reason it's called a binding spell." He called out after he was done; wiping his eyes with his long claws. "I'm not sure what the distance range is but I'm pretty sure I'm still bound." The demon shot her a smug look. "In short: you're not going anywhere unless I'm coming with you."

Jade looked torn; probably between helping her comrades and actually allowing a demon to accompany her on a mission. It took a while but finally she sighed, "Fine." She amended sullenly before her demeanor suddenly changed into a wry grin, "But if you're coming than you can't be you."

Seeing his confused look, she elaborated; that infuriating grin now beginning to make him feel a certain form of dread.

"You have to be Seymour."

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Finn dived out of the way as the flaming Drago catapulted into where he had been; sending up yet another fiery explosion with the collision. Blood rolled down his cut and torn body as he heaved with exertion; a wary eye still focused intently on the spawn of the dragon they had once served under.

"Tired?" The demon taunted; barely looking exerted at all. "This is what you get for choosing the good side Finn. It's made you weak." A scaly paw rose slightly; giving Finn only the barest of warnings before a fireball slammed into where he stood.

The ground flamed for but a moment before a volley a chi blasts erupted out of the smoke cover; only barely surprising Drago before they evaporated harmlessly on his flaming chest. The dragon's son laughed bitterly; watching as his former minion crawled out of the flaming crater his blast had created, barely alive and badly burned.

"Such a pity." He taunted as he prepared another blast; this time aiming at the man's head. "I needed a minion."

Two powerful chi blasts slammed into him from both sides; smashing him through several walls as they caught him off guard. "Impossible." Drago growled. "There's no way you have enough power left."

"He doesn't." A new voice called, its lumbering tone sounding strangely familiar as it was joined by another, shaper voice. "Too bad for you that we do."

The smoke cleared as Drago pulled himself out of the rubble; his reptilian eyes only narrowing as he recognized the two figures before him. "Is anyone bad anymore?" He hissed, exasperated. "What happened to the good old days?"

"They ended a long time ago." Chow answered, pushing up his glasses defiantly as he stared down the larger demon down; a dried blowfish held firmly in his hand.

"Yeah!" Ratso called from behind his partner as he focused on pulling the unconscious Finn out of the way; his chi-blaster now attached to his belt. "We're not just goons anymore!"

Before Drago could even say his reply; some moron jumped over the heads of the ex-enforcers. By the way he moved and the ridiculous battle cry he shouted; it was pretty obvious that he was no wizard. By the looks on the faces of the other two; this is not what he was supposed to be doing.

Chuckling darkly, the fire demon decked the man with enough power to send him through three cells and a back wall; the sheer extent of the damage making it clear that he wouldn't be getting up anytime soon. "That was anticlimactic." He commented; the chuckle still evident in his voice. "Are all your backup like that."

"No." Chow admitted reluctantly, "Finnley's just an idiot."

"Hey." Ratso cut in, sounding confused. "Wasn't Finnley supposed to be watching Str-"

"Yo dude." A new voice suddenly interrupted, causing the wizards to freeze and the demon to smile. Strike Master Ice, unchained and very much free; held a large piece of rubble in his strong hands. Catching the looks of the two men before him; the convict could only smirk before the two ton hunk of concrete was sent hurling towards their heads.

"And here I thought only magic could defeat magic." Chow muttered.