Hours after Crow discovered his new chain, Dojo came running out in the garden, calling for all the young monks. Soon, all six were up listening as he opened the scroll. "The Monkey Staff?" Alyssa asked, watching it's preview. "Who the hell would want to be a monkey?" She knew it was useless to question it though, the staff still couldn't fall into the wrong hands or else evil would use it for other uses. "I guess it could be useful for climbing."

Master Fung walked into the scene and went over to Crow. "Crow will have to sit this out to heal." He motioned to Crow's condition and the others saw there was a few bruises and he had gained a black eye. "The rest of you must go and retrieve the Shen Gong Wu before Jack Spicer and Wuya do." He knew the dangers that Jack Spicer seemed to play dirty so leaving one of the warriors out was dangerous but probably not too much.

Dojo transformed into his giant form. "Alright guys, we got a Wu to nab!" He felt the five climb on his back and he took off flying. "This will take a little while to reach the place where it's located," he explained.

Raimundo decided to take this as an opportunity to interrogate Alyssa. "Hey, Alyssa," he started. "You know, you and Crow never said much about yourself. We only know a bit about him, but basically nothing about you. Or are you trying to hide something?" He looked at the others who glared at him for his last comment and only shrugged.

Alyssa smiled slightly at him. "Well.. I'm from Venice, Italy," she stated. The others finally noticed her slightly tan skin. "And my past isn't exactly interesting. I was raised with a rich family, kind of like Kimiko," she said, remembering how Kimiko would talk about her father's company. "And I never had to do very much, never learned how to fight either, but I used to think I could.. it's the reason Crow beat me so badly." She looked away. "I was loved by everyone I knew. I kind of wish mine was like some of yours, with more interesting and less perfect."

"Well little missy you don't need an interesting past to be an interesting person," Clay said, glancing back. "We didn't even need to know anything other than that you were on the Xiaolin side."

They flew the rest of the trip in silence, seeing how Alyssa didn't say anything else.

/In a mountainous region.

"Mountains? Again!" Raimundo complained. "Why won't they just give us a break or something from these places. Why not just bring it on the ground where we don't have to search much?" he complained, as he started walking away, looking for it. He got a few feet before hearing a familiar evil laugh. "Oh great.."

"It is I! Jack Spicer! Evil boy genius!" He landed on the ground, his hellipod turning off. "And that Wu is mine you Xiaolin losers!" he spat, seeing Alyssa. "Oh, where's that jerk who destroyed all my bots last time?" he asked. "Did he realize how scary I am after getting hurt and leave you losers to fail even more?" he taunted.

Alyssa growled at him. "He's busy healing up after protecting me from earlier today." She gave Jack an evil look. "And you aren't scary. You're just some boy in makeup," she hissed.

"It doesn't matter where he is!" Jack growled. "Jackbots! Attack!" Once again, the familiar army raced towards the warriors, mostly to Alyssa. He gained a look of satisfaction as Alyssa seemed to struggle just running from the bots, having weak psysical strength.

Alyssa thought about her trip to San Francisco. Crow got beat up after handing himself over just to save her from being hurt, and now she was running away from mere bots that all the warriors would defeat. All except her. She turned quickly, with a kick sent at the nearest bot, who was moving fast enough to connect with her foots, and was flung back, hitting another bot. They were both destroyed, and along with them, Jack's expression.

Jack used the time that the monks were fighting to try and get away.

"Oh no you don't," Kimiko barked, jump kicking a bot that got close to her and gave chase to Jack. They both spotted it as soon as they were near the edge of the platform too. "The Monkey Staff!" she whispered. It was stuck in the side of the mountain. Jack unfortunately had the advantage as he flew over to it. "Jet Bootsu!" he yelled, turning off his helipod, and staying in midair as he started to walk across the side of the mountain, getting the staff and snickering to himself. "Hah! See ya later!" He flew off into the distance, leaving his bots to continue attacking.

Raimundo jumped over and helped Alyssa ward off some of the bots, punching and throwing a flew, and soon Omi and Clay were helping too. Clay threw one over to Omi, who kicked it and shattered it. Raimundo stomped one of the bot's head in and destroyed it. They were toying with them. Alyssa, with her new gained confidence, punched through one with all her strength. She pulled her hand out and shook it. "Ow," she whined. "I hate pain.."

As the last of the bots were destroyed, Kimiko had run over to the group. "Jack got the staff," she sighed. "He was where none of us could get to it if we tried. Only Clay's lasso could have worked, and that's only if he was lucky.." Kimiko seemed disappointed.

"Don't sweat it Kimiko," Raimundo told her. "You at least tried. We were all over here messing with these bots and put our faith that you'd retrieve it and we'd go back."

"Speaking of going back.." Dojo said, appearing from under Clay's hat. "We might as well." He transformed again, and as the five hopped on his back, flew them home.

/At the Xiaolin Temple.

Dojo landed, letting the five off and he turned small again. Crow was meditating in the middle of the garden, and as he heard them arrive he awoke, not seeing the happy faces as he expected.

"Did something happen?" he asked, looking at the group as he stood. "Did someone get hurt?"

"No one was harmed," Omi said, walking up. "But we did lose the Monkey Staff.."

Crow looked down at him. "That only leaves them with what? One Shen Gong Wu? Not a problem," he said, smiling at them.

"If even one Shen Gong Wu is owned by the Heylin side, it is indeed a 'big deal'," came the voice of Master Fung, as he saw his students. "This is a lesson in failure."

"Yes Master Fung," Crow said, clapping his hands together and bowing.

Dojo started to spazz out on them. "Another Wu!" he called, getting in the middle of the conversation.

"Already?" Crow asked. "We'll go get it," he said.

Alyssa looked down but smiled, happy Crow would come, but then frowned at Master Fung's next sentence.

"I'm sorry Crow but you aren't healed enough to go journey. Maybe tomorrow you'll be better," Master Fung said, to his and the rest's disappointment.

"But Master Fung, I can help them retrieve the Shen Gong Wu.. speaking of which.. what is it?" he asked.

"Dojo, get the scroll. And I'm sorry Crow but your needed here or else you'll just get worse injuries." He leaned down and whispered to him. "And if you look closely, you'd see that Alyssa might just cry at that." He stood back up and smiled at him, but Crow only sighed.

Now Raimundo was arguing. "But he can take down all of Spicer's robots with Clay while we go and the stupid Wu and return with it, but one look of Master Fung's face made Rai look down. "It'll be helpful.."

"I'm sorry all of you, but he must stay." The monk eyes Dojo coming back with the scroll and opening it. "The tangled web comb huh. We put that one in Scotland. "What this one does is shoot vines from the comb and bind the target. It takes focus to aim it right but yeah," Dojo said, turning into his giant dragon form. "Let's roll." They took off, leaving Crow and Master Fung watching them off.

Crow looked at Master Fung. "So.. when do I get these chains off?" he asked, pulling of the one that fit loosely around his neck.

"All in due time.." was the only response he recieved.

/In a foggy lake in Scotland.

The monks were riding in Dojo, who turned himself into a boat. "The Shen Gong Wu is here," he said, looking down in the water. There was no sign of Jack. He was probably lost in the fog, which they would all like to continue that way. "Someone dive and get it, it's glowing in the water.

"This one is mine!" Kimiko said, shoving them out of the way. She dived in the water and started searching for the comb.

"Do girls know how to swim?" Omi asked, standing on the edge of the Dojo-boat, causing Clay and Rai to burst into laughter. "Omi you can't be that dumb," Raimundo said, just as Kimiko surfaced, holding it up. "Haha! I got it!" she said.

"And now I do!" called an all too familiar voice, as Jack Spicer swooped down and grabbed the tangled web comb, and fly out of range. "Haha, be careful with letting Kimiko do anything!" he called, before leaving their view. Nothing. Not even jackbots to make them feel like they were worth the trouble?

"Not even his robots? Man, Jack getting confident," Raimundo sighed, helping Kimiko out of the water. "I don't think anyone could have seen that one coming," he told her. "Especially not in this fog."

Kimiko sighed. "I just can't believe I lost it to him.. like the last one.."

Then she saw a jackbot fly at them. Just one. It turned around just a few feet from them to reveal a note.

"Dear Xiaolin losers,

I love this haul of Wu you keep letting me have. As long as Kimiko is doing it, I'm going to get them all!

Love,
Jack Spicer, Evil Boy Genius."

Kimiko's face turned red from anger, and she jumped and pounced on the bot, destroying it, and jumping back into the boat.

"Okay Spicer has gone too far, I mean, just look at Kimiko," Rai said.

Omi shook his head. "For now, Master Fung will be most displeased.."

"And more importantly, Crow will be disappointed," Alyssa muttered, gaining looks from her fellow monks. "I mean Crow was rooting for us," she said quickly, giving a fake laugh at the end.

/Back at the temple.

Dojo landed, none of them even willing to look up as they stood on the ground.

"I can't believe that no good Spicer won again.." Clay said, as they walked on, going to the meditation temple, to see Master Fung.

Kimiko took a deep breath and sighed, speaking, breaking all the monks' meditations. Crow was sitting with Master Fung, and his eyes opened with the rest. He stood up with Master Fung. "Jack Spicer stole it out of my hand.."

Master Fung looked at them. "Well it isn't your fault a Heylin pulled such a nasty trick.." he explanied. "It's been a long day. You should each eat and go get rest. Crow will finally be able to sleep inside too," he said, noticing a small smile on Alyssa's face. He moved Crow's head to see it, and he smirked too.

"It'll be good knowing there's a little chance of spiders crawling on me," he said, giving them a thumbs up.

/That night.

Each of the monks went to seep, Crow slept as far away from Alyssa as possible, only because there was little space left. He liked the floor better than the hard pavement of the outside and fell asleep easily.

/The next morning.

All the Xiaolin warriors were outside, watching Alyssa and Crow spar. Crow was teaching Alyssa how to fight better, but this time, he wasn't just taunting her, he was actually trying to help her so she could be a better fighter.

"Yah!" Alyssa yelled, sweeping Crow's leg, and making him jump, and she pushed him in mid-air, making him fall on the ground, to everyone's surprise.

"You learn fast," he nodded, standing up. "Omi taught me some fighting skills but that sneaky trick was effective."

Dojo ran in the training area with the secret scroll. "Wu alert!" he yelled, handing the scroll over to Kimiko, who opened it up. The others gathered around and watched it.

"The Golden Tiger Claws," she read. "They apparently let you teleport to where you want to go.." She thought of how bad it would be for Jack to get it. "We have to retrieve this one at all costs."

Crow nodded. "I'm going this time," he said. "Master Fung said the next day.. well.. that day is now."

Dojo became large and said, "Well let's hurry before Spicer gets to it."

/In Japan, outside of the Emporer's temple.

"How in hell do we get inside of here?" Crow wondered aloud.

"Don't worry, I have connections," Kimiko said, whipping out her cell phone and dialing her father's number. "Hello? Daddy? We need access to the Emporer's temple. You can do it for me? Thanks!" she said, trying to end the conversation quickly. "W-what? No way! Come on," she argued, but sighed. "Fine.." she hung up. "There's a catch.."

/A few minutes later.

Kimiko, Raimundo, and Clay were all in formal Japanese clothing, Kimiko having difficulty walking. "I hate this catch." She looked at Omi, Alyssa and Crow. "Where are your formal clothing?"

"This is formal Kimiko!" Omi said, showing off. "See? Silk!"

Since the other two were wearing the same clothing as Omi, she guessed it was the same story.

"Ugh, come on," Kimiko said, trying to walk up the stairs, but having difficulty. The rest, except Raimundo, walked straight up the top and waited for them.

"Let me help you," Rai said, grabbing her hand, and helping her up the steps better. "You would take a while, and we don't have time for this Shen Gong Wu."

"Thanks," she muttered. "These things are hard to walk in," she said, referring to the special showes she had to wear with her dress.

Once they were at the top, the team entered the building, and searched for them.

Claw blew dust off a statue. "This place is old, and these figures are mighty finely crafted," he said, continuing to search.

For a few minutes, no one found anything, but Kimiko tripped over something. When she stood herself up, she saw a handle and called them over. "Hey, a trap door!"

Clay lifted it up and revealed stairs. "Well this is bound to be where the Shen Gong Wu is at." They all went down and saw a spiraling path, and Jack Spicer just midway down. Raimundo picked Kimiko up and held her. "We gotta run to beat that monkey brain," he whispered, seeing Jack was still holding the monkey staff. They all started to run, Raimundo moving the slowest since he was carrying someone.

Jack heard the echos of footsteps and saw them all. "Oh great, you're back," he said, gesturing to Crow. "Jackbots!" A few bots came closer, and Raimundo let Kimiko down.

Kimiko kicked off her shoes. "Let Rai and me hold these guys off. Go get the claws before he does!" she yelled, making the other four run. Raimundo and Kimiko quickly destroyed the few bots Jack had sent, and continued running. "He's going to get the claws!"

Jack grabbed the claws. "Three in two days. You losers!" he screeched, his voice sounding monkeyish. He thought of something evil, and turned his helipod on, and used the claws to make a riff to the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, then flew behind Omi, and picked him up as he was running.

"Jack Spicer! Let me down you evil monkey!" he yelled.

"Hmm.. okay!" Jack said, dropping Omi into the portal.

"Ahhhh!" Omi yelled as he fell.

"Omi!" Crow and Clay yelled. Clay quickly pulled out his lasso and sent it into the portal after Omi, just barely wrapping around him and yanking him out. Crow grit his teeth and ran after Jack, who tried to make a portal and escape, after he gained a nervous look, but Crow was faster and kicked him into it, but grabbed the claws and yanked them off of him as he flew into it and disappeared.

"We win," Crow said, panting hard. He had to sprint to get to claws and was out of breath. When the others caught up to him, he smiled. "Let's go outside," he said, making a portal, and jumping in. Once they were out, Dojo jumped from out of Clay's hat.

"I was in there hiding after I heard Omi yell." He made himself in his flying state, but Crow shook his head and made another portal to the garden. "This is faster." Dojo became small and sighed. "Fine.. I'm useless then," he said, hopping into the portal after the monks.

/In the Xiaolin temple.

Crow took off the claws and went to find Master Fung, leaving the others to chat.

"We got lucky there, I almost missed you," Clay explained to Omi. They started talking about how they got revenge on jack, even though he still had the staff and comb, it didn't matter, they had the claws.

Crow came back out a few minutes later, the claws put in a special box inside the vault. There was something different with Crow.. the chain around his neck wasn't there anything.

"We did good," he smiled. "We did good."

(This chapter is iffy and a little too fast, I kind of rushed. Review please?)