So school started up, yippe. Had to get use to the whole school thing again, but anyway, a new chapter. Enjoy! Also the reviews, I love them!
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'A labyrinth is what this place is. Every turn, another hallway, then another turn, and another hallway, which repeated in a vicious circle, which has been going on for about an hour now. How did anyone ever find their way around here?' Jack thought.
"A map!" Jack exclaimed, but covered his mouth, hoping he didn't attract any unwanted attention. After standing still for about two minutes, Jack decided it was safe, and returned to his thoughts.
'A map is how they find out where they are going; there can't be any other way. Chase should have a stand when you first break-in saying MAP. I should tell him that when I make my amazing getaway.'
"If I ever find the Looking Glass, or my way out." Jack sighed. He then turned down another hallway, and smiled when he found a door.
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"Candida! Desacelerar! O Que errado com você!" an irritated Rai spoke.
She was trotting down the hallway baring her teeth and lowly growling as she turned a corner. Kimiko followed still blushing, but confused as well as Raimundo.
"What's wrong with her?" Kimiko questioned.
"I'm not sure, she doesn't usually act like this."
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Jack was happy dancing in the hallway. This door was actually unlocked, unlike the last twelve he had tried. He then moon walked backwards into the room, but fell on his but after crossing the threshold.
"Wuya is going to hear about the pain she has put me through." Jack growled. When he stood up, he looked around the room, which had light blue walls, and a white shag rug covering the floor. A row of surfboards hung on a wall opposite from the door. On the adjacent wall, various beach pictures were taped on the wall. He then looked at the bed, which was a mess.
The grey sheets were awry, well the bed spread, which was white, was half on the bed, and half on the floor. He then looked above the bed, and saw a surfboard with a crack running the diagonal length of the board.
Jack then looked down to see what he had tripped on. It was a soccer ball, the typical black and white. He then went to kick the ball, intending to make it pay for tripping him, but completely missed, causing him to go crashing to the ground, once again.
"Come on!" Jack yelled.
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Raimundo broke out in a sprint after Candida. They both heard a voice yell, and Raimundo became infuriated. If it was the person he was thinking of, and the place, someone was in for a beating.
"Rai, slow down!" Kimiko yelled after him, not able to keep up with him.
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Jack walked further into the room, hoping to find the Looking Glass, so that Wuya would give him his robots back. He walked over to the desk, and was about to open the draw, when he was tackled to the ground.
"AAAHHH!" wailed Jack as he saw a tiger's ice blue eyes staring down at him, and a low growl emanating from her throat.
"O que você está fazendo!" Raimundo fumed. "Eu vou matar você."
"I...I...don't speak... whatever is your speaking. J-j-u-ss-t get th-i-is ANIMAL OFF OF ME!" Jack cried.
"Pathetic" Rai mumbled under his breath. "Candida, Saia dele."
Candida slowly got off of Jack, making sure to bare her teeth. Raimundo then walked over to Jack and picked him up by his collar, just as Kimiko finally came into the room.
"You run really fast, ya know that." Kimiko said between breathes of air. She then realized that Raimundo had a hold of Jack, and raised an eyebrow. "What are you doing here?"
"Well Wuya made me come to get the Looking Glass, because she wants it to spy on the monks, so she will know when they find you, and that's all I know." Jack explained, "Plus she won't give me my Jack-bots back." he grumbled.
Jack then had to do a double take, upon seeing Kimiko."KIMIKO!" Jack squealed, and attempted to go give her a hug, but Raimundo kept a firm grip on him. "What are you doing here. And may I say you are looking hot."
Kimiko narrowed her eyes and walked up to Jack. "Oh Jack, will you ever learn." She said with sweet venom in her voice, that Jack didn't seem to notice.
"Well, no." Kimiko then punched him in the gut. "What was that for?" Jack wheezed.
Raimundo rolled his eyes as Kimiko walked back to the door, but stopped when Chase entered the room.
"I see that you are aware of the intruder," Chase said. "May I ask why you are?"
"Wuya sent him to look for the Looking Glass." Raimundo answered for him.
"In Raimundo's room." Chase inquired.
"The door was unlocked." Jack stated.
Kimiko than snorted from the wall.
"What?" The three men questioned in unison.
"I expected his room to be messier," she paused for a second, "and smellier."
"I make him clean his room." Chase shrugged. He then snapped his fingers, and a leopard, and a lion appeared. "Escort Jack out."
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Wuya was sitting on a couch in Jack's basement, reading a letter, with an evil smile on her lips. Jack then came down the basement steps, parts of his jacket ripped and torn. He also had various bruises and cuts, and was missing a shoe.
"Did you get the Wu." Wuya said without looking up.
"No!" Jack screamed." But I know where Kimiko is."
"What do you mean no!" Wuya screamed, but stopped when the last sentence registered in her mind. "You found her? Where?"
"She has apparently teamed up with Chase, and Raimundo." Jack said with disgust.
"Go get changed, we are going to pay a little visit to her." Wuya beamed.
"Why? What could you possibly want to do?" an exasperated Jack yelled.
"She needs her mail." She laughed.
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"Its weird that no one came to compete for this Wu." A baffled Omi spoke from Dojo's back.
Clay held up the Orb of Tornomi, and looked back at Omi. "I don't know partner, maybe they were sick."
"I don't know, but whenever evil isn't around, it usually can't be good." Dojo warned.
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It was close to midnight, when Chase's lair doors busted opened, sending a wave of noise through the palace. The first to arrive were five of Chase's jungle cats, who began attacking Jack-bots that were entering. Through the fighting emerged Wuya, with Jack trailing behind.
"What's the meaning of this?" Chase demanded entering the throne room in black pants, an a black long sleeved shirt, with a spear in his hand.
"Just dropping by, paying a visit, catching up on old times," Wuya listed with a smile.
Just after Wuya finished her sentence, Raimundo came skidding in, in only old sweat pants, that had a white line running down the side, and drug on the floor.
"What's all the commotion! This isn't another whacked out training session is it." Rai rambled, until he looked over at Wuya and Jack. He instantly jumped up from his fighting position, and looked down at his pajamas, and the teddy bear in his arms. An embarrassed blush appeared on Raimundo's face, as he rubbed the back of his neck.
"Cute." Wuya grinned, addressing the bear. "This boy scared you Jack! Ha! He sleeps with a teddy bear." Wuya cackled.
"Aye! it's a good luck charm!" Raimundo corrected.
Chase merely rolled his eyes, then turned to glare at Wuya. "I think we both know your true intentions for being here witch. Its because of the girl that beat you at your own game."
As if on cue, Kimiko came walking into the room, wearing yet another pair of Raimundo's pants, and a black sports bra, and her hair in a messy ponytail on the top of her head. She then saw Wuya and gave her a stare that would have killed her three times over.
"What do you want." Kimiko spat stopping by Raimundo, who quickly threw the bear down the hallway, and smiled nervously.
"I see you still haven't forgiven me about the burn." Wuya sighed.
"Or the deceiving, and the lying, and tricking me…" Kimiko continued, causing Wuya to glare.
Jack then stepped out from behind Wuya, and walked up to Kimiko, "Do you remember Crayola Crayons? They used to have this color...Blizzard Blue. It was my favorite color and I could never figure out why. But I just realized why, your eyes...Blizzard Blue." Jack said, as he was leaning right in front of Kimiko's face, causing her to lean back, with a bewildered expression.
Raimundo, not pleased, pushed Jack back, causing him to land on his butt. "Look, I hate being in the same room with you, I don't think she likes it when you are inches from her face." Rai half joked, but was partly serious.
"I see Kimiko has made a new friend." Wuya grinned, before throwing green fire at both her and Raimundo.
Raimundo put up a shield of wind, blocking the fire, and then making it vanish. He then brought a new gust of wind, and had it circle around him, before throwing it at Wuya, sending her flying to the wall.
Wuya then stood up, rubbing the back of her head as she did so, and glared at Raimundo. "You are truly a pain." Wuya said as she snapped her fingers, causing four rock creatures to appear before her. "Attack." was her simple command.
A battle had begun.
Chase waited for one of the creatures to run up to him, but jumped over it at the last possible second. When he landed, he wasted no time in running and kicking the creature in the back, causing it to fall to the ground. Chase then sent a blast of yellow energy at it, making it crumble into pieces. He turned to go face Wuya, when the rocks started to reform, and one of the four original rock monsters joined in the fight.
Raimundo was on top of one rock creature, taunting the other. "I'm right here, try and hit me."
When the creature prepared to smash Raimundo, he jumped out of the way, making the monstrosity hit one of its own, reducing it to pieces of rock and dust.
"To bad, maybe next time." Raimundo grinned. He then sent a gail of wind at the remaining creature, causing it to fly into the wall. It stood up, and let out a roar, as it charged at Raimundo.
Kimiko was fending off six Jack-bots. She ducked out of the way of one laser, causing the laser to hit another bot. She then flipped out of the center of the robots, and encircled them in a ball of fire, slowly crushing, and reducing them to melted metal. She then turned to see if Chase or Raimundo needed help, but was instead punched in the back.
Kimiko scrambled to her fit, only to find Wuya in front of her. "Does wittle Wuya want a wematch." she mocked. Wuya let out a war cry as she threw a wave of green fire at her.
Kimiko jumped out of the way, and sent her own wave of fire at Wuya, who managed to dive out of the way, barely. When Wuya looked up, she saw a grinning Kimiko, and a fire in her hands.
"Having trouble Wuya. Maybe its because I actually have more control then before." Kimiko smiled as she kicked her in the stomach. Wuya stood up, with a sly smile on her face.
"Not nearly as much trouble as you." Kimiko's eyebrows scrunched together in confusion, as Wuya pulled out an envelope. "You probably should have changed your address, so you would get your mail." Kimiko's eyes widened, when she caught a glimpse of the broken seal, and froze.
Wuya slowly pulled out the letter from the envelope, an evil glint in her eyes the whole time. "I mean, this letter arrived, mmhhmm, what day? Oh that's right the day you left." Wuya growled the last part. "Shall I fill you in on what it says." Kimiko remained silent, not sure else to do. "It says in here that your dear old dad, his cancer is back, and stronger. They don't know if they can help poor old Mr. Tohimoko." Wuya pretended to pout.
Kimiko felt her insides fall to pieces. She didn't even realize the scream that escaped her lips. She felt tears block her vision. Her papa was all she had left. What if he was already gone, what if she didn't get to see him. She then felt her hair being pulled, and let out a cry of pain.
"Doesn't this just break you into pieces. How could you possibly go on with yourself. You left your father in his time of need. You are a worthless person, and a horrible daughter." Wuya hissed. "But you should be happy, I'm not going to kill, its more fun seeing you in this pain, seeing you break."
Wuya was forced to let go of Kimiko, as Chase hit Wuya with a shock of electricity, sending her flying, making her drop the letter in the process. Chase looked down at Kimiko, to find Raimundo, already kneeling next to her.
"Wuya, you have extended your welcome. Leave." Wuya cringed in pain as she stood up. She would have really loved to destroy Chase's palace, but knew she would never be able to win, especially in her condition.
"My job is done here anyway." She half lied. "Jack!" Jack came running over, with a few remaining Jack bots, and flew out the door. The dust of the defeated rock creatures vanished in a puff of green smoke.
"Kimiko, Kimiko." Rai whispered soothingly, with his hand in her cheek. "What happened."
She could only point at the letter by his feet, as sobs overcame her voice. Raimundo turned just enough to grab the letter with his free hand, but not moving his hand from her face. When he turned back around, more tears started pouring from her eyes.
Raimundo scanned the letter, and felt his own heart go out to Kimiko, or the rest of it. The letter had said that her father's cancer had returned, and he was refusing treatment. His only request was to see his daughter. He then saw the date at the bottom indicating the letter was sent a week ago. He dropped the letter, and hugged Kimiko.
Kimiko clung to Raimundo, her nails digging into the skin on his back. Chase walked towards the two, and tilted his head to look at the letter. He read it a few times, then looked back at the two teens.
"Raimundo will take you to see your father. You can leave as soon as you are ready." Kimiko pulled her head away from Raimundo's shoulder, and a small smile came to her face.
"Thanks."
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Candida! Desacelerar! O Que errado com você.- Candida slow down. What's wrong with you.
O que você está fazendo!" "Eu vou matar você." - what are you doing? I'll kill you.
Saia dele- Leave it.
Thanks again for the reviews. I don't feel like this is one of my better chapters, I just couldn't get it right, and this was the closest it could come to satisfaction. I rewrote this like five times. Anyway, let me know what you think.