It was the middle of November in San Francisco. Jade was actually enjoying her sophomore year and had become close with Kaysha and Charmaine. All of Section 13 burst with excitement when Jackie and Viper announced their engagement three months prior and their plans to be married on Chinese New Year. Lydia and Valmont were getting serious in their relationship, and the two McPeek girls loved living in San Francisco, spending time with their boyfriends, and having some time off of school. Cassie had a month left of school and was more than anxious to be reunited with her sisters, boyfriend, and friends in San Francisco. Section 13 was running normally, not dealing with much criminal activity. At least not yet.
"I am so excited for basketball season to start!" Kaysha exclaimed as she was shooting hoops at the Section 13 gym with her boyfriend.
DJ Fist smiled. "I can't wait to see a real superstar in action! I think both bball teams at Stanford are gonna be great this year!"
"I think so too!" Kaysha replied, "The women's collegiate basketball tournament this weekend in Dallas is gonna be so much fun! Sucks that I have to be away from you for three days though."
"It'll go by fast, babe" DJ Fist said, "And I'll make sure to watch it on TV even if I have to watch it by myself!" Kaysha laughed as the two stopped playing for a moment to kiss.
"Got everything you need to go to Dallas?" Charmaine asked later in the week as Kaysha was finishing packing to fly to Dallas.
"Yep!" Kaysha replied, "Man it's gonna be so much fun! I'm definitely gonna give it my all this season since it'll be my last! Gosh can't believe it" she added.
Charmaine smiled reassuringly. "Crazy how times flies huh! But basketball will always be a part of your life! It'll be nice once the season is done to just play for fun and for the love of the game."
"Yeah that's true" Kaysha said, "Plus I can focus more on finishing school and my man! Alright, ooh! Tag just texted me and said that she and DJ are here to take me to the airport."
Charmaine smiled. "Alrighty! Have fun! Text me when you get to Dallas!"
"Thanks, I will" Kaysha replied. She then looked at her younger sister with a twinkle in her eye. "And just because you'll get the house to yourself this weekend doesn't mean you can do anything crazy, like have a love fest with your boyfriend?"
Charmaine laughed out loud and smacked her. "Kaysha McPeek! I'm better than that, you can trust me! I promise the house will be clean and in one innocent piece by the time you get back!" she teased.
"Alright Miss Kaysha, here we are!" Tag exclaimed as he and DJ Fist walked her to security. "Have fun and don't party too hard down in Texas." he joked.
Kaysha rolled her eyes. "I won't, daddy, I'll be a good girl!" She then turned around and hugged DJ Fist. "Bye babe, I'll call you as soon as I get to Dallas!" she said.
"Sounds good babe, have a great time!" DJ Fist replied as he kissed her before she left to go through airport security.
"Alright team, it looks like everyone is here!" Coach Julie Adams of Stanford's women's basketball team said to her players, "Flight is about four hours so I'll let you girls have some relaxing time but first, after takeoff, we'll discuss some strategies that we can use during the tournament in Dallas!"
"I can't wait for the season to start!" one girl said to some of her teammates, "And I think we'll win the championship this year for sure with the former CU superstar to lead the way!" They turned to look at Kaysha, who was sitting nearby reading a book.
Kaysha smiled. "Oh you guys are too nice!" she exclaimed.
After takeoff, Coach Adams began discussing strategies when one of the girls heard a strange thumping sound near the back of the plane where they were all seated.
"Hey, what's that sound?" she asked as her other teammates listened closely around them.
"I don't know, but it sounds very unusual" Assistant Coach Theresa Cox replied. All of a sudden, two masked people jumped down from the roof of the plane, after making a hole, which made all the girls scream.
"Oh my gosh! Who are they?!" one girl screamed as everybody started to panic. The people near the front of the plane started to hear the noise and began freaking out when they saw what was going on. The two masked men pushed some of the female basketball players out of the way and grabbed Kaysha.
"Hey! Let me go!" Kaysha yelled as she started kicking and trying to maneuver her way out. Three off-duty police officers who happened to be on board ran to the back of the plane and stopped the two masked individuals once Kaysha kicked them both off her. "Put your hands behind your back now!" one officer said as he forced one person's hands behind their back. As the officers were dragging the two criminals to the back lavatory, one of the criminals looked at Kaysha with fire in their eyes.
"You're not gonna get away with this, descendent of Lo Pei!" a man's voice said angrily, "Lord Shendu and his demon relatives and allies will come back to get their revenge!"
"Are you alright, Kaysha?" Coach Adams asked as she ran towards her, along with some of her teammates.
"Uh...yeah..I..I'm fine" she replied, still shaking with fear, "That was just... really… weird."
Ring ring! DJ Fist's phone rang. He smiled when he saw that it was Kaysha who was calling. "Hey babe!" he answered enthusiastically, "Glad you made it safe to Dallas!"
"Yeah me too" Kaysha said with little energy, "My flight was really scary."
DJ Fist's face frowned with concern. "Babe, what happened?"
"It was so weird", she started to recall as she was walking around the hotel she would be staying at, "We were going over game strategies after we took off when all of a sudden two guys with masks on came through the back roof of the plane. We all started freaking out big time and the guys grabbed me and tried to take me away. I was able to fight them off, thanks to three off-duty cops who jumped to the rescue. As they were pulling the two criminals to the bathroom to lock them in, one of them yelled at me something about being the descendent of some Lo Pei guy and how some Lord Shendu person and his demon relatives and allies would come back to take revenge! It was really bizarre."
DJ Fist's eyes widened. "Man that is weird. Hey let me call you back, babe" he said before hanging up.
"Captain Black, I need to speak to you right away!" DJ Fist ran into Captain Black's office. Captain Black turned around from his computer.
"What's going on, DJ?"
DJ sighed. "I just got off the phone with Kaysha and she told me her plane got hijacked by two unknown guys and tried to kidnap her. When three officers who were on the flight captured them and took them away, Kaysha said one of them yelled at her about Shendu and his demon family and allies coming back to take revenge."
Captain Black's eyes widened more than DJ's. "Oh no" he began, "We need to get the Chans and Enforcers here on the double! DJ get your friends while I call the others!"
A few minutes later, Jackie, Jade, Viper, Tohru, Uncle, Hak Foo, Finn, Ratso, Chow, Strikemaster Ice, MC Cobra, Valmont, and Tag met Captain Black in one of the meeting rooms.
"Aiyah! I hope this is important, Uncle was busy buying antiques to sell on Jade's magic waffle iron!" Uncle complained.
"I promise you that this is very important, Unc" Captain Black replied. He dialed Kaysha's number and plugged his phone into a sound system so that everyone could be able to hear and communicate with her.
"Hello?" Kaysha answered.
"Kaysha, it's Black" Captain Black began, "Are you ok? DJ told me what happened."
"Yeah I...I'm fine, bit mind boggled though" Kaysha replied, still a bit shaky from the incident.
"Can you tell us in detail what happened?" Captain Black asked.
"Uh, sure" Kaysha said as she continued to walk around the hotel, "So basically, after takeoff Coach was going over game strategies with us when all of a sudden these two guys with masks came down from the back roof and scared the crap out of everyone. They pushed some of my teammates out of the way and grabbed me, trying to take me away. I was fighting as hard as I could when these three police officers who happened to be on board came and arrested them once I kicked them off. They started dragging them to the bathroom to lock them in when one of the criminals started yelling at me about "descendent of Lo Pei" and how some Lord Shendu guy and his demon relatives and allies would come back and get revenge. It was just really weird" she finished.
Everyone's eyes got wide right away. "Aiyahhh! Shendu is planning to return with the demon brethren and other allies of darkness!" Uncle exclaimed.
"Shendu? But how?! I thought all magic was sealed in the earth when Shendu and Drago were banished!" Jackie said.
"Yeah Unc, how could they possibly come back?" Finn asked.
"Aiyahhh! Uncle needs time to think! Kaysha, did the criminals have any specific markings?" Uncle said.
"Ummm... I don't know... I think there was these Korean symbols on their shirts but I don't know what they were or what they meant" Kaysha replied. "And who's this Shendu person and all this talk about magic? It's really starting to creep me out!"
Everyone in the room took a big sigh and looked at each other with a "should-we-tell-her" expression on their faces.
"Kaysha, do you have time to talk for a while?" Jackie asked.
"Sure, the team's chillin' right now and practice isn't for another three hours. Why?" Kaysha asked.
Jackie sighed again. "I think it's time we told you what life was like before you and your family members came into our lives."