Disclaimer: Xiaolin Showdown is a product of Kids WB and Cartoon Network so I don't own it. I'm simply going to use its characters to entertain myself and others through the power of fan fiction that is all.
Summary: Sequel to Code Xiaolin. After finally finding the key to Omi's materialization, Jack and the gang must now search Xanadu for an anti-virus to rid Omi of W.U.Y.A.'s infection for good. With new powers and upgrades, the Xiaolin Warriors face even more deadly W.U.Y.A. attacks, dangerous new monsters, and even the occasional famous transfer student! The question is can they do it?
"Speech"
'Thoughts'
"Speech on Xanadu"
Chpt. 2: Welcome to Shen-Gong
A few days following the big trip to the mall, Jack and the gang once again found themselves hard at work searching for Omi's much needed anti-virus. It was a little after 10 p.m. that night at Fung Academy and for once, Jack was in his dorm room. He was still working hard as ever on the solution to their problem while Omi snored loudly in the background.
"Geez, with all the noise he's making I'm surprised he hasn't woken himself up," Jack said to himself.
He didn't look like it, but Omi was a very heavy sleeper. Not even the annoyingly loud alarm clock the genius had built specifically for him seemed the phase the sleeping little monk come morning.
"With all of W.U.Y.A.'s attacks recently its almost impossible to find time to search Xanadu for the anti-virus. But tomorrow's a half-day, so maybe I we can use that time to our advantage..." he mused aloud. "That'll work! Tomorrow I'll send the others to separate parts of Xanadu to look for any hints on an anti-virus!" The genius then gave huge yawn as he stretched in his desk chair. "Looks like its time for me to sleep, and I'm gonna need it. Tomorrow awaits!"
Jack stood up and pulled back the sheets on his bed before cozily settling onto the soft mattress. He rested his head onto the pillow and placed his newly purchased earplugs in his ears. With Omi snoring on the other side of the room, it was a wonder he got any sleep at all.
---JACK---
"So, I was thinking after class today I could send you guys looking for the anti-virus around Xanadu," Jack proposed after the five had met in the cafeteria for breakfast. "What do you say?"
"Today?" Raimundo spoke up first, "Sorry dude, I'd love to, but I haven't been practicing with the band for a while and Ashley's starting to get really irritated."
"Speakin' of which, when was the last time you guys practiced together?" Clay asked, chewing cereal.
"Last I remember was two weeks ago. Back then W.U.Y.A. wasn't as active, so I could make time," he answered.
"Okay, what about you guys?" Jack asked.
"I, uh, have somewhere to be!" Kimiko answered quickly. Jack couldn't help but notice the slight hint of nervousness in her voice.
"I gotta get somewhere too," the cowboy responded, "Today's the day Miley and Mia are interviewin' me for an article on farmin'."
"I do not have any plans today Jack, so I would be happy to accompany you," Omi explained.
"Thanks Omi, but I'd feel better about this if at least one of the others went with you," the genius replied.
"How about tomorrow? I don't think any of us have anything to do then, right?" Kimiko asked, receiving nods from all other table members.
"Well... I guess that's okay," Jack stated finally.
Afterwards, the bell rang, signaling the coming arrival of first period Chemistry for Jack, Kimiko, Raimundo, and Omi, and the start of Language Arts for Clay.
---KIM---
After classes for that morning had ended, Kimiko stood alone outside in the courtyard. She made sure to hide behind one of the beam structures as if she was trying to stay out of sight for some reason. The girl had received a text on her cell phone earlier and was asked to meet the sender in that spot.
She impatiently checked the time for the twelfth time in that same minute, getting annoyed at the lateness of her caller.
"It's about time you got here!" she scolded, hearing footsteps approaching her direction.
"Sorry, it's not my fault I had to stay behind and put away the gym equipment!" the boy stated coolly before circling around her and placing a kiss on her cheek. "Besides, I showed up, right?"
"Shut up Jermaine," she said simply, pushing the taller boy off of her. "So, what movie are we going to see?"
"Goo Zombies IV: The Movie. I thought you'd be excited about it," he answered almost shyly.
"Aww, that's sweet of you!" Kimiko giggled, pulling him into a hug. "Well, shall we go?"
"We shall!" Jermaine grinned. He locked arms with his girlfriend and smiled down at her. Together they strolled though the front gates of Fung Academy, no one noticing them at all.
---JACK---
"Ready to go?" Jack asked, slinging his backpack with all the notes he had so far over his shoulder.
"Of course!" Omi replied, running over to his side, "But I thought you didn't want me going alone."
"I don't, but who knows when we'll get another chance like this? Besides, you're not gonna stray too far from the Way Tower, right?" he asked.
"I make no promises on that," the tiny lad replied, "The call of adventure may be too strong to resist and I will be powerless to stop myself from adventuring!"
"Omi? Powerless? Don't tell me the virus is affecting your ego too," Jack joked.
"What is that supposed to mean? Are you saying I have a big nose?" Omi asked.
"Its 'big head' and yes, you do have a tendency to be a little on the egotistic side," came the red-head's reply.
"I resent that!" Omi said, folding his arms.
"Come on, come on," the genius chuckled, "No need to get like that. Let's get over to the lab."
"Alright, being the wonderful person that I as known as, I shall forgive you," the yellow-skinned runt responded.
Jack turned the knob on his and Omi's dorm door only to find Chase Young standing on the other side. The raven-haired teen had his hand raised as if he was about to knock on said door before Jack had opened it.
"Ahh!" Jack screamed, "Chase! If I had known you were coming, I would've cleaned up!" The red-head fanboy quickly dashed all the way to the other side of the room to pick up a single piece of balled up paper and toss it into the trashcan.
"Actually," Chase began after raising an eyebrow and ignoring Jack's spectacle, "I came to see if Omi was available. I have something that I wanted to show him. Care to join me?"
"Yes! It sounds most interesting! I would love to join you, as long as it is okay with Jack," he answered excitedly.
"Oh, uh, yeah go ahead," Jack said defeatedly. "Just meet me at you-know-where when you're done."
"Wonderful," Chase replied, "Come along Omi, we have a lot of things cover."
The smallest member of the trio waved a goodbye to Jack before being pulled along by the famous teen. Jack silently wondered what Chase wanted to show him in the first place, but suddenly his eyes lit up with a brilliant idea.
"Duh! Why didn't I think of that before?" He laughed at his own ignorance before quickly running out of his dorm and shutting the door behind him with a loud slam.
---RAI---
"Good job everyone! I'm glad you all made it today, especially you Raimundo!" Ashley winked.
Kitt gave an annoyed look while Ten sat at his drums with his usual happy-go-lucky face.
"Thanks," the Brazilian said, "When are we havin' our next concert anyway?"
"Headmaster Fung said that he doesn't have time to schedule it in anytime soon. For now we just keep practicing until we hear otherwise," Kitt answered.
"We wouldn't wanna be caught off guard with a surprise concert would we?" Ten asked rhetorically.
"No, we don't," the leader of the group announced. "So, I say we take a break for a few hours and meet back here ready to practice our new song."
"Yes ma'am!" Kitt and Ten answered.
"Sure, whatever," Raimundo sighed. 'I think I'm gonna head over to the lab. Jack'll probably need help doin' his research.'
---OMI---
Chase's dorm room was different from Omi had expected. From what he heard from Raimundo and the others, movie stars and other famous people, were rather shallow and somewhat dimwitted. Chase's room on the other hand was filled with books as far as they eye could see. Omi hadn't even seen this amount of books in Jack's dorm.
"Your collection of literature is quite astounding!" the tiny teen gasped.
"Thank you," he stated, "When I was younger I used to travel around the world. In every country I visited I would always make sure to purchase a book or two." He made his way over to the bookshelf on the far right side of the room and picked out one of the biggest books his collection had to offer. "This one here just so happens to be my favorite."
"How so?" Omi questioned.
"This book tells the story of a witch that was rumored to rule the world in ancient times. Under her rule the world was plunged into what was known as 10,000 years of darkness. Like all rulers, this witch had her own special territory. She named this territory Shen-Gong and dominated the Earth in the name of Heylin. But after some time there was one man brave enough to stand up to her wicked ways. This warrior was able to seal away the witch's evil magic, giving the world its present state."
"That is quite the story. It feels like I've heard it somewhere before though..." Omi stated aloud.
"Is that so? Then why don't you keep the book?" Chase suggested, shoving the book in the smaller boy's face.
"Are you sure it is okay? You did say it was your favorite."
"I don't mind giving it to you. Perhaps you'd wind up finding it more useful than I ever could," the teen star said with a smirk.
"Thank you, I promise to use this as wisely as possible. Now I must go," said Omi, bowing then leaving.
"I trust you will young one, I trust you will..."
---CLAY---
"Thanks for letting us interview you Clay!" Miley, school news reporter, said, thanking the cowboy as he left the gym.
"Yeah! The agricultural article in our paper will surely inspire the students to join the gardening club!" her friend Mia added.
"No problem li'l ladies!" Clay said, tipping his hat. "Let me know ya if you need anything else!"
After making his exit, he decided that maybe it wasn't too late to head to the lab and help Jack out with his research. The teenage Texan took a shortcut from the gym to around the administrative building while whistling a pleasant tune to himself. He had reached the front of the school and was about to exit the campus when something caught his eye.
What he saw were two people standing under the railing making out with each other. Usually he wouldn't have paid the couple any mind and give them their space. But, according to his instinct, something was terribly with this picture.
"Kimiko?!" Clay gasped in shock, grabbing the attention of the aforementioned girl as well as Jermaine.
"Clay?! What are you doing here?!" she gasped right back.
"I could ask you the same thing!" he pointed accusingly. "I was on my way to you-know-where when I caught sight of you two swallowin' each other's faces!"
"Dude, relax," Jermaine cut in. "Me and Kim are datin', there's nothing wrong with that."
"That's not what I was gettin' at," Clay responded, "What about Rai though? Does he know about this?"
"No, and I'd like to keep it that way for as long as possible!" Kimiko stated.
"But why? Don't ya think he deserves to know?" the blond asked.
"It's really complicated, okay! Just let it go!" Kimiko yelled.
"Yo, Kim calm down alright?" Jermaine said patting her shoulders. "Look, I gotta get somewhere, so I'll catch ya later!" He gave her quick peck on the cheek and a wave to Clay before departing.
"Kim, I--"
"I don't wanna hear it right now!" she snapped. "Let's just go see if there's anything we can do for Jack and not talk about this."
"Alrighty then," Clay began, "but Rai's gonna find out sooner or later. The sooner you tell him, the better off it'll probably be for the both of ya."
Kimiko responded by picking up her stride, leaving the peaceful cowboy in her angry cloud of dust.
"What's her problem?"
"Ack! Rai, what're you doin' here?" Clay yelped in surprise at the brunet's sudden appearance.
"Practice ended, so I decided to go to the lab," he answered. "Looks like you guys got the same idea."
"Uh, yup! I suggest keepin' your distance from Kimiko at the moment. She's havin' some problems at the moment," the cowboy said whispering the last part.
"Geez, again?" Raimundo remarked. "I hope you she gets better. In the meantime let's get to the lab."
"Right, right!" Clay nodded frantically. What had he just gotten himself into?
---JACK---
"I should've done this from the very beginning," Jack said to himself while selecting the Forest Sector on his holomap. "This way the guys get to have their free time and I can become more experienced on Xanadu."
He gave himself an accomplished grin before setting the timer on the self-virtualization program. Jumping out of the chair, he headed straight for the scanner room. The doors closed around him as he was lifted up into the air. The ring inside the scanner moved up and down around him as he spun. Finally, Jack's hair was blown up by another gust of wind as a bright light blinded his sight.
The now digitized Jack fell to the ground of the Forest just barely managing to maintain his balance. It had been a while, but Jack was actually glad to be back in Xanadu. He missed his sleeveless, black, leather trench coat that went down to his feet, red undershirt, black shorts, fingerless gloves, and black and gold boots. Even the pointy elf ears and shoulder length hair were something he had missed. More importantly though, he had his deadly black and white yo-yo tucked into his pocket.
"Time for research!" he said proudly, beginning to march onward down the Forest's trail. The walk was actually quite uneventful to say the least. Without any sort of excitement, Jack grew particularly bored. "Man," he sighed, "If only there was some sort of secret sector. Now that I'm here, I don't think I'll be able to find anything in these sectors. If only there were someplace in Xanadu where I could get some of W.U.Y.A.'s material data. Might as well return to the real world."
The genius then took out his yo-yo, preparing to hit himself with it repeatedly. As he was about to fling it out, he spotted something unusual above him. To be more specific, saw a floating white orb headed towards the other end of the sector.
"Interesting... I think I'll follow that instead!" he said with a smirk.
---RAI---
The elevator doors to the lab opened up, revealing three of the Xiaolin Warriors. Kimiko still had an angry scowl on her face and Raimundo looked as if he could care less. Only Clay seemed to notice that Jack wasn't present in the lab.
"Where the genius?" he asked.
"What? I swear I thought he'd come here!" Kimiko gasped.
"Hey Jack, where are ya?" Raimundo shouted throughout the lab with his hands cupped around his mouth.
"Guys? Is that you?"
"Jack? Where'd ya go?" the shorter member asked.
"Did W.U.Y.A. use some bug to make ya invisible?" Clay spoke up.
"Nope," the genius responded, "I just virtualized myself on Xanadu. I saw the giant orb floating in the sky and now I'm chasing it. By the way, is Omi with you?"
"No," Raimundo said, "But how's about Clay and I get down there and help ya track whatever it is your looking for?"
"Alright, come on. Kimiko, I left some instructions on how to program the vehicles incase something like this happened. It looks like this thing is headed for the edge of the sector." Jack stated.
"Don't worry, Clay and Rai are on their way," Kimiko said as the two entered the scanner room.
Raimundo gave her a thumbs up as the doors closed around them. Suddenly she felt a little guilty.
"Anytime now Kimiko!" Jack said, snapping her out of her daze.
"Oh right! Transfer, Raimundo; transfer Clay. Scanner, Raimundo; scanner Clay. Virtualization!"
A bright light surrounded the Brazilian and cowboy, returning them to data as they landed where Jack had been moments before. Before them appeared the Longi Kite and Serpent's Tail.
"Great job Kim! You got the vehicles here in one piece!" Raimundo said smiling.
"Whatever," she scoffed.
The swordsman laughed to himself before jumping on the kite and taking off in the appointed direction. Clay also followed suit. Meanwhile at the edge of the sector, Jack had nowhere else to go. The white orb above him began to descend and continued until it was just a few centimeters off of the ground.
"I wonder where this goes... perhaps I should..." He reached his hand to the orb and was sucked into the inside. It spun around a few times before carrying Jack off somewhere in the distance.
"Jack?!" Kimiko asked immediately after his signal vanished. "Jack!!"
"What's wrong?" Clay asked.
"I don't know! Jack's signal just disappeared all of a sudden," she answered frantically. "Hurry to the end of the sector to see if you can spot him!"
The boys did as they were told, putting their vehicles at full speed. They zoomed through the rest of the Forest until the finally came to the end.
"He's not here," said Raimundo, jumping off the Longi Kite.
"Are you sure? Check again," Kimiko instructed.
"There's nothing else here besides the Digital Sea," stated Clay. "You don't think he fell in, do ya?"
"Jack's way too careful to just fall in like that. Maybe W.U.Y.A.'s done something after all!"
"Whatever it was, it had to have something to do with that floating sphere," the swordsman pondered.
"Shoot!" the frustrated girl cried, banging the keyboard.
The random combination of keys hit at once caused a new screen to pop up. The window was decorated with the symbol of W.U.Y.A. as well as a purple ghost-like figure in the background.
"Huh?"
"What's up Kim? Did ya find something?" asked Raimundo.
"I... I think so. This screen popped up with the symbol of W.U.Y.A. I think we may be able to find Jack using this!" she replied.
"What's the screen say?" the stone armored teen questioned.
"Welcome to Shen-Gong," Kimiko read aloud. "Shen-Gong? What could that be?"
---OMI---
'I trust you will young one, I trust you will...'
Chase's final words before Omi left with the mysterious book in hand continued to ring in his mind. He was now on his way to the lab to find out how Jack's research had been going in the time he was with Chase.
"I hope I did not take too long," he said to himself, "Jack was so excited about exploring today. I also would like to show this book to him." Looking both ways, he crossed the semi-busy street to the other side of the road where the genius' home was located. He used the key Jack had given him before to let himself in and made his way up the stairs and into the red head's bedroom.
Reaching into the pocket of his red robes, Omi pulled out a piece of paper with the elevator code on it. With so many other things to remember about Earth, Omi had a slight difficulty remembering just three numbers even if they did come in consecutive order.
Once he set foot in the elevator and it began to lower him into the lab, Omi couldn't help but hear Kimiko whining exasperatedly about something.
"Argh! Still no luck!" she cried out.
"Keep tryin' Kim. We know you can do it!" Raimundo told her.
"Thanks," she began, "that actually means a lot to--"
"What appears to be the problem?" Omi asked as soon as the metal doors opened up.
"Omi! You're here!" Kimiko shouted. "It's terrible! Jack went to Xanadu by himself to do the research and spotted this floating orb thingy and decided to follow it. Rai, Clay, and I got to the lab and I sent them to Xanadu to help Jack out. The bad part is as soon as they made it to the edge of the sector Jack vanished!"
"That really is terrible!" Omi cried.
"Tell me about it," Clay said. "We think there may be a way to follow Jack by using the screen Kimiko pulled up. The only problem is it asks for a password, but we can't seem to figure it out."
"Yeah, not even the hint is very helpful," added Raimundo.
"What is the hint?" Omi asked.
"It says 'The evil witch of darkness dominated the earth in name of what?'" Kimiko read.
"Witch of Darkness?" Omi gasped. "That is almost similar to the story Chase Young told me!"
"Are you serious?!" the Brazilian shouted.
"Omi, what's the answer? Hurry and tell us!" Kimiko begged.
---JACK---
"Ugh... what happened?" Jack asked himself. "Where am I?"
The genius had awoken to find himself in a blue dome-like room. The floor was painted with the Eye of W.U.Y.A. and it appeared that there was only one path to take.
"Of course! That orb must've brought me here!" he reasoned. "I'm still wearing my Xanadu outfit, so that must mean that this place is..." he paused, looking around some more. "This place is a hidden sector of Xanadu! The Fifth Sector! I've finally found someplace to look for clues to an anti-virus!"
The excited elf warrior took off running to the only door that was in the room. Running past it, he found himself in a narrow hallway with deep blue walls with no clear end in sight. Still, he continued his search for an exit as it seemed that there was no other way out in the first place.
After running a bit more, Jack found himself in an even larger room with the same coloring as the hallway he had just exited. Looking around a bit more, he saw that the room was designed in a very complex way. There were ledges sticking out of the walls and giant steps leading to other areas in the sector.
"Amazing!" he gasped. "Sector Five must be the biggest sector on Xanadu." Jack slowly began walking forward, his steps echoing in the large and seemingly empty place. All of a sudden, his sensitive hearing picked up the sound of movement around him.
Clearly, he wasn't alone in this big empty sector anymore.
---OMI---
"I remember now!" Omi cried out. "The Witch of Darkness dominated the earth in the name of her empire!"
"What was her empire called Omi?"
"Heylin! That absolutely must be the answer to the riddle!" he said rather sure of himself.
Kimiko wasted no time in typing the code, awaiting the reply from the box before her.
"Well? Did it work?" Raimundo asked growing impatient.
"I don't believe it!" Kimiko cried.
"Oh no!" Clay groaned.
"More like 'Oh yes'! Omi was right, the code really was Heylin!" Kimiko stated happily. "Look above you! The orb that Jack was talking about is coming your way!"
The swordsman and cowboy looked up to the virtual sky, and sure enough, the transport orb had begun to descend towards them.
"We gettin' inside that thing?" Clay asked.
"No choice!" Raimundo replied.
The sphere reached the two of them and opened up. Like Jack, they too were pulled inside and carried off somewhere.
From the inside, Clay and Raimundo saw themselves being carried off over the Digital Sea and then into a glowing white sphere of light. No doubt this sphere was connected to all the other sectors. As the light cleared, nothing could be seen by the boys except blue data bits. When the orb finally stopped and let them off, they found themselves in the same room Jack had awoken in.
"Ugh, I think I'm gonna be sick!" the blond gagged. "Why'd that thing have to do so much spinnin'?"
"Never mind that now guys," Kimiko said. "When you guys landed in this place, a new map appeared with Jack's signal. Go ahead and find him!"
Raimundo nodded and dragged the still groaning Clay along with him. The two made their way down the same blue hall the missing genius had been through earlier. Nearing the end of the hall, they heard screaming and shouting from the boy they had been searching for. He was being chased by brown monsters that somewhat resembled snakes. They had humanoid upper bodies and a mechanical tail, pulling themselves on their two legs while chasing Jack.
"Ahh! Damn creepy Creepers!" he screamed, arming himself with his yo-yo. "Ying Yo-yo!" The monster, now named Creeper by Jack, blew up on contact with the weapon, turning into a puddle of goo and nerves before vanishing.
Still, Jack was chased by two more Creepers and was unable to retaliate before his yo-yo was shot out of his hand by a laser.
"Something told me I should've upgraded my weapon before coming back..." Jack mumbled to himself as the Creepers drew closer to him.
"Blade of the Nebula!"
"Big Bang Meteorang!"
Jack slowly opened an eye and saw the monsters surrounding him had vanished.
"Jack!" Omi shouted.
"You're okay!" Kimiko added.
"Guys! Thanks!" the red head cried.
"No problem," Raimundo shrugged. "How do we get outta here anyway?"
"Let's try going back to the core zone and have Kimiko re-enter the code that brought you guys here." Jack suggested.
"No problem!" said Clay, "What're ya waitin' for cowpokes? Let's get a move on!"
---KIM---
Raimundo, Clay, and Jack were now back in the core zone, awaiting Kimiko to input the code.
"Okay, here it goes! H-E-Y-L-I-N!"
The orb returned to them, picking them up and returning them to the Forest Sector.
"Alright Kimiko, time to bring us back. I also left notes on this too, in case you needed any help." the genius instructed.
"Hurry and come back so you can tell me about your adventure!" Omi shouted while Kimiko typed in the keys.
"Materialization, Raimundo; materialization, Clay; materialization Jack!"
---RAI---
Back in the dorms, the group had returned to Jack and Omi's room for it was just about time for dinner.
"To think that there are more sectors out there," the red head mused.
"One of them has gotta have some kinda key to Omi's anti-virus!" Kimiko exclaimed.
"Sector Five was pretty awesome too!" said Raimundo, "What did we call it again?"
"She-Hon, Ten-Song, Chin-Wong?" the confused cowboy tried to remember.
"Shen-Gong. Like what the witch in this book named her territory," Omi cut in.
"Yeah, that's it!" said Jack, "Talk about lucky having Chase give you a book like that. I wonder why he had it anyway."
"Myself also," added Omi, "But the important thing that you are safe and sound now!"
"I can't wait to explore Shen-Gong for myself!" Kimiko said excitedly.
"It's totally amazing! I wanna go back too!" shouted Rai.
"Excellent!" Jack said, standing up and heading for the door. "Our next mission is to gather as much information on Sector Five, better known as Shen-Gong! That is, if you guys don't have anything better to do tomorrow," he added with a smirk.
"No way! Are you kidding?! We'd love too!" they all shouted at once.
Jack laughed and pretended he couldn't hear them by sticking his fingers in his ears.
"Fine, fine, if you guys don't wanna go that badly, we could move it to some other time."
"Oh come on Jack!" the other four shouted again. The genius gave them the peace sign before quickly heading out the door. Omi, Clay, Kimiko, and Raimundo chased after him without hesitation, finally tackling the boy genius into submission.
"Alright! You can go, you can go! Just get off of me!" he laughed, followed by mad laughter erupting from his friends as well.
---TBC---
This chapter was a little hard for me to write. I had so many ideas on what I wanted to happen and kept getting stuck as soon the plot began to move along again. I finally settled on this idea and I really hope you guys liked it! And rest assured, Jack will be returning to Xanadu more often this time around and he will do more fighting! Until my next post, review if you like:)