American Dragon Season Three
A/N- I really need to say one thing about the opening of this one: I was not high when I wrote this pathetic, random and just plain goofy excuse for a scene. I'll explain my idea at the end of this chapter; so, just hang on no matter how lame, pathetic, goofy and painful it may be. It will get darker.
Chapter/Episode 7: There Will Be Yang
It was a dark night, and the American Dragon was in dragon form, soaring above the city of New York on his nightly patrol. After deciding that nothing seemed out of the ordinary, Jake turned around and started flying back to his home. Jake then decided to cut down an alley; however, that's when heard a noise. Turning around, Jake could see a laughing madman running down the street with something in his hands.
Swooping into action, Jake lifted off his feet and flew down the alley. Reaching the street, he could see the darkened form of the man. The man slammed to the ground as the dragon's tail tripped him. Groaning, the man rolled over and Jake could see that the man was overly round and he had some squares pressed into his foamy and tasty looking costume; he looked kind of like…a waffle.
"Yo, what the heck are you supposed to be?" Jake tried not to laugh.
"Don't you dare laugh at me!" the man shot up. "No one laughs at Waffle-Man!" The man then bent down and grabbed the item, which Jake could see was a salt holder. "Well, see you later dragon!"
"Wait!" Jake tried to grab at the man, but he only succeeded on grabbing his hair. Waffle-Man turned, rather angry. "What are you doing with this?" Jake tried to ask.
"No one man handles Waffle-Man!" the thief shouted as he jumped up and rammed his doughy costume into Jake. As Jake fell over and reverted to his human form, he watched as the laughing thief took down the street and escaped.
Jake then proceeded to calmly take out his cell phone. He dialed the number and put it to his ear. "Hey, Gramps…" he spoke. "I think I've just gone insane. I just met a thief dressed like a waffle…"
CUT TO BLACK; THEME SONG PLAYS
BACK TO THE STORY/SHOW
It was pitch black when Jake arrived back at his house, and he was sure that it was past midnight. Opening the door with a creak, Jake slowly crept in and closed the door. Jake was about to sneak upstairs and into his room when he heard voices coming from the family room.
"Jonathan, how will we deal with this?" he heard his mother speak. She sounded extremely worried. "How will this affect us? Will we end up on the streets?"
"Honey…" Jake could hear his father's comforting voice. "You still have your job…and I could always get another one!"
What?! Jake thought. Did Dad just lose his job? The answer to that question soon came in the form of his father walking past him and up the stairs with a glum look on his face.
"Jacob Long!" his mother's strict voice called for him. "What do you think you're doing up at this hour?"
"I just got home from training at Grandpa's shop." Jake defended himself. "Oh…" Susan seemed to apologize. "Okay, well goodnight then…" Susan then slowly walked past her son and started to walk up the stairs.
"Yo, mom…" Jake took this time to ask the question that was now printed into his brain. "Did Dad…just lose his job?"
"I'm afraid so, Jake." Susan then turned and walked back down the stairs to meet her son's gaze. "Listen, the company is being shut down. Everyone who worked there has lost their jobs. I think we'll still be able to make it through this tough time, but I don't know how this will affect your father."
"What do you mean?" Jake was almost stammering. "He said he could find a new job!"
"But your father loved what he did for a living." Susan turned back around so that her son would not be able to see the fear for her husband that was sketched on her face. "Now, we'll discuss this in the morning. Go to bed."
As Susan walked slowly up the stairs and soon after closed the door to her bedroom, Jake lowered his head. This was going to be a long night and this would be a hard time for the family…Looking up, Jake promised himself that he would help his dad in any way he could. Jake kept chanting this idea to himself as he went upstairs to go to bed.
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As Jake ran down the stairs the next morning, he could see his depressed looking father sitting at the table as Haley poured him some coffee. Jake entered just in time to see his mother place a plate next to him. Jake looked up to see a pancake with a smile on it.
"Come on daddy, cheer up!" Haley begged. "I'll make you a cup of your favorite tea!"
"Haley, why don't you get dressed for school?" her mother advised, yet it came out as more of an order. Both Jake and Susan then watched as Haley lowered her head and took the exit. Jake looked back at his gloomy looking father and started to walk over to the table, until he heard the same voice. "The same goes for you, Jacob."
"But mom…"
"I said go, Jake!"
Fighting against his growling stomach, it was like Jake was fighting a foe just to get out of sight of the kitchen table. As soon as Jake turned the corner, he hid behind it and listened in on his parent's conversation.
"It's okay Jonathan; you can always get another job."
"I know…"
"Maybe you could work for me as my assistant wedding receptionist!"
"Thanks honey…" Jake could hear the wooden chair screech over the floor and his father's footsteps echoing across the hardwood floor. "But I need to figure this out on my own…" As Jonathan exited the room, Jake closely walked up to him.
"Hey dad…"
Jonathan turned. "Yes, son?"
"Listen, if it makes you feel any better…" Jake really didn't want to go through with this, but if it was able to cheer his father up, he would try it. "I know how much you wanted to work out in the field with me as a dragon. If you want to, you can come on a mission with me."
As soon as these words came out, the frown on his father's face disappeared and was replaced with a big and goofy grin.
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After school on the day after, a scowling Jake entered Canal Street Electronics. His hair was messed up and had a twig and some moss sticking to it, his face was dirty and full of regret. A single chain length was wrapped around his torso, bringing the dragged Hunts-staff in through the door with him.
Fu Dog, who was lying on the couch knowing on a bone, looked up and struggled not to succumb into a laughing fit. As soon as the urge to burst into hysterical sobs of joy subsided, Fu jumped off the couch and grabbed the staff with his mouth. The dog pulled at the staff, and the chain around Jake came off.
"Kid, what happened to you?"
"My dad happened to me." Jake growled quietly as he walked over to the couch and plopped down. As Fu jumped onto the couch and lay down beside Jake, the dragon put his hands up to his spiky hair and ripped out the disgusting glop from the battle out.
"Why don't you tell Fu all about it?"
"My dad messed everything up!" Jake exclaimed. "Because of him, Herbert got away!"
"Wait, Herbert?!" Fu asked, suddenly panicky. "Herbert's back in town? Oh man, he's gonna have my fur!"
"Now what?" Jake eyed the dog.
"Oh, sweet doggy kibble!" Fu jumped off of the couch and scampered into a nearby room just as Lao-Shi came out.
"Young dragon, what was that about?" he asked.
"I have no idea…" Jake hopped off of the couch and walked toward the door. "Now, if you don't mind, I'm going home."
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Marnie Lockjelly burst into her father's office with a digital camera in her hand. She was actually surprised to see her father hunched over his desk and pouring himself a drink.
"Dad?"
Mr. Lockjelly merely grunted. Marnie walked over closer to her father and put the camera down next to him. "Dad, I think I found a solution to our problems."
Another grunt…
Sighing, Marnie picked up the camera and placed the setting to menu. "Dad, just look at this, please!" Mr. Lockjelly looked up to his daughter with defeated and sorrowful eyes. Deciding to give his daughter hope, Mr. Lockjelly took the camera in his hands, looked into the picture and gasped. For there, in the frame, was a picture of a red dragon with spiky green hair.
"Dad, I saw that Jake Long kid transform into this dragon!" Marnie continued. To prove her point, Marnie pressed the back button, revealing a picture of blue energy engulfing Jake.
"Marnie, do you know what this means?" Lockjelly asked his daughter.
"Of course!" Marnie assured him. "We take these to an authority figure or a scientist and turn the Longs in. This way, we'll be saved from poverty."
BLACKOUT; CUT TO COMMERCIAL
BACK TO THE STORY/SHOW
Trixie, Spud and many others sat in Mrs. Jenkins' Math Class the next morning. All of a sudden, the door opened and Principal Nosca walked in. He lowered his cane and picked up a piece of chalk. "Hello, students." He spoke. "Due to the mysterious disappearance of Mrs. Jenkins, I will be substituting as your teacher until the school board is able to find a new teacher for you."
Trixie and Spud both shot each other an interested look as Nosca turned and wrote out a problem on the board. After what felt like eons, Nosca stepped away from the board revealing and extremely long problem, making the kids groan.
"Okay, so if I have 6 canes and all of you each give me a thousand, but then I lose one, but then each of you give me a billion more, but then I lose 26 billion of them, and then a car runs over one, rendering it worthless and in 10.8 pieces and then I lose another 6 while chasing that person away…how many would I have?" Nosca asked. Before the kids could even blink back the shock, Jake Long burst through the door.
"Mr. Long..." Nosca began. "When you come late to class, I make you put your head on the floor."
"Say what?" Jake asked, but Nosca just pointed his cane to the ground. Jake groaned and got onto his hands and knees and prepared to put his head onto the floor, when he jerked up with an evil look. At first, Jake seemed like he was trying to fight this force, but he gave in, grabbing Nosca by the collar of his shirt and slamming him into the chalk board. "I don't have to take orders from you!" Jake spoke in a voice that was his…and yet it wasn't.
"Mr. Long!" Nosca looked down into his defiant student's eyes, but was shocked to see that Jake's eyes were flowing with a red flame, making his evil grin even more frightening.
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Councilor Andam was sitting at a table at the Island of Draco along with Kulde. Suddenly, Lao-Shi poked his head in through the doors. "Councilors…." He began.
"What is it, Lao-Shi?" Kulde asked.
"I am here with my grandson…" Lao-Shi began.
"What trouble has he caused this time?" Kulde got up from seat in a bored way.
"Well, why don't you come and find out for yourself…" Lao-Shi said after a moments thought. Sighing, Kulde and Andam walked over by Lao-Shi and out into the open where two dragons were currently trying to restrain the feral looking Am Drag.
"What's gotten into him?" Lao-Shi looked from his grandson to the councilors. "And how can we help him?"
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After a few minutes of inspecting the American Dragon, Councilor Kulde stepped out of a room and met up with Lao-Shi. "Well, what is wrong with my grandson?" Lao-Shi asked, causing a rather angry looking Kulde to look at him.
"Were you in any way aware of the fact that Dragon Long created an evil doppelganger?"
"No…"
"Well, now you know." Kulde frowned. "Apparently, Dragon Long defeated him several months ago and absorbed him back into his own body. Now, the evil doppelganger is fighting back to get free."
"Why is it just starting to fight now?" Lao-Shi asked. He thought he knew a lot about the magical world, but this just didn't make any sense.
"The evil creature was fighting from the very beginning of its imprisonment." Kulde informed him. "But just now has it become so powerful that it is taking over Dragon Long's mind and body. If we do not act soon, Jake Long will be destroyed and the evil version of him will take over the world."
"What do we have to do?" Lao-Shi asked.
"Do not worry…" Kulde turned and looked the dragon master in the eye. "We have it taken care of. In order to save Dragon Long from himself, we will have to exorcize the evil version of him out. We have gotten a very talented team of surgeons to do this."
As Councilor Kulde spoke, Andam walked up with two dragons, one male and one female. "Hi, I'm Rex McCoy and I will be the surgeon on your grandson." The male dragon spoke. "And this is my wife, Camille…"
"Hey…" was all she said.
"You just take good care of my grandson…" Lao-Shi ordered as he found himself turning away. This was not going to be a fun experience.
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In the operating room, Councilor Kulde and Andam carefully set the unconscious Jake down on a stone slab as the doctors walked up.
"So, how are you going to do this?" Andam asked.
"It's quite simple really…" the female dragon smiled as she set down a bag and her husband unzipped it before pulling out a bottle filled with blue/red/purple/green powder. Both councilors then watched in awe as Rex sprinkled some of it into his claws. What happened next, kind of made the councilors cringe; Rex's claws began to glow and he reached into the sedated American Dragon's stomach.
"Aw, here we go…" Rex seemed to grin as he pulled out. Kulde was surprised to find that the dragon's glowing claws were clutching onto a spirit-ish form of the evil doppelganger. "Honey, go get a holding container for me..." Rex called to his wife, turning his head to meet her gaze. However, his eyes widened in fear as he turned his head back to see Yang Jake materializing, making it so that he looked just like the real Jake.
"Thanks, doc…" Yang Jake said, smiling as his eyes started to glow with red flames. The doctor let out a short cry as Yang Jake's claws appeared in a blue rush of energy. The horrific sight of Rex meeting his end due to the evil doppelganger's claws slicing open his chest was blocked out as his wife jumped in the way. However, the councilors were about to see another untimely end…
"Allow me to show you my thanks!" Yang Jake smiled even wider as his claw grabbed Camille by the neck. Before Camille or the council could act, Yang Jake's claws left her throat, and the helpless dragon was thrown back against the brick wall, which caved in against her lifeless form. "I also need to thank you two…" Yang Jake then turned to the councilors, his form disappearing as a red dragon appeared.
"Yo!" Yang Jake suddenly turned around as he saw the now conscious Am drag, who was standing right behind him in dragon form. "How did you come back?"
"Just shut it and bring it…" Yang Jake smiled. However, when the real Jake seemed to hesitate, Yang Jake took the advantage and slammed his tail into his chest, only to have the real Jake grab it. Yang Jake let out a gasp as the real Jake pulled at the table, forcing the doppelganger off of his feet and to the point where Jake could swing him by the tail.
This ended when Yang Jake hit the wall, making him shatter through the brick wall as if it were glass. Yang Jake skidded across the grass and eventually came to a stop as Jake soared at him. Grinning, Yang Jake threw himself up and wound his claw up for a punch. The hit slammed right into the left side of Jake's face, and he fell where Yang Jake started to get on top of him.
"Stop struggling…" Yang Jake demanded as he took a deep breath and started to absorb some of the real Jake's energy.
Panicking, Jake focused and slammed his tail into the back of his evil double, forcing a yelping Yang Jake off of him. Jake slowly picked himself up and turned around, preparing to use his energy to send his evil double back into him. However, Yang Jake slowly rose to his feet and slammed his head into Jake's stomach, sending him and the grunting American Dragon backwards. Both dragon and doppelganger landed in the grass and rolled over each other several times until they reached the edge of the island, which led to a large cliff leading to large rocks surrounded by a large area of rushing waters. Unfortunately for Jake, he was now being pinned down by Yang Jake.
"Prepare to be destroyed!" Yang Jake grinned as he pulled himself up, grabbing Jake by the collar of his red jacket. Jake struggled to get away from the claws, but as the energy was being sucked from him, he found it nearly impossible. As soon as Yang Jake was done, he stared into the eyes of his defeated original. "Is that it?" he demanded. "Is that all the pathetic energy that you have? I find it deplorable that I was created from you! Now, I need to have a little family reunion. And to make sure that you don't get in my way of draining your sister's power, fall will have to come a little early this year…" Before Jake could react, his evil double dragged him over the ledge. Looking down, Jake suddenly became very frightened. With a yelp, Jake went over the ledge and disappeared into the waves after Yang Jake let go of his jacket.
"Adios weakling…"
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Trixie and Spud entered Canal Street Electronics with caution. They had heard rumors that their principal had been airlifted to the nearest hospital, although this seemed completely untrue. Still, they didn't want to be caught in a similar experience.
"Yo, Jake?" Trixie asked. Both teens jumped as they heard something clattering to the floor. Slowly walking in, Trixie and Spud both looked in shock as they saw Fu Dog knowing through the wall. The item that clattered to the floor was a shovel, which was now forgotten by the dog.
"Fu, I don't think you get to China by digging a hole in the wall." Spud said.
"Would ya just shut it, Spudinski?" Fu suddenly snapped as he turned around; however, as soon as he saw Spud's hurt face, the dog lightened up. "I'm sorry, potato boy. Really I am, it's just that Herbert the Goblin is back! I know that he has it out for me! I never paid him back the money I owe him!"
"Yo, dog…" Trixie grinned as she started to speak, only to have her grin fade as the bell to the door rang and Herbert the Goblin appeared in the door.
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Soon after Jake's defeat at Draco Island, Haley arrived home from school. Swinging her backpack off of her tiny shoulders, Haley walked into the kitchen. "Mom?" she asked. Suddenly she saw a note on the counter. Walking up and grabbing it, Haley read what it said. After reading that her mother had gone grocery shopping, Haley turned and sighed only to come face to face with Yang Jake.
"Why didn't you go to the store with mom, Jake?" She asked. The only response the little girl got was a small yet frightening chuckle from her brother before he transformed into a dragon. Yang Jake's chuckle soon became a full on assault of evil cackles as he raised his claw.
"What are you doing?" Haley's fear gave Yang Jake great pleasure. With great skill and power, Yang Jake swooped into the air and slammed his tail into Haley's chest, slamming her into the wall. Haley hit the ground with a whimper as Yang Jake arrived, throwing out his arms as blue energy came from the little dragon into the evil doppelganger.
"Stop it!" Haley shouted as tears started to roll down her cheeks. Annoyed, Yang Jake brought up his claw and backhanded the little dragon with such force that Haley Long fell to her side, unconscious.
"Jake!" Yang Jake suddenly turned around as he heard a female voice in the house. Sneaking over to the corner, Yang Jake could see a young girl, a man that looked like her father and several members of the SWAT team in the doorway.
"Jake, I know what you are!" Marnie Lockjelly stepped closer into the room, followed by her father. The two looked around the house for any signs of life, unfortunately not seeing as a long red tail wrapping itself around the necks of the entire SWAT team and slowly lifting then up to the ceiling. The evil dragon dropped to the ground just as Marnie and her father turned around.
"Do you now?" Yang Jake grinned evilly as he reached out to grab them with his claw. If anyone outside the house cared to listen, they might have heard the terrified screams of Marnie and her father.
CUT TO BLACK; COMMERCIAL BREAK
BACK TO THE SHOW/STORY
Not too much later, Susan Long arrived back at her home. As soon as she entered, she saw the house completely trashed with spray-paint on the wall. Dropping her grocery bags to the floor, Susan gaped at the chaos in her own house.
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Trixie, Spud and Fu slowly backed into the wall as Herbert the Goblin slowly approached them. "I can explain why I didn't pay you back those dog biscuits, Herbert!" Fu said. "Okay, I can't. But please don't hurt me…"
"You really think this is about those stupid dog treats?" Herbert asked rhetorically. "Because it isn't…"
"Oh boy…" Fu said.
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Jonathan Long sat alone in a restaurant with some waiter pouring him a drink. Sighing, Jonathan began to bring the glass to his lips; however, he jumped as Susan rushed up to the table.
"Susan, what are you doing here?"
"Honey!" Susan was nearly in hysterics. "We have a problem! Someone has broken into the house and I found this note!"
"What does it say?" Jonathan asked.
"The person has Haley wants you to meet him at your old office." Susan looked at the note.
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Back at Canal Street Electronics, Herbert the Goblin had just finished taking all the money from Lao-Shi's cash-register; granted there was not much. "Herbert, why are you doing this?" Fu asked as Herbert walked backwards to the door.
"Let's just say that there are some magical creatures who would believe that you have gone back to your old ways as a pick-pocket…" Herbert seemed to relish this.
"You're going to frame him for stealing from a shop that he's in all the time?" Trixie asked.
"Exactly…" Herbert was now at the door. "Think of it as revenge for taking the Oracle Twins from me." Just as Herbert the Goblin started to let out his victorious cackle, the door to the shop slammed open, crushing the goblin against the wall.
"It was a pretty dumb plan anyway…" Fu sighed.
"Fu!" Jonathan stood at the door. "We have a problem. Some person is holding my daughter hostage. I need your help."
"Someone has Haley?" Fu checked to make sure that he was hearing correctly.
"Yes." Jonathan replied. "I need some kind of thing I can use to save her." Fu nodded and slowly walked over to the counter and pulled out a Huntsclan staff out.
"One of these things again…?" Jonathan asked as Fu placed it onto his palm.
"You be yourself it is!" Fu replied. "Now go save Haley! I'll call the old man and he'll meet up with you. Now, where are you going?"
"My old office." Jonathan answered as he shut the door, allowing the groaning Herbert to slam against the floor.
"Wait…" Fu looked up. "That's just stupid!"
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The building where Jonathan once worked now looked worse for the wear. The paint of the outside had been scraped off completely and the windows had been removed. Inside the building, the plaster on the walls had been torn down. The stalls for the offices had been torn down and the carpeting had been removed, only leaving wooden flooring and wooden walls and ceilings. It kind of looked like a really old shed.
In the main office, the one that had once belonged to Lockjelly, Yang Jake stood against a wooden beam, finishing locking the chains that now held Marnie, her father and the dragon Haley to it.
"Who are you?" Haley demanded as she secretly watched to see if there were any ways to pick the lock. "My brother would never do this!"
As if the answer to her question came out of the sky, the real American Dragon suddenly soared into the room, tackling Yang Jake. They both hit the wall before hitting the wooden floor with a thud.
"Get off me!" Yang Jake roared, kicking the real Jake off of him. As Jake slowly got up and prepared to free the captives, Yang Jake looked absolutely bewildered. How could he have survived? Suddenly, the evil doppelganger smiled as he soared and tackled the American Dragon before he could slice the chains.
"I see what you did!" Yang Jake ranted to himself. "You are one sly dragon! You created a new doppelganger for me to fight and destroy while you literally played chicken!"
"You're right about that…" Jake admitted as he wrapped his tail around his evil doppelganger's neck and threw him to the floor. However, Yang Jake went into his dragon form and roared as he stood up. That was when Jonathan entered the room with the blazing staff.
"Dad!"
"No!" Yang Jake turned around and reverted back to human form. "He's an imposter! He's the one who kidnapped Haley and these two!"
"Wait…" Marnie just stared in shock. "He can make clones?"
"Oh you bet he can!" Yang Jake pleaded to the man that he wanted everyone to believe was his father. "He tried to destroy me!"
"Your plan won't work!" Jake declared, looking to his father for support, only to see that he was as confused as everyone else. "Come on, dad! You know your own son!"
"Don't let him corrupt your mind, dad!" Yang Jake pretended to beg.
"No!" Jake exclaimed. "That does it! I'm taking you back once and for all!" With a roar, the American Dragon leapt into the air at the doppelganger. However, Jake was stopped as a length of chains coming from the staff his dad was holding wrapped around him, binding him and pinning his claws to his sides. As Jake fell helplessly and Yang Jake grinned evilly, another length wrapped around his snout, closing it shut.
"I now know which one of you is my son." Jonathan dropped the staff to the ground as Yang Jake walked closer to him.
"I knew you would choose me." Yang Jake started to put his arm around his father's shoulder, only to pull out a concealed dagger from the sleeve of his red jacket. However, Yang Jake didn't count on the chained dragons seeing it.
"Dad!" Haley and Jake yelled out in unison and Jake's tail went into defensive as Jake sent it out to attack the imposter. Jonathan became startled and saw the dagger just in time for Yang Jake slash Jonathan in the arm. Yelling in pain, Jonathan fell back against the floor and Yang Jake plunged the dagger into Jake's tail, making the captive dragon roar in agony.
"You people had it coming!" Yang Jake strode over to wear Jake was lying. "You are a pathetic opponent. I should be ashamed that you defeated me, but it will not happen again. Now, you will DIE!"
Yang Jake then threw out his arms and started to absorb the blue energy and chi from the chained American Dragon. "No, stop…please!" Haley begged. "Take me instead!"
Yang Jake ignored her plea and only laughed as he continued to suck the life from his enemy. However, then it happened—Lao-Shi's blue tail suddenly wrapped around Yang Jake's neck. The blue energy instantly stopped and Yang Jake struggled to breathe as he was lifted off his feet.
"I will not let you hurt my family or anyone ever again!" Lao-Shi vowed as he tightened his grip on Yang Jake's neck, now throttling him.
"Grandpa, stop!" Haley begged. "You're hurting him!"
Lao-Shi shot his granddaughter a glare which seemed to scream "That's the point!". However, Lao-Shi's face lightened up and he dropped the now gasping doppelganger to the floor. Bending over, Lao-Shi slashed the chains that were holding Jake, before walking over and slicing Haley, Marnie and her father free.
Yang Jake didn't seem to notice this as he was now on his stomach holding his throat. Yang Jake stopped paying attention as he saw the now free Haley and Jake walk over to their hurt father and help him up. "No…" Yang Jake growled.
"NOOOOO!!!" Yang repeated in a roar as he shot up, charging at the family.
"Not again…" Jonathan growled, just loud enough for his children to hear. "Not my kids…" With a roar of rage, the seemingly cured Jonathan rushed at the evil doppelganger and brought up his left foot, which ground itself into the chest of the doppelganger.
Reeling back, Yang Jake let out a grunt as he slammed against the floor with such force that the weak boards gave way and the evil doppelganger disappeared. Slowly walking over to the hole, Jake looked down to see Yang Jake lying unconscious one floor below. Jake was soon surrounded by his family.
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Outside the building, three members of the dragon council were with the heroes. While Councilor Omina cleaned and healed Jonathan and Jake's wounds, Kulde and Andam locked the chains that were now binding the defeated doppelganger. As soon as the wounds were patched up, Jake and Jonathan turned to the councilors.
"So, what's going to happen to the clone now?" Jonathan asked.
"We'll be taking him to Draco Island…" Andam said.
"We'll find a way to destroy him once and for all." Kulde added, making Yang Jake's face retort in horror. "We can't have this monster return."
"Do you have to be so harsh?" Haley asked.
"We don't have a choice." Andam answered the little pink dragon. "If there was any way, we would do it. There is no other way…"
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A couple of hours later, all were seated at Canal Street Electronics. As Haley checked up with Susan and Lao-Shi to show them that she was okay, Jonathan and Jake sat on the couch. "Listen, I'm sorry Jake." Jonathan said.
"For what?" Jake asked. "You saved us!"
"But I didn't trust you…" Jonathan lowered his head in shame. "I thought that that monster was you. If only I could have seen the truth…"
"Dad, you did a great job." Jake assured him. "Perhaps, you should join me on my mission a little more often…"
Jonathan's face lit up. "You mean it?"
"Without a doubt…"
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Later that night, Jake was lying on his couch trying to regain his strength after that tack. Jake rolled over onto his side and was about to turn on the TV when he heard on a knock on the door.
Once he was certain that no one else was going to get it, Jake jumped up, walked over to the door and opened it. Jake was surprised to see that it was Marnie, as well as her father. "Jake, we still have some business to take care of…" she said.
"I honestly don't know what you're tal…" Jake began, but his mouth fell open as Marnie pulled two photographs out of her pocket. Jake was shocked to see that one was of him in dragon form and the other was of the blue energy allowing him to transform.
"I know all about you…" Marnie continued.
'What are you going to do?" Jake asked. "Please don't make the wrong choice. My grandfather would have me do anything to protect the secret. I don't want to hurt you, Marnie."
"You didn't let me finish what I had to say." Marnie smiled slightly as she put both photos together before ripping them in half. Mr. Lockjelly gasped as Marnie dropped them to the top doorstep.
"No, Marnie!" Mr. Lockjelly fell to his knees, tugging at the hem of his daughter's skirt. "What did you do to us? Do you want us to live on the street?"
"Don't worry, Dad." Marnie looked down at her now emotionally unstable father and smiled. "I'm sure you'll get another job. Listen Jake, I guess I'll see you around…"
"Most definitely…" Jake smiled.
As soon as Marnie had left, Jake closed the door, smiled and went upstairs to retire to bed.
BLACKOUT; END OF EPISODE
A/N Again: So, I hope you enjoyed this. Yang Jake is much crueler than he was in The Doppelganger Gang, and I thought he was kind of cool because of that. There were basically no games for him now, he was defeated and he wasn't happy about that. Also, you might have found Marnie OOC with her plan to turn Jake's secret in, but being desperate will make you do some evil things, no matter how nice you are.