Chapter Three

Dragonnapped

I hadn't spoken to anyone in two days. Master Fung had tried to get me to talk but I just looked right through him. After a while Omi and Clay even stopped trying to get me to talk. All of free time that Master Fung had given us (aside from extra training sessions to "keep our minds clear" he said) I was on my laptop that I was allowed searching for any signs of Raimundo. I never found anything, which only fueled my thoughts that something was wrong with him or surely he would've tried to contact us.

On the third day in the early light of dawn I was standing in the Vault, going through the few Shen Gong Wu we actually had and tried to decide what I was going to do. I had come to my conclusion when I heard the door open and footsteps coming towards the vault. I stood still, holding the Mantis Flip Coin as Emily and Jimmy became visible and began to descend into the vault I could hear Omi and Clay talking and could begin to see them as the neared the Vault.

Emily jumped when she saw me standing there and then looked at my hand. Looking back up at me she crossed her arms, "What are you doing? Planning to go rescue Rai all by yourself?"

I heard Clay and Omi hurry down into the vault as I growled and pushed Emily into the wall, holding my hands inches from either side of her head they became incased in fire.

"Look. You don't know anything! Do not piss me off!"

Clay came over to my side and placed a comforting hand on my shoulder.

I glanced at him, my eyes seemingly more red then their usual green, and slowly the fire in my hands began to dim.

"Come on Kim, we're all going to look for him, we don't leave someone behind especially not Rai."

I nodded my head slowly and left Emily leaning against the wall. Turning back towards the stairs I climbed out of the Vault and found Omi and Dojo waiting for us.

"Are we going to find Raimundo now, Kimiko?"

I nodded and walked past Omi and out into the courtyard. I waited for the others to come out and for Dojo to supersize and once we were all climbed on Master Fung came out of the south Temple and handed me the scroll, "It will show you the way to Raimundo. Be careful my Dragons."

We flew high over some body of land (we were all to distracted to know which country) when I almost threw the scroll into the air.

"Ugh! This stupid old scroll isn't showing me anything!"

Clay, who was sitting behind me, took the scroll from my hand before I could let go and opened up on Dojo's back.

"I wouldn't say that it isn't showing us anything, Kimiko. It is showing us a map of South America."

I turned around and glared at him, "That's great Clay, but what it doesn't show is a big red X!"

Omi peered around Clay's broad shoulder, "I think she was better when she wasn't talking."

I glared at Omi but Clay handed the scroll back to me, "Look Kimiko, we're all here to help find Rai too. It wouldn't hurt if you were a little less snappy."

I looked at him and then at the scroll that was now in my hand and when I looked back up at him tears were brimming my eyes. "I'm…sorry…"

Clay's whole body sagged. Leaning forward he grasped me around my back and pulled me over him and put his arms around me, "I promise Kim, we will find Rai."

I took a deep breath, trying to keep the tears from falling. "Yeah…but will he be alive when we do…?"

I could feel Clay's arms tighten around me, "He better be….cause I will tear every living thing that gets in my way apart…"

"Whoa! Hey kids, I think we found him…"

I pushed out of Clay's arms and looked where Dojo was pointing; sprouting from the jungle was metal building.

"Dojo, land about mile away from it. No doubt they'll be watching the skies." Said Clay as he kept an arm around my waist, almost like he was scared that I would just jump off.

Dojo landed amongst some thick trees and we began to walk towards the building.

"Alright, now everyone needs to stay quiet and don't make any sudden movements." Clay glanced at me when he said the last part and I rolled my eyes. "Yeah, Yeah."

As we got closer, we began to see the top of the building through the trees and we could hear a generator not far away. I quickly jumped into a tree and looked around to see if I could see where it was, I couldn't see it anywhere.

"They must keep their generator inside." I said as I landed back on the ground beside the others.

"We need to find it. We shut down their power and we could get in there and out with no problems."

I nodded at Clay but I obviously didn't look very convinced because he asked what was wrong.

"I just…Raphiel can fight like any of us, better even…I don't think shutting the lights off on him will do any good."

Emily, Jimmy and Omi came running towards us. They had gone a head a little ways when I jumped into the tree, but now they looked a little panicked. "We must go! Get into the air Dojo!"

Clay and I looked at each other and back at Omi but we before we could ask any questions a swarm of those flying robots came into view.

I growled, "Well shit…"

We all crowded around each other into a tight circle when the robots aimed lasers at us. A mechanical voice spoke from one of them and said, "You. Will. Come. With. Us."

"Oh sure partners….no problem…"

We entered into this massive room by two equally massive doors; on one whole wall sat a computer and a key board the size of an elephant. On another wall sat what looked like a shop room where all the robots sat, unused. And on the far wall was a large bared cell and it that cell was Raimundo chained to the wall.

It took every ounce of my strength not to run over there. At the sound of the doors closing Rai lifted his head and his eyes widened when he saw us; either with fear or anger or just surprise I couldn't tell.

"Well, well look who has come to rescue their leader. Did you bring me what I want?"

I looked right at Raphiel and crossed my arms, "The only way you'll ever get it is if you unchain Raimundo. Now."

He walked over to me and placed a hand on my cheek, I could hear Clay and Omi being held back by the robots. "You are in no position to make demands."

With a signal of his hand Jack, who was standing by the large computer, flipped a switch and Rai screamed. I cringed and held my breath as he got electric currents running through his body. My eyes dropped from Raphiel's and I did my best not to breathe. Suddenly the buzz of the electric currents and Rai's screams died down and Raphiel lifted my chin so I had no choice but to look at him.

"Do we have an agreement?"

I glanced at Rai, his eyes were pleading me not to do what I was about to do but I couldn't bare to see him in pain again. I looked back at Raphiel and nodded, "They're yours."

Raphiel nodded to the robots behind me and then looked at me, "You keep you end, I keep mine."

The chains holding Rai to the wall disappeared and he fell to the cold floor. With one glance at Raphiel I ran over to him; followed by Clay, Omi and Dojo.

"Rai!" I knelt on the ground beside him and put his head in my lap.

"Kimi…you can't…their lives are more important than mine…."

I shook my head furiously, "No one's life is more important than yours.."

"What's going on Kimiko? What is he talking about?"

I looked up into Clay's eyes as he helped me lift Raimundo to his feet. I tried to apologize through my eyes but when Clay looked back at Emily and Jimmy being held by the robots at laser point, he understood and shook his head. "Kimiko…Raimundo is right…we can't give them to Raphiel and Jack."

I stomped my foot like a child, "I will NOT leave Rai here. Raphiel wants Emily and Jimmy….he can have them…"

Rai stood away from arm supported by Clay and looked at me, his eyes hard, "No. Either we all get out of here or I stay…we don't leave anyone behind Kimiko."

I looked at him, tears brimming my eyes again, "I almost lost you…I will not go through that again…"

He nodded and reaching into my skirt pocket, put the Mantis Flip Coin into my hand, "Then fix this."

Omi came up beside me, holding the Orb of Tornami. I looked back at Rai; he could barely stand, Clay was holding most of his weight. With a quick breath I grabbed Dojo and put him on shoulder and walked out of the cell with Omi by my side.

"Hey Raphiel. Something you may have forgotten; we monks stick together." As the last word slipped out of my mouth, Emily and Jimmy seemed to just vanish out of the robot's arms.

I smiled, "Now!"

Omi jumped in front of me, "Orb of Tornami, Ice!" the whole right side of the building was incased in a few feet of ice; Raphiel was trapped from the shoulders down and only Jack's nose was peeking out. The far door came flying open and Emily and Jimmy ran in, holding the few Shen Gong Wu that Raphiel had managed to get a hold of.

Clay and Rai came over to us, both looking completely confused. I smiled and patted Omi's head, "He figured out my plan before I even knew what I was going to do myself."

"Yes, it was very easy actually…although making Emily and Jimmy switch places with holograms of themselves was not so easy…"

Clay still looked completely confused, "I'll elaborate. When Omi and the other two went ahead of us, he was making holograms of them with some new toys my Dad sent me…the real Emily and Jimmy then followed us in and went and found the Wu."

Clay shook his head and took his hat off, "Well partner…you sure fooled me."

"And me…I'm sorry Kimi…I've never doubted you before, and I'm not going to start now." I smiled at Rai and gently placed a hand on his chest, "Let's go home."