MC Cobra rolled around, trying to wake up. His head was throbbing with pain and he felt dizzy as his eyes slowly opened.
"Whoa...where am I?" he thought to himself as he observed the dark room that he was in with some light. The Shadowkhan had taken the two and locked them in a random room in the same building that Tarakudo had made his "palace", which was the Yokohama Landmark Tower. He got up and tried jiggling the door handle.
"Aw man, it's locked!" he complained. "Shadow dudes are probably out there!" As he went to sit down, he noticed Charmaine still lying unconsciously on the ground.
"Charmaine!" Cobra thought worriedly to himself as he bent down next to her, remembering that she had gotten injured. He looked down at her broken leg and felt more nauseous.
"Poor thing, we gotta get her some help! That is nasty yo!" Cobra thought to himself again. He checked her pulse and became worried when he counted 20 beats per minute.
"Yo her heart slowed way down below normal, what if she's-" his stomach dropped and he was unable to finish his thought, for fear that Charmaine might be dying from the blood loss.
"I gotta get out of here, or at least tell everyone else what's up!" Cobra thought as he wandered around the room, searching desperately for a way out.
Back at My-Yung's home, Strikemaster Ice and Cassie had just arrived. Uncle and Tohru were now there as well, thanks to a transport spell that Uncle found.
"And we got away without fightin' any Shadowkhan! We got it easy!" Cassie said as she was telling everyone about their experience with finding the amulet in New York.
"Aww you missed the fun part!" Ratso teased.
Lydia laughed. "That's good that you came out safe! Don't hold your breath though, I'm sure you'll get the chance to fight off the Shadowkhan and keep them from devouring you." She was helping Halmoni Hy cook a meal for the group when her walkie talkie went off.
"Hello? Anyone?" MC Cobra called out.
"Hey Cobra its Lydia!" Lydia replied, "How are you guys doing? You gonna be out of China anytime soon?
MC Cobra sighed. "Well we're out of China for sure. I think. Can't remember everything that happened but I guess we got kidnapped by that Mairoki dude and locked up somewhere. I really don't know where I am. But I need your help, Charmaine got hurt real bad and broke her leg and lost a lot of blood and all and I...I..." he cracked as he was too upset to finish his sentence.
Lydia looked at the rest of her crew with a worried face. "Guys, something really bad must be going on!" she said to them. "Don't worry, we'll think of a way to find you two and get you here to where we are! Hang in there!"
"Thanks, Lydia" Cobra said before his walkie talkie went silent.
"I hope Charmaine's okay" Kaysha said worriedly, "It sounds like she's really sick or something from the blood loss!"
"Gosh I know, if she hasn't gotten any of it treated then she could be at risk for a lot of bad things" Lydia replied. "Uncle! We need your spell books to find a good spell. Can the same spell you use to teleport yourself here work for Cobra and Charmaine?"
"No, only works for those who use spell themselves" Uncle replied, "But I will look in my books for such a spell to teleport others!"
Outside in Tokyo, Tag, Micky, and Jade were continuing to search for the fire amulet. The candlestick led them to the Tokyo Tower, a 333 foot structure resembling the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
"Whoa. How much do you wanna bet the amulet's at the waaaaay top?" Micky asked.
"Very likely, so we best get moving!" Tag replied. "But large structures like these nowadays have elevators, so that'll help out!" he added as the three approached the structure.
"Umm, bad news, guys: elevator's out of order" Jade said as she pointed to a sign on the elevator door.
"Blast! Well, we're going to have to take the stairs" Tag stated. "All 300 something feet of 'em."
"Don't sweat, it, Uncle Tag!" Micky said, "You're always talking about getting more exercise to tone your figure so here's your chance! Plus did you seriously think Ikazuki would make this easy on us?"
Tag chuckled at his niece's humor. "I suppose not. Well, let's get going!" he added as the three started running as fast as they could up their stairs.
Back at My-Yung's village house, Uncle and Tohru were searching their books for a spell that would immediately locate MC Cobra and Charmaine and teleport them from their location to the house in order to save on time and to stay out of sight from the dark ones.
"Aiyahhh! I cannot find spell that I'm looking for!" Uncle complained as he was sitting at the kitchen table, "Tohru! Have you found anything?"
"No Sensei, I am still looking!" Tohru replied as he continued to search his books.
"You guys remember when we worked for Tarakudo-san?" Finn randomly asked his fellow Enforcers as they were relaxing in the living room.
"Sure do! Those were some crazy times, and now we're fighting against him!" Chow replied.
"And we shall help defeat him and end this magic quest!" Hak Foo added.
"Tired of magic like the rest of us, Hak?" Ratso asked.
"Indeed. Dark magic was a wondrous thing for a while but I did not end up gaining much from it, which is why I am grateful I was not asked by any villians after Tarakudo to work for them. I would much rather be on the good side now." Hak Foo said.
"I'm with you there, dude" Finn replied, "World domination don't pay the rent, but workin' on the good side does."
Kaysha was relaxing on a loveseat by herself until DJ Fist walked up to her and sat down, pulling her close with his non-injured arm.
"How's my baby?" he asked.
"Which one?" Kaysha teased which made them both laugh.
"Both of you" DJ replied as he kissed his wife's cheek and started rubbing her belly, which grew to the point that she was obviously pregnant.
"I'm fine, and I'm sure the baby is as well. Oh DJ I can't wait to find out if its a boy or girl! After we help save the world and all. What are you hoping for?" Kaysha asked.
"I really don't care, to be honest" DJ said, "I'm just excited to be a daddy and to have more good times with the lady I love" he added as he hugged her tight.
Kaysha grinned as she hugged him in return. "Right back at ya, handsome."
"I have found spell that we seek!" My-Yung exclaimed as she walked into the kitchen with a book in her hand.
Uncle gasped in surprise. "You...know magic?"
"Yes!" My-Yung replied, "Once was student of Chi Mistress Fang, sister of once well-known Chi Master Fong! She teach many great things about ancient magic! I have not done spells in quite a while!"
Uncle's eyes widened with great surprise and admiration. "I once was student of Chi Master Fong! I did not know he had magic-teaching sibling!"
"Well how about that, a female Uncle!" Valmont joked.
"Amazing!" Tohru exclaimed.
"Indeed, and I miss her so! I wish I had chance to meet Chi Master Fong but he was defeated by terrible dark chi wizard Daolon Wong" My-Yung said. "Anyway, here is spell! I will gather ingredients!" she added as she sat the book on the table and left.
"Uncle does not have this volume!" Uncle exclaimed as he examined the book, "I must ask female chi wizard where she received this text! There are veeeeeery many good spells in here!"
After My-Yung gathered the ingredients for the spell, everyone watched as she mixed up the ingredients and began to chant something in Korean, using Cobra and Charmaine's names in her spell so that the magic would know who she wished to teleport.
After she was finished chanting, everyone watched in amazement as MC Cobra and Charmaine instantly appeared on the kitchen floor.
"My-Yung still has magic touch!" My-Yung exclaimed, pleased that the spell worked.
"Whoa...that was some serious chi magic!" Finn said.
Uncle was amazed the most. "What a wonderful spell!" he exclaimed.
"Where am I?" MC Cobra asked, mindblown that he had just been teleported.
"Yo dude!" Strikemaster Ice greeted, " Welcome back to Japan! How you feelin'?"
"Alright, bro, still a little dizzy" MC Cobra replied, "I'm just real worried about Charmaine."
Everyone had gathered around the duo and gasped in horror at the sight of Charmaine's broken leg.
"Charmaine!" Lydia cried out.
"Oh...my...gosh...Ch..." Cassie began before passing out from complete horror. Strikemaster Ice became worried and got down to pick her up and lay her on the couch.
"This doesn't look good at all" Kaysha said as she evaluated the injury, "And...my gosh! Her pulse is so low!" she cried as she took her pulse, which had dropped even more.
"What are we going to do?!" Lydia exclaimed.
Before anyone could answer, a tall middle-aged white man walked into the house.
"Hello mother!" he said as he greeted My-Yung.
"Who's that?" Lydia asked.
"This is my son-in-law, Mark" My-Yung said, "Has come to help take care of me and villagers! Very good doctor!"
"How are people in the village?" Halmoni Hy asked.
"A lot of Vitamin D deficient people" Mark replied, "I fear people will start to die off if this darkness does not go away."
"We're definitely working on that. Since you're a doctor, I was wondering if you could look at my niece, Charmaine" Lydia said as she pointed out Charmaine lying on the floor. "She broke her leg and lost a lot of blood and hasn't gotten any care."
"Certainly!" Mark replied as he walked over and got down on the floor to evaluate. He was very worried after his evaluation.
"She definitely has lost a large amount of blood since the broken bones severed one of her major arteries. I've been able to keep an underground hospital base here in Tokyo in operation so I need to bring her there at once." Mark said.
"That's really risky, though! What if you guys are seen by the dark ones?" Chow asked.
Mark looked at the group with worry. "We have to take that chance. Charmaine is dying, and the only hope we have of saving her life is if we get her more advanced medical attention. I also need to see how much blood she's lost so that I can perform a possible blood transfusion."
MC Cobra felt as if something punched him hard and knocked the wind out of him. Charmaine was dying? He couldn't lose her! He just couldn't.
"I'll go with you" MC Cobra forced himself to say.
"You sure, bro? We might need you here." Strikemaster Ice asked.
"Yeah...if...anything...were to happen to her..." MC Cobra started to say before feeling more upset.
"I understand" Lydia said, putting a hand gently on his shoulder, "If anything were to happen to her I know she would want you to be by her side since she loves you so much. But I pray nothing will happen to her and that she'll be alright. We need her as a person and as the human representative of the wind element."
Back at the Tokyo Tower, Tag, Micky, and Jade finally made it to the top of the tower.
"Whew! I hope... we never... have to run that much ever again!" Micky panted, trying to catch her breath.
"Fortunately...I probably have the figure I want now." Tag teased as he was cooling down.
Jade rolled her eyes and laughed. "Tch. Men. Let's find that amulet pronto!"
The three started walking around, letting the candlestick be their guide. Micky noticed something shiny laying on the ground and saw that it was the fire amulet.
"Bingo!" she exclaimed. "Tch wow, that was like the easiest hiding spot ever. Hey guys I found it!" she yelled out loud to the others.
"Well done, Micky dear!" Tag said.
"That didn't take long!" Jade added. "Looks like you got your magic trinket back, Micky!"
"Yep, it's like this little baby was calling my name. Now let's get out of here and find everyone else!" Micky said. As they approached the stairs, they noticed a teenage boy blocking their way.
"You're not going anywhere" Katashi said darkly.
"Katashi!" Jade exclaimed. "Not you again!"
"Oh look, if it isn't Judas!" Micky snapped.
"No time for that!" Katashi replied, "I have a specific task to complete for Master Tarakudo!" he added as he ran over and grabbed Jade by the arm.
"Hey! What are you doing?! Let go of me!" Jade yelled as she tried to escape.
"Boy you better let go of her!" Micky exclaimed as she started running towards her.
Katashi grinned as he did a neck pinch to automatically knock out Jade and then used magic to make them both disappear instantly.
"Jade!" Micky screamed.
"My heavens! What is wrong with that boy?" Tag asked.
"He's just a stupid idiot! This is bad Tag, how are we gonna find her?!" Micky asked frantically.
"We need to find Uncle and the rest of the crew! Perhaps they will have a spell that we can use" Tag answered.
"Well we better move fast! Who knows what Tarakudo intends to do with her! Funny how Katashi didn't think about grabbing this while he was here" Micky said as she looked at the fire amulet in her pocket, "But it's a good thing we have it!"
Tarakudo was pacing around the penthouse of the Yokohama Landmark Tower when Katashi instantly appeared with an unconscious Jade.
"Well done, my young apprentice" Tarakudo praised. "You have completed your task well."
"Thank you, Master" Katashi replied, "What do you wish to do with her?"
"You're good at art, correct?" Tarakudo asked.
"Yes Master, it's one of my greatest skills" Katashi answered.
Tarakudo tossed him an etching of his ancient symbol.
"I want you to take the finest ink and draw this on her leg" Tarakudo commanded.
"What for, Master?" Katashi asked.
"She once drew my symbol on her leg and it transformed her to the Shadowkhan Queen. She lived up to that role quite well until her Uncle used good magic to take that away from her. I wish to make her my dark Queen and to have assistance ruling the earth in darkness and strengthening the superiority of the Oni. Plus, I have been told by sources that she is one of the human elements and by using dark magic to transform her, our enemies will have no way of defeating us, even if they had all eight amulets." Tarakudo explained with an evil grin.
"An excellent plan, your Majesty!" Katashi exclaimed, "And then she and Miss Micky can no longer work together as allies of good but fight each other as enemies! I will get to work right away."
"Excellent" Tarakudo said, "And I know of a spell that will accelerate the process once the etching is complete."
A few minutes later, Katashi had finished etching Tarakudo's symbol carefully on the side of Jade's lower leg with the finest black ink he could find. Jade soon woke up and when she did, her eyes were demonic red and her skin had already started to turn blue, thanks to the spell that Tarakudo had chanted.
"Yeeeeees" Tarakudo said evilly, "Arise, Queen of the Shadowkhan!"
