Tag and Micky were able to make it to My-Yung's village house without being seen by the multiple Shadowkhan roaming the streets for interference. Jackie and Viper made it as well before they arrived after a long and difficult flight going east from Madagascar.
"Hey guys!" Lydia exclaimed as she opened the door to Tag and Micky, "About time you showed up!"
"Ran into a bit of trouble, some of which we will need your help for!" Tag replied.
"Where's Jade?" Jackie asked.
Micky sighed. "Katashi kidnapped her. We tried to stop him, but he used magic to get away."
Everyone gasped.
"Oh no! Jade!" Jackie cried.
"We have to find her!" Lydia exclaimed. "Where could she have gone?"
"All I know is that Katashi was kidnapping her for Tarakudo" Micky said, "If we can find where his 'palace' is then I'm sure we'll find Jade as well!"
"Did you say that boy was kidnapping her for Tarakudo?" Jackie asked.
"Yeah, why?" Micky replied.
Jackie became nervous. "Uncle, Tohru, are you thinking what I'm thinking?"
"Aiyahhhhh!" Uncle cried. "Tarakudo must be planning to make Jade Queen of Shadowkhan!"
"Queen of the Shadowkhan?" Lydia asked. "Why her?"
"When the Dark Hand was searching for the demon portals, we found an ancient book written by the demon sorcerers themselves" Jackie began to recall, "Jade wanted to be a cool kid at school by getting a tattoo so she took the book and traced the symbol of Tarakudo on her leg, as Tarakudo is the King of the Shadowkhan. She thought she could wash it off easy but it ended up transforming her into a dark Queen and gave her the ability to control the Shadowkhan. We had to use a magic potion to remove the tattoo and save her from becoming a demoness permanently."
"Whoa, freaky!" Micky exclaimed. "I think she told me about that one time!"
"Hey yeah, I remember that. Small fry really kicked our butts since she could control the Shadowkhan" Chow said.
"Indeed" Valmont added, "And Shendu put me through a lot of humiliation by making me wear a dress."
"But why would Tarakudo want to make her his dark Queen again?" Lydia asked.
"Probably to have more support ruling the earth in darkness" Tohru replied. "Guess she did a good job the first time around."
"And he must have found out that Jade is one of the elements so he probably wanted to use dark magic to transform her, that way we would have no way of defeating him without all eight elemental amulets and humans!" Micky cried. "I'm gonna lose my best friend!"
"Whoa, deep stuff, yo" Strikemaster Ice said. DJ Fist nodded in agreement.
"We need to come up with a plan to save her!" Tag exclaimed.
"And quickly! The longer we delay, the faster Jade will become corrupted by the dark magic to the point where we may not be able to bring her back." Jackie stated.
"If she truly has become Queen of Shadowkhan, I must find spell that I used to remove tattoo in first place!" Uncle said.
"Allow me to assist you, Sensei" Tohru offered.
"Me too!" My-Yung added, "My-Yung is getting back into groove of magic!"
"We have to be really sly about this" Tag said, "How can we remove this magic tattoo without being seen?"
"Tohru cleverly dressed up as a Shadowkhan and I created a diversion and combined with Uncle's magic, we were able to save her!" Jackie said.
"You think that plan's gonna work the second time around, baby face?" Viper asked.
"I don't see why not!" Jackie answered.
"I think that's a great idea!" Tag said, "We'll choose the swiftest and sneakiest of us to complete the task! Do we even have all the amulets? We best check before we attack our enemies!"
Everyone gathered all the amulets they had taken back from the Oni generals and laid them on My-Yung's table.
"Earth, moon, sky, fire, mountain, thunder, water..." Jackie began, "Seven amulets...where is the wind amulet?!"
"Must have been taken from Cobra and Charmaine when they were in China!" Lydia replied.
"Speaking of which, where are those two?" Tag asked.
Everyone turned away in silence for a moment.
"Guys, what's wrong?" Micky asked, worried.
Lydia sighed. "Charmaine broke her leg really badly in China and she and Cobra were kidnapped by Mairoki before she got medical attention. She lost a lot of blood from tearing a major artery and My-Yung's son-in-law, who's a doctor, took her and Cobra to his underground clinic to try to save her life. I'm really worried about her."
Tag, Micky, Jackie, and Viper gasped in horror.
"Poor girl!" Jackie exclaimed.
"Dear Charmaine!" Tag cried, "I hope she's going to be alright!"
"Yeah I know" Micky added, "Without her and Jade, we have no hope of defeating the bad guys."
"And I don't want to see Cobra with a broken heart, you know what I mean?" Strikemaster Ice said.
Everyone nodded in agreement, understanding what he meant. "I wanna check on her before we search for and save Jade" Lydia stated, "If we know she's gonna be okay, it's gonna make things a lot easier."
"Hotcha!" My-Yung said out of the blue as she was looking through her spell books, "I have found potion to heal Charmaine!"
"Really?!" Lydia exclaimed.
"Yes! We must get to hospital at once! Will only work if she's alive!" My-Yung replied.
"Well gang, what are we waiting for?!" Tag said.
Everyone got up and was ready to head out.
"Follow me! I know where clinic is at" My-Yung commanded as she was gathering ingredients.
"Be careful for dark ones!" Halmoni Hy said.
"We will, Halmoni" Lydia said as the Section 13 crew exited the house.
Everyone followed My-Yung to Mark's underground hospital base, being careful to avoid the Shadowkhan roaming the streets.
"Amazing how there's a female chi wizard in existence, Sensei" Tohru said to Uncle as they were walking.
"I know! And good chi wizard too!" Uncle replied, "We must speak to her on where to find rare spell books!"
The crew was about to enter the entrance to the clinic when some Razorkhan were spotted, looking in their direction. Everyone gasped and hid behind some trees. The Razorkhan looked around and started walking off.
"Whew that was close!" Micky said as everyone made their way inside the clinic.
The underground hospital clinic was moderate sized but was filled with advanced equipment, lots of patient rooms, and all the essentials for a good hospital to have.
Mark was in one of the rooms with Cobra and an unconscious Charmaine. He had set Charmaine's bones and reattached her severed artery, placing a cast on her broken leg to assure proper healing.
"Are you sure you want to go through with the blood transfusion?" Mark asked MC Cobra as he stuck a needle in his arm, "You'll be losing quite a bit of blood in a large amount of time, which will make you really lightheaded."
"Yo I'm more than sure" Cobra replied, "If it means saving my girl's life then it's worth it."
Mark smiled. "How noble of you! Fortunately you're Type O-, the universal donor, and Charmaine is Type A- so there will be no problems! This is definitely mandatory in order for Charmaine to live." He turned on his blood transfusion machine, which was hooked up to both Cobra and Charmaine, and the transition began.
"How are you feeling?" Mark asked after a few minutes.
"F...fine..." MC Cobra stuttered a bit from fatigue, "R...really...whoa..."
"Hang in there" Mark said, "You're doing great."
The Section 13 crew and My-Yung walked into the room after being guided by a nurse.
"Hey guys!" Mark greeted.
"Charmaine!" Tag exclaimed as he saw her lying unconsciously and with a cast on, "How is she?"
"Yo what's going on with Cobra?" Strikemaster Ice asked.
"MC Cobra offered to give some of his blood to Charmaine to save her life. We're done, actually!" Mark answered as he shut off the machine and took the needles out of both arms.
"What a sweetheart! How are you feeling, man?" Lydia asked Cobra.
"R...real...dizzy..." MC Cobra answered weakly.
"It looks like the transfusion was successful! Charmaine's heart rate is really starting to go up!" Mark said happily after taking Charmaine's pulse. "I do suggest them resting here for at least a week. I don't want them doing anything heavy for a while, especially Charmaine."
"That not necessary!" My-Yung exclaimed as she finished mixing up a potion, "I have medicine to make both young people completely well instantly!"
"Mother, will that really work?" Mark asked doubtfully.
"Watch and see!" My-Yung said as she walked over to Cobra and handed him a cup with the potion in it. "Drink" she said. MC Cobra weakly drank the potion. She then walked over to Charmaine and gently poured the liquid into her mouth.
Everyone looked on in surprise. MC Cobra stood up instantly and smiled. "Yo I feel good as new!"
"Lost blood supply should be completely restored!" My-Yung said happily.
"I think so! And the poke from the needle's gone too!" Cobra added as he noticed the poke had vanished.
Charmaine started rolling around for a moment and then opened her eyes for the first time in days.
"Charmaine!" everyone cheered. MC Cobra was especially happy as he ran over to her side and hugged his fiancée.
"Hey baby" Charmaine greeted weakly, "Wh...where am I? What happened?"
"Charmaine!" Lydia exclaimed as she ran over to her niece with everyone else. "How are you feeling, hon?"
"I feel fine but I'm just really confused" Charmaine answered, "What's going on here?"
Lydia took a deep breath. "Oh honey more than you'll ever know. According to Cobra you broke your leg in China real bad and the two of you were kidnapped by Mairoki. He took the wind amulet from you. My-Yung, Halmoni Hy's sister, found a spell to teleport you two out of hostage and to her house. Her son-in-law took you into his care since you lost so much blood you were dying, and Cobra donated blood to you to save your life. But My-Yung came through by finding a magic potion to heal the both of you! I am so thankful you're okay."
Charmaine's eyes got wide. "Whoa. That's crazy! Gosh I'm sorry that I scared you guys. Where's Jade?"
"Jade got kidnapped by Katashi and we believe she was turned into Queen of the Shadowkhan by Tarakudo" Jackie answered, "We will need your help to retrieve the wind amulet and save her!"
Charmaine looked at him with confusion. "Queen of the Shadowkhan?"
"We'll fill you in later!" Micky said, "Can you walk?"
Charmaine got up and started walking around normally. "Yeah, why?"
Everyone got excited instantly. "My-Yung! Your potion really worked!" Lydia cheered.
"Of course!" My-Yung replied with a smile. "You must never question My-Yunggggg!"
"I guess not!" Mark said, very amazed by what he had witnessed.
"What an amazing spell, Sensei!" Tohru exclaimed.
"I know!" Uncle said, "And with such simple ingredients!"
"This is wonderful, the light of hope is already starting to shine brighter! Let's get a move on!" Tag exclaimed.
As everyone started to leave the room, MC Cobra pulled Charmaine aside for a moment for some alone time.
"Charmaine...babe...I...I'm really glad you're okay, yo" MC Cobra said as he began to get teary-eyed.
Charmaine was surprised at how emotional he was getting. "Honey, what's wrong?"
"I...I was so afraid...that... I was gonna lose you...I couldn't begin to imagine..." MC Cobra choked as he let some tears flow freely from his dark brown eyes.
Charmaine was deeply moved by his display of emotion and pulled her fiancé close, shedding some tears as well.
"Oh honey. I am so sorry I scared you. I can't even imagine...I'm also sorry we lost the wind amulet because of me."
"I don't care about that yo, I'm just happy that you're alive and okay...I love you Charmaine" MC Cobra said.
"I love you too, Shane" Charmaine replied as the two shared a passionate kiss.
After a few minutes, the couple joined the rest of the crew, who was waiting patiently for them, understanding that they needed some alone time.
"Alright gang! Let's go kick some shadow butt!" Tag said.
"I will come with you!" My-Yung exclaimed.
"Mother, are you sure?" Mark asked, surprised.
"Yes! My-Yung is in mood for adventure! Hy will watch house, I asked her beforehand!"
"Alright then, we can use your help! Let's move out!" Tag commanded as everyone started leaving the clinic.
"We're coming, Jade" Micky thought to herself, "The dark forces aren't gonna take away my best friend!"
