Chapter 4
Jermaine
In New York...
"Ooh, who is that grand lady?" Omi asked, as he was looked through binoculars.
"It's the Statue of Liberty, Omi." Kimiko said.
The binoculars shut off, and Omi gasped. "I AM BLIND!"
"Relax, I got another Quarter." Kimiko put the quarter in the slot, and the binoculars turned on.
"Maybe we can use this to find the Shen Gon Wu." Omi said.
"Nah, the Serpent's Tail always moves." I said. "It's gonna be pretty hard to find it."
"Great, we're looking for a Shen Gon Wu that never stops." Raimundo said.
Dojo shook. "Whoa! The tail is close!"
"Then we better get the show on the road." Clay said, and we moved on.
"Wow, there are so many people!" Omi exclaimed.
"That's the city for you." I replied.
"Well, we don't wanna get lost either, that's for sure." Clay said.
Dojo wiggled. Then stopped.
Clay, who was holding Dojo looked puzzled. "What's wrong, Dojo?"
"I lost track of the Wu!" Dojo said.
I shrugged. "Well, we can just use the Falcon's Eye. I can see through stuff."
Kimiko rummaged through her backpack, and withdrew the Falcon's eye. "Falcon's Eye!" She turned left, the right, looking for the Wu. Nothing.
"May I try, Kimiko?" Omi asked, and Kimiko gave him the eye. "Oh, this is wondrous! I can see through everything! And I can see through the ground to!"
Dojo wiggled. "It's back!"
The Serpent's Tail then passed under Omi. "It is in the sewer!" Omi said.
Omi raced after it, followed by Me, Kimiko, Raimundo, and Clay.
There were many people in the way, which made it difficult. I tried to stay close to Omi.
Then, came an intersection. Omi jumped over cars, landed in the middle of the street, and crossed the other side by jumping. I did that also, but the other monks couldn't.
I looked behind me. The light turned red, and the other three passed.
But Omi turned the corner, I followed, and we were lost.
Omi continued on, following the tail. I tried to follow quickly after.
"Omi," I panted, "do you still have an eye on it?"
"Yes! And it is fast!" He replied. He pointed to the ground. "Ha! You shall not escape!"
But, as if on time, Omi slammed into a wall.
"Omi!" I ran up to help him.
"Thank you, but we must find the tail!" He picked up the eye, and started searching the ground.
"It's...gone!" Omi said with disappointment. "I am sorry, my friends."
I looked behind us. "Omi...where are our friends?"
"They are not here! Kimiko? Clay? Raimundo?" Omi shouted.
I covered his mouth. "Shush, your embarrassing us. They won't leave without us."
Omi sighed.
We continued on, but into a junkier part of town.
"Maybe we should ask some people for directions..." I suggested.
Omi walked up to a man in an overcoat. "Excuse me kind sir-"
"Go back to Jersey, you tourist!" The man yelled, and stormed off.
Omi walked up to a lady. "Excuse me, but-"
"I have mase!" The lady shouted, and held out a bottle of pepper spray.
"Oh, and I have Shen Gon Wu." Omi held out the eye.
The woman ran away, and yelled 'Cops! Cops!'.
"Ignore, them. You need help?" A voice said.
We turned around, and a smelly man with a hat stood in front of us.
"Thank you honorable stranger, I am looking for my friends." Omi bowed. "A girl, two boys, and a dragon."
"Oh, we don't get to many dragons around here. But do you know who has a lot of them?" I sighed. Another idiot.
The man waved his arms. "ALIENS DO!"
Omi's eyes got big. I pulled him away. "Thank you, but I think we can find them!" And ran off.
Back to Rai,Kimiko,Clay, and Dojo...
"Oh, we'll never find Omi!" Dojo said.
"Don't worry Dojo, we will." Kimiko assured him.
"Maybe Dojo should fly us around. It'll be quicker." Raimundo suggested.
"With a city of eight million people? I don't think so." Kimiko said.
Clay pointed up. "I think we just got spotted ourselves."
"Well well well!" Jack said. "Look who we got here. Hey, where's cheese ball?"
"Omi's away getting the Serpent's Tail!" Raimundo said.
Jack laughed. "No way! You guys lost him, didn't you!"
"Jack, stop laughing! The Shen Gon Wu is near!" Wuya said.
Dojo shook. "She's not kidding."
"Well, I'd love to stay and laugh, but I got a Wu to get. But, don't want you to miss me, so here's some substitutes!"
Jackbots came out of nowhere, and Jack flew away.
Back To Omi and me...
"Omi, where are you going?" I asked, as I followed the monk to strange but familiar voices.
Omi stopped. I stopped too. I looked, and saw a basketball game going on.
Omi's eye's shined. "What is this magnificent sport?"
"It's called basketball. You try to win by shooting the ball into the hoop." I explained.
"I have never seen so much technique before! I must learn this knew martial art!" Omi jumped over the small wall, and ran onto the court.
"Omi!" I said, trying to get his attention. He ignored me.
The guys were dribbling the ball, and then mistook Omi for a ball!
A very chubby guy shot him, and Omi got stuck in the hoop. I jumped over the wall and walked over.
Omi fell out of the hoop, and landed on the ground.
The guys leaned over him. They looked threatening.
"You messin' up our game, shorty?" A tall, stringy guy said. "I'm gonna bust your grill if you mess us up!"
"But...I have no grill." Omi replied.
"Don't go playin', baldy or we'll smack you down." Another said.
"I think you may be challenging me." Omi said.
The three guys walked closer and closer to Omi with anger.
"You got that right." The stringy one said.
"I must advise to go against this action." Omi said.
The three laughed.
"Your jokin', right?" One said.
"No, I am quite serious." Omi said.
"You against us three?" laughed the stringy one. "I'm on-"
The stringy one was then hit by a basketball.
I turned to the left. I smiled. "Jermaine!"
"How you like me now? And, talk later." Jermaine said.
"Jermaine! You just bought yourself a big beatin'."
"No guts, no fight." Jermaine sassed.
The stringy one launched at Jermaine, but he dodged and threw the basketball in the back of one. But the stringy one got up, along with the chubby one. They grabbed Jermaine by the arms. The third one was coming closer to hit him.
I ran over, and punched the third one in the stomach, and he fell down. The other two dropped Jermaine. Jermaine jerked the stringy one, and threw him at the chubby one. Both fell.
The third one got back up.
Omi grabbed a trash can top, and threw it at the third one's stomach.
They all then ran away.
"That was off the hook man!" Jermaine said.
"It was?" Omi asked.
"Be easy, Jermaine. He can't handle metaphors." I said.
"And it's my homey, Milah!" He said. He did our little handshake. "So, what you doing here?"
"Um...well, we were here for something, but we got lost with my other friends, the ones I was telling you about. But, Omi, this is my friend, Jermaine." Omi shook Jermaine's hand.
"So, your not from around here, Omi?" Jermaine asked.
"No, I am from the Xiaolin Temple." Omi proudly said.
"Um...yeah, yeah, alright, cool." Jermaine said.
"You wanna help us look for our friends?" I asked.
"Sure."
Back to Rai, Kim, Clay, and Dojo...
Raimundo lead the way down the subway stairs. "Ugh, what's that smell?"
"I don't even want to know." Kimiko said.
"Anybody see and evil boy and a see-through witch?" Clay said.
"No, or they'd stand out this crowd." Dojo said, and the place was barren. Dojo shook. "The tail is very c-close!"
Right them, the Serpent's Tail flashed past them.
"Woo-we that tail moves faster than a turkey on Thanksgiving's Day!" Clay said.
Dojo jumped down. "Yeah, it's really truckin'."
"Dojo, don't go down there. It's not safe." Kimiko said.
"Relax, this station is obviously closed." Dojo said.
The ground shook, and lights appeared.
"AHH!" Dojo screamed, but Clay saved him with his lasso.
To Jack...
"Missed!" Jack said.
"Forget those worms! Keep sight on the Serpent's Tail!" Wuya growled.
"Don't worry, I have a lock on it. Where it goes, we go."
"Impressive for a fool!"
Back to the Four...
"Jack and Wuya were on that train!" Raimundo frowned.
"Dojo, anything you can do to help?" Kimiko asked.
"Well...I can probably flies us through.." Dojo turned bigger, and the three got on. "Next stop, Serpent's Tail!"
To Omi, Jermaine, and Me
"So, tell me again." Jermaine asked.
"I am a monk from the Xiaolin Temple,engaged in the never ending battle for the Shen Gon Wu and the evil witch, Wuya, and an evil boy genius, Jack Spicer."
"Uh huh. That's what I thought." Jermaine said.
I shrugged. "It's all true."
"Right...right..."
"Well, might as well look for them now." I said.
We went over to the basketball court, to where we found Jermaine.
All of the sudden, I saw the tail fly out of the ground. It bounced about, quicker than lightning.
Omi ran and tried to grab it, but it went right passed him.
Suddenly, the ground shook, and out bursts Jack in...a really big Jackbot, replicating himself.
Jermaine and Omi stepped back.
"I don't think we should mess with this guy..." Jermaine said.
The giant jack grabbed the Serpent's Tail.
"OK, we got the Wu, let's vaporize the enemy, and we get to go!" Jack said.
The arm of the robot aimed for us, but we dodged.
Suddenly, Dojo and the others erupted from the ground.
Dojo slammed into the robot. The giant robot fell, and the tail was released. Dojo shrunk, letting the other monks go down.
"That's a...dragon?" Jermaine said in aw.
"Yep." I replied.
"Dojo! Kimiko! Clay! Raimundo!" Omi ran up to hug his friends.
"Hello? Someone wanna help here?" Dojo was hanging onto the end of the tail. Suddenly, the Wu gave a jerk and Dojo released it.
Jack got out of the robot, and ran after it. Omi ran after it too.
Omi ran and jumped, and got a hold of the tail. Jack grabbed onto the other end.
"Omi, I challenge you to a Xiaolin showdown! The game is basketball. One on one. Ten minutes on the clock. Your Jetbootsoo against your Mantis Flip Coin."
"But...I don't know how to play basketball."Omi admitted.
"I do. Put me in the game." Jermaine offered.
"Who this guy?" Kimiko asked.
"I don't know..." Clay replied.
"No, no way." Jack argued. "I challenged Omi, not this kid."
"You afraid of getting wooped, lil boy?" Jermaine said.
"I don't know who he is, but I like him." Raimundo said.
"Jack is right..." Omi said. "Only I can take on the challenge...unless..."
"Unless what?" Jack asked.
"Unless I challenge you to a Shen Ye Wu dare. Me and Jermaine against...you and your robot."
"So my Jetbootsoo and Shroud of Shadows against your Mantis Flip Coin and Falcon's Eye."
"I accept!"
"Gon Ye Tampai!" Everyone yelled.
The buildings around us were gone, and the court rose up. There were also bleachers in which we sat. On the court everything around the white lines crumbled.
"Jetbootsoo!" Jack yelled, and grabbed the ball. He flew over to the other hoop, and made the basket.
Jermaine got the ball, and threw it to Omi. But the giant Jack grabbed the ball! The robot shot, and made a goal.
Jermaine got the ball again, and dribbled to the other side.
Jack put on the Shroud of Shadows, and knocked down Jermaine. Omi got the ball, but the robot slammed him down.
Jack threw the ball, and made another goal.
"Mantis Flip Coin!" Omi yelled, and flipped and grabbed the ball from Jack.
Omi flipped off the robot, and made the shot.
"Now that's what I'm talking about." Jermaine complimented.
"Here." Omi held up the coin to Jermaine.
"Now we got some game!" Jermaine took the coin.
Jermaine got the ball, dribbled it past Jack, and made a goal!
Jack got the ball, but Omi stole it from him, and made a shot!
After more and more shots, the score was 27 for the Xiaolin, and 28 for Heylin. There was 1 minute on the clock.
Jack had the ball, but Jermaine took it. Jermaine dribbled, but the robot knocked it out of him, but Omi got the ball. Omi flipped...and made the basket!
"NO!" Wuya wailed.
Everything returned to normal.
The other monks and I came to congratulate Jermaine and Omi.
"That was great!"
"Partner, that was amazing!"
"Wow, Omi!"
…
"So, are you glad I dropped by?"
"Sure did! Met new friends...and did a..um..."
"Xiaolin Showdown."
"Yeah. Come back sometime."
"I'll try."
"OK, got to go."
"Wait."
"Yeah?"
"In the future..don't get messed up with the wrong crew, if you know what I mean."
"Girl, your trippinn'. Don't worry."
I hope he knew what I meant.
But today, I got to see Jermaine, and old friend. And the monk got the tail, shroud, and boots.
But, there is more to come.
