Chapter 15
Egyptian Crown
"So, today Lu Lu, you are now a Xiaolin Apprentice!" Omi said, as Lu Lu had got dressed into her robes. "You will have many challenges, and training, and-"
"Shen Gon Wu alert!" Dojo interrupted. "It's called the Egyptian Crown. It allows its user to create creatures from their mind into real monsters! That's scary...I remember Dashi told me to hide it in Egypt. Get your Wu, get on, and we gotta GO!"
In Egypt...
"We...we have to go in there? W-With all those deadly traps? MOMMY!" Jack squealed.
"Boy up, Jack." Darcie said.
"Exactly! Now, let's get that Shen Gon Wu before those monks get it!" Wuya said. They went into the giant pyramid in the middle of nowhere.
Dojo landed, and shrunk. "It's in there!"
"Wow, this is so exciting!" Lu Lu smiled.
"It's dangerous too." Rai said.
"Well, enough of the chat and the chit, we must go!" Omi said.
"I think he means chit-chat..." Clay said.
Inside the pyramid...
The pyramid was damp and dark. Kimiko had to use fire to light the way.
The first room the warriors came into was a room with very small ledges, but a big pit of sand.
"How are we going to get passed this? We'll...well, drown!" Lu Lu said.
"No prob. Witness out powers!" Omi said. "Use your powers to freeze my water. Water!" The flooded the room up to the edges.
"Um...Ice!" Lu Lu held out her hands, and the water and sand froze, making the room passable.
"I think might just get use to this." Lu Lu smiled, and followed the monks into another room.
The second room took a long ways down into the earth. This room was full of...lava. And it had three exits.
"How are we going to get passed this?" Lu Lu asked.
"We'll use a Shen Gon Wu. But first, which exit are we going through?" Rai said.
"I reckon we'd go through the middle." Clay said.
"OK. Golden Tiger Claws!" Rai said, and a portal appeared. "And, we go through it. But we gotta think on where we have to go though."
The monks jumped through the portal, and all landed on a ledge in front of the middle door.
The third room the monks came upon had a bottomless pit, but a lot of vines.
"And this one, we use the Third Arm Sash, since we don't own the Lotus Twister." Kimiko said. "Third Arm Sash! Hold on tight!" Kimiko said, and swung the monks to the big ledge.
To Jack, Darcie and Wuya...
"Be careful, there are all sorts of traps." Wuya said.
"Yeah, yeah, we'll be careful. You sound just like my mom." Jack said.
"Jack!" Darcie yelled, but Jack fell flat on his face. He had slid on the ice! Darcie laughed. "Yup, your very careful." She said, and walked across the room without falling.
All of the sudden, a screams erupted through the whole pyramid! Jack screamed like a girl and retreated to the stairs, Darcie got back on the ice and tried not to fall, and the warriors flew through the middle door, followed by a big, slimy, black monster!
Everyone was now being chased by the monster!
Once they were outside, Lu Lu had a plan. "Omi, spray some water at that guy! And I'll freeze him!"
Omi nodded. "Water!" And water covered the monster.
"Ice!" Lu Lu yelled, and the monster froze.
But suddenly, the monster moved and was a big monster made of black ice!
"Ha ha!" Said a voice. "This comes from my imagination. And I have the Egyptian Crown!"
"Reveal yourself, evildoer!" Omi said.
From behind the monster emerged a girl. She had black, medium hair. She wore high sandals, a yellow Egyptian dress, and the...Egyptian crown. She looked about 14, and it looked as if she was from Egypt.
"Bow down before the mighty power of, Yuma!" Yuma yelled, and sand monsters arose from the sand around them.
"Um..do you guys have a plan for this?" Lu Lu said, afraid.
"Don't worry, partner. We always have a plan." Clay said.
"Yeah! Star of Hanabi, Fire!" Kimiko yelled, and flames engulfed on the monsters, making it fall. But another arose.
"Here my fellow apprentice, have this." Omi said, as he tossed Lu Lu the Mantis Flip Coin. "You say the name of the Shen Gon Wu, and it will work. This is the Mantis Flip Coin, and you can flip around. Try it!"
"Mantis Flip Coin!" Lu Lu said, and she flipped onto a sand monster! "AH!" Lu Lu screamed, as her feet were being sunk into the monster!
"Lu Lu!" The monks yelled.
"Ice ice ice!" Lu Lu yelled desperately. But, it wouldn't work!
"Focus!" Kimiko yelled.
Lu Lu closed her eyes, and thought of her mother. "Ice.." She said, and the whole monster froze!
"Fist of Tebigong!" Clay yelled, and shattered the monster.
"Third Arm Sash!" Kimiko yelled, and caught Lu Lu.
"I guess I have a lot of training to do..." Lu Lu said.
"Don't worry about that, we gotta destroy these monsters!" Kimiko said.
Lu Le nodded. "Ice!" The monsters froze.
"Fist of Tebigong!"
"Third Arm Sash!"
"Sword of the Storm!"
"Monkey Strike!"
The monks yelled, and all the monsters shattered and melted.
Yuma frowned. "Fine! Egyptian-" Lu Lu and Darcie and Jack had taken the chance, and ran toward Yuma.
"Hey!" Yuma yelled, and the crown glowed.
"Yuma, Jack..and..um...Darcie! I challenge you all to a Xiaolin Showdown! My Mantis Flip Coin against Jack's...Jetbootsoo, against Darcie's Eye of Dashi, against Yuma."
"I accept!" Jack said.
"Me too." Darcie said.
"Whatever is going on here, I guess I accept too." Yuma said.
"The game is...find your way through the Pyramid's Maze!" Lu Lu said.
"Gon Ye Tampai!"
The pyramid turned huge, and the four entered the pyramid.
There were four openings to the first room. Each took a different turn.
Lu Lu's way took her to the area with the lava.
She gulped. How am I suppose to do this without those claws?
Lu Lu held in a big gulp of air, and exhaled. "Mantis Flip Coin!" She yelled, and flipped all the way to the ledge, and made it.
Lu Lu continued on, and came to a room where Jack was.
"Hey, what are you doing here!" Jack said.
Lu Lu smiled and shrugged. "Mantis Flip Coin!"
"Jetbootsoo!" Jack yelled, and knocked Lu Lu. But she was lucky enough to get a hold of a vine.
"Ah!" She screamed, as she was hanging for her life over the pit.
"Ha, Eye of Dashi!" Darcie yelled, as she entered the room. The line Lu Lu was on was curved, and one side snapped. The still hung on.
"You big meanies!" Lu Lu yelled. "Oh! ICE!" She yelled, and it was the first time she conjured ice without water. She slid down the slide of ice, past Darcie and Jack, and into the final room!
She ran up the stairs, and grabbed the crown!
Wuya screamed, the monks cheered, Darcie threw a spazz attack, and Jack pouted.
The pyramid turned back to normal, and everyone was outside.
Lu Lu ran to the other monks, with the Jetbootsoo, Eye of Dashi, and Egyptian Crown.
"Nice job, Lu Lu!" Kimiko said.
"You have showed great strength!" Omi said.
Lu Lu blushed. "T-Thanks guys...I wanna go to the temple now!"
"No prob." Dojo said, and turned big.
At The Temple...
The monks sat at the dinner table. Lu Lu had been congratulated by Master Fung. She showed great strength for a nine-year-old.
When it was time for bed, Lu Lu crept outside to look at the stars. They reminded her of her mom, because they loved to go outside and look at them.
"Well, well. A new dragon!" Said a voice.
Lu Lu had a mini heart attack, but saw the figure sitting on the wall. "Who are you? Are you another apprentice?"
The figure laughed. "No. I was just checking on them. I gotta go. But trust me, you'll see me soon." he figure chuckled, and disappeared. Lu Lu got a little scared, and went back inside.
…
"So the Xiaolin Warriors have a new apprentice?"
"Yes. She looked pretty young. But I witnessed her powers. They are great. Apparently, there are others too. And I bet the warrior of darkness would be glad to join us."
"I see...That could be arranged. For now, I have other plans."
"Ah, I see."
"But we must look out for Hannibal...He will be a major threat."
…
"Go on, drink it. This soup will give you all the power your soul desires."
"I...I don't know."
"You wouldn't have much to give up. You have no friends, no family, people look down upon you. You have died several times from all those torture devices those weaklings strap you into. Isn't it about time you take charge? Is it about time they feel the suffering you felt?"
"Yes...yes...They shall wish thou have never of seen me!"
