Cyra POV

"Let me guess… You're downloading more of your vapid hipity hop music?" Wuya said hovering over Jack as usual.

"Errr! I'm working up a Shen Gong Wu spreadsheet so we can know who has what. Check it: we have the Eye of Dashi, they have the Tongue of Syping. We have the Third-Arm Sash, they have the Longi Kite; and those really cool Golden Tiger Claws… Omi sent them to the earth's core… so nobody has them. How do I file that one?" Jack said.

"I don't need a scorekeeper! I need someone who will retrieve the Shen Gong Wu and not waste time with… Wait!" She gasped. "I'm sensing a new Shen Gong Wu!"

Then she gasped again in amazement and went on, "It is the most important of them all…" Jack got up in surprise, and even I ventured over to where he was sitting in eager suspense. "The Heart of Jong…" She finished, with a little heart in each of her eyes.

"Heart of Jong… was it? Is that with a J… or a G? Or…" He droned on in thought.

"I think it's with a J! Cause there's the Helmet of Jong too… Any correlation?" I mused.

"Jack Spicer! Cyra Athalia! Retrieve this Shen Gong Wu, or suffer the consequences!" Wuya yelled, mouth agape.

"You know what? I'll let spell check do its job…" He said apologetically, and pressed a key on his keyboard shyly.

When we got to the forest, as usual the Xiaolin side was already there, and divided up looking for the Heart of Jong. Just as Omi was about to grab it, saying, "I have Jacked the hit-pot!" Jack picked it up with a string and reeled it in correcting Omi's phrase.

"That's 'hit the Jackpot… As in Jackpot Spicer! That's my nickname you know." He grinned triumphantly.

"No it's not…" I frowned.

"They don't need to know that!" Jack whispered, giving me a look. "Smell you later losers!"

As he was about to take off, he found his feet were tied up by Clay's rope, and the cowboy responded, "You'll smell us now, you dirty snake!"

Exchanging looks, Kimiko said confused, "Smell us now?"

Then Raimundo commented, "Clay's villain taunting needs serious work."

"Hey let go!" Jack cried, and yanked at the rope making his flying backpack bust up and sent him tumbling towards the ground. I barely caught him before he landed, but on impact he dropped the Heart of Jong, so he leaped out of my arms and sprinted towards the Shen Gong Wu. Just has he grabbed it, he found he wasn't alone, and Omi challenged him to a Xiaolin Showdown.

"Ugh… Name it." Jack replied annoyed.

"Hmm… the challenge should suite the environment… Oh! We shall gather acorns!" Omi declared.

"Like a squirrel?" Jack asked confused.

"Oh yes… Squirrels are most fearsome opponents!" He answered, making me giggle a bit as I stood at a distance.

"My Jet Bootsu vs your Lotus Twister! Whoever gathers the most acorns in two minutes wins!" He finished.

"Done and done! Let's go…"

"Xiaolin Showdown!" They both yelled, and the trees rose even higher into the sky with the background changing dramatically as usual.

They began the showdown, using their Shen Gong Wu to collect as many acorns as possible, and I watched quietly as usual. I wasn't surprised when Jack played dirty by tripping Omi up, causing him to win the showdown.

"At last… The Heart of Jong is mine!" Wuya said happily.

"You can get to work on that carefully worded apology now." Jack gloated, and winked at me as we took off back towards the house.

"Helmet of Jong…" Jack started, placing the helmet on the top of the table near the front.

"Eye of Dashi…" I added, placing the eye right beneath the helmet and onto the Two-Ton Tunic.

"Now the Jet Bootsu, there!" Wuya instructed, pointing to the place where we should put them. We constructed what almost looked like a person made out of Shen Gong Wu, and Jack commented grinning, "Hey! This is like building a snowman!"

"Focus Jack!" Wuya scolded.

"It is time for the final piece of the puzzle…"

"Way ahead of you…" Jack said smiling, and pulled something orange out from his pocket. "Look! Carrot nose!"

I blinked twice and then busted out laughing, but Wuya killed the moment by yelling, "NO! The Heart of Jong!"

"Oh… Right… Cyra?" He gestured to me, and I tossed him the heart after which he placed it inside the Two-Ton Tunic and stood back with me to see what would happen.

Then green flames burst from the heart, and filled up the Shen Gong Wu it was connected to, creating a Shen Gong Wu monster that stood up like an actual person.

"Jack… Cyra… Behold! Mala Mala Jong!" Wuya laughed, as Jack screamed like a little girl and I just stood staring in disbelief.

The thing roared as Wuya continued explaining, "Mala Mala Jong is an ancient demon warrior… Powerful! Deadly… and Invincible…" She said excitedly, circling around it.

"Cool! How should I list it in the spreadsheet… Powerful, Deadly, or Invisible?" Jack asked, roaming over to his computer to type in the description.

"List it as your replacement." Wuya scoffed.

"Right… I'll put it down as… Whoa whoa whoa! Did you say… My replacement?" Jack said startled, staring at the Heylin Witch in surprise.

"Hehehe…" She laughed, as Jack gasped by the computer, staring in horror. "Come Jong… We have a world to conquer." And the two of them left quickly, leaving Jack and I standing there wondering what exactly happened.

Then it registered to Jack what this would mean, and he flew up to them and begged, "Wait! Don't leave! We were just starting to click together as a team!"

"I have an invincible demonic warrior at my disposal. Why would I need a girl with a one-track mind who isn't even evil, and a simpering little boy?" She said annoyed.

"Simpering! I don't simper! Never ever ever..!" He complained whining. The he paused and asked, "…What's simpering?"

Mala Mala Jong knocked Jack away with one punch from the Fist of Tebigong, and Wuya and the demon left the Spicer mansion without another word.

One-track mind? She was probably right about that… But I knew this created quite a predicament. Not only was the world in serious danger, but now I had no way to detect Shen Gong Wu…

"Hey Jack, are you alright?" I rushed to his side and picked him up.

"Ugh… I guess so…" He complained.

"What are we going to do?" I asked concerned.

"Hmm… Well Wuya's probably going to head for the temple to get more Wu for that Mala Mala Jong… Ha, wonder what will happen to those Xiaolin rejects." He answered.

I felt a twinge of discomfort, but disregarded it and asked, "So what do we do about other Shen Gong Wu?"

He looked down for a second and scratched his head in thought, pacing around the lab. "Oh I got it! So I was working on a new technology, just for the fun of it, and it can detect Shen Gong Wu when they reveal themselves! I haven't tried it yet, but I'm sure I can get it up and running in no time." He declared pleased.

"Yeah, awesome!" I rejoiced, happy that I could still look for Shen Gong Wu with him. Going solo with Wuya wasn't really something I had wanted anyway… She could be really creepy and uptight.

"I guess there's an upside to Mala Mala… We'll only have one enemy when we start looking for Shen Gong Wu! Cause I'm sure Wuya's either going to take out the Xiaolin side or they're going to defeat her. It's a win win situation!" He commented, getting to work on his Shen Gong Wu detector.

A fresh new panic swept through me, and I felt immediate concern for the fate of the Xiaolin monks… I wanted to help them, but I knew that if I ever wanted to find the Incense of Existence, I would need to stick with Jack, and do whatever I could to help him make this Shen Gong Wu detector… It would be the one and only way after tonight… If Wuya succeeded in destroying the monks.

If I wasn't cursed, I would be on their side in a heartbeat, but the logical part of me was still intact, and I ignored the part of me that was dying to save the world from darkness…