A/N: Thanks to those who reviewed, etc. They're like crack to me. :)
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Jack and his fellow apprentice were having a practice battle when their master walked into the training room. After shooting them a look, they stopped and bowed to him.
The action made him smile. Just a few months ago, he never thought he'd see the day when he would have his inferiors – especially these two – showing such respect to him.
"I trust you two are well this morning?" he asked casually.
"Yes, Master," they replied in unison.
They then turned together with raised eyebrows.
"That was just weird," Katnappe stated.
"Yeah," Jack agreed.
"Anyway," Chase said, regaining their attention "I have decided that it is time to send you both on your first mission."
"It's about time a new Wu activated," Jack scoffed. "It used to seemed like one would reveal itself a week."
"I suppose to you, it would," Chase grumbled. Despite his best efforts, it was still obvious that Jack was still greedy for those trinkets. He would have to remedy that later.
"Wait, what's going on?" Katnappe asked, obviously confused. "A mission? New Wu? What?"
"A new Shen Gong Wu has just revealed itself," Chase explained. "It's called the Whistle of Yung."
He conjured up an image of it. It looked like an ivory Chinese dragon whistle. The eye of the dragon was made out of a ruby.
"It has the power to summon dragons," he continued. "As you might imagine, this would be most useful to me."
"So we better make sure we get it, huh?" Jack asked teasingly. On the inside, though, he was afraid. What would their do master do if they lost something he wanted?
"Perhaps we'll do a better job if you give us some...incentive," Katnappe suddenly suggested with a sly smile.
Chase narrowed his eyes at her. The spell had mostly taken hold of her, but every once in awhile she would get the nerve to talk back to him.
"What do you mean?" he growled.
She pretended to think for a moment. "How about if we get the Wu...you have to buy me and Jack some ice cream?"
"What?" he scoffed. "Why something so ridiculous?"
"I just feel like it," she said with a shrug. Honestly, she just wanted to see if he would.
"Hmph, fine," he replied. "But if you don't obtain it, you both have to work twice as much for the next week."
Jack looked like he was about to protest, but she silenced him with a look.
"It's a deal," she said. "So, where is this Wu at?"
"It's located in the Carpathian Mountains," the immortal answered. "And I do suggest that you hurry along. The monks are almost there."
"What? How are we supposed to get it if they're already so close to it?" Jack demanded.
Chase smirked and snapped his fingers. A tiger, carrying something golden in its mouth, immediately came to his side and handed him the object. He held it up, revealing it to be the Golden Tiger Claws.
"I believe this should be sufficient transportation," he said. "It's a good thing you had them on your person when you came here, Katnappe."
"I forgot all about those!" she gasped. "But wait, what happened to my other stuff?"
"Don't worry about that!" he snapped. He tossed the Claws to Jack. "Now, go. And remember, I will be watching."
"Sure thing, Master," Jack answered. He took hold of his companion's arm before declaring the Wu's name and jumping through the portal that opened.
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"Hold on, kids, we're almost there!" Dojo announced.
"My, my what a pretty sight," Clay said, observing the large, tree-covered mountains beneath them.
"Yeah, yeah, that's nice Clay, but we need to focus!" Raimundo demanded. Dojo had given him a serious tongue lashing on the flight over, so he figured he should at least sound serious.
Dojo landed on a relatively flat piece of rock. He waited for the monks to climb off his back before returning to normal size. He then started to slither forward.
"Hmm, it should be somewhere right around here," he announced.
"Hey, what's that up ahead?" Kimiko suddenly asked, pointing forward.
They all looked ahead to see a few familiar figures.
"Jack Spicer!" Omi. "And Katnappe!"
To their surprise, Jack didn't greet them in his loud and annoying matter. He looked at them with an expressionless face.
"Monks," he simply said.
"Jack Spicer, why are you here after such a long absence?" Omi asked. "And why is Katnappe with you?"
"Yeah, we were hoping that you guys just dropped off the face of the planet," Raimundo said, only half-joking.
"Hey, there it is!" Dojo suddenly announced. He pointed at the top of a nearby tree, where a small white object was barely visible.
Immediately, Jack and Katnappe leapt onto the tree and began to climb it. Only Omi followed them. The rest of the dragons-in-training were frozen on the ground.
"Where did Jack learn to jump like that?" Kimiko asked. "Katnappe, I could understand..."
"We can wonder about that later," Clay declared. "Right now, we have to stop them!"
He quickly followed the other three up the tree. Thankfully for the side of good, Clay and Omi knew a few tricks that got them up the tree faster. And so it happened that they all touched the Whistle of Yung at the same time.
"Omi and Clay, I challenge you to a tag team Xiaolin Showdown!" Jack cried. "You two against me and Katnappe. Do you accept?"
"Yes, Jack Spicer!" Omi replied. "We will wager the Eye of Dashi! And you?"
"We wager the Golden Tiger Claws!" Katnappe answered.
"The name of the game is 'Capture the Flag'" Jack declared. He pointed to a small red flag a little whiles away. He had set it there a few moments ago, anticipating a showdown. "First one to get the flag wins!"
"Sounds good to me," Clay said.
"Let's go, Xiaolin Showdown!" they all yelled.
The ground and trees around them morphed into a giant maze. The flag was attached to a tree on the other end.
"Gong Yi Tanpai!" they cried in unison.
Jack and Katnappe climbed onto the top of the maze walls and began to hop across them. Their opposition quickly followed.
"What, no Jackbots?" Omi observed. "This is most odd."
"I'll say," Clay added.
They both quickly made their way to the flag. Jack turned to Omi and Katnappe turned to Clay.
"So, Clay, you gonna hit a girl?" Katnappe asked coyly.
"Aw, shucks," he groaned. "I can't fight a lady. But, I can grab y-"
Before he could finish, she jumped into the air and dealt a powerful kick to his head. He instantly fell over, knocked out cold.
"Clay!" Omi gasped and turned to his friend.
"You may want to look forward, Omi," Jack taunted.
"Jack Spicer, you seem to have changed greatly," Omi stated. "Have you decided to change your evil ways? Are you perhaps just doing this for fun?"
Jack was going to say something sarcastic, but the kid looked so hopeful that he just couldn't. Instead, he decided to try something.
"Sure, Omi," he said with a smile. "I've realized that evil was never the right path for me. In fact, I think I want to try at being a monk again. That is, if you guys will let me."
"Really?" Omi asked with a grin.
"No," Jack replied. He then dealt a punch to the small warrior's stomach, causing him to fall over. The young genius then quickly climbed the tree and grabbed the flag. The mountains changed back to normal, and Jack now held all three Shen Gong Wu.
"Come on, Ashley, let's leave these losers," he said. He activated the Golden Tiger Claws, and they both left.
"What the heck just happened?" Raimundo asked.
"You can say that again," Kimiko said, looking stunned.
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"I must say, you two did an excellent job," Chase said as he observed the whistle. "You were both quick and efficient. You also had the element of surprise. The monks never saw this coming."
"They did look pretty surprised," Jack mused with a smirk. He was pleased with himself. He managed to humiliate the monks and win a showdown, and all without the help of his machines.
"So, since we won, don't you owe us something, Master?" Katnappe asked in a fake-innocent voice.
Chase groaned internally. He was hoping that she would have forgotten about their little deal.
"Fine," he said. "I am a man of my word. I'll take you to get ice cream. But only after dinner. I don't want you to ruin your appetites."
"Gee, alright, Dad," she replied sarcastically.
At the same time Jack yelled "Awesome! I want chocolate banana!"
This time, Chase groaned aloud and facepalmed. Even if they were loyal, they could still be such a headache.
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A/N: Thanks to Raverlynn for helping me come up with the Shen Gong Wu and for the ice cream idea.
I'm sorry if the showdown wasn't great, but I'm no good at fight scenes.
Btw, Chase ate Katnappe's candy and pawned off her games. Mainly for giggles.
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