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"Where was that your agent said it was?" asked Jackie as he and Captain Black raced to wherever Black was leading them.

"It was near the harbor," he replied through gritted teeth. "Near the Enforcers' new restaurant." They ran past some lady running away from the direction they were coming in screaming. "I'm... also just following the sounds of terror."

Jackie nodded at this sense. It was logical.

They skidded down a corner and were nearly ran over by a red car that didn't have a roof. Captain Black stopped in time, but Jackie didn't see it until the last second and was forced to perform a running front flip over the hood. The car didn't even slow down.

"That was nice," Jackie commented.

"I would give that guy a ticket, but I don't have my ticket booklet with me at the moment," Black added.

"You did realize he didn't have a roof, right?"

"Hmm. That deserves another ticket."

The sound of someone screaming and something else breaking jolted the two men out of their chat and they raced down the street to help.

(LINE BREAK)

"Are you okay?" Jade asked Jimmy, helping him back up to his feet from his uncomfortable position on the floor.

"Yeah," he said, taking Jade's extended hand. She winced and tried to pull away.

"Ow, ow, ow, Jimmy, ow, let go, ow, ow, you're squeezing my fingers, ow, ow, ow..."

"Sorry, Jade," Jimmy winced, letting go and getting back to his feet himself. Jade snatched her hand away and held her fingers close to her, trying to rub some feeling back into them. "But I barely touched you, just saying," he added.

"Barely touched ME!?" Jade shrieked in a loud shrill. "My hand feels like I just used it for hammer practice!" She held it out so that Jimmy could see that it dangled uselessly on her wrist. "And this was my writing hand!"

(LINE BREAK)

Captain Black and Jackie turned another corner and ran into a stray shadowkhan. Jackie gave it a swift kick in the head and it retreated into the shadows.

"I have a sinking feeling that there are more where that one came from," said Black. They looked down the street to find groups of the ninjas parading everywhere, walking on roofs, terrorizing tourists, terrorizing pretty much anyone. And in the center of the mayhem, stood a guy on an overturned car holding a wooden staff that had obviously seen better days... The two men quickly hid behind a garbage can so that they wouldn't be spotted. While he didn't know him Jackie did think the person looked eerily familiar...

Daolon Wong? was the first thing Jackie thought when he saw him. But that shouldn't be possible... could this guy be an accomplice?

"Who is that guy?" Black asked in a hurried whisper, and Jackie realized that he had the same question. "He's not a dragon-demon like Drago, that's for sure."

"Maybe he's working for Drago," Jackie answered. "Maybe he's a wizard like Uncle."

"A wizard who knows how to control Shadowkhan," added Black through gritted teeth.

That was when the wizard turned in their direction, even though he couldn't see them. "So, you're Jackie Chan," he said, stepping down to what once was the hood of the car. "You do not seem so great."

Jackie suddenly realized he had nothing snappy to say back. He usually left the sassy comments to Jade, and afterwards have the pleasure of telling her to shut up. But the point would get across, and that was all that really mattered. So instead of trying to think up of something to say and making a complete fool of himself, he resumed a fighting stance and allowed Captain Black to copy him, stepping out from behind their sanctuary.

The wizard laughed but ended up coughing after a few seconds. He was obviously much older than he appeared to let on. "Just attack them already!" he snapped at his Shadowkhan.

One by one, the black ninjas stopped whatever they were doing and advanced on the two men.

"Bad day," Jackie muttered.

(LINE BREAK)

"Maybe blowing on it will help," suggested Chow.

"Of course blowing on it won't help," Jade nearly snapped. "The bones in my hand feel smushed into banana paste!" She held out her hand limply to demonstrate this. The only reason her entire arm wasn't jelly was because of the protective Gauntlet she wore.

Ratso snickered and the five other occupants in the room turned to sharply glare at him. He didn't seem to notice. "Banana paste..." he repeated as if it were the most hilarious joke he'd ever heard.

"I'm sorry, Jade," said Jimmy. His voice sounded slightly deeper but still held some remorse only a guilty teen could pull off.

"Its okay," she replied, wincing. The muscles in her arm tensed as she tried to move her fingers. "There we go," she said. "Now in case some bad guys burst through that door this second, I'll be able to kick their butts."

"Hey, don't you dare tempt the fates," Finn warned.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever makes you happy—"

That was when about a dozen shadowkhan ambushed them inside the Enforcers' own restaurant and surrounded them, overpowering them two to one.

"And that's what happens when you live in my world," Jade said, resuming a fighting stance.

(LINE BREAK)

"HOT-CHA!"

"Have you found the removal spell, Sensei?" Tohru asked Uncle. They were still at the shop, researching.

"Removal spell ingredient is clear, transparent diamond!" Uncle announced, slamming his research book shut.

"And where will we find that?" Tohru asked.

"Why, a jewelry store, of course!"

(LINE BREAK)

Jade pumped herself for some extreme butt-kicking. One of the ninjas lunged at her, so she snapped her leg out in a kick and swiftly sent it flying into a table that sat across the room.

"Alright, team, six of us, twelve of them," she called out. "We can take 'em!"

One of the shadowkhan slammed into her and forced her into a back-roll. She landed on her feet, stumbling slightly.

"I did not see that coming," she panted, "but thanks for the adrenaline!"

She quickly rolled under the table, and the shadowkhan raced after her. She kicked the leg of the table, and it fell crashing back onto the ninja. She raced to her feet and quickly dealt with another enemy by setting a well-placed punch in the center of its chest, right where the rib cage would be if it had bones and organs.

She turned around to find no more opponents. "What—?"

"Turns out Earth Demon Chi can come in handy," said Paco, giving Jimmy a high-five and seriously regretting it afterwards.

"I have a bad feeling there are more where those came from," said Jade. The six of them raced outside to find more shadowkhan parading the streets.

"So the giant floating head IS back," Paco said.

(LINE BREAK)

"Hmm... Tohru, do you think we should get the round diamond ring or the emerald diamond ring?"

"I personally like the diamond necklace," said Tohru, holding it up so that he could see it better.

"Um... Sir?" Their attendant's voice quavered slightly; it was most probably Tohru's ginormous size. "I mu-mu-must ask you to p-p-please put the ne-necklace down for f-f-fingerprint c-contamination."

"Hmm..." Uncle was still deciding.

"They don't look like the type to buy diamond stuff," the attendant's helper whispered quietly to him. The attendant turned to sharply glare at her. Girls, he thought. Always the oblivious ones. The buyer doesn't matter as long as they buy it.

"We'll take this," said Uncle, holding out a ring. After cataloging it and enclosing it in a small box, the attendant handed it to the old man.

"Thank you," said Uncle, taking out the ring. "Tohru; hammer." He then proceeded to smash the ring into tiny bits right then and there on the counter-top, much to the attendant's horror. He then scooped up the fragments and placed them in a purple vial, where he swished the dangerous-looking mix around for a while, then proceeded to place the vial onto a weird looking variation of a vacuum and turn the thing on. It hummed audibly.

"It is finished!" he yelled. "Tohru; to the harbor!"

And just like that, the mysterious pair was gone.

"California is a strange place," the helping assistant said without looking up from her phone.

(LINE BREAK)

Jackie had no idea how many ninjas he knocked back already. Maybe is was a dozen? Two dozen? Well, it didn't matter. As long as that new-wizard guy kept summoning them, the longer he'd have to fight them.

So when Uncle and Tohru showed up, Jackie was more than relieved. He and Captain Black retreated to them, hiding behind the large garbage can.

"Ow!"

"You are supposed to be getting JADE and JIMMY and PA-CO!" Uncle yelled at them after giving both men a two-fingered slap on the head.

"Yeah, well, we were kinda cut off halfway," replied Black sarcastically.

Uncle made a hrmph sound, shoved the chi-o-matic into Tohru for him to hold, and stepped out from behind their sanctuary, standing up boldly to the other wizard. He caught sight of Uncle and chuckled, and made his shadowkhan minions to pause their attack.

"A chi wizard and a chi warlock," he said, tutting and shaking his head. "I would have thought that you would have known better than to mess with a master."

Uncle took out his blowfish in one hand, and his lizard in another. "I am master enough to beat yoouuu!" he retorted.

That was when the three teens and the Enforcers ran in. "Whoa!" Jade yelped, skidding to a stop. "New bad guy! NEW BAD GUY!"

"Shadowkhan!" Omnis yelled loudly. "ATTACK!"

(LINE BREAK)

Jimmy had about a dozen and a half shadowkhan surrounding him. He felt bad whenever he threw one away, probably breaking all their bones (if they had bones), so he was constantly yelling out that he was sorry.

"Sorry!"

"Sorry about that!"

"Sorry, I'm sure that neck fracture will heal...eventually! Sorry again!"

But the ninjas just kept attacking. Jimmy was doing quite a good job with keeping them away, but they also had an advantage; numbers. Slowly, bit by bit, they were driving him back against the end of an alleyway, where he'd be trapped and more vulnerable to ambush.

Jimmy grunted and chucked a large boulder at a large group of them, but a dozen more came to replace them. Jimmy knew he was going to be overpowered eventually. He considered his options. Fleeing to the ground was one. And then he could always come up behind them and let the earth swallow them all.

He liked the plan, and was just about to set it in motion, when he felt an odd tingly sensation all over. He knew what was coming before the shadowkhan did.

He grew six more inches in height and his build increased even further. His clothes end up torn off leaving him in just his pants, reduced to the size of underwear. (At this he felt a little self-conscious; he had to remember to buy new clothes, or get the chi out soon.) His skin also turned further red. His demon chi transformation was complete.

After that, the shadowkhan didn't stand a chance.

(LINE BREAK)

"JAC-KIIIIE!"

Jackie retreated back to the garbage can Uncle was hiding behind. "Yes, Uncle?" he asked.

"Staff is what allows Omnis to summon Shadowkhan!" yelled Uncle, looking slightly pleased with himself.

"His name is Omnis?" Jackie asked.

"AAIIEE-AAAHHHH!" Uncle yelled out, and Jackie was just glad he wasn't being given the two-fingered slap. "It does not mater what his name is! Just distract him long enough so that I may research a way to destroy it!"

Jackie sighed. He wasn't liking the plan.

And how would he distract Omnis anyway? Wave his arms around and yell loudly?

(LINE BREAK)

"I can't believe I'm doing this," said Jackie sullenly.

"It's not that bad," said Jade. "Paco and I will be with you right there next to you every step of the way."

"Sure," said Paco sub-consciously, who was too busy looking around to make sure no shadow-ninjas had found their hiding place and were waiting for the perfect time to ambush them.

Jackie sighed, and Jade took this as an obliged yes and pushed him out in the open, dragging Paco along as well.

"Oh, yoo-hoo!" Jackie called out to Omnis after another quick sigh. The two teens beside him made faces with tongues sticking out and twisted experssions made to be funny and taunting. Omnis began to laugh.

"What is this?" he asked.

"Us kicking your butt!" Jade yelled, and she leaped at him with intentions of knocking him off of his car and possibly ending his evil career. But instead he laughed even more and tossed her aside mentally. She crashed into a group of shadowkhan, knocking them down.

"Not fair!" she yelled. "You have magic!"

"And so do we!" Uncle yelled. He jumped out from behind the trash can and pointed his blowfish at Omnis's wooden staff. It promptly exploded into an endless number of splinters. (The staff, not Uncle or the blowfish.)

"NO!" Omnis yelled in a movie-cliché way. All the ninjas disappeared, retreating back into the shadows, even the ones Jade was sitting on. Omnis was left completely alone and defenseless, or evenly matched, seeing that Uncle was as powerful with good magic as he was with evil magic and the huge lumbering Earth-Chi-wielding Jimmy. Grounding his teeth, the warlock bowed mockingly at the group. "I will see you all again soon," he said.

And then he disappeared in a puff of black smoke.

"Man, I hate it when bad guys do that just when we're about to win," muttered Paco, kicking a rock dejectedly.

(LINE BREAK)

All the water had been drained out of Section 13 and it was completely dry. Well, some employees were still opening some back closets to be bombarded with ocean water, but for the most part it was dry.

The vault included. The next day, Uncle extracted the earth-chi from Jimmy, and almost immediately he shrank back to his normal thirteen-year-old size, his skin returning to its original tone, and his muscles disappearing altogether. He sighed.

"I wish I had kept the build," he muttered.

Uncle then shoved the earth chi back into the ruby-like relic that it came from, using a clear but fake diamond Finn had provided as a sort of transfer device that allowed the spell to work, and placed it (The Relic) in a container that looked similar to the one that held the talismans but with only eight slots, each one having a picture of one of the objects used to banish the Demon Sorcerers to Netherworld.

"That's one down," muttered Jade as they stood back to watch the container from a distance. "Who knows how many more we need to find?"

(LINE BREAK)

Jackie sipped some of his beverage from his coffee cup to keep himself awake. Jade was asleep in her room, and Jimmy and Paco were back sleeping in their own houses. It was near midnight, but he and Uncle and Tohru had many things to discuss.

"What do you think of Omnis?" Jackie asked Uncle.

"I have heard of him," Uncle said. "But know little of him. When I was a young boy, he was mentioned once or twice in school, but never spoken of enough to be imprinted in my memory. I only remembered him now during the battle at the harbor." He took another long drink from his tea.

"But do you think the fact that he can summon shadowkhan could become a problem?" asked Torhu.

"It is just like Daolon Wong and Shendu," explained Uncle. "They could summon the ninjas because they had the resources. Omnis had the staff. Unless he creates a new one, which could take several centuries, I believe shadowkhan will pose no further threat to us."

"But there is one thing I do not understand, or... don't quite fully know. Why is it that when all of a sudden Drago shows up, Omnis shows up too?" asked Jackie. "That definitely could not be a coincidence."

Uncle shrugged. "Could be, could not be. But one thing is for certain; we must not underestimate this new chi warlock."

Episode 3 End.

This was been quite the episode, right? Anyways! Till Episode 4, later! ;-)