Farther in the forest Jack and Stryker were cracking up as they ran.

"You, my friend, are evil genius material!" Jack declared as he examined the Crossed Heart. "And a prank master! I've never seen the straight jacket-pantsing combo before!"

"Ah it was nothing," Stryker said with a laugh. "The pun you used was pretty creative! And we're putting that picture on Facebook!"

They laughed as they reached the jet and started to get in.

"Eye of Dashi!"

A bolt of lightning shot at the jet, nearly hitting Jack in the head. He squealed and jumped into Stryker's arms without a second thought. Stryker steadied himself, then cleared his throat at him, and Jack finally processed that they must've looked very weird.

"Kindly remove yourself before I drop ya, bud," Stryker patiently commanded.

"You've gotta lot nerve, Stryker!" Rai shouted as he, Clay and Omi came towards the jet and Jack jumped out of Stryker's arms.

"Wait, don't tell me," Stryker started, seeing his torn sleeves. "You're about to flip out and tear me to shreds because I made you tear the sleeves off your favorite hoodie, right?"

"Nooo..." Rai snarled. "I'm going to tear you to shred for hitting on my girlfriend!"

"...Oh...well, props for not being materialistic!

Rai let out a battle cry as he did a flying kick at Stryker's head. Stryker dodged and hooked his ankle, throwing him over his shoulder. Rai did a backflip to land on his feet and sent a spin sidekick to Stryker's face. Stryker pushed it away and kicked Rai's stomach, knocking the air out of him.

"Your defense needs work," Stryker said with a sneer. "I could beat you from here to the Arctic Ocean if I wanted to."

Rai just growled and tried to punch him. Stryker dodged easily, his hands clasped behind his back. They locked eyes as Rai realized the insult. Jack scooted over to Clay and Omi, who were watching in shock as Rai threw punch after punch, kick after kick, only for Stryker to sidestep and dodge every move.

"Well, well, well," Jack jeered. "It looks like my new partner is ten times than your 'great' leader! How 'bout that!"

Omi scowled as Jack let out his irritating laugh.

"I find I would like to prance on his casket," he told Clay.

"That's 'dance on his grave', lil buddy," Clay told him. "And trust me, ya ain't the only one."

Jack suddenly flew forward wih a squeal; he collided with Stryker as Kimiko flipped through the air and landed beside Raimundo, twirling the Crossed Heart on her index finger.

"You're so attractive!" Rai told her, that big goofy grin on his face.

"So are you, babe, so are you!" Kimi said, giving him a smile of her own.

"Get. A. Room!" Jack and Spicer shouted as they both lunged for the Wu.

The four shouted at each other and grabbed hold of the Crossed Heart, pulling in multiple directions. The Wu started glowing gold.

"This is the part where we challenge them to a Xiaolin Showdown thing, right?" Stryker asked Jack.

"Ha!" Jack shouted, pointing at Rai and Kimiko. "He said it first so we get to pick!"

"We know," Rai and Kimi growled.

"Pick the challenge then," Rai commanded.

Jack thought for a moment, then grinned.

"Flashlight tag!" he decided.

"Say what?" Stryker asked, his nose wrinkling.

"Didn't we already do that?" Rai asked.

"No, we used a lighthouse," Jack reminded him. "This time we'll use regular flashlights."

"Why're all these showdowns kids games?" Stryker asked quietly.

"And we'll do a Sheng Yi Bu Dare and play in teams," Jack continued. "We'll wager the Shroud of Shadows and the Shadow of Fear against your Eye of Dashi and Changing Chopsticks."

"Hopefully this ends better than last time..." Omi said, knitting his brow in worry.

"Let's go: Xiaolin Showdown!"

A dome of stone shot up from the ground and closed around them, locking the others out. Inside was so dark the teams couldn't see their own hands in front of their faces.

"Gon yi tan pai!" they shouted.

Immediately they all received flashlights; Stryker whipped out the Shroud of Shadows and wrapped it around him, disappearing from view, then grabbed Jack's arm and pulled him away from the monks just as hey turned on their lights.

"They could be anywhere in here," Rai said, flicking the light to and fro.

"Yes...but..." Kimiko started.

With a grin she pulled out her cellphone.