"Jack Spicer, I challenge you to a Xiaolin-"
"Why can't I do it?"
Everyone sighed and looked back at Stryker, who was grinding his teeth in anger at his cousin. They'd traced the signature of the Shen Gong Wu-a small blade apparently called the Komori Sword-down to the large basement of the mall, away from prying eyes. Unfortunately, Entropy had followed them. This was the third time they'd had to restart their words, mostly because she kept interrupting, also because Omi kept forgetting where he stopped!
"Please scary-looking Young girl," Omi started; even he was losing patience. "Jack Spicer and I are the only ones who can Showdown, because we are the only ones who grabbed the Komori Sword. If you had grabbed it, then you would have been able to fight for it. Now, Jack Spicer, I challenge you-"
"But why can't I just grab it now and play for it?" Entropy questioned, a hand on her hip. "This game is stupid."
"It's not a game, Enny, it's a fight!" Stryker informed her stiffly. "Now seriously, shut it!"
"Well, you gotta admit Stryke, it's a stupid rule-"
"Hey, I got an idea, Baldy," Jack suddenly said. "How about, since you and I fight a lot, we drop the Wu and let someone else fight for it?"
"Jack don't!" Stryker ordered as Entropy brightened.
Jack looked between the two, then turned to Omi. The little monk was exchanging shrugs with Raimundo, then looked back to his opponent.
"I suppose, if the rules allow..." he started.
Everyone turned to Dojo, who was flipping through his large rule book in search of such a thing.
"Ah, here it is!" the little dragon said, adjusting his reading glasses. "It says that as long as the two competitors agree-"
"We do," Jack and Omi said.
"Then all you have to do is drop the Shen Gong Wu and allow two others to take your place. But you have to be sure because you can't grab it again until someone else fights for it."
The two boys glanced at each other again, then turned to their teammates. Entropy bounced up and down as Stryker slowly shook his head. Kimiko nodded at Omi and stood ready to take his place.
"On three," Omi said. "One...two..."
"Three!" Jack yelled.
Before Omi could stop him Jack pulled him and the Wu back towards Entropy. They both let go and the Wu went flying into Entropy's arms.
"Run Enny," Jack shouted as the monks started after her.
Enny squeaked and dashed away. Stryker tackled Raimundo down and Jack flew up and stole Clay's hat, distracting the cowboy enough for him to chase after the boy. Kimiko and Omi pursued Entropy and, because of her lack of stamina, cornered her rather quickly.
"Return the Sword, please," Omi requested.
"Or we'll just have to take it from you," Kimiko threatened.
Entropy stared at her, then adopted a shark like grin and reached for something in her cloak.
"Try," she hissed.
Kimiko growled, then leapt towards her, pulling on her Wudai Weapon.
"Arrow Sparrow!" she shouted, throwing her burning spear heads at the girl.
Entropy managed to fully dodge one but got in the crossfire of the others. She rolled out of the smoke, the sword still in hand.
"Two can play this game!" she cried, chucking something at Kimiko.
She was surprised to see a bomb coming at her, a large bunny face marked on it. She jumped up and avoided the explosion, landing not far from Entropy, who was trying to keep away from Omi. The little monk jumped out and grabbed the sword, only to receive a shock from the Shen Gong Wu that sent him flying.
"You can't touch the-" Dojo started to say.
"I know, I know!" Omi called back irritably.
Entropy cried out as Kimiko lunged forward and snatched the hilt of the sword. The girls squabbled over the object as the boys stopped their fighting to watch.
"We're done," Stryker sighed.
"You don't know that," Jack told him.
The look on Stryker's face didn't build up confidence.
"Now let's try this again," Kimiko growled, fighting to keep a strong grip on the Wu. "Entropy, I challenge you to a Xiaolin Showdown."
"Yeah, whatever that is," Entropy grumbled, tugging back on the object.
"I wager the Star Hanabi against your Fancy Feet."
Entropy raised an eyebrow at her as Jack grimaced and pulled out said Wu.
"The game is mine defense. First to blow their opponent off the platform wins."
"Oh we're done," Stryker mumbled.
"Let's go: Xiaolin Showdown!"
The boys shouted as majority of the floor fell out, leaving only a chunk for them to stand on. The girls shifted about as their platforms formed and Entropy actually fell. She looked down and saw that lava was beneath them. Jack picked up the Fancy Feet and tossed them down to her.
"Put 'em on!" he called to her.
Entropy scrambled over and examined the strange shoes, then pulled them over her own, standing up.
"Gon yi tan pai!" Kimiko shouted.
"Say what?" Entropy questioned.
"Just go!" Stryker shouted.
"Star Hanabi!"
Entropy yelped as a fireball was thrown at her. She jumped back away from it, then slipped and fell again.
"How do you work these things?!" she cried.
"Call their name!" Jack said as Stryker shook his head and put it in his hands.
"This is making Jack look good," Raimundo muttered to Clay.
"Fancy Feet!" Entropy cried as she jumped up.
Kimiko shot another fireball at her, but this time Entropy zipped out of the way.
"Cool!" Enny said, that crazy grin on her face.
She dodged another Hanabi fireball, then another, and another.
"You suck at shooting!" she taunted Kimiko.
The other girl just smirked. Stryker pulled his head out of his hands and saw that Kimiko wasn't even trying to hit Enny.
She was demolishing the platform.
"Watch out!" he cried as Enny zipped dangerously near to the corner of a crater.
Entropy looked up at him and Kimiko took the opening to fire right in front of her. She leaned away from the explosion, but stepped back and slipped down the edge of a crater. She clung to the platform and tried to claw her way up, then looked over at Kimiko.
"See ya!"
Enny's stomach dropped as the Wudai Warrior's Arrow Sparrows flew at the remaining part of her rock. Jack held Stryker back as she plummeted to the lava below.
The scene flickered, and before they knew it the floor was whole again. Enny sat up and rubbed her head dizzily. She looked down and saw that the Fancy Feet were gone.
"Nice try."
She turned to Kimiko, who was holding the Wu in her arms, a bit of a smile on his face. Stryker sighed as he went over and helped his cousin up.
"Guess you shouldn't be so cocky, huh?" he told her.
"Shut it, Snakey," Enny grumbled, punching him on the arm.
"Well, that was fun," Raimundo said, smirking at Stryker. "We should let her play more often."
Stryker just scowled at him.
"Let's just go," Jack muttered.
"Yeah," Stryker said, glaring down at Entropy. "We've got a lot of stuff to talk about."
Enny just grinned at him.
