Raimundo stared down at Zephyr's still body. He'd yet to open his eyes since the Showdown ended; Rai had wasted no time in dropping the Blade of the Nebula, the Eye of Dashi, and the Reversing Mirror to the ground, choosing instead to shake his brother in attempts to wake him up. No one else had moved, not even those from his family.

After what seemed like forever, Zephyr finally took in a big breath of air and opened his sea green eyes, staring at Raimundo as if he were a madman. Rai let out a laugh of hysteria and relief, even as Zephyr shoved him away, the memory of everything coming back to him.

"Get off me!" he shouted, struggling to his feet. "Just because-"

Rai pulled him back and wrapped his arms around him, ignoring his brother's stiffening. Zephyr was too stunned to do anything but stand there, his brow furrowed at this sudden warmth. When Raimundo finally released him a pang rocked his chest. That look in Rai's eyes was enough to drag out tears.

They dried when Zephyr saw Serina starting towards them.

Rai turned as Zephyr's head dipped and he stepped back. There was a dangerous fire in his grandmother's eyes that he knew all too well.

"You ungrateful, arrogant, useless piece of filth!" Serina stormed. She was so angry she didn't know she was speaking in Portuguese. "This family has done everything for you and you spit in its face-"

She'd struck out to blast Zephyr across the face, but her rage quickly disintegrated when she saw that it was Raimundo who had taken the blow. Everyone gasped as he glared into his grandmother's softening eyes; Zephyr could do nothing but stare.

"Neto!" Serina sobbed, reaching up to touch his cheek. "I didn't-"

Raimundo grabbed her wrist and pushed her arm away, his jaw tight as he leaned towards her.

"Don't ever try to hit my brother again," he growled.

Serina was taken aback, especially when he moved her away from him. Jack tapped Zephyr on the shoulder, motioning for the boy to follow him. With another quick look of shock at Rai, Zephyr nodded and numbly tailed Jack to his jet.

"Raimundo..." Serina was saying.

"He's not a curse," Rai said, much to his friends' relief. "He never did anything wrong. And you had no right to blame him for everything that went wrong with our lives-"

"Zephy!" Maria cried out, drawing everyone's eyes to her. "Where are you going?"

All eyes shot to Jack's jet. Raimundo's heart dropped as Jack held the door open for Zephyr, who had hesitated. The brother's met eyes, then to Rai's surprise, Zephyr gave him a small smile. No one came after them as he jumped into the jet and it took off. Rai watched after it for a moment, then turned and stepped passed his grandma. The monks read into his walk and started towards the house as he leaned down, picked Maria up, and kissed her on the forehead.

"Be good for Mãe, okay?" he commanded, setting her down and repeating the process with Rico.

"Raimundo-" Andrea started, her brow creased with worry.

"Don't be rude to each other you two," Rai told Rosa and Anita, who hugged him quickly and tightly. "I don't wanna hear about any fighting."

"Raimundo, please!"

Rai moved passed her and this seemed too much; she turned to Serina.

"Do something!" she begged her mother. "I can't lose another son!"

This stopped Raimundo's words to Antoine. Everyone dipped their heads as Rai faced his mother with a stone face. She looked up at him and wondered when he had gotten so big.

"You had no problem losing a son five seconds ago," Rai snapped. "So what does it matter now?"

He gave her a quick, cold peck on the cheek before heading to the house. Antoine looked at his step-mother and saw nothing but appallment. Zephyr had been right. He was going to show this family what a "failure" Rai really was, by showing them the kind of people they all should have been.

******JP******

"So...uh...you weren't actually going to kill him...were you?"

Zephyr looked up at Jack, Entropy, and Styrker's stares. Cinder gave him quick glances as she put a bandage over the cut on his forehead.

"Uh...I don't know..." Zephyr admitted. "I think...in the moment I might have."

"Great!" Stryker said. "You invited a killer onto our jet! Nice pick, Jackie!"

"Hey, in the end he didn't kill him, so he's not a killer!" Jack reasoned. He raised his brow and looked into the rearview mirror at Zephyr. "You haven't killed anyone else, have you?"

"No," Zephyr assured him. "Look, I was just really angry, okay? And anyway, aren't you all part of that 'Heylin' evil thing Rai fights?"

"I think we're decidedly neutral, aren't we?" Entropy asked.

"Not like we have much of a choice," Stryker said. "It's either our uncle, which is no. Hannibal Bean...and the name just implies nooo. Or there's Wuya, Jack's-"

"N. O." Jack growled.

"So, yeah, decidedly neutral," Entropy said with a roll of her eyes. She flashed Zephyr a smirk. "Which would make murder sort of a turn off, you know?"

"Yeah, got it," Zephyr said, letting his own smirk come.

Stryker caught their prolonged stare and started faking a cough fit.

"Py...ro!" he choked out amidst them.

"Shut it, Snakey!" Entropy growled, kicking his seat as Zephyr paled.

"Oh, trust me," Cinder started, putting a hand on his shoulder. "Having her thinking about it constantly is worse than her talking about it."

"Good to know..." Zephyr said awkwardly.

Stryker stuck his tongue out at Entropy, then gave Zephyr another suspicious look. He sighed and turned around.

"I don't know, what do you guys think?" he asked the others. "Should Pedrosa Jr. here join our little...whatever this is?"

The nickname didn't sound all that appealing, and Zephyr hoped he wasn't going to stick with it.

"I think it's cool," Entropy said. "One more player than the monks. And we could use a kid who can make Shen Gong Wu."

"As long as you guys are okay with it," Cinder said, sitting on the floor between Entropy and Zephyr.

Jack glanced back and made a mental note to install another seat.

"What's your thoughts, Stryker?" he asked.

"Your team," came the answer.

Jack glanced back at Zephyr again, then shrugged with a grin.

"Welcome to the...whatever this is, then Zephy," he said.

Zephyr grimaced.

"I always hated that nickname..."

******JP******

"Kids are home," Lula called. "Brought another mouth to feed too."

"Boy, they're multiplying like flies," Wuya joked from her room. "I'll be down in a second."

Her act slipped away as she turned the amulet over, studying the inscription.

To the Dragon who'll change it all.

-Love, Dad

So Victor really had known about Jack's powers; surely if her sister had seen this she would've disposed of it, so the compartment must've been his. Wuya rubbed a hand across her forehead. What was she to do now? She had thought the amulet belonged to Lula, but if this rightfully belonged to Jack.

"Hag! Mom wants you to meet Zephyr!"

"I'm coming, I'm coming!" Wuya called, rolling her eyes.

She hesitated, then pushed the amulet between the mattress again. She'd have to look for the other necklace later. With a sigh she left the room, closing and locking the door.

Not even a second later, a black crow swooped into the room, phasing through the window completely. It landed on the mattress dug out the amulet, then soared off into the night, leaving a single feather behind.

******JP******

"Mom, this is Zephyr," Jack was introducing when Wuya came to the kitchen. "He kinda got kicked out of his house, so can he stay here?"

"I don't see why not," Lula said, reaching out and shaking Zephyr's hand. "Nice to meet you. I'm afraid we don't have anymore beds to offer, though..."

"We can make ya a pallet," Stryker offered, slapping Zephyr on the back. "Hope you don't mind the floor."

"Not like I can feel my back now anyway," Zephyr groaned, scrunching his back in pain.

Jack caught sight of Wuya and sighed.

"And this is my...aunt, Wuya," he told Zephyr. "She recently started living with us. Can't tell you why."

"Pleasure to meet you," Wuya said. She tilted her head as she held her hand out to him. "You look rather familiar."

"Zephyr's the younger brother of Rai-Rai," Entropy explained, smirking at Cinder.

"Really?" Wuya cooed, leering at the boy as he shook her hand. "What a handsomely interesting development."

Jack rolled his eyes behind her and stuck his tongue out in disgust. Stryker nodded in the same dramatic fashion. Zephyr fought a smirk when he saw this.

"You two wouldn't happen to possess the same powers, would you?"

"Uh...yeah I guess you could say we do," Zephyr said quietly. "He can't make Wu like I can though."

Wuya and Lula froze and stared at him. The teens all cringed or rocked back and forth, hoping this wouldn't cause another fight. Lula was the first to awaken; she took a deep breath, then let it out slowly.

"You can create Shen Gong Wu?" she asked.

Zephyr, sensing the tone in her voice, nodded timidly.

"What element do you control?"

"...Wind..."

Lula nodded, then held her hand out again.

"Nice to meet you," she said; Zephyr furrowed his brow and took her hand again. "I'm the former Dragon of the Wind. Like you, I too could create Wu."

Zephyr straightened at this news. Lula did her best to smile at him, then turned to Jack.

"I know that you were out getting Wu again."

Jack's stomach dropped to the floor.

"I told you very clearly that I didn't want you to be a part of this, didn't I?"

"...Yea..."

"And you still went out and hunted for one, didn't you?"

"Well...It turned out to be going off because of Zephyr..."

Lula squinted at him.

"...Yes..." Jack said, kicking at the floor sheepishly. "I went in search of a Wu..."

His friends also turned sheepish at Lula's gaze. She sighed and smirked at Wuya, who was examining the ends of her hair with great "interest".

"Well, I think you should thank your aunt, Jackson. Because if she and I hadn't spoken, you would probably be grounded for a month."

Jack's eyes shot up to meet Wuya's; She cocked an eyebrow and shrugged at him nonchalantly.

"I still have some rules," Lula continued. Her brow was creased with that motherly worry. "For all of you, if you're going to keep living here."

Jack perked at this. Was she letting him stay in the game after all?

"None of you go out alone," she was saying, counting the rules out on her hand. "And you have to let me or Wuya know where you're going. And...well if you're going to be out late you have to let us know that too."

She squeaked when Jack ran over and hugged her tightly. The others had large grins on their faces, finding that Lula's rules made them sound like normal teenagers.

"Thank you!" Jack declared, kissing his mom on the cheek. "Thank you thank you thank you!"

"Yes, well," Lula said, laughing despite herself and squeezing Jack back. "You all had better get to bed. It's rather late and you'll have a big day tomorrow."

Jack gave her another kiss on the cheek, then he and the others raced each other up the stairs. Wuya watched them go, then turned to her sister when she was sure they were out of earshot.

"You just became World's Number One Mom," she joked.

"That's what scares me," Lula sighed. "I just told my son that he's allowed to fight both evil and good for what he describes as 'kicks'. "

"Yes, that seems to be a downfall. But you're upset for a different reason. Zephyr can create Shen Gong Wu. Doesn't that mean the prophecy is coming true?"

Lula shouted as the plates she'd grabbed slipped out of her grasp and shattered on the floor. She put a hand over her mouth to suppress something as Wuya stared at her in concern.

"Mom?" Jack called from the stairs. "Is everything okay?"

"I just dropped some things," Wuya told him. "Go play Spin the Bottle."

She didn't listen to what he said afterwards, she just went over and held her sister in her arms, stroking her hair as she quivered uncontrollably.