1 week later:
Jack honestly hated when Kimiko was teaching him and could not wait for Clay to take charge of the next session, because the guy knew that slamming people onto the ground won't really work in helping them learn anything, seriously, this was officially the 7th- *SLAM!*, sigh, 8th time that she broke his back.
He rubbed the bruises from his back and grumbled something along the line ''You just want to get me back for putting salt in your orange juice.'', she laughed and sat down cross legged, ''I'm just trying to teach you how to not get slammed into the ground. But yeah, that too.'', Jack glared at her, annoyed.
''Guys! A sheng gong wu!'' Dojo announced, slithering towards them with the boys behind him. Dojo moved around like crazy and twisted his body in ways not even a snake would be able to. ''Is he always doing that?'', ''When a wu comes? Yes. Sometimes I worry I'll see a bone pop out of his skin.'', Kimiko answered, looking at the dragon.
''Omi opened the scroll and said ''The skates of Sabin.'', at that mention Jack quickly got up and looked down at the scroll. ''Whoever has them can release a wave blast from the blade.'', Omi explained and indeed the figure from the image made a spin with it's leg raised at 90 degrees from his body and a wave like energy came out of the blade, ''Wooow, that's awesome.'', Jack said.
''Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go.'', They all took a wu and this time Jack took the Eye of Dashi. And this time he was confident. They all climbed onto Dojo's back, and the Dragon flew away.
After a while, when Jack saw that they got pretty far from the temple he made an idiot like grin and said ''Shit, fuck, piss, bitch, bastard, damn it.''. A long silence followed with all eyes on him while he still held that shit eating grin on his face, then Raimundo asked ''What was that for?'', ''I have been at the temple for a whole week, meaning I didn't cuss for a whole week. I just needed to get it off my chest.", he answered happily, ''Oh, I just thought you realized that you didn't climb on Dojo's head.'', Rai smiled with all the sweetness he could muster. Jack's face dropped as he realized that, ''Oh…oh…'', Jack's smile dropped. Clay instinctively grabbed his hat. Jack got up, shakily ''Hold on. Maybe if I walk, Omi, step a little to the side, lemme just-OH SH-'', the genius lost his balance and the wind dragon grabbed him by the shoulder and forced him to sit down, ''Dude, just don't think about it. It's not that bad.''.
''I'm sliding down.'', Jack said, surprisingly calm as he slid to the left. Raimundo screamed, startled as he grabbed Jack's foot before he fully fell. ''DUDE! GRAB THE SCALES!'', ''THEY ARE VERY SLIPPERY!'', ''BETWEEN THE SCALES! IT ISN'T THE FIRST TIME YOU FLY ON A MAGIC DRAGON!'', ''YEAH BUT I DON'T FUCKING ALWAYS FLY ON ONE!'', ''WHY DO YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT LOOK SO DIFFICULT YOU SUCK FACE MORON?!'', ''JUST PULL ME UP ALREADY YOU ASSHOLE! I AM SEEING YOUR NOSE HAIR!'', and they continued like that until they arrived in London.
As they got near the place they climbed off of Dojo's shoulder and in the next moment Jack ran to a dumpster and threw up in it. ''Kh fuck, gah, you, cough, fuck, bleh, fuck, cough, cough, fuckyouRaimundo-BLEH!''. While Raimundo started laughing his ass off Kimiko looked around the place. ''Where should we start?'', ''Let's split up.'', Clay suggested, ''Oh naw, remember Omi gets lost easily!'', Raimundo protested, ''No I don't!'', Omi argued, ''Shouldn't we go to a rink? You know, since the wu is basically a pair of skates?'', Jack stated like it was obvious, going to them while wiping his mouth with a handkerchief. They looked at him, then at each other, and so they went to the nearest ice skating rink.
''This is ridiculous.'' Raimundo said as he walked inside the rink, ''I mean, a rink is a public area. If someone saw them they would take them. Plus, I don't think there was a rink to hide them 1500 years ago.'', ''There they are.'', Dojo said, ''Wait, what?'', ''Dojo pointed towards a wall. On that wall inside a glass box were shining the white and silver skates, Jack's eyes sparkled. But in the moment he heard ''They're mine losers! He ran towards them. Ashley was behind him, ''Here to lose another game, hero?'', this time he didn't listen to her taunts and he slammed his elbow on the glass and put a hand on one of the skates while Ashley put a hand on the other. ''Katnappe, I challenge you to a shaolin showdown!'', Jack declared, ''My Orb of Tornami against your Eye of Dashi.'', she said ''Let's make this even more interesting. Along with the orb you will play with the Jaguar Claws as well, Kimiko, can I borrow the Star Hanabi?'', ''Kimiko was surprised at that statement but gave him the star anyway, all the monks hoping that he knew what he was doing.''.
''The challenge will be an ice skating race.'', ''Huh?'', ''What's wrong? Afraid?'', He taunted, ''Of course not! First to get the wu wins?'', ''Yes. Let's go!"
"Xiaolin showdown!''.
And once again, the world shifted around them, sending them inside a cave with ice everywhere with frozen obstacles all around, and an ice steep right in front of them.
But this time Jack smiled. ''Gong Yi Tan Pai!'', And before Ashlei could make a move Jack was out like a flash, going down the ice at amazing speed. She followed but lost balance on the steep and fell.
He laughed and skated with perfect speed and precision, avoiding huge icicles and jumping over a huge one. Ashley growled and skated as well, pulling out the Orb of Tornami and calling out its name sending a jet of water towards the speeding redhead. He looked behind and suddenly bent over his back, the water flying above him with a powerful pressure. He got up and skated even quicker, reaching 2 tunnels. Above them was a screen showing that the right one was longer and with a lot more obstacles. She then used to orb to jet water behind her, the force sending her fast forward. Jack frowned as he was forced to dodge and go in the right tunnel.
''Oh no!'' Omi said, grabbing his face ''Jack isn't gonna make it!'', Jack heard that, but decided to shut up in order to focus on avoiding being slammed into walls while avoiding the obstacles. He skated faster and faster with each second and soon he got out of the tunnel, seeing Katnappe in front. She smirked at him and as she went over a big 16 foot long crevice in the ground with a single and very thin ice path between each end.
She stopped in front of the crevice and slowly skated over the ice, then she screamed ''Jaguar Claws!'', and slashed down the path breaking it into pieces. The monks gasped as Jack abruptly stopped in front of the crevice and glared at her. He turned around and skated away. ''What is he doing?'', Raimundo asked, ''Don't tell me he's gonna-'', Kimiko said, and then Jack turned sharply around, ''Oh he is.'', Clay answered, all of them gasping anxiously as Jack skated as fast as he could and jumped over the huge crevice.
The moment his foot touched the other side of it, he lost balance and fell on his side, sliding and slamming right into a wall. The monks made OOH sounds and Clay covered his face with his hat while Kimiko covered her mouth with her hands. Jack dizzily got up and started skating like his life depended on it, catching up with Ashley in a matter of seconds. She growled and as they approached another even bigger crevice with another path in the middle, Jack passed her with amazing speed and without slowing down he got on one foot and skated over the thin path and reached the end quickly.
Ashley stopped and glared at him. He was close to the wu. He just had to skate upwards on the big ice termite mound like thing. That's when he heard another jet of water, looking behind he saw that it was bigger that the others before. He looked in front of him and saw an ice rock with a smooth front. Not having a second thought, he skated towards and over it, using the momentum to jump high in the air, the water going below him. He twisted himself around like a pro and turned upside down right over the wu, grabbing it and ending the showdown.
Jack blinked away the light that stung his eyes and saw the monks running towards him and cheering. ''Way to go Jack!'', Kimiko exclaimed, ''You gotta teach me how to spin like that one day.'', Clay added, while Raimundo jumped on his back with a "WOHOO! That was so cool!", and Omi said ''I knew you were gonna win! I had no doubt!'', that's when everybody laughed.
Back at the temple, everyone entered the vault and each were putting the wus at their respective place, ''You are insane.'', Raimundo told Jack, ''Why?'', ''Jumping over things like that? Like I knew you could skate but what you did back there was ridiculously impossible.'', ''Nah, it was fun.'', Kimiko handed him the skates ''Then I guess you should be the one to put the wu in its place.'', she smirked ''Where?'', she pointed down. He looked where she pointed at, then at her ''But it's dark down there.'', he whined. ''We'll wait.'', she smirked, and so did the others.
Jack made a sound like he regretted some of his life choices and went down the stairs, looking after the right place. ''OMG! IS THAT A SKELETON?!'', He screamed in fake panic and could hear the others laughing. He chuckled too and finally found the right place to put the skates in.
But right before he could go up the stairs he saw a picture on one of the stone drawers. The crystal glasses. He raised a brow and looked up. Surely a little peak won't hurt anyone. He took out the glasses. After all, he was good now. On the xiaolin side. Fighting for good. Maybe he could find out how to call out his element. Or maybe he could see if he was progressing in his training. Or if he was doing anything good in the future.
He smiled as he put them one, ''Crystal glasses.'', and then he saw some images. His smile fell as he saw scorched ground. Then he saw the monks trapped in what seemed like the Sphere of Yun, having faces like they were betrayed. What is going on?, Then he saw Hannibal Roy Bean. With that ugly smile on his face. Is Hannibal gonna attack? He must warn the monks. But right before he could call them he saw someone shaking hands with him. No.
No.
No, it couldn't be! He changed! He knew he had!
He saw himself with an evil, sly grin on his face. He quickly took off the glasses and choked back a gasp.
'What's the matter Jack? Be honest now. Did you really join them or are you planning a good back stabbing later on?'
He tried to calm down his breathing, which was coming out ragged and harsh.
'Do you really believe you changed?!'
He was sure he had.
'Sooner or later you won't resist temptation and you will betray them again. You will do anything if it benefits you.'
But that was in the past. How could this be the future. Could't he do anything good at all?!
He choked and tried to calm his breathing, placing a hand over his chest. He felt like he was going to throw up.
''Hey Jack?! What is going on?! Are you okay?!'', Came Kimiko's voice from above. He jumped at that and quickly put back the glasses. ''I'm coming! There's just a lot of spider web in here!''. He climbed up the stairs and when he reached the monks, Clay asked ''What took you so long? A skeleton blocking your way?'', he smiled in a joke, but after seeing Jack paler than ever and sweating, all of them got worried. The genius just quickly got out of the vault, leaving the others stunned. They all observed his change in mood and as they got out as well they saw Jack walking in the garden and sitting down on the grass. All of them looked at each other and went after him. ''Dude, are you okay?'', asked the wind dragon, Jack was just breathing slowly, to calm himself down and said, ''Yeah, just needed some air.''.
They looked at each other again and worried now, Kimiko said ''Sorry, if you are that uncomfortable then I shouldn't have insisted on sending you down there. He swallowed, ''Don't worry about it.'', he turned around to face them and smiled ''I'm just very tired, I think I'll crash the bed. Goodnight.'', He said as he got up and walked inside the temple to sleep it off.
