Hello my fellow readers!
The next chapter will be posted this weekend since I shall be busy the next few days!
All of you have a Happy Thanksgiving
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Shendu's POV
"My patience grows thin Valmont" I snarled dangerously at Valmont who stood in front of his desk in and looked back to me. "Every moment spent in this stone encasement is an eternity lost!"
"I assure you Shendu my men are spending every waking moment searching for you talismans" Valmont replied to me. His hands were folded behind his back, I merely growled as the office door opened and in came two of Valmont's fools.
"Aw come on I wanna see the baseball scores!" the human named Ratso whined and he tried to make a grab for some kind of parchment.
"Ah-ah not until I check out Stewie Calboie he's da bomb!" his companion I believe named to be Finn replied. Ratso simply plucked the parchment away from his friend and turned it around. I saw something familiar on the piece of paper and I said.
"You two!" both Ratso and Chow winced in fear. "Come closer"
The two enforcers obeyed and came a little closer to where I could see the parchment.
"Show me the parchment" I ordered.
"You're a Giant's fan Shendu?" Ratso asked me stupidly. I hissed in annoyance and snapped.
"Turn it over!"
He asked something about a device called hair plugs ad but I ignored him.
"The statue of Lo Pei" I growled as I finally saw the picture of the mortal who betrayed me and turned me into this damned form.
"Hey if you want to see Lo Pei, you should check out my salary get it low pay?" Finn joked with Ratso the two of them chuckled before I interrupted again.
"Fools Lo Pei was the Chi Warrior who scattered my talismans to the four corners of the earth and turned me into a statue"
"Well I guess someone did the same thing to him" Ratso began.
"What goes around comes around" Finn finished.
"No that is a simply a statue made of terra cotta" I explained as Valmont took the newspaper from Ratso. He read the article for a few moments before saying.
"Whose leggings bear inscriptions"
"Ahh which may provide precious clues as to the whereabouts of the remaining talismans bring the terracotta warrior to me" I then demanded at Ratso and Finn.
Enya's POV
Uncle decided to give me the day off since he and Jackie were going to be busy examining the statue Lo Pei. At the moment I was out of the shop and was very irritable, one reason was it was my time of the month. Sometimes I hated being half human during this time my dragon half and I were temperamental, as was my appetite. For the past few days I had been hunting a lot catching whatever small game I could find. My nightmares of the night I was attacked also took a turn, as always I was always pinned in front of my bike and this time instead of the leader about to kill me, he would have me pinned against the ground and the next thing that would happen would be a rape.
I always woke up screaming before the actual rape in the dream happened. At the moment I was sitting in a tree dressed in my usual attire and my hair was tied back. It was a beautiful day and the heat from the fun made me feel sleepy and I decided a quick shut eye wouldn't hurt.
Dream
I was back at my beach and instead of meditating I was doing yoga.
"No meditation today?" I heard the amused tone of Shendu. I smirked and opened my eyes to see Shendu's spirit hover in front of me.
"It's been a few days my friend I missed your company" I greeted the demon sorcerer.
"I've been busy my dear" Shendu replied. "Are your nightmares still coming and going?"
I paused before turning to the spirit of the eastern dragon.
"Yes and their getting worse"
"In what way?" Shendu questioned.
"Instead of deciding to kill me I'm about to be raped" I simply stated. Shendu snarled at the mention of this.
"You sound as though you're against rape Shendu" I said looking to the demon sorcerer in surprise.
"I have done many things in my years that would be considered monstrous but rape is something I do not like or tolerate" the way Shendu spoke this I knew there was more to the story. I was curious to find out why a demon sorcerer, Shendu most of all was against rape, maybe something or someone from his past that was dear to him experienced such a horrible event. I decided to change the subject but Shendu beat me to it first.
"I am curious to learn about you're reality Enya tell me more about it" this got me to chuckle and I finally stopped my yoga and sat down in the sand, my legs crossed. Shendu floated to the ground next to me.
"What is it you would like to learn?"
"Whatever you wish to talk about" Shendu replied. I then began to tell him about the many wanders of my world, I explained that I would love to watch JCA every Saturday as well as looking forward to watching other anime's that I liked.
"I have heard of anime its Japanese Cartoons I take it?" Shendu asked.
"Yes there are many kinds"
"Name one"
"There's one called Inuyasha it's about this human girl named Kagome who falls into a well in her family shrine and she's taken back in time to Feudal Japan, there she meets the half dog demon Inuyasha, the two of them have to travel the realm to gather all of the shards of the Shikon Jewel a gem that is desired by many demons"
"Sounds interesting" Shendu said.
"It is interesting one of my favorite characters is a full blooded dog demon named Sesshomaru he's Inuyasha's half brother" at the mention of this Shendu hissed.
"Are you jealous Shendu?" I teased the dragon. Shendu turned to me and his eyes were positioned as though he were blushing.
"I am most certainly not" he replied.
"You're lying dragon" I taunted the demon sorcerer with a smirk. Shendu didn't say anything but simply sighed. I felt my body suddenly starting to wake up.
"I need to go my friend see you soon" I started to say as I stood up.
"Wait" Shendu said. Shendu coiled his body around mind and this time his face was right in front of me. I felt myself blush as we both stared into one another's eyes. For some reason I closed my eyes and I felt Shendu touch his head against my forehead. What happened next I didn't remember because I woke up.
Reality
When I woke up I heard my cell phone ringing. I looked to the caller id and saw it was Jackie.
"What is it Jackie?" I asked the archaeologist.
"Enya I need your help Jade managed to bring the terracotta statue of Lo Pei to life with the Rat Talisman and worse he has the other talisman with him"
"I'll go look for him" I said to Jackie.
"Thanks call me when you find him"
"Will do" I then hung up the phone and summoned my wings and then called to my power of invisibility.
Once I was invisible I flapped my wings and lifted off of the ground and flew towards the infamous prison Alcatraz. As I flew I sent Jackie a text telling him where Lo Pei would be. The flight from the park to the prison ruins took about fifteen minutes. When the infamous prison came into sight I shivered. I heard Alcatraz had many spirits of the inmates who used reside there and I hoped to not encounter one. I immediately recognized Lo Pei and I landed near him, shortly reverting back to flesh and blood. Lo Pei blasted a hole beneath him and took out the Ox Talisman when Jackie and I both shouted for him to stop.
"Don't do that!" Jackie said finally coming to a stop in front of Lo Pei.
"Who are you?" he asked to Jackie.
"I am the one who borrowed you from the museum"
"You were accidentally brought to life you should return from where you came from and the talismans should go back to Section 13 out of the Dark Hand's reach" Lo Pei turned to me. The Chi Warrior suddenly came to me and grabbed my left wrist. Like lightning he took out a knife and cut my flesh, at the smell of my own blood I felt my inner dragon stir.
"It's ah honor to be amongst you" Lo Pei said to me.
"You know what I am?" I asked dumbfounded as I healed my knife wound.
"Indeed I have experienced you're kind before hatchling unlike of the Ultimate Evil I once banished you have good chi flowing within you young one"
"The Ultimate Evil what's that?" Jackie asked. Lo Pei turned to him and frowned.
"You dare ask a sacred warrior to speak its name"
"But you're not a warrior" Jackie began trying to reason with Lo Pei and I sighed shaking my head.
"You're a statue Terracotta, you know" Jackie then used a fist and knocked his head with it. "I'll prove it" Jackie then pulled out a newspaper with Lo Pei's true form on it.
"Scroll Magic" the warrior said alarmed and he gave Jackie a kick to the gut sending the archaeologist to go flying backwards and landing against the wall"
"Actually daily tribune" Jackie said before he stood back up. "Okay new plan how about we work together, you know of the location of the remaining talismans right?"
"Yes and that is knowledge you shall never posses Energy Scroll!" Lo Pei then summoned a scroll and as it glowed it made Jackie go flying. The archaeologist managed to land onto the wall above him and Lo Pei went after him. Jackie continued to avoid being fried by Lo Pei's magic and as I summoned my wings Jackie finally fell into the ruins of Alcatraz and Lo Pei followed. I flapped my silvery wings and quickly took flight and dove down headfirst inside where Lo Pei managed to pin Jackie into a cell and he closed the iron bars.
"Come" Lo Pei said suddenly grasping my wrist.
"What do you need with me?!" I demanded at Lo Pei as my wings vanished and the two of us levitated off of the ground.
"To keep you safe hatchling" Lo Pei answered as we left Jackie in the prison and floated back towards San Francisco.
Shendu's POV
Valmont's enforcers returned empty handed but that didn't mean they came back with some interesting information.
"Rather ironic is not Shendu?" Valmont boasted looking to me. "The statue of the man who turned you a statue is no longer a"
"Silence!" I snapped at him. "So Lo Pei has become a living being"
"Probably used the talisman Oh!" Ratso the grunted in pain as Chow and Finn elbowed him to shut him up.
"Lo Pei posses a talisman?" I then focused my attention to Valmont. "And your men do nothing to retrieve it?!
"Big V you should have seen the guy he's packing paper" Finn began.
"Exploding kind" Ratso added.
"We'd be toast" Chow finished.
"You are expendable" Valmont muttered.
"However the talismans are not you shall employ a weapon more powerful than scrolls, Cunning you three will convince Lo Pei that you are his allies fellow warriors of the Ling Dynasty"
"Err maybe you haven't noticed Shendu but we don't exactly have that ancient warrior look" Finn began to argue. I summoned one of my Shadow Khan minions and one came out of the floor holding old garments back to the time when I ruled China.
Enya's POV
I moaned as Lo Pei finally levitated us to the ground. I suddenly lost my footing and the Chi Warrior caught me.
"Are you alright hatchling?" he asked me like a father would with their child.
"Yes I'm fine but why did you kidnap me Jackie wasn't going to hurt me"
"I do not trust him" Lo Pei said before he grasped my wrist once more and he began to walk forward.
"Hey remember me? Enya what are you doing with him?!" Jade exclaimed when she saw that Lo Pei was holding my wrist.
"Out of my way child" Lo Pei growled. As he began to walk forward I managed to squeeze my wrist out of his grasp.
"I assure you my friend I am in no danger" I said to the warrior.
"Besides I wouldn't hurt her anyway" Jade added with a smile. The three of us climbed the stairs and came to a stop right as a bus pulled up. "So how about we hop the number four bus to Section 13, return the talismans to the vault and no harm no foul what do you say big guy?" Jade then gave Lo Pei the thumbs up and I couldn't help the chuckle that escaped my lips. Lo Pei looked to Jade at the hand gesture she made.
"What is this strange gesture?" he asked.
"It means everything's fine that we're friends not your enemy" I said to Lo Pei.
"The small one and her friend are no pals" called out a familiar voice. As the bus pulled away I did an anime fall when I saw Ratso, Chow, and Finn all dressed up like ancient warriors. "They are the enemy O great Lo Pei"
"Why don't you three stooges get lost!" I snapped at the enforcers my claws emerging.
"You know my name?" Lo Pei questioned looking to Finn, Ratso and Chow.
"Sure we're fellow warriors from the Ling Dynasty come to help" the three of them approached and came to a stop in front of us and they bowed.
"Bullshit" I snarled.
Jade folded her arms across her chest and growled as Chow continued.
"As the err, dew helps the morning glory to blossom"
"Yes that's us!" Finn added and the three of them grinned like idiots.
"Lo Pei" I said to Chi Warrior. He turned to me.
"They lie" I hissed. But Chow interrupted me.
"The Emperor sent us to help you hide the talisman" he said widening his eyes when he noticed Lo Pei had more than one talisman. "Talismans you got so many he thinks we can do it faster and cheaper"
"They're so lying!" Jade protested coming in between Finn, Ratso, and Chow and Lo Pei. "They're the Dark Hand bad guys enemies of Jackie, me and Enya!"
"Yeah Lo Pei you know Jackie they guy who was trying to bust you up back in Alcatraz he's her uncle" Finn countered.
"By marriage hardly really know him" Jade chuckled nervously.
"As the lily-pads offers respite to the weary bullfrog so too is your service to our cause is greatly appreciated" Lo Pei began when he began to take off the thing that carried the talismans. I suddenly hissed as Chow grabbed me while Finn and Ratso grabbed Jade. Lo Pei frowned and said.
"A sacred warrior would never harm a child and yet alone a woman, you are imposters!" the Chi Warrior growled. Tohru suddenly came out of nowhere and he held a cab above Lo Pei.
"You're cab is here"
"Look out!" I said to Lo Pei and pushed him out of the way, I managed to avoid getting pan caked as well. I lost consciousness for a second before I heard Jade calling out my name. I opened my eyes to see both Lo Pei and Jade standing above me looking concerned.
"Are you alright young one?" Lo Pei asked me.
"I'm fine" I reassured the Chi Warrior.
"No you're not Enya look" Jade said holding my right arm. Above my elbow was a good size wound and worse it was starting to bleed.
"Can't you heal it?" the preteen inquired.
"Allow me" Lo Pei interrupted and he held his right palm out, it glowed green and I watched as my wound healed.
"Thank you" I stated back to Lo Pei who nodded.
"Wait don't hurt them!" Jackie yelled.
"It's okay Jackie he won't hurt us will you my friend?" I asked looking to Lo Pei.
"No I won't you risked you're life to protect me and the child is not a threat either"
"Where are the talismans?" Jackie demanded when he realized Lo Pei no longer held the yellow thing he had carried around.
"The Dark Hand got them" I answered Jackie who face palmed.
"We'll get them back warriors yes!" Jade added with a fist pump in the air.
"Warriors no" Jade corrected her. "You are a child and I am an archaeologist though not for long if I don't get you back to the museum" Jackie said looking to Lo Pei.
"Again you speak nonsense as the crescent moon is duty bound to follow the sunset so shall I smite this Dark Hand. Hoo-Ah!" Lo Pei said he walked ahead of us with a thumbs up. He then came to a stop of a flier showing Lo Pei's statue form on it against a bulletin board. He then turned to us.
"You we're speaking the truth I am a statue but if this is true how can it be?"
I walked up to Lo Pei and pressed a hand where I sensed the Rat Talisman resided within him.
"Motion to the motionless" I answered.
"Hmm the power of the rat" Lo Pei agreed. I suddenly hissed when I heard the sounds of motorcycles. Finn, Ratso, and Chow rode on them holding out laser like swords.
"The Dark Hand!" Jackie said his eyes widening.
"Why are they here they have all of the talismans" Jade added.
"No they do not" both Lo Pei and I said in unison.
"Immobilizer Scroll!" Lo Pei shouted bringing out one of his magic scrolls and it glowed green before the light shot at the three stooges and they froze up. Tohru then appeared in front of his colleagues and began to swing nun-chucks. Lo Pei simply leapt into the air and kicked Tohru hard in the gut and the sumo went falling backwards and he landed on his back. I smirked as Lo Pei went over to the frozen Finn, Ratso, and Chow and took the yellow talisman holder from them before he turned and walked back towards us. Shadow Khan suddenly came out and Lo Pei spoke.
"You must go as the bamboo stands firm against the furious hale so shall I stay them off so long as I am able" Lo Pei looked to me and Jade. "I entrust you guard the talismans and keep your world safe from the Ultimate Evil"
"I understand thank you" Jackie said in a serious tone as Lo Pei tossed the talisman holder and I grabbed it. Jackie grabbed Jade and we hurried towards a jet ski. My wings emerged and I gave Jackie the talisman holder.
"We can't just leave him!" Jade protested as he tossed Jade a helmet.
"You think I want to he's a loan from the museum in my name and we must protect the talismans"
Jade whined sadly before she got onto the Jet Ski behind her uncle. I flapped my wings and took flight becoming invisible. As I flew away I heard Lo Pei whisper in the wind.
"Goodbye Pal, farewell young dragon" I turned to see Lo Pei remove the Rat Talisman from inside him and he tossed it over the Shadow Khan. It soared in the air for a second later before finally being grabbed by Jade.
Later
Night
I was tired due to today's events and I decided to leave Jade, Uncle, and Jackie behind at the exhibit. When Lo Pei was returned to stone he had a thumbs up gesture which pleased Jade and I. The museum wasn't far from the Uncle's store so I decided to walk. I was in the middle of listening to something on my I-phone when I felt something sharp pierce into my shoulder blade ripping a hole into my leather jacket. I screamed and fell to the sidewalk, I looked to see what hit me and my eyes widened to see an arrow from a crossbow.
"So you think you could escape from me monster" came a familiar voice. I turned to look behind me and my eyes widened to see the leader of the hunters standing in front of me. He was dressed in his hunting attire, his cruel green eyes narrowed.
"How did you?"
"I managed to follow you through the portal that sucked you in half breed and now it's time for you to die" he came towards me and pulled the arrow out of my shoulder blade before picking me up and slamming me against the wall. I felt the cool metal of a knife blade enter my arm and I screamed.
Shendu's POV
"Valmont!"
Valmont had been busy doing some paper work and he jumped at my voice.
"What is it Shendu?"
"Enya is in danger I just felt her scream" without thinking I summoned the Shadow Khan.
"Go and find Enya and kill whoever is hurting her" I ordered.
Enya's POV
I felt blood began to pour down my right arm from where the leader hunter stabbed me.
"Perhaps I should torture you more"
"You go to hell!" I spat at the hunter and he only replied with another stab this time in my side. I held back my scream and closed my eyes waiting for my life to end.
"What the hell?" the hunter growled. I opened my eyes weakly and I saw Shadow Khan. The next thing I knew was darkness claiming me as did I hear the lead hunter scream.
Valmont's POV
I was now worried for Enya's sake. Shendu had been right I was smitten with her and the mere thought of someone hurting her angered me. I gasped a second later when the Shadow Khan returned and one of them held Enya. Shendu snarled and fire emerged out from his stone mouth, I had to duck so I wouldn't get fried.
"Tend to her wounds and stay by her side Valmont I will have my minions do the to messy work"
I walked over to the Shadow Khan who held Enya and took her into my arms.
Enya's POV
I don't know how long I had been out cold and when I woke I did so by screaming.
"Calm down Enya you're safe now" a familiar English voice said. I looked up to see Valmont above me and I looked around to notice I was in some sort of bedroom.
"Shendu sensed you were being attacked and the Shadow Khan saved you're life as you can see they already removed your blood stained clothing"
Sure enough I looked down to see that I wore a familiar outfit, it was the same one I wore in my dreams especially the ones I shared with Shendu. I felt a bandage was wrapped around the area where I was stabbed on my right arm as did I see one wrapped around my shoulder blade and I felt one on my side.
"You didn't?"
"I didn't change you out of your clothes the Shadow Khan did" Valmont reassured me and he came to sit beside me on the bed. I tried to scoot away from him but Valmont put a hand over mine.
"I am not going to hurt you Enya" he was telling the truth. I didn't say anything as Valmont suddenly brought me into his lap. I felt my face turn red when he did this, he suddenly wrapped his arms around my body and he brought me into his chest.
"The next time someone harms you again I will personally make sure they are dealt with" Valmont said suddenly.
"You say that as though you like me" Valmont chuckled.
"My dear I find you very beautiful and I would like to ask you're permission if I can kiss you"
I felt my heart beginning to beat a mile a minute. I simply nodded and Valmont's lips gently came onto mine. This kiss this time was different and I welcomed it.
Dream
Not long after Valmont had kissed me I soon fell asleep, the leader of the Dark Hand reassured me he would not leave my side. I was back at the beach setting and I patiently waited for Shendu.
"Enya!" I heard Shendu's worried voice and I turned to see Shendu's ghost like form rush over to me. I stood up just as he coiled his body around mine once more.
"I was worried about you" the demon sorcerer said as he rested his ghost like head against my forehead.
"I owe you my life Shendu" I stated to him.
"Anyone else who dares harms you again will have to deal with me" Shendu growled. I didn't say anything as both Shendu and I remained in the position we were in and we stayed for who knows how long, one thing was for certain though. I was beginning to fall for the Demon Sorcerer of Fire as was my feelings for Valmont were uncertain.
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