•On a private plane headed to Mexico•
"Ok, so explain to me again how you managed to get us a private plane?"
"Cause i feel like you went for more than just a walk the other morning, Jackie."
"Oh well i-"
At that moment, an overhead compartment nearby was knocked open, and Jade tumbled out.
"Jade?! What are you doing here, you were told to stay at the shop with Uncle!"
"You guys are going to look for one of those magic talisman things, I'd never miss a chance to see what they can do! Besides, Uncle has that creepy demon to keep him company."
"Oh dear..I can only imagine what they're arguing about.."
•Meanwhile..•
"Make your move, Chan, it'll be the last one you make!"
Uncle's eye's squinted as he moved his hand towards Shendu, only to stop and put his fingers onto a white bishop, moving it diagonally two places, capturing Shendu's rook.
"Uncle does not think so."
He crossed his arms, waiting for Shendu to make his move.
The demon, using the Rooster Talisman, levitated his queen and took Uncle's bishop.
"Your move, Chan."
Uncle took in the state of the board before he lifted up his king, placing next to Shendu's queen.
"Uncle calls checkmate."
He had a smirkish smile on his face with his arms crossed.
Shendu's eye's flared, seemingly in either shock, anger or a combination of both, before returning to normal.
"Best two out of three."
"Fine, but Uncle must make tea first."
The older man got up from his seat, going into the backroom, which left the dragon demon alone.
'I will not lose to that doddering old fool!'
•Back on the plane•
"Anyway, it's too late to turn the plane back now, we're beginning to land at the airport."
Jackie sighed, realizing that Jade was with them for the long haul.
"Stay on the plane."
"Aww.."
The plane soon landed, and both jackie and Alex disembarked to begin their search for the first of many talisman's.
•Mexico City•
"What does the locator say?"
Alex looked down at it, seeing the dragon head that was pointed forward was glowing with a light yellow glow.
"It says it's in front of us, but it doesn't mean we're close."
"Just keep an eye on it, we can't let the talisman fall into the wrong hands."
'Unless it already has..'
Soon enough, the duo were in a large open square, crowds of people moving around them but seemingly paid them no mind.
"Which direction now-"
However, Jackie was interrupted by Alex's cell phone ringing.
"Oh, I'll be right back."
Jackie nodded, keeping Jade in his sight as the younger man went off to answer the phone call.
"Hey doc. Yea i'm doin fine.."
A woman was heard talking on the other end, files being shuffled and the sound of lab carts and nurses being heard in the background.
"..the results of my last blood tests came back this morning?"
The sounds of talking, hospital beds moving about as well as some kind of announcement on an intercom could be heard over what the woman said.
"..Fluctuated? Are you sure..?"
The man gulped, feeling his right hand shaking as he listened to what the woman was saying, as he tapped his foot against the ground.
"An appointment tomorrow? Well, it'll depend if I'm back by then..how about in a few days?"
"Alright, thanks doc."
He hung up the call, putting his phone back into his pocket and he walked back over to them, but before being stopped by a young boy in a green shirt and yellowish pants holding a stack of flyers.
"Oh, hello there."
"Here you go!" The boy said, handing him one of the flyers.
The man looked at the flyer, it being some kind of advertisement for a local luchador match involving someone called 'El Toro Fuerte'.
Though it took him a moment to realize something was off with it.
'In his mask..could that be..?'
Moving the flyer closer to his face, his suspicions were confirmed as he saw an octagonal grey object embedded into the forehead of the mask, though emblazoned on it was a blue ox.
'At least we know who has the talisman.'
But there remained the question of what the talisman's power was.
The man made his way back to Jackie, the flyer in hand.
"How did your call go?"
"It was fine, anyway, here."
Alex handed Jackie the flyer, who looked over it and saw the same thing he did.
"Looks like we now know where the talisman is."
The younger man nodded, the two of them heading to where the match was taking place.
•Small Stadium•
"I had no idea wrestling was so popular in mexico."
"Well, american wrestling did stem from luchador wrestling professor, much like immigration brought many cultures and their food, religions, etc to america to make it the boiling pot it is today."
Jackie had a surprised look on his face, which made Alex chuckle.
"Look! Its El Toro Fuerte!"
They heard someone in the crowd yell out, and the two of them turned their attention to the large wrestling ring, seeing a man in a black tank top, yellow leggings, black boots and a red mask with yellow designs on it.
"Look, in his mask."
Alex didn't point, one because it was rude and two, he didn't want to draw attention to themselves as they both looked up at the wrestler, seeing the same talisman from the poster in the forehead of his mask.
"That's the talisman alright, question is what power does this one hold?"
"We'll just have to wait and see."
Jackie nodded as Toro's opponent jumped into the ring using the bungee-esque ropes to help them, and it appeared that the other luchador was not just taller than El Toro, but larger in a weight perspective.
The bell rang not a moment later, signaling the start of the match as both luchadors rushed to the center, ready to take the other out.
Though it didn't last long as El Toro gripped the bigger luchador's sides and lifted him up with little to no effort, before slamming him into the floor of the ring onto his back.
He then climbed the ropes and body slammed onto them, pulling their leg back several times till the bigger luchador tapped out.
"El Toro just lifted him like he was a rag doll.."
"And yet there was no strain on his body, he doesn't even look winded."
El Toro's opponent left the ring, hobbling as the referee entered and grabbed the hanging microphone.
"El toro wins another match, making this his tenth consecutive victory!"
The crowd cheered loudly around them, as el toro took everything in.
"We need to get that talisman."
"And how do you plan to do that, jackie? get in the-?"
However, before alex could finish his question, Jackie climbed up into the ring.
"-Well, that answers my question."
"Did uncle Jackie just climb into the ring?"
"Yes jade he di-Jade?! I thought Jackie told you to stay on the plane?!"
"I got bored, besides I can help!"
"Jade this is not a game, we don't know what these talismans can do and anyone who has them or uses them can get very hurt."
At that moment, Jackie got thrown against the ropes, bouncing back and forth a few times before he ran into El Toro and fell onto his back.
"Besides, if anything happened to you, your parents would be very upset, and Jackie wouldn't be able to live with himself."
Jackie got up, before once again bouncing back and forth, except this time he got clotheslined by him.
"Not to interrupt you, Alex, but aren't you going to help jackie?"
The man glanced towards the ring before looking back at her.
"El toro isn't taking him seriously, he'll be fine, anyway-"
"Look, i don't want to fight you!"
"This isn't much of a fight, amigo."
"I just need your mask, so if you could kindly take it off-"
El Toro grabbed his arm and lifted him up into the air, so they were face to face.
"El Toro Fuerte never removes his mask."
He then effortlessly tossed Jackie from the ring, the man landing with a thud next to Alex and Jade.
"Well, that went well, huh?"
Jackie sat up, slowly getting up onto his feet, groaning as he did so.
"We'll have to think of another way to get that talisman-"
"Jade!? I thought i told you-"
"We've already had this conversation, Jackie."
"So, what will we do now?"
"Let's get out of here, get something to eat and try to get a strategy together."
"Sounds like a plan to me."
The three began to walk out of the arena, but as they did so, Alex glanced back towards the ring, seeing El Toro getting out of it and walking off, the cheers of the crowd around him.
This wasn't over, not by a long shot..