Author's Notes:

I do not own Xiaolin Showdown but I do love both of the series. I do own Gloria, who is Jack's daughter in fanfiction; she'll be a character throughout the story and I hope you will all like her.

2. Please note: SOME parts of the description for what Jack Spicer looks like now was borrowed from CrystallicSky's fanfiction Decision Decision (a great fanfic by the way). I would like to thank Crystallic very much for giving me permission to borrow the description from your fanfiction, and assure you (and everyone else reading this) that I didn't just copy and paste it in this fanfiction but have edited it up so that it has both elements from the description you gave but also elements of my own that I have added.

3. If you haven't figured it out by just looking, then I'm sure you'll be pleased to know that an explanation will be given for Gloria's full name. I am sure that some of you will probably think it's a bit long and odd, but once I explain it I think you'll find it funny and somewhat fitting. (or, at least I hope so).

Also, while normally it is not a part of her name, I added the S in Gloria's name to stand for Spicer in this fanfiction, due to her being Jack's daughter in it. In my actual book, which I took her from, usually her last name starts with an O, but for the sake of this fanfiction her name was changed slightly.

4. There will be yaoi somewhere in this fanfiction. Therefore, if you don't like yaoi then you might not want to read this fanfiction.

Anyway enough with my yapping, let's move on to the story Shall we; I hope you enjoy.

Chapter Two:

Jack couldn't help but unintentionally ignore Kimiko's question, as he was much too distracted by regaining his eyesight and seeing the expression on her face as she saw him. In fact, everyone that was gathered was staring at him with dumbfounded expressions at the moment.

Whilst this mostly amused Jack, he could hardly blame them for staring; after all, seven years had definitely changed him from the preteen they had once known. He was no longer the scrawny little worm he had been when he'd last seen the monks,while it was true that after months of confinement, he was no longer the 195 pounds he had been, he still wasn't nearly as scrawny as he had been in his youth; furthermore, the clothes had been put in still fit him quite nicely.

At twenty two years old now Jack had grown to be 7'1", his eyes no longer made him appear like a cute innocent doe, instead they were hardened by maturity and were more in proportion to the rest of his face then they had been in his younger days. The baby fat that had stuck with him before he'd hit puberty was officially gone now, revealing an elegantly straight nose as well as high cheekbones and a sharper, more defined jawline.

"It's been a long time Kimiko. Also, hello to the rest of you too of course." Jack said with the slightest smirk, as he cricked his neck due to being stiff from having been in the box for so long.

Unfortunately for Jack, he didn't have time to smirk at the fact that his now deepened voice earned him yet more stares. This was because he quickly discovered, as he had moved his neck around to remove the kinks, he felt something clamped around it and couldn't help but groan out loud because he had been forced to design this during his imprisonment and thus knew what it was doing around his neck and what it was going to be expected to do when it was turned on.

"Jack, why are you here, partner? It's been seven years since we've seen you try to get a Shen Gong Wu or seen you at all fer that matter and now all of you get wheeled here in a weird looking box by whoever is behind you." Clay said breaking Jack's train about the blasted collar around his neck.

"That's a good question Clay, a very good question indeed." Jack said before looking over at the man who had brought him here in the first place.

He knew this man's face, due to having had to deal with him during his original imprisonment, but knew nothing else about the man or why he had been brought there. As far as Jack knew they didn't need him to find the different Wu because he'd given them a device to give to the monster, so why he had actually been brought here was unclear.

"You look confused, Spicer. You don't know why you're here, do you?" The man who had brought him here asked in a mocking tone as Jack stared back at him.

"Have to say I am a bit confused. I'd answer Clay's question, if I actually had the answer to it." Jack said with a slight shrug.

"You'll find out why you're here soon enough, Spicer, the boss finally has a use for you after having used you as a lab rat for so long." The man said in a vague way, which only confused Jack even more.

"For now though, focus on getting that object you told us about, if the boss just has one of those things…" The man added, starting to talk about the Shen Gong Wu but suddenly getting interrupted.

"What makes you think that Spicer can get the Wu for you? I mean, sure he's clearly changed in the last seven years. But that doesn't mean he'll be any more successful than he used to be at getting Shen Gong Wu." Hannibal Roy Bean said, speaking for the first time and earning a chuckle from Wuya and Shadow.

"Oh you'll see soon enough, you freaky bean. We found something that after years of dealing with Spicer you would think you all would have noticed before." The man said with an amused chuckle.

Of course the Heylin members looked skeptical, as did the Monk for that matter. Jack didn't exactly blame them, not only was he not in the best shape but he also had no idea what exactly the man behind him was trying to allude to.

"Now then enough pleasantries, time to get down to business, and have you get that Sheng Gong Wu for me Jack." The man said after a few minutes of letting everyone stare at him.

"I'd ask you what makes you think I'll do anything for you, but I already know the answer to that." Jack said before rubbing the collar around his neck and smiling a bit.

"Don't know why you're smiling Spicer, you know as well as I do what that collar around your neck does and I think I'll be activating it now." The man said looking confused by Jack's smile.

Oh the look on the face of the man behind him was priceless when he tried turning Jack's collar on but nothing happened, what was even better was the fact Jack noticed that everyone else looked amused by the clear frustration that the man eventually started to show as he more rapidly started to push the button in desperation.

"You're such an idiot. Did you think that I'd make a mind control collar? To be fair, I am capable of it, but I knew that monster would try to use it on me and thus I made sure to make it ineffective on me in secret while I was being forced to design the stupid thing." Jack explained with a mocking chuckle in amusement.

"You bastard, you miserable bastard Spicer! You'll pay for this, mark my words you will!" The man said looking beyond pissed off now.

"And how exactly do you plan on making him pay? Jack here has clearly outsmarted you. Looks like that genius of his has finally caught up with him in his years away." Wuya said to the man with a mocking chuckle,

"You shut up, lady! The boss always has a backup plan, it's just a matter of getting her here." The man said, still looking furious at first before suddenly a smirk appeared on his face.

At these word's, the pleased smirk that had been on Jack's face immediately dropped. The monks and Heylin, meanwhile, had no idea who the man was talking about, but Jack had little doubt who the man was referring t o and was now scared out of his mind.

"No wait! Please, you don't have to…" Jack started to try begging, when suddenly he was interrupted by a fairly large jolt of electricity passing through his body which of course made him keel over in pain.

"Good! At least one part of this stupid collar still works on you! That'll keep you quiet while I call for Gloria to be over here." The man said with a pleased smirk, before taking out a phone that he'd been apparently keeping in his pocket.

If everyone gathered had been confused before, they were even more so now. Even as Kimiko kindly rushed over to help him, instead of staring at him in a dumbfounded way, there was a look of bewilderment on her face.

"Jack, who is Gloria? I saw that look on your face when her name was mentioned and I can tell that whoever she is, she's very important to you." Kimiko asked gently, all the while struggling to help Jack stand up back as the other monks and the Heylin regained focus and startec making their way over to the Shen Gong Wu balancing on the rock in the distance.

"Her full name is Gloria Izabella Zena Marie Olivia Spicer. I know it's long, but there's sort of a…" Jack started to say as he tried to help Kimiko help him up when he was interrupted.

"Wait Jack, hold on. Did you say this girl's last name was Spicer?" Kimiko asked, looking stunned.

"Yes, I did. She's my daughter Kimiko." Jack said, chuckling a bit at Kimiko's expression as she finally got him to his feet.

Even if Kimiko could have said something through her shock she wouldn't have had the chance, while she at Jack had been talking and trying to get him on his feet the man who had brought him here had been on the phone talking to someone the phone and suddenly the sound of a helicopter approaching stopped everyone in their tracks.

"Right on track, well Spicer, are you going to listen to me now or do I actually have to have the helicopter land and bring little Gloria down here?" the man asked in a taunting way.

"You miserable asshole! I haven't seen Gloria for almost two years and now…" Jack started to say angrily before being interrupted.

"Look Spicer, I really don't want to have to bring Gloria here. But if you don't listen to me, I'll have no choice. Now then, will you agree to get that Shen Gong Wu or not?" The man asked with a mocking smile.

"Judging from the look on your face, I'll take that as a yes. Granted, you still don't seem happy about it, but I'll take what I can get." The man added with a chuckle at Jack's angry and frustrated expression, before suddenly throwing Jack's helipack at him.

Jack didn't know where the man had gotten his helipack but was glad that he had it now, the rest of the monks and the Heylin were already pretty far ahead and he knew that his helipack was the only way he was going to be able to keep up.

"Jack, wait please! You don't have to do this! If you just explain then maybe I can…" Kimiko started to say kindly, as Jack put on his pack, but was interrupted as he started it up.

Though still weak from having been electrocuted by the stupid collar that was still around his neck, Jack was able to push off from the ground and then allow his helipad to help him speed along after the others. Kimiko of course followed him, though unlike the other monks Jack knew she wasn't really after the Wu.

Kimiko, Omi, Ping Pong and Clay had always been fairly kind to him during his years on the Heylin side, but out of all of them Kimiko had often been the kindest when they weren't fighting over Wu. Now, however, Jack had to try to ignore her as he knew that he had to get that Wu if he wanted to keep his little Gloria safe, which meant that nothing she said was going to change his mind.

Pushing his helipack harder than he had ever pushed it before, Jack made it to the rock just as everyone else did. Kimiko also made it thanks to her monk training helping her speed, though because she didn't immediately start the challenge her fellow monks and the Heylin members all reached it as well.

"Oh my, so many people in this challenge!" Ping Pong said, looking shocked as the Wu began to glow.

"Yes, this will be a most interesting fight. Spicer, do you have a Wu to wager?" Omi said looking excited.

"Of course he does, Omi! Here Jack." Kimiko said before handing Jack a Wu she had been holding on to.

"What are you doing Kimi? Jack's situation aside, you do realize that he's against…" Raimundo started to ask before being interrupted.

"Yes Rai, I know! But I have a good reason! There's more going on than..." Kimiko started to say snippily, but was not able to explain further because Shadow interrupted.

"Look, you working with Spicer is great and all, but I don't have time for this! Can we get onto the rules over the challenge already so I can win the Wu and go home?" Shadow asked with an annoyed look on her face.

"I'm afraid that I must agree with the little apprentice. Let's get this started so she can go home crying to her master." Bean said with a nod and amused chuckle as he said this last part.

" If you two love birds weren't so busy complaining then we could start!" Jack said angrily before Shadow could counter what Bean had said, shocking both in the process.

"Well Jack does have a point, it's you both that are holding us up." Wuya said, not bothering to hide a chuckle in amusement at Jack's love birds comment.

"Fine! Someone hurry up and set the rules for the challenge!" Bean and Shadow both said at the same time, both sounding furious.

"The game will be extreme hopscotch. Whoever can get to the middle stone where the Shen gong Wu is balancing, retrieve it, and make it back to where they started without falling off the rocks to the floor below will get all the Wu." Kimiko said before anyone else could speak.

"But Kimiko, Jack has his helipack! That gives him a…" Raimundo started to say in protest, before being interrupted.

"What's the matter little wind dragon? Are you scared that you can't take Spicer down?" Shadow asked, mocking Raimundo.

"Of course I'm not! Appearance changed or not, Spicer is still probably not..." Raimundo started to say angrily before again being interrupted though not by shadow this time.

"Well come on then! You seem to be the only one here with the problem." Wuya said, rolling her eyes.

"Fine, let's start this already!" Raimundo said, looking very annoyed before everyone said the chant they always did to start the match.

Had he not been preoccupied with the world changing around him Jack might have looked over at the man who had brought him here in amusement when heard a shocked gasp. Jack remembered his first time in a Shen Gong Wu challenge and knew had been just as stunned.

Unfortunately, there was no time to relive old memories as he had to focus on getting the Wu once the world had changed. Despite Raimundo's initial hesitance, Jack knew that, at the very least, those on the Heylin side weren't going to let him have the advantage; or at least not for long and also knew that this was something he was going to have to plan for as the match finally got started.