Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters or ideas related to Xiaolin Showdown.

A/N: This story takes place about a year after the time that the show takes place. The characters are all around the age of 15.

Chapter 1: Stolen by the Enemy

Kimiko was in a deep easy sleep when she woke up suddenly to the sound of a motor.

A motor?

The sound was faint and far off, but getting distinctly louder and closer to the Xiaolin Temple where she resided. That's strange, she thought, and slid out of bed and over to the window. The "motor" noise sounded like it was coming from in the air, as if it were a helicopter. She couldn't see anything from her bedroom window, so she quietly snuck outside to figure out what it was coming from. When she stepped outside of the temple into the sparkling black night air, she immediately saw the source of the sound she was hearing. By the light of the lanterns which hung around the temple, Kimiko saw the easily recognizable shape of none other than Jack Spicer, the Haylin enemy, flying on his helicopter wings toward the temple.

But Jack Spicer the Evil Boy Genius did not see Kimiko watching him from far below. Instead he continued along the side of the temple toward the back of it. Kimiko watched in alarm but didn't move. Jack landed gently on the ground and quickly walked around the corner of the temple. Kimiko sprang into a swift run across the dewy grass following Jack. She turned the corner in time to see the back door close behind Jack. She still said nothing and followed him inside to where he went into Kimiko's bedroom! She leaped after him into the small and comfortable room and went into a fighting position. Jack spun around finally noticing the company and staggered backwards in shock.

"What do you think you are doing here at one o'clock in the morning?" Kimiko hissed at Jack.

Jack put a finger up to his lips to quiet her, then sprang forward with a piece of cloth in his hand and tied it around her mouth tightly. In total surprise and anger, Kimiko twisted around to kick Jack in the stomach with the force of fire, the element in which she trained as a Xiaolin apprentice.

Jack, temporarily breathless, fell backwards. He got back up just in time to grab Kimiko's hands which had almost untied the cloth around her mouth. Then he quickly and expertly tied her hands together in a tight rope and threw her over his shoulder before she could think of what to do next. Jack, carrying Kimiko, made a dash out the door. Then Jack started up his copter blades and the two enemies started to rise off the ground. Kimiko tightened her grip around Jack when they got high into the air for fear of falling.

Kimiko lay tense and clung to Jack until they landed on solid ground once again, half an hour later. At this time she immediately made as much space between the two as Jack would allow. Kimiko, twisting and wiggling her mouth, managed to get the cloth between her teeth instead of over her whole mouth.

"Where are we?" she demanded speaking in distorted words.

Jack tightened his grip on her shoulder and pushed her forward, walking up to a cave carved out of the strange mountainous environment. They continued walking into the cave where Jack led her to a dirt packed winding staircase. The two walked down the stairs until it opened up into a bland looking laboratory.

"This, my dear, is the residence of Jack Spicer, Evil Boy Genius!" He crossed his arms and looked around as if seeing it for the first time. "Isn't it great?" he added.

"Why exactly am I here, Jack?" Kimiko said angrily. "What do you want with me?"

"Let's just say you're part of a spectacular plan that Wuya and I have created," Jack sneered slightly and Kimiko could only imagine what it might be if Wuya, the bodiless ghost hag, had anything to do with the "plan."

"You are a kind of…lure. You see, at the time when the Mind of Mala revealed itself, I was having technical difficulty with my transportation." Jack's eyes fell to the ground for a moment. "That gave you 'Xiaolin Losers' the chance to take the Mind of Mala, one of the most powerful Shen Gong Wu. We are rebuilding Mala Mala Jong and the Mind of Mala is a very, very important part of creating him. When your friends come to save you, they will bring with them the Mind of Mala to fight with. At that time I will steal it from them." Jack said simply.

"What, are you just going to take it out of their hands or something?" Kimiko asked, annoyed.

"Well, I havn't gotten to the 'hows' yet, but I'll figure something out."

"Whatever. Right now, let me go back to sleep. And in the morning when Omi, and Rai, and Clay come, we'll just defeat you, then we'll all go back to the temple," Kimiko said confidently. "Now where am I to sleep?"

"Well, my bed is the only one in my lair, so I guess, on the floor."

"What! Yeah right! If you think you're going to keep me in your stupid lab without even letting me sleep with some heavily padded blankets or something!"

"Hey, what do you expect when I'm the only human living here, an in-law suite?"

"I expect you to at least make some accommodations," Kimiko grumbled.

"Fine, fine, you can have one of my blankets."

Kimiko left him with a hateful glare.

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The next morning at the Xiaolin Temple, the three apprentices awoke to an unusually bright and warm day. Omi first noticed Kimiko's disappearance at breakfast. Kimiko always got up the earliest and would have been eating by the time Omi came in to the kitchen. But not today. It was surprising to Omi to see an empty kitchen for the first time since Kimiko first came to train as a monk three years two years ago.

It is not like Kimiko to sleep late. I should check on her in the case that she has fallen ill.

Omi walked down the hallway to Kimiko's bedroom and was about to knock on her door when he noticed that it was open. He looked inside and saw that Kimiko was not in her bed.

She must be getting an early start on her morning chores!

With that Omi went back to the kitchen for oatmeal and fruit.

Later, after Clay and Raimundo had awakened and ate breakfast, Kimiko had still not shown up.

"Do either of you know where Kimiko is?" Omi asked the two other boys seriously.

"I haven't seen her all morning," Clay answered matter-of-factly.

"Me niether. Big deal," Raimundo said with an edge of annoyance in his voice.

"Then we shall look for her," Omi stated and assigned them each areas of the temple grounds to search for their friend.

After twenty five minutes of hard searching and calling out Kimiko's name, she still had not been sighted anywhere.

"We should tell Master Fung," Clay proposed to the others.

After talking with Master Fung, the apprentices had come to the realization that Kimiko was no longer at the temple. Master Fung sent them off to search for the young girl. They quickly found Dojo, the dragon, and told him the story. They would search for Kimiko from Dojo's back in order to cover more ground.

After flying low to the ground for almost two hours in the surrounding areas, none had seen a trace of their lost friend. Suddenly, Dojo began diving straight toward the ground, not in a graceful dive which would end in a gentle landing, but an out of control dive. Dojo was falling so fast that none of the teenagers could possibly ask Dojo what was happening.

Abandoning their instincts to hold on tighter, the three apprentices jumped off of the crashing dragon and went tumbling through the air. Omi landed hard on his feet, throwing him backwards until he was lying flat on his back. Clay had the cowboy training to tuck your chin and roll when falling off a bull, the safest way to do it, and used the same theory in this situation. He hit the ground rolling, his body curled up, and managed to only get bruised. On the other hand, Raimundo, arms and legs flailing in panic, rammed into the earth hard on his side, knocking the air out of his lungs. Dojo, being a graceful dragon, elegantly landed as if nothing had gone wrong. However, he himself did not look in nearly as good of shape as his landing portrayed.

"Oh, Dojo," Omi said weakly rubbing dirt from his head. "What happened?"

Raimundo for the first time had no rude remark to add, and instead grunted.

"Something's wrong kids," Dojo said sounding sick. "There must be Blue Raccume trees around here. I have a deadly - allergy you might call it, to them. They are very rare trees, but the chloroplasts of this particular tree can be deadly to dragons," Dojo finished, sounding out of breath.

"Deadly?" Clay gasped.

"You have never told us of this Dojo," Omi said, having nothing better to say.

Raimundo, once again at a loss for words, groaned solemnly.

"How bad off are you?" Clay asked hesitantly.

"Bad."

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Most of the day Kimiko had been tied onto a small couch against the wall in Jack's lair. Jack hadn't been around much, and Kimiko was rather grateful for that. But Kimiko was beginning to wonder why her fellow apprentices hadn't come for her yet.

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