Jackie Chan Adventures: J: Enesis

CHAPTER TWO

"Where are we?" said Jackie as he found himself hovering over a lush green hillside.

"Temporal projection, sort of an offshoot of the Sheep Talisman's astral energies" Jade replied

Jackie took in the surroundings, trying to centre himself, but a loud buzzing made him turn. In front of him were a teeming mass of large black op helicopters. Jackie covered his face with his hands as the machines approached him, only to pass harmlessly through him

"C'mon Jackie, rules of Astral projection, nothing fazes you when things can phase right through you" said a snarky Jade, "Now c'mon, you're going to miss all the awesome action, and this little time capsule does not have a replay option"

"Capsule? Replay? Are you some kind of recording?" asked Jackie

"Yup. Based off of my memories relevant to this point"

Jackie allowed curiosity to get the better of him and he peered inside one of the helicopter carriers, finding several men clad in heavy duty black ops gear, charging what looked like a large cannon pulsating with dark chi energy.

"Hawk 56 to S13 Central, we have visual confirmation on the target. Proceed with caution" uttered a man into a communication device that served as an earpiece attached to the right side of his lobes. He opened the door to the helicopter, out folded a seat, he sat down on it and turned around to face the open air as the helicopters approached a clearing in the centre of the forest.

"What sort of weapons are those?" Jackie asked the projection of Jade

"Chi Triggers. The latest thing to deal with the next big thing. They're actually Dark Hand tech, we acquired them when the organization collapsed"

"Section 13 toying with things developed by the enemy? What sort of demon possessed you to do something like that? It...was a demon right? Because that...well...that happens. A lot. Just ask Valmont"

"No Demon Jackie...and I'm not leader of Section 13 in my current timeline remember? Donut shop. Dragon talisman. My boo-boo. Black's still in charge, and he made the call.

"What kind of crazy call requires dealing with dark chi?" asked a frantic Jackie

"Just follow the Black Hawks, they're about to go down"

Swiftly and suddenly, long and large energy bolts suddenly erupted from a clearing in the centre of the forest, smashing into the helicopters. Several of the men stationed in the helicopters seemed prepared for this and poured out of the machines using rocket powered boots. Activating their Chi-Triggers, they retaliated.

However, some of the energy ribbons slowly began picking off the troops, snaring them and charging them full of a thousand volts, shortening out their rocket boots, and sending them into free-fall.

"Oh those poor men, they never stood a chance" said a dismayed Jackie

"Not to worry Jackie. There's a reason we continue to give Kepler an enviable pay cheque. He developed insulated armour with Uncle that can sustain and absorb dark chi magic and convert it into a healthy form of protein that is easily integrated into your physical make-up"

"And what about the crash landings?" Jackie said. Jade sighed at how much of a nit-picker he could be.

Jackie observed the troops as they pulled the rip cords on their back packs and parachutes emerged.

"The regular precautions. Not everything has to be a kind of magic" remarked Jade

Jackie made his way to the centre of the forest clearing, where the source of the energy ribbons was coming from. In the clearing was a gaunt impish figure grasping a metallic, diamond-tipped staff with an array of buttons attached to the right and left sides of it. The ribbons were pouring out of the gaping mouth of a serpent attached to the tip of the cane. Jackie recognized the pale-skinned figure with ease