Jackie Chan and the Amulet of Time
Chapter 1: A Strange Visitor
It was early in the afternoon as Jackie and the museum officials got an unexpected visit from billionaire Vlad Masters.
"Greetings" said Vlad as he entered the main museum office.
"What's this all about?" asked Jackie in a curious voice.
"I would like to purchase the recent amulet you have found Mr. Chan" continued Vlad as he was pulling out some money from his suitcase he was carrying.
Then, before Jackie could say no to the offer, the museum director interrupted.
"How much would you be offering for this amulet?" asked the director.
"I will go as low as five million dollars" said Vlad, "and I can see that your museum is heavily under funded here by the government. A good donation from a respected billionaire can go a long way."
"I'm sorry" replied Jackie, "the amulet is not for sale."
"Too bad Mr. Chan" said Vlad as he closed the suitcase full of money, "it would have made all the difference."
As Masters left the museum, Jackie thought that would be the end of this Vlad character. But the director of the museum official all of a sudden called Jackie to his office. Jackie knew that he didn't break any rules, but went anyway.
"Mr. Chan" said the director as he read over Jackie's profile, "how can I put it this way? The museum would no longer need your help."
"What, you mean I'm fired?" asked Jackie in an astonished voice.
"Fired is such a harsh word Mr. Chan, I prefer it calling a small 'vacation'" replied the director as he stamps something on Jackie's profile.
Jackie disappointed with the recent development, went back to Uncle's Shop. There he made a phone call to Captain Black also giving him the terrible news.
"That doesn't sound good Jackie" replied Captain Black as he replied on the phone.
"It just came all of a sudden" said Jackie.
"That sounds pretty suspicious to me" said Captain Black, "but it may just be a hunch."
"Well, I will see what work is available for me, bye Captain Black" said Jackie as he hung up the phone.
"I can not believe you lost your job, you are a terrible example to Jade!" scolded Uncle with his usual rant.
"But Uncle" replied Jackie, "I did nothing wrong. It just came after I refused to sell the recent amulet I recently found."
"Who did you refuse to sell it to?" asked Uncle.
"Some billionaire named Vlad Masters" replied Jackie.
"Hmm, this Vlad Masters seems pretty suspicious" said Uncle, "I have read somewhere that he had no money and right after an experimental accident, he became rich."
"What experiment would that be?" asked Jackie.
"I'm getting to that!" replied Uncle as he slapped Jackie on the forehead, "Vlad Masters was a friend of Jack Fenton. Someone who believes ghost exists and used technology to prove it. Uncle can prove him a thing or two that you need to use magic to see if ghosts exist."
"Ghosts?" replied Jade as she was entering the room, "Are we going to go ghost hunting since you were canned by the museum Uncle Jackie?"
"No Jade" responded Jackie.
"I think it's time for you to call Captain Black again" said Uncle, "this Vlad Masters looks pretty suspicious to me."
So Jackie once again picked up the phone and dialed for Captain Black.
"So what's the problem Jackie?" asked Captain Black.
"I want you to do a search on wealthy billionaire Vlad Masters" said Jackie.
"Sure" replied Captain Black, "but I don't see anything suspicious about this guy."
It took awhile for Captain Black to search the database on files on Vlad Masters. Once the files were found, Captain Black picked up the phone.
"Yeah" said Captain Black, "I've got something here. It seems to me that Vlad Masters is now collecting various ancient artifacts, mainly various amulets which some legend tells of a time travel amulet, but there was one that you found recently that he wanted."
"Why would somebody like Masters collect such artifacts?" asked Jackie.
"Don't know" replied Captain Black, "I am now giving you information on where you can locate his two college friends Jack and Madie Fenton."
"Thank you Captain Black, once you have found where they live, I would like to have a word about this Vlad Masters" said Jackie.
Captain Black was glad enough to provide Jade, Tohru, Jackie and Uncle to look for Jack Fenton. Once they arrived at the airport, they immediately went to the hotel. When they arrived at their hotel, Uncle was concerned about ghosts, so he prepared a small, but reasonable Chi spell to prevent any ghosts from entering the room.
"Uncle, please" said Jackie, "there are no ghosts here."
"How can you be so sure?" asked Uncle as he was preparing his Chi spell, "Never question Uncle!"
Then there was a knock on the door. It was Captain Black that appeared in the entrance of the room.
"Glad that you could make it Jackie" said Captain Black as he shook his hand.
"I am eager to meet Mr. Fenton" replied Jackie.
"Yes" interrupted Uncle, "and I will give him such a whooping that you can't use technology to find ghosts, you use magic! Watch as Uncle demonstrates!"
Uncle got into his meditation state chanting his usual chant when he summons Chi spells. Suddenly a ghost appeared out of no where.
"I am the Box Ghost!" replied the ghost as it appeared.
"See, I told you, you use magic to find ghost, not technology!" shouted Uncle as he awoke from his trance pointing at the ghost above, "Now Uncle will make him disappear! Watch as Uncle demonstrates again!"
Everybody in the room was surprised that Uncle had managed to make a ghost appear. Uncle then got into his usual chanting again.
"No, I'm vanishing into thin air! You will never defeat the Box Ghost!" cried the ghost as it vanished after Uncle finished his chant.
"You use magic to find ghosts!" said Uncle as he finished his chant.
"Uh, I think Uncle should stay here" said Jackie, "we don't want to start World War III over this."
"Nonsense" replied Uncle, "Uncle would give that Fenton character such a whooping!"
As Jackie and Uncle were prepared to leave the apartment, Jade immediately tried to get Jackie to take her.
"Please Jackie, can I come too?" begged Jade as she was pulling Jackie's sleeve.
"No" replied Jackie, "this might be dangerous. You know how Uncle can act when he disagrees with somebody."
"Aw" mourned Jade.
"Stay with Tohru" ordered Jackie.
As Jackie and Uncle arrived at the Fenton residence, it was a usual day for the Fentons. Danny and Jazz have already gone to school, while Jack and Madie were working on new ways to find ghosts and prove that they exist. Suddenly the door bell rang, which interrupted Jack's latest invention that would help him catch a ghost.
"I'll get it" said Jack as he got up from his work bench.
As Mr. Fenton opened the door, he saw Jackie Chan and Uncle right in the door way.
"Can I help you gentlemen?" asked Jack.
"Yes Mr. Fenton, I am Jackie Chan an archeologist and this is my Uncle" replied Jackie, "I was wondering if you know this billionaire Vlad Masters?"
"Good old Vlad?" replied Jack in an astonished voice, "Vlad and I were college buddies. After an accident with my first ghost portal, Vlad immediately became a billionaire. Why, what else do you need?"
"Well, I have heard he has been interested in ancient artifacts recently" said Jackie, "I refused to sell the recent amulet I have found to Mr. Masters."
"You refused to sell the artifact to Vlad Masters?!" replied Jack in an astonished voice, "No wonder you were fired immediately!"
"Actually the museum officials called it a 'leave vacation'" replied Jackie.
"How dare you use technology to find ghosts!" interrupted Uncle, "You use magic to find ghosts!"
"Who's the old guy?" asked Jack.
"This is my Uncle" replied Jackie.
"Look pal" said Jack pointing at Uncle, "I don't use voodoo magic to find ghosts. I use technology; it's the wave of the future."
"You use magic to find ghosts!" argued Uncle as he shook his fist at Jack.
As Uncle and Jack Fenton argued at which way was the best way to find ghosts, Jackie got a phone call from Captain Black on his cell phone.
"Yes Captain Black?" asked Jackie as he picked up his cell phone.
"We have word that remnants of the Dark Hand are interested in the very artifacts Vlad Masters is also interested in" said Captain Black, "the local museum where you are located is schedule to hold a showcase at Casper High School. I suspect four Dark Hand suspects-Fynn, Ratso, Chow and Hak Foo will try to steal the amulet. I'll sign you up as additional security at the high school."
"Thanks Captain Black" replied Jackie as he turned off his cell phone, "Uncle, we have to go now, we have no time to argue."
"Uncle will be back!" cried Uncle as he tried to continue arguing with Jack Fenton while Jackie was pulling Uncle away.
As Danny and Jazz arrived back from school, they were curious to know who those two people who stopped by were.
"Dad, who was that you were arguing with?" asked Danny.
"Oh, some old kook who believes that only magic can find ghosts" replied Jack, "the other one wanted to ask me about my old college buddy Vlad Masters. He said that after he refused to sell the recent artifact he found to Vlad, he was soon canned from the museum. Sometimes you just can't disagree with the rich these days."
"Yeah, that is strange" replied Danny, "I better go and do my homework."
As Danny went up to his room, he phoned his two friends Sam and Tucker. When they picked up the phone they were surprised to hear Danny call.
"So you are saying that Vlad Masters is somehow responsible for firing this guy your dad met?" asked Tucker on the phone.
"Yea" replied Danny, "and I think we may soon find out more about this character that met dad pretty soon."
"And I suspect that this individual who you said was fired after he refused the amulet he had found for the museum to Vlad was fired because of it?" asked Sam, "That doesn't sound fair, perhaps Vlad does have something to do with it."
"Let's get some rest and maybe this might go away" said Danny as he said good bye to his two friends.
Chapter 1: A Strange Visitor
It was early in the afternoon as Jackie and the museum officials got an unexpected visit from billionaire Vlad Masters.
"Greetings" said Vlad as he entered the main museum office.
"What's this all about?" asked Jackie in a curious voice.
"I would like to purchase the recent amulet you have found Mr. Chan" continued Vlad as he was pulling out some money from his suitcase he was carrying.
Then, before Jackie could say no to the offer, the museum director interrupted.
"How much would you be offering for this amulet?" asked the director.
"I will go as low as five million dollars" said Vlad, "and I can see that your museum is heavily under funded here by the government. A good donation from a respected billionaire can go a long way."
"I'm sorry" replied Jackie, "the amulet is not for sale."
"Too bad Mr. Chan" said Vlad as he closed the suitcase full of money, "it would have made all the difference."
As Masters left the museum, Jackie thought that would be the end of this Vlad character. But the director of the museum official all of a sudden called Jackie to his office. Jackie knew that he didn't break any rules, but went anyway.
"Mr. Chan" said the director as he read over Jackie's profile, "how can I put it this way? The museum would no longer need your help."
"What, you mean I'm fired?" asked Jackie in an astonished voice.
"Fired is such a harsh word Mr. Chan, I prefer it calling a small 'vacation'" replied the director as he stamps something on Jackie's profile.
Jackie disappointed with the recent development, went back to Uncle's Shop. There he made a phone call to Captain Black also giving him the terrible news.
"That doesn't sound good Jackie" replied Captain Black as he replied on the phone.
"It just came all of a sudden" said Jackie.
"That sounds pretty suspicious to me" said Captain Black, "but it may just be a hunch."
"Well, I will see what work is available for me, bye Captain Black" said Jackie as he hung up the phone.
"I can not believe you lost your job, you are a terrible example to Jade!" scolded Uncle with his usual rant.
"But Uncle" replied Jackie, "I did nothing wrong. It just came after I refused to sell the recent amulet I recently found."
"Who did you refuse to sell it to?" asked Uncle.
"Some billionaire named Vlad Masters" replied Jackie.
"Hmm, this Vlad Masters seems pretty suspicious" said Uncle, "I have read somewhere that he had no money and right after an experimental accident, he became rich."
"What experiment would that be?" asked Jackie.
"I'm getting to that!" replied Uncle as he slapped Jackie on the forehead, "Vlad Masters was a friend of Jack Fenton. Someone who believes ghost exists and used technology to prove it. Uncle can prove him a thing or two that you need to use magic to see if ghosts exist."
"Ghosts?" replied Jade as she was entering the room, "Are we going to go ghost hunting since you were canned by the museum Uncle Jackie?"
"No Jade" responded Jackie.
"I think it's time for you to call Captain Black again" said Uncle, "this Vlad Masters looks pretty suspicious to me."
So Jackie once again picked up the phone and dialed for Captain Black.
"So what's the problem Jackie?" asked Captain Black.
"I want you to do a search on wealthy billionaire Vlad Masters" said Jackie.
"Sure" replied Captain Black, "but I don't see anything suspicious about this guy."
It took awhile for Captain Black to search the database on files on Vlad Masters. Once the files were found, Captain Black picked up the phone.
"Yeah" said Captain Black, "I've got something here. It seems to me that Vlad Masters is now collecting various ancient artifacts, mainly various amulets which some legend tells of a time travel amulet, but there was one that you found recently that he wanted."
"Why would somebody like Masters collect such artifacts?" asked Jackie.
"Don't know" replied Captain Black, "I am now giving you information on where you can locate his two college friends Jack and Madie Fenton."
"Thank you Captain Black, once you have found where they live, I would like to have a word about this Vlad Masters" said Jackie.
Captain Black was glad enough to provide Jade, Tohru, Jackie and Uncle to look for Jack Fenton. Once they arrived at the airport, they immediately went to the hotel. When they arrived at their hotel, Uncle was concerned about ghosts, so he prepared a small, but reasonable Chi spell to prevent any ghosts from entering the room.
"Uncle, please" said Jackie, "there are no ghosts here."
"How can you be so sure?" asked Uncle as he was preparing his Chi spell, "Never question Uncle!"
Then there was a knock on the door. It was Captain Black that appeared in the entrance of the room.
"Glad that you could make it Jackie" said Captain Black as he shook his hand.
"I am eager to meet Mr. Fenton" replied Jackie.
"Yes" interrupted Uncle, "and I will give him such a whooping that you can't use technology to find ghosts, you use magic! Watch as Uncle demonstrates!"
Uncle got into his meditation state chanting his usual chant when he summons Chi spells. Suddenly a ghost appeared out of no where.
"I am the Box Ghost!" replied the ghost as it appeared.
"See, I told you, you use magic to find ghost, not technology!" shouted Uncle as he awoke from his trance pointing at the ghost above, "Now Uncle will make him disappear! Watch as Uncle demonstrates again!"
Everybody in the room was surprised that Uncle had managed to make a ghost appear. Uncle then got into his usual chanting again.
"No, I'm vanishing into thin air! You will never defeat the Box Ghost!" cried the ghost as it vanished after Uncle finished his chant.
"You use magic to find ghosts!" said Uncle as he finished his chant.
"Uh, I think Uncle should stay here" said Jackie, "we don't want to start World War III over this."
"Nonsense" replied Uncle, "Uncle would give that Fenton character such a whooping!"
As Jackie and Uncle were prepared to leave the apartment, Jade immediately tried to get Jackie to take her.
"Please Jackie, can I come too?" begged Jade as she was pulling Jackie's sleeve.
"No" replied Jackie, "this might be dangerous. You know how Uncle can act when he disagrees with somebody."
"Aw" mourned Jade.
"Stay with Tohru" ordered Jackie.
As Jackie and Uncle arrived at the Fenton residence, it was a usual day for the Fentons. Danny and Jazz have already gone to school, while Jack and Madie were working on new ways to find ghosts and prove that they exist. Suddenly the door bell rang, which interrupted Jack's latest invention that would help him catch a ghost.
"I'll get it" said Jack as he got up from his work bench.
As Mr. Fenton opened the door, he saw Jackie Chan and Uncle right in the door way.
"Can I help you gentlemen?" asked Jack.
"Yes Mr. Fenton, I am Jackie Chan an archeologist and this is my Uncle" replied Jackie, "I was wondering if you know this billionaire Vlad Masters?"
"Good old Vlad?" replied Jack in an astonished voice, "Vlad and I were college buddies. After an accident with my first ghost portal, Vlad immediately became a billionaire. Why, what else do you need?"
"Well, I have heard he has been interested in ancient artifacts recently" said Jackie, "I refused to sell the recent amulet I have found to Mr. Masters."
"You refused to sell the artifact to Vlad Masters?!" replied Jack in an astonished voice, "No wonder you were fired immediately!"
"Actually the museum officials called it a 'leave vacation'" replied Jackie.
"How dare you use technology to find ghosts!" interrupted Uncle, "You use magic to find ghosts!"
"Who's the old guy?" asked Jack.
"This is my Uncle" replied Jackie.
"Look pal" said Jack pointing at Uncle, "I don't use voodoo magic to find ghosts. I use technology; it's the wave of the future."
"You use magic to find ghosts!" argued Uncle as he shook his fist at Jack.
As Uncle and Jack Fenton argued at which way was the best way to find ghosts, Jackie got a phone call from Captain Black on his cell phone.
"Yes Captain Black?" asked Jackie as he picked up his cell phone.
"We have word that remnants of the Dark Hand are interested in the very artifacts Vlad Masters is also interested in" said Captain Black, "the local museum where you are located is schedule to hold a showcase at Casper High School. I suspect four Dark Hand suspects-Fynn, Ratso, Chow and Hak Foo will try to steal the amulet. I'll sign you up as additional security at the high school."
"Thanks Captain Black" replied Jackie as he turned off his cell phone, "Uncle, we have to go now, we have no time to argue."
"Uncle will be back!" cried Uncle as he tried to continue arguing with Jack Fenton while Jackie was pulling Uncle away.
As Danny and Jazz arrived back from school, they were curious to know who those two people who stopped by were.
"Dad, who was that you were arguing with?" asked Danny.
"Oh, some old kook who believes that only magic can find ghosts" replied Jack, "the other one wanted to ask me about my old college buddy Vlad Masters. He said that after he refused to sell the recent artifact he found to Vlad, he was soon canned from the museum. Sometimes you just can't disagree with the rich these days."
"Yeah, that is strange" replied Danny, "I better go and do my homework."
As Danny went up to his room, he phoned his two friends Sam and Tucker. When they picked up the phone they were surprised to hear Danny call.
"So you are saying that Vlad Masters is somehow responsible for firing this guy your dad met?" asked Tucker on the phone.
"Yea" replied Danny, "and I think we may soon find out more about this character that met dad pretty soon."
"And I suspect that this individual who you said was fired after he refused the amulet he had found for the museum to Vlad was fired because of it?" asked Sam, "That doesn't sound fair, perhaps Vlad does have something to do with it."
"Let's get some rest and maybe this might go away" said Danny as he said good bye to his two friends.