I've got a story in mind for this section on this site. Yet I have no way of knowing if any of you would like it. Therefore, I'm writing this one-shot to see if any of you like my writing or not. I ask you to be honest in reviews. I may or may not be good at writing for JCA. This is just a taste of my idea, hope you enjoy.

Synopsis: History is altered once again, this time no one escapes the alteration, and the hunt for the talismans is on once more. The previous Enforcers are now Jackie's Aides, helping him at archaeological sites when required, and working in Uncle's shops when "off-duty". Jade still winds up having to stay a year with Uncle Jackie, and the previous Enforcers are paid to babysit when Jackie and Uncle cannot be there to keep an eye on her. The new Enforcers are the previous Ice Gang. Tohru is working for the Dark Hand again, and Shendu still requires the twelve talismans in order to be freed before New Year's. Valmont remains the leader of the Dark Hand. The tale in the new alternate reality begins when Jackie discovers the Ox talisman in a shrine in Mexico...

The shrine looked ancient enough alright, with many artifacts still intact. Jackie was eagerly dusting off an old urn, while Finn, Ratso, and Chow, wearing clothes similar to Jackie's archaeogy clothes, were loading other artifacts into crates. When the last of the artifacts were stored away, Ratso and Chow began to put the covers on the crates while Finn turned to Jackie.

"Ready to go, Mr. Chan? There doesn't appear to be any other priceless artifacts that we can carry with our hands."

Jackie held up the now dusted urn proudly.

"... Yes, we probably have enough for a new exhibit in San Francisco anyway. Need any help, Ratso?"

Ratso was struggling to pick up one of the larger crates. He turned to Jackie and grinned.

"Nah. No worries, Mr. Chan. I'll get this thing down all those steps, no problem."

Jackie walked over to help Ratso after he put the urn in one of the crates that still had room. Chow walked further into the shrine and discovered another room with nothing in it but pillars and a giant stone ox head.

"Uhh... Guys? We missed this room!"

Jackie and Ratso didn't hear because they were hauling a huge crate down the many steps that they ascended to reach the shrine. Finn peeked into the room from the doorway.

"What are you talking about? This room's empty!"

Chow pointed to the giant ox head.

"Uh... Sure, but why's this thing the only thing in the room?"

Finn shrugged and dug his hands into his pockets.

"Who knows and who cares? We don't know what these ancient monks thought all those years ago... Besides, we're paid to help move stuff, not think like archaeologists."

Chow shrugged and slid his hand into the ox's mouth. He was surprised that he was able to open the mouth.

"Whoa... Look here, Finn. What do you think it is?"

Finn looked into the large cavity inside the ox head. In it was a talisman with a picture of an Ox on it. Finn picked it up and stared at it.

"Hmm... I dunno, but it's another artifact..."

"Chow! Finn!"

Chow turned to the entrance to the room, Jackie was calling them. Chow motioned with his hand as he made his way for the entrance.

"C'mon! Mr. Chan still needs our help."

Finn nodded and pocketed the talisman. When they got out there, Jackie was at the entrance to the shrine. He was holding a crate with both arms.

"Could you two please take the last two crates? Ratso and I got the rest. Now it's just the long trip back to San Francisco."

Chow picked up a crate that he could carry, thus it was small and not very heavy. Finn's crate on the other hand...

"Holy cow! What's in this thing?"

Jackie turned back as he was just about to head down the stairs.

"Oh! That was the one probably has the most stuff in it! Sorry! Didn't want to leave anything behind!"

Chow chuckled.

"Well, we do want to go and create an educational exhibit, I guess... Good luck, Finn..."

Jackie turned back one last time before heading down.

"I'll send Ratso back up to help if you need it!"

Finn exhaled and waved his hands.

"No, no... I got it, I need to earn my... paycheck...

Chow and Jackie were gone, and Finn was still struggling to pick up his crate. Suddenly, Finn felt stronger. He picked up the crate with just one finger.

"... Whoa. How'd I...?

Finn saw something glowing in his pocket expecting to see his cell phone. Instead, he took out the Ox talisman.

"... Oh. This. Rocks. Yeah, baby! No more heavy lifting!"

Ratso came to the entrance to the shrine just then. He looked at Finn in awe.

"Whoa..."

Finn noticed Ratso just then.

"Yo, Ratso! Look at me, all the power of an Ox in my pinky!"

Finn switched the crate from his index finger to his pinky. And the box remained balanced. Ratso grinned.

"How are you doin' that? You're, like, super strong now!"

Finn looked from side to side. Then he showed Ratso the glowing talisman.

"... Chow and I found this in a room we never bothered to check. We were going to add it to the artifacts, but... Mr. Chan had already began loading the crates in the truck... So what choice did I have but to pocket it? I was going to give it to Mr. Chan to hopefully get a bonus... But, man! We can use this to lift heavy stuff that we can't lift normally! Don't you agree, Ratso old buddy?"

Ratso ran over to Finn and held out his hands.

"Ooh! Let me try!"

Finn shook his index finger.

"Uh-uh-uh, Ratso. Not until I get this thing down to the truck. Then I'll let you have it to try elsewhere."

Ratso rubbed the back of his neck.

"Aww... Alright, c'mon..."

Ratso turned to leave and motioned for Finn to follow him. When they got back to the truck, Finn put the crate neatly in the back, and then handed the talisman to Ratso. Finn climbed in the back with Chow, and Ratso climbed in the driver's seat and strapped himself in. Spotting the talisman in Ratso's hand, Jackie, who was sitting in the passenger's seat, questioned Ratso about it as he started the engine.

"Ratso...? What's with the talisman? Where did you find it?"

Ratso held the talisman between his thumb and index finger.

"Uh... Chow and Finn found it further in the shrine. Finn used it to lift that heavy crate, I didn't even need to help!"

Jackie waved his hand dismissively.

"Oh, Ratso! You're crazy! How can a talisman make one superhumanly strong?"

Ratso smirked and opened his door.

"You asked for it...

Ratso got out of the truck and walked over to a nearby tree that was quite big. Pocketing the talisman to make sure he wouldn't squish it or anything, Ratso moved to one of the bigger roots of the tree and began to lift with all his might. Nothing happened at first, but then the talisman activated and Ratso was soon holding the enormous pine tree with one hand. Chow's sunglasses nearly fell off as he just stared on in awe. Jackie was awestruck as well. Jackie waved his hands nervously, the tree was a little too close to the truck. Ratso nodded and placed the tree down gently... well, as gently as he could, which resulted in a small earthquake due to the tree's size. Yet because it was torn out of the ground the tree wasn't stable anymore and it began to tip towards Ratso, who was now heading for the truck, and the truck. Jackie pointed at the tree that was falling faster and faster, but Ratso didn't seem to get it.

"... What...?

Finally, Ratso turned around and saw the tree come down hard. Holding out his hands, hoping that the power was still there, Ratso attempted to stop the tree from falling completely. He got lucky. He was now holding the tree with both hands. He carefully tossed the tree to the side, but that just knocked more trees over. Luckily they weren't falling in their direction, though. Ratso turned back to the truck and smiled sheepishly. He climbed in and started the engine again. Jackie's mouth was still wide open. Ratso held his hand out with the talisman.

"Here, sir. Sorry for the scare... I was only trying to prove it was possible..."

Jackie madly shook his head. He smiled nervously and took the talisman.

"No, no... It's okay. No one got hurt, and you proved your point. Sorry for not believing you the first time." Jackie held the talisman up to his eye and noticed engravings on the back. "Hmm... I'll get Uncle to translate these markings..."

After a long trip back to San Francisco, and after unloading the artifacts at the new museum, Jackie, Finn, Ratso, and Chow returned to Uncle's Shop. Uncle came from the back smiling happily.

"Jackie..."

Jackie noticed that Uncle had his arms spread like he wanted to hug, so Jackie was about to hug him when he got smacked in the forehead by Uncle's fingers.

"Ow!"

Uncle frowned and folded his arms.

"What did you bring me?"

Jackie rubbed his head while Finn, Ratso, and Chow made themselves comfortable on the couch. Jackie held out the Ox talisman.

"Here, Uncle. This talisman which Finn, Ratso, and Chow found can make people superhumanly strong. It has some markings on the back, so I was wondering if you could translate... But maybe it's not the talisman, but rather the shrine or... Ow!"

Jackie was hit again by Uncle.

"Shrine not important!" Uncle held up the talisman which was glowing, yet again. "Talisman glowing! Must do research! Come."

Jackie rubbed his head.

"But, Uncle... I just returned from Mexico! Can't I... Ow!"

Uncle hit him yet again. Uncle growled.

"You want to know more about this talisman... Yes? Then do as Uncle says! Help Uncle research!"

Jackie rubbed his head again, at least Uncle wasn't leaving any marks on his forehead. Jackie moaned.

"Yes, Uncle..."

Uncle made his way into the backroom. But before Jackie could, an orange blur tackled him to the floor. Jackie moaned yet again. A speedy voice broke the still silence that followed after he had been tackled.

"Uncle Jackie! PLLLLEEEEEAAAASSSSSEEEE don't leave me alone with Uncle again! Uncle smells of garlic all day long, and being in a Shop all day long is b-o-o-o-r-i-n-g!"

Jackie tried to stand up, but Jade had him pinned down. Jackie laughed lightly.

"Oh, Jade! Garlic isn't bad for you, and I grew up in this very Shop! Saying it's boring insults my childhood!" Jackie saw that Jade was staring him straight in the eye now with the most serious look. Jackie laughed nervously. "O-Okay... But it wasn't boring to me, okay?"

Jade folded her arms, still not getting off of Jackie, and harumphed.

"... Take me to Moose World. Then we'll talk."

That's when Finn made his entrance.

"Wa-hay! It's Jade! Been a good girl for Uncle?"

Jade smiled the most cheesiest smile in the whole world.

"Yes, Uncle Finn."

Finn laughed.

"Too late, kiddo, that smile just gave you away... So, Mr. Chan, need us to take her off your hands for you?"

Jackie nodded.

"Yes. I need to do research with Uncle. If I don't hurry..."

"JACKIIIIEEEE!"

Jackie smiled and chuckled nervously.

"... Too late. Well... Uh... Could you take Jade to Moose World? I must do research..."

Before he left, Jackie handed Finn enough money to get enough tickets for the four of them and enough for rides and food. Which was just shy of a hundred dollars. Finn nodded and picked Jade up after pocketing the money. She still wasn't cracking a smile. Ratso and Chow walked in then.

"So... we're babysitting again...?"

Chow asked, not really caring as long as he got paid. Ratso tried tickling Jade to get her to smile. It didn't work. Finn smiled nervously.

"W-Well... Time to go to... M-Moose World..."

About five minutes after Finn and company left still dressed like archaeologists, a black car pulled up outside the Shop. Three men got out, all roughly the same sizes as Finn, Ratso, and Chow. Yet they were considerably younger. The shortest one stepped into the Shop.

"Yo! Strikemaster Ice is in the hizzhoussse!

After seeing nobody in the Shop, Ice called out. The other two men did not step in the Shop, but stayed outside.

"Yo! Anyone here?" Ice looked around. Sure enough, the place looked deserted. Ice walked further into the Shop and put his hands on the counter with the cash register. "Man, service here stanks!"

Jackie came from the back and smiled sheepishly.

"Sorry! Doing research in the back... How may I help you?"

Ice raised an eyebrow.

"Uh huh... Research... dat's cool, yo. But I'm here for yo' stone that you... recently acquired from a trip to Mexico."

It was Jackie's turn to raise an eyebrow now.

"Rock...? Mexico...? Wait, wait, wait... How do you know that I went to Mexico...? I barely delivered the artifacts to the museum half an hour ago! How can you possibly know about my trip if only a limited number of people knew? Besides, I never discovered a stone!"

Ice shook his head and folded his arms impatiently.

"Dawg, does it matter how I know? 'Sides. Yo' gotta come up with betta excuses than that! I's is talkin' about da rock wid da Ox! Da bossman's willin' to pay top dollar for dat rock! Just name yo' price, dawg."

Jackie nervously grinned and took a step back while shaking his hands wildly.

"Um... Sorry... That 'rock' isn't for sale. We are doing resear-"

Ice snapped his fingers.

"... Is cool, dawg. But dat's da wrong answer, homey. Yo! DJ Fist! MC Cobra! Dis dawg's not takin' our most... generous offer! Git in here, dawgs! We got some remodelin' ta do! Da Enforcers are in da hizzhoussseee! Alright!"

Jackie's mouth gaped as the two other men forced their way into the Shop with no respect for the antiques. He was still shaking his hands wildly as they advanced on him.

"No, no, no! No remodeling! Leave, please! Thank you!"

Jackie leaped over the three of them and got in a fighting stance. Ice shook his head disappointed.

"Yo, dawg! Blame yo'self! Ya know what I'm sayin'?"

Ice moved to a priceless vase and carelessly tipped it over. Jackie, using fast reflexes, managed to catch the jar before it fell and broke. MC Cobra tipped over a line of statues, but Jackie still managed to save each and every single statue without so much as a scratch. Everything was restored to their proper places, but that was before DJ Fist decided to crash into a bookshelf with jars on top of it. Jackie managed to save all five jars, the last one with his nose, but that's when the Enforcers got dirty and started attacking Jackie. Jackie let the jars roll on the floor, and he managed to repel all of the Enforcers' attacks.

Jackie dropkicked DJ Fist and elbowed MC Cobra into a wall at the same time. Ice attempted to kick him, but Jackie managed to dodge and leap kicked Ice. The Enforcers were in a triangle surrounding Jackie who was still in a fighting stance. They all lunged, but Jackie leaped out of the way at the last moment and they crashed into each other. While they were temporarily stunned, Jackie used that time to throw them out the door. Ice was the last to be thrown out, but because he was able to recover, Jackie had to literally kick him out. From outside, Ice waved a fist at Jackie.

"Yo! We be bringin' the pain on late-ah! You'll pay for dis, dawg!"

The Enforcers all piled into their car and drove off. Jackie heaved a sigh of relief and closed the door. Since it was getting late, he moved the Open sign for the Shop to Closed. Jackie made it to the sofa and sat down tiredly. He held his head now that he had a headache.

"Bad day..."

"JACKIIIEEE!"

That broke Jackie out of his stupor, so he rushed to Uncle in the backroom.

"Yes, Uncle?"

Uncle was holding the Ox talisman, but he was not asking about it.

"Did you make a sale...?"

Jackie shook his head.

"No, Uncle... They... Ow!"

Uncle hit Jackie on the forehead yet again.

"You are terrible salesman!"

Jackie shook his head as he rubbed it.

"But Uncle... They were bad..."

Uncle held up a finger.

"One more thing! I have discovered that the talisman is indeed magic..."

Jackie nodded.

"Yes, Uncle... It gives one superhu-"

Uncle seemed to raise his voice.

"One more thing! One talisman not important!"

Jackie's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Uncle! It's magic-"

Uncle raised his voice as high as it could go.

"ONE MORE THING! There are eleven more talismans! ONE MORE THING! Each has a different power!" Jackie was about to speak, but Uncle continued to speak. "ONE MORE THING! Talismans represent the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac... ONE MORE THING! Talismans are scattered around globe! You must find them! ONE MORE-"

This time, Jackie managed to interrupt Uncle.

"Uncle! It is getting late! We will worry about the other talismans tomorrow! Please, Uncle."

Uncle folded his arms and harumphed.

"Hmph... Excuses..."

Jackie shook his head and grinned at Uncle's eagerness.

"Uncle... There are some very bad people after the talismans... Or at least the Ox talisman."

Uncle was yelling at the top of his lungs... again.

"Then you will pack your bags! I will devise a locator spell... We mustn't allow the talismans to fall into eeevil hands!

Jackie tried to object, but Uncle had his hands over his ears, indicating he was not listening. So with a heavy heart, Jackie went to go pack his bags...

"One more thing! Take talisman! Will protect you if used correctly!

Jackie reluctantly took the talisman for safekeeping. Then he went upstairs to pack for a journey. As he was packing all his clothes, Uncle poked his head in Jackie's room.

"One more thing! You will only need enough clothes for one trip! You will be returning each time you retrieve a talisman. Uncle cannot devise a spell that will locate all the talismans at once."

Jackie nodded wearily and continued packing. Uncle left yet again...

The Enforcers stood before Valmont nervously. Valmont was getting angrier every second.

"So let me get this straight... You let an archaeologist... trounce you?"

Ice gesticulated wildly.

"It wasn't our fault, dawg! Er... Boss! Dat guy's got some mad skills! Mad skills!"

MC Cobra and DJ Fist nodded in agreement. Valmont still wasn't pleased.

"A simple talisman! That is all I ask for! And you... you... imbeciles mess that up! Tohru! Bring me my talisman!"

Tohru stepped forward from behind the Enforcers and bowed. Shendu's eyes glowed red.

"Need I remind you, Valmont... That it is my talisman... Because your minions were unable to require even one of my talismans... I will send some of mine along with your... Tohru... That talisman will be mine... one way or another!"

Valmont turned to Shendu and bowed respectfully.

"... You have my... humblest apologies, Shendu. ... They will be punished. Tohru?"

Tohru nodded and turned to the Enforcers who were inching away now. Ice tried sucking up to Valmont.

"Y-Yo... Dawg... Bossman... We's sorry, alright? We won't mess up again! Honest!"

Valmont chuckled darkly as Tohru wrapped the three Enforcers in a backbreaking embrace for a solid minute.

"Oh, believe me... You won't. Not after such... motivation. You will remain here while Tohru and the Shadowkhan retrieve the talisman. And you will never be trounced by Jackie Chan again... Do I make myself clear?"

Ice, in a voice deprived of oxygen, nodded.

"Y-You got it, B-Boss!"

Tohru let them go and the Enforcers gasped for air. Tohru was given the talisman locator, and he was on his way with three Shadowkhan...

Jackie was now sleeping soundly. He had packed everything he would need, and he would wake up in the morning to seek out the second talisman. Uncle was still up, devising a locator spell. Tohru approached the Shop at around midnight. The locator indicated that the talisman was near, and that it was higher up in the Shop somewhere. Tohru pointed to the window that the locator was glowing at, and the three Shadowkhan leaped up to the window and opened it...

Jackie woke up to a howling wind. He opened his eyes and saw that the window was open. The next thing that caught his eye was that three men dressed as ninjas were raiding the room, searching for something.

Jackie leaped out of his bed and addressed the men.

"You three again! I thought I told you...

The three 'men' turned towards Jackie, revealing that they had blue skin and red eyes under the ninja clothes. Jackie fell back on his bed in surprise.

"Wah! You're not those three teenagers!" Jackie was back on his feet and in a fighting stance. "All the same, you're not getting that talisman..."

Two of the Shadowkhan leapt at Jackie, but Jackie repelled their attacks and sent them into a wall. The third one was rummaging through the closet, so he didn't see Jackie when he leaped and came down and kicked him square in the back. The Shadowkhan disappeared, but the other two stood up and lunged at Jackie once more. Now that they had their backs to the window, it made it easy for Jackie to get rid of them. Putting all his energy into a swinging kick, Jackie kicked the two remaining Shadowkhan 'out of the park', meaning out the window.

Tohru saw the two Shadowkhan crash into a building and vanish. He groaned, pocketed the locator, and started to climb the gutter to Jackie's window. However, because of his weight, the gutter snapped in two, and Tohru came crashing to the ground.

"OUCH!"

Jackie, feeling a small earthquake from outside, looked out the window and saw Tohru sprawled out on the sidewalk. He scratched his head.

"Is he working for that same 'boss' that those three teenagers were...?" Jackie made sure he had the talisman securely in his pocket, and leaped out the window. Tohru rubbed his head as Jackie landed. "Hello, how are you?"

Tohru glared at him and held out his hand to be helped up. When Jackie did reach out his hand, Tohru took it and chucked Jackie into the window of Uncle's Shop, which did not break. Jackie groaned and did not move. Tohru stood up to his full height again and held out his hand.

"... The talisman."

Tohru sounded like he was tired. Jackie didn't blame him, but he couldn't hand over the talisman.

"I am sorry, but that talisman is not for sale and... Woah!"

Now Tohru held Jackie with just one hand, and he had his other hand balled into a fist.

"The talisman! Now!"

Jackie was able to wag his right index finger.

"Fighting is not nice!"

Jackie used his right hand to catch Tohru's huge fist at the last second, which he thought was kind of pointless at the last second, but miraculously, Tohru's fist seemed... light. Jackie realized.

"... The talisman!"

Tohru raised an eyebrow.

"Hmm...?

Jackie smirked and used both of his legs to kick Tohru away with ease. Tohru crashed into the building on the other side of the street and groaned. Jackie dusted himself off, ran over to Tohru, picked him up, and tossed him down the big hill that he had ascended to reach Uncle's Shop. Tohru began rolling and rolling and rolling.

"Whoa-oa... Ow... Ow... Ow..."

Soon enough, Tohru was out of sight. Jackie grinned and walked back into Uncle's Shop after unlocking the door...

Tohru came back to Valmont talisman-less, but he had quite a few bruises. Valmont was enraged.

"TOHRRRUUU!"

Shendu screamed and shouted.

"Even with the shadowkhan? You are all failures as allies!"

Tohru nervously tapped his index fingers together.

"B-But... There were only three Shadowkhan that were sent with me..."

Shendu hissed.

"Three Shadowkhan should have sufficed! No man has been able to conquer even one Shadowkhan! An army was not necessary!"

Valmont glared at Tohru and the Enforcers as he addressed Shendu.

"My most humble apologies... again, Shendu. This will never happen again. We will retrieve the remaining talismans, and you will roam the Earth once more... Provided that your Lost Treasure is there to reward us at the end..."

Shendu screamed for a solid hour, Valmont's minions would surely mess up again...

And that's the end of the Preview. If it's too short, sorry, but I would like some feedback. If some like it, you can all expect an update later this Fall. If not, well... I thank you for reading anyway. Captain Black should be able to be incorporated in the next Chapter, and I wouldn't just stop with the Talisman Hunt. I'd go ahead and do up alternate versions for all Five Seasons, it just depends on the feedback. So... R&R.