After stealing the Talismans in order to stage a comeback, the Dark Hand's crime spree brings them to Heatherfield and into conflict with the Guardians.
- Adaptational Badass: To a certain extent with Valmont. By the time Season 3 of JCA came around, his criminal empire was extinct, and he was reduced to a petty thief. Here, he manages to maintain enough resources to stay in business, if at a lower capacity than before.
- Adaptation Expansion: This is the first chapter in the story to not be based on a canon episode of either show, instead being wholly original.
- Both Sides Have a Point: Jade insists that the Guardians can handle the Dark Hand, but Jackie points out that Valmont learning of the girls powers will be bad given how resourceful he is. And both of them end up being right. The girls manage to defeat the Enforcers and even Hak Foo. But afterwards, they tell Valmont and he later personally steals the heart of Kandrakar.
- Catch and Return: When Finn uses the Rooster Talisman to throw bricks and pipes at Hay Lin, she uses an air sphere to catch them before throwing them all back at him.
- Cliffhanger: The chapter ends with Valmont stealing the Heart of Kandrakar from Will while she sleeps.
- Groin Attack: Jade takes Hak Foo out by groining him with a steel pipe.Jade: Guess the Black Tiger's not gonna have any cubs now, huh?
- Look Behind You: At the end of their first fight, Hay Lin warns Finn when a crane is about to fall on him. He assumes she's trying to bluff him until he realizes the danger too late. Fortunately, he survives thanks to the Dog Talisman.
- Loophole Abuse:
- As usual, Jade is a master of this trope. When Jackie makes her promise not to involve the Guardians in fighting the Dark Hand, Jade decides that she can warn them about the Talisman-empowered criminals and that it'll be up to the girls to decide if they'll get involved or not.
- When Ratso first faces Irma, he says that his mother told him not to hit girls. However, he still traps her in a bear hug, trips her and pushes her to the ground, reasoning that said moves don't technically count as hitting.
- See the Invisible: When Ratso turns himself invisible with the Snake Talisman while fighting Irma, she finds him by spraying water all over the place.
- Set Bonus: Chow uses the Monkey Talisman to turn some girders into giant metal snakes and brings them to life with the Rat Talisman to use them against Taranee.Taranee: Shapeshifting and motion to the motionless. Yeah... that's a pretty good combo.
- Tempting Fate: As soon as Hak Foo boasts to the Guardians that the Black Tiger cannot fall, the surprise Groin Attack he receives from Jade causes him to fall on the ground in pain.
- Wouldn't Hit a Girl: Ratso acknowledges this trope, and tries to get around it via the above-mentioned Loophole Abuse.
