26. On the Run

-Two hours ago, at the Celestial Realm-

Monkey King was heading towards the Lotus Temple. Which has some maps and ancient artifacts hidden inside. 

He breaks, dodges and blocks the attacks that were coming towards him. He soon sees the map floating and unguarded.

Monkey King: "Finally! An opening."

But when he charges near and grabs it. A sudden forcefield appears and pushed him away.

Monkey King: "Ugh! The old magical barrier trick...! I should've seen that one coming."

"That seal is strong enough to protect the map from any who steal it." Echoed a voice.... It was Nezha. the smoke cleared and Nezha appeared in front of the map.

Nezha: "Even you. Sun Wukong."

The lotus prince glares at him. Disappointed that he was the mentor for MK and left her to fend for herself.

Nezha: "Do you have any idea what your doing?"

Monkey King: "Uh, yeah! I'm the Monkey King, trust me."

Nezha: "Trust you? Heh, no. You have ruined any chance of that long ago."

Monkey King: "Honestly Nezha, when did you stop being fun?"

Nezha: "We had no fun. But when I met MK, it made me feel I can trust her more than you."

Monkey King's eyes widened.

Monkey King: "Wait! You met peaches!?"

Nezha: "Let's just say she met me at the Celestial Realm while trying to save your tail."

Monkey King charges again but Nezha stops him by grabbing him by the waist with his scarf and tossing him. Monkey King managed to free himself and the two immortal beings began to fight each other.

Nezha: "I alone was entrusted in keeping that map safe!"

Nezha pushed Monkey King away from the map. But the great sage didn't give and jumps in the air.

Monkey King: "Somebody sounding jealous~..."

The third lotus prince growled and dodges Monkey King's punch.

Nezha: "It was our solemn duty! Our oath was to protect this world from the Samadhi Fire!"

Monkey King: "Yeah well...! Something worse came along."

Then Nezha turned the tip of his spear into pink flame.

Monkey King: "Why do you think I need to use it come on!"

Monkey King blocks Nezha's spear attack.

Nezha: "Out of respect for your past friendship with monk and the Jade Emperor's son. I will allow you to leave this place safely. But the fire will remain unforged. Hidden. The map stays here...!"

Monkey King: "I know you take your security job pretty seriously. But I really do need the map...! So, you do see the problem, right?"

Monkey King then teleports himself and pulls out his strand of hair to summon his clones. The clones held Nezha down while Monkey King was near the map.

Monkey King: "You want me to leave it. I want me to take it. Eh, that's a tuffy."

Nezha: "What!? Don't do this!"

Monkey King: "I'm sorry. It's the only way."

Nezha: "Wukong! That barrier is designed to protect that map at all costs! If you force your way through it! It could destroy us both!!"

Monkey King: "Yeah.... I know. But you crack a few eggs to make an omelet."

Nezha: "What...!? That doesn't mean you should!"

But Monkey King didn't listen to him and uses up all his power to break the barrier and get the map. Then a bright blast emerges, destroying the temple. The third lotus prince survived the blast and looks at the temple.

Nezha: "Wukong...!"

Then he hears his laughter behind him. He turns to see the great sage alive except injured.

Monkey King: "Look Nezha. Keep up the training. Who knows? Maybe one day, you'll be tough enough to beat me! Haha!"

But then the blue blast appeared behind him. He gave a worried expression and thought about MK.

Monkey King: "Peaches!"

He heads back to the city while Nezha watches him leave with injured body.

Nezha: "Gah! Wukong! You idiot! You'll kill us all!"

But Monkey King didn't listen to him and summons his cloud. Flying away to save MK.

Nezha: "Wukong you fool....!"

-Back to the present-

"It was then, that the Lady Bone Demon played her finally move." Says who was narrating the story as they were on the drone.

Tang: "Even with the combined might of the Monkie Kid and the Monkey King. Their all was simply not enough. The villain was victories... plunging the world into darkness."

MK was next to the rails with sadness in her eyes.

Tang: "Now... any chance at hope lies in the hands of a young girl and her friends who wishes they were heroes like her."

Tang was writing this all down in his journal and saying it out aloud while the others found it annoying.

MK: "Mr. Tang!"

Rin: "Would you quit it man!"

Pigsy snatches the book from him, Tang gasped.

Pigsy: "You've been reading your dairy out loud all day, your bumming everybody out!"

Tang: "H-hey! It's not a dairy! I'm writing the next chapter."

Rin: "Uh, a chapter of what?"

Jinzi: "Yeah, us trying to stop the Lady Bone Demon or the part being defeated....!?"

"It's chapter of finding a way to win and fighting alongside with Monkey King. And... a very well too I might ask." Said Tang as he somehow snatched the book from Pigsy to which the pig demon was surprised. Then Monkey King spoke up as Elena and the girls tend to his injuries.

Monkey King: "Hey. As long as you've wrote that whole bet with me fighting Nezha and getting this bad boy."

He shows the scroll.

Monkey King: "Then we're good. Haha! Ow!"

Mei hits him in the head.

MK: "Your not wrong there, but I do hope Nezha is alright and doesn't get mad for us doing this. We already are in a real hot mess right now."

Elena: "MK isn't wrong on this one. The sooner we find this weapon you speak off, Sun Wukong. Then Megapolis will be free from Lady Bone Demon's clutches."

Monkey King: "Okay! Gather around everyone. It's Monkey King story time."

Everyone sat down and gathered. He opens the map. Monkey King moves a bit which kind of hurted him but it didn't bothered him.

Monkey King: "So, I know what happened back there kinda sucked."

Mei: "Mega sucked."

Monkey King: "Mega sucked. But the old great sage had a trick or two up his sleeve."

Pigsy huffed believing that it was true, Monkey King frowned but ignored it and continued to speak when suddenly a strong wind shook the drone harshly. The map almost flew if MK didn't catch it in time. She placed it on the ground and Monkey King placed a something heavy to hold.

MK: "Yeah, so you said you were looking for... a weapon?"

Monkey King: "Yup."

Pigsy: "And...? Did you find it?"

Monkey King: "Nope. But this map is gonna help us track it down. It's called the Samadhi Fi-."

"The Samadhi Fire!!!" says Tang with excitement in his eyes.

Monkey King: "Yeah, that.... The most powerful force I ever seen."

MK: "Powerful enough to destroy the Lady Bone Demon?"

Monkey King: "Uh huh."

Raya: "But, what is it?"

Just as Monkey King was about to say it, he sees Tang about to burst in excitement... begging for him to tell them.

Monkey King: "-Sigh-.... Go on then."

Tang: "Ohoh! Ok! -Ahem-!"

He then get's serious.

Tang: "Legend speak of a flame so powerful that nothing could put it out. Not even the great sage himself....!"

Monkey King: "That's right. The Samadhi Fire burned out of control. The only way to contain it was by splitting into three pieces. Scattering them so their flames never be reforged."

Rin: "So.... You just tossed around a bunch of fires instead of one."

Monkey King groaned.

Monkey King: "And.... We put the pieces into three rings so they cause no further harm. Come on! Do I gotta spill everything out?!"

Rin: "Hey! I'm just a kid! And these guys don't know much about your journey since it's all ancient and secrecy."

Jinzi: "Rin's right. We don't know much about the Samadhi Fire like you do."

Monkey King: "-Sigh-... your right. Now that Lady Bone Demon has the staff and your powers, she's too much for us to handle. If we can't stop her, she's going to destroy... well... everything...."

"So we find the rings. Combine them, and then what? says Sandy who appeared out of nowhere which frightened everyone.

Sandy: "You said the fire of somewhat that couldn't be controlled?"

Monkey King: "Samadhi."

Tang: "Yes, you did say that."

Pigsy: "Yep, yep, I heard him. I heard him too."

MK: "Hey, if Monkey King thinks this could work then it'll work. We can do this."

Monkey King smiles and nods.

Monkey King: "Yes! That's more like it."

Suddenly, the drone gets shot by an unknown bike jet....

Pigsy: "The Lady Bone Demon!? How did she catch up to us already!?!"

Monkey King: "Oh no...!"

MK gets up and looks at the person who shot them. Her eyes shrank recognizing who it was.... Macaque. And he was wearing a different attire than before.

  Macaque: "Oh Wukong~....! Haha!!!"

He shoots again at them. They managed to dodge it.

MK: "Macaque!?!"

Monkey King: "Oh, that's a relief.... I thought it was someone important."

Macaque: "Haha, always the comedian, heh.... Hey plum~... ya miss me?"

MK: "No! I would never miss someone who harmed me and my friends twice!!"

Macaque: "Ouch! That hurts my feeling you know."

MK looks at her friends.

MK: "Guys get us outta here!"

Mei & Tang: "Right!"

Jinzi: "Got it MK."

Macaque laughs and flies towards them in full speed and shooting them at the same time. Sandy dodges the lasers.

Rin: "Monkey King you've gotta do something!?"

Monkey King: "So... ya, I love too... but I kinda sorta used a bit of my power getting this."

He shows the map.

Elena: "Then allow us! Kids fireballs like we practiced!"

Rin: "Aye, aye captain!"

Raya: "Yes mommy!!"

Elena and the kids summoned fireballs and shoots at Macaque. The black monkey dodges them and glares at the two witches and the young shaman. He then pulls the lever and hides in the purple clouds laughing. Thunder was heard and Macaque's voice echoed.

Macaque: "Hoho, looking a little banged up there Monkey King. The plum too. Looks like our old friend the Lady Bone Demon really did a number on you guys. -Fufufu-..."

Monkey King: "So what? Your her puppet now!? I mean, make sense you did always have a sidekick kinda vibe."

He appears again and charges at Monkey King. MK backed away the twins and Elena. Macaque was now on top of Monkey King.

Macaque: "Haha, you know me. There's a new player in town, I'm just feeling out which one is the winning side."

"Stop it Macaque!" yelled MK as she pulled his cape. Macaque picks up Monkey King and kicked him in the stomach, he then grabbed MK's arms.

Macaque: "Not smart plum..."

Monkey King: "Kid!"

Monkey King was about to go and save her when suddenly Macaque snapped his finger summoning his shadow clones to hold the great sage.

Macaque: "The two of you are such a mess. Can't image why the bone demon wants me to bring you back? Look at you... your all used up."

MK: "I may have used up all my powers but I'm still standing!"

Macaque: "Oh sweet MK. Maybe I should give Wukong tiny bit of suffering~..."

He then kissed her. Seeing this, Monkey King yelled at him while MK was pushing him off of her. She teared up a bit.

Rin: "Hey! Let her go you jerk!"

Macaque breaks the kiss and looks at him.

Macaque: "Or else what boy?"

Just then a green and gold blast appeared and shot at Macaque. He lets go off MK and dodges and frees Monkey King from the clones. He looks at Mei who pulled her sword and Jinzi summoning his powers.

Macaque: "Interesting..."

Mei blast him again but he dodges it.

Mei: "You wanna to get our monkeys, you gotta go through us first!"

Macaque: "Ah, you must be the dragon girl I've heard so little about. Little girl you and your boyfriend can shoot me all you want. It won't do you any good."

MK needed to think of a plan and fast. Just then she hears the voices again.

"Use the power inside you..."

MK: "Huh?"

"Channel it and aim at one of the engines..."

Whoever was guiding MK was telling her to do it. So, she takes a deep breath and channels some of the power within her. She opened her eyes to see a white and blue energy sphere appearing from her hand.

MK: "Is this..." (The locked power that the Lady Bone Demon was mentioning all along...!?)

She shakes her face and looks at Macaque with seriousness. So, she stepped up and faced him.

MK: "Macaque stop! It's never too late to help us in defeating her..."

Macaque doesn't say anything and looks away. He didn't see the energy sphere.

Macaque: "Sorry bud. But I have no choice."

This angered her.

MK: ".... I thought of you as a friend..."

A shocked look appeared on her face as she starts to cry. 

MK: "I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU MACAQUE!!!"

She then shoots the energy sphere at the engine.

Macaque: "Didn't see that one coming!"

The engine gets destroyed making Macaque fall off the drone. 

Macaque: "AHH!!!"

The drone then starts to tilt. Mei grabbed MK while Jinzi pulled out his chains and grabbed Elena and the twins.

Monkey King: "Kid! Why did ya...?"

MK: "I don't know! I heard a voice and it told me to channel all my power and shoot it at the engine!!"

Rin: "Okay now you hear voices?!"

"Hold on to your brakes everyone!!!" shouts Sandy as the sky became clear and the drone was now going to crash on the ocean.

Everyone started screaming praying that they make alive.




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