31. The First Ring

MK and her friends were walking in the hot desert.

Mei: "Ugh...! Dumb Macaque...! Dumb desert..."

Raya: "Water... wa... ter..."

Elena: "Just hang in there a little more, Raya..."

MK: "Aunt, can't we use our magic...?! We could summon water or track our friends..."

Elena: "Magic has limits MK. We need to save them in order to fight evil."

Sandy: "Don't gang! We just have to... keep... moving...! Forever... n' ever... until we're..."

Sadly, Sandy falls to the ground exhausted from the stroke of heat. "Sandy...!" yells MK before it was not long, she also collapsed at the ground. Everyone was tired and could not move forward. Just then, MK hears a roar of an engine. She tries to open her but couldn't and was only to able to see a vehicle and a pair of legs.

MK: "Help... them..."

She looks up to none other than Red Son.

MK: "Red.... Son...?"

Red Son: "Firefly...."

MK: ".... Please... help..."

And with that, MK loses her conscious. A few hours later, she opens her to see herself in a table filled with food and water. She looks around to see her friends eating happily.

MK: "Mei.... Aunty Elena... where are we...?"

"You're in my house, Firefly." said a familiar voice, MK looks in front of her to see Red Son sitting and smiling.

MK: "Red Son...!? It was you at the desert."

Red Son: "Yep, I was patrolling at my house and spotted you five at the scorching desert."

MK: ".... Thank you, Red Son."

Red Son: "Here, drink something. You must be thirsty."

MK accepted the glass filled with water and drinks it. Red Son then turns to look at the others with a grumpy face.

Red Son: "Your welcome by the way...!"

Mei: "Thanks Red Boy! Yer the man!"

Mei accidently throws food on his face which made MK gasped and panicked. But this time Red Son did not summon flames.

Red Son: "It's Red Son! Ugh! I should have just left you four to the vultures...!"

MK: "Sorry Red Son... They are just happy to have some rest after wandering tirelessly through the desert."

Elena: "Um... has anyone seen Raya?"

Both Red Son and MK gasped as they see Raya exploring to another room.

Raya: "WOW!! YOUR NEW CRIB IS AMAZING!!!!"

Her voice echoed everywhere.

MK: "Raya, get back here!"

But she didn't listen and started clapping her hands and moving around. "Very nice acoustics too." Says Raya. Just then she stepped on a trapped to which Red Son wasted no time and grabbed her. It was not long before spikes and spears appeared out of the wall.

MK: "RAYA!"

Red Son: "Would you stop being so annoying!"

Red Son places Raya down back to her place.

Red Son: "You five aren't supposed to be here! So, I'd appreciate if you finished up and went about whatever obnoxious business you were middle of, before I've saved your pathetic. Meaningless. Lives!"

He crushed the glass. MK gets up and uses her healing magic to heal him.

Red Son: "What are you doing....!?"

MK: "Healing you silly. And we're on it boss, you're wish is our demand."

Red Son blushed as MK finished healing him.

Red Son: "-Sigh-.... What were you and your noodle brain friends doing out there anyway?"

Mei: "Looking for the Samadhi Fire."

After mentioning that, Red Son immediately spat out his drink.

Red Son: "The Samadhi what!?!"

Suddenly, the ground started to shake.... The lava waterfall split into two and the Demon Bull King appeared out and dropped a huge leg meat on the table.

Demon Bull King: "The little thief returns...."

MK: "Um.... Hello, Mr. Demon Bull King... sir...!"

Raya: "We still cool, right?"

Red Son: "Hehe, father...! Your back earlier than I expected..."

Then a gush of wind blew. "I was expecting a banquet. I wasn't expecting company..." says Princess Iron Fan as she sat down at the end. The gang started to feel nervous as Demon Bull King sat down as well.

Sandy: "Ooo... this is so awkward...!"

Raya and Mei agreed with him.

Princess Iron Fan: "I trust you realize our, little truce is at best of fragile thing.... So tell me, what precisely have you intruded upon our dinner plans?"

Red Son: "Uh, their looking for the Samadhi Fire."

Just like their son. Demon Bull King and Princess Iron Fan spatted their drinks.

Demon Bull King: "WHAAAT!?!?!"

MK: "I... see you've heard of it..."

The Demon Bull King slammed his hand on the table and got up.

Demon Bull King: "I can only assume the Great Sage has sent you on this moronic quest..."

Princess Iron Fan: "That flame is one of the most dangerous weapons in existence. What reason would Sun Wukong have-."

"The Lady Bone Demon." Said MK as he stopped Princess Iron Fan from talking.

MK: "We need it to defeat her.... She's an ancient-."

Demon Bull King: "I KNOW WHAT SHE IS!!!"

MK: "Then you know that we need the fire to stop her!"

Demon Bull King and his wife looked at each other with concern.

Princess Iron Fan: "What exactly do you know of the samadhi fire?"

Raya: "Uh... well, we know that it uh... well it's super powerful!"

Mei: "And! That it was split into three and turned into super special rings!"

Sandy: "And reforging it could destroy all life as we know it!"

Elena: "That is what we've known so far from Tang and Monkey King. Even some wise demons and witches knows this story."

Princess Iron Fan: "But you know nothing of its origin..."

Elena: "I'm afraid not. Many have tried to find answers in how it was created..."

Demon Bull King: "Pah! Typical Sun Wukong. Will only reveal the information he chooses...!"

MK: "Well if you guys know so much then you tell us! What we do not about the dangerous fire!"

Princess Iron Fan: "That the samadhi fire was... created.... By our own son."

Red Son gasped and fell off his chair.

Girls: "WHAT?!?"

Sandy: "Okay... following..."

Elena: "How is that possible!? From what I've learnt, the samadhi fire was created at the ancient era! Red Son back then should have been a baby at that time!"

Red Son: "Um... mother?"

 His mother then tells the story about the past, in how it was connected to Red Son and the samadhi fire.

When Red Son was born, he appeared to be the same, as any other demonic child. A promising edition to the Demon Bull Family... too promising.

As he grew, his power became.... Unstable. Even with our combined might, we could not control him.

Princess Iron Fan: "Reluctantly um..."

"We were given no option, but to... remove this power...." Said Demon Bull King in an upsetting tone. But he still cared for his son. Demon Bull King remembered when Monkey King was still Monk Tang Sanzang's pilgrim. The Third Lotus Prince was also there too, however two more people joined to help.

When went to find ways to stop him. The Jade Emperor's son, Prince Makai offered to help us.... His wife Ming found a way to remove this power. Sun Wukong, Prince Nezha, and I were the ones who had to remove it. 

Our bodies were deemed the most likely to... survive, separating the fire from the child.... So, princess Ming instructed the monk to start the chant. It took our combined forces to split the flames into three pieces. Sealing their power. And when the ring was forged, our son was back to normal.

Together, we swore to keep the rings hidden for all eternity. 

And with that the story ended.

Demon Bull King: "So you can see why it would be impossible for fools such as yourselves to control that power...! If even the spawn of the Demon Bull King himself could not."

Red Son summons a small fire in his hand and the removes when he saw Mei staring at him.

MK: "Demon Bull King please! We really need to find it. I may not have Monkey King's powers anymore, but we've pulled all sorts of crazy stuffs before. There ain't nothing we can't do, if we do it as a team!"

Sandy: "Yeah!"

Mei: "That's right!"

Raya: "Uh-huh!"

Elena: "Please, Princess Iron Fan and Demon Bull King. If you know where the ring is, please allow us to stop the evil demon."

Princess Iron Fan: "I'm afraid we can't Eclipse Witch... If Sun Wukong didn't tell you of it, then there's no point on risking it. Well, I for one thing thinks that it's quite enough story time for one day. Come on my love, I do believe that little baking show you love is about to start."

Demon Bull King: "Coming... dear..."

As Demon Bull King got up, the gang spots his nose ring and thought of something.

MK: "Could it be..."

The Red Son spoke up.

Red Son: "So... I guess you four will be heading off about now, then. Except for firefly, she gets to stay."

Raya: "Hey! That's not right!"

Red Son didn't listen to her and grabbed Mei's shoulder. But when he touched her. The Green Dragon and the Demon Son saw a vision of the three rings and someone in pain.

Red Son pulled off and panicked.

Red Son: "What the?!"

MK: "Um, Red Son.... Actually, this whole area is surrounded by lava pits and it's pretty dark out... right, Sandy?"

Sandy: "Yeah! We could fall right on in and AH! AHH!! WAAH! PHAW!!! You get me?"

Elena: "The part were you acting like you were in pain and screaming. Yeah."

Red Son groaned and offered them all to stay. He brought them to the guest room.

MK: "Thank you Red Son."

Red Son: "I was hoping you would stay in my room...."

Elena: "Yeah, not going to happen lover boy."

Red Son growled while MK blushed a bit.

Red Son: "Will that be all then?"

Raya: "It's a bit cold. An extra blanket would be good."

Red Son: "What? Your not serious. I suppose you'll be wanting some warm milk while your at it!"

Raya: "Aw, that would be swell! Thanks friend!"

Red Son clenched his chest and gasped dramatically. He wanted to end her, but MK was here, so he closes harshly.

Raya: "Thank you!"

As the footsteps became quiet. MK gets up and tells her plan.

MK: "This our chance. Alright, so DBK obviously just kept his ring like demon he is. And has been under his nose this whole time."

Mei: "Alright then, what's the plan monkey girl?"

MK: "Raya and Elena will infiltrate DBK's fortress, then you both need to bypass his security systems, sneak into his bedroom, and snatch that nose ring. Meanwhile, Me, Mei, and Sandy will find us a getaway vehicle and we'll be home free with the ring in hand. Then once we find the other rings, we might defeat the Lady Bone Demon and save the world from total destruction. Ok, any question?"

Mei: "Nope, sounds like a good plan MK."

Sandy: "Flawless!"

Elena: "Alright then. We will go first while you three find us a transportation to get us outta here."

MK: "Yep, and be careful aunty."

Elena: "Come now MK. You still think I'm an old middle age woman?"

MK: "Wah, you know I never doubt you."

Elena: "Too late."

The gang quietly sneaked the hallway. They then split up into the assigned task. "Just how many traps does DBK's lair have...!" whined Raya as they dodge the spear attacks, the moving blades, and jumping over the lave.

Elena: "Hang in just a bit more Raya.... And please avoid stepping on the trigger...!"  

With MK, she and her friends were looking for the garage. When suddenly they spotted a vehicle that was behind the glass door.

Mei: "Perfect...!"

MK: "Uh.... Mei."

MK points at the security hand scan.

Mei: "What?! Oh no...! I guess that's that then, guess we better go home, give up, we're done...!"

MK: "No we're not Mei. We can something, like... how decode the security or..."

Wait, look!" says Sandy as he points at the vent.

Sandy: "I got this."

MK: "Wait what?"

Sandy: "I trained my whole life for this moment."

Mei: "Yes Sandy! You got this!"

MK: "Wait Mei! Sandy is..."

But it was too late, as Sandy got in the vent he somehow got stuck and was finding a way to move.

MK: "Is too big to get in the vent...!"

Sandy: "Um.... A little help?"

That was when Red Son appeared out of the blue and spotted them. Holding a milk and a blanket.

Red Son: "What... are you.... DOING!!!"

He then bursts into flames.

Mei: "Uh... we were just... tryingtodoasneakattack!!!"

Mei punches Red Son and grabbed his hand and scanned it.

Mei: "SUCCESS!!!"

MK places Red Son gently near the wall and gave a peck on his forehead.

MK: "I'm sorry Red Son, I promise you that I will return the ring back, once we finished our goal."

They hopped on the vehicle and drove off. Meanwhile at the bull couples chamber, Princess Iron Fan was peacefully sleeping in the bed with her eye blindfold while Demon Bull King was on the couch snoring with the T.V. on.

"What is that thing I always say? Cooking is life and life is cooking."

Demon Bull King: "Life is cooking..."

Elena was in the vent slowly lowering the thread for Raya, who shrank herself and was hanging quietly.

Raya: "Careful... careful...!"

And when she near the ring.

Raya: "Alright, you got the Raya... I'm coming for that big ol' nose ring of samadhi..."

She slowly reaches out for it, she managed to grab it and was trying her best to pull it when suddenly Demon Bull King wakes up and sees her.

Demon Bull King: "Wha?"

Raya: "Sorry...! I'm just... gonna pull this!"

She yanks the ring off him and pulls the thread, telling her mother to pull her up.

Elena: "Time to go little one!"

They exited the room as Demon Bull King got up and roars. The two witches exited through the window.

Raya: "We got it! We got the ring!!"

Elena grabs her daughter and uses wind magic to float. Just then, the race car comes out.

MK: "Elena! Over here!"

The witches landed safely in the car.

Raya: "What the plan Mei?!"

Mei then pulls out her dragon sword and hit it at the car.

Mei: "Here comes White Horse Dragon Girl Kid!!!"

The vehicle itself transformed into Mei's style and they drove off as soon as Demon Bull King appeared along with Princess Iron Fan as they watched them leave.

Princess Iron Fan: "They escaped with the ring..."

Demon Bull King: "Indeed. The Monkey King has doomed us all."

Princess Iron Fan: "Perhaps, but his protégé is something else.... By the way, how did they even sneak a race car in here?"

With Red Son, he gets up his big knock out and notices that MK and his race car is gone.

Red Son: "Those little...!"

That was when he spots the dragon toy and hairpin which MK had at the festival. Red Son knew she didn't leave it there. He also remembered the vision he saw. Back with the gang.

Raya: "Our very first ring! Just wait till the others see this!"

However, they bumped into something which sent MK flying.

MK: "Ahh!"

Gang: "MK!!!"

MK closed her feeling scared. When suddenly something or someone grabbed her. She opened her eyes to see Ao Bing floating and smiling at her.

MK: "Ao Bing!"

It wasn't long before the T.E.A van appeared.

Pigsy: "MK?"

Tang's eyes sparkled seeing the ring.

Tang: "You found the first ring!"

"GUYS!" yells Mei as the race car pulled over.

Sandy: "MO! PIGSY! TANGY!"

Jinzi: "Mei! I'm so glad your alright babe!"

Jinzi runs up to her and kisses her, as for Rin he wasted no time and hugs his sister and mother.

Rin: "I wasn't worried at all."

Raya: "Of course you didn't, hehe..."

They went inside the van and drove off to find the next ring. Monkey King was once again in his meditation while Tang was researching on the ring and writing down notes. Mei in the other hand was wondering what the vision meant and why did it involve with her and the rings.

Jinzi: "You alright Mei?"

Mei: "Huh... O-oh! Y-yeah... I'm fine Jinzi... just... just thinking of something. That's all."




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