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The king sighed and snapped his fingers as all the bones retreated into the ground. A major breach of protocol, sure but a necessary one. He looked over at the now still monkey and allowed a triumphant glee to settle in his stomach. All according to plan, he just hadn’t expected such a fight that’s all, his manipulation skills had apparently gone… rusty . He looked over at the wreckage and grimaced, sending a part of his army to clean it up for him before leaning back on his buffalo for a quick rest.
His sleep was interrupted by a bright blue flash with a whoosh of wind. “Greetings big brother.” She smiled. The king yawned and returned the gesture. “Greetings sister. How goes your mission?” The lady prickled with annoyance and clenched her teeth. “I hate monkeys.” The king looked around at the battlefield and grimaced. “The feeling is mutual.”
LBD now finally looking around spotted the flash of gold, and slowly started grinning. “You actually caught Sun Wukong?” She whispered. The king smirked, “Don’t act so surprised my lady,” He yawned ,”It was quite easy.” LBD scoffed, “Don’t lie.” She then smiled, “But… With the nuisance out of the way, We are one step closer to our victory brother, The first step to My Redemption.” The king joined her side looking towards the horizon, “And my promotion. Those fools would regret demoting me to the fifth king.” He chuckled, “I will reign triumphant over the realms!” The LBD sighed, “Indeed you will.”
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MK stalked forward running with Mei worried behind him. He spurred himself faster and faster ignoring the brambles that snagged at his feet. If that idiotic , black hooded , so called King of the Underworld even touched a hair on Monkey Kings beautifully brushed fur. So help him he would make Wukongs’ rampage through heaven look like a child’s tantrum . His body crackled with power as he glared at the horizon, shaking with anger, but still…..he couldn’t help but notice how a part of him felt empty . Like someone took a part of him and disintegrated it. What if? Nahh, this is the Monkey King. The guy was a billion times immortal and a billion more times powerful. MK clenched his fists, the King should hope he was too. Because MK was going to take him and his terrifying device and shoot them up to hea - “MK wait!”
He screeched to a stop. In all his anger, he had left Mei in the dust. She huffing reached him and bent down to take a breather. “Whew, you are fast . So, pant MK do we have a plan for when we pant face that guy.” MK bared his teeth, ”Oh, Yes.I.Do……I’m gonna blast that guy into next year.”
Mei coughed, “ Okay … Solid plan MK but how exactly will we do that?” MK stilled before stomping forwards, “I’ll figure it out.” Mei closed her eyes and groaned, reaching for his arm, “That’s it! MK what is up with you? You are all angsty and angry all of a sudden and I can’t for the life of me figure out why. Unless..”Horror dawned on her face, “MK are you going through your….. Emo phase?”
MK stepped back confusion written all over his face. “WHAT NO! Mei, I’m just……..worried ok? I am worried for EVERYONE at the same time and I just don’t want anything to happen." He took a deep breath,"Like last time. With LBD you almost died Mei and with Azure, Monkey King was almost lost forever. Like he may be….. AGAIN .” The words tumbled out of him almost robotically. “I am SICK and TIRED of all my friends vanishing around me while I have no idea what to do.” His voice broke, Mei reached out to him only for him to shift away. “And the thing is, you all look to me for guidance when I should be the last person you guys trust. Because I have no Idea what it means to be Monkey Kings successor, other then just fight and sacrifice, fight and sacrifice over AND OVER AGAIN. And I just keep asking myself, “He chuckled sadly. “Is that going to be my life now?”
Mei shuffled closer and opened her mouth before pulling him close and giving him a hug. “MK, I know you don’t know what you are doing half the time.” “Real helpful Mei-“ “But I also know that You Idiot, are my best friend. And you will do anything for me. To the point that honestly it gets a little scary cause MK, you ain’t indestructible anymore, but , I trust you. Sure you make mistakes but…. That’s human isn’t it? Or Celestial Primate in your position.” He snorted, “Don’t you dare think we are going anywhere anytime soon. Pigsy doesn’t even go to the market without you or Tang.” MK groaned “That’s cause he has Orthorexia.” He mumbled into her jacket. Mei grumbled, “The point is that we’re always gonna be there for you. You couldn’t get rid of us even if you try.” MK pulled away ,”But I could’ve done something, if I had just stayed back maybe I could’ve-“
Mei rolled her eyes and sighed. “Guess I need to spell it out for ya Monkie Boi . You can’t save everyone in the world MK, your just one guy. And even if you tried to save Wukong from that King using brute strength …… The guy is a literal god MK….He isn’t some demon you can pick up and thrash. And don’t you dare mention the Jade Emperor. The only way you won that was cause of your, Monkey form which is currently elusive , The fact that Azure didn’t have control over his powers, Our plan semi working, and pure unbridled luck.” “Ouch...Right in the ego.” She shrugged “The truth hurts MK. Look, right now I don’t think we have any of those factors. So shut up and use your smartie boy brains. Besides Monkey King will be fine. The guy once cut of his head for funsies.”
MK sighed and smiled , “Yeah he did do that.” Mei smiled, “So…Plan?” MK leaned in to whisper in her ear. “Fine. So here’s what we’re gonna do….”
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The Bone demon loomed over Wukong, tentatively whipping him with her wind, to find no response whatsoever. She grinned and hissed, “Not so tough now are we Monkey.” The King laughed at her antics and sighed, “Pay him no mind lady, our plan is not revenge. Don’t you want to be whole again.” The wind floated up to him, “Yes, yes of course. Just let me have my candy.” The King chuckled and laid back on his buffalo only to see a flash of red dart at the corner of his vision. He waved the lady over and raised an eyebrow. “It seems that your monkey is here to save my monkey.” The demon hissed, “The fool! No matter, now we can kill two birds with one stone.” The king narrowed his eyes, “Yes but….. I have a feeling this is not what it seems. Hang back in the wind sister and cover me.” The figure dissolved grinning, “Gladly.”
The King followed MK at a distance as he made his way through the clouds to his captive Mentor. The king smiled, he could take him out right now but …. Where’s the fun in that. He walked out of his hiding place and brandished his scythe. “Hello there Monkie Kid…. Here for another round?” MK turned around, teeth unnaturally sharp ,” Gladly! Let’s get this Porty started.” He lunged at the king.
Mei looked out of the corner as she saw ‘MK’ and the King fight. The plan was working perfectly. She picked up her phone and blinked the flashlight before heading to her getaway vehicle. This was in MK’s hands now.
MK (the real one) was hiding in a cloud when the two dots of light blinked in the sky. He puffed a breath, “That’s the signal.” He poofed himself into a small bug and flew over to the clearing desperately looking for Wukong. He searched deeper until getting to a messy battlefield (in the sky?Why?) where he saw a glint of gold near a giant brown something. He sighed in relief and darted forward. “Monkey King!” He whispered trying to Astral Project. Trying but failing. He got closer to the gold light only to see that the mountain of brown something was not a mountain at all, but a giant sleeping buffalo. “God.” He whimpered, “I need to get glasses.”
He carefully tiptoed around the buffalo, until he reached the corner with his Mentor. He sighed in relief and rushed to hug him only to be met with stiff cold eyes. His blood went cold. “M-monkey King?” The primate was lying sprawled on the ground gold jutting from his vacant eyes.,“ If this is a joke. It isn’t funny.” He chuckled shaking him. The monkey didn’t move. “Please tell me it’s a joke.”
MK’s breath quickened as his mind absorbed the sight before him.His chest was still and MK couldn’t see any signs of movement. Breathing shallow he hurried up to him to wake him up, to do something to get him back . Electricity flew from his palms and he strained his ears desperately looking for a pulse. “No.” He whispered, “NO!” His body shook as he lay next to the husk of the immortal Monkey King which was once so full of life. Oh he would make whoever did this pay . His gaze darkened, tears glinting at the edges of his eyes as his body glitched growing taller and taller. The gold consumed him and he roared, stepping forward towards his Best Friends Murderer.
Lady bone demon watching all this smiled as her winds kept a certain someone hidden. The plan was working indeed.