{Shadows In The Snow} |Monkie Kid AU| •Book 1•

•Chapter 20• {|Battle In The Mountains|} •Pt.2•

{⚠️TW:Blood and Gore:TW⚠️}
Li held MK tightly in her arms, tears streaming down her cheeks and sorrow filling her heart, Wukong beginning to cry too, going to them and hugging her and MK, Li crying into his chest as she held the teen close to her as if he was a child of her own. "I'm so sorry Li Mei....I'm so sorry kid...this is all my fault....I couldn't protect you two..." Wukong muttered, tears streaming down his cheek and dripping from his chin. They kept hugging each other until they heard a deep and distorted screech and the ground started rumbling badly, the mountain starting to break apart and collapse. "A-Ah! Wukong what's going on..?!" Asked Li in a panic, Wukong tried to regain his balance but then saw a giant clawed hand grip onto the mountain and the screech got closer, Wukong and Li immediately went to look at what it was and they saw a giant pair of eyes staring menacing back at them from the mists and clouds, one with an X and another with a large glow and pupil, it then aiming its gaze to Li and MK. "A-AUUGH!!!" Li screamed in terror as she quickly got back, trying not to get to the end. Wukong's face went from terror to determination and he held his staff tightly in his grip, beginning to rush to Li. "Li...we have to get out of here NOW!!-" said the Monkey King, but was interrupted by a wrapping violently whipping fast and hard against the mountain in between the two, separating them, Wukong tried to get to Li but was hit by another wrapping and threw roughly against another mountain, Li stuck in shock and complete fear, "M-MONKEY KING!!!" She screamed in a high and shaking voice, terror in her tone. She quickly began to run to the other direction but was startled by a wrapping immediately grabbing MK and snatching him away from Li. "M-MK!!! L-LET HIM GO!!!" Begged Li, her trying to get him back but was violently held back by a wrapping, it swinging her roughly against the mountain wall, leaving a large crack or even a creator dent in the rocky walls. Li started to bleed, blood slowly running down her head to her nose and cheek, dizziness filling her head as her sight began to blur, she then heard slow footsteps and looked up a bit, only to see...Macaque. "S-.....Stop this...plz..." she pleaded as she cried and coughed, a bit of blood leaving the corners of her mouth and head. Mac went to her and gently held her cheek, wiping away the blood from her mouth and face, looking her with a little worried and calmed smile instead of anger. "Oh...I'm sorry snowflake....maybe I went too far..." he muttered, wiping away more blood from her mouth and face as it kept coming. He saw that he still had MK in his wrapping and he gently put him down onto the ground and let him go, Mac then looked back at Li who now looked pale and weak, blood still dripping from her face and mouth, her head down and dullness in her eyes.

Wukong was on the ground below hurling and coughing up large amounts of blood, holding his stomach in pain. "U-UAGH!!!" He screamed as he tried to get up, he grabbed his staff and began to slowly and weakly make his way back up the path, flying a bit and landing close to the top. When he made it, he saw Li being held against the wall by the wrappings and looking pale....almost dead, Mac cupping her cheek and looking a bit sorry for what he's done and MK still unconscious on the ground. Wukong's eyes widened, seeing Li and MK in a state like that made his blood boil...then it all hit him. He began to have small flashes of the times he had with her and MK, the three almost seeming like a family and Li being so kind and sweet to him and the others, her smile...her loving and kind gaze...her strength and protection over the others....all flashing before him. Macaque was about to pick up Li and grab her but heard a familiar voice and fast footsteps coming towards him. "MACAAAAAAAAAQUE!!!!" Screamed Wukong, Mac immediately turning to his left and then Wukong coming in KICKING Mac hard in his gut with his foot, Mac hurling and blood gushing from his mouth as he made a wheezed cough and his head flown back from the impact, him flying across the way mountain through mountain and hard into the ground. Wukong huffed and puffed, his eyes glowing in a bright gold, them filled with anger and small grunts and growls escaping his mouth, but he knew the battle wasn't over. In a split moment, a giant purple mist exploded from the mists and clouds of the deep, and there emerged a giant shadow like monster, it looking close to Mac and its eyes glowing bright and it screeching a deep and growled roar, Macaque's voice echoed with it. The beast was terrifying, it's wrappings whipping and smacking at everything around it, misbehaving violently and it's screeches and growls echoing through the entire land, Wukong has had seen his younger brother turn into his beast form before, but he was sure going to end it right here, right now. He went to Li and picked her up, and then held MK, he grunted and then went back to the temple and laid them on his cloud, trying to clean the blood and help them quickly, but was startled by a screech and rumbling, a giant shadows hand bursts through the temple, trying to snatch Li and MK. Wukong immediately jumped back and held the two close, the eye of Macaque looking through the hole and darting around to see where they went, small growls and mixed yells of the beast's and Mac's voice escaping it. "WuKOng..." he said as he kept looking around for the three, Wukong then stabbed his hand with the staff, making him screech in pain and yank it out immediately, screeches and shrieks of pain being heard from the beast. Wukong then flew out the hole in the temple and saw the Mac hovering over the temple, about to destroy it from the outside, him in a fit of rage, screeching and snatching off the roof of the temple, the rooftop falling down the mountain and hitting the jagged rocks below. He saw Li and MK and was about to grab them but was hit in his free eye with a the staff, Wukong then kicking his cheeks again and again and again, earning a small whimper from his younger brother, Mac then grew furious and snapped. "I'LL KILL YOU." He screamed in a screech, a wrapping whipping itself at Wukong and others following after, trying to grab him, but due to his speed and abilities he kept missing, making Mac even more furious, then when Wukong wasn't looking, he saw a clawed hand coming straight at him, him shielding himself from the attack but due to its force, got hit and slammed into a nearby mountain, yelling in pain. He was stuck, the grip of the clawed hand gripping tighter, making Wukong whimper and yell in excruciating pain, Mac looking at him in pure anger and madness and laughing at the top of his lungs. "How's THIS Wukong?!! Look at how big and strong I've become, IS THIS ENOUGH FOR YOU?!!" Screamed Mac, he continued, "You might've thought that I wouldn't come back, but HERE I AM!!! You've gotten REAL soft in your retirement, but here I am, strong and ready to TEAR YOU LIMB. FROM. LIMB!!!!" "M-...Macaque......" said a voice from behind him, his face turning from hatred to confusion and surprise, him turning to see who was it was...it was Li. Limp and weakly walking out the temple was Li Mei, her holding her stomach and coughing a bit, limping towards him, dragging her foot behind which was sprained, tired and weak huffs and puffs escaping her mouth. Mac gasped in shock and Wukong saw her, gasping and immediately trying to stop his brother for whatever he's about to do.

"L-Li Mei! NO!!!" Screamed Wukong, pleading and calling out for her not to go any closer to Mac. Mac then muttered in his normal voice, "Li Mei...." He looked surprised and worried at her condition and let go of Wukong, focusing more on her, as she got closer, he began to shrink and to turn back to normal, looking less monstrous by the minute. As Li took another step, Wukong took this opportunity to strike and gave his staff all the power he could give, screaming and dashing down Mac's arm, Macaque immediately turning around and gasping in surprise and disbelief, Wukong jumping into the air and raising up the staff, Mac's eyes widening and Wukong then STABBING the staff into his scarred eye, making Mac scream in pain and try to stop Wukong but the power pushing him down more and more by the second. "W-WUKONG!!!! NO!!" He shouted, Wukong using more of his power to destroy the beast, causing Mac to get weaker and weaker. Then before he knew it, the staff suddenly extended into a long length and STABBED Mac through the back of the head, a dark blackish purple liquid gushing from the eye and the wound of the hole, the sound of gore being heard, then before he knew it, the beast gave its finale scream. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUGGH-" BOOM! The beast exploded into nothing but a purple mist and a thudding sound of something hitting the ground echoed in the silence. Wukong looked and saw that Mac was back facing him, laying on his side motionless and limp. Wukong saw and quickly went to his younger brother to see if he was ok, turning him over and seeing that Mac was just fine, just a few bruises and bleeding, only the beast being affected by Wukong's final blow, Wukong sighed in relief but then heard Li and saw her fall to the ground onto her side, Wukong immediately rushing to her. "L-LI!!" He screamed, gently picking her up with ease and looking at her condition. "Li..." he muttered, looking back at the everything and seeing mountains and even the temple in ruin, but he didn't care...all he cared for was MK and Li, walking back into the temple and then ZOOMING back out on his cloud, Li in his arms and MK on his back.

"I have to tell Kenji about this...this is bad...." He muttered, feeling worried for the two. Meanwhile, Macaque was still on the ground, a small grunt leaving him and him struggling to get up, he then rubbed where his eye was, feeling a sharp pain from it, but then feeling a warm and thick liquid drip from his face and chin, it was blood...he looked at his hand and saw blood! He held his head feeling dizzy and hurt from the ringing in his ear, grunting. He then looked around him, only to see no one...only destroyed mountains and a broken down temple, no wukong or anyone else to be seen. He then scoffed, wiping off the blood and his eyes glowing purple, him muttering something under his breath. "You'll pay for this peaches.."

"I'll make sure of it...." Then he vanished into the same purple mist and was never to be seen again. Shortly after, a monkey like figure appeared onto the ground where Mac was and saw the mist. A few sniffs of the mist and a cough was heard...the person must've caught the scent of the monkey, sniffing more and touching the ground.

"Now, I KNOW you've been here...Macaque.."

[End of Chapter]