Family from Afar

Talking

"Excuse me." Redson said as he pushed from the table and left the room, his expression unreadable. MK was the first to rush after him and it left the ninja and the other four confused. Mei noticed their confused expression and drummed a beat onto the table. Iris avoided eye contact as memories came to mind, even Wukong pretended he had a watch to avoid the confusion before Maya finally said something. "Did I say something wrong?" Maya asked Nya, who was sitting next to her. Pigsy, Tang and Macaque just looked at their food, knowing it wasn't their place to say anything. But Sandy did say something because it's Sandy.

"You didn't say anything wrong Mrs. Smith. I can call you that, right?" Sandy asked, wanting to be formal. "You can call me Maya." The previous water master said with a kind smile. "It's just, Redson is in this family that is constantly wanting MK's staff and revenge against Monkey King because he locked up Demon Bull King under a mountain. Demon Bull King is Redson's father."  Sandy said as he pointed a thumb to Wukong, who was doing everything to avoid Maya and Ray's gaze. This was not how he was expecting dinner with MK's parents to go. Macaque noticed the Monkey's stress and sighed under his breath, his tail wrapping around Wukong's ankle.

"Oh." Maya said, she didn't really know what to say about it. She looked out to the doors Redson and MK had left and started wondering if she should go apologize. "Don't worry." Iris spoke, earning Ray and Maya's attention. "MK is really good at comforting people, they'll be fine." Iris said with a kind smile. "I'm just wondering. I've heard several things about Lady Bone Demon, but is she similar to the bad guys that these guys have faced?" Ray asked, the ninja also looked over at the others. "All I know is that Lady Bone Demon was a bitch."

"IRIS!" Macaque yelled after choking on his food from the shock. You could see Tang glaring at Pigsy, who sweat nervously and just kept eating. Meanwhile, Redson was leaning  against the railings that were placed between the beams, eyes narrowed as memories of MK and his parents danced through his mind. He sighed and pulled his glasses of, rubbing his closed eyes before looking ahead once more.  "Redson?" MK's voice reached from behind. Redson cursed to himself as MK walked next to the demon. "Hey, what's wrong?" MK asked as he rubbed Redson's arm, he looked away from MK but didn't deflect MK's attempt of comfort. "Nothing is wrong. Everything is fine. I'm just thinking, you can go back inside with you caring parents." Redson said, trying his best to not sound angry.

None of his anger was because of MK or his parents, it was mainly at Redson's own parents. Sure, they were getting better and actually smiling at him, but he remembered how his first interaction with DBK didn't go well. He remembered the times when he was called useless by both his parents and how it was his fault LBD had hurt them. "Red, I know when you're not fine. Please tell me what's wrong." MK said as he tried to hug Redson, but the demon pushed back and took a few steps from MK. "I'm fine, everything is fine. This trip is about you, you and not me. I'm just pulling you away from them." Redson said as he hugged himself, MK could see his body shaking but he didn't get a minute to help Redson as pig squeals filled the air. Both turned and saw Pigsy running from the room and into the court yard.

Macaque wasn't far behind but his eyes shown bright purple as white streaks were exposed in his hair. Everyone else ran out as Pigsy tried to hid from the angered monkey. MK turned to see what was happening and watched as Wukong and Iris tried to stop Macaque from doing something he might regret. MK sighed in defeat and turned to Redson, only to see the demon had disappeared. MK sighed and ran back to the two demons. "Ba! Stop!" Iris said as she got in front of Macaque, a frown on her face. Macaque stared at her for a quick second before he kept walking and slowly disappeared into the shadows. Wukong yelled and got in front of Macaque, a nervous smile on his face.