Monkie Kid: The Monkey Prince

The Winning Hand

The ship had been flying through thick, red clouds for a while, they were getting close to Dice Demon's hideout. Everyone stood out on the deck, anxiously waiting for them to their destination and finish things once and for all with Dice Demon. 

General Macaque turned to the group, "We're almost there, be on guard, Dice Demon is as sketchy as they come."

They kept flying through the clouds and it soon appeared before them. A black metal airship, almost like a pirate ship, with several red and black flags. The ship was huge, it made theirs seem small in comparison, inside must have been hundreds of rooms and thousands who worked under Dice Demon. 

"Oh boy." Tang whimpered, "General Macaque, what's the plan?"

"The same as it was," General Macaque manifested his staff, "take down anyone who gets in your way."

Two black blurs jumped off Dice Demon's ship before landing on the deck of their ship. The black blurs were two large knight-like robots bigger than Sandy stood before them.

"You go," Ne Zha turned to the other, "I'll handle this."

"I think you mean we," Red Son ignited the fire from his hand. 

"You heard him," Wukong exclaimed, "let's go!"

Both Macaques used their shadow powers to portal them onto the ship where they were immediately surrounded by several smaller knight robots. 

Dice Demon watched glaring at the screen as the Monkie Kids smashed their way through his robots. Behind him, a few feet away his four henchmen stood in the background, waiting for his next orders. 

"Have some guards, retrieve the girl," Dice Demon ordered. "And after that, take care of these pests, and I want no one getting in the way of the ritual."

"Yes, Mr. Dice." The four bowed in unison.

The group ran through the halls, making a sharp turn, and they came to a halt. Heart stood in the middle of the hallway, spinning her mallet, whistling to herself. When her eyes shifted to the group the whistling stopped.

"Hello," she tilted her head as she gave them an unsettlingly large smile. "I'm sorry, but I can't let you through, Mr. Dice's orders."

"There's more of us, than they are of you," Mei pointed her sword at Heart, "we beat you once we can do it again."

"That is true," Heart began to twirl her mallet again, "how about we make it a little more even."

Heart snapped her fingers, and Spade, Club, and Diamond jumped down from above, wielding their weapons with the same sinister and twisted smiles as Heart. Pigsy, Tang, Mei, and Sandy stood in front of the four henchmen.

"You guys go ahead," Pigsy turned to MK, "we'll catch up once we're done with these crooks."

"You're sure you can handle them?" General Macaque asked.

"Don't worry about us Mr. Macaque," Mei had a determined look, "you guys worry about Dice Demon."

"You heard them," Macaque nodded in a different direction, "we'll have to find another way to get to Dice Demon."

The remaining six ran back in the direction they came from. Diamond started to charge at them, but Sandy was holding him back, while Sandy handling Diamond, Mei, Tang, and Pigsy were fighting off Heart, Club, and Spade.

"This place is a maze," Tao exclaimed while running, "how are we going to find Dice Demon?"

"I'm...still working on that detail," Wukong nervously responded, "when I think of something, I'll let you know."

"Really!?" MK started to freak out, "We could be running around this place for hours! Dice Demon will--AH!"

They turned around another corner to see a hallway full of knight robots broken and laying on the ground. In the middle of the hallway were Daiyu's two clones giggling and smiling mischievously as they turned around to see the group standing in shock. 

"Aww," General Macaque cooed, "I forgot how cute my moonlight's clones were."

"They really are." Tao swooned.

His tail took the shape of a heart and a blush formed on his face, as King Wukong rolled his eyes in amusement at his son's lovestruck face.

"To be young and naive again." King Wukong muttered to himself.

"What took you guys so long?" Daiyu spoke up.

They looked around, they could hear Daiyu, but they see was nowhere to be seen. Where was she?

"Look up, you weirdos," Daiyu spoke again, this time with a chuckle.

They followed her request, and there she was, standing upside down on the ceiling, using her hands to cover her laughing.

"Hey Moonstone," General Macaque smiled, "are you o--"

His smile faded before he could finish his sentence, he noticed the black eye and bruised cheek on his daughter's face. 

"Did he do that to you?" General Macaque spat out.

"Huh?" Daiyu tilted her head, "oh the bruise? Yeah, he did that, it didn't hurt. Just left a mark. He hits like a kid."

Daiyu jumped down, landing on the ground with grace, with a quick swipe across her cheek, Daiyu used her powers to make the marks disappear from her face.

"Now," Daiyu placed a hand on her hip, "we need to head to Dice Demon's office, that's where the ritual is taking place."

"How do you know that?" MK raised an eyebrow.

Daiyu, with a smug smirk, gestured to her two clones. "These two were my eyes and ears, while I escaped from my chains."

"Lead the way." Tao smiled.

Daiyu's clones vanished into smoke, and a portal appeared under their feet, quickly dropping them into it. When they reappeared out of the portal, they stood in front of large red double doors with the suits on cards painted in black. 

"Here we are," Daiyu gestured towards the door, "Dice Demon's office. The crook should be in there with the other two relics."

They busted through the doors, MK taking the lead. "It's over Dice Demon! You lose!"

Dice Demon slowly turned around in his leather desk chair with an evil smile. The two robot knights emerged from the shadows within the office. The knights tossed a bruised and beaten Red Son and Ne Zha across the floor in front of them. The two who stayed behind to fight the large knight robots were curled up and in pain as the slightest bit of movement hurt. Dice Demon pulled the All-Seeing Jade from out of his pocket.

"You lose." The demon retorted.