Monkie Kid: The Monkey Prince

This Isn't Goodbye

The group stood in horror as Dice Demon held the jade in front of their faces with a victorious and evil grin on his face.

"No," MK whispered.

Dice Demon strolled over to the podiums that held the other two relics.

"STOP!" MK ran towards the podiums.

One of the large knights held MK back, he struggled to break free of its grip, but it was no use, he hung his head in defeat, fighting back the tears that were threatening to fall. He looked at his friends who made it all the way here with them, Daiyu and Tao hovered over Ne Zha and Red Son to tend to their injuries, and the rest were in the same position as MK, trying to break free from the other's grip.

With an evil glint in his eyes, he slowly placed the All-Seeing Jade on the podium, all three glowed red. The ship began to shake as a portal slowly opened in front of all of them.

"YES! YES! YES!" Dice Demon laughed manically.

Dice Demon was unaware of the All-Seeing Jade developed a small crack, and with that small crack, the portal closed as quickly as it opened. Dice Demon's look of pure, evil joy turned to silent shock.

"WHAT HAPPENED!?" His silence turned into anger. "IT SHOULD HAVE WORKED!"

Dice Demon took hold of the All-Seeing Jade, the moment he took hold of it, it turned into tuffs of orange hair.

"What?" Dice Demon dropped the hair tuffs in disbelief.

Both of the large robot knights, hit the ground, smashing into pieces.

"Oh, look at that?" Wukong sang out with a smirk, "I guess you lose after all."

"B-But h-how?" MK stammered out in confusion.

"Funny story actually," Wukong crossed his arms.

Wukong pulled out a few tuffs of hair, turning them into a copy of the All-Seeing Jade, before handing the replica to Tao.

"You sure about this?" Wukong watched the young monkey put the real one inside his jacket.

"Dice Demon is so arrogant, he won't even realize it's a fake," Tao nodded. "This is just between us, okay? No one will know until this is all over."

"No," Dice Demon muttered as he fell to his knees.

The ship began to violently shake, bits of debris falling from the ceiling. MK's phone started to ring, and he answered it. Mei appeared on the screen.

"M-Mei," MK looked frantic, "what's going on?"

"Good news," Mei smiled nervously, "we stood Dice Demon's henchmen."

"And the bad news?" King Wukong peered over MK's shoulder.

"We might have accidentally blown up the engine room." Mei showed a large engine leaking out a large cloud of black smoke. "So, we're crashing."

"HOW DO YOU ACCIDENTLY BLOW UP A ROOM!?" Red Son recovered and pushed MK's face away from the screen to yell at Mei.

"Maybe we can talk about this later." Macaque turned to them.

A large shake caused them all to fall to their knees. More debris fell from the ceiling and shook more violently. The screens behind Dice Demon went to static, before going black. There was a large window in the office, covered by grand red curtains, the debris from the ceiling broke the curtain rode, making it drop to the ground. The large window showed they were going to crash into a forest, and fast.

When the ship crashed, the debris and metals were scattered all over the forest ground. MK popped his head out of a pile of scrap, letting out a gasp.

"How did we not die!?" MK looked around.

"Luck." Macaque lifted the piece of sheet metal on top of him.

General Macaque used his powers to levitate the scrap metal on top of the rest of them. They all sat up, groaning and covered in dirt.

"Did we win?" Mei rubbed her head.

"I think so," Wukong groaned, "where's the jade?"

"You mean this jade?" Tao pulled out the jade from his jacket, with a smile on his face.

"Great," Pigsy rolled his eyes, "now where are the other two relics you guys were talking about?"

"Right here!" Daiyu dropped the two relics in front of the pig.

Behind her, Dice Demon's henchmen, all tied up were dropped onto the ground. Heart silently cried as the other three pouted and grumbled at their defeat.

"Where's Dice Demon?" Tang adjusted her glasses.

They heard the sound of a child crying. Sandy lifted a metal sheet to see a young boy with red skin with freckles, silver curled hair, dressed in black shorts and shoes, a white short-sleeved button-up, a grey sweater vest, and a bright red bow tie. 

"It's not fair!" The child shrieked in his tantrum. "You cheated!"

The group looked confused as this random child had a kicking and screaming temper tantrum. King Wukong and General Macaque slowly, and calmly approached the child. 

"I had a feeling you were the one behind this," King Wukong picked the child up with his tail, "what is your father going to say, Lin Dice."

"King Wukong," Ne Zha approached, "you know this child?"

"Unfortunately," King Wukong nodded, "when Macaque and I heard about Dice Demon's sudden reputation of cheating at games, we did some investigating. Turns out it was little Lin here, used glamour to disguise himself as his father."

They all glared at the sniffling child; he was trying to squirm out of King Wukong's grasp, but he continued to cry when he failed.

King Wukong clicked the Infinite Stopwatch, opening a portal to the future, and matched as all five demons slowly entered the portal, one by one, with their heads hung in defeat with General Macaque next to him.

"You're leaving already?" MK turned to Tao and Daiyu.

"We have to," Tao took Daiyu's hand, "we need to make sure things in our time are fine."

"We're sorry," Daiyu gave them a sad smile, "we'll miss you."

Except for Macaque, Red Son, and Ne Zha, they gave the two young monkeys a group hug with tears in their eyes. It brought a few tears to the two's eyes as well.

"Are you two ready to go?" King Wukong called out.

"Ne Zha," Tao smiled, "catch."

Ne Zha caught the item Tao threw toward him; it was the All-Seeing Jade. Ne Zha smiles with a nod.

"So, this is it, this is goodbye?" MK approached Tao.

"This isn't goodbye," Tao placed a hand on his shoulder, "we'll see each again. In the future."

Tao's words made MK, and the others smile as three out of the four of them entered the portal to go back to the future. General Macaque stood in front of the portal, the Sandman's Hourglass.

"I hate to do this," Macaque held up the hourglass, "but it's a must."

The hourglass glowed a bright silver, almost blinding MK and the rest. MK opened his eyes; he sat up in a sleeping bag in a tent. He poked his head out to see his friends hanging out. Mei was petting a sleeping Mo, Wukong was meditating on a rock, Pigsy was making breakfast, Macaque was under the tree that Sandy was picking apples off, and Tang was reading a book. Red Son was reading a map when he noticed MK poking his head out.

"Good morning," Red Son was being sarcastic, "you must have slept well."

"Must have been one heck of a dream, Bud." Wukong opened one eye.

"It was guys!" MK practically jumped out of the tent. "It was so cool! Let me tell you."

As MK excitedly told them about his dream and the adventure they went on, Tao watched from a distance in a tree branch with a smile, before using the stopwatch to zap himself back into the future.