Seeing Through the Trauma

Bad Choices (4)

"Are you serious, Sun Wukong? Do you have any idea how frustrated the Jade Emporer is at this? Stealing the map was one thing but no! You just had to go and destroy the entire courtyard as well! You're incorrigible!" MK blinked at the new voice, the frustrated, annoyed voice that had just mentioned Baba and he looked up at the newcomer who was fuming, looking around the area and taping his foot.

"Oh and now you won't even face me? Come out now Wukong, otherwise, I'll hang you out to dry when I do find you!" The stranger huffed, arms crossed in annoyance and Mei tilted her head next to MK, asking the question he was thinking too. 

"Uhh, who are you?" The stranger looked like he'd actually only noticed the trio once Mei had spoken, obviously having glossed over them in his single-minded track for Sun Wukong but now he was focused on them, his eyebrow raised impatiently.

"My name is Nezha, the Third Lotus Prince. Tell me, did either of you three see where Sun Wukong has crawled off to hide?" He asked and MK was glad the guy didn't seem interested in looking at them much, too busy searching around like Wukong would be hiding somewhere. Still, someone basically insulting his Baba stirred up feelings inside him he didn't like and he quickly squashed it down, afraid of himself and afraid of his lack of control.    

"He's actually in this scroll thingy right now, so whatever it is you think he did, he didn't! So go away." Mei huffed, crossing her arms and Nezha looked over at her at this, raising an eyebrow like he didn't believe her. 

"Impossible, Sun Wukong is the only one with this power. It couldn't possibly be anyone else. If you're hiding him I'll have you know that it is considered treason as well and you'll be punished with him accordingly. It's better to simply tell me where he's gone off to hide." He told them and MK stood up, shifting uncomfortably as he wiped at his sore eyes, panic bubbling in his chest at the realization that he was talking about what MK had done. He was the one Nezha was looking for, not Wukong.  

"She's telling the truth." Red Son added with a frown, surprising MK who looked over at him as he continued.

"Sun Wukong has been captured by Azure Lion. We were trying to get him and the six-eared Macaque back." The demon explained with a slightly annoyed growl in his voice at having to repeat what Mei had been trying to tell him, sounding just as impatient as Nehza had seemed.

"Then who caused the blast that came from here, if Sun Wukong is imprisoned like you say?" Nehza asked, still sounding like he didn't believe them and MK felt himself pale, holding his arms against his body uncomfortably and moving back so that he was hiding slightly behind Mei. Red Son moved to the side too, blocking him off even more from Nezha who looked over the group with skeptical eyes, scanning their odd behaviors as the two in front got obviously more defensive all of a sudden. 

No one spoke, but the trio saw the moment Nehza figured it out, saw the way his eyes scanned over them all, pausing at MK's face markings, tail, and golden eyes as shock grew across his expression, Mei and Red Son getting more agitated in their protective stances, ready to fight at any moment. 

"No way, you're telling me that Sun Wukong has a son?" Nehza all but yelled once it clicked, gawking and suddenly seeming a lot less intimidating. 

"I can't believe this! I mean, I heard the rumors years ago but they died down after a year or so and I thought they'd just been only that. Rumors." The guy seemed to be rambling to himself now, Red Son and Mei sharing equal looks of confusion as he paced. 

"How did this escape our knowledge? There's no way Wukong is clever enough to hide something like this for so long. Even the Jade Emperor didn't know." Nezha huffed to himself, sounding bewildered and annoyed and MK blinked at the familiar name, remembering what Azure had said.