| Time to Be Warriors << Destiny Fulfilled >> Familiar Tales |
(MK watches as the distance between Monkey King's fist gets closer but Macaque leaps in and holds off Monkey King.)
Macaque: Alright, MK. I hope that staff is worth it!
(MK takes one last look as their fight explodes above before running up to the staff.)
Lady Bone Demon: No matter what you do, you cannot change the path of destiny.
MK: I don't know if all this happened because it was destined to. But I have to believe that I found the staff so I could use it for good: To help people. So that's exactly what I'm gonna do. I'm going to take my staff and protect! This! World! (He grabs his staff but can't pull it out.) Come on! (He tries to pull it from the ground.)
Lady Bone Demon: Oh, sweet child. Can't you see? Sun Wukong couldn't best me. What can you hope to accomplish when he has failed? (In the corner of his eye, MK sees Macaque has been thrown to the ground in defeat and Monkey King is coming for him.) Cast aside your stubbornness and face your demise with honor.
MK: If you really believe that destiny can't be changed, you wouldn't be using every ounce of power you have to keep him contained! (Up close, Lady Bone Demon is revealed to be breaking under her control). The Monkey King I know will never stop fighting you. And neither will I.
(Monkey King leaps at him to deliver the final blow but snaps out of her hold and grabs the staff instead.)
Monkey King: Thanks for not giving up on me, bud.
Lady Bone Demon: No!
Monkey King: Time for the hero stuff. (Together, they lift the staff out. Monkey King tosses off her spiritual hold. Down in the mech, the spiritual avatars disappear.) Ugh! I can still feel her crawling under my skin.
MK: (He hugs him.) I'm glad you're back.
Macaque: Uh, guys? Now that Wukong's not under her control.
MK: Oh, no!
Lady Bone Demon: Predictably unpredictable fools! I'm not one to rush destiny but I won't be undone by a troop of headstrong simians!
(She summons her Bone Demon powers, freeing the Little girl in the process. Macaque catches her.) If the Dragon Girl will not give me the Samadhi Fire willingly, then I will rip it from her!
(Mei screams as the Lady Bone Demon's force unexpectedly comes through her and she loses control. MK and Monkey King are thrown off the mech.)
MK: Mei!
Red Son: Go! I'll get through to her! Somehow. (Pigsy grabs Sandy and Tang and they join the fall with the others. They land and watch her activate the Bone mech.)
Lady Bone Demon: You're right, MK. If you had never found that staff, none of this would have been possible. A delivery boy to the end. (MK walks up to the mech.)
Pigsy: Kid— (Monkey King stops them.)
Lady Bone Demon: Now watch as I fulfill my destiny and begin this world anew! No Monkey King, no Monkie Kid! Nothing! (She laughs but then gasps as she sees that MK had created his Monkey Mech to block the fire.) No!
Tang: MK!
Pigsy: That's my boy!
Lady Bone Demon: No. No! I will not be stopped by a foul, insignificant creature! You would allow this world to continue to fester and rot, the eternal misery of countless souls because of your sentimentally for mortal pleasures?!
MK: You can't judge things by their worst qualities!
Tang: This world might not be perfect but it's still worth fighting for!
Pigsy: Yeah! Sometimes it's that little bit of char that makes for a more flavorful meat, even if it is a bit tangy.
Mo: (Meows)
Sandy: You said it, Mo. The world may be full of darkness but to let the light shine, all we need to do is stand together!
(The team has tapped into their powers and joins in to create a celestial mech.)
MK: The perfect world is what we make it. So as long as I have my friends by my side, this world! Is! Perfect!
Lady Bone Demon: A child's notion! I will not indulge it!
(Down below, Red Son has broken into the crystal.)
Red Son: Don't you give up on me, Dragon Girl! The Samadhi Fire is not her power! It's yours! Bend it to your will! Don't use the flame, Mei!
Mei (Voice): Be the flame. (She breaks out of Lady Bone Demon's hold and spirals down her mech towards MK.)
Lady Bone Demon: What?!
Mei: Hey, Monkey Man! Ya miss me?
MK: Huh? Mei?!
Red Son: Yeah, I-I'm here too, by the way.
Mei and MK: Let's end this!
(Tang uses chi to free everyone from Lady Bone Demon's hold. The powers from various demons come together and the size of the celestial mech grows. MK creates a celestial staff. Ne Zha attaches Fire Wheels to the celestial mech.)
MK: Here! Comes!
Everyone: Monkie!
Lady Bone Demon: No! (She creates a barrier.) You will not take my destiny from me!
Everyone: Kid! (They smash through her barrier, destroying her and the mech.)
Lady Bone Demon: Save your hero speech, child. I've existed long enough to know when it's over.
MK: You still think the universe really wants anything from any of us?
Lady Bone Demon: Don't you?
MK: I try not to think too hard.
Lady Bone Demon: So it would seem. Know this, Monkey. You and I are not so different. We both fight for what we think is right. That pursuit only leads to one thing.
MK: Mhm. To destiny, right?
Lady Bone Demon: No. To pain.
(She fades away and MK ponders on what she meant.)
(The gang has regrouped around a fire somewhere on a mountain.)
Sandy: A hearty meal rich in macro-nutrients is just what the body needs to refuel after battle.
Ne Zha: Couldn't have said it better myself.
Macaque: (He appears behind MK.) You were done with that, right?
MK: Well, actually I—
Monkey King: (He grabs the bowl.) He was saving that for me, 'cause you know, I'm his mentor! (He speedily gobbles up the noodles.)
Macaque: Still the same Wukong, doing whatever he wants with no regard for others.
Monkey King: Mm, yeah! I'll keep that in mind next time you scheme with the enemy and almost get us all D-E-D!
MK: Uh, you know you two are the same, right?
Macaque and Monkey King: I'm nothing like him!
Monkey King: Hey! Where do you think you're going?
Macaque: Don't know. Somewhere where I can do a bit of scheming, probably. See you around, MK. (He falls through a portal.)
Monkey King: I hate that guy so much! Always acting like he's so cool! (He gobbles up the rest of the noodles.) I know I can never make it up to you. Honestly, I-I never thought I'd live as long as I have, let alone be someone's mentor. Turns out, I'm not very good at it. I guess what I'm trying to say is... I'm sorry, MK. For all of it.
MK: It's okay. I can always get another bowl of noodles.
Monkey King: What?! No! Not the noodles! I mean I'm sorry for being a bad mentor and making you clean up after my mess.
MK: I know. Sometimes I just play dumb to lighten the mood.
Monkey King: (He laughs.) Me too, bud. Me too.
(It's another day at Pigsy's Noodles.)
Pigsy: (He rings a bell.) MK! Order up!
MK: On it, boss! (He steals a dumpling out of Tang's hand.)
Tang: What?! H-Hey!
(MK delivers noodles.)
Tang: (Narrating.) The curious thing about legends is the way we continue to be moved by the same stories. We're comforted by familiar tales of friendship, courage, redemption. At times, the path of the hero might seem unclear and the story's chaotic and directionless. Sometimes it may seem as though we've ended up back where we began but it's clear to see how much we've grown on the journey. For although the story is over, there's always room on the shelf for another. The End. Pretty good. I think that's pretty good.
(Out of view from MK and Monkey King, a mysterious scroll opens.)