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(The camera zooms through the Netherworld to a temple in the midst of the realm. A cloaked individual unlocks a set of doors and checks behind before walking in. They approach a mass of bamboo planks spiraling up in the center of a room and search through them, settling on one, before removing and looking at it as the writing glows.)
(In Megapolis, two giant serpents attack three old ladies practicing Tai Chi but are blocked by a giant Golden Staff.)
MK: G'mornin' ladies!
Lady 1: Morning MK!
Lady 2: What a sweet boy.
Lady 3: Such a dear.
(He defeats the serpents and the ladies gather around to have a selfie.)
Jin: MONKIE KID! It's your worst enemies, Jin—
Yin: And Yin! The Gold and Silver Demons!
(MK gets into his tuk-tuk and drives forward to stop them. The serpents turn into a giant pair of Golden Serpent Shears.)
Yin: With our legendary Golden Serpent Shears, we'll give this city a nice little trim.
Jin: But a dye job's gonna cost extra, and the only color we got is red!
MK: Them some big scissors. (He yelps as someone blows by him in a Dragon Jet.)
Mei: Anything else! Literally drive anything else, MK!
MK: Hey! I'll have you know this baby's got loads of miles left in her! (The tuk-tuk then putters slowly and breaks. He groans.) Aw, man!
Jin: Oh, no! It's the Dragon Girl!
Jin and Yin: What are we gonna do?
Jin: Oh, what's this inside my pretty new robe? Aha, Ne Zha's Universal Ring! (He tosses it at Mei but she dodges it.)
Yin: You don't stand a chance against our relentless onslaught of magical artifacts we've somehow managed to steal.
Jin: Prepare to meet your demise! (They start tossing out items.) Eventually!
Mei: (She dodges them and opens the hood.) Is that all you've got? (But more items are tossed in her face before the Golden Brick causes her jet to explode.)
MK: Mei! (He creates the Combi Mech and catches Mei.)
Mei: Nice catch, Monkey Man!
(MK uses the rest of Mei's jet to attach a jetpack on his mech and they stop the blades of the scissors from coming into contact, instead ripping them out of the pivot and creating a new pair of their own.)
MK and Mei: Here comes!
Jin: Ah, bugger!
Yin: Mommy!
MK and Mei: White Horse Dragon Girl Monkie Kid Team Attack! (They bring the shears down and slice the building.)
Citizens: We're saved! Our heroes!
Lady 4: I always like that MK.
(The Gold and Silver Demons fall to the ground along with many of their other possessions. MK and Mei land beside them.)
Jin: Alright, hang on a sec! Why don't we just all sit down and figure out a nice peaceful resolution? (The Gold Brick hits his head.)
Yin: Yeah, a post-battle group hug and off ya go, alright? (He chuckles nervously.)
MK: The time for hugs... is over! (He lifts the shears and brings it down, but he is blocked by the Demon Accountant.)
Demon Accountant: I believe they've learned their lesson. Right, lads?
Jin: Yes, we swear it!
Yin: We'll never steal or do anything bad again! Honest!
Mei: Alright! But this is the last time, we mean it! Keep them noses clean!
Jin: No worries!
Yin: Yeah!
Jin and Yin: Smoke bomb! (They disappear and the mech breaks.)
MK: I wasn't really gonna slice 'em and dice 'em, you know? I just-I just thought we looked cool and edgy. But like what if this is the point in our hero's journey where things get a little bit darker?
Mei: That sounds... great, MK! Better toss this one on the "potentially Lady Bone Demon level threat" pile.
MK: Yep, wanna lock those puppies up tight 'cause... (He recounts the moments leading to his fight with Lady Bone Demon.) I have definitely had my fill of world-ending related activities this year.
Mei: MK, are you—
MK: Well, better get this fat stack to Flower Fruit Mountain. (He tosses it on his tuk-tuk.) Monkey King will know what to do with all this junk... in my trunk. (He unconvincingly laughs.)
Mei: Um, oh, uh, you good to go on your own, MK?
MK: Yeah, of course! You know me, I'm all good, all-good-all-the-time all good! Later, Mei! (He blasts off around the corner.)
Pigsy: (He sighs.) He's not even pretending to deliver noodles anymore.
(At Flower Fruit Mountain, in the Shuilian Cave, MK and Monkey King are unpacking all the things the former brought over.)
Monkey King: Wonderful, like I didn't have enough junk already. Ho ho, Ne Zha's gonna flip when he finds out I have this! Seriously though, this is a great haul.
MK: Yeah, I saved a bunch of people too.
Monkey King: Oh yeah, you're doing good out there, bud. Real good. It's actually amazing how quickly you're mastering your powers. When I was your age, I—
MK: You were fighting the Celestial Armies and generally swinging your big, ol' tail around to get what you wanted?
Monkey King: Well, I was going to say making regrettable life choices but yeah, thanks for laying it out. I'm embarrassed to admit it but you actually might have already done more for this world than I ever have.
MK: Yeah, well, I'm kind of the one always getting the world in trouble to begin with, so...
Monkey King: Ah, I wouldn't say that.
MK: Well, I let DBK take your staff and use it to destroy the city.
Monkey King: Well, that's true.
MK: And it was my hair that somehow made Spider Queen super powerful, who also destroyed the city.
Monkey King: Yeah, I still don't really get why that happened.
MK: And I practically gave Red Son the magic key that freed the Lady Bone Demon, who also destroyed the city!
Monkey King: Ah, you gotta learn to let that stuff go, bud! Besides, literally every one of those guys were people I rubbed the wrong way to begin with. Believe it or not, I wasn't always the easiest to get along with.
MK: What?! But you're always so cute and cheeky.
Monkey King: I know! Anyway, the point is mistakes happen but so long as you leave the world in better shape than you found it, then it's all good, right?
Past Lady Bone Demon: That pursuit only leads to one thing. Pain.
MK: Honestly, I'm kind of liking the world how it is right now, so.. if it could just stay like this forever, that'd be awesome.
Monkey King: Yeah, well. Forever's a long time, bud. Trust me.
(They sort through the rest of the stuff.)
MK: Welp, think that's all of 'em. (The monkeys alert him of another item.) Hmm? Oop, this one nearly got away from us. Looks like some kind of uh magic bundle of sticks or something.
Monkey King: MK, wait! (Everyone's faces go blank as the scroll unrolls. Ink spills out.)
MK: (He drops the scroll.) Uh oh! Uh, I did a thing! (An ink hand grabs him and the monkeys run behind Monkey King. MK shakes it off and Ink Demons emerge, shapeshifting into Demon Bull King. Monkey King moves MK out of the way before Ink Demon Bull King can land a blow on him.) The Demon Bull King?! I-I thought we were cool! (The form shapeshifts to an Ink Princess Iron Fan.) Monkey King, what are we supposed to do?! (The Ink Demons continue shapeshifting.)
Ink Macaque: You're nothing!
Ink Ne Zha: Sun Wukong, what have you done?!
Ink Tang Sanzang: Monkey, no violence!
Monkey King: No! (Monkey King and MK leap back as Ink Ne Zha stabs his ink spear and comes into contact with the monkeys. MK tries to save them but they sink below the ink as he reaches them.)
Ink Yellowtusk: (Echoing.) You would betray your own brothers?
Ink Peng: (Echoing.) Some monsters can... never change! (They form an ink ji.)
MK: Uh oh! (Ink Peng strikes down their ji but Monkey King suddenly appears and blocks the blow.)
Monkey King: You know, you make a couple of mistakes in your life, no one ever lets you live it down. Looks like the ghosts of my past have finally caught up with me. MK, you gotta seal that scroll, no matter... what.
MK: What?! But how? (Monkey King sinks below the ink and the glow traces back across one of the planks. MK runs as Ink Peng stabs their ji again.) All good! This is totally fine! I'll figure it out!
(He screams as he races out the cave and leaps through the waterfall. He sits there, panting heavily, as he looks back at the Ink Demons that have gathered but are blocked by the barrier.)