05x10 - Harbinger

[bunniefuu]

[theme music]

♪ Monkie Kid! ♪

♪ Familiar tales, new adventures ♪

♪ Monkie Kid! ♪

♪ The powers of the king
Rest in his hands ♪

♪ When evil surrounds him
He'll rise up against them ♪

♪ And show them who's the Monkie Kid ♪

♪ His staff out in his grasp
His friends watching his back ♪

♪ 'Cause he's the Monkie Kid! ♪

[Pillar of Heaven chiming]

MK. No.

[both whimper]

[stifled crying]

It's done. [chuckles in relief]

I'm finally going back.

[grunts]

[yelling in frustration]

[breathing heavily]

No, MK. No!

We could've found another way!

We could have.

We could have.

[expl*si*n]

[MK] What…

W-Why does it have to end at all?

W-Why does there need to be a cycle?

Just as people are starting
to figure things out--

[Nüwa] Child.

With the guardians gone,
there are none in this world strong enough

to bear the power of the
stones, to maintain the pillar.

But so, they have to go
back to the beginning?

It has to be for something.
It can't just be a journey to the end.

It needs to mean something!

Child, it was not my intent
for the cycle to end now.

But the end has come,
and it must begin again.

But everyone… You're letting them die.

And they will all live again

in the next cycle,

because of my sacrifice and yours.

This is how I keep them safe.

[power ringing]

I saw that my children
could not survive the chaos.

So I built the Pillar,

forged the cycles,

to protect them…

forever.

The people of this world…

[stone chimes]

…are not weak.

[power ringing]

[gasps]

We don't need someone else
to fight our battles for us.

This is their destiny.

Your destiny.

It is the only way.

No, it shouldn't be up to you,

and it definitely,
definitely shouldn't be up to me.

If it's a choice between
fighting or just lying down,

I know what people are going to choose.

Mortal, stop!

If you do this, I can't protect them.

Chaos will drown everything.

You will all be lost.

Even if it does all lead to pain,

that pain is ours.

It's part of who we are!

-[power warbling]
-[grunts]

[power ringing]

We choose our own path.

This sacrifice is your destiny.

You are the Harbinger of Chaos.

Nuh-uh, I'm the Monkie Kid.

[yelling]

[Nüwa gasps]

Huh?

No!

I can do it!

I can fight!

[stones chiming]

[yelling in effort]

[grunts]

Yes.

Yes!

[magical chiming]

[booming]

[MK gasps]

N-No!

No! [straining]

-[strains]
-[power vibrating]

Kid!

[stones chiming]

[grunts]

I got you!

[echoing] I got you. [sobs]

-I got you.
-[sighs]

Monkey King, I'm…

[stones chiming]

I wa… I was wrong. I'm…

It's not important now.

[Pigsy] Kid!

-[sighs]
-[Mei gasps] MK!

[sighs]

I'm sorry.

I messed up.

-I messed everything up.
-Hey, hey, hey, you're okay.

You're okay, kid.

[Li Jing]
The Pillar is shattered beyond repair.

There is nothing to be done.

I can… I can still…

-If I just--
-MK. Just… hold my hand.

This is it.

We really are all going to--

[Pigsy] Tang.

It's okay.

I have always been so proud of you.

I'm sorry. I left so much unsaid.

[Monkey King sighs]

[gasps]

[Nine-Headed Demon laughing]

Yes! [laughs]

The end of the cycle!

[multiple voices]
And you stand to meet it!

[gasps]

What's happening to you?

The chaos is bleeding into the world.

I told you.

No matter what,
I'm going back to where I belong.

There really was no other choice.

[Nine-Headed Demon]
No, no, no! You made your choice.

You were locked in a corner,

told to get on your knees
and accept your fate.

And you didn't!

You came back and chose
to stand to meet your end.

Together.

[gasps]

Together.

Hey! Sick guy!

We're trying to enjoy
the end the world here.

[chuckles] The stones!

The Pillar! I-I--

I thought I had to do it all alone.

It's over, MK.
You did everything you could.

Everything I could!

Nüwa said there was no one strong enough
to reforge the pillar.

But we get to choose!

So let's choose to fight together!

Yes! I've been saying
we fight from the start!

No, if there was a way
to save everyone, I would have.

You said it. None of us are strong enough.

But it's not just us.

[grunts]

Stop!

[grunts]

[chimes]

[gasping]

[MK] Nüwa said that no one is strong
enough to wield the stones themselves.

[grunts]

[gasping]

[MK] That without the Guardians,
the Pillar will crumble.

[all grunting]

But there's another way.

A way where we all fight.

Not just us, everyone!

We can be the new Pillar of Heaven!

We stand together!

[whooshing]

[Nine-Headed Demon gasps] No.

No, no, no, no, no!

I will not be trapped here any longer!

[gasps, grunts]

[groans]

What?! Where…

[gasps]

[stammering] For a minute there,
I thought it had all fallen apart.

That I was going to be trapped again.

But… you did what I couldn't,

what I'd given up on.

You found another way.

Is that...

[Nine-Headed Demon]
The edge of the chaos.

[sighs] I've been gone a long time.

What does that mean?

It means he's winning.

Winning?

-Who's--
-Good luck, MK.

You and whatever's left, you'll need it.

You just opened the cage.

Wait, what do you mean--

Wait!

[MK screaming]

[Nine-Headed Demon] Thank you.

For everything.

[Tang slurping]

[muttering happily]

[sighs contentedly]
Everything's back to normal.

Is it though?

[barks]

Hm.

I guess when we shared
the power of the stones,

we did a… magic thing?

I'm sure it's fine.

-Here you go.
-[Mei] Hey, you know,

if floating puppies
is the worst that happens,

what--

-Oh, I'm-- I'm sure it's fine.
-[Mei snickering]

-Just eat your noodles.
-[Tang snickers]

Remember when I said I wanted
everything to stay the same?

Yeah.

It's all going to be different now…
isn't it?

Yeah.

Monkey King…

what if…

Look, bud.

Whether things get better or worse,
the only reason we get to find out

is 'cause of you.

[sighs]
He said, "You just opened the cage."

Hey, stick your hand in the monkey cage
and prepare to get bit.

Right?

[sighs]

Thanks for coming back, bud.

I...

I don't want to lose you.

[crying quietly]

Hey, hey, it's going to be okay.

Whatever happens,

we face it together.

[Tang]
When the road ahead is all you know,

change can be terrifying.

[grunts]

[gasps]

[Tang]
One foot falls in front of the other,

and the destination seems set.

But should you veer from that trail,

step alone beyond the black and white
of what's meant to be,

remember—even there,
you don't need to walk alone.

And if you stumble or lose your way,

there will always be people there
to help you find a new path forward.

Surprise!

[Tang] Because it's not the destination
that matters—

the journey is what makes us who we are.

[chuckles]

[Tang]
Now, that's how you do a Tang speech.

Hmph!

-[power warbles]
-[Macaque] Hm?