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LMK Season 3 - Leave Me Alone

As soon as Mei rockets off to who-knows where with the Samadhi Fire, everyone, including a distraught MK, watches her blast off.

A moment later, a voice - Xing Guang's voice - spoke quietly, "How long did you know?" Wukong looks at his daughter, eyes wide. He makes eye contact with her.

Her eyebrows furrow. Her whole facial expression screamed that she was upset and hurt. "How long did you know, Dad?"

She was clearly talking about Macaque. Wukong had let slip about Macaque being her baba amist the chaos. Her mind battled denial and hurt while Mei screamed in pain and sorrow as the Samadhi Fire burned a scorching hot on the top of the mountain.

Everyone averts their attention to the Monkey King.

It takes only a moment for Wukong to speak. "A long time."

"And you didn't bother telling me?" Xing Guang says through gritted teeth. Her tail lashes out in irritation and anger. "Why?"

"Because-"

"Because you didn't want your daughter to know her baba was a bad guy?! Because you were afraid I was going to turn out just like him?! Is that why?! " She almost yells at him.

"Yes - shit, I mean no!" He stammers. She turns her attention away from her, and averts it to the ground.

Her eyes well up with tears. "All those times I asked you about my baba, you always changed the topic. It was because I was going to turn out like him, isn't it?"

"XG-"

"Don't XG me, Wukong!" She snaps at him. Everyone startles at her sudden outburst. "You don't get to tell me all the excuses in the world, I already know the truth. What are you going to do to me if I turn out like him?! Are you going to kill me too?!"

Wukong froze. He opens his mouth to speak, but no words came out.

Xing Guang turns and walks away from him, her eyes filled to the brim with tears. "Do yourself a favor, Oh Great Sage Equal to Heaven..."

A shadow portal opens up beneathe her feet. She turns her head to him. "...And stay away from me. Before you hurt someone else."

And with that, she disappears through the portal. Wukong, who finally finds the strength to move, makes a dash to her portal. "XG, wait-!"

He stretches out his hand to his daughter. But he was too late, the portal closed up before he had the chance to reach through it. Before he could move his arm through her shadow realm to grab her and shake her and scream that it wasn't all true.

He falls to the ground when he does so. He picks himself up, looking at the exact spot where the portal had opened and closed. The spot where his daughter left him before he had the chance to explain himself.