The bus driver saw the monkey and slammed on the brakes. "Whoa!" he cried as the bus skidded.
Crunch! The monkey struck the bus with his iron bar. The bus crashed into several trash cans, and the monkey stomped toward it.
Passengers screamed as they scrambled off the bus. "Beware of the monkey!"
"Run for your lives!"
Bam! Crunch! The monkey struck the bus over and over again.
"Stop right there!" Roxy flew toward the monkey, who spun around and hit her with the bar. Wham!
"Ouch!" Roxy cried, rubbing her arm.
The monkey's mouth dropped open in surprise. "My iron bar didn't destroy you!"
"Of course it didn't!" Roxy said, annoyed.
"Grr!" The monkey growled and swung the bar again and again.
Each time Roxy managed to block it with her arm.
Finally the monkey stopped. "I don't understand what's happening—my iron bar is a treasure from Heaven. It usually destroys demons."
"I'm not a demon—I'm Rocket Girl," Roxy said.
The monkey twirled the bar in the air. "Well, I'm Sun Wukong, king of the Fruit and Flower Mountain. I once defeated Heaven's entire army."
Roxy raised an eyebrow, confused. "Huh?"
Wukong didn't reply as he swung his iron bar again.
Whiz-hoo! Roxy fired her eye laser beams. They bounced off the bar and hit a mailbox. Boom!
"Oops!" Roxy said.
As Wukong leaped toward Roxy, she jumped out of the way. Whiz-hoo! She struck Wukong's foot with her eye laser beams.
"Yikes!" Wukong hopped on his other foot.
"What are you doing in Metro City anyway?" Roxy asked.
"I'm looking for my friend," Wukong said, swinging his iron bar.
Bam! A big streetlight crashed into Wukong.
"Got you!" Roxy said, brushing dust off her hands.
Wukong rubbed his head. He saw a smashed delivery van. A big grin spread across his face as he picked it up and hurled it at Roxy.
"Oof!" Roxy barely caught it.
"See how strong I am?" Wukong boasted.
"Big deal!" Roxy said as she put the van down. "I'm super strong too!" Roxy picked up the smashed bus. With a grunt, she threw it at Wukong.
The bus landed on Wukong.
"Got you again!" Roxy cried.
Suddenly the bus began to rise. Wukong tossed it aside and shrugged. "So we're both strong, but you should still surrender now. I have powers that you wouldn't believe."
"Oh yeah?" Roxy took a deep breath. Whoo-oo-oosh! Her superbreath rushed toward Wukong. The monkey tumbled backward and slammed into a building.
Wukong stood up and dusted himself off. Laughing, he walked back to Roxy. "Until now, I thought you were just some silly little demon. Now I realize I'm going to need some of my super powers."
"Go ahead and try that, Monkey," Roxy said with a shrug. "I don't think anyone has more super powers than I do. In fact, I'm probably the most powerful person in the world!"
Wukong gasped. "It—it's you!"
Roxy frowned. "What are you talking about?"
"You're the goddess Swift Wing told me about." Wukong said, his eyes blazing with anger. "She said you were going to help the Demon of Black Rain destroy me!"