Kim Possible: An Unstoppable Christmas Carol

Prologue

Ron woke with a start. The television before him was showing quiet static and the DVD player was still on. He looked around, blinking his bleary, tired eyes. Rufus was still snoring, his tiny claws securing him to Ron's sleeve. Kim was still as well, and Ron carefully glided the fingers of his free hand through her hair before pulling a blanket over her shoulders. He smiled. Waking up to find himself surrounded by the people he loved the most was perhaps the best Christmas wish he could hope for.

"I love you guys." he whispered to Kim and Rufus. He watched them both smiled sweetly as he ran his fingers through Kim's hair again.

"I can't say the feeling is mutual, my good chap." came a familiar voice. With the quiet laugh of a monkey, Lord Monty Fisk stepped out from the shadows. Before Ron could react, Monkey Fist pressed a finger to his own lips. "Shh... you wouldn't want to wake your precious dumpling, would you?"

Ron glared at him. "Aren't you supposed to be buried and gone, or something?" he whispered.

"Hardly." Monkey Fist replied with a hint of sarcasm slipping through his well educated English accent. "I am only here as a messenger." he said, sitting in a chair across for Ron. "May I?" he asked, reaching out with a prehensile foot and taking a fistful of popcorn. Ron gave a disgusted look.

"My baby sister defeated you. I'm the ultimate monkey master now, Monkey Fist. I can take you now too!" Ron said. He heart was beating hard now though. Monkey Fist was his original arch foe and even though he had just faced down a giant Diablo robot single handedly, Ron couldn't help be feel a little intimidated.

"Yes... I know." Monkey Fist admitted in a low voice, steepling his fingers. "After all my sacrifices and research. After all my training that I put towards becoming the ultimate monkey master... only to have it all go to a buffoon of a teenager!" he shouted.

"Dude! Are you going to rant much more, because I'm kinda tired and I don't think KP would take kindly to being woken up to a villain in her own apartment." Ron said with a yawn.

"Don't worry. Neither of your... friends will awaken before I am gone." Monkey Fist said with a grin.

"KP?" Ron asked, shaking his leg slightly. "KP!" he shouted. "What'd you do to her?! Rufus?" he asked, shaking his arm. Neither of them even stirred.

"I haven't done anything." Monkey Fist continued. "And as much as I'd like to end your meager existence, I'm afraid that I cannot. What I can do to increase your suffering though... is to deliver the message that I have been sent to."

"What?" Ron asked, confused.

Monkey Fist rolled his eyes and rubbed his temples. "I will never understand why you were given such an honor. A boy... with a phobia of all things simian, even!" he sighed. "No matter. What's done is done." he said, standing. "Tonight, you will be visited by three beings! Pay attention to what they have to show you, and both wisdom and lore of your abilities will be granted to you."

"Coolio!" Ron said with a grin.

Monkey Fist sighed again. "Why on Earth was I sent to you as a punishment?" he asked himself. He pointed at Ron. "You, boy, will undoubtedly fail and since you and that rodent are the last creatures that can experience the mystical monkey power, the secrets of it will be lost forever. How does that make you feel?" Monkey Fist leaned in close and threateningly.

Ron shrugged.

Monkey Fist stood straight once again. "As I thought. You destroyed the mystical monkey idols and now its secrets will die with you. Take heed my message, boy." he grinned and turned, heading towards the door. "Or you and your precious friends... will be doomed." he said, moving through the closed door.

Ron leapt up and ran to the door, tossing Rufus from his arm and dropping Kim onto the floor.

"Ron!" Kim said, rubbing her head in surprise. "What's wrong?"

"Monkey Fist was here!" Ron shouted, looking each way down the hall before closing the door and locking it again.

"What?" Kim asked, confused as she picked up Rufus and set him in his bed.

"Monkey Fist! He said I was going to be visited by three beans!" Ron exclaimed.

"Beans?" Kim asked, looking down at the DVD case. "Ron, you were dreaming." she said, holding up the movie 'A Christmas Carol'.

Ron looked back at her, unconvinced. "Are you sure, KP?"

"I'm sure." Kim replied with a smile and a yawn. "Come to bed, okay?"

Ron watched Kim stagger to the bedroom and turn of the light. He stood where he was for a moment, looking around the room in the darkness. With a worried look, he sprinted to the bedroom and closed the door behind him.

He never had the chance to notice the samurai that was standing in the living room.