Marinette was visiting the museum with her mom to see a new exhibit of Chinese lore for a mother-daughter day. The exhibit featured a display on the famous Monkey King legend.
"I remember reading his story to you as a young girl," said Sabine.
"Yeah, I remember that. It's still my favorite."
"Oh, here's a replica of the crown he wore."
It was a simple band of gold that curled in the front. A staff was displayed next to it.
"They did a remarkable job recreating it," said Marinette.
"They sure did," said a male voice.
Marinette turned to see Adrien walk in.
"Oh Adrien, how nice to see you," said Sabine.
"It's nice to see you Mrs. Cheng. Hey, Marinette!"
"H-hi! Adrien," stammered the red faced girl.
Sabine chuckled at her daughter's shy greeting.
"So Adrien, are you interested in Chinese legends," Sabine asked.
"Yes, the legend of the Monkey King has been a favorite of mine," he beamed.
"Mine, too," said Marinette.
"Really, that's great. You know, my Chinese teacher has a copy of the movie that was made in China; maybe we can watch it together?"
"Uh, yeah sure! Ahem, I'd love that."
"Awesome, can I bring it over to your place later?"
"Yeah, ok. Mom?"
"Oh by all means! Feel free to drop by any time."
"Great, I'll text you later, Marinette. See ya," he said waving bye and walking away.
Marinette waved good bye and continued to do so even after he was gone. Her mother smiled the whole time.
Meanwhile, in the little town of Middleton in the US, a young couple were relaxing at home.
"Kim, I can't find the remote!"
"Did you check under the couch?"
"Yeah!"
"Try the cushions."
The man looked. Nothing in the couch cushions.
"Not there either! Wait, Rufus!" The blond man pulled a naked mole rat from his pocket. Rufus woke up and stretched. "Time to go to work buddy. The Fearless Ferret Marathon starts soon and the remote is missing. Your mission, to find the remote."
Rufus saluted and got to searching while the man went into the kitchen to find his wife cooking.
"Find the remote," she asked.
"Not yet. I have Rufus looking for it."
"Ron, are you planing on watching that Fearless Ferret marathon tonight?"
"Yes I am, it's a tradition me and Rufus have been doing for years. No way am I gonna break it now."
"All these years and they're still showing reruns. I'm surprised the networks haven't dropped it."
"As long as there are fans, it will never go away." He then heard Rufus's cheering. "Sweet! Rufus found the remote!"
"Go on, I'll get your dinner ready."
"Thanks Kim, love you lots!"
"Love you, too Ron."
Back in Paris, it was evening time and Adrien was making his way to Marinette's home.
"You sure this isn't a date," asked Plagg.
"Don't be silly, it's just us friends hanging out and watching a movie."
"I don't know, it still sounds like a date to me."
"Oh come on, she doesn't even like me that way," said Adrien as he shook his head.
"You're an idiot," Plagg mumbled.
Marinette however was having a meltdown.
"Oh, Tikki! He's almost here!"
She frantically cleared off her wall of pictures and changed her desktop wallpaper. Once that was done, she heard the door bell.
"Marinette, Adrien's here."
Adrien had an ulterior motive for this movie night. He wanted to get to know Marinette better, seeing as how differently she acted with his superhero side and his civilian side. She seemed comfortable around Chat but not with Adrien and he was determined to fix that so he resolved to do that as Adrien. He chatted with Sabine until Marinette came down stairs.
"I'll get the popcorn," she said.
"I'll get the movie started," he said.
"And we are heading out," said Sabine as Tom helped put her coat on.
"What," exclaimed Marinette.
"We have some errands to run this evening. We'll be back later. Just stay here in the living room alright kids," said Tom.
"Have fun you two," winked Sabine.
The two teenagers just gawked at the front door till they decided to look at each other. Adrien smiled while Marinette's cheeks flushed.
"So, I'll just get that popcorn then," she said nervously.
Across the city at the museum, dark figures crept along making sure they didn't trigger alarms. They moved silently, jumping and leaping. They got to the Monkey King display and was about to swipe the staff and crown when the alarms went off. The intruders looked to see one of their own going for something that wasn't on their list of things to get. They quickly high tailed it out of the museum, not taking the the staff and crown. Back in Middleton, while Kim, Ron and Rufus watched the Fearless Ferret show, the familiar sound of the communicator rang through.
"What's the sitch, Wade?"
"Got an alert from the Louvre in Paris of a possible break in."
"Anything stolen?"
"No, alarms went off before they could take anything. But the authorities think they might be back."
"Looks like we're going to Paris. Ron."
"Aw, we're going now? The Fearless Ferret's on," he whined.
"You've watched this show a dozen times over. You can practically quote every episode form memory. Now let's go, we got thieves to catch."
In an unknown location in Paris, the thieves from the museum returned to their master empty handed.
"You didn't get the staff or the crown?! Who botched it?!" The thieves pointed to their comrade in the back. "Larry! Did you forget your training?! Ugh, looks like I'll have to do this myself."
The next morning, Marinette was getting ready for school when the news flashed the story of the robbery last night.
"Authorities have taken over the Louvre today after a failed robbery attempt last night. Nothing was stolen thanks to the security system that was activated."
"That's good nothing was taken," said Tikki.
"Yeah, but I have a feeling that they might try again," said a worried Marinette.
"Security footage from last night managed to catch one of the thieves and needless to say, quite an unusual type."
The image showed a small figure in black and a tail with nonhuman eyes.
"Wait, is that a monkey? A ninja monkey," questioned Mairnette.
"So we're dealing with thieving ninja monkeys," wondered Tikki.
"Maybe Ladybug can lend a hand later, right now Marinette has to get to school."
Meanwhile, Adrien had seen the footage while riding in his limo.
"I didn't know there was such a thing as ninja monkeys. And thieving ones at that."
"Whatever they were after, I'm sure it's worth going back for," said Plagg peeking from his hiding spot.
"Yeah, and a certain black cat can be there to help catch them."
At the museum, Kim and Ron were with Mr. Kudbel, the curator of the museum.
"We were quite fortunate that these dastardly thieves were thwarted. These artifacts are on loan from China. We can't afford to have anything happen to them."
"Don't worry Mr. Kudbel, we will stake the place and capture these thieves," comforted Kim.
"Thank you. Normally we would have asked our resident heroes, Chat Noir and Ladybug but this is a simple matter and they tend to deal with more extreme cases."
Rufus was running around the museum looking for clues with Ron. Rufus stumbled across some brown hair. He signaled Ron over to him by the Monkey King's display case.
"Hmmmm, coarse, musky, bananas...*gasp* Kim! We got monkeys!"
"Monkeys," questioned Mr. Kudbel.
"Monkey Fist," Kim clarified. "An old foe of mine. Crazy British lord studied the art of the ninja and obsessed with monkeys."
"He has an army of monkey ninjas and he even had his hands and feet made to be like monkey hands and feet," cried Ron. "It's sick and wrong! It's wrongsick!"
"Anyway, Monkey Fist must have known about your Monkey King exhibit and is after the crown and staff," stated Kim.
"But these are replicas," said Mr. Kudbel. "Surely he's not deluded enough to think they are real."
"You'd be surprised," said Kim. "But don't worry, Ron and I will make sure nothing happens tonight. What time does the museum close?"
"At 20:00."
"Right, we will back by then to stand guard. In the meantime, is there anything special in Paris we should check out?"
"There is a bakery that you must try. It's down the street from here."
"Great, let's go Ron!"
"Yes, I am starving! You think they have a Bueno Nacho?"
So...I don't know what to say other than I hope you like this and let me know what you think. Kim Possible was a great show and I thought how awesome it would be if these two worlds were combined. Have fun!