Author's Note: I got lucky with the last chapter. A Stitch in Time was on TV so I wrote down the lines and tried to keep them as accurate as possible. I'm just going off vague memories of Monkey Fist Strikes, Monkey Ninja's in Space and Low Budget here so don't tear me a new one if a few details are wrong. Besides, alternate univearse.
I don't really know how this legal stuff works so…
Disclaimer: I do not own Kim Possible™ or any character, location or event from that said show. Hmm… better add Charlie's Angels to the list. Doesn't hurt to cover all the bases.
Chapter Two: Team Possible
'Welcome to the Smartymart family, Ronald,' said Mr Stockwell reaching over his desk to shack Ron's hand.
'Thanks Mr Stockwell,' taking the Smartymart Managers hand, 'Hey, have you ever met Mr Smarty?'
'You mean the Billionaire who owns this entire chain? One of the richest men in the world?' asked Stockwell wearing a puzzled expression.
'Yeah, that's him. I've read his biography like twice. Does he, like, visit the stores? I would love to get his autograph.'
'Ah… right,' Mr Stockwell picked up his radio, 'Francis, could you come to the office for a second please. Thank you.'
He turned back to Ron. 'I'll have Francis show you around, get you kitted out. He's knows how things work around here. You'll get on fine with him; he's read that there biography thrice. That's about it. If you have any problems you just come and see me ok,' Stockwell stood up and came around from behind his desk.
'Umm, yes Mr Stockwell. I want let you down,' standing up as well.
'That's the spirit kid. You seem to have a talent for working with animals. You'll feel right at home in the pet section.'
'Boo-yah. I mean, yes sir. That's where I first meet Rufus,' Ron said grinning from fond memories.
With that, an adult Naked Mole Rat stuck its head out of Ron's pocket, 'ello.'
'Ha, that's real cute. What is that, one of those hairless Egyptian cats?' A look of annoyance crossed Rufus pink features.
'No sir. This here is a Naked Mole Rat,' Ron corrected his boss with pride.
'Naked Mole Rat? Hmm… didn't think we stocked 'em. Oh well, we have so many different species shipped in, can't expect me to know 'em all eh. By the way, we have a shipment of Pandas coming in tomorrow,' Stockwell said slapping Ron's back.
'eh… aren't those endangered?'
'Yeah, marketing came up with a great sales pitch. 'Help Save the Panda - Raise one Yourself,' or something like that.'
'Umm…,' Ron looked confused. Rufus was just plain shocked.
'And then we have a few dozen Lemmings coming in Thursday.'
'Lemmings?'
'Yeah, little furry things. They're a bestseller. The kids really seem to go through them for some reason.'
'Wasn't there a video game…?'
'And finally some spider-monkeys on….'
'Monkeys!,' Rufus shrieked.
'Monkeys?' Ron quitely mouthed the word.
'Woah… you okay?' Stockwell asked as Ron went extremely pale. 'Hey, are you ok with… ah Francis,' he finished as a Smartymart employee entered the room.
'You wanted to see me sir?' Francis asked glanced at the rooms two occupants.
'Yes, yes. I, ah, would like you to show Ron here around. Show him the ropes. You know.'
Turning to Ron handed over a badge, 'Here's your new nametag Ronald. Start on Wednesday. Welcome aboard.'
Leaving Mr Stockman's office, Francis stuck out his right hand, 'Hi, I'm Francis. Francis Lurman.'
'Ron Stoppable,' shaking Francis's hand.
'Well, welcome to Smartymart Ron. You know Mr Smarty opened his first Smartymart when he was….'
'24, yeah I know. And he got his first job at he age of ten.'
Francis was surprised, pleasantly so, 'You read Martian Smarty's book?'
'Are you kidding? He's like my hero. I mean apart from that Mexican wrestler guy, the one who started Bueno Nacho.'
'Hey yeah, that's a nice joint. I won a free meal their once for employee of the month. One of those Naco's really goes down a treat.'
'Boo-yah, I invented those,' Ron welled up with pride.
'Really?' Francis was impressed.
'Yeah,' thinking back to when Kim Possible had worked at Bueno Nacho for a week. Bonnie too. Together they were the worst employees in Bueno history. Still, Kim had encouraged Ron to take his idea for a new combo meal to the Manager. 'Sold it to Bueno Nacho for some socks or something like that.'
'Stock?'
'Yeah, that's it.'
'Hey Wade, what's the stitch?' Kim asked the computer in her locker. Or more precisely she asked the ten year old super genius on the other end of the link. It was only lunchtime but Kim was spoiling for some action.
'Morning Kim,' Wade replied after swallowing the last of a chocolate bar. 'Sorry to disappoint you but nothings happening today.'
'Not even Drakken and Shego?' Those two had to up to something.
'Naw, Drakken's still in the dog box over the mind control chip incident last month,' Wade said chuckling. 'Shego seems to have let him live but it might be a while before we hear from him again.'
'What does that green witch have to complain about? I'm the one who got face-stomped by the two of you remember,' Bonnie said as arrived from math.
'Yes Bee, like you'd let us forget. And you handled yourself very well. Me and Shego had a very hard time face-stomping you,' Kim said with an evil little smirk.
'In that case Kay, maybe we should rename ourselves to Team Rockwaller?' Bonnie teased.
'Hmm… doesn't have the same positive ring to it.'
'How's about Wade's Angels,' Wade threw in his suggestion. 'From a secret location the mysterious hacker genius and good looking Wade….'
'Who spends an unhealthy amount of time hiding in his room and eating junk food,' Bonnie cut in.
'Genius and good looking Wade,' Wade continued, 'contacts his beautiful and talented cheerleader agent…'
'Aw... thanks Wade,' Kim brightened at the complement.
'And her shrewish sidekick…,'
'Jee, I wonder if Mrs Load ever thought about signing you up at the gym. Maybe I should say something next time I see her,' Bonnie threatend with a touch of seriousness. Wade and Bonnie loved to wind each other up. To some it may seem that they hated each other, but Kim knew that in truth they were really tight.
'I'm sorry,' his grin suggested he wasn't, 'her fabulous looking and mild tempered partner. All we need is a Bosley.'
'Who do you have in mind Wade?' Kim asked. This should be good.
'How 'bout Josh Mankey?' Wade said as he imitated the dreamy expression Kim wore whenever she saw him. Kim blushed at the mere mention of his name.
'Or that Brick Flagg,' It was Bonnie's turn to blush, but she was quick to admit that her BF might not be up to the challenge. He wasn't the star quarterback for his arithmetic skills.
'What about that Ron guy who's always around?'
'No, not the mascot,' Bonnie was quick to object. Too quick. Wade sensed that he had hit the right button. Time to make Bonnie squirm
'He did save you both from Gill…,' Wade said trying to sound innocent.
'Gill was after him. 'Sides, we saved him from DNAmy.'
'And he did destroy Drakken's tick bomb and help fight off the evil Bonnie clones…'
'He was only around 'cause we were fighting outside Bueno Nacho.'
'And then there was Jackie the Jackal…'
'He grabbed onto Jackie's neck and screamed for us to save him. Face it; the naked rat's more competent than he is. If Ron were your Bosley he would do nothing but get captured and make stupid, cheesy jokes all day.'
'You never watched the movie, did you Bonnie?' Wade replied in all seriousness.
'Kay, back me up here!'
'Oh Bee, there's nothing wrong with Ron. He's just a little… well…. He's a good mascot. We were wrong about that,' Kim said trying to stay neutral. In truth Kim was still a little ticked off at Ron about the time he tried to become a reporter. She had let Ron interview her as a favour only to have him twist Kim's words. He printed an aricle all about Kim having a crush on quaterback Brick Flagg. Friction between Kim and Bonnie sprang up after this 'revelation' as Bonnie was already crushing on Brick. A love triangle complicated by Adrena Lynn's vow of revenge had almost broken Team Possible, all because of Ron and his overactive imagination. Everything had worked out in the end with Ron helping to defeat Lynn and Bonnie hooking up with Brick. Even so, Kim had lost a lot of faith in Ron's ability to make responsible choices. It had crossed her mind to get Wade to chip the infuriating boy before he caused any more damage.
'Where is Monique? Get her to be you Bosley,' Bonnie suggested. More like demanded.
'Hmm… that's not a bad idea. But we're keeping the name. It's already too well established.'
'Fine. Team Possible. So long as the Mad Dog and his Naked Mole Rat don't enlist.'
'So, first job huh?' Francis asked after the tour.
'Mom made me get one,' Ron said kicking the floor, 'Threatened to cut off my allowance. I needed spare cash if me and Rufus where gonna' ever eat a Naco again.'
Rufus held his stomach, 'Cheese withdrawal.'
'Yeah, I know the story. You should get one of these neat little coupon books,' Pulling his own out.
'Way ahead of you, boo-yah,' as Ron pulled an identical booklet out of his pocket.
'Ha. Well, finally someone else who's responsible with their money,' Francis appluaded Ron's bargin hunting abilities. 'Use that little baby properly and you don't even need a job.'
'Yeah, well. Rufus eats more than you'd think for an animal his size.'
'Hey,' Rufus crossed his paws in an indignant fashion.
'And Mom said I spend too much time on my own playing video games anyway. Said, 'well if you went out and saved the world like your friends maybe I would pay for you to eat junk food all day!' Ron waved his finger in imitation of his mother.
'Whoa, what?' Francis was confused, 'Your friends with those cheerleaders? Those ones who save the world and all that? '
Ron cringed. Not exactly friends.
'I wouldn't say friends. Kim's nice. And Monique's fun, she's into wrestling. She's not a cheerleader but she does hang out with them. But then there's Bonnie….'
'Gasp, Bonnie.' Rufus quickly dove back into Ron's pocket to hide.
'Umm… Wade. Has anything come up on Lord Fiske?' Kim asked Wade on her way home from school, but Wade was already shaking his head. 'Nothing Kim. Whoever grabbed him did a good job of covering their tracks. I'm starting to think well never find them. Sorry,' and with that Wade cut the link.
'Ugh, you cannot still blame yourself 'cause monkey man went missing.' Bonnie said exasperated.
'He disappeared right after a ninja stole a monkey statue that I retrieved for him,' Kim snapped back at Bonnie. It was perhaps the first failure Kim had ever experienced.
It had been a mission to the Cambodian jungle. Lord Montgomery Fiske, world famous archaeologist turned simian biologist, had asked for Team Possible's help exploring an ancient temple. It had been a big moment for Kim. She was familiar with some of Lord Fiske's work as both a world renouned acrhaeologist and leading simian expert. An odd combination really. Kim had jumped at the chance to work with someone so respected. She had braved an ancient temple packed with traps to retrieved a monkey statue for Fiske, only to have it stolen that night by a mysterious ninja. Within 24 hours, while Kim had a boring family dinner with her cousin Larry, Lord Fiske disappeared off the face of the earth.
The whole experience had been a complete disaster for Kim. At first word that Lord Fiske was missing Team Possible had flown to England to search for clues. Baytes, Fiske's butler, had helped with the investigation all he could by providing information on some of Lords Fiske's latest projects. It seemed that whoever took Fiske believed in some legend about four monkey statues and Mystical Monkey Power. Since then Wade keep her current with the ongoing Global Justice investigation into the incident.
'There was no way you could have known he would be targeted next,' Bonnie voice now full of concern. Kim had been agonizing over the disappearance of Fiske for a while now. She just couldn't let it thing rest.
'But, I did want to go to England and ask Lord Fiske for more information on the statue. If I had followed my insinct instead of going to Larry's then maybe...'
'Maybe what?'
Kim sighed, 'Maybe I should have stuck to babysitting.'
Bonnie grabbed Kim by the shoulders and looked her straight in the eye.
'Don't ever say that,' she said in the most stern and sincere voice she could manage. 'Thats's an insult to all the people you ever saved! An insult to everyone who has ever followed you!.'
Bonnie's action got the desired result. Kim was totally shocked into submission. Then she smiled, 'Thanks Bee. I needed that didn't I?'
'So very badly.' The problem with Kim, Bonnie thought, is that she is unused to failure. This meant she took it extra hard when she did fail. Kim held a supreme confidence that was tough to crack. She enjoyed life on the edge. But at the same time that conidence only masked her true insecurity. She had to excel in everything to be noticed. She found it hard to talk to boys like Josh Mankey because she feared they wouldn't like her. She had to wear stylish clothes to fit in with everyone else (although Bonnie encourged this one).
She had to win every mission or else people got hurt.
Lord Monkey Fist watched as his troop of monkey ninjas trained. They were quick. They were accurate. They were deadly. With a wave of his hand he called his simian minions to bow at his feet.
'Now my monkey minions, you are ready,' Fist removed his mask, 'and so am I.'
He Produced a banana shaped object made of solid gold. 'We shall listen to the prophesy of the true Monkey Master, as told by the Great Golden Banana.'
Monkey Fist had first come across the temple he stood upon now ten years previously. Back when he was Lord Montgomery Fiske, world famous archaeologist. He had come across the temple deep in the jungle and begun translating the hieroglyphics. Over time he learned of the ancient warriors who studied Tai Shing Pek Kwar, Monkey Kung Fu, and the Mystical Monkey Power they were reputed to posses. He learned of how these warriors had stored their power in four monkey statues hidden around the globe. How one day a person worthy of this power would gather all four statues and be given the gift of Mystical Monkey Power.
But the temple itself did not hold any of the idols. Not even a map to help in the search. Its purpose was bestow the prophesy of the true Monkey Master. All that was needed was the Great Golden Banana to be placed upon the temples shrine once a loyal troop of monkey ninja were gathered.
Monkey Fist took the reference to monkey ninja's literally.
Lord Monkey Fist placed the Great Golden Banana upon the pedestal, bowed and waited. He had tried this once before, three years ago. He had found a temple he believed contained one of the monkey statues. Instead he found the Banana. Its purpose was to reveal the identity of the true Monkey Master. Its value was impressed upon Monkey Fist when a small group of ninja tried to take it from him. Fortunately, Fist had become quite the kung fu master over the years. Just not enough of one for the banana to reveal its secrets.
This time though he was ready. After tricking that foolish girl Kim Possible into retrieving the last monkey statue for him, Monkey Fist had bathed in Mystical Monkey Power. He looked over to the statues standing off to one side. All of his monkey minions had bathed in Mystical Monkey Power.
The Great Golden Banana began to wobble upon the pedestal. Than it split its skin and revealed a bright orange light. Within seconds this light took the form of a monk from ages past.
'Welcome Disciple. You must search out the world's smartest monkey. He will lead you to the stars and reveal the identity of the true Monkey Master. He who will be Unstoppable.'
With that the light lost it's form and retreated back into the banana. Lord Monkey Fist was ecstatic. 'Did you hear that my monkey minion's. I shall be Unstoppable. Ahhahahaha'
Soon, very soon, an unstoppable army will march out from the jungles of the world. Legions upon legions of monkey soldiers. All of them powered by the four monkey idols. But first Fist had to fulfil the prophesy.
