TO THE PLAYOFFS WE WILL GO…
Disney opened post-season play by demolishing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at Epcot Stadium 79-49. Kim Possible had 127 yards receiving offense on 11 catches. No surprise there. But what was amazing is that she scored three touchdowns on three consecutive possessions, all coming late in the third quarter. Again, Mickey grabbed Kim after the game and repeated his speech of the week before: "You're the reason the reason we've come this far, Kim. You know you have one job and only one job, and that's to get me to Kansas City. I'll do the rest."
However, to make it to Kansas City, Disney had to clear a formable hurdle (or a mountain), the Hanna-Barbera All-Stars, a team that soundly thrashed the "Mouse" team the two times they met this season. Maybe the third time will be the charm, Mickey thought, but it'll take a perfect game to beat HB, especially since we're playing them at their place. While he was trying to figure out how he was going to beat HB, Mickey learned that the Modern Cartoon All-Stars had just defeated the Masters of Power on an 80-yard "Hail Mary" touchdown pass to Sonic the Hedgehog with no time remaining on the clock 16-13. "One hell of a way to lose a ball game," Mickey thought as he began to make game preparations. It was right then that he had an idea on how to contain HB quarterback Pebbles Flintstone.
Monday morning, before practice, he put his plan into motion by calling Dr. Drakken into his office.
"Okay, what I'd do now?" Drakken asked as he entered Mickey's office.
"Relax, Drakken," Mickey said. "You haven't done anything. Have a seat." Drakken seated himself. Mickey then continued, "Now it is common knowledge around here that you don't like Kim Possible very much, am I right?"
"Let's just say that me and Kim Possible don't exactly see eye to eye," Drakken replied. "Why do you ask?"
Mickey then said, "Okay, let me ask you this. Who does Pebbles Flintstone remind you of?"
Drakken thought for a moment, then quipped, "Why, she looks just like Kim Possible made up as a prehistoric teenager!"
Those were the words Mickey wanted to hear. "Now, Drakken, when we play Hanna-Barbera on Saturday, I want you to sack Kim …oh, uh, Pebbles every chance you get. I want you to pretend that Pebbles is Kim. Every time she drops back to pass, you must flush her out of the pocket and throw her for a loss. Think you can do that?"
"I think I can handle that," Drakken said, then added, "Pebbles may think she's all that, but she's not."
"That's the spirit," Mickey replied. "Just exactly what I wanted to hear. Now go get 'em." Mickey had wanted Shego to cover Pebbles, but as a linebacker, Shego doesn't get a chance to sack the quarterback very often. (She had six sacks in the 2007 regular season.) Drakken, on the other hand, plays defensive tackle, and is in a better position to go after quarterbacks. (In 2007, he had 22 QB sacks.) And like Shego, Drakken also had run-ins with Kim Possible, namely her breaking up his world domination schemes.
When Kim reported to practice that morning, she was told that instead of practicing pass routes, she was going to practice as a quarterback. She was elated to hear this until she discovered why she was being asked to practice as a quarterback; just so Dr. Drakken could practice sacking her! He took an almost sadistic pleasure in trying to sack Kim. Once when Drakken threw Kim for a loss, the red head got up and threw the ball in his face, which earned her a kick-out and a tongue-lashing by Mickey. Kim almost jumped for joy on Wednesday morning when Mickey told her she could resume practicing as a wide receiver.