(Cut to the interior of the classroom the group just entered. All the students are seated, when an older woman, wearing a blue dress, walks past the desks and sits down at the teacher's desk.)

Meg: (clears throat) I am Ms. Meg Serantis, and I believe that this is the class I was assigned to teach. (Kim raises her hand.) Yes, Ms. . . .

Kim: Possible. Kim Possible.

(Meg is surprisingly not surprised at the name, and Veeken is somewhat curious.)

Meg: Yes, I thought I recognized you from somewhere. Anyway, as you were saying?

Kim: Doesn't Mr. Barkin usually teach this class?

Meg: He canceled out at the last minute, and they hired me as the substitute.

Kim: Oh.

Meg: As I was saying, the assignment is to read the story from pages 113 to 121. Now, open your books and pay close attention, class . . .

(Meg's talk fades into the background. All the students are paying attention, except for Kim and Veeken, who are secretly talking.)

Veeken: (to Kim) Isn't it kind of weird that Barkin isn't teaching?

Kim: (to Veeken) Yeah, usually it's him who does the replacing.

Veeken: Maybe he really had to cancel.

Ret: (jumping in) Or, maybe, that's what they want us to think.

Kim: Ret.

Veeken: No, it is a highly vague possibility, but Ret might be right.

Kim: But that would mean that Meg would be lying to us, and we could all be in some sort of danger.

(Unfortunately, everyone else heard that last statement.)

Meg: Ms. Possible, come see me after class.

Kim: (lays her head on the table)

Meg: (to herself) This just proves that fame isn't everything.

(Later, after class . . . .)

Syd: Oy. One day with the substitute, and Kim's already gotten in trouble.

Veeken: It's kind of unnerving, the way she got punished so fast. Maybe she was on to something, and Meg was trying to cover it up.

Ret: Yeah, like in The Matrix when the Agents were trying to stop Neo from joining up with Morpheus.

Syd: Huh?

Veeken: It is plausible. However, what would Meg want to cover up that she doesn't want us to-(accidentally walks into someone) Oof! (normal) Oh, sorry.

(It turns out Veeken has bumped into Mr. Barkin.)

Syd: Hey, Mr. Barkin.

Barkin: Oh, hey, Sydney, Veeken, and . . . . (of Ret) What'd you say your name was again?

Ret: Retribution, or Ret for short.

Barkin: Pleasure.

jedi: (walking up) I thought you had something important to take care of.

Barkin: No, it turns out that the position for substitute was already filled before I could access it.

Syd: What happened to the original teacher?

Barkin: He retired several years ago, and no one noticed until Ms. Serantis filled the position. (realizes Kim's not there) Say,

where's Possible?

jedi: Who? (realizing) Oh, Kim. She kind of got in trouble with the teacher, and she wanted a talk with her after class.

Barkin: That's kind of weird.

Veeken: How?

Barkin: In the rules of substitute teaching, a substitute, like Meg, is supposed to report incidents, like the one with Kim, to me, instead of exacting punishment.

Syd: Maybe she doesn't know that?

Ron: Sydney, that's stupid. Every substitute teacher needs to know these rules!

Barkin: Precisely.

Veeken: Unless . . . Say, Mr. Barkin?

Barkin: Yes, Ms. Veeken?

Veeken: What happens if a substitute takes the place of a teacher who's retired?

Barkin: Then the teacher receives that position, and is obligated to fulfill the duties of the retiree.

Veeken: What?

(Cut to the interior of the classroom the others were in earlier, only the lights are out, making the room spookier than normal. Meg is clearly not in. Kim opens the door, spilling in light through the doorway.)

Kim: Hello? Hello? (enters) Ms. Serantis?

(Meg's bag is by the desk, still open. Something in it catches Kim's eye.)

Kim: (cont) What's this?

(It's a small computer disk, labeled Study of Dæmons information and Scientific Journal; TOP SECRET. Kim whips out her Kimmunicator, and contacts Wade.)

Kim: (cont) Wade?

Wade: What up, Kim?

Kim: Can you do an analysis of this disk?

Wade: Not from here, I can't. If you can get the files on the computer in your room, I think I can handle it. However, you have to make sure no one realizes the disk is gone.

Kim: Right.

(Kim pulls out a device that looks like a pen and runs it over the label. She places it on a similar disk, except for the lack of writing, and the pen writes the same words on the disk in the same handwriting. Kim quickly places the duplicate where the original was, and hides the disk in one of her cargo pant pockets.)

Wade: Good luck.

(Kim shuts off the Kimmunicator just in time, as Meg Serantis walks in the next second.)

Kim: Oh, hey, Ms. Serantis.

Meg: Oh, hello, Ms. Possible. I can't talk right now. Something just came up.

Kim: Ookay . . .

(Meg picks up the bag with the false disk, and walks out the door. Kim walks out the door, heading in the same direction, when she stops and hides behind a locker, and watches as Meg looks around, then walks back into the classroom. She sits down at a computer, turns it on, and puts the duplicate disk in. Files appear, except for a random one. Meg's eyes go wide as she realizes-.)

Meg: (to herself; accidentally loud enough so Kim can hear) A double!

(Meg pulls out a cellphone with a strange insignia on the back, and dials a number.)

Meg: (to someone on the other end) Hello? Basil, it's Meg. I know it's 12:00 AM where you are, but we've got an emergency

over here. The disk has been stolen.

Basil: (on the phone) Are you sure?

Meg: Positive.

Basil: You don't suppose . . .?

Meg: Why not? It's quite plausible, though I don't know how Ratigan could have snuck in without me knowing. He doesn't know who he is, for Pete's sake!

Kim: Ratigan? Wha . . .?

(Kim runs away from the door, dashing out of sight, just before Meg, still talking on the cellphone, walks out the door in the opposite direction of whence Kim dashed. Kim peeks around the corner, watching Meg walk out of sight.)

Kim: (cont) Ratigan? Basil? Who are-?

(Kim stops, lost in thought, as something comes back to her.)

Kim: (voice-over) The Great Mouse Detective? Puh-lease! That's a kids movie-

Veeken: (voice-over, also) That happens to boast one of Vincent Price's greatest characters, Professor Ratigan.

(She dashes towards the double doors, stopping only to pick up her backpack, and dashes for home.)

To be continued . . .