Poor Kim...Not a banner day in the life of Team Possible.
Ron met up with Monique by her locker on the way to their first hour class, "I hope you didn't get in too much trouble." He told her as he felt badly about what had happened a few hours ago.
Monique smiled, "I'm only grounded for ten years…but it was worth it." She said while softly chuckling.
Ron smiled, even with all the mouth wash he could still smell the liquor on her breath, he himself made no such efforts to cover his breath up, "In all the excitement last night, I forgot to tell you how great you looked last night." He said with a guilty look on his face for not saying it sooner.
Monique took Ron by the arm and started walking towards class, "You wouldn't of thought that if you seen me praying to the porcelain God this morning…Ohhhhhhhh I did some puking." She told him as she made a face recalling the event.
Ron shook his head, "So how bad does dad want to kill me?" he asked thinking of the large man inside the doorway.
Monique chuckled softly, "Ohhhhhhh he wants to get his hands on you bad…He did say you were the fastest white kid he ever saw."
Ron laughed, "I figured it was for the best if I left in a hurry." Ron told her as he looked around and noticed that the two of them had become the center of attention in the hallway. He figured it was because they both looked like walking death.
They went to their classes and met up in the lunch room, it was around noon and neither of them looked much better than this morning. Ron took his food from the cafeteria lady and gave her a hateful stare as he looked at what was on the plate.
He woke Rufus up and placed him on the table and passed him a small plate of something yellowish that he believed to be cheese. He saw Monique coming his way and he pulled out a chair for her and watched her sit down.
Monique shook her head, "I got the shakes…bad." She told Ron as she held up her hands.
Ron chuckled, "Last night was definitely a fun date…So how much do you remember." He asked her out of curiosity.
Monique smiled, "I remember the belly shots…I remember the sheep shots…I remember you throwing your soda at some guy dressed as a nun…Then it all gets kind of murky." She told him as she waived a hand back and forth in the air.
Then Monique sat upright and with a sheepish grin looked over at Ron, "I…uh…behaved myself…I mean…I didn't say…anything…I shouldn't have, did I?" she asked nervously.
Ron chuckled, "Nooooooooo, not at all, except that you were paying next Thursday night because of my slight case of being financially embarrassed." He said as he held up an empty wallet.
Monique laughed, "Ok…If I survive the week, I'll pay next Thursday…Now eat something." She said as she pointed at Ron's food.
Ron held up his fork and took a few bites and watched as Tara sat down at the table, "Ron…Kim would kill me if she knew I was talking to you." She said as she was looking around the cafeteria.
Monique sat up in her chair and pulled off her sunglasses, "Uh huh, now its Monique is gonna kill you if she sees you talking to her man…got it." She told the blonde headed girl in no uncertain terms.
Tara smiled weakly, "I got it…bye Ronnie." She said as she left the table.
Monique chuckled, "Have to protect the property." She said smiling.
Ron smiled and continued eating. Monique was watching him, "You know away from Kim you're a totally different person…I mean you know how to handle yourself…You're a blast to be around, I know I was supposed to help you get back with Kim…but damn Ron, I want you for myself." She told him shaking her head in amazement.
Ron smiled and nodded his head, "I was thinking the same thing…For some reason I just feel more relaxed with you…Kim, as much as I like her, I'm always waiting for the other shoe to drop…I'm tied with Josh Mankey for dates with her…breaking his record just doesn't seem all that important to me anymore." He told her as he reached over and scratched Rufus behind the ears.
Monique shook her head, "So I guess that means we're a couple now."
Ron nodded, "Your wearing the jacket…I guess it does."
Monique giggled, "I think it's time we get back to class." She told her boyfriend as she got up from the table.
Ron nodded, "Need a ride home?"
Monique smiled, "Yea…I need a ride…No wait…yea…Daddy won't be home from work yet…I don't think daddy likes you very much right now." She said giggling.
Ron nodded, "I seem to be having that effect on fathers these days." He told her thinking of Mr. Dr. P.
Ron sat in his last hour class looking out the window, "I guess me and Monique are a couple now…Weird... I never saw it coming, I never thought of her as anymore than Kim's friend…I don't want to hurt Kim, she hung with me in the tough times…even Monique didn't quite know what to make of me." He thought to himself sadly.
The bell rang and Ron stood up and walked to his locker, "Still Monique is right about one thing, if things are going good then Kim is flighty…and I can't keep having personal crises after personal crises just to keep KP entertained…or am I just crushing on Monique? I wish I understood this stuff better." He thought to himself as he closed his locker for the day.
Ron started to turn to walk to the exit and then a blur of red hair, "Ron we need to talk…I not buying this phony me and Monique stuff…I know Monique has put you up to this but it's not going to work." She told him flatly.
Ron shook his head, "Kim, I'll be home in an hour…launch on me then…I have to drive Monique home first." He told her as he pushed past her and headed out the door.
Kim watched Ron leave, "Oh yea in one hour, Ron…Monique you are so dead…I'll get you on Sunday…Ohhhhhhhhh yea…I know your hours girlfriend….We'll get together on Sunday." She thought bitterly to herself.
Ron saw Monique standing by the car; he walked up and gave her a big hug, "Sorry I took so long, Kim had me cornered for a minute." He told her as he opened the door for her.
Monique laughed, "She is persistent I will say that for her…So what did you tell her." She asked as she slid into the car.
Ron closed the door and walked around to the drivers side and got in, "I told her to yell at me in an hour, I had to go drive you home." He said with a grin.
Monique laughed and clapped her hands together, "You are going to get an ear full in an hour." She told him.
Ron nodded as he backed the car out of the parking spot, "Yea but it has to be done."
Ron reached up on top of the dash and gave Monique her CD from the night before, "You forgot this last night." He said smiling.
Monique grinned sheepishly, "I remember how we got these." She reminded him.
Ron laughed, "Yep, virgins no more." He said with a wink.
Monique giggled and waived the CD at him, "Me like…I'm going to get an ear full to when dad gets home from work…oh boy." She said quietly as she thought of what was coming her way.
Ron nodded, "You have daddy, I have mommy Kim…aren't we a pair." He said laughing.
Monique laughed, "You really are something else." She told him as they pulled up in front of her house.
Ron smiled, "So are you Monique, so are you." He told her as he leaned over and kissed her goodbye.
Ron drove towards home, "Monique is really cool…nice tongue too…hmmmmmm…well I better go let Kim scream at me now and then I'll try and get some sleep…I go back to work at Smarty Mart tomorrow…I can't wait, I need the money…Monique's going to get tired of having a broke boyfriend." He thought with a sly grin.
Ron drove up in front of Kim's house, "out of the frying pan…" he thought to himself as he dialed Kim's cell phone.
Ron heard Kim answer, "Kim I'm out front." Then he hung up the phone
Ron pulled Rufus out of his pocket, "You better hide and cover your ears…this could get ugly." He told his little pink friend.
Rufus scampered off and his under the passenger seat, "Uh Oh" he said quietly as he heard the front door open.
Ron watched Kim walk down the front stairs, "Controled rage…maybe I should have done this over the phone." He thought to himself as Kim approached.
Kim put her hands on her hips, "Soooooooooo how's your…relationship with Monique going? Kim asked as she sucked in her cheeks.
Ron shrugged, "hehehe…It's going pretty good…faster than I would have thought…you know…how things go." Ron said groping for words.
Kim stomped her foot, "It was a fight Ron, I did not break up with you." She said tensely.
Ron nodded, "You broke up with me, Monique says so, Bonnie say so and some blond girl that I promised to keep her name anonymous says so." Ron replied feeling more confident in himself.
Kim had a tight grin on her face, "Tara…huh…ok…" she replied twisting her head to one side.
Ron held up his hands, "Hey now I didn't mention any names…Look Kim, I don't want to hurt you but Monique and I just kind of hit it off…and you know…" Ron trailed off the sentence.
They stared at each other for long moments, Kim not quite knowing what to say and Ron trying hard not to use the "Let's just be friends" line that she had so cruelly used on him back in May. Then an evil thought crossed Ron's mind.
Ron looked at the CD from the club last night, "Noooooooo I couldn't do that…Yea…I could." Ron thought to himself wickedly.
Ron picked up the CD off the dash and turned it around in his hands, "Look Kim…Monique and I shared things last night….I mean…we aren't virgins anymore." He told her while trying hard not to crack a smile.
Kim's eyes went wide open and she gasped, "Nooooooooooo…What did you two do last night?" she said in shock.
Kim regained her composure and nodded her head, "Fine…fine…you go on having fun with your slut girlfriend…I thought you were better than that Ron." Kim said as she ran back inside the house.
Ron shrugged, "Yep…I shouldn't have said that." He said under his breath.
Kim stomped into her room and slammed the door, then she started pacing back and forth, "Sunday, Sunday, Sunday…Monique you are going down and going down hard, some friend you turned out to be…You're playing games and I love Ron…Ohhhhhhhh Monique it is sooooooooo on." She thought as she shook with rage.
Ron parked his car and took Rufus inside, "I better call Monique and give her a heads up about my conversation with Kim. I'd hate for her to get yelled at by Kim and have no idea what for." Ron thought nervously.
He picked up his cell phone and dialed Monique, He heard Monique answer the phone, "Hey Monique…You in bad trouble?" he asked his new girlfriend.
Monique was surprised to hear from Ron so soon, "I think I can squirm out of it…try to keep you from getting killed by daddy too." She said with a giggle.
Ron laughed nervously, "I guess that's good to know, I talked with KP, and you know that CD we got last night?" he said nervously trying to figure a polite way to broach an uncomfortable subject.
Monique got real quiet, "Ron you didn't give her that CD did you?" she asked in a stern voice.
Ron laughed, "No…No…I sort of gave into my dark side…and I told her we shared things last night and that we were no longer virgins and then she got really mad and went inside." Ron finally finished his story.
The connection got real quiet for a few seconds and then Monique started to howl with laughter, "Ron you are evil…I can just see Kim's face…Oh God that is soooooo funny…Don't worry Ron, when my day comes with Kim, I'll play along."
Ron let out a big sigh of relief, "Thanks Monique…She was pretty tweaked…I think your day is coming soon." He told her nervously.
They talked for a while longer about trying to get together next Thursday and their work schedules to find more time to be with each other. Then Monique's dad was home and she had to get off the phone so she could get yelled at.
Ron hung up the phone and looked over to his Lacey shrine, "You'd like Monique, straight forward, fun to be around, everything is just starting to feel right again…I still miss you though." He thought to himself as he went downstairs to fix diner for Rufus and himself.
Sunday finally arrived, Kim put on her cargo pants and black commando style midriff shirt, she had added a few new wrinkles to the wardrobe, black Timberland hiking boots and new black gloves that had Velcro cinches to keep the gloves on tight when she was punching people, and Kim intended to do a lot of punching today.
Kim punched the key to the Kimmunicator, Wade Load appeared on the screen, "Hey Kim, long time no see…What's up?" he asked his old friend.
Kim popped her right fist into her left hand, there was an audible popping sound of her fist hitting something solid, "Wade put the web sight back online, we're back in the mission business." She told her friend with a tight smile.
Wade smiled and pumped his fist in the air, "YES...Now that's what I want to hear…So how are you and Ron doing?" He asked his friend, not knowing any better.
Kim let out a bitter laugh, "Try Ron and Monique now." She told him in a tweaked voice.
Wade looked at her, "Ron and Monique? He does get around doesn't he?" he asked not really expecting an answer.
Kim nodded, "Ok Wade first assignment pull up the HVAC schematics for Middleton Mall, more specifically the duct work that runs through Club Banana." Kim ordered with a wicked grin on her face.
Wade looked at her, "Ummmm Kim your not going to try and get at Monique are you…Wouldn't it be easier to walk in the front door?"
Kim put her eye right up to the video screen, "Wade, just give me what I want and no one gets hurt." She told him angrily.
Wade swallowed hard and started working the keyboard, "I don't know about this Kim…There done, it's on the way." He said happily cracking his knuckles.
Kim looked over the schematics, "Yea…I know where that's at…ok…then a left and into the center of Club Banana…Watch out Monique for when Kimmie drops out of the ceiling…it's on." She grinned wickedly to herself.
She placed the Kimmunicator in her back pack and went down stairs, she found her mom, "Keys" she demanded while holding out her hand.
Mrs. Dr. P. looked at her daughter; "Going to take care of business?" she asked raising an eyebrow.
Kim nodded, "Ohhhh yea, have to send a message to the ladies to protect future boyfriends. Nothing says leave my man alone like a little gratuitous violence." She told her mother.
Mrs. Dr. P. handed her the keys, "Honey I don't think this is a real good idea, this is probably just a crush between the two of them." She tried to reason with her daughter.
It was a routine Sunday for Monique as she worked her job at Club Banana, she was busy most of the day putting the new fashions on display and dusting the circular cloths racks. Her attention was drawn late in the day by weird noises coming from the vents in the ceiling.
Monique looked up and little bits of dust and dirt started falling from the ceiling tile above her, "Ohhhhh no you're not trying to play ninja on me…Girlfriend you are too rusty for this." She thought to herself.
Monique looked at the ceiling and decided the best spot for Kim to come through was in the center of the room. Monique decided to plan a little ambush of her own, she drug one of the circular clothing racks right under the vent so when Kim dropped out of the ceiling she'd land in the center of the rack.
Monique could hear Kim getting closer; she heard her fall and heard a muffled, "Ow" from the ceiling. She shook her head, "Girl, Ninja you ain't." she thought smiling to herself.
Kim saw the light from Club Banana just below her, she had managed to crawl and scoot all the way from her entrance point on the roof of the mall to where she was now. She lay in the duct work catching her breath, "Not bad timing wise, I just wish I wouldn't have scrapped up my elbows back there…I hope it doesn't leave a scar." She thought to herself.
Kim caught her breath and then rolled onto her stomach and began to lower herself down the shaft into Club Banana. She was searching for a good place to get a grip when she lost her footing and came crashing down onto the vent, which promptly gave way and dumped her right into the center of Monique's little clothing trap.
Kim sprang up from the ground in a combat pose, "Your day has…" and then realized she was in the center of the clothing rack and then she started looking for Monique.
Monique stood there watching the whole thing unfold and trying not to laugh, "Something wrong with the door Kim?" she asked in sincere voice.
Kim vaulted over the clothing rack and came up in the same combat pose, "You day has come Monique." Kim said in a low menacing voice.
Monique shook her head, "You kicked Ron to the curb Kim, he was a free man and now he's my BF." She told Kim as she ran behind one of the circular racks of cloths.
Kim ran to the same rack and was directly opposite of Monique, "I thought you was my friend and all this time you were using me to get at Ron." Kim snarled.
Monique laughed, "Girl, I was going to try and help you two get back together until I saw what a great guy Ron is…Now he's mine…and Kim…I know how to keep a man happy." She fired back as she ran to the next rack of cloths.
Kim was out of control, "THE ONLY WAY YOU KNOW HOW TO KEEP A MAN HAPPY IS BY SPREADING YOUR LEGS." Kim yelled as she lunged across the clothing rack to get at Monique.
Monique laughed as she easily avoided Kim's lunge, Monique then ran behind another rack of cloths, "Ohhhhhhh that's what this is all about…Upset because I made Ron a man instead of holding him down?" She taunted as Kim made another lunge.
Monique circled to the left as Kim was moving to the right trying to get a good line on her former friend, "Want to know what he was like Kim…He was all man…He didn't fall asleep on me." She taunted.
Kim's eyes bulged out as she tried to turn over the rack of cloths Monique was hiding behind, Monique stuck her hand straight out, "Hold it…This is the good stuff, let's take this to the discount rack." She told Kim as she raced across the store to hide behind the 30 off rack.
Kim gave chase and dove at her but Monique had already moved away, Kim became tangled up with the discount clothing. Monique just shook her head, "Girl, is you crazy, have some pride about yourself and get your butt out of those discount cloths." She told Kim in a haughty voice.
Kim growled and jumped out of the clothing rack and chased Monique to another rack of cloths, "Yea Kim, I'm gonna take such good care of Ron, after all you know what they say, once you go black…" Monique was cut off in mid-sentence by a lightning right hook that just missed her nose.
Middleton Mall ace security man Bobby Troupe was making his rounds of the stores as they closed. It had been a quiet Sunday afternoon, he saw the various stores in the mall pulling down their security gates and locking their doors, all except for Club Banana.
Bobby walked down the corridor to the store and saw a red headed woman chasing the Assistant Manager around the store throwing punches at her. Bobby swallowed hard and checked his pepper spray, he undid the snap holding it in place, next he checked the radio, the batteries were charged in case he had to call for back up, "Ok…this is it…I'm going in." he thought nervously to himself as he bravely entered the clothing store.
Bobby walked over to the clothing rack where Kim was trying to lay Monique out for the count, "I'm afraid the Mall is closed now, I'm going….to have…to ask you…to l..leave the store." He told Kim Possible in a quivery voice.
Kim turned and glared at the security guard, "Get lost plastic badge or your going to get double what she's going to get." Kim screamed at a very frightened Bobby.
Bobby remembered his mall security training; he had practiced countless hours in front of a mirror for just such a day as today. In one fluid motion Bobby slapped the leather holster holding the pepper mace, brought it level with Kim's eyes and sprayed it directly into Kim Possible's face.
Kim saw the pepper mace can clearing the security guard's belt but her forward momentum from chasing Monique had carried her too close to the security guard and there was no way to avoid the point blank shot in the face. Kim's eyes exploded in pain as she dropped to the floor writhing in agony.
Bobby's can of pepper mace was finally empty, now for the next part of the training, he pulled his radio out and called for help, "CALL 911, CALL 911, Emergency at Club Banana, Emergency at Club Banana." He screamed into the radio.
Monique just stood there and watched the whole thing unfold, "Damn, I knew the girl was wired tight….but damn." She thought to herself.
The police finally arrived and hand cuffed Kim after some mild resistance and her insisting that she was a Global Justice agent, "Call Dr. Director, she'll tell you!" Kim screamed as the police drug her off to a squad car.
The police then took statements from Monique, and Bobby Troupe, they found Kim's gear on the roof of the Mall. Things just didn't appear to be going Kim's way today.
Bobby Thorpe was in his glory, Middleton Mall security training had paid off as he spoke to the police, "You guys should have been here, I really kicked Kim Possible's ass." He bragged until everyone was tired of hearing the story over and over again.
Kim was taken downtown to Juvenile Hall and processed, finger printed, and photographed, the mug shot would look worse than any school picture she had ever had with her hair all messed up and her eyes swollen shut from the pepper mace.
Kim's father came to pick her up and after everything was over with they turned her over to her father's custody. Dr. James Timothy Possible drove Kim home in silence, then an idea for a lecture popped into his head.
He looked at his daughter sobbing quietly in the seat next to him, "I think this can really teach us an important lesson Kim…Sometimes when the stores say their closed, they really mean they're closed." He told her cocking his head to one side.
He patted his daughter on the shoulder, "When I was young the stores weren't open on Sunday's, it was called the blue law…Boy I remember many a Sunday wishing I could go to the store but couldn't because they were closed…Do you see where I'm going with this Kimmiecub?" he asked his daughter.
Kim looked at her father and bawled, "I WANT TO TALK TO MOM!"
Monique surveyed the damage to the store after everyone had left, the large vent cover, the debris, the tattered cloths strewn about; the crime scene tape and she nodded her head. She picked up the list of emergency phone numbers and told the manager and the district manager what had happened in the store and what the store looked like at present.
Monique was authorized to work what ever hours were necessary to ensure that the store would be presentable and open on time the following Monday. All hours would be paid double time. Monique pumped a fist into the air, "BOOYAH, I'm paying for Thursday night ritual." She screamed to herself in the empty store.
Wade Load had heard the call come in on the police scanner, he couldn't believe his ears. He hacked into the Middleton Police Department's central data base to see what Kim was going to be charged with; when he saw the list he swallowed hard.
Breaking and Entering, Middleton Mall/Club Banana
Assault and Battery, Monique K. Jones
Assault and Battery, Robert L. Troupe
Resisting Arrest
Impersonating a Global Justice agent
Property Destruction, Middleton Mall/Club Banana
Attempted Murder, Monique K. Jones
Attempted Murder, Robert L. Troupe
Wade shook his head; his friend was in big trouble. He pulled up the local television news and it wasn't any better.
"Self styled vigilante Kim Possible was arrested after a wild afternoon of destruction at the Middleton Mall today. Ms. Possible reportedly entered the Mall through an opening in the roof where she then worked her way down through the heating and air conditioning ducts to the Club Banana store where a fight broke out over some discounted clothing, we have with us a Mr. Troupe, Middleton Mall's head of security for further details."
"and then she rushed me and I had to subdue her with the pepper mace…I was afraid for my life…she was like an animal."
"That was Mr. Troupe head of security at Middleton Mall. This isn't Ms. Possible's first brush with the law, earlier this year controversy broke out after it was discovered that Ms. Possible had secretly micro-chipped her boyfriends in order to keep track of them, when they were not out on dates."
Wade couldn't stand to watch anymore of the coverage, he turned his attention to the internet and checked the Drudge Report; the big headline of the day was of course Kim's arrest.
"Club Banana to file for restraining order against Kim Possible, the restraining order would cover all of Club Banana's 385 stores nation wide…Of course she would still be permitted to shop at the online store."
Wade closed his eyes and did something that he very rarely if ever does, he left his room.
Ron Stoppable had watched the television coverage from inside the Smarty Mart break room, "Poor Kim…I hope Monique is ok…I figured Kim would do something but…damn." Ron thought to himself shaking his head.
Bonnie Rockwaller watched the TV coverage with a special kind of glee, "From Jail Bait to Jail Bird, where or where did you go wrong Kimmie?" Bonnie gloated to herself.
Tara Stephens watched the news coverage with special interest, "I wonder if I can talk to Ronnie now? More importantly I wonder if they'll be a sale tomorrow." She wondered as she went looking for her purse.