AN: This is the end of "Monkey Games." At some point it will get a direct sequel titled "Monkey Business," but the sequel doesn't have a plot yet… The next story coming out is titled "Purity and Corruption" and will focus on Viperion and Ryoku. In case you missed it, I published a one-shot, "First Impressions and Second Chances," a couple weeks ago with their first mission.
To Speckleflower: Well, basing the Pig Miraculous on Sun Wukong's pig-buddy did seem to make sense… The nice thing about incorporating "historical miraculous users" is that it makes the universe feel "bigger" and gives a bit more depth. Plus there's already something to work with in creating the character/miraculous.
King Monkey collected the robbers' guns and piled them up by the curb, setting the energy gun to the side, before dragging the unconscious robbers themselves out, two at a time, to wait for the police. While he took care of the criminals, Alix used the two halves of her field hockey stick to prod the bear out of the bank lobby. Once outside, however, the bear plopped down on the sidewalk next to the entrance, right behind the pile of gunmen, curled up on its side, and began licking its paws. Once he was satisfied, King Monkey sat down between Alix and the bear and leaned back against the bank. Alix offered him a water bottle, which he killed in a single long gulp.
"So… does that mean it's a tie?" Alix asked. She chuckled. "Too bad; I wanted to see you wear a dress on Tuesday!"
"Well," he began slowly, stroking his chin, his eyes lighting up in amusement, "if we both took out two of them, and the bear took out one, that means the bear lost!" King Monkey wagged his eyebrows at Alix. "You know what that means?"
"You're going to come to school on Tuesday with scratches covering every millimeter of your body after failing to put a dress on a bear?" Alix asked sardonically. "Because if that's what you're thinking, I really want to watch you try to put a dress on a bear!"
"I can totally put a dress on a bear!" King Monkey declared. "In fact, maybe I should ask Ladybug to design a dress in the bear's size. What size would you call it? 22D? 24?"
"Okay, first, why are you asking me?" Alix retorted, stifling a laugh. "And second, even I know that women's dress sizes don't work like that. Like… at all. But why ask Ladybug? Why not ask Marinette?"
Crap. "Yeah…" King Monkey replied, running a hand through his hair anxiously. "She probably would be the better person to ask…" He glanced over at Alix to find her eyeing him suspiciously. He gave her his best innocent smile, and she burst out laughing.
"You know, you did really well today," King Monkey told her, "or at least, you did well for someone without a miraculous!"
Alix snorted. "You really think I need a miraculous?" she asked, twirling the two halves of her field hockey stick like batons. "I completely schooled you in basketball last week – and you're a head taller than me. I saved you today, didn't I? I don't need superpowers to be super-awesome! Why don't you let me know next time you're out 'on patrol.' Maybe I'll tag along. Especially if it's during break. After all, someone's got to keep an eye on you and make sure you don't get squashed by a bear!"
"You really aren't going to let that one go, are you?" King Monkey asked, shaking his head ruefully. He thought for a minute before hitting a button on his Ruyi Jingu Bang to pull up his phone interface. Finding the message app he texted Ladybug: "Alix really helped me out today with a thing. Any chance we can bring her in?"
Less than a second later he had a response. "What kind of thing?"
He blanched. "Crap. I completely forgot to tell Ladybug what was going on at the zoo," he groaned. "After all of this, she's going to skin me and hang me from the top of the Eiffel Tower!"
"Why would she do that?" Alix wondered, while King Monkey quickly summarized the afternoon for Ladybug.
The response was instantaneous: "Do you have the necklace?"
King Monkey was confused for a minute. "Necklace"? Suddenly he slapped himself in the forehead. "Of course," he groaned. Seeing the confused look on Alix's face, he told her, "Take the necklace off that guy… the 'Animal Man.'" She found the necklace and held it up to him. "Great, now put it on and see if you can talk to this bear."
"Okay…" she said slowly, giving him a dubious look and putting on the necklace. "But do we really want to do that? I mean, isn't this thing what made all the animals at the zoo lose their freaking minds?"
"Just do it," King Monkey groaned impatiently. "We need to make sure it's the real deal." Alix furrowed her brow in concentration for a minute and let out an unnatural, guttural sound. In response the bear gave a high-pitched grunt and shook its head.
"What d'ya know," Alix said after a minute, eyes bugging out in surprise. She reached into her backpack and pulled out a bag of blueberries. "She's hungry."
"Huh." King Monkey shook his head and typed his answer to Ladybug: "We got it. So… Alix?"
The response came back quickly.
"Good news," King Monkey announced. "Ladybug says you're in. Only she doesn't want to hand out another miraculous just yet since we only just recruited three more heroes – you met Geber didn't you? Is that okay with you?"
"As if I need a miraculous," Alix scoffed. "Though it would be awesome…" She gave his headband a wistful glance.
"No kidding," King Monkey agreed with a nod before hitting the button to call Pegasus. "Hey, Pegasus?" he asked when the other had answered. "Are you at Headquarters?"
"I just arrived," he replied. "Rena Rouge and I have some data to process following the press conference. Why?"
"Oh, you are? Can you open a portal? I have something you need to see – an energy weapon, but not one like those things you've been playing with the last few months. Also, I've got a couple new heroes to bring in."
"A 'couple'?" Alix mouthed, arching an eyebrow at him in confusion before glancing up at the bear. Her jaw dropped open and her eyes went wide. "You have got to be kidding me…"
"Did Ladybug approve this?" Pegasus asked, doubt in his voice.
"Absolutely." He nodded. "I asked her before I called you."
"Okay…"
"Oh, and Ladybug says that Alix isn't getting a miraculous just now; you got anything to hook her up with?" King Monkey asked.
"Oh, Alix is joining us now?" Pegasus told him excitedly. "I most certainly have something for her. There are a few pieces of equipment I have been tinkering with recently. Perhaps she can find a use for some of them."
At that moment a glowing circle of light appeared right in front of King Monkey and grew to three meters in diameter. King Monkey hopped to his feet and waved for Alix to follow him through, with the bear bringing up the rear. King Monkey smirked as Pegasus' eyes drifted from him to Alix and then to–
"Oh, no! There is no way Ladybug approved of you bringing a bear into our Headquarters!"
AN: Bunnyx is eventually going to make an appearance in this series, but that's not going to happen for a while (Remember, the Rabbit Miraculous in this universe works differently, so it won't be exactly the same Bunnyx anyways). For at least her next few appearances, Alix is just a non-powered hero with a few pieces of tech supplied by Max/Pegasus.