It was a bright saturday morning. The birds were chirping, the grass swaying lazily and the sun shining brightly upon the citizens of Tokyo. The people were greeting each other pleasantly, and you could almost hear what they said. On the outskirts of town, on a small uphill, the Professor's base was located. And inside, the famous Ape Catchers were hanging out, enjoying the nice day. Spike and his younger cousin Jimmy were playing their usual video games, Natalie was reading a book, Kei was giving his baseball bat a few practice swings, and Jake was sitting on the sofa next to Spike with a bored expression on his face. The Professor had locked himself into his computer room to do a quick research, and Casi (a computer program to help around in the professor's lab) was happily doing some computer business. In short, it was a very peaceful day.
"There's something wrong," Jimmy said as he hammered away on his playstation controller.
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"Huh?" Spike briefly looked at him, but made sure to keep his eyes glued to the TV screen. "What do you mean?"
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"I don't know. I just got this bad feeling," Jimmy grimaced. "You guys sure Specter's back at the Amusement Park? Is there a chance he could've escaped?"
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"Stop being such a worry-wart," Spike rolled his eyes and smirked. "There's no way he can escape. Unless some moron places a Peak Point Helmet in the monkey cage again. Seriously, who does that? It took me months to capture all those monkeys!"
".. Or if another kid 'accidentally' pushes a button and sends pants and helmets to all the monkeys," Natalie laughed from her spot by the large windows.
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"Hey! I already told you that it was all by an accident!" Jimmy blurted out, standing up and losing his grip on the controller. "And besides, I captured all the monkeys so there really shouldn't be a problem!"
KO! Player 1 wins!
Spike burst out laughing and punched Jimmy's arm. "Hahah, that's whatcha get when you get all worked up for nothing! Chill a little, Nat's only messing with you." He glanced at Natalie for confirmation, but she just smiled and shrugged, going back to read her book.
"I would love to see you catch the monkeys for a change instead of bossing us around," Jimmy mumbled under his breath, but unfortunately loud enough for Natalie to hear. "What was that?" She asked in an annoyed voice, looking up from her book and glaring at Jimmy.
"You heard me! I sa- Umpff!"
"Shut up, you moron!" Jake hissed, covering the younger red-head's mouth with his hand. "Nevermind him, he's just pissed cuz he ruined everyone's summer that time when he released those monkeys around the world." Jake smiled innocently at Natalie, but she just rolled her eyes and went back to read her book.
When she was no longer looking, Jake glared at Jimmy. "What's with you today? You know how Natalie gets when she's angry. We don't want the lab to- EEEEW WHAT THE HELL!"
Jimmy smirked victoriously as Jake was shaking his hand and looking at it in disgust. "You- you licked my hand!"
Jimmy shrugged. "Let's play another round, Spike" He told his cousin, completely ignoring Jake. "And no interferences this time!"
"What! I was saving your ass from Natalie's wrath!" Jake gaped. "And this is the thanks I get?"
"You were what?" Natalie asked confusedly from her usual spot, looking at everyone in the room.
"Gez can you guys please calm down!" Spike resisted the urge to capture all the those loudmouths in his get net. "I'm getting a headache. OWW HEY!"
"Oh shit, sorry Spike!" Kei rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "I was just practicing on my Super Special Kei Pitch!" He pumped his fist high up in the air, striking a pose. "Do you mind throwing my ball back? I'm sorry I hit your head."
"Well that's nice, but baseball practices is supposed to happen OUTSIDE!" Natalie yelled, pushing her green fleece blanket aside and getting up on her feet. "How can you be so careless!? What if you broke something? Do you ever think?"
"What is there to break?" Kei asked cluelessly, looking around the almost empty living room.
"This is a lab!"
"Yeah, so? It got pretty good space."
"Oi! We're trying to beat a game here!" Spike yelled over his shoulder.
"I'm going to wash my hands," Jake informed them, walking towards the bathroom.
"Shut it, Spike! My house, my rules!" Natalie glared at the red-head. "Who even invited you over?"
"The Professor did! Actually he invited us all," Jimmy said in his usual, cheerful voice. His uneasiness from before seemed to have disappeared. "Hey, where's Pipotchi?"
As everyone were busy yelling at each other, nobody noticed that the TV switched channel. The colorful gaming landscape was now replaced with a blank, black screen. Soon Specter's face appeared, an evil look on his face. "Well hello fellow Ape Catcher," he said with a smirk. "We meet again."
When nobody gave him the slightest of attention, he slammed his fist down at his desk, causing a loud bang to shakily echo through the lab. Suddenly everyone stopped arguing, fixing their glances on the TV screen. A gasp escaped Natalie's mouth, and she quickly covered it with her shaky hand. "Sp- Specter! What the hell are you doing on the screen?"
Specter's lips curled up in a smile once again. "Glad you asked. Obviously, those damn twins managed to spoil my previous plan about hosting my brilliant TV show worldwide. But when I think about it, I'll thank you for doing that. That was an idiotic plan, actually."
"You think so?" Kei asked in disbelief.
Specter laughed shortly. "Why of course. I've figured out that today's youth don't watch TV Shows anymore, so following my previous plan would be foolish. And I must say, I'm quite relieved there's only you useless humans in my way to get world domination."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Spike glared at the albino monkey. "We've captured you three times. It should be obvious that we can capture you again!"
"Do you realize how pathetic you're sounding?" Specter shook his head. "Of course you won't capture me, because I won't make the same mistakes I did before. I always release the monkeys at the local amusement parks around so they can help me get world domination, but I didn't realize that there was something I was doing wrong all the time."
"You mean you realized how unfair you were being?" Natalie raised an eyebrow at him.
"No. There's nothing unfair with what I'm doing," Specter said, folding his hands together in front of his mouth. "You egoistic humans all walk around thinking how superior you're being over all other living creatures. Locking animals inside cages for entrainment, tearing their fur off so you can use them for fashion purposes, going hunting just for fun - the list goes on. Do you think you're being fair? Do you realize how disgusting you humans are!? Humans are truly the world's worst disease!"
"I know a lot of humans are doing retarded stuff, but don't you dare compare all of us to them! Just like you monkeys we humans got different personalities," Spike glared at the screen, anger boiling inside him.
"Yeah, and with you taking over the world and making every human your slaves will improve the situation?" Natalie asked angrily.
"You dumb kids. I never said I was going to make you my slaves," the smile on the white monkey's face never disappeared.
"Then what do you want?" Jimmy asked innocently.
"I have already released all the monkeys at the local amusement parks..."
"What a shock," Natalie rolled her eyes.
"And I have build a brand new Ape Academy which every human will attend to become real pipo monkeys. That way, no human will EVER stand in my way to dominate this world! And as a bonus, everyone will become happy."
"That's the dumbest plan you've came up with so far," Kei pointed out. "And how will we become happy with this?"
"Laugh all you want while you can. All my fellow pipo monkeys are all happy with being commanded by me and eating bananas. Together, we can all live in this world happily. Think about it, no wars, no discrimination, no unhappiness... Just pipo monkeys playing around and obeying me."
"That sounds horrible," Kei said. "Can we play sports though? And do we have to attend school?"
"No school after the Ape Academy, and you can play sports freely in your free time."
"That doesn't seem too bad, does it?" Kei nodded at the others, only to get angry glares back.
"How are you going to stuff 7 billion people into an Academy?" Spike asked, clenching his fist.
"Excellent question. There is currently only one Ape Academy in Tokyo which 700 human students can attend. When you guys and all the other people graduate, I got 700 more pipo monkeys. You guys will travel around the world, building Ape Academies everywhere you go, and before we know it; Everyone has been turned into pipo monkeys!"
"So, how long will school last?" Jimmy asked a little bit uneasy.
"A month," Specter nodded. "Doesn't sound too bad, am I right?"
"Specter, this is ridiculous!" Natalie slammed her fist on the coffee table. "You can't do this! It's .. It's just wrong!"
"Oh yes I can! And I will! Just you wait and see!" Specter smirked. "I hope you'll get along with your new teachers. I will make sure they'll teach you everything you need to know. Pipo Monkeys! NOW!" Specter pointed at the Monkey catchers, and soon pipo monkeys burst through the door, windows, walls and the tak pipe. There wasn't a chance any of them could grab their get nets, the monkeys were everywhere! Before they know it, the monkeys pulled out ropes and tied them all up, carrying them on their shoulders and out of the door.
"Man, what were they yelling about?" Jake wondered aloud as he opened the bathroom door. His question was soon answered, as hundreds of pipo monkeys were running around his legs. "Oh great, what did I miss this time?" He didn't seem too surprised. After all he had missed the two last ape escapes, and also the first as he became brainwashed by Specter.
"Uki!" A monkey pointed at Jake, making more monkeys look at his direction.
"Uki ukiuk!" Six monkeys replied in unison, running towards Jake and tying him up before he could say anything.
And all this time, Specter was grinning victoriously, watching them being kidnapped by his pipo monkeys. "Yes, this is the day. The day this world will become mine. And this time, no humans will stand in my way."
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So, what do you guys think? I've had this idea stuck in my head for a while, but I wasn't sure if I should type it or not. And by the way, this happens after the events of AE3, obviously xD
The other characters will appear later
Until next time :3