AOE Saga
Black Planet, Black Planet
Chapter 1: Spaceflight 101
Author's note: This fanfiction is co-authored by Cydra and largefish8
Experiments are okay, Matt thought. Sure they have superpowers, but they were really good guys once they've been tamed. But there are three things never to do with experiments. One, never let them drink caffeine. Two, never get one mad at you. Three, never, ever let them drive a vehicle without proper training.
That's what Mat was doing right now. He was showing Lilo, Stitch, Angel, and Draco how to pilot the Ohana. He didn't have to train Chip because he was capable of drive any electronic vehicle. EnigMorph and TechnoMorph were capable, but the other Morphs were never allowed to drive. Of course, teaching someone how to pilot a spaceship requires a wide-open place where no one would go. Fortunately, Matt knew just the place.
The area around Nocturnus-13 was perfect. Of course, no one would want to be around Nocturnus-13 but that was the point. Everyone, including the Empire, avoided that planet. For no small reason, several people have journeyed to Nocturnus-13. The few that have returned have left their minds behind. They babbled of phantoms, haunted ruins, and beasts whose fangs cause madness, death, or worse. But as long as one didn't actually land on Nocturnus-13, one was safe. So that was where Matt was teaching Lilo, Stitch, Angel, and Draco how to pilot a spaceship.
Angel was taking her fourth cycle around Nocturnus-13. So far, she had shown all the safety procedures and now she was practicing the aerial moves. "Now we'll do a roll," said Matt; "you ready?" The experiments nodded. "Now when I say now, move the grip-control to the right until you've made a complete turn. Now!" Angel yanked the control to the right and the ship did a barrel roll. She righted the ship after she made a 360 turn. "Very good Angel," said Matt. He turned to the others and asked, "Are you okay?" Lilo and Stitch nodded but Draco had disappeared. Matt looked up at the ceiling to check and saw Draco hanging by his horns. "All right, all right," said Draco; "I'll trim my horns when we get back to the BiNebular."
Matt looked at his checklist to see all the moves Angel had accomplished so far. "Looks like it's the spiral next," said Matt. Stitch groaned and said, "Can we skip that? After Lilo and Draco's spirals, I don't know where either my lunch or my stomach is." "Come on Stitch," said Matt, "You have to do it too." "There's nothing wrong with my stunt flying," said Stitch. "I know but you still have to learn how to use the brakes." "Name one time I didn't use the brakes," said Stitch. "Well," said Draco counting off on his fingers. "There was the time with the billboard, the time with the donut shop, the time with the traffic light, the time with the stop sign, the time with that little old lady with the handbag…" "The little old lady I remember," said Lilo rubbing her head. "All right, all right," said Stitch, "I admit I could use the brakes a bit more. It's this button right?" Stitch pressed a purple button on the dashboard. Suddenly, all five of them floated upwards. "That's the artificial gravity, you idiot!" yelled Chris. "Whom are you calling an idiot?" asked Stitch as he swung a punch at Chris. Unfortunately, Stitch forgot that no gravity meant nothing would stop you when you bump against something. As a result, everyone was bouncing around the cockpit until Angel's antenna accidentally hit the gravity button again. Then everyone fell back onto the floor. Lilo groaned and said, "Stitch, when I figure which one of you is the real Stitch, I'm gonna slap you."
Just then the computer started beeping. Matt staggered over to the computer, made a few attempts, and then pushed the button. A picture of a biohazard sign appeared on the screen. "Hey!" said Matt. "The computer's detected a Viral Experiment!" "Which one?" asked Lilo. "Viral Clone-300," read Matt. "Oh, that's Spooky!" said Angel. "Spooky?" asked Matt. "He's designed to turn into your worst fear," explained Stitch. Matt shivered and looked at where Viral Spooky's located. "Uh-oh," said Matt. "What's the matter?" asked Draco. "It says that Viral Spooky is on the surface of Nocturnus-13," said Matt. Everyone looked out the window at the dark, forbidding planet with its orbiting red moon. "I vote we forget about Viral Spooky," said Draco. "Ditto," said Stitch. "Oh no you don't," said Matt, "We need to capture all the viral clones before the Empire does." "Yeah," said Lilo, "What are you? A bunch of chickens?" Stitch and Draco thought for a moment and then started clucking and pecking at the ground. "What do you say Angel?" asked Lilo. Angel thought long and hard but then finally said, "Let's go get him!" "Traitor," grumbled Draco. Matt ignored the remark and headed towards the surface of Nocturnus-13.
Commander Dante stood with his men looking at the old ruin he'd decided to use for his plan. It could have been a research complex when it was new but now it was a crumbling shadow of the building it once was. Speaking of shadows, the darkness seemed to know of their presence here and intensified. Dante refused to believe the superstitious tales of this place. But that did not stop him from building a fire. Then one of his men reported, "Sir, the Ohana's been detected en route. They took the bait." Dante smiled. The fake beacon was the easiest part of the plan. Just to make sure, Dante pulled out his communicator and spoke into it, "They're arriving. You remember the plan right?" "Yeah, yeah," said a hissing voice on the other end, "You've told me a thousand times already. But I still don't see why I have to do this part." "Because you're the only who can," said Dante. "All right, all right, you don't have to get all testy about it." Dante shut off his communicator and looked at the sky. Matt would be in for a big surprise upon landing. And if he had any experiments with him, his new Experiment buster rounds would make sure they have their hands full; even the ones with several arms. The only thing that bothered Dante was that his recon teams he sent into the main building weren't reporting for some reason.
Just as the Ohana entered Nocturnus-13's atmosphere, Matt felt a shiver go up his spine. He peered out the window and asked, "Does anyone else get the feeling that this is way too easy?"
There's the first chapter. The next chapter will be even scarier. Stay in tuned for it. Please review.
