It was a beautiful day on the island of Kauai. The sun shone brightly in the sky and cast its glow over the blue ocean, making it shimmer like a diamond. Surfers rode the giant waves at the beach, and tourists sunbathed and took pictures. The streets were busy as well, with the island's inhabitants going about their daily affairs. Everything seemed peaceful. Unfortunately, this was not the case at the Pelekai residence. Things were not so cheery, and for two of its residents, it was certainly not stress-free.
"Stitch! Get back here!"
"Naga!"
Lilo was chasing Stitch around the house in an effort to get her hula skirt which the blue experiment had stolen. She chased him through the hallway and into the kitchen. Stitch jumped onto the kitchen sink then jumped off to land behind Lilo, shattering numerous dishes in the process. Lilo scrambled to turn around and ran off after Stitch again. She saw his back legs disappear into the laundry room, and ran towards it. When she got there, there was no Stitch in sight. She heard a scraping noise in the washer, and knew where the alien was. Using the trick her sister often used on her, Lilo took a blanket out of the laundry hamper and set it on the floor in front of the washer. She quietly climbed on top of the washer, then slowly opened the door leading outside and shut it with her foot. She waited, and after a few moments, Stitch opened the washer and stepped out with her hula skirt. Lilo stepped quietly behind him and pulled up the blanket, trapping him. Stitch began struggling immediately. Lilo tried to keep him still, but it was no use; Stitch ripped a hole in the blanket with his claws, crawled out and scampered out of the laundry room. Sighing in frustration, Lilo went after him.
She saw him crawl up the elevator shaft to their room, and took the elevator up herself. When she got up there, she found the alien desperately trying to open the bedroom window and escape. Thankfully the hinge had broken a week ago and it wouldn't budge. With Stitch now cornered, Lilo grabbed his back legs and pulled him onto the floor. The two wrestled with each other, with Lilo trying to get her hula skirt back. The wrestling match turned into a tug of war as Stitch got out of Lilo's grasp and attempted to pull the pilfered skirt away from her.
"Give me my skirt Stitch!" Lilo shouted.
"Naga!" Stitch shouted back.
"I want it now!"
"Meega nala qweesta!"
The pair pulled in opposite directions, stretching the skirt farther and farther. They continued to shout at each other, until a loud ripping noise drowned them both out. They looked at the skirt, and saw that it had been ripped in half. Lilo glared at Stitch.
"Now look at what you've done! This was my good skirt Stitch!"
Stitch simply stuck his tongue out at her.
"I don't get it! Why are you being so mean lately?"
Stitch turned away from her and crossed his four arms.
"You shouldn't be doing this! Is something wrong?"
Without a word, Stitch went to the room's elevator and took it down. Lilo sat on her bed and looked at her tattered hula skirt, frustrated. For three weeks now, Stitch had been acting strange. He was becoming increasingly angry, and would suddenly burst into rage. He would break anything nearby and shout when anyone tried to stop him. Whenever Lilo asked him what was wrong, he wouldn't answer. When she persisted, he would leave the house. She was getting worried. Her friend had never been this destructive, not even before she had made him good. With a sigh, Lilo began repairing her hula skirt for the seventh time in three weeks.
After an agonizing 30 minutes, Lilo finally had her hula skirt looking normal again. With a smile, she set in on her dresser and yawned. Chasing Stitch around the house had tired her out, and she decided to take a nap. She lay on her bed and closed her eyes, letting herself relax. She heard the front door open downstairs; her sister had returned from work. Lilo decided to greet her after her nap, and waited for sleep to come.
Unfortunately, sleep wouldn't come. A loud shouting came from downstairs.
"Lilo! Get down here! Now!" Nani shouted.
Bolting out of bed, Lilo took the elevator downstairs and ran into the kitchen. Nani was standing amidst the mess on the floor with her hands on her hips. Among with the dishes that had been broken earlier, there was numerous packages of food that had been torn open, and their contents were strewn everywhere. Stitch must have made more of a mess on his way out. Nani turned to her sister and glared at her.
"What happened here?" she asked angrily.
"It was Stitch! He stole my hula skirt and I had to chase him to get it!"
"You're always chasing Stitch for something! Can't you do it without making a mess?"
"That's all Stitch does now!"
"I know." Nani sighed and looked around the kitchen. "Stitch has been acting lolo lately..."
Jumba and Pleakley entered the kitchen. "Why is there being so much shouting?" Jumba asked.
"Stitch stole Lilo's hula skirt again and made a mess here," Nani replied.
"And he was tampering with my lab equipment," Jumba added.
"And he destroyed my two best wigs!" Pleakley added.
"Where is Stitch anyways? I want to talk to him." Nani asked.
"He left after he tore my hula skirt," Lilo answered.
"Great." Nani sighed again. "Ugh, I'm not in the mood to cook. We'll order pizza later, but first we have to clean this up. Who's going to help me?"
Jumba and Pleakley instantly disappeared from the room.
"You were a part of this Lilo, so you can help clean up."
"But Nani-!"
"No buts, Lilo! Stitch isn't around, and this has to get done. You start picking up the food packages, I'll get the broom and dust pan."
Grumbling, Lilo did what she was told, wishing that her friend would act more friendly. Cleaning up after him wasn't her idea of fun.
Once the kitchen was clean, Nani ordered pizza and everyone came to the kitchen to eat. Stitch hadn't returned from his outing yet, and his ohana was enjoying a peaceful dinner without him. They were discussing the topic on all of their minds, which was, of course, the little monster.
"Something has to be done about him," Nani said as she finished her slice of pizza. "I can't afford to buy any more dishes."
"It's like he turned into an evil space mummy or something!" Lilo exclaimed. "He's always cranky; he's no fun anymore. I can't even take him to the beach without him bullying somebody."
"And he told me that I looked ugly yesterday! Can you believe that? And I had my best disguise on!" Pleakley pouted.
Jumba hadn't said anything throughout the entire conversation, and appeared to be in deep thought.
"Care to add anything, Mr. Evil-Genius-Creator?" Pleakley asked him.
"I believe I am knowing what is wrong," said Jumba.
Everyone looked at Jumba.
"You do? Tell us!" demanded Lilo.
"I feared that this would be happening. 626 is programmed to be a tool of destruction. He may have been turned to good now, but his programming is still being inside him. It is probably interfering with his acquired good nature, and he is wishing to destroy."
"So you're saying that Stitch wants to be mean, but he knows that he can't?" Lilo asked.
"In a matter of speaking, yes. This is probably causing him much stress. It is seeming that he is losing control of himself. If we let this go on for much longer, he could become much worse."
"So how do we fix him?" asked Nani.
Jumba started to speak, but when stopped when the front door opened and everyone turned to look. Stitch had entered the house. He glared at his ohana before stomping towards his bedroom and going up the elevator. Everyone turned back to Jumba.
"He will not let me reprogram him, and that is the easiest way..." Jumba went into deep thought again, and it was for about a minute before his eyes went wide with excitement. "I am having idea. I may be knowing of way to override 626's programming remotely. If I am being correct, 626 will become happy again." A strange smile came onto Jumba face, the smile that always came whenever he had an excellent idea for a project. "I will be getting started right now." With that, Jumba left the kitchen table and headed to the basement, where he kept many of his "supplies."
"Do you think Jumba's idea will work, Nani?" Lilo asked her sister.
"I hope so, kiddo. Stitch needs an attitude adjustment, and fast."
After a few hours of uneventful TV watching, Nani told Lilo that it was time to go to bed. After much whining, Lilo complied. She brushed her teeth, put on her pyjamas, then headed up to her bedroom. She found Stitch hadn't left the bedroom since he arrived home, and was laying on his bed, staring at the ceiling. When he noticed Lilo, he turned away to face the wall. Lilo sighed and crawled into her bed. She longed to talk to Stitch like they used to at bedtime. They would talk about their day or simply anything that popped into their heads. Usually they would talk until one of them fell asleep. Now Lilo was lucky to get one word out of her friend.
"Goodnight Stitch," Lilo said, hoping he would say something.
Stitch, of course, didn't answer. Lilo shook her head and turned off the lamp at her bedside. The room was enveloped in darkness, the only faint light being that of the moon shining through the bedroom window. Lilo tried to get comfortable and fall asleep, but sleep didn't come easily as of late. Her mind was filled with worry for her friend and of Jumba's plan to help him. She hoped that it would work. For their friendship's sake.
"Stitch! Get back here!"
"Naga!"
Lilo was chasing Stitch around the house in an effort to get her hula skirt which the blue experiment had stolen. She chased him through the hallway and into the kitchen. Stitch jumped onto the kitchen sink then jumped off to land behind Lilo, shattering numerous dishes in the process. Lilo scrambled to turn around and ran off after Stitch again. She saw his back legs disappear into the laundry room, and ran towards it. When she got there, there was no Stitch in sight. She heard a scraping noise in the washer, and knew where the alien was. Using the trick her sister often used on her, Lilo took a blanket out of the laundry hamper and set it on the floor in front of the washer. She quietly climbed on top of the washer, then slowly opened the door leading outside and shut it with her foot. She waited, and after a few moments, Stitch opened the washer and stepped out with her hula skirt. Lilo stepped quietly behind him and pulled up the blanket, trapping him. Stitch began struggling immediately. Lilo tried to keep him still, but it was no use; Stitch ripped a hole in the blanket with his claws, crawled out and scampered out of the laundry room. Sighing in frustration, Lilo went after him.
She saw him crawl up the elevator shaft to their room, and took the elevator up herself. When she got up there, she found the alien desperately trying to open the bedroom window and escape. Thankfully the hinge had broken a week ago and it wouldn't budge. With Stitch now cornered, Lilo grabbed his back legs and pulled him onto the floor. The two wrestled with each other, with Lilo trying to get her hula skirt back. The wrestling match turned into a tug of war as Stitch got out of Lilo's grasp and attempted to pull the pilfered skirt away from her.
"Give me my skirt Stitch!" Lilo shouted.
"Naga!" Stitch shouted back.
"I want it now!"
"Meega nala qweesta!"
The pair pulled in opposite directions, stretching the skirt farther and farther. They continued to shout at each other, until a loud ripping noise drowned them both out. They looked at the skirt, and saw that it had been ripped in half. Lilo glared at Stitch.
"Now look at what you've done! This was my good skirt Stitch!"
Stitch simply stuck his tongue out at her.
"I don't get it! Why are you being so mean lately?"
Stitch turned away from her and crossed his four arms.
"You shouldn't be doing this! Is something wrong?"
Without a word, Stitch went to the room's elevator and took it down. Lilo sat on her bed and looked at her tattered hula skirt, frustrated. For three weeks now, Stitch had been acting strange. He was becoming increasingly angry, and would suddenly burst into rage. He would break anything nearby and shout when anyone tried to stop him. Whenever Lilo asked him what was wrong, he wouldn't answer. When she persisted, he would leave the house. She was getting worried. Her friend had never been this destructive, not even before she had made him good. With a sigh, Lilo began repairing her hula skirt for the seventh time in three weeks.
After an agonizing 30 minutes, Lilo finally had her hula skirt looking normal again. With a smile, she set in on her dresser and yawned. Chasing Stitch around the house had tired her out, and she decided to take a nap. She lay on her bed and closed her eyes, letting herself relax. She heard the front door open downstairs; her sister had returned from work. Lilo decided to greet her after her nap, and waited for sleep to come.
Unfortunately, sleep wouldn't come. A loud shouting came from downstairs.
"Lilo! Get down here! Now!" Nani shouted.
Bolting out of bed, Lilo took the elevator downstairs and ran into the kitchen. Nani was standing amidst the mess on the floor with her hands on her hips. Among with the dishes that had been broken earlier, there was numerous packages of food that had been torn open, and their contents were strewn everywhere. Stitch must have made more of a mess on his way out. Nani turned to her sister and glared at her.
"What happened here?" she asked angrily.
"It was Stitch! He stole my hula skirt and I had to chase him to get it!"
"You're always chasing Stitch for something! Can't you do it without making a mess?"
"That's all Stitch does now!"
"I know." Nani sighed and looked around the kitchen. "Stitch has been acting lolo lately..."
Jumba and Pleakley entered the kitchen. "Why is there being so much shouting?" Jumba asked.
"Stitch stole Lilo's hula skirt again and made a mess here," Nani replied.
"And he was tampering with my lab equipment," Jumba added.
"And he destroyed my two best wigs!" Pleakley added.
"Where is Stitch anyways? I want to talk to him." Nani asked.
"He left after he tore my hula skirt," Lilo answered.
"Great." Nani sighed again. "Ugh, I'm not in the mood to cook. We'll order pizza later, but first we have to clean this up. Who's going to help me?"
Jumba and Pleakley instantly disappeared from the room.
"You were a part of this Lilo, so you can help clean up."
"But Nani-!"
"No buts, Lilo! Stitch isn't around, and this has to get done. You start picking up the food packages, I'll get the broom and dust pan."
Grumbling, Lilo did what she was told, wishing that her friend would act more friendly. Cleaning up after him wasn't her idea of fun.
Once the kitchen was clean, Nani ordered pizza and everyone came to the kitchen to eat. Stitch hadn't returned from his outing yet, and his ohana was enjoying a peaceful dinner without him. They were discussing the topic on all of their minds, which was, of course, the little monster.
"Something has to be done about him," Nani said as she finished her slice of pizza. "I can't afford to buy any more dishes."
"It's like he turned into an evil space mummy or something!" Lilo exclaimed. "He's always cranky; he's no fun anymore. I can't even take him to the beach without him bullying somebody."
"And he told me that I looked ugly yesterday! Can you believe that? And I had my best disguise on!" Pleakley pouted.
Jumba hadn't said anything throughout the entire conversation, and appeared to be in deep thought.
"Care to add anything, Mr. Evil-Genius-Creator?" Pleakley asked him.
"I believe I am knowing what is wrong," said Jumba.
Everyone looked at Jumba.
"You do? Tell us!" demanded Lilo.
"I feared that this would be happening. 626 is programmed to be a tool of destruction. He may have been turned to good now, but his programming is still being inside him. It is probably interfering with his acquired good nature, and he is wishing to destroy."
"So you're saying that Stitch wants to be mean, but he knows that he can't?" Lilo asked.
"In a matter of speaking, yes. This is probably causing him much stress. It is seeming that he is losing control of himself. If we let this go on for much longer, he could become much worse."
"So how do we fix him?" asked Nani.
Jumba started to speak, but when stopped when the front door opened and everyone turned to look. Stitch had entered the house. He glared at his ohana before stomping towards his bedroom and going up the elevator. Everyone turned back to Jumba.
"He will not let me reprogram him, and that is the easiest way..." Jumba went into deep thought again, and it was for about a minute before his eyes went wide with excitement. "I am having idea. I may be knowing of way to override 626's programming remotely. If I am being correct, 626 will become happy again." A strange smile came onto Jumba face, the smile that always came whenever he had an excellent idea for a project. "I will be getting started right now." With that, Jumba left the kitchen table and headed to the basement, where he kept many of his "supplies."
"Do you think Jumba's idea will work, Nani?" Lilo asked her sister.
"I hope so, kiddo. Stitch needs an attitude adjustment, and fast."
After a few hours of uneventful TV watching, Nani told Lilo that it was time to go to bed. After much whining, Lilo complied. She brushed her teeth, put on her pyjamas, then headed up to her bedroom. She found Stitch hadn't left the bedroom since he arrived home, and was laying on his bed, staring at the ceiling. When he noticed Lilo, he turned away to face the wall. Lilo sighed and crawled into her bed. She longed to talk to Stitch like they used to at bedtime. They would talk about their day or simply anything that popped into their heads. Usually they would talk until one of them fell asleep. Now Lilo was lucky to get one word out of her friend.
"Goodnight Stitch," Lilo said, hoping he would say something.
Stitch, of course, didn't answer. Lilo shook her head and turned off the lamp at her bedside. The room was enveloped in darkness, the only faint light being that of the moon shining through the bedroom window. Lilo tried to get comfortable and fall asleep, but sleep didn't come easily as of late. Her mind was filled with worry for her friend and of Jumba's plan to help him. She hoped that it would work. For their friendship's sake.