Prologue

12:00, Midnight. The communicator bleeped angrily in Gantu's ship. Only experiment 625, or Reuben, heard it. He turned over sleepily and clambering out of his bunk. He flipped it open and answered grumpily.

"Yeah, what'dya want?"

"Do not talk to me like that, experiment, or I will have to obliterate you!" The squeaky, annoying voice of Dr. Jaques von Hämsterviel blared down the speakers. Reuben groaned.

"Hämsterviel? C'mon, it's midnight! Gantu's not gonna be awake, and he's not gonna work for you any more. He's been in prison too many times."

Reuben didn't actually know if Gantu would reject Hämsterviel's offer, but he had come too close to losing his best friend before to do it again. Hämsterviel didn't show any signs of relenting though.

"Gantu would be interested in my generous offer... A new experiment is on the loose." Reuben laughed.

"Who do you think you're kidding, gerbil? Jumba isn't making experiments any more. He has a family now. There won't be any more. So why don't you just go run in your wheel and leave me alone?"

"One, it is not Jookiba's experiment. Two, I'll run in my wheel when I'm damn well ready, and three, I'm not gerbil-like, I'm..."

Reuben flicked off the communicator and went back to bed.

The next day, when Gantu was out the communicator beeped. Reuben opened it and glared at the image of Hämsterviel on the screen. He was about to close it again when Hämsterviel started to talk so urgently that he listened curiously.

"I don't need Gantu to ruin this mission for me, experiment. You could do it for me."

"And exactly why would I want to do that?"

"I'd make it worth your while."

Reuben blinked. He'd never been on the recieving end of a bribe before. Hämsterviel saw the hesitant look in his eyes and grinned. He continued.

"Experiment A1 is the ultimate fighting machine. She has just been tested out in the labs, and she did a little too well."

"What do you mean?"
"She blasted a hole through the blast-proof walls and escaped. By some freakish co-incidence she turned up on the same island that all of her creator's rival's experiments turned up on."

"So she's here? And she could wreak havoc on anyone's homes?"

"Not just anyone's. A1 was programmed to kill anything that tried to obstruct her, but it seems that her creator wanted to get his revenge on his rivals to stop all competition. She is programmed to destroy all of his rivals should she come across them."

"So this experiment could be headed to Jumba Jookiba's house right now?"

"Yes. I can hardly wait..."

"Send me the details. Now".

Reuben closed the communicator violently, shaking at the thought of what could happen. Jumba, Jeeba, Ruby and Keltzam were in very real danger. If he didn't do something, his creator, and the only person he had ever loved could die.

The information scrolled down the screen and distracted Reuben from his meditative state. It included A1's creator, her powers and a photo of her. She was a beautiful creature, but in a deadly way. She looked like a panther, but she was about the size of a pit bull terrier. She had black fur, red eyes and a red stripe down her back. She was baring pointed teeth at the camera in a smirk. The last recorded location of her was close to the spaceship. Gantu walked in, and Reuben crumpled up the paper, stuffing it into his mouth to hide it.

"Hi, 625. Do you wanna watch a film? I just got it from the store."

"Erm... sorry, Gantu, I gotta go." Reuben said, uncomfortably.

"Where?"

"Oh, nowhere in particular. Just out." He muttered, slipping out of the door and dissapearing into the distance.

Please can you review this story for each chapter that you read, because I want to see what people think as the story progresses rather than just at the end.