Jumba sighed, slinking down onto his table. His 452nd experiment had been a complete failure…he seemed unable to break this string. The past 52 or so experiments, the 400 series, were mostly failures. Every time he tried creating, say, a recon experiment, it would be unable to carry out its job. He mused over this, rubbing his head.

"I need to be slowing down…these failures are getting the better of me." He sighed again, staring at blueprints for a prototype he'd built once…she was a complete failure as well, but the body plan, a break from the typical stocky large model he'd been using, was a success…a sleek, light-weight model similar to what he was assured was a cat. It'd been one of his rare good accidents, discovering this model to work as well as it does. "I need to know…what those fools at that lab have discovered." He picked up a leaflet from Galactic Research, a biochemical research company. They had been saying they made a large discovery related to a dense, but small organic chemical…one that was mucus based, and could support strength levels the likes of which Jumba hadn't been able to recreate. He looked back over the body plan again, musing…"I wonder…"

A disconcerted gray experiment opened his eyes for the first time, taking in a monstrous purple being with four eyes, eagerly eyeing this new life-form. 453 jumped back into a pouncing pose, his chest pressing against the bottom of the chamber he was in, his tail low to the ground and his ears folded to the sides out of fear. The strange creature in front of him started laughing, and strangely 453 relaxed, curiosity quickly dominating his other instincts.

"Experiment 453…glad to see you're aware," Jumba laughed, releasing the pressure of the chamber. He had thought ahead, since this would be the last time that he would use this specific creation chamber, so that 453 wouldn't need to be charged, as the charging mechanism didn't work anymore. 453 wasn't particularly interested in whether or not it worked, he was simply curious.

"Era metina gi?" the experiment asked, using the first language that he could think of. Jumba blinked, and then grinned. Finally, signs of success for this experiment.

"This is a charging chamber…and you are experiment 453, and I am being your creator. This is my lab." Jumba gestured with his arms, introducing the objects and persons as he named them. 453 nodded, looking around.

"Oh era tah?" 453 stood on his hind legs, staring at Jumba intently. His tail twitched behind him as he anticipated an answer, but Jumba sighed. Usually, his creations knew what they were for…or at least were evil. This one, however, displayed neither…he had removed the evil gene on purpose, but had seemed to taken 453's self-identification in the process.

"You are to be my recon creation…I need you to gather information for me," Jumba explained, hoping it was a sufficient answer. 453 nodded, accepting it. Jumba opened the chamber, ready to start the tests he'd so long wished he had a reason to give on a new experiment, but 453 seemed to have a different idea. He hopped onto Jumba' head and looked around intently, scanning for anything of interest…

453 glanced around where he was supposed to be. Jumba was supposed to give him his first mission instructions here, but his only company was another experiment he'd made friends with. 414 twitched her tail as she watched him, interested in what he was doing. She'd only met him the day before, but he'd turned out to be a nice experiment.

"Come on Jumba…" 453 mumbled to himself, using the language of a backwater planet that he'd settled into. For some reason, everyone understood it as well as Galactic Standard, his original language…even if he was the only experiment to speak Galactic Standard. He looked around, his dark red eyes taking in every detail they could, as they always seemed to do.

"Gaba, 453?" 414 hopped down from the chair she was sitting on, curious. "Ita Jumba," she asked, wondering why he was late. 453 nodded, equally confused. Jumba walked into the room then, almost on cue.

"Ahha, 453. Am glad you came….and 414, is there any reason you are here?" He looked at 414 in surprise, but 453 interrupted him.

"She's making sure I'm not lonely." 453 stood on his hind legs again, getting a better position to converse with Jumba from. "So what's the thing I'm supposed to do?"

"453, I need you to find out what this lab's discovery is." He said briefly, handing the gray experiment his papers and knapsack. "I have prepared a bag for you to keep anything you need to take with you in." He gestured to the bag. "I expect you to be back within a week."

453 turned to 414, excitement in his eyes. "Well, let's get going." He grinned, and she giggled a bit, following him as he walked out to get what he would need.

Ok, sorry it's short, but it's only chapter one. D chapter two will be three times this long, I promise. Or at least twice as long. XD; Anyways, next chapter goes up in three days. I am back! Also, 414 is copyrighted to a friend of mine.