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At the bridge of his ship, Gantu growled in frustration once he heard the sirens. He picked up the microphone and brought it closer to his face.

"Search the ship," he commanded, "there could be another intruder on board."

While the UGF troopers scoured the corridors, 626 surveyed the room, keeping his ears open for any sudden sounds. Moments later, he heard movement in the ventilation shaft and it wasn't long before a nearby vent burst open and 621 emerged from it.

"There you are, 626," he said.

"Meega-o-itume!" growled 626.

"Meega take you back where you belong!" declared 621.

Not wanting to return to Jumba, 626 glanced at the turret guns aiming at him. Thinking fast, he spat at 621, the saliva hitting him in the face. Seconds later, the turret guns fired at 621, sending him crashing into the wall.

"You little bastard!" shouted 621.

626 growled in disappointment, so he figured that he would have to escape before 621 captured him. He spat at the floor, causing the guns to fire at the floor. He then broke free of the containment disk and dropped to the floor.

"Aka-choota!" chirped 626.

626 scurried towards the vent while dodging fire from the turret guns and he pushed aside 621 before climbing into the ventilation system. However, it was only moments later before 621 began to pursue him.

Meanwhile, one of the technicians noticed the escape through the security monitor.

"He's loose!" she reported, "he's in the ventilation shaft!"

"That little trog," Gantu growled.

Gantu left the bridge and began patrolling the corridors, keeping his hearing open for any sudden noises. It wasn't long before 626 and 621 burst out of a nearby vent. 626 ripped out a piece of metal and swung it at 621.

"Meega get out of here like it or not!" warned 626.

626 scurried down the corridor in search of a hangar.

"This is getting ridiculous," Gantu said to himself.

Meanwhile, 626 heard Gantu's voice, so he quietly climbed to the ceiling. He glanced at 621 and stuck his tongue out at him. 621 growled at this gesture but then noticed a power generator at the far end of the hall.

"Meega nala kweesta," 621 chuckled, giving a devilish grin.

621 approached the power generator with determination. Suddenly, he heard a gunshot and he had to dodge the plasma bullet. While 626 entered the hangar in search of a vehicle, 621 growled at Gantu who had his gun aimed at the experiment.

"This has gone too far, abomination!" thundered Gantu.

"Emba-chua!" taunted 621.

"Why you-," growled Gantu.

Gantu stomped up towards 621 when he suddenly noticed a red police cruiser taking off into space.

"Oh, blitznak," grumbled 621, "he got away, thanks to you!"

621 started to rip open the power generator, but Gantu quickly raced towards it and yanked the experiment away from the generator, who folded his arms in disappointment.

"Perhaps you can tell me where Jumba's lab is," suggested Gantu.

"Meega say nothing," disagreed 621.

Now that Experiment 626 activated the hyperdrive and disappeared, Gantu cuffed 621 and trudged through the corridor before entering the bridge.

"Are you tracking Experiment 626?" asked Gantu.

"I never thought he would escape," grumbled the Grand Councilwoman.

"He wouldn't have if it weren't for this little trog," replied Gantu, presenting Experiment 621.

"Nice place you got here," commented 621, "meega wreck later."

"This one will have to be destroyed," replied the Grand Councilwoman, "any progress on 626?"

"He's still in hyperspace," answered one of the technicians.

"Oh, it's a shame," taunted 621, "I have a GPS that you don't have that leads to 626 and meega can't give it to you!"

"You forget that we can track down 626 without your technology," reminded Gantu.

"We have confirmed 626's destination," called one of the technicians, "quadrant 17, section 0-0-5, area 51. He's headed for a planet called Ee-arth."

"I want an expert on this planet in here now!" instructed the Grand Councilwoman.

"Ooh!" chirped 621, smiling devilishly, "Jumba told me about Earth! I could bring back 626 for you."

"Absolutely not!" thundered Gantu, "you say you'd bring 626 back to us, but I'm certain you would just hand him over to Jumba, which I will not allow!"

The planet on the screen zoomed in, revealing a small island in the middle of the vast ocean. Seconds later, the ship's icon touched the island.

"How much time do we have?" asked the Grand Councilwoman.

"We have projected his landing at three hours, twenty minutes," answered the technician.

"You don't get it, do you?" interrupted 621, "he is unstoppable, strongest of the other experiments. His abilities are too dangerous and could cause anyone harm on that planet. Meega could take him down in one blow, you can take him and then you destroy me. Fair deal?"

"You are the one who scared him off," accused Gantu.

"Captain Gantu," the Grand Councilwoman offered, "I'll leave it to you to find Experiment 626. He may be powerful, but we do not know if he has any malicious intention. If he does happen to cause harm, you are free to capture him. Otherwise, keep him out of Jumba's hands."

"Understood," nodded Gantu.

Just then, an alien with one eye entered the bridge.

"Right on time, Agent Pleakley," commented the Grand Councilwoman.

"So my story ends here," sighed 621.

Gantu motioned a couple UGF troopers to approach him.

"Dispose of this monstrosity," instructed Gantu.

Gantu handed 621 to the UGF troopers and turned his head at Pleakley.

"Agent Pleakley," said Gantu, "before you accompany me to Earth, I must first track down Jumba and arrest him."

"Yes, sir!" nodded Pleakley, "we will find these monsters!"

"Even if meega tell you where Jumba's lab is," warned 621, "he's already left. Jumba take other experiments with him."

"Wait," paused Pleakley, "Jumba left with his little monsters?"

"He's probably heading for Earth," grumbled Gantu.

"Oh no!" panicked Pleakley, "if Jumba lands on Earth, that would create mass mayhem and planet-wide panic!"

"Calm down, Agent Pleakley!" replied Gantu.

The UGF troopers left with 621 in tow. Gantu knelt down to Pleakley's level.

"How do you propose we capture Jumba and track down 626?" asked Gantu.


If only they weren't out of peanut butter, she wouldn't have been late.

Lilo just gave the peanut butter sandwich to Pudge and she made it to shore. But now, she was running late for hula class because of this, so she scurried up the beach and grabbed her bag. She was about to leave the beach when she noticed a nearby fat tourist holding mint chocolate ice cream in his hand. She pulled out her camera and snapped a picture before continuing her trek to the hula school. Along the way, while she was quickly putting on her hula skirt, she heard car sirens from a distance and noticed some strange object falling down the sky. It wasn't big enough to be an asteroid, so she internally sighed in relief, but she still had to hurry, so she scurried to the hula school. Once she arrived, she finished putting on her hula outfit, so she set down her bag and headed for the auditorium. Of course, the students already started their rehearsal, but that was of no matter to her. She snuck behind the grown up hula professionals and waited for her teacher to look away. Once he did, she joined in with the students and danced along in tune with the music, not noticing the water puddles she left behind. Once the music ended, the students recited a line in Hawaiian, but seconds later, Mertle tripped on the puddle and fell on her back, catching everyone's attention. Moses Puloki stepped onto the stage with concern in his eyes.

"Lilo," he asked, "why are you all wet?"

"It's sandwich day," answered Lilo.

Moses gave Lilo a confused look while Mertle staggered to her feet.

"Every Thursday," clarified Lilo, "I take Pudge the fish a peanut butter sandwich."

"Pudge is a fish?" paused Moses.

"And today," continued Lilo, "we were out of peanut butter, so I asked my sister what to give him and she said a tuna sandwich. I can't give Pudge tuna!"

Lilo gestured Moses to lean closer to her.

"Do you know what tuna is?" whispered Lilo.

"Fish?" answered Moses.

"It's fish!" yelled Lilo, "if I give Pudge tuna, I'd be an abomination! I'm late because I had to go to the store to get peanut butter because all we have is stinking tuna!"

Lilo stomped on the floor with both her feet twice in frustration.

"Lilo, Lilo," murmured Moses, "why is this so important?"

"Pudge controls the weather," explained Lilo.

"It's just one of those weird things she does," Mertle said to her friends.

"Huh?" paused Lilo, her eyes staring at Mertle.

"You're crazy," commented Mertle.

The next thing she knew, Lilo tackled Mertle to the ground, punching her and biting her while Mertle's friends panicked. Moses had to intervene by pulling Lilo off of Mertle. He put her down and then she calmed down while Mertle and her friends hid behind the teacher.

"Everybody calm down!" declared Moses.

Moses turned his focus on Lilo.

"Lilo," said Moses.

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" exclaimed Lilo, "I won't do it again!"

"Maybe we should call your sister," suggested Moses.

"No!" protested Lilo, "I'll be good! I want to dance. I practiced."

"Ooh," muttered Mertle, "she bit me."

Later, when the class was over, Mertle and her friends left the school while Lilo perched on the porch. A moment later, Moses emerged from the school.

"I called your sister," said Moses, "she said to wait for her here on the porch. We'll try again on Sunday."

Lilo didn't say anything, but when Moses left, she grabbed her bag and left the school. She managed to catch up with Mertle and her friends, which startled them.

"You'd better not have rabies," warned Mertle.

"If you have rabies," added one of Mertle's friends, "the dogcatcher's going to have to…"

"Are you going to play dolls?" interrupted Lilo.

Mertle and her friends hid their dolls behind their backs.

"You don't have a doll," replied Mertle.

Lilo figured that she will have to prove otherwise, so she pulled out her own doll from her duffle bag.

"This is Scrump," said Lilo.

The sight of the ugly-looking doll was just enough to startle Mertle and her friends as they jumped back.

"I made her," continued Lilo, "but her head is too big, so I pretended a bug laid eggs in her ears and she's upset because she only has a few more days to…"

Suddenly, Lilo noticed that Mertle and her friends were gone, so she stashed Scrump into her bag and started heading home. Along the way, she suddenly heard rustling in the bushes so she paused in her tracks and surveyed the area, trying to find the source of the noise. Seconds later, a blue alien wearing a red spacesuit appeared from the trees, causing Lilo to scream and jump back. The creature drooped its ears in response.

"Sorry," stuttered 626.

"W-What are you?!" exclaimed Lilo, "where did you come from?"

"Meega not here to hurt," explained 626, "but to find help."

Lilo calmed down.

"You're searching for help?" asked Lilo, "is there any trouble going on?"

"There is very bad man in galaxy," continued 626, "meega need to stop him."

"Oh, so you're from space?" clarified Lilo, "ok then, why don't you come with me? You can take refuge in my house."

"Okie-taba," nodded 626, "meega 626."

"I'm Lilo," replied Lilo.

Lilo led 626 through the forest until they reached her house. They entered through the front door and headed for the living room.

"What happens if anyone sees meega here?" asked 626.

"Oh, I just remembered," replied Lilo, "my sister will be here at any minute. You can hide in my room for a bit and I can tell you how you can blend in later, that way no one would be suspicious of you."

Lilo gestured to the door to her room and 626 climbed up the stairs before heading into her room. Minutes later, Nani burst through the door.

"Lilo," demanded Nani, "why didn't you wait at the school?!"

"I got tired of waiting," explained Lilo.

"The social worker could be here at any minute," replied Nani.

"Yeah, I know," said Lilo, rolling her eyes.

Seconds later, Lilo and Nani heard a knock on the door, so Nani headed over to the front door to answer it. When she opened the door, an African-American agent with sunglasses stood in front of her.

"Hi," smiled Nani, "uh, you must be…"

"The stupidhead?" interrupted the social worker.

626 overheard the conversation through a crack in the door and he couldn't help but snicker at the name.

"Oh!" exclaimed Nani, "I'm really sorry about that. If I'd known who you were, of course I never would've…"

"Are you the guardian in question?" asked the social worker.

"Yes," nodded Nani, "I'm Nani. Nice to meet you, Mr.…?"

"Bubbles," replied the social worker, "are you going to invite me in?"

Nani took a few steps back, allowing Mr. Bubbles to step inside. He turned his head at Lilo and knelt down to her level.

"Honey," said Nani, "this is Mr. Bubbles."

"Nice to meet you," added Mr. Bubbles.

Lilo made a glance at the writing on his knuckles.

"Your knuckles say Cobra," commented Lilo, "Cobra Bubbles. You don't look like a social worker."

"I'm a special classification," remarked Mr. Bubbles.

"Did you ever kill anyone?" asked Lilo.

"We're getting off the subject," replied Mr. Bubbles, "let's talk about you. Are you happy?"

"I'm adjusted," nodded Lilo, "I eat four food groups and look both ways before crossing the street and take long naps."

Mr. Bubbles stood to his full height while Nani fetched a glass of lemonade. While Mr. Bubbles took a sip, Lilo scurried around the living room and gathered some Hawaiian voodoo. Once he finished his drink, Mr. Bubbles focused his eyes on Nani.

"Let me illuminate to you the precarious situation in which you have found yourself," said Mr. Bubbles, "I am the one they call when things go wrong, and things have indeed gone wrong."

Mr. Bubbles ambled over to the living room with Nani following him, where he could see Lilo dressing a few spoons as people. Once she was done, she placed them into a jar filled with pickle juice. She closed the lid and shook the jar harshly, much to Mr. Bubbles's confusion.

"My friends need to be punished," clarified Lilo.

"She likes to pretend," Nani improvised.

Mr. Bubbles reached into his pocket and pulled out his business card before handing it to Lilo.

"Call me in case you're left here alone," advised Mr. Bubbles.

Lilo swiped the card from Mr. Bubbles.

"Yep," agreed Lilo.

Mr. Bubbles handed over to the front door and opened it.

"In case you're wondering," announced Mr. Bubbles, "it barely went well. You have a week to change my mind."

Mr. Bubbles stepped outside and closed the door behind him.

"Ay-yi-yi," groaned Nani, "I ought to take my mind off things!"

Lilo set off to clean up her mess in a matter of minutes.

"I'll be in my room if you need me," called Lilo.

Lilo scrambled up the stairs and entered her room, making sure to close the door behind her. She then focused her eyes on 626.

"So," asked Lilo, "who was that bad guy you're trying to stop?"

"His name Jumba," explained 626, "he created me."

"Does that make him part of your family?" clarified Lilo.

"Meega want to think so," nodded 626.

626 lowered his head, softness in his eyes.

"But Jumba see me as weapon," continued 626.

Lilo approached the bookshelf and pulled out a book, flipping through the pages while thinking of an idea for an identity. She stopped at a page and glanced at a picture on the page.

"I know," suggested Lilo, "why don't we disguise you as a dog?"

"What's a dog?" pondered 626.

Lilo showed 626 the picture of the dog on the book she held. After taking a moment to study it, 626 retracted his secondary arms, his antennae and his spines.

"I guess that could work," said Lilo, "you just need to lose the suit."

Nodding in agreement, 626 took his suit off and the bracelet-like device fell out, catching Lilo's attention. She picked it up and carefully studied it at all angles.

"What's this?" she asked.

"It's device meega would use to fight Jumba," answered 626.

"Does it have any functions?" inquired Lilo.

"Meega not test it yet," admitted 626.

Lilo pressed on the gem of the device, activating a hologram display. She tried to read the letters on the display, but it wasn't in English. 626 quietly approached her.

"That's tantalog," clarified 626, "meega speak that language."

"Ok then," asked Lilo, "what does this say?"

Lilo pointed at the top line.

"It says activate transformation sequence," answered 626.

"Can it be spoken in any language?" questioned Lilo.

"Ih," nodded 626.

"So does this transform you into some sort of superhero?" said Lilo.

626 stared at Lilo in confusion.

"Superheroes protect the world from forces of evil like Jumba," explained Lilo, "I could hold onto this in case Jumba shows up."

Lilo placed the device on her right wrist.

"This could make a pretty bracelet," continued Lilo.

"Meega need new name," reminded 626.

"Oh yeah!" chirped Lilo, "that's another thing you need to blend in."

Lilo paused for a moment, trying to come up with a name.

"How about Stitch?" suggested Lilo.

"Ooh," 626 cheered, "meega like that!"

"Ok then," nodded Lilo, "Stitch it is."

Lilo and Stitch spent the next few hours reading the books on her shelf as she showed him as much of Earth as she could. They even listened to Elvis songs on her record player.

That evening, Nani came into Lilo's room with a plate of pizza while Lilo sat on the bed with Scrump and Stitch.

"I brought you some pizza in case you were hungry," said Nani.

Nani made a brief glance at Stitch.

"Wait," paused Nani, "Lilo, what is that?"

Lilo turned her head at Nani.

"It's a stray dog," lied Lilo, "I found him on the way home."

Stitch barked, hoping it wouldn't give away any suspicion.

"Have you found its owner yet?" asked Nani.

"It didn't have a collar," answered Lilo.

"Oh, in that case," suggested Nani, "if we are to adopt it, we'll have to register him at the shelter. We can do that first thing in the morning."

Nani sat down next to Lilo who grabbed the pizza slice and started eating it. Once she finished, she picked up Scrump.

"We're a broken family," sighed Lilo, "aren't we?"

"Maybe a little," agreed Nani.

Nani pulled Lilo into an embrace.

"I hit Mertle Edmonds today," admitted Lilo.

"You hit her?" paused Nani.

"Before I bit her," added Lilo.

"You bit her?" replied Nani, "Lilo, you shouldn't…"

"People treat me different," said Lilo.

"They just don't know what to say," assured Nani.

Stitch memorized the word family, but he never heard this word before in his life. Maybe he would ask Lilo what it meant later.

"I'll tell you what," proposed Nani, "if you promise not to fight anymore, I promise not to yell at you except on special occasions."

"Tuesdays and bank holidays would be good," agreed Lilo.

"Would that be good?" asked Nani.

Lilo crawled out of Nani's embrace and grabbed her camera from the dresser.

"Oh," chirped Lilo, "my camera's full. Aren't they beautiful?"

Stitch glanced at the wall decorated with photos of tourists. Her strange fascination seemed weird to him, but he brushed it off. Suddenly, he heard a distant humming, so he scrambled over to the window and barked at a distance, catching Lilo's attention.

"What is it, Stitch?" asked Lilo.

Lilo scrambled to the window and saw a spaceship enter the atmosphere at a vast distance, yet it resembled a shooting star like the one she saw earlier in the day.

"A falling star!" gasped Lilo.

Stitch stared at Lilo in confusion before realizing she was referring to meteorites.

"I call it!" announced Lilo, "get out! Get out! I have to make a wish!"

Lilo started pushing Nani out of her bedroom.

"Feisty one," Nani grumbled, trying to keep herself from laughing.

Lilo managed to push Nani out of her room and close the door behind her. She then scurried onto her window and got to her knees.

"It's me again," mumbled Lilo, "all I'm asking for is the strength to protect my Ohana from any danger."

After making her wish, Lilo got to her feet and climbed onto her bed. Stitch followed suit seconds later.

"Ohana?" paused Stitch.

Lilo glanced at Stitch.

"Ohana means family," clarified Lilo in a quiet voice, "and family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten. I made this wish so I could make sure Jumba wouldn't hurt you. Is that ok?"

Stitch nodded. Lilo then tucked herself under the blanket, hugging Scrump to her chest while Stitch curled up into a ball. Maybe a good night sleep will get them ready for what might happen next.


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