Chapter 2: Research
A few minutes after that incident, Lilo, Stitch and the unknown experiment were walking down a dirt road. 104 grinned to himself seeing how violence could quickly ensue between the humans on this planet. Lilo and Stitch were doing the same as attacking someone as annoying and deserving as Myrtle was something that should have been done much sooner. But there was a bigger concern going on in the 104's mind. Why was an experiment so obedient with this human child?
104 had never seen this experiment before. There were a ton of things he could not understand, but they had to be figured out. The blue experiment was strange, as his abilities couldn't be deduced from simply looking at him. His fur color seemed like his only strange quality. His creator might have gone soft, if the experiment can't pose as a threat. After all, this little girl was able to control him. 104 had to know.
"Hey." The black experiment said. Lilo quickly turned her head. "Who's he?" He pointed towards his intergalactic cousin.
"Oh, I should have introduced you." She said formally. "This is Stitch, otherwise known as Experiment 626!"
Stitch quickly perked as his name was mentioned. He stared at 104 and simply wove his hand. "Hi."
"626? I'm only known as 104. What can he do?"
The duo smirked from that statement. At the time of his mentioning this, they had reached a tall, blue, wooden building. Stitch sprinted towards a customized land-vehicle and picked it over his head with ease.
"Ta-da." Stitch said proudly.
"Stitch can also think like a supercomputer and also has several unique powers."
"Why do you call 626 Stitch?
"Because, I named him that."
"Ok." 104 crossed his arms. "What kind of name would you give me?"
"Hmm…" Lilo thought. "How about Thinker? You are very smart."
The experiment stared back at her blankly. "I don't really like that name. It's kind of bland."
"How about Wiseguy?"
"Er, that doesn't really work as a name."
"Would you like to be called Smarty-pants?"
The experiment smirked. "Sure."
"Really?"
"No."
Lilo looked back in shock.
"If you are giving me names based off my intelligence, how did you come up with a name like Stitch for him?"
Lilo thought about that for a sec. She never had a case where an experiment questioned her judgment when it came to name giving. But she just met this experiment, so she had plenty of time to come up with more names.
"I'll get back to you on that. Let me introduce you to your temporary home." With that, the trio walked up the stairs to the Pelekai household.
As they opened the door, 104 was introduced to a true human household. It was quite simple, mostly made of wood with matching décor. There was an unusual amount of space for a house like this, due to the low cost of all the items he could see. However, it did seem to have all the necessities needed for a family. But as he looked through the room, there was a rather big, blatant elephant in the room.
A one-eyed, emotional elephant.
"No Chad! Don't give up on Mary just because she's in a coma!" He made a sleight pause from that statement. "For the 12th time…"
"Pleakley! We're home!" Lilo said in a happy tone.
"Oh, hey there." The alien said casually as he walked closer to her. 104 looked over this being quite thoroughly. Along with that large bulging eye, he also had three amorphous feet and a small antenna on his head. This was a completely different creature than the human or experiment, so what would it be doing here? But as the black experiment thought over that, his ears were quickly surged with a scream.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The green life form panicked just as he was becoming friendly. He quickly got into a defense stance while glaring at the unacquainted guest. "Lilo, why did you have to bring in another little monster?"
It finally hit 104; he knew what the creature was. "A Plorgian?"
"How does he know what I am?!"
The new experiment looked over the specimen. "Yes, a Plorgian sounds right. I can tell from skin, feet and eyeball."
"Well, I would like to know what you are! You're just another one of Jumba's creations. What do you do? Crush bones? Eat rugs? Make people spontaneously combust?!"
104 grinned from that statement. Oddly as he was doing that, the black streak on his arm was glowing faintly. It caused a dim aura to emit from him causing some attention from Lilo and Stitch.
"Pleakley stupidhead." Stitch said bluntly. "You anger cousin!"
"Tell me." The experiment said. "Are all Plorgians hostile and unintelligent?"
"What?" The said alien asked.
"It's quite simple that you are yelling and acting strange just from my presence. You really have no reason to fear for question my being of here. Especially because there is a experiment who is nearly identical."
Pleakley was intrigued by that statement. "Well I suppose you are well-spoken for a creature like yourself."
"And considering how confused and responsive you have been, I seriously doubt the IQ of your species." 104 said dryly.
"Now you take that back! I'll have you know I'm a classified expert on Earth Studies!"
"Earth…" He turned to Lilo. "Is that the planet we are on?" She nodded.
"Explain to me then why a foreign alien should be trusted with a position that would be much better given by a native." He extended his arm to the Hawaiian girl. "Clearly, this underage girl knows more of the planet than you do. It's better to rely on the true source of information than outside opinions. With that statement, it makes me question why you would even be here. Instead of learning more about Earth culture, history and terrain or being at a university, you are on this planet watching stories about injury and romance. The fact that you are here leaves me to believe that you are not living up to your duties or hiding from a bigger threat."
As he stopped, the three people in the room looked completely dumbfounded by his speech. An analysis on existence was something never expected from an experiment meant for chaos and destruction. Pleakley especially could not believe the words that escaped from the monster's mouth. No one from earth, not even Jumba's creations would have the gall to explain his position in the world. He just couldn't take the pressure that was placed on him.
The alien's large eyelid wrinkled, along with his mouth. He looked away and pointed at 104 with frustration.
"YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING!" He screeched.
Just as quickly as he said that, he ran out of the room. He was bawling particularly loud because this was an insult. Not like his normal crying that comes from real life or acted drama. The duo of Lilo and Stitch looked at him in amazement, while he stared back in a blasé manner.
"I don't think I've ever seen an experiment do that to Pleakley."
104 crossed his arms. "He should have expected some confrontation from insulting me like that. If he's over-emotional like that, then he shouldn't be hostile around everyone."
"Mmhmm." Stitch agreed. He personally had to deal with the alien's excessive ramblings.
Suddenly a voice rang out from the hall.
"Why is Pleakley crying this time? Did 626 break the TV again?"
The voice would soon be shown in a second alien. This one was completely opposite of the one-eyed noodle. He was rather large in frame both in weight and height. His skin was a combination of extremely dark blue and coral. He also had an interesting eye feature, but with four yellow eyes instead one large one.
As he walked into the room he quickly saw that television was neither busted nor out of sync. However he did see that the little girl and his proudest creation were in the room. But with the normal scenery, there was a formation of grey in the room to catch two of his eyes. He huddled over to see what it was, but soon he grinned after getting a better glimpse.
"Ah, now I see why Pleakley was shedding the tears." He picked up the irregular experiment in glee. "It was 104's work!"
"Jumba?" Lilo asked innocently. "What does 104 do?"
"Oh, give me a second." He sat on the regular wooden furniture, positioning himself and placing the experiment next to him. He coughed his throat getting ready to speak.
"Experiment 104 was one of my earlier and ingenious creations. While not using physical strength to create havoc, he'd use his powerful mind to cause misery on my enemies with psychological warfare! Clearly shining from my evil genius brain." He giggled from the statement.
"104 also has several traits to indicate his functions. These include additional ocular organ located in center of forehead. He also contains a streak on each arm to give a threatening appearance on whatever subject he may be ridiculing. Also you may want to be taking notice of hooves and not paws. These were added as defense mechanism in case any small cranium villain would attempt to attack him."
"And I thank you for every ability." 104 said to his creator while nudging his head sweetly to his massive side.
"So he's kind of like experiment 322." Lilo stated.
"On the contrary little girl. 104 gives psychological comments and facts towards people's opinions and beliefs. 322 gives straight insults. Is not really as evil, but the results can vary. I suppose with the enlarged brain mass, 104 has given his own thoughts on what is wrong and right."
"As long as they deserve it, I'll criticize anyone Jumba." The said experiment mentioned.
"So what would be the best thing for him to do?" The Hawaiian girl asked.
"In order for 104 to perfect his evil functioning, he must study the way all earthlings commune and live. This will give him all knowledge he needs in order to create the criticisms for pure chaos! Best source for this would being galactic wide web."
With that statement, the group traveled to Jumba's room. Thankfully, Pleakley tears wouldn't interrupt any necessary information the experiment needed to know. As they entered the room, there were two computers. There was a natural sized personal computer, and a small, light blue, oval-shaped laptop. The creator quickly gave 104 a seat by the two pieces of technology.
"The internet is a great way to find information on how humans think." Lilo stated.
"The computer next to you is experiment database. In case you need to speak with others in the event of problem."
"Thanks." The black experiment complemented.
"Here, take this." Lilo handed him a list of websites to use. "These are some of the most popular websites used by people all over the world. I'm sure this will help you."
"Good luck, cousin!" Stitch said happily. As 626 said that, the three left the room to leave the psychological warfare experiment to his duty.
2 days later…
104 sat quietly in Jumba's room, continuing his research. An aura of darkness and murmurs swirled from the presence of the experiment's searching. His eyes were wide open, yet crusted due to the lack of sleep. He was in a rather dormant state, simply trying to absorb all of the information he could. His breaks and needs were minimal, as performing the necessary steps for his primary function was all that mattered to him.
It was almost as if he was living as a shadow. He would ignore the other aliens while they were sleeping or doing humdrum activities. However, there was an unknown source of growing concern from the residents.
The door slowly creaked open. The experiment paid no care to this as he had been analyzing a rather large article on the internet. The footsteps seemed louder than usual, almost as if they were being forced into the wooden floor. Suddenly, they stopped, but 104 could realize there was a force breathing against him. As he turned his head, he would see another member of the ohana.
This life form was peculiar to the experiment. She looked as Lilo, but with several physical changes. These included increases in height, weight, and body structure as he read that humans had to go through during maturity. But oddly enough, this figure was glaring at him deathly, as if he had been performing a heinous crime. She spoke quickly and bluntly to the enthralled creature.
"I want you to leave."
"Why?" 104 asked dryly, but not showing care.
"Because, you have overstayed your welcome."
"I was never told I had to leave."
"You need to."
"I don't even know who you are. Why should I listen?"
"I am Nani! Lilo's older sister."
"Ok."
"I'm the head of this household. And I would like you to leave."
"I'm not doing anything."
"You're taking the food and stealing the electricity!"
From that notice, a sleepy Lilo and Stitch woke from their small beds. They slided from their beds together, still with their pajamas on. As they went down the elevator, they passed the hallway in order to get to the kitchen. But before they could reach it, 626's ears picked up slightly. His alertness leapt causing him to run near the source of the sound.
He had reached where Nani's voice had echoed, Jumba's room. A tired Lilo followed him. Luckily, the two aliens were watching a movie peacefully in the living room. Stitch placed his ear onto the wall to get a good sound of what they were saying. But hearing a certain voice, he could only say two words.
"Uh-oh."
"Uh oh what, Stitch?"
"Nani and Cousin fighting."
"Oh boy…we had enough trouble keeping Belle; I'm not sure how this'll turn out." Inside the room, the bickering had commenced.
"Look, I seriously don't see the problem in me doing this research." 104 said defensively, but calmly.
"The fact is, is that you've spent two days here sitting around and doing nothing. I know that you are supposed to do something for the community, why don't you do it? Or support this family."
This caught the experiment's attention. He turned his chair to look at his opponent face to face. "First off, that's why I'm studying Earth information. It's to make myself better. And two, if you have financial problems, I'm the least of your worries. Get Jumba or Pleakley to work, because they would leech off more funds than I do."
Nani stopped to ponder at that second. She had never considered asking the two intergalactic aliens to do work. Despite how they looked, they would blend in nicely with a crowd. And even though Jumba spent time making inventions, experiments and as a handyman, Pleakley did absolutely nothing.
"Well, I just don't trust that you are here. Doing nothing."
104 grabbed the list of websites from his desk and handed it to the larger girl. "Your little sister has given me plenty of good websites to go to in order to get my work done faster."
She blinked. "These websites?" He nodded. "You can't trust this website…even though it has tons of information, anyone can submit to it!"
104's level of disdain instantly rose. Unaccomplishment is a large peeve for anyone, but if you don't break or get good data for it, it just seems empty.
"Darn…you'll have to give me some extra days to research."
"No way!" She said irritated. "You've been here way to long!"
104 jumped from his chair. His aura of black soon began to overpower the shine from the computer monitors. He focused his attention at vigor at the being who caused him this ferocity.
"Now listen to me carefully. Simply because I have been sitting here and doing nothing does not me you can kick me out. I have done nothing to affect you or anyone else living here. No one has complained. No one has addressed me. But you seriously have the gall to stomp on my simple accomplishment?"
She groaned. "You need to respect what people have are doing for you!"
"And yet you haven't realized that in order to receive respect that you must earn it. I did not know you had existed, so when you barged in here demanding I leave, you expect I enjoy it? The true problem is your belligerence. Simply because I am an experiment with no noticeable function does not mean you have the right to rule over me. All I ask is for my little demands and this computer, hardly a threat to what the other experiments can do. So just leave me be, and let me do my work."
104 relaxed himself then as he quickly turned to his work. He was peeved that he had to close most of his programs, but at least the information on the experiments would prove to be useful.
Nani however was simply amazed. She was rarely told anything to her in a gutsy or serious manner. The statements echoed through her head. The experiments she looked down upon would usually cause destruction at arrival. But powerful, truthful statement was something she couldn't expect. Instead of blasting off at the experiment, she ran out the door. It was slammed in a loud manner.
The duo of Lilo and Stitch swiftly dodged the yelled at Nani. They were both in question wondering what had happened. Without conflict though, they walked to the kitchen in order to get a drink. But they were still confused with what happened.
"What do you think happened?" The little girl asked.
626 made a little smirk. "Cousin beat Nani." After their drinks were gotten, they walked back to bed.
Another 2 days later…
The Pelekai family was happily enjoying breakfast. Due to his psychological prowess, 104 were able to stay for his studies. Nani however didn't want to make a large deal out of what had transpired. She was thankful this occurred with little care from the others.
Quietly, a strained 104 slid his hooves in the room. All attention and eyes were placed on his presence. He was able to grab a nearby chair and rest it near the table. He had enough energy to place his bottom on the furniture at wait for his food. At the moment, Jumba was making extra waffles from the large appetite for himself and 626. He laid a syrup-soaked waffle down near the experiment on a plate.
"So 104." Nani said confidently. "You get all your research done?"
"Yep." 104 said happily. "I believe now I will finally be able to do my primary function flawlessly."
"Excellent!" His creator said in jubilee.
"So now we can find you your One True Place, huh 104?" Lilo said proudly.
"No." He said sternly.
"What?!" Everyone responded.
But he couldn't respond. For his fatigued mind was stuck inside the sticky plate.