Meanwhile, at their headquarters in an old abandoned sugar processing plant, the members of E.V.I.L gloated over their plan. Or at least, one of them did.
"Am I brilliant or what?" Jack asked, "since we couldn't find the little girl, I came up with the idea of nabbing her sis, then forcing her to get the aliens for us. Yeah, sometimes it's exhausting being so clever."
"You?" Karai asked angrily "as I recall, I thought up the plan for infiltration. You did nothing!"
"I wrote the note!" Jack snapped back.
"That was me!" Drakken added.
"Well I signed it" Jack said defensively.
"It doesn't matter who came up with the idea" Shego said, "what matters is that the little girl will do our job for us. And she comes here in an hour with the aliens…"
"We test their powers on her and her sister" Jack finished, laughing maniacally.
"Ooh nice laugh" Drakken commented.
"You think so?" Jack asked, "I've worked really long on it."
"And it shows" Drakken added.
While the two villains exchanged comments, over in the corner, Nani struggled to get free. She was sitting on an old crate, with her hands securely tied behind her back. Several loops of thick hemp were tied around her chest to secure her arms to her sides, and her sandal clad feet were tied at the ankles. A strip of cloth had been jammed between her teeth, reducing her outcries to muffled grunts.
Nani recalled how easily the villains had abducted her; the moment she turned her back, they had pounced on her, tying and gagging her with surprising speed. When Pleakley showed up to help, he was wrapped in a carpet and shoved in the closet. Then they left a note, and the woman called Karai draped her over her shoulder before they left. Ever since they had arrived here and deposited her on the crate, Nani had been struggling against the bonds on her wrists, but to no avail.
I have to get free she thought to herself or Lilo and I are finished! I just hope she's okay.
Her thoughts were interrupted by a rumbling sound, as the roof of the plant was suddenly ripped open. A familiar shark-like head peered in, one that Nani recognized immediately.
Gantu! she thought great, like things aren't bad enough.
"Aaah! Giant shark monster!" Jack screamed "kill it!"
"So, this is where the disturbance is coming from" Gantu said, "who the heck are you and what are you doing here?"
"What's it to you, fin face?" Shego asked.
"Hold your tongue Earthling, or I'll disintegrate you" Gantu replied "now answer my question."
"We're here trying to steal some genetic experiments for our boss" Jack replied "now don't hurt us!"
"I too seek the genetic experiments" Gantu said, "but if you don't have any, what was the disturbance my sensors picked up?"
"Probably this" Drakken said, holding out the Malevolizer "this device can turn the experiments back to their evil ways again."
"Ingenious!" Gantu said, "tell me how you seek to capture the little trogs."
"Easy" Jack said, "there's this girl who always hangs out with the 'trogs' as you call them. We nabbed her older sis and gave her an ultimatum; deliver us the experiments or she's dead."
Gantu noticed Nani tied up and knelt down to eye her, as a T-Rex might eye a potential meal.
"Hmm, why did I never think of that?" Gantu mused.
"Look, if you're done, buzz off" Shego said, "we're waiting for the girl."
"Don't order me around" Gantu bellowed "what's to keep me from reducing all of you to ashes?"
"Hold on" Karai said, "let us not fight. Perhaps our large friend can be of use to us."
She turned to Gantu. "Tell you what" she said, "if you help us, we will give you half of the experiments the girl retrieves for us."
"Dr. Hamsterviel will not be happy with that" Gantu replied.
"You know Hamsterwheel?" Drakken asked.
"Yes, how do you know of him?" Gantu replied.
"We worked together a few months ago, on a plan to clone Stitch" Drakken explained.
"So you're Dr. Dragon" Gantu said.
"That's Drakken!" Drakken shouted angrily.
"Perhaps joining forces might be acceptable after all" Gantu said, "I'll contact Hamsterviel and see what he says."
"Oh goody, I get to talk to that little rodent again" Drakken fumed.
"Hush up Dr. D, we could use this guy in case any heroes show up" Shego said, "so be nice to the rodent."
"All right" Drakken whined "but that was a perfectly good undersea base!"
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While the villains waited for Gantu's call, the members of G.O.O.D had followed Finder and were now mere feet from the factory.
"That's gotta be where they're holding Nani" Lilo said, "good work Finder. Okay, Stitch, let's go."
"Hold on" Kim said, "we don't know who has your sister or what they've got waiting for us in there. If we just barge in, they could kill her."
"Good point" Lilo said, "so what do we do?"
"Some spying" Kim replied "but we'll need someone small."
"This is where Rufus comes in handy" Ron said "ready to go buddy?"
"Uh-huh" Rufus replied.
"And I can help too" Ben said, activating the Omnitrix; within seconds, he was the tiny Grey Matter.
"Okay, sneak around the factory, figure out what we're up against, then report back here" Kim instructed.
"No problem" Grey Matter said, "let's do this Rufus" and he and the mole rat ran off towards the factory.
Since it was old, there were plenty of cracks in the foundation, allowing the two to squeeze in.
"Being small has its' advantages" Grey Matter replied, as he and Rufus entered. He quickly noticed Gantu standing in the middle of the room with the other villains.
"Holy halibut! That's one big alien" he exclaimed, but then noticed the other villains "yup, it's E.V.I.L all right. Any sign of the girl?"
Rufus chittered and pointed to the bound & gagged Nani on the crate, who didn't notice the two little visitors.
"Let's get back and tell the others" Grey Matter suggested and he and Rufus slipped away.
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Meanwhile, Hamsterviel had been contacted and learned of the other villains and their plans.
"Since my former evil partner wishes to possess the experiments, I shall help him" Hamsterviel replied "Gantu shall provide you with extra muscle, in exchange for you sending me several of the experiments you capture."
"Sounds like a plan" Drakken said "you furry little fleabag" he muttered under his breath.
"What did you just mutter Mr. Muttering person?" Hamsterviel asked.
"Oh nothing, nothing" Drakken replied.
After Gantu shut down the communication, the villains had a meeting.
"Are we really going through with this?" Drakken asked.
"Hey, big boy here can help us out" Shego said, "besides, once Vilgax has the experiments, he'll make a hat out of Hamsterwheel."
"Excellent point" Drakken replied, before turning to Gantu "welcome to the team. We're so honored to have you here."
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Back outside, the two half-pint heroes reported their findings to the others.
"Gantu's helping them?" Lilo exclaimed, "I should've known that big dummy was involved in this."
"Relax Lilo, me and Stitch whooped shark boy's butt once, and we can do it again" Jake said "he'll be no match for our skizills."
"What do we do now?" Gwen asked.
"We still have the element of surprise" Kim said, "and we use it."
"I'm going with Kim" Gwen said, "I hope that doesn't bother you too much Ben."
"Not at all" Ben replied, "cause I'm flying solo." Using the Omnitrix, Ben transformed himself into Fourarms.
"Let's do this, dragon up!" Jake said, transforming into his dragon form and flying to the top of the factory.
Kim used her grappling hook and pulled herself up to a nearby window, with Gwen hanging on close behind. Ron and Rufus waited with Fourarms outside the door.
"On my signal" Kim whispered, "one…"
Back inside the factory, Jack looked impatiently at his watch.
"When is that little girl going to get here?" he asked, "I'm running out of time to spend on the beach."
"Hey, she still has time left on her deadline" Shego replied, "and I do mean 'deadline'."
CRASH!
The villains weren't prepared for Kim and Gwen to come crashing through the window.
"Kim Possible!" Drakken exclaimed "and…some new sidekick!"
"And that's not all, blue boy" Jake said, smashing in through the roof.
Fourarms also bashed in through the door, with the others on his heels.
"Remember me chump?" Jake asked Gantu.
"The flying trog!" Gantu said, "you may have outwitted me last time, but you won't be so fortunate today!"
He pulled out his blaster and began firing, but Jake avoided the blasts.
"Looks like the same old tricks" Jake said, before shooting the blaster with fire "Okay Stitch, take it away."
"Let me help" Fourarms added, "I don't have all this strength for nothing."
Stitch nodded and grabbed Gantu by his leg, tossing him over to Fourarms. The red alien caught him and held him with all four of his mighty arms.
"How about a game of shark ball?" Fourarms asked Stitch.
"Batter up" Stitch replied.
"Oh blitznak" was all Gantu could reply before he was tossed to and fro.
Meanwhile, Karai had set her sights on Kim.
"The last time we fought, you had the advantage of having your friend around" she said, "this time, you will not be so lucky."
"What do you say we make it fair?" Kim asked, "no weapons."
"Fine with me" Karai replied "I will be more content destroying you with my natural skills."
As the two females sparred, Gwen watched her idol.
"What am I supposed to do?" she asked.
"I would suggest dying" Shego said, nearly swiping Gwen with her claws.
"Who the heck are you supposed to be, anyway? Halloween girl?" Shego asked snidely.
"I'm Lucky Girl" Gwen said.
"Yeah, well you'll need all the luck you can get against me" Shego replied, diving towards Gwen again.
Meanwhile, the other villains, seeing their plan collapse, decided to cut their losses.
"You up for getting out of here?" Jack asked Drakken.
"Race you to the coastline" Drakken replied, but before either could escape, Jake blocked their path.
"And where do you two think you're going?" Jake asked.
"You don't scare us" Jack replied "Jack Bots, attack…oh, right, I didn't bring any."
"Too bad for you" Jake replied, swatting his tail and knocking both bad guys into a wall. "Man, I am good."
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Looks like things are really developing into a donnybrook here. How will the fights turn out? You'll have to read on to find out (hint: the good guys may win).
