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Chapter 6: New Friends
Letho turned off the car and they all got out. Locking the car behind them, they trudged up to the door. Grasping the large, bronze knocker, Letho slammed it into the door three times. As the knocks echo faded, the door opened to reveal a large figure. "Letho! Didn't think you would be here so soon!" The door swung open.
"Good to see you again Vex." They embraced and Letho turned to Lilo and Stitch. "Vex, this is Lilo and Stitch. Guys, this is Vex: one of my oldest and best friends. He has extended his hospitality to us for a couple of days." Lilo studied Vex up and down. He was about six feet tall, had green eyes, and wore a black cloak, black boots, and black gloves. From what she could see of his body, he was quite thing, almost sickly looking. It reminded her of a mad scientist from all those movies. He also had long, blond hair, which caught Lilo off guard.
"I thought all vampires had black hair." She said.
Vex laughed. "I had to go through so much trouble to get my hair back to this color. In fact, I have to go through a lot of trouble to keep it like this, but I like it: it's different. Come in, I'll show you your rooms." The stepped inside, and Vex closed the door behind them.
"The wife and kids here?" Letho asked.
"Went to bed early." Vex said, leading them upstairs. "She ran out earlier to grab some stuff, and then hit bed. The kids ran around all night, so they went early too." They walked down the hall and Vex opened the door. "This is your room." He said, motioning to Lilo and Stitch. They walked inside, and saw it was about the size of a master bedroom: it held two beds, two closets, a window, and a small bath room with a tub and shower off to the side. "Letho, your room is down the hall. If you need anything, just ask me." Lilo and Stitch walked into the room.
"Stitch, you and I have an appointment tomorrow." Letho said. Stitch nodded
"Oh, one more thing." Vex said. "Watch out for my kids; they're quite mischievous. They won't waste a moment either drawing you in to their schemes, or having you at the end of them."
"We'll watch out." Lilo promised. Vex closed the door, and he and Letho walked down the hall. Lilo turned to Stitch.
"Let's unpack a bit, since we'll be here for a few days." She said.
"What do we have to unpack?" Stitch asked.
Lilo shrugged. "Not much, but at least it will feel kind of like home." She said. They unpacked their small stash of items, before Stitch glanced out the window.
"You think we'll be able to sleep during the day?" He asked.
"Eventually." Lilo said. "I think it'll be hard to adjust at first. But we'll get used to it." She stood by the window, and looked at the sunrise. Stitch came and stood by her.
"Won't see this too many more times." Stitch said, putting his arm around Lilo.
Lilo smiled and leaned her head on Stitch's shoulder. "Let's enjoy it while we can, then." They watched the sun come over the horizon for several minutes, before Lilo yawned. "We slept a lot, and yet I'm still kind of tired." She said. Stitch picked her up and set her on her bed. He walked over and jumped on his bed.
"See you later." He said.
"Night Stitch." Lilo said, closing her eyes.
Stitch got back up and shut the heavy curtains to block out the sunlight. "Don't you mean morning?" He asked as he crawled back in bed in the now pitch black room.
Lilo let out a little laugh. "Whatever." Soon, both of them were asleep.
17:00 Hours(5PM)
Stitch woke up and looked around: utter darkness. A moment later, he remembered everything, and sighed. Turning over, he turned on his night vision and scanned the room. The curtains certainly did cut out all of the light. Looking around, he saw Lilo was sleeping peacefully, her stomach rising and falling with each breath. Stitch thought for a moment, and figured that the time for vampires was probably the reverse: the normal human version of 6 AM for vampires was probably 6 PM. No one would be up for another hour or so. He knew he wouldn't be able to go back to sleep, so he dug through his stuff and pulled out the computer pack. He turned it over, studying it in the green light of his vision. He wasn't sure what exactly was on here, but he knew that there was going to be some good information. He looked around the room, trying to find a spot to hide it, just in case Vex's two kids decided to mess with it.
Slipping out of bed, Stitch climbed up the wall with the block in hand, and tore a shallow hole in the ceiling. There was room between it and the floor above, so Stitch slid it in. He replaced the piece of ceiling, and instantly realized he had no way of covering it. Glancing around the room, he saw a closet in the bathroom. Careful not to wake Lilo, he scurried across the ceiling, down the wall, and opened the closet's sliding door. Inside it was mostly towels, toothpaste, and other stuff you would expect to find in a bathroom. On the very bottom sat several cans of paint. Running through their labels, he found the one that was the color of the ceiling. Grabbing it and a towel, he crawled back up the wall and opened it carefully, making sure that it opened towards him. Using the towel, he spread the paint over the cracks he had made: a lot of it. When he finished, he examined it; because it was dark, it wasn't easy to tell how well he had done. Shrugging, he closed the can and put it back. Not knowing where to hide a paint covered towel, he ate it. Climbing down the wall, he sat on his bed, completely still, listening for sounds of anyone awake in the house. Hearing no one, he groaned, figuring he would have to stay in bed for another hour or two while he waited for Vex or someone else to wake up. However, after several minutes, he distinctly heard two voices outside his door. By the sounds, it was a boy and a girl.
"All right, here's the plan." The boy whispered. "We have the razor silenced, so I'll shave the fur off the dog-thing's butt."
"I'll pour glue in the hair of the girl." The other voice said. "Then I'll stick it to the pillow."
"Then we rig the door for when they open it." The boy finished. "Let's get going. Just remember to be quiet." Shutting off his night vision, Stitch spread the sheet over him and pretended to be asleep. Moments later, he heard the door opened almost silently. Opening his eyes a fraction, he watched to figures walk in. Since the light was shining behind them, he could only see the silhouettes. The one that looked like a guy crept over by his bed. The other one, probably a girl judging by the long hair, though Vex had fairly long hair, crept over to Lilo's bed. As the boy started up the razor and moved close, Stitch made his move: grabbing the hand that held the razor, Stitch flipped him onto the bed. Still being able to see the girl, he grabbed her in one, swift movement, and tossed her on top of the boy. Grabbing both of them by the collar, he dragged them outside and shut the door behind him. Giving himself a quick moment to adjust to the light, he looked at his two captives.
The boy appeared to be about 13 years old. He had short, black hair, blazing green eyes, and was on the short side. He was dressed in simple shorts and t-shirt. He didn't look intelligent, but he had a strong build. Turning his gaze to the girl, he studied her. She appeared to be 13 also. She was about three inches taller then the boy, her hair was long and straight, and she also had blazing green eyes. She wasn't strongly built, but Stitch saw her eyes radiating intelligence that exceeded her age. They looked up at him in surprise, and he decided to start asking questions.
"So, you two want to explain yourselves?" Stitch asked. They both jumped in surprise.
"Seras, did that dog just talk?" The boy asked.
"Yeah, that dog did talk Matt." The girl said.
"I've never seen a talking dog." Matt said.
Stitch growled. "Next person to call me a dog gets their larynx ripped out. Now, why were you going to shave my patookie and glue Lilo's hair to a pillow?"
"We always welcome guests like that." Matt said.
"Actually, we generally do more." Seras said. "But since you guys were with Letho, we were going to go easy on you."
"What were you going to do to the door?" Stitch asked.
Matt shrugged. "I just do as I'm told. She figures out the plans, and then has me repeat them so she knows that I know what I'm doing."
"I was going to set a simple system so that when you opened the door it would throw you backward. Just as you were thrown back, it would activate a pulley system that would drop a gallon of paint on your head." Seras said.
"And you know how to do all that?" Stitch asked, releasing them from his grasp.
Matt nodded. "I've seen her hack government computers. She's really intelligent." He glanced back in the room. "So her name's Lilo?" Stitch nodded. "What's yours then?"
"My name Stitch." They shook hands. "Since you obviously don't know, I'm not a dog, but a genetic experiment from another galaxy."
"I knew there was life out there." Seras said, unfazed. "I've seen a lot of space ships around this planet from time to time. I don't know what language they use, but I think that I have it translated to English correctly. I took the readings from a ton of ships, and set them through a translator for letters. Maybe you could come to my room and see if they're right." Before Stitch could answer, Vex appeared in the hallway.
"Kids, what have I told you about pulling pranks on our guests?" Vex asked.
"Not to get caught." Matt said.
"Right. Now, you are going to need to leave them alone for a bit: they still have some stuff they need to do with Letho." Vex said.
"I'll be down there later." Stitch said to Seras. She nodded, and then her and Matt went down the hallway and vanished from view.
"We generally get up at 6." Vex said. "But I figured that since you aren't completely vampires yet, that you wouldn't sleep all day. So I got up as early as I could to make sure that you could leave before they got you with their pranks."
Stitch shrugged. "It's fine. With them around, I'll be kept on my toes." The door next to them opened, and Lilo stepped out, rubbing her eyes.
"What was all the commotion?" Lilo asked.
"Nothing." Stitch said. "Just some would-be prank-pullers."
"When will Letho be up?" Lilo asked.
"He won't wake up for another hour or so." Vex said. "Let me show you to the kitchen. After you have breakfast, you can hang out for a bit."
"You have stuff besides blood here? Lilo asked.
"Just because we don't need it doesn't mean we don't eat it." Vex said. "I myself enjoy a lot of cherries. My daughter enjoys coffee for some reason. My point is that even though we don't need it, we eat it for enjoyment. We also have it incase a normal person comes over so we don't arouse suspicion. Follow me." Lilo and Stitch fell in step behind Vex, and were soon in the kitchen. They were about to sit down when they saw someone in the kitchen, cramming fries into her mouth.
"Maggie, this is Lilo and Stitch. Guys, this is my wife, Maggie." Vex said.
Maggie swallowed what was in her mouth. "Pleased to meet you." She turned to Vex. "I was going to go shopping today. Letho said that she was going to need some new clothes. I'm going to leave once the sun goes down." Letho nodded, and Maggie left the room, leaving the rest of her food on her plate.
"I thought you said she was weird." Lilo said as they sat down.
"This is one of her nice days. I don't think you'll run into anything too odd with her today." Vex said. Going to the fridge, he pulled out several slices of cold pizza. "Letho said you might enjoy these."
Lilo smiled. "It's my favorite!" She started eating immediately, while Stitch glanced around the room.
"Coffee?" He asked in a hopeful tone.
Vex smiled. "Sure. My daughter just made some." Pouring him a mug, he left them to eat. Stitch sipped the coffee.
"Wonder how long we're going to be here." Lilo said.
Stitch shrugged. "Who knows, could be quite a while." He glanced up at Lilo, who was happily eating her pizza. "Aren't you homesick?" He asked.
Lilo shook her head. "I made my decision to be with you. I'm not going to look back and question that."
"You're avoiding the question." Stitch said.
Lilo sighed and put down her pizza slice. "I guess things are moving too fast right now for me to miss home. Once we settle down a bit, I'll probably miss them a lot. What about you?"
Stitch nodded. "I'm going to miss them a lot."
Lilo looked up at Stitch. "Once we finish saving the vampires, I promise to go home and visit Nani."
Stitch nodded. "Me too." Finishing off their food, Stitch grabbed the coffee pot and the walked out of the kitchen. Wanting to go visit Seras, he sniffed around and followed her scent. He followed it to a door, which appeared to be locked. Taking a sip from the coffee pot, Stitch looked around. From what he could see, it looked like the doorknob acted as a fingerprint scanner. Switching his vision, he stared at the current running through the knob, figuring out if he could beat it. Lilo stood by him silently, knowing he was busy thinking.
Stitch didn't want to ruin the handle, so he decided to try and fool the system. Unsheathing his claws, he inserted one into the lock and proceeded to start picking it. Carefully moving his nail around, he changed the current of the wires just long enough to make it believe that Seras' thumb was actually pressed on it. With a quiet ding, the door lock clicked. Switching back to normal vision and retracting his claws, Stitch turned the knob, and he and Lilo walked in.
"Hey Stitch." Seras said.
"How'd you guess?" Stitch asked, taking a sip of coffee and closing the door.
"You're probably the only one in the world who has the ability to pick that lock. So, what do you think of my room?" She asked, gesturing with her arms.
Stitch looked all around the room, amazed by everything in there. Computers covered most of the floor, either intact or in several pieces. The walls were covered with diagrams and charts of various computer systems, pieces of hardware, and ways around them. Seras appeared to be constructing a computer in a virtual creation on her computer, which was a Macintosh. "Nice place. Any of these yours?"
Seras nodded. "I'm working on one right now. It's small, and a lot faster then most computers. I'm trying to make the first miniature super-computer."
Stitch smiled. "I can think faster then a super computer." Seras turned around, eyes wide.
"Wow. I wish I could harness speed like that." Seras closed her virtual creation, and opened up another file. "So, are these translations correct?" She asked. Stitch walked up and looked over the letters.
"Yeah, they're right. So what ships did you find these on?"
Seras pulled up several pictures. "These." The pictures were of several ships, all of which Stitch knew: the red police cruiser, the Grand Council Woman's, Gantu's, Hamsterviel's, Jumba's, and the BRG9000. "Know any of them?"
Stitch thought that question over. His head told him not to trust so quickly, but his heart told him he could trust her, and it would pay to have someone know the entire truth. "I'll be right back." He ran back to the room he and Lilo shared and climbed to the ceiling. Breaking it back open, he pulled out the data block. He decided not to bother putting the ceiling back together, and ran back to Seras' room. Finding it open, he went right inside and handed the block to Seras.
"This is everything you can know about us." He said. "Some of it is more personal then the rest; I believe Jumba kept a journal on there."
Seras stared at it. "The sheer amount this holds: I don't know of any computer that could hold all this data. Good thing I have a way around it." She grabbed several USB cables, and connected them to a large black pack, and then connected the pack to the data block. "This is one of my creations. It allows six computers to simultaneously download the data. It first separates the data into six equal areas, and then copies them. While that goes, let's do something fun." Going to her main computer, she grabbed what appeared to be a helmet.
"What's that for?" Lilo asked. Up until then, she had been looking through one of the computer files.
"This will let me take a look at the brain that makes up Stitch." Seras answered. "It won't hurt at all."
"I'm game." Stitch said. Seras strapped it on, and went to her computer.
"You might feel a little weird." She said. She turned the helmet on, and Stitch instantly felt light headed and fuzzy all over. He sat on the ground, and looked up at the screen, now covered with a map of his brain.
"This is amazing." Seras said. "You use 100 percent of your brain for everything, which is why you think so fast. Your memories are wired to your brain, so they are difficult to get rid of. When you set your mind on a problem, your brain uses all of its power to solve it. This is amazing." A knock sounded on the door.
"Lilo, Stitch, you and I have some talking to do." Letho called in. Seras turned off the helmet and took it from Stitch.
"Don't worry, I'll start looking over the data of yours that's been downloaded, but it won't finish until tomorrow night." Seras said.
"We'll drop by later." Lilo said. She and Stitch walked out of the room, and Letho waited outside.
"Let's go to my room to talk." He said.
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