By the time I reached the labs main entrance. The wind had really picked up. It looked like a storm might be on the way. I shivered, It was so cold out tonight. I punched in my password on the small terminal.
Access Code
"Evil Genius Simon, Entry code 010203040506070809090807060504030201." As always the lab doors opened, and I walked in. I felt so tired. I wanted nothing more than to just crawl into bed and get some much needed sleep, but I couldn't, not just yet anyway. I still had to check on Chemical 606. Sluggishly I walked down to the second level which was completely pitch black. That was strange the lights were off. I thought Jumba had come here after dinner, but there was no trace of him ever being here at all. I wondered were he went off to. Where does a large four eyed alien go in the middle of the night?
I plopped myself in my chair and logged into the computer. "Debra, has Jumba entered the lab in the last fifteen minutes?"
"No, Simon." The computer robotic voice answered.
"Thank you Debra." That was strange were could he be. I was probably just overreacting. He had more than likely gone back to his ship. Back to the matter at hand. "Debra, what is Chemical 606s progress.
I waited as the computer calculated.
Chemical 606, status stable. I breathed a sigh of relief. Good, I was to tired to deal with another problem like the last one. Seeing that everything was in order. I shut down the supercomputer, and started heading back up the stairs.
"AHHH!" I fell to my knees when a blinding pain suddenly burst through my head. I kept myself steady by clutching the railing. Jerking in pain my eyes madly shot in every direction. The room went fuzzy as my vision failed me. The whole room started to spin, making the pounding in my head increase. The last thing I saw before everything went black was the railing, with my hand clasped tightly around it.
When I regained consciousness, I found myself standing in front of my bed. The sheets and pillows torn to shreds. I roughly massaged my temples trying to quell the pain.
"What the hell happened?" Squinting I looked around. The whole first level looked like a tornado had hit it. Chairs were knocked over, torn papers littered the floor, cabinets had been thrown open, their contents littered the floor. What happened? Who had done this? I winced in pain looking down I saw a large piece of jagged glass sticking out of my hand. It was only then that I noticed the abundance of shattered glass surrounding me.
Crying out I wrenched the piece of glass from my hand, and threw it to the ground, where it broke into smaller pieces. For some one who always had the answers. I had absolutely no explanation for what I saw. One moment I was walking up the stairs and know this! What next?! I knew I had to clean this up, but just as I was about to start cleaning I was hit by a dizzy spell. My legs went numb, and I collapsed onto my bead. Curling up in the torn pieces of material that had been my bed spread I fell unconscious.
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When I awoke my alarm clock read 4:00AM. It was the only thing on my bed that had been left intact. I ran my hand down my face. I was so exhausted. I had gotten some sleep but it had come without the rejuvenating effects that usually accompanied it. It was early I wasn't supposed to be up for another couple of hours. I clapped my hands and the lights switched on. I had recently installed a clapper. I stretched my sore limbs. I needed a cup of coffee. Yawning I rolled out of bed, and onto the cold floor. It was then that I remembered the considerable damage that had been done to my room.
"Great! This is just perfect!" I had to clean this mess up for Jumba saw it. I still wasn't sure what had happened. It was obvious that some how I had done it. But what was I supposed to tell him. That I wrecked the residential level, but I don't remember doing it? He would think I was crazy. The next thing I know he'll have me locked up in a padded room with a straitjacket!
No, I had to get rid of the evidence. I couldn't let anything interrupt my experiment. Not when I was so close to completion. So, I got to work. I spent the next few hours the cleaning and washing the entire first floor. After two hours of exhausting labor. The first floor was spotless. It had taken me a little longer than I thought, but beside the absence of some glasses and plates that had been broken. Everything looked back to normal. But if anything like this ever happened again I would have no choice but to tell Jumba. Especially if my health depended on it.
I'm sure it was nothing. Probably just stress related. I had been under a lot of pressure lately. I would have to order more plates and glasses, but I could afford it. My alarm clock read 6:05AM. The sun would be rising now. If I was going to check on all the experiments in one day. I would have to start now. I opened the laboratory doors and walked into the brisk morning air.
Instead of walking forward towards the house like I would usually do. I turned right and walked around the large steel complex, heading towards the back. Behind my laboratory was my garage. Which is were I kept my auto mechanical tools, and my main mode of transportation. I arrived at my garage which was roughly the size of a normal sized garage. I kept it locked at all times. The only way to get in was a thumb print scanner. If anyone attempted to break in the alarm would immediately sound.
I pressed my thumb against the scanner, and the garage door opened. I walked into the darkened room and pushed out my hover craft. My hover craft was my pride and joy. I had built it with nothing but my bare hands, and some elbow grease. It was much larger than the hovercraft Jumba had built for Lilo. Mine was the about the size of a small car.
My hovercraft had everything. It was black with a large Grey stripe painted down the center, it had an advanced weapons system that could blow a hole in the ground the size of a house, a stereo, could reach up to speeds of 340.3 miles per second, and had a fresh coat of wax. This was the fastest way to get around the island. Using my hovercraft I would be done by sundown. I hopped into the drivers seat and turned the ignition key. The jet engine roared to life. I took my black sunglasses out of the glove compartment and put them on my face. Pulling back on the joystick the hovercraft took off into the air.
Laughing I took of full speed into the sky. I had already accelerated thousands of feet above the island. I threw my head back and let the wind blow through my fur. There was nothing more accelerating than flying thousands of feet above the ground at high speeds. It really got the adrenaline pumping. I pushed forward on the joystick and the hovercraft plummeted towards the ground. I pulled up just as I was about to hit the oceans surface. Flying inches above the sea, the cool ocean water sprayed me in the face. Looking over the edge of the hovercraft I saw an entire school of tropical fish swim by. Due to my photographic memory I'd be able to identify them later. After spending a few more minutes of flying and spiraling through the air. I took of back into the sky, and began circling the island.
I sighed watching the beautiful scenery below me. The sun was just rising, the mountains were casting a long shadow over the island. As much as I disliked this place I had to admit it. Hawaii really was a beautiful place to live. Oh well, I couldn't spend all day watching the landscape. I picked up my clipboard which had the names and numbers of each experiment with a little check box beside it.
"Who's first on my list?" I ran my finger to the top of the paper. "Okay, experiment 001 here I come." preparing myself for a hard days work. I flew towards a random part of the island in search of experiments. This was going to be a long day.
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"Okay, twenty down six hundred and three to go." I wrote a check mark beside experiment 020s name. Who was still perfectly happy working for charity. The next experiment was experiment 021.
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I walked down the streets, clipboard in hand towards a food stand. This food stand was run by experiment 062. He made the best tofu fries I have ever tasted. It was completely unnecessary for me to go see him. Because I had no doubt that he was still happy, but I was hungry. Minutes later I walked away from the food stand carrying a large box of tofu fries. They were delicious as always. Maybe I would go and see experiment 523 next for some shave ice.
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My next stop was experiments 149, and 150. The daring partners and crime were usually hanging around the stores. Ever since they were paroled it was hard to keep track of them. I had a hard time finding them, but once I finally tracked them down, and they seemed happy enough. That what was two more off my list. One hundred and fifty down, four hundred and seventy-three to go.
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I hovered next to the lighthouse. Waiting patiently for Experiment 221 to show himself. Soon enough he flew out of the lighthouse, an electrical current surging behind him.
"Hey Sparky how's life in the lighthouse?" I asked. He laughed manically and flew around the hovercraft giving off a dangerous amount of electricity. Then flew back into the massive rotating light. Leaving me lightly singed. Well, that answered that question. I checked the clock that was built into the dashboard. It was already noon. I had to pick up the pace!
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The carnival was crowded at usual. You couldn't turn around without knocking someone over. The whole place was completely packed with tourists. I could wager that there wasn't a single Hawaiian citizen in the whole theme park. As much as I hated crowds I had business here. Experiment 322, the experiment designed to verbally insult people worked here at a dunk tank. It shouldn't be to hard to find him. He was usually surrounded by a crowd of angry people. And sure enough I saw him at the dunk tank making fun of the surrounding people.
I eased my way through the crowd trying not to draw attention to myself, approaching the dunking tank I saw a young boy step forward holding a tennis ball. It looked like he was going to try and hit the target.
"Hey kid!" Yelled 322. "Nice clothes, what's the matter is your welfare mother not able to buy you a decent set of clothes!" 322 burst into the laugher. The boy angrily threw the ball, but as I suspected missed the target. Laughing even louder 322 threw more verbal insults to the boy who ran off crying his eyes out.
Suddenly 322 spotted me in the crowd. "Hey look who it is!" He announced "Its Simon, hey Simon! How's it feel to be unwanted wherever you go?! Or how is it being a powerless FREAK!"
"That son of a bitch" I cursed under my breath. I pushed a little girl out of the way, snatching the tennis ball from her hands. I threw it at the target. It was a direct hit! 322 was sent plunging into the pool of icy water. Feeling satisfied I left the carnival.
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I flew over the ocean towards a little speck of land about a mile from the island. I had finally entered the 500-Series. I didn't have that many more to go. I landed on th small island, and was greeted by Experiments 501, and 502. After a short conversation I was satisfied that they were happy in their one true place. But, they did have some very surprising news. They were actually trying for some offspring. So, wishing luck I flew back towards the island.
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I walked along the area publicly known as muscle beach. It was the place were all the muscle bound people came to exercise, or test their strength against one another. It was the perfect place to find Experiment 601. I looked up from my clipboard and saw the large purple experiment lifting weights. Excellent, I knew I would find him here. After I confronted him. He insisted that I spar with him and wouldn't let me leave until I did. After what was a very short match I left muscle beach nursing multiple bruises.
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I yawned, leaning back in the drivers seat. Resting my feet on the dashboard. I was finally finished. I observed my clipboard. Every experiment had a check mark beside his or her name. The sun was setting behind the horizon. And stars were starting to appear in the sky. It may have taken me all day, but I had found and checked all six hundred and twenty-three experiments.
Now I could finally get back to the laboratory, and rest up for the trip to the beach. I must admit I was enjoying the time off I was having. Sometimes I forget how much fun just flying around the island can be. Speaking of flying, the hovercraft was low on fuel. At full speed I flew across the island. Moments later I was parking the hovercraft into my garage. Making sure everything was locked up securely I headed to the front of my lab. It had been a trying day, and I was anxious to get to get some rest.
