Chapter 11: What We Want -or- An Unknowing Agreement
KAUAI, HAWAII
Going against 626 in the water was one of the worst decisions Jumba and Pleakley made. 626 -though not as well as on land- could still protect himself from them, this time sending them to wash up on the opposite end of the island. What better way to continue their horrible day than a phone call from the boss? Pleakley knew he shouldn't answer it, the only reason he did was because he didn't want to lose his job. The call that followed him answering took that exact path as soon as he gave an answer.
"I have lost patience with you both," the councilwoman was also loosing her temper. "Have you captured 626 or not?"
"No..." Pleakley reluctantly answered.
"Consider yourselves fired and prison bound," the councilwoman gave the order. "Your incompetence is nothing short of unspeakable!"
"We're fired," Jumba smiled while the transmission ended -and Pleakley cried in front of him. "Now we do it my way!"
"Your way?" that got Pleakley's attention. "Wait! What do you mean 'your way'?"
"Now that council is no longer interfering, I can exterminate 626," Jumba armed his plasma cannon.
"You can't," Pleakley stopped him. "You'll be endangering the whole island you crazy head!"
"But it is 626 you should be worried about," Jumba pushed past him. "My little creation is almost unstoppable."
"Then how are you gonna stop him?" Pleakley followed the evil scientist.
"One eyed noodle is right for once," Jumba paced in a circle.
"Exact...Hey!" Pleakley glared at him.
"With limited Earth technology, it will be taking me years to find a solution," Jumba's sights turned to a rather loud bird that flew past a volcano far away. "Aha! Magma from Earth's core might have enough pressure to encase 626 in unbreakable material!"
"How are you gonna find him?" Pleakley asked. "We're all the way on the other side of the island, in case you haven't noticed."
"I am remembering little girl and 626 coming somewhere near here," Jumba found the beach. "This way."
There was a slight movement in the bushes that startled Pleakley into thinking it was another vengeful animal. He followed Jumba to make sure he was away from Earth's wildlife for now, unaware that this particular fauna wasn't Earthbound.
"Injibay all meega needed to hear," Angel ran off to her battle cruiser.
SPACE -PLANET TURO-
The Grand Councilwoman was not pleased in the slightest at the way things were turning out. She assumed that by sending not only Jumba and Pleakley but the rest of 626's crew to get him, one of the two fleets would have had a chance to capture the experiment by now.
"It seems I have overestimated Jumber and Blinkley," the Grand Councilwoman sighed in annoyance.
"Uh, Jumba and Pleakley," Captain Gantu corrected.
"Whatever," the Councilwoman waved off the mistake. "The mission is in jeopardy. This could be your chance to redeem yourself, Captain Gantu. How soon will you be prepared to leave?"
Captain Gantu was ready to go long before this, he'd even packed for the trip. Unfortunately for him, Angel caught on to his plan while she was making her escape from Turo and trashed his ship's systems. While he was taking off, the ship broke down, forcing him to repair it himself while dealing with the gopher-like alien even more as he did so. The captain was officially peeved, his ship now ready for him to finish what he started on the transport ship. He was going to do it this time for sure, by any means necessary.
"Immediately," Captain Gantu was set of 626's capture by his shark-similar hands. "And this time, 626 will not escape. I'll make sure of it."
"See that you do, captain," the Councilwomen told him. "There might be a bonus in it for you if you succeed."
"Thank you Grand...If I succeed?" the captain grimaced at the word "If".
"I trust you to not make the same mistake twice," the Grand Councilwoman walked off on her word.
Captain Gantu walked to his ship in rage, how incompetent did she think he was? It wasn't like he just let 626 out, give him the keys to the police cruiser and turn away while the experiment took off to Earth. 626 was made to be stronger and faster than anyone the UGF could pit against him, the captain being of no exception to Jumba's design. This was Captain Gantu's chance at a restart, one he wouldn't mess up -no matter what the Grand Councilwoman thought of him now. He'd show her, he'd show them all what he was made of when he caught 626.
SPACE -EARTH'S MOON-
621 worked himself to the bone to locate Kauai, it almost as if it didn't exist with the range he searched through the planet's maps. That was one of the downsides of not having Earth in the UGF, it was practically invisible and not much was known about it than from a few experts. 621 was not one of those experts, though he was smart enough to "stumble" upon his current information. Though he was looking as fast as he could, 628 still pressured him to work faster to find the island.
"It should not take you this long to find one small smudge on the map," 628 persisted.
"I'd like to see you do something this complicated," 621 looked at the maps intently. "Humans are really unorganized. Can't we just blow up the planet and..."
"Absolutely not," 628 stood her ground on matter. "626 is to be apprehended, that is as far as this goes. So help me 621 if you disobey my orders, I'll..."
"I know, I know," 621 waved her off with his unoccupied forth hand. "Hang on, I found it! Set a course Captain 628, I'll rally the men."
621 left the co-pilot and went to get Ramthar and 627 -who had taken a walk on the moon-, leaving 628 to herself. The thought of being their captain sent shivers down 628's spine, it wasn't really a position she'd prefer. They weren't as bad as she remembered them, which is something she should thank Angel for. Still, they were more trouble than they were worth in her mind. 628 looked to the circled island on the map, wanting to get this job over with as soon as possible. The quicker, the better.
Ramthar was getting tired of 627's antics when 621 relieved him of the job, the red experiment bounced around destructively. What made things worse was the drop in gravity, something that allowed 627 to fly around aimlessly. Ramthar strapped himself to the floor and swatted at the experiment whenever he flew too close, never actually landing a hit due to the speed 627 zoomed by him. 621 was a welcome, giving him a chance to escape before 627 tested out his zero-gravity strength on him.
Ramthar was also happy to know that 626 had finally been located, making it so much easier to see their leader. 628 may have been in charge of them for the time being, though the information Ramthar and 621 held to themselves made her slightly worried to think of what they had in store for 626. They were villains, so anything was possible at that point. They could betray 626 and turn him over to the UGF, they could betray the UGF and resume conquering the galaxy without Jumba's aid. No thought was out of bounds, only they made her ponder her fate as she helped.
KAUAI, HAWAII
Angel ran back to her cloaked ship, not even worrying about the gazes people sent her. Her only goal was to get to Lani and tell her it was time for a fight. Arriving at the blue punch buggy hologram, she opened the door to find Lani with a welding torch and mask. Angel made her presence known, giving Lani a second to put down her tools. Looking over the human's shoulder, the pink experiment could see that Lani had been working on Angel's suit -mostly on the centerpiece and rists.
"You're good to go, Angel," Lani smiled down to her. "Oh, can you hand me the bucket of water from outside?"
"Ih," Angel walked out with Lani holding the suit. "Lani, Jumba isa gonna ah-qae jihad to volcano."
"This is bad, this is so very bad," Lani didn't know that was going to happen. "Before we decide what to do, can you hand me the bucket?"
Angel knew deep inside that she was going to regret it, she had once before. This time was exactly like the purple paint incident, only substituting the paint with what could wash it off. That still didn't make the soggy experiment any less angry, just about the same as the first time. Angel shook the water off of her and onto Lani, one way she'd feel better about being fooled again by the same ploy. Lani knew that it was best not to do it again, if she knew what was good for her she wouldn't.
"Goocha, gaba ika tasoopa!" Angel growled at her for repeating her trick.
"I needed to get you all cleaned up," Lani gave her the suit to wear. "There's no need to hide anymore. So how's the suit?"
"Isa same," Angel shrugged her response.
"Oh really?" Lani laughed to herself. "Try to hit the bucket away, without moving."
Lani stepped out of the way to give Angel a clear shot at the container. Angel didn't know how she would be able to hit the bucket though, her antenna weren't even long enough to reach it. Like vaguely instructed, Angel acted as though she was hitting the bucket. Surprise took over the female experiment's expression as to strands of electricity shot out of her palms, whipping away the container. As Angel looked closer, she saw that the electric strings were still attached to her palms.
"I made them for you to use," Lani explained her suit's upgrade. "They're electro-fibers I created so you have doubled the reach of your antenna. I call them the Ziz-ziz Wisps. Do you like it?"
"Ih," Angel admired her work. "Isa morcheeba. Naga, isa butifa! Just graazi for meega."
"I thought so," Lani smiled before going serious. "These will help you keep Lilo and yourself safe."
"Gaba," Angel was confused by her suddenly going solemn.
"This has gotten too serious, way beyond what I saw coming," Lani told her. "I'll help you get Lilo, then you have to keep her safe."
"Naga," Angel shook her head. "Meega help yuuga baaheth jihadi."
"Really," Lani was surprised she hadn't back out on her opportunity to leave. "You'd do that? Why?"
"Doing butifa make yuuga feel butifa," Angel quoted Lani. "Yuuga meega achi-baba, meega yuuga matyr."
Lani and Angel reached an agreement, they were in this together. They would both be there to help the ones who seriously needed it for what laid ahead for Kauai. Lani didn't want Angel to get hurt thought. She didn't want anyone to get hurt, not because of her.
"Are you sure you want to do this, Angel?" Lani gave her one more chance to go.
"Goobaja," Angel smirked.
Through on different plains -both in the physical world and morality- one common goal seemed to be evident in the four groups, find experiment 626. Some were willing to use forceful measures, others would make sure no one got hurt. Few would go in plasma blasters blazing, even fewer would protect any who got caught in the crossfire. This wasn't a game, this wasn't pretend. This wasn't an invasion, this wasn't a send off. This was all for 626, all because he started it. This was now war, each side meant business.
A/N: 626 is going to have a lot of problems when he wakes up, and guess which little girl gets in the middle of them? This is where things take a wild turn, so I'm going to drag it out as long as I can. The next chapter is going to reintroduce a concept from the original script, I'm telling you now not to expect 626 to come clean about being an alien so soon. We'll get there, I just want to have a little fun before we do. Because went it happens, the crap will have officially hit the fan.
Disclaimer: I am the current possessor of Lani, Nicholas and the 628 in this story. The rest is Disney and Sanders' property.
Next Time: Jumba is the first to reach 626, so the two battle it out in the Pelekai house.