On Turian Prison Asteroid number seventeen, Dr. Jacques Von Hamsterveil paced around his cell as he did every day since his capture. An alien dinosaur like guard passed by the cell, making his rounds to check on the prisoners.
"Report. Gerbilveil check." The guard said into a communication device on his shoulder before moving onto the next cell.
"I am not gerbil like, I am hamster like!" The small rodent alien yelled out.
Completely ignoring the small criminal, the guard continued on. "Report. Leroy clone number 001 check."
"Ugh. Why must I stay here with these insufferable imbesciles?" Just when he thought it couldn't get any worse, the prison sound system started to roar to life. As they did every night, some of the Leroy clones hacked into the sound system to play Jailhouse Rock.
Making his way to one of the cell walls, Hamsterveil starting banging his head, trying to keep the song out. "Must you be playing with this song every night?!"
"Hehehe." A low laugh emanated from the other side of the wall. "Weega enjoy it."
While the clones had already began jumping around and dancing, the original Leroy leaned his back up against the wall of his cell. While he didn't particularly like the song, he did like the torment it caused his creator.
"Leroy!" Hamsterveil said in his high pitched shriek. "It has been over five years! Why are you not making with the breaking of us out yet?!"
"There isa naga reason to break out without plan." The evil red experiment spat. "How isa that plan coming?"
"You little-"Before continuing the sentence he coughed, not wanting to upset his creation. "I will tell you when you are needing to know!"
Hamsterveil turned away from the wall to return to his pacing. The song hadn't yet finished but it soon would. Either from it just ending or the guards shutting it down. He hoped it was the latter. Continually pacing around the room, he tried to come up with a new plan to finish off Lilo and Stitch once and for all. Then galactic domination would finally be in his grasp. The problem was that he had been utterly defeated last time. Not even an evil army of Leroys was able to finish them off.
The song finally stopped with a scratch, a female voice came over the intercoms instead, much to his appreciation. "For the continued disruption of the peace, and the continued destruction of prison technology, lights out will now be an hour earlier each day. Good night!"
The lights cut out. Leaving the entire cell division in complete darkness. The original Leroy returned to his bed, staring at the empty ceiling. As he did every single day, he thought about the cause of his imprisonment. Stitch. I will get my revenge. And it will be so sweet. Just you wait. With an evil grin, he closed his eyes, the sounds of the murmuring clones all around him filled the cell block with a satisfying buzz.
Back on Earth, Lilo and Stitch were using the cloud of darkness to secretly return themselves and the hovercraft home. Lilo gently flew the vehicle back to its original resting spot, making it look like it never left. As long as no one went around back while they were gone, no one would know.
"There. Safe and sound." Lilo said as she took off her seatbelt.
"Like weega never even took it." Stitch commented. "It's too bad our night had to end so soon."
"What do you mean?" Lilo turned in her seat to face him better. "The night's not over yet." With a grin she leaned over to Stitch a pulled him into another kiss. The two almost fell over but Stitch kept them propped up with one of his arms. It was so dark that Lilo could barely see him, but it didn't matter, she was able to feel him. Lilo felt more love for the blue experiment every day, nothing in life was better than getting to show him how she felt.
The sweet moment was short lived, however. They froze at the sound of a twig snapping under someone's weight nearby. "Lilo? Stitch?" A voice called out from the stairs to the house.
"Nani!" Lilo whispered, pulling herself away from Stitch and turning to see her sister.
"Lilo!" Surprise and anger filled her older sister's voice
"I'm sorry, Nani. I can explain everything," Lilo began to plead. She couldn't believe after so long they were finally caught. Right after they decided to tell her too.
"Oh really? Don't try to make excuses, Lilo. And Stitch, I'm surprised at you!" Stitch looked away, even in the darkness he could see the anger drawn on her face. She looked utterly betrayed.
"Don't be mad, we just-"Lilo was immediately cut off by her sister.
"You just thought I wouldn't notice?" Nani strongly put her hand on the hovercraft. Lilo flinched at the sound of the thud it had made.
"I know we should have told you, but we thought you'd say no to it."
"You're right I would have said no." Lilo's face fell. She had thought all along that Nani wouldn't be supportive, but to actually hear it was soul crushing. Stitch grabbed her hand supportively, completely unnoticed by the furious Nani above. "Honestly, Lilo. You know you're not allowed to take the hovercraft without permission."
Wait, what? Lilo's head snapped straight up in confusion. She's not mad about Stitch and me? No. Did she just not see? Her eyes quickly darted to Stitch who shared her look of confusion. "So you didn't see…?"
"I didn't see a hovercraft when I got home this evening. Since everyone else is in the house, it wasn't hard to figure out you two must have taken it without my approval again. I heard you two come back and instantly came out. Why? What should I have seen?"
"Nothing!" Lilo quickly replied, letting go of Stitch's hand before she became more suspicious. "I just thought you might have seen us flying or something."
"It's way too dark right now for that." Nani crossed her arms, trying to think of a punishment. "Now get inside you two. It seems we can't just have this thing out anymore." Lilo and Stitch quickly hoped out of the vehicle and ran straight to the stairs. "Oh! And you can consider yourselves grounded till Friday!"
"But-"
"No 'buts.' I'm being nice because of what day it is. You two are lucky I don't call Cobra."
Lilo was about to complain about being grounded again, but Stitch held her back. Instead he called out to Nani. "Weega sorry. Weega never do it again." Stitch then pulled Lilo up the stairs before they got in more trouble.
Now what to do with this thing? Nani thought, staring at the large hovercraft. It was much too big to hide in her car like the last one. She would need an even better hiding spot so they wouldn't go finding it any time soon.
The next day Lilo rushed to school early. Instantly regretting leaving it behind, she tried to do her science homework as quickly as possible. Thankfully, science was one of her best subjects. Having an evil genius like Jumba in the house, Lilo had learned a lot of things over the years. After being in the machine, Lilo took an interest in science and how the things Jumba made worked. Of course, she learned mostly about alien technology, but the same principals applied to Earth. Unfortunately, she ran late again and didn't finish the last part of the homework. With nothing else she could do, she handed her homework in as is. It's not like doing perfect is going to get Mrs. Carnes to like me anyway.
While Lilo was at school, Stitch was going to go set up plans with Angel and Reuben. The two discussed what plans they had made and couldn't think of anything important happening on Saturday. Stitch was surprised to find their house empty. Looking through the window he couldn't see a trace of the two. That's not like them. Not wanting to break his promise with Lilo, Stitch went to the town in search of his cousins.
Back at school, Lilo was asked to stay back a few minutes after class.
"Wait." Lilo was utterly shocked. "You want me to join the science club?"
"I don't want you to no. However, Mr. Kame has requested that I ask you to join." Mrs. Carnes looked like she was about to blow. In no way did she agree with the Principal request, but she was forced to.
Why does everyone want me to join a club? "Why would he ask you to do that?"
"I suppose…" She began as she wiped down the board in preparation of her next class. "He feels like you would excel in it. I'm not going to lie, Ms. Pelekai. I am completely against it. I do not think you would benefit us in anyway."
"Am I not doing that well in science?"
Mrs. Carnes put the brush down and after a slight hesitation finally spoke. "You're doing overly well in my class." It pained her to say, but she had to admit that Lilo was excellent at science. "I just don't think you're a good student. You are constantly late, hand in half completed assignments, and when you are here you hardly pay attention." How you manage this and still score well I will never understand. I actually hate it!
"Well then you'll be happy to know that I'm not interested in joining any clubs."
"Really?" Mrs. Carnes couldn't hold back the actual happiness in her voice. "I mean. Alright. I shall inform Mr. Kame of your choice."
Lilo quickly left the classroom, eager to get to the next class. She was really confused as to why she kept getting asked to join clubs and hoped it would stop soon. It wasn't that she was against it, she just really wasn't interested in any that she had seen or heard of. She was in such a hurry, she wasn't being careful as she ran around a corner.
With a loud thud, Lilo ran right into someone, knocking them into the wall. "Sorry!" She shouted as she continued running down the hall, not wanting be late. The girl who was just shoved, brushed off her jacket and fixed her skirt and hair. "Ugh. Lilo." She spat. "You will be sorry."
Feeling a sudden chill run down her back and hearing someone say her name, Lilo looked back down the hall. However, there was no one to be seen anywhere. That's weird. I thought I heard… Her trail of thought was broken by the sound of the bell. "Not again!" She ran to her class, hoping that Mrs. Carnes holding her back would be a good enough excuse to not get in trouble again.
Stitch sat on top of a café in town. Watching the people enjoying their coffee and sandwiches below, he wondered where Angel and Reuben had gone. I really thought that they would be here. Stitch had checked every shop and place he could think of. He ran from rooftop to rooftop hoping he would spot them. Normally their pink and yellow fur would stand out from the crowds.
Unable to think of any other place to go, Stitch decided to head back home. He would check their house one more time before Lilo got out of school. Walking up the steps to the house his ear twitched the sound of laughter coming from the trail to Jumba's ship. "Reuben? Angel?"
"See?" Reuben said as he put his arm around Angel. "I told you everything was fine."
"Youga right." She smiled at him and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Meega just worry."
"I know. I'm sorry, I'm just so excited."
"Me too." Reuben placed a gentle hand on her cheek and stared lovingly into her eyes. "I love you, Angel."
She touched his warm hand with hers, loving the feelings it sent through her body. Without meaning to, or rather, like a force of nature they both became drawn together. Reuben wrapped his hand around her back and head, pulling her into a deep kiss. Their lips danced together under the warm sun, heating them up even more. After a few more moments, Reuben dipped Angel to the ground. The sudden rush clouded her mind.
"Careful." She whispered.
"Sorry." He replied with his sheepish grin. "I just got carried away." They were about to continue their moment together, when Stich suddenly burst through the bushes.
"Reuben! Angel!" He exclaimed, arms out. "Meega been looking for youga."
The two quickly recomposed themselves. They hoped that Stitch didn't hear what they had been talking about. They wanted to keep it a surprise until they could announce it for both him and Lilo to hear.
"What are youga doing at Jumba's ship?"
"We were just, uh." Angel was still shocked. She wasn't expecting someone to just burst into their moment like that. Stitch, however, was always good at dropping in unexpectedly.
"We had a checkup with Jumba." Reuben said honestly. Angel tightened her grip on his hand, hoping he wasn't just going to outright tell Stitch what was going on.
"A checkup?" Stitch suddenly became worried. Neither he nor any of the experiments have ever needed a checkup before. "Are youga okay?"
"We're fine, cuz." Reuben said leaving Angel's side. He put his arm around Stitch's shoulder and began to lead him down the path. "Jumba just wanted to make sure everything was fine with us. Since we were the first ones to use the machine after he tampered with it to work with Lilo." He could still see the concern on Stitch's face. "Don't worry, everything turned out 'a' okay."
"If youga say so."
"I do. Hey, shouldn't Lilo be home from school soon? You should be there for her."
"Youga right." Stitch said, about to take off. Reuben started to return to Angel when Stitch suddenly remembered why he was looking for them in the first place. He quickly asked if they were free to talk about what they mentioned the day before that weekend. Discussing it for a few minutes, they decided to meet up at Angel and Reuben's house on the upcoming Saturday afternoon. Once everything was arranged, Stitch then ran home, eager to tell Lilo he kept his promise.
"That was a close one." Reuben said as he wiped his forehead. "I don't think he suspects anything though."
"Good. You handled that really well." Angel said with a sly grin.
"What can I say?" Reuben was blushing, Angel's smiles always got his blood pumping. "I guess I got good at lying while working for Hamsterwheel."
Angel pouted playfully, putting her hand on his chest. "I hope you don't use that lying ability on me."
"Never." Reuben pulled her into another kiss, feeling Angel's lips turn from a pout into a grin under his touch. They stayed there for several minutes. They were in no hurry to return home.
Thankfully, school had gone better this day than the day before. Lilo was relieved that aside from the classes they shared, she didn't once run into Myrtle. After figuring out that it was her fault that she got into trouble, Lilo was expecting some sort of bragging to follow soon. Instead it was a completely quiet day. Victoria and Keoni met Lilo at her locker and the three decided to head out together.
"I guess the clubs are starting to advertise." Keoni said as he pointed out the tall student handing a poster on the bulletin board.
"Don't remind me." Lilo replied exasperated.
"What's got you tired of things already?" Victoria was surprised, Lilo wasn't one to cut anything out without trying it at least once.
"Both Coach and Mrs. Carnes asked me to join their clubs."
"Really?" Victoria asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I can understand Coach wanting you in track." Keoni stated. "But isn't Mrs. Carnes the one that hates you?"
"Yeah." Lilo said with a nod. "It was at the request of Mr. Kame."
"Woah. The principal?" Keoni was stunned, no one had ever heard of the principal getting involved with student clubs. Lilo just silently nodded in reply.
"So are you joining either of them?" Victoria asked as they passed the board. She tried to take a look at the posters, but they had gone by too fast to really take any of them in.
"No. I'm just really not interested."
While the three continued talking about clubs, Myrtle watched them from down the hall. She was eager to rub it in Lilo's face that she was the one to get her detention. However, she kept missing her chances. Now, she was ready, and nothing was going to stop her. She took a step forward when she felt a hand on her shoulder hold her back.
"Hey! What are you-"She said as she turned around. She quickly shut up once she saw who it was. "Oh. Hey, Lea."
"Hi." She said in her usual uncaring tone. "So. Are you ready to meet Sam?"
"O-of course." Myrtle looked back, seeing that Lilo, Victoria, and Keoni were already out of sight. "Wouldn't miss this chance for the world."
"Good. This way." With a hair flip, Lea lead Myrtle off through the rushing students. It was hard for Myrtle to keep her excitement. The only time anyone got to meet Sam was when the group was tormenting people. She, however, was getting to meet her to become part of the group. Bragging to Lilo was long from her mind. Now, she had something even better to do. Her dreams were quickly coming true.
They passed Elena, Yuki, and Teresa along the way. The trio just watched as Myrtle didn't even bat an eye at them. They shared a concerned look, and quickly discussed if they should do anything. Seeing their leader not even acknowledge them quickly made their minds up for them.
"You ready?" Lea asked, knowing that Myrtle would have to be either way. Even though she was asked to join, Sam could change her mind at the drop of a dime.
"Born ready." She replied, confidence and arrogance filling her more now than ever.