Ch. 26 Adding Fire to the Flames

Gantu's Ship...

Gantu wakes with Hamsterviel looking at him, "Wake up you sleeping slouch!"

Gantu falls off the bed and Hamsterviel continues, "I'm sending back the experiments so you can have a better shot of obtaining more."

He cuts off and Gantu sleepily rubs his eyes as he trudges to the transporter, the lights flash and he sees the experiment he sent sometime ago.

He mutters, "Why can't he let me sleep in for once?"

625 comments, "Yeah, I mean... After the abundance of activations, the chrome dome here is fried."

That wakes him up, "WHAT!"

He runs back to the machine, press the button and it wouldn't start.

He mumbles, "No. No. No."

He presses the button once more and then repeatedly because his anger was starting to show. The machine turns on and Gantu says exuberantly, "Yes, all right who's the boss. I'm the boss. I did it. I'm the boss."

Then the machine begins to make a weird sound, the light turns from green to red and then...

BOOM!

Gantu's face was burnt, he opens his mouth and coughs out smoke.

He moans sorely, "Ow."

He falls back onto the floor hard and 625 comments, "Yep, you sure did it. Boss."

He laughs as Gantu just laid on the floor with the other experiments laughing along.

Lilo's House...

Lilo wakes up and groans, "Uhhggg... Why is today so hoottttt?"

She quickly dresses herself in her lightest outfit and goes back downstairs by the elevator.

She complains out loud, "It's too hot!"

Mayhem trudges from his room, "You're telling me, be lucky you're not wearing any fur. I feel ten times hotter."

Nani comes out of the living room wearing her outfit, "At least the two of you aren't working in this heat."

Pleakley comes out with wearing the most ridiculous attire, he was wearing a special lambskin headdress and clothing. It had Sapphire, turquoise, etc. jewels sewn into the clothing, as well as the patterns on the clothing and the use of goat hair in the headdress.

Mayhem opens his mouth and says, "Nah... Too easy."

Lilo asks while wiping some beads of sweat from her head, "Pleakley, what are you wearing?"

Pleakley answers, "This is an Earth Indian rain making outfit. ...You see, if I were to dance in this. Then the Earth might make nice cold rain for us all."

Everyone had a deadpan expression, even Jumba had one as he entered into the house.

He states, "Evil genius not even bothering to ask."

Pleakley crosses his arms over his chest, "Well. ...When the rain starts, then you'll beg me to make more."

He walks out and Mayhem lowly quips, "As much as watching Pleakley make a fool out of himself sounds interesting. ...There has to be something we could do to cool ourselves down."

Nani chimes as she wipes her head, "Why not go to the beach?"

She leaves to the kitchen and Lilo claims, "Too hot to walk..."

Jumba smiles, "Why not play with squirt-y guns that wet people."

Mayhem announces, "Water guns?"

Jumba broadcasts, "Not just any water guns..."

He runs off into his room and back with two toys, "So hello to my H-Jump Drive powered water guns!"

Mayhem grabs it and speaks, "It looks like a medium Nerf Gun."

Jumba takes it back, "Being very careful. These guns are still new and very powerful."

Mayhem takes it back, "Please...I doubt they could be that...(presses the trigger and a blast of water comes out) -"

"Lilo! Mayhem!" She bellows as she enters into the room, "Don't do too much because you might-"

Her sentence never finishes as a blast of water hits her and pins her to the wall.

Mayhem screeches softly, "Powerful."

He takes his finger off the trigger, the blast subsides and Nani falls onto the floor, completely soaked.

She screams hotly, "I've to go to work and I'm soaked!"

Mayhem gulps and throws the gun to Jumba as he points to him, "He did it."

He adds, "He was showing us his new invention and he pressed the trigger making a giant blast of water hit you!"

Jumba assures, "Evil genius would never do such thing, since Jumba fears wrath of Bigger Earth Girl."

Nani gives them her famous death glare, "I'm going to change then go to work, when I'm done... We're going to have a talk."

She looks at everyone, "All of us are going to have that talk."

She stomps off into her room, a few seconds later she was changed and angrily slams the door.

Mayhem admits, "Wow... She looks extremely p-... I mean, outrageously angered."

He adds, "Look what you did Jumba."

He was about to say something, but Mayhem interrupts, "Soo. Lilo we should get those guns and get cool."

He grabs the two guns and Lilo's hand as he hurriedly walks off.

He yells, "Bye!"

Jumba is left dumbfounded.

Island...

Mayhem and Lilo both stop and Lilo looks to Mayhem severely crossed, "What?"

Lilo answers, "You made Nani late and almost break the house with the water gun after Jumba told you not to touch it. What happen to be nice?"

Mayhem explains, "So it was a pseudo nice... But... At least we got the water blasters to play with."

He looks down to the toy and Lilo does the same, she smiles and aims her gun. "Prepare to get soaked to the bone."

Mayhem mused, "Not on your life."

She presses the trigger and Mayhem dodges it, the water goes behind him and into a bush where it hits three pods. A Blue one marked 518, a White one marked 579 and a Red one marked 510.

Mayhem giggles, "You missed... But I won't."

He fires from his blaster, only for him to be hit with a flaming rock on the head.

"Ow!" He hollers.

He shots a glare from where the rock was fired as Lilo did the same and there they saw three experiments.

518, a purple experiment with a Yang-like head and two spouts on his head. Then, 579, A purple Dizzifier (474)-like experiment. Finally, 510, a yellow bird-like experiment with a drill-like nose and a long tail.

Mayhem groans annoyed in his tone, "Can't we have a day when experiments don't get activated?"

The bird comes at him with its drill beak, but he hops over it and kicks the purple Dizzifier-esque.

He states, "Didn't we already capture you before?"

The purple experiment with a Yang-like head and two spouts on his head growls, "Youga pay for that."

He charges at Mayhem and both stop in the middle, deadlock and the experiment was grunting.

Mayhem looked like he was having a rough time until his facial expression changes, "Kidding."

The other experiment gasps in shock, "Gaba?"

Mayhem effortlessly charges at him, pinning him to a tree with a smirk. "You don't stand a chance."

He was about to punch the experiment out, but the purple Dizzifier-like experiment grabs him and makes him spin so fast that he drills into the ground.

The three of them run as Lilo rushes to Mayhem and asks, "You okay?"

He answers, "A little dizzy from the spinning."

He counter spins, which helps him to get out of the sand and he lands near Lilo.

Lilo asks with a little laugh, "Couldn't you just dig yourself out?"

Mayhem chimes with a smile, "Now where's the fun in that."

Lilo shakes her head, "You're acting a whole like Onyx."

"Psshaaa. As if," Mayhem exclaims.

He adds being serious, "Now... Time to get those experiments!"

Few minutes later...

Mayhem has his face down to the ground, sniffing the dirt for any traces of the experiment with Lilo right behind him.

Mayhem quickly recovers from the dirt, stands in front of Lilo and growling around.

Lilo asks confused, "What is it?"

Mayhem replies crossly, "It's them... Stoneface and Pompey. ...They're close-by."

Lilo readies the gun and says excitedly, "Bring them on!"

Both quietly walk over to a spot, break through some bushes and see them.

518 was against Pompey, Stoneface was watching over 579 and 510, very carefully.

Lilo asks, "So what is our next move?"

Mayhem proclaims, "Well... I blast Stoneface with the water gun, you do the same with Pompey."

He adds, "After both are temporarily stun, I can obtain the stoned experiments plus 518."

Lilo smirks, "Is that a plan?"

Mayhem quips, "Not bad for such short notice."

Both nod and then Mayhem jumps out and blasts Stoneface while Lilo rushes out of the bush and blasts Pompey. With both of them stun, Mayhem grabs the two petrified experiments and 518 and all of them left Pompey and Stoneface.

Hour later - Jumba's Ship...

Lilo and Mayhem manage to keep the experiments safe and stay well ahead of Stoneface and Pompey. Lilo speaks to 518, "You will be called Flame."

She walks up to 579, "You're called Spinster."

She then looks to 510, "And you shall be Drill."

Lilo introduced them to Creamer, Jumby, Queasy, Jesstifier, Bungle and He.

Lilo speaks, "Now... where are we going to find new homes?"

Mayhem comments, "Well. We can keep Jumby here, since he feels comfortable being with Jumba. ...Jesstifier can go into plays and Bungle can join an Irish or Scottish band."

Lilo announces, "We can also find a place for Flame and Drill."

She adds, "But... What about Creamer, Queasy, Spinster and He?"

Mayhem shrugs his shoulders as he suggests, "Give them as pets, since everyone here things of me as nothing more than a rare 'dog'. "

He adds, "These people will never have a mental breakdown. (points to his brain) No moving parts up there."

Lilo laughs, "That is mean."

Mayhem bows, "Thank you, thank you. I do try my best."

Lilo rolls her eyes and says, "Well... You take Drill, Flame, Jesstifier and Bungle while I'll take Creamer, Spinster, Queasy, and He to find them their new homes. Ok?"

Mayhem agreed, "Ok."

Mayhem, Drill, Flame, Bungle, and Jesstifier went one way and the second group went the other.

Mayhem's Group...

Mayhem sighs, "GGGGGGrrrrreeeeeaaaatttttt."

He looks over his shoulder and mutters, "When I said I wanted to be nice, I didn't know how hard it would be. ...God! How does Onyx do it?"

Mayhem turns back around and sees an experiment, bored.

He tilts his head and then runs to him with the other experiments close behind him.

When he reaches it, he notices what experiment it is immediately. The experiment was a small red, six-legged reptilian dog-like creature with a red-purple-striped horn on his head, brick-red markings on his forehead and back, short red-orange-tipped ears, blue eyes with red-purple spots around them and a hole-like nose He shakes his shoulder, "Splodyhead... What wrong?"

He replies, "Meega bored!"

Mayhem inquries, "What about the job with the tiki torches with David?"

He responds, "Ih, meega like job... But isa boring too fast."

Mayhem nods, "I hear you."

He asks, "Cama'ahar Teh Tebracres?"

Mayhem states, "I'm Mayhem, nice to meet you."

Splodyhead stands up and sees the other experiments, "Cousins?"

Mayhem nods, "Yep."

He takes a closer look to Flame, he smirks back to Splodyead and then fires a ball of fire to Splodyhead. He quickly counters and fires a plasma ball, both hit and are extinguish.

Mayhem speaks happily, "Well... I don't think Lilo had this in mind, but... The two fo you seem to be have fun. Soo Flame wanna be Splodyhead's partner and vice-versa?"

Flame nods excitedly, "Ih! Ih! Ih!"

He turns to Splodyhead and asks, "Want Flame to be your partner?"

He jumps up and down gleefully, "Ih! Ih! Ih!"

Flame runs to him and both smile, Flame turns and waves goodbye to the everyone as he and Splodyhead walk to Splodyhead's home.

Mayhem assumes, "Welll... I guess that's good?"

He walks and the other experiments follow behind him, "Time to find the others a home."

They pass by a complex in the process of being finished, where Mayhem bumps into a gray dinosaur-like experiment with short forearms and a thick tail and legs and falls onto the floor.

Mayhem quickly yells, "Watch where you're going!"

Hammerface, or Hammerhead, looks down and helps Mayhem, "Soka."

Mayhem grabs the hand and is lifted up, "It's okay."

He dusts himself, "I should've looked where I was going too Sorry."

Hammerface replies, "Naga problem."

He sighs and Mayhem looks to Drill as he walks flies up and lands near Hammerface.

Mayhem's gears started moving and smiles at the thought as he voices it, "Hey! Why not Drill accompanies you for these projects."

Hammerface claims uncertain, "Meega naga nota."

Mayhem declares, "Come on, what better partner than Drill for you."

Hammerface thinks for a moment and notes, "Ih youga right."

Mayhem questions Drill, "Want to help Hammerface construct homes?"

He nods and the two of them go off, leaving Mayhem, Bungle and Jesstifier.

Mayhem claps his hands together, "Well... Two down and two to go."

He adds, "Come on we need to go on to find your one true place."

Few minutes later...

They pass by a theater and Jesstifier was so enthusitastic, that he runs pass Mayhem and Bungle and into the building with Mayhem behind him screaming to stop running and come back here. When he stops, his mouth is agape.

Mayhem grabs his shoulder and turns him around, "Listen here! When I say stop or come back! I mean Stop or come back!"

Jesstifier points, "This place isa amazing."

Mayhem releases him ,"Well you do have two special talents, you can fix databases and mock Shakespeare. ...Listen bub, I think you're talent is fixing databases because if you were to do this... Many people might hurt you with their reviews."

Jesstifier nods, "Youga right."

Mayhem smiles, "I know."

The three of them venture off and Bungle came across a troupe, where they had many different dancers, actors, or other entertainers and his eyes light up as he runs towards the Scottish group and played. He joins in and plays his bagpipes and everyone see this and is astonished by it.

One guy who was bald had a white mustache with light blue eyes and was the leader of the Scottish troupe muses happily, "You've a gift. Want to join us?"

Bungle nods and speaks, "Meega Bungle."

The guy responds, "Bungle, join the family."

He turns and waves cheerfully," Bye."

Mayhem was lost at what just happened, "...Bye."

The troupe and Bungle all walk, leaving a stun Mayhem and Jesstifier.

They walked and found an electronic store, both walk in.

Mayhem walks to the front desk and demands, "Can I see the man in charge."

A caramel skin girl wearing her red and blue uniform gazes from the computer and setting her dark brown eyes from the screen to Mayhem and Jesstifier as her black hair hits her in the face. She blows some air to remove the hair before she speaks, "You're speaking to her. I'm in charge, what do you want?"

Mayhem points to Jesstifier and demands, "He is what you need. Jesstifier."

She asks, "Really?"

Mayhem nods, "Truthfully. He can fix databases easily."

She walks around the desk and explains, "Ok... If he can fix a computer under thirty minutes, he is hire."

Mayhem inclines, "I bet he can do it under five minutes and if he does not only will he work here and will live with you."

She retorts, "Excuse me?"

Mayhem smiles, "I bet he can fix that computer in under five minutes. If he wins, not only does he work here but he lives with you."

She asks, "If he were to lose?"

Mayhem bows, "Then I'll be your servant as well as my many cousins."

He adds, "Are you up to it?"

She speaks, "Let's do it."

She directs them to the back and points to the computer, "This is the computer you'll be fixing."

She turns around, "Let me get my stopwatch and we can see how good you claim to be."

When she turns back around, the computer was still position and Jesstifier and Mayhem were at their posts.

She asks, "Ready?"

Mayhem comments, "It's already fixed."

She asks shocked, "What?"

She goes to the computer and sees it is functional, "Wow."

She turns to Jesstifier, "I guess you'll be living with me."

He nods, "Yeah."

Mayhem turns and walks out of the back of the store, "Well... My work here is done. Let's see how well Lilo is doing."

He runs on all fours, looking for Lilo.

Lilo's Group...

Lilo has been walking with Creamer, Spinster, Queasy, and He for quite some time and has gotten nowhere. They pass by an aquarium where a lady, wearing a sea blue uniform, broadcasts loudly, "OMG!"

All turn and see a woman rushing over to them, when she gets there is when she picks Queasy up and looks at it. She says, "You look so exotic..."

Lilo hesitates, "Um... I wouldn't touch him..."

She asks as she places her hand on him, "Why?"

Lilo questions her, "Do you feel... Nauseated, sickly?"

Lilo thoughts, "Jumba must've fixed him so he wouldn't make people feel sick.."

She retorts, "Nope... Not at all."

She adds, "He would be perfect for our aquarium family! Please, please."

She gives in, "Fine. Just be careful with Queasy."

The other woman nodded happily, "I will."

Both went away and Lilo laughs, "Good. ... I think."

They continue walking until they see two very... Unique people.

A white skin girl with red cherry hair, brown boots, green skirt and blue shirt, was eating a sandwich with cream while carrying a small tan boy with black hair and swim trunks whom was screaming while hitting her head, "Spin! Spin!"

The girl puts the sandwich in her mouth and speaks as she swats his hand away, "I'm not a top! I'm not a toy!"

He counters, "You're right about that, you're too boring."

Creamer and Spinster both look to one another, smirk and then run to the people.

Lilo screams, "Guys! Guys, come back!"

Creamer goes up to the girl, "Hi!"

"Ah!" She screams and falls back with the boy shaking in fear, "D-Don't come a-any closer."

Creamer beams, "Meega friendly."

Spinster beckons, "Meega too."

He spins and the little boy smiles, soon Spinster smiles and the boy laughs.

The girl slowly backs away, dropping her cream filled sandwich and when Creamer saw this. He picks it up and hands it to her, "Hagata youga, youga drop sandwich."

She replies shakily as she takes the sandwich, "T-Thank you."

Lilo catches up and apologizes, "I'm so sorry about them. Next time I'll keep them on a leash."

The boy jumps off and walks to Spinster and then gently pets him, "You're a good boy, aren't you."

Spinster stops spinning and purs, the boy lightly laughs and looks to the girl. "Melody can we keep them?"

She interjects, "Absolutely not Rick."

She takes a bite out of her pb&j sandwich with vanilla cream in the middle.

Lilo asks, "Why not?"

Melody replies, "We-We don't know if they're house train... We don't even know if they're safe for a house. We don't even know if they are legal..."

Lilo reassures, "Don't worry about that, they are completely good. All they need is a place to live."

She adds, "Besides, I think you and Creamer have a lot of common."

Melody quips sarcastically, "Now do we?"

She adds, "What is it?"

Lilo comments, "Both of you like to eat sandwiches with cream."

Melody crouches down to Creamer and asks silently,"You like cream in and on your sandwiches?"

He nods, "Ih."

She smiles and stands up, "Fine they can join us, after all. Our family isn't really all that normal."

Lilo responds, "I know what you mean."

Both laugh and then Rick asks, "What's this one called?"

Lilo answers, "Spinster."

He repeats, "Spinster... What a cool name."

He jumps onto Spinster and commands, "Spin."

Spinster looks to Lilo for confirmation and Lilo sighs, "Fine."

She adds, "But don't go on your max speed, we wouldn't want to launch him into space."

He nods, "Ih. Meega will be good, meega promise."

He lightly spins and Rick is giggling.

Lilo says, "Well I should be going. Bye."

Melody blurts, "Wait."

Lilo stops and turns, "Yes?"

"What's your name?" Melody requests.

"Lilo," Lilo breaths, "My name is Lilo. I've got to go now. Bye."

Melody and Rick wave goodbye as do Creamer and Spinster.

Lilo walks for some time and finds He hidden in the bushes, "He?"

She continues, "What you doing in the bushes?"

He responds, "Meega naga nota if meega find home."

Lilo states, "You will, now come on. We've to find your one true place."

He nods and walks out of the bush, grabbing onto Lilo's hand and the two walk.

Minutes Later...

Lilo and He have been searching, but not once found a place for He.

Lilo speaks, "Don't worry."

He responds, "Meega nota."

They walk for some time and find themselves near a theater, they went inside and see that it was being used. They see a comedy skit, people were laughing and so were Lilo and He.

He kept shouting, "He did it!" or "She did this..!"

The crowd actually thought he was part of the show, which made the night rather well.

After the show...

The director walks up to Lilo and asks, "Were you the ones who were yelling?"

Lilo blushes, "Ah.. Sorry about that, he can't help it. We didn't mean to ruin the show."

He states, "Ruin. The. Show. Ruin the show. RUIN THE SHOW!"

Lilo and He cringe from that as he continues, "What ever gave you the impression that you ruin the show?"

Both look to the middle age guy who had a light tan with dark brown eyes and was wearing nothing but black as well as a black beret. "What?" Lilo gasps.

He counters, "You didn't ruin the show, but improved it. Greatly. Significantly even."

He adds, "I think he'll help us and maybe go really far in the show business."

Lilo asks, "Really?"

He nods, "Surely. He fits the critique description of the little kid that rats everyone out."

Lilo turns to the experiment, "He, looks like we found your one true place."

He nods happily and hugs the director, the director hugs back.

Lilo smiles and says, "I think I've to go now."

She walks to the front door and she adds, "Take care of He."

The director states, "No worries, we will."

Lilo runs out of the place and heads for home, she stops when she sees Mayhem eating ice-cream.

"Mayhem?" Lilo broadcasts.

"Huh," He responded, "Lilo!"

She asks, "Where you get the ice-cream?"

He licks it and mutters something, "What was that?"

He sighs, "I took it from your house, I was looking for you but got hungry and... You can pretty much figure out the rest."

She nods, "Well... I hope you saved me some."

He retorts, "Of course, I'm a guest and I wouldn't dare eat you out of house and home."

She grabs his hand, "Whoa!"

Lilo shouts, "I just realized something!"

Mayhem asks, "What?"

Lilo speaks once more, "I forgot to ask Jumba if he had any luck of finding Onyx."

Mayhem comments, "Oh... Him."

Lilo states, "Come on... I know you miss him."

Mayhem retorts, "Oh yes. I miss the screaming, fighting and the constant loathing. Yeah."

Lilo releases his hand and crosses her arms over her chest, raising an eye brow to him. "You miss him."

He scoffs, "No, I don't."

He turns his head and Lilo remains the same and Mayhem continues, "I know what you are trying to do here, you are trying to make me crack but it isn't going to work here. Nope."

She announces, "It's okay to say you miss him."

Mayhem comments, "I don't. I actually like the quiet I have been getting, a bigger room and no annoying roommate."

Lilo sighs, "Whatever. But everyone else misses him, please think about them."

Mayhem mumbles, "Fine."

He adds, "But I'm doing this because you asked me and not because I feel for him."

Lilo puts her hands up, "I never said you had feelings for him."

Mayhem comments, "Shouldn't we be going to Jumba's ship now?"

She asks, "Why the sudden-"

She never got the chance to finish her question as Mayhem drops the ice-cream in his mouth, grab Lilo's hand and both run back to Jumba's ship; hoping he did find Onyx and found a way to bring him back to his senses.

Lilo asks, "Well... Jumba, did you find him?"

He sighs, "I..."


A/N: First part of the many, many, many, mini-fanfics to come... Read and Review.