Chapter 11: Capture Stitch
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The next morning, on the rocks near the ocean, Red was scanning the shore for any sign of Jumba and Pleakley when it heard Pleakley's groaning.
Moving to the rocks he saw Jumba struggling to climb out of the water.
"There you are." Red said helping them both out of the water.
"Little monster." Jumba groans when Pleakley's phone rang.
"Uh Agent Pleakley." He answered revealing it to be the Grand Councilwoman.
"I have lost patience with all three of you. Have you captured 626 or not?" She asks.
"Uh uh…well." Pleakley stutters.
"Consider yourselves fired and prison-bound. Your incompetence is nothing short of unspeakable." Grand Councilwoman declared.
"Oh I'm heading for the junkyard." Red groans.
"We're fired…now we do it my way!" Jumba smiles getting up.
"Your way?" Pleakley asks before he and Red chased after them.
On the Grand Council Ship, the Grand Councilwoman was with Gantu.
"It seems I've overestimated Jumber, Bed and Blinkley." She said.
"Uh Jumba, Red and Pleakley." Gantu corrects.
"Whatever. The mission is in jeopardy. This could be your chance to redeem yourself, Captain Gantu. How soon can you be prepared to leave?" Grand Councilwoman asks.
"Immediately." He declares.
Back on Kauai, Stitch was laying sleeping in the woods with his head in the book when he heard a noise.
Looking up he saw Jumba walking out of the bushes with a plasma cannon in his hand.
"Don't run. Don't make me shoot you. You were expensive. That's it come quietly." Jumba said walking towards him but Stitch steps back.
"Waiting." Stitch said.
"For what?" Jumba asks before looking down at the book.
"Family." Stitch said.
"Aah. You don't have one. I made you." Jumba said.
"Maybe I could—"
"You were meant to destroy. You can never belong. Come with me and we can take you apart." Jumba said causing Stitch to run away. "Don't run!" Jumba groans before chasing after him.
Outside his house, Leo was saying goodbye to Arista and Aquata.
"You two should probably get back to Atlantica before your dad realizes you were gone." Leo said.
"But what's gonna happen to you?" Aquata asks.
"I don't know." Leo sighs.
"It's not fair. You don't deserve this." Arista said.
"I learned a long time ago…life isn't fair." Leo sighs before pulling them both into a hug. "Thank you for coming."
Frowning they hugged him back before walking along the beach to find a safe place where they could change back.
Walking into the house, Leo saw Naia sitting at the table sadly.
"Hey mom." Leo said getting her attention.
"Leo? I didn't hear you get up." Naia said before noticing the sad look on his face. "What happened?"
"I said goodbye to Aquata and Arisa and last night Stitch left." Leo said.
"I'm sorry Leo." Naia said.
"It's okay, he didn't want to be here and I don't blame him. We don't need him." Leo said.
"No, that was for everything you've put up with these last 10 years. I should have been a better mother to you and to Ruby, but instead you ended up taking over the house while I tried to just keep a roof over our heads." Naia said sadly.
"Hey." Leo said grabbing her shoulders. "None of this is your fault. You were a great mom and it's because of you I'm the person I am today."
"We love you and we always will." Looking over they saw Ruby was walking in.
"No matter what happens we'll always be family." Naia said hugging her kids when they suddenly heard a knock at the door.
"Mrs. Rivers!" David said on the other side of the door.
"David?" Naia asks opening the door.
"I found you guys a sponsor!" David said surprising her.
"What?" She gasps.
"Old Man Kuhakini's store, but we have to hurry." David said.
"Oh thank you David." Naia smiles. "Leo can you watch Ruby?"
"Absolutely. David you rock man." Leo smiles.
"Anything for a friend." David smiles as he and Naia left finally finding a way to save the Marine Lab.
But just as they left Stitch came running in with Jumba right behind him.
As Leo and Ruby were about to pack their things they heard Stitch come in through the dog door.
"Stitch? What are you doing here?" Leo asks when Stitch shushes them until Jumba walks in.
"Oh hiding behind your human shields won't work. Didn't I tell you? We got fired this morning." Jumba chuckles.
"Leo, what is that?" Ruby asks clinging to him in fear.
"No idea." Leo said as Stitch pushed them down the hall.
"New rules!" Jumba said firing a plasma ball at Stitch but he caught it and threw it back hitting Jumba and Ruby's record player turning on Hound Dog.
"Ooh I love this song." Jumba smiles when he looks up to see Stitch climbing on the ceiling. "Come on. What's the big deal?" Jumba asks as Stitch replies in alien. "I'll put you back together. Maybe taller, less fluffy." Jumba grabs the entire plate cabinet.
"I like fluffy!" Stitch said as Jumba through all the plates at him that flew through the roof.
Outside, Pleakley and Red were panicking in horror at what was happening.
Stich mocks Jumba in alien before the roof came crashing down on him.
"Leave my mother out of this! You could do with a makeover. I tried to give you my good lucks but let's face it, something went wrong." Jumba mocks when Leo punches him in the face. "What the?!"
"Get away from him!" Leo said hitting Jumba in two of his four eyes giving Stitch an opening to grab Jumba and throw him through the side of the house. "Whoa, you're strong."
"Guys this way!" Ruby said leading them to the back door only to reveal Pleakley and Red on the other side.
"You're alive!" They smiled as Ruby slammed the door.
"They're all over the place!" Ruby said.
"Running away?" Jumba cackles walking in. "Here let me stop you!"
"Duck!" Leo yelps pushing them to the ground as Jumba threw a throwing star made of bathroom appliances through the door almost hitting Pleakley.
"You always get in the way!" Jumba said when Red runs in.
"We are in serious danger of getting exposed." Red said when Stitch breaks through the wall holding a blue car.
"Blue punch buggie!" Stitch said whacking Jumba threw the house. "Now punch back!" Stitch threw the car smashing into Jumba.
"Where'd he learn the punch buggie rule?" Leo asks as Ruby rubs the back of her head.
"Guilty." Ruby said.
"Ruby when this over I—"
"Stitch found the chainsaw!" Ruby interrupts.
Leaping at Jumba with the chainsaw Stitch was about to attack when Jumba through a toilet plunger knocking him near the plasma cannon. "Aha!"
Stitch points it at him only for Jumba to shove a carrot in it. "You shouldn't play with guns."
"Oh okay." Sitch said giving it to him.
"Wait! It's your birthday! Happy Birthday!" Jumba said tossing the gun to him.
"Merry Christmas!" Stitch said.
"It's not Christmas!"
"Happy Hanukah!"
As the two of them played hot potato with a gun about to explode Pleakley and Red grabbed Leo and Ruby getting them outside.
"Wait! What about Stitch?!" Ruby asks.
"Trust me this is not gonna end well!" Pleakley said.
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"It." Stitch said.
"I win!" Jumba said as the gun explodes destroying the entire house and knocking Leo and Ruby to the ground.
As Aquata and Arista were about to leave they suddenly heard the explosion.
"Wait was that?" Arista asks.
"In the direction of Leo's house?" Aquata finished.
Gasping the two girls ran as fast as they could.
At the General Store, Naia was walking out. "Thank you so much. You kept allowed quite a few people to keep their jobs." Naia smiles when a firetruck drove past her in the direction of her house. "Oh no." She said before running over.
Groaning Stitch was thrown into some bushes from the explosions as Naia ran over to see Cobra Bubbles leading Ruby and Leo to his car.
"Leo! Ruby!" Naia yells as Cobra stops in front of her and handing Ruby to Leo. "Please don't do this."
"You know I don't have a choice. I managed to find some homes for both of them." Mr. Bubbles said when Aquata and Arista arrive in and look in horror at what happened before running up to hold Naia back.
"No! You have to keep them together or they won't stand a chance!" Naia said.
Leo looks in horror hearing he would have to say goodbye to his little sister too.
"You're making this harder than it needs to be." Mr. Bubbles said.
"You don't know what you're doing! They need me! They need each other!" Naia sobs
"Is this what they need?!" He snaps gesturing to their destroyed house. "It seems you need them a lot more than they need you!"
Not being able to hold it in anymore Leo held Ruby close as he made a run for it.
Mr. Bubbles turned around and looks to see they were gone. "Leonard! Leonard! Ruby!"
"Leo!" Naia calls out.
Stitch looks at the rubble and noticed Leo's music box, but it was broken in half from the explosion.
In the woods, Leo sobbed as he held Ruby close.
"Leo I don't wanna have to say goodbye to you too." Ruby said hugging her brother.
"Me neither Ruby." Leo said when Stitch came out of the bushes.
"Stitch?" Ruby said as Leo let go and he hands him the music box.
Leo opens it and gasps to see the top shell broke off. "You ruined everything." He growled.
Stitch looks at them and lets out his extra arms, back spikes and antennae shocking them both.
"You're one of them? This whole time?" Ruby asks as Stitch nods.
"I don't believe this. I-I-I took you in and you destroyed everything! My home, my family, any hope I ever had of seeing Ariel again! All gone because of you!" Leo snaps as he kicks Stitch to the ground.
"Get out of here Stitch." Ruby glares.
Stitch was about to say something when he pushed Leo into the bushes as net fired out capturing him and Ruby.
"Surprise!" Leo looks in shock as out of the trees Gantu appeared and grabbed the net. "And here I thought you'd be difficult to catch. Silly me." He smirks.
"Ruby? Leo?" Naia, Aquata and Arista call out before Gantu walks past them causing them to gasp.
"Mom!" Leo said running over to them.
"Leo!" Naia said hugging her son.
"He has Ruby!" Leo points to the black ship to see Gantu loading Stitch and Ruby into a container and attaching them to the ship.
"All buckled up for the trip. And look I even packed you a little snack." Gantu mocks looking at Ruby before walking to the controls.
"No!" Arista and Aquata yell as they tried to stop him but the ship started to take off.
From the container, Stitch managed to wiggle out but Leo was still inside when it took off.
"Ruby!" Leo screams seeing her little sister flying away.
Groaning Stitch picked himself off the ground when Naia grabs a stick and whacks him with it.
"Where's my daughter?! Talk! I know you can!" Naia said.
"Okay okay." Stitch said causing her, Aquata and Arista to yelp in surprise before she hits him again.
"Where is Ruby?" Aquata repeats.
"Ruby is..." Before Stitch could finish he was blasted by a plasma cannon allowing Jumba, Red and Pleakley to rush over and handcuff him.
"Yes! All your washing is up!" Jumba smiles.
"You are under arrest! Read him his rights!" Pleakley orders as Red recited them.
As Aquata and Arista look at the aliens in shock Leo and Naia walk up to them.
"Hey!" Leo said getting their attention.
"Where's Ruby?" Naia asks.
"Who?" Jumba asks.
"Ruby, my daughter." Naia said.
"And my sister." Leo said.
"Uh we don't know anyone by this uh…"
"Her name is Ruby Rivers! She has brown hair, brown eyes and he hung around with that thing!" Naia snaps.
"We know her." Jumba sighs.
"Then bring her back." Leo said.
"We can't do that. That would be misuse of Galactic Resources." Pleakley said.
"We just came here for him." Jumba said holding up Stitch.
"So she's gone?" Naia asks horrifying everyone.
"Look on the bright side…you have one less mouth to feed." Pleakley said as Leo punched him right in the eye.
"No! No!" Leo snaps before breaking down and dropping to his knees crying.
"How can you honestly say that to someone?!" Aquata snaps.
"It's your fault she got captured in the first place!" Arista points.
"All Leo wanted was to stay with his family and because of you guys he'll never see them again!" Aquata said.
"What is wrong with you people?!" Arista asks when Stitch walks up to them.
"Ohana." Stitch said as Jumba grabs him.
"What are you doing?" Jumba asks.
"No wait!" Naia said putting Stitch down.
"Ohana means family. Family means…"
"No one gets left behind." Naia, Leo, Aquata and Arista said.
"Or forgotten." Stitch finished before turning to Jumba and talking in alien.
"What?! After everything you put me through you want me to help you just like that? Just like that?!" Jumba snaps as Stitch nods. "Fine."
"Fine?" Red asks.
"He is very persuasive." Jumba said freeing him.
"Persuasive? What are we doing?" Pleakley asks.
"Rescue." Jumba said as they all smiled.
"We're getting Ruby?" Leo asks as Stitch smiled.
Racing across the streets in a motorcycle. Leo, Aquata, Arista and Red were in the sidecar while everyone else was on the bike.
"Oh good. I was hoping to add theft, danger and insanity to my list of things I did today!" Pleakley said.
"You too?" Jumba laughs.
"Thanks for coming back!" Leo said looking at Arista and Aquata.
"You saved our family so it's only right we help save yours!" Arista smiles.
"If dad found out we were doing this we'd be in so much trouble!" Aquata smiles.
"Well then he won't find out!" Leo smiles as Stitch laughs.
Arriving at their destination Stitch smiled as Jumba ripped leaves off their ship.
"Whoa." Leo smiles.
"What? You think we walked here?" Jumba asks clicking the keys.
Up above the clouds, Gantu's ship was about to leave Earth.
"This is Gantu requesting hyperspace clearance." Gantu said.
"Standby." The computer said.
In the back Ruby was looking out at the clouds before she teared up thinking she'd never see her family again.
Suddenly out of the clouds a giant red ship 3 times bigger than Gantu's came out of the clouds. Looking up Ruby gasps to see Leo and Stitch waving at her from the window causing her to smile.
"Clearance is granted on Vector C-12." The computer said.
"Connect me to the Grand Councilwoman." Gantu said.
"Gantu what's going on?" Grand Councilwoman asks.
"I thought you'd like to know the little abomination is…" Before he could finish a horn went off. Looking over he saw Stitch taunting him.
"Yes, Captain?" Grand Councilwoman asks as the ship whacks Gantu's making him rattle.
"I'll call you back." Gantu groans before flying after them and activating the guns. "How did you get out of there?"
"So what exactly are we doing?" Naia asks as Stitch rips off a piece of the ship and bites it.
"Don't worry, we're professionals. Hey! Get that out of your mouth!" Jumba said as he shook Stitch.
"I can't believe you people do things like this on the surface." Aquata said.
"We don't. This seems to happen to just me." Leo said when a blast went through the roof causing Aquata and Arista to fall on top of Leo.
"So in other words if we told people no one would believe us." Arista said as Leo helps them up.
"Probably not. Jumba he's coming back!" Leo calls out.
"Hold on!" Jumba steers the ship vertically so it was able to fly through the mountain range providing cover from Gantu's attacks. "Okay, is showtime!"
Stitch smiles as he made his way towards the exit.
"Hey Stitch!" Leo calls out getting his attention. "Good dog." Leo smiles.
As they were about to make their move a man was laying on a chair eating an ice cream when the ship wing flew in knocking out of his hand.
"This is it!" Jumba said as they flew up and rammed into Gantu's ship allowing Stitch to open the door and fly out landing right on the hood of the ship.
Scurrying to the back Stitch started clawing at the container Ruby was in.
"Little savage! Get off my ship!" Gantu snaps aiming the thrusters at him causing Stitch to fall off and plummet to Kauai.
"Stitch!" Ruby yells as Stitch ended up on the highway in front of the same frog he met on the day he crashed.
"Computer, locate Experiment 626." Gantu orders.
"626 located." The computer said.
"We finish this now." Gantu growls.
Looking through binoculars Jumba spotted him.
"Stitch is unconscious." Jumba said.
"What do we do now?" Leo asks.
"Stay close, hope for a miracle. That's all we can do." Jumba said.
Hopping on Stitch's head the frog croaked waking him up as Gantu was about to fire. Grabbing the frog Stitch rolled out of the way.
Looking up he saw Ruby was still trapped.
"Don't leave me, ok?" Ruby said.
"Ok." Stitch said when a gasoline truck came his way. "Ok." Stitch said narrowing his eyes as he put the frog down and stopped the truck with his bare hands.
"Target 626 is in motion. Speed is 84." The computer said.
"Impossible." Gantu said as he flew down to see Stitch driving the truck the Volcano national park before making the truck land in the lava. Climbing out Stitch scurries along it as Gantu fired at him.
"Stitch!" Ruby yells.
"Abomination." Gantu said.
"Stupidhead." Stitch smirks ripping a hole in the truck causing the gasoline to fall in the lava creating an explosion which shot him right into Gantu's control room. "Aloha!"
"Bleuch! You're vile! You're foul! You're flawed!" Gantu yells trying to squash him.
"Also cute and fluffy!" Stitch yells grabbing Gantu and throwing him out of his own ship landing on the outside of Jumba and Pleakley's ship.
Taking out a plasma cannon, Gantu fired hitting his ship while Stitch climbed to the back and broke Ruby free.
"You came back." Ruby said.
"Nobody gets left behind." Stitch said as Ruby hugged him before they jumped ship as it exploded creating a cloud of smoke.
"Ruby!" Naia yells worried, but from the smoke Stitch was using his 4 arms to hold him, Ruby and Gantu to the ship.
"Good dog." Ruby said as they all cheered happily.
Down below in the ocean, David was sitting on his board waiting for the waves when the ship landed nearby sending a giant wave that knocked him into the water.
Resurfacing he grabbed onto his board.
"David!" Looking over he saw Leo and Ruby waving at him.
"Leo? Ruby?" He said surprised.
"Can you give us a ride to shore?" Ruby asks.
"Uh sure…but I'll have to make 3 trips." David said.
After taking Gantu, Naia, Arista, Aquata, Jumba, Pleakley and Red to shore David came back with Leo, Ruby and Stitch.
"So you're from outer space huh? I heard the surfing's choice." David said when the Grand Councilwoman's guards grabbed Stitch and handcuffed him.
"We have 626!"
"Take him to my ship!" Grand Councilwoman said.
"Hey leave him alone." Leo said when Cobra Bubbles came over.
"Leonard, hold on." He said as Gantu came over.
"Grand Councilwoman, let me explain." Gantu said.
"Silence! I am retiring you Captain Gantu." Grand Councilwoman said as Pleakley and Red came over.
"Actually miss, credit for the capture—" Pleakley starts.
"Goes to me. You two will be lucky to end up on a fluff trog farm after we sort this out." She said.
"Uh I should." Jumba said trying to walk away when Aquata and Arista push him back towards the Grand Councilwoman.
"You! You're the cause of all this! If it wasn't for your Experiment 626, none of this…"
"Stitch." Stitch corrects.
"What?" Grand Councilwoman asks.
"My name Stitch." He clarified.
"Stitch, then. If it wasn't for Stitch…" Grand Councilwoman stops realizing something before turning towards Stitch.
"Does Stitch have to go in the ship?" Stitch asks.
"Yes." She said.
"Can Stich say goodbye?" Stitch asks.
"Uh yes." Grand Councilwoman said.
"Thank you." Stitch said walking towards Leo, Naia and Ruby.
"Who are you?" Grand Councilwoman asks looking to them.
"This is my family. I found it, all on my own. It's little and broken, but still good." Stitch said looking to them. "Yeah, still good."
Walking back to the ship, Pleakley walks up to the Grand Councilwoman.
"Does he really have to go?" Pleakley asks.
"You know as well as I that our laws are absolute. I cannot change what the council has decided." Grand Councilwoman said.
"Leonard, didn't you and Ruby buy that thing at the shelter?" Mr. Bubbles reminds as Leo as he took out the certificate he got from the shelter.
"Uh excuse me miss." Leo said walking over to her. "Three days ago, my family and I bought Stitch at the shelter and paid 2 dollars for him. See this stamp? We own him." Leo said showing her the certificate.
"You take him, you're stealing." Ruby said causing the Grand Councilwoman to smile.
"Aliens are all about rules." Mr. Bubbles said.
"You look familiar." Grand Councilwoman said looking at him.
"CIA. Roswell. 1973." He said.
"Ah, yes. You had hair. Take note of this." Grand Councilwoman said picking up Stitch. "This creature has been sentenced to life in exile, a sentence that shall henceforth be served out here on Earth." She took off his handcuffs and placed him with Leo's family. "And as caretaker of the alien life form Stitch, this family is now under the official protection of the United Galactic Federation. We'll be checking in now and then." She declared.
"I was afraid you'd say that. This won't be easy to explain back at headquarters." Mr. Bubbles said.
"I know what you mean." Grand Councilwoman said looking to Jumba, Pleakley and Red. "Don't let those three on my ship."
As the ship took off, Naia looks to Mr. Bubbles.
"CIA?" Naia asks.
"Former. Saved the planet once. Convinced an alien race that mosquitoes were an endangered species. Now about your house." Mr. Bubbles said.
"Wait you mean we get to stay?" Ruby asks.
"You heard her? Your family is protected by the Galactic Federation you kids aren't going anywhere." Mr. Bubbles smiles.
"YES!" Leo and Ruby cheered as Naia hugged her kids close.
Stitch looked at them happy when Leo held out his hand and pulled Stitch into the hug.
While everyone was figuring out how to improve the house so it could take Jumba, Pleakley and Red, Leo was walking along the beach with Aquata and Arista.
"Well this is where we have to go." Aquata said.
"I can never thank you two enough for all your help. You helped keep my family together." Leo smiles.
"I hope we can see each other again soon." Arista said.
"Me too. Goodbye." Leo leans in and pecks Aquata and Arista on the cheeks causing them to blush.
Walking into the ocean, Arista took out her mom's mirror and they transformed back into mermaids.
Turning around they waved goodbye to Leo before diving down back to Atlantica.
"Well this little trip wasn't so bad. I can see why Ariel likes him." Aquata said.
"Yeah except…I kinda like him too." Arista blushes swimming ahead.
"Me too." Aquata smiles softly before swimming after arriving back in Atlantica.
Arriving back in the palace, they saw Attina, Alana, Adella, and Andrina in the gardens.
"Where have you been up to?" Arista asks swimming over.
"Oh just Sebastian and helping dad." Attina sighs.
"What have you two been up too?" Alana asks.
"Oh just having fun." Aquata said.
"Was it a boy?" Andrina asks.
"Please don't be." Adella said softly.
"Sorry girls, that's our little secret." Arista said as she swam away placing her mom's mirror back on the statue.
"Hey has anyone seen Ariel?" Aquata asks looking around wondering where the youngest sister is.
On the outskirts of Atlantica, Ariel was laying on a rock looking up at the surface.
By her side was a sack filled with human objects. Reaching inside she pulled out a metal fork.
"Such interesting things. And who knows what else is up there." Ariel sighs laying her head down. "Someday Leo I'll be part of your world."