The enthused fivesome eagerly headed into town. Pleakley insisted that he had some shopping to do, so their first stop was at the mall. While Pleakley and Nani browsed the clothing stores, Lilo and Stitch went to the mall's arcade with Jumba. Stitch actually waited his turn to play the games, and was, for once, not booted from the area. Once all of Jumba's change had been spent, they met up with Nani and Pleakley and went for a bite to eat.
They stopped at a fish and chips joint and ordered for themselves. When the food came, Lilo prepared herself to block Stitch from his usual attempt to eat everything, but didn't need to. Stitch ate only his own food, and actually used manners in the process. Smiling at her well-behaved friend, Lilo sat down at the table and looked at her sister.
"So what are doing next?" she asked.
"I dunno, Lilo. How about..."
"Hey Lilo, Nani! Howzit?"
Everyone looked up and saw that David had entered the restaurant. He came up to their table and greeted them again.
"Hey David! What are you doing here?" asked Nani.
"Just picking up some surfboard wax. Are you doing anything?"
"No, not really."
"Well, wanna come to the beach with me?"
"That's a great idea! What do you think guys?"
Everyone agreed. Once they were done eating, the group left the restaurant and headed for the beach with David.
While Jumba and Pleakley stayed on the beach, the four others grabbed two surfboards and went to catch some waves. As Lilo paddled out on the water with Stitch, she turned back to look at him. He seemed to be enjoying himself. Catching her looking at him, the experiment playfully splashed some water at her.
Lilo laughed. "Having fun, Stitch?" she asked.
"Yeah! I haven't had this much fun in a long time! Hey, look at that wave!"
Seeing the big wave coming towards them, Lilo turned the surfboard away from it and stood, ready to ride. Stitch did the same. The wave caught the board, and the two friends let out a whoop of exhilaration.
"Yee haw!" they cried out in unison, manoeuvring the board along the ever changing water.
Lilo let out a contented sigh as the wave faded into the shore. It was good to be having fun again.
Gantu had a leisurely yawn as he flopped onto his commanding chair. His ship was peacefully quiet, save for the hum of its computers and the occasional rattling from the kitchen, courtesy of 625. No experiments had been activated for quite some time, and Gantu was enjoying the break. The whale-like alien shut his eyes and sank further into his chair, deciding that a nap would do him some good.
"GANTUUUU!!!"
A piercing, high-pitched voice filled Gantu's eardrums. His eyes shot open, and he found himself looking at the glaring face of Dr. Hamsterveil on the ship's mobile computer screen. Gantu immediately stood at attention.
"Y-yes sir?" he stammered.
"Why are you not catching my experiment, you lazy creature you?!"
"Uh, experiment? But sir, no experiments have been activated for over a month now!"
"You idiot! The latest experiment was activated three weeks ago!"
"Really? I, I wasn't aware of this..."
"Well, you are aware now!"
"I assure you sir, if I had known the experiment had been activated, I would-"
"Silence! I cannot have this incompetence on the job! Get off your lazy patookie and catch my experiment! NOW!!!"
The computer screen switched off and faded into blackness. Gantu let out a snort of anger and started pacing around the room. An experiment had been activated three weeks ago, and he hadn't even known about it! How stupid could he be? He muttered to himself as he paced, wondering what he should do. Then he knew who might be able to help.
"625!!" Gantu hollered.
The mustard yellow experiment sauntered into the room, munching on a PB&J sandwich.
"Something wrong Chief?" he asked after swallowing.
"Is there something that you would like to make me aware of?"
"Um, other than that you have a big butt, nope, I can't think of anything."
"Well, let me refresh your memory." Gantu stomped towards 625 and grabbed his chubby body. The experiment squeaked as Gantu raised him to his face.
"There was an experiment activated three weeks ago!"
"Oh yeah, the experiment! Yeah, I remember now!"
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"Well I, er, I forgot."
"You forgot? That is not an excuse! Catching experiments is our top priority! No experiments for Hamsterveil means no money for me, and no money for me means no sandwiches for you!"
"Okay okay, I get your point! And chew some gum, would ya? Your breath stinks!"
Gantu rolled his eyes. "Now, what does the experiment do?"
"Uh, I forgot that too."
"Figures." Gantu dropped 625 onto the floor and went to the ship's main computer. Hitting a few buttons, he brought up the experiment log, and searched for the most recently activated one. Finding it, he hit another button, and the computer read out its information.
"Experiment 257 activated. Primary function: Induces rage."
"Hmm, induces rage," Gantu said to himself. "This should be interesting."
Gantu took his belt of experiment containers and his blaster from where they were hanging nearby.
"I'm going to look for the experiment. If any others are activated, be sure to tell me this time."
"Gotcha, Fish Face."
The ship's door opened, and Gantu headed out. When it shut, 625 let out a perturbed sigh. How could Gantu expect him to remember some dumb cousin being activated when he had more important things on his mind? Like sandwiches? Finishing off his rudely interrupted snack, the experiment headed to the kitchen, and went to back to doing what he loved.
Having tired of surfing, Lilo and Stitch played on the beach, building a lovely sand castle. They were adding on the fourth tower when Nani told them it was time to go. Lilo looked up at the sky; the sun was going down, casting a soft red glow over the water. She longed to go surfing again, but she knew that Nani's word was final. Seeing that Stitch had gotten up to leave, Lilo followed him and the others back home.
Everyone declared that they were tired and wished to go to bed. After a quick snack of ravioli, Lilo and Stitch brushed their teeth and headed up to their room. Changing into her nightgown, Lilo laid on her bed and brought the covers over herself. To her surprise, Stitch tucked her in. He sat on the bed next to his friend and smiled at her.
"I'm glad we went out today. I think we all needed it," Lilo said.
"Yeah, we all needed some fun," said Stitch.
"Maybe we could go out again tomorrow."
"Yeah, we could go to the beach again."
"That would be fun." Lilo turned to face Stitch. "You know, I think Jumba's ray has really helped you. You're acting so much better now. Nani didn't even yell at you today."
"I feel like a new experiment."
Stitch licked Lilo's cheek. Lilo giggled and kissed him back. Stitch hopped off her bed and climbed into his own.
"Goodnight Stitch."
"Goodnight Lilo."
Lilo turned off the lamp at her bedside and shut her eyes. She went through the day she had had in her mind, and looked forward to day she would have tomorrow. A day with her new and improved friend.
625 sat at the ship's kitchen counter, making his final batch of sandwiches for the night. Gantu had been gone for a while now which was nice; he could only take so much whining about 'the trog.' 625 reached for the jar of mayo, and discovered that it was empty. He went to the fridge and searched through it, hoping to find some fresh stuff that he could use. There was none. Grumbling to himself, the experiment wondered how he could finish his sandwiches now. Then he remembered that Gantu usually put extra groceries in the ship's storage room. Perhaps there would be some mayonnaise there. He didn't want to walk, but his sandwiches needed him. Making sure his beauties would be safe without him, 625 left the kitchen and headed to the storage room.
The storage room door opened and 625 stepped inside. Cool, stale air rushed out at him as he searched for the light switch. He flicked it on, and the room was dimly illuminated by a dim light overhead. 625 walked amongst the numerous boxes and bags, searching for a jar of mayo.
"Aha!" he exclaimed as he found what he was looking for. Smiling, he picked up the mayonnaise and headed for the door.
A metallic scraping shattered the room's silence. 625 stopped and listened. He heard a faint scurrying behind him. 625 turned and peered at the piles of stuff before him. He looked up, and saw the grate of the room's ventilation duct was open.
Fear started to bubble within the yellow experiment. He saw a shadow move in the corner of his eye.
"Hello?" 625 called out hesitantly. "Anyone there?"
A small clicking sound came from the back of the room. Hugging the jar of mayo tight to himself, 625 took a step closer, unsure if he wanted to know what was back there. The sound became louder and rhythmic, and with every passing second 625 knew he should leave. Something moved from behind one of the boxes. Then, 625 saw it.
A frightening experiment emerged from the shadows. Its cat-like head cocked to one side as its sleek, slender body came into the light. The experiment was covered with inky black fur except for its belly, which was blood red. Pointy triangular ears turned in 625's direction. Black pupiless eyes stared at the quivering alien holding the jar of mayo, studying him with a deadly concentration. Muscled arms and legs, tense with wariness, ended with long sharp claws. But that wasn't the worse part. Rising from behind the experiment was a fearsome tail which sent another wave of fear coursing through 625. Large and flexible, the fur on the tail was spiked to a needle's sharpness, every hair pointed and poised. At the top of the tail was a huge, terrifying blade that looked metallic in appearance. The blade glistened in the dim light, and reflected its surroundings from its base to its pointy tip. That thing looked sharp.
625 dropped the jar of mayo, causing it to shatter and spread mayonnaise all over the floor.
"You... you're the... the..." 625 whispered.
With a menacing grin, the experiment began walking towards 625. The sandwich muncher backed away from his imposing cousin, desperately thinking of a way to resolve the situation.
"Hey cuz, uh, don't you think we should introduce ourselves?"
The experiment growled and raised its tail into the air. It started walking even faster towards 625. He continued to back up, and found that his back was to the wall.
"Hey, can't we be friends? I can make you a sandwich, how about-"
625 was cut off as the experiment suddenly launched its tail right at him. With a scream of terror 625 jumped out of the way and ran for his life. The experiment chased 625 around the room, swatting at its cousin with its tail every chance it got. 625 saw the door out of there not far from him, and he ran towards it. Unfortunately, he forgot to look down, and his feet landed on the spilled mayo. He lost his balance and fell on his back onto the floor.
The black experiment stood over its cousin, still grinning. 625 whimpered with fear, wishing that this was all a bad dream.
Suddenly, the experiment's tail shot out from behind it and the tip landed in 625's side. 625 cried out in pain as the blade sunk into him, stinging like nothing he had ever felt before. With a hiss of amusement, the experiment withdrew its tail and turned away from 625.
"Wait, stop, I..." 625 was rapidly weakening. His head felt heavy. His eyelids began to droop. The pain of his wound began to numb, and the yellow experiment felt paralysed. He tried to call out, but couldn't. With a final shuddering breath, 625 lost consciousness.
They stopped at a fish and chips joint and ordered for themselves. When the food came, Lilo prepared herself to block Stitch from his usual attempt to eat everything, but didn't need to. Stitch ate only his own food, and actually used manners in the process. Smiling at her well-behaved friend, Lilo sat down at the table and looked at her sister.
"So what are doing next?" she asked.
"I dunno, Lilo. How about..."
"Hey Lilo, Nani! Howzit?"
Everyone looked up and saw that David had entered the restaurant. He came up to their table and greeted them again.
"Hey David! What are you doing here?" asked Nani.
"Just picking up some surfboard wax. Are you doing anything?"
"No, not really."
"Well, wanna come to the beach with me?"
"That's a great idea! What do you think guys?"
Everyone agreed. Once they were done eating, the group left the restaurant and headed for the beach with David.
While Jumba and Pleakley stayed on the beach, the four others grabbed two surfboards and went to catch some waves. As Lilo paddled out on the water with Stitch, she turned back to look at him. He seemed to be enjoying himself. Catching her looking at him, the experiment playfully splashed some water at her.
Lilo laughed. "Having fun, Stitch?" she asked.
"Yeah! I haven't had this much fun in a long time! Hey, look at that wave!"
Seeing the big wave coming towards them, Lilo turned the surfboard away from it and stood, ready to ride. Stitch did the same. The wave caught the board, and the two friends let out a whoop of exhilaration.
"Yee haw!" they cried out in unison, manoeuvring the board along the ever changing water.
Lilo let out a contented sigh as the wave faded into the shore. It was good to be having fun again.
Gantu had a leisurely yawn as he flopped onto his commanding chair. His ship was peacefully quiet, save for the hum of its computers and the occasional rattling from the kitchen, courtesy of 625. No experiments had been activated for quite some time, and Gantu was enjoying the break. The whale-like alien shut his eyes and sank further into his chair, deciding that a nap would do him some good.
"GANTUUUU!!!"
A piercing, high-pitched voice filled Gantu's eardrums. His eyes shot open, and he found himself looking at the glaring face of Dr. Hamsterveil on the ship's mobile computer screen. Gantu immediately stood at attention.
"Y-yes sir?" he stammered.
"Why are you not catching my experiment, you lazy creature you?!"
"Uh, experiment? But sir, no experiments have been activated for over a month now!"
"You idiot! The latest experiment was activated three weeks ago!"
"Really? I, I wasn't aware of this..."
"Well, you are aware now!"
"I assure you sir, if I had known the experiment had been activated, I would-"
"Silence! I cannot have this incompetence on the job! Get off your lazy patookie and catch my experiment! NOW!!!"
The computer screen switched off and faded into blackness. Gantu let out a snort of anger and started pacing around the room. An experiment had been activated three weeks ago, and he hadn't even known about it! How stupid could he be? He muttered to himself as he paced, wondering what he should do. Then he knew who might be able to help.
"625!!" Gantu hollered.
The mustard yellow experiment sauntered into the room, munching on a PB&J sandwich.
"Something wrong Chief?" he asked after swallowing.
"Is there something that you would like to make me aware of?"
"Um, other than that you have a big butt, nope, I can't think of anything."
"Well, let me refresh your memory." Gantu stomped towards 625 and grabbed his chubby body. The experiment squeaked as Gantu raised him to his face.
"There was an experiment activated three weeks ago!"
"Oh yeah, the experiment! Yeah, I remember now!"
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"Well I, er, I forgot."
"You forgot? That is not an excuse! Catching experiments is our top priority! No experiments for Hamsterveil means no money for me, and no money for me means no sandwiches for you!"
"Okay okay, I get your point! And chew some gum, would ya? Your breath stinks!"
Gantu rolled his eyes. "Now, what does the experiment do?"
"Uh, I forgot that too."
"Figures." Gantu dropped 625 onto the floor and went to the ship's main computer. Hitting a few buttons, he brought up the experiment log, and searched for the most recently activated one. Finding it, he hit another button, and the computer read out its information.
"Experiment 257 activated. Primary function: Induces rage."
"Hmm, induces rage," Gantu said to himself. "This should be interesting."
Gantu took his belt of experiment containers and his blaster from where they were hanging nearby.
"I'm going to look for the experiment. If any others are activated, be sure to tell me this time."
"Gotcha, Fish Face."
The ship's door opened, and Gantu headed out. When it shut, 625 let out a perturbed sigh. How could Gantu expect him to remember some dumb cousin being activated when he had more important things on his mind? Like sandwiches? Finishing off his rudely interrupted snack, the experiment headed to the kitchen, and went to back to doing what he loved.
Having tired of surfing, Lilo and Stitch played on the beach, building a lovely sand castle. They were adding on the fourth tower when Nani told them it was time to go. Lilo looked up at the sky; the sun was going down, casting a soft red glow over the water. She longed to go surfing again, but she knew that Nani's word was final. Seeing that Stitch had gotten up to leave, Lilo followed him and the others back home.
Everyone declared that they were tired and wished to go to bed. After a quick snack of ravioli, Lilo and Stitch brushed their teeth and headed up to their room. Changing into her nightgown, Lilo laid on her bed and brought the covers over herself. To her surprise, Stitch tucked her in. He sat on the bed next to his friend and smiled at her.
"I'm glad we went out today. I think we all needed it," Lilo said.
"Yeah, we all needed some fun," said Stitch.
"Maybe we could go out again tomorrow."
"Yeah, we could go to the beach again."
"That would be fun." Lilo turned to face Stitch. "You know, I think Jumba's ray has really helped you. You're acting so much better now. Nani didn't even yell at you today."
"I feel like a new experiment."
Stitch licked Lilo's cheek. Lilo giggled and kissed him back. Stitch hopped off her bed and climbed into his own.
"Goodnight Stitch."
"Goodnight Lilo."
Lilo turned off the lamp at her bedside and shut her eyes. She went through the day she had had in her mind, and looked forward to day she would have tomorrow. A day with her new and improved friend.
625 sat at the ship's kitchen counter, making his final batch of sandwiches for the night. Gantu had been gone for a while now which was nice; he could only take so much whining about 'the trog.' 625 reached for the jar of mayo, and discovered that it was empty. He went to the fridge and searched through it, hoping to find some fresh stuff that he could use. There was none. Grumbling to himself, the experiment wondered how he could finish his sandwiches now. Then he remembered that Gantu usually put extra groceries in the ship's storage room. Perhaps there would be some mayonnaise there. He didn't want to walk, but his sandwiches needed him. Making sure his beauties would be safe without him, 625 left the kitchen and headed to the storage room.
The storage room door opened and 625 stepped inside. Cool, stale air rushed out at him as he searched for the light switch. He flicked it on, and the room was dimly illuminated by a dim light overhead. 625 walked amongst the numerous boxes and bags, searching for a jar of mayo.
"Aha!" he exclaimed as he found what he was looking for. Smiling, he picked up the mayonnaise and headed for the door.
A metallic scraping shattered the room's silence. 625 stopped and listened. He heard a faint scurrying behind him. 625 turned and peered at the piles of stuff before him. He looked up, and saw the grate of the room's ventilation duct was open.
Fear started to bubble within the yellow experiment. He saw a shadow move in the corner of his eye.
"Hello?" 625 called out hesitantly. "Anyone there?"
A small clicking sound came from the back of the room. Hugging the jar of mayo tight to himself, 625 took a step closer, unsure if he wanted to know what was back there. The sound became louder and rhythmic, and with every passing second 625 knew he should leave. Something moved from behind one of the boxes. Then, 625 saw it.
A frightening experiment emerged from the shadows. Its cat-like head cocked to one side as its sleek, slender body came into the light. The experiment was covered with inky black fur except for its belly, which was blood red. Pointy triangular ears turned in 625's direction. Black pupiless eyes stared at the quivering alien holding the jar of mayo, studying him with a deadly concentration. Muscled arms and legs, tense with wariness, ended with long sharp claws. But that wasn't the worse part. Rising from behind the experiment was a fearsome tail which sent another wave of fear coursing through 625. Large and flexible, the fur on the tail was spiked to a needle's sharpness, every hair pointed and poised. At the top of the tail was a huge, terrifying blade that looked metallic in appearance. The blade glistened in the dim light, and reflected its surroundings from its base to its pointy tip. That thing looked sharp.
625 dropped the jar of mayo, causing it to shatter and spread mayonnaise all over the floor.
"You... you're the... the..." 625 whispered.
With a menacing grin, the experiment began walking towards 625. The sandwich muncher backed away from his imposing cousin, desperately thinking of a way to resolve the situation.
"Hey cuz, uh, don't you think we should introduce ourselves?"
The experiment growled and raised its tail into the air. It started walking even faster towards 625. He continued to back up, and found that his back was to the wall.
"Hey, can't we be friends? I can make you a sandwich, how about-"
625 was cut off as the experiment suddenly launched its tail right at him. With a scream of terror 625 jumped out of the way and ran for his life. The experiment chased 625 around the room, swatting at its cousin with its tail every chance it got. 625 saw the door out of there not far from him, and he ran towards it. Unfortunately, he forgot to look down, and his feet landed on the spilled mayo. He lost his balance and fell on his back onto the floor.
The black experiment stood over its cousin, still grinning. 625 whimpered with fear, wishing that this was all a bad dream.
Suddenly, the experiment's tail shot out from behind it and the tip landed in 625's side. 625 cried out in pain as the blade sunk into him, stinging like nothing he had ever felt before. With a hiss of amusement, the experiment withdrew its tail and turned away from 625.
"Wait, stop, I..." 625 was rapidly weakening. His head felt heavy. His eyelids began to droop. The pain of his wound began to numb, and the yellow experiment felt paralysed. He tried to call out, but couldn't. With a final shuddering breath, 625 lost consciousness.