Experiment 416 and 417
Aloha Amigos! Here's one more for you, seeing you enjoyed 343! (Oh yeah, before I forget, I don't own 'Lilo & Stitch' in any way shape or form, only my own created experiments. And I don't own any of the songs in this story either. Okitaka?)
A small pod with the number 417 stamped on it lay upside-down on a hat on a table in a small store near the edge of a town on the island of Hawaii. A man, a tourist, picked up and examined the cowboy-like hat with interest.
"Would you like to buy that?" The woman at the desk asked.
"Hmm… Yeah, why not?" The man said, taking out the cash and paying the correct amount. A few minutes later, he walked out, styling his new hat with a 'cool' grin on his face.
Until a load of water came crashing down on him.
"Oh! I am so sorry, sir!" the girl assistant said quickly, trying to wipe the water off the man. "I was just emptying the canopy of rainwater; I didn't realise anyone was coming!"
"No, no worries!" the man said, shaking himself off. Suddenly, he felt his hat get heavier for some reason. He took it off and saw a golden sphere growing on top of it. He yelped, and then he and the assistant jumped back, the hat balancing on to of the sphere until it disappeared. (The sphere, not the hat.)
The hat landed on a creature who was just less than 4ft tall, yellow fur with paler fur on her chest, around her eyes, on stripes over her body and on the bridge of her pale blue nose. She had two arms, two legs, long, yellow hair that only grew on the left hand side of her face, covering her pitch black eye, her long, yellow ears poking up and backwards. From her wrists, long tail and the tips of her ears, long, thin ribbons like the antennae on her head streamed out. In the middle of her chest, there was a symbol like a musical note.
"What is that thing!" the man said, backing, then running away.
417 blinked, wondering about the weight on her head. She took the hat off, examined it, and then smiled happily, replacing it on her head, purring. She looked around, touching two of her ribbons together.
">A spaceman came travelling, on a ship from afar…>" she sang, walking away from the town, towards the open fields and forest…
"C'mon!" Said Lilo, tugging at Nani's arm, half running, half pulling her way to the 'Birds of Paradise' hotel. "If we don't hurry, we'll miss the chance to talk with Keoni!"
The hotel was holding a new fitness centre opening, and all employees and their families were invited. It was also a staff-wide chance for a promotion as the new aerobics instructor. Nani wasn't interested; that would be a de-motion for her.
"Who said Keoni's going to be there?" Nani questioned, stumbling slightly as the small girl tugged her along.
"Come ON! His dad works in the place! Of course he'll be there!" she growled, slipping on the polished floor of the reception area.
"And why didn't you invite Stitch to the party?" Nani asked. "(What am I saying?)" Nani added to herself. "(He'll level the place in no time!)"
"Because I want to act a little less 'Experiment saver' and bit more 'Perfect girlfriend' type of thing." She said, releasing Nani's arm and looking round for Keoni.
"You're still in 'like' with him?" Nani wondered, brushing off her dress. "I thought you got over the crush when 199 blabbed?"
"Well, I had to say something after what Keoni said!" Lilo said, re-adjusting her Kepakemapa (Star Flower) hair-clip. "I couldn't just say 'Oh no, I'm still crushing on you'! He'd think I'm a baby or something!"
"He would not." Nani said, waving to the people she knew.
"Would to!" Lilo snapped back.
"Would not."
"Would to!"
"Would not!"
"Would to!"
"Would not times infinity!" Nani smirked. Lilo stuck her tongue out at her. Nani did it right back.
"Sisters(!)" Lilo said, rolling her eyes jokingly. She walked off in search of her 'future husband'. Instead, she found 177, the living ball of hair experiment, sat by the food table, looking bored. (Human or not, she worked there!)
"What's up, Clip?" Lilo asked, pulling up a chair. "Eat too many split-ends again?"
"Naga…" She sighed, poking the piece of bread on her plate. "Meega nemucha…"
"How can you be lonely when working with these people?" Lilo said, indicating the staff.
"Naga Cousins…" She said sadly, poking her bread still.
"Stitch and me come here all the time!" Lilo argued.
"Naga." She frowned, glancing round. "Saari Cousins! Naga Pujara Cousins!"
"Yeah, that's a fair point." Lilo said. "It is a bit unfair that you've no girl cousins to talk to. Don't worry, we'll find some for you to meet!" Clip smiled appreciatively at her.
"Warning, experiment! Exper- Exp- Warning- men- ment-ment-ment-ment!" The Gantu's computer fizzed, the module on top opening, but with the screen showing static, sparks flying from the gaps in the metal.
"Whoa! Mayday! Mayday!" 625 yelped, jumping back from the table, from which he had been making another of his sandwich concoctions; Orange and Squid on Rye-bread. "Gantu! Little help here!" Gantu stomped into the room, growling as the screen showed a microbot throwing up nuts and bolts.
"Oh, Blitznack! The Nala-Kweesta virus!" He frowned, pushing 625 onto the floor from his high stool, trying to turn it off. "You've been surfing the intergalactic-web again, haven't you!"
"Well…" said 625, getting up and backing of slightly. "I was more skimming than surf!"
"This has compromised our entire knowledge so far of Jumba's experiments!" Gantu interrupted, glaring at the yellow experiment.
"Which would be how many?" 625 retorted, folding his arms. "Now, let me see… Oh(!) About six?" Gantu paused a second, then turned away, unable to think of a comeback. "Well?" 625 added, climbing back to his stool. "Go find it before Hamsterwheel finds out and blasts your kiester! I need to work on my sandwiches!"
"(First, orders from a mouse, second, from a Trog! What next? A human?)" He asked himself, strapping a container to his back.
"Naga! Eegah me hagwala!" Stitch said firmly, barring the way in with his arm, his other hand open and towards 529. (Digger.) 529 growled, opening his paw over Stitch's, several notes falling into his hand. "Takka." He smirked, letting 529 in. As Lilo and Nani had gone to the party at 'Birds of Paradise' hotel, and Pleakly was at a Galactic Federation conference, Stitch wanted to have one of his own.
"Kixx! Baaheth jihadi meega!" Alpha ordered, bracing himself.
"Okitaka…" Kixx smirked, punching his palm with his free hand. He then jumped at Alpha, but Alpha stepped aside, Kixx smashing into the wall.
The other experiments were in scenes of this kind of turmoil. Yaarp and Cannonball were having a burping contest, Yaarp promising not to use his megaphone, Sparky enjoying playing inside the video game against Slugger on the outside, Holio was eating everything in the refrigerator, and Jumba was trying to calm things down.
"606, get out of there or there'll be none left for us!" Jumba ordered, pulling him away by the quills. "613, be shutting up!" He said, as Yaarp had just blasted Cannonball for winning. "001, 601, stop with the fighting!" They were rolling about on the floor, bashing each other to bits.
"626!" Jumba yelled, walking to Stitch past 529 (Who jumped on the couch and started digging.). "I thought you said you would not be inviting many of my evil genius experiments!"
"Ih, Jerudai aka Kalifaudet-Hak-tienet-Huznet-Kavil!" Stitch said defensively, rifling through the notes in his paw.
"'Only eight out of six-hundred-twenty-seven is not a good reason!" Jumba frowned. "Now, if we do not hide them or get rid of them, Little girl and Bigger girl will skin you alive!" Suddenly;
BEBEBEBEBEBE! Jumba jumped slightly, turning back to the experiment computer half-way in 606's mouth.
"606! Drop it!" Jumba commanded, running at him. 606 swallowed, but his mouth was forced open by Jumba, who leaned in and pulled it out quickly, leaving 606 dazed.
"Kadu?" Stitch asked, running up to Jumba. Jumba frowned, checking the computer.
"Aha! Is experiment 417, Entertainment! Able to replicate any voice, putting pop-stars and singers out of business, causing mass chaos for their fans!" He laughed evilly. "What?" He asked Stitch's questioning look. "I was having off day at lab! Now, you be thinking on how to capture her while I clean up here."
"Okitaka!"
417 wandered down the forest path, sniffing the brand new scents. She whimpered slightly, not picking up the one she was looking for.
">It's a ha-ard life…>" she sang to herself, touching two of her ribbons together. She sighed, only hearing her own voice echo back to her. She separated her ribbons, touching two different ones together.
">(All by my se-e-elf… Don't wanna be, all by my se-e-elf…)>" she sang softly in a different voice, shivering slightly in the wind. Suddenly, she heard a stomping sound. She touched two different ones together.
">What was that? What was what? What was that? What was what? What was that? What was? What? Where? Where? What? Where? Where? What was that? Shh!>" she sang fearfully, looking towards the stomping sound. ">(Quick before the Hyena come!)>" she finished, stepping quietly away from it.
"There's no use in hiding, Experiment!" Gantu said, pushing trees aside as he looked for her. "I heard you singing!" He looked about and saw the brim of an earth hat hiding in the bushes. He sneaked (Okay, crunched quietly) towards it, then slammed an open experiment container over it, surprising 417.
A strange bleeping, fizzing ala Matrix sound came out of 417's mouth in surprise, as she hadn't had the chance to touch ribbons in time. She did though as Gantu lifted the container up, making 417 slide down to the other end upside-down.
">It's clear from you vacant expression, that the lights are not all on upstairs!>" she sang angrily, bashing the sides of the glass tube with her fists. Gantu shook it, causing her to fall over.
"Now, now, no need to take that attitude!" He growled, clipping it to his back and stomping away.
">Who let the dogs out(?) Who? Who, who, who, who?>" she added, glad to hear him growl.
"Well, Keoni wasn't there…" Lilo huffed, stepping gloomily out of the car. The party had just finished, with no one taking the job as aerobics instructor.
"I told you; Keoni's probably got a lot of homework or something. Don't worry about it." Nani re-assured, walking up the steps. "But this… is something to worry about…" she added, looking at the house.
In the side of the house, there were several big holes, some splintered, and some burnt.
"Looks like Stitch had a party of his own…" Lilo smirked, forgetting her mood. Nani opened the door to see Jumba sweeping up the last remains of broken wood, Stitch on the chair deep in thought.
"What happened here!" Nani snapped, surprising Jumba.
"Ah! Big girl! Little girl! How lovely for you to be being back(!)" Jumba said quickly, hiding the broom behind his back. "How was gathering of employees from the place you are working?"
"What… happened…?" Nani said quietly, eyes narrowed dangerously.
"Erm…" Jumba said, scratching his head as Lilo went over to Stitch.
"Stitch?" She asked, waving a hand in front of his face. He blinked, coming out of his trance.
"Thinking where cousin will be." He replied.
"Cousin? One's been activated?" Lilo asked, grinning. "Which one?"
"Experiment 417." Jumba said, in the middle of a chat with Nani. "626 will explain. Oh, before I forget. 417 is programmed to look for 416, her colleague in singing."
"Right. So we godda look out for two experiments now." Lilo summed up, Stitch hopping off the chair.
"Tomorrow!" Nani frowned, looking round Jumba. "It's almost eleven!"
"Sisters(!)" Lilo frowned, rolling her eyes again.
"You caught the Trog?" 625 said with surprise, watching Gantu come in.
"Yes. It was moderately easy, to be frank." He confessed, un-clipping the belt from around his chest.
"Yeah. While you be Frank, I'll be me. So which one is it? The computer's still on the Fritz." 625 said, as Gantu opened the bottom of the container, dropping 417 painfully onto the steel floor. 417 and 625's eyes met.
"…" said 625, mouth open in shock. "…Oh no…"
"Bushibu!" 417 yelled happily, (The only non-song words she could say.) wagging her streaming tail frantically.
Before 625 knew it, he was being hugged tightly by the singer, a loud purring in his ears. He collapsed under her added weight, his face slowly turning purple.
"…I guess you- pff- know her." Gantu smirked, trying to hide his sniggers.
"(Choking! Can't- Breathe! Speaking- in- ellipses!)" 625 squeaked, pushing 417 off, only to have her clamp back on differently. (Like B.E.N from 'Treasure planet' on Jim Hawkins.) "(Little help, fish-lips, on getting rid of this limpet?)"
">And I-I-I will always, love you!>" 417 sang, tapping her ribbons together rapidly. ">You, are, the champion! Ce-le-brate good times, come on! I need a he-ro! I like! Big! B!>"
"Unfortunately," Gantu interrupted, prying 417 off 625, holding them both by the scruffs of their necks. "I'll have to break up this little memory session." He looked to 625. "Why was she doing that to you?"
"Why'd y' think(?)" 625 said sarcastically, trying to lean away from 417 as she attempted to hug him. "She just suddenly latched onto me one day in the lab, now I can't get rid of her!"
"Tragic(!)" Gantu snorted, then he suddenly smirked. He put them both to the ground, but kept hold. "You could use some exercise, 625…" He let go.
625 yelped as 417 jumped on him, purring in delight. Gantu chuckled as 625 got out, running as fast as his plump figure allowed round a corner, congratulating himself for his little bit of nastiness.
"Jumba said their pods were connected somehow…" Lilo said the next day, pushing a bush out of the way. "And if we- sorry, you, find her scent, we'll be able to follow it back to where she was activated, and find 416's pod."
"Ih." Stitch sniffed, ripping the bush up to look, and then planting it back down. "This hard. 417 has lots of scents from each ribbon."
"Well, don't try smelling for her ribbons, smell for her. If you smell for the ribbons, you might pick up a human's scent instead." Lilo suggested. Stitch made a little impressed noise in his throat, and then continued, taking Lilo's advice.
Suddenly, he picked up several scents at once, a metallic-like smell that seemed vaguely familiar (The closest thing being the inside of a container…) and Gantu's scent.
"Hmm…" Lilo wondered, after Stitch relayed the information to her. "Container, Gantu, Loads of scents… Oh man!" She said suddenly, smacking her forehead. "Big Dummy must've got her first!"
"Wait…" Stitch said, sniffing further. "Scent trail. She come from that way."
"Great!" Lilo said, following Stitch. They eventually reached the hat-shop where 417 was activated. "She must walk real fast…" Lilo muttered, looking back over the mile they'd covered. They began looking round when the shop owner came out.
"Can I help you?"
"Yeah, we're looking for what looks like a small marble with the number 416 on the side." Lilo explained, lifting the bottom hat of a pile, the rest toppling onto Stitch, partially burying him. Stitch emerged, a pink bonnet on his head. "Very you(!)" Lilo laughed.
"Naga." Stitch laughed back, pulling it off.
"Oh, you mean this?" She asked, taking something out of her apron pocket. "I found it on the kerb." In her hand lay a pod with the number 416 stamped on it, but with a small piece of pod material formed into a small stalk, like a cherry. Lilo guessed that 417's pod must have been the same, and that was the way they were connected.
"Yeah, can we have it? Please?" She asked, remembering her manners.
"Sure, take it." She smiled back, dropping it in her hand, and then disappearing inside.
"Activate it?" Stitch asked.
"Might as well do it now." Lilo replied, walking to a small puddle on the pavement. She knelt down and dropped it in.
"Ha-ha-ha!" Hamsterwheel ("Hamster-VIEL, you stupid author person who is not getting my name right!") cackled, holding his chest as he watched 417's pursuits of 625 via the tele-link. "Oh, you are correct, Gantu! Ziz is the funniest zing I have ever seen! Ha-ha-ha!" Gantu grinned smugly, that being the only complement this- well, ever.
"Sure, it's funny for you two!" 625 growled, led on his back, holding 417 back by her neck with one hand as she tried to kiss him. "This is just payback for the 383 thing, right?" So far, several kiss-shaped marks had appeared on his face, done so by 417.
"Warn- ning. Ex-Ex-Ex-Ex-Ex-Ex!" The computer stuttered. Gantu clipped it with the back of his hand. "Thank you. Experiment 416 activated. Primary function, musical accompaniment."
417 opened her eyes, leaning up off 625, unmoving. (To his relief.) She looked to the computer, a puzzled-happy look on her face.
">My best frie-end…>" She sang, a grin on her face. Suddenly, she ran off towards the lift.
"What-what?" Hamsterviel yelled, the screen swivelling round to follow her. "Not only is there one out, you are loosing this one! Catch it! Catch it quick!" Gantu jumped at her, skidding across the floor, grabbing her round the waist.
">Release me…>" 417 sang, glaring at Gantu. He shook his head. She touched all her ribbons together, took a deep breath, and then shrieked, mouth wide open. It sounded like hundreds of songs being played at the same time at maximum volume.
Gantu yelled, letting 417 go as he, Hamsterviel and 625 clamped their hands to their ears. The glass on Hamsterviel's screen shattered. She stopped screaming, jumped on the elevator and took it down.
"Good riddance, I say!" 625 snorted, trying to rub the kisses off.
As 417 got outside, she looked around, pausing at the base of the waterfall. She sniffed about trying to pick his scent up. Just then, Gantu came out, stopping suddenly as he saw 417 with his back to him.
"(Just like before.)" He chuckled, container in hand. He sne- Crunched quietly towards her. Suddenly, 417 looked to her left, a faint trumpet being sounded. Suddenly, she took off towards it at the same time Gantu clamped down.
He missed, falling into the river.
"(Blitznack…)" he gargled, spitting river water out as 417 disappeared into the foliage.
">I'm burnin' though the sky, an'>" She sang, running out of the other side of the forest a few minutes later, listening to the music getting louder and louder. ">200 degrees, that's why they call me Mr Fahrenheit,>"
She heard the accompanying music some way in front of her, through the town. ">I'm travellin' at the speed of light!>" She ran round the corner to see Lilo, Stitch and Experiment 416.
416 was simply a walking orchestra. He was a quadruped, chocolate-brown with big black eyes. (Oh boy, here we go…)
His ears were wide and had several strings running from one side to another. One antenna had a small claw at the end of it, the other a long, straight piece like a violin bow.
Underneath his chin was a huge flap of skin, like a frog's. On the back of his neck, a hard, hollow dome was placed, with another antenna shaped into a small hammer above it.
On the outside of his front legs, two sets of piano keys were placed. On his back, his second set of legs were modified to two drumstick-like appendages, to hit two raised pieces of skin on his back.
There were hundreds of small beads in his back feet, in a small pouch on each ankle. Finally, his tail widened out into a cone-shape, with lots of valves running down his back.
416 played a loud fanfare when he saw her. 417 rushed up to him and hugged him round the neck, grinning like anything.
"(Aw…)" Lilo couldn't help saying, watching the best friends reunite.
416 twanged an ear-string. 417 backed off and looked at him quizzically. 416 played a small, jumpy tune, nodding at Lilo & Stitch.
">No mala hini Ohana…?>" 417 sang/asked, looking to them.
"Yep. If you want, we could try and find a place where you belong." Lilo asked. "For both of you." She added, nodding to 416.
They leant into each other, 417 speaking in the Matrix tone, 416 playing different instruments in reply. They eventually broke up, grinning at them.
">No mala hini Ohana!>" sang 417, wagging her streamer tail.
"Takka…" Clip smiled, looking between Lilo and Stitch, who were sat next to her.
"No problem." Lilo said, stroking her head. "At least here, their talents are useful." She'd got 416 and 417 employed as the new aerobics instructors, and they'd been an instant success. Everyone loved their variety of music to exercise to, especially 'Cha-Cha Slide', one of 416's favourites. Lilo'd even given them fitting names:
417 was called Artiste, and 416 was called Synthesiser. They were also good at concerts, and, at that moment, they began a song dedicated by 417 to 625 to the crowd.
">Wise man say only fools rush in, but I can't help falling in love with you!
Shall I stay? Would it be a sin? If I can't help falling in love with you!
Like a river flows to the sea, Darling, so it goes, some things are meant to be…
Take my hand; take my whole life too. For I can't help, falling in love with you
Wise man say only fools rush in, but I can't, I can't help fallin in love with you.
Like a river flows to the sea, darling so it goes, some things are meant to be (some things are meant to be)
Take my hand; take my whole life too, for I can't help fallin in love with you!
Take my hand; take my whole life too, for I can't help fallin in love with you!>"
Well? I actually found someone who likes 625 for who he is!