Chapter 3

The Escape Of The Gerbil

In a grey prison asteroid deep in space there stood a jail. It was time for the prisoners to sleep. Little that they knew, that one of their inmates was wide awake. His fur was pale white like snow. He swiveled his ears to pick up any faint sounds that may interfere with his plans, as his small pink nose wiggled. Nothing could be heard, except the soft snoring of his inmates. Nothing could go wrong now. He looked around for the prison guards, some asleep on their jobs. Hamsterveil grinned maliciously. He got some sheets and put it under his blanket on the bed, in the shape of him.

'' This'll show those stupid prison guards who's in charge'', Hamsterveil said softly, yet proudly to himself.

He easily slipped through the bars of his prison cell and tiptoed out of the prison, avoiding the sights of other prison guards and cameras. He looked around for a ship he can hotwire. He saw a prison guard exit the garage. Hamsterveil opened the door and saw hundreds of police cruisers parked all in a row.

'' Now is my chance to escape!'', Hamsterveil said, softly. He chose a random police cruiser and hopped inside of it. He saw that the keys were inside the cruiser.

'' Whoever left these keys in here is a complete idiot. It seems that this prison is just wanting me to escape'', Hamsterveil said.

He started the cruiser and flew out of the garage.

'' Now for my brand new secret hideout on Earth. Jumba's Ship!'', Hamsterveil said, maliciously.

A prison guard looked around for his police cruiser,'' Hey! Where's my ship?''

Another prison guard looked at him,'' You left your keys in the car again didn't you? That's the fourth time this week! What kind of idiot are you?''

Hamsterveil shattered some glass that was blocking a leaver. He pulled it.

'' Hyper-drive activated'', The computer on the ship said.

Soon the ship moved quickly at the speed of light, and the police cruiser was nowhere in sight.

Meanwhile on Earth Lilo was about to go to bed, but she couldn't find Stitch. She found him watching a monster movie in the living room, imitating the roaring of the monster on the television.

'' Stitch, come on. It's time for bed. Nani will never let us stay up this late to watch the movie'', Lilo reminded.

Stitch groaned, ''Naga bootifa!''

'' I know but it's time for bed'', Lilo said,'' Speaking of bedtime, where's Jumba? He's supposed to be in bed now.''

Stitch sniffed the air to catch Jumba's scent. He lead Lilo to the ship.

'' Uncle Jumba, come inside. It's bedtime'', Lilo called out, pounding the door of Jumba's ship.

'' Not now little girl. I'm busy with experiment 383'', Jumba said.

'' You mean Swirly?'', Lilo asked.

'' Yes, I'm making sure that he's comfortable for sleep'', Jumba said.

Swirly was placed in a container with a blanket so he could sleep.

'' I'll be inside house soon. Good night little girl, and 626.''

'' Jumba will come inside soon Stitch, let's go to bed now''.

Stitch yawned and followed Lilo into the house.

Suddenly in the sky a green flash of light came into the sky, giving off an array of green colors, before a loud crash was heard.

A being came out of the ship, covered on soot,'' Finally, I've escaped from that prison again. I'll get my revenge this time, or my name isn't Doctor Jacque Von Hamsterveil!''

He moved around through the thick brush and bushes,'' Stupid Earth foliage! When I rule this planet all of this has got to go.''

He found a path that lead him out of the woods and into the streets. He had to find Lilo's house.

'' Now where is that house? Hmm, maybe I should go this way''.

That path seemed hopeful to him. His instincts lead him at the spot. he checked the windows of Lilo's house. He saw Jumba sleeping peacefully in his bunk.

'' Perfect. The plans coming into affect.''

He went into Jumba's ship and found experiment 383 sleeping in the container.

'' 383. I remember you. Big fun at parties. I remember what we did when we hypnotized Jumba's ex-wife. Good times.''

Swirly was drowsy after being disturbed from his sleep. Hamsterveil released Swirly from the container and dragged him to the front of Lilo's house. He entered the house through the dog door and Swirly followed behind.

Swirly suddenly realized what was happening now. Hamsterveil picked up a mirror he found on a table and placed it in front of Swirly.

'' You do anything I tell you to do'', Hamsterveil commanded. Those words echoed through Swirly's head.

He obeyed Hamsterveil. They snuck quietly into Jumba and Pleakley's bedroom. Hamsterveil came up to Jumba's bunk with Swirly and woke Jumba up quietly by poking him on the face.

'' I am trying to--'', Jumba said, but was interrupted.

'' 383, hypnotize now!'', Hamterveil, said instantly.

Swirly did as he was told to do. Jumba was hypnotized. Hamsterveil smiled,'' Excellent! Now Jumba, I want you to be evil again and you'll be working for me again just like old times.''

Those words echoed through his head.

'' Be evil again just like old times...''

'' Be evil again just like old times... ''

Pleakley woke up,'' It's- It's Ham-''

Swirly hypnotized Pleakley also.

Hamsterveil thought of something for Pleakley to do,'' You one eyed one, you sleep for a week! That should keep you off my back.''

Pleakley collapsed into his bed and fell asleep.

'' Jumba come! We've got plans'', Hamsterveil said.

Jumba followed Hamsterveil. They went outside and entered Jumba's ship.

'' I have a few questions to ask you Jumba, do you know where Gantu and 625 live now?''

'' They live down the street a few blocks from here, with a girl named Marie.''

'' Excellent! I need to ask you also is 625 still upset at what you did to him years ago?''

'' Yes, he is.''

'' Good. Because we need a plan for revenge. 625's involved in this. What have you got?''

'' I don't know. What do you want me to do?''

'' Okay here's the plan. Do you have anything that can cause experiments to get extremely ill, or do weird and unusual things?''

'' Yes, but why?''

'' Because I want to get revenge on that other girl, Gantu, and 625! After what you did to him, we could most likely make him evil. Something you couldn't accomplish.''

'' Yes Hamsterveil. I have a serum that causes flu like symptoms in experiments, but also causes them to have a glitch, which I have an antidote for.''

'' Tell me how the serum works. How does it cause glitches?''

'' If an experiment is injected with this serum the experiment will get sick, then a glitch will take effect after they ' feel better'. I made the serum for evil purposes. It does make the experiments evil though. The flu like symptoms are to let their guard down as the evil programming takes effect.''

Hamsterveil laughed evilly,'' Lock the antidote away. I'm going to hideout here for a while, so get to work on that serum while i think of a way to inject 625 with it. This plan shall begin tomorrow morning!''

Jumba obeyed, as Hamsterveil smiled.

TBC...