Chapter 4: A Third Scientist?

"626.5's an excellent fighter, eh?" Hamsterviel asked after Gantu explained what happened yesterday. "Obviously, this toddler experiment will make a great addition to my list of scientists."

"You have a list of scientists, including Jumba?" Gantu asked.

"Yes. You see, every once in while, I add or delete a scientist from my list. So far, Jumba and I are on it. I just need one more and my list will be complete."

"And that last one happens to be 626.5?"

"Yes, exactly. You just need to catch him in the act."

"English please."

"I am meaning catch him making experiments of his own. If you can, record it on DVD for me so I can see. That is not asking too much now, is it not?"

"No, sir!"

"Do not fail me." Hamsterviel clicked off.

Meanwhile, back at Lilo's…

Stitch Jr. was just waking up. He slowly sat up and stretched, yawning in the process as well. He looked around and noticed that Lilo wasn't in bed. He guessed that she was already awake, so he jumped out of bed, onto the elevator, and went down to meet the rest of the ohana.

"Aloha, ohana!" He greeted cheerfully. Jumba was impressed.

"Well, well, well." He started. "Look who has good mood this morning. Did you sleep well, 626.5?"

"Ih. Meega sleep very well."

"Excellent. You haven't forgotten what day it is today, did you?"

"Ih."

"Well, since you did, let me recap. Today is when 700, 701, 626, 624, and Darryl begins babysitting for you."

"Really?" Darryl asked, looking up from reading a magazine.

"Yes. Pleakley, Nani, Lilo, and I have to be in another country for a month. I am counting on you to take good care of 626.5 while we're gone. Understand?"

"Yeah, but for a month?" Kyoto asked in an annoyed voice.

"Yes. It is personal business we rather not tell."

"Okay."

"Like I said we shall be back by next month. See you then." After that, the four of them left out to the blue punch buggy.

"Are you sure it was okay to leave them with Stitch Jr.?" Lilo asked. Jumba chuckled as he started up the car.

"Do not worry. They will be fine." He replied.

Little did they know, Gantu was back in his usual hiding spot along with 625 at his side. As he saw them leave, he rubbed his hands together with anxiousness.

"Excellent! Jumba and his crazy ohana are leaving. This is my chance to capture 626.5 on DVD." Gantu said to 625 as he pulled out his video camera. "You just stay here and call me if anything happens. Okay?"

"Sure, whatever." 625 replied in a bored tone.

Meanwhile, inside the house…

"Now, that we have Stitch Jr. with us, what do we do?" Kyoto asked.

"Ooh! Ooh! Meega know!" Stitch replied. "Jumba said that Stitch Jr. could make his own experiments. Let's test it out!"

"It's better than watching tv." Angel complained.

Outside…

Gantu found the window to the living room where Stitch Jr. was just preparing to being his experimentations. He chuckled as he held up the camera and began recording.

"This'll be too easy." He said to himself.

Back inside the house…

Stitch Jr.'s mini-lab needed a decent setting. So, he snapped his fingers and the entire house blacked out, having pure solid black curtains on every window. Gantu was shocked to see this as he put on see-through vision for curtains only. Angel, Stitch, Kyoto, Koshi, and Darryl were all anxious about what experiment Stitch Jr. could make.

"Meega must have complete silence while working. Thank you." Stitch Jr. warned before he placed on his scientist goggles. He pulled out a liquid formula that was a pink color, then a blue colored one, and finally a red colored one. Then, he pulled out a formula mixing bowl. He poured in one formula at a time starting with the red, then the blue, then the pink. When they were combined, a bright white light began to glow within the bowl. Stitch Jr. took a step back as this happened. When the light exploded, it revealed a majestic looking white collie-rabbit mix. It was pure white with light blue eyes and a golden mane at the frill of his neck. He was about the size of Splodyhead, except he had wheels replacing his legs. The four experiments, Darryl, and Gantu, from outside, were all shocked at this wonderful experiment.

"Meega call this Experiment A-001." Stitch Jr. said to the five members of his own audience. Only Koshi clapped softly. The rest didn't make a move.

"Incredible!" Gantu exclaimed softly. "He made a creature that has wheels of a car instead of legs like every other experiment. Won't Hamsterviel be pleased to see this?"

"That's… that's…" Kyoto tried to speak, but couldn't. Darryl volunteered to finish.

"That's outstanding, Stitch Jr.! How'd you do that?" He asked.

"Meega was made to be smarter than Stitch. I didn't learn this stuff from Jumba." Stitch Jr. replied. Stitch shook his head away of the dizziness as he walked up to his smaller… and smarter version of himself.

"Meega like what new cousin does. Cousin could help Jumba sometime." He said to the small purple experiment.

"Gaba?"

"Ih."

"Oh! Tanka!"

"Ogata!"

As Stitch Jr. was embracing Stitch, the other four awed at this sight. As for Gantu, he quickly turned off his camera and ran back to 625, who was sleeping against a tree.

"625!" He yelled, startling the lazy experiment. "I've got the proof of 626.5's experimentations. Even though I just recorded one, Hamsterviel will still be pleased."

"Just one, huh?"

"Yep… and it's a good one."

"Hopefully, fish face."

"Grr!"

Later, at Gantu's ship…

The two of them just came back in and Hamsterviel just beeped in on the big screen.

"Gantu! You have returned." Hamsterviel said. "Did you record what I ordered?"

"Yes. I'll play it for you." Gantu replied as he placed the camera on the counter and plugged it into the video system. He pressed the 'play' button and he saw the same footage he recorded. Hamsterviel was blocked off, but he could see it from the prison. He rubbed his hands together is silence as he was satisfied with what Gantu got. As soon as the video ended, Hamsterviel appeared back on the screen with a smile on his face.

"Excellent, Gantu! You finally did something right for once!" He said to the giant alien. "Now, when there's perfect timing, I want you to got back there and capture him alive. Knowing that 625 is lazy experiment, I will provide you with useful support. You will expect a pod to land near the beach at evening time period. Go there and pick up my newest experiment, Experiment 704."

"704? What function does that trog have?" Gantu asked.

"You will find out when you pick him up. I want you to name him, too."

"Okay, sir. At the beach at evening hours. Got it."

"You obeyed me once, you can do it again. I know you can!" Hamsterviel clicked off as 625 chuckled.

"Like I said before, it's all or nothing for this experiment." He said as he started eating another sandwich.

To be continued…