Chapter 5: Stitch Presley the Model Citizen -or- Unexpected
KAUAI, HAWAII
The night seemed to drag on for 626, mostly because he wasn't in danger for now. Usually someone who was being threatened who take a break any chance they got, but 626 had a few things he needed to go over. Ever since Lilo, Jumba and Pleakley had gone to bed -and Lani and 624 had left- 626 had been working in the basement of the house. His project was a robot made out household objects, more noticably a video recorder, a boiler container, the TV remote, pipes, a pair of boots and the blender.
626 explained his own plain to the robot. It was set to go to the junk yard and make copies for 626's uprising on Earth. The robot managed to make it out of the house and to the junk yard -626 monitoring it from the roof-, but the robot shut down at the junk yard.
"Choota," 626 banged his head on the roof.
Starting to feel exhasted from the day's events, 626 got a drink from the fridge. Nani catching him only caused lapses on his way back to Lilo's room. He drank the soda and crushed the can, looking through the books for something to put him to sleep. He found one book with a duck on the cover that made him stop throwing and ripping up books. He wanted to know about the book, but he couldn't read anything since all that was in the book was pictures. So Lilo was going to have to wake up.
"Hmm?" Lilo yawned.
626 was too excited to know about the book, he'd forgotten it was well past the time Lilo fell asleep. It one one of the few times Lilo saw him act curious about something without causing destruction to it, so she sat up and looked at the old book.
"That's the Ugly Duckling," Lilo told him. "See? He's sad because he's all alone and nobody wants him but on this page, his family hears him crying and they find him. Then the Ugly Duckling is happy because he knows where he belongs."
There was that word again, "family". Why had this one word been the only thing she would ever talk about? It wasn't like her's was that big to begin with, and both Lilo and Nani never saw eye to eye on a lot of things. But the other word -"belongs"-, 626 wanted to know what that must've been like. From what he could guess, it had something to do with family. But again, 626 realized he had no family. His allies were a million miles away -at least to him-, since the robot wasn't going to work he needed them.
"Want to listen to the King?" Lilo snuck past him to one of her records. "You look like an Elvis fan."
SCRAN TOWN, KANSAS
The SBS had finally made it to Earth, however they were very far from 624, 626 and Jumba. None of them knew that fact as the ship landed away from a city, behind the shed of a small house. Night hid them perfectly, even someone as big as Ramthar could go undetected. However they still need to lie low, so they hid in the shed by order of 628. They unknowingly made a loud crashes while they inspected the shed, earning the attention of a small boy who noticed the door was open.
The black haired boy tossed a baseball into the shed, which collided with 627. A short temper was also given to this experiment, so his first thought was revenge. Rather than the ball rolling out to the boy, he was surprised when a lawnmower crashed through the shed doors. He screamed -an inaudible sound due to the engine's roar- and ran away, only for the machine to follow him through the field. Ramthar was fine with this, 621 clapsed his hands to the finishing product and 627 laughed. 628 wasn't so ammused.
"You imbecile!" 628 slapped 627 on the back of his head. "We are supposed to be here secretly! Stop this at once, 621!"
"Fine," 621 said as his fun was taken away.
621 raced out onto the field, having a momentary lapse in judgement. Instead of shutting down the lawnmower he rigged, he pulled the boy away before he was shredded. Setting him down, 621 jumped on the machine and turned the ignition from on to off -which is how he started it in the first place. The boy sat away from the front of the back of the lawnmower, 621 stepping in front of the red backlights to make himself look scarier. He failed.
The boy ran right up to him, clinging to his sides. To pull him off proved to be a challenge, 621 was never the brawny type of experiment. 627 jumped the boy off and growled at the child, only to be lifted by 628's power.
"We are not here to hurt him," 628 dropped him in front of her. "We are here for 626."
"Evil," 627 crossed his six arms.
"Human," Ramthar turned her attention to the boy on 621's back. "Where is 626?"
"Shishy giant bug," the boy hugged 621's arm.
"Child..." 628 spoke calmly.
"My name is Nicholas," the boy -Nicholas- told mostly 621. "What's your name?"
"I am..."
"I was asking the big bug," Nicholas glared at her.
"I am 621," the experiment introduced. "Co-technician of the Small Blue Spacecraft crew."
"Wow," Nicholas looked at him with starry eyes. "I'm only six, but when I grow up I want to be as brave as you."
"Bravery isn't the word for it," 628 rolled her eyes.
"Have you seen a small, blue, creature around?" 621 asked the boy.
"626?" Nicholas asked.
"Because if you haven't seen him, we'll be on our way," 628 told him.
"I...I know where 626 is!" Nicholas said excitedly. "I'll take you tommorow! You can stay here tonight!"
"Flattering," 628 pulled a plasma blaster on him. "This is an urgent matter, so we'll have to decline. If you take us to 626 immediately, I won't have to use this. I really don't want to use this."
Nicholas fell back, scared of what she'd do to him if he didn't do what she'd asked. Nicholas gave in, following the crew into the SBS. 628 had an internal conflict with how she'd handled the situation, barbaric over civilazed won out this time. She was never going to harm Nicholas in any way -he was just a boy-, so her action was only a ruse to get to 626 faster. Nicholas pouted and pointed towards the town while he sat in the co-pilot seat. To their incorrect knowledge, 626 would be close -causing mass destruction.
KAUAI, HAWAII
"New job," Mr. Bubbles pointed to Nani. "Model citizen." He pointed to 626 next. "Good day."
Mr. Bubbles visit marked day two of their deadline, the result wasn't good in any way. Nani loosing her job -or "quitting" in her terms- didn't sit well with the inspector. 626 being the newest member of their small family would've been alright, if the experiment hadn't threw a book at him -breaking one of the numerous pairs of sunglasses he owned. So Mr. Bubbles gave them two tasks to accomplish, both equally hard to do in such a short time. Lilo would work to control 626's...temper? Nani was still left to find a job.
Checking to see if Jumba and Pleakley were still outside, 626 peered his head out of the doggie door. Surprise struck him on the head in the form of a newspaper. Catching sight of the mailman who slowly backed away, 626 threw the morning edition back at the deliverer -gripping a torn piece tightly. Lilo and Nani opened the door and watched the mailman run in both fear and pain. Lilo looked to 626, who looked to the crumpled mess in his hand. He unfolded the paper on the porch and held it up to the sisters.
The piece 626 ripped out of the newspaper was just enough to give Nani the boost she needed, it was a wanted ad for Mrs. Hasagawa's food garden. Nani and Lilo shared a smile, knowing that their luck was changing -for better or for worse would be determined. Lilo and Nani were quick to prepair, Nani for getting a new job and Lilo for teaching 626 while she waited for her older sister. Ready to take on the day, the three of them left for town -silently being followed by Jumba, Pleakley, 624 and Lani.
"Elvis Presley was a model citizen," Lilo told 626 when they reached the garden. "I've compiled a list of his traits for you to practice. Number one is dancing."
Lilo took out two grass hula skirts, one for herself and one for 626. 626 looked against the idea, the choice to wear it wasn't his however. Lilo -his unknowing hostage- was the boss, unless he would be arrested by Jumba.
"Hands on your hips," Lilo instructed. "Now follow my lead."
As soon as 626 followed the first move, he realized it wasn't as bad as he thought it was going to be. With Devil In Disguise playing on the record player Lilo brought, the moves seemed to come easily. One long spin was enough to make the fun turn into a disaster. Mrs. Hasagawa and 626 collided into each other and the cart of watermellons. One of the fruits was connected to the bottom end of the experiment, making only his head visible. In Mrs. Hasagawa's case, it was the reverse.
"Why is everything so dark?" Mrs. Hasagawa tried to see through the blindfold.
Lani chose this as her moment to step in, helping Mrs. Hasagawa and 626 out of their trap. First she and Lilo had to pull 626 out, which resulted in them flopping onto the floor. Earning suspision from Jumba, a purple 624 crawled in. Lani gestured for her to help Mrs. Hasagawa with the watermellon, causing 624 to stand up and shake her head. Lani glared at the undercover experiment and did the work herself, until a guilty conscience mad her help Lani return Mrs. Hasagawa's sight.
"Thank you," Lani smiled 624.
624 just crossed her arms again, not really understanding why she helped. Like his hiding creator, 626 questioned the desguised experiment. Nani obviously had an opinion about her, which she whispered to Lilo.
"Why couldn't you pick out that one," Nani earned an unexpected -at least for him- growl from 626.
"The watermellon wasn't his fault," Lilo told her.
"She's right," Lani defended the smaller girl. "There was too much water on the ground, he must have slipped. Right cousin."
624 resumed the "dog" cover up and shook her head, talking would've gave her away. Lilo was beginning to grow curious herself with 624, slowly walking up to her. 624 stepped back to stand behind Lani, another part of her cover -it would seem.
"Don't worry," Lilo continued moving forward. "I'm not gonna hurt you."
"Injibay isa naga gaba meega worried about," 624 thought.
Stepping forward slowly, 624 allowed Lilo to pet her head. It was just an act to prove she wasn't an experiment. A scratch under the chin from Nani later, turns out she did enjoy this one dog thing. 626 got jealous over 624's attention and stepped forward, only to be ignored. It drove him to pull Lilo's arm off 624's head, making Lilo use the other hand. 626 sat on the floor with his arms crossed, earning him a laugh from Lani -who stopped as a glare from the experiment was sent her way.
"What's her name," Nani wondered.
"I haven't named her yet," Lani answered. "I'm still thinking of a name, something that would suit her."
"Did you get her from the shelter?" Lilo didn't remember seeing 624 in the kennel -or any other dogs for that matter, oddly.
"No," Lani whispered in Lilo's ear. "She sorta just came from the sky. Like...Some sort of..."
"Angel," Lilo perked up. "You can name her Angel!"
"That's a great idea," Lani smiled. "Angel it is. Oh Nani -if you're looking for a job-, you might wanna head towards the coffee shop. And you should hurry, the job may already be taken."
"Thank you," Nani got too excited to question Lani's knowledge of the job search. "Come on Lilo."
"You're welcome!" Lani waved them off. "Oh Lilo, catch!"
Lilo stopped to face Lani, catching the object before it hit the ground. She anylized it and saw that it was a whistle, blowing it didn't release any sound -at least to her. She blew it again and 626 sprawled the ground like he was getting water out of his eyes.
"Did I do that?!" Lilo asked Lani.
"Yes!" Lani yelled as they got further. "You may need it! I'm Lani by the way!"
"Thanks Lani!" Lilo called as she left their sight.
"One problem down," Lani congradulated herself. "Come on 624, you have to see this. It's musicl destruction at it's finest."
"Oketaka," 624 whispered.
Racing in the secrecy of even the bounty hunters, Lani and 624 make it just in time to see the show. Lilo used their coffee shop trip as a chance to teach 626 lesson two, Elvis played guitar. Lilo handed 626 a guitar and told him to pluck the strings, however 626 took it a step further. He played the guitar more as an electrical one, hitting a note high enough to shatter all the glass in the vacinity -as well as slightly hurting Jumba, Pleakley and 624's ears.
"Well that was fun," Lani smiled until she saw Nani tell Lilo to go home. "But that's not. 624, I need you to stay here and clean up the glass."
"Why?" 626 asked quietly.
"Doing good will make you feel good," Lani shared her wisdom.
"Gaba about Khallifaud," 624 whispered to Lani.
"You stay and help clean up," Lani told her. "I'll keep them busy for now."
Lilo and 626 were fine, Jumba himself couldn't attack with Lilo there and with Pleakely stopping him. Lilo and Stitch walked down a street on their trek back to the house. A car pulled up to them and a lady with curly hair stuck her head out the vehicle.
"Hey kid?" the lady spoke to Lilo. "Where's the beach?"
Lilo pointed down a road that was right in front of them. It really was obvious to find the beach, for numorous reasons that could make anyone laugh for not noticing. The main one in this case was a sigh, that read "Beach" and pointed down the exact path.
"Mahailo," the lady drove away –not even caring she messed up the word.
Lilo and 626 crossed the street and were stopped by a dune-buggy driver, another tourist in need of directions. He and the person sitting in the other open seat looked like they had drove around all day, so you can imagine a frustrated tourist.
"Speak English?" the driver asked. "Which way to the beach?"
Lilo pointed her thumb down the same rode as before, this driver not even thanking her. Lilo and 626 walked down the street and came across Lani sweeping in front of the Barber Shop + Post Office.
"Aloha Lilo," she greeted happily.
"Hi Lani," Lilo waved. "Are they still testing the sirens today?"
"Yep," Lani told her. "Any minute now."
"Good," Lilo formed a smile.
Lilo ran to the beach with 626, who got the idea and sped up. Not only was 626 following, Jumba wanted to make another pursuit. Pleakly pulled him to a stop, causing the larger alien to grumble. Lilo and 626 walked into a spacious part of the beach. One lady told her friend to see her, having never seen a native Hawaiian before. What Lilo was going to do was something she and Nani used to do when they were stressed out, along time ago when the world was right with the Pelekai's family.
"Attention tourists!" Lilo got everyone's focus. "That is a tsunami siren!" she pointed to the pole with the alarm at the top. "It warns people when big, hundred foot waves are coming! When you hear it, you better run! And I mean run! 'Cause they move faster than the speed of sound! And that is your only warning!" she pointed to the siren again.
"Isn't that cute," the lady from the car said as she sat on the beach –her friend beside her taking pictures.
"Get up," Lilo instructed 626. "Now put your arms out." Lilo helped him while doing it herself. "Tourists, prepare to die!"
As she finished, the siren came to life. 626 raised his ears in a mix of curiosity, confusion and slight fear that Lilo timed it so perfectly. The tourists realized the danger of the situation, screaming in fear as they ran. They were so scared, they ran past Jumba and Pleakly without realizing they were aliens. Fear would naturally make someone believe they saw something that wasn't there, this fear of the tsunami made it much easier to catch 626 in public -though it wasn't the case this time.
"Does little girl control ocean?!" Jumba asked Pleakly through the noise.
"How should I know?!" Pleakly screamed as clear as the sirens.
Jumba and Pleakly shared a look, -if she could control the ocean- they didn't want to take their chances. They ran from the beach faster than the tourists, believable for Pleakly but surprising for Jumba. Stitch laughed as he looked around, panic was his favorite pastime. Mr. Bubbles stood on the beach with his suitcase, standing tall even as a tourist ran into him, fell, then ran away. He raised an eyebrown causing Lilo to be the first of the two to drop her hands to her side.
"If you lived here, you'd understand," Lilo told Mr. Bubbles.
A/N: Scran Town, Kansas is a made up place -based slightly off Scranton, Kansas. I added it for the SBS crew because Kansas was the original setting for the movie, and Nicholas' reaction was my attempt at an E.T. parody with a more innocent kid.
Disclaimer: Besides my OCs -Lani and 628-, I only own the first videogame. Disney and Chris Sanders have all other ownership -luckies.
Next Time: When Lilo and 626 get into a few adventures on their own, 626's views are...tune in to find out! -I'm so sorry, I wouldn't wanna ruin what I have planned so soon.-