Chapter 8: Purple Handed -or- Not So Sneaky Earth Girl

KAUAI, HAWAII

Walking back to the house, 626 thought up a way to avoid trouble altogether. He needed to find a way to contact his crew, make Nani seem like perfect caretaker to get Mr. Bubbles off their case and -above all else- give Lilo her family. An unattended police car was the best way for him to accomplish his first task. 626 jumped on the hood and started to rip the car to shreds. Not knowing what got into him, Lilo tried to stop him. 626 pulled out the very device he need, stopping his attack on the vehicle.

"Jalipaa," 626 smiled to himself.

Jumba -having finally caught up with the two- jumped out of the bushes and ran towards 626. 626 went behind Lilo and put a claw to her throat, having no intention to hurt her. The sound of people coming caused Pleakley to jump in, again to pull Jumba away before they were discovered. With the police present, 626 had to give back the radio. He looked to Lilo, who didn't seem to be happy with him. Mostly for the destruction of the police car, she didn't know what to think about the Jumba thing.

"Bad dog!" Lilo told him sternly.

"Ih," 626's ears dropped as he thought. "Nala dog. Meega nala dog."

From across the street, Mr. Bubbles saw the whole scene play out in his car. It took a lot to surprise him, this was not one of those things. Seeing Lilo and 626 walking away, he would have followed them...Had he not stopped.

"So now you know," Lani said from the back seat of the car.

"How did you get in?" Mr. Bubbles kept his calm demeanor.

"My partner unlocked it with her own key," Lani gestured to 624 -who held up her claws. "You don't seem so surprised about the aliens Mr. Bubbles."

"I had my suspicions," Mr. Bubbles turned to the two stowaways. "Is your...partner...one of them?"

"Ih," 624 gave up the disguise for now. "Meega Experiment Khalifaud-Huznet-Tele sharov."

"Which is her way of saying 'Yes. I'm Experiment 624'," Lani translated.

"Injibay isa Khalifaud-Huznet-Khalifaud with the Saari," 624 explained -Lani speaking in human for her.

"Experiments?" Mr. Bubbles questioned.

"So much to explain, so little time," Lani shook her head. "We need a few favors from you if things are going to be alright."

"Alright for whom," Mr. Bubbles already had a feeling he knew.

"Do I really need to say?" Lani took out a checklist. "Bad things are coming -most of which I'm not sure of myself-, so I need help to prepare for them. Firstly, we need a radio."

"Communication, I presume," Mr. Bubbles started taking apart the radio in his own car.

"Gaba yuuga mean?" 624 required her translator.

"Radios are used to send messages from far away," Mr. Bubbles explained while he got the radio disconnected to the car. "This isn't a take over message, I hope."

"So do I," Lani whispered that part. "It looks like it might not be a problem, he doesn't look like that's what he wants anymore. Now, we're going to need two C.I.A. suits for me and 624."

"Gaba for?" 624 asked this time.

"It's for when things really get illegal," Lani took the radio. "And the last thing is help from you Cobra."

"Mr. Bubbles," he told her.

"Of course it is," Lani looked out the window. "Turn down that road, there's something you need to see."

Mr. Bubbles was curious what the surprise was, driving down the road a dirt road didn't make anything less mysterious. The bumpy path matched the same unsure feeling at the back of his mind. He stopped the car and the three got out, having reached the end of the road.

"The junkyard," Mr. Bubbles read the sign.

"The place isn't the issue," Lani lead them forward.

A broken gate was there to greet them, as too the sound of clanking metal. 624 jumped ahead of them on instinct, once more unsure why she'd want to act the way she normally wouldn't. Her protection -though nice- wasn't needed at the moment. As far as what lied ahead was concerned, they didn't matter. Mr. Bubbles, Lani and 624 walked forward slowly, peeking over the side of some garbage to witness the beginning of bad. The robot -the very same one 626 sent out- worked.

The robot wasn't alone now, it had done exactly what 626 had programmed it to do. From the hours it spent in the junkyard, the robot made its copies. Metallic mitosis aided the robot in the creation of more. An army seemed to grow every second, in number as well as size.

"First aliens, now robots," Mr. Bubbles turned to Lani. "How did you get mixed up in this?"

"That's an excellent question," Lani crossed her arms. "Here's mine. How good are you at taking care of these kinds of things, Mr. Roswell?" She held out her hand to him.

"You have my attention now," Mr. Bubbles shook it.

As night rolled in, 626 laid uncomfortably in his makeshift dresser bed. He was tired but couldn't sleep, not when he was concerned about Lilo. He carefully and quietly sneaked out of bed, looking around for something to make it seem like he was still in the bed. He took the pillow from his bed, a two large paper cones and Lilo's large ball of rubber bands. He placed them under the covers and sneaked out of the room, taking the window so Nani wouldn't catch him. Seeing Jumba and Pleakley gone was odd, however it was also an opportunity.

626 ran to town, searching for anything he could use to send a message. At the sight of the police, he hid in the dark. A talkie caught his attention, causing him to try and take it from the cop. He climbed the wall and reached for it, until another officer came into view. 626 ducked into the bushes until this cop passed, allowing him another chance to get the talkie. When he reached, a hand grabbed him by his leg, then his mouth and brought him into the forest. Letting go of him, he was relieved it wasn't Jumba.

"It's just me," Lani calmed him down.

"And meega," 624 gave up the act.

"624!" 626 gasped. "Isa yuuga. Yuuga were with her." He growled at Lani.

"Is that any way to treat a friend?" Lani sat in front of him -not even scared of what he could do.

"Achi-baba?" 626's ears dropped. "Yuuga meega achi-baba?"

"Give it some time, you'll seen soon enough," Lani waved of his confusion.

"We here to baaheth jihadi," 624 smiled at the thought.

"Naga," 626 surprised her -and himself. "Meega need jalipaa."

"As luck would have it, we need to get rid of a radio," Lani reached into the leaves to pull out the device. "Here you go."

"Takka," 626 took the radio. "Cama'ahar teh tebracres again?"

"It's Lani," she pushed him out of the bushes. "There's a radio tower down the way. Go before we're spotted with you."

"Oketaka," 626 ran with the radio in his sub set of arms.

The radio tower was down the road, closed for the day to 626's convenience. 626 scaled the building to the top of the transmission tower, hooking up the radio to the top. Climbing into the building through the vents, he used his supercomputer intelligence to set a destination for his broadcast. If all went well, the SBS would get the message. Then he could worry about the rest of his plans, all he had to do was make one final choice for himself. Stay in Kauai, or leave it forever.

"Ahem," 626 spoke into the microphone. "Batookah. This isa 626. Meega in Kauai, yuuga must naga ikata Earth. Yuuga aka choota. Meega..."

626 thought for a moment what he really wanted, which was in conflict with what he didn't want. He wanted to keep Lilo safe, if he stayed though she would definitely get hurt. Weighing the options, he made his final call.

"Meega wait in forest for yuuga," 626 sighed. "Maka maka. Pasawa."

The power was cut, shutting off all the lights. What 626 would soon realize is Jumba was following. He and Pleakley watched him hook up the radio to the top of the tower and climb in, observing everything but 626's message. Jumba -through much hassle- convinced Pleakley to climb up the tower and remove the device, that only went half as well as he thought it would. Pleakley only managed to get electrocuted, knocking out the power. So when 626 went out the vent he entered in, Pleakley dropped on him.

626 threw Pleakley off and tried to run away before the worst could come. Through his speed, he was still caught by Jumba. Jumba was ready to put the handcuffs on him, so 626 licked his hand to make him let go.

"Why you little..." Jumba help up his blaster.

"Jumba," 626 backed up. "Yuuga naga smish. "Meega..."

626 didn't get any chance to explain, instantly being shot at by the bounty hunter. 626 jumped out of the way of the blasts, starting to get the fight back in himself. He climbed up a tree and jumped on Jumba's head, making the evil genius flail around wildly. 626 was knocked off, rolling into a ball in front of him. With the blaster in the middle of them, the stand off between creator and creation held out for a moment. Jumba and 626 leaped for the weapon only one of them could use, the winner being Jumba.

He blasted 626 away, causing the experiment to hit a coconut tree face first. Four fruits fell down, peeling 626 from the trunk. Shaking the hit off, he took the shells in his four arms and threw them at Jumba. Jumba backed up in pain, firing a stray plasma ball that hit 626 back to the tree. Instead of colliding with the plant, he stuck out a claw and spun around it. Gaining enough momentum, he let go of the tree, rolled into a ball and knocked the wind out of Jumba. Standing up, he was surprised to feel himself getting zapped.

"Ziz-ziz," 626 fell forward.

Pleakley was standing right behind him with his hand held out, using his own shock to neutralize 626. That was the straw for Lani and 624, both stepping in regardless of their covers. 624 grabbed Pleakley with her antenna, beginning to smash him on the ground until he squirmed away. Lani grabbed the unattended plasma gun and helped up 626. She gave 624 the plasma gun and gave 626 his four blasters back, Lani herself seemingly had her palms glowing.

"Sneaky Earth Girl," Jumba sat up. "Why are you to be helping 626?"

"He's not going with you," Lani told him. "He's not going back to Turo at all. Just listen and I'll explain what's..."

An explanation couldn't be given, Pleakley had silently got behind her and locked both her and 624 in the cuffs. Even 624's antenna were caught in the mix of her wrists. 626 dropped his weapons in surprise.

"Run!" Lani told him. "Go now!"

"Ih!" 624 agreed. "Yuuga aka choota!"

626 -in the second his brain processed what happened- looked back to Lani and 624, who risked their lives for him. Why would anyone want to do that, especially for the biggest trouble maker in the galaxy? Lani had said that she was his friend, another thing 626 didn't feel he had. Lani and 624 had proven themselves to be friends, friends who gave him a chance to fix things. As Jumba shot him mercilessly, 626 retreated back to Lilo's house. Pleakley stood on guard of the girls, a huge smile plastered on his face.

"I knew it," Pleakley walked around them. "I knew it. Something always did seem off about you "Lani". If that even is your real name."

"Like I'd tell," Lani smiled back at him. "You think this is right? You have no idea what you're doing."

"We're keeping the mosquitoes' habitat safe from the little monster," Pleakley took a look at 624. "And this other little monster, too."

"Asyrifah?" 624 bit at him.

"Pleakley, this is wrong," Lani struggled against the cuffs. "What do you think the council will do to 626 once they have him? I assure you, it's not gonna be good. Not for anyone, you have to believe me."

"She isa graazi," 624 nodded. "Khalifaud..."

"La la la," Pleakley covered the spots where ears should be. "I'm not listening."

"I'm sorry 624," Lani sighed. "I shouldn't have brought you into this."

"Isa oketaka," 624 tilted her head. "Meega naga smish why, but meega feel butifa for helping Khalifaud."

"I told you before, doing good will make you feel good," Lani squinted as the sunlight rose.

Jumba came back, 626 long gone by now. Lani and 624 took satisfaction in knowing 626 was safe, even if it wouldn't be long before something happened to him. Jumba didn't seem happy with 626's escape, or that Lani betrayed him and 624 was on her side.

"624," Jumba crossed his arms. "I had feeling it was you. Why is fur purple?"

624 didn't answer him, holding her head high and keeping her eyes closed. The paint was beginning to fade out, which would bring back her pink fur if she got it wet. Jumba was more upset with Lani than his creation, mostly for turning her against her programming.

"You're going to help me with the capturing of 626," Jumba -for once- had Pleakley's support. "I'm sorry, but it is for own good Sneaky Earth Girl and 624."

"My name is Lani," was forced into following.

"Angel," 624 nodded her head.

"What was that 624," Jumba looked back to the experiment.

"My...Name...Angel," 624 -Angel- earned a smile from Lani.

A/N: Hooray for Angel! Not so many "yahoos" for Jumba and Pleakley, but just a little bit because they are doing some kind of good -right? So let's check the positives and negatives, shall we? Cobra is now on Lani's side, but the robots are multiplying. 626 called the SBS crew, but -as you remember from the previous chapter- they received an invasion message. Angel has now fully accepted her role in my web, but she and Lani are now captured. The UGF still doesn't have 626, but it's really a toss up now for my balance of good and bad.

Disclaimer: Lani, 628, Nicholas and the names of the animal shelter lady and Nani's ex-luau boss are mine. Do you hear me Sanders and Disney who own every other bit of this?! Mockeecha!

Next Time: The last day of the Pelekai investigation doesn't go as smoothly as Nani or Lilo would hope when Jumba and Pleakley arrive at the beach.