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Chapter 18: Rescue Mission Gone Wrong!

Pleakley

"Tell me what the plan is again?

"We sneak onto Hamsterviel's ship, 626 is disabling lasers..."
"Hamsterviel has LASERS!?"

Jumba rolled his eyes. "No. But would be very impressive if he did."

Rhanee looked up at him, eyebrow raised. "Jumba, you're supposed to be on our side." she said jokingly.

Jumba grinned sheepishly. "Yes...But lasers would be being very handy at--"

"Keeping intruders out."

"Exactally!"

"Jumba. We are the intruders!"

Jumba paused for a moment as he realised what Rhanee had said. "Ah. Yes, well....Has been log time since Jumba has been breaking into ones ship."

Rhanee laughed. I was glad to see she still had her sence of humor at a time like this. It made me feel less uncomfortable. I was freaking out! Seriously!! I'd never broken into someones ship before, and it was definately not on my 'To Do' list.

I looked down as Lilo tugged on my shirt.
"Are you ok, Pleakley?" She asked.

I nodded, swallowing nervously.

"You sure?" she peered up at me. "Its just...you look greener than usual."

I practically jumped out of my skin as Jumba burst out laughing. Trust him to have a good laugh at my extent. I glared at him. "Unless you wanna get caught, I suggest you stop laughing." I folded my arms.

No sooner had I finished my sentence, there was a loud CLANG! on the wall just above my head, and I leapt away as the cover of the air vent crashed to the floor.

Stitch and Gravy grinned down at me, clearly amused by what I'd just did. "Kachagga, feemeto Jumba." Stitch said, jumping to the floor and smirking up at me. "Meega scare Pleakley."

Gravy followed him. :Yeah. Ya screamed like a girl..." he froze with wide eyes, shocked by what he'd just said.

Jumba and I stared down at him. "Thats...something that Cosmo would say." I muttered, pointing.

Gravy covered his mouth with his hands and looked up at us, a worried expression on his face.

Jumba opened his mouth to reply, but faultered. "Err...I, uhh.....Well, is because he is being around 631. 631's speech pattern is---"

Before Jumba could finish, the lights suddenly flashed on, lighting up the corridor and making us cry out in suprise and cover out eyes. I glanced at Jumba, eye squinted. "...I don't think this is part of the plan."

"It wasn't." he replied.

"Hmmm...Didn't think it was." I looked back down the corridor. "D'ya think we've been caught?"

As if to answer my question, a door in the wall slid open, and a familliar red experiment stepped out into the light, holding a Plasma Cannon in each hand.

Leroy.

Behind me, Jumba, Rhanee, Stitch and Lilo gasped in suprise, and Rhanee moved closer to Jumba so that she was partly hidden by his leg, fear etched on her face. "It's him." she whispered, glancing up at Jumba. "It's Leroy!"

Leroy narowed his eyes and pointed a Plasma Cannon at her. "Choobe cheeba!!" he hissed, hit top lip pulling back over his yellow sharp teeth.

I watched as Jumba moved to stand in front of Rhanee, an angry frown on his face. "Don't even be thinking about it." he warned him, his voice dangerously low.

The red experiment lowered his guns for a second, before laughing, and I shuddered as the harsh sound echoed in the corridor and found myself taking a few steps towards Jumba

Leroy growled as I did so, flattening his ears back against his head. He pointed his guns at us again. "Algoota meechee. Mofeemee doonga, al tete cheeba!"

I looked at Jumba, slightly confused. "What did he say?"

Jumba sighed, frowning. "He is wanting us to follow him..."

The red experiment nodded. "Ih!" he motioned for us to move. "Cheemeeto!!"

Sighing, Jumba took a step forward. "Had better be doing what he says. We are being in no position to do otherwise."

As we started off down the hall, Jumba put himself between us and Leroy. I couldn't help but smile at his bravery.

Lilo glanced up at him. "Where do you think he's taking us?"
He shrugged.

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"Jumba!" Hamsterviel's sharp voice rang out as we wntered a large grey room, and Jumba's eyes narrowed in dislike.
I shot him a nervous look, but he didn't see it

"I must say, your little 'Rescue Plan' didn't quite work out as you planned it." Hamsterviel continued, grinning smugly. "Its so like you, Jumba. I steal your experiment, and you come running after him to try and get him back. You are so predictable."

Jumba's fists clenched as his lip pulled back over his teeth in an angry snarl. "Where is 631!? Am wanting him back!!"

Hamsterviel laughed. "I'm afraid he's no longer yours." he grinned and folded his arms. "I had a little talk with him, and he thought my proposition was a rather good one. He is now working for me."

Jumba's eyes narrowed into yellow slits. "Am not believing that!!" his voice was gradually getting louder. "Tell me where my creation is!!"

Leroy growled and pointed his guns at Jumba

Hamsterviel furrowed an eyebrow. "So, you don't believe me?"

"NO!!"

"Very well." he pressed a button on the wall. "631! Get out here!"

I watched as Jumba clenched and unclenched his fists angrily. To our left, a door slid open, and after a few seconds, Cosmo limped out into the light. I felt a smile spread across my fac, but it quickly vanished when I noticed that he had bandages wrapped roughtly around his left arm and his middle. I glanced at Jumba, and saw that he had a mixture of reliefe, concern and worry etched on his face

"Cosmo!" Rhanee cried out, stepping forward. The concern and relief could be heard in her voice.

The green experiment looked up at hearing his name. "...Rhanee!?" he stood still for a monent before running forward, a grin on his face.

Just as he was about to reach us, Leroy leapt forward, knocking Cosmo off his feet and pinning him to the floor.

Hamsterviel laughed. "It amuses me how much affection you show for them after what you said earlier."

Cosmo glared up at him. "Shut up, Rat-Boy!" he growled, struggling in Leroy's grip.

Jumba stared at Hamsterviel, then at Cosmo. "631...What is he talking about?"

"Nufin'!" Cosmo shot an angry look at Leroy as he tried to push him away.

"Oh, I don't think it was nothing, 631." Hamsterviel grinned, clearly enjoying himself. "They were very hurtfull words."

"SHUT DA HELL UP!!"

"I think...we should let them hear what you really think of your so called 'Family'."

Cosmo's eyes widened. "NO!" he shouted, struggling furiously against Leroy's grip.

Smirking, Hamsterviel fiddeled with a series of buttons on the wall, and Cosmo's voice rang out of no where, echoing through the room.

'I don't have a family...I used 'em! I don't care about any of dem!!'

My mouth dropped open in shock. I'd heard Cosmo say some hurtful things before...but nothing as hurtful as that.. I looked over at Rhanee, Lilo, Gravy, Jumba, and Stitch. They all wore the same shocked, hurt expressions on their faces, and Rhanee looked like she was going to cry.

Hamsterviel smirked. "Lets hear that again, shall we?"

'I don't have a family...I used 'em! I don't care about any of dem!! I don't have a family...I used 'em! I don't care about any of dem!!'

I looked over at Cosmo, wide eyed. He looked like he was going to burst into tears. He noticed me looking at him, and he turned away.

"Such cruel words..." Hamsterviel muttered, pretending to brush some lint off his cape. "Cruel, cruel, heartless words."

No one said anything, and Jumba and I exchanged looks before looking down at Rhanee, who was now sitting on the floor, staring at her feet. We both knew how she felt about Cosmo, and after hearing that, she was probably heartbroken...

"Ah, enough of this!" Hamsterviel slammed his fist down on the control panel. "Cosmo! Leroy! Take them to the holding bay until I can dispose of them properly!"

I watched as Leroy dragged Cosmo to his feet and threw him a Plasma Cannon. The green experiment caught it before dropping his hands to his sides, a glum expression on his face. He winced as Leroy jabbed him in the side, before ordering us to follow him.
I cast a glance at Jumba as he mover to follow the red experiment, an unusual look of depression on his face. Sighing, I followed him. I'd never seen him look so upset ( apart from when Stitch died). It was as if all the hops, and trust and love for Cosmo had been sucked out of him.

He glared over his shoulder at Cosmo angrily. "Was always thinking that there was being some good in all of Jumba's experiments. Is turning out that Jumba was wrong. You are not deserving to be one of Jumba's experiments!"

Cosmo didn't look at him as he spoke. He kept his eyes on the floor as he pointed his Plasma Cannon at us.

As we made out way down the corridor, I took one last look at the green experiment...and for a second, I thought I saw a tear slide down his cheek.

Cosmo: Ya made me change sides! I'm not s'possed to change sides!!

Slinky-Thief: Hey, its my story, and you're my character, so you have to do as I say!

Cosmo: Yeah...but just because I'm a coward doesn't mean I have to change sides!

Slinky-Thief: Hey! Your supposed to be sad for joining up with the bad guys. Tsk, tsk...

Cosmo: (sigh) Fine, I'll pretend to be sad...although I tink its lousy dat I had to do a Side Swap! It'd be more confusin' if Jumba joined wiv Hamsterviel...or even Pleakley!

Slinky-Thief: T_T That's not sad.

Cosmo: -_- Does anyone have a tissue?!