The next morning, Ron had gotten up early after smelling food and found Pleakley cooking in the kitchen.
"Oh, good morning" he said happily "in honor of your stay, I've made a breakfast favorite; pancakes! Now, I didn't have all of the ingredients, so I used some substitutions, but I'm sure they taste just as good."
"Yeah thanks dude, I can't…wait to try them" Ron said nervously.
"Goody, let me just get a shovel. The spatula doesn't seem to be working on these things" Pleakley said, before leaving the kitchen.
"It's times like these I could totally go for a Bueno Nacho breakfast burrito" Ron told Rufus.
Rufus nodded in agreement and licked his lips hungrily.
"Hey guys" Lilo said as she and Stitch entered the kitchen.
"Look you gotta help us; your 'aunt' is making pancakes, and we're pretty sure they're not fit for human consumption."
"Don't worry, we'll take you to where Frenchfry works" Lilo explained "his food is good because it's designed to be."
"I like the sound of that" Ron said "and meeting someone who's named after one of the greatest snack foods ever, bonus!"
"Where's Kim?" Lilo wondered.
"Kim usually takes awhile to get up" Ron explained "she has to arrange her hair and make-up and stuff before she comes down. And it's good she does, because I love her and all, but man, she is not a morning person. Seriously, this is why you don't see any pictures of KP in the morning, because they are not flattering."
"You're one to talk."
Ron turned around to see a very miffed looking Kim standing in the doorway of the kitchen.
"Kim! We were just talking about you."
"Oh, I heard what you were 'just talking' about" Kim replied.
"Come on, I was only joking" Ron said "you know I think you're beautiful, morning, afternoon or whenever."
"You're just lucky I got a good sleep last night" Kim said in mock anger.
After she sat down at the breakfast table, Pleakley returned with a shovel. "This should take care of these stubborn pancakes" he said "I promise you two have never tasted pancakes like these before."
"Yeah, I'm going to get packed for our trip" Kim said, rushing out of the room as quickly as she could.
"Hurry back, the pancakes are almost brown enough" Pleakely called after her.
"That reminds me, Rufus and I also have…some…stuff…to do" Ron said, also bolting from the table.
"Must be in a hurry so they can get back in time for my breakfast" Pleakley said.
After sneaking out the back, Lilo took the teens on a tour of the town, starting with the rental shack Nani used to work at, where they enjoyed a breakfast cooked by the alien known as Frenchfry. While there, they also were introduced to Holio, Richter, Ploot & Finder.
"The cook may be an alien, but he makes one fine meal" Ron commented. Rufus grabbed his stomach and sighed in contentment.
"I still think it's a little odd for that place to have all those aliens employed there" Kim added.
"But that's the one true place for them" Lilo explained "it's where their skills can best be used for non-evil purposes."
"Well, as long as they're not doing evil."
"And, there's still lots to see" Lilo explained "we'll stop by the gym and meet Kixx, then we'll go see Sparky at the lighthouse, cruise by the pet store to see Babyfier, and I'll take you to meet Shoe, Link, Bugby, Clip, Dupe, Drowsy, Sinker,…" the girl trailed on "oh, and we have to stop by Mrs. Hasegawa's house; not only does she have a whole bunch of experiments, but she makes really good pineapple pie."
"After that breakfast, I don't know if I'll have any room" Ron commented.
"Okay folks, next up on Lilo & Stitch's grand island tour, the shaved ice stand where Slushy works" Lilo said "this icy experiment makes great shaved ice for all the people of the island."
"Delicious" Stitch added.
"All right, I'm getting me some of that" Ron said happily.
"You just said you didn't have any room" replied an amazed Kim.
"There's always room for shaved ice Kim" Ron explained "we won't be too long."
He and Rufus ran the few feet over to the stand, and found themselves waiting.
"Man, there's always a line" he grumbled, before tapping the person in front of him on the shoulder "hey dude, mind if we cut in front? We're kind of in a hurry."
"Yes I mind, dude" replied the man, who turned around to face Ron "wait your turn you…"
"Dr. Drakken!"
"Stoppable!"
"What are…hey, you remembered my name!"
"I was bound to get it right eventually" Drakken replied "now what are you doing here?"
"I could ask you the same question" Ron said suspiciously "let me guess, you've got some twisted plan to take over the island, probably using coconuts or something."
"What? No, I'm here on vacation."
"Really?"
"Yes, even an evil genius needs time off once in a while. Although things were going great until you showed up."
"Ron, what's taking you so long, we have a tour to…" Lilo said, before she noticed the blue skinned guy "Dr. Drakken!"
"Do I know you?"
"You tried to steal my alien dog and clone him."
"Oh yes; one of my more regrettable experiments" Drakken replied.
"What is all the fuss over…" Kim asked, as she finally came over "Oh, you have got to be kidding."
"Kim Possible? Is there nowhere on Earth I can hide from you?"
"Believe me, I don't like this any more than you do" Kim replied "well, at least there's no sign of…"
"Hey, did you get your ice yet, I've got a massage booked and I don't want to be late" said the familiar figure approaching, until she noticed the assembled group.
"Shego, of course" Kim continued.
"Oh, heck no!" Shego replied "what are little miss goody two-shoes and her lame-o boyfriend doing here on our vacation?"
"Hey, I'm not a lame-o!"
"It appears that we all decided to take our vacation at the same time" Drakken said "quite humorous, if you think about it."
"Oh, it's a laugh riot" Kim replied "the only thing that will make it even funnier is when I beat you up and send you back to prison."
"For what? Wearing swim clothes in public?" Shego asked "last time I checked Kimmie, that wasn't a crime. Although I guess Drew's trunks could be considered a crime of fashion."
"You told me you liked these!" Drakken shouted.
"Look, I didn't come here for a fight, okay?" Kim explained "I'm already wiped from my last two adventures, including stopping your little 'hypnotize people through the internet' scheme."
"That almost worked too" Drakken said sadly, recalling his failed plot.
"So since we're both here to relax, how about a truce?" Kim suggested "we each go about our merry way and pretend none of this ever happened."
"Sounds good to me; I don't have time to whip your butt anyway" Shego said "but after vacation, the truce is off, and you are going down."
"Yeah, we'll see" Kim replied.
"Okay then…well, bye" Drakken said, as he and Shego headed off in the other direction.
"Wow, your arch-enemy on vacation at the same time as you, and in the same place" Ron commented after watching them leave "what do you think the odds are of that?"
"I'm sure Wade would know" Kim said "and he and I are going to have a little chat later. Right now, I believe we had a tour to continue."
And so Lilo showed Kim & Ron some of the other places where the experiments worked, including the lighthouse that Sparky helped to light, and the Tiki room lounge where Splodyhead plied his trade.
"Hey, did you ever find that experiment that looked like Rufus?" Ron asked, as they made their way to Mrs. Hasegawa's house "you know, the one that could destroy the universe or something?"
"Oh you, mean Launch? Yeah, about a year after you guys visited" Lilo explained "turns out, he's not so bad."
"Is he around? I'm sure Rufus would love to meet him."
"Uh huh" Rufus chattered happily.
"No, Jumba doesn't let us keep him on Earth, due to his dangerous nature" Lilo explained.
"Aww man" Rufus whined.
As they headed forward, Lilo again noticed more smoke emanating from the nearby volcano.
"That's weird" she said.
"What?" Kim asked.
"Kilauea is spewing smoke" Lilo explained "it's the most active volcano in the world."
"Hmm, an erupting volcano is no good" Kim said, activating the Kimmunicator, which she had brought with her, just in case.
"Oh, hey Kim" Wade said "how's your vacation going?"
"Pretty well, if you ignore the fact that Drakken is here" Kim replied, slightly angry "I thought you said Global Justice was keeping an eye on my enemies?"
"They are" Wade explained "but since Drakken hasn't done anything evil in a while, they decided not to attack him. Wow, what are the odds he'd be there?"
"That's what I said" Ron replied proudly.
Kim sighed "anyway, I need you to check on the volcano here" she explained "there's the slightest chance it might erupt."
Wade typed away on his computer to find the info. "No info I can find says the volcano is in danger of erupting" he replied "but you might want to steer clear, just in case."
"Okay, thanks for the help Wade" Kim said "keep me posted."
"So, now what?" Ron asked, as Kim signed off the Kimmunicator.
"We can't take the chance the volcano might erupt" Kim said "we need to go up there, find out what's going on, and see if we can stop it."
"Yeah, good idea, but there's just one problem" Ron replied "we're on vacation; I thought the whole point was to lay off the missions for a few days."
"We're just checking out volcanic activity" Kim explained "think of it as sightseeing."
"Yeah, 'cause when I come to Hawaii, I think of looking at hot lava that can kill me!"
"Oh come on Ron," Kim said, in her best sweet voice "you don't want anything bad to happen to all the nice people, do you? Especially Lilo and Stitch, who were kind enough to let us stay in their house? And don't tell me my big, strong man is afraid of a little lava."
"You know I can't resist you when you talk like that" Ron said "Okay, let's go."
"Come on, Stitch and I know the way" Lilo said, beckoning the teens to follow her.
In the next chapter, Kim discovers the volcanic activity is the work of one of her old foes (and no, it isn't Drakken). After defeating that scheme, Kim's vacation gets even worse when another villain arrives on the island with a scheme that forces our heroes to make an uneasy alliance to save the day.