well here is another chapter for you all to read. sorry for the wait but i was so determined to get the first chapter finished for christmas that i forgot to get a chapter plan sorted. but i have one now so things should go quicker...i hope. anyway enough with the excuses here is chapter 2 for you all. enjoy
The Underdogs
Part 2
The preparations
With the news of a new arrival for them to look after, Lilo and Stitch went off to tell the two main people that should know about. Victoria, Angel and 625 who Lilo and Stitch decided to rename Molowa. 625 liked the sound of it when they told him and when he asked Lilo what it meant in English, Lilo told him that it meant lazy,
"well that sounds like me"
Was all 625 said about his new name with a smile and a chuckle. Finding Victoria was easy enough, both Lilo and Stitch knew that she would be at home. When Victoria's mom showed Lilo and Stitch to the backyard they saw Victoria without her hologram on playing a game of tag with snooty…about 2 meters off the ground. Victoria was weaving in and out of building and trees as snooty kept dive bombing her trying to catch her. Victoria's mom cleared her throat loudly causing Victoria to stop dead in her tracks. With the sudden stop snooty underestimated his speed and crashed head first into Victoria, and before you knew what happened they where both on the ground in front of Dianna, Lilo and Stitch,
"honey your little friend Lilo is here to see you"
Dianna said while indicating behind her. Victoria looked around her mother and saw her two friends standing there,
"hey Lilo. Hey Stitch how are you guys doing today?"
"hey Victoria. I'm fine and so is Stitch. But I need to tell you something important. Do you remember when Gantu captured you?"
"what kind of a question is that Lilo? Of course I remember that day. I get reminded about it whenever I look in a mirror"
Victoria said while indicating her body
"Should have seem that coming. Anyway the reason I bring him up is because he is coming back to Earth…"
"Why is the big Dummy coming back to earth?"
Victoria interrupted with disgust all over her voice,
"well he seems to be having a hard time in prison so the Grand council woman decided that he should get reformed here on earth. And I get to be his parole officer"
Lilo said to Victoria,
"wow that's going to be a challenge. But have you had any experience in reforming people?"
"Victoria. I have reformed Stitch, Jumba and all of the experiments. It is because of me doing all that, that the grand council woman decided I should reform Gantu"
The two girls continued their conversation while Stitch and snooty started to have a conversation of their own. It was nothing as important as the one Victoria and Lilo was having. It was just a catching up conversation. That and Stitch wanted to know how well Victoria was doing with her abilities,
"as you would imagine Victoria was very experimental with her new body for a while. She would do a lot of the stuff that you do with your tung, namely pick her noise with it. Seeing her do that scared me at first because I thought she would no longer need me. But that habit was broken within a week thanks to her parents and the fact that she just did not like doing it. Sometimes I catch her doing it subconsciously but every time she dose it she spends the next few minuets spitting trying to get rid of the taste."
"Lilo was like that as well. Except it lasted just over a week, and I must admit I don't think it helps when I do it in front of her. So what do you think of Gantu coming back to earth snooty?"
"personally I don't like the idea but I would imagine that Lilo will have some control over him"
"yeah he has to wear a shock collar type thing and Lilo gets the magic button to activate it"
"isn't that a bit drastic. I just thought Lilo would get the power to use her experiment powers on him"
"well what would you rather have. Being shocked by electricity . Or being pummelled by a little girl. I know which one I would rather have"
"I suppose your right. Could you imagine if Gantu got attacked by Lilo in public. His confidence would be non existent"
"I think they want him to build confidence. So that he gets enjoyment for helping other people. Not destroy his confidence when he dose something wrong so that he goes into a deep depression"
Stitch said to snooty.
With the day progressing along Lilo and Stitch still needed to find Angel and Molowa and they had a time limit, namely dinner.
"why did we go to Victoria's first Stitch. We knew that Molowa and Angel would be harder to find than Victoria"
Lilo said to Stitch. Stitch just shrugged his shoulders while he sniffed the air trying to pick up a sent from ether one of them. Eventually Stitch managed to pick up the smell of toasted bread and baloney. Stitch knew of only one person who would make a sandwich at that time of day, so he started to run off in that direction with Lilo on his trail. The sent lead them through a forest and eventually to a clearing where they saw Molowa sitting in front of a fire making a sandwich. And beside him sat Angel who was already eating a sandwich. Finding the two people that they had been looking for gave Lilo and Stitch some relief,
"hey angel, hey Molowa how are you guys this evening"
"hey Lilo. Were doing well thanks. Were where just sitting down to a picnic as you can see. So what brings you all the way into the woods?"
Molowa asked the two.
"well we where actually looking for you guys. You see yesterday me and Stitch got a call from the grand council woman. She told us that Gantu is not doing very well in prison…"
"serves him right"
Angel interrupted,
"yeah he kind of dose. But anyway. She said that Gantu was going to be allowed parole and that they decided that earth would be the best place for him to be reformed."
hearing this produced sour faces on both Angel and Molowa but they did not say anything,
"and she asked me if I would be his parole officer. I agreed to it so that means that Gantu is coming back to earth. Only this time he is suppose to be good and I can shock him if he dose bad things"
"so you are reforming Gantu. Making him good. And if he dose bad things you get to shock him"
Molowa said making sure me got all the information
"yup that's more or less it."
"so will you give Gantu exactly what he deserves with this new power you have over him?"
Angel asked when she had finished her sandwich
"well maybe at first but if what the grand council woman says is true then I think he well be a wreck when we gets here and I don't think I would want to put him through any more…I think"
"well I certainly would. But then again I hold grudges quite easily"
Molowa said to no one in particular.
With all the main people that needed to know about Gantu coning back to earth told, Lilo and Stitch started to walk back home.
"Molowa and Angel sure are getting along aren't they"
Lilo said trying to think of something to talk about. Molowa and Angel has been officially going out for some time now, but everyone has suspected that its been going much longer than they say it has. For some time Stitch and Angel went out with each other after Lilo had Stitch rescued all the experiments. But instead of the dates becoming better, like what happens with most dates, they seemed to actually get more boring for the two. They went to the movies, to the beach, they even went to the valentines dance together. But every time Stitch came back home he seemed to be almost…relieved. Eventually they stopped going out but decided to remain good friends, which was what they both really wanted in the end. For about a year and a half angel remained single, and she looked liked she was fine with it, when Molowa decided to ask her out on a date, or that's how the roomer goes anyway. No one actually saw Molowa ask angel out and many people thought that he could not do it. Everyone knew that he liked her and he would always say that he would ask her out on a date, but every time he was in the same room as her he was so quiet and still that you could have mistaken him for a statue. Well one that sweats so much that it makes puddles under it. When Stitch heard that they where going out he was a little jealous at first, but when he actually saw the two together he could do nothing but pat Molowa on the back and say "well done".
"yeah they sure are Lilo. I'm glad they have each other to keep them company."
Stitch said while he staired off into space thinking about things that where said several years back, four to be precise. Unknown to Stitch Lilo was also thinking and it was the same thing that Stitch was thinking about,
'I can't believe I said that Stitch was the one person I truly love. But I guess it must be true since I can still remember every moment of that fight. Every word that was said, every action that happened. Heck I can even remember the rhythm of my breathing. Being able to remember all that must prove something about my feelings. Its just that I still don't fully understand them. I remember having a crush on Keoni and how it felt, but the feelings for Stitch are totally different. They are as strong…no. the feelings for Stitch are stronger than the ones I had for Keoni, but they are not the same. Maybe its because I fell for Keoni's looks. He is really hansom and has that sweet sparkle in his eye that makes me want to stare into them until the end of time. While Stitch has none of that. Stitch is not hansom, but he is cute. He is also so much more sweeter and more caring than Keoni. Argh why dose everything in life need to be so confusing'
Lilo thought as they continued towards their house in silence.
Across the galaxy, on a small asteroid Gantu was waiting in his cell.
"sigh, why dose it take so long to get transport ready. I was told an hour ago that it would be ready soon. If I was still captain things would be a lot more efficient"
"which is one of the reasons why we are giving you this opportunity"
The grand council woman said as she entered the cell,
"umm, maim. I didn't mean any of it I swear"
"calm yourself Gantu, though I do have to agree with what you just said. This place has reduced in efficiency since you where retired. Which is why we are all hoping that this experience will fully reform you and then you can go back to being captain"
Hearing this Gantu nearly jumped for joy. But he managed to catch himself just in time to avoid getting a sore head.
"now you should know the procedures. You are told nothing about where you are going or the identity of your parole officer. You are also getting a shock collar so that you can be dealt with if you do go bad. Also you are being handcuffed."
Gantu sighed once again before moving his hands out in front of him. He remembered everything that happened and it was the only thing that he was slightly nervous about. Many a criminal was denied parole because of the shock collar. Every time they would get chock it was sent to the parole board with the reason. If they got too many then they where denied parole.
'but I will not let that happen to me! I am the former Captain of the Galactic Federation. I will clear my name and get back into my old job'
Gantu thought as he walked out of his cell and down the corridor, being lead by the grand council woman and a dozen of her personal elite dinosaur solders armed with plasma cannons (similar to the one that Jumba had in the movie "Lilo and Stitch"). Over on the other side of the complex Hamsterville was sleeping happily when his computer started to beep.
"umm. Wha…what! What is going on here!"
Hamsterville yelled to no one in particular. After saying his override command he looked at his computer.
"hmm seems Gantu has been moved earlier than I expected. Excellent. This just brings me closer to completing phase 1. Now I must start plans for phase 2"
Before he started to type frantically on his keyboard.
"There. With the preparations to phase 2 completed I will be out of here within a matter of hours. Then nothing can stop me from taking over the Galactic Federation"
Hamsterville said to himself before he went off back to sleep.
"ah Lilo there you are. I was just about to send Jumba off to find you again"
Nani said as she looked up from the table when the back door was heard opening. When Lilo and Stitch entered the kitchen they saw that everyone was sitting down at the table with food on there plats. But it was not touched,
"you guy's didn't have to wait for me and Stitch. You know that we eat our food in like 3 seconds"
"Yeah we know. But we all like sitting down together for dinner. It brings us closer together"
David said as he stood up and began to pull the two remaining chairs for both Lilo and Stitch. They took there seats and thanked David. He just smiled at them before sitting down in his chair,
"so how long have you all been waiting?"
Lilo asked as she got herself some of the dinner (stir fry for there dinner)
"not that long actually. In fact Jumba had just sat down when you came in"
Pleakly said after he emptied his mouth.
The rest of the dinner was filled with light talking about the events that had happened today. Nearly everyone had done the exact same thing that they always did. Jumba was working on his lab on something that was top secret, though Lilo and Stitch had a very good suspicion what it was. Pleakly spent all day giving the house one major clean,
"well it is spring cleaning time"
he said to the family at the table when they asked him why. The only people who where a little disappointed with their day was Nani and David. Nani had to work all day, so they could not get time together during the day. And David was working shortly after dinner so they could not spend time together in the evening ether. So after dinner David quickly said good bye to Nani before he went off to work. With the free time that they had, Nani decided to spend some time with Stitch and her sister,
"so what would you like to do for the rest of the evening?"
"well there is something that we could do but you won't let us do it"
"I might. You never know I might be in the mood for something scary"
"well 'curse of the mutated swamp mummies' is out on video. Can we get it out?"
"I haven't you already seen that movie?"
"no we saw 'curse of the swamp mummies' not 'curse of the mutated swamp mummies'. so can we get it out?"
"well I don't know"
"pleeease"
Lilo and Stitch said in unison
"oh all right. We'll go and rent out that movie. But once its finished you two will go straight to bed. You got me"
"we understand. No come on before the store closes"
Lilo said while she picked up Nani, put her over her shoulder, and started running out of the house.
"Lilo there's no rush the store doesn't close for another hour. So you can put me down"
Blushing a little Lilo put her sister down on the floor.
"thank you Lilo. Man whenever you have your hologram on I keep forgetting that you are now an experiment."
"yeah well with all the rules about where I can and can't have my hologram off, I just keep it on most of the time so that I don't get in trouble"
"that's good thinking Lilo. But I must admit that I think that rule was a little strict. Since you have been following the rule so well and I'm in a good mood I think I will allow you to decide when you need to wear it from now on. Except when I tell you to wear it."
"but that's just the same as last time"
"no it isn't. I am not telling you to wear it all the time. I'm telling you to wear it when we have company, during the busy seasons or any time I'm with you out in the open. That still gives you all the time with Stitch, in the house as well as all the area around the house."
During Nani's and Lilo's conversation, they where unaware of the fact that they got into the car and started to drive off to the video renting shop. Getting the video was easy, getting Lilo and Stitch to go to bed when it was bedtime was another matter. The movie lasted for about three hours and unfortunately the movie finished well after there bedtime. Now what happened when bedtime came around is still a mystery. But when the time came for Lilo and Stitch to go to bed Nani actually ignored that fact and allowed them to watch the rest of the movie.
After the movie finished Lilo and Stitch went to bed on there on and it showed the next morning.
"little girl. Little girl you must be waking up. I have just received communication from grand council woman. She says that she will be arriving soon."
Jumba said while he shook the experiment gently,
"hmm just 5 more minuets Nani"
She said without opening her eyes or registering who was actually trying to wake her.
"am not older girl. And I am afraid that you cannot be having more time for sleeping. Grand council woman said that she would be arriving at lighthouse within the hour. So you must be getting up now."
"but its Saturday. She said she would be here tomorrow"
Lilo said in a slurred way, still with her eyes closed
"she is arriving early then. You know with the increased traffic in solar system she would never be able to get exact date correct. Now be getting ready we have to be meeting grand council woman at abandoned lighthouse within the hour."
"oh. Oh all right"
Lilo said groggily as she opened her eyes and sat up in bed. Seeing Lilo up Jumba left the room.
"hmm Stitch its time to get up"
Lilo said she stretched her arms in the air. Still not hearing any movement across from the bedroom after she rubbed the sheep out of her eyes she looked over to Stitch and saw that he was not there,
"Stitch? Where did you go?"
She decided that she was not going to wear her hologram today thanks to the altered rule. But she put on her watch anyway thinking that if she did need it, she would rather have it with her than not have it at all.
Walking into the kitchen she saw that stitch was sitting at the table drinking something from a cup. It defiantly was not coffee because the pot was still full.
"morning Lilo. Did you sleep well?"
Stitch said to her in perfect English,
"morning Stitch. Yeah I slept well, but I'm surprised that you are up before me?"
"yeah I was surprised myself when I woke up and saw you sleeping soundly. I decided to let you sleep in because as far as I knew there was nothing that needed done, that and you look so beau…I mean cute when you sleep"
Hearing this, Lilo blushed a little. She knew what Stitch was going to say and to be truthful she was hoping he felt that way. However she said nothing about it hoping that Stitch didn't see her blush as she sat down at the table to get something to eat.
"so Stitch, what are you drinking?"
"she said wanting change the topic very quickly,
"I'm having a juiced toaster"
"your having a juiced toaster?"
"yeah only this time I added some more toast. You want to taste?"
"no thanks. I think I will just get some cereal before we meet the grand council woman"
"are you sure? Its pretty good"
"maybe some other time"
Lilo said as she got herself some cereal.
Though she told herself time and time again that she was ready for this upcoming task but when it actually came down to it she wasn't. these where the thoughts that swarmed Lilo's head as Jumba drove herself and Stitch to the old lighthouse where the grand council woman said to meet. It was a silent trip to the lighthouse, everyone was wondering what was going to happen. Jumba was wondering if the grand council woman would mention the sudden increase in technology. Lilo was wondering how Gantu would react to getting herself as a parole officer. Stitch on the other hand was thinking over what happened at breakfast.
'did Lilo actually blush when I said she looked cute when she slept? I almost let it slip that I have strong feeling for her. I wonder if she caught me. I guess she didn't or else she would have said something. Or maybe she's shy about it. But why would she be shy about my feeling…unless she has similar feelings for me. I have know her to keep things from me so it is possible. all well I guess I will just have to wait until one of us builds up enough courage to tell the other. I just hope that its not me'
It had been a reasonably long trip, and looking out of the window when they where no longer in hyperspace Gantu thought he recognised the planet that he was being tested on…but it had at least 5 space stations surrounding it. Earlier he over heard the grand council woman talking to the pilot, asking about a radar disruptor or something. He would have gone to investigate but all twelve of the grand council woman's private guard where in the same room as he was watching him.
"attention everyone. We will be landing in 5 minuets"
Came the captains voice over the intercom,
'finally. I cant stand all these guns pointing at me'
Gantu thought as he sat in his seat waiting for the beginning of the rest of his life.
When Lilo arrived at the lighthouse she saw that cobra bubbles was also there,
"cobra bubbles. What are you doing here?"
Lilo asked as she got out of the car,
"I'm here as a second parole officer. Just to make sure that things go smoothly. The grand council woman has faith in you Lilo but she just wants someone who is older to be there just in case."
"Well that makes sense I suppose"
Cobra bubbles was about to add something else but he was stopped by a large rumbling sound coming from the sky,
"well here they come"
Jumba shouted over the noise from the thrusters, though no one actually heard him.
The ship stopped with a thud and it shock all that guards that where watching Gantu giving him an opportunity to get away, but he remained where he was. He sat in his seat painterly while he waited for the grand council woman to tell him everything that was happening,
"Gantu I hope you had a pleasant trip. Because I now have to show you where you are being reformed. Please come with me"
The grand council woman said when she entered the room. Gantu simply nodded his head before he stood up and started to follow her to the entrance ramp.
With the day still early, the sun was gleaming on the shiny metal from the spaceship and because of this Gantu could not see where he was or who his parole officer was,
"ah cobra I see that you where able to get here without a problem"
Came the grand council woman's voice from beside him,
'cobra? Wait that name sounds familiar'
"headquarters was generous to start my time off early"
Came his reply,
'that voice. Oh no I'm back on earth. Well I suppose its not so bad. The earth was a nice place and as long as I don't see another trog I will pass this challenge with flying colours'
"ah and I see our parole officer is also here. Now are you ready for this challenge. I don't think it will be easy"
'parole officer? So that cobra person is not my parole officer. Then who could it be? He is the only person on the planet that knows about the galactic federation. Unless…no, please don't let it be her.'
"I'm as ready as I'll ever be"
'yup its her. It's that little girl that hangs around with 626. "I should have known it would have been her"
Gantu finished out loud. Stepping forward so that he could see who was all there, he cringed as the memories of everything that had happened on this planet flooded back to him with remorse,
"I think I would have rather stayed in jail"
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