this chapter is the exact same as the last one except the beginning where victoria's reaction has changed slightly, to accomidate with the mistakes i made in the last chapter.
The Underdogs
Part 4
The First Victory
"Wow these experiments are weird" said a red experiment with bat like ears as she looked on at the two experiments lying beside the 627 look-alike that accompanied them. The group was on a quickly made bed on the floor. Lilo, Stitch and Victoria where in Jumba's and Pleakly's bedroom, both of the girls had their holograms turned off.
"Yeah I know. Jumba said that he once thought of making an experiment similar to that red glass like one. But dismissed it for some reason" the purple experiment said as she looked at the group on the floor.
"and the man, did he accompanied them?"
"No he didn't, the guy travelled alone. But he did have a laptop, a calculator and a small metal cylinder. Jumba took them to his ship just before you arrived"
"So should we go see if the grand council woman needs anything?" the bat like Victoria asked, changing the subject.
"Well she dose have her personal guard with her, but we can go and see if they are all ok. Come on there in Jumba's ship" Lilo said as she turned to leave the room
Heading out of the kitchen door, the three experiments saw something that surprised them all, but one more than the others. A bright flash of light was seen about 4 meters in the air, then a figure appeared out of it before landing on the ground several feet in front of them.
"wow. So that's how those guys got here" Victoria said as she rubbed her eyes from both shock and the bright flash of light.
"yup that was more or less it. Now can you help me and Stitch take him to the ship." They walked over to the body. Truth be told Lilo could not tell if the body in front of them was a man or a woman. The figure was wearing a suit of armour that covered its entire body. The girls picked up one arm each and placed them over their shoulders, while Stitch picked up the legs. It was only now that they realised that this guy was very tall. Taller than cobra bubbles for sure. With the body secure they continued their journey to Jumba's ship.
"what in heaven are you carrying" the grand council woman said as she saw Lilo, Stitch and Victoria carrying this suit of armour (an expression she picked up on her first recorded visit to earth (Roswell))
"where entirely sure ourselves, but it just fell from the skies. So where taking him to the medical wing so that Jumba can see what's wrong" Lilo said from her position under one of the arms.
"very well then. But it looks like whatever that this is, is armed. You better remove his gear and lock it up once you get him to Dr. Jukeba" the grand council woman said before she continued down the corridor of the ship, going passed the three and the suit of armour.
"hey Jumba we have another visitor" Lilo said as she entered his lab, still carrying the body. He looked up from his work bench to see what Lilo meant when he saw the body,
"ok little girl, be putting him on table over there" he said as he stood up from his chair. Unable to gently place him on the examination table, due to their shortness, they all just threw the body onto it. The body landed with a bigger thud that they expected and where afraid that the person inside the armour would wake up. But he didn't
"ok then let us see here. Hmm advanced cybernetics, a shield generator with built in recharger and a built in computer. My this is being intresting" Jumba said as he looked over the armour.
"so can you get the person out of it?" Victoria asked as she and the others watch the scientist work.
"I believe so. There is a computer connection port right here. But whether or not I can be gaining access to systems is another matter"
"but why don't you try to take it off, like it was a normal suit of armour?" Lilo asked confused.
"because shield is still active"
"oh" the experiments said in unison.
With their package delivered, lilo Stitch and Victoria went back into the house to play a game they recently made up. The game was called "The Rouge Mutants Escape" and it was basically a type of catch, two of them ran from one chaser. The only thing different was that you had to be an experiment to play. So really this game was just an excuse to run around the house without their holograms on.
The rest of the day passed with relative ease, that is until nani came back from work
"LILO! WHAT ON EARTH HAVE YOU DONE TO THE HOUSE!" nani yelled as she stared in disbelief at the war zone that was once the hallway of her house. The pictures that once covered the walls where now all over the floor. The bookcase was on its side and all its contents where just like the pictures…making a nice comfortable home on the ground. Several potted plants that pleakly had placed to make the room nicer where tipped and all of their soil was just everywhere. But the most annoying thing that had happened to the house had too be the mud foot prints that where, quite literally, everywhere. They where all over the floors, the walls and even the ceilings. Basically, the house would have been cleaner if Felix was still programmed to be dirty. At least Felix kept all the furniture in the upright positions like they normally are.
"ooh when I get my hands on Lilo" Nani growled to herself before she went into the kitchen where she saw Pleakly lying on his stomach…he was out cold 'well at least I didn't go that far' she thought to herself before going over to Pleakly to wake him up.
"wh where am I? Oh Nani you won't believe the nightmare I just had. I dreamt that the house was a total mess. My potted plants where scattered over the floors, and footprints. Dirty, fowl, muddy footprints where everywhere I looked. It was horrible!"
"Pleakly I hate to tell you. But that wasn't dream. It was real. The house really is in that big a mess" and with that said Nani got out of Pleakly's view so that he could see the house,
"AAAAAAAAAAH! My beautiful clean house, ruined! Who would do such a thing?" Pleakly said through tears.
"I know of only two people who could do it! So do you know where Lilo and Stitch are right now?"
"umm, lets see. After those two unknown experiments arrived with that other experiment that looks like a nice version of 627. Then there was that guy who arrived right after the experiments. Then Lilo and Stitch went off to rescue the grand councilwoman. Then Victoria came over. Then this big guy in a suit of armour arrived. Umm, no I'm afraid that I don't know where they are right now." looking up from his position on the floor Pleakly saw an incredibly stunned looking Nani "Nani are you ok?"
"Pleakly. What the hell has happened while I was at work!" stunned at hearing Nani use fowl language it took Pleakly several seconds before he responded.
Realising how dirty the house had gotten during their little game, Lilo Stitch and Victoria decided to quickly go to the beach. So after getting some towels, a swim suit for both Lilo and Victoria (in case Nani saw them there) and placing them in a bag, they set off into town. In town they saw that the debris from the grand council woman's ship did not do as much damage as it could have. No buildings had major damage and the biggest pieces of yellow coloured debris where planted in the middle of the roads, blocking all traffic from entering or exiting the streets. Overall it seemed that everyone in the town was surprised at just how little damage was caused and that included the three experiments who where walking, on all fours, down the street. Police where everywhere trying, and succeeding, in keeping everyone calm. 'Maybe its because everyone is just so laid back on the island that they just don't bother to care about strange events like this' Lilo thought as they continued on their quest. Lilo knew that the government would be coming to the island very shortly, if they had not done so already. Fortunately for Lilo though, Nani got Lilo a dog licence, and convinced Victoria's parents to do the same. Nani said it was just as a precaution, but Lilo knew that Nani did not trust her. For a time after receiving the licence Lilo refused to turn off her hologram to prove that Nani was wrong. Now Lilo was actually glad about getting a licence, allowing her to do things like this with no worries because if ether Victoria or herself needed to quickly turn on their holograms, it would be pritty difficult at this moment of time.
Fortunately for the three no one disturbed them and they eventually got to the beach. Though it was quieter than normal it was still pretty busy. They had previously decided to go to a quieter area of the beach so that they would have a less chance of being bothered. As they walked along the beach to an area that seemed deserted, Lilo caught someone having a conversation on a mobile phone. She knew it was wrong to listen in, but one simple sentence got her hooked,
"it's the who's spacecraft?" Lilo instantly recognised the voice. It was the man who had saved both herself and Stitch earlier that day. She could also make out what the person on the other end of the line was saying,
"the ship belongs to a person called 'the grand council woman'. from your description of the ship and the secret files from area 51 that I managed to get, the ship that you saw was from someone called the grand council woman" a female voice said from the other end of the call.
"ok, so who is this 'grand council woman' then?"
"the records are very vague. But apparently she is some sort of ruler or president or something of an alien empire"
"rrrright…"
"you don't believe me do you"
"not even a little"
"well to be honest I don't care. Your orders are clear. You have to investigate the crash site and keep it secure until reinforcements arrive. We have sent you a standard mission package. It is waiting at the reception of your hotel"
"sigh a standard take and hold mission then. But I'm on vacation and have not been in the force for over 5 years, why do I have to do it?"
"because you are the closest person we have to the crash sight. That and your the best"
"ok, I'll call you when I have secured it" and with that the conversation ended.
"Lilo what are you doing?" Stitch asked with a concerned look on his face
"hmm. OH Stitch! Sorry about that, I just got distracted by something that's all" came Lilo's honest response as she spun around to look at him. Seeing that Lilo was back on this planet Stitch's face returned to normal before he turned around to face the direction that he just came from,
"well follow me. Victoria and I have already found a good spot just by the sea. Come on" Lilo just followed, while wondering how long she had been listening into that conversation.
Stitch led Lilo over to the far end of the beach where Victoria, with her hologram and swimsuit on, was sitting on a beach towel
"ah there you are Lilo, I was wondering where you got too" Victoria said as she Stitch come running along the beach followed by the purple furred experiment that she knew very well.
"yeah stitch found me. But why do you have your hologram on?"
"well I just felt like lying in the sun, and since seeing a dog-like thing lying on a towel in the sun is a very strange sight. I decided to put on my hologram" Victoria said before she dove into the bag and pulled out a pair of orange framed sunglasses "to be honest I can't remember the last time I just lay in the sun" she added before lying down on her towel.
"that actually sounds like a good idea. What do you think Stitch? Or do you want to do something else?" pausing for a moment Stitch thought about what he wanted to do , when it came to him that he has never actually just spread himself out on the beach and relaxed in the heat of the sun,
"hmm, I've never actually sunbathed before. So why not". before long tow young girls and a blue koala where dosing lightly, on separate towels, enjoying the feel of the sun.
David was walking along the beach with his surfboard under his arm. After enjoying a full day of surfing 'though it would have been much more fun with Nani' he thought. Looking out to sea once more he gazed at the setting sun as it did its final performance for the day
"wow I wish Nani was here to see this. Its just so beautiful and romantic". walking along the beach some more he noticed three bodies lying on some towels. Getting closer he was surprised to discover that he knew them "hey Lilo, Stitch, Victoria" he greeted. When no reply came, he moved closer and discovered that they where all asleep "oh man, this means that you all are going to be up all night. All well better wake them up"
"Mmm, that was a good nap. Oh hey David what you doing" Lilo asked once she rubbed the sleep from her eyes. The rest of the group where following her example.
"Lilo, do you know that its now evening? How long have you guys been here? Anyway lets get going, your dinners are probably waiting for you all". looking at their watches Lilo and Victoria where surprised at just how much time had passed. So quickly packing their towels back into the bag they all went home to get their dinners.
"Lilo where have you and the blue monster been? Your dinners are getting cold" Pleakly said as Lilo and Stitch entered the kitchen from the back door.
"me Stitch, and Victoria where just at the beach and we kind of forgot about the time" Lilo said as she turned off her hologram and removed her swim suit that she had on.
"well eat your dinner quickly. Because you two are going to be quite busy for the rest of the evening"
"huh, whys that?"
"because once you are finished your dinner you two are to go up to the attic and clean it up. That includes dusting and moving stuff around"
"WHAT! But why?"
"well its ether that or you both get grounded for a week. With the mess you made to the house today I wanted you to the attic and ground you both for at least a week. But Nani's getting soft thanks to David" Pleakly said with crossed arms and an angry expression on his face.
"oh all right. We'll clean up the attic" and with sad faces both Lilo and Stitch made their way up to the attic. After eating their dinner in seconds of course. It took the two experiments over an hour to get the attic cleaned and sorted, but they managed to get it done. Once they came out of the attic both experiments where exhausted and wanted to do nothing more than climb into bed. Unfortunately for them their bed had to wait a little longer, because Pleakly told them to go and have a bath.
The next day started out like any other day for the house hold. Lilo and Stitch went down stairs to get some breakfast. Nani went to work as Lilo and Stitch sat at the table, and Jumba was only there for a couple of minuets before he want back to his ship to continue examining his new 'toys' as he called the new items that he was examining. But there was something different about this picture. And that was that the grand council woman was also in the kitchen having breakfast. Right now she was sitting at the table drinking a glass of orange juice,
Well I must say this orange juice is certainly very refreshing. I am beginning to see why you have stayed on this planet for so long" the grand council woman said to Pleakly as he brought her a plate of bacon and eggs,
"yes earth certainly dose have many things that I have never seen before. Even though I have studied earth, actually being here and trying all the things that the earthling go through. Its like a new adventure everyday" Pleakly said as he handed her some cutlery. Looking over at Lilo and Stitch, who where also eating a cooked breakfast, she observed how they used their own cutlery and started copying them (they felt that they should use manners in front of her, instead of emptying it down their throats). She ate slowly at first, but as she got more use to the cutlery she increased her eating speed to a more normal pace,
"well that certainly was an experience there. And I must say that it was delicious"
"I'm glad you liked it. It…" Pleakly started to say before the doorbell interrupted him.
"I'll get it" Lilo said as she bounded out of her seat and headed towards the door with Stitch right behind her. Opening the door she was surprised to see cobra bubbles standing there. "cobra. What are you doing here?"
"I thought you would be able to guess why I'm here. I'm here to see the grand council woman"
"should have known that. All well. come on in, she's in the kitchen right now"
"thank you Lilo. Oh I also took the liberty of taking Gantu to his work this morning. I must admit that getting him to work at the lumber mill was a very good idea"
"well I thought he should use his strength creatively. Also I have always got an eye on him, thanks to the deforester (I think that's the name of experiment 515 anyway) Lilo said as she showed cobra to the kitchen where the grand council woman was.
Just as she showed cobra to the kitchen the doorbell rang again. So Lilo and Stitch went back to answer the door…again. When they opened the door for the second time they where very surprised to see the man that had saved them yesterday at their doorstep. He was wearing combat trousers that had a kind of tiger stripe like appearance, except it was earthy brown instead of orange. A simple short-sleeved, black t-shirt covered his upper body. He was wearing a belt that had a gun pouch on the left hand side and a knife pouch sticking out horizontally from behind him. Both of them where carrying something dangerous from the looks of things.
"umm, can I help you?" she asked glad that she had decided to put on her hologram on this morning. It was just then that she noticed a black limousine in the driveway.
"I'm here to talk to someone called 'the grand council woman'". hearing this instantly shocked the two answering the door and it must have shown because the man just smiled knowing that he had found the right place. "tell her that the governments of the world would like to speak with her. And I'd be quick about it because these guys are not known for their patience" he said in a firm yet gentle voice while pointing with his thumb to the limo.
Closing the door again, Lilo and Stitch bolted into the kitchen "umm guys we have a problem. There's a guy at the door wanting to speak with the grand council woman and he says that representatives of a lot of countries is with him" the expression on everyone's faces where not as bad as Lilo thought they would be. Sure they where shocked, but she just expected more to happen…like Pleakly fainting or screaming, or something like that.
"cobra I thought you said that they would not be able to find me for several more days?"
"well that's the normal procedure for tracking down someone. They don't normally go to the front door and simply knock. they normally wait until they're absolutely sure that the person is at a certain address, then they just barge in. I suppose since this is not something normal, they would do it differently. But it still should have taken them some time"
An hour later everyone was sitting in the living room. And by everyone I mean the grand council woman, cobra bubbles, Lilo, Stitch, Pleakly, Jumba the man who knocked at the door and about a dozen other people who said they where from the UN.
"and that is what happened. My ship shut down during a journey through hyperspace by some massive EMP and crashed landed here on earth" the grand council woman said. During the hour Jumba had gone over countless bits of information that he managed to obtain from the wrecked ship and the intergalactic net, some more legal than others but he did not mention that, and was able to confirm that the anomaly was actually artificial. Someone had made it. At this moment he was working out where it originated from as everyone else in the room ether talked or listened. Eventually he found where the source was. A maximum security prison on a wondering asteroid. This led him to make only one assumption,
"Hamsterville was the cause of this blast."
Hamsterville was in a very advanced looking computer room looking over the data of his EMP that he managed to collect. He was able to work out that the closer someone was to the core of the blast, the more loyal and obedient they where. This made him suspect that the outer planets would eventually rebel,
"I CANNOT LET THAT HAPPEN! I must think of a quick solution to make sure that they don't rebel on me" he thought out loud as he looked around the room. It was here that he noticed the purple hair that was being scanned by a very big computer,
"Maybe I should get an army of experiments. No, that won't work. It would take too long and they might actually help with the rebellions thanks to them not taking orders very well. AH, I have it. My robot army, the one that I used back on earth, they will do nicely. Once I upgrade their design a little." quickly as he could he transferred the blue prints from his head to the computer screen. Then he altered their artificial intelligence, as well as their armour and weapons, with the more advanced systems he could now gain access too. "and thanks to the production lines that are here, my 'Ville bots' will allow me to rule with an iron fist over the entire galaxy in no time ha ha ha ha ha!"
"Emperor Hamsterville. Your people are waiting to hear your first speech" the prison guard, Hamsterville's most obedient subject, said from the doorway of the computer room. He was standing up right thanks to an artificial leg that Hamsterville gave him earlier in the day.
"Ahh excellent. Go and fetch my crown and meet me at the podium"
"as you wish Emperor. Oh and once again, I want to thank you for my new leg. Your generosity truly has no end" he said before leaving the room. Hamsterville just sat on his chair thinking,
'hmm maybe I should take away that leg of his. I swear you do one thing nice and they never shut up about it.'
Nightfall had come to the house once again, but that did not stop the debate that was happening inside it. The only earth soldier and all the UN members where still there. Still discussing what to do about this new threat, that could very well destroy the human race. And to top it all off it was a talking hamster.
"so you are asking all of us, as well as the rest of the countries of the world, to launch a full scale invasion of your galactic empire so that we can get rid of this "Hamsterwheel" person and bring order to the galaxy once again?" said a member with an American accent,
"that is correct. You see this Hamsterville person will not stop with just the galactic empire. He wants to control everything. Trusting his ego it will be some time before he ventures out and start attacking your planet. But rest assured, he will come for it eventually. Attacking him early is the only chance you can stop this from happening" the grand council woman said as she stood in the middle of the room.
"But our space flight abilities are still very small. It would probably take us decades to build a transport force large, and fast, enough to take our forces to your empire. And even then it will still take months before we actually get there" another member said. This one had a very deep English accent. He received a lot of agreement from the other representatives.
"with my help I estimate it will be taking approximately two of your earth years to be building force. But grand council woman is right. The longer we are waiting, the harder it will be to remove Hamsterville from power" Jumba said while he worked on ship and engine plans.
"this is ridiculous. Do any of you honestly believe any of this" said several members who, until now, where quite quiet.
"gentlemen please. Dr Jukeba here has more than enough evidence on his computer here. And the American government also has quite a bit of information on the galactic empire. Hamsterville is stoppable. This little girl has been foiling his plans for some time now"
"but in order for us to help you. We would need to reveal the existence of aliens. That would mean we would have to admit that we where lying to the people. That could cause rebellions and world wide panic."
"what would you rather have. A few rebellions for a short period of time and a little panic, or global panic as your people witness the destruction of the human race? Because that future is certainly very possible when Hamsterville gets here." the grand council woman knew that she was winning. However she kept glancing over to the hallway entrance, where that one soldier was leaning. The soldier was quite intimidating since he managed to fill the entire doorway, the vicious animal tattoo oh his right arm (only some of it was visible) and the scar across his eye. He was wielding a very long knife in his right hand while he picked dirt from his fingernails on his left hand. He did not look like he was paying attention, but something inside her told her that he heard every single word that was being said.
"sigh very well. The forces of Earth are at your disposal as soon as we address the people. However in order for the people to agree we will need you to speak to the world as well."
"I understand that and I am ready to do so. The galactic federation thanks you and will compensate everything that is lost in this war. The human race is now an official member of the galactic federation. And the youngest race to ever join in its history I might add." the grand council woman bowed to everyone in the room respectfully.
"we will send cobra bubbles to collect you when we are ready" and with that the men stood up and started to leave
"I have just one question that I would like answered, if that's possible" the grand council woman asked. The men turned to face her once again "how did you manage to find me so quickly? Cobra bubbles tells me that it should have been at least a few more days until we talked" it was here that the soldier that was in the doorway spoke up,
"that was my doing. After guarding your ship for about an hour I managed to pick up the scent of exhaust fumes from some sort of ship. Travelling as the crow flies, this house was the closest one to the crash site and when I got here I smelled the exhaust fumes again, only this time much stronger. So I knew you where here."
"my that is impressive. Tell me what is your name?"
"…White Wolf" was all the man said before turning to leave. Once the guests had left and house was quite the grand council woman turned to cobra "I would like to know more about this 'White Wolf' character. Do you think you can get me information on him?"
"I will do my best"
"Dr. Jukeba, that goes for you as well"
"I will be getting on with it at once" he said before he picked up his compiter and turned to leave the room.
"well I best be off. I have to keep an eye on Gantu when Lilo cannot. Good bye" and with that cobra left the house as well. Just as cobra went out of the front door, Nani came entered the house with a confused and tired look on her face,
"Lilo. Why was there a black limousine pulling out of our driveway? And why was cobra bubbles just here?"
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