A.N. Set directly after Turbo's "Stitch Witchery."

Set Straight

The past few months had been crazy. A normal job had seemly ruined his life; he'd managed to knock up his high school crush, an evil space alien had turned him into a monkey, and then he had been turned invisible by yet another alien. His life was just going so smoothly.

Not too long after they'd become visible once more, both Bulk and Skull disappeared to their place to change out of the ridiculous garb Lt. Stone had dressed them in. had the circumstances been any different, he might have had time to appreciate that unlike the first time they'd been changed, their clothes had stayed firmly in place.

Instead he had taken off, leaving Bulk behind while he went searching for Kimberly. Her apartment was empty, and she wasn't with any of her friends that he could think of right off, but that didn't faze him. Skull was determined to locate her, even if she wanted nothing to do with him at all.

After nearly three hours of sweeping most of Angel Grove, he spotted her, walking up a lonely sidewalk, a bag on one shoulder, and a bottle of water in her opposite hand.

"Kim…" he called out.

"Huh?" she asked, turning around to face her caller. "You?" she growled in disgust. "Go away Skull. I don't want to see you."

"But-"

"No! I don't want to hear your excuses! Leave me alone!" She looked impossibly small, dwarfed by her extended stomach. What had he done?

"I-" What could he say to make her feel better? She didn't want to hear his crap. Hell, she probably thought he'd tucked tail and ran for Mexico or something. Kim didn't waste any more time on him, with a sharp turn she waddled off in the opposite direction. He couldn't let her go, not now, not like this.

"Wait! Kim!" Skull shouted, jogging after her, not a hard feat with a very pregnant girl. "Listen to me!"

"Divatox," he gasped. "She turned us into monkeys!" Kim glared at him. "Really! We've been staying at the Juice Bar with Lt. Stone!"

That gave her some pause, but she still didn't seem to believe him. Kim had seen them there though, half a dozen times. "We tried to get someone to help… No one could understand us, you know?" Her gaze softened ever so slightly, but it was a start. Only in Angel Grove. "I didn't do it on purpose, I swear."

For a while they stood there in silence, Skull studying his boots, and Kim searching him. "Monkeys?" she finally asked, sounding bewildered. "Lt. Stone's monkeys?"

He nodded silently, not trusting his words to be beneficial. This wasn't going anywhere, he thought. Then, out of nowhere, Kim launched herself at him, pulling them as close together as possible, barring her baby bump.

"Don't ever do that again!" she half sobbed into his chest as he awkwardly patted her back. "I-I missed you."

"I missed you too," he agreed. He didn't know how, or when, but someday he would have to make this up to her.