The Ponds and the Doctor were standing underneath the Astro Orbiter in Tomorrowland. After talking to Katherine, they had hurried over to that section of the park to find Stitch's Great Escape.

"So, the ride that thing was from is gone, yeah?" Amy asked the Doctor as they stood before the building.

"Yes, and it has been for almost a decade now. So it's been hiding for a while, although, I'm not sure where yet..." he answered.

"Well, we could always look inside... I mean, to get an idea of its environment at least. The girl did say that they didn't change the ride much, right?" River suggested. "It's worth a look."

The Doctor thought for a moment. "True, it may even be possible for it to have continued to hide in there if the building is big enough..." And with that he ran off to the entrance of the ride.

"Soooo, we're going to go right into the alien's "lair" I guess?" Rory asked to no one in particular as they followed the Doctor.

Amy took his arm and nodded. "Yes. Yes we are."

"Alright then."

They wound through the many turnstiles to a preshow that was basically empty. An animatronic of one of the aliens from the Galactic Federation in Lilo and Stitch was explaining the guard training procedure for the "new recruits" (aka. the guests in line). "You will be charged with guarding experiment 626 while he is waiting for deportation..."

River watched the screen and chuckled. "Well, isn't this a change? Me being the guard to another prisoner in an intergalactic prison..."

"Well, it is all fake, River..." the Doctor said a bit nervously.

River rolled her eyes. "I KNOW that, Sweetie..."

The doors then opened to a large circular room with a large glass tube in the middle. The seats were arranged in three levels surrounding the glass tube. The Doctor walked to the front row, motioning to the others to follow. He took a seat on the end of the row, followed by River, then Amy, then Rory. The other people who had been in the preshow area walked straight through the room to the exit; the small child with them was already crying. As both sets of doors shut, the Ponds and the Doctor were the only people in the room.

The lights dimmed and a voice came over some loudspeakers, telling the audience that they were about to transport 626 to the chamber. None of them were really listening. As the tube in the centre of the room started to fill with smoke, restraints lowered from behind them. The Doctor put his arms over his head to keep the harness from actually reaching his shoulders. Amy and Rory did the same as the Doctor, but their restraints ended up a bit lower. River shot hers.

The Doctor stared at her for a moment. "Was that really necessary?"

"Yes, but more importantly, why do they even have seat restraints in what is supposed to be a "show", not a ride?"

"Apparently there is a part of the ride where they hit the harness, so it feels like the alien (Stitch now, I guess) is jumping on your shoulders. Originally they were installed to make the audience feel claustrophobic and trapped."

"But what if they were there to actually trap the audience?"

The Doctor's eyes widened. River stared back at him.

"Doctor, if that thing can affect its surroundings like a perception filter, then who's to say that it isn't doing that right now? I think we may have just walked into a huge trap."

"Well, then it just made a big mistake, didn't it?"

Just then the smoke in the tube cleared.

Oooooh, cliffhanger!

Sorry for the short chapter... I'm hitting some bad writer's block again. :P

Anyway, as always, reviews are appreciated and encouraged, as are creative suggestions and constructive criticism.