Ri2: Unfortunately, Jumba's not that evil. He just has a lot of time on his hands. And
he gets bored easily. With the note, he's implying that he will leave it, not that he has. About Pleakly... I would presume whatever
supports his body structure is strong (but flexible)... I believe he
did a juggling act for Look At This! in the episode Swirly.
Mistakes
"Jumba!
Pleakly? LILO!"
Nani
tapped her foot impatiently. Where could they have gone?
She
looked in Lilo's room. Nothing.
She
walked through the kitchen. Nothing.
She
hummed through the lounge. Nothing.
She
peeked in Jumba's room. Nothing. (It's getting a little
repetitive, ain't it?)
Maybe
they're in Jumba's ship…
She
walked out the door, jumped the stairs ten at a time, and jogged down
the Mahalo Trail.
Jumba
pressed button after button.
He
turned nobs.
He
pulled levers.
A
zap pulsed through the air.
The
door opened to reveal…
"The
perfect glass of milo!"
"Wha?"
"What?
Even evil geniuses need to snack… now 'tis time for to be
launching ship, no?"
"Jumba!"
No
response.
Apprehensively,
she walked up the ramp.
She
found herself in a pitch-black hallway about thirty metres in length.
She strolled along it, occasionally bumping into the walls, unsure of
what she'd find at the end.
"OK,
is every one and body being strap-ped in?" shouted Jumba, his
finger hovering over the keypad.
"Yes!"
"Ih!" "I think my strap's on too tight…"
Lilo
thought she heard someone else reply, but shrugged off the
notion.
"All right, is to being time for showing!"
He
pressed a typically large, red, flashing button that had inscribed
something Tantalog on it, which Lilo presumed translated to "Press
Me".
Suddenly,
she heard a low roaring, soft at first but getting louder and louder
as each second went by… the smell of burning plastic filled the
air, which Jumba explained was "uburnium being melted".
By
now the "propellers" were rotating at an almost dizzying rate,
"720573 rotations per minute", as Jumba said. (How could he
tell?) Lilo felt sick watching them, so she turned her attention to
the terminal. Lines of text streamed through, pausing every now and
then when a task was particularly hard, or when it requested Jumba's
input. Every now and then she caught a line or two (he actually did
it in English?).
Unfortunately,
the speed at which the text was scrolling made her feel a little
queasy, so she started watching the trees straining against the
gale-force winds the "propellers" created.
Slowly,
the vessel lifted off the ground. Jumba was still staring at the
terminal, which was still going at nauseating speeds. Pleakly
was intently reading "Galactic Federation Ships for Plorgarians –
Cruising the Galaxy for the Rest of Us!", awkwardly (and
noticeably) hiding it behind "A Thesis on Endangered Species –
Mosquitoes by Wendy Pleakly". Stitch was scanning the now starry
sky.
"I
am now activating holomatrix!" shouted Jumba suddenly, making Lilo
jump. "Am only hoping that older girl is not checking in now, no?"
By
now they were well clear of the trees, and rising fast. Above them, a
flock of geese, organised in the V formation, squawking happily, flew
northbound.
"OK,
am turning ship around, facing Terran II…"
"Wha?"
"Terran
II is what you Earthlings call 'Venus', no?"
"Oh…"
Slowly
they moved sideways, Jumba gazing ever more intently at the screen.
Lilo watched the universe revolve around them, until eventually a
bight star, in fact the brightest star, came into view.
"OK,
hang on tight, or you will be losing many lunches, no?"
Before
Lilo could say anything, the ship blasted through the atmosphere,
with everyone on board (save Jumba and Stitch) hanging on for dear
life.
Nani
wandered along about the fifteenth passageway, her body aching.
Where does Jumba put a light
switch around here?
Almost
at once, the ship lurched forward, causing her to trip over a large,
conveniently placed titanium box, causing her to fall through a
large, conveniently placed pit and land in a large, conveniently
placed bag of flour. Unfortunately, a small, conveniently placed
watering can fell through the large, conveniently placed hole and
onto Nani's large, conveniently placed head.
"Scanning
for known lifeforms."
628
tapped his claws on the "dashboard" impatiently. He had never
been very patient (then again, how many of Jumba's evil genetic
experiments were?)
"Scan
complete. Would you like the planet specifications first?"
"No,
I think I'll go with the ship."
"Two
human, one Qweltian, one Plorgarian, four unknown or genetic
experiments."
"Uhuh…
OK, what about the planet?"
"4.3 billion human, 13 Plorgarian,
235 other alien, 392.9 billion fauna, 624 unknown or genetic
experiments."
628
thought about this for a moment.
"Computer,
calculate how much these figures will be in four hundred years time
and send them to C E N T R A L Central Intelligence… she'll want
to have a look at this."
