Chapter 3: Shiralli And Robaapaskit -or- What Can Happen

"Insert tab A into chromosome B," Jumba sat in his room and working on a circular device.

"Jumba," Stitch interupted his work.

"Spies!" Jumba covered a suspicious looking device before sighing. "Oh, 626. What is it?"

"Kanja-ooga," Stitch told him sadly.

"No cousins?" Jumba asked his creation. "You see 626, we are each one of a kind. You, experiments 624, 627 and 628, and even I. Evil genius scientist and evil genius creations, all alone in infinite universe. We may have found tiny Earth family, but no. You don't have -as you say- cousins."

That was that, no cousins for Stitch. First the beach, now this? It was a very sad thing for him to think about, people still not seeing him as part of a family. Lilo's lesson on it gave him an idea since he got home, maybe Jumba could make him some cousins in the lab in his ship. Unfortunately, Jumba looked to be very busy with something. Even though Jumba was here, the lights always seemed to be on every time Stitch looked to it. He wondered what was going on in there, though he didn't put that much thought into it as his mind was still on cousins.

Stitch wasn't the only one preoccupied with it, Angel and 628 were having a good time with Seam. Or rather, Angel was having fun with Seam while 628 took notes. In a strange case, that was her way of having fun with the new experiment.

"So far, I'm impressed," 628 flipped through the notes as they stopped at the edge of the beach. "Alpha may have protection under her primary function, but she did a surprising job claning up 626's mess."

"Hassin?" Angel pat Seam on the head. "Seam isa naga nala, graazi Seam?"

"Oe tìhawnu si?" Seam asked.

Unbeknownst to them, Seam had a little trouble understanding the difference between help and protect. Not that there was much a change in the words, there was just nothing she could do at the moment that was actual protecting. 628 and Angel couldn't understand her though, which was a problem. Mostly for them, as Seam seemed perfectly capable of understanding them. It was just harder to know whether or not the point came across, so 628 came up with a way to test Seam's protective instincts.

628's hands started to glow, with Angel rising as an outcome. Seam to a step back, as if she was gathering information about the scene before her. Seam then started to growl at 628, crouching in an attack stance. 628 was curious to see what she would do, most likely charge at her for lifting Angel. Instead it was the pink experiment the Seam jumped for, her tail piece glowing to encase them both in a bubble. Pleased with the results, 628 brought them down gently before returning to her notes.

"Interesting," 628 hummed to them. "Alpha does seem to grasp the concept of protecting. I would have attacked my opponent, but she chose to fall back and protect the one in harm. Now all that's left is to find out what she eats, and what she says."

"We aka choota to the trang nang then," Angel told her.

"Oe ohakx," Seam's stomach rumbled.

"It appears as though Alpha agrees with you, 624," 628 closed the notepad. "First, we may wanna check on the lab."

"And Lani," Angel asked her.

"She may need more sleep," 628 began walking to the ship. "We can check the computer for information on Alpha."

As they were beginning their walk, Lani woke up from her nap. She still felt tired, though she felt she had enough sleep for now. She didn't of course, which is why she had trouble remembering what happened before she fell asleep. It felt like a blur to her, one minute she was working then the next she slept. There must have been something that happened in between, something she was overlooking. She looked behind her to the flashing green supercomputer that blinded her, squinting as she translated the language displayed.

"Experimentation process success?" Lani's eyes widened as she read. "Experiment Alpha, complete. I did it! It works! She, she works. Oh wow, I created life. I wonder what this'll do to the future. Oh well, this is still great. Let's see what I coded into her."

As Lani read on, she realized it was probably a bad idea to experiment when she was tired. Her experiment went perfectly well, she made sure of that when she followed Jumba's instructions. She gathered the DNA of the animals she wanted to use in the experiment, half of a lizard and half of a rat. The memories in her daze were beginning to come back to her, she remembered when she went to get what she needed. Lani figured getting a few scales and some fur weren't going to be a problem, until she discovered how hard it was to find them -and they weren't that big on sharing either.

Next Lani needed to mix the DNA, which she did using Jumba's equipment. The containment chamber was easy to work with, it was the computer that did the most work turning her eyes red. With the DNA accounted for, all that was left was to sort out the genes she wanted to use. She was wide awake for that part, even though it was about six in the morning that she started that task. Drowsiness didn't start getting a hold of her until nearly ten that morning, right when she was beginning to add abilities and powers into the mix of chromosomes.

So while she did get the main points of what she wanted to achieve, she also gave her creation of few unnoticed extras -in not only ability but also in power. Lani wasn't too concerned about the heat bolts or the healing, she thought it might come in handy if something were to happen. What did stump her was the language she had accidently created for her, it was very difficult to decode. It wasn't a simple language, so Lani would have to remember to find some way to translate it. Until then she was stuck in a loop, the only thing she could find on the subject was the name Na'vi.

"Note to self, next time try to work around the language extra," Lani sighed to herself.

All and all, Lani felt accomplished. She figured out a new way to keep her o'hana safe, the worst that could have happen was Seam being made evil. Seam, the name started to come back to her.

"I wonder where she went," Lani thought. "I guess the house would be a good place to start."

With a new spring in her slightly tired state, Lani skipped out of the ship. She was so happy she didn't notice a flashing in the corner of the screen, a circle transitioned from a crescent to half to full. Multiple times it shifted, until the computer shut down from not being used. Lani took in a breath of the warm air the night brung, looking up at the sky to smile at the sight of the stars in between the trees. Hawaiian life did have its perks, a shooting star passing to illustrate her point. Although Lani knew better, a "shooting star" was usually something alien.

So Lani rushed to the house to help, hoping that it was just a star this time. The closer she got, the closer the ship was getting. Just before it landed on her, she turned shifted the gravity to pull her closer to the trees than the main path. Rolling to a stop, she looked back to see a ship that she thought she wouldn't see in working order again. The ship belonged to Gantu, a new one by the looks of it. The ex UGF captain stepped out of his new cruiser, carrying a containment pod on his back. Lani knew what he was up to, so it was up to her to try and prevent it.

"Gantu," Lani jumped out from the leaves. "Back so soon?"

"You again?" Gantu's eyes widened. "How did know I was here?"

"I didn't expect to see you so soon, to be honest," Lani shrugged in response. "I had you scheduled for at least three more days. Oh well. Here for the experiments?"

"How..."

"I know many things," Lani interrupted, smiling deviously. "For example, I'm not gonna let you get away with this."

"Oh really," Gantu readied his weapons.

"Plasma blasters," Lani rolled her eyes. "How predictable can you be?"

Gantu -having reached his limit with Lani's games- fired at her, forcing her to run around him as her shot at her. Lani laughed all the while, thinking how easy it was going to be to defeat him. Not only did she know what he was after, she had the added advantage of gravity warping. Gantu stopped firing when she reached the ship, not wanting to damage the new model. Lani saw this as her chance to make him leave, so her hands started to glow along with the outline of Gantu. Due to her lack of rest, there was a little issue with her ability.

She couldn't lift Gantu.

Lani couldn't even keep him in place, shown when he broke free of her invisible hold on him. He smiled evilly as she backed away from his ship, guessing that it was better to run to the house and warn the o'hana before he got there. As she went to leave, Gantu caught her in the containment pod on his back. She struggled to get free in the small space, unable to unlock the new prison. Gantu was elated, running into the ship to grab another containment pod for his true goal. It looked like Gantu was about to win, which meant Lani failed not only o'hana but the cousins.

A/N: Lani lost to Gantu just because she didn't get enough sleep, what are the odds that sleep would be her weakness? Everyone here has their limits, even the most powerful ones. Why? A victory is earned, so overconfidence can be a problem is your not prepared.

Important: Tomorrow, I'll be posting another story. It will be an alternate part of this timeline that I formed here. So if you want hints at what the future holds here, you may want to give it a read.

Next Time: When a rescue mission fails, Lilo and Stitch discover Jumba's latest project.