Chapter 13: Torn Apart -or- Recaptured
Dr. Hamsterviel was the happiest he's been in a long time, at last things were going his way. He could hardly contain his joy, which was making 625 uneasy. Since he'd been activated, all the scientist did was yell. Even Gantu was finding it hard to believe Dr. Hamsterviel's mood, being on the recieving end of his rath more than he'd like to admit. Catching sight of the odd looks he was getting, the hamster-like alien composed himself. Still with a smile on his face -a not to friendly one at that-, he turned to the mismatched pair.
"Gantu, 625," Dr. Hamsterviel slightly chuckled. "I didn't see you two there."
"We know, otherwise you'd be yelling," 625 shrugged cheekily.
"Well, what do you want?!" Dr. Hamsterviel was back to his old self.
"Told ya," 625 elbowed Gantu's foot. "You owe me a bologna sandwich."
"I don't like bologna, too fatty," Gantu glared at him.
"If you two are done now, why is it you so rudely interrupted my scheming?" Dr. Hamsterviel furrowed his brows.
"Well there was something that passed dangerously close to the ship..."
"Who cares?!" Dr. Hamsterviel stopped him. "I have bigger things to attend to, like our 'guests'. Bring me the prisoners!"
"Yes, sir," Gantu lumbered away.
625 huffed, unable to believe that someone so big was taking orders from someone so small. The evil doctor should have listened to Gantu, 625 was there to see it. He had a bad feeling at the pit of his stomach, whether it was for Gantu and Dr. Hamsterviel or the prisoners he didn't know.
"Whatever's out there, it better be prepared to handle all this," 625 gestured around.
"625, quit talking to yourself before I make some use of you!" Dr. Hamsterviel turned to him. "Now step aside, Gantu should be here any moment."
625 rolled his eyes, sitting back and watching as Gantu brought in the four captives. He wasn't sure why the grey one was under so much security, her hoverpad was decked out in chains and a glass case. It seemed like a bit of an overkill, although he wasn't sure what she could do. Dr. Hamsterviel was ready to begin his ranting -a common thing 625 had noticed about him-, only to be stopped by his height. Sending Gantu out to get him a phonebook sent 625 into a laughing frenzy. After how much he talked down to Gantu, he definately didn't need it to boast to these small captives.
Dr. Hamsterviel didn't see the humor in it, so he pushed 625 towards the exit. The chubby experiment saw something heading towards them in the window, making his eyes go wide in worry about what could happen.
"Hey, Doc," 625 gulped in fear.
"No, no!" Dr. Hamsterviel continued to shove him out. "This is no time for your jokety jokes, I have prisoners to dispose of."
"Yeah, but..."
"Out!" Dr. Hamsterviel successfully locked him out. "Rember this, you incompetent snadwich maker. No matter what I say, do not interfere."
"Alright, but there's..."
"'But' nothing!" Dr. Hamsterviel squeaked out. "No matter what I say, no matter what happens. Do I make myself clear, 625?"
"Crystal, Doc," 625 sighed. "But I'm trying to warn ya..."
Dr. Hamsterviel walked away without paying 625 anymore mind, which was fine by him. 625 hightailed it out of there before things got bad, he even warned Gantu to run away. He only shrugged it off as nothing, his focus back on following his order.
"Now then," Dr. Hamsterviel turned his attention to Lilo. "You think you are so clever, don't you? You think you have outsmarted the infamous Dr. Jacques Von Hamsterviel. Well, you made one grave mistake, you 'oh-so-adorable' little Hawaiian girl. You delivered to me Experiments number 624, 628 and 626. I will now..."
Dr. Hamsterviel stopped for a moment, his ear twitching like a gerbil. 628 looked to Angel confused, as did Lilo and Stitch. Gantu asked if he was alright, which caused the albino shake off the feeling.
"Sorry, where was I?" Dr. Hamsterviel pondered.
"You were about to tell us your plan?" Lilo could only guess.
"Right, thank you," Dr. Hamsterviel kept hearing the sound. "I will now...I will...I will now clone...I...What is it that is making the revving noise while I am about to tell my evil scheme?!"
Now the prisoners were really confused, until Stitch, Angel and 628 heard it too. It couldn't have been Gantu's ship, it was still docked. The six in the room looked out the window and saw a single light, making Dr. Hamsterviel's eyes widen at the sight. He bellowed for Gantu to do something about it, however Gantu was unable to figure out what the light was -let alone stop it. Just when it looked like all the light was doing was sitting in space, it began getting closer to Dr. Hamsterviel's ship.
Gantu put his hand on his blaster, which Dr. Hamsterviel surprisingly advised against. The small scientist gestured with his head for them to stand back, while the captives were focused entirely on the incoming light. Interestingly enough, the one light split into two as it came closer. Lilo, Stitch and Angel had to flinch as something big crashed into the room, forcing the ship to seal up the hole. Opening their eyes, they were surprised to see the SBS had caused it. Even more so once they saw who stepped out of the spacecraft, smiling brightly at the four.
"Aloha," Lani jumped out of the side hatch. "What did I miss?"
"Lani!" Angel, Stitch and Lilo cheered.
"You flew the ship?" 628 was impressed.
"Well, not exactly," Lani stepped to the side to reveal another experiment.
"Chopsuey/621/Hakkiah?" Lilo, Stitch, 628 and Angel were stunned.
"What is he doing here?" 628 glared at him. "What are you doing here?"
"Well..." Chopsuey began to explain with Lani.
"Again with this, they still keep trying?" Chopsuey spoke to himself, trying to make sense of things. "Why do they care what happens to the other experiments so much? If they get loose and cause trouble, I'd say let 'em. Its the only thing successful they'd do."
As he clutched the steering wheel, his mind was brought back to what occured at Nicholas' house. He shook his head to repress the thought, ruturning back to his task before the memory forced itself back into his mind. He fought it as best he could, only finding it useless as the memory burrowed its way to his main thought. Chopsuey still couldn't believe how Nicholas stood up for him, even more that Seam protected Nicholas. Looking back at Lani one last time, he slammed the top half of his body on the wheel.
"I must be out of my mind," Chopsuey grumbled to himself.
He turned the SBS around, heading straight for Lani. She wasn't paying attention at all, instead she scanned the area to catch sight of Dr. Hamsterviel's ship. Finally seeing the SBS stop in front of her, she crossed her arms and flew higher. Chopsuey had to chase her down, which Lani was not in the mood for. Pointing at him with her hand, she shined a light bright enough to blind him. Not serverely, only long enough for him to lose track of her. Chopsuey turned away and relied on his skill to continue on, forcing Lani to stop once they reached space.
"What do you want, Chopsuey?" Lani spat at the mohawked experiment.
"Get in," Chopsuey spoke through the ship's speaker. "You'll get there quicker if I take you."
"What?" Lani couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"Did I stutter?" Chopsuey glared for his seat. "I said 'get in'."
Lani didn't know what he was up to, though she still went along with it. Chopsuey wasn't overly welcoming to her, he just took off as soon as she sat down. Lani joined him in searching for the ship in silence, honestly at a loss for words that he was even helping.
"So, how would we find them?" Chopsuey broke the quiet in his haste to finish this.
"Hmm, let me think," Lani had to think it over. "Its been roughly a few minutes since they set off, so that could mean I'm at one of two parts. Either the part when they're fighting over the pod container, or the part when they realease the cousins."
"Well?" Chopsuey ended her silence.
"Just keep going until you see pods falling from the sky," Lani told him.
For a reason Lani was unable to figure out, Chopsuey didn't argue back. It was refressing, though also unnerving to have someone listen without asking why or how she knew. Sure as rain fell from the clouds, the pods began their decent to Earth.
"What?" Chopsuey stared at the sight wide eyed at the pods. "How?"
"Found them," Lani smiled to Chopsuey. "Now step on it, if we hurry we can get them home."
"So we flew over here, waited for the right moment -Lani's idea-, and charged in to help," Chopsuey conclued as if it were normal. "You're welcome."
"Thank you, Experiment 621," Dr. Hamsterviel laughed.
Gantu fired his net blaster at them, encasing them both from the neck down. As much as they struggled, the net wouldn't let them escape. Lani mentally kicked herself for getting caught, she knew she'd never her the end of it from 628.
"Well if it isn't little miss 'I-don't-have-the-gravity-powers', welcome to my little party," Dr. Hamsterviel laughed madly. "Now as I was saying, before the revving..."
"Sorry, couldn't resist," Lani smirked at her mischief.
"...I have experiments 624, 62..."
"Yuuga said injibay," Angel interrupted him.
"I did?" Dr. Hamsterviel tried to backtrack.
"Yeah, yuuga did," Stitch nodded.
"Oh, where did I leave off then?" Dr. Hamsteviel made 628 question his "genius".
"You will now do something with us experiments," 628 was already tired of him.
"Of course, I will now clone them and create my own personal army!" Dr. Hamsterviel coughed mid-laugh.
"Awe, you'd be adorable if you weren't so cranky," Lani teased him.
"Silence!" Dr. Hamsterviel clenched his fists.
"Sir, what shall I do with the little Earth girls?" Gantu had to ask.
"They are of no use to me, dispose of them," Dr. Hamsterviel caused the humans and experimetns to gasp -even Chopsuey. "And 621 while you're at it, he is another failure I could do without."
"Hey!" 621 glared at him.
Gantu didn't wait for Chopsuey to argue back, he hauled him and Lani away after he made Lilo's hoverpad follow him. From above, a lone lifeform saw them being seperated. Not having known them long, it did know that they were no match for Gantu and Dr. Hamsterviel if they weren't together. Electricity crackled between his antennae, getting faster the more he watched in anger. Having heard Dr. Hamsterviel's plans, he decided he couldn't let that happen to the other experiments. It was time for him to stand up for them, he just needed some help to do so.
"Couzinz," Sparky zapped through the vents.
A/N: Now things are going to pick up, back to the action -just a little shorter than I kept it going in What Could Have Been. So I have one more thing to go over with the next chapter, than it's back to Seam's freak out for chapter fifteen.
Next Time: With Stitch being held up by Dr. Hamsterviel, its up to Lani and Chopsuey to buy him some time.