Chapter 14: Your Time Now -or- Fooled Yuuga
SPACE -TRANSPORTATION BAY-
"Let me go, you big dummy!" Lilo banged her fists on the glass.
"Yeah what she said, let me go," Chopsuey fended for himself.
"And miss out on my prise, I don't think so," Gantu laughed to himself. "I know a nice zoo that will pay handsomely for exotic specimen like you three."
"Oh no, I know that zoo!" Lani panicked from her cell. "Anywhere but there, I can't go back to Epoc and Eon! Those big headed Clorms know no mercy, I tell you! No more photon whips, no more photon whips."
Since they've met her, a few things were apparent about Lani. She always gave off a mysterious sense of knowledge, one not even geniuses like Jumba and Dr. Hamsterviel could deduce. She was also powerful and at times secretive, which would overlap with each other and the first thing a large percent of the time. Though above those, the most important was that she was always calm and collected. Gantu mentioning this zoo must have brought on something horrible for her, shattering her peace and reducing her to a wreck.
That's what scared Lilo and Chopsuey the most, the fact that Ms. Fearless herself was distraught. Even Gantu was having second thoughts about sending them, adding to his doubts about serving Dr. Hamsterviel. Pushing them aside, he began to set the destination. The problem was that as soon as he set the location, the alrams began to go off in the room. The red flashes of light were enough snap Lani out of her worrying, instead bringing another one of her all-knowing grins to her face.
"EMERGENCY ALARM ACTIVATED," the computer rang out.
"Location?" Gantu looked alert.
"DETENTION CELL TWO," the voice replied.
"Oh, not again," Gantu rubbed his head annoyed.
"You better go, it could be important," Lani egged him on.
"You're lucky Dr. Hamsterviel still needs you here," Gantu grumbled on his way out.
"Thank you, Reuben," Lani whispered that part. "At least the call was important, for us. Okay you two, I have a plan."
"Another one?" Chopsuey threw his head back.
"Just listen, here's the plan," Lani thought it over fast. "If I'm right, Gantu's gonna walk in here with a pile of bologna."
"Huh?" Lilo and Chopsuey didn't get it.
"Not important," Lani shook her head. "He's most likely gonna put it in your chamber, Chopsuey. So he'll probably need to take you out of it, unless he doesn't. But if he does, you get away from him, break me out and we kick his blubber butt until Stitch saves us."
"Good plan, really its brilliant," Chopsuey told her. "There's just one problem, though."
"What?" Lani had to hear this.
"You're insane!" Chopsuey yelled. "Do you honestly want me to believe any of that? You're whole plan rests on the possibility of a pile of..."
Just as Chopsuey was going to finish his rant, Gantu walked into the room carring a huge pile of bologna. Lani smiled smugly at the green experiment, who's mouth hung open in disbelief -same as Lilo's. Gantu paid them little mind, mumbling and grumbling to himself about 625 and his sandwich making. Just as Lani predicted, Chopsuey was going to be removed from the chamber -so maybe Gantu is either really dumb or he was really bad at the whole "evil" thing. As surprised as Chopsuey was, he had to admit it was a sturdy plan.
Bitting Gantu's hand, he crawled on the alien whale's head. Gantu foolishly tried to smack Chopsuey off, allowing the mohawked experiment to unfurl his sub-set of arms. Though he was more of the brainy type of experiment, Chopsuey still had all of Stitch's strength at his disposal. He flipped Gantu over and threw him on the opposite side of the room, as far away from the computer as he could be. As Chopsuey freed Lani from her cell, he couldn't help but roll his eyes at the smug smirk that still covered her face.
"Don't you dare say 'I told you so'," Chopsuey warned her.
"I was right, and you were skeptical," Lani earned a disaproving glare from him. "What? At least I didn't say 'I told you so', which I did."
"Lani," Lilo's voice wavered.
"Huh?" Lani caught sight of her.
Lilo was pointing at Gantu, who shot his net blaster at the two. The net wrapped around Lani and Chopsuey the same way as before, only alowing their heads to be shown. Chopsuey instructed Lani to jump towards Gantu, which roll reversed her questioning him. When they were close enough, Chopsuey dipped his head forward to allow Gantu to prick his hand on the mohawk. Gantu jumping away from the console gave Chopsuey enough time to wiggle out of the snare, which was helpful for Lani.
"What now, genius?" Chopsuey asked the nine year old.
"I'm not sure, really," Lani shrugged. "Lilo, any ideas?"
"Just do your thing, Chopsuey," Lilo smiled to him.
"My 'thing'?" Chopsuey didn't understand.
"Yeah, do what makes you special," Lilo helped him. "Use your powers for good."
"Good," Chopsuey mused.
For a split second, Chopsuey could see Nicholas in Lilo's place. It made him sypathetic, probably for the first time. Though it gave him motivation to do something good, with Lani there to give him a hand. She distracted Gantu or pushed him away if he got too close to Chopsuey, who was using all his power to hack into the system. Gantu used another net to shoot Lani into another room, then plasma blasted the door's control. While Chopsuey continued, Lilo told him what moved to use when Gantu tried to stop him.
Though Gantu was still able to get the drop on the smart experiment, though not before Chopsuey pressing one more button before he broke the computer with a kick. The red lights returned in another warning, letting them know what Chopsuey did.
"ONE MINUTE TO TELEPORT," the computer spoke.
Lilo gasped, Chopsuey winced, Gantu smirked. He threw the experiment to the wall, knocking him out cold. Gantu laughed and picked up the experiment, ready to put him in a real cell to show Dr. Hamsterviel. Lilo was left alone in the room, no Lani, no experiments, no Stitch. Stitch was her last hope now, he wouldn't let her down. Whatever trouble he found himself in, her call for help would always get answered. Though since she left her whistle on Earth, she resorted to a traditional cry for help.
"Where is he?" Lilo worriedly thought out loud. "Stitch!"
SPACE -DR. HAMSTERVIEL'S LAB-
"Stitch, go save Lilo!" 628 ordered him.
Stitch looked at his cousins with a thankful expression before he left, all three of them. Dr. Hamsterviel's plan to clone them had a nasty side effect, he'd have to split them in half. The hamster alien bosted how they couldn't escape, since the restraints held up one more than they could lift. Thanks to Sparky's presence, Stitch and Angel were able to get free and turn the tables on the evil scientist. 628 got out of her binds on her own, giving Stitch and Angel the okay to help Lilo and Lani while she and Sparky kept Dr. Hamsterviel busy.
"Impossible, those restraints were able to hold 626's weight time three thousand and one!" Dr. Hamsterviel squirmed in the cuffs.
"Actually, its funny you should say that," 628 didn't sound too humorous. "I am experiment six hundred twenty-eight, a gravity warper. And I can lift my weight times four thousand, and two."
"Grr, I am irked!" Dr. Hamsterviel cried out.
Irked wouldn't even begin to cover how Stitch was feeling, each shout of Lilo's bringing out a bit more of his rage. If anything bad happened to his best friend, he'd be sure to use the "nasy side effect" for something other than cloning on Dr. Hamsterviel. Not like anyone would stop him, even 628 would be powerless if he want on a rampage. Stitch unceremoniously took a path that lead streight down, a path Angel was unable to follow. Which was okay, saving Lilo was his mission.
Stitch rolled and skid along the pannels and walls respectively, landing right outside the vent to the transportation bay. He sliced through the bars and saw the first teleporter charging in a yellow glow, obstructing his view of any and everything around him. Stitch jumped onto the top of the glass, ripping the mechanic tendrills that held the dome stationary. The computer alerted him of the amount time before the sending, another case where a machine's voice fell on deaf ears.
Then just like like that, the teleporter finished the transfer. Stitch jumped back as a white flash of light brought the original color back to the room, though it all seemed dull to him. For those few seconds, Stitch was filled with nothing but pain. It wasn't fair that he'd made it only in time to see Lilo get sent off, it was horrible. His sorry filled him a lot more than anger for Dr. Hamsterviel, now he would never see her again -with the controls being broken. He was so out of it, he could practically hear her voice.
"Stitch?" Lilo's non-imagined voice caught his attention. "I'm in this one."
Stitch let go of a breath he didn't know he was holding, feeling a whole lot calmer knowing Lilo wasn't in the sent teleporter. The blue experiment clutched his chest, letting his heart attack subside before he moved to help her out of her case.
A/N: It looks like things are starting to die down, but they just have one more person to take care of before they can go home. And with the story over in a few chapters, I'll have enough time to start writing the series.
Next Time: With Seam still acting out, Lani tries her methods to fix the problem with her.