Chapter Six: Revelations and Conspiracies

After Gantu walked away, Lilo looked at her clawed hands and tried to access her new plasma powers. Nothing happened. "(That's strange…)" Lilo mumbled to herself as she looked at the others. "Cuz, we can ask Jumba about that." Ruben said to Lilo with a smile. Lilo looked at Ruben in shock. Ruben only sighed and scratched the back of his head in nerves. "We only followed Gantu because he was the one that activated us." Ruben looked at Angel in worry for a moment as the little yellow six-two-six prototype felt anger flash through him in that moment. Then, Ruben quelled it by telling himself Lilo was only acting in defense. "Jumba programmed us to be loyal to the person who activated us, expecting that person to be himself." Ruben explained. Lilo nodded. It made sense because Lilo would never think to harm her sister. Although the command was encoded in her DNA to be loyal to Nani, Lilo knew she didn't have to be told to do it like in a mind control scenario. In spite of the fact that her closeness was initially brought on by genetic command, it grew to a true familial bond over the years. She turned to Angel in slight fear and spoke in Tantalong to be sure Angel understood her. "(I can ask Jumba to fix your voice, but you must promise not to try and control me again when you get your voice back.)" Stitch growled in a final warning. The blue experiment who was built to be indestructible found in that moment that he had a weakness for the former Hawaiian girl.

The four of them headed for the house staying out of sight until they got to their destination. "Why are you staying with us, Lilo?" Ruben asked her in confusion. "If you have a human form, why don't you use it instead of your experiment form?" Lilo looked back at Ruben and offered him a hand in helping Angel. "You packed quite a punch with that plasma." He stated when she looked in confusion at the limping Angel. "I'm sorry, Angel. Defensive instincts took over." Lilo whispered as she looked at her feet in shame. Angel smiled at the other female Experiment. Lilo took that as a sign she was forgiven and returned the smile. "Ruben, what do you know of human life cycles?" The yellow creature looked at Lilo in confusion before he shrugged, "Not much, why?" Lilo nodded. "Humans don't naturally go from adolescence to biological adulthood over the course of few days." Lilo explained. "The process happens gradually over about six years for females and eight years for males." Ruben nodded as understanding donned on him. "Being a teen yesterday and an adult today would instantly throw up suspicions." Lilo nodded. "That's exactly the reason." Lilo continued walking and mumbled. "Although…" Her cheeks instantly became a brighter pink than the surrounding fur as she continued to speak. "…the more time I spend in this form, the less I like my human one." She admitted as a small thorn of fear grew in Lilo's mind.

Pleakly was walking out of the house when he saw the four of them. "Nice little monsters…" He mumbled as he backed away slowly before he turned and ran screaming. Lilo looked at Stitch in confusion. This caused Stitch to laugh. "(He doesn't know you are a Cousin.)" Lilo nodded but couldn't deny that the noodle-like alien's reaction to her true form hurt her a little. "(Now that I look like you and your other Cousins, I'm instantly branded a monster!)" Stitch was already peeved at Pleakly for how he reacted to Lilo and the others, but Lilo's tears pushed Stitch over the edge. A growl rose up in Stitch's throat. He lunged at the yellow-green moron. Once Pleakly was on his back, Stitch pushed the alien to his feet and forced him toward the others. "W-What are you doing, you little monster?!" Pleakly fell over his feet and landed so it looked as if he was bowing to Lilo's true form. "What did I do to you, you little monster?!" Lilo closed her eyes and took her human form. Pleakly stared in shock. "You called me a monster."

Lilo said calmly. Pleakly looked up at the adult human. "You're not Lilo; she's a teenager, not a grown woman." Lilo shook her head and mumbled in Tantalong, "(How dense do you have to be?)" That brought a laugh out of Stitch. Lilo smiled at him for a second at the laugh. Then, Lilo's gaze returned to Pleakly. Lilo pinched the bridge of her nose and looked at him in shock. How is he still not understanding this?! Lilo thought. "We need to get Jumba to look at Angel and need to ask a few questions anyway." Lilo told him as they all went inside.

Once inside, Jumba quickly explained the situation to the yellow-green noodle. Then, he turned his attention to Angel. He saw the plasma scorching on her throat and gasped. "Six-two-three, where were you being to be getting plasma weapon to fight six-two-four?" Lilo walked up to Jumba with a sigh and shook her head. "I really don't know, Jumba." She said honestly. "I ran into this woman in a bar in town. Gantu attacked with Ruben and Angel." A grin grew on Lilo's face. "She didn't like Gantu ruining her drinking and attacked him with green plasma from her hands." Lilo looked confused at this point. "My vision turned red. After my vision returned to normal, I felt slightly different and could do this in my human form." Lilo said as she ignited her plasma to show Jumba.

Suddenly, the alien genius' eyes glinted with happiness, and he barked a laugh. "Ha…this was being suspected by Jumba but never properly tested!" Jumba quickly took out a storage drive and began to explain. "Six-two-three, your human DNA is being like a data storage device to be accessed by your true form." Jumba plugged the drive into his computer and opened the firmware on the drive to give Lilo a visual comparison. "Your human DNA is largely blank but has basic programming to be able to be used." Lilo nodded. "My human DNA is a blank zip-dive hardwired to my true form." Jumba nodded. "When you are seeing an ability that is not already being in your DNA, you can choose to be 'downloading' it." He explained with a smile. "Then, your human form can be using it." That's so freaky. Lilo thought, a little frightened by the prospect. Jumba seemed to sense her nerves. "Do not be worrying. You can only be acquiring powers from genetic scans." He said kindly.

Once Lilo nodded, her instincts started to flare to life as Lilo took her true form and looked at Stitch. "(We are being watched.)" He confirmed. Lilo could hear heavy boots crunching in all directions. She could also hear someone whispering orders, "Wait for orders to go in, lieutenant." Another voice responded to the first, "I hope the head honcho gives us orders to move quickly." There was a slap that made Lilo giggle. "She wants these creatures alive if possible. They are quite amazing and could do much for the world, not just one Hawaiian island." Lilo blinked at that. She looked at Stitch, and they nodded in sync. Lilo took her human form as Stitch followed at her side. Stitch laughed lightly to himself when her heard the commanding officer. "Stand down, friendly!" Lilo cracked her knuckles and attacked.

The fight was over quickly with Stitch and Lilo both designed for combat. The commander stared at his unconscious men strewn around the outside of house in shock. "What do you want with me and my friend?!" Lilo asked. It no longer felt right to call Stitch a dog because she was one of his Cousins but friend was something she didn't see a problem with. "Who sent you?!" Lilo growled with her foot on the commander's neck. "You were assessed as a threat." He began. "We were ordered to bring you in or terminate you." Lilo raised an eyebrow and laughed. "You don't know who you're dealing with." The smug tone surprised Lilo. It must be part of the Plasma Power. Lilo thought. "You could have just asked, and we would have come peacefully." The commander nodded, "After such an impressive display, my superior will really like to talk with you." Lilo didn't like the mysterious atmosphere, but she really wanted to meet the woman who had sent a team to take down her and Stitch. As the man lead them to a massive looking private jet, Lilo noticed strange patches on the man's shoulders. GJ, I wonder who that is. Lilo thought in confusion.

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