While all this was going on, Nani decided to get herself out of the action and wiggled herself off the sugar crate. She began crawling along the floor, and did not go unnoticed by several members of the team.
"Check it out Rufus, there's the older sister" Ron said, "c'mon buddy, we gotta do the heroic thing and rescue her."
"Uh-huh" Rufus added, and both kids ran to Nani's rescue.
They didn't notice that Shego had observed them, so she kicked Gwen in the gut and jumped after them. Nani's crawling ceased when she found her way blocked by a pair of sneakers. She looked up and saw Ron standing before her, with Rufus atop his shoulder.
"Fear not lady, Ron Stoppable and his faithful mole rat Rufus shall save you" Ron said.
"Yeah, I don't see that happening" Shego said, from her position directly behind Ron. Ron and Rufus turned around to see her hands glowing.
"Well, well, looks I get to take care of the sidekicks" Shego said, "then I'll off the hostage too. Things are looking up."
"You'd better watch out" Ron said nervously, "me and Rufus are dangerous."
"Maybe to yourselves" Shego said, "I happen to know you two idiots couldn't fight your way out of a paper bag."
"We could so!" Ron said, "Rufus actually did last week."
"Ahh, it's the lame banter like that that I'll miss the most" Shego said, readying herself to do them in.
Suddenly, a huge barrel slammed over her body.
"Hey, what is this?" Shego yelled "what's going on!"
From behind, Gwen smiled happily. "I'm not called Lucky Girl for nothing" she said "by the way, here's a little payback for that kick."
So saying, Gwen kicked the barrel, sending Shego rolling down the length of the factory.
"Sweet moves" Ron said.
"Thank Kim, I couldn't have done it without her" Gwen said, "now, let's get her free."
Ron agreed and worked on the ropes while Gwen pulled the gag from Nani's mouth.
"Thank you" Nani gasped, "is Lilo okay?"
"She's fine" Ron replied, "she's around her somewhere."
"You brought a small girl to an old factory filled with bad guys?" Nani exclaimed, "are you lolo or something, why would you do…mmmph!" her rant was cut off when Ron replaced her gag.
"Maybe we oughta leave that in for now" he suggested.
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Meanwhile, Kim was battling Karai by the factory's old conveyer belt.
"You are good" Karai said, as Kim dodged her blows, "but not good enough!"
She chopped Kim, then kicked her over to the belt.
"Foolish girl, you should have known better than to take on someone as highly trained as me" Karai said, slowly approaching her opponent.
"I may not have your skills" Kim said, "but I've got my brains."
Quickly, she flipped under the belt, grabbed it tightly, then swung back. Then, after she was as far as she could go, she swung forward and let go of the rim. She slammed into Karai like a rocket, knocking her into a pile of boxes.
"Who's the tough one now?" Kim asked.
Meanwhile, over by Ron & Gwen, Nani had just been freed and was rubbing her wrists.
"Nani!" Lilo exclaimed and ran over to hug her sister.
"Lilo!" Nani replied.
"Oh Nani, I was so worried" Lilo said.
"Me too Lilo, me too" Nani added.
Unknown to them, Drakken and Jack were still conscious and still plotting. "You think Vilgax will be mad we didn't get any experiments?" Jack asked.
"Maybe" Drakken said "but he'll probably forget about it when we destroy a bunch of heroes for him."
"How do we do that?" Jack queried.
"Like this" Drakken said, and grabbing the Malevolizer, blasted Stitch with it.
"Stitch!" Lilo exclaimed, but it was too late; he had reverted back to his destructive, mischievous self.
"Experiment 626, destroy them!" Drakken ordered "while we sneak away."
Using their watches, Drakken and Jack beamed themselves and their allies out of the factory.
"Yo, the bad guys are getting away!" Jake exclaimed.
"We've got bigger problems" Kim said, "Stitch wants to destroy us."
"I'll handle this" Fourarms said, and ran towards the alien. "Okay Stitch, I didn't want to hurt you, but if that's what I need to do…" and he slammed a fist down.
Stitch simply grabbed his massive arm and twirled him around, sending him crashing into one of the support posts.
"Ben!" Gwen exclaimed, rushing to check on her cousin "oh Ben, are you okay?"
Fourarms emerged from the rubble, then transformed back into Ben. "Ugh, did somebody get the license number of that truck?" he asked.
"Yo, this is it Stitch man" Jake said, "you wanna throw down? Then we throw down."
"Eeegah, bring it" Stitch said.
Jake flew towards Stitch and blasted him with his fire breath, but of course, Stitch's invulnerable hide protected him.
"Man, I forgot how tough this little dude was" Jake said, " I dunno if I've got enough power to subdue him."
"Well somebody better do something, or this whole place is going to come down" Kim said.
Indeed, Stitch was ripping the supports right out of the ground.
"Just let me recharge, and then I'll…" Ben began.
"No" Lilo said, "Stitch is my friend, I'll help him."
She began approaching the rampaging alien. "Be careful Lilo" Kim said, "he's not himself."
"Stitch!" Lilo exclaimed, causing the alien to look at her "stop this. You're not evil, don't you remember? I helped you to become good, just like I did with all your cousins."
"Cousins…" a confused Stitch replied.
"Yes, all your alien cousins" Lilo said, "so even though some machine made you think you're bad, I know you're not. Remember, Stitch, remember all the good things we did together? Well if you can't, then you'll have to get through me to destroy this factory" she said, getting in front of a support post "but I know you won't destroy me Stitch, cause you're my friend."
"Lilo, what are you doing?!" Nani exclaimed, but Lilo held firm.
Stitch began to advance forward, but suddenly stopped.
It was as though his mind was remembering the girl and all she said.
He remembered chasing down the other aliens and eating ice cream. He remembered surfing…
Suddenly, Stitch returned to normal. "Lilo" he said "ooogh, head hurt."
"Stitch, you're back!" Lilo exclaimed, giving him a great big hug.
"Now that's what I call, a happy ending" Kim replied.
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Later, the members of G.O.O.D met back at Lilo's house for final goodbyes.
"See you later my alien brother" Jake replied, bumping fists with Stitch "and maybe someday you and Lilo can visit my crib."
"We'd like that" Lilo said, "and maybe we can visit you too Kim."
"If you get the chance, stop on by" Kim replied "I'm sure you'll like Middleton".
"Thank you all, for everything" Nani said, "I don't know what would have happened if you hadn't come along."
"All in a day's work" Kim said, "we exist to stop people like Drakken and Vilgax from achieving their goals."
"And wherever they rear their ugly heads, we'll be there" Ben added.
"And I want to congratulate you too Gwen" Kim said, "you showed remarkable skill and bravery out there by taking on Shego. You're developing into quite the hero."
"Coming from you, that means a lot" Gwen said, "would you mind teaching me some more of your moves?"
"I'd be honored, Lucky Girl" Kim replied.
"Teach her all you want, she'll never be as good as hero as I am" Ben added.
"Oh yeah? I bet I'll be twice the hero you are!" Gwen shouted.
"Nuh-uh!"
"Uh-huh!"
"Nuh-uh!"
"Uh-huh!"
Kim sighed "it's going to be a long trip home."
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Next time:
Magnacat heads to Orchid Bay city in hopes of eliminating the powerful Te Xuan Ze. A number of G.O.O.D's most magical members attempt to stop him, and are amazed to meet the girl who possesses this power. They also learn more about the magical community they all belong too. Read a tale of magic and mystery in "I'll be Te Xuan Zeeing You."