Stitch Search

(From Turtle Hunt.)

Once he had started up his Sewer Sled, Leo took a moment to consider where they needed to go and the route that might be best to get there.

"Good to know, but honestly, it's not Stitch I'm worried about running into." Leo admitted of preference to take the quieter Sewer Sleds. Sure, Stitch sounded plenty powerful, especially if you happened to get on his bad side, but he's not really interested in hiding from the alien... dog... thing.

It's the Kraang or the Dark Turtles that he would like to avoid running into if possible. They're the same reason that Leo's actually glad Haley asked for an escort through the sewers. And why she would have gotten one whether she requested it or not.

Like earlier with the others he's escorted through the tunnels, he's quiet as they actually leave the lair. After a moment or two he comments.

"You and Erica and Lilo seem to be quite the 'interesting' group of friends..." There's a slight tease to the words, and yes, he's aware of the irony of that statement coming from a talking turtle.

And she is all giggles, and really she not mind really if Leo did tease her with her wonderfully taboo gaff. But there is a, " thanks Leo." at his pantomime that he'll keep it to himself.


It was a bit of jerky start and she wasn't as familiar underground as she perhaps should be considering a fair bit of her work did bring her down here. Still she was slowly relaxing into it and - ooooh hell yeah!

And she is all grins - especially when Leo brings up her friends and she nods, " sooo says the bipedal talking turtle whose brother one of my besties is probably figuring out how to snog..." totally teasing and giggling and maybe a tad bit of pride there too. She is a tad more reminiscent next in her words. " well Lilo and I met when my brother, then a trainee still but already queit high ranked a guardian of New York flew over to Hawaii as there was no local guardian there at the time to investigate claims of magical unregistered critters and we ended up meeting Lilo and taking part in an adventure to help her rehabilitate and rehome one of Stitches many alien experiement cousins, number three hundred and sixteen a shapeshifter we ended up calling Morpholomew, and been friends since then with her, she and Stitch visited for holidays and we visited them. Any ways one holiday and one crazy adventure Lilo and I ended up in the hospital with another girl. Erica. Anyway Lilo kept trying to leave the room with a cast on and Erica asked why, Lilo said she had to go feed Pudge the fish his peanut butter and jelly sandwhich. Because he controls the weather -" as if all this was normal. And to her yep and Leo and his brothers she suspected also pretty much the average Tuesday.


" Most others would have called Lilo crazy or questioned her or made fun of her. Erica, didn't... she crept out whilst her mum was being scanned... she was pregnant with Elena at the time... and went and fed Pudge. Been friends since, but mostly long distance as Erica and her family spent like nine month at a time in some foreign land doing I do not know what., and Lilo lived on the island and I here in the city Then the start of college - we were all there!! me and Lilo and Erica... Eirca by then was guardian of her sister."

Leo chuckled at the comment regarding the absurdity of the statement coming from him. And yes... Don and Erica probably were trying to figure out how to snog each other... And Leo was certain they would manage to stumble their way through it.

"That really only emphasizes my point."

Yeah... that story sounds at least as weird as the sort of things that have happened to Leo and his brothers. He's pretty sure this trio will fit right in. And it does seem that they all have a leg up on adapting to weirdness.

"Is Pudge another alien? Frankly... pretty sure bipedal, talking turtle seems pretty tame in comparison..." Leo chuckled.

As they came into a tunnel without the walkways on either side of the tunnels, Leo rode his sled up onto the walls. Mostly because he can, and is encouraging Haley to explore the vehicle and do the same!

Haley giggles, " hey I'm proud of her - she's simply never been that interested in a dude before... Lilo and I were beginning to suspect she might be attracted to girls... who knew it was simply human males she has little interest in?" giggling - nodding she was glad to make his point on that matter and maybe is proud of the weird trio they made. " feels like our gal pal group isn't complete yet, we need a forth ya know? but we'll find one eventually."


A shake of her head watching him with a oooooo face and almost crashing into the wall - and maybe on her second attempt going half up - but not yet brave enough to go over... and then realised how absurd that was she was a dragon she flew higher that that most the time! so up1 she went with a woooooo hoooooo! then answering with a huge grin on her face. " As far as I can tell - Pudge is a puffer fish, and is all fish... maybe a strange orange color sure but he doesn't seem to have magical properties or abilities like the rest of Stitches cousins. But Lilo insists he gets a sandwich every Tuesday and Thursday.... she's afraid if he doesn't others will lose their parents the way she lost her at six years old to bad weather and slippery roads."


She is not sure where they are, and having a blast in any case.

Leo chuckled at Haley's assessment of Erica just not going for human males. "What can I say, mutants change you." He's probably more amused than he should be at his own pun. And they had discovered that Erica wasn't actually as fully human as she appeared.

"We were starting to wonder if Don was attracted to anything." Leo admitted.

He then chuckled at the gal group not being complete yet. "I suppose even the Three Musketeers had d'Artagnan." And while they clearly don't put stock in it... "Actually... in Japan, four is an unlucky number."

He chuckles as she rides up the wall slightly, then he speeds up a little and takes advantage of the 'full pipe.'

A couple more turns, and it might be time to stash the Sleds and continue on foot. Haley might not know where they are, but Leo knows the tunnels.

"Maybe a well fed Pudge is a quiet, happy, non-magical creature, but a hungry Pudge is dangerous. I mean... look at Mikey."

Haley Hahs! and she is thoroughly enjoying becoming little less cautious with the sled, a waggle of brows, " good point, we could call it mutation infatuation... heheh your pun is awesome." she was giggling, " I think for Erica it wont be once you go black you wont go back it's after green all else is obscene..." totally flirting and in no way disguising she was very much enjoying exploring the thrill of the ride with Leo leading the way in the full pipe!


And there is a moment of surprise... then a bit of a huuuh, " really? I mean ... really? huh... hehehe you sound a little proud of him?" she was!, " though you guys are very good at  playing things close to the plastron." though perhaps like Erica it just took a someone to spark the interest?


this time there is a hoot of laughter and a bit of a flirty teasy grin, " did you just sort of call your Mike or that other Mikey an alien?" and she hummmms a bit, " I guess I could see that sure.... Pudge the mild mannered fish, but don't get him his sandwich and all hell breaks loose... lucky for the fish Stitches closest cousin number six two five, or Rubeun is a sandwich lover and Lilo has him on the task of keeping the tropical fish happy." And she realises their slowing probably to hop off.

Leo chuckled at Haley’s assessment, and that sort of cheeky, confident, ’what can I say,’ shrug is back.

He considered the questions about Don.

“Well... there was the alien Jhana years ago that his AI sounds like most of the tune, but he gets sort of morose about being separated from friends too, so... I don’t know. Heck, even Casey when we were trapped in the future! HAILI sometimes sounds like Starlee, Sydney and April too, and I know there’s nothing there beyond friendship.” Don’s the one that will even occasionally contact Sydney just to see how she’s doing, and Leo is as certain that there’s nothing there as he is regarding Don’s friendship with April. “He has a tendency to disappear when we talk about girls. And just sort of looked at us and walked away when we suggested guys.” He chuckled and shook his head.

“More... happy for him.” Leo admitted.

The laugh regarding Mikey is soft but genuine. “Are you suggesting he’s not?”. No, Mike’s not an alien. Well... other Mikey might be though... Leo could see that possibility.  “Well, Reuben sounds like the guy for the job. No one wants to be around a hangry fish... or turtle.

Leo then pulls slowly into a side tunnel and shuts down his Sewer Sled. They’ll continue on foot.

And Haley returned grin becomes soft and caring, she genuinely was very pleased, both for the turtle, the father of one of the tots, someone she was surely to get to know as a good friend, he seemed a quiet sort of guy. And she would never tease him with anything if indeed Erica did dish on anything, she might not most likely.


"yes. So very happy for him. For her." okay maybe revealing she was at heart a hopeless romantic. She had watched as a child her teenaged brother have what looked like normal teen 'love' but it was so much more. And she wanted her friends with those that would love them as Jake genuinely loved Rose. And vice versa.


She was listening intently and grinned a bit with a slight flirt to Leo "you took part in girl talk?" entirely teasing. And by now he had to know her flirtations were all in fun she wasn't entirely looking for more and was amused a lot by his answer and it made her all the more pleased for both Don and Erica.


A burst of a short of laughter and Haley and she hums in thought ready to follow on foot picking up on the distinct coffee and coconut smell of Stitch "Stitch's scent is in the air... And I'd believe for sure Mikey is an alien hahaha maaaaybe Mike." she is half changing again making herself half a dragon face to use the senses.

There's a smile and a slight nod of agreement. Leo's happy for Don and Erica as well. The smile shifts to a bit of a smirk when she asks about him joining in the girl talk. And he has one word for her. A repeat of something stated earlier in the evening.

"Hollandaise." Of course he joined in the girl talk! He had at least joined in the play earlier in the evening. And a couple times in what seems like another lifetime, he had spoken with April regarding Karai. Okay, April had smacked him upside the head for being an idiot, and it was fully deserved, but still...

"Don't look at me like that. Even I'm allowed to relax once in a while."

Well... okay... mostly he listened and sort of played a little game, keeping score of Mikey's and Raph's comments, but he occasionally joined in, and he definitely enjoyed the chatter. He didn't roll his eyes and walk away like Don did.

Usually... Okay, sometimes he did roll his eyes and walk away like Don. But that's become less frequent in the past couple years as Leo's relaxed into his role in his family.

Leo nods at the statement of Stitch's scent in the air, and there's a silent chuckle regarding Mikey's potential alien status. As they move, Leo positions himself sort of half a step behind Haley. He is letting her lead this one, as it's her friend they're looking for. And with what he's heard about this little alien... well... he would prefer not be on it's bad side.

" hahaha yeah almost forgot the sauce talk..." Haley is so very amused and mostly relying on scent cause she has absolutely no idea where in the sewer system they were in. And was wondering if Stitch was still down here. Though her tail is unfurling and she flicks the tip of Leo's smirking snout giggling very amused. " Maybe this time when we gals get some alone time we'll actually be able to dish about guys - before the whole thing used to just go straight over Erica's head... hahaha though she did some naughty talk sometime which hilariously she didn't even realise was naughty.'


Another laugh and she gives him more of that 'look' though it is all in play and flirt and tease, " you better relax now and then father of my blue son or I'm have to set the kids on you and make it happen.' maaaaybe she would be willing to carry out such a threat. Wait no she was entirely willing to carry out that threat.


And there - the little alien was as small as their toddlers - and yet he was holding up an entire secton of fallen concrete - " Stitch!" she calls out her voice echoing down the tunnell tothe little alien facing them, he'd obviously heard them coming... and tossing the chunk of masonry away he scurries towards there - and is excited upon seeing Leo - " Cousin!?" immediately under the impression this giant bipedal turtle was an experiemnental alien like himself.

Leo chuckled at the comments regarding naughty talk. Hey, come on, he's perfectly capable!

"Oh sure, sic the kids on me." Though he did have to admit it would probably work. Though at the same time his tone might hiiiint that maybe she should do it herself. Hey, she had been the one accusing him of not getting involved in naughty talk.

He stops as they near the little alien holding up the slab of concrete... Yeah... definitely don't make the alien dog mad... But... Aaawwwwww.... it's cuuuute... Leo doesn't dwell on that though. He answers the creatures question.

"Uh... no... I don't think so, anyway." Technically they were sort of the results of the Utrom alien mutagen... But he sort of doubts that Stitch is from the Utrom.

Her laugh at that was all play and she bumped lightly against Leo, " hah you would love it - and so would the kiddies - though we are soooo doing more naughty talk some time... and - I loooove hollandaise sauce by the way." entirely flirty -


But still on task, " no Stitch Leonardo here is not one of your cousins, but he is a friend. He is part of Haley's O'Hana. So maybe in a round about way you guys will consider each other family." she does not need to crouch the little alien with a thoughtful purr growl crawls up the wall so he was eye level with the pair of his huge and changing from the reddish tint as his thermo sensory nictating eyelid slips away, then tinted green the night vision ones slips away and his black eyes taking in Leo. " Stitch Pelekai this is Leonardo Splinterson, Leo this is Stitch. Think of his a s small furry Don that speaks like a Mike who has the temper of a Raph... Stitch Leo here is -... a lot like Nani. Responsible, nurturing and quiet funny!" Half a bit of a tease at Leo to ease this getting to know you, sort of calling him a mother hen.


And she can scent the sweet coconut and mango sort of delight that was Lilo.

Leo chuckled, yeah, he probably would love child-enforced relaxation. Reading to the kids that first night had been amazing. Maybe tonight he’ll actually get the chance to do it again.

Sometime here, he’s going to have to ask what that O’hana word means... he thinks it’s family now, but not sure. At first he had suspected something like a parent or caretaker, but it was used differently this time.

And oh goodness it climbs the walls and can throw concrete slabs! He keeps any squees internal, but... IT’S ADORABLE! And it’s TERRIFYING! And did Haley just tease him? Who’s Nani?

When he speaks he betrays none of his internal thoughts! But he is polite, and his tone may hint at awe with the little alien.

“It’s nice to meet you, Stitch.”

Stitch purrs and nods giving Leo an approving lick with a tongue that was very long, strong and dextuous! dropping from the ceiling and becoming a ball with a call of " Lilo ict... dis way...! ict and yep in ball shape rolls away leading them into the dark only pausing to wait to make sure their coming with...


Haley giggles, " dawwww he likes you.... uh O'Hana means family, and boooy do the Pelekai's have a huuuge family now - um and Nani is Lilo and Stitch'es older very human sister. Kinda like Erica and Elena, she had to um take guardianship of Lilo when my bestie was six because their parents died in a car crash. But it's a compliment as well as a tease, you are a very cool big brother like Nani is sister." the dragoness explains to Leo - ooooh poor guy had Stitch drool on hi!


And their following the round ball, not that she ever knew how the alien managed to roll on and one but it was amusing and cute to watch and listen to as they follow him, Haley adding to the Alien sternly, " you will fix the back up sewers and return the left shoes Stitch... and put all those signs right too."


There is something of a grumble from the ball ahead.

And she can hear... and smell - sense their coming upon...


Kraang...


Lilo - the pretty islander was waiting for them ahead in the tunnelling in the shadows, all coconut brown skin and huge dark eyes and that islander nose she has grown into. The hair long dark and black wearing variation of her childhood favourite mumu. Now a red middrift tank and short denim shorts and of course flip flops. A more rounded hour glass figure than either Haley or Erica had though fit. And tattooing across her, she can see new additions to the beginning art work over one shoulder spreading across shoulder blade, boob and to elbow on the left side.


Lilo silences a would be shriek and rushes away from the place she'd been to catch Haley in a hug the girls gripping each other hard. " you vanished! are you okay!? is Erica okay? is elena okay - ooooh mmmmm ggggg he has some of the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen!" Lilo's words are rushed and she notices Leo but of course she has spent almost all her life around aliens so a bipedal turtle was intriquing but not a frightening thing for her.


Haley grins, " we are fine Lilo, this is Leo, his family is taking care of us... whats going on here?... uh Leonardo Splinter this is Lilo Pelekai." she introduces gesturing to the open well she doesn't know its a storm water draining section of the sewers and the noise and weird robotic voices that way... she also doesn't know this way above them in the city is mostly abandoned ship yards and warehouses... places Kraaang might set up a hideout.


Lilo is slowly letting go of Haley, she is a tad taller than both Erica and Haley. And smiling kindly offering a hand out. " I don't know just some really really weird... robots/ I though maybe they had you and Erica and Elena... Nice to meet you Leonardo."

That... is... a lot of tongue... It's sort of getting licked by Mikey's dark clone... Only... nicer. And Stitch is WAY more cute! In fact, Stitch might actually be as cute as Mike only thinks he is...

As they start to follow the rolling little ball, Leo wipes some of the drool from his face. It's fine... he's had worse on him.

Leo listens to the explanation of Nani and got the meaning of O'hana without even having to ask! Good. He certainly didn't want to ask that in the presence of the little alien that he had already heard treasured it so.

He stifles a chuckle as the little blue ball grumbles at being told to clean up his mess.

As they enter the Kraang territory, Leo is on edge, though he is doing a decent job of keeping most of that under wraps. Haley miiiight just barely pick up on the slight change in demeanor...

"Uh... Thank you." Leo commented when Lilo complimented his eyes. It was a little strange to him for that sort of thing to be the words he heard out of a human. Usually it was about how they would crush him or... screaming. Usually it was screaming.

He had opted for a more informal greeting of the little alien, which was probably good since the creature's idea of a greeting had involved a tongue to the face... but for Lilo he gives her a proper bow. "Lilo." He is still on alert, paying attention, reaching out his senses to see where there might be Kraang.

Watching and feeling his surroundings, Leo does not like what he is feeling. "I hate to cut this short, but we need to get out of this section of the tunnels. Those 'weird robots' are Kraang exo-suits. The Kraang are sort of... blobby, aliens brain things that are hell-bent on destruction of the planet... and they're way too close for comfort."

" you are welcome Leonardo, though I am being honest, those are some incredibly pretty eyes... then again your a sort of primal beauty yourself..." she grins at Haley's snigger but the girls and being quiet they nod and join Leo on either side of him to follow away from the spot, Stitch would find his way back here easy enough. And Haley was assured that Leo knew where they were. It could be they just stumbled on a kraang hot spot. It could be worth a visit back.


Then she looks between Leo and Haley and asks, " sooo whats going on? I get Erica and Elena are with you guys... and now you haley... why?" she is guessing there was more to the 'our friend had gang related trouble and went into hiding.' excuse Haley gave her.


Haley smiles a little, ooooh there was sooooo much to tell Lilo, buuuut " it'll be easier to show you and well I am glad does this mean we can count on your help to stop these.... aliens?"


" wiiiithout a doubt..." Lilo says as once, Stitch looking back and saying the Ict too indeed he was in the on the helping!!


A chuckle and grinning, " Good, though I have a feeling these turtles would have handled this without us all-" she winks at Leo the two girls had fallen in with him and keeping their voices low and trying to walk as quietly as possible as they leave the hideout of the kraaang. " And your other questions... yeah it's best to show you." she sooo wanted to spill about her shared with Leo and his brothers sons, and their best friends snog fest but hey noooo she was holding her tongue even though by the look her islanderf buddy cast her Lilo was well aware of it, and Haley hopes Leo might string Lilo along a little when Lilo turns her gaze on him.


" okay Haley is clearly trying to build the suspense... you going to spill?" with a bit of a grin, she'd not mind either way she'd come all this way and Haley was okay so she was feeling more trusting to Erica and Elena being okay too.

There's another sort of hesitant "Um... Thank you." He can play and tease, but this sort of compliment is a little more foreign to him, and he's not entirely sure how to respond.

And Leo is certain that they have found a Kraang hot spot. While he is pretty sure this is, in fact, Erica and Haley's friend, he is not going directly to the lair yet. Not until they can speak to her somewhere that doesn't already reek of Kraang and their exosuits. Despite how certain he is that the Kraang tech, while good, could never even begin to mimic Stitch's movements.

Aside from responding to Haley's comment that the turtles would have probably handled the situation on their own, "It wouldn't be the first time..." Leo is quiet, letting the girls talk until they're outside of the Kraang territory. He did actually make a turn away from where they left the Sewer Sleds. But this is a nice spot that is sort of a dead zone for sound that will usually carry far down the tunnels, and he will take advantage of that.

Only once they have arrived, does he say anything else. And he is going to take advantage of every sense he has with this meeting, and hoping that Haley will mention anything that might seem even remotely off about her friend.

"Nice try, Lilo. The number of women I have interacted with for any even remotely extended period of time you could count on your fingers. And even I know not to spoil her fun right now." He chuckles. He's not going to spill about the kids. The reason he gave stands, but he also agrees. Really... the kids are something best explained by seeing them.

He will, however, explain some things. Especially as he is becoming a little more sure of Lilo. And he doesn't say anything that the Kraang wouldn't already know.

"Erica and Elena are safe with us. And you were not far off with thinking the Kraang had them. They nearly did. My brothers Donatello and Raphael interrupted a trafficking deal between the Kraang and the Purple Dragons. Erica was part of that shipment." No, he hasn't mentioned that the robots she mentioned are the Kraang exosuits. He's sort of testing her.  

He will give Lilo this however. "It also happens that... for reasons unrelated to Erica, Haley as well as my brothers and I are also of interest to the Kraang."

And... he can't imagine that if they find out anything else about Stitch that the little alien wouldn't also be of interest.

Lilo isn't sure what to make of Leo's reaction to her compliment. Haley does and is amused, an amusement she only shows on her face when Lilo is not looking and she is sure Leo wasn't catching it either. A bit of a giggle...

And she is certain Leo can find his way back to this place they were going to have to check it out!


Both girls openly appreciate with chuckling Leo's comment about not spoiling the surprise and Lilo ends her chuckling with a long suffering if entirely fake siiiigh and rolling her eyes a little, " fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine I will wait... but man I am soooo eager... I mean in the last two days my friends seem to drop off the side of the earth. Evil octopus brain aliens are here annnnnd they have robot bodies..." she huffs a little faking the exasperation, Stitch ahead - he can scent where the vehicles are and is wondering why their not going that way his stops ahead and huhs and follows the trio to the sort of detour Leo's leading them on.


She is wide eyed at the explanation and covers her mouth for a moment, the worst sorts of thoughts in her mind, [color=#F08080]" oooh no... Erica wasn't... um when they tok her... she wasn't...?" Though the turtle was calm and didn't seemed to be hinting Erica was seriously hurt in this attempted trafficking...


Haley bumps elbow to elbow, " no no Erica wasn't hurt like that, a little battered but ... she's plenty fine... hehehee a lot..." and another of those things she miiight leave out either for Lilo to discover upon arriving at the lair or when ever she sees Don and Erica together.

Huge siiigh, " ooooh greeeeat wow sounds like I should making sure you guys get whatever tropical foods you love." she tells Leo with a grin.


At once thinking of the little boys Haley oooohs, " yes pleaaase, oh most definitely yes..."

Leo took note of Stitch's confusion and took a moment to address it. "We just need to talk a bit first, we'll go that way soon." He's cautious. Probably overly so, but they've had homes invaded before so he really feels it's warranted.

Now that they're clear of the Kraang infestation, it's easier to scent Lilo, and if Leo wasn't convinced before, he is now. Certainly, the little alien is one of a kind, and there's no way the Kraang could begin to duplicate that. Since Haley seems to think this is normal, Leo will go with it. Also, he knew the Kraang couldn't have known where they left the sleds, and Stitch seemed to.

"She's okay." Leo confirmed alongside Haley. "Don and Raph were able to intervene before anything really bad happened." Actually... Erica is probably more than okay at the moment... while he didn't actually say the last, the glance to Haley would probably suggest as much.

And he chuckles at yet another offer of more food.

"You might have to fight Erica for kitchen time. But if you can get her and Don to actually sit down long enough to eat something, I would be grateful. Though we may have to roll Mike out..."

And though Leo had been mostly joking with Raph about the parkour, but... he miiiight have to consider it.

Haley muffled sniggers. And grabs up Stitch to hug him - cause she hadn't seen the little alienfor a little while - and laughs after a moment cause he flopped onto her arm forcing her to hold him like a toddler and offered his belly up for scratchies, which she gave jhappily, he really was soft and fluffy! His ears droop in delight, there is a huge grin and tongue lolling baout along with his foot and stubby tail a going crazy!


She catches Leo's look and is glad for the alien in arms because she could at least try to play off the happy giggles as amusement at the alien turned puppy in her arms.


Maybe...


She doubted Lilo would fall for it but it was worth a shot right?


And she got why Leo brought them here, to get to know Lilo a bit more - fine with her, she could scent and feel and see her friend... looked and sounded and smelled like Lilo alright. she tries to think of something only Lilo would be able to answer, not even aliens impersonating her... though if the kraang ever got a hold of the island full of some six hundred and twenty ... nine? all up including the dehydrated ones at the moment. She knew they were all screwed. Even the planet would be in danger as one of the cousins is capable of becoming a black hole to other dimensions.


" sooooooo hows Jumba and Pleakley doing?"

Lilo gets a little excited and grins at Leo, " awesome then I'll get the ingredients and let her go wild - love her version of our island cooking, okay GranGran did it all better but Erica is pretty close to it too... wait what do you two know that your hiding? I mean glad she's okay but whats with the giggles."She looks between them both very amused, and she is more than aware they were lingering probably as a test, and she doesn't care. She is filled with joy her friends where fine!


A wave of her hand at Haley's question, " my uncles are doing fine, actually living above their little b and b now and I think both are very happy." she is sure that was a sort of test but doesn't mind.


This time she doesn't not pick up on Haley relaxing thoroughly with a happy sigh.

Leo's face goes unreadable at Lilo asking about the giggling. Nope. He is definitely not telling. Spoiling Haley's fun and all.

And okay, he's curious to see the reaction as well.

Haley seems to have offered up a little test of her own just in time too, allowing them to bypass responding to Lilo's question. Which Lilo seems to have passed with flying colors if Haley's happy sigh is anything to go by. And Leo is certain that it is. He nods, and it's hard to miss the transition from mostly friendly conversationalist to ninja team leader. He wants to get them back to the lair safely.

"We're still dangerously close to Kraang territory. And outside this chamber, sound will really travel in the tunnels. I'm going to have to ask that nonessential conversation be put on hold, and that you move as quietly as possible at least until we get back to the Sewer Sleds."

He wants to be absolutely sure that the Kraang aren't following him, and if he has loud companions, he won't be able to do that as effectively.

As soon as he has confirmation that his terms are accepted, he will move out and head back to the vehicles.

Lilo is impatient to get moving, she wants to find out what all the giggling is about, she wants to demand they spill all here, now.... but maybe later away from this place, she grins seeing Stitch thoroughly enjoying himself and rolls her eyes a little at the very happy little alien,, but is addressing Leo in a voice that despite her excitement and curiosity is low, " Sure thing Mr Nani." her tone might be somewhat teasing but her face is serious and she crosses her heart.


Leo knew Haley would keep quiet, she grins at the pair of them nodding at him in any case but snuggling Stitch, ooooh she couldn't wait to see the boys reaction to him, and him them. " lea don Leo." both of the young women realizing this bit was very very serious and to be quiet. Though she supposed once they got out of this region they could talk a little more.

Leo makes a slight face at the Mr. Nani crack, but since Haley had explained Nani to him when they first met Stitch, he caught the reference. And he will accept the comment as something between a tease and a compliment!

He nods and heads back toward the Sewer Sleds. As he does so, he’s paying close and to their surroundings. He is mostly interested in signs of Kraang or their clones. And he’s not particularly interested in interacting with either without at least one of his brothers along.

In fact, for the time being, it might be best if they make sure they always go out in pairs. At least until they can figure out the clones’ game...

When they reach the Sewer Sleds, someone is going to have to ride double, which is fine. Lilo can choose. And he does open the option for quiet conversation As he returns to his blue Sled.

“We have to get across town. I can’t say much for the view, but you don’t typically have to worry about traffic!”

The choice would be made by Stitch, he got excited seeing the sleds and with a happy soft growls yeah yeah yeah he hops down from Haley's snuggling arms and jumps about the red one with evident joy, clapping his hands.


Haley giggles, " oooof course he'd choose the red one... I choose it too and said some really disturbing self burns about riding my brother..." oy vie sooo embarrassing! She moves to follow Sittch onto the red one ignoring Lilo's laugh and was about to explain to Stitch how to work it but... typical of the super computer brained little alien he'd have figured it out not long after jumping up onto the sewer sled.


She moves to join Stitch.


Lilo sniggers and slips her leg over the blue one, " Hah - of course red vehicles are Stitches favourites. hehehe and I am betting along with no traffic the ride is awesome?" she adds to Leo grinning. " Should I ask about this mishap about comparing riding these cool looking big boy toys to riding her brother just so i can tell him and embarrass our dragoness girl more?"

“Well, I wasn’t going to bring it up, buuuuuut since you did... she said the red Sewer Sled would be like riding her brother.” He’s grinning as Stitch figures out the Sewer Sled on his own.

“Oh... Donnie is going to love you.” Oooorrrr hate him, depending on what the little alien gets into... But Leo still thinks the little things is adorable!

Once they’re ready, he starts the sled and heads for home. He takes a slightly different route than they took to get here. It’s not really farther, just different. He starts out slowly, making sure Lilo has a feel for the way the sleds move.

As he gets the impression that she has the hang of the way the sled moves, he picks up speed, and maaaaaybe goes up the wall slightly. Only once he’s sure she’s ready.

Stitch thumbs up at Leo - able to do so because the second set of arms came out of him to steer, the top set out to way in joy - all in mostly quiet shouts and whoooops fluffy tail wiggling away!


Haley snorts with laughter as Lilo saaaays noooooo in scandalized tones. " I was channelling my inner Erica and making really naughty innuedos - only I realised it and then proceeded to make it worse." she admits making fun of herself and not caring, it was hilarious!


Lilo woooooooos softly and grins over her shoulder at Leo, " thats fun - higher?!" oooooh say they could go upside down, laughing at Haley's admission and beaming over at her friend, " I am sooo saving that for a prank for his ninja lady." she warns grinning at Leo, " glad you were there to memorize it all for me, I sense you have great memory." oooh yeah!

Leo couldn’t help an internal squeee at Stitch’s extra arms! The little alien was so danged cuuute!

He chuckled at Lilo’s ’nooooo...’ and responded with “Yeesssss... And she definitely kept right on digging.”

He picked up the speed a little and grinned when Lilo asked to go higher.

“”Higher, huh? Well, alright.” They’re getting close to the lair, and he’s going to request quiet again in a moment, but fiirrrrst...

The first pass is higher on the wall, gaining speed, then over the top!

“I have a fairly good memory.” That would probably be great if he didn’t have a brother like Donnie to compare himself to. “And for kung fu dragons, Haley and her brother seem to hang out with an awful lot of ninjas...”

Laughing Haley watches them go up and over. Grinning at her friend's and what looked like Leo's enjoyment in the ride, " ooooh I definitely dug, with one of those special dismountable spades and all!"


whooping softly herself, in motion more than voice as Stitch also drives up and over!


Snort - " hah! you should ninja ya butts to my yearly Halloween do! just so we can count up how many ninja folk we know now."


Lilo also expresses her enjoyment in the ride bya silent but all body whooop! even hands coming off, trusting tot he turtle to keep her on even if she'd justmet him and also gripping with her knees! hehehe when their around she is grinning over her shoulder at the turtle, " excellent hahaha sounds like a story - and sign me up for the halloween do..." noting the lowering of voice and keeping hers low.

Leo chuckled as they went over the top of the tunnel, and easily kept himself and Lilo on the Sled.

"I'm sure something can be arranged. Ninja can be hard to count though." He chuckled of the Halloween party.

He drove on a moment longer before requesting quiet until they parked in the garage. Quickly shutting down the Sewer Sled and stepping off, offering Lilo a hand down.

"Please keep your voices low in the lair, some of our family is sleeping."

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