Jumba and Pleakley come to Earth to get Stitch, who flees with Ai to an old shrine with a strange sage there. The sage helps Stitch and Ai flee from the aliens and sidetracks Jumba with ancient scrolls that detail monsters, which peaks the scientist's "mad genius" curiosity, leading him to create a qilin. Shortly after Stitch and Ai return home, the Jaboodies' drones arrive to capture Stitch, but he's saved by Jumba's qilin, who destroys the drones. However, Jumba then finally captures Stitch afterward, which upsets Ai to the point of having a breakdown. After Jiejie passionately argues for Jumba and Pleakley to let Ai keep Stitch, the alien partners free him and explain to the Grand Councilwoman via video chat what happened. She permits Jumba and Pleakley to let Stitch live with Ai, under the condition that they are responsible for safeguarding him.