is this quick enough for you xoverguy? if not then im sorry i could not write faster. yes everyone this is a scary time when i actually get some time free, so what do i do with it? why write for my fans of course. this chapter is the real sorry for that boring "lecture"chapter i had somewhere in this story and i hope you like it!
A Wolf in Lilo's Clothing
Part 10
The Hunter and the Hunted
Nani watched as Lilo, in her werewolf form, slowly walk over to the edge of the lake that they sat in front of,
'I wonder what Lilo is thinking about right now. Her mind must still be very confused with everything that has happened. But I know she can handle it, after all she has all of her friends and family to help her through it. Hehe somehow I don't think her crush on Keoni will last too much longer now that she has become something he is not.'
Nani thought to herself as she continued to look at Lilo as she stared up into the bright full moon that covered the sky. Then Lilo did something that gave Nani a disgusted feeling right in her stomach. Lilo bent her head down to the water and took a drink using her tongue as a scoop to bring the water into her mouth just like a dog would.
"hey Lilo don't do that. You don't know where that water has been"
Nani said in a half strict half joking way. But her words where droned out by a big bang that filled the area.
Stitch was sitting quite comfortably in a small pile of moss and soft bits of grass. He looked up at the sky and saw the bright moon.
'just think, several days ago Lilo was terrified of looking into the depths of the bright moon but now she loves it once again. I can remember when Nani told me about the day Lilo wished for a friend on a falling star. The strange thing was that that star was my ship and not a star, but her wish still came true in the form of me. It was more than just a coincidence that we met, I know that now but there is no proof of that. I mean how can I have know that a little girl was calling out for a friend millions of light years away from me. I just activated my hyper drive in an attempt to get away from the galactic federation, not programming anything into the ship and boom I land on this remote planet, on a remote island that had a little girl wishing for a friend. I must have a purpose, a destiny on this planet and it must revolve around Lilo. She was the one that turned me from bad to good. Heck she has turned nearly all of my cousins and Jumba from bad to good. So their must be something about her that is just the slightest bit magical, that is why her destiny was to get the werewolf virus…well that is was Haldamir says anyway'
Stitch thought as he looked up into the sky. Bringing his eyes down to the lake shore he saw Lilo standing in her wolf form looking up at the very moon he had been. Getting up from his position on the soft moss Stitch started to walk towards Lilo. As he got closer to her he saw her head move down to the waters edge and then took a drink from it with her tongue. He was now very close to her and heard Nani say something to Lilo but it was cut off by a loud bang that echoed all around him
Just as Lilo started to take a drink from the lake she thought she heard Nani say something to her. Moving her head to see what Nani wanted a loud bang ripped though the quietness surrounding them. As she finished moving her head over to the direction of Nani she felt a sharp pain race across her cheek before a cry of pain erupted from beside her. Ignoring the pain on her cheek she looked over and saw Stitch rolling back and forth on the ground with his hands covering his face,
"Stitch are you ok?"
Lilo asked him in a deep and gruff voice that made her sound a bit like cobra bubbles. Hearing Lilo's question Stitch quickly got out his extra arms and pulled Lilo back into the clearing, all the while his upper hand still covered his noise.
The sudden boom awoke Jumba from his sleep. Looking around wondering where it came from he saw that Stitch was dragging a very big dog over to where he was, all the while covering his noise,
"626 what is being problem? And why are you holding noise"
Jumba asked him when he got into speaking range. It was just then that a drop of blood trickled out of Stitch's hands and landed on the floor. Seeing this Jumba removed Stitch's hands away from his face. It was hard to tell in the dark, but from the looks of things there was something stuck in Stitch's noise. Using his torch and looking closer he was able to see something that was covered in blood, and yet it seemed to gleam at the same time, wedged right in Stitch's noise…it was a bullet. It was just then that Nani came up to then and tried to ask something but she was cut off by another loud bang before some wood splintered off the tree that Jumba was sitting under. Seeing yet another bullet in the tree told them that they where being attacked and Lilo knew who was to blame…herself. Looking at the angle of the new bullet she knew that if it was not for Nani coming over, that bullet would have went right into her head and the scratch on her cheek told her that it was the same thing that happened earlier, only it landed in Stitch's noise instead off a tree.
Knowing what she had to do she ran off into the woods leaving her family behind. Nani wanted to follow her but Jumba stopped her,
"little girl is reason why we are being attacked. She is leading the hunter away from us. Do not be worrying though, werewolves have excellent healing abilities and can take great amounts of damage"
Jumba said to her. Hearing this Nani was ready to scream blue murder at him when Jumba placed a finger on her mouth stopping her,
"help me fix 626's noise and we will be able to get the hunter without him knowing it"
Hearing this Nani held her tongue and simply followed the orders from Jumba.
'what I do for you Lilo'
Nani thought as she started to reach into Stitch's noise with her fingers.
Lilo ran through the woods in the opposite direction of her ohanna. She was heading in the direction that she thought the shots came from, several shots shattered trees that she passed and told her that she was heading in the right direction. Eventually she came to another clearing deep within the woods, far away from her family. She had to stop and catch her breath because she had not been able to get a good rest when her family stopped and her training was very hard. As she was catching her breath she noticed that her attacker was not taking any shots at her. Thinking she out ran him she began to relax. She was just beginning to lye down when she heard another shot echo around her before she felt a sharp pain on the top of her ear. Taking a paw to it she found that their was a hole at the tip of her ear, where her head was just moments before.
'man this guy is accurate and why dose he constantly want my head'
Lilo thought she quickly got up and ran diagonally towards the hunter once again. As she ran she felt herself slowly gaining more energy and her anger slowly increasing. She did not know where this extra energy was coming from, nor did she know where this anger was coming from but she knew it was aimed at person that was hunting her.
Hamish had just shot at this werewolf for the sixth time and knew that his ammo for his rifle was slowly running out,
'man this creature just dose not want to accept its fait. I better be more careful with my shots because I only have another six with this thing and then I'm out (I don't know how many bullets are in the clips for an "M8 Shooter" so I'm just making it 12). Well at least I brought a generous amount of ammo for the desert eagle. Surly five clips of ammo would be enough when we get closer and with my sword I would like to think so. At least this thing keeps the game interesting'
Hamish thought to himself as he watched his prey try to circle him. Getting down from a tree he went off in roughly the same sort of direction that it was going. He had spent the last several hours looking through the forest picking the best sniping spots and clearing that where nice places to rest. Running up a small hill he came to another tree that he had marked as a good sniping spot. Climbing up it he got his rifle and began comb the area looking for his target. Sure enough he had found it just entering another clearing in the forest, but instead of stopping it kept running, only now it was going straight north instead of a more easterly direction. The tree that he had picked out was one of the largest trees in the area. It had a very good view of the area and he would be able to follow his prey for a while. It eventually stopped in the cover of several trees and long grass. This produced the problem of getting a clear shot but his training in the service meant that he would still be able to get a very good shot in. taking aim once again he slowly positioned the crosshairs onto the creature and slowly pulled the trigger. Just as he was about to fire the creature started to make a run for it again. Thanking himself for holding back a little he watched as it ran through a stream before coming to a path. It started to head along the path, but Hamish would not have any of it just in case someone was walking along it, so he fired several shots. One was in front of the creature to prevent it going any further in that direction and another shot behind it so the only way that it could go was back into the forest and that is exactly what it done. Now with only four shots remaining he needed to get this thing quickly.
"oh god I think I'm going to be sick!"
Nani said as she finished removing the bullet from Stitch's noise.
"bah that is being nothing. Why one time I had to…"
"Jumba please! I really don't want to loose my dinner here."
Nani said while looking particularly queasy.
"oh sorry bigger girl. But I must say I'm impressed. Who would have known that there are being weapons on this planet that can cause 626 to bleed. Also for it to go right into his noise. That person must be having many years of training to become that accurate"
Jumba thought out loud. After a moments silence between the two they both came up with the same answer,
"Hamish!"
Nani quickly picked up Stitch while Jumba picked up Pleakly, who had somehow managed to sleep through all of the shots and cries of pain from Stitch, before running off in the direction of the ship. When they finally got there Stitch was ready to take on anything once again, but first Nani and Jumba had to see if it really was Hamish who was hunting Lilo. They noticed that the ramp was still up which gave them a bit of comfort, however Jumba remembered the broken control panel and began to worry again. Gaining entrance to the ship, Nani and Stitch ran off to the medical wing where Hamish was last known to be while Jumba took Pleakly off to the passenger section of the ship. Upon entering the room Nani and Stitch knew the answer. It was Hamish hunting Lilo. He was not in the bed in the room and all of his stuff was missing.
"oh no this is bad"
Nani said out loud to herself forgetting that Stitch was standing beside her,
"gabba?"
"oh that's right, you where not their. Basically Hamish is a former commando of the Royal Marines."
Nani said to Stitch. But with the still confused face of his face Nani had to go into more detail,
"the Royal Marines are one of the most elite military forces in the world. That makes them highly skilled in all sorts of terrains, as well as all sorts of weapons. No wonder he was so accurate with whatever it was that he was firing at us"
"oh"
Was all Stitch could say. Just then Jumba came into the room and once he saw that the room was empty apart from Nani and Stitch he had the same look on his face as Nani did. But then he remembered the condition that Hamish was in and brightened up a little,
"626 please get nice man's scent so that we may track him down. He can't have gone terribly far with the kind of wounds he had"
Taking the orders he was given, Stitch sniffed the sheets and collected Hamish's scent. Then before Nani and Jumba had a chance to react he was already out of the room,
"hey wait for us"
Nani and Jumba said together as they chased after him.
Lilo had been running for what felt like hours and she was beginning to tire out. The amount of shots that where being fired was a lot less than what they started out as but she did not want to give this guy a target. Slowing down a little to catch her breath she began to think how many times that she has heard a gun shot. She remembered the first two, then the one that clipped her ear. As well as the two that where fired above and below her when she went on that path, she also remembered a good handful of rounds that where fired as she ran. So he must of fired about ten to twelve she thought. Slowing down even more she came to yet another clearing, but this time it was a really big clearing made so that people could have picnics or something since their where wooden tables scattered all over the area. Not expecting to see anyone she started to move to one of the tables so that she could get some cover and a good breather. Unfortunately when she got closer to the table she found that she was too big to get under it,
'never thought I would be too big to fit under a table'
She thought to herself cheerfully. Getting back up on her feet she started to head back to the forest when she noticed that someone was standing on the opposite side of the clearing with what appeared to be a backpack strap on one shoulder,
"well well well, look what we have here."
The man said out loud. Lilo recognised that voice but she could not identify it. Looking at the man she saw that he removed the strap from his shoulder and along with it some sort of weapon. Lilo now knew who this guy was. He was the person that has been firing at her for some time now. Anger began to swell up in her as she remembered what he tried to do to her. She let out a low growl and began to walk towards this guy thinking that the size and sound of her would scare him away. But all he did in return was hoist the gun up to his face. Now walking a little faster towards him she began to feel her rage taking over her as she saw him look through the scope of his rifle. Then all she heard was the familiar sound of that gun being fired.
Hamish only had one bullet left in his rifle and he wanted to make sure that he got a hit on this thing. So he started to head off in the direction he saw the creature run. The last clearing that he had found in the area that he got to know earlier was just over a small hill, one of the only places that his sniping tree could not see. Climbing over the hill he found the clearing. Looking into the clearing with his goggles on he found that there was something there that was not their the last time he looked around it. It looked like a big stone beside one of the picnic tables. Walking into the clearing he saw that the rock was moving. It stood on four legs and began to move away from the table. Hamish now knew what this thing was. It was the thing that he had been shooting at for most of the night now,
"well well well, Look what we have here"
Hamish said getting the creatures attention. It turned to face him and before long it started to move towards him with a low growl coming out of its mouth. Hearing this Hamish gave a quiet smirk before removing his gun from his shoulder and place the scope in front of his eye. With the crosshairs now on the creature Hamish noticed that it was moving a little faster towards him. Not caring what it was doing Hamish aimed carefully and pulled the trigger producing the twelfth bang out of the gun.
With reflexes that where so fast that you could have blinked and missed the entire thing. Lilo managed to doge the bullet…well nearly doge it. The bullet missed her head and hit her in the back. Searing pain flowed through her when it hit releasing the primitive side of her, only this time she had some control. Not much, but some. She charged right at Hamish expecting to pin him of the ground but found that his reaction time could also be very fast as he moved out of her path. Spinning round she saw that this guy had pulled out a sword that looked somewhat familiar but her mind was too occupied on surviving to think clearly. The two titans charged at each other, Lilo with her teeth gleaming and Hamish with his sword at the ready.
Hamish could remember clearly what happened the last time that he faced this thing, and his adrenalin kept the pain from his wounds at bay and his determination high. Quickly side stepping the creature he brought out his desert eagle and quickly emptied the clip at the creature without even aiming. The creature fell to the ground giving him enough time to change clips. Just as he started to aim at the creature the strangest thing happened. He saw three gun shot wounds on the creature and out of a clip of seven shots Hamish was a little proud of his blind aiming. But within seconds he heard the bullets fall to the floor,
'oh that's right werewolves have healing abilities. Guess I'm going to sever the head from the body in order to kill it'
Hamish thought to himself as he put the gun back in its holster before bringing his sword up to strike. Just then the creature ran off to the other end of the clearing before turning around.
Lilo was shocked at how efficient her body was at healing herself. The pain from those three bullets was like nothing she had ever felt before but already the pain was much weaker…and it had only been a few seconds. Going to the end of the clearing Lilo turned around and prepared another charge. She saw him go for his pistol once again but she was no longer afraid of the bullets,
'A short moment of pain from each bullet is well worth the price for removing this maniac from the planet. No I don't want to kill him. I only want him to stop what he is doing. But their may be no other choice. NO I DON'T THINK LIKE THAT! I WON'T THINK LIKE THAT! THERE IS ALWAYS ANOTHER CHOICE!'
Lilo shook her head and changed her tactic. She heard the shots from the gun so she quickly changed the direction she went running around her opponent catching him off guard. She rammed into his back knocking him onto the ground before pinning him with her front paw. He coughed up a little blood from the impact. Thinking she hit him too hard she reduced the pressure on him.
Surprising Hamish the creature changed direction just as he started to fire his gun. That was another clip down the drain and Hamish was now knocked onto the ground with this thing pressing down on his back. His wounds where now coming back to haunt him as he coughed up a little blood. Somehow seeing this the creature reduced the pressure on his back. This was the chance that Hamish needed. Getting his sword from under him he quickly placed it on the creatures leg before pulling it along creating a big cut in it. This caused the creature to yelp in pain and get off of him. Hamish quickly got back onto his feet and picked up his pistol. Changing the clip quickly he aimed it at the creature again and pulled the trigger in rapid succession emptying yet another clip.
Using her goodwill as a decoy he got himself free. Lilo's anger was beginning to get the better of her once again and it did not help when she felt seven shots hit her stomach area. Not letting him get another chance to fire at her again she ran off towards the trees on the opposite side of her. But when another shot exploded into the tree beside her she stopped in her tracks. Turning around to face her opponent she saw that his face was covered in dirt as well as that face paint army people use. But she thought she recognised it. The sudden loss of pain stopped the trail of thoughts though and she started to run away from him and into the forest but each time he stopped her by firing a shot.
"your trapped now. Your destiny is with me and my blade so why don't you accept it"
And with that she felt four shots hit her in her paws making her fall to the ground.
Hamish was shattered, he was running purely on adrenalin now, but he knew that it was the end of the hunt. He had just used his last four shots to prevent the creature from moving and now he was slowly raising his sword to deal the final blow. A clean cut through the neck. The creature looked at him with pleading eyes and for a moment he thought he recognised that stare. He raised his sword over his head and told this creature that it would be painless. He closed his eyes and then dropped his sword with all hiss strength only to find that it suddenly stops.
Jumba and Nani where running through the woods following Stitch as he went. The sound of several more gun shots gave them horrible thoughts and more energy to get them all there faster. Eventually they went up and over a small hill to find a clearing. There they saw someone standing there pointing something to a big black thing. It was then that four bangs and blasts of light came out of the muzzle of the thing that the person standing was holding and in return the creature fell to the floor. Realising that Lilo had just fallen to the floor everyone watched helplessly as Hamish slowly positioned his sword over his head,
"I'll make it as painless as I can"
They heard Hamish say before he launched his sword at Lilo's neck just like you would if you where to launch a mallet at a fairground "test your strength" machine. Seeing this Nani and Jumba closed their eyes…they where too late to stop it. Stitch on the other hand knew that their was still time to stop this. So going faster than he had ever done he sprinted in between Lilo and the blade, catching it in one of his hand. The force from the sword shook him up and he was almost certain that his hand would be badly bleeding at the end of it but it will be all worth it because he was able to save Lilo's life…the only person that he truly cared about.
Lilo cringed as she waited for the blow to happen. Their was nothing that she could do now and she knew it.
'I'm sorry guys but I can't see you again. I'll miss you Jumba, Pleakly, Victoria, Nani…and Stitch. Somehow I hope that you realise just how much I loved you'
Lilo thought as she cringed her body for the blow…but it never came. Slowly she opened her eyes and saw the blade just centimetres away from her neck but it was not moving. Looking over she saw that Stitch was holding the sword in one hand. She could not see his face because his back was turned to her but she could tell that it held a lot of pain in it. Looking at the face of her executioner she saw that sweat was removing some of the dirt and army paint that he had on his face. She could now tell who it was…it was Hamish.
Hamish got a big jolt from the sudden stop of his sword so opening his eyes he saw that Kenny was standing in front of him, holding the sword in one of four hands. His face looked like he was in pain but it was also happy at the same time. He looked down into the eyes of the creature he was about to kill and saw that innocent expression once again. With Kenny in the picture Hamish now knew who this person was…it was Lilo, and his guess was proven correct when he heard Nani shout to him from the other end of the picnic area. He dropped his sword and asked himself what he was about to do before he passed out due to exhaustion.
Nani and Jumba ran over to Lilo who now just getting up from her position on the ground with help from Stitch.
"oh Lilo are ok?"
Nani asked as she started to cuddle the wolf.
"yeah I'm fine Nani but is Hamish ok. The look in his eyes sort of said that he had seen a ghost"
Lilo said
"it is looking like he is out cold from exhaustion. But I am surprised that you are asking how well he is doing. I thought you would be very angry at him"
Jumba said as he walked over to the group.
"well I was, but when I saw the expression on his face moments ago I think that he finally realised who he was attacking. Now I feel sorry for him"
Said Lilo as she felt the last bullet from her feet fall out. Then she concentrated on turning back to normal but was only rewarded with her half human half wolf state,
"oh that's right. In the three nights when the moon is brightest I can't change fully back to normal. Stitch could you please take me back to the ship I don't think I can stay awake much longer"
Lilo said before she fell limp in Stitch's arms.
"sleep tight…my bugee-boo (don't know if it's spelled correctly)"
Stitch said in his alien language before he turned around and saw Jumba staring at him quite surprised,
"what?"
"oh nothing 626. Now please be showing us the way back to the ship. I will take nice man"
Jumba said while he hoisted Hamish over his shoulder. Nani did not know what to do except follow and then get some sleep. They arrived at the ship safe and sound. Jumba placed Hamish back into the bed that he was originally in, before he went into the passenger section. There he saw Nani already sleeping in one of the passenger seats and on the other side he saw Stitch cuddling up to Lilo, they where both fast asleep,
"maybe I did hear him right"
Was all he said before he went to the pilots seat and fell asleep there, leaving the only thing making a noise was the simple night animals outside.
The next morning surprisingly Lilo was the first person to awaken. Looking round she saw Stitch cuddling into her, which she was thankful for. Because when she looked at herself closer she saw that she was now completely naked, no fur, no nothing. The cold air around her made her shiver so she decided to turn herself back into the half breed that she could be. With fur back on her body she snuck out of Stitch's grasp and went to look for Hamish. Not finding him in the passenger section she went off to the medical section of the ship to see if he was there. Sure enough, when Lilo entered the room she saw him sleeping on the medical bed attached to one of those things that drip liquid into a patient if they have had blood loss. Going over to him she shook him to try and get him to wake up. Slowly he came round and looked into the eyes of Lilo recognising her instantly,
"urgh Lilo, what do you want?"
"do you remember what happened last night?"
"yes I remember everything. Lilo I am so sorry. If I had known it was you I'd…"
"that's just it you didn't know it was me and for a long time I did not know it was you. But I know that we would not have fought if we did know. So that is why I have come to talk to you now. Hamish I have full control of the werewolf curse and I can prove it" Lilo turns her face full human "see. I would turn the rest of me human as well but I don't want you to see me naked"
"don't blame you there lass. Now when are the others getting up? If I remember correctly the convention ended two days ago and you have missed your plane, so if you want to get home you are going to have to get you uncle to get this ship moving back to the hotel so you can pick up your stuff"
Hamish said to Lilo. Lilo nodded her head before yawning,
"I guess you are still tired and to be truthful so am I, so why don't you go back to sleep and let them wake us up"
Said Hamish calmly. Lilo just nodded her head again before she went back to the passenger section of the ship to get some more sleep. Getting back into Stitch's grasp she changed her head back to fur before falling asleep.
right that is another chapter for you all and i hope you enjoyed it. please tell me what you think of it and all sorts of comments are welcome. now the next chapter could be quick, it could be a while. but i can't tell the future im afraid. if i could then i would be very wealthy indeed. just one thing that i request from everyone (apart from a review)i'm just reminding everyone that i am still looking for ideas for "a differant kind of side effect". choose your way of giving me them but everyone who wants to give ideascan and all ideas will be considered (no matter now dumb they may be) thank in advance!