Well, chapter 11 is here. With all the time I have, I am really pumping these chapters out. Please review my story and tell me what you think.
Disclaimer: I own this story, my ideas, and my original character. I do not own Lilo and Stitch. If I did, I would finish up the episodes and be rich.
Chapter 11
As the front door hit the floor with a loud bang, everyone in the kitchen jumped. No one moved, all too afraid that it was Hamsterviel. After a minute of waiting, they still saw no one. Timidly, Angle jumped off her chair and peeked around the corner, trying to see what it was. Everyone stared at her, and nothing happened for a moment. Stitch noticed her face was turning pale, and she suddenly cried out and ran around the corner. The others followed swiftly, ice cream forgotten. When they rounded the corner, they saw Angel cradling the head of something on the floor. When they looked closer, they saw who it actually was:
Skipper.
They were completely stunned, the memory of what had happened the night before rushing back to them. Angel sat there crying. Jumba was the first one to move. "624, please to be taking him to ship for analysis." He said. Angel slowly picked him up, and walked out the door and up to the space ship. Jumba turned to the others. "626 and Lilo, please to be coming with me. Rest of you, please to be staying here for news." Lilo and Stitch ran past him towards the ship, while Nani, David, and Pleakly sat down on the couch. Jumba walked out the door and down the stairs, pausing a moment to make sure no one else was going to follow him, then ran to his ship. When he got there, he saw Skipper lying on the medical bed, with Angel, Lilo, and Stitch standing around him. Activating his computer, he started scanning Skipper's body, from brain waves to bones. The scans took twenty minutes to complete and download, during which everyone sat there in stunned silence.
The computer beeped, signaling the download and scans were complete. Jumba pulled them up on the plasma screen, and started rolling through while explaining what they meant to the three experiments.
"All right, is quite interesting. Here we have x-rays, showing broken bones in right arm and leg, and fractures in skull. Here, we see…" Lilo interrupted him.
"But, how could his bones be broken? Stitch has taken huge falls before and come through ok." She exclaimed. Jumba nodded.
"Yes, but little boy is still being part human, meaning that bones is more fragile then 626's. Is actually lucky that more is not being broken. Anyway, according to this, brain activity is normal for someone unconscious and in such condition. Also, is having burns on back, but is only second degree. He can recover from all of this given time. Burns are easy to repair, and bones can be refused using medical tools, but is still taking time to repair fully. I say, after we finish, he will should not be doing much activity for two or three days, and not much strenuous activity for two to four weeks." As he finished, Skipper moaned and started to stir. As he continued coming to, the others crowded around him. His eyes finally opened, and he saw everyone standing around him.
"So, it worked out after all." He said weakly. Angel laughed, cried, and gave him a gentle hug all at the same time. Lilo and Stitch stood there, waiting for a chance. However, when Angel let go, Stitch asked the question that was on everyone's mind:
"But, the explosion, the bomb: what happened?" He asked.
Flashback
As the bomb started taking off, Skipper's ears caught Angel's words: "I love you too." As the bomb left the building, he nearly lost his grip as his heart fluttered. I have to destroy this, but, what about Angel? He thought. His heart was torn between getting rid of the evil in him, and being there for Angel. Climbing up to the top, he raised his fist, ready to strike it, releasing the impact sensor and blowing the bomb. However, as he thought of Angel's face, covered in tears, telling him that she loved him, he couldn't do it. He took a moment to think of what to do, when he realized he still had his plasma pistol with him. Using all his might, he forced the nose closed, and forced the pistol around the tip of the bomb. Pulling the trigger, the pistol immediately started overloading. Knowing he had almost no time, he let go. Turning himself belly down, he started to fall just as the pistol exploded, releasing the impact sensor and blowing the bomb. The explosion was almost deafening, and he felt pain arch through his back, as the tip of the bomb's damage radius caught him. The pain caused him to lose focus, and he didn't know where he was. The next thing he knew, he was about two miles from Lilo's house, burning with pain, but determined to get to Angel. He crawled for hours, before finally making it to the house. Using the last of his strength before going unconscious, he used his fist to bash the door in, and then he fainted.
End Flashback
Skipper related the entire story to them, but left out the parts about Angel, wanting to tell her when they were alone. When he finished, the entire room was silent as a grave. Jumba whistled.
"Is very ingenious thing to do. You is lucky that you is surviving, but at price of needing to sit down for weeks to not strain self with injuries." He said.
"I can't believe you did that. We all thought you had died in the explosion." Lilo said. It was clear that they wanted to continue, but Jumba stopped them.
"Sorry Lilo, but 626 and I is needing to operate on him soon as possible so he can start recovering. Is that being ok with you?" He asked. Skipper nodded.
"Yeah, the sooner I'm better, the sooner I can get back at Hamsterviel. How long is this going to take? He replied.
Jumba shrugged. "I cannot say for sure, but probably no more then three or four hours. However, drugs are knocking you out until morning."
Skipper glanced at Angel, and saw the look on her face. "Jumba, can I have a minute with Angel before we start? Alone?"
Jumba looked back and forth between them, before agreeing and ushering Lilo and Stitch out. "Lilo, probably better you is going to bed now. You can see him in morning." Lilo nodded, and started back towards the house. Jumba stopped her at the base of the ramp. "Tell everyone inside good news." Lilo smiled, and sprinted off towards the house.
Inside the medical bay, Skipper looked at Angel. Motioning to the chair next to the bed, he asked, "Do you want to sit?" Angel moved and sat down. Skipper looked into her eyes while he talked. "Angel, the only reason I changed my mind, was because of what you said to me just as I was taking off. I need to know: Were you telling the truth?"
Angel was at a loss for words. She had been sure that no one had heard her, and yet Skipper had caught her words just as he had left, clinging to a bomb. She knew that she couldn't look at him again if she lied, so she looked him straight back in the eyes and responded with the truth: "Yes". Skipper saw the truth of her statement, and smiled.
"Thank you Angel." He said. "Now, I am going to need your help while I recover, if you don't mind running around and carrying me around every now and then. Because I am…" He was stopped mid-sentence by Angel pulling him close, and kissing him on the lips. The feeling of their lips connecting sent Skipper's heart soaring. He was completely stunned, and couldn't move for several seconds. However, he quickly recovered, and put his arms around her. He pulled her closer, ignoring the pain that shot through his arm. Angel had kissed Stitch a lot, but she had never felt this much love and emotion flow through it. She slid her arms around his neck, and held him tightly. After almost five minutes, they finally parted. Skipper stared at her, completely at a loss for words. She was about to pull them back together when Jumba knocked on the door.
"Please to be hurrying. We is needing to get show on road." He called through it. Angel glanced over at the door, and called out to Jumba.
"He's ready." As the door hissed open, Skipper and Angel removed their arms from each other. Jumba started getting his tools together, while Stitch stood by the door, looking between Skipper and Angel, trying to figure out what had gone on between them. After a moment, he decided that he could always ask Angel later. He walked over and stood by the table that Jumba was placing the tools on. Angel said goodnight, but just before she walked out the door, she changed her mind, and laid on the other med bed. Jumba and Stitch glanced at each other, but neither of them cared. Jumba walked over to Skipper, and pushed the needle into his neck. Skipper felt the drugs flow into his system, and was out like a light in under a minute.
Jumba and Stitch spent the next three hours working on him. The first thing they did was fix the burns on his back. After forty minutes of work, his back looked like it had before, although it would be sensitive for a bit. They carefully flipped him back over, and started working on his bones with an instrument Stitch had never seen. Shooting a curious look at Jumba, Jumba fidgeted a little.
"Is not mattering where I is getting it at moment." He said. Slowly, running back and forth over the areas where the bones were broken. It took quite a while, but the scans showed that the bones were defiantly in one piece. When they finished with the bones, they spent the last twenty minutes cleaning the dried blood off of him that had accumulated from the wounds that the explosion and fall had caused. Finally, all that was left was to clean the tools and put them away.
It was around midnight, so Jumba went back to the house, and fell down on his bunk completely exhausted, and fell asleep immediately. Stitch sat down by Angel, who had fallen asleep right after they started working. He contemplated what to do, and decided to leave Angel there for the night. He walked to the house, and rode the elevator up to his and Lilo's room. He glanced over at Lilo, and saw that she was sleeping. Judging by the fact that there was a book lying open on her lap, she had tried waiting up for him. Carefully removing the book, he set it on the bookshelf. He then laid her down on her bed, and covered her up. He couldn't help but notice that he was becoming quite attracted to her. Patting her head, he turned around and went over to his bed. Lying down, he tried to keep his eyes open, to think about all that had happened to change his life in the past few days, but could not fight sleep, and was out a minute later.
The Next Morning (5:00)
Lilo woke up, and looked at her clock. Seeing the time, she tried to go back to sleep, but then remembered what Jumba and Stitch were going to do to Skipper. She sat up, and saw that Stitch was sleeping soundly. That's when she realized that she had her blanket over her, and her book was on the bookshelf. Thinking about it for a moment, she realized Stitch must have covered her and put her book away when he had come back. Tiptoeing to the elevator, she took it down, not wanting to wake anyone up. She made her way to the ship, and was about to go inside when Jumba came out and saw her.
"Ah Lilo, good morning. I is just finished checking up on little boy. It appears that repairs were successful, and he should be up in two hours or so." He said. Lilo nodded.
"Can I see him?" She asked. Jumba shook his head.
"Cannot be seeing him. We is not wanting to wake him up too early. He is needing all rest he can get. I was about to be having breakfast. Is you wanting to come?"
Lilo glanced up towards the ship, and nodded her head. They walked back to the house together, and Jumba started making bacon. Lilo sat there, waiting for him to finish, when she decided to ask him a question that had been nagging her for a while.
"Jumba, I need your
help." She said. Jumba turned to her, and listened as she
continued. "Ever since I was changed, I have felt closer to Stitch
then ever, and I think I love him. But, I don't know how to tell
him, especially since he's going out with Angel."
Jumba
thought for a moment. "I always thought you had feelings for 626,
but how to tell him is different story. I think that you need to tell
him when you two is away from 624, just in case she is getting mad at
you. But 626 does deserve to make choice himself between you and her.
But, I would not trust everything I says. Remember, Jumba had wife
once, but divorced her three months later." As he finished talking,
he turned his attention back to the bacon. Lilo sat there and thought
about what he had said. Jumba finished making the bacon, and split it
between them, and then dug some waffles out of the fridge and
reheated them. Lilo ate the bacon, and then started pouring herself
some cereal. Just as she started eating, Nani walked into the kitchen
and sat down.
"Nani, you're up early." Lilo said. "Is David up yet?"
Nani stared at her. "No, I think that he's too busy snoring to get up at the moment. But if you want, I can go pour a glass of water on his head and ask." She said, sounding quite annoyed. Lilo decided to drop the subject. As Jumba ate his breakfast in two bites, Nani turned to him. "So, how's Skipper doing? Lilo said that you were going to try and help him out." Jumba nodded as he put his dishes in the sink.
"Yes, 626 and I were able to help him. He is waking up in about hour and half, so you can see him then. Although, he will probably feel worse then he did last night." He replied. Nani went outside, and returned a minute later with the paper. After glancing it over, she handed it to Jumba, and went to lay on the couch, still not fully awake.
Lilo decided to grab a book from her room while she waited for Skipper to wake up. Going back up to her room, she crept over to her bookshelf and picked up the book she had been reading last night. She turned and looked at Stitch, who was still sleeping. He is so cute while he's sleeping. I never really looked at him like this before. And he does look so cool in blue. She thought. She turned and was about to go back down, when Stitch yawned and started waking up. Lilo decided to wait for him before going down. Stitch opened his eyes, and stood on all fours to stretch out. Seeing Lilo was there, he jumped off the bed.
"Morning Lilo. You see Skipper yet?" He asked. Lilo shook her head.
"Jumba says we can't go see him until after 7, but he assures me that Skipper is ok. Come on, let's go have breakfast." They took the elevator down together, and went into the kitchen. They looked and saw the Jumba was now on the couch reading the paper, and Nani was nowhere to be seen. However, judging by the lack of snoring in her room, Lilo assumed she had gone in there and woken David up. Returning to the kitchen, she got there in time to see Stitch drain an entire pot of coffee and two slices of what looked like coconut cake.
"Stitch! That's not breakfast food, and you know that!" Lilo scolded him, but she found it hard to keep a straight face. Finally, she smiled. "Just be happy Nani didn't see you." Stitch laughed, and they looked at the clock. The still had an hour before they could see Skipper. Lilo wanted to take him outside and tell him how she felt, but she was afraid. What if he doesn't like as much as I like him? What if he wants Angel instead of me? She thought. Glancing over at Jumba, she decided that she just had to tell him. She took a deep breath and let it out slowly. "Stitch, let's go take a walk in the trees." She said. Stitch looked at her, slightly surprised, but followed her.
They went to the spot they usually sat in to talk, and she turned to Stitch. "Stitch, I have something to tell you." Stitch was slightly worried, not quite sure if the news was good or bad. "Stitch, ever since we met, I always had feelings for you. Now that I am an experiment, my feelings got stronger. I just want you to know: I love you." She said. Stitch was completely stunned by what she had said. He had always been close to her, even playing with the idea that they could get together, especially after she had changed into an experiment, but he had never thought that she had loved him. He was completely lost for words, and Lilo simply stared at him, waiting patiently for a response. After a minute, Stitch was still unable to say anything. However, when he looked deep down, he saw that he had the same feelings for her.
Turning to her, he tried to talk, but his tongue was completely tied. So, he did the only other thing he could think of to tell her how he felt about her: he wrapped all four of his arms around her, pulled her close, and kissed her on the lips. To say Lilo was surprised was an understatement. She felt the love coming from Stitch in that kiss, and knew the answer. She put her arms around him, and they parted. She looked at him.
"Oh Stitch." She said. Not wanting to say anything else, she pulled him close to her, and kissed him. They put all of their strength into the hug, and they could feel the love pulsing through them. Stitch had kissed Angel many times, but it had never felt like this: this kiss was touching his soul. They pulled each other together as close as they could come, completely lost in that moment.
