A/N Ni! It's been too long since I've updated! I feel deprived since I having been damaging my eyes here. Guess what! Guess what! Lilo and Stitch comes to video/DVD in 35 days! And I'll be 16 in 43 days! Whee! Too bad I can't get my license until next June.
"How did she do this?" Stitch watched Jumba's needle as the scientist carefully stitched his wound back together. Jumba paused and thought for a moment.
"Well, 593 was my first experiment that retained the metallic compound that I inserted into her genes. But instead of adding strength to her bones and skin like it did with you, the compounds seemed to become isolated in her claws. This gave her ability to cut through other metals. Which is how she was able to cut through your skin."
"Oh." Stitch fell silent and glanced at Owen, Peka, and Lilo. Owen cringed and concentrated hard on the floor in front of him, glad that Peka was between him and Stitch. He sometimes wondered why he was weak stomached, but he couldn't think of any reason to. Peka circled him until she could look into his face.
"I can't believe 593 would do something like this."
"Well, she's not exactly friendly.maybe it was an accident."
"Maybe it wasn't. If she can hurt Stitch like that, even without meaning to, imagine what she could do to the rest of us. I like 593, but she's.well."
"Destructive?" Jumba suggested from where he was working on Stitch. The little alien leaned back and stared at the wall patiently.
"Yeah." Peka fell silent and settled herself on the floor. Pulling Owen down so that he was still turned away.
"593 was not always this way. When she was first created she was a bit.timid. She helped me as much as she could. One night I had called out for dinner as I always did. 593 would put money outside and hide until delivery-man was gone, then bring it back. One night we did this as always, but she didn't come back. I sent out a few of the others to look for her.476, 615, and Peka."
"I don't remember anything like that." Peka spoke up from her place next to Owen. He crossed his arms indignantly without looking at them.
"That was me, Doc."
"Sorry, Owen. They followed as well as they could, but lost trail at lift where it opened into the lobby. It was then that they reported back to me and described where trail seemed to be leading. I decided to make a visit to one of my colleagues.his name was Quek."
"You knew Quek?" Lilo squealed in disgust.
"Yes, I knew him well. When I visited him, I couldn't help but sneak in 476, he had best nose. When Quek's back was turned, I let him loose. Sure enough he returned with news of 593. I confronted Quek with it (mainly because 476 was there) and demanded her return. But he threatened to expose me to the Grand Council and I gave in. He took 476 then too. I wanted to kill him. I really did. I rarely show it, but.my experiments were the only family I had." The large scientist sighed as he looked down at Stitch; the little alien stared back with an air of understanding about him. "I returned to my laboratory, thinking of way to rescue the two, but next morning I was arrested and Stitch taken into custody. One thing lead to another and here we are."
"Doc, I don't know about those two, but I don't remember anything about 476. I mean, I didn't know the other experiments that well, I think I got on they're nerves, but the number doesn't ring a bell. I don't even remember him helping us look for 593." Owen fidgeted impatiently, wanting to look at Stitch, but knowing he'd get sick. Jumba shrugged his massive shoulders.
"I don't know, maybe your memory isn't good. Now, as I was saying, 593 was not with Quek for very long, not much more than a year but he must have been very cruel to her. I don't know if you've noticed, but her ears have scars around the area where they connect to her head. I believe he caused these. It was Quek who turned her into what she is now.a heartless disgrace."
"That's not true!" Stitch shoved Jumba's hands away from him angrily. "593 is not heartless! You should have seen her the night Peka came back; she seemed so.I don't know, vulnerable. Like it was all an act and she's really not all that mean." He glared up at his creator, something close to a desperate hope in his eyes. "I was a heartless disgrace."
"Appearances can be very deceiving, little one."
A/N eeee! It has taken me so long to update! I hope you guys are happy with this! Just to let you know that next week (Nov. 3, 4, and 5) I will be at Lincoln Memorial University with the Human Rights Club at this thing called World School. Don't know what it is, just that I get to spend two nights with my friends (all of whom are authors: WillowVilia, Liz Iron-Pick, DesperateAngel, and KingArthur) and hopefully I can get my hands on some crème soda while I'm there Evil laughter. I thought it was in Tennessee, but now I'm hearing that we're staying in Cumberland, Ky. I'm never sure what's going on.
Thanks to all of my friends who have reviewed! And very, very special thanks to Yoshi Man for the whole 593's metallic compounds idea at the beginning. I couldn't have come up with that on my own. I hope to update "Partner In Crime" soon, not to mention I've already written the next two chapters for this story. Aloha, my friends!