Finished chpt 2. Enjoy!
Finding Stitch
The next morning, Michael was getting ready for work, when last night's events lingered back into his mind.
'No matter what, I will do everything I can to find 'Stitch.' I can't stand seeing Lilo this unhappy,' he thought.
He ate his breakfast, called goodbye to Lilo, who was still in bed, and climbed into his car.
Later that afternoon, instead of going straight home to Lilo, he called her.
"Hi, honey There's something that needs to be done at work, so I won't be home until later on tonight, ok?" he said into his mobile.
"Sure, see you then."
Lilo hung up the phone and Michael hung up his mobile, then walked out onto the footpath, looking down Kokaua Street.
He felt guilty about lying to his wife, but he had to in order to start his search for 'Stitch.'
For nearly five hours, he searched.
He looked everywhere, including Neehow and another close by area, which he had never been to.
He looked in alleyways, parks, abandoned buildings, streets, dead- ends, and even went into a few shops, holding up a picture of 'Stitch' to the people serving behind the counters.
Unfortunately, nobody had ever heard of 'Stitch.'
But, when he went to see Kiki at her coffee hut, he got a surprise.
"Oh, I remember him. Little blue dog, he always used to hang around with…now what was the little one's name? Hmmm."
"Lilo?"
"Oh yes, that's right. Wait, how do you know her?"
"She's my wife."
"Really? Tell her I said she can stop by anytime for a coffee. She was always so sweet and polite to me as a child."
"Sure, thanks for your help. Oh, by the way, any idea where this little guy might be now? Have you seen him anywhere?"
"No…no wait, yes I have. I don't know whether I was imagining things or not, but I thought I saw a little blue figure a few weeks ago when I was going up to Honuapo to visit my sister. I didn't get a good view of it though as I was in my car. It was near the end of Kokaua Street."
Michael thanked her once again, and headed for Kokaua Street.
He drove up to the very end, where he had never been before, and noticed a few old, falling down buildings.
The place was practically abandoned.
He looked back down to where he came from, and everything seemed like it was thousands of miles away.
Michael searched for about half and hour. During this time, he came upon an old abandoned house on a hill.
He cautiously proceeded up the driveway, and then walked up some very creaky stairs to the front door of the house.
He wished for his flashlight.
Michael couldn't remember exactly where, but he knew that he had definitely seen this house somewhere before.
Then it clicked.
Could this be the house Lilo grew up in? It did look awfully like the one in the pictures.
He opened the front door and peered inside.
"Hello?"
No answer came to him, so he proceeded inside and looked around.
He found scraps of food on the floor and a blanket and pillow.
But that was all he found.
'I guess that some poor homeless guy must be living here,' he thought as he headed back towards his car.
'I hope Lilo isn't too worried.'
He climbed back into his car and started his long journey home.
Michael was very sleepy, and could hardly keep his eyes open from driving for what seemed to him like forever.
Suddenly, there was a loud BANG, and Michael could feel himself violently being jerked out of his seat.
His head came into contact with the dashboard, and he slipped out of consciousness.
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"Hhheellllloooooo…..hhh…hhheellloo…"
The voice sounded distant. Michael tried to move. Was this a dream? "Wwwhhaa…wha?"
He groaned.
"Hhh..hhh…hheelllooo?"
Michael started drifting back into consciousness.
He opened his eyes. His vision was blurry, although he was able to make out a figure standing over him.
"Hhh..hhh…hiiii?" it said.
The figure seemed to be trouble - saying hello.
Michael weakly responded.
"Hello."
"Is awake?"
It had a gravely voice, telling Michael that this was not human.
Suddenly Michael's senses snapped on, and he sat up, rubbing his head. In the darkness, he could see a small outline standing next him.
"Gee tu jay, naga?"
The creature spoke in a strange language. Michael had never heard any of these words before. Just what was this thing?
"What… did you say?"
"Youga naga sleep anymore. Youga awake."
"Well, obviously. Where am I?"
Michael rubbed his head again.
"Youga car accident. Meega hear noise and save. Youga sleeping when find." It replied in broken English.
"Wait! My car!"
"Car go down hill."
Michael raced to the steel fence on the side of the road, which had a big gap in it, and looked down. A few metres below, the faint outline of a car was visible.
"Oh no, that's gonna cost me."
"Youga could've been hurt so meega pulled youga out. Youga crashed into pole; meega ran ojuba and pulled youga out just in time. Car rolled down hill.
Michael stepped away from the fence and looked towards the creature. He still couldn't see it properly because of the dark. This began to frustrate him.
Suddenly it spoke again.
"Youga Okeytaka?"
"What?"
"Youga Okeytaka?"
These words sounded something along the lines of 'You ok' so he replied,
"Yes, I guess."
"Okeytaka. Youga takka Stitch."
Michael froze, and his heart skipped a beat.
"What did you say?"
"Youga takka meega."
"No, something else."
"Okeytaka?"
"No, something that started with S."
"Oh, Stitch."
'Stitch? Could it be?' Michael didn't know whether he was hearing correctly. Did this small creature just say Stitch?
"What is your name?" he asked the creature.
"Meega Stitch. Gaba youga name?"
"Stitch!? Oh my God. Really?"
"Ih." He sounded confused.
"Um, Stitch?"
"Ih?"
"Can you follow me please?"
"Okeytaka."
Michael walked up to the next streetlight, which was a few metres away and turned around.
Slowly, the creature came into the light and Michael got his first glimpse of it.
It was blue.
"I don't believe it!" Michael yelled with happiness.
He bent down and inspected Stitch.
His long ears had two splits, one on the top of one ear, and the other on the bottom of the other ear, along with a few scars and tears. His eyes were pitch black, like two holes which could suck in anyone's soul, and he had two dark blue markings, one on the back of his head, and one on his back. He had a stubby tail and his fur was ruffled. He looked like he had been through a lot over the years.
Michael took the picture of Stitch out of his jacket and held it up next to Stitch.
Stitch looked a lot like he did in the picture, but there was a few noticeable differences, due to his years of living in hiding and on the streets and such.
"I have FINALLY found you."
"How do youga know about meega?"
"Um…lets get to that in a minute, but first of all, can I ask you a question?"
"Ih."
"Are you an alien?"
A startled look crossed Stitch's face, and he backed away a bit.
"No, no, no it's ok, I'm not going to hurt you. I just need to know. Are you?"
Stitch hesitated.
"It's ok, you can tell me. I'm not a scientist or anything."
"Ih."
"Meaning?"
"Yes. Stitch is alien."
"Can you show me? I need to be sure of something."
"Ih. Stitch guess."
Stitch's left ear twitched a little bit, then a pair of antennae immerged from his head, a set of spikes unfolded on his back, and an extra set of arms produced from his side.
"Ok, thanks."
Stitch's arms, spikes and antennae went back into his body.
"Well, what am I going to do about my car?"
"Stitch can get!"
"Don't be ridiculous. Look at how small you are. You could never lift it. Let alone, how would you be able to get down there?"
"Stitch climb."
"Climb?"
"Ih. Claws and extra arms."
"Ok, but how can you get my car? There's no way anybody could bring that up here without a crane."
"Stitch can lift. Light as feather."
"Are you kidding me?"
"Naga. Isa machooga."
Then, to Michael's amazement, Stitch pushed out his extra arms and started to climb down the hill. Michael grew concerned, so he ran to the fence and yelled,
"STITCH! BE CAREFUL!"
"NAGA WORRY, STITCH INDESTRUCTIBLE!" Michael heard him yell back.
"WHAT!?"
"IH, YOUGA HEARD MEEGA RIGHT."
There was a moment's silence. Then suddenly, there was a loud bang.
"STITCH!!"
"STITCH OKEYTAKA! WAS TIN CAN WITH WHEELS. STITCH PAY FOR DAMAGE, NAGA WORRY!"
Michael looked down over the fence and nearly fell down the hill himself from what he saw, also from laughing about what Stitch had just said.
His car was slowly coming up the hill towards him.
Michael moved out the way just in time, as his car immerged from the hill. Stitch was holding it in his two top arms, and climbing up with his extra arms.
He jumped over the fence, put the car down, then retracted his extra arms back into his body.
Michael just gawped in amazement.
"Pinca."
"But…how?"
"Stitch can lift three thousand times own weight."
"Wow…"
Stitch just grinned.
"Well, then I guess I better head off. Li- I mean my wife will be getting worried."
Stitch's ears drooped, and went flat across his back.
"Ohh…okeytaka. Stitch go home too then," he said sadly.
"Do you live in that house up there?"
"Ih. Goodbye."
"What do you mean goodbye?"
"Gaba?"
"Do you really want to spend your life living in that old house. Wouldn't you rather come with me?
"Gaba? Youga sure?"
"Yes!"
"Stitch naga alone anymore?"
"Nope, go and get your things."
"Okeytaka!"
Michael just smiled as he watched the small alien scurry back up to his now old home.
He could hear him screaming 'Takka,' which he guessed meant thank-you.
Michael climbed into his car, and with a few bangs, he got it started.
His mobile suddenly buzzed, and he took it out of his pocket to look at it.
The message was from Lilo, of course.
She was worried and wanted him home now, so he replied to her, telling her that he would be home shortly, and not to worry.
Also, that there would be a surprise in store for her.
"Stitch takka youga very much."
Stitch jumped up and down by the passenger side door, and Michael snorted as it looked funny, seeing his head bob up and down.
He leaned across and opened the door.
Stitch practically knocked Michael back into the driver's side door from bowling into him and hugging him so hard.
"You're welcome," he replied laughing. "And you can call me Michael."
"Micahael?"
"No, Mi-cahel."
"Michael?"
"Yep." Michael messed the extra tuft of fur on Stitch's head.
He laughed at his annoyed look.
"Got everything, then?"
"Ih!"
Stitch didn't have very much.
He had the blanket and pillow, which Michael had seen when he looked in the house, and a small orange top with the number 626 on the front. Also a small, square picture and a little bag.
"Can I have a look?"
"Ih."
Michael took the picture from him and squinted at it in the dark, trying to make out the figures, due to the fact that the overhead light would not work. It was a picture of Lilo, Nani, Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley.
"Who are they?" Michael asked him, playing dumb.
"Meega and meega best friend Lilo, Lilo larger sister Nani, meega creator and father figure Jumba, and Jumba friend Pleakley."
"Jumba…created you?"
"Ih. Stitch real name Experiment 626, but Lilo named meega Stitch."
"Ok then. Buckle up."
"Naga seatbelt."
"Oh, ok."
Michael pulled Stitch's blanket over him and tucked the pillow behind his head. His ear somehow got caught behind the pillow, so he gently pulled it out. He felt it give a little twitch.
While Stitch made himself comfortable, Michael had a look in the little bag.
It had a couple of hundred dollar bills and a few coins, also a charm necklace. Michael gasped as he realised that it was exactly like the one that Lilo wore around her neck.
"Gaba?" Stitch asked him.
"Never mind. Comfy?"
"Ih."
Michael started to drive.
After about ten minutes, and after Stitch had stopped hanging his head out the window, with his tounge hanging out of his mouth, Michael asked him about what happened all those years ago.
"So, how did you end up living on the streets for so long?"
"Nani kicked meega out."
"Why?"
"Stitch had coffee without permission. When Nani noticed mug, Nani got really mad at meega. Nani screamed at meega, and insulted meega worse than Nani ever had before. Nani called meega 'Mutant,' 'Disconfigured,' 'Ugly,' and said to meega 'We should have never adopted you. You have practically ruined our Ohana.' Stitch was very upset. But Stitch will naga forget what happened next."
"What?"
"Nani hurt meega. Meega still have big bruise."
"How did she hurt you?"
"Nani picked meega up by neck, hard, winded meega and slapped meega thigh very hard. Meega had tears of pain from all of hurting."
"Ohh…why would she do such a thing?" Michael felt like crying. How could someone be so mean?
"Nani was very grumpy that day because Pleakley ruined her dress. Meega ran up to room and cried for few hours. Meega then decided enough is enough. Meega grabbed blanket, bag, pillow, top, stole money from Jumba's evil genius money making machine and then meega ran away. Meega turned of inner tracking device so Jumba never find meega."
"Oh dear God, you poor thing..."
Stitch sadly looked away.
"Don't worry, Stitch. From now on, you will have the best years of your life, and I going to make sure nobody can ruin them for you."
Michael looked at Stitch and noticed a tear in his eye.
"Takka Michael. But Stitch will naga be happy without Lilo."
"Don't worry, you will see her again."
"Naga nota…"
There was a period of silence, until eventually, Michael pulled into their driveway.
Stitch was asleep, so he gently woke him up.
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How was that? Please review:-)
Nightw2 – Thanks! Actually, to tell you the truth, I completely forgot to mention Finder. But he did help look for Stitch, though. He just gave up along with the rest of the family.
Terrifel – Don't worry, Lilo does see Stitch again, but you'll have to wait for the next chapter. BTW - I have a Stitch plushie too!
