The Beginning of the End

By: Kioko the pirate

Chapter 4: Bar Brawl

A half an hour had passed and Kioko was preparing the ship to exit vortex space, while they had been flying through the vortex Kioko had pulled out a spare shirt and coat from a compartment beneath the floor. Lilo and Stitch had been keeping themselves occupied by playing rock, paper, scissors. It was the only thing that they could do to keep them from worrying about Angel.

"Ok get ready, we're about to exit vortex space." Warned Kioko as he typed in a few pieces of data.

Stitch and Lilo sat up against the back wall and prepared themselves once again for the violent shaking. A minute later Kioko pressed one of the buttons, sending the small red orb launching ahead of them. A moment later it exploded into the same swirling red vortex, their ship slowly flew through it. This time the shaking wasn't as bad, after they had cleared the vortex Lilo and Stitch got up and looked out the canopy.

Ahead of them was a brown and orange planet with a diagonal ring around it, it was larger then earth as well. They could see ships flying away from it and ships flying towards it. They also saw a large black dot off to the right of the planet.

"Kioko, what is that over there?" asked Lilo as she pointed to the dot.

Kioko smiled. "That is the intergalactic space station; it is the largest artificial satellite in this part of the galaxy. It is much bigger then all of the Hawaiian islands combined." Explained Kioko as he steered the ship towards it.

Lilo looks back towards the planet and then back towards Kioko. "You were right; Korigan does look like a mix between Jupiter and Saturn."

Kioko just nods in agreement, Stitch stares down at the planet. 'Angel's down there and who knows what their doing to her.' Thought Stitch.

A couple minutes later they were passing by the space station, Kioko wasn't joking when he said that it was bigger then the Hawaiian Islands. The stations size was unbelievable; their ship seemed microscopic compared to the station. Stitch was especially amazed by the size of it; he was almost glued to the canopy as they flew by it. A couple minutes later they began to enter the planets atmosphere; it was a much bumpier ride then earth's atmosphere.

Red and green flames shot across the canopy. "Kioko, why are there green flames?" asked Lilo.

"It's because of the acid in the atmosphere, any ship that is not protected properly would be destroyed before it got through the atmosphere." Explained Kioko.

Finally they broke through the atmosphere; they came out over a purple ocean which surprised Lilo and Stitch. The sky was different shades of brown and orange, giving the world an orangeish hew. Before long they began to see the outline of a city on the horizon. As they got closer they saw that the buildings were very tall and had a lot of windows on them.

They could also see that the city was massive; it stretched on until the horizon. If it weren't for the fact that they were there to save Angel, Stitch would be thinking of destroying it. Finally Kioko landed the ship at a space port and the three of them climbed out. Lilo stared at the massive buildings and the small ships flying in between them. She couldn't believe that she was actually on an alien planet.

"This is amazing, this place is so cool!" said Lilo as they began to follow Kioko towards the gate. "How far away is earth from here?"

"Earth is about 33,000 light years away from here." Said Kioko

"How far away is Angel?" asked Stitch as he walked along side Kioko.

Kioko looks at the tracker for a moment and then places it back in his pocket. "She's roughly 25 miles away from here. We should be able to get there in a few minutes."

The first thing to pop into Lilo's head was the star wars movies when they walked into a parking lot filled with speeders. Kioko walked over to one and yanked open the door, an alarm went off but Kioko just reached in and turned it off.

"Come on, I found us a ride." Said Kioko as he waved Lilo and Stitch over.

The two of them walked over and got into the speeder, the speeder looked similar to a sedan on earth. They quickly took off into the city, Lilo and Stitch gazed out the windows at the towering buildings and variety of aliens walking along the sidewalk.

"So, you grew up here huh?" asked Lilo as she looked over at Kioko.

"Well no, my neighborhood is a couple hundred miles away." Said Kioko.

"This city is that big!" said Lilo in surprise

"The royal city is a couple hundred miles wide, it takes up half of the continent." Said Kioko.

A couple minutes later the buildings began to look run down. Ther was trash in the streets and the place just looked like the slums.

"Where exactly are they?" asked Stitch as he looked around with a nervous look on his face.

Kioko gave a sigh. "Unfortunately they are in the rougher area of the city. To be more specific they are at a bar that is usually filled with some of the toughest pirates and criminals imaginable. I used to hang out there a lot, it's a pretty fun place." Said Kioko as a smile came across his face.

"If it's so dangerous, why don't the police come and break up the place?" asked Lilo.

"The police wouldn't dare go there, it would be too risky." Said Kioko

A minute later they pulled up in front of a plain looking building, it had one big window in the front. The outside walls were riddled with laser scorch marks and blaster holes.

"Alright, like I said this place is rough so Lilo, you stay here in the speeder. Me and Stitch will go in and find Angel." Said Kioko as he turned to face the two of them. "I'm going to lock the doors; under no circumstance are you to leave the speeder. Got it Lilo?"

"Got it Kioko."

Kioko then turned to Stitch. "Alright, now first thing we need to do is make you look more like a pirate. Step out of the car Stitch and then look slightly up and straight ahead." Instructed Kioko.

Stitch nodded and the two of them stepped out of the speeder. Kioko walked around to the other side and faced Stitch; he held his chin as he thought of what to do. He then clicked his fingers and raised is two fingers towards Stitch's head. He formed a small orb of energy at the tips of his fingers and took aim.

"Now don't move Stitch, unless you want a hole through the head." Warned Kioko.

Stitch went wide eyed and gulped nervously, Kioko released the energy and it went streaking towards Stitch. He closed his eyes as he felt the heat of the energy blast past him. Kioko fired three shots in rapid succession each one nearly hitting Stitch.

"Ok, you can move now." Said Kioko as he lowered his hand.

Stitch slowly opened his eyes, from the corner of his eye he could see smoke rising up from his cheek. He ran over and looked in the shinny metal of the speeder; he saw three strips burnt into his fur.

"What did you do that for?" asked Stitch as he turns back toward Kioko.

"Those are the marks of a pirate, the fewer the strips on your face, the more respect you get." Said Kioko as he pointed to the strips on his face.

"And how do you lose strips?" asked Stitch as he walks next to Kioko.

"Well, you could lose them by pirating a very well armed ship or by slaughtering countless people."

"If that's so then I'm surprised that you don't have just one strip."

"Actually it only goes down to two strips." Added Kioko as he turns towards the building. "Alright, you ready to do this?"

"Lets go." Said Stitch in a confident voice.

The two of them begin to walk towards the front door; they got within a few feet of it when suddenly a man comes flying through the window. Stitch looked over to see that the man had a hole blown through him. Kioko could hear Stitch gulp nervously.

"I told you that this place was rough." Said Kioko.

Stitch just nods and then turns back towards the door. They reach the door and Kioko slowly opens it, when they got inside a cloud of smoke filled the room. The sounds of laughing and the clinking of glasses echoed through the large room. A small fight was going on in the corner and some guys were betting on the winner. Stitch could hardly see through the smoke and it made his eyes burn, he jumped when the door slammed shut behind them.

It seemed that every one in the place looked over at them, but right when they saw Kioko all of the noise ceased. The room became deafly quiet; every one was staring wide eyed at Kioko. Stitch looked up at the pirate; he had a very straight face and was looking straight ahead. He began to walk slowly over to the bar with Stitch close behind. Stitch felt very uncomfortable as he felt every one following them with their eyes.

'It's for Angel; no one here is going to stand in my way.' Thought stitch in order to give him some security.

Finally the two of them reached the bar and sat down on the stools. The bar tender walks over; he was a large man and looked a little like Jumba. Except he had two big red eyes and yellow, wrinkly skin; he also had a full head of black hair.

"Well, Kioko I haven't seen you in here in a long time. Are you pirating again?" asked the man.

"No, I'm just here to visit… oh and I'll have my regular, if you still remember how to make it." Said Kioko as he leaned forward on the counter.

The man gave a small laugh. "Like I could ever forget that." Said the man as he pulled out a few bottles and poured a little of each in a small glass. He slid it in front of Kioko; Kioko picked it up and sipped the dark purple liquid. Kioko set the glass down and coughed, he then shook his head. "What's wrong is it too strong for you?" asked the man with a smile.

Kioko looked up at him with teary eyes. "No… it's just I haven't had one of these in so long." Said Kioko through a raspy voice.

The man laughed and then looked over at Stitch. "Who's the blue guy?" he asked as he looked back at Kioko.

Kioko cleared his throat. "His name is Stitch; he's a pirate from the yakove galaxy. I'm just showing him around."

The man smiled and then looked back at Stitch. "Well, you're lucky to have Kioko as a tour guide. He knows all the best places to find some valuable stuff."

Stitch gave a small laugh. "Yeah, I'm sure he does."

After about a minute of silence Kioko leaned over the counter. "Hey, we're looking for two creatures that came in here. They looked kind of like Stitch, did you see them?" asked Kioko.

The man stood there with an expression of thought on his face. "You know, come to think of it I did see two little creatures come in here earlier. Yeah, they were with a taller guy." Whispered the man.

"That must be them." Said Kioko to himself. "Can you tell me where they went?"

"Sure, they went up to the balcony." Said the man as he nodded his head towards the upstairs balcony that circled the room. "Why are you after them?"

Kioko's face went straight as he looked up at the balcony out of the corner of his eye. "They kidnapped a friend of mine and I'm going to get her back."

The man raised an eyebrow and smiled fiendishly. "You have a friend? That's certainly a first for you and to top it off it's a female."

Kioko gave him a weird look. "Yeah, so what?"

"You must really like this girl."

Kioko was surprised by this and quickly looked away, he could feel himself blushing. Which was something he did not do very often, he was hoping that Stitch did not hear this conversation.

"She's just a friend, I made a promise to her and I'm going to keep it. There's nothing else to it." Said Kioko defensively.

The man gave a small laugh. "You have really changed, I remember when the only promise you would keep is a death promise."

Kioko stood up slowly. "Maybe I have changed; maybe I haven't, either way I'm going to get her back." Kioko then turns to Stitch, who was about to drink the rest of Kioko's drink. "I wouldn't do that if I were you Stitch. If you think coffee screws you up." Stitch just smiles and puts the glass down. "Come on lets go."

Stitch nods and the two of them turn around, but right as they begin to walk away a red haired man steps in front of them. He had four black strips on his cheek and was wearing basically the same thing as Kioko. Except that his overcoat was brown and orange and was shorter then Kioko's. Around him was a bunch of men dressed similar to him.

"Well, if it isn't the big bad space pirate Kioko. It's been a long time hasn't it?" said the man in a tough voice.

"I'm sorry, do I know you? I don't think I do, now if you don't mind we have a mission to accomplish." Said Kioko as he walked past the man.

The man clenched his fist and growled. "You're not going anywhere!"

The man reaches forward and grabs the back of Kioko's collar, in an instant Kioko whips around and grabs the mans arm. He lifts him up and sends him slamming against the shelves behind the bar. Bottles of alien drinks go crashing to the ground; Kioko then turns back towards the gang.

"Stitch, I think these guys's want a fight. Shall we amuse them?" asked Kioko as he looked over at Stitch.

Stitch extended his alien appendages and growled. "I think we should."

"Ok then lets go." Said Kioko as he got into a fighting stance. "Stitch you take the four on the right and I'll take the four on the left."

Stitch nods. "Come on guys lets get them!" yells one of the men.

He runs forward and throws a fast punch at Kioko, but Kioko ducks under it, spins around and brings his heel slamming into the guy's cheek. The man goes flying into a table, the rest of the gang looks at the pirate with anger filled eyes. The second man runs forward just like the first and throws a punch at Kioko. Kioko back flips into a hand stand on the bar, he grabs a bottle and right as the man looks up at him Kioko smashes the bottle over his head.

The man stumbles backwards with his hands over his face as Kioko flips down onto the ground, he delivers a powerful kick to the mans chest. He goes flying into the wall on the opposite side of the room. Meanwhile the first man comes running at Stitch, he throws a punch at the blue experiment but Stitch catches it. The man grabs Stitch by the arm a throws him towards the wall, Stitch lands on the wall and sticks to it. He rips two lamps out of the wall and throws them at the man.

The man ducks under the first one but is hit in the head by the second, he falls to the floor unconscious. Stitch leaps of the wall and rolls into a ball, he lands and bounces up, hitting the next man in the chest sending him flying through the air. The third man runs towards Stitch, Stitch grabs a nearby table and throws it like a Frisbee towards the man. It hits him in the gut causing him to collapse to the ground; Stitch turns towards Kioko to see a man sneaking up behind him with a knife.

"Kioko, behind you!" yells Stitch

Kioko whips around and kicks the man in the face, sending the knife flying into the air. Kioko catches it in midair then turns towards Stitch and throws it. Stitch instinctively ducks and closes his eyes, but a moment later he heard a loud thump behind him. He turns around to see the knife buried in a mans chest.

"Thanks Kioko!" yells Stitch.

"No, thank you!" replies Kioko as he punched one of the men in the gut.

The last man fell to the floor and Kioko and Stitch gave a sigh of relief. Kioko walks over and grabs some money out of one of the men's pocket; he places it on the bar.

"That's for the damages and my drink."

The man gave a small laugh. "Glad to see you haven't gotten rusty." Said the man with a smile.

"Are you kidding, that was no where near as good as I used to be." Said Kioko, but suddenly a small noise catches his ear. He look's up towards the balcony and sees bonnie looking over the railing at him; she turns and quickly runs away. "Stitch, they went this way!" yells Kioko as he looks at Stitch.

"Lets go." Said Stitch.

The two of them run through a nearby door and into the backroom of the bar. They quickly make their way through the maze of shelves and finally reach the back door, Kioko kicks the door down and the two burst into the back lot. Bonnie was climbing into a small ship about the size of a federation police cruiser, it was different shades of purple and Clyde was at the controls.

"Hold it right there you two!" yells Kioko as he clenches his fists.

"Give us back Angel right now!" growls Stitch.

Bonnie and Clyde both laugh. "I'm afraid that wes can't do that. You see Pantucka has plans for her and wes aren't going to let you's guys get in the way." Said bonnie with a wicked smile.

Stitch gave a growl and Kioko bared his teeth. "Plans, what plans? What have you done to her?" yells Stitch angrily.

"Relax blue, she's right here." Said Bonnie as Clyde picked up Angel off the floor by the scruff of her neck.

Clyde lifted her into the air so that Kioko and Stitch could see. "Angel!" yells Stitch.

Angel opens her eyes and sees Stitch and Kioko standing there. "Stitch, help me!" yelled Angel as her eyes started to tear up.

Stitch growls and looks at bonnie and Clyde. "you guys are going to hand her over weather you like it or not!" yells Stitch as he charges towards the ship.

As Kioko watches him run full speed at the ship he suddenly senses someone watching them, in the next instant he realizes what is about to happen. "Stitch watch out!" yells Kioko.

Stitch hears him but before he could react a red bolt of energy came zooming towards him. Stitch stops and leaps backwards, narrowly avoiding the blast. A second later Hashi drops down in between Stitch and the small ship. Stitch backs up next to Kioko as Bonnie and Clyde laugh evilly.

"I'm afraid that wes can't let you take her, and Hashi here is going to make sure that you don't come anywhere nears us." Said Bonnie in a confident tone.

Kioko tightened his fist as he starred at Hashi; there was something familiar about him. Something that was very unnerving, but he was not about to let that keep him from rescuing Angel.

"We'll see about that!" yells Kioko as he charges towards Hashi.

Kioko throws a punch but Hashi blocks it with ease, Kioko continues to throw punch after punch but Hashi dodged or blocked them easily. Kioko was getting frustrated and so he through one last punch with incredible speed, but right as his punch was about to hit, Hashi reached up and caught the punch. Both Kioko and Stitch gasp, in the next instant Hashi brought his knee slamming into Kioko's gut.

Pain spread through Kioko's body like wildfire, Hashi had hit him right where his injury was. Kioko stumbled backwards as he held his gut and gasped for breath.

Hashi began to chuckle evilly. "So this is the great Kioko, the scourge of the universe, the most powerful being in the universe. Now look at you, your weak and pathetic." Hashi raises his hand towards Kioko and forms a red orb of energy. "Goodbye Kioko."

With that Hashi releases the blast of energy; it slams into Kioko knocking him through the back wall of the building.

Hashi lowers his hand with a smile. "Well no that he's taken care of…" Hashi turns to face Stitch who was shacking with anger and freight. "I can take care of you."

Stitch growls and clenches his fists. "I'd like to see you try!" yells Stitch as he charges towards Hashi.

Stitch leaps up in the air slashes at Hashi with his claws, but right as his sharp claws were about to make contact Hashi steps to the side, dodging Stitch's attack. Hashi grabs Stitch by the scruff of the neck and lifts him into the air, before Stitch could realize what happened, Hashi's fist slammed into his gut. Hashi then threw Stitch into the wall of the building, leaving a small crater in the wall. Stitch falls to the ground gasping for breath while Hashi turns back towards the ship.

Hashi just smiles evilly as he hops into the small ship and closes the canopy. There was a low rumble as the ship lifted off the ground, as they were preparing to take off, Angel sat up and looked out the window. She looked down at Stitch who was flat on his face and the hole in the wall where Kioko had been knocked through.

Tears began to well up in her eyes. 'Stitch, please just stop. Go home and forget about me, I don't want you getting hurt anymore.' Thought Angel as the ship blasted off towards the sky.

A couple minutes later there was a rumbling sound coming from the hole in the wall. A second later Kioko steps out of the hole, he was breathing heavily and a small trickle of blood was running from the corner of his mouth.

He wiped it away and growled as he clenched his fists. "Damn it, they got away." Kioko turns and sees Stitch lying on the ground; he slowly makes his way over to him. He kneels down next to Stitch and carefully flips him over.

Stitch also had a small amount of blood running from his mouth. He weakly opened his eyes and gave a small moan. "I hurt all over Kioko." Said Stitch weakly.

"I know Stitch, but don't worry you'll feel better in no time. Trust me." Said Kioko as he picked Stitch up and began to make his way towards the speeder.

As Kioko made his way around the side of the building he kept thinking about what had happened. 'I was right about one thing, he is very strong. He moved faster then anyone I've ever seen, no matter, he will not stand in my way.' Thought Kioko as he came around the front of the building.

Lilo looked out the window of the speeder and saw Kioko carrying Stitch. She unlocked the doors and bolted out of the car. "Oh my god, what happened?" asked Lilo as she ran up to Kioko.

"Don't worry about it, here take Stitch and then get back in the speeder." Commanded Kioko.

Lilo nodded and took Stitch in her arms; they climbed back into the speeder and speed off towards the space port. In only a few minutes they were back at the ship and were climbing in. Kioko quickly pulled out the tracking device and placed it in the slot. A moment later the small holographic screen appeared and showed Angel heading towards a small tan planet. Before long they were leaving Korigans' atmosphere, Kioko set the coordinates and fired the small red orb.

The swirling red vortex once again appeared and they flew in. "Where are they heading now?" asked Lilo as she held Stitch in her arms.

"Their heading for a small desert planet, it will be a few hours before we get there." Said Kioko as he typed a few things into the controls.

Stitch moaned and shifted in Lilo's arms. "We must save Angel." Said Stitch painfully.

"Don't worry Stitch, we will." Said Lilo comfortingly.

Well that's the end of the 4th chapter, please review. I will update as soon as possible. Later.