The usual disclaimers. Lilo and Stitch belong to Disney.
Matt, Akira, Rick, The EXP-Virus, Kala (Yes, she gets named this chapter) Commander Silvia, and Emperor Hamsterviel are mine and Delta Operators ideas.
The original C.I.S belongs to Lucas Arts but the customized weapons are mine.
The plasma shotgun is an idea that MetroidX2000 sent me in a review.
Chapter 5: The beginning
Air over Pacific Ocean
ETA to Splitter Base: 15 minutes
Matt and Stitch walked through the corridors of the timeship towards what the computer said was the armory. It was clear from several burnt out corridor sections that repairs hadn't finished.
"We'd best get everyone geared up." Said Matt to Stitch "Super strength is useful but not when a splitter is using his speed and strength to choke you with one hand and shove a plasma orb down your throat with the other."
Stitch nodded in agreement, remembering back at the house when one of Assault team troopers had almost strangled him.
"Ah, here we are." Said Matt, stopping in front of a scorched set of double doors and opening them. "Behold, our…" Matt hesitated as he saw what was on every shelf "PING PONG BALLS?" Matt was speechless and wondered if this was a practical joke.
He picked one of the balls off of the shelf and threw it at the opposite wall, just in case it was a very small grenade. What happened was that it ricocheted off the wall and hit him between the eyes before rolling to a stop next to a puddle on the floor. Stitch went to look at it while Matt had a small nervous breakdown. It reminded Stitch of an experiment pod and he spotted why. Just visible were the letters 'PS-1'. Stitch looked over to Matt to ask him what it meant but saw that he had sat in the corner, rocking back and forth and was giggling with a manic look on his face, repeating the words "Ping pong balls" over and over. Stitch shrugged and flicked it into the puddle. There was a blue flash and a strange rifle lay on the ground where the pod had been. All the weapons and equipment was dehydrated!
"Matt, look. There is some equipment." Said Stitch to Matt, showing the 'PS-1' "It was dehydrated, that's all."
Matt looked at the rifle for a second and opened his mouth to answer when the computer's voice sounded over the PA "Approaching beacon coordinates. All personnel prepare for landing. ETA: 3 Minutes."
Matt and Stitch walked over to the armory's window and saw the island come into view. It was a beautiful example of the Hawaiian island chains beauty. Almost. What spoiled it were the columns of black smoke rising into the air. Matt looked at Stitch, pulled out his plasma Magnum and blew open a sprinkler section causing an entire shelf of equipment pods to be hydrated by the new leak.
"Let's gear up." Said Matt.
Command base Terra remains
Uncharted Island
The battle droid squad on sentry duty strode among the hundreds of crates that had been salvaged. Their job was simple: Make sure that the pods were loaded safely aboard the transport. So far everything had gone well. The base had been taken without a single C.I.S. loss and the commander was below overseeing the search for the girl and the cure experiment. Virus 624 had actually helped the droids win, attacking the defenders and aiding the commander. Just then the first sentry team came across a couple of medical stasis pods from the splitter medical bay. The flashing green lights showed that they were occupied. The sentry activated his link to the commander.
"Commander. This is landing pad sentry team 1 reporting. We have found two active medical pods. What are our orders?"
The voice of a 17 year old girl came over the channel. "Check them. The girl was undergoing anti-virus treatment. She may be in one of the pods. Kill the other one."
The droid saluted automatically "Roger, roger." He turned to face his squad and pointed to a recently constructed corporal unit "Check it out. We'll cover you."
The corporal walked up, blaster raised, to the first pod and entered the override code. With a hiss of escaping gasses and thick white steam, the pod opened. The smoke completely shrouded the corporal from sight but a second later, there were several blaster shots and a few strange blue flashes then the hiss of the other pod opening.
The leader said "Corporal, explain your actions." The corporal didn't answer. The leader droid came as close as he was capable of to a feeling of worry. "Corporal, respond at…ark." A blue laser shot out of the smoke and blew a bowling ball sized hole in the leader droids chest, followed up by a barrage of plasma fire that blew up several others. The remaining droids returned fire, not that it did any good.
Ten Minutes later…
Base remains
Matt, Akira, Rick, Angel and Stitch walked out of the jungle where they had parked the timeship and into what was left of the Splitter base. Angel and Akira had both chosen a pulse pistol from the armory, Stitch had a plasma pistol in each paw, Rick had taken one of the PS-1's (Plasma Shotgun MK-I) and Matt had taken a plasma auto rifle, a remote demo charge and a bandolier of plasma grenades. Matt also had given everyone comm. sets in case they had to split up. When they saw the burnt out buildings of the base and the destroyed splitter ships on the runway there wasn't much to say. They just stared, wondering what could have done this in just 30 minutes.
"Come on." Said Matt, breaking the silence "Let's find Lilo and X-777 so we can leave."
Matt noted the strange ship on the landing pad with the letters 'H.E.' on the side in red and checked his tracker for the base entrance.
"The entry elevator's in that warehouse." Said Matt pointing to a large hanger with the doors blown wide open.
The elevator was at the back and was unlocked. This worried Matt, nothing good ever came from an unlocked door in his experience. They got in anyway and the lift slowly descended into the base. The lift doors opened onto what had been the entry hall. There was debris and empty plasma clips everywhere.
"We should split up." Said Matt. He tapped his headset and an infrared lens lowered over his left eye. "We can stay in contact over the radio. I'm going alone. No arguments." And with that he strode down the corridor that his tracker said led to the command center.
Matt approached the command center doors with his rifle raised. The blast doors had been wrenched out of their grooves and the room beyond had been torn apart. Matt looked in, surveyed the devastation and was about to leave when a gurgling cough made him spin round. He carefully stepped into the command center and saw Darleas sitting against the far wall with a smile on his face. There was a huge laser burn on his chest.
"Darleas!" shouted Matt, pointing his gun at the former commander's head.
"Too late, trav…hack…traveler." Choked Darleas "Kill me, but know that I'm not the one that you want if you want revenge for what has happened to the girl."
Matt lowered his rifle "What do you mean?" he asked curiously. Darleas smile grew wider
"The great traveler doesn't know." He scoffed then his voice grew more serious "Very well. The one you want calls himself 'The Emperor'. It was his troops that attacked this facility, that killed my men in cold blood, that betrayed all the races of Nullspace." Matt knelt down to look Darleas in the eyes. Darleas continued "The Emperor hired us and the human called Dr Johnson to manufacture and oversee the tests of the E.X.P-Virus with the 'intent' of crushing a rebellion in his dimension." At this Matt raised his gun again "Wait! We received orders to terminate the operation."
Matt didn't look convinced and asked "Why?"
Darleas shuddered from pain and said "The splitter lord is not a sadistic maniac. He was never happy about the virus clones that we tested. When he heard about the girl called Lilo being infected as part of the 'test' he ordered this operation to be terminated."
Matt looked thoughtful saying "And I bet this emperor didn't like being blown off like yesterdays dinner and sent the heavy squad in to teach you a lesson."
Darleas's voice began to get slurred "Yes. He sent his best officer, Commander Silvia to take the clones we had by force." Darleas pulled Matt close and whispered "There are more clones then the two you have encountered. You must stop the Emperor…from getting them first…or all life…is…doomed. Promise…" At this Darleas's head slumped forward and he dissolved into a pile of dust. Matt thought about what he'd seen the virus cause so far and said "I promise." He heard a beep, saw that a 15 minute countdown had appeared on a monitor and said "Shit!"
Base Remains,
Corridor C-34
"Hey guys I found the medical bay but its blocked by debris but I can take care of that, Lilo is probably inside." Akira said over the comm. set.
"REALLY, me and Angle are on our way." Stitch said excitedly.
"Yeah I'm on my way to, I didn't find anything except for piles of dust everywhere and guns." Rick stated over the comm. set.
"Okay, I should have the door cleared when you guys get here." Akira said over the comm. set.
After her last message Akira started doing what she was best at, clearing away debris. And since she was designed to do just that it didn't take her long.
"Where are those guys, they should have been here by now." Akira thought looking down the hall. "I'll just check the med-bay myself there's no point in just waiting."
Just as Akira was going toward the door, a strange noise caught her attention. It sounded like metal plates rolling over metal. Akira looked behind her, just as she turned around two big metal balls rolled into the hallway up to her. Before she could react the two balls unfurled themselves into squat droids on three legs with 2 big guns on both of their arms, and a blue orb appeared around them. They didn't shoot, but Akira knew better and stayed put knowing what would probably happen if she tried to get away.
"Hey guys I'm in trouble here, I could use some help here." Akira whispered over the comm. set.
"Zzzzttttzzzztttzztttztttztzttt." Nothing replied to here but static.
"Guys you there." Akira whispered again getting frightened.
"Zzzttzttztz...your friends are already caught, and I know that your caught as well, surrender your self to the Droideka's and you wont be harmed...zzztttztztzttttztz."
The Droideka's as if on cue started toward her menacingly until they were right on top of her, both of them pointing their 4 laser cannons at her.
"...smeg." Akira muttered using the word she heard Matt use many times before.
Matt's Location,
Matt tore out of the command center like the splitter lord was chasing him and ran for the elevator.
As he ran he turned on his radio, "Everyone, get out!" he screamed "The self-destructs been activated. Get out, NOW!"
He looked at his tracker and saw that the others were in the warehouse. He ran into the elevator and pressed the surface button.
A klaxon sounded and the base computer announced "Warning. Self Destruct in 10 minutes. Please proceed to the one mile minimum safe distance."
Matt hoped that the others had found Lilo and X-777. The elevator doors opened and a dozen laser sights appeared on Matt's chest. Matt raised his hands very slowly and walked out of the elevator. He saw at least twenty skeletal droids pointing laser blasters at him. He also noticed Stitch and the others in some sort of handcuffs.
"Hey, guys." He said.
"So this is the traveller that terrifies the splitters." Said a new voice.
Matt turned around to see a person wearing a full combat suit. He couldn't see the face because of a motorbike like helmet but he did see the commander insignia's.
"Commander Silvia, I presume." Matt said and because he can never resist insulting evil people added "Why the helmet? Got a particularly big zit under there?"
Silvia gave an exaggerated bow and answered "At your service, human." Matt gazed at the droids accompanying her. They were mounted on three legs, had a pair of some sort of laser cannon at the end of each arm and judging by the shimmering air around them, had personal shields.
"Why not just shoot me, you certainly got enough toys to do just that?" asked Matt. Silvia laughed and threw one of the metal poles she was holding to Matt.
"The Emperor wants you alive, don't ask me why." She pressed a hidden switch on her pole and the ends began to crackle with plasma energy. "I like to give people a chance though. If you beat me, you and your friends go free."
Matt thought about his chances and found a hidden button on his pole 'Ion staff. How'd she get one?' he thought.
He answered "Hah. I'll beat the snot out of you then I'll find your 'Emperor' and do the same to him." Silvia didn't answer and raced at Matt faster then anything he'd seen and almost knocked Matt's head clean off with her staff. Matt blocked just in time and tried to knock Silvia's feet from under her without success. Silvia spun her staff like a cheerleader's baton and whacked Matt in the chest, sending him flying into a stack of crates. Matt heard a crackle He got shakily to his feet. Silvia came at him again and tried to hit him in the same spot on the chest. Matt blocked and smashed his own staff into her helmet, breaking the front off. Silvia pulled the remains of her helmet off and turned to face Matt. The face of a purple furred experiment looked at Matt causing him to hesitate. Silvia didn't hesitate though and used her staff to knock Matt onto his back.
She pulled out a pistol and pointed it at Matt "You lose, human." She turned to look at her droids and said "Kill the others."
The droids pushed Akira, Rick, Angel and Stitch against a wall and aimed. Silvia whispered into Matt's ear "All you had to do was surrender."
One of the droids said "Stand by…Commence targeting…"
"STITCH!" Shouted a voice. Matt watched in shock as a blue laser blast blew the droid in half and spotted a yellow experiment hanging from the ceiling with another experiment. Matt recognized X-777 immediately.
"Droideka's, shoot them." Shouted Silvia. The two droids that had arrived with Silvia began firing at Matt's friends while the Commander ran out of the warehouse with several Battle droids following. Matt ran over to an old jeep which Stitch, X-777, Angel, Akira, Rick and the new experiment were using for cover.
"Who are you?" he asked the yellow experiment and then realization hit him like a ton of concrete "Lilo?" A red laser blast pierced the jeep an inch from his ear. Matt pulled out his Plasma Magnum and fired a few shots at the Droideka's, they had no effect.
"Err…about in town, I'm sorry." Lilo looked at Matt and said "Its o.k. Kala explained what happened in town."
Matt looked puzzled and asked "Who's Kala?" X-777 raised a paw. Matt looked at her and said "Suits you. We have to deal with those droids…oneofwhichisrightoverthere." Matt said quickly pointing to the Droideka that had conceived the bright idea to stroll around the side of the jeep to get a clear shot. Matt raised his gun and fired.
The plasma orb went through the droids shields like a flamethrower through snow and blew the droid to bits. The recoil also sent Matt through the corrugated iron wall of the warehouse.
"I've got to fix this gun." He said.
A warning klaxon sounded and the base computer announced "Base self destruct will detonate in 3 minutes." Matt pulled out the demo charge, primed it and threw it at the remaining droid where it stuck.
"RUN!" he screamed and ran towards where the timeship was hidden. As Matt and his friends ran, the remaining droid came round the corner and began firing after them. When the charge went off, it took the warehouse with it.
Timeship Bridge
Matt ran into the bridge and immediately began powering up the engines.
"Ever been in Nullspace?" he asked Lilo and Stitch who shook their heads.
"Get ready for one hell of a ride then. There are more of those clones out there and I promised…a colleague that I'd get them before this Silvia person does. Anyway, Silvia has your cure, Lilo."
'And I want to know why this Emperor wants to capture me' He added in the privacy of his mind.
The ship shook suddenly and the computer said "Warning. Anti-matter explosion detected. Shockwave closing." The shockwave hit the ship, making it rattle and swerve.
The base was gone. "There's more cousins?" asked Lilo
"Yeah." Said Matt, pulling out the activation lever (Like the hyperdrive system in Lilo and Stitch)
"Let's go!" said Matt and pushed the lever in all the way.
The Timeship began to glow and threads of energy weaved over the hull. Finally, with a loud bang, the ship shot forward and disappeared.
The End (For now)
Continued in the next story
There we go.
I know I left it on a bit of a cliff-hanger but this is only a part of the chapter.
People probably know now that the saga and Delta Operators story are going to merge.
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Delta Operator: Between you(the readers) and me Matt was 3 fries short of a Happy meal in this chapter.