Disclaimer: I do not own Lilo and Stitch; they are the property of Disney.

Polarity Chapter 2

Thoughts of the Ohana

It is the next morning as the 3 eldest members of the ohana gather around the table. For once, Nani isn't in a hurry, work isn't for another couple of hours. Pleakly is cooking breakfast (after 5 years on Earth, he's finally started to get it right). Jumba sits at the table reading the morning paper, and Lilo and Stitch are still in bed.

"So, did you sleep well last night?" Pleakly asks Jumba as he sets a plate of waffles in front of him.

"Was being alright, but something was bugging me." Jumba said as he folded up the paper and put it away.

"Yeah me too, that comment you made last night." Pleakly replied as he went back to the stove to make some eggs for Nani.

"What comment are you speaking of?" Jumba said, hoping he did mean the comment he thought he meant.

"You know the one, about Lilo and the little monster." Pleakly said turning back to him, frying pan in hand.

"I advise you to be dropping subject, was only joke." Jumba replied looking up from the funnies

"What about Lilo?" Nani asked, turning away from the fridge.

"Oh Jumba suggested last night…" Pleakly said as he salted the eggs.

"I advising you to shut up, it is being too early for what will be resulting from this discussion." Jumba said, taking a bite from a waffle. He knew Nani would probably blow a gasket if she heard about his little joke, and he didn't feel like being yelled at so early in the morning.

"Oh no, I want to hear this, continue Pleakly." Nani said, giving Jumba a nasty look.

"Well, he was suggesting that Lilo might feelings for Stitch, you know 'more than friend' feelings." Pleakly said, finishing the eggs.

Jumba expected Nani to explode in anger. Instead she fell down laughing. "Hahaha…so Jumba, how red did she turn when you suggested that?" Nani said, standing back up.

"Red as beet." Jumba replied, starting on another waffle and quietly glad that he wouldn't be screamed at today. At least not yet anyway.

"This is no laughing matter! I've been going over it in my mind, and she might actually have feelings for him!" Pleakly said, with a look as serious as any he's ever had. The more he had thought about it, the more it made sense. And when he imagined what would have happened if Stitch had been human when he and Lilo met, he knew they would have been dating a long time ago.

"Preposterous, little girl is not having 'more than friend' feelings about 626, you are just overreacting to little joke." Jumba said, finishing his waffles. At least am not sure.

"Pleakly, they are two different species, and besides, Lilo is 11. Stitch is full grown." Nani added, a bit surprised Pleakly would even back such a ridiculous idea. Or at least what Nani hoped was a ridiculous idea.

"No he isn't. Jumba says he's only 12." Pleakly retorted.

"Is that true, Jumba? Stitch is only 12? How fast does he age?" Nani asked with a shocked look.

Jumba just sighs. "I will be going over this one more time." He then tells Nani of how Stitch ages and about his different developmental stages.

"Wow, that amazing. But Pleakly, the fact remains that Lilo and Stitch are different species." And I don't know what I'd do if they were in love. I mean, she's my baby sister, and although Jumba's speech alleviated some of my worries, it made others even worse. What if they were in love? I don't want to separate them, it would decimate them both. But I'd have to. I mean what would happen if the town found out. No one would have anything to do with Lilo ever again. And if Cobra found out, I don't even want to think about it. But, if they did fall in love, could I bring myself to separate them, even if it was for their own good? What would happen if I tried? Lilo might try to run away with Stitch, and if they got Jumba's ship, there would be no catching them. My little sister would be gone forever.

Just then, Pleakly put his hand on Nani's shoulder. "You okay Nani; your eggs are getting cold."

"I'm okay; just something at work is bothering me is all." she replied as she sat down.

Now Jumba knew that was a lie if he ever heard one, but he didn't feel like pointing it out. Nani sat down and started on breakfast while Jumba and Pleakly began to chat idlely about various topics.

Nani paid no attention, too immersed in her own thoughts. What am I thinking? The mere thought of Lilo and Stitch falling in love is ridiculous. Stitch cares for Lilo a lot I'm sure, but isn't he dating that pink experiment? And besides, I would have seen the signs that they were in love. I mean, I'm her older sister, for crying out loud! I'd know if she had feelings for Stitch. Why can't I stop thinking about all this nonsense?

At about this point, Nani glanced down at her watch and remembered the reason she was up so early: she was suppose to have met David 10 minutes ago! "Oh no I was supposed to meet David. I got to get going. Pleakly, wake up Lilo and Stitch would you? Thanks. Bye." she said as she rushed out the door.

"If bigger girl isn't being late for one thing, is being late for another." Jumba sighed as he rose from the table.

Lilo awoke to the sound of Pleakly calling her and Stitch. She glanced over at the alarm clock. It was 10:30. I didn't really matter, since she didn't have hula class today, but she didn't want to waste her entire day sleeping. She turned to look at Stitch. "He's sleeping so peacefully." she thought out loud. God, every time I look at him now, I get an empty feeling. I know I can never have his love, and it hurts. She thought again about her plan. She would get him back with Angel, at least that way, he'd be happy.

She then remembered about the serum in the ship. Now there's an idea. I could use the serum, and we'd both be experiments! But Nani's still a problem that way. Not to mention the other problems it would create. Sure, I could probably use a hologram to look human, but that would work only so long. And then what? I'd be a monster to everyone. They would hunt me down and try to destroy me. Or worse, I might hurt someone trying to defend myself. No, I have to get Stitch back with Angel. It's my fault that they broke up, so now I have to make it right, even if it kills me.

Lilo rose from bed and got dressed. When she finished, she turned to Stitch to wake him. "Stitch wake up." As she tried to wake him, she heard him say "Angel, why?" as he continued to toss in his sleep. He still loves Angel. I knew it! But why do I feel so sad? NO! I have to fight it! It for his own good, and mine too. Stitch woke with a scream.

"NOOOOO!"

This made Lilo jump back. "Stitch are you ok?" she asked as she tried to comfort her startled friend. He turned to Lilo, remembering the horrible nightmare, and eased by the fact that that was all it was, a bad dream.

"Stitch ok. Had a bad dream, very bad."

Lilo was relived that Stitch was alright. "You okay? Wanna talk about your dream? Maybe I can help you figure out what it meant?"

Stitch shook his head. Telling her about his dream was something he didn't want to do. It would only reveal how much he was in love with her. "No, I'm okay."

Lilo knew he was lying, but she didn't want to pressure him. Whatever the dream had been about, it had been bad. "Well, ok, but if you feel like it later, I have this new book that helps you analyze dreams." Lilo said as headed to the lift. "You coming?" she said as she turned her head back to face him.

Stitch sat up. "In a minute, need to clear my head." he replied. "Ok, I'll save you some breakfast then." As Lilo descended down the lift, she wondered what kind of dream Stitch could have had to have startled him so much.

As Stitch sat up in the bed, the dream began to come back to him.

Stitch's Dream

He sat in a dark room. He couldn't see anything, not even with his night vision or infrared.

"What's going on? Is anyone there?" he called out into the darkness.

No answer, but he was suddenly struck with a horrible feeling of dread. He stood up, and a light as red as blood filled the room. It was his house. It was completely trashed. Furniture knocked over, pictures on the floor, the house in ruins.

"What happened here? Where is everybody?" He continued to explore the house until he came to Nani's room. He couldn't believe the damage. Everything of Nani's was completely destroyed. Even the walls were unspared; they were covered in what looked to be lipstick. Awful words were scribbled on the wall; how Stitch knew what they were was strange, because he couldn't actually read them. He got the urge to check his and Lilo's room, like he knew he would find something there that would make this all make sense. But at the same time, the feeling of dread still held him, and it made him wonder if what he was going to see there would be what he hoped it wouldn't be.

"Please Lilo, be ok." he said to himself as he raced to the lift. He boarded the lift, but as he began to ride it, he realized that it was taking too long, the lift didn't go this far. As he pushed against the walls of the lift, he realized he couldn't grab onto them. "What is going on here, where is this thing taking me?"

He turned his head to stare up and saw darkness as far as he could see. The lift seemed to go forever, but just when Stitch thought it would never end, the lift came to a stop. He found himself in a large metal room, devour of features, save the red splatters on the wall. As his eyes explored the room, he began to hear voices.

"Get away Stitch, run!"

That voice had sounded like Nani! But before he could respond, he heard another voice cry out from no where. It belonged to Jumba.

"Run 626, save yourself!"

"Run from what? Where are you?" Then he heard Pleakly scared scream.

"Run you little monster, before she finds you."

Stitch turned side to side, trying to find the source of the voices. "Where are you? Who am I running from?"

The voices continued as they began to blend into one eerie voice.

"Run! Get away!"

He looked around the room. Metal walls surrounded him, nothing for the sound to come from. And yet the voices continued.

"Run away from her! If she finds you, she will kill you too!"

"Kill me? As if anyone could…" It was then it hit him. They were dead. Nani, Jumba, Pleakly, they were dead! He was hearing the cries of their spirits. "Who did this to you? When I get my hands on them, they will beg for mercy." Stitch said with a tear in his eye. His ohana, they were gone! Someone had murdered them in cold blood, and he would make sure they paid dearly.

Then he realized something: Where was Lilo? Was she dead too? The thought of it tore at his heart. "Lilo are you there? Where are you?" Upon saying those words, the voices screamed as if stabbed.

"RUN!"

And then nothing, as if they were suddenly silenced. "I'm right here Stitch. I haven't forgotten about you." came a voice. He turned around, and there stood Lilo, safe and sound.

"Lilo!" he shouted as he began to run to his friend, his love's arms. But upon seeing her, the look in her eyes, he froze. The look in her eyes, the smile on her face, it chilled him to the core.

"What's the matter Stitch, don't you still love me?" Lilo said as she slowly walked toward him.

Stitch was afraid. This was Lilo! His true love. And yet, right now, he was filled with fear. Fear for his own life. It was then that he noticed it. Lilo's hands were red. Red with blood.

"What's the matter Stitch, why are you backing away?" Lilo said, with a look that resembled a predator closing in on its helpless prey.

Stitch had indeed begun to back away. "Your hands, blood, what happened?" he said, his voice mirroring the terror he felt in his bones.

And Lilo just continued to inch closer to him. "I'm almost free Stitch." she said in a soft voice. Not sweet soft, but the kind of soft voice that puts fear into the listener's heart.

"Free from what?" Stitch replied, the fear growing every second. He was no longer inching away, indeed he wasn't moving at all. He was frozen in horror.

"From everything. From Nani, from Cobra, from everything. And in a minute, I will be free. From my heart."

The fear filled Stitch, in every corner of his body, down to the deepest part of his soul. "You killed them, didn't you?" Stitch managed to stutter out. How the thought had come to his head, he was unsure. But he was sure it was true. This person had killed his ohana.

"You aren't Lilo! Lilo would never hurt anyone." Stitch screamed as he managed to push back the fear. But she just crept closer.

"How do you know what I'm capable of? I only needed the proper motivation to escape and now I am free."

Upon hearing those words, the fear rushed back into Stitch once more with the force of a tidal wave. "Escape, from what? Who are you?"

Lilo drew even closer; Stitch was once again unable to move. "Look behind me, and the answer will become clear as day."

As she said this, the opposite happened to the world around them. Everything became pitch black once more. Only they could be seen, bathed in the blood red light. Although this occurred, Stitch did as he was told. In the corner was a dead experiment, its body covered by a beam of the red light. An experiment Stitch could never mistake for another.

Angel.

She had been eviscerated, and blood covered the floor around her fallen form. He looked upon her corpse and heard a voice. "Forgive me, Stitch. Forgive me for what I've done." Then her voice went silent, just like the others. At that moment Stitch realized what had happened. Angel had used her evil song on Lilo. Fear and despair filled him. She had used her song and the evil Lilo killed her. Then she killed her ohana, one by one. And he realized: he was next.

"Angel, why?" Stitch said as he turn to face Lilo. She was now inches from his face. He couldn't move. He couldn't breathe.

"Don't worry Stitch. You'll join them all soon." she said in a sadistic tone, mocking the situation. Stitch, the most powerful creature on Earth, at the mercy of a little girl.

"Why, I love you. Why do you want me to die?" he managed to say.

At his words, Lilo laughed a laugh that would chill even the most hardened demon. "That's exactly the reason I must kill you. I must kill you to be free of my heart. But do not worry my love. The entire universe will be joining you soon enough."

With that, she pulled a crimson blade out of the darkness. Even though such a weapon would not normally harm him, he knew that this sword would end his life in one blow. He waited for the blow to come, and as Lilo raised the blade, he heard her final words to him "Good-bye, bugee-boo."

It was at that point he had woken up. The dream still chilled him. "Could that really happen if Angel used her power on Lilo? Would it really make her that evil?" Stitch said to himself as he headed to Jumba's room. "Maybe I should ask Jumba, but better not tell him everything."

When he entered Jumba's room, he found Pleakly putting away clothes. "Morning Stitch, how did you sleep?"

"Okay." he lied as he looked up at the one-eyed crossdresser.

"Well ok, breakfast's in the microwave. How bout you come with me and Jumba today to get groceries, we could use the extra hands." Pleakly said as he finished putting away the clothes.

"Is Lilo coming?" Stitch asked.

"Well no, she said Victoria was coming over this afternoon. They were going to go over to her house for a sleepover." Pleakly said as he began making the beds.

"Oh, ok." Now I can talk to Jumba without Lilo overhearing me. He went down to the kitchen to find Lilo had just finished eating.

"You ok Stitch? You look upset." Lilo said as she got up from the table

. "I'm okay. Just a bad dream." Stitch said as he pulled his breakfast from the microwave and swallowed it.

"Was it about Angel? I heard you say her name in your sleep." Lilo said as she walked up to Stitch.

"Yeah, some of it." he said as he got down from the table.

Lilo met Stitch's gaze. "You still love her, right?" she said with an almost unnoticeable twinge of disappointment.

"I don't know." Stitch replied, turning his gaze away.

"Tell me about your dream." Lilo said as she held his head and led his eyes back to hers. "I wanna know why it upset you so much."

"It was also about you." Stitch said with reluctance.

"About me?" Lilo said as she let go of Stitch in shock. "Why won't you tell me about it? Did something bad happen to me?"

"Ih. Very bad." was all Stitch replied.

"What was it? What happened to me? Did I die in your dream?" Lilo said, her voice full of concern.

"Naga." was his reply.

"Then what happened? Tell me." Lilo said as she met his gaze again. She walked forward to meet him face to face, hoping that might force the issue.

"I can't. Don't want to." was his reply.

Lilo could tell this was getting nowhere. He wasn't going to tell her, and she could figure out why. The fear she saw in his eyes told her everything. Something terrible had happened in that dream. So terrible it affected Stitch here in the waking world. She remembered the words Stitch muttered in his sleep. Could Angel have done something horrible to her in his dream? What did she do that scared Stitch this badly?

When she snapped back to reality, she realized her face was a mere inch from Stitch's. She immediately pulled back and turned red. "Oh sorry, guess I kinda…"

Stitch had also realized how close they were to kissing, and was apologizing as well. "No, sorry, wasn't paying attention." he said with his hand rubbing his head and his gaze turned away.

As the two continued to apologize to one another, someone else was watching them. I knew it! I just knew they were in love! The looks they give to each other, the gazing into each other's eyes when they meet, the sadness in Lilo's voice when she said that she thought Stitch was still in love with Angel. They are head over heels, inescapably in love! Pleakly thought as he moved away from the door to avoid being seen. I have to help them. But how? Nani will never hear of them together. What can I do? Maybe I'll go ask Jumba. Whether or not Jumba will admit it, he knows that they are in love too. Maybe I can get him to help.

Jumba is at work on his latest project, and it nears completion. "Is finally being close to completion. Just one more adjustment and success! Transmogrification upgrade is finished!"

Just then Pleakly walks in. "What's finished?"

Jumba jumps out of his seat. "Is being nothing. Nothing of any importance whatsoever. Just new program for computer."

Pleakly didn't buy a word of it. He might not always the brightest one of the bunch, but if anything Jumba was a horrible liar. "Ok let me see then." he said as he tried to move to see the screen.

"No!" Jumba said as he got between the computer and Pleakly. "Is nothing important, you would not be understanding it anyway."

"I'll be the judge of that." Pleakly said as he tried to see past Jumba. Just as Jumba tried to turn around to grab the computer, Pleakly shot past him and grabbed it. He looked at the screen to see what looked to be a picture of 626 on one side, and a picture of an earthling boy on the other. "Does…does this thing do what I think it does?" Pleakly stuttered out as Jumba took the computer from him.

"Yes, yes now be quiet." Jumba said as he took back the computer and sat it down on the desk.

"I knew it! I knew you knew about Lilo and…" Just then Jumba covered Pleakly's mouth.

"Yes, yes, my little one eyed one, indeed I have been knowing. But must be keeping secret from others. I don't want to be getting reputation as big softie. To tell the truth," Jumba said as he let go of Pleakly, "am not sure what is compelling me to be doing this. I have no cares for love and romance is somewhat sickening to me. But yet I feel compelled to help 626 and little girl with love problem."

Pleakly put his arm on Jumba's shoulder. "Did you ever think that you didn't care before because it didn't affect you?"

Jumba took Pleakly's arm off him. "What do you mean, is still not concerning me."

Pleakly just make a knowing smirk. "Think about it, Stitch is one of your experiments, your best experiment. Did you ever consider him as son of sorts?"

"Perhaps, why are you asking?" Jumba said, trying to figure out where the

"Well think about it, your son's in love, and you want to help him. Not to mention you've probably gotten attached to Lilo too."

Jumba took a step forward and put his hand to his chin in thought. Perhaps Pleakly is right. I have always been very fond of 626, and little girl can work her way into almost anyone's heart. Perhaps I care, because I want 626 and little girl to be happy. "Perhaps you are being right Pleakly, maybe because love is between little girl and my experiment, is reason I care."

"Well then, that's settled! Now we can work together to bring them together." Pleakly said, the excitement clear in his voice.

"And how do you suppose we be doing that?" Jumba said as he turned to face Pleakly.

"Simple, first will get Stitch to admit his feelings, then get Lilo to admit hers, to us of course. Then we will simply tell the other one that one's feelings, and say we 'accidentally' let it slip."

Jumba smiled. "That is very good, very evil. Let's do it."

Hours passed since Jumba and Pleakly decided that they would help get Lilo and Stitch together. Lilo had received a call that Victoria from Victoria saying that they couldn't have the sleepover that night because it was her parent's anniversary (her dad had said ok to the sleepover, only to be 'reminded' by his wife that that day was their 15th anniversary.) But Lilo didn't feel like going to the grocery store with Pleakly and Jumba, so she decided to watch some television. Soon Stitch had joined her, and they tuned in to watch a monster movie. Throughout the film, which was extremely cheesy, even by B standards, the one of the pair would look over at the other and just stare, pining over a love they thought they could never have.

"Time to go! We need to get the groceries home before Nani gets off work." Pleakly yelled from the door.

"Coming, coming, hold horses." Jumba called as he came down the steps.

Lilo and Stitch were still watching TV, well, when they weren't sneaking glances at each other. "Come 626 is time to go buy foodstuffs." Jumba said as he put on his human disguise, which consisted of a bad wig and a ruffled fake mustache.

"Ok." Stitch replied as he jumped off the couch, stealing one more glance at Lilo as he did.

"Will you still be here when we get back, Lilo?" Pleakly called out from the door.

"I should, Victoria isn't coming over today and Stitch is going with you. So I don't see a reason why I'd be going anywhere. See ya later." she replied, appearing to not take her eyes off the TV, but secretly turning to take one last look at Stitch before he left.

"Ok, be good. Bye." Pleakly said as he shut the door.

"Well now that they are gone, I guess I can try to figure out my life." she said out loud, knowing that no one could hear her. She began to pace the room, trying to figure out what to do about her love for Stitch, about whether to get him back with Angel or to try to win his heart without Nani finding out. I don't want to give Stitch up, but how can I keep him for myself without my sister knowing? And does he really love me? I mean if he was acting like this with anyone else and I'd say he was in love, but it's not someone else, it's me! And I don't want to be wrong. I could get him back with Angel.

She tried to imagine the two together. Then she realized that for him to be with Angel, he'd have to leave her. For good. Angel would settle for no less than Stitch's full attention. This revelation made it clear: either way, Stitch would be gone from her life. If I'm going to lose him either way, then I'm going to enjoy him first! I'm going to confess my feelings the minute Stitch gets home. I can't stand by any longer. And if Nani tries to stop me, I swear she will regret it. I won't let her keep me from being happy any longer!

At that moment the doorbell rang. "That's weird, Victoria isn't supposed to be here today. I wonder who that could be." she said to herself as she went to answer the door. She opened the door to see the last person, or experiment, she expected to see.

Angel.

"Hi Lilo! How's my favorite earthling?"

End Polarity Chapter 2

Next Chapter

Angel's Mistake