Author's Notes: I'm sending this one out early too, since everyone is at the edge of their seats. I just finished 7 and will release it as soon as I finish 8. But enough about future chapters. On with this one.

Disclamer: I do not own Lilo and Stitch.

Polarity Chapter 6

War of the Estranged Hearts

Stitch figured if he had ever been in a worse situation, he couldn't remember it. Nani had Jumba and Pleakly at blaster-point. Heat was ready to blast Angel and Sparky into oblivion. Kixx had Victoria and Snooty cornered and looked as if he was ready to pounce. And he was facing down what could be the most powerful experiment to ever live. Not to mention the fact she was once his best friend and love, Lilo. He knew he was short options: Lilo, or Lilith, as she called herself now, couldn't be turned back to good by Angel's song; she was probably immune to it. He knew he wouldn't be able to bring himself to use his full strength on her, even if it was the only way to have a chance to save her. His other cousins were no help; they were either under Lilith's control or threatened by the ones that were. He knew that if he tried to challenge Lilith, he was on his own. But he couldn't touch her without having her thralls attack the others, Snooty and Sparky could defend themselves okay, but Victoria, Angel, Jumba, and Pleakly were defenseless. So he was basically at her mercy. Or so he thought.

"Man what's taking them so long?" Nosy thought aloud as he and Fibber waited outside the ship. Fibber just shrugged his shoulders. "You know what, you stay here and keep watch, and I'm gonna go see what's holding them up. Maybe also get some good gossip about Lilo and Stitch's romance while I'm at it." As he walked through the holding area, he saw the busted up containment pod and broken collars littering the ground. "Hmm… something happened here, but I bet all the action is further down." He didn't realize how right he was, or how vital a distraction he would be.

Meanwhile, Lilith began to taunt her captives on the futility of their situation. "I don't know why you had to go and make this so hard. I was even going to spare you any further humiliation, but it seems like you leave me no choice. I'm going to have to show you just how hopeless your attempts to turn me back to good are by beating the hell out of you."

Stitch gathered his courage, whether he liked it or not, he was going to have to fight her, and this fight would make the one with 627 look like a cakewalk.

"Well Stitch, should I start with you, or one of the other little traitors?" she said as she turned towards Victoria. "Well Stitch, how many of our friends and family do I have to kill before you get the idea? You are mine and you always will be. If you just surrender now I won't hurt any of them, we will do just as I originally planned."

"Naga. I won't let you hurt them, and I won't let you make them evil!"

Lilith just laughed at him. "Bugee-boo, you are in no position to make demands. Now submit or else."

"You are not my bugee-boo, Lilo is! And you can forget it!" Stitch said as he took a fighting stance.

"My dear, the Lilo you knew is gone forever. And you honestly think you can defeat me? Let me show you just how mistaken you are." Lilith said as her wings began to glow.

"What's happening Jumba?" Pleakly asked.

"Little girl is drawing energy from surroundings into wings. Not just ship's power but energy from the very air." Jumba replied, waiting for the right moment. All I need is one moment of little girl being distracted, then maybe can get patookies out of fire.

With her wings a glow, she straightened both of them behind her and then quickly flapped them forward in tandem. Stitch felt as if he had been hit not by wind, but by a flying car. The blow sent him flying into the wall.

"Ok that's bad. That's REALLY bad! How did she do that?" Pleakly blurted in his high pitched, scared voice.

"Simple, I merely used the energy force my wings produce as a battering ram. It 's the same force that lets me do this." Lilith replied as she took to the air. Her wings weren't even moving, but they still glowed slightly. Not as bright as before, but getting brighter. "And this!" she screamed as her hand lit up with the same bluish light as her wings. She made a quick flinging motion with her right hand and flung a bolt of energy at Stitch as he tried to pick himself back up.

The bolt slammed Stitch back into the wall. I can't take much more of this, he thought as he was able to pull himself back up, she's way too powerful. But I have to. I have to defeat her or everyone is done for.

"See Stitch, fighting me is pointless. You don't stand a chance in…"

"Hey everybody, what's going on here?" Nosy said as he cluelessly walked in. "Hey Stitch, how come you're in the wall? I could have sworn I heard Angel's voice singing a minute ago." He turned to see Lilith. "Whoa, who's the babe?"

"Babe! Listen gossip, you have no idea what you've got yourself into. Nani, Heat, take care of this idiot."

As Nani and Heat turned their attention to Nosy, Jumba took his chance. He tackled the distracted Nani and knocked the blaster out of her hand. "323! Now is being our chance!"

Sparky didn't need to be told twice. He charged up and charged toward Heat. Heat fired but the bolt past right over Sparky as he hung low to the ground. Sparky shot up and electro-tackled Heat to the ground.

Meanwhile, Snooty flew up into Kixx's face and latched on. "Get off me you little." Kixx screamed as he tried to knock Snooty off his face. What he ended up hitting was himself, because Snooty did a wingstand on Kixx's head at just the right moment, and the blow connected with Kixx's face rather than Snooty's back. Kixx was knocked over by the force of his own blow, and Snooty flew back into the air and began dive-bombing him.

Meanwhile, Jumba was trying to pin Nani down when he noticed Snooty fighting Kixx. "Pleakly, get other little girl and be getting her out of here!" Pleakly did as he was told and ran and grabbed Victoria.

"Let's get out of here!" he said as they both ran toward the door.

Lilith was becoming infuriated. "Nobody is leaving!" she screamed as she prepared to fling another bolt.

"My turn!" Stitch shouted as he leapt at Lilith. She turned to see him but not in enough time to stop him. He tackled her at top speed, the force causing her to hit the wall, making her lose her concentration, and causing them both fall to the ground.

She kicked him off of her and leapt back to her feet. "Fine, you want a fight? You'll get it!" she screamed as her wings began to charge again. Stitch leapt to his feet only to be knocked backwards by her wing attack. It sent him flying through the door, through the hallway, and into the holding room, a good 50 yards. "And I wasn't even trying on that one." she said with a smirk. She then flew into the other room after Stitch. She was going to prove once and for all that he was outmatched.

Meanwhile Sparky and Heat had been fighting back and forth, when Sparky figured out that circling the blasting experiment was a lot more effective than taking him head on. Heat may out power him, but he could move circles around Heat and all he could do was try and keep up. Heat kept trying to get a lock on Sparky, when he failed to notice a piece of pipe headed for his head. One hit from Angel and he was out cold.

"Nice." Sparky said as he turned his attention to Angel.

"Why thank you." she replied. "Ok, you help Snooty, and I'll help Jumba."

Sparky nodded his head in agreement as he took off towards Kixx. Kixx had gotten a hold of Snooty and was about to pummel him when he received a huge shock from Sparky.

"Let's get him." Sparky said as he charged Kixx. Snooty nodded his head and got back into dive bomb position.

As 625 and Shush watched the battle, 625 thought of something. "Hey Shush, Lilo, or 'Lilith'," 625 said as he did the quotation symbol with his fingers, "she gets power through her wings right?" Shush just shook his head. "What if she wasn't able to use them, like they were covered in something? Maybe that's how we can stop her." Shush shook his head very fast, smiling. "Ok then, in Gantu's ship is a bunch of goop bombs used to restrain experiments. Maybe if we douse her wings with them, she won't be able to use her powers! Then cous can bring her down and we can end this mess. Ok, you go to the ship and get the bombs, then use them on her. I wait here, just in case something happens."

Shush gave him a look saying "Uh huh, right. You're coming too."

"Fine," 625 said, sighing. "What's one more heroic act?"

Stitch had just picked himself off the floor when he saw Lilith land in front of him, wings aglow. "I feel bad for you Stitch; you haven't been able to land a decent blow on me this entire time. Tell you what; I'll give you a free shot. I'll just stand here and not attack for a few seconds, and you can take your best shot." Lilith said mockingly.

Stitch charged forward, intent on striking her head and getting her off-balance. As he drew close, she quickly covered herself with her wings. Stitch's claw made contact with what felt like adamantium. He was pushed back by the force of his own tackle, while Lilith continued to stand there.

"Was that all you had in you Stitch? I thought you were tougher that that." Stitch stood back up and began to claw at her wings. Nothing. He couldn't make a scratch on her. He realized that her wings were probably as tough as the rest of her, and the energy in them probably made them even stronger. This isn't working. I have to figure out someway to disable her wings.

"Alright, I tried of this," Lilith said as she pulled back her wings, "time to show you what I'm really capable of."

Sparky and Snooty had double-teamed Kixx, but the fighting experiment was giving them a run for their money. Every time they thought they had him, he would land a blow on one of them and send them flying. Jumba on the other hand was having an easier time. Although Nani had almost broken free, she had been promptly knocked over the head by Angel, and was now unconscious. "Nice application of loose tubing, 624."

"Why thank you Jumba."

The two then turned their attention to the fight with Kixx. Kixx had just knocked Sparky across the room and into unconsciousness, and was about to do the same to Snooty when he was blind-sided by a plasma blast. Already damaged, it was enough to knock him cold. With the room no longer filled with noise from fighting, Jumba could hear a sound he would rather wish he couldn't. "No, little girl is using blast cannon power."

"Is that bad Jumba?" Angel asked her creator.

"Is being very bad, has same power as 611! Would severely damage 626 if direct hit. Possibly could kill him."

"Well Stitch, ready to witness my true power?" Lilith said as she took back to the air. Her wings began to gather power more rapidly, and the lights in the room began to flicker. Where as before her wings charging didn't make noise, but now it made a sound like a charging weapon. Then he noticed the sound wasn't coming from her wings, both of her hands and her antennae were glowing bright blue, and a ball was forming between her hands. It grew to the size of basketball, and was suddenly propelled forward, right toward him! Stitch dodged aside only to be thrown by the explosion the blast had created. It had left a hole in the ship's floor, which had turned out to be reinforced plating.

Oh great, if she nails me with that, I'm history! What possessed Jumba to make her so powerful? He didn't have time to think about it any further, because Lilith launched another blast.

"Run Stitch! Run as fast as you can! But pretty soon there won't be any place to run to." she said in a sing-song voice.

"Meega Nala Questa!" was Stitch's response.

Lilith's face became one of rage. "How dare you talk to me like that! I'll teach you some manners." Lilith then began to form the little comets of destruction (that's what they look like when fired) more rapidly.

Stitch picked up his pace, but the vibrations caused by the blasts made him trip and fall. He trying to jump back up, but a blast caught him and the force slammed him into the wall. At that moment Stitch thought he was finished, but the finishing blast never came.

He opened his eyes to see that Lilith was on the ground, panting. Wait, she may be powerful, but she isn't used to her abilities. They are slowly tiring her. In fact, I think they might be draining her. If this keeps up I might be able to outlast her. Or she might kill herself from overexertion. That last thought scared Stitch, Lilith might be pure evil, but deep down inside that monster was still Lilo, and he had to save her, no matter the cost to himself.

Stitch jumped up and lunged forward again. In response Lilith threw her wings in front of her again. When Stitch struck the wings this time, they weren't as hard as before. He still wasn't able to do any real damage, but he had torn off one the feather-like energy cells that made up Lilith's wings. She screamed, more from shock than pain. He had actually injured her. Her, the most powerful experiment ever to exist! But she wasn't angry, no; this is just what she had wanted!

It's about time. Soon Stitch will give in to his old ways, and then he will see the beauty of destruction once more. And he and I will spread that beauty across the universe!

Stitch however was startled by the scream, startled by the fact he was harming Lilo! There had to be a way to bring an end to this without having to hurt her further, but what was it. He knew there was a way, but it eluded his weary mind. I know something can end this without further bloodshed, but I can't remember what it is! I have to remember it, because I don't think she'll give up in this state, and I don't want to hurt her anymore!

Indeed, every blow Stitch landed on Lilith hurt him more emotionally than it did her physically. But what was he to do? Lilith, whether or not she was Lilo, was still a major threat to the rest of Stitch's ohana.

Lilith at this point noticed Stitch stalling. This isn't what was supposed to happen! He was supposed to keep fighting, to enter a fury and give in to his old ways! What was holding him back? She then remembered what she once was, and the thought made her for a moment, wish she was that way once more. But she quickly pushed such thoughts away. She was Lilith! The most powerful creature in the galaxy. The weak little girl she once was was but a memory. A memory she was determined to make EVERYONE forget. And if Stitch and the others would not forget and join her, then they would be the first to forget and be forgotten, in death.

Even though the battle in the amplifier room was won, the victors knew that the war was far from over. Stitch and Lilith were still locked in combat, and all of them knew who would eventually be victorious. Jumba knew that although Lilith was physically weaker and less resistant than Stitch, he also knew she had a far greater destructive capability and had a powerful defense in her wings. Not to mention the fact that evil or not, she was still Lilo, and Stitch would not be able to bring himself to use his full power on her. Nor would he let the rest of the family be destroyed or corrupted. So Jumba saw only one outcome: Lilith would kill Stitch, and they would have to kill her or die themselves.

The though saddened Jumba. After all, none of this was the little girl's fault at all. Or Angel's really. Jumba knew she had no idea an 11 year old was capable of what they now faced. She had acted out of jealousy and rage, and forgot the very laws on which her power functioned. In the end Jumba blamed himself; he blamed himself for making the blasted serum so potent. Sure the powers were designed to protect Lilo and complement Stitch, but he had overdone it far too much. And now both Lilo and Stitch would probably pay the ultimate price for his stupidity.

If Jumba was extremely saddened by the situation, Angel was torn apart completely. All she had wanted was to be with Stitch, but now she had lost him forever. He was going to die at the hands of his corrupted savior. A twisted irony if ever there was one. And it was all because of her jealousy. At that moment Angel wanted to die. But she knew she couldn't. As long as there was the slightest chance that Lilo could be saved, she knew she had to try. Stitch and Lilo had pulled off miracles before, and she had no doubt in her mind that one may still happen. Then she remembered. Stitch had told her once that Hamsterville had restored his destructive program, but Lilo had saved him once more. Not by fighting, not by a machine, but by her love and trust alone. She had stood before him, and told him that he was still good, that she loved him. Loved him. I should have known all along I could never have Stitch. From the moment he set foot on this world, he had belonged to Lilo and Lilo alone. But because of my envy, Stitch has lost everything. But if it worked once before, could it not work again? I hope so. I won't be able to live with myself if it doesn't. With her new found resolve, she charged forward into the hallway and toward the battle. A battle that she now knew could not be won with physical blows, but with love and trust.

Meanwhile, a shot rang out on the battlefield. The shot traveled toward the target, and missed by a mile, splattering on the wall behind her. 625 was never a good shot, even when he needs to be. Both combatants turned their attention to the newcomer. Lilith was surprised the yellow coward even had the nerve to be within 100 miles of her, much less shoot at her. Stitch was equally surprised for the same reason. But when he saw the cannon and what it had shot, he knew he had found a way to restrain Lilith without having to harm her further.

625 saw the attention he was given and immediately came up with an excuse. "Umm… sorry about that, misfire." He said dropping the gun and smiling worriedly. Lilith didn't buy it.

"Misfire my ass. You actually had the nerve to attack me? Fine, I'll just attack back." she said as she flung a bolt from her hands. 625 turned to run, only to be struck and sent flying. "Weakling."

What Lilith hadn't noticed was that Stitch now had the weapon. Stitch took aim, knowing he had just one shot, and if he missed, that was it. He took aim just as Lilith noticed him, and fired. Lilith threw up her wings in defense, which is exactly what Stitch had wanted. The shot connected and became a black, tar-like substance that quickly hardened.

"My wings!" Lilith cried as she tried to pull them apart. "What have you done to my beautiful wings?"

"Put them out of commission. Now you can't hurt anyone. So just give up."

At those words Lilith filled completely with rage. Who does he think he is? He thinks he can restrain me and then I'll just go back to being his sweet Lilo? Fine! If he won't accept me, he can join my former self…he can DIE! Him and all the others. I gave them a chance, and this is how they repay me. I'll kill every last one of them. Starting with Stitch!

Angel ran into the room and saw what was transpiring. No, Stitch you can't fight her. She'll only become worse! You have to show her you truly love her.

"Naga Stitch, you can't fight her! She's still Lilo! You love her!"

Stitch heard this and became slightly angry. Of course I know that! Besides, it's your fault she's this way. Why do you care if I kill her or not? You want her out of the way.

It was then Stitch realized the answer. He realized it from his own negative feelings. My fighting her, it's only making it worse! He then remembered the incident with Hamsterville and his becoming evil again. Lilo had brought him out of it not by fighting him, but by showing how much she cared. All he had been doing was making Lilith madder. No, not Lilith, Lilo. No matter what she called herself, or how evil she had become, she was still Lilo. He had forgotten that. He knew what he had to do.

Meanwhile, Lilith had begun to charge energy through her hands and antennas. She had charged enough energy, and now she was going to make Stitch regret he ever crossed her. She let out a loud scream, which got the attention of everyone, including Jumba and the others, who came running. The tar on her wings vaporized, and her wings glowed like the sun. They were somewhat tattered from the energy she had used to free them, but they would do. She began to charge to full power. She knew it might kill her in her state, but at the moment, she didn't care. She was overpowered by hate and rage, and now she was going to destroy the target of it.

"Prepare to die!" she screamed at the top of her lungs.

Jumba saw this and thought: This is it, 626 is finished.

But what happened next surprised all who witnessed it: Stitch merely looked at Lilith and said: "I forgive you".

This not only surprised Lilith, it caused her to charge faster. "Forgive me? You forgive me? You're insane. It's you who should be begging for forgiveness."

Stitch just walked closer and said "And I'm sorry for forgetting who you were, and really still are. You can fight it Lilo, I know you can. I believe in you."

Lilith was even more surprised by this. "Forget it, Stitch, no amount of words will save you now. You or anyone else."

Stitch stepped closer still, and Lilith began to unconsciously lower her power, as if something inside was fighting back. "I know deep down, you are still the sweet, kind person you always were. You always saw the good in things, something you tried to teach me, and something I have only now figured out."

Lilith tightened her glare at him. "You truly are mad. Lilo is gone! Only I remain. And I guess I'll just have to prove it to you by ending your life." she said. But the words sounded hollow.

The force inside Lilith was starting to gain strength, and Stitch could sense it. Stitch continued to close the distance between them as he said "All this has made me realize how much you truly mean to me."

Lilith was paralyzed, the force inside her holding her back from harming Stitch. As he came within touching distance, his face showed no fear.

"I love you Lilo." he said as met her gaze.

And then he kissed her.

End Polarity Chapter 6

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