Angel began passing nervously. She took deep breaths to calm herself down. Ok! Now what were her choices? She could let Gantu record her bad song and Stitch would be free! But then Gantu would turn all the experiments evil and give them to Hamsterviel. That would not be a very good thing!
But if Angel didn't cooperate with Gantu, Stitch would still be under his control. And what's worse, Gantu would have Stitch destroy the whole island. What was the better choice, losing the experiments, or losing everyone on the island? What it really came down to was experiments or humans.
Angel sighed heavily. She knew which was the better choice, and the right thing to do. She glanced at her friends with a sad and apologetic expression on her face before facing Gantu. She opened her mouth to speak but no words came out. She had started to force herself to speak when suddenly she got an idea.
She remembered Lilo once telling her that love is more powerful than anything. Did that mean that love overpowered mind control? Maybe if Angel talked to Stitch and reminded him of the love he's got, then he would be able to break free of Gantu's control! It would be risky and it wasn't going to be easy, but it was the only way for everyone to win. Everyone except Gantu, that is.
"Stitch!" Angel called out to the blue experiment. Stitches growled at her, fangs baring and drool oozing out of his mouth.
"626 is gone!" Gantu reminded Angel, glaring sharply at her. "He can't hear you!"
Angel ignored him and continued talking to Stitch in her alien language. "Stitch, you may be controlled by Gantu, but I know you're in there somewhere. I know you can hear me. You can gain control, Stitch, I know you can. You just have to remember your friends. And how much you love them and how much you love them."
Stitch showed no sign of interest for Angel. He just continued standing there and glaring at her. Gantu rolled his eyes in boredom. "This is a waste of time," he mumbled more to himself than to Angel.
"I love you, Stitch," Angel went on with a soothing, yet persuasive voice. Her face was very sad, and she looked like she would have a mental breakdown any minute. "If you truly loved me you would prove it by breaking free. I know you can. Just think of everything we've been through together. Our love is strong. And with that we can conquer anything in our path. Even mind control. Please, Stitch, look inside yourself and find the strength to gain control."
"Angel's right," Lilo piped in. Stitch's head whirled to face the little Hawaiian girl. "I love you, Stitch. And I know you love me too. You're my best friends. Don't you remember? You can break free, Stitch. We all know you can. Me, Angel, Deli, and the rest of your cousins. We're your ohana. Ohana means family, and family means…"
"Nobody gets left behind or forgotten," Angel finished with Lilo, smiling slightly. They both became quiet looked at Stitch hopefully, waiting for what he would do.
Stitch had been real quiet while the two had been talking. "Angel… Lilo?" he asked, struggling for the words. It was actually him talking, not Gantu. But a split second later his whole body jolted. He clutched his head tightly, shaking it violently.
"You will not overpower me!" Gantu declared threateningly.
"Get… out of… my head!" Stitch growled. He fell onto the ground and rolled about. He seemed to be having a mental battle between himself and Gantu. Everyone watched inattentively, praying that their little buddy would win.
"You'll never win!" Gantu announced.
This did it. Stitch slowly stood up. Breathing heavily he exclaimed, "Yes… I can!"
"What makes you think that?" Gantu chuckled, almost taking control again.
"I love… my ohana!" Stitch explained, glaring at Gantu. "I… won't… let them… down!" With that, Stitch used all of his strength and leaped at Gantu. Gantu was quite taken back and fell backward, landing on the remote control. Stitch was free for good.
Stitch grabbed Gantu, and twirling him around, sent him flying as hard as he could. He only took a second to pant before freeing his friends from the traps Gantu had them in. Lilo and Angel instantly wrapped their arms around Stitch, hugging them tightly. Deli, Richter, and Kixx followed their example.
They all broke free and smiled at Stitch warmly. "I knew you could do it," Lilo whispered softly.
"Ih," Angel nodded in agreement.
Stitch looked at each of them individually, grinning widely. His grin turned into a soft smile. "Let's go home," he suggested and everyone nodded.