Chapter 7: No Name

Back on Earth, Jumba, Pleakley, Lilo, and Stitch were standing around 636's container. 636 blinked, looking at all of them while turning around in her container.

"What are we going to do with him?" Pleakley asked. 636 was facing the other way, but quickly whirled around and snarled at him.

"I'm a girl, you imbecile!" she shouted. Pleakley was so surprised by this outburst that he took a quick step backwards and tripped over his own leg, falling to the ground. 636 laughed loudly, further annoying Pleakley.

"It's not my fault! You look just like Stitch!" Pleakley exclaimed.

"You could have just shut up in the first place," 636 said, glaring at Pleakley. Jumba knocked his fist against the glass.

"Quiet!" he hissed, putting a hand to his chin. "Hmm... maybe if I get the dehydrator..." At that statement, 636's eyes bulged. She was about to say something when Lilo rushed over to Jumba and pulled on his arm.

"We can't dehydrate her! We've got to give her a chance first!" Lilo exclaimed. 636 nodded vigorously. Jumba shook his head sadly.

"I am sorry, little girl. 636 is too dangerous."

"That's what you said about Stitch, too!"

"But Lilo! I made 636 completely unable to care about anyone other than herself!"

"She's our 'Ohana now! You have to give her a chance!"

Jumba sighed, rubbing his forehead. "Okay. She gets one chance. Only one."

636's facial expression completely collapsed into bliss, and she dropped to the bottom of the container. Lilo jumped up and down excitedly, thanking Jumba and reaching down to open the container. Jumba saw what she was about to do and pulled her back, picking up the container.

"But not yet. We must let her out in secure location," Jumba stated, shielding the container.

"She's in your ship. How more secure can a place be on Earth?" Stitch asked in his language. Jumba grinned, glad at taking the compliment, and set the container down.

"626 is right." He then set out to locking all the doors in the ship. Lilo walked over to 636's container and popped it open. 636 poked her head out first, then began crawling out. She stood up straight when she got out of the container, ears flicking every once in a while as she scrutinized the large room.

"This is Earth. My name is Lilo Pelekai, and that's Experiment 626. But you can call him Stitch. That one's Pleakley. Sorry about him. He's the paranoid type."

636 nodded to each of them.

"My name is 636. I... I'm not sure what all my powers are, but so far I know I have super strength, I can fly, and I can make things blow up by mixing chemicals, which means I must be smart."

Lilo nodded, but at the moment it seemed like something popped into her head.

"Oh! We haven't given you a name yet!" Lilo exclaimed.

"...A name? Like, a real name?" 636 asked, seeming a bit more interested in that than anything else that had happened within the past few hours. Lilo nodded.

"How about... Pamela?" Lilo asked.

636 raised an eyebrow. "I don't think so."

"Okay then... Bertha."

636's eyes bulged. "That name's for fat people!"

"Hey! I have a friend named Bertha and she's not fat at all!" Pleakley exclaimed.

"Shut up, you," 636 snapped, spitting at him. The spit landed on his mouth. But when Pleakley tried to open his mouth to scream in disgust, it seemed as though the spit was holding his mouth together. Stitch laughed, pointing at Pleakley.

"Spit sticky!" he called out. Lilo looked over to Pleakley, then grinned.

"We'll call you Stick!" she said, acting excited.

636 sighed, shaking her head. "You know what, how about you just call me 636. At least until you can come up with a whole lot better name, 'cause you stink at it."

Lilo seemed taken aback, but said nothing.

"636, if you insult Lilo again, I'll kick you to the next galaxy," Stitch growled. 636 stood up even taller, walking over to Stitch.

"I'd like to see you try," she said. 626 narrowed his eyes, but did nothing.

Pleakley tried to open his mouth to say something, but the spit held his mouth down, so he also said nothing. Jumba walked into the room.

"Ah. I see 636 has already annoyed all of you. She is success, no?" Jumba said, giggling. Lilo just rolled her eyes and began to walk out of the room, followed by Stitch. Jumba stepped in front of her path, however.

"Little girl, you must stay here. I did not just lock all doors for nothing."

Lilo sighed, then turned around and walked up to 636.

"Okay. You have one chance to show us why we shouldn't dehydrate you right here and now," Lilo declared. 636 looked from Lilo to Stitch to Pleakley to Jumba and back to Lilo.

Ugh, I'm going to regret this... 636 thought. She stepped up to Lilo and hugged her. Then she stepped back and began to spin around and around, creating a tiny tornado and sucking in things such as pencils, paper, and keyboard buttons. The others took a few steps back and held up their arms as things dived at them and barely missed when they ducked. The wind finally began to die down at 636 slowed up. When she completely stopped, everyone gaped at what she had made.

A model of the Empire State Building stood three and a half feet tall with 636 flying above it. Miniature people stood at the top looking down, strings hooked onto them and 636's eight appendages. At the bottom of the building, in keyboard letters, read 'Empire State Building.' Back at the top, all the mini humans gathered on the side of which Lilo and the others stood.

In a low voice, 636 began the introduction.

"And now, for the main event..."

All the people opened their arms wide, via the strings attached to 636's fingers. Then, one of them stepped forward and began to recite a poem directed toward Lilo.

"Roses are red, violets are blue, Lilo is cute, and has no ear goo." 636's eye twitched at her sucky poem. She just wasn't capable of complimenting other people very well. Lilo blinked, but smiled and clapped along with the other three when 636 made the figures on the building clap. The person stepped back into line with the others. Then another stepped forward.

In Stitch's voice, 636 began to sing about how strong 626 was to the tune of Yankee Doodle.

"Stitch is so strong, I am glad. He is very hefty. When Lilo takes him for a bath, he never is a lefty." 636 sighed at yet another stupid song, but made the figurines clap all the same. Stitch raised an eyebrow but clapped all the same. 636 went on with this for both Pleakley and Jumba, then made the little people do the can-can. After that, they bowed. Then 636 made them suicidal by making them jump off the building and cutting the strings with her sharp claws. She began laughing maniacally, falling to the ground and swiping her claws across Pleakley's mouth, cutting off the spit holding his mouth together. Jumba, Pleakley, Stitch, and Lilo gave her the weirdest look.

636's eyes popped open, looking at the four. She jumped to her feet and took a bow, grinning almost evilly.

"636 sleeps in here tonight," Pleakley said, backing away slowly, then running for the door. He slammed into it and fell over.

"Oh... right... no auto-open... doors locked... ugh..." Pleakley said, right before he fainted. 636 giggled slightly, then looked at Lilo. She was tapping her foot. 636 immediately snapped into her 'sorry' mode. At least, that's what it seemed like.

"Pleakley! Are you alright?" 636 exclaimed, dashing over to him and cradling his head in her hands. Pleakley, opening his eye, was about to say something, but when he saw it was 636 who was touching him, he shot to his feet and ran to Jumba's bedroom, closing the door behind him.

"What's his problem?" 636 asked, pointing a thumb in Pleakley's direction.

"I don't think he likes you very much..." Lilo said, sighing. "Look, 636, you need to try harder if you're ever going to get Nani to let you stay in the house and not locked in a container in this ship."

636 cocked her head, looking at Lilo. "Who's Nani? You're mother?"

Lilo looked down at the floor, scuffing her feet across the tile. "Nani's my sister. My mom died in a car crash with my dad."

Something inside 636's gut made her squirm a little bit. It made her become sad a bit. It felt odd... it was a feeling she had never had before. She almost fell for it, but pushed it away and took in a large breath.

"That's too bad. You're telling me you have a sister? If she looks even remotely like you—I mean, er, she must be very pretty. How do I get her to let me in the house?" 636 asked.

"I don't think she'd ever let you in... no matter how good you acted. Which means we'll have to sneak you in. It'll be even easier since you look like Stitch, besides the extra pair of arms and extra spike. Pull them in and I think you'll be fine," Lilo said. 636 nodded, retracting anything alien about her. Lilo smiled, petting her on the head. But at the moment Lilo touched her head, 636 whipped her hand around to her head and grabbed Lilo's wrist, twisting her arm slightly.

"Don't touch my head. And especially don't pet me." Lilo struggled against 636's grip, but it was Stitch who separated them. He kicked 636 in the gut, then walked out of the ship with Lilo and Jumba, who had opened the door. He beckoned for 636 to follow them, then locked the door behind them. He gave 636 a glare that said, 'If you even THINK about escaping, I'll grind you into dust and dehydrate you faster than you can say 'dehydrate.'' 636 cringed. She could say dehydrate pretty dang fast.

Lilo quietly opened the back door, looking around for Nani. The light from the house poured out onto the darkness outside. The moon was out, which was not a good sign for Lilo.

"It's all clear! It is so past my bedtime." she whispered hoarsely. She dashed into the house and over to the elevator with Stitch and 636. Neither Jumba nor Pleakley cared for what the little girl and 626 did with 636. Plus, their favorite show was on.

In Lilo's room, Stitch was searching through the closet for his old bed. 636, however, paid no attention and hopped onto Lilo's bed, closing her eyes and ready to go to sleep. Stitch jumped up next to her and shoved her to the ground.

"Heeeey!" 636 whined. "I was almost asleep!"

"Not your bed! Lilo's! You sleep there," he said, pointing to the crate with blankets and a pillow inside. 636 shook her head, crawling back onto Lilo's bed and tossing Stitch into the box.

"Magal chibi choota," 636 stated. Stitch gasped, throwing the blankets to the side and acting like he was rolling up a sleeve on his arm.

"Feeboogoo!" he yelled, stomping over to 636. Lilo got in between them, however, and pushed them apart.

"You guys! We have to be very quiet! It's okay, Stitch. She can have my bed for tonight. I've always wanted to try your bed."

"WHAT?" Stitch exclaimed. "Meega not sleeping in box!"

Lilo pointed from Stitch to the box. "Unless, of course, you want to complain to Nani about a new experiment in the house and getting us both in trouble for bringing her here in the first place."

Stitch mumbled something under his breath, reluctantly waiting for Lilo to get dressed and helping her onto his bed and crawling into the box. Soon after, all three fell asleep.

Early next morning, Lilo felt something shaking her back and forth.

"Nehhh... Stitch, leave me alone."

"Ingiba! Agameeto chigaloo!"

"Stitch, speak English."

"636 gone!"

"What?"

"Ih! So is Red One!"

"You mean the ship you used to escape to Earth?"

"Ih! Ih ih ih!"

Lilo scampered out of bed, but forgetting she was in Stitch's, she fell down. Stitch grabbed her just before she smacked into the ground and set her upright.

"We've got to find Jumba!" Lilo yelled. Stitch shook his head.

"Already did. 636 nowhere."

"You mean Jumba didn't chip her?"

Stitch blinked, thinking. Then he shook his head.

"Well, how far could she have gotten?" Lilo asked, trying to stay optimistic. Stitch just gave her a look, and she sighed.

"I guess we'll just have to hope that everything will turn out fine..." Lilo said, falling into Stitch's arms. "We failed, Stitch. I really thought I could turn her around. I really did." Stitch patted Lilo on the back.

"It... is... okay, Lilo," Stitch said, taking great care to use all the words humans would. "We... will... find her. Someday. Maybe not... today. But someday." Lilo looked up at Stitch, eyes glistening.

"Thank you, Stitch. Thank you." She stood up, wiping the tears from her face.

"Ice cream?" he asked. Lilo nodded, grinning, then stepped onto the platform and lowered herself and Stitch to the first floor. They walked into the kitchen, took out some ice cream, and began eating it straight from the carton.

Five hours earlier

A glowing green eye slowly opened, looking around the room of Lilo and Stitch. 636 silently detracted her wings and swung open the window. It squeaked, and 636 worriedly looked at Stitch and Lilo, hoping they wouldn't wake up. Stitch stirred, but didn't wake up. Lilo didn't move at all. 636 sighed, then flew out of the window and quietly closed the window behind her. She used her night vision to look around outside. She heard a stick break, and she zoomed into the woods, wishing that it wasn't someone from the Pelekai family. Sticking her nose in the air, she searched for the alleged "Red One."

"Ah!" she shouted quietly, finding the scent of the metal of the ship and following it. In less than thirty seconds, she had found the ship. She quickly hopped in, turning on the engine and roaring out of the trees. This time, she was going to program the hyper drive.

But when she tried to do so, the computer began to talk.

"Hyper drive uninstalled. Unable to set coordinates." 636 swore in Tantalog, hitting the dashboard with her fist as hard as she could. Of course, a very large dent appeared when she pulled her hand away.

"Engines powering down. Lights off. Crash landing sequence activated."

636's eyes bulged seemingly out of their sockets.

"NO! This can't happen! Not AGAIN!" she roared. The onboard computer sent the safety straps wrapping around her body. She rolled her eyes and sighed, looking at the screen to see where she was headed. Still in the USA, barely, so that was good. Some place called... New York City...

THE END

Note to readers: Thank you SO MUCH for reading and reviewing my story! This is the last chapter in the story, but I am making a sequel sometime soon. The sequel is Shifty and Sheeko's story with Cloe. I hope you read it! I will most likely write all of it, then post it chapter by chapter here, most likely once a week until the story's done.