Gantu noticed many, absurd things. One, Kira, Angel, and Reuben sure have been locking themselves in their room a lot. He's used to seeing Angel and Reuben walking off together, hand in hand to start their day. Lilo and Stitch never spared a tiny glance at each other and Lilo stayed inside the house while Stitch spent most of his time in the ship with Jumba. Another thing was he had seen Morpholomew at the ship almost everyday. Shouldn't he be working? The most absurd of all things was Reuben. He had been cold to Gantu for three days straight and whenever he said he was hungry, he'd fix himself a sandwich to munch. He decided that he should talk to one of the family members to find out what was going on until he heard whispers. Gantu didn't think much of it since he has heard plenty of whispers from the adjacent room, but this time he was very curious. He stood and walked over to the wall, pressing his hammer like face into the wall to eavesdrop.
He gasped when there were whispers that sounded so much like Kira, Angel, and Reuben and a little voice that sounded like Morpholomew. Very curious now, he leaned up against the wall, listening in on the conversation.
"Anyway, back on the topic. How did it go last night?"
"Perfect! You should've seen how devastated Lilo was. She vomited in the bush and cried on the hammock. Stitch and I laughed at her."
"Stitch? As in Experiment 626? The one who's still in love with Lilo?"
"Yes! Thanks to 624, 626 is on our side."
"But I thought 624 can only change good experiments to bad when they are lower than her."
"316, how did you think I managed to turn 625 evil? 624 has a special advanced song that is now unlocked. She can sing to experiments who are bad, but she cannot turn them good. There is a way to turn 625 and 626 back to good, but I don't know what it is. Unfortunately, 624 can be turned back to good with her song, but I don't think those pesky humans and traitors will find out about this."
"Good, now with you and 626. What did you guys do?"
"We just kissed in front of her and then we stopped when we heard her crying."
"When did you turn 626 evil?"
"When everyone was asleep. 624 woke him up then sang to him. I came in and asked him to do me a favor."
"So let me get this straight. 624 sang her evil advanced song to 626 to turn him evil, then you took him outside where Lilo was, and you kissed him in front of her?"
"That about sums it all up."
"Where is 626?"
"In bed to avoid suspicion."
"What are we going to do next?"
"Have a sandwich."
"You already had a sandwich!"
"I don't care, I want another one."
Gantu then heard a door opening then the door closing. He stood there, absorbing the given information he received. He knew Lilo does not know of what's happened and he decided to tell her now. He exited the room, catching Reuben spread some mayonnaise on his bread. When Reuben heard Gantu enter, he turned and sneered at the whale, poking fun at his attire. The huge whale was clothed in large blue normal pajamas with yellow ducks running all over it.
His robin blue eyes followed the yellow experiment as he locked himself inside the room. Gantu wasted no time to run out of the ship and jumped over the fence that led to the backyard of the Pelekai household. There, he saw Lilo's blotchy red face, glistening with dried tears. He walked over to the hammock and bent down next to the sleeping little girl.
"Earth Girl, there's something important you need to know." Gantu started. Lilo groggily opened her eyes then sat on the hammock. Her eyes were half-lidded and bloodshot, implying that she didn't sleep well last night.
"What is it Gantu?" Lilo yawned as she rubbed her tired eyes.
"It's about 626." Gantu responded.
"I don't want to talk about him."
The oversized whale took notice on the way Lilo venomously said him, as if it was the most disgusting word anybody could say, but ignored it. "Lilo, this is serious."
Did he just call me Lilo? "Okay. What is it?"
Gantu then told Lilo of what he heard in the ship. With each word he spoke, Lilo's eyes widened with realization. When he was done, Lilo's mouth was hanging open and her eyes were wide saucers. Without a word, she jumped off the hammock and ran into the house. She immediately ran up the stairs and ran straight into Pleakley's own room. After throwing Pleakley out of the room, Lilo jumped on the chair and began typing on the laptop.
Nearby at the window was Gantu, peeking in on Lilo through the clear white glass. Though she didn't say anything to him, he knew this was where she would be heading. Lilo seemed to sense his presence for she lifted herself from the chair with the laptop in hand and wandered over to him. She bit her bottom lip as she held the laptop in front of his face with the diagram of Angel and her primary functions. He started reading aloud.
Experiment 624 is a beautiful pink experiment made after 623, but before 625. (Obviously huh?) Has the body of 621-625. She has soft pink fur, tinted pink chest with white v-crest, and pink antennas. Evil Genius created 624 two Earth days after 625. Sole purpose is to turn experiments from good to bad with her song and has to sing backwards to turn them good, but is unable to affect those who are advanced. Reverse affect was mistake Evil Genius made before 624 was created. Evil Genius created 624 because of experiment 262. (Ace, the experiment that just goes around doing good stuff) It took a long time for Evil Genius to think of 624 until after Evil Genius made Experiment 622. 624 also has advanced song that can be unlocked when she is good, but is turned back to evil. 624's advanced song can affect experiments 625 up to 670. Only way to turn 624 back to good is with her good song. (Jumba does not believe in love, so he didn't think she could turn to good with Stitch's love) 624's victims of not advanced song can only turn good by her singing backwards. Victims of advanced song can turn good by memories. Only way for memories to work is victims need to remember their saddest, happiest, angry, and times when they felt loved.
Gantu finished reading and his pause told Lilo to close the lid. She put the laptop down and the two began talking. If you passed by Lilo and Gantu and knew them, you would be very shocked to see them talking civilly towards each other. Lilo sat on Gantu's opening hand while talking to him. After conferring on what they read and finding out what Kira's plan was, Lilo busted into tears. Gantu hugged her close to his chest, letting her sob in his pajamas.
"Oh Gantu!" Lilo sobbed. "I made the biggest mistake of my life! I need to get this to Angel."
Lilo hopped off Gantu's hand, but when her feet planted on the floor, she started swaying. The room seemed to spin in front of her eyes. She was about to collapse until she remembered what she had to do. She stumbled over to the desk and leaned on it to support her. Gantu called out to her to make sure she was okay, but she ignored him. Instead, she closed her eyes and waited for the dizzy spell to go away. Once she felt control in her body, she stood, bent down to pick up the laptop, and then ran out the door.
Gantu shouted to her that he was going to get Angel. Lilo did hear him, but didn't reply. Gantu took off running to the ship, where he found five experiments. Kira sat on Stitch's lap who had his arms around her tiny waistline. Reuben was munching down on a sandwich with Morpholomew next to him and Angel stayed undetected in the corner. They seemed to be talking, but when Gantu swung the door open, they immediately closed their mouths.
There was a long pause until Reuben spoke up. "What's up blubber-butt?" He teased, taking a bite out of his sandwich.
"I need 624 to come with me." Gantu replied in a deep tone.
Angel waddled over to the door. Gantu bent down to scoop her in his hands then left the door. He carried her out in the daylight and stopped moving. Angel tilted her head in curiosity, wondering why he wasn't doing anything.
All of a sudden, Lilo came out of the bush with Angel's good song playing. The pink experiment tried to cover her ears, but when Lilo increased the volume, Angel listened intently. Memories began to flash before her eyes. Sure she like the times when she did bad things with Gantu and Hamsterveil, but these memories she seemed to like better. She remembered when she met Stitch, when he admitted he loved her, when they first kissed, when she and Lilo developed a friendship, when she and Reuben bonded, when Reuben first kissed her, among other memories she cherished. At the end of the song, a smile spread across Angel's face, humming peacefully to the tune. When the song ended, she opened her eyes to see Lilo.
Angel jumped off Gantu's hand and raced into Lilo's arms, pulling the girl close then giving her a loving lick on the cheek. "Thank you Lilo."
Wow. She can speak English now. Lilo thought joyfully. "Good to have you back Angel. Now we need to get rid of Kira and get Stitch and Reuben back to good."
"Memories is the only way. 626 and Reuben need to remember their happiest, saddest, angriest, and the times when they felt loved." Gantu replied.
"I would make a plan on how to do this, but I guess we'll just need to improvise as we go along. First off, Angel, do you think you have ways on how to get Reuben to remember his saddest, happiest, angriest times and when he felt loved?" Lilo asked.
"I'm sure I'll come up with something. Right now, let's get our boys back." Angel responded and took off in the direction of the ship.
"Wait! Did you turn Jumba evil?" Lilo asked apprehensively.
"I think I did." Angel replied. "He was in there with me when I turned Stitch bad. Hopefully he didn't hear."
With a sigh, Lilo followed her pink friend with Gantu trailing close behind the two girls. Angel keyed in the password and the three entered. However, as soon as they did that, everything locked. The ship's door locked completely, the steel walls covered the windows so there would be no sunlight or escaping. When everything was dark, the lights came on to have a little bit of light. Chuckles were heard from the back of the ship. They turned their heads to see, much to their astonishment, Jumba holding a remote with his finger pressed on a button that apparently secures the ship.
From behind, Kira, Stitch, Reuben, and Morpholomew stepped out. They glared evilly at Lilo and Gantu. Lilo's heart broke at the sight of Stitch's arm wrapped possessively around Kira's small waist, holding her close to him. Angel felt like falling to her knees when she took in Reuben leaning casually against a desk with a sandwich in hand.
There was a long silence until Kira spoke up. "624, excellent idea at luring Lilo Pelekai to her doom."
"I-" Angel tried to say she was good now, but Lilo elbowed her secretly in the gut, stopping her from saying anything.
Lilo whirled to face Angel, acting angry, but when she winked at Angel, the experiment knew what she was getting at. "Angel! How could you! I thought you were my friend! You better turn Jumba back to good with your good song and work on Reuben or else I'll never be your friend again!"
Inside, Angel smiled. She knew what her friend was getting at. "I don't care if you never look at me again. You disgust me Lilo Pelekai and tonight you will die."
With that, Angel carried herself off proudly to Kira's side. Kira congratulated Angel again just before turning to Stitch. "Go get her Stitch. Beat her until there's nothing left to beat!"
"I will destroy her." Stitch growled viciously as he leapt to attack Lilo.
Angel watched her friend with concerned eyes. However, she was assured when Gantu pried Stitch off Lilo. She sauntered up to Jumba, climbing on his back. Please work! She pleaded in her thoughts as she lowered her lips to Jumba's ear and began singing her song backwards. Unfortunately, Kira heard Angel's good song play through Jumba's ears and knew what had happened. She was good now.
Jumba however, shook Angel off his shoulders. Angel's heart dropped. He's under the advanced spell! How will I help turn him from bad to good? What are his happiest moments? Saddest moments? Angriest moments? Moments when he felt loved? How can I- Kira grabbed Angel by the scruff of her neck, getting into her face. "What are you doing?"
Angel knew she was caught, but tried to hide it. "I just wanted to see if he was under my advanced spell, but he is."
Kira narrowed her eyes. "You're good now aren't you? Pathetic experiment!" Kira then threw Angel to Reuben who looked down at her. He looked at the tan experiment. "Kill her."
Reuben nodded and brought out his extra arms, hissing at the pink experiment quivering in front of him. "Reuben please! I love you!"
Reuben growled even louder, then lifted her from the arm and threw her to the other side of the ship. Angel looked up at him with wide fearful eyes. She knew turning him back to good wouldn't be easy.
Meanwhile, Stitch had escaped Gantu's grip and was running at Lilo, who tried dodging his every move. "Stitch I love you! I don't want to hurt you! Please don't make me hurt you Stitch! I love you so much!"
Stitch hissed angrily. "You will die right here right now Lilo. Regardless of what you think of me. You will die!"
The blue experiment leapt on top of Lilo, but the girl raised her legs to kick him off her. She looked pleadingly at Gantu who attempted to grab a hold of Stitch. Unfortunately, Stitch raised his fist and brought it crashing to Gantu's head. Lilo gasped in horror as Gantu sunk to the ground with his eyes closed. Stitch turned to Lilo, growling and hissing at her. He pounced, but landed hard on the floor when Lilo rolled away from him. He stood, and then glared angrily at the little Hawaiian girl. He strutted over to her, lifted her from her dress collar, and raised his hand. Lilo squeezed her eyes shut then felt the painful blow of his hand connecting to her cheek.
He dropped her then climbed on top of her. Lilo ignored the stinging pain on her cheek and focused on Stitch. He raised his fist, but Lilo grabbed onto his strong arm to keep him from hitting her. He raised his other arm, but she took that one down too. They struggled, Stitch trying to hit Lilo while Lilo kept those dangerous fists away from her pretty face. Finally, Stitch kicked Lilo in the leg, causing the girl to drop her defense and howl out in pain. Just when Stitch was about to deliver a blow to Lilo's beautiful tan face, somebody side kicked him off Lilo.
Stitch shook his head to see Angel. She had heard Lilo crying and saw that Stitch was about to hit her. She immediately came to her friend's rescue and found herself put in this position. Though she didn't love him as she had done before, he still meant a lot to her. She gulped as the pain in her chest heightened at the thought she might have to hurt Stitch. She didn't have long to stand for Stitch punched her, knocking her to the ground. Lilo wailed at her fallen friend.
Angel picked herself up and reluctantly slapped her ex- boyfriend across the face. Stitch touched the burning place where her hand touched and grew angry. He lifted her up by holding onto one of her furry pink arms, spun around twice, and then threw her to the wall adjacent to Reuben. He watched as Reuben approached Angel, but he didn't have long to watch as Lilo wrapped her arms around Stitch's neck then brought her legs around his waist tightly. She leaned down to whisper in his ear.
"Remember the time when Gantu took Angel and you thought you lost her forever. You made a shrine of her so you wouldn't forget her. Remember that?" Lilo whispered in his ear, believing this was his saddest memory.
Stitch stood still, not moving. After a few seconds, he growled viciously then bucked to get Lilo off his back. She screamed, but held on to him. Finally, he leaned his head back to bite down hard on her shoulder. Lilo shrieked in pain as Stitch's teeth sunk into her tan skin, a river of blood trailed down her dress.
Lilo's arms loosened around Stitch's neck and her legs lost support. Lilo fell to the ground with Stitch on top of her. Stitch pulled away from her bloodied shoulder, grinning at her, showing off his bloodstained teeth to scare her. Lilo felt her energy diminish as Stitch bent down to latch onto her neck, biting into the baby soft skin. Lilo didn't cry out, but just lay there, feeling as if she was going to die.
Angel on the other hand, avoided Reuben as best as she could. Hurting Stitch was one thing, but hurting Reuben, her new boyfriend? Now this was scary. She tried to leap on Reuben to knock sense into him, but he just grabbed her by her antennas and twisted them tightly, inflicting pain on her head. He kicked her off then leapt to beat her mercilessly on her stomach. Angel howled as tears poured from her eyes. He stopped beating her, and then grabbed her from her neck, lifting her head off the floor then bringing her back down. Angel screamed and Reuben laughed the entire time, spitting in her face.
Finally, Angel found the strength to kick Reuben off her, sending him skidding across the floor. "Reuben! Remember when Gantu requested to have you as his gally officer?" She asked, believing this was his happiest memory.
Reuben just growled then leapt at Angel who jumped out of the way. She scurried along the walls and perched herself on the beacon above the ship, hoping to find time to figure out a plan up there. However, she didn't have long until Reuben came up behind her. Angel turned to see him and felt fear clutch on to her as he reeled his hand back and struck her across the face leaving two very unfortunate things. One was the embedded marks that were bleeding on her cheek and the other thing was the falling. She fell and landed on her back hard on the floor. Angel moaned in discomfort as her spine tingled with pain. She closed her eyes, and then felt Reuben drag his claws from her bosom all the way down to her legs, creating four long marks, all of them bleeding. The last thing Angel saw was Reuben staring down at her with complete loath until her eyes fluttered close.
"Angel!" Lilo weakly screamed in horror. "Stitch, please stop. Go save Angel. Please. "Stitch growled then pressed his hand on her throat, making her hands fly to his hands and desperately tried to pry them off her neck. Lilo then gave up, laying her arms motionlessly at her side. "I'm going to die in a few months, why not just get it over with now?"
Though she spoke this in a quiet tone, Stitch still heard her. Lilo felt his grip on her throat loosen and he took a step back, his eyes wide. Lilo looked at him from the floor, not finding the energy to get up. She saw Stitch had clasped his hands on his head then sank to the floor on his knees, screaming in agony.
"Uh oh." Jumba said from behind.
"Uh oh? What do you mean by uh oh?" Kira asked with slight nervousness.
"626 is remembering saddest memory." Jumba replied.
"Why is that an uh oh?" Kira interrogated.
"Memories are only ways to reverse 624's advanced charms. Victims of 624's advanced charms need to remember their saddest, happiest, and angriest memories along with the times they felt loved. Is only way to turn 624's victims to good." Jumba explained. "Little Girl reminded 626 of his saddest memory which must be the day he found out he will be losing Little Girl."
Kira gulped. "This is an uh oh." (I know I made Kira sound like Pleakley on the episode Link, but I wanted to use it)
As Stitch screamed in pain, Lilo watched from the floor, amazed. When he found out I was going to die is his saddest memory? Then what is his happiest memory?
"Remember our first kiss?" Lilo asked, hoping this was his happiest memory.
Stitch felt his pain grow slightly. He grasped his head tighter, screaming. "Ah!"
Lilo stood on her feet, trying to ignore the aching she felt in her shoulder. She walked over to Stitch, standing a good few inches from him. "Remember when Leroy kidnapped your cousins?"
Stitch's eyes opened with anger evident in his eyes. The pain went away for a moment until he started screeching at the top of his lungs. He fell to the ground, still clutching his head as he rolled, trying to stop the pain. Lilo stumbled over to him and bent down. She removed his hands from his head, and then stared down at him. Stitch felt his pain go away when Lilo touched him. He opened his eyes to see the little girl looking down at him. Even with blood dripping from her shoulder and her hair all messy, she still looked beautiful. In fact, he had never seen her more radiant than she did now.
Lilo bent down and kissed Stitch's nose, trying to remember the times when he felt loved and appreciated. Unbeknownst to her, Reuben had desisted his attacks on Angel. The pink experiment stood next to him, watching the heart-warming scene unfold. Angel turned to Reuben, his eyes were cold, but there was something else inside those dark pupils. She could've sworn she saw his eyes glisten at the sweet action between their best friends.
"Reuben, Stitch and I use to be together. Remember that day when I told you that I might marry Stitch someday?" Angel asked him and as expected, he fell to the ground. His hands flew to his head and shouted as the burning pain increased in his head. She bent down and removed his hands from his face. His pain receded the moment he felt her hands on him. Reuben looked into her gorgeous black eyes. "That day doesn't exist to me anymore. Stitch isn't my buchee-bu. You are." Reuben whimpered as the pain surged through him again, but with her touch, it was more bearable. He remembered how happy he felt when Angel called him her buchee-bu. Even through the pain, a smile slid across his face. "When I was hurt, you were there for me. Remember how bad Kira hurt me? You thought I wasn't going to live." Reuben felt the pain increase dramatically, despite her touch lingering on his face. "I meant it when I first said I loved you Reuben. I love you and I have a feeling that's never going to change. You will always be my buchee-bu."
Reuben's eyes closed as a series of memories swarmed in front of him. He remembered the times when he and Gantu teamed up to catch an experiment and their arguments. He remembered when Lilo gave him a name and helped motivate him. He remembered aiding Lilo in the battle against Hamsterviel and his clones of Leroys. He remembered Angel and the times when their friendship began to develop. Then, he remembered when he fell in love with her and shared his first kiss with her. His eyes opened in a dreamy state then he gathered Angel securely, but gently in his arms and kissed her.
Angel returned his kiss happily, bringing her arms around his neck. He pulled away then smiled while stroking her cheek with his thumb. "I love you Angel. You are my buchee-bu and I intend to keep it that way."
Angel squealed, planting kisses all over his face. "You're back! I thought I lost you forever. I love you Reuben. My buchee-bu."
Lilo meanwhile continued to look down at Stitch until an idea hit her. "Stitch, when my parents died, I felt I had nothing left to live for. Even when I was young, I had often thought about drowning myself in the ocean and be with my parents, but when I met you, I realized there was something worth living. Stitch, I truthfully meant it when I said you were the best thing that ever happened to me. Without you, I don't know where my life would've ended up; I don't even know if I would live my life up to its fullest. You are the best thing that ever happened to me. I loved you then and I love you now Stitch and I will always love you. No matter what you do to me, my love for you will never perish."
Stitch closed his eyes then reached one hand up to Lilo's face and brought her down to his lips. Kira, Jumba, and Gantu, who was awake now, watched with wide eyes as the two kissed. Of course Kira was beyond enraged, but she didn't do anything except turned, defeated. She knew she lost.
Lilo pulled away from Stitch's lips and helped him off the floor. Stitch brought her into his arms, stroking her soft raven hair. "Lilo, I-" Stitch was about to say he loved her, but when he felt her sway unsteadily in his arms he pulled away to look at her with concern. "Lilo?"
Lilo's eyes rolled in the back of her head, her arms lost her grip around Stitch's neck and the room spun around her. She could barely see Stitch or focus on what he was saying. All she could hear was the loud thumping in her heart and the horrible ache in her head as she lost sight of Stitch and everyone that occupied the room.
The last thing she heard was Stitch, Angel, and Reuben crying her name out in deep concern just before she fell to the ground and darkness clouded her vision...
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Lilo and Stitch or their characters. I only own the story, plot, and Kira
LOL! My first two reviewers were yelling at me because last chapter was so short. Is this long enough for you guys? I know, I wasn't fond of chapt.18 either, but like I said on chapter 16 I think it was, I was having writer's block at that time and almost lost inspiration for this story. However, I was able to end it with 22 well written chapters w/ an alternative ending.