Chapter 14: Stitch vs. 626 -or- Meega Choose...

KAUAI, HAWAII

"Saari, Khalifaud naga shol asahiah yuuga," Angel told her sternly. "Yuuga family."

"He didn't think so," Lilo started to walk away. "He wanted to leave."

"You really don't get it," Lani shook her head. "Don't you realize what was going to happen? They were going to kill you." Those words seemed to make Lilo stop. "626 saved your life."

Lilo gave that some thought, 626 saving her life. If she thought about it, he hadn't shown signs of doing that before. Maybe this was proof that he did care, even the smallest bit. It was a good thought, it still didn't matter since 626 was leaving Earth. He would leave and most likely never return, so Lilo would definitely miss him. Maybe one day he would return, wanting to stick around longer than three days. Lilo didn't rely too much on that option, 626 might not miss her as much. If only she'd held them both higher than that, she might not have felt so sad.

"Even if that's true, Stitch is still leaving," Lilo wiped away another tear. "He doesn't need me anymore."

"You're right and wrong about this," Lani sighed. "He is leaving, and he doesn't need you right now. But that's not the way it works."

"Right...right now?" Lilo was curious what she meant.

"Lilo..."

Lani was cut off by a quake in the ground, one that she and the pink experiment hadn't expected so soon. The volcano couldn't have been erupting, so it was down to one option. They only needed a call from Mr. Bubbles to be certain, so who better than to call a few seconds later.

"Ms. Alaula, it's begun!" Mr. Bubbles had trouble keeping his composure.

"Calm down," Lani held her ear like a blue tooth. "We're talking about the things we were trying to stop?"

"Yes," Mr. Bubbles breathed. "The robots are marching up the volcano now."

"Great," Lani threw her hands up. "What a perfect way to continue the morning."

"What's happening?" Lilo became worried.

"The town is being attacked by robots," Lani explained. "Cobra's down there trying to buy us some time. Nani's most likely..."

"Nani!" Lilo snapped out of her sadness.

Lani and Angel followed her down the volcano, to help out in any way they could. Well, Angel was following Lilo. Lani stopped once they reached the bottom of their decline, there was something back at the oasis she needed to take care of.

"Angel, protect Lilo," Lani ran back up. "I gotta get 626."

"Maka maka, Lani!" Angel nodded.

With Angel as her bodyguard now, the two ran into town. Nani and Mr. Bubbles were easy to find, Nani waiting for her little sister to know that she's safe while the agent kept in between the people and the machines. Though they were curious why and how, no one asked as Angel took out her Ziz-Ziz Wisps to provide Mr. Bubbles backup. As far as they were concerned, any and all help was nice to have. Though it wasn't needed currently as the robots stood in a stationary gate, almost as if they were waiting for something.

Back up the volcano, 626 and his crew -minus Angel- were preparing to leave Earth. While his crew was busy, 626 looked at the collar he kept in hand. Since the book was somewhere in the forest near Lilo's demolished house, this would serve as his last memento of Earth. He questioned his choice a last time, continuing his vicious cycle of doubt. 626 wished there was some way to have both, choosing was just too much to think about. It hurt too much no matter the choice, it hurt his supercomputer brain as well his now fragile heart.

It was funny, when given enough time to think about it. There were many things about 626 that made him amazing. He was indestructible, super strong, fast, incredibly smart. The things he's done in his short life already had outweighed what many people could accomplish in their life time. He conquered planets, been chased from those planets, ordered a much smaller fleet than the Galactic Armada with better tactics than the actual officers. He was 626, the most dangerous creature in the entire galaxy, for Pete's sake!

Through all his power, he still couldn't get what he wanted.

Did he know what he wanted? No. His mind was at a constant war with itself, starting when his crew arrived on the island. He was an uncontrollable one, his mind never stopped reminding him of that fact. Since Lilo came into the picture, he hadn't caused much damage. That could be due to having nothing of real value to destroy -other than sentimental items-, though it could also be because of the little girl who took him into her O'hana.

That word, that blasted "O'hana" term! That made the pain even worse! Why did she have to be so caring to him? No one had ever been that caring to him, that was easy to see why. He hit her with pillows, barfed back her food that he took from her, sat back to watch her handle her own problems. She still never gave up on him, it used to irk him. Used to. Looking back on it, 626 was going to miss that feeling. The feeling of belonging, of being cared for and wanted.

The feeling that maybe somewhere deep down, he was good.

"We're ready to leave Captain," Ramthar informed the blue experiment.

"Oketaka," 626 sighed.

He'd never tell his thoughts to his crew, they'd find some way to take advantage of it. 627 could see that he was distressed, which made even him go quiet. 627, the one that would laugh at others' misfortunes. Things weren't going to be the same now, not with 626 hating himself and Angel set on living on Earth. 626 wished once more to know what he really wanted, not expecting his answer to come calling for him from behind. The answer sounded strangely like Lani.

"626!" Lani called out to him.

"Naga," 626 doubted she was actually there.

"626, I know you're around here somewhere!" Lani really was in the area.

626 was surprised at her arrival, not only was she here but she was wearing a suit with white lights one it. Ramthar and 621 greeted her in their own way, Ramthar holding her in the air by her back while 621 pointed his blaster.

"Naga!" 626 stopped them from hurting her. "Put saari japdelup."

Ramthar and 621 didn't want to, they only did because 626 glared at them. They were criminals, though they had enough respect and fear for their small leader to obay him. Sometimes one more than the other, the ladder being fear at most.

"We have a problem," Lani spoke to 626. "Those robots you made, they work. And they're surrounding the town."

"Don't attack, huh?" Ramthar smiled to 626.

"Meega naga..."

The robots lumbering out of the forest stopped 626 from continuing, the others even stood for another fight -if need be. These robots had different parts from his original which lead them, even size was varied among the small gathering of them. Ramthar and 621 were impressed, happier still now that they had a new army of robots to aid them. Lani, 626 and 627 seemed to be the only ones who saw the baddest outcome of this situation. The robots were ready to receive orders, only from 626. So that left him with the control, which was swayed to stop them.

"Zaghdad Hakkiah, naga baaheth jihadi," 626 ordered. "Shut japdelup."

"ERROR," the lead robot replied. "COMMAND NOT RECOGNIZED. RESTATE ORDER."

"Gaba," 626 got confused for a second. "Meega said shut japdelup."

"ERROR," the leader forced a sigh from 626. "VIOLATION OF CONQUEST DIRECTIVE."

"Conquest directive?" Lani turned to 626. "You were busy. Ever think this would happen?"

"Naga," 626 shook his head. "Why isa it naga working?"

"CONQUEST SEQUENCE INITIATING," the head robot informed.

Lani and the two experiments who cared backed away from the robots, Ramthar and 621 joining. In the town, the robots straightened even more than they had. They walked towards the people, forcing Mr. Bubbles and Angel to make everyone back away. A countdown from five started, signalling a danger no one was prepared for. Hearts beat fast, hands twitch, breathes heavy. Everyone waited anxiously for the robots to finish counting, the roar from a Tyrannosaurus-looking robot was the cue of the attack.

Everyone in the town ran away, which was about the safest thing they could do. Robots filled the streets with chaos, so Angel and Mr. Bubbles had a tough time rounding them up. There were too many of them to keep track of, even for the criminals found them hard to take on. Ramthar punched the larger robots, 621 and 626 shot at them with their blasters and Lani helped 627 fight the last of them. Destroying the head robot wasn't enough to stop the invasion, not by a long shot.

"Let's go!" Ramthar told the SBS crew. "The ship can get us off this planet before the robots..."

"Woah, woah, woah," Lani interrupted. "You can't just leave now. We need help with them. You created this mess, 626. The least you can do is clean it up."

"626 is a death machine," 621 rolled his eyes. "He doesn't clean up his messes."

"I think that should be his choice to make," Lani glared at 621. "Let him choose for himself."

"He has responsibilities," Ramthar joined the argument. "Clearly he wouldn't throw that away to save some puny humans."

"Clearly you both only care for yourselves," Lani fought back. "And those 'puny humans' are my friends."

The three of them continued going back and forth, losing sight of the current life threatening issue. While 627 laughed in amusement, 626 pulled his ears in an attempt to have some quiet for a second. He didn't need long to sort out his priorities, though it would've helped if they weren't fighting over what he wanted. 626 growled and pulled Lani away from his crew, standing between them all to get a moment of silence. He just needed to think it through, he needed to choose once and for all.

626's attention was brought to the collar he held in one of his sub set of arms, he forgot he was still holding it. The wind blowing around him helped clear his mind, so he could come to terms with things. Ramthar and 621 saw this, both wanting 626 to get things back to the way they were. They didn't understand the point of being "good", not when it was way more fun being bad. Their leader now had to make a call on having that kind of life, they were outraged! He would never go good, would he?

Down in the town, Lilo ran for the hula studio. She wanted to go back for Nani, knowing she should have stayed with her to fight the robots. Nani wouldn't have it, she sent Lilo to hide while she helped take care of the attackers. Angel gave her blasters to work with, which made Nani a force to be challenged. Lilo felt left out, there had to be something she could do. Hiding wasn't really something she preferred, she would rather choose actually running away from danger than hiding from it. Unlike the girls in Kauai, Lilo seemed to be the only brave one.

"Weirdlo, stay quiet!" Mertle hissed the awful nickname at her. "Do you want them to find us?"

"They won't," Lilo assured her and the other scared girls in hiding. "We're safe in here. I can't believe Stitch made these. Why would he make them?"

"You mean your disconfigured dog made those," Mertle couldn't believe it. "How weird can you be?"

"Yeah," Yuki, Teresa and Elena stood by that comment.

"It's true," Lilo defended herself and 626. "Stitch really did make them. He's an alien and the robots are going to invade us."

They didn't believe her for a second, not even with the proof waiting right out the door. Where it usually wouldn't phase her, Lilo found herself slightly infuriated with their lack of trust in her. If they were to go outside, they would see an impending robot army attacking. In fact, wasn't that the reason they were hiding in the first place? More proof came as the roof of the building was torn off, the Tyrannosaurus robot reached in to grab the screaming girls. Lilo was the only one it could reached, which suited the machine just fine.

Lilo struggled to get free, screaming at the top of her lungs for help. Nani was quick to draw the plasma blasters at her, only to be stopped by Mr. Bubble. He was right to do so and she knew it, if she shot Lilo could have gotten hit with a stray plasma blast. Lilo pulled against the robot and got one hand free, using it to dig through her pocket. There was something she kept on her in just in case, which she didn't think she'd use. From her pocket, Lilo pulled out a silver dog whistle. She could remember when she got it, specifically what was said.

"Lilo, catch!" Lani called.

Lilo stopped to face Lani, catching the object before it hit the ground. She analyzed it and saw that it was a whistle, blowing it didn't release any sound -at least to her. She blew it again and 626 sprawled the ground like he was getting water out of his eyes.

"Did I do that?!" Lilo asked Lani.

"Yes!" Lani yelled as they got further. "You may need it!"

"Lani, you were right," Lilo said to herself. "I need it now."

Lilo blew the low frequency whistle, only loud enough for the experiments on the mountain to hear. When their ears shot up, Lani smiled to herself. Finally, something good came out of her meddling. Seeing this, Ramthar grew worried of mutiny.

"6-626?" Ramthar stammered for once. "Surely you wouldn't choose some human over your own team. You don't need that little girl!"

"Ih," 626 nodded -sure of himself. "But meega aka choota help Lilo!"

"What?!" 621 and Ramthar couldn't believe their ears.

"Yuuga graazi Ramthar, meega naga need Lilo," 626 looked to the collar and smiled. "But Lilo needs meega. So meega gotta save her!"

"And that's the way it works," Lani smiled to him.

626 was fully decided, he wanted to help Lilo. Lani and 627 were behind him in his choice, Ramthar and 621 however...621 pulled out his unusual weapon and Ramthar was ready to stop the mutiny with an ordinary blaster. Lani's hands started glowing again, only 626 was faster with his blasters so she couldn't show them what she had to offer just yet. The two bad aliens get blasted by 626, Ramthar the first to recover and attempt a retreat. He was stopped by 627, who pinned him to the ground.

"Unhand me you little trog!" Ramthar yelled.

"Evil," 627 grinned at him.

"626, we have to go," Lani ushered him down the mountain. "Lilo needs you."

626 ran down faster than Lani could follow, meanwhile 621 shot 627 with his weapon. This weapon wasn't a regular blaster, once shot this one could transport someone a short distance away. When 627 reappeared, 621 used his grappling hook to bring the traitor back. Once near, Ramthar aided him and punched 627 through the root of a wide tree. The red experiment tumbled down the mountain, earning more scorch marks from the patches of lava. 621 -using the amount of strength he had- helped Ramthar up, the overgrown squid was his trusted partner.

"We have to end this," Ramthar told his partner.

"Agreed," 621 joined him. "We'll start with eliminating the girl."

"The older, annoying one or the little one?" Ramthar was fine with either choice.

"This 'Lilo' he's so fond of," 621 recapped their now modified Plan B. "Then we'll go after the strange know it all. 'Angel' and 627 will be easy to take care of next."

"And after we break his spirits, we break him," Ramthar continued their scheming.

"So we'll use 628 to dehydrate him," 621 nodded evilly. "But, will it work?"

"It has to work," Ramthar opened the SBS up. "626 must pay for his betrayal."

A/N: Part one of my robotic battle is complete! Part two will be out Sunday, because I don't feel right leaving you all a week to find out what happens next. Three days will do enough of that. By the way, Lani's suit is an Iron Man Model 43 design with the mask of the 2099 Andros Stark. She'll explain why later.

Disclaimer: Lani and the mentioned 628 in this chapter belong to me. And as I've said so many times before, the rest is Disney/Sanders property.

Next Time: As our heroes band together to stop the invasion, they find that this may be a bigger issue than they anticipated.