Chapter 15: Stitch vs. Robots -or- The Malfunction's Overload

KAUAI, HAWAII

"Help me!" Lilo screamed as she pulled against the robot dinosaur. "Nani! Stitch! Someone!"

Try as she might, help wasn't coming easily. Nani was trying hard to reach her little sister, the robots kept her very preoccupied. The same could be said for Angel and Mr. Bubbles, the three of them were the only ones who fought back. Others waited in their hiding spots, wanting nothing more than for all this to end. A wake up call for them was needed greatly, otherwise their may not have been any way to win this battle of the bots. Lilo didn't have much time, so she hoped against this that someone would intervene.

Luck was on her side, as 626 came to a stop at the bushes. Lani stood beside him, directing him to split up. 626 took out any robots that came near, his shots even saving Nani, Mr. Bubbles and Angel at times. Lani ran over to an area that wasn't occupied by their enemy, making many of the citizens confused what she was doing. Lani didn't seem to be afraid of them either, which made them all curious why. They wouldn't get an answer to that, there was the more important robot fight to handle.

"Listen up!" Lani called for their attention -not that she needed to. "I know your scared right now! And it's okay! Well, not really! Not if it has you all running from your fear! Face it, face this! Look at it now! Two of your own -and even a few that aren't even from here- are trying their best to save you! But they can't do it all by themselves! Help them! Fight back! Don't be afraid anymore! Is this getting through to anyone?!"

The fighters couldn't hear what Lani had said, they were too focused on saving everyone and themselves from the metal strikes. None more so than 626, who made it his personal job to protect Lilo at all costs. When the dinosaur-akin robot was about to store Lilo in his maw, 626 dropped his blasters and ran up to it. He crawled up it's side, squeezing into the claw that held Lilo. 626 stretched the claw open from the inside, grabbing Lilo with his sub set of arms before she fell. The robot tried harder to crush them, so 626 gave in trying to fight it.

He let himself and Lilo drop, more himself as he threw Lilo a little bit more in the air. 626 landed safely and caught Lilo, setting her down before she squeezed him in a hug. 626 was petrified at her action, only hugging her back when the robot turned to growl at them. One quick bite and it would be over, this time it looked like 626's supposed "luck" had finally run out. What luck he was assumed to have will forever remain a mystery, especially with his constant streak of bad luck in the past three days.

There was enough room to fit in a few more surprises, this on in the form of a wrench being thrown at the the robot. It -along with Lilo and 626- turned to see Lani standing in front of an army of people, ready to take back the island from the robots. While it was distracted by the large number of enemies, 626 grabbed the tail of the metallic Tyrannosaur. He spun around and let go, sending it far enough away not to cause trouble for now. Seeing more robots coming, Lani unleashed her army and called to her own allies.

"Head to the beach!" Lani ordered them. "I have a plan!"

626 picked up his plasma blasters and acted as Lilo's personal guard, doing well on his task for a while. Angel and Mr. Bubbles quickly followed Lani, where she would explain the plan she had. Nani was almost as swift as they were to vacate the area, her concern being leaving Lilo with 626. He was a great bodyguard, unfortunately he didn't notice some spare parts coming their way from a blown up robot after it hit a telephone pole. Nani ran over to Lilo and hugged them both close -626 by default-, as the pieces showed down on them.

Safe from this danger, another presented itself as Ramthar and 621 back for revenge. Ramthar pushed past the robots, stepped over people and went right up the Pelekai's and 626. Grinning madly, he grabbed Lilo right from Nani and 626's hands. Both ready to blast the satisfied smile off his face, however Ramthar counted on that. 621 jumped on his shoulder and held a plasma blaster at Lilo, forcing Nani and 626 to reluctantly throw their own weapons to the side. Lilo wasn't so quick to surrender, she was still able to do something.

She blew her whistle to cause 621 fall down and pull his ears, then she hit Ramthar with it -having a less effective outcome. He laughed at her attempt to get free, though in the span of a few breaths he wouldn't be laughing anymore. 627 had heard Lilo's call, uncharacteristically coming to her rescue. He grabbed Ramthar's head to allow Lilo to fall, Nani catching her to hug her tight. 626 had to cut the moment short, after knocking 621 away of course. He got them to follow him to the beach, then he turned once he realized he forgot 627.

"Kavi, phaa thoy gho!" 626 ordered.

"Evil!" 627 responded.

627 headbutt Ramthar, knocking him out for the time being. The red experiment ran to 626's side, providing him an extra six set of hands with the robots. Lilo and Nani tried to keep up with them, made easier by the times they stopped to break the bots. As they ran through town, the citizens started falling back. This was part of Lani's plan, 621 jumping out at them wasn't. From a nearby table, Nani managed to shoot a plate. Proving her aim to be surprisingly excelled, the contents of the plate landed on 621.

"Yuck!" 621 yelled until he tasted the food he'd been smothered in. "Hmm, this isn't bad. What is this?"

"Chopsuey!" Lilo smiled as she dumped another plate on him.

621 was now busy recovering from the pain the heated dish brought, as well as consume the delicious meal he was now addicted to. This left 626 enough time to call them over to a path to the beach, where they'd met up with Lani and Angel.

"Where's Cobra?" Lilo looked around.

"He's getting ready," Lani told her.

"Getting ready for what?" Nani had to ask.

"He ziz-ziz zaghdads," Angel explained. " After Lani huaa allahs the hassiniyadh."

"Just stand here and wait for the tsunami siren to sound," Lani started running to an orange and white surfboard waiting for her.

"Where are you going?" Nani asked her.

"To call in the wave," Lani answered -almost fully clear. "Just trust me."

Nani was uncertain she should, given their current situation it was simple to understand her unease. The robots lumbered out of the forest, following their conquest directive to eliminate all who stood in their way. Dropping her blaster was now a mistake she regretted, that and taking in 626 when he created all this trouble for them. Lilo snapped her sister out of her negative thoughts, both her and 626 holding their arms out like the first time. It took a hesitant move for Nani to follow her lead, soon Angel did the tsunami gesture as the robots closed in.

"Robots/Zaghdads!" Lilo, Nani and 626 shouted simultaneously. "Prepare to die/detaka!"

Nani thought she heard 626 talk, though she couldn't be sure as the siren sounded. The wind curled around them, the waves soon joining the uproar. They turned around to see Lani riding a giant wave right to the shore, lowering to their height.

"Jump!" Lani yelled to them.

Taking a deep breath of hope, they jumped onto the board as Lani swooped in for them. She brought them back to the top of the wave, hands glowing and outstretched to seemingly control the wave. The robots were swept away by the new tide, floating under the water without any side effects. One of them grabbed the surfboard, intent to take out one of them. It aimed for Lilo, who backed up in a rightful worry of going with it. Angel slashed at it, only to have nothing happen. So 626 took it upon himself to save her.

"Naga ikata Lilo!" 626 lunged at the robot.

"Stitch/Khalifaud/626!" Lilo, Angel and Lani called to the sinking experiment.

Nani was certain she heard him speak this time, the only word she understood was her little sister's name. 626 punched and clawed at the robot, determined to continue until his last breath was drawn. Lani signaled Mr. Bubbles to spark up the water, knowing 626 would be immune to the shock. The robots sparked up, releasing a green electricity as they shut down. Including the one 626 was near, which was the first to explode -this one causing 626 to be swept even further away. Lani lessened the wave, allowing Lilo to jump off and turn back.

"Where yuuga going?" Angel asked at the surprise of Nani.

"To find Stitch!" Lilo called back. "I have to find him before I loose him again!"

"Check your house!" Lani advised.

"Thank you Lani!" Lilo didn't even question her knowledge this time -her only concern was her friend.

As they waited for Lilo's return, Lani and Angel had some explaining to do. While they were preoccupied, the shock shook Ramthar awake. It was time for him and 621 to get even with 626, which 627 took notice of. He alerted the girls and they went to go get Lilo. She herself was searching the remaining wreckage of her house to find 626. She called his name and dug through piles, only finding him when the experiment moved a few planks out of his way. Lilo gave him a hug, happy that she found him. Instead of returning it, 626 broke the gesture and gave her something.

It was a picture of Lilo and Nani with her parents, the same one she'd told 626 not to ever touch. It wasn't his fault, it was a coincidence. He had been floating -ready to meet his end- when he caught sight of the picture hovering in his vision. 626 wasn't a swimmer, however he used all he had to push himself to grab the photo. A slab of wood met his back, both causing him slight pain and giving him refuge in the bundle. So in a mysterious way he wasn't sure of himself, Lilo's family saved him from drowning in the sea.

Lilo didn't know that unfortunately, not that she would have listened to him right now. All she saw was that the picture had been burnt, drenched and crumbled. With it the most destructive creature she'd ever met handing it to her. Lilo felt crushed, worse than she's ever felt before. This was the most improtant thing to remember her parents, now it was a faded and overall destroyed mess. Lilo was now very unhappy with who she thought was her friend, who she risked a lot to help in any way she could. Underlining her uncontrollable rage, she pushed him away.

"You ruined everything," Lilo glared at him with an undying anger.

"Me...Meega soka," 626 backed away from her. "Lilo..."

"No," Lilo snapped. "Everything was going good, and you had to wreck it. Now Nani has no job, Cobra's trying to take me away from her, you made robots who ruined the island and you ruined the only thing I have to remember my..."

"Lilo, meega naga..." 626 tried to explain.

"Save it," Lilo turned away from him -letting a tear drop. "I wished I had a friend, someone who would make things better. But you just made them worse. I...I wish you never came here! Just...Just get out of here Stitch. I mean, 626. It's always been 626, hasn't it? You can go now, I don't need you."

626 was now the one who felt destroyed, so shocked at what she said that he couldn't walk away. He turned away from her with his four arms, letting the first tear of his own fall from his own eye. Though her couldn't tell, there was something in her tone that was against what she said. She did need him, now especially since they heard something hiding. A shift in the leaves called their attention to the noise, not finding out what caused it as they were ensnared in an unbreakable net.

"Surprise!" Captain Gantu smiled at his success.

A/N: What a busy chapter, and an exciting cliffhanger. I felt that it was right to have Lilo finally release her thoughts on this mostly because when the house was destroyed in the movie, she basically disowned 626 for the moment. And now I put Gantu back in circulation, like I said I would. I'm gonna have fun with him meeting Ramthar and 621, and soon 628 will come back into play. So much to come and only four days left to wait for it.

Disclaimer: Disney and Sanders own the majority of this remake. Lani, 628 and Nicholas are my only whole cloth characters, but that'll change very soon.

Next Time: As everyone fights for 626, which side will decide the final outcome?