Disclaimer: I do NOT own Lilo and Stitch or their characters. I only own story, plot, and three experiments: Drea, Slyther, and Master
Teresa, Elena, and Yuki stared at the dead bodies. They knew their lives were uncertain. The choices were clear to them. They either aid these three experiments in locating Lilo Pelekai, or die just as horribly and heartlessly as their friend and her mother did. The three girls looked at each other, a moment of understanding passed through them.
Teresa sighed, and then nodded her head, signaling that she will help them. Master grinned sinisterly before shutting the door to break the connection between the girls and their friend's body. He motioned the other two experiments to make the girls follow him. He took hold of Teresa's shoulders and led her to the kitchen with Slyther and Drea following behind with Yuki and Elena. They made it into the kitchen where it once used to be so lively and cheery now dull and brought an ache to the girls' hearts. The three experiments sat them down on the three chairs and stood in front of them.
It was Master that spoke. "Have you seen experiment 626?" The girls shook their heads. "Have you seen Stitch?" This time, the girls nodded their heads. "Just to be sure we're talking about the right kind of Stitch, does he resemble to what you humans call; a dog, with blue fur, black eyes, and has alien features?" The girls nodded again, too terrified to speak. "Well then, that Stitch is actually experiment 626."
"Just what is this experiment 626?" Teresa asked. "And how can Lilo's dog be the one you're looking for?"
"I'll explain the story that I got out of that little book." He showed what he was talking about with a slight incline of his head to Drea who was holding the book in her palms. "You see, experiment 626 is a powerful experiment created by Jumba Jookiba."
"That's Lilo's weird uncle." Yuki whispered in awe.
Master went on, not caring that the little girl said something. "626 has the ability to lift objects 3000 times his size, be virtually indestructible, see in the dark, and has a brain to that of a supercomputer. Another thing is that his primary function is to destroy anything he gets his little blue paws on. He is also known to be the galaxy's biggest threat. Due to that, they had to put him in prison. However, 626 escaped and crashed here on this mud ball of a planet. Here, he met that little girl, Lilo Pelekai who took him in and changed him from bad to good. Don't ask me how she did it, because I really don't know. It's sickening really. Later on, he got to be part of the stupid girl's family and they all lived happily ever after blah, blah, blah, until we came here to take 626 with us."
"Is this why Lilo has a lot of weird pets?" Teresa asked. "They're all aliens and made by Lilo's Uncle Jumba?"
"That depends. Give me one of the weird pets you saw." Master replied, crossing his arms.
"Well, there was one pretty one. She looked like Lilo's dog except for pink fur, antennas, and a white V on her chest." Elena described. "She was always at Stitch's side until a few months ago."
"That would be Experiment 624." Piped Drea. "According to this book, Stitch had fallen in love with her at first sight. They named her Angel."
"How about that fat one with the giant caboose." Teresa asked.
"I think you're talking about Experiment 530. The one who makes awesome waves. Cannonball." Drea answered.
The girls looked at each other. They couldn't believe Lilo was right in that aliens do exist! For once in their lives, they wanted to help Lilo instead of these three monsters, but of course, their lives are also at stake.
Teresa sighed, and then nodded to Master. "We will help you."
"Excellent." Master replied in a low voice. "There is only one thing I want you girls to do right now. Show me where the Pelekai house is."
Meanwhile, Stitch was up in his and Lilo's dome while Lilo played over at Victoria's house. She invited him to come with her, but he said no. Besides, he wanted to be alone to think in peace. He sat on the bed, pondering on the strangest of things that had happened. First, he thought of his nightmare. He was beyond curious to find out what that dream meant. Could it be that a dark experiment was on the loose? Stitch didn't think it possible, after all, he and Lilo did catch all the 625 experiments. Then he thought of Myrtle's absence even though he told himself that she might just be sick, he still thought her disappearance might be linked to his dream.
Next, he thought of Lilo, the girl who is now haunting his dreams and thoughts. He still believed Lilo was just a friend and nothing more, but he couldn't help but feel something stronger than that. During the day, he couldn't keep his mind off her. He couldn't tear his eyes away from her soft and angelic face. He couldn't stop the urges to run his claws through her silky hair of raven. He didn't understand what was happening to him, but he knew it had to stop. Lilo was nothing but a friend to him. However, he couldn't ignore the warm feeling he gets when he even gets close to her.
Back to the dream! He snapped at himself in his thoughts. If the dream does mean there is another experiment running around, then where is it and when will I face him. There's only one person I know that would help me with this. Jumba must know something about a dark experiment.
With this thought, he rode the lift downstairs and bolted for the door. He yanked it open then tore the path in his haste to Jumba's ship. He ran up the ramp, racing towards his creator. Finally, he saw his bulky creator writing something down on a clean sheet of paper.
"Jumba!" Stitch called out.
The alien turned to see his little blue creation. "What is it 626?"
"Jumba, do you know if there is a dark experiment running around?" Stitch asked then noticed a befuddled look on Jumba's face and decided to describe. "Midnight black fur? A red mark that kind of looks like a crown?"
"Ah yes! You are being talking about Master, Pre 701. Wait, how do you know about him?" Jumba enquired, now very much drawn to Stitch's statement.
"I saw him in my dreams." Stitch replied.
"Honestly then, I do not know if Jumba should feel curious or disgusted."
"Jumba!" He scolded. "I meant I had a very bad dream about him. I come home to see Nani and Lilo dead and this experiment tells me he killed them."
Jumba gasped. "Maybe they're not dead after all."
"Who's they?" Stitch asked.
"Never mind 626, it's probably just another silly dream. Do not be worrying about it, go on back to house." Jumba replied. "Just keep an eye out 626."
Stitch nodded. Well that was no help, but at least I learned the name of this experiment. Master, Pre 701. Wait, Pre 701? And just who is they? There's more?
He came back to reality to see Lilo walking to the house. He ran to her, though not really knowing why. Lilo turned to see him and waved, but was taken back when he pounced on her. Lilo laughed then rolled around with her best friend. The two laughed as they rolled around in the dirt, getting them covered in it. Finally, they had enough dirt mixing in their hair and fur. They stood off the ground, and dusted themselves off as best they could. When they finished, they went inside the house. Inside, Pleakley told them they needed a bath.
Apparently, that was the wrong thing to say. Before Lilo could turn, Stitch was off in a flash. She sighed tiredly; she was not in the mood to chase her best friend. She started around the house, searching for the blue alien. When she entered inside the kitchen, she knew he was somewhere close. Pots and pans littered the floor. Many cabinets appeared to have been yanked open. There was only one cabinet that looked as if it had not been touched, the one under the sink. She tiptoed very quietly over to this particular cabinet, reached a hand out, and pulled it open at a break-neck speed. To her surprise, she didn't see him until the door next to the cabinet opened and she turned to see Stitch taking off in the hallway.
Grumbling, she pursued after him again. She followed him inside Nani's room. He flung himself on the bed, probably trying to make a lunge at the window. However, Lilo's hand latched onto his ankle, which made him fall on the bed. She crawled up to him to straddle him so he couldn't get away. She noticed his hands were still free so she went to clasp them with hers and hold them behind his head. He looked at her with a scowl just before bringing his extra arms out, grabbing at her sides, then rolled to switch positions. He copied her with the hands, pinning them above her head.
"Looks like I win." He said tauntingly.
"If you could only see where my knee is." She replied sweetly.
Stitch shifted to see her knee in between his legs, getting ready to knee him in a very bad place. He gulped then turned his gaze back at her. "Lilo..."
She laughed. "Relax Stitch; I wouldn't do that to you. Though I will find another painful way to get you off me and into the bathtub. What is it with you and baths? You know I'd never drown you."
He raised an eyebrow. "How do I know that for sure?"
"Because I love you and I wouldn't do anything to hurt you." She responded with a loving grin. "Really Stitch, how did I lose your trust? All these years I've been bathing you and I never once tried to drown you."
"True." Stitch replied.
"Come on Stitch, let me up." She complained, but he kept her pinned.
"Let me up Stitch." She growled dangerously, before raising her knee below his stomach again. "Or I will."
He looked at her in the eye, as if daring her to do it. He knew she wouldn't do it; she loved him too much to hurt him. She even said so herself. However, when he looked in her eyes, he couldn't tear his own away. He swallowed hard as he stared at her beautiful brown eyes. It didn't occur to him how sweet they were before, but now he could see what those eyes held; love, warmth, happiness, and even adoration. He didn't know what he wanted right now; all he knew though was that he never wanted to turn away from those pretty honey brown pupils.
Lilo bit her bottom lip as she stared into his eyes. She was amazed how those eyes before held amusement, but now as they gazed into hers, she realized they quickly held wonder and even love. She could feel her heart pounding with a crazed beat at how intently he stared at her. Could he be falling in love with her? She swallowed the little piece of saliva at the back of her mouth in nervousness. He couldn't love her the same way he used to love Angel. After all, she didn't return the feelings. She still felt as if her heart belonged to Keoni, not with Stitch. She only saw him as a friend, nothing more. Before this could lead to something more, she cleared her throat.
Stitch broke out of his trance and immediately leapt off Lilo. He stood to help her up, and then they left to go take a bath. Stitch knew Lilo wouldn't hurt him, it was just fun to have her chasing him around the house and besides, he still hadn't gotten over his hatred for the water quite yet. She took his hand and guided him to the bathroom as if making sure he wouldn't get away. Lilo prepared the tub and Stitch climbed inside, enjoying and loathing the warm water at the same time. He turned to Lilo, but instantly turned away when he noticed she was slipping off her clothing.
Before, Stitch could careless if his friend was nude and alone with him. Those were the times when he felt nothing special towards her except for friendship. He was like a dog to her back then and she was like an owner to him. Humans didn't mind if their pets saw them bare and that's how it used to be to Stitch and Lilo. He was like her pet, he couldn't do anything strange to her and she felt comfortable around him. Now however, with these feelings he's been having, he's getting a little nervous to be in the same room with her whether she was covered or not. He felt the water lap at his throat, which meant she was in the tub with him, with nothing on.
He decided to pretend nothing was out of place and turned towards her as she reached for the soap. She gave some to Stitch and they started cleansing themselves to rid the dirt. Lilo stuck her hands in the water to wash away the soap before bringing them to her hair to lift it up off her back. Stitch turned to face her bare back and felt his heart ramming against his chest. He swallowed, then began running his hands over her back in a gentle circular motion. Lilo noticed his hands lingered excessively long and let go of her hair, letting him know he was done. He brought back his hands then turned around. He shivered when he felt her small hands run down his back. It ended too soon for his liking until he felt a cup of water spill on him to wash away the remaining soap.
After ten more minutes, Lilo stood to step out. Stitch turned his head as she reached for a towel to wrap around herself. Stitch followed suit and took the blue one hanging from the wall. He wrapped that around his body then followed his friend out the door. They went up the dome to get dressed, well in Lilo's case that is. She entered inside her closet to change while Stitch used the towel to dry himself off, shaking to rid the water on his fur. When he was dry, Lilo came out with a yellow top and a pair of her purple stretchy shorts. Before either of them could speak a word, the doorbell rang.
Lilo followed her blue friend down the elevator. Much to Stitch's dismay, it was Keoni Jameson at the doorstep. He bit back a growl as Lilo went forward to greet him. Keoni smiled hugely at her, showing off his perfect smile with his white teeth. Over the years, Keoni and Lilo became closer. This reason was that Keoni wanted to get close to Lilo's friend, Victoria who is now his crush. However, during that process to get close to the brunette-haired girl, he developed a soft spot for Lilo too. He was starting to lean towards the raven-haired girl.
"Hi Lilo, I was wondering if you'd like to get some shaved ice with me. I'll pay." He replied.
Lilo nodded and smiled. "I'd love to Keoni. Do you want to come with me Stitch?"
Stitch was about to answer until Pleakley spoke up. "Oh no, this little monster is staying here to help me with the kitchen." He replied, sending a glare in the blue alien's way. "You two have fun now and be sure to invite me to your wedding!"
Lilo blushed while Keoni rolled his eyes. He took Lilo's hand and ran off with her. Stitch growled as Pleakley shut the door. "Why did you have to say that?" He groaned.
"Well, they are getting mighty close don't you think?" He smirked.
"That's why I need to follow him, to make sure he doesn't take away my Lilo." He growled lowly, but was unaware if Pleakley heard.
He did, but thought it better to stay silent then asking him what he meant. "Now little monster, you get inside that kitchen and help me clean up the mess you made."
The alien growled before obeying the one eyed noodle's command. He didn't know why he didn't like Keoni and Lilo together, but he knew if Keoni took Lilo's hand in marriage, Stitch would wreck the wedding with a chainsaw.
Fourteen chapters done so far!