Disclaimer: I do NOT own Lilo and Stitch or their characters. I only own story, plot, and three experiments: Drea, Slyther, and Master
The night winds circulated around Stitch as he walked, branches cracking under his feet. He wrapped his arms around himself as a shiver went down his spine. He wanted so badly to turn his head to glance one last time at his home, but he knew if he did that, then he wouldn't have enough bravery to leave behind his home, his family, his Lilo. If he didn't leave them, then he would most likely kill Lilo before tomorrow starts.
Wait? Why am I leaving with Master? I hate him, why would I want to start my life over with him? Why can't I go into hiding and never see Lilo or the rest of my family again? Stitch thought to himself as he stopped in his tracks.
If you don't come with me, then you've left Lilo an open target. I can get her very easily without you in the way. If you stay with Lilo, then she's open to your attacks. Either way, she will die painfully, in my claws or yours. She will die slowly and with much pain as possible. Master replied back through telepathy. Stitch could just see his triumphant smirk.
You're a demon. Stitch snarled back.
Yeah, that's what everyone says. Now come to me 626, or Lilo will bleed. Master responded. I'll be waiting.
Stitch felt despondent as he crumbled to the ground. Tears fell freely from his eyes, tears of anger, hate, and hopelessness. He knew Lilo's demise was going to be soon and worse of all, she'll die thinking he hates her. He knew that if he went with Master, then he will be forced to kill Lilo and he'll do it heartlessly and with pride. He remained in the forest, spilling out his tears on the ground below him. He fell back into a tree, bringing his knees to his chest. He threw his arms behind the back of his neck and buried his face in the gap between his legs. His shoulders shook slightly as the tears drained from his eyes. Stitch cried miserably alone in the forest. No one heard his cries except the heavens above.
When the tears stopped, he began hiccupping. Memories of he and Lilo together played in his mind. This time, the memories were of remembrance, something he wanted to remember for the rest of his life. He noticed how everything between he and Lilo becomes simple, then something else happens that gets them into a fight or split them up almost permanently. Those times he had felt they were torn apart, but when they overcome it in the end, he knew it just brought them closer. Just this once, Stitch turned his head to see the contour of the Pelekai house shrouded in a large cloak of darkness. He knew all the horrors that had happened in that house such as Gantu ripping the roof off the house to collect him and his duplicates when Lilo accidentally cloned him with Dupe. He had lost hope that Lilo, Pleakley, and Jumba would get him out of there alive. However, he was instantly assured when Lilo came to his rescue and made him one again.
He remembered the time when Hamsterviel tricked him using that phony professor commercial to lure him into his trap. Stitch was mildly disappointed when the professor revealed himself as his gerbil like enemy. He was further terrified when the evil doctor reverted him back to his evil ways. Of course, Lilo snapped him out of it in the end.
The incident with Stitch leaving Lilo to become captain of the BRB. He had been so ecstatic that he was going to fly the beauty in space under his directions. However, when he looked at Lilo and saw her disheartening face, he wanted to stay with her to avoid her feelings getting crushed. Nevertheless, he left her in the end and he never wanted anything more than to get back with her. It's as if his heart had joined hers over the years, his soul entwined with hers. She was his other half, the piece missing to his jigsaw puzzled life, she was his partner through life. Without her, he was incomplete.
"We will get through this." He mumbled to himself. "After this is all over, Lilo and I will be back in each other's arms. Master and nobody else will separate us."
With that, he confidently strode over to the late Edmonds' house. Once he reached the front steps of Myrtle's home, he paused in his tracks. With hesitance, he warily climbed up the stairs. When he climbed onto the porch, he stared at the front door nervously, wondering if he should go through with this or if he should just turn and run. He thought of Lilo and how it wasn't safe for her with him anymore. Taking a deep breath, he rapped at the door.
The door opened suspenseful slow, creaking as it opened fully. There in the doorway, cloaked in a large coat of darkness was Master. His figure barely seen, but Stitch knew it was him. Master grinned widely as he allowed the blue experiment inside. Stitch shivered at the coldness and the appalling reek of death.
"I'll never get used to living here." He murmured to himself, wishing he didn't have such a keen sense of smell. He felt as if he was in a battlefield with countless of dead bodies surrounding him from all angles.
"I understand this may take time getting used to, but believe me. Once I'm finished with you, you'll believe the word death is a blessing." Master replied, inhaling deeply and sighing with a twisted grin on his face.
Stitch scrunched up his nose in abhorrence. His hatred for him and this place evident in his angry pupils. "You're sick. How can anyone think death is a blessing?"
To his surprise, Master just laughed a cold ruthless laugh. "Everybody dies 626, best to get it over with and done. It's best to save them from the pain, heartbreak, and depression they would sooner or later have in their pathetic lives. Take your girlfriend, Lilo, for instance. She lost her parents since she was four years old according to my book. She was upset, lonely, and only had her bigger sister who doesn't even pay much attention to her. If I had earned the chance to kill Lilo, I could've saved her from all the pain she would experience after her parents died."
"You have it wrong." Stitch glared, his voice dark and bitter. "Lilo was still a lonely girl to begin with! Myrtle and her friends used to tease Lilo all the time because they think she's weird. I would never admit this to Lilo because then she would undoubtedly get angry at me, but I think it was best that her parents died. That way, Nani had the heart to take her to the dog pound where she met me, Jumba, and Pleakley. Since then, she had never been lonely again." Stitch declared.
"Never lonely again huh?" Master drawled as he circled around the blue experiment. "You see that sounds a bit absurd, seeing as how there were plethora of times you neglected her."
"That was in the past!" Stitch cried. "Besides, there were plenty of times she neglected me as well." Stitch replied gruffly.
Master smirked. "True, so you two weren't all that close back then. Were you?"
"No, we weren't and there are times I regret, but that's all in the past. We're glued to each other now." Stitch replied, crossing his arms defiantly.
Master grinned distortedly. "You two won't be that way for long. Not after I get through with you."
The morning sunlight danced across Lilo's face, who groaned in protest at waking up. She yawned loudly then sat up, raising her knuckles to rub the sleep from her eyes. She blinked to correct her vision and noticed with slight confusion that she was sleeping on the living room's couch. Her face creased in perplexity, wondering why she wasn't asleep in her own bed with Stitch in her arms.
Memories from last night occurred to her. She remembered when Stitch attacked her unexpectedly, she realized he didn't love her anymore, she wept on the couch before she fell asleep. She sighed then laid back down on the couch, bringing the sheet up close to her neck.
Wait a minute, sheet? She thought to herself as she observed the sheet covering her body. I didn't grab a blanket and everyone else was asleep except for Stitch. Wait, Stitch! Where is he?
She jumped from the couch and darted for the elevator. She stood on the platform for under a second before it lifted her to the dome. She tossed her head around, hoping she would find Stitch. However, she saw no trace of him. Her eyes began to blur with worried tears as she rode the platform down again and ran into the kitchen. She saw the room to be vacant, no Stitch. Upset now, she bolted out the front door. Once in the yard, she viewed the scene around her, but with no such luck. Stitch wasn't anywhere near her.
She hurried to the ship, frantically keyed in the password, and ran inside. There, she saw a buoyant Jumba with a small grin on his face typing away at the computer. Slyther was beside him, his hands clutched at his sides. However, Stitch wasn't anywhere to be found.
"Jumba? Slyther? Have you seen Stitch?" She wept expectantly.
"No." They both replied. Slyther, who picked up on Lilo's crying turned to face her. "Lilo? What is wrong?"
"Stitch hit me last night." She cried, pointing at her scraped cheek. "He apologized, but I just left. I wo-woke up to-today to find him g-gone."
"626 hit you!" Jumba bellowed ludicrously. He jumped out of his seat and ran as fast he could to her. He dropped to his overlarge knees, tilting her chin up so he could see the scratch marks on her face. "Why would 626 be doing that?"
"I don't know. He said he was sorry, but I just laid down on the couch. This morning, I couldn't find him. I searched our room, the kitchen, outside, and the ship, but I can't find him anywhere!" Lilo sobbed.
"Jumba, keep working on the antidote for Angel and Drea. Lilo and I will find 626. Come on Lilo." Slyther replied as he grasped her hand and led her out into the yard. "Did you search all around the house?"
"The only rooms I haven't checked are Nani's room, Pleakley's room, and the laundry room." Lilo responded.
"Okay, it's very doubtful 626 would be in either of those rooms. Have you tried searching the entire island? He might be taking a walk to calm himself after what happened last night." Slyther suggested. "Where are the places you would think he'd go?"
"Probably the forest and the beach. That's where he goes to clear out his mind." Lilo replied.
"Well hop into the buggy and come on." Slyther demanded as they started up the mini car. Lilo fastened her seatbelt, tears pouring from her eyes. Slyther stepped on the gas pedal and the car took off.
Lilo suggested they stop by Teresa's house and see if she could make her, Yuki, Elena, Lilo, and Slyther into a search party. Slyther agreed and they parked the car in Teresa's driveway. Lilo flew out of the car and hurried up to the front steps of her friend's house. She knocked repeatedly at the door until a woman in her late twenties answered. Lilo asked for Teresa, which caused the woman to nod politely and call for her daughter.
Teresa glanced at Lilo's tear-stricken face and raced down the stairs. "Lilo? What happened?"
"Stitch is missing. I need your, Elena, and Yuki's help to find him." Lilo replied, more tears building up behind her brown eyes.
"Don't worry Lilo, we'll help. Mom, can I help Lilo find her dog?" Teresa enquired.
Her mom nodded. "Do you want some breakfast first?"
"We'll stop by at my house for breakfast if we don't find him when we get really hungry. I haven't eaten breakfast either." Lilo replied as she grabbed Teresa by the hand and pulled her to the car.
Teresa recognized Slyther and gasped, freezing in her steps. Lilo noticed what disturbed her and smiled reassuringly. "It's alright. Slyther is on our team now."
The brown-haired girl nodded and proceeded to the car. They buckled themselves in the seat just as Slyther began firing up the engine and took off. Lilo directed Slyther to Yuki and Elena's houses, both not far away. He put the car to a stop and allowed Teresa to gather the girls from the two houses.
In a matter of minutes, Teresa ran back to the car with Yuki and Elena following behind her. Both of them halted at the sight of Slyther in the driver's seat. Teresa and Lilo instantly explained to them that he was on their team now. The girls glanced at each other uncertainly before getting inside the car. They sat in the back seat, away from the Pre experiment.
Teresa began asking questions to Lilo constantly about Stitch's disappearance. Once they gathered their valor, Yuki and Elena joined in. Lilo answered the best she could without crying. Each question the girls threw at her tore at her heart. She knew Stitch disappearing was all her fault. If she would've accepted his apology, then he wouldn't have ran off. He had done this once before when he thought he was too much a of a burden for Lilo. He had almost flew back to space, thank goodness he didn't. Now though, she wondered if she would ever see him again.
She sniffed as she hung her head. Her hands folded on her lap, but it failed to hide the promise ring on her finger. She fidgeted with the elegant ring on her finger, the tears pouring faster. She didn't understand how one night could be so wonderful then the next, it turns into a complete disaster. She noticed Slyther pulled the car into a stop when they reached the parking lot of the beach.
"Let's split up. We might be able to find him faster." Slyther replied. "You three know the beach so you guys go wherever you want." He turned to Lilo. "You come with me."
Yuki, Teresa, and Elena went contrary to the way Slyther and Lilo were going. All of them called out Stitch's name, hoping they would find him.
Sparky, from the lighthouse, heard Stitch's name. Curious, he stood up to look through the window. He saw Lilo walking alongside with a silver experiment he vaguely recognized. Both of them were calling out for Stitch. Lilo's face somehow looked up at him briefly and he noticed the tears threatening to unleash from her eyes. Without a minute's thought, he flew down the window of the lighthouse.
"Lilo!" He exclaimed when he reached her. He stood in front of her, raising her chin to look into her sorrowful brown eyes. "Lilo? What's wrong?"
"Stitch." Slyther replied coolly. "He's missing."
"Oh." Sparky responded then turned back to Lilo. He brushed his hand gently across her face, drying her tears. "Lilo, I'm sure he'll come back."
Lilo shook her head then reached up to Sparky's hand still lingering on her face, and pulled him into a tight hug. Awkwardly, he returned her fierce embrace, meekly running his yellow claws through her hair. She sniffed as she held him to her, wanting comfort from a very close friend. Sparky held her close to him, his heart thumping wildly.
"I'm so scared." She whimpered. "Master might have him."
Master? Slyther thought to himself in realization. Of course! Master is making 626 forgetting all about Lilo! That's why he's been so cold lately. Master's powers are working on him!
"Lilo! I think you might be right about Master getting to him. You and I both saw Master clutching his head as if he was strangling him by the head. That's what he did to me to make me forget Drea and our two kids." Slyther replied.
Lilo gasped in horror while Sparky stood still with confusion. Slyther turned and quickly bolted for the buggy. Luckily, they found Yuki along the way. Lilo explained to her that they might know where Stitch is, but they wanted them to still look around the island. Yuki promised she would inform the others and continued her search.
Slyther, Lilo, and Sparky jumped inside the buggy. Slyther started the ignition and the engine roared to life. He stepped on the gas pedals and the car flew from the beach. Lilo leaned against Sparky, who was in the backseat with her. He comforted her the best he could, resisting the urge to kiss her.
"It'll be alright Lilo." He cooed softly in her ear. "Sh."
She sniffed. "Sparky, I can't lose him. I love him so much that if he's really gone, I think I might die."
Sparky stiffened at her words. "Don't you say that Lilo. I know Stitch means a lot to you, but you won't die without him."
"Sparky, you don't understand." She whimpered. "Stitch is my everything. When I lost my parents, I didn't think life was worth living for. After he came into my life, I felt as if I could live the next day without breaking down about my parents. He showed me how wonderful life can be, even after throwing a devastating attack on you. I love him so much words can't even describe it."
He sighed distressingly. She loves him. Sparky thought to himself gloomily. There's no way I can have her back now. She's entirely in love with Stitch. He owns every piece of her heart and love. Lucky little trog. He gets everything! Lilo raised her hand to clear away a lone tear trailing down her face. It just so happens the hand she was using had her promise ring Stitch had given her. Sparky widened his eyes. "He gave you a promise ring?"
"Y-Yes." Lilo replied, wondering what got him revved up.
He blitzgorp gave her a blitznac promise ring! Now I know I'll never have her back. Argh! Sparky groaned angrily as he gritted his teeth.
"Sparky? Are you okay?" Lilo enquired, biting her lip.
He didn't answer and for the whole drive, none of them spoke. The rest of the drive was silent as Slyther parked the car behind shrubs to avoid Master or anybody else espying them. The two experiments and Lilo exited the car, creeping up to the house. Lilo looked at her once rival's house, feeling a vile emotion in her gut.
They ascended the stairs, each step weighing Lilo's heart. Slyther lead the way and he raised his hand. To his suspicion, the door was unlocked. Slowly, he opened the door, exposing the darkness in the house. All three went inside, their nostrils inhaling the unpleasant stench and their eyes stinging from the horridness of the house. Slyther decided they all stick together, so they scurried the house. They checked upstairs, but no one was in there. They tried the kitchen, but still no one. Just as they were leaving from the kitchen, they heard footsteps. Slyther grasped Lilo's hand who reached for Sparky's and dragged both of them behind the counter. They waited until the footsteps began to increase in volume and distant voices filled the rooms.
"Tell me 626, is there anything you wouldn't do for me?"
"No Master."
Lilo gasped, causing Sparky to slap a hand over her mouth. That sounded so much like Stitch!
Indeed, she was right. Master trailed inside the kitchen and following closely behind him was Stitch, her Stitch. She wondered why he would betray her like this until she remembered the nightmare. Her eyes widened in fear that the nightmare she and Stitch had was true. When he entered the kitchen, he looked different than what he used to. His loving expression had changed to the coldest she had ever seen.
She looked down at the promise ring, fidgeting with it nervously. What did Master do to him? She listened just as intently as Slyther and Sparky to what they were saying.
"Excellent, excellent." Master nodded with approval.
"When do we get off this mudball of a planet?" Stitch enquired, his voice growing bitter by the second.
"Patience 626, patience. Time is not of the essence. I won't leave until I obtain what I want." Master snarled.
"What is that Master?" Stitch asked obediently.
Master swiveled to face him, his eyes narrowed. "Lilo's blood."
Lilo felt her heart stop beating. Sparky put his arms around her and held her tightly against him, whispering words of comfort in her ears. Lilo willed the tears not to fall as she took in Stitch's careless face. He appeared to be calm, but she hoped his insides were in a turmoil at this piece of information. Surely he would care if Master killed her right?
Stitch didn't know what to think. A part of him told him to strike the experiment, that he would never lay a claw on her. Another part wanted to hunt for Lilo's blood for himself. Images of him finishing off the young girl slowly and painfully bombarded his brain, causing a mischievous smirk to slide across his lips. However, for some unknown reason, he felt as though he could not do it. In addition, not just because he didn't think he's the murdering type person right now, but there was something about the girl that made his heart thump wildly in his ribcage.
Master turned to face him, with a disordered smile. "You don't mind do you?"
"Of course not." Stitch snorted. "When should we go after her."
"I'm thinking-" However, Master never got to finish his sentence.
Behind the counter, a stifled cry emitted out of Lilo's slightly parted lips. Hearing Stitch say that he didn't care Master was out to kill her, made her lose it. She allowed a tear to trail down her cheeks, but that wasn't enough. A sob came up from her throat, but she tried to prevent it. However, it came out, interrupting Master's sentence.
Master grinned sinisterly as he coolly walked behind the counter. He smirked as he grasped Lilo by her soft raven hair and pulled her into his arms. He drew out his blaster from his cloak pocket, holding it to Lilo's head. "Finally, I get the two things I've always dreamed of having. Your blood on my hands and Stitch's loyalty to me."
"Why do you want to hurt Lilo?" Sparky demanded as he stepped out from behind the counter. Slyther right behind him.
"Oh, I don't want to just hurt her." Master sneered maliciously as he strengthened his grip around her waist. "I want to kill her, but not quickly. I want her to experience the most agonizing pain she had ever gone through in her whole entire life! I want her bones to snap, I want her blood to drain, I want bruises, marks, stab wounds, gunshot wounds, any kind of wounds to mar her skin. I want her to suffer first, then die slowly!"
During this, Sparky's anger intensified. In his hands, bright yellow balls of energy heated his palms. Before Master could do anything to the girl he still loved, he tossed one of his balls of energy to Master, careful not to hit Lilo. Luckily, the ball hit him in the eye, causing Master to release Lilo to clutch his eye in pain. Lilo dashed over to Sparky and Slyther while Sparky threw his last ball at the ceiling. Before Master could move, a large portion of the ceiling fell on top of him.
While Slyther congratulated Sparky, Lilo chanced a glance at Stitch. He looked at her with slight love and hopelessness. Tears brimmed the edges of her eyes as she raced towards him. Stitch opened his arms for her to crash into them. She held him in a tight grip, her face burying itself in his warm chest. Stitch gulped nervously as he returned his embrace, hoping this wouldn't be the last time he held her. It felt so good to have her back into his arms, even if it was only for a moment.
"Stitch, please come back home. I need you." Lilo pleaded as the tears fell.
He caressed her back gingerly with his claws, resisting the urge to hurt her, or to do worse, murder her with his very own hands. "Lilo, Master did something to me. I have to be away from you or else I'll hurt you. I'm sorry buchee-bu, but you have to get away from me. Lilo! Get away from me!"
Kill her you fool! She's nothing but a child, an Earthling, destroy her! Master's voice screamed into his mind. Unconsciously, Stitch lifted his arm from around her back. His second arm held her tight against him to prevent her from running away. He reached for her throat, frightening her.
"Stitch, what are you doing?" Lilo whimpered as he slashed at her throat.
Kill her! She's just a mere child! A girl that destroyed the experiment powerful status! Kill her!
"No!" Stitch cried as he forcefully pushed Lilo away from him, falling to his knees. Lilo bent down to comfort him, but he again pushed her away from him. "Go away Lilo! I can't go back home with you! Master wants me to kill you. It's not safe for you to be around me, just go! Go home!"
"I won't leave you." Lilo replied defiantly as she kneeled by his side.
"Lilo please don't be stubborn. You have to go!" Stitch cried.
"Maybe Jumba can do something for you. Just come with me Stitch!" Lilo beseeched, gripping his arm.
"No Lilo! It's too late! You have to run! Get away from me before I-" He groaned at the pain of resisting the urge to do to her what he desired.
"Lilo! Come on!" Sparky cried as Master began squirming under the rubble. "Come on!"
"Stitch, please come back." Lilo whispered, her voice cracking.
Stitch gazed into her eyes, his heart wrenched. He saw the misery in her eyes and he wanted so badly to kiss her and make it all melt away. However, he knew that if he even touched her, he would harm her. He would hurt her just as worse as he did slicing her neck open with his claws barely under a few minutes ago.
His attention shifted to the promise ring on her finger. He smiled as he remembered just what the ring was for. He gazed at her, a smile playing on his lips. "The ring Lilo. It's a promise from me to you that we will be together forever. Remember Lilo, we always have hardships, but we get through it together. I promise you buchee-bu, that when this whole nightmare is over, I'll be yours and you will be mine. Right now buchee-bu, you have to get out. I'll hurt you. Go. I love you."
Lilo wanted to protest, but she knew he was right. If she lingered at his side there was no doubt he'll lash out at her. She leaned over to peck him quickly on the lips before turning and sprinting away from him as fast as she could. Stitch stared after her on the floor, moaning in pain. Lilo wanted to so gravely run back to his side and take away his pain, but she knew she had to get away from him. She ran into Sparky, who grasped her hand and ran off with her.
Stitch watched with slight jealousy as Sparky led her out by the hand. What if he manages to win her over in the end? What if Lilo decides she wants to be with Sparky? As the soreness increased, so did his jealousy. He vowed to murder Sparky if he ever caught them together. He wouldn't care if they were only chatting, he will kill Sparky if he catches him even glancing at Lilo. The girl was his whether Sparky liked it or not. After this nightmare was over, Lilo was going to be his and his alone.
I'm sensing jealousy. Master's voice replied into his mind as he pushed the remains from the ceiling off him. He strode over to Stitch calmly, a twisted grin set on his face.
"Lilo's mine." Stitch declared. "221 has no right to take her from me."
"Of course he doesn't." Master agreed. "She had no right taking his hand, but she did. He grabbed at her hand and didn't even protest. In fact, when you told her to get away from you, she ran to him. Not to Slyther or alone, but to Sparky. Her ex boyfriend. Hm, I wonder if they are going to get back together."
"Not under my watch. If I catch those two together, I'll kill him." Stitch snarled.
Master wasn't too impressed with this. He wanted Lilo dead, not Sparky. He didn't care about the yellow electric experiment, he wanted to see Lilo's blood on his minion's hands. "Why not kill Lilo also. After all, she's the one cheating on you."
"True, but I still want her." Stitch growled, turning to glare at Master.
"Believe me 626. When this week's over, you won't even remember her face." Master sneered as he turned away from Stitch.
VIP NOTE: I won't be updating for a week. Why? My mom tells me I'm addicted to my computer and I feel as though I'm damaging my health. So to prove to myself I'm not a computer addict, I'm going to stay away from it for a week. Hope to hear from you guys soon!