Disclaimer: I do NOT own Lilo and Stitch or their characters. I only own story, plot, and now four experiments: Drea, Slyther, Master and another experiment I'm going to introduce in the end.
Slyther bit his lip as he gazed at the clock. Angel had been gone for a long time. She had said she would be back in an hour and already it was 11:00. He tried to reassure himself that maybe she was just taking a stroll, or she got caught up at a friend's house, or maybe Lilo needed her. Nevertheless, he had a feeling of dread that something must've happened to her. He looked outside the window, his heart dropping at the complete blackness outside. He couldn't see a thing out there, which made Slyther even more worried that something did happen to his beloved.
Well, I'm not going to sit here and worry any longer. He thought to himself as he turned and headed for the door. I will find her. He exited the house, walking along the path that led to the Pelekai house. He needed to see if Angel was there with Lilo. It was the only logical reason why Angel didn't come home because something happened to her best friend.
Meanwhile, everyone at the Pelekai house was fast asleep. Lilo sprawled on the bed, her limbs outstretched as she slept. Suddenly, she felt unbearable pain rack her body. She sat up, screaming obnoxiously as the pain engulfed her body. Her skin on her arm split apart, causing her crimson blood to trail down her arm like a river. Instantly, she knew what was happening. Her heart lurched in her stomach as she ignored the throbbing in her arm and stood out of bed. She reached for a robe, sliding it on her little frame and boarded the lift, which carried her downstairs.
She ran into the living room, where three pairs of eyes stared at her with concern. Drea, Reuben, and Slyther sped to her side as she collapsed to the ground, gasping for air and clutching her chest. Stitch! She called to him. What's going on!
Lilo. Stitch groaned back to her. Help me.
Why does he sound so weak? Lilo thought to herself. Suddenly, she felt nothing except for a meaningful thud, indicating her heart halted its brutal beating. She had this feeling before and she knew what happened. Stitch had fallen into unconsciousness and could very well be close to death, or he may already be.
No, no he'll be fine. She tried to reassure herself. She looked up at the three very concerned experiments and tried to stand. However, her limbs were too weak to pull her up, so she decided to speak from the floor. "Something's wrong with Stitch. Master must've found out he was really with me."
"But how?" Slyther asked in a panicking tone, for he knew there was a great chance that his Angel could be in that monster's clutches even as they speak.
Then Drea gasped in horror, thumping the palm of her hand on her forehead. "The TV!" She cried then looked to Slyther's confused gaze. "Remember the TV? I enhanced it to watch over Stitch's every move."
"Oh no." Slyther whimpered. "That means he saw everything. Stitch being with Lilo, Drea alive, and Angel…" His voice trailed and worry consumed his being. "Oh no! Angel! He has her!"
Lilo's eyes went wide with terror. "W-What?"
"Master has Angel! She went shopping and never came back!" Slyther exclaimed.
Lilo zoned out, remembering the memory wipe out ability Master contained and Angel's powerful song to bring the good experiments to bad. Her heart dropped when she realized that Angel may have forgotten everything and turned the most potent experiments on Master's side. They no longer had to fight only one bad guy, now they had to fight maybe dozens more.
The experiments noticed the far away look on their human friend's face and questioned her. Lilo fearfully spilt out what she had been thinking, causing the experiments to feel that same horror. While they stood there, Nani dressed in her green robe dashed inside the room, her brown eyes widened when she saw her baby sister on the floor, bleeding. With a cry of her name, Nani raced to her side, threw her arms around her, and cradled her close, despite the blood staining her freshly clean robe.
"Oh baby, what happened?" Nani asked, then turned to the experiments, her eyes narrowed in a deathly glare. "What did you three do to her? And where is Stitch? I mean it, if he had something to do with this-"
"Nani!" Lilo's muffled cry interrupted her as Lilo removed her head from Nani's shirt. "Stitch is in trouble. He's unconsciousness and I don't know if he's… dead."
"What is being with all the ruckus!" Bellowed Jumba from upstairs, his purple pajamas wrinkled. Beside him was a wide awake Pleakley, who's clothes were also disheveled.
"It's Stitch! He's not responding to me and he might be dead!" Lilo shouted.
"What do you mean he's not responding? Would somebody please tell me what is going on!" Nani bellowed angrily and at the same time, perplexed.
Lilo almost slapped her hand on her face when she realized Nani had no idea about the Seloverena Blessing and Stitch working with Master. After spending a few minutes to inform Nani their current situation, Nani was astonished that her sister didn't say anything to her. "Now he might die!" Lilo cried. "I have to go after him!"
Nani was quick to protest. "No Lilo, you're not going out there to get yourself killed! You're staying home where it's safe! This Master experiment seems much to dangerous for you to handle. Let Jumba, Pleakley, and the experiments go. You're staying here."
Lilo scowled. "No Nani."
Nani was surprised at her sister's tone. Yes, there were myriads of times when Lilo refused to listen to her, but that was all childish act. This time, Lilo had a serious tone in her voice, that she had every right to defy her sister this time. Nani had never heard such profound in Lilo's voice. Her eyes went wide and her mouth opened slightly as she turned to face the little girl she raised ever since their parents died. She turned to face a little girl with a stone face and determination blazing through her chocolate orbs. Nani was speechless. "What did you say?"
"I said no." Lilo repeated, still keeping her deep tone that probably could scare off Cobra Bubbles as well. "I am not going to sit here and worry. I am not going to bed wondering if Stitch and the experiments will be alright. The experiments might not mean that much to you, but they do to me. They are my family, and I will not let Master hurt them just because you want me to stay here and worry. Stitch is in danger Nani! For all we know, he could be dead right now! Over my dead body if I'm going to let Master go without ensuring that monster's death if he is dead. I love Stitch Nani! I love him just as much as you love David! I know in your eyes I'm just your baby sister, but your baby sister is in love with someone who is in danger. Stitch is the best thing that has ever happened to me! I love him so much that if I had to live without him, I would gladly end my life just to be with him. Just to be with my angel."
Angel? Nani thought to herself as she turned to face Pleakley, who had a small smile on his face at Lilo's powerful words. His eye captured Nani's and he mouthed the words 'See what I meant? He's her angel.' slowly so she could understand. Nani sighed in defeat, knowing that even if she convinces Lilo to stay, the girl would just sneak off anyway. She would do anything for Stitch, her love, her angel, her life. Nani looked back at Lilo, her heart pounding frantically in her chest. Her mind was begging her to keep Lilo home while her heart furiously demanded her to let Lilo go so she could rescue her friends and her love.
Nani observed Lilo again. Even with all the blood and marks on her body, Lilo still held the look of willpower on her face. Her eyes began tearing up and as she spoke, her voice cracked. "You can go. I guess I'll just have to get used to you going off on rescue missions. You really love him, don't you?"
"With all my heart." Lilo whispered back. "As cliché as it sounds, it's very much true. I would do anything for him, even if I have to die."
She spoke without any hint of hesitance. Nani knew she had made up her mind. "Well, you can go. But, you're not going like that are you?"
Lilo smiled as she looked down at her bloodied attire and wounds that marred her skin. She glanced at her eldest sibling. " No, Jumba will heal me before I go."
"That is being right. Little Girl needs as much strength as she can if she's going to be fighting dark experiment." Jumba replied as he thumped down the stairs with Pleakley behind him.
"You two are going with her, right?" Nani asked, her eyebrow raised. "What are the rules?"
"When I get Stitch, I stick with him." Lilo replied.
"Right." Nani agreed. She turned her head to Jumba. "You?"
"Jumba watches over Little Girl as though she were delicate flower." Jumba replied, rolling all four of his eyes at the woman's protectiveness.
Nani nodded her head and turned to Pleakley. "What about you?"
Pleakley widened his eye. "You mean I'm going with them! I don't have anybody to die for! That little monster is dangerous. Very, very dangerous. I could careless about all the other little monsters!"
Nani reached out and clutched his green pajama top, bringing him close to her face. Pleakley whimpered at the woman's intimidation pose. "You are going. If anything happens to Lilo, I will personally skin all of you alive."
"If you're so worried about her, why don't you go?" Pleakley questioned.
Lilo gasped. "Pleakley! No! Nani is the only blood member I have left. If something happens to her, I'd be lost. I love my big sis too much to see her get hurt."
"Oh, so you don't care about me!" Pleakley cried, crossing his arms. "I feel special."
Lilo rolled her eyes. "You had experience with this Pleakley. Nani has none."
"Hey!" Nani interjected. "I had experience. I was the one who beat up Frenchfry remember?"
"Stitch and I could've easily caught him if we weren't put under his spell." Lilo said with a wave.
"But you were, remember?" Nani said with a large smile.
Lilo chuckled. "Alright enough of this. Let's go get Stitch."
Forty-five minutes later, Jumba, now dressed in his regular Hawaiian clothes, mended all of Lilo's wounds. She dressed herself in a casual red T-shirt and her stretchy purple shorts. Pleakley went up to get dressed too, coming out in his orange muumuu, a red-haired wig, and a pair of yellow high heels. Jumba shook his head at his friend's choice of clothing.
Drea, Slyther, and Reuben rode the dome upstairs to check on Lilo. They found her tying her left tennis shoe on her foot. She looked up and smiled at them. "Are all of you coming?"
"I'm going for certain." Slyther replied. "That jerk has my Angel and I want to be the first to attack him if he has done a thing to her."
"You can count me in." Drea said. "I want revenge for all that he did to me. I want to destroy him once and for all."
Reuben turned to the lovely dragon he began to like then stood by her side. Drea almost jumped when he grabbed her hand, cradling it in his. He turned towards her, speaking his words while looking at her. "I'm going too. I want to protect you."
"Why?" Drea asked.
Reuben leaned forward, kissing her lips for a minute before pulling away. Slyther grinned while Lilo wore the same beam. Drea was speechless. "Because I think I may have fallen for you Drea." Reuben whispered. "I'm not going to lose someone else that I've just started caring about."
Drea smiled. "I think I could learn to love you too Reuben. If we make it."
"We will." Lilo replied with determination. "We will make it. We made it this far and now, it's time to end the nightmare. We can do this."
"Of course we can. Master can never destroy us." Slyther concurred.
"Well? Let's go save our loved ones!" Lilo cried as she stood, riding the dome downstairs with her experiment friends.
Nani waited for her on her knees, ready to deliver the final hug before sending her off to a place where she could easily be killed. Lilo ran into her outstretched arms, hugging her sister for what just might be the last time. Nani caressed her hair, sniffing to hold the tears back. Oh God please bring my little sister back home safely. She prayed, reluctantly letting her go.
Lilo kissed Nani's cheek and grinned. Nani smiled back the best she could before they exchanged words of goodbye's and be careful. Lilo ran to the group that waited for her at the front door; Slyther, Drea, Reuben, Jumba, and Pleakley. Jumba opened the door and the group moved out. Lilo turned back to her oldest sister, waving goodbye and murmured 'Love you.'
Then, she closed the door and walked out into the night, with no idea how this night would end or if she would ever see tomorrow. Nani watched through the window as the night swallowed up her only blood member in her family, sighing as terrifying thoughts of what could happen to Lilo swarm in her mind. "Please come home." She whispered, then turned to sit on the couch, watching TV while worrying about her little sister.
Meanwhile, the large group trudged along the dirt path. Lilo leading the way with Slyther very closely behind her. The sky opened up above them and the rain fell in a light drizzle. Pleakley moaned in dismay, complaining that his wig was not water-proof. This little grumble aroused agitation in Jumba's being who fired back a rude retort.
The two bickered until everyone else had enough of it. Lilo turned to them, her eyes narrowing at her adoptive guardians. "Will you two shut up!"
Jumba quieted instantly, regretting making Lilo angry. However, Pleakley did not listen. "That wasn't polite Lilo! That was just mean."
Lilo sighed in annoyance at the alien. She spun on her heels again. "Sorry, will you shut up, please?" Then turned back around.
Pleakley noticed the girl's exasperation and decided to shut up as he was told. The rain began pouring harder, now drenching the group. They however, didn't mind, except for Pleakley who struggled to hold in his negative thought, all they cared about was reaching the Edmond's house.
After minutes of walking in the cleansing rain, the group reached the house. Lilo took in a breath and trailed forward. Slyther, Drea, and Reuben hot on her heels while Jumba and Pleakley lagged behind. Lilo touched the knob then turned it fully, getting ready for any surprises that might jump out at her. Much to her relief and slight suspicion, nothing popped out. She flipped on the lights and still, nothing seemed to be out of the ordinary.
Lilo turned to the group. "Reuben, Pleakley, you two guard the outside. When you see someone heading to this house, whistle then hide as quickly as you can." Reuben nodded and grabbed Pleakley's arm to lead him outside, closing the door shut behind him. "We'll have to split up if we're going to find Stitch and Angel as quickly as possible. Jumba, Slyther, you two cover the upstairs. Drea and I will look downstairs. When you're done searching, meet us down here then we'll just have to wait for Master to make the first attack. Now everybody, split!"
Without any further questions, Jumba and Slyther walked upstairs while the girls took to the kitchen. Jumba and Slyther entered the rooms, searching for Stitch just about everywhere around the room. They entered the room where Drea's supposed dead cadaver had once hung on the ceiling fan and Angel's supposed dead corpse laid on the floor. Jumba left to check another room since he still had not found his missing creations, but Slyther stayed, absorbed in the memory when he thought Master had killed off Drea and Angel. As Jumba left to look in another room, Slyther failed to hear faint footsteps trailing closer to him. He had his back turned and suddenly, he was knocked into unconsciousness. The large purple pig like experiment behind him tossed the shovel to the floor and threw the silver experiment over his shoulders.
Jumba heard the bang of a shovel and loud thud. "700!" He called and exited the room he was currently searching. He ran back inside the room to see Kixx with an unconscious Slyther on his shoulder. Kixx gasped in astonishment before putting down the silver experiment, raced to Jumba, jumped up, and crashed his mighty fist to the large alien's head. Jumba fell to the ground, losing his awareness as well. Kixx went back to pick up Slyther, then dragged Jumba down the hallway.
Meanwhile, Drea looked inside a coat closet while Lilo scoured the kitchen. After no luck, the girls went down the hallway, noticing two different rooms. Drea grasped Lilo's arm, tugging her to the master bedroom. With her claw, Drea picked at the lock until they heard a faint click. Drea warned Lilo that this was where Master hid the bodies of Myrtle Edmonds and her mom. Lilo shivered in apprehension to what she was going to see. Drea opened the door slowly, trying but failing greatly to silence the creaking of the door. She opened it fully and the girls stepped inside. Drea turned on the lights and Lilo had to cover her mouth to mute her shriek.
On the floor laid the bodies she was very well acquainted with. Myrtle laid on the carpeted floor, next to her mom. Her skin discolored and her bones showing. Her flaming red hair in a disarray and patted with blood from herself and her mother. Mrs. Edmonds laid behind her daughter. Her usually beautiful red hair already showed streaks of grey from lack of hair color. Her cheeks sunken, her lips red from blood, and her hair, much like her daughter's, tangled and matted with blood. Lilo swallowed to choke down a sob at her old rival and her mom. Even though she never got along very well with them, they were still human beings and seeing their mangled bodies did upset Lilo greatly.
Master will die. Lilo promised herself then looked back at Drea who tapped her arm and with her claw, pointed to the ceiling. Lilo complied to her claw and gasped, this time letting out a cry of despair.
On the ceiling had a hook that somehow Master had been able to attach to the ceiling. On the hook, was Stitch's bound wrists. His head hung while his legs dangled about four feet above ground. His body was covered with scars made by the power of a whip. His arms and legs had long slits in them from a knife, which made Lilo look back on her tan arm, remembering how it bled and now knowing the reason why.
Lilo's eyes began flooding with tears as she raced to her boyfriend. Drea released a small fire ball at the hook and Stitch plummeted from the ceiling. Lilo reached up to catch him before he could land on the floor. She laid him down, reaching up to untie the rope around his wrists. She discarded the rope and laid her head on his chest to check for a heart beat. Please don't let him be dead. She prayed mentally, her heart vigorously pounding against her ribs. She let out a tiny sigh of relief when she felt his heart thump underneath her ear. It was a very vague thump, but it was enough to let her know he was still alive.
She caressed his cheek, bending over to kiss his lips. She was even more comforted and also flabbergasted when he did not kiss her back, but instead pushed her away. "Stitch?" She whimpered. Oh please still remember me buchee-bu.
Stitch would've responded, but he decided words would be better to use. "Ge ou! Am-am-ambu"
"Stitch? Stitch, what are you trying to say?" Lilo asked.
"Am-" Stitch tried again, but someone else interrupted him.
"He's saying get out!" Bellowed a voice from above. Lilo and Drea tried to scan their surroundings for the source of the voice, but they failed to see anybody. "He's saying this is an ambush and he's right."
Suddenly, the lit up room began changing. Myrtle and her mom's bodies slowly descended as well as the furniture. Drea clutched Lilo while Lilo held Stitch's body close to hers as their room began to lift. They rose for about five seconds before the floor stopped rising. They observed the place and saw two rows of stairs on either side. The usual carpet floor now a bitter steel that nipped at the experiments' and girl's exposed skin. On one side of the staircase, was Master, with a pad of buttons behind him. He wore a sadistic smirk that had been haunting all of them since the moment he showed his face.
He snarled at Drea. "Like it 699? See, you're not the only one with all the smarts."
Drea didn't reply except for a growl. Lilo then remembered the rest of her group. "Jumba, Slyther, Pleakley, and Reuben." Lilo whispered to the violet dragon beside her.
Master grinned once again. "That's another surprise."
As if on cue, the door to the other side of the staircase opened. Lilo felt terror overwhelm her when Kixx walked out, carrying an unconscious Slyther down the staircase. Behind him, Heat emerged, dragging Jumba down as well. Behind him, Plasmoid, Yin, and Yang followed him down the stairs. They tied their captives up to the chairs that leaned against the wall, then stood to guard them.
Lilo gasped. "What about Pleakley and Reuben!"
The door opened again, this time revealing Angel. Lilo, Drea, and Stitch gasped again in horror as their female friend stepped out. From behind her, a shackled Reuben and Pleakley floated behind her in the platforms that restrained their ankles. Behind them, were two more experiments; Splodyhead and Heat. With a smirk, she led the shackled Reuben and Pleakley to the chairs. She released Pleakley and bound him to one of the chairs next to Jumba. She then took Reuben and bounded him next to Pleakley. She smiled proudly then went over to Kixx's side.
Stitch turned his head away from his tied up friends and family and looked back at the experiment that had started all of this nightmare. "Great. Is that all?"
Master sneered again. "There's just two more experiments. One you've already met and another I'll be introducing to you."
By this point, Slyther and Jumba regained consciousness and were waiting to see what other things Master would spew out them. He turned to the door behind him and turned the knob. Suddenly, two experiments maniacally laughed as they bounced on the railing and dropped down to the floor. Lilo and Stitch widened their eyes in dreadfulness at the two experiments. Though both looked hideously ugly and very wild, one caught their attention.
He resembled to Stitch, save for the cone shaped head and red fur. They remembered this experiment all too well. The experiment that had embarrassed Stitch and made him feel like the loser. The experiment that joined Gantu and captured many, many, experiments for him. Lilo and Stitch remembered competing him the best they could only to see it was obsolete. The experiment that Jumba called experiment 627.
Beside their nemesis, was another riotous experiment that very much resembled to the other rowdy experiment. His fur was a sickly green with black markings. His chest gray and had the turian symbol for 'evil' on his chest. His teeth a nasty yellow color and razor sharp. His emerald green claws, sharper than any of the experiments. His eyes a freaky greenish color with a small black orb in the middle. He leered at Stitch, Drea, and Lilo, revealing his teeth that looked as though it could easily pierce their flesh.
Jumba was the only who held the look of realization on his face. Master smirked. "Lilo and Stitch, this is experiment 628. He's created to be bulletproof, fireproof, contains powers of forty-eight out of six hundred twenty-six experiments, no weaknesses, can not be turned back to good, and is very impossible to defeat."
Stitch and the gang observed the green experiment. For the first time in a long time, Stitch and Lilo doubted they would ever get out of here alive.
Note: So sorry I took so long in updating. The homeowrk in math is killing me and I had to sign up for tutoring, the work was just time consuming, and it's been a huge mess. The next chapter isn't finished either, so yes, it will take me a long time to update. I'm not very impressed with this chapter, I think it was a little unrealistic involving 627 and 628, but I guess that's how Master's mind works. He seizes 627 then notices 628 in clear sight and brainstorms. I just hope I'll come up with a way to defeat 628. Also, I'm not really good with battle scenes, in fact, I've never written one in my life. A few characters fighting yes, but not so many people. If you guys could give me some suggestions or allow me to take a peek at a battle in any of your stories, I would gladly appreciate it. I promise to credit all the stories I look at. Thanks.