AN: This is the first chapter in this story that requires the M rating, due to the heavy gore in one scene.

Disclaimer: Twilightborn has no ownership of Lilo and Stitch.

Soul of the Night

By Twilightborn 1983

Chapter 2: Tragedy

When Adamar heard the gunshots, he transformed into a bat and shot out the door the moment someone opened it, only to arrive just in time to see Nani die in Lilo's arms. He evoked his soul sight, a power that vampires possess to aid in identifying one another, since their life force was mixed with dark energy, as well as find humans strong enough to survive the process of being fed upon. One look with his now red eyes told him all he needed to know: that that woman was indeed dead, and her little sister, an orphan.

Adamar began to fill with fury. The thought of the pain that poor child now suffered, now that the last of her family was gone, was almost unbearable. Add to that the knowledge of what might happen to her now, and Adamar was ready to strike down the bastards that caused this scene before him.

He flew quickly to earth, and then took the form of a wolf. He sniffed for a scent, and got a whiff of sweat and testosterone. He took off, running at top speed, flying by several police cars and an ambulance. He followed the scent into the woods, and found what he was looking for. He changed back into human form and prepared to send these two to hell.

The two men were catching there breath in the woods, and one was cursing out the other.

"You fucking idiot! Now we are in it for murder. What the hell were you thinking?" the first robber screamed at the other.

"Okay, okay, I overreacted! That little brat kicked me in the nuts, what the hell did you think I was gonna do?" the second robber said, still in pain from Lilo's surprise attack.

"You could have hit her, Stupid. Damnit, this is all going wrong. We were just gonna grab the little girl, drive till we got out of town, and ditch her on the road. But nooooo! You have to go and kill someone!"

"It's not like the girl got a good look at us, and their weren't any other witnesses." the second said in his defense.

Were they in for a surprise.

"I wouldn't count on that."

The two men turned in the direction of the voice. There stood Adamar, his eyes red, his face devoid of emotion. He approached the two robbers slowly, as Death approaches the dieing, knowing that they could run, but could never escape him.

"Who the hell do you think you are pal? You picked a really bad time to play hero." the first robber said as he pulled a knife and charged toward Adamar. Adamar merely grabbed the fool's arm, and began to crush it. The man screamed and dropped the knife. Adamar released his arm and the man began to back away. "What the hell are you?" the second robber asked fearfully.

"The last thing you bastards will ever see on this Earth." Adamar said hatefully as he bared his fangs. His fingernails sharpened into claws, and the wind blew hard, revealing his pointed ears.

The second robber drew his gun and started to fire rapidly. He fired six rounds into Adamar's chest and arms. To his and his partner's horror, the wounds merely closed within seconds. "Was that the best you could do? Did you think you could merely shoot me? Like you did to that woman! Like you tried to do to that little girl! Do you two bastards know what you have done? You just killed the last member of that little girl's family. Now she is an orphan."

"We're sorry pal, we didn't know, were sorry!" the first robber said as he and his partner backed away.

"Yes, yes you are sorry. You are a pair of sorry bastards who taint the earth with your presence. But I will remedy that, I assure you." Adamar said as he began to pick up his pace.

"Please don't kill us. We didn't mean to kill nobody. I was only aimin for the kid's arm. Only a flesh wound. Damn sister got in the way." the second robber said, his face in total fear. He tripped on a rock, grabbed onto the first robber to try and support himself, and ended up taking both of them to the ground.

"I've heard enough of your excuses. I will feed well tonight on your sinful blood!" Adamar said as he lunged at the pair, claw ready to rend their flesh. The first robber grabbed the second and threw him over him, using him as a human shield. Adamar's claws tore into the second robber's flesh, and he screamed. But it was not to be heard by others, as a storm had begun to brew, and thunder crashed as Adamar eviscerated the fool. The blood flew everywhere and covered Adamar and the first robber. The second continued to scream and beg, but he would not for long, as Adamar slashed his throat. The blood sprayed from the wound like a geyser as Adamar stuck one his claws into his mouth for a taste. "Your sins are great, may you pay for them in the afterlife."

He threw the body of the second robber off the first. "And as for you, your blood will sate my hunger for many nights." He grabbed the first robber as he cried and begged, and as before, Adamar slashed his neck, so that he could speak no more. He held the man up so that the blood would drain into his mouth. The robber's eyes rolled into the back of his head, he was dead. Upon finishing his meal, Adamar threw the man down to the ground. "Have fun in hell, monster."

With the two men who were responsible for the death of Lilo's sister slain, Adamar came out of his blood rage. He looked down at the carnage he had created, and sighed. "I never could control myself when it came to bastards like these two were. Oh well, I guess I should clean up. At least this storm will make it easier." He took out a glass bottle etched with runes. "Well, at least I remembered this." He laughed to himself. The glass bottle was a blood vase, and was kinda of a doggy bag for vampires. He held it to the two dead bodies, and muttered a few soft words. The blood from the bodies and that which covered the ground began to rise in a twisting stream, ending in the bottle. The stream continued to flow until the bottle was full, and then the rest splashed to the ground. "The rain should take care of the rest, now for my clothes."

Adamar put the bottle back into the pocket from which it came, and transformed into mist. He then transformed back, and his clothes were spotless. "If only humans could do this, then they would have no need for those 'dry cleaners'." He looked to the sky, it was black with clouds, the only light coming from an occasional bolt of lightning. He turned his gaze to the two dead men and cracked his knuckles. "Now to dispose of you two."

The paramedic looked up at the officer and just shook his head. "I'm sorry, she's gone." He then turned to his partner. "Time of death, about 7:45." He then placed Nani on a stretcher, and covered her in a white sheet.

Meanwhile, Lilo was shattered. She wasn't crying, she wasn't trying to reach her sister for one last goodbye. She was at that point emotionless, so far in shock that one could say that she too was dead. Dead emotionally. The officer took her hand and led her to his squad car, saying nothing, knowing nothing he could say would help the small girl right now. He led her into the front seat of the car, and buckled her in. The he shut the door, and climbed into the driver's side. The detectives let her go because in her state she would not be able to give them any information. Her sister had just given her life to save her.

Lilo said nothing on the drive home, and nothing when Pleakly and Stitch rushed out of the house when the squad car had pulled up. The cops had already gotten in touch with the rest of the family, and they had rushed outside just in time to greet the squad car. The officer opened Lilo's door, and unbuckled her.

"What happened to her? Is she alright? Was she hurt?" Pleakly said upon seeing Lilo's catatonic condition.

"No ma'am, she's just in a state of shock. She just witnessed her own sister's death." the officer said as he helped Lilo out of the car.

"Lilo." Stitch said as he looked at his best friend, now in a state of almost lifelessness.

Lilo turned to look at Stitch, and emotion returned to her face. She began to tear up, and she ran to her friend's arms. "Oh Stitch, Nani, she's, she's gone! My sister is gone!" She laid her head on Stitch's shoulder and began to cry loudly. And Stitch began to cry with her.

"Is everything gonna be alright ma'am?" the officer asked looking over at Pleakly.

"It will be alright, we'll take her inside and try and calm her down." he said, with a tear in his eye as well.

"Alright, I'll be going now. You have a family tragedy to deal with." the officer said as he got into his car.

"Thank you officer." Pleakly said as he led Lilo and Stitch into the house.

As the officer pulled away from the house, another car pulled in. A black car with tinted windows.

The scene inside the house was indeed a sad one. Jumba sat in the chair, looking worriedly at the two sitting on the couch. Lilo had been crying since she saw Stitch, but Stitch had stopped when they had sat on the couch. He was now trying to consol his distraught friend. "It's okay, Nani died to save Lilo's life. Nani loved Lilo. It's okay to cry." Stitch said as he held Lilo close, letting her tears fall on his fur.

"If only I had just done what those men had said, Nani would be alive. I got her killed Stitch! It's all my fault!" Lilo said as she began to cry harder.

"Bad men would have hurt Lilo. Not Lilo's fault, it is bad men's fault!" Stitch said as he held her closer. He would give anything to get Nani back for Lilo. Or failing that, he would want to get his hands on the men who murdered her.

Pleakly came in with some warm cookies. "Calm down Lilo. It's ok, you still have us!"

"Of course. Pleakly and I will be taking good care of little girl, will even take little girl into space when we are finally being allowed back." Jumba said as he patted the small girl on the head.

"I'm afraid that's not possible."

The family turned to face the doorway. It was Cobra Bubbles.

The ensuing conversation turned out to not be a good one. According to law, Lilo had no guardian now. And no real relatives. (Pleakly and Jumba didn't count, since they had only fake identities, ones that didn't include Lilo in the list of living relatives). So she was now in the custody of the state.

"Preposterous! You are saying we can not even be keeping even temporary custody of little girl? Earth laws are insane!" Jumba screamed at the revelation.

"I'm sorry, but since you are not relatives of Lilo, she is now custody of the State of Hawaii." Cobra said as he sighed. Cobra normally had an unreadable face, but at this moment it showed great sadness. He didn't want to do this, but he had no choice. He had to.

"But what will happen to her now? I mean, we are all she has! If you take her away from us, she'll never get any better." Pleakly said in hysterics.

"I'm sorry, but that is what must be done." Cobra replied, sorrow evident in his voice.

"Is there being any chance that we can be getting little girl back?" Jumba asked, hoping for a miracle. He didn't get it.

"I'm afraid not. The courts will probably send Lilo to the person who can best support her financially, and since you are both aliens with no jobs or even solid identities, it won't be you."

Meanwhile, Lilo was listening thru the door of the kitchen, every word hurting her more than the last. This is it. I'm going to be sent away. I'm going to be sent away to a foster parent who might neglect me, or worse. She had seen those shows about bad foster parents, Nani had shown her to scare her into behaving. Now she was terrified that she was going somewhere where she would never see any of her friends ever again. She just sat at the door, crying softly, when she heard the one thing she never wanted to hear, and would never stand for.

Stitch had been listening to the whole conversation and had gone back into the living room. He walked up to Cobra and asked "Can Stitch go with Lilo? Will act like good dog; never speak, never act up." He would have continued, but Cobra gave him his answer.

"No Stitch. The State is going to take Lilo, and only her. No pets."

This did it. It was too much for Lilo. NO! It's not fair! First I lose Nani, and now I'm going to lose everything else! I'm going to lose Stitch. The only real family I have left is going to be taken from me! I won't let Cobra take me! I run away and he'll never find me. EVER!"

Stitch was about to argue with Cobra, when they heard the backdoor slam. "No, LILO!" Stitch screamed as he ran into the kitchen.

"I thought I had told you to lock the back door!" Cobra yelled in anger as he ran after Stitch.

"I was too upset to remember, sorry! I mean, your going to take Lilo away and all, why shouldn't she run? Why should we help you find her?" Pleakly said defiantly.

"Because what if those men find her? Or something worse does?" Cobra said as he turned to glare at Pleakly and Jumba.

"Oh no! LILO!" Pleakly screamed as he realized that she might be in danger. "We have to find her!"

Meanwhile, outside, Lilo ran as fast as she could. Her eyes were filled with tears. I won't let him catch me! I won't let him separate me and Stitch. I won't let him! I won't! She ran further and further into the forest, and it began to rain. Hard. The downpour blinded Lilo, but she didn't care. She wouldn't let Cobra catch her and take her away.

Her foot then caught a root and she fell to the ground. As she lay on the ground it hit her: if I go back to my home, to my family, he will be waiting. Cobra will be waiting and he will take me from here. I'm doomed, I'll never see Stitch again. Stitch. She began to cry as the rain soaked her form. Then she heard a voice.

"You shouldn't be out in this weather young one."

End Chapter 2

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