"We
need to talk?" Lilo repeated.
Any
girl knew that those four words were the worst four words in the
universe – usually it indicated that the speaker wants to break up
the relationship…
Calm down, Lilo,
there's nothing to be worried about. Technically, we don't even
have a relationship…
That
thought made the whole thing worse.
"A…ab…about
what?" she stuttered.
"About
aliens."
Whew, that was…
wait, why aliens? Unless…
"Did
you know that UFO sightings have increased in Kauai by over 3000
percent?"
"Er,
no…"
Yes,
she did. With the introduction of the former Captain of the Galactic
Federation, Gantu, into the society, seeing his ship fly overhead had
become a regular occurrence.
"And
alien sightings themselves have increased, mainly ones that look like
large whales with legs."
"Wow,
really?"
She
tried to act surprised, but even she knew that description could only
fit one person – Gantu.
"Also,
286 people have reported sightings of weird dogs, cats and pigs with
strange powers, too many to be a coincidence."
These
would have to be Stitch's 'cousins', the other 625 illegal
genetic experiments created by Jumba Jookiba.
"And
all this started when your so-called 'dog' came around."
"Heh,
just coincidence, I'm sure."
"And
by the way, I did some research online – there's no such thing as
a blue-furred exoplasmic detection dog."
Lilo
covered up Stitch's 'weirdness' by saying he was a 'rare
blue-furred exoplasmic detection dog'.
"I
want the truth, Lilo. I know you're hiding something."
Inside,
she was tearing herself apart. Should she tell him? Kioni was, to
her, more than a friend, and she didn't want to lie to him. But she
also didn't want to put him, or more importantly, Stitch, in
danger. Telling him may cause all sorts of hassles…She imagined
Stitch strapped to a dissection table 3001 times his own weight, far
beneath Area 51, surgeons advancing with scalpels in hand, or
scientists working a cloning machine, with lights flashing, buttons
blinking, that would, in the process, destroy him, much like what
Jacques von Hamsterville tried to do a year previous. Sure, Sparky
had been there, but he may not be around next time.
"I
can't."
"Wha…"
"Look,
I'm sorry, but I can't."
She
brushed pass his shoulder, a tear emerging from her eye. She rushed
down the path.
"Lilo,
wait!"
She
did not stop until Kioni was far out of sight.
"Let
me pass, before I do serious harm to you."
"Naga!"
Stitch
wasn't about to let this one pass; after the number of experiments
he'd lost to Gantu, he wasn't going to let another one get away.
The
experiment didn't reply. Which gave Stitch time to give him a
once-over.
628
looked exactly like Stitch; right down to the smallest hair… no,
there was something different. His fur, instead of blue, was the
purple of wisterias, and he had an extra spike on his back.
Finally,
he answered.
"Oh,
well, I warned you."
Electricity
started emanating from his hands.
"Don't
worry, this won't hurt a bit."
Suddenly,
a purple thunderbolt discharged across the room and hit Stitch in the
stomach. He had no time to react, to escape, to even think.
628
stood over the unconscious body of his cousin.
"Too
bad… He would have been the best… but instead he chose this."
He
stepped over the body of 626 and walked towards Section A8.
"Activate
self destruct sequence 68F-4A. Authorisation code Jookiba-beta-2.
Silent countdown, two minutes. Complete lockdown."
He
smirked as he exited the lab.
"Lets
see poor little cuz get out of that."