Chapter 7: Stop Him! -or- Search And Capture

KAUAI, HAWAII

To recap, Lani was being blackmailed by Dr. Hamsterviel, Jumba was still stuck dealing with his old partner, Nani couldn't get Cobra Bubbles to the house fast enough, Pleakley had freaked out over the ransome for the two geniuses, Seam's fail-safe left her immobile until the morning, Angel and 628 couldn't repare the ship no matter how much work they put into the project and finally Lilo and Stitch had lost experiment 221. In short, that night had been a complete wreck for the entire Pelekai family.

Agent Bubbles finally did arrive when the morning hit, having a full knowledge of the whole situation even in his tired state. The only thing he didn't know was where 627 was, he still offered the guess that he stowed away onto Dr. Hamsterviel's ship. He advised everyone to wait for the rendezvous location they would get a call for, though his attention was mostly focused on Lilo, Stitch and Angel. Agent Bubbles told them specifically to not get involved, knowing full well neither would listen to him.

"That kidnapper wants all the experiments," Lilo repeated as the three -along with 628- ran down the steps of the house.

"This could be a problem," 628 told them. "Not only is 624 activated, we have to account for 221 and 621 who are missing."

"Graazi, goobaja impordement them," Angel nodded to 628.

"Yeah," Lilo smiled at the idea. "Me and Stitch can go find the sparky little electrical one, and you two can go find 621."

"Ih!" Stitch agreed with them while hotwiring Agent Bubbles' car. "We find cousins! Kanjijibe, ziz-ziz. Ha ha!"

"Kanjijibe, ziz-ziz," Angel thought. "Ziz-ziz!"

Angel ran to the SBS, 628 following behind her and wondering what got into the pink experiment all of a sudden. At the ship, Angel found her white diamond. She tapped the pad and out of it appeared her purple space suit.

"Have you forgotten we need to power the ship before we make that kind of travel?" 628 asked her.

"Naga," Angel shook her head. "Kanjijibe, ziz-ziz."

Angel activated her Ziz-ziz Wisps and laid out one to the controls, bringing the whole system to life with the power. 628 was impressed by Angel's quick thinking, congradulating her as she went to go get Seam. Angel typed on the computer to start locating 621, barely able to pinpoint him through interferance. She whacked the screen and got a general flash, he was somewhere in Kansas by the looks of it. She guessed 628 would know something about it, since the grey furred experiment was with him at the time.

With Seam and 628 back on the ship, they were ready to take off. Their only problem was 221, who zapped his way into the ship's systems just before they were high enough out of his reach. Seam took in the experiment in a calculative expression, trying to figure out a way to keep him from causing harm. Angel was steering and 628's powers were still acting up, so that left Seam to accomplish her programming alone. One thing she noticed about 221 was the streak he flew on, it was electricity.

The ship was pulsing with a supply of it, larger than what he gained from the island so far by the looks of it. A particular source of power was resting with Angel, the centerpiece of her and Stitch's space suits. Snapping out of her examination process, Seam rushed forward to deactivate Angel's suit. Holding her white diamond and Stitch's yellow triangle, 221's attention turned to her. She threw them out the SBS with 221 in tow of the energy, looking back only once to catch a glimpse of Seam's tailpiece.

"Alpha, why would you do that?!" 628 yelled at her as the ship's door closed. "We need 624's Suit Disk to power the SBS!"

"Rawm fko newed syura, fìtxan oe tìng tsonta hawnu nga mune," Seam explained though neither could understand. "Oe ke säro'a si?"

"Naga ika tasoopa, Jerudai," Angel said over her shoulder. "Seam help us, takka Seam."

"I suppose Alpha did make 221 go away," 628 gave the Lani-made experiment somewhat of a 'thank you'. "Where is 621, 624?"

"Naga sure," Angel couldn't tell where exactly she had to go. "Yuuga know?"

628 sat in the copilot seat, moving the holographic map on the screen to not block Angel's view. Zooming in on the map, any spot in the state of Kansas had been littered with yellow triangles. Swiping the map off the screen entirely, 628 rubbed her temple to think clearer.

"I think I may know where 621 is," 628 typed in the coordinance to the spot. "You see -while you left to aid 626 when Ramthar, 621, 627 and I were after him-, we mistakenly landed in a place in Kansas called Scran Town. Assuming 621 decided to flee from a possible attack from 626, we may just find him there. Set a course, 624."

"Oketaka, Jerudai," Angel smiled now that she had a destination.

While the female experiments in persuit of 621, Lilo and Stitch had managed to track 221 down at the Birds of Paradise Hotel. It wasn't that hard to find him, they just had to walk in the opposite direction as anyone who was screeming their lungs out and stop when they saw a lightning streak. Having sifened all the electricity in the hotel, his focus was solely on the Suit Pads. Nothing he did would let him take the energy, which gave Stitch enough time to catch the powerhouse experiment off guard.

"Aggaba, Ziz-ziz!" Stitch ordered with a glare.

"Naga," 221 laughed as he zapped away.

"Don't lose him!" Lilo called to Stitch as she ran the other way. "I'll find something to catch him in."

There was some way to catch 221, Stitch was sure it was in his memories somewhere. He didn't have enough time to think about it, his full attention had to be on chasing down his cousin. It was Stitch vs. 221 in that moment, the chase was on. Stitch hoped his friends were having an easier time than him, since they were going after 621. Then again, the last time Stitch saw the mohawked experiment was when 621 was consumed by power. Whether it faded off or not he didn't know, he knew 628 and Angel could handle it.

SCRAN TOWN, KANSAS

"Awnga ke tsun säfyep fìkem!" Seam shook her head as she, Angel and 628 hid behind a couch.

"Velek!" 621 yelled from the kitchen. "You're in my territory now!"

This is a scene that had been played before, with different aliens and a human a few days before this. When Jumba had gotten fired, that left him free reign to capture Stitch at all costs with Lilo getting caught in the middle. 628, Angel and Seam chose to talk him into helping peacefully, only to have 621 -who was renamed Chopsuey by Nicholas- turn them down. He didn't care about the other experiments, Jumba or even Lani for that matter, he refused to help Stitch in any way. So with peace out of the question, it was time to use force.

"Chopsuey" had the advantage, he'd gotten used to Nicholas' house in the few days he spent living with him. He figured one of his enemies would find him eventually, that's not to say he wasn't prepared already. True Chopsuey didn't set up the denfense system he wanted, though he did construct a few weapons from simple devices in the house. Razor-shooting blender, heat-emmiting microwave, laser-fiering remote control. The entire house was his inventing playground, an evil one but still.

Seam could only protect them so much, most of her calculating was thrown off by any new gadget Chopsuey used. She guessed he did it on purpose, most likely they were his way of testing his weapons.

"Naga more, Hakkiah!" Angel growled to him. "Aggaba this yuuga toobaga!"

"No!" Nicholas joined the mean experiment in harrasing them. "You're not taking him! I won't let you!"

One of the beams Nicholas shot from the remote brought on the worst of this onslaught, everything playing out slower as Seam assesed the events. Thanks to one of the metal antennae from the TV Whips Chopsuey rigged, the laser split into two rays. Both bounced off some reflective object, both equally lethile to anyone unfortunate enough to be hit by them, both heading straight for the coal-haired boy Chopsuey had to protect. There was only one problem with that, he only paid attention to one of the beams.

Seam didn't have enough time to throw a heat bolt, or a force field for that matter. All she could do was use her speed to run over to Nicholas' side, just as Chopsuey was hit with the other laser. Chopsuey was indestructable, Seam on the other handwas not. With the energy from the projectile coursing threw her, Seam toppled to the floor with a heavy thud. Angel and 628 were beyond worried about their friend, seeing as she stopped moving altogether. Chopsuey and Nicholas -though frightened- were grateful, their enemy saved a life of the opposing side.

To recap, Lani was still being blackmailed by Dr. Hamsterviel, Jumba was currently stuck dealing with his old partner, Nani was unable to help in any way this time, Pleakley continued to freak out over the ransome for the two geniuses, Seam's collision with the laser left her unnervingly immobile, Angel and 628 were busy with Chopsuey's killer robots project and finally Lilo and Stitch couldn't catch experiment 221. In short, this adventure was truely shaping to be a complete wreck for the entire Pelekai family.

So far...

A/N: Like I said before, everybody has their limits. And now I'm pushing those limits to the brink. In two chapters I will let you know what happenes to Seam, maybe she lives or maybe not. Read and find out, it could go either way at this point.

Next Time: While Lani tries to get Gantu's help, Lilo and Stitch are up against 221.