Lilo & Stitch Fan Fiction ❯ New Genesis ❯ Prologue

Sixteen year old Lilo Pelekai smiled as she tied the last strip of white cloth around the trunk of the tree looking wistfully at the two strange creatures within the makeshift safe box, two genetic experiments of alien design. But that’s my ohana. She thought whimsically. A family six hundred and thirty strong. ”My ohana.”

“Ohana or not,” The larger of the two experiments said playfully. “meega gonna kick your patookie!”

Lilo just smiled at her oldest and best friend, experiment 6-2-6, known to friends and family simply as Stitch. “Bring it on, little buddy.” She grinned, calmly drawing one of her two paintball guns from its side holster before turning to the smaller of the two experiments. “All right, Houdini, let’s disappear.” The smaller of the two experiments blinked happily causing the two paintball warriors to vanish. “Thirty minute head start.” The human girl called. “Make it count!”

Stitch grinned, loping away into the woods, knowing Lilo was doing the same. He was with his Lilo and all was right with the world.

The disembodied laughter of two friends echoed in the evening air as two masses of green and brown paint approached the Pelekai home. Over the years it had undergone many transformations to accommodate the core family of Lilo, Stitch, Lilo’s older sister Nani and her husband David, and the two other aliens, Doctor Jumba Jookiba, the brilliant reformed evil genius who created Stitch and his cousins, and Earth expert Wendy Pleakly, who had become more well versed in human mannerisms and customs in his eight years of what he joking called “forced field studies” even though he still served Thanksgiving every month, since it gave him an excuse to try out new recipes before the actual event.

“Okay, Stitch ,” Lilo’s phantom voice spoke as she moved Houdini from his perch on the unseen experiment’s head to the porch. “Let’s change out of these clothes cause invisible or not, we wear this mess into the house and Nani will have our heads.”
“Naga.” Stitch replied, stripping off his jumpsuit and dropping it into a brown paint stained pile, as Lilo did the same, shedding her green stained coveralls as Stitch chuckled. “Pleakly would be first.”

“Your English skills have improved.” Lilo said, opening the back door and grabbing a terrycloth bathrobe hanging just inside and tying it around her middle. “(Houdini, please bring us back.)”

“(Okay Lilo.)” The shy little experiment said softly in Turian as he blinked, restoring the two contestants to their natural visible states.

“Your Turian and targeting skills are both improving.” Stitch said, examining the multitude of paint stains dotting his outfit.

“Naga,” She said, absently slipping into Turian. “I still took too many hits.”

Stitch gave Lilo a deadpan stare. “Lilo, you’re supposed to get hit, and your agility is definitely improving. Every shot I took was intended to hit your chest, but only three of them did, one in the front and two in the back. Take a look at the rest.”

The young Hawaiian girl examined her sleeves and pant legs and felt a little better. “I still missed you a lot though.”

“Ih,” Stitch nodded, tossing his suit into a large steel tub. “but that was mostly when I jumped. You tracked my lateral fairly well, but you’re still not quite thinking in three dimensions, but you are getting better at it.”

“Guess it’s all the time I’ve spent studying for my starship license.” Lilo replied, throwing her own paint stained clothes in as well adding some laundry detergent.

“Lilo, are you lolo?” Nani exclaimed, dashing into the backyard. “What are doing standing out here in your bathrobe?”

“Hey, you’re the one who said no paintball stains in the house.” Lilo said, turning on the hose and swishing the contents around with an old broom.

“Aiyah!” Nani exclaimed, grabbing the broom from her younger sister’s hands and swatting her backside with it. “Just get some clothes on!”
“I’ve got clothes on!” The younger girl exclaimed, dancing out of range of her sister’s attack.

“LILO!” Nani growled, taking a sudsy swing at her smaller scrambling sibling.

“All right, all right!” Lilo yelled, ducking under the broom and scooping Houdini into her arms as she sprinted for her rooftop dome, with Stitch scrambling along after her as the lights flickered and died.

“Take my hand.” Stitch said, blinking his black eyes an iridescent green as he activated his night vision and reached back to wrap Lilo’s hand in his own. Lilo, for her part just clutched Houdini closer with her free hand.
“(It’ll be okay, my little one.)” She said soothingly in Turian. “(Jumba’s generator should kick in and bring the lights back on any moment now.)” The little experiment shivered, but true to her word the house was soon filled with light and sound again as the emergency generator came online as the trio ascended to Lilo and Stitch’s rooftop dome.

“Little girl, we are to be having a problem.” Jumba’s voice came over the house intercom.

Lilo dove into her closet and pulled out a pair of well worn blue jeans as Stitch scurried up the wall and held the transmitter button. “How bad is it?”

“Is island wide power failure.” Jumba responded. “Is right up 221’s alley if he was still being evil.”

“We haven’t had an evil experiment in years, Jumba.” Lilo said, throwing on a snug fitting black tee shirt, tight enough to allow her free movement, but not so tight that Nani would pitch a fit. "Contact Sparky. If it's in the electrical grid he'll find it."

"Jumba is already being one step ahead of you. Have already contacted 221, and he is on his way here." The former evil genius' voice held a note of pride.

"Excellent." Lilo purred, grabbing her boots and short black leather jacket before descending from her dome, the two experiments in tow.

Nani looked up from her supper preparations to see Stitch standing in front of her with Houdini balanced on his head.

"Nani watch cousin please?" Stitch said in the broken English he used when he was trying to be cute, or when he needed something.

"What? Why me? What about Lilo?" The elder Pelekai stammered as Stitch gently pushed Houdini into her arms. Greatly perplexed, she followed Stitch into the living room to find Lilo with the cordless phone pinned between her ear and shoulder as she laced and tied up her boots.

"So the generator's working properly then? Kicked right on, that's great." She carefully shifted from one foot to the other,  so as not to scuff Nani's floor. "I've got a specialist on route to the power plant, so we'll try to get everything back to normal as quickly as possible. Mahalo for your time, Dr. Evans! Bye!"

"Lilo-"

"Sorry Nani, I was just checking in with the hospital, since they have the same emergency generator as we do."

"Lilo, why do I have to watch Stitch's cousin?" Nani exclaimed.

"Because Stitch, Sparky, and I are heading over to the power plant to see what caused this power outage in the first place." Lilo said pulling on her jacket and zipping it up.

"But how am I supposed to make dinner and watch him too?"

"Houdini is very small and shy, Nani, so if you just set him on the counter you can work around him no problem." Lilo crossed to the little experiment and scratched him behind his long floppy ears. "(Will you listen to Nani and  stay out of trouble, my little one?)" The little experiment nodded and nestled closer to Nani. "Please Nani?"

Nani sighed in resignation, then put on a good natured grin. "All right Lilo, go do your thing. Just call if you're gonna be out past sunset, okay?"

"Mahalo, Nani!" Lilo cried, as she and Stitch dashed out the door before wheeling her motorcycle down the driveway to find Sparky waiting.

Nani tipped her head to the side, for the first time appreciating how cute the smaller experiment was, before pulling him into a gentle hug. "So little guy, you gonna stay for dinner?"

Nani looked up as Lilo's motorcycle growled viciously  into the drive. Not a good sign. The older girl thought. Lilo's bike was one of her few treasures, and for her to pushing it as hard as she was, couldn't mean anything good. Stitch scrambled in through the doggy door and raced along the ceiling into the kitchen.

"Trouble's coming." He said ominously as he dropped to the floor in time to hand Lilo the bottle of iced tea he had retrieved for her.

"So, how  did it go?" Pleakly asked in his impossibly cheerful voice. Lilo glared as she slammed down half the bottle of tea, and Stitch scurried around at her feet, quickly untying her bootlaces.

"Badly." She growled, slipping out of her jacket and hanging it neatly over a nearby chair. "They brought a new generator online down at the plant and it's putting out more power than the grid can support. THEN on top of that the idiot in charge of the project refused to listen to me and Sparky. He said we didn't know the first thing about electrical power distribution!" Lilo stepped out of her loosened boots.

"What!" Jumba raged. "My 221 not knowing anything about electricity? I must be quoting bigger girl here. Are you to be minding?" Nani shook her head. "Is he being lolo or something?"

"Obviously." Lilo murmured, as she finished her drink. Stitch patted her leg comfortingly before eating the empty bottle and ferrying her coat and boots back to her room. "At any rate, Sparky's drawing off the excess power before it reaches the grid, but it's still only a stopgap measure."

"It's okay Lilo. Let's get some food in you and I'm sure you'll be able to think of something." Nani said.

Lilo was about to answer when a a musical chime resounded through the house. "Incoming call from Planet Turo."

"Identify caller." Lilo said, heading toward the conference room used for intergalactic communication and pausing at a nearby monitor. "It's the Grand Councilwoman." Lilo moaned. "I have to take this."

"It's okay, Lilo.  We understand." Nana said rubbing her little sisters back comfortingly..

"Greetings Madam Councilwoman. I trust you are well." Lilo said, gracing the tall female alien with a smile.

"I am, Ambassador Pelekai, thank you for asking. And I trust you are performing well in your duties?"

"I am in midst of handling a minor incident." Lilo replied, quickly outlining the generator problem and her own stopgap measures.

"I see. While I am loathe to call  you away from your duties, there is a matter of some urgency that requires your presence here on Turo. How soon can  you get here?"

"I'm not sure, Madame Councilwoman. My ship was damaged on my last trip off world and my hyperdrive was knocked offline."

"Not to be worrying,  little girl." Jumba called jovially. " Not only did Jumba manage to get hyperdrive functional again, he is also installing new stealthy modifications to ship and encounter shuttle.for sneaking in and out of the atmosphere undetected. Is very genius, no?"

"Very genius indeed, Dr Jookiba." The Grand Councilwoman smiled slightly. "I trust you are behaving yourself?"

"Of course, Madam Councilwoman. I am to be walking the straight and narrow." Jumba said proudly.

"No more illegal genetic experiments then?"

"I am to be restricting my experiment making to my own flights of fancy."

"I can verify that, Ma'am. If Dr. Jookiba is still creating experiments, I've seen  no sign of them."

"Well, then  as the experiment's caretaker I'm sure you're most qualified. to recognize the signs."  The Councilwoman smiled warmly. "So, regarding your journey to Turo, Ambassador Pelekai?"

"Well, Stitch and I can  leave right after breakfast tomorrow."  Lilo said. "if that's all right with you, Madame Councilwoman?"

"That will be most satisfactory. Have a good evening Ambassador Pelekai."

"I am thinking that went well." Jumba said. "Although I am also thinking that she may be knowing more about the 'Theoretical' experiment file then she lets on."

"Look, I told her the truth. I haven't seen any new experiments. As far as I'm concerned if I don't see them, they're just... possibilities in a folder. Now then, let's get some dinner." Lilo said, flipping off the lights and setting the communications equipment to stand by as Stitch joined them.

"Ah 626, before I am forgetting, I have a new upgrade for you?" Jumba said.

"Oh?" Stitch said raising a blue furry eyebrow.

"Is not strictly necessary, but will make you about same height as little girl." Stitch looked at Jumba in surprise. "Jumba is thinking, best friends should not to be stooping for hugs."

Stitch took a long stare at Lilo, before turning back to Jumba. "Meega... have to think on it."

Author's Notes:  Not sure anyone's actually going to read these, hence their being located at the end of the story. Obviously, I don't own Lilo and Stitch. That would be the Disney company. Anything other than the original cast and the first 626 experiments are products of my own warped imagining. This is my first Lilo and Stitch fic and I'd really appreciate any feedback other than "This is cool, please write more." Tell me what you like or dislike about the story  please. Next chapter is currently in progress as time and inspiration warrant.