PROLOGUE: EXPERIMENT ZERO Deep beneath the ruined planet Xytherion, a forgotten laboratory had awakened. For millions of years, the facility had remained hidden from the Galactic Federation, the Celestials, and even the countless civilizations that had explored the distant regions of space. Its enormous metallic doors were covered with ancient symbols. Inside stood thousands of empty containment chambers. At the center of the laboratory was a single transparent cylinder. The cylinder had once contained a small silver-white creature. Now it was empty. A computer voice echoed through the laboratory. COMPUTER: "Genesis Prime containment chamber opened." A holographic image appeared. PROJECT GENESIS PRIME DESIGNATION: EXPERIMENT 000 ORIGINAL CREATOR: AXIOM-0 PRIMARY ABILITY: UNIVERSAL ADAPTIVE EVOLUTION SECONDARY ABILITY: GENESIS POWER REPLICATION STATUS: AWAKENED The computer continued. COMPUTER: "Experiment 000 has departed Xytherion." A star map appeared. A small silver light moved through the galaxy. Its destination was Earth. More specifically, the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi. The computer issued one final warning. COMPUTER: "Genesis Prime has entered its first independent developmental stage." Then another message appeared. WARNING: EXPERIMENT 000 POSSESSES AN UNLIMITED ADAPTIVE POTENTIAL. WARNING: ITS ABILITIES ARE CONTROLLED BY EMOTIONAL AND MOLECULAR DEVELOPMENT. WARNING: PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO OTHER GENESIS EXPERIMENTS MAY PRODUCE UNPREDICTABLE EVOLUTION. The laboratory fell silent. But somewhere beyond the stars, Experiment 000 was approaching its new home. And it had only one question. EXPERIMENT 000: "Will they love me?" CHAPTER ONE: A STRANGE VISITOR ON KAUAʻI 1. A Peaceful Morning It was another beautiful morning in Kokoua Town. The ocean shimmered beneath the Hawaiian sunlight. Palm trees moved gently in the tropical breeze. The local shops were opening, families were enjoying breakfast, and tourists were preparing for another day of exploring Kauaʻi. Inside the Pelekai household, Lilo was getting ready to visit the beach. Stitch was sitting on the kitchen counter. His blue fur was still wet from his morning swim. Nani was preparing breakfast. Pleakley was organizing the refrigerator. Jumba was working on a new invention. NANI: "Stitch, please get off the counter." STITCH: "Stitch hungry." NANI: "Then sit at the table." Stitch jumped down. He landed on a chair. Lilo entered carrying a beach towel. LILO: "Stitch! Are you ready?" Stitch raised his arms. STITCH: "Beach!" Pleakley looked toward him. PLEAKLEY: "Remember, no giant waves this time." Stitch smiled innocently. STITCH: "Little waves." Jumba looked up from his scanner. JUMBA: "Actually, Stitch's new powers have become remarkably stable." Nani folded her arms. NANI: "You said that before he flooded the backyard." Jumba hesitated. JUMBA: "That was an unexpected fluctuation." PLEAKLEY: "The swimming pool ended up on the roof!" Stitch laughed. STITCH: "Funny!" Nani shook her head. NANI: "Not funny." Lilo grabbed Stitch's hand. LILO: "Come on! Angel is meeting us at the beach." Stitch's ears perked up. STITCH: "Angel!" He rushed toward the door. But just as Lilo opened it, a strange silver light flashed across the sky. Everyone stopped. Jumba's scanner began beeping. JUMBA: "What is this?" A tiny object was descending through the atmosphere. It was not a spacecraft. It was not a meteor. It was alive. And it was coming directly toward Kauaʻi. 2. The Arrival On a secluded section of beach, a silver-white portal opened. A small creature emerged. It stood approximately three feet tall. Its body was covered in soft silver-white fur. Its large ears resembled Stitch's, but their tips glowed with pale blue light. It possessed six limbs, a long flexible tail, and enormous violet eyes. At the center of its chest was a glowing circular symbol surrounded by six branching lines. The Genesis Pattern. The creature looked around. It had never seen an ocean. It had never felt warm sunlight. It had never experienced a tropical breeze. It stepped onto the sand. Its feet sank slightly. EXPERIMENT 000: "Soft." It picked up a handful of sand. The grains slipped through its fingers. EXPERIMENT 000: "Interesting." A wave washed across the beach. The creature jumped backward. EXPERIMENT 000: "Water!" It watched the wave retreat. Then it cautiously stepped closer. Its body began glowing. For a moment, its molecular structure adapted to the surrounding environment. Small webbed membranes appeared between its fingers. The creature looked at its hands. EXPERIMENT 000: "Adaptation successful." It smiled. Then it looked toward the distant town. A strange feeling moved through its chest. It could sense hundreds of living molecular signatures. But several were different. They carried the same Genesis Pattern that existed inside its own body. The creature's eyes widened. EXPERIMENT 000: "Family." It began walking toward Kokoua Town. CHAPTER TWO: THE FIRST MEETING 1. Stitch Finds a Stranger Lilo and Stitch were playing near the beach when Stitch suddenly stopped. His ears lifted. His enhanced senses detected something unfamiliar. A strange molecular energy signature was approaching. LILO: "Stitch?" Stitch sniffed the air. STITCH: "Something here." Lilo looked around. LILO: "What?" Stitch pointed toward the palm trees. A small silver-white creature stepped into view. Lilo stared. LILO: "Whoa." The creature stared back. Its violet eyes widened. EXPERIMENT 000: "You." Stitch tilted his head. STITCH: "Me?" The creature approached slowly. EXPERIMENT 000: "Genesis signature detected." Lilo looked confused. LILO: "What does that mean?" The creature looked at Stitch. EXPERIMENT 000: "You are one of my family." Stitch blinked. STITCH: "Family?" The creature nodded. EXPERIMENT 000: "Yes." Lilo knelt. LILO: "What's your name?" The creature hesitated. EXPERIMENT 000: "Designation 000." Lilo smiled. LILO: "That's not really a name." The creature looked confused. EXPERIMENT 000: "It is my designation." LILO: "Well, Stitch used to be called Experiment 626." The creature looked at Stitch. EXPERIMENT 000: "626?" Stitch smiled. STITCH: "Stitch!" The creature repeated the word. EXPERIMENT 000: "Stitch." Lilo nodded. LILO: "Exactly. Everybody deserves a name." The creature looked down. EXPERIMENT 000: "I do not have one." Lilo thought for a moment. Then she smiled. LILO: "How about Genesis?" The creature considered the name. EXPERIMENT 000: "Genesis." Its chest symbol glowed softly. EXPERIMENT 000: "I like it." Stitch approached. He sniffed Genesis. Genesis sniffed Stitch. They stared at one another. Then Stitch grinned. STITCH: "Cousin!" Genesis's eyes widened. GENESIS: "Cousin?" Stitch hugged him. STITCH: "Ohana!" For the first time in its existence, Experiment 000 experienced something it had never been programmed to understand. Affection. Genesis slowly wrapped its arms around Stitch. GENESIS: "Ohana." CHAPTER THREE: JUNBA'S GREATEST DISCOVERY 1. The Laboratory Examination Lilo brought Genesis home. Jumba was working in his laboratory when the two experiments entered. LILO: "Jumba! We found somebody!" Jumba looked up. JUMBA: "Who?" Genesis stepped forward. Jumba froze. His scanner immediately began sounding alarms. JUMBA: "Oh, my goodness." Pleakley entered. PLEAKLEY: "What happened?" He saw Genesis. PLEAKLEY: "ANOTHER ONE?" Genesis looked at him. GENESIS: "Hello." Pleakley stared. PLEAKLEY: "It talks!" Jumba rushed toward the creature. JUMBA: "What is your designation?" GENESIS: "000." Jumba nearly dropped his scanner. JUMBA: "ZERO?" Genesis nodded. GENESIS: "Yes." Jumba examined the glowing symbol on Genesis's chest. His eyes widened. JUMBA: "The Genesis Pattern!" Lilo looked at him. LILO: "Is that bad?" Jumba shook his head. JUMBA: "Not necessarily. But this creature may be the original prototype of the molecular architecture used in my experiments!" Pleakley folded his arms. PLEAKLEY: "Please explain that in normal language." Jumba pointed toward Genesis. JUMBA: "This little creature may be the first experiment ever created using the Genesis Pattern!" Stitch looked proud. STITCH: "Stitch cousin!" Genesis smiled. GENESIS: "Cousin." Jumba activated the scanner. A holographic image of Genesis appeared. The computer displayed six enormous energy signatures. ADAPTATION ENERGY TRANSFORMATION REGENERATION INTELLIGENCE CONTINUANCE Jumba stared. JUMBA: "All six principles are active." Pleakley looked concerned. PLEAKLEY: "What does that mean?" Jumba swallowed. JUMBA: "It means this creature possesses the potential to develop abilities associated with every Genesis Experiment." Lilo looked at Genesis. LILO: "So he can copy Stitch's powers?" Jumba nodded. JUMBA: "And Angel's. And Sparky's. And potentially hundreds of others." Genesis looked frightened. GENESIS: "Am I dangerous?" Jumba hesitated. Lilo immediately stepped forward. LILO: "You're not bad just because you have powers." Genesis looked at her. GENESIS: "Really?" Lilo smiled. LILO: "Really." Stitch hugged Genesis again. STITCH: "Genesis good." Genesis smiled. But deep inside its molecular structure, something began changing. CHAPTER FOUR: GENESIS DISCOVERS HIS POWERS 1. The First Transformation Jumba began testing Genesis's abilities in a safe training chamber. Lilo, Stitch, Pleakley, and Nani watched from behind a protective window. Genesis stood in the center. JUMBA: "Now, Genesis, I would like you to concentrate on your molecular structure." Genesis looked confused. GENESIS: "How?" Jumba thought for a moment. JUMBA: "Imagine changing your body into something different." Genesis closed his eyes. His chest symbol glowed. His body began shifting. His silver fur turned blue. His ears changed shape. His body became slightly larger. Within seconds, he looked exactly like Stitch. Lilo gasped. LILO: "TWO STITCHES!" Stitch stared. STITCH: "Huh?" Genesis opened his eyes. He looked at his reflection. GENESIS: "I am Stitch?" Jumba laughed excitedly. JUMBA: "Molecular replication!" Stitch approached. He examined Genesis. Then he poked him. Genesis poked Stitch. Stitch growled playfully. Genesis copied the growl. Lilo laughed. LILO: "This is going to get confusing." Genesis transformed back into his silver-white body. Jumba recorded the results. JUMBA: "He can copy physical characteristics without permanently altering his original identity!" Pleakley looked worried. PLEAKLEY: "Can he copy anyone?" Jumba nodded. JUMBA: "Potentially." Genesis looked at Lilo. His body shimmered. For a moment, he transformed into a small human child resembling her. Lilo stared. LILO: "Okay, that's weird." Genesis looked at his hands. GENESIS: "Human." Then he transformed back. GENESIS: "I like being me." Lilo smiled. LILO: "Good." 2. Power Replication Stitch entered the training chamber. Jumba activated a water tank. JUMBA: "Stitch, demonstrate your aquatic abilities." Stitch raised his hands. Water rose from the tank. It formed a spiral. Genesis watched carefully. His chest symbol glowed. Then he raised his own hands. A second spiral formed. Jumba stared. JUMBA: "Incredible!" Genesis smiled. GENESIS: "I can do it!" Stitch laughed. STITCH: "Genesis water!" The two experiments began playing. They created water rings. They made small waves. They formed floating spheres. Then Genesis accidentally copied Stitch's gravitational ability. Both creatures floated into the air. Lilo cheered. LILO: "Look at them!" Pleakley stared at the ceiling. PLEAKLEY: "Please don't break anything." Stitch and Genesis looked at each other. They grinned. Pleakley immediately regretted speaking. PLEAKLEY: "NO!" The two experiments began flying around the chamber. Jumba laughed. JUMBA: "Remarkable!" Then Genesis's chest symbol flashed red. He suddenly stopped moving. His body began trembling. The water spheres collapsed. Genesis fell. Stitch caught him. STITCH: "Genesis?" Genesis looked frightened. GENESIS: "Too much." Jumba rushed into the chamber. He examined the readings. JUMBA: "His molecular system is overloaded!" Lilo ran toward them. LILO: "What's wrong?" Jumba looked at Genesis. JUMBA: "He can copy abilities, but his body has not yet learned how to regulate them." Genesis lowered his head. GENESIS: "I failed." Lilo knelt beside him. LILO: "No, you didn't." Genesis looked at her. LILO: "You're learning." Stitch nodded. STITCH: "Stitch learn too." Genesis smiled faintly. CHAPTER FIVE: ANGEL MEETS GENESIS 1. The Healing Doctor At the Ohana Interstellar Healing Center, Angel was finishing her morning appointments. She had become an important member of the medical team. Her restorative singing helped patients recover from certain injuries and stabilized some biological conditions. She worked alongside trained medical professionals. Her abilities were carefully regulated to prevent another Harmonic Cascade. Carmen assisted with emotional support. Reuben supplied nutritious meals. Sparky maintained emergency power systems. Bonnie and Clyde helped with rescue operations. The clinic had become one of the most unusual medical facilities in the Galactic Federation. That afternoon, Lilo arrived with Stitch and Genesis. Angel looked up. ANGEL: "Stitch!" Stitch rushed toward her. STITCH: "Angel!" They hugged. Genesis watched. Angel noticed him. ANGEL: "Who's this?" Lilo smiled. LILO: "This is Genesis." Genesis stepped forward. GENESIS: "Hello." Angel tilted her head. ANGEL: "You're an experiment?" Genesis nodded. GENESIS: "Experiment 000." Angel's eyes widened. ANGEL: "Zero?" Lilo nodded. LILO: "He's the first Genesis Experiment." Angel approached. She gently touched Genesis's hand. Her restorative energy reacted immediately. A golden glow appeared around both of them. Genesis's chest symbol illuminated. Jumba's scanner began beeping. JUMBA: "Oh, no." Pleakley looked alarmed. PLEAKLEY: "What now?" Genesis suddenly began singing. His voice matched Angel's restorative frequency. Golden light filled the room. Several medical monitors activated. A patient in a nearby recovery room experienced a sudden improvement in tissue regeneration. Another patient's damaged equipment began repairing itself. The lights flickered. Jumba stared. JUMBA: "Genesis has copied Angel's healing harmonics!" Angel looked surprised. ANGEL: "He can heal?" Genesis stopped singing. The golden light disappeared. He looked at his hands. GENESIS: "I helped?" Angel smiled. ANGEL: "Yes." But Jumba looked concerned. JUMBA: "Genesis's version of the healing harmonic is much stronger than Angel's." Pleakley looked worried. PLEAKLEY: "How much stronger?" Jumba examined the scanner. JUMBA: "Potentially hundreds of times stronger." Lilo stared. LILO: "Is that dangerous?" Jumba nodded. JUMBA: "If he loses control, the energy could trigger another Harmonic Cascade." Genesis heard him. His ears lowered. GENESIS: "I don't want to hurt anyone." Angel knelt beside him. ANGEL: "Then we'll help you learn." Genesis looked at her. GENESIS: "You will?" Angel smiled. ANGEL: "Of course." Stitch hugged Genesis. STITCH: "Ohana help." CHAPTER SIX: THE GALACTIC FEDERATION INVESTIGATES 1. The Grand Councilwoman's Concern The Galactic Federation received Jumba's report. The Grand Councilwoman called an emergency meeting. A holographic image of Genesis appeared above the conference table. GRAND COUNCILWOMAN: "Experiment 000 has awakened." A Federation scientist nodded. SCIENTIST: "Yes. The original Genesis prototype has arrived on Earth." GRAND COUNCILWOMAN: "What are its capabilities?" The scientist displayed the data. SCIENTIST: "Universal adaptation, molecular transformation, power replication, accelerated regeneration, advanced intelligence, and harmonic manipulation." The Grand Councilwoman studied the report. GRAND COUNCILWOMAN: "And its limitations?" SCIENTIST: "Its abilities appear to depend on emotional stability and energy regulation. Excessive power replication may cause molecular overload." Another officer approached. OFFICER: "Should we place the creature in containment?" The Grand Councilwoman shook her head. GRAND COUNCILWOMAN: "No." The officer looked surprised. OFFICER: "But it could be dangerous." GRAND COUNCILWOMAN: "So could Experiment 626 when he first arrived on Earth." The room became quiet. She continued. "We will not repeat the mistakes of the past. Genesis has not committed a crime. It deserves protection, education, and the opportunity to develop safely." The scientists nodded. The Grand Councilwoman looked toward the hologram. GRAND COUNCILWOMAN: "Contact Jumba. We will establish a supervised training program." 2. Aurelia Returns That evening, a silver-white portal opened above the Pelekai home. Aurelia stepped through. Her human disguise appeared as she landed in the backyard. Lilo ran outside. LILO: "Aurelia!" Aurelia smiled. AURELIA: "Hello, Lilo." Stitch rushed toward her. STITCH: "Sparkly lady!" Aurelia laughed. AURELIA: "Hello, Stitch." Then she noticed Genesis. The silver-white creature stood beside Lilo. Its chest symbol glowed. Aurelia froze. AURELIA: "Experiment 000." Genesis looked at her. GENESIS: "You know me?" Aurelia knelt. AURELIA: "I know what you are." Genesis lowered his head. GENESIS: "Am I bad?" Aurelia's expression softened. AURELIA: "No." She looked into his violet eyes. AURELIA: "You are the first living expression of the Genesis Pattern." Genesis tilted his head. GENESIS: "What does that mean?" Aurelia smiled. "It means you were created with extraordinary possibilities." Genesis looked worried. GENESIS: "But I don't know what I'm supposed to do." Aurelia gently placed a hand on his shoulder. AURELIA: "You don't have to know yet." Genesis looked at her. AURELIA: "You can discover your own purpose." Genesis smiled. For the first time, he felt that he did not need to become something immediately. He could simply be himself.   submitted by   /u/jsimait1   to   r/MarvelFanStory [link]   [comments]