(Hey, everyone. I'm back again with the second half of the last chapter. Hope you're ready to see Lincoln save his Alien Heroes this time.)
Lincoln couldn't believe his eyes. Last night his alien heroes were as healthy as horses, but now they were all sick as dogs (no pun intended on Wildmutt), "Guys, are you all right?" Lincoln asked in concern.
"I don't think so." Stinkfly buzzed weakly.
"Lisa!" Lincoln called out.
Later on, in the backyard each of the aliens were hooked up to a machine Lisa had brought outside, and she and Grey Matter were reading the alien heroes vitals. Lincoln and the rest of the family stood off to the side, with Lincoln looking extremely worried. Luna and Leni put their hands on his shoulders to comfort him, until Lisa spoke, "Well, Grey Matter and I have finished our analysis."
"And?" Lincoln asked fearing the worst.
Grey Matter answered, while trying to keep on his feet, "We're getting weaker."
"I can see that, but why?" The white haired Loud asked, as he was getting more concerned by the minute.
"It's like the same issue with Ghostfreak," Lisa explained, "He needed the power of the Omnitrix in order to be whole again. But for them, the Omnitrix is what's kept them whole. After being separated from the watch for so long their bodies started getting weaker."
"So we just got to get them back in the watch?" Lincoln asked.
"Affirmative." Grey Matter confirmed.
"So just have them touch the watch and it'll absorb their DNA." Lynn suggested.
"It's worth a shot." Lisa said, as Diamondhead put a finger to the Omnitrix but the watch didn't respond.
"No dice." Diamondhead told everyone.
"The only way to get us back in the Omnitrix is to use the same method that released us." Grey Matter explained.
"Splice's DNA Ray." Lincoln gasped.
"It's the only chance." Lisa said.
"But what happens, if Lincoln can't get them back in the watch?" Lana asked.
"The aliens will get weaker and weaker until they... expire." Lisa told them feeling just as concerned.
The Loud Family gasped in shock, as Lincoln asked, "How long do we have before..."
"By my calculations, an hour." Lisa deduced.
"An hour?" Lincoln asked in shock.
"What now, bro?" Luna asked.
"Yeah, how're you going to find Dr. Splice in an hour when you can't even go alien?" Lori asked, as the rest of the girls started crowding him with concerning questions.
"Girls! Girls, please," Lincoln tried to calm them, but they wouldn't shut up. Finally he shouted, "Quiet!" the girls fell silent, "Let me think!" Lincoln tried concentrating before looking around and suddenly his eyes stopped on Upgrade, "Upgrade!"
"Yes?" the alien asked.
"You may be able to upgrade machines and such, think you can give me an upgrade?"
"What're you getting at?"
"You may be too weak to do anything on your own, but how about combining with me in a new way so we can fight together?" Lincoln explained.
Upgrade looked at Lincoln and began analyzing him. Suddenly he started getting inspiration from what Lincoln told him, and spoke, "Lincoln. I know just what to do." Upgrade removed the electrodes connected to him before stumbling over to the boy.
"Let's do it." Lincoln said, as he and Upgrade locked fists and Upgrade melted down and merged with Lincoln.
The Loud Family watched as Lincoln stood before them wearing Upgrade like an armored battle suit which made Lincoln look ten feet tall, "Whoa, Lincoln." Leni gasped.
"You're really Up-there!" Luan joked and laughed, while everyone groaned.
Lincoln's face was protected by a green visor, which through his vision could see readings and coordinates on it, "Excellent, I should be able to track Splice's whereabouts now. Lori, you'll have to ignore your texts from Bobby for a bit. When I find Splice I'll contact you on his whereabouts so you can get the others there."
"You got it, little brother." Lori nodded.
"All right, time to fly!" Lincoln called, as Armored Upgrade shot off into the sky and flew off for town.
"Good luck, Lincoln." Heatblast said, as he was getting darker.
Lincoln flew around town from the air scanning every place, "So far no trace of Splice." Lincoln said, as he scanned the area.
As he was nearing the edge of Royal Woods, he looked upon a deserted animal shelter and started picking up a familiar DNA signature, "That's it! Upgrade patch me through to Lori's phone."
"On it!" Upgrade began sending a signal to Lori's cellphone.
"Hello?" Lori's voice came.
"Lori, I've located Dr. Splice. He's at an old animal shelter at the edge of town. Get my aliens over there asap."
It cut to the Loud house backyard where Lori was on her phone with Lincoln, "We'll be right there," she hung up, "Everyone, we need to saddle up Vanzilla and try to get the aliens to Lincoln's coordinates."
"Where is he?" Lola asked.
"An old animal shelter at the edge of town."
Lana gasped, "It's gotta be Wild Jerry's. It's the only animal shelter close to the edge of Royal Woods."
"Then we gotta get down there, dudes!" Luna ordered them.
"Like how're we going to get Lincoln's aliens all the way there?" Leni asked.
"Leni's right for once. We can't cram them all in there." Lisa noted.
"Don't worry about us." Fourarms said, as he and the aliens got on their feet.
"Hey, take it easy." Lynn Sr. said, as she and Rita helped Fourarms and Diamondhead stand.
"You're in no condition to be moving." Rita warned them.
"We may be weakened, but we're not helpless." Shocksquatch replied.
"You all take the lead and we'll follow you from behind." XLR8 instructed the family.
"If you say so." Lynn Sr. said.
"Grey Matter will ride with us." Lisa said, as she put the tiny alien on her shoulder.
"In the car kids!" Rita instructed, as they piled into Vanzilla and took off with the alien heroes following from behind.
Back at the old animal shelter, inside the building was Splice who was at a table fixing his DNA Ray, "Finally, after a day of repairs it's finally working again. Now to make some more mutant subjects."
Suddenly crashing in through a skylight was Lincoln who landed before the doctor, "Hands where I can see them, Splice!" he ordered.
"You again? What's with the fancy duds? What about your alien heroes?" Splice mocked.
"It's because of your way, my aliens are dying. And I need that ray to make it right."
"They're dying?" Splice asked, before laughing, "Oh this is just prefect. Without them you won't be able to stop me like before."
"We'll see about that." Lincoln said, as he readied his hand blasters.
"Yes we shall," Splice went to some cages containing mutant dog monsters and released them, "Sick him, boys!"
The mutant dogs barked and growled, as they ran at Lincoln who started blasting at them. Some got hit and recoiled, while others piled on top of Lincoln trying to sink their teeth into his body, "Get off me!" Lincoln struggled, as he activated the rockets in his armor's feet and started flying around knocking the mutants off him.
"Rabid dogs shouldn't be running free." Lincoln told Dr. Splice, as he fired an electrical net at the beasts that shocked them leading to them falling unconscious.
"No! My babies!" Splice cried, as Lincoln flew at Splice only for him and Upgrade to split and Lincoln just bumped into Splice before falling back.
"Upgrade!" Lincoln cried, as he saw the green circuitry lines on Upgrade with getting darker and gray.
"Sorry, Lincoln. My power's dropping." Upgrade said, as he tried to pick himself up using a stack of animal crates.
Lincoln looked up at Splice who smirked while aiming his DNA Ray at him, "Looks like you're all out of options." before the doc could do anything, a blue blur zipped in and knocked the doctor away.
The blur turned out to be XLR8 who was panting, "Not quite." he told the doctor.
"XLR8!" Lincoln cheered, as he got up and hugged him.
"You ok?" the fast alien asked.
"Fine, now, but you don't look so good." Lincoln noticed.
"I'll be fine."
"Lincoln!" his family called, as they ran into the room with the aliens following.
"Hey, guys. Glad ya made it." Lincolns aid.
"Where's the doc's ray?" Grey Matter asked.
"There!" Lincoln motioned to it on the floor.
Lynn grabbed it and tossed it to Lisa. The smart girl and Grey Matter began tweaking it, "A slight modification here and... Voila!" Lisa declared.
"All you have to do it zap the Omnitrix again, and we'll be put back in it." Grey Matter explained.
"Lincoln, hold still." Lisa aimed the ray at the Omnitrix and zapped it.
Lincoln saw the watch was sparking like it did when Splice first blasted him, "Guess it's time to go back." Water Hazard said, as the aliens walked to the watch and were about to touch it.
"Before you go. I just have to say turning into each of you is about the greatest thing that could ever happen to me."
The aliens smiled, as Heatblast spoke, "It's thanks to you we exist the way we do."
"I just wished we didn't have to say goodbye." Lincoln said.
"There is no goodbye." Cannonbolt said.
"Remember, we're extensions of you." Stinkfly reminded him.
"So remember every time you turn into one of us you become a part of us as we've become a part of you." Grey matter explained.
Lincoln smiled, and spoke, "See you around, guys."
"Bye, Lincoln!" the aliens each put a hand or such on the Omnitrix with Gray matter resting on top. The group of aliens were assimilated into the Omnitrix releasing a bright green light.
When the light died down, none of the aliens were anywhere to be found, "They're gone." Lana and Lola gasped.
"Bye-bye." Lily waved.
"Did it work?" Luan asked Lincoln.
Lincoln turned the dial of the Omnitrix seeing the silhouette's of each of his active aliens, "Everyone present and accounted for." he told his family.
"So, Lincoln, now that you've actually met your aliens up close and in person, how do you feel?" Rita asked.
"I feel like I got to know a couple new sides of myself up close and in person," the boy answered, "But I'm just glad they're all back where they belong."
"Speaking of belonging, I know where that guy belongs." Lana motioned to the unconscious Dr. Splice.
"So do I," Lincoln agreed, as he activated the Omnitrix and became XLR8. He ran to Splice and picked him up letting him hand over his shoulder, "I'll see you all at home." he zipped off.
As XLR8 ran for the police station, the scene froze, as the fast alien spoke to the viewers, "Boy that was scary. I thought I was going to lose all my alien heroes for good. But still I was able to save them without needing to actually go alien. It just proves even without the Omnitrix I can always rely on my instincts and clever planning to get out of a sticky situation." the scene resumed, as XLR8 sped off.
(And that's the chapter. Lincoln managed to get the aliens back in the Omnitrix before he lost them forever. What awaits Lincoln Loud next time/ That's for you to find out.)
