Mutation Situation
Chapter 2 of Linc 10: Bearer Of The Omnitrix. Last time, we saw our main protagonist gain the power of the Omnitrix and with it, he saved his family and other innocents from the robotic forces of the sinister Vilgax. With these fantastic new gifts, Lincoln decided that if he was going to tell anyone it was his best friend. Now, I think that in this story, Lincoln will be more mature than Ben was when first got the watch in the beginning of the series, since Lincoln is more open minded and less egotistical, not only that, but after the ending of the first chapter, you guys have obviously figured out that he's with the Plumbers.
Now, I have plans to include other classic characters such as Kevin 11, Hex, Billy Billions, etc. And of course there's Azmuth.
Finally, I want to talk about shipping. Now, I am a Ronnie X Lincoln fan, even though she moved away. But as we all know, Ben has a habit of gaining a lot of love interests. So, expect some girls to gain crushes.
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"Okay. Run that by me again Lincoln." the nerdy, glasses wearing boy told his best friend.
The white haired child in orange groaned in irritation. "Oh crying out loud. Clyde, I've been going over this with you for about 10 times already. It's getting tiresome, bro."
"Well excuse me for being shell shocked." Clyde argued. "It's not everyday that my best friend shows up as some kind of super fast dinosaur monster! I need the full details." he pressed.
Lincoln Loud could only pinch the bridge of his nose. He realized that when he decided to tell the McBride boy about the monumental experience he had endured the night before would come as a huge shock, but his friend could have at least not taken so much time to ask him continuously to go over each event, all he told him was more simpler variations of it. Then again, Lincoln couldn't blame him, even the alien watch bearing boy himself could understand his overwhelmed emotion, heck he's still reeling from the events of last night, what started out as a simple camp out quickly escalated into perhaps one of the most incredible moments he's ever experienced. Which is saying a lot, considering he's in a family with so many kids. "Alright fine, I'll go over it again, this time in full detail. But this is the last time, got it?"
Seeing a nod, he began the tale. "Okay, so as you already know, last night, my parents decided to take me and my sisters out on a camping trip at a spot where dad used to go to. Needless to say, we weren't really enthusiastic about it, except for maybe Lana since she was playing with the animals. Anyway, while I was out in the forest getting some more firewood, I saw something up in the sky. I thought it was some kind of shooting star or something, but then it just randomly changed course and landed right near me. I looked in closer and saw that looked like it was a pod, it opened and inside was this." he held up his left wrist to show the watch. "I didn't know what to think, a watch outer space? It was unreal! I was kind of curious so I reached in for it and it just latched onto my wrist as if it had a mind of its own. Another thing is that I can't get it off, I fiddled with it a little and next thing I know I became a fire monster. Then I turned into a dog thing and a dude made of diamond-"
"-And you took down that giant robot." Clyde finished finally up to speed.
"Exactly." Lincoln nodded. "Caught up now, buddy? I don't need to repeat anything?" he asked, wanting to be sure that not much further needed to be explained.
"I'm good. I'm good." Clyde reassured his friend. He took a seat on his bed and looked into the air with amazement. "Man, so aliens really are a thing. Not only that, but you totally saved all those people Linc. It's all over the news, on the internet, basically anything with a screen. You're like some kind of superhero!" he excitedly told him.
Lincoln widened his eyes a little at the proclamation. "Superhero?" he repeated with uncertainty. "I-I don't know about that. I mean it was kind of a 'no other choice' situation, you know? I couldn't just stand by and let that overgrown toaster decimate my family and all those people. What's even more complicated about this whole mess is that you're about the only person who knows about this."
His best friend's eyes lit up. "Really? You mean, you haven't told anyone else? Not your family?"
Lincoln gripped his shoulders with a serious expression on his face. "No! Especially not my family! They can never have any idea about this!"
"Why not?" his friend inquired.
"Because they would seriously freak out." Lincoln explained. "Imagine if we're eating a normal dinner then all of a sudden the house burns down because I was made of fire. It would be too risky. Plus, I guess you can say I'm a little scared of what they would think of all this, I mean things are stressful enough dealing with a house of 13 people, this might makes things worse. That and Lisa might want to do experiments on this thing, and since it's stuck to my wrist, well she was never one to not include living specimens."
"But they're your family." Clyde pointed out. "You really think they wouldn't understand?"
"I want to say no." Lincoln replied honestly. "But, I don't know if I can risk causing a massive panic in our lives. Besides, after last night, I'm not sure they'd be too comfortable with that fact that their only son and brother can transform into aliens. For now, it would be best if we just keep this just between the two of us. For now at least."
"If you say so." Clyde then had a thoughtful look. "Say, how many aliens can you turn into?"
"Well including the one I used to get here, I'd say about 4." Lincoln answered. "Why do you ask?"
"Lincoln, don't you think you should test them out a little? See what they can do? Like you said, that watch is literally stuck on you, might as well see how it works. Who knows? There might be more."
The Loud boy puts a finger to his chin in thought and considered his friend's words. He had a point, with this device seemingly not going away anytime soon, it would be appropriate for him to get a handle on how to control the powers of his transformations. "You know something? That doesn't sound like that bad of an idea. Okay, so we need to find someplace where I can test out my powers. But where? Obviously, we can't do it here and we can't go to the woods, that place is on lockdown ever since the attack. I need someplace where there aren't that many people around, don't wannna blow my cover or anything."
"What about the junkyard?" Clyde suggested. "The guy who works there took a day off from what I heard."
"Good idea, pal. But what about your dads?" Lincoln asked.
"They're out for lunch." Clyde replied as he went to the room. "Come on Linc, let's get started."
On another side of Royal Woods was an old, apartment building that looked like no one has lived in it for many years. Inside however, there was only but one single resident still occupying the home, but he wasn't exactly in the best of shape himself. He had a scrawny physique and his skin was pale green, along with long, shoulder length white hair, and his eyes were yellow. His room was filled with animals locked in cages as if he had his own personal nature habitat. He seemed to be hard at work on something, so much so that he didn't hear the knocking on his door.
"Animo. ANIMO! I know you're in there, open the door already!" a loud voice was heard from outside. Frustrated, the man opened the door himself. He had balding brown hair and was wearing a business suit. He observed his animal infested room and cringed in disgust. "Sheesh. It smells like a zoo in here." he saw his tenant. "Hey, didn't you hear me outside?"
His voice startled Animo a she stopped his work and turned to him. "Roger!" he hissed hatefully. "How did you get in?!" Animo demanded.
"A new thing called a pass key." Roger retorted. "In case you forgot, I am still your landlord. Or maybe not anymore since your rent is about 6 months overdue." Roger told him. "I keep telling you over and over, if you want to continue living in this dump, you need to pay up or find somewhere else to waste someone's time."
Animo scowled furiously. It was regular for his landlord to demand payment since moving in, and it was really starting to get on his nerves. "All of my funds go into my research. Now get out!" he pointed to the door. "You're disturbing me." he went back to add the finishing touches.
Roger scoffed. "Ha! Looks to me like you've been disturbed long before I got here. Now I don't like repeating myself so I'm only gonna say this one last time doc; either you pony up the green or you and your furry friends are out on the street." he warned.
Instead of cowering under the threat, the animal scientist merely smirked in amusement. "Pony up. Very interesting choice in phrases." he picked up one of his frogs and placed it on a desk. "I can only assume you must be an animal lover." he began to put on some kind of containment device on his chest. "Then you're gonna love this." he placed a helmet on his head that resembled an insects antennae that made him look absolutely ridiculous.
Roger agreed with this sentiment as he let out a laugh. "Pfft! Hahahahaha! What's that? You a member of the moose lodge or something?"
Animo glared and pointed to the round device on his chest. "This, you simple minded microbe, is my Transmodulator. Otherwise known as phase number 1 in my plan to claim what's rightfully mine. It creates and accelerates the mutations at a pathogenetic level. With it, I can finally show those simpletons who denied me of my success how wrong they were." he started to smile sinisterly. "Do you wish to know why I decided to move here in Royal Woods? About 2 months prior to right now, I learned that an old friend of mine is planning on visiting this town. He's bringing something of mine that he stole and I will get it back. And it will be all thanks to this device. Observe." he tuned the dial and the horns fired a beam of red energy that struck the frog.
It started to grow in size and mass, horns sprouted from the two sides of the head and grew an extra pair of eyes along with blemishes on the back. It was now gargantuan sized and looked threateningly at Roger who shrunk back in fear and shock. "AH!" he screamed as the giant frog leaned down and enveloped him into its mouth. He struggled to break free but it proved futile. Animo approached his new pet with a delighted a smile.
"I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I can't hear you." he said to Roger with a mocking tone. "It appears you have a frog in your throat! Or is that the other way around?! Ahahahahahaha!" he cackled maniacally as his giant frog spat Roger out and the landlord slipped into unconsciousness. With him out of the way, Animo was free to muse on his intentions. The scientist held up a picture and seemed transfixed by it. "Ah." he sighed. "So close to getting what I truly deserve. All I need are a few lousy components!" he gripped the photo in frustration.
As if on cue, a TV commercial popped up.
"So whether you need is hairspray or sate of the art electronics, you'll find it here in the new wing of Royal Woods Mall! SO come on down today!"
Animo smirked. "Ah. Just what the doctor ordered."
The junkyard was filled with nothing but discarded, outdated, and smashed up vehicles. Along with the fact that the person who usually runs the machine that smashes the cars is taking the day off, this indeed was the perfect place s for Lincoln to test out his new transformations. Lincoln and Clyde climbed over the fence and went to a secure open spaced area. "Alright, this looks good enough." Lincoln said. He activated the touch screen and scrolled to his selected alien. "Alright. Here goes." he pressed the icon and slammed his hand on the core.
Once the green flash died down, he was once again transformed into his fire-based form. "That never gets old." he said as he looked down at his friend. "So what do you think?"
Clyde's jaw was wide open and his eyes shrunk behind his glasses. "Lincoln..." he started slowly. "That is awesome!" he exclaimed.
"I know, right?" the now transformed boy replied, just as excited. "I can barely feel any pain with all this fire."
"So what do I call you while you're like this?"
Lincoln looked at him questionably. "What do you mean?"
"You expect people to guess your name like this? If you're gonna transform to be a superhero, then you need some kind of name for each guy. It would be easier for you to hide your identity."
"Okay one, I'm not actually considering this whole superhero thing. And two, you do have a point there." he admitted. "Alright, I start fires. Fire Starter?"
Clyde cringed a little. "Sounds like a gang name. What bout Charcoal Man?"
Lincoln rubbed his head with a skeptical frown. "Not so sure about that. I'm not big on the cliché names pal." he thought about his for a moment. This new form was heat based and it could blast fire. Wait...
"Heatblast." he blurted out.
"Come again?" Clyde asked.
"That can be my name." the newly dubbed Heatblast explained. "Especially since I can do this!" he thrusted his arm forward and shot a fireball that blew up a car. "Am I right or am I right?" he folded his arms.
"Oh that definitely fits!" Clyde nodded in agreement. "You got anyone else?"
Heatblast looked down at the symbol adorned on his chest and thought for a second. It beeping red seemed to be the only way for him to go back to normal, so he tapped on the symbol and was once again blinded by a green flash. This time he was the dog-like alien with no eyes.
"Grrrrrr." he growled lightly as slobber drooled from his mouth. Its gills detected Clyde's signature and could see him. "Raghhh."
The McBride boy warily approached it. "Uh Lincoln, can you see me?" the orange creature leaned on a closer, causing his friend to be a little nervous. Then, it smiled, relieving his best friend of any worry. "Phew. So, you can't speak?" the creature shook his head. 'Hmm." Clyde raised its hand and moved it to te left which Lincoln could follow perfectly. "But you can smell good. So if I tell you to attack that truck would you-"
"GRAGHHHHH!" the orange beast lunged at the truck and with his sharp claws, he completely slashed apart the vehicle and with his strength, tore off the roof and chewed it to pieces with his sharp fangs.
"Okay. Now for the name." Clyde tapped his chin. "Razor?"
Lincoln growled and looked away in a huff.
"No? How about Dog-Nabbit?"
His answer was a shake of the head.
"Well, you went pretty wild on that truck." Clyde commented. "Wilder than any mutt I've ever seen."
Lincoln's furry head perked up and yelped happily. He tapped the symbol and turned human again. "Wildmutt!" he pointed at his friend. "That's a perfect name."
Clyde thought about it and had to agree. "It really is, isn't it?"
"Right." Lincoln scrolled to the next one. "Time for number 3." pressing down the core and was the diamond based lifeform from the night before.
"Wow. Way cooler looking at you like that up close." Clyde marveled.
"Tell me about it." Lincoln replied. He formed shard swords with his arms. "Alright, all I could do before was use these to fight that robot." he waved them around. "Don't know what else I could-Woah!" he was taken back as crystal projectiles fired from his appendage ad struck a few discarded lamp posts. "Okay, I can apparently do that too." he noted with a surprised tone.
"You know Lincoln, back when you were fighting that robot, no matter how many times it blasted, you always got up." Clyde recounted.
Lincoln nodded his head. "It's true. It kinda stung a little but not by that much." he then chuckled a little. "Heh, my head must be diamond hard." his eyes perked up. "Diamondhead." he started nodding with a smile. "Yeah, that could work." transforming back to human and taking a deep breath, he went for the symbol, ready to try out the last alien on the list. His form went through another change, his skeleton became more sleeker and lighter. The legs heightened a little, shrinking, yet condensing as well, the leg muscles turned denser as his feet contracted into tiny claws, forming black spheres underneath. The boy's arms slimmed down as the hands melted into pincer-like black claws. A black helmet also appeared around his face, with the visor hiding the hs now blue-scaled face.
Once gain he was the same speedy alien, wearing a full black bodysuit. "Okay, so this one can be fast." he noted. "Now let's see just how fast." before his nerdy friend could even blink for just one second, Lincoln was gone instantly and then came back with one of those large hats British guards wear while on duty. "You would not believe where I was just now!" he chirped excitedly
"You were in England." Clyde breathed.
"Heck yeah I was in England." Lincoln smiled. "In fact not just there..." he ran once again and each time he came back, he had a different souvenir that originated from all the countries of the world. "This guy is awesome!" he proclaimed. "I'll never have to do a stupid favor for Lori just to get a ride ever again. Now for the name, and before you say anything. I don't want a chessey name bro. Not like that prototype name you suggested for Lori when we made that Ace Savvy comic."
"And what was wrong that name?" Clyde demanded, a little offended.
"You named her Bride Of McBride." Lincoln deadpanned.
"So?" a blank look from him was enough to make Clyde concede. "Fine. Looks like Speedy-Quick is out the window. Which before you judge have to admit that it fits, I mean you accelerated at speeds that would put race cars to shame." his eyes lit up. "Hey, how about Accelerate?"
"Hmm. Simple and self-explanatory." Lincoln noted. "Sounds like a keeper, but I can't help but feel that it can sound much cooler. I got it, it can be XLR8." he specified. "Pretty clever, huh?"
"It really is."
Before more could be said between the two, a red beeping sound was heard from the symbol and XLR8 was back into his normal, human form. The white haired boy looked at the watch and touched the plate again, only for it to beep red and the scrolling screen appeared which said '10 minutes before full power. "Huh. Looks like it has a recharge mode." he observed.
"An alien device that stills needs to charge?" Clyde questioned.
Lincoln shrugged. "Must be a constant in the universe. I guess that can be all for today." he told his friend. "Now look Clyde, remember, no one can know about this."
"You don't have to worry Lincoln. My lips are sealed." Clyde promised.
"You're a true friend." Lincoln smiled in gratitude. The two kids went out of the junkyard and bid farewell to each other as they both parted ways to go back to their separate homes. As he walked, Lincoln couldn't help but think about what Clyde said about him using his new powers to help people around Royal Woods, to actually be a superhero. In all honesty, it was appealing to him, ever since he was about Lisa's age, he's had wild fantasies of becoming a real life superhero. He knew enough now to know that it probably would never happen, but now that he had this watch, that dream could actually become a reality.
He saw his house come up and as he went in, he saw Leni watching TV. "Hey Linky!" she greeted enthusiastically. "The Audition is about to come on, wanna watch with me?"
"Not right now Leni." Lincoln kindly rejected the offer. "I need some time by myself right now, hope that's okay."
"Oh for sure Lincoln." his ditzy older sister nodded. Just as Lincoln was about to go up the stairs, the fashionable blonde headed teenager caught sight of something on her little brother's wrist. "Hold on." she spoke up making him stop in his tracks. She got up from the couch and took his wrist and saw the watch, making his eyes widen on panic as she gasped. "Lincoln! This is...this is..."
"Leni, I -I can explain!" Lincoln told her with sweat going down his head.
"...this is the cutest watch I've ever seen!" she exclaimed with a bright smile.
Lincoln did a double take. "Wait, what?"
"I mean just look at it." she told him. "It looks so functional and so fits with your whole look and everything. No offense, but going with just orange was kind of tacky, but this is a nice change. Where'd you buy it?" she asked.
Her only brother could only blink in total amazement that she didn't connect the dots. Then again, this was Leni he was talking to, so this should have been expected. "Oh this. I just bought it at some store and junk." he tried to make it seem unimportant. "I completely forgot that it was even there."
Leni gave him a sympathetic look. "You have that problem too? I totally can understand that. I always forget where I put my shades."
"They're on top of your forehead." he pointed out.
She felt her head and saw that her glasses were indeed there. "So that's where they keep running off to." she did a cute giggle. "Silly sunglasses."
"Riiiiight...I'm just gonna go." he went up and locked himself in his room. A part of him had a slight twinge of guilt, most likely coming from having to lie to one of his sisters. One thing he felt bad was that he had to keep the watch and the fact that he was those alien heroes a secret from them, he could never lie to any of them, it just wasn't in his nature. With every secret he has, he would share it with them in their Secrets Club and they would swear to keep it private and he would take their word for it. Except for maybe Lola, but that was before she was starting to learn how to be less of a tattle tale. But back then it was secrets that normal people would want hidden, but in case it wasn't obvious already, this was not a normal secret. He can physically turn into real aliens and one could only imagine the chaos of revealing it could entail.
His musings were cut off once he heard a ping noise from his laptop that was on his desk. He knew what that meant. He was getting a call from a close friend of his. Sitting on his chair, he opened the laptop and saw the image of Ronnie Anne Santiago, she was his friend who happened to be a girl but she's not his girlfriend even though they've kissed two times before. Yeah, it's a complicated relationship. Ever since she, her brother and her mother moved away to live with her extended family one state over, they often see each other through video chat.
"Hey there Lame-O." she said with her usual teasing tone that he's actually come to be fond of.
"Hi Ronnie Anne." Lincoln greeted back. "You got something to talk about?"
"Well duh, doofus. I gotta know if what they said on the news about some robot attack being true." she told him. "You'd be surprised by how fast news can travel. Over here, people have been going crazy about it, my uncle Carlos hasn't stopped trying to come up with a rational explanation and I just have to know, is it true?" she pressed.
That was surprising to say the least. He knew that what happened last night would attract attention but didn't think it would move to far away places. "Uh right, that. If you must know I was actually there to see it myself. Was out on a camping trip with my family and saw the whole thing and it was one hundred percent real."
"Shut up!" Ronnie Anne stared at him in shock.
"Don't believe me? I can go fetch one of my sisters or my parents, they can confirm it."
"Wow." the Latino girl whistled in astonishment. "And there was actually a dude made out of diamonds?"
"Pretty much." he nodded his head. "It was pretty wild." he did his best to act amazed to escape any suspicion.
His not-girlfriend shook her head. "Man. A girl moves away for only about 5 minutes and this happens."
Lincoln chuckled weakly. "Yeah, heh. Things have gotten interesting since you left." he muttered something under his breath. "In more ways than one."
"What was that?"
"Nothing. Nothing." Lincoln denied. "So, how are things at your new home? Settling in alright?"
Ronnie Anne shrugged. "It's actually better than I thought. I mean, I'm still trying to get used to living with so many people, but it's coming along nice. Doesn't mean I don't miss being in Royal Woods."
"Translation: You miss picking on me." Lincoln smirked.
Ronnie Anne gasped dramatically. "Lincoln Loud. I am insulted." she faked being hurt. "Do you honestly believe that I miss pulling pranks on you?"
Her not-boyfriend still had his smirk. "Yeah, pretty much."
"Okay, you got me there." Ronnie Anne chuckled. "But, you know I do miss other things."
Lincoln looked at her curiously. "Really? Like what?"
The skateboarding fanatic's face started to go red that confused him. "W-Well, I miss hanging out. With uh, with you." she cleared her throat. "You know, as friends. Not Bobby and Lori, am I right?" she chuckled weakly.
Soon, Lincoln too started to blush and sputtered a little as he gave an answer. "Oh yeah, right. Because you know, we're not a thing or whatever. I mean, we're just friends. Really good friends who have kissed." he glanced sideways.
"Which totally didn't mean anything." Ronnie Anne noted. "Um, it didn't, right?" she asked, wanting to make sure.
"Of course not." Lincoln sweated nervously. "Because if it did then we might as well be like our older siblings. Which would be weird." he started forcefully laughing. "Can you imagine?"
Ronnie Anne started her own forced fit of laughter. "HA! There's no way that could happen, I mean, we work so much better as friends. If we actually did that kind of stuff, then nothing would make sense!"
"True that!"
Both of them continued to laugh until it started to die down and were now in an awkward period of silence. They both couldn't think of any other subject to converse about, so they didn't say anything for a while. Ultimately, it was Ronnie Anne who broke the silence. "Soooo...I'm gonna do...something." she scratched her head.
"Same here."
...
"Smell ya later, Lame-O." she said with a weak smile as she signed off, leaving Lincoln alone to watch the blank screen with a downcast expression.
"Not if I smell you first." he said with a sad frown. He closed his laptop shut and slammed his face on the disk and groaned miserably. "Ughhhh..."
"Poor big brother. It pains me to see you like this."
Lincoln sat up and jumped at the sudden voice, he turned and saw someone else on his bed. Like always, it was his younger gothic sister who once again showcased her uncanny ability to appear out of nowhere. "Lucy!" he gaped at her, calming down a little. "How...How long were you sitting there?" he asked, afraid that the poet might have overheard the entire exchange.
Unfortunately, his fears were confirmed.
"Long enough." Lucy replied in he usual monotonous and raspy voice. "I was gonna ask if you could help me with my poems, but then I saw you video chatting with Ronnie Anne, so I got curious and decided to listen. "Hope you're not too mad at me for eavesdropping."
"It's okay." Lincoln replied. "I'm kidna used to it by now. Plus, even if you hadn't come into my room, you would have listened from your own room anyway." he pointed to the walls. "Thin walls, remember?"
"Good point."
"Which is why I'm here." they turned and saw Lori walk in with a sympathetic look on her face, directed towards Lincoln.
"Great." Lincoln said with ample sarcasm. "I'm guessing everyone heard us talking."
"No." Lori shook her head. "At least, I hope not." she shrugged
The eldest of the Loud siblings sat on bed followed by her only brother and he was back to his downcast expression. "So tell me Luce , Lori, how bad was that?" he questioned, referring to his conversation with Ronnie Anne.
Lucy and Lori shared an anxious look, the teeneager took a moment to come up with a response. "I wouldn't call it 'bad'". she said, trying to preserve her brother's feelings.
"Oh really?" he rolled his eyes in a disbelieving tone.
Lucy reconsidered her woods. "Okay yeah, it was so painful to watch." she admitted.
Sighing, the white haired boy collapsed on his elder sister's lap and she promptly stroked his hair softly to comfort him. "Yeah, that's what I thought. Could it had ended any more awkward?"
"Don't beat yourself too much about it little bro." Lori soothed. "It hasn't been that easy for me and Bobby being so far away from each other either." she said with a frown of her own but sent a reassuring smile. "But we've managed to keep both of us stable, I'm sure you and Ronnie Anne can make this long distant relationship work."
"Maybe." Lincoln said but then picked up on the 'r' word. "Wait, relationship? No, she's not my girlfriend." he denied but saw the doubtful looks from his sisters. "I mean, she's very close to me, but I wouldn't say that we're that close."
"But didn't you two kiss two times?" Lucy recalled.
"Well yeah, but-"
"Not to mention she loves video games just as much as you." Lori supplied as well.
"Granted, but that's not enough-"
"The point we're trying to make is that you two might as well be a thing."
"Okay, I get it!" he made them stopped from digging any further. "So we're closer than we care to admit." he conceded. "Not like it matters now. She's living one state over. Who knows? Maybe she already met a boy who must love doing kick flips off of stairwells as much as she does. Or met a prankster who likes messing with people lie she does with me."
Lucy laid a comforting shoulder on her brother's shoulder. "Don't speak in such a negative manner Lincoln. We all know that's my thing. And if you're worried about her moving on, maybe you could try the same." she suggested. "My friend Haiku likes to talk about you from time to time. She got over the whole Sadies Hawkins Dance thing or maybe that Paige girl you met at the arcade."
"I don't know." Lincoln said, doubtfully. "I'm 11 years old. Should now really be the time for me to think about stuff like that?"
"It's never too late to fall in love Linky." Lori told him. "Do you want to talk about anything else?"
Lincoln shook his head. "Appreciate you two listening, but I think I want tp be alone right now.
Nodding in understand, his sisters exited his room, leaving their brother alone to lay down on his small bed. He lifted his arm so that he could see the alien watch stuck to the wrist, he started thinking that as long as it was attached to his being, any chance of having a normal childhood or even a normal life went out the window. He also thought about how Ronnie Anne would react to all this if she never have moved away in the first place or if by some miracle, she decided to move back. She was a tough girl, in fact before moving, she built up quite a reputation in school and the neighborhood as the resident toughest girl in her grade, he of all people knew that himself, but he wondered if even someone like her could accept him for having such power, he wondered if anyone in Royal Woods would be okay, should any of them find out.
Deciding to take his mind off all the alien watch and Ronnie Anne business, he decided to focus on retaining some normalcy on his life. He got out of his room and wondered if one of his sisters weren't too busy to hang out. He looked into Lisa and Lily's room and saw the young toddler prodigy looking up on something on her computer. What was interesting to note was that she actually expressed excitement. Very surprising, considering that she's one of the two Loud sisters who rarely show emotion.
He knocked lightly on the door to get her attention. "Um, Lisa?"
She snapped out of her excited daze and looked to the entrance. "Ah, hello Lincoln. Do you require something?" she inquired. "If not, then you know the way to your dwelling."
"I was just passing through until I saw you actually look excited." he told her. "So what's up?"
Lisa cleared her throat to make herself look professional, mildly embarrassed that one of her siblings saw her show real life emotion for once. "Well, my sole male sibling unit, if you must know, in about 24 hours, Royal Woods will be visited by a personal hero of mine." she beckoned him to look at the computer. He saw an image of a middle-aged man who looked very important. "This is Doctor Kelly. A renowned researcher who won the famous Verity Award years earler, and he is coming to our hometown."
Now, it might just be his imagination, but he could have sworn that he heard he squeal like Lori or Leni do whenever they go to a Boys Will Be Boys concert. "So, I take it you're a fan?" he surmised with an amused tone and chuckle.
"That is not a term I would use." she replied. "A much more accurate description would be a fellow scientific peer who happens to greatly admire the accomplishments of a fellow peer so much, that she enters into a state of excitement whenever he appears in the town of which said girl happens to live in."
Her elder brother smirked, despite her using big words, he saw right through her. "Yeah, you're totally a fan, baby sis."
"Call it what you want." Lisa replied with an annoyed frown. "I was also working on some theories on those creatures from the night before." she added.
Lincoln's smirk faded in a panicked look with wide eyes. "C-Creatures?" he sputtered a little too nervously. "Um, you mean those aliens? Why would you wonder about them?" he chuckled weakly." inside, he was mentally slapping himself for not considering Lisa wanting to know about his transformations. She was a young genius, it's in her nature to be curious about these sort of things.
"Well why wouldn't I?" she asked as if it were obvious. "I don't expect you to understand, but what we witnessed was a race of intelligent species that could potentially be from the stars themselves. This is my one chance to make scientific his tory, oh the experiments that could be done with those unique specimens."
Before more could be said between the two of them, they heard someone call the boy's name. "Lincoln! Lincoln! Lincoln!" Lana soon entered the room, screaming for the white haired boy. "Can you take me to the mall, please?!"
"Why?" he asked. "I thought you liked Dairy Land more than the mall."
"Because they just opened a new pet store and I want to check it out!" the little blonde tomboy explained. "I already asked mom and she said yes, but only if one of my older siblings come with me."
"Then why not ask Lori to drive you there?" Lincoln pointed out.
"Duh, I don't want to do any favors for her." the animal lover told him matter-of-factly. "That and I can't find her retainer in the garbage. Also Lisa, mom also said that you need to come too." she informed her younger but smarter sister.
In response, the prodigy's eyes bugged out behind her glasses. "What?! For what reason?!" she demanded.
Her older more dirty sister shrugged. "Something about being in your room too much or something. Said that if you don't come, then I can't go, so pleeaaaaase?" she begged.
Lisa scoffed. "Apologies Lana, but I have hours of work to take care of at the moment. To partake in something so trivial, would be a waste of my-"
"She also said if you don't, then she and dad will sell all your machines to the government."
"When do we leave?" Lisa instantly changed her mind.
"Okay, let's go." Lincoln said as he and his younger sisters made their way downstairs and out of their house.
The Royal Woods Mall may not be Lincoln's first choice in spending recreational time, but at the moment, he really didn't have anything else to do, he wasn't in his usual playing video games or reading comic books mood, so he figured helping one of the Loud twins survey the new pet store and getting his genius sister out of her lab for a change would be enough to get his mind off certain things. Once they arrived at the mall, it didn't take long for them to find the pet store, and Lana wasted absolutely no time in looking at all the cages, especially the ones that held reptiles, those were among her favorite species in the animal kingdom.
"Ooh. Look at this one!" her eyes sparkled. "No, look at that one there!" she observed the animals in childlike wonder.
"So, Lana seems to be enjoying herself." Lincoln observed with a smile before looking down at Lisa. "Want me to buy you something to eat?" he asked.
The brown haired little girl shook her head. "That won't be necessary brother. If you need me, I'll be observing the electronics store. Might as well do something productive while being forced to be here." she said as she walked to the store next door. Lincoln decided to leave his sisters be and started to walk out, but he accidentally bumped into someone.
"Oof!"
"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry! I-" his apology was cut off as soon as he saw who he bumped into. She was a girl his age with spikey black hair with a single purple streak wearing punk rock attire. "Tabby?" he asked, genuinely surprised. It certainly has been a while since he last saw her, she was a date that Luna set him up with along with three others for the Sadies' Hawkins Dance.
"Lincoln?" the young rocker questioned before smiling. "Hey, it's been too long, mate!" she shook his hand with a little too much force. "How ya been?"
"Um, pretty god." he answered with an uncertain and somewhat nervous tone. "Didn't really expect you to be here to be honest."
"I'm was just at the music shop, listening some new music that just got released. You should check it out, best 10 dollars I ever spent." the British accented girl promised.
Her one time date scratched his head. "Maybe some other time." he started backing up a little. "You know what? I should go check on one of my sisters. I'm supposed to be watching them, so..."
Tabby grabbed his hand which made him freeze and blush a little. "Woah, hold up there snowball head." Tabby stopped him. "Why so nervous luv, you scared I might bite?" she jokingly chuckled.
Lincoln rubbed his arm timidly. "No. It's just, aren't you still kinda mad about the whole dance thing?" he reminded her.
To his surprise, Tabby waved it off dismissively. "Oh that? Ancient history mate, how were you supposed to know your sisters would set you up with dates? Besides, we still had a good time, I mean you really know how to party."
"Heh, thanks." he bashfully replied before raising an eyebrow. "Wait, what about Liam?"
Tabby winced a little. "He was okay, but after that, it didn't really work out. After spending one day at his barn, let's just say that I'll never look at cows or chickens the same way again." she shuddered a little after that memory.
"Yeesh, forget I asked." Lincoln cringed. "So, we're cool then?" he asked.
"Definitely." she nodded in confirmation. "I'm just chilling out 'till I decide to head home."
"Well, bye." he waved as he went to the electronics shop to check on Lisa. However, both he and Tabby froze as they felt and heard the sound of rumbling nearby. It wasn't just them, but his sisters and the other patrons of the mall could feel the sound of rumbling that came from the other side of the mall, right where Lincoln was. Before the young boy could react, the wall was broken with intense force, that pushed him and the punky girl back a little, both kids saw the unbelievable sight of an oversized frog with a green skinned human riding on top of it. Lincoln's eyes bugged out of his head. "What the heck?!" he exclaimed in shock. 'First alien robots. Now a giant frog?!' the man riding the oversized frog guided him to hop over to the electronics store, with Tabby too petrified to move out of the way. Thinking fast, he tackled her to the ground, he saw the mutant frog hop away and saw where it was heading. "Oh no, Lisa!" he raised his voice in alarm. Looking down, he checked on his friend. "Tabby, you okay?"
The punk girl didn't respond due to the light blush adorned on her face caused by the position they were in, which was him being on top of her. "Buh...Buh...Buh..." she stammered.
Lincoln looked at her, confused. "I'll take that as a yes." he helped her up and ran to the store but not before yelling to her. "Get out of here! I'm going for my sisters!"
"Lincoln, wait!" Tabby attempted to go after him, but was pushed farther away from panicking shoppers.
The white haired boy was running as fast as he could to get to the store where he the frog and crazy doctor was, in hopes of saving his 4 year old sister. He peeked in and saw Animo picking supplies from the shelves. "He's trashing the mall to go shopping?" Lincoln questioned. At the corner of his eye, he saw Lisa hiding discreetly from the frog's view. She was transfixed by its appearance. "Psst! Lisa." he whispered. Thankfully, the genius heard him and he beckoned her to come over to him, which she obeyed. "Are you okay?" he asked.
"Fret not brother, I do not appear to sustain any injuries." Lisa reassured him. "Though I am somewhat unnerved by this unprecedented incident, it has caused a jumpstart in my anxiety level."
"Yeah, it's a new thing called fear." he deadpanned.
"Lincoln! Lisa!" they turned and saw Lana, who was carrying a hamster and there was a bird on her shoulder. "Are you guys alright?!"
"We're fine Lans, just-wait a minute, what's with the animals?" he pointed to them.
The child handygirl put her arms up in defense. "Hey, I wasn't gonna leave them behind! Now what's going-" she saw the gigantic amphibian. "Woah! Look at the size of that frog!" she marveled in childlike wonder. "I want Hops to be just like that!"
"Lana, stay quiet!" Lincoln told her sternly. Unfortunately for them, the tomboy's shouting got the frog's attention and it shot out it's elongated tongue that forced Lincoln to push his sisters out of harm's way. But by tackling Lana, the two animals were out of her grasp.
Animo turned and saw them and grinning, he activated the Transmodulator that struck the hamster and bird, making them go through the same mutation the frog went through. Soon enough, they too grew to humungous size and were now under the doctor's control. The three Louds back up in fright as the two now mutated beast stood with their new master. "Behold, children!" he dramatically presented himself. "Behold the genius of Dr. Animo! With my pets reaching their full potential, nothing can stop me from getting what I deserve, mark my words! Today, I will make history, or rather, Pre-history!"
Lincoln looked to the watch, but saw that it was still in recharge mode. 'Dang it! I must have wasted too much time in the junkyard!"
He was afraid that without one of the aliens to help out, nothing could save him or his sisters. However, luck seemed to be on his side as the frog didn't attack them. Instead, it jumped through the ceiling, creating a hole and was followed by its mutated brethren. "Spread the warning, children!" Animo told them. "Let the world know that the animals shall once again have free reign over the land!" he and his pets disappeared from sight, leaving three shell shocked Louds.
"Girls." he addressed them. "We're going home. Now."
Once the three of them made it back to their house, they were immediately bombarded with concern from their parents and other siblings. The events that transpired at the mall quickly gain the attention of the local media, and they remembered that those three were going there beforehand, Rita was nearly hyperventilating from intense worry over her babies.
"Oh good lord! Are you all okay?!" she fretted as she hugged all of them.
"We're fine mom." Lincoln answered. "A little scared, but alright."
"We saw everything from that TV." Luan said. "Did you see the size of that frog. I bet it was hopping mad. Haha, get it?"
Lynn face palmed with an aggravated sigh. "Luan, don't. Just don't."
Inside Lincoln's pocket, his phone buzzed. Taking it out, he saw that Clyde was calling him. Seeing his family were too busy with checking over the sisters, he quietly sneaked up to his room and made sure no one was eavesdropping this time. "Clyde, what is it?" he spoke into the phone in a hushed voice.
"Do you know about the giant frog that attacked the mall?!"
"Know it? I just lived through it." Lincoln told him. "Some creepy dude with an antennae helmet turned a few animals super-sized. Nearly got me, Lisa, and Lana."
"Well, what are you gonna do about it?"
The Omnitrix bearer narrowed his eyes as he thought about it. Whoever this guy was, the fact that he nearly hurt his sisters and his friend was a huge mistake on his part, he also knew that this Dr. Animo has sinister intentions in mind with his mutant pets, and someone had to do something to stop him before more people get hurt, however they can. "I'll tell ya what I'm gonna do pal. I'm gonna hunt him down, and stop him." he hung up as he thought about how to go about his plan. First thing that came to mind is to dig up any info on this Animo, he had no idea who this clown was, but he did know someone with all the knowledge in the world. He went over to Lisa's room and saw her reading a book.
"Lisa, I need you to do something real quick." he told her urgently.
"Depends on what you want." she replied.
"Do you have any info on that creep from the mall. I mean, you're probably super curious on how he turned that hamster and bird into monsters. Don't you wanna figure it out?" he asked her.
Lisa tossed the book away with a smile. "Finally. I was waiting for someone to ask, follow me." she gestured him to see her computer. "Now, there was something about the stranger's name, Animo, that seemed familiar, almost like I've heard it before. So, I did an extensive search on any information about him and observe what I uncovered." she showed an article about Animo, who looked more normal than he did when they first saw him. "Dr. Aloysius James Animo. Approximately, five years ago, he was a promising researcher in veterinary science, coming up with intriguing theories on mutations and evolution. However, he was kicked out of the science community when it was revealed that he was conducting genetic experiments involving forcibly mutating animals."
"Hence the giant animals." Lincoln said in realization.
Lisa nodded. "Precisely. Not only was he expelled, but due to the nature of his research, he lost the award to Dr. Kelly. After that, it was said that he was driven mad and fell off the face of the Earth. Until now, that is."
"You said earlier that Kelly was coming to Riyal Woods." he recalled.
"That I did." Lisa grew concerned. "It appears that Dr. Kelly might be in for a rude welcoming. Hopefully, Animo can be stopped before that could happen."
'I'll make sure of it.' he internally thought to himself.
A few hours later, Lincoln told his parents that he was heading over to hang out with Clyde at Gus' Games and Grub, when in reality, he was meeting him to search the skies for any sign of Animo. The two boys planned meet up and walk into the city part of Royal Woods, to begin their search, Lincoln spent a few minutes and so far, he saw nothing. Hearing some panting, he tuned and saw his best friend run up to him, sweating like a storm.
"Sorry...I'm...late..." Clyde panted. "It's...a long walk...from...home..."
"At least you're here." Lincoln patted his friend's back. A large shadow loomed over them, making them look up in shock over the huge bird that belonged to Animo. "There it is, come on!" the two boys ran after the bird, but it's enhanced speed and flight made it hard for them to keep up. Eventually, it disappeared from sight. Lincoln stopped, followed by Clyde who was sweating even more than before. "Dang it, we lost it. I would go alien, but I don't wanna risk draining the watch."
"Then we're gonna have to think of where Animo might be." Clyde told him. "Or we may be looking at Royal Woods B.C."
At that analogy, Lincoln started to think. The scientist seemed to be obsessed with animals, and from his performance at the mall, he seemed to be interested in making this world into the era before recorded human history. And he knew just the place where it was rich in such a subject. "I know where he's going." he said.
Eventually, they arrived at the Royal Woods Museum of Archaeology. A place filled with the remains of animals that have long since been extinct, Lincoln looked down and saw feather that was too big to belong to any normal bird and picked it up. "We're definitely on the right track." he said.
"Good thinking Linc." Clyde complimented with an impressed smile.
"Thanks. Now let's go." Lincoln and his friend went into the museum and saw unconscious guards that were on duty. They walked quietly heard the sound of tinkering. Dr. Animo was just nearby, making some new adjustments to his Transmodulator.
"Oh Aloysius, you have done it again." the madman grinned evilly. "If only those fools could see that you're research may not have been morally humane, but sometimes, it pays to cross some lines. With these new modifications, I have finally achieved phase 2, the reanimation dormant cells. In other words, breathing life into that which has been long since deceased." he activated his device, and aimed it at the lifeless husk of a Wooly Mammoth. Much to the shock and horror to the boys, the creature was re-animated back to the living world. "HAHA! Oh, wait until you get a load of this Kelly!" Animo cackled.
Clyde's teeth were chattering in fear. "Dude, he brought that thing back to life!"
"You know, Lucy would love this in some way." Lincoln commented. Turning serious, he activated the now fully charged watch. "It's Hero Time!" he chose a new icon and pressed down on the core and the Omni wave covered his entire being as a new transformation occurred. He felt his muscle mass begin to grow bigger and he fantastically grew much taller than he was before, well developed muscled began to form and his skin turned red. An extra par of arms grew out from under his main ones. Once the green light died down, Clyde looked up at shock over Lincoln's new form. He stood at 12 feet tall with red skin and a body that would make bodybuilders green with envy, his hair was black with a ponytail. On all four of his hands were black fingerless gloves with gold wristbands, same with the ankles. Around his waist was another band and across his chest were two golden sashes, with the symbol located on the chest and now wore black pants.
"Woah." the new Lincoln breathed in awe of his new form. "Check me out." he flexed his new muscles. "Oh yeah, I am gonna have lots of fun with this."
Animo saw the green light and yelled out. "Who goes there?! Show yourself!" to his shock, the hulking alien came into view. "Well, this was unexpected."
"Name's..." the alien thought for a second. "Four Arms. And I know what you're planning to do with your overgrown science experiments Animo, and you're crazier than I thought if you think I'm not gonna stop you." he punched his lower right fist to his right one. "So you might wanna give up right about now, unless you want to be pounded into submission four times over."
Dr. Animo wasn't deterred by these threats. "I don't care who or what you are!" he scowled. "Nothing will keep me from claiming what rightfully deserves to be mine!"
"Yeah, yeah, I know about the whole award thing." Four Arms rolled all four of his eyes. "But dude, that doesn't justify you going as far as to hurt people to get it. Take it from someone who knows, it's not worth it." he mind briefly went back to a past memory that filled him with a little guilt, but focused at the task at hand.
Despite this, Animo was still set on his goal. "I don't have time to listen to your preaching nonsense!" he scowled. "For the action of interfering with my work, I will let my new pet make an example of you!" at that, the Mammoth charged at the four armed fighter.
"Alright then. Let's wrestle!" Four Arms charged as well and with his incredible strength, grabbed the formerly extinct animal by the trunk and turned it over, making it fall. He was holding it in a strong hold to prevent it from moving, but was carried away by the giant bird, h grabbed hold of the legs and threw it down at the ground with extreme force, incapacitating it for the moment "Guess those sparring matches with Lynn paid off." Seeing that this new enemy was more tenacious then he thought, Animo though always had a plan, and ran for the nearby Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton. His device re-animated it, the muscle and skin tissue was instantly brought back and now he had the king of the dinosaurs at his control. It lets out a roar that gained Four Arms' attention, which was the perfect distraction for the Mammoth to smash him across the room, hitting the wall. Gritting his teeth, Four Arms charged once again and sent a series of punches at the Mammoth's face, but the beast hoisted him up by the horns and threw him into another skeleton, destroying it. "Okay, you know what?! The gloves are off!" he got back up and grabbed its trunk and spun himself and the beast around rapidly, with a mighty swing, the Mammoth was thrown over to the wall, getting buried by the debris that fell afterwards. Four Arms looked a little nauseated from the spin. "Ugh...might wanna hold back on my strength a little." now there was the hamster. Unlike the Mammoth, this monster was easy to beat, for it wasn't strong enough to take down the might of Four Arms for the super strong alien flipped it over ad was knocked out by landing on the head.
The T-Rec swung its tail, striking Four Arms aside. Animo rode on top and addressed the alien. "As much as I wish I could see my pets destroy you, I have important business to attend to! Hyah!" he kicked the neck to make the dinosaur run through the wall and go the city. The mutant bird flew and grabbed Clyde, before he could blink.
"AHH! Lincoln!"
"Clyde!" Four Arms widened his eyes in alarm. He leapt to an impressive height to grab onto the bird, making it turn to him. "Put my friend down, chicken wing!" the bird flew around erratically, which was enough to shake Four Arms off. The alien hero fell down until he crashed on the street, leaving a crater. A red flash was seen, and Four Arms was back to Lincoln.
He groggily got up and saw his best friend get taken. "No!" he gasped in horror. As he got back up, he ran to the streets and saw the bird land on top of a building. He activated the watch once more and chose another new form. Another Omni wave changed him into another new form. His skin started to turn dark green and his fingers turned razor sharp and regressed into insect like appendages. From the two sides of his face, four tentacles with orange eyes sprouted and black gunk formed around his face. Four insect like flat legs grew from his sides and a sharp torn tail formed in the back. Two thin green wings grew. He now had an insect body, with a green color. The symbol was now on the front of his face.
"Oooh. Another new one, guess that makes six." he noted until he took a whiff of himself. "Ugh." he cringed. "I smell like Lily after stinking up 10 diapers." focusing back on his friend, he took flight and flew up high on the tower. "At least this one can fly." The McBride boy was left slipping from the grasp of the bird and soon fell down making him scream out in fright. But just in the nick of time, Lincoln in his new form saved him. "I got ya pal."
"Lincoln? You're like a butterfly." Clyde commented.
"More like a Stinkfly." the newly christened Stinkfly contradicted.
One sniff and Clyde knew what he meant. "Ew, no kidding. Nevertheless, thanks for the save." he gasped as he saw the bird fly after them. "Incoming!"
"Hang on bro!" Stinkfly said as he tried to outmaneuver the beast. He raised Clyde up to the top and the two flying creatures went in many directions to try and defeat the other. The bird raised a talon to nab Clyde, but the bug alien dodged. "Woah! Take it easy with the nails there Polly!" The chase continued and they both increased their speed, making Clyde go green.
"Oh jeez, I think I'm gonna puke." the glasses wearing boy clutched his stomach.
"At least don't spew on me." Stinkfly told him. "I already stink enough as it is." the bird continued to try and capture its prey, with no intent of slowing down. "I can't shake feather brain. Clyde old buddy, you're gonna have to trust me on this one." he said in a serious tone.
Clyde raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"
"Just hang on." he grabbed his friend by the arms and flew close to a rooftop. "On my signal. Jump!" Clyde did so and landed safely on the roof. The bird made an attempt to capture its former hostage again, but Stinkfly shot goo from his eyes that hit the bird's eyes. With it blinded, the bug alien attacked from above and shoved it to the ground, defeating it."
He flew up to check on Clyde who said. "I'm fine. Stop Animo!"
Stinkfly obliged and flew at the direction where Animo and the dinosaur left.
Once Kelly arrived at Royal Woods, he made plans to check up on the Michigan branch of Kelly Industries. He was currently showing the place off to a few investors.
"And finally, we have my Verities Award." they stopped at his trophy shelf. "Of course, I considered it an honor to be nominated in the first place with a distinguished group of scientists. His musings were cut off as Animo and his Dino crashed through the building, making the investors run away but Kelly stayed as he recognized the man on top. "Aloysius?!" he exclaimed. It had been so long since he last seen him.
"Kelly, I believe you have something that belongs to me!" he hopped down and punched the other scientist out of anger. He took the golden trophy with a prideful. "I'd like to thank the committee for this highest honor!" he grinned maniacally. He hopped back up to the top of his pet and guided it to eat the other scientist. But Stinkfly swooped in and hits it, making it attack the hero with the tail which made Stinkfly land painfully on the ground. "I didn't know being a hero meant fighting extinct species." he rubbed his head.
"Somebody help me!" he saw Kelly get lifted up by the teeth of the Dino, he was thrown into the air and the beast opened its mouth to devour him, but Stinkfly saved him and placed him safe on the ground.
"Come over here and meet you end, you little pest!" Animo yelled.
"But it's not my doctor's appointment yet." Stinkfly smirked. "And for future reference, it's Stinkfly and I'm gonna kick your lizard's tail!" he flew close to the beast and shot more goo all over the face making it go out of control. The bug alien punched Animo that made him accidentally let go of the award. "NO!" Animo scream as he saw the object he longed for break apart once it hit the ground. With him distracted, Stinkfly grabbed the device from the headgear and flew away with it much to the scientist's dismay. "My Transmodulator!"
Stinkfly threw it to the ground which sent a shockwave that reversed the effects it made on all the animals created by it. The dinosaur slowly disintegrated back into its skeletal remains and the others reverted back to normal. Animo fell with a grunt as he landed. Stinkfly went to see Kelly was okay. "Are you alright, sir?"
Though he was perplexed by his savor's appearance, this creature still saved his life, and that was good enough. "I am, thanks to you. Whatever you are." he looked to the fallen doctor with pity. "Poor Aloysius. Maybe if he had used his intellect more responsibly, he wouldn't have had to go through such lengths."
"Sorry about the award." the bug hero looked to its broken pieces.
Kelly just shrugged. "It's just an object. Nothing more important than a human life."
Stinkfly smiled. "True that."
After taking Clyde home and dismantling Animo's device, Stinkly flew back to his house just in time as the watch timed out. When morning came, Lincoln and his sisters watched a news report depicting Animo getting arrested.
"Let me go!" he shouted at the officers. "I deserved that award! I've got it coming to me! I want it!"
A news anchorwoman appeared on the screen. "When asked on how he was saved, Dr. Kelly had this to say."
Kelly appeared.
"He was some sort of green insect creature. If it weren't for him, I don't think I could be standing here right now, he was like some sort of superhero."
"Footage taken from his complex proved his claims, along with this exclusive video from the museum depicted this." a video showing Four Arms duking out with the Mammoth appeared. "In addition to the Diamond like creature that appeared a few nights before, it seems like Royal Woods is getting its own superheroes."
The siblings murmured in intrigue over this. "Did you see that red guy?!" Lynn shook with excitement. "He totally take the wrestlers on TV! I be the bench pressed like 100 tons!"
"Yeah, but what about that bug guy!" Lana said. "He looked totally gross, I love it!"
Lincoln saw how much his sisters seemed to admire the heroic acts his alien alter egos did, same with the rest of Royal Woods. Maybe he can do some good with the watch.
'Lincoln Loud. Alien transforming superhero.' he mused internally. 'Has a nice ring to it."
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