-Enemies From Underneath
Episode 3 of Linc 10.
Previously of Linc 10: Bearer Of The Omnitrix: After finding the alien watch that fell from beyond the stars and gaining access to multiple alien forms, Lincoln contemplated on what he should do with such a device. Then Royal Woods was threatened by the sinister machinations of the maniacal Dr. Animo, after turning into 2 new aliens, Lincoln stopped him in his mad quest to get back at an old colleague. With his heroic actions being noticed by the citizens, it looks like people are beginning to see him as a hero and decided that it wouldn't be too bad to try the hero stint out...
List of aliens unlocked so far...
Heatblast
Wildmutt
Diamondhead
XLR8
Four Arms
Stinkfly
Now all there's left are the last 4 aliens to compete the first 10 set of aliens, I think some of you will like what I have in store in this chapter. Instead, Once the classic 10 are out of the way, I want the 11th alien tp be someone from the original series that isn't Cannonbolt, Alien Force, Ultimate Alien, and Omniverse. Which one? I want to see your guesses on it.. Something else I want to talk about is original chapters, after this chapter, 4 and 5, I want ideas on original stuff. Chapter 5 will be one of my favorite episodes, Hunted.
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In the middle of the night, a few guards were transporting some bags full of money onto the back of an armored vehicle, they were on their way to haul all this money over to the bank, for the most part it was a simple task, they didn't encounter any complications so it was safe to say that nothing could happen, at least for now. "Okay Jack, that's the lest of it." a guard said to the driver who gave a thumbs up in response. Jack started the engine as soon as the guard got on the vehicle and they took off, it was a nice quiet drive, Jack turned the radio on and hummed to the tune of the music, of course if he had checked his mirrors, he would have seen that he was being tailed. There was a motorcyclist in a black uniform, whose eyes were dead set on the vehicle full of cash, he looked to the right and nodded to a fellow motorcyclist along with another on the left.
This gave both of them the signal to act on their plan. The third cyclist rode near the side of the vehicle and placed a disk like object on it, the same action was performed by the second one. Both pulled back and waited for their leader to do his part of the mission, he took out a remote and pressed the red button that made the disks start beeping and in a flash, caused a seismic wave that flipped the vehicle over, the guard and driver inside were unprepared by this and were knocked unconscious once they landed with an intense crash.
All three motorcyclists stopped and got off their bikes. "Car's down for the count. Let's move in boys." the leader spoke into a Walkie Talkie and soon more motorcycles rode in, all wearing black. The leader motioned four of them to dismount and approach the downed vehicle, one of them held a bag that contained a hi-teck saw-like device. It was placed carefully on the backside of the vehicle and once it turned on started to slice through the hard steel of it making the leader smirk in satisfaction. Unknown to them, someone was watching as they committed this crime, hiding in a dark alleyway was none other than Lincoln Loud.
He was walking home from spending the duration of the night buying Ace Savvy comics that just got released until he heard the sound of a car crashing and grew concerned. Seeing them start to unload the money woke up his instinct to go hero and stop them from making off with all that dough. He activated the Omnitrix and dialed the wheel to search for his intended icon, stopping on one he grew to be fond of, the white haired boy slammed down on the core and a green flash filled the alleyway.
As the robbers pulled the last if the bags out, he was stopped by a diamond prison emerging from the ground, trapping him, making the rest of the crooks pull out their weapons, aiming at every direction. "Who's there?!" the leader yelled out as they huddled together. Then, a large crystal was shot out from an alley and struck the leader.
"Ha! Bullseye!" a deep voice cheered. The gang of thieves readied themselves for their new enemy and were in for quite a shock when it turned to be none other than Diamondhead. "What's up fellas? Hope you don't mind me interrupting." they all pulled out their guns and aimed them at the alien, they saw him on the news but didn't think they would run into one of them. Acting on pure instinct, they open fired on him, but his diamond exterior was too hard for the bullets to damage. "Heh, cute." forming his two hands into shards, he moved in to attack one by disarming him and formed a diamond hammer that knocked him out. "Word of advice, don't fire on a dude made out of hard crystal, you won't like the results." one thief screamed as he tried to attack from behind, but Diamondhead raised his fist so that the thug's face could collide with it once he was close enough. "Good night."
Taking as much money as he can, the leader got up and used one of the bikes to make a hasty getaway, which Diamondhead noticed, he punched his fist to the ground, making a diamond pillar sprout right in front of the thief, making him crash. The sound of sirens could be heard, meaning it was now time to spliy the scene. "See ya in jail guys." Diamondhead said as he went off.
When morning came, Lincoln woke up with an exhausted yawn. Going hero last night at such a late hour made him a bit groggy, but that's nothing a little breakfast won't fix. As he got out of his room, he noticed that there wasn't a line for the bathroom like all other mornings, being curious, he walked downstairs and saw his sisters sitting on the couch watching the TV. "Hey guys, I saw no one trying to get to the bathroom first, what's up?"
Luna patted a seat next to her for him to sit in. "Check it bro, one of those wicked alien dudes showed up last night." she pointed at the news report that detailed Diamondhead stopping the robbery from last night.
"This time, it was that shiny crystal one." Lola added with sparkling eyes. "He's so pretty.
Lincoln was a little embarrassed at the thought of being called pretty, especially by one of his sisters. "Yeah, but what about the one with totally ripped out body?" Lynn countered, referring to Four Arms. "Guy looked he could take all of the wrestlers in the world!" As the sisters talked about which alien was the best, Lincoln couldn't help but think. Ever since his official debut after defeating Dr. Animo, the citizens of Royal Woods have really started to admire his alien forms, he knew that since he kept his watch a secret, it technically wasn't really him that they were looking up to, but his point still stands.
"I'm gonna go get some breakfast, tell me more later." he told them as he walked to the kitchen and saw his father reading the paper. "Morning dad."
"Hey there sport." Lynn Sr. greeted with a smile. "Take a look at this." he showed his only son a page. "There's an auto show that's gonna be hosted later today. Maybe when the women are too buys, us guys can go and check it out. What do you say?" the patriarch of the Louds asked, hopeful that he would say yes.
Lincoln scratched his nape nervously. "Gee, that sounds fun dad, but, I'm not really up to go to somewhere like that." he told him. Seeing his father's downcast expression, he quickly explained himself. "It's not that I don't want to spend time with you it's just that I'm just not into cars, why don't you ask Lana?" he suggested. "She's pretty good with mechanics."
"No, it's alright, son." Lynn Sr. told him with a weak smile. "I was just asking and it's okay if you don't wanna go, completely fine by me." he reassured him, laughing. "Go and do what you want." he told him, he watched as his only son walked away. Once he was out of earshot, the father of the Louds' smile dropped and now had a depressed expression.
"Another bust?" he turned and saw his wife.
"Third time this week, Rita." her husband told her. He's been trying to get Lincoln to do stuff with him, but he always politely declined, Lynn Sr. tried to make it seem like he didn't mind, but inside he was truly saddened. "I don't know what's wrong honey, Lincoln and I are the only men in this whole entire house and we barely ever actually do some quality father-son bonding. Every idea I suggest to him and he always says no. Am I trying to hard? Is that it? Do I have to rein it in a little?"
Rita sat next to him and laid an arm on his shoulder. "Remember what Lincoln said sweetie, it's not that Lincoln just doesn't want to spend time with you. All of your suggestions relate to something you have in common with the girls. You and Lynn both like to watch the sports channel, you're the only person here who actually finds Luan's jokes funny, you like the same music as Luna, and you taught Lana how to fix a car. Despite being you're only son, you and Lincoln don't really have anything in common for you to bond over."
At that conclusion, Lynn Sr.'s eyes slowly started to widen in realization. "You're right." he face palmed. "Dang it, I spent so many years raising daughters before and after Lincoln was born that I never got the chance to try to connect with Lincoln over what we may have in common with each other." he laid his face on the table. "I don't know what to do."
His wife continued to lend her support by giving him an idea. "It doesn't have to be something that you and Lincoln have in common dear. It can be something that only a father and son can bond over.
Lynn Sr. desperately tried to think of something like that, he only bonded with the girls due to him having common interests with them, but he needed to find something that is traditional for a father to connect with his son over and he managed to find the perfect idea. It was foolproof, it would have only the two of them, and it was a guarantee that they would finally have some quality time together. "I know just what to do! But first, I need to call your dad." he told his wife, making her curious.
With the rest of the senior citizens engaged in a game of bingo, and Albert politely asking to be excluded, saying that he had important business to attend to, that particular business being talking with an old friend from a long past. He was inside his room with the binds closed so that no one would see him taking in to a circular device with an hourglass symbol on it. "So that's the story, Patelliday. In the most recent weeks, my badge has been picking up DNA signatures of a Pyronite, Petrosapien, Vulpimancer, Kineceleran, Tetramand, and Lepidopterran. Only the strangest thing is that they keep on disappearing and reappearing at random."
"You said that they've been helping humans in your town, Al?"
"Pretty much. There have been tons of news stories about how they've been stopping all sorts of crimes around Royal Woods." Albert replied. "Heck, just last night, that Petrosapien stopped an attempted robbery." the elder man scratched his chin in thought. "Last I checked, there aren't many of them left, considering what happened to Petropia." he noted with a downcast expression before collecting himself. "Still, they each bore the same Galvan symbol our badges have. New recruits sent to Earth?"
"Negatory, old buddy. You and I both know that there hasn't been that much alien activity on your home world since the glory days to warrant any plumbers being sent there, you can also rule out any Plumbers' kids too, we would have gotten word from the parents. Of course now that I think about it, this may have something to do with what happened not that long ago."
Okay, now Albert was curious. "What are you talking about?"
"Well, this is extremely confidential information, I am ordered not to give too much information. But, consider yourself a special exception, partner. About a few of your Earth days ago, one of our independent agents was sent to collect a special device from Galvan Prime, you might find this surprising, but it was supposed to be transported to Earth for safekeeping, but the ship was ambushed. We don't know the status of the pilot, but we have confirmation that device is somewhere on your planet."
Albert took all this in, when he watched the news on that alien robot attack on the forest, and instantly recognized the drones, because he had dealt with them many times before in his prime. "Look, you don't have to hide it, I know who owns those drones. It's him isn't it?" Alber stated with narrowed eyes as old memories began to play out in his minds, they were memories he thought he would never have to recall for the rest of his life even if it depended on it, for he never imagined seeing him again..
"Now we don't know that for sure."
"Come on, who else could it be? If I could maybe make a quick stop at Mt. Rushmore and-" he was cut off by his friend.
"Before you even think of taking matters into your own hands, let me stop you right there." his old friend cut him off in a stern tone before sighing with a more soft expression. "Look, you're retired remember? And what would that daughter and your grandkids think of you just going about up to shenanigans a fella your age shouldn't be doing. I know the old plumber in you wants to protect your planet from the likes of him, but I'm telling you as your oldest friend to stay out of it."
Albert looked down with an expression of dismay, he wanted to retort that he still got the right stuff to go at it one last time but even he wasn't arrogant enough to not agree with Patteliday, he knew full well that he wasn't the young and brash Plumber agent that he once was many years ago, time had taken its toll on him, he wasn't the same dashing plumber adventurer he was years ago, he was now a bingo playing old guy with a loving daughter and great grandkids who would be devastated if anything were to happen to him. Dang it all, his planet could be threatened by one of the biggest monsters in the whole galaxy and he can't do anything to stop him.
Sometimes, being retired was a pain.
"At least keep me posted with any updates, you know how much I hate being kept in the dark." Albert said, deciding that for now, he won't get too involved with the alien activity happening all over town.
"You have my word. Until next time, old friend."
Albert leaned back with a tired sigh. "And here I thought things ended all those years ago at Rushmore, but nope, you just had to show your ugly squid face back on Earth." he narrowed his eyes. "Vilgax."
The lake near Royal Woods was the perfect place for anyone opting to go fishing, the wide open space of water was filled with enough fish to feed an entire football team, making it the perfect place for a father to take his only son out for some quality time bonding, Vanzilla pulled up and out came Lynn Sr. with Lincoln both of whom were clad in fishing gear. "Alright son, here we are. Just breathe in that breath of fresh air, perfect time for some quality guy time with your old man, eh?"
"Uh, yeah sure, whatever you say dad." Lincoln shrugged. In all honesty, he wasn't so sure if it was right for him to accept his father's offer to go on a little fishing outing, he was about to go and maybe do some experimenting with his aliens but seeing his father's begging expression tugged at his heart and he didn't want to seem like a horrible son. Still, that didn't mean that it wasn't so dang boring looking at close glance, there were other kids who were most likely forced to come to here like he did and of course they seemed less thrilled about this as they did. "So, is there like a boat for us or something? I don't really know how this works."
Lynn Sr. playfully tousled his son's hair. "Don't worry kiddo, I've nabbed dozens of big ones when I was a kid and with any luck, you'll get the hang of it in no time. Now follow me." he guided his boy to the docks where a small boat was waiting for them, on it was their family name spelled out in big capital letters. "I give you, the S.S. Loud, named it myself. I kept this baby handy just in case somethin like this happened, pretty impressive, am I right champ?" he nudged the kid.
"It's... something." easily the least offensive thing to say about it.
"It is, isn't it?" he placed a cooler and his fishing rod on it. "Now, let's get-"
They were interrupted by the sound of a loud honking noise, they and a few others turned and saw a house boat that was out on the waters dive in, splashing some water at those that were on land. The looks of the craft weren't exactly great, it was particularly damp and looked pretty run down with various crates on it, its captain was an old fisherman with a lazy eye and somewhat manic look on his face along with a brown cap on top of his balding head. "Hold it right there, ye land lovers!" he told them in harsh tone. "I won't have any of ye interferin' with my hunt, do yourselves a favor and stick with all your tall buildings and such!"
"Excuse me?" Lynn Sr. said, slightly offended. "But what right do you have to prevent us from fishing here?" he asked, speaking for himself, his son and all the other fathers and sons at the lake.
"This be my hunting ground, for the name's Captain Shaw and I'd rather let me boat sink to Davey Jones' Locker if I'm letting you all interfere with my hunt, for there be the ultimate prize that dwells from down below, and I've spent the better half of me life hunting for that beast for those who catch it will be remembered down in history so if you don't want to also be met with my harpoon along with the beast, then leave all of ya, before I lose all me patience with you! No one will catch the Krakken but me!" Captain Shaw growled dangerously before he sped off in his house boat without a second thought. "But
Lincoln turned to his dad. "What was he talking about?"
"Just some old story, son. See, when I was a kind people used to spread these rumors about some lake monster that always attacked fishing boats but those were just stories to keep kids from doing any late night swimming." Lynn Sr. reassured him as they both got on the boat. "But we're not gonna let some nut job and his made up stories. Now come on, the fish are waiting." he started the engine and the boat went off to the middle of the lake where they'd spend the rest of the day trying to nab a bite, but also so that they could try and see if they could perhaps find something to bond over, for the first few minutes neither have said that much to each other which got awkward pretty fast. Not wanting this fishing trip to be for nothing, Lynn Sr. spoke up first. "So, you've been doing well in school?"
Lame.
"Yeah, sure." Lincoln answered, bored out of his mind.
Okay, so this isn't going as well as the family patriarch had initially hoped, his wife makes connecting with his son way more easy than it looks and for him, that's just sad.
But then, Lincoln noticed something off the corner of his eye, it was something sticking out of the water and it was coming in fast. "Um, dad, what's that?" he pointed for his dad to see. It was a fin but it then ducked down, and whatever it was it created a few rocky waves that moved the boat around causing the two Loud men to fall overboard. "Woah!" Lincoln swam in the water and watched as from the seas, a large beast came out, it was bipedal and had two tentacles sticking out of its mouth and gave out a loud roar that made those at the docks panic. Someone's got rescue those people, Lincoln dived down and activated the watcha to transform into a new alien.
With this transformation, he felt his body become more sleeker in weight and could feel a wingspan forming under his arms and a tail stretching out, when it was over, a red blur flew out, it was a tall red creature with two black lightning bolt stripes coming down from his shoulders to the Omnitrix symbol on its chest, yellow horns were atop his head and gills on his lower body along with a yellow wingspan underneath his arms. "Woah, so this must be alien number 7." he saw the beast continue its rampage. "Alright, let's see what you can do!" he flew at speeds that was faster than fighter jets and instinctively shot two green laser beams from his eyes that struck the beast's head, and another blast from. "Laser ray beams. Awesome! I was gonna go with Four Arms, but this works just fine!" he sped at the beast at high speeds and the impact was strong enough to push it back into the waters, it tried to smack Lincoln away but he outmaneuvered each blow. "Too fast for ya, fast like a jet and shooting my rays. Hey, that's good, just call me Jetray!"
Jetray then noticed that there were some innocent people still in the water, so he dived down and flew them to the shore for safety, now that there wasn't anything distracting him, he was free to take care of the beast which tried to swim away, but he wasn't having any of it, it gave chase and saw that the beast was targeting a group of boats, and there was one with a unique symbol. It picked it up and observed it closely, as if it were looking for something but the Jetray flew in with neuroshock blast to attack it with which made it let go, but the beast was intent on getting that boat and made a go for it but continued attacks made it force to retreat.
The transformed kid landed down at the targeted vessel and addressed the captain who was an adult male with red hair and beard who along with his crew wearing blue jumpsuits. "Everyone okay?"
"Yeah, we're-" but then, the beast made a surprise comeback and went for the crates that were on the boat. "Don't let it get those!" the captain went to grab the crates in a vain attempt to stop the beast. Jetray decided to assist by blasting at its tentacles making it let go, more laser blasts made it cut its losses and flee for the time being.
"Well, that take care of that." Jetray said as he landed.
"Thanks for the hand, and the lasers." the captain said.
Jetray looked at the crates then at the captain. "What's so important in those that it made that thing go after you and made you risk your life for it?"
The captain averted his gaze. "My name is Jonah Melville, founder of the Friends of Fish organization, we were out here conducting environmental research and as far as I can tell you, those are just our...lunch. Yeah, that's it."
Jetray raised a skeptic eyebrow. "All this trouble for some sandwiches?"
Before any of them could react, the creature's tentacle went out and grabbed the crate, taking it into the lake, Jetray was ready to stop it until he heard a familiar beeping. "Uh oh, gotta fly!" he took the skies and went into the waters, in a bright red flash, he was back to being human. He emerged from the waters and panted a little to get the adrenaline out. "Whoo! Well that happened."
"Lincoln!" the kid was then hugged out of relief by his father. "I'm so glad you're safe, I was afraid you might have been snatched up by that...thing! Are you okay?! Any scratches?"
"Dad, it's okay, I'm perfectly fine." he reassured him. "What about you?"
"Better than the boat." Lynn Sr. sighed as he saw the shredded remains of their small vessel.
"I warned ye!" the house boat of Saltwater Phil pulled up and he pointed his hook hand at all of them. "The Krakken don't like land dwellers invading her home turf and you all nearly lost your lives because of it! Next time, heed the warnings of one who knows just how treacherous these waters are and with knowledge, I'll capture her and make her pay for taking me arm so many years ago, and if any of ye dare to interfere again then you can expect no mercy from me!" the wild minded fisherman drove off with the intent of hunting that giant lake monster down and getting the glory of claiming it as his own personal trophy.
Lincoln looked to the waters with a narrowed look. "Okay, so the insane water hermit turned out to be telling the truth." he turned to his father. "We should probably head home, the girls would want to hear about this."
"Lake Monster Alert! " the news broadcast showed the newest segment covering the most recent monster sighting that just happened at the lake of Royal Woods. "Earlier today, Royal Woods was shocked to its core when a rabid lake monster started rampaging near the docks, if not for the intervention of another superhero creature, there's no telling how many innocents would have gotten hurt. With this monster trekking from below the water depths, the lake has been closed off from the general public until its safe."
It was all over the news, reports of the Krakken attacking the docks came fast and with the town-wide alert for everyone to stay out of the water it was a given to say that there won't be any fishing or swimming for a while, at least not until it was certain that the lake monster would be of no threat to anyone ever again. After going back to the house, both men of the Loud family were instantly swarmed by their concerned family, Rita had gone off to make sure their dad was okay while the sisters fretted over their brother. "OMG, Linky!" Are you like, alright?!" Leni frantically looked him over for any sign of injury but thankfully he was for the most part, okay.
"That thing's got everyone in town spooked, baby bro!" Luna said, also concerned.
"You weren't hurt, were you?" Lucy asked.
"Guys, please I'm alright." Lincoln reassured them. "Dad and I barely got a single scratch."
Lisa then wanted to ask him one certain question. "Elder brother, did you at least managed to see the other strange creature that was present during the incident? It looked like some sort of manta-like creature that was trying to stop the other beast from demolishing the docks in case you were wondering." she berated herself for not being there to secure DNA samples of both unique specimens.
"Literally not the time, Lisa." Lori chided her second youngest sister. "What matters is that both Lincoln and dad are okay."
"Kids, listen up." they all looked towards their parents as their father started his announcement. "Until further notice, no one is going anywhere near the lake, at least not until we can be sure no one's getting hurt there, and this may seem a little unfair, but your mother and I have to establish curfew, so that's why no one is permitted outside after 9 PM, is that clear?"
"Yes, dad."
"Good, now hurry up to your rooms, it's been a long day." as the siblings dispersed to head upstairs, but then stopped his son. "Lincoln, could you hang back a sec?"
"Something wrong, dad?"
Taking a deep sigh, Lynn Sr. kneeled down and put a hand on Lincoln's shoulder. "Son, I'm sorry about how things turned out during our fishing trip, if I'd known there was going to be something worse than a shark attack I would've just let you stay home and not go there in the first place." he hung his head in shame for inadvertently putting his only son in danger.
Lincoln reassured him with a smile. "Hey, it's alright dad. I mean, I don't think anyone could have expected an honest to goodness lake monster lurking in th waters, and there can be other times for us to bond and besides, I'm just glad you're alive." he hugged his father who returned it, they may not have bonded the way the patriarch intended but at least they could bond over the fact that they managed to survive and that was good enough for him. But something lingered in the boy's mind; that Krakken seemed entirely focused on that one boat...what was it? Friends of fish? The captain there said they they're lunch was in those crates but the way he said it, almost sounded like he didn't want anybody to know, not even the person that just saved him and his crew. Looks like he might have to do some digging, with a little help of course.
"Did you see how big it was?! Liam told me that his dad won't let him go out for nightly dives anymore, not only that but I think they're bringing the Coast Guard into this! Seriously, watching that giant monster on the TV was terrifying!"
"Yeah, well try having to fight it up close, I had to bring out a new alien." after Lincoln retreated to his bedroom, he quickly called Clyde and they confided in with what they know so far about this whole Krakken business. "Now all I have to do is figure out a way to make sure it doesn't go crazy and attack the surface again."
"I don't know Lincoln, shouldn't we leave this to the professionals, like those Friends of Fish guys?"
Lincoln would have said yes, but there was still a stinking suspicion he had against those guys and didn't want to take any chances so he was adamant in getting himself involved. "No offense to them, but I don't think any of them have the right firepower to stand up to the Krakken, but I do." he glanced to the Omnitrix. "Here's what we'll do, we tell our parents that we have a late night study session with the guys when we'll actually be investigating the waters to find it."
"...Fine, if you're sure. But how will we get in, they've closed off the waters from everyone in town."
"Not everyone." Lincoln replied, recalling a certain crazy fisherman who would do anything to nab that Krakken and wouldn't take no for answer. "Meet me at the docks and I'll explain." ending the call, Lincoln waited until the time was right to leave his home, since it was only 7 he had plenty of time before the siblings' curfew kicked in, and made his way downstairs. "Mom, I'm heading out to meet the guys for a study session, hope that's alright!" he informed Rita who was in the kitchen.
"Okay honey, but remember your curfew!"
"I will!"
With that out of the way, Lincoln was free to roam the streets but felt a little guilty that he just lied to his own mother like that but had to remind herself that it was for the greater good, he had to be pretty sneaky if he was going in that lake and thankfully Clyde was right where he told him to be as they saw the vast blockade surround the lake. "Don't suppose Four Arms could maybe smash us a way in?" a stern silence was his answer. "Just asking. So how do you plan on getting us into the lake?"
"Look right there." Lincoln pointed to a familiar broken down boat where it's wacky but determined captain was preparing to venture off and hunt down his quarry and doesn't care who says he shouldn't do so. "Captain Shaw's the only one who's going into the lake, he's obsessed with capturing the Krakken and making a name for himself so if he play stowaway on his ship, we could get that much closer to it."
"And how do we sneak aboard?"
His best friend held up the watch and before the FoF guards keeping watch could blink they felt a sudden shift in the wind not noticing the blur and black blur that swiftly ran past them, what neither them nor Shaw knew was that XLR8 quickly made his way aboard the latter's ship along with his nerdy friend who looked a little green. "You know I really like turning into XLR8." he said with a grin as he turned bacl. "Makes being late for school or curfew and asking over-bearing big sisters for rides a thing of the past."
"At least take it slow next time you bring a passenger." Clyde said as he held his stomach.
"Nerve of those enviro-punks!" both stayed silent once they saw Shaw at the helm. "Shutting down my hunting grounds and ordering me to anchor down with the other land lubbers, nobody tells me where to sail." he then looked to the waters of which he is about to sail through to search for the beast that stalks all sea life below. "And I know you're out there somewhere Krakken, no one will stand in the way of me finding you and claiming the prize of the century so prepare yourself beast, you're skin will be decorating my ship soon enough." he hoisted the anchor allowing his vessel to set sail into the lake, not caring about a few FoF people trying in vain to stop him.
"So do we just wait for the Krakken to attack?" But then, Shaw started getting into a diving suit fit with an oxygen tank along with a spear gun that he'll no doubt use to try and catch the Krakken and he dived into the water to begin the hunt. "Or wait for him to do that."
Lincoln looked around and saw two more diving suits along with some extra gear and smirked.
So far there was no sign of the beast but Shaw wasn't so quick to give up so quickly and scoured each and every inch of the water to see any sign of his quarry, ignoring the passing sea life only interested in the more gigantic type of aquatic life and from the corner of his eye, he spotted something interesting it was the wreckage of an old ship, undoubtedly caused by the Krakken. He swam further to see if there was a trail that could lead him to the beast but instead he found something more interesting. It was some ort of round shell colored orange that looked as if it were hidden very carefully in this downed ship, but by what? He didn't notice that nearby were the two boys who sneaked into his ship and found themselves asking this same question as they gazed at the shell.
For Shaw, he then saw something above, it looked like another boat was near his and decided to halt his little hunt to see what the commotion was with the boys following suit. He saw that it looked like one of those fish lovers and climbed to his ship but was suddenly grabbed and thrown hard to the floor, he saw other divers with silver diving suits and strange hi-tech goggles. "Don't you know it's dangerous to go night diving at this hour, old man?" the leader snidely asked. "Unless of course you were with a friend."
Glaring at them, Shaw replied. "I work alone, don't have any friends."
"Really?" he dryly chuckled. "Hard to believe with that sparkling personality." they were ignorant of the kids peeking their head out to see.
"I don't know what you punks want but I haven't got anything worth stealing either."
"Ah, but you got us all wrong. We don't want to steal anything, we just want to get some information, like what did you see down there?!" he demanded, wanting to know if the old man saw it.
Shaw wasn't going to give these men the satisfaction so he lied. "Nothing, same as always."
Unfortunately for him, the diver didn't accept this answer and punched him across the face, knocking him out. "Well, I had to be sure." the diver took his goggle mask off to reveal himself to be the same Friend of Fish guy from before, Jonah which made Lincoln lightly gasp, he tried to use the watch but it was still in recharge mode. "Lock Captain Ahab here in the brig, find out if he knows anything else back at the cannery." Jonah readied a device. "We'll come back later to snag the rest of the eggs." he threw it to the ocean where it sank then threw a set of explosives to the captain's ship. "In the meantime, let's hope the old man has boat insurance." once the FoF boat left, the captain's boat exploded into pieces, the boys dived on into the water to avoid the debris falling on them, they resurfaced and watched them leave.
"Clyde, head back to the surface." Lincoln instructed once he saw that the watch was ready to work. "I'll deal with them." as his friend left, Lincoln selected Stinkfly as his intended alien but once the green light died down, he had transform into a different one. "What the? XLR8 again?" he hadn't able to turn into the same alien twice before. "Well, let's hope he's good on water."
With the captain locked up, Jonah along with the rest of his accomplices were free to roam the waters, it was sort of genius of them to close off the lake from the rest of the public, that way they could search for their own quarry with no distractions, Shaw was just a minor inconvenience at best he wasn't a genuine threat. "Hey, is that some fish?" one pointed to something in the distance, Jonah noticed that it was coming in very fast, faster than any speedboat or anything else in the planet, his eyes widened in surprise when he saw that it was one of those strange creatures that have been appearing every now and then in this town.
"Man the harpoons!" he ordered his men.
"Go ahead and try!" XLR8 challenged. "You can't touch something so fast even on water!" he proved his point once he expertly dodged each blaster fire then he spun his arms around to create two mini-tornadoes that blew them all away. "This is the part where you surrender and turn yourselves over to the police!" he shouted to Jonah.
Not wanting to give in to the demands of this creature, Jonah released barrels into the water that exploded which threw XLR8 off his footing a little and he had to dive a little once those containers brought trees down, he was a bit winded from all that and had to take a moment to catch his breath but Jonah saw this as an opportunity, he turned the boat around and drove directly at the alien. "I won't have some freak ruin everything I've worked for!"
XLR8 saw him coming closer and before his legs could regain their strength, he had to swim away as fast as he could which was the same as running for him and got on a piece of wood. "Gotta lose their trail somehow." he saw a branch on a nearby tree and as he regained his bearings he zipped pass the water and on top of the tree before the blaster fire could scratch him.
Jonah used a flashlight to find any sign of the alien but as far as he can tell, their little pest control was nowhere in sight, but then he heard an all too familiar noise, he pointed the light to a fin that quickly dived into the lake but he knew what it was. "It's getting too crowded around here, lose the dead weight." they took out Captain Shaw and threw him overboard and sped off.
Lincoln could have sped after them but there was the captain to worry about, so he ha d no choice but to save his life and by the time he got back up to the surface, the boat was already gone. "Next time." XLR8 ran back to the show, carrying Shaw but then the Omnitrix symbol started beeping red. "Oh of course you time out now." he groaned as he kicked it up a notch to get back to shore before he turned back where Clyde was and it was close but he got to the shore just in time before the watch deactivated and he turned back. "Hate it when that happens."
Groaning, Shaw woke up. "Uh...what happened?"
Thankfully, Lincoln gave him an excuse. "Uh...we found you washed ashore mister, you look like you got into a huge accident."
"Aye." Shaw nodded as he stood up. "I owe ye my thanks, but that's all you'll get if you'll excuse me, I need to gather myself and begin the hunt once more." he walked away.
"What happened out there and what was with those eggs?" Clyde had to ask.
"No idea." Lincoln rubbed his chin in thought. "But it must be why the Krakken's been attacking, Jonah must be stealing them from right under nose and well, no one likes an angry mama, especially of the lake monster kind."
"Funny thing about Jonah." Clyde showed him his phone which included info about the FoF. "I did some research while you were trying to stop them and it turns out that the Friends of Fish isn't listed on any website about the environment, you can barely call them friends of any wildlife. Says here that he hunts down and poaches rare animals around the world, then he crates them up and sells them to the highest bidder."
"Crates?" the white haired boy remembered the ones that the Krakken tried to steal during it's first attack. "The Krakken was able to steal one from their boat earlier, I bet one of her eggs must've been inside, I gotta stop them. He said something about going to a cannery, so Clyde you hang back and I'll call if I have backup." he checked the time on his phone and saw there was still about one hour left until curfew, so they'll have to hurry up.
Fortunately, there was a speedboat nearby and Lincoln took off in it, of course he may have to deal with a very angry captain since he technically owned the boat but one problem at a time, he saw the cannery up ahead and stopped just below it. "Okay, time to kick some friends of fish tail." he activated the watch and decided to use another new alien this time around. As the Omni-wave formed around him, and he could fell barnacles begin to form around his body and grew much taller as his hands sharpened into claws. He was a now a red humanoid alien with a mollusk theme, with a shell-like hood over his head, his stomach had a crab-like design on his stomach, on his shoulders, hands, and legs were barnacles. "Alright alien number eight, let's see what you can do." but before he knew it, the Krakken emerged, destroying the boat and tearing through the dock where she saw those humans that took her precious children away.
And there they were, trapped inside a container with Jonah, who captured them again,right next to it and roared furiously at him but the poacher wasn't threatened in fact he saw this as a good thing. "The bigger the krakken, the bigger the payday!" he went inside an aqua suit as his men fired on the beast, but she knocked them aside and made a grab for the eggs but Jonah got to them first and opened fire. Lincoln saw that this new form could breathe underwater once a visor sprang from the hood and jumped right on the suit.
"You want to mess with the bigger fish, try me on for size!" the new alien grabbed the container of eggs but Jnah tried blasting him only for the red alien to open his palm and a blast of water fired out which made the poacher let go, but the container slipped and broke on the floor, letting the eggs go free. Lincoln tried to get him but more friends of fish open fired, but he formed a water bubble to shield himself. "You goons have to do more than that if you want to get rid of Water Hazard!" he shot small water ammo at them which was strong enough to force them back.
Jonah took his chance to reach for his prize but the Krakken wasn't going to lose her children a second time so she grabbed them first. "My eggs!" Jonah tried to get them back but Water Hazard grabbed onto the suit.
"They're not your eggs!" just as Jonah knocked them out of their mother's grasp, Water Hazard grabbed them and went underwater.
Snarling in anger, Jonah followed suit where tackled Water Hazard, making him let go of the eggs. "Saving babies from the big bad man, how heroic of you but not very smart!" he spat.
"At least I actually help life, all you do is hunt it down to make a quick buck!" Water Hazard shot back as he traded blows with the poacher but the suit's metal arms hit him back, leaving Jonah to grab the eggs and tried going back to the surface but the alien hero wasn't having it. He concentrated and controlled the water around him to create a riptide that began spinning the poacher around and losing the eggs in the process. The Krakken was nearby and swam away to get her children inside to safety but Jonah pursued her, he emitted a sonic disruption that messed with the beast's ears and thus he regained custody of the eggs until Water Hazard grabbed him and force him down to the underwater surface. He began to use his enhanced strength to tear apart the metal arms but he was met with an electric stun that forced him back and Jonah tried to escape. Water Hazard grabbed an abandoned anchor and threw it at him, breaking one arm of the suit off and using the chain to pull him back where the hero grabbed the eggs and made his way back to the Krakken's nest, the beast herself followed after him thinking he was another thief but then she saw him place them safely back to where they were before.
She hovered over her children gently as she was relieved to have them back but Jonah was aiming to reclaim his meal tickets but not wanting that horrid man to steal them one last time, the Krakken bit down on the aqua suit which flooded the inside, forcing him to eject and hold his breath, he took out a knife and tried to stab the beast but it broke upon impact with her thick skin. The Krakken was ready to make him pay for stealing her kids but then Water Hazard stood in her path, she watched him put the man in a headlock and silently promised her that he will face justice for his crimes. Accepting this, she went back to nurse her eggs.
Water Hazard looked to Jonah and with great force, socked him right on the face, knocking him out. He swam topside where he hung the creep on a broken piece of the dock. "If it's not too much trouble, hang around for a while until the lake police find a nice dry cell for you." Watar Hazard dived once he saw police boats nearby.
News of the FoF's corruption was brought around the town and with little sightings of the Krakken that meant the townspeople can no longer live in fear thanks to the efforts of another alien creature. "Another one bite's the dust." Lincoln spoke as he talked to Clyde on the phone. "With Jonah and his goons behind bars and the Krakken no longer worrying about her kids, I think it's safe to say both human and animal life will be okay."
"You know Lincoln, with Water Hazard that makes a total of 8 aliens and you said there were only 10 transformations."
"That's true." he looked to the watch. "That means only two more guys in this watch, wonder what it could be." he got up from his bed. "I'll call you later Clyde, I think I need some good old fashion levity." as he walked down the stairs he saw his father sitting on the couch and he realized that maybe he was owed a father-son moment. "Hey dad." he called, getting his attention.
"Yeah son?"
"I hear they have a two for one deal at the arcade, I know it's not really your thing but first time for everything."
Seeing his boy offer to spend time with him was enough for Lynn Sr. to accept his offer with a smile. "Eh, I think I can handle learning something new. Let's go son."
Both father and son left the house and made their way to the arcade, happy to delve in their own devices.
Sorry for the wait.