Fans, friends, followers, lend me your reading eyes. I really appreciate all the support you've sent me. And before I begin, I would like to tell you something. I'm considering a Q and A chapter, but I need you to do so. You can ask either me or any of the characters anything you want. As long as it's K+ appropriate. And don't worry, I will credit you guys for any questions. And without further ado, let's see Lincoln kick rear in the big city with a fan-favorite LH character (and a personal favorite of mine.) And once again, I own nothing.
CHAPTER 4: ALIENS IN THE BIG CITY
A blue and orange streak tears down the road, sending things flying due to the sheer speed. Litter, trash cans, even a few bikes were tossed. Soon, the streak stopped, revealing it to be a velociraptor like creature with blue skin and a black helmet. He had a long tail with blue and black stripes on it, two ball like wheels on his feet, hands with three claws on them, and an orange, skin tight bodysuit.
The raptor-like alien turned to the audience and retracted a visor. "In case you're wondering what I'm doing, let me catch you up. Lola and Lucy were having an argument, which started a 'sister fight protocol.' And since it worked out so well last time, they decided to kick me out of the house. So now I'm just blowing off a little steam. This guy is called XLR8. He can run fast. And now I have a new problem. I think I ran to far and I have no idea where I am." Sure enough, he was not in a suburban area, but a big city. XLR8 shrugged. "The good news is, I just can't see this getting any worse."
The watch beeped repeatedly and he turned back into Lincoln. Lincoln groaned. "I should have said I can't see things getting any better" he said.
"Hey, Lincoln!" a friendly voice called. Lincoln turned around, and saw a Hispanic boy around Lori's age with a green jacket, white shirt, blue jeans, and a belt with a wide buckle. "Bobby?" he said. Bobby smiled confused as he walked up to the white haired boy. "What are you doing here?" he asked. "Well, a sister fight protocol broke out and…" Bobby cut him off. "Say no more" he said. He then grabbed him by the shoulder and lead him off. "Come with me. You can stay with me and my family for the night." Lincoln smiled and walked with him.
Meanwhile, three men were standing in an ally. "You have what we ordered?" the first man asked. The second man pulled out a briefcase and showed the contents. After examining it, the first man said "I thought I said four of them." The second man rolled his eyes in boredom. "They escaped, ok?" he said, somewhat irritated. "What difference does it make?" The first shook his head solemnly. "Watashi no okuyami" he said as he walked off. The second man turned to the third. "What does that mean?" he asked.
"Roughly translated, my condolences."
Ronnie Ann woke up somewhat groggily. Living with that many family members under one roof will do that. She slowly made her way to where her family were having breakfast. The family greeted her happily. "Morning, Nini" her mother said. Ronnie groaned. "Morning mom. Morning CJ. Morning Lincoln."
She did a double take at the last part. She turned around, instantly woken up fully at that. "Lincoln?" she said. Lincoln waved. "Hey there, Nini" he said. Ronnie went wide eyed before getting a more annoyed look. "Sister fight protocol?"
"Sister fight protocol" he said sheepishly.
Ronnie got to the table somewhat upset. "That thing needs better guidelines" she said. Lincoln shrugged. "Yeah, but for now, I'm sleeping here." Ronnie smirked. "And here I thought my day would be boring. Care for a day on the town, Lame-O?" she said. Lincoln smiled. "I've got nothing better to do" he said. After breakfast, Ronnie excused herself to get changed, where she threw on her jeans and hoodie and headed out with her white haired friend.
"We'll be back in time for dinner Mom!" she yelled as she lead Lincoln out of the house for a trip to the big city.
While walking, Lincoln decided to start a conversation. "So how've you been?" he asked. Ronnie rubbed her eyelids and groaned. "Hectic," she said, "very very hectic. That, and I'm a little jealous about what's happening back at Royal Oaks. Is it true about the aliens there?"
Lincoln smiled. "Yep. Ever since this summer began, Royal Oaks has been under the care of ten alien heroes."
Ronnie looked at him confused. "I thought there were only nine of them." "Oh," Lincoln said, now a little more worried, "um, well, one of them is really small. He's kind of hard to see." Ronnie raised an eyebrow at that. "Are you sure about that?" she asked skeptically. Lincoln decided to change the subject. "Do you smell barbecue?" he asked. Ronnie stopped and smelled the air. "Smells more like fire if you ask me."
Suddenly, a fire truck zoomed by. Curious, Ronnie and Lincoln ran after it to see a building on fire. Despite the firemen's best efforts, they could not control the searing flames. Ronnie gasped as Lincoln ran behind dumpster and activated the watch. "Come on Water Hazard," he said, "come on Water Hazard."
With a flash of light, Lincoln found himself as Heatblast. "Heatblast! That is the opposite of what I wanted!" he yelled. Hearing the screams for help, Heatblast ran towards the burning building and kicked down a door. "I guess I'll just have to work with it" he groaned. He then began to absorb fire into his body as he ran up a flight of stairs to see a man with a lab coat and black hair. "Hey!" Heatblast shouted, catching the man's attention, "is there anyone else here." Despite the flames and the fire monster, the man smiled happily as if he just saw an old friend.
"Only three more people. You can get them if you hurry" he said. He then began to walk off. "Hey, wait" Heatblast said. The man turned around. "Don't worry about me Lincoln. I'll be fine." Heatblast turned and ran up the stairs. "Okay. If you say so…" he stopped halfway up. "Wait, did you just call me Linc…" but when he looked down, he saw that the man had disappeared.
Deciding to forget that, Heatblast ran up the stairs and came to a door where he heard screaming. Putting his hands together, he charged up a fireball and threw it, blowing the door off its hinges. Before he could step in, he felt the floor lurch underneath him. He swallowed. The building was getting less stable with every minute. He had to act fast.
Running in, he saw three very scared people staring at him in horror. "Come on" he said. The people were not moving. Heatblast groaned. "I didn't start the fire, but if you don't come, you're all barbecue." Not one to argue on that logic, they ran with him to the stairs to go down, just to see them collapse. "Oh for the love of" Heatblast said while facepalming.
With literally nowhere else to go but up, Heatblast helped the others get to the top of the building. It was lurching more violently now. Fortunately, the fire alien had a plan. Putting his hands to the stone roof, he began to discharge some of his own fire into the roof. "Ok, everyone. Stand close. I'm gonna get us off." "But...but...but" one of the people said. "Don't worry, my fire only burns what I want it to burn. Just get close."
After they did so, Heatblast raised his hands, causing the flames he made to rise up, taking the section of the roof and the people with it. Soon, all four were flying on a personal hoverboard of fire and stone. And just in time, as the building started to collapse. Heatblast then lowered the hoverboard to the ground, where he was surrounded by firemen and paramedics.
"Well how about that. We don't know how you did it, but you saved them" said a fireman.
"No problem. But how come you don't think I did it?" the fiery alien replied.
"We got a call that an electrical device exploded and caught fire to the place. We managed to get a lot out, but if it weren't for you, well" he gestured to the smoldering remains of the building. Heatblast smiled. "Hey, I'm just here to help."
He then put his hands to the ground and expelled flames down, allowing him to fly. He landed behind the dumpster where he first transformed. He then turned corner as he was transforming back. "All right! Saved the day and got out without anyone noticing. All in all, a good day."
He then bumped into someone. "Oh, sorry…" he said, but stopped as he saw who he bumped in. A rush of dread ran down him as he saw the expression of shock, fear, and awe etched on the person's face. His secret was found out. He just transformed from Heatblast back into Lincoln...in front of Ronnie Anne.
Ronnie stood there, her eyes wide and mouth agape like an alligator. Lincoln smiled sheepishly. "I can explain" he said.
Ronnie screamed and then fainted. Lincoln gulped and dragged her off. "Aww, man" he said.
Two hours worth of waking her up, trying to prevent her from screaming, and frozen yogurt, Ronnie finally calmed down enough for him to explain.
"So let me get this straight. You found an alien watch?"
"Yes"
"And instead of say, calling the cops, you decided to grab it?"
"Uh-huh"
"Where upon doing so, it permanently attached itself to your arm, and gave you the ability to turn into aliens and now you're a superhero?"
"Sounds about right"
Ronnie leaned back. "Lame-O, if I didn't see you transform, I would have you hauled off to the happy hotel in a straight jacket."
Lincoln smiled. "Aw, thanks Ronnie" he said. Ronnie laughed. "So does anyone else know about this?" Lincoln shook his head. "Only my sisters know," he replied, "and I kind of would like to keep it that way."
Ronnie smiled. "Your secret's safe with me" she replied. "Besides, even if I did tell everyone, who would believe me?" Lincoln thought it over and then agreed that she had a point. "So now what do you want to do?" the boy asked. "Duh. See those forms" the Hispanic girl replied. As Lincoln thought it over, the lights in the yogurt place they were in went out. While there was a lot of light thanks to the sun still being up, it was still pretty shocking.
"What the heck?" said Ronnie.
Then, two small things ran by. Each was one foot tall with a battery shaped body and yellow and black skin. They looked at the two kids, and then delivered an electrical shock to them, causing them to fall over jittering like they were tazed.
The two creatures then laughed and flew off. "Hey, come back here!" Lincoln yelled as he ran after them and Ronnie fallowing. The two children chased the creatures down the street, trying to catch them. Lincoln dialed his watch, trying to get Big Chill, just to get Armodrillo instead.
"Seriously?" Armodrillo said as he slowly lumbered on. Ronnie rolled her eyes. "Good job. Now we have the perfect way to make sure they get away."
But to their amazement, the two things stopped and waited for the girl and the alien to catch up before dashing off again. This continued for a while until they came across a warehouse at the edge of the city. The smaller aliens slipped through a small hole in the wall as Armodrillo dug a tunnel underneath with Ronnie holding on.
Lincoln turned back to normal as the two climbed out. "I don't get it," Ronnie said, "why would they attack us, then wait patiently for us to catch them?" Lincoln shrugged. "I don't know. So far, all I've fought were alien robots, a crazy scientist and her killer plants, Bigfoot, and a poacher. I've never fought living batteries before!"
The two walked through the halls until they came across a large room with what looked like a large fish bowl full of strange yellow streaks. When they got closer, they saw that it was full similar creatures bouncing around.
"What the heck?" Ronnie said. The two creatures that lead them began to jump up and down on the surface of the orb. "I think they want use to free them" Lincoln said. Shuffling through the watch, Lincoln checked the options. He was about to select Four Arms when Ronnie stopped him. "Whoa there Lame-O. I know you're the hero or something, but don't you think we should wait before we free these things?"
"What do you mean?" Lincoln said. "I mean that these things could be a lot of trouble. Maybe they were put in that for a reason. They could be monsters." "Maybe so," Lincoln said, "But I'm ten monsters." Ronnie looked at him weirdly. "That sounded better in my head" Lincoln replied lamely.
Suddenly, a door swung open as the lights flashed on, causing the two to find a place to hide. A group of men walked in, all wearing samurai-esque armor and carrying what looked like studded clubs. All except two. One had brown hair and was wearing a purple shirt, long black pants and a lab coat. The second had strawberry blonde hair and wore a red shirt with an odd Asian character on the back and teal cut-off shorts.
"So I miss two of those things, and the boss decides to position me here! Can you believe it?" "Well, I wouldn't have if you haven't told me thirteen times today." The man in red shrugged. "I should be in the dojo, instead, I'm down here doing who knows what because it's the least important place here."
The man in purple seemed to get offended at that comment. "Hey. This room is the power generator. Without it, none of our systems in this area would work." The man in red rolled in his eyes and pressed a button on a panel. A surge ran through the bowl, causing the creatures inside to screech in pain. Ronnie and Lincoln gasped as they saw the things writhe in pain and collapse.
Ronnie turned her friend. "Lincoln. Remember what I said about not freeing them?" "Yeah?" "I take it back. Give these jerks a lesson in pain." Lincoln dialed his watch. "It's hero time" he said. In a flash, Lincoln quite literally disappeared. Ronnie looked around in confusion. "Uh, Lincoln. Where are you?"
"Down here."
Ronnie looked down. Standing there was a five inch tall frog-like alien with wide eyes and an orange suit. Ronnie raised an eyebrow. "Is this the really small one?" she asked. He nodded. "Lisa calls him Grey Matter" he responded. "Couldn't you have turned into the four armed guy? Or the plant one? Heck, even the crab guy would have been useful." Grey Matter rolled his eyes. "Eh, I'll wing it. Although, with the speed of the light flash and sound caused by the transformation, I would highly recommend finding a new place to hide."
The sound of feet heading in their direction proved him right. Ronnie ran off as Grey Matter hid under desks and waited to sneak over to the bowl, where he began to scale it's surface, where he came across two free creatures. "You help my friend, and you help get to an outlet and charge up." The two things nodded and did so as Grey Matter climbed over to a release panel on the dome and breathed on the numbers, revealing fingerprints on few numbers. "Lets see. Six digit code. How about '2-7-2-0-0-5?'"
A ding activated, causing the hatch to open. The frog like creature smiled before going to the one on the charger. "Alright. Think you have enough to share with your friends?"
Ronnie ran as she heard the footsteps get closer and closer. Before she could turn a corner, a hand grabbed her by her hood and hauled her up. "A child? How did a child break in here?" said the man with the purple shirt. "Don't know, don't care," replied the man in red, "all that matters is that we dispose of it."
Ronnie struggled to break free. "Who are you creeps?" she asked. "I am Kenny," said the man in red, "and the nerd behind me is Ron, and we're part of the Uchu Clan." "Hey, why did you give her our names to her? Why don't you give her our addresses while you're at it" snapped Ron. Kenny chuckled. "Oh please, it's not like she'll be able to talk after we're done with her."
Before he could do anything to her, a series of screams filled the halls of the room. Kenny turned around to see the battery like creatures attacking the men. While distracted, Ronnie managed to bite his hand, causing him to scream and drop the girl. Ron growled and pulled out a halberd, swatting aside the creatures like insects. Suddenly, without warning, he screamed and collapsed as Grey Matter leapt off one and threw a punch his eye. Gray Matter then leapt to Ken and squeezed a spot on his neck, causing him to fall.
Ronnie scooped up her friend and ran off. "If we hurry, we'll only be two minutes late for dinner" the frog like alien teased. Ronnie groaned as she ran off. "I forgot about that" she said. They quickly made their way out and ran to the streets, just as Lincoln changed back to normal. "Any chance you can dial a flyer?" she asked. Lincoln looked down to see the watch was red and shook his head. His friend rolled her eyes. "I am so grounded for this" she said. "I doubt it," the boy said, "your family will probably think we just had some 'special alone time.'" Ronnie smirked. "Your probably right, Lame-O" she agreed.
Lincoln got off the bus a few blocks away from his home the next day. While a little sad to leave his friend, he was happy to get back home. "Well, that was pretty eventful, but I better get in. My sisters must be worried sick about me" he said as he opened the door.
When it was opened, however, he saw all his siblings standing their with heated glares on their faces. "Uhh, hello," he said nervously. "Lincoln," Lana spoke up, "remember yesterday when we had the sister fight protocol and kicked you out so you wouldn't interfere after the last time you did?" "Yes" he replied. "Well, when you decided to run off to the big city, Ronnie's mother called dad that you were there." "Uh-huh" Lincoln said, not sure what she was getting at.
"Well, dad wasn't to happy about that," said Luan, "because he thought we just dumped you off in the middle of a city, so he made us promise to never use it again and then grounded us for two weeks."
"Oh" Lincoln said.
"Yeah. And we aren't particularly happy about that. So we decided that if we got in trouble for something you did, you're going to be punished as well...where did he go?" asked Lucy.
Lincoln had heard enough at that point and turned into XLR8 to escape. He quickly pulled out a phone and dialed a number. "Hey, Ronnie! Yeah, I'm fine. Hey listen, would your folks mind if I stayed with you guys for a little longer? How long? Oh, anywhere from two weeks to the rest of my life."
Elsewhere, Kenny and Ron were in a building, where a mysterious figure was seated on a chair. "I have a bone to pick with you two" the man said. Kenny stood up. "Look, sir, let me explain. You see…" A throwing star cut him off as he stepped back.
"Don't explain. Do you want to be a samurai? Than serve!" the man on the chair said. Kenny nodded. "You will be punished for your incompetence in the future. For now, leave my sight and give me peace." The two men nodded and left. When they were gone, the man pulled out a silvery shard of metal and frowned. Seven more pieces, he thought, only seven more and I will be free of this curse!
And were done. And I'm sorry this took so long. I was having a bit of trouble. But I hope you enjoyed that. Next chapter will be about a favorite episode of Ben 10 of mine staring a certain bounty hunter or three and maybe another glimpse of Agent Rho. And don't forget the ask chapter, where I'll answer the question you have for me or any of the other characters as long as it's A) appropriate and B) not a request for specific aliens. Anyway, have a great day!