Okay, time to begin the research, and what better caste to start with than Lori's caste? And the person that'll help us find out more about them is a special person indeed.

Also, I believe one of my reviewers once suggested that only the intro chapter took place between the intro and Proto-Lola arc, rather than the whole fic. I think that could work, It's not like Lisa plays a big role in Proto-Lola's arc anyway.

Anyhow... I got nothing else to say, actually, so let's move on!

At Lisa's laboratory, the scientist herself sat on a chair, tapping her fingers on the table as she looked strictly at large heap of junk covered by a white sheet close nearby. This was the Royal Woodroid 5000, most likely her biggest invention ever, and one she was most definitely proud of. Why, she would be more than happy to show it to anybody who cared to ask for a little sneak peek.

And yet, the girl also felt... no, knew that if the robot's existence was publically known, only two outcomes were possible: Either someone would hack it in order to use it for their own benefits, or possibly tamper with it in order to have a fun joy ride.

Neither of which wound with the Loud family being famously renowned, so of course neither option seemed good to the scientist.

But most importantly, the prodigy was waiting "patiently" for the first subject of her and Lincoln's project, to figure out just what the heck each and every "caste" of the sisters did. After all, it wouldn't hurt to know what powers each of the sisters could obtain in the near future.

So what was taking this subject so lo-!?

"Hey."

Eeep!

"Wha-Who's there?!" Lisa exclaimed as she flinched so hard, her chair spun around for a moment. "How did you get past my top security measures?!"

Once the chair stopped, Lisa recomposed herself fast enough to see a large, unpressed button with "top security measures switch" written above it. Naturally, the prodigy was in disbelief, "Dang it."

"Relax, I'm not here to hurt you," the being said as it walked forward out of the darkness. "In fact, I'm here to help with your little project."

Lisa adjusted her glasses and turned to look at the figure, who she could clearly identify as a young woman with red hair, a blue-green stripped shirt with no sleeves, black pants and blue shoes. This was Becky, one of Lori's friends.

"Name's Becky Johnson, by the way."

This name caught Lisa's attention. "Mrs. Johnson's daughter?"

The redheaded teenager flinched and looked elsewhere before hesitantly answering, "Sister, actually. Her daughter's named Penelope."

"Oh, right, sorry for the presumption," Lisa remarked, quickly turning back to her clipboard. "So-"

"First, sorry about scaring you, but I need to stay intimidating and in control wherever I am," Becky explained as she walked towards a chair and sat down. "You see, I work at a juvie to make sure the delinquents imprisoned there understand that they can't keep acting act like they're the toughest... guys around. Without my strong presence, they'd never learn their lessons, and when they inevitably left, they'd just get back in trouble."

"I can assume adopting such an attitude would be the best course of action, then," Lisa nodded in agreement. "Now, uh, first and foremost, how did Lincoln-"

"Your brother came up to me, asked me if I wanted to help him with something, and I tried to get him to go away because I was busy watching over someone dangerous," Becky sternly explained, folding her arms and rolling her eyes as she finished, "However, he was a persistent little brat, and he wore me down, so I agreed to do it in exchange for him leaving me alone."

"Yeah, Lincoln's persuasive like that, sorry," Lisa shrugged and took out a noteboard. "So, are you ready for the examination?"

"Sure, but what does this entail?" Becky folded her arms and sternly narrowed her eyes. "Your brother told me nothing about how this would work, not even an idea on what to expect."

"Classic Lincoln, forgetting the most important details." Lisa shook her head and chuckled. "Okay, how about we do this; You tell me what powers you have, particularly any you think are exclusive to your caste, and I'll write them down?"

"I guess that's one way to do it," Becky leaned back and put her arms behind her head. "Alright, the abilities that come to mind are riding clouds, controlling lighting and electricity, also known as electrokinesis, and being a viable living cellphone. I think the last one's exclusive to the Lori caste, I've never seen anybody else do it."

Lisa raised an eyebrow. "Can you elaborate what the last one's supposed to mean?"

"Simply put: You touch my body, any part of my body, and I help you telepathically communicate with whoever you want, as long as I have met that person before," Becky rolled her eyes. "It's a bit harder to explain than the other powers I know, so I suggest we focus on the other ones."

"Okay, so, to what extent do you believe you can use your electrokinesis?" Lisa asked as she wrote down in the clipboard. "Can you hijack any machinery, for example?"

The redhead threw an "are you serious?" look at Lisa and bluntly stated, "Electrokinesis is the power to control lighting and electricity, not machinery."

Becky walked close to a robot with the sign "Todd" on It's chest and touched it to prove her point. "If I tried to hijack any sort of mechanical equipment, I'd probably wind up making it malfunction at best, or blow it up at worst."

The young woman charged the robot with her energy until It's head violently popped out and bounced off to a horrified Lisa's feet. However, Lisa managed to gulp down her shock and recover her composure long enough to write down the info on her clipboard, and ask, "S-S-So, what other powers can you show me?"

"Well, I could show you my ability to ride on clouds," Becky walked towards the elevator, with Lisa following nearby. "It's exactly as it sounds, but your a scientist. Bet you rather have actual proof is better than just hearing about it."

Lisa raised an eyebrow. "And how are you going to prove you can do such a thing?"

Later, up in the backyard...

Becky and Lisa exited through her lab's elevator. If Becky was to prove her final power, she needed to see the sky. Luckily, it seemed to be cloudy, but not enough to worry about rain, so Lisa remained silent as Becky whistled, followed by a cloud coming down from the sky, and land right next to the pair.

And though mildly surprised, it was only when Becky got on top of the cloud, without phasing through it in the process, that Lisa's skeptical nature quicked in.

"Okay, so you can get on top of it," Lisa wrote down on her clipboard. "However, can you actually control it like a car?"

Becky extended her hand towards the scientist, and after figuring out she was inviting her for a joy ride, Lisa hesitantly grabbed her hand and accepted the offer. The redhead put the scientist right next to her on the cloud, and before she could adjust to it, Becky snapped her fingers and the cloud flew up high, before dashing forth at top speed.

Lisa yelped and clutched Becky's stomach, holding her as tight as she could as the young woman looked at the prodigy and gave her an amused smile. Once Lisa noticed, she calmed down a bit and said, "S-So, you can control it. How, exactly, do you do it?"

"Well, I don't so much control it as I simply ask it to take me wherever I want, whenever I want," Becky answered with a shrug. "It's almost like the cloud was sentient in a way."

"Huh..." Lisa looked left and right, then whispered to Becky's ear, "Could you ask it if for a cloud, raining counts as "crying" or "peeing"?"

"I'm not asking her that," Becky sternly stated. "We're close to a certain place I'd like you to see."

A bit more cloud-driving later, the duo managed to find th location Becky spoke of. It was a large facility, almost like a prison of sorts, with "R.W.D.F Correctional Facility" written in the entrance, which was guarded by a pair of robotic guards.

"What is that place?" Lisa asked, leaning closer to the edge of the cloud.

"I can't tell you name of the organization, since it's top secret," Becky answered as she casually grabbed Lisa by the neck of her shirt, preventing her from falling off the cloud. "But what I can tell you is that it's main purpose is to house troublemaking kids, teens, even adults. Basically anybody that causes mischief but isn't a criminal."

Lisa tilted her head. "Why is it so far away from Royal Woods, though?"

"Again, the information I can give you about it is limited," Becky sighed and pulled the prodigy closer to her. "Anyhow, that's all I know about my powers, would you like to go back home now?"

Lisa sighed. "Yes, please."

Becky chuckled as the cloud took her and the young prodigy back to the Loud house backyard, where Lisa and Becky got off and dusted themselves.

"So, how long have you been able to do these things?" Lisa asked, scratching her head as Becky gave her a raised eyebrow. "And how have you managed to keep such powers hidden? If you didn't keep them secret, somebody should've noticed by now."

"Ever since I was born, apparently," Becky shrugged, then stopped releasing electricity, releasing the girl from her imprisonment. "And, if we're to assume things, all the castes can do their powers from birth, It's just that they have to consciously activate them to use them. As for how nobody noticed my powers..."

Becky hummed to herself, then said something that turned Lisa's view of the world upside down:

"I guess nobody's surprised, since everybody has powers."

Lisa froze in place in sheer shock. What the heck was Becky talking about?

"W-What do you mean by, "Everybody has powers?" Lisa instinctively asked, turning to Becky with a worried look. "Y-You mean you're not the only one who can do those things?"

Becky rolled her eyes, turned to Lisa and crouched down before poking the prodigy's forehead, saying, "News flash, "genius", castes are compromised of multiple people, so it's simple common sense to assume that more than one person has powers."

Lisa fell silent.

"Well, anyhow, I gotta get back to work, who knows what the inmates have been up to since I asked for a little break," Becky said as she got up and jumped onto her cloud. "I hope the information I gave you was helpful. Goodbye."

The Prodigy nodded and waved goodbye as Becky began to leave, but as the cloud went up, she couldn't help but repeat Becky's last statement in her head:

"Everybody has powers..."

Lisa watched Becky leave for a moment, then looked at her left palm in contemplation.

"Does that mean..." Lisa frowned with worry. "I have powers too?"