Author's note: Hey guys, welcome back to another chapter of Lincoln Loud: Defender of Earth. I don't know why, but I've been motivated to update this quite often :-). First off, I'd like to thank you all for your support. It means a lot to me. Secondly, I wanna say that I'll be changing the order of some of the episodes for both the Loud House and Ben 10 around. You'll be seeing 'Brawl in the Family,' this chapter, even though it's part of season 2. I will be using season 1 episodes later, so don't worry ;). Anyways, I got nothing left to say here, so review and enjoy :-).

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"Lincoln, there's a large fire downtown and the firemen are unable to reach the people trapped inside. Think you can do something about it?"

"Sure thing Pop-pop," Lincoln replied to his grandfather, the two speaking to each other via the use of earpieces.

"Thank you kiddo."

Smiling, Lincoln ended the call before paying attention to the audience. "It's been two days since I've joined the Plumbers and I have to say, it's been pretty cool. Mom and Pop-pop have been helping me train my aliens. So far, I can say that I'm at least fifty percent better at flying with Big Chill than I was before. Pop-pop wasn't kidding when he said he knew his stuff. I can't really say that I've been able to enjoy the other perks of being a junior Plumber yet since most of the stuff I can do requires money and I haven't even received my first paycheck. What sucks is that mom will be taking ninety percent of what I earn to save it for when I go to college, but hey, at least I still get $150 a month. As for the call just now, mom and Pop-pop decided it would be best if I handle the problems the police and fire department can't so I get more familiar with my aliens."

Running down the stairs, Lincoln began looking for his mother, wanting to let her know that he was heading out. Eventually, he found her in the kitchen with his dad, the two of them preparing dinner.

"Hey mom, I'm heading out now. I'll be back soon."

"Alright, just be safe."

"Don't worry, I will. Love you guys." With that, Lincoln zoomed out of the house, leaving behind a confused Lynn Loud sr.

"Honey, are you sure it's ok to let him out this late? Especially with the whole 'missing people' case going on?"

"As long as he doesn't come back home too late, then it's fine," Rita replied. "He's walked to and from the McBride's house multiple times."

"If you say so…"

'It's not like those aliens can even touch Lincoln,' Rita thought to herself as she continued helping her husband cook. 'The Omnitrix makes him immune to any form of possession they might have.'

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True to his word, Lincoln has gotten better at flying with Big Chill, for he was able to arrive at the burning building with little difficulty. Wasting no time, the boy flew towards the building, entering it via going intangible.

"Let's hope my ice breath's strong enough to put out fires," Lincoln said to himself before taking a deep breath in, exhaling a powerful stream of ice a second later. Focusing on both speed and efficiency, Big Chill began climbing up the building, putting out any fire he came across. Thankfully, it seemed Big Chill wasn't really affected by extreme heat, for Lincoln did not feel discomfort at all whenever he got near the fire. Eventually, the boy managed to reach the third floor when he began hearing screams for help coming from one of the rooms. Checking each and every one of them, he soon found a mother holding her small child as the fire surrounding him began to get closer. Without hesitation, Lincoln quickly put out the fire before addressing the two.

"Hey, I'm here to help," Lincoln said, trying to calm them down. "Grab on, I'll get you guys out of here."

Hesitant at first, the woman and her child eventually wrapped their arms around the alien upon hearing something collapse. Firmly grasping them, Lincoln picked them up, made his way to the window, smashed it, and gently floated down the building before putting them down. Before either of them got the chance to thank him, Big Chill flew back into the building and continued to put out the fires and search for any more survivors. In the end, he ended up completing the two tasks, with the woman and child being the only people who had been trapped by the fire. Exiting the building, Big Chill was about to fly off when he heard the sounds of people applauding him.

'Well, it'd be rude to ignore them,' Lincoln thought to himself. Putting an arm behind his head, the boy recalled his wings back to its cloak form, waved at the spectators, and then took off. Between managing to save the people inside the building to witnessing the love people had for his aliens in person, Lincoln was in a pretty good mood, one that he felt wouldn't be going away anytime soon.

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"Hey everyone, I'm back," Lincoln said once he got home. Normally he would be greeted by some sort of mess caused by his sister's antics, but surprisingly, none of them were anywhere to be seen. Shrugging, he decided to make his way to the kitchen, the whole burning building incident having made him hungry, only for Luna to block the way.

"Sorry bro, but I can't let you pass," Luna told him. "Lori's cooling down in there."

"Really? What happened?"

"She and Leni got into one heck of a fight."

"Ugh, I guess I'll just wait," Lincoln said before making his way to his second destination, the bathroom. He was hoping that once he was done there, Lori would've moved. Unfortunately, before he could touch the door, Lana slapped his hand.

"Leni's in there trying to avoid Lori," the mechanic simply told him, causing Lincoln to groan.

"Was the fight really that bad?"

"Oh yes it was. If you need to use the bathroom, you can use this." She then tossed an empty bucket to the boy.

Grimacing, Lincoln shook his head. "No thanks, I'll just wait."

"Hey, don't knock it till you try it bro."

Deciding to watch TV to pass the time, Lincoln sat down on the couch and began watching a monster truck rally. Yet again, he was rudely prevented from doing so when Lola turned off the TV.

"Alright, what is it now?" Lincoln asked his little sister, his good mood now being ruined.

"Lori and Leni are on edge, you watching a monster truck rally is not going to help them."

"This is getting ridiculous! What are they even fighting about?"

"Both brought the same dress," Lucy answered, appearing out of nowhere as per usual. Getting over his initial shock at being scared by her, Lincoln gave her a look of disbelief.

"That's it? You gotta be kidding me! Clyde and I wore the same shirt on picture day, and we didn't care."

Lucy sighed as Lynn came downstairs, holding a hockey stick for some reason. "It's a sister thing, you wouldn't understand."

Now Lincoln was getting ticked off. He was still hungry and in need of relieving himself. "Well, let's go help them work it out. So we can have our house back."

"Negative," Lynn told him, stopping him from going upstairs with her hockey stick. "In this family, we have a sister fight protocol. Butt out, and let them resolve it on their own."

"A what now?"

"A sister fight protocol, ya know, the one we made last sibling meeting?"

"Ok, I literally have no idea what you're talking about…"

"That would be because you were not at the meeting," Lisa explained, pulling over a chart. "You were out when we had it. Allow me to give you a brief description of what the sister fight protocol entails."

Lisa then began explaining the sister fight protocol to her brother. When she finished, instead of seeing the 'brilliance' of the the protocol that made all his sisters agree to it, he began questioning their sanity. "So what you're telling me is that until the two of them get over their petty argument, I'm stuck living on the edge, always having to worry about the bathroom being locked and the possibility of being kicked out of my own room?"

"A small sacrifice one must make to not increase the threat levels of any arising conflict."

"Yeah, no. This is easily the stupidest thing I've heard all month."

"Though it may not seem like it, It is the most efficient means of dealing with whatever tension develops between us. I would know since I made it."

"Sorry, but how? It just seems like it'll lead to more conflicts. Seriously, I could come up with a better protocol than 'let Lori and Leni do whatever they want because they're mad.'" The hunger, need to pee, and stupidity of the situation was really starting to make Lincoln cranky. "You know what, once that bathroom opens, I'll go draft out a protocol myself and it'll be way better than the one we have now."

"Attempting to do so will be pointless," Lisa told him as the boy went upstairs to check if the bathroom was no longer occupied. Thankfully, Leni had just left the facility, much to the young boy's relief. He didn't know how much longer he could have held it in…

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Having done all he needed, Lincoln immediately began working on the new protocol, only to realize he had absolutely no idea what he was doing. Even though he was the one usually solving their problems, some stuff was still far out of his reach. If he was even going to bother making a new protocol, it should help his sisters take care of said issues themselves. In addition, he knew girls and guys generally tend to solve their issues, so the protocol needed to acknowledge this, something he didn't know how to do. Safe to say, it seemed like he was destined to have his room stolen from him whenever any of his sisters were mad.

"Dang it! I wish I was smarter," Lincoln complained before lying down on his bed. A second later, a thought came into his head. Standing up, he made his way to his door, locked it, and went to his desk.

"If I can't solve this as Lincoln Loud, then maybe I'll just need Brainstorm to do so instead," the boy said as he began twisting the face of his watch. Once he found his desired alien, he pressed the watch's face down, transforming the simple boy into one of the smartest beings in the universe. It took the super genius less than a millisecond to create a plan, which he immediately began writing down. Once finished, he decided to make a copy of all the calculations done as well, just to pass the time.

"One Brainstorm certified sibling fight protocol has been completed," Brainstorm declared once he finished writing down all the calculations. "I cannot believe how effortless it truly was to create even a basic replacement to the original product. Humans truly are dimwits even when aided by technology."

Eventually, the Omnitrix timed out, returning Lincoln back to his true form. Now tired, the boy changed into his pajamas and crawled into bed, feeling quite satisfied with himself.

"When they read this tomorrow, it'll blow their minds…"

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"Ugh, I hate this job," A middle aged man with brown hair complained as he began banging on an apartment door. "Animo, open up! I know you're in there."

Waiting a few seconds for a response he would never get, the man then turned the doorknob, only to be surprised that he was able to open the door with ease. Navigating around the house, the man grimenced at the amount of animals this man owned. Eventually, he found his intended target, a green skinned man with white hair, in his room, working on some sort of machine which seemed to be a helmet with a pair of antennae on top. "Hey doctor you're rent's past due."

Not bothering to face the landlord, Dr. Animo scoffed as he continued focusing on his machine. "All my money goes to my research. Now leave! You're disturbing me."

"Is that so? Well, how will you get anything done without a place to live?" The landlord snarkily asked. "You either pay up today or you can take your zoo somewhere else."

"Tell me Roger, are you an animal lover by any chance?"

"Don't try to change the subj-"

"Well, then you're going to love my new invention!" The mad scientist declared before spinning his chair 180 degrees so he was now facing Roger. Placing the helmet on his head, Amino smiled confidently. "Allow me to introduce you to the Transmodulator! With this, I'll finally be able to get what is rightfully mine!"

"...You are one messed up fellow."

Ignoring the comment, Amino continued to speak as he pulled out a frog from one of his cages. "What it does is allow me to alter genetic information while also adding some alien DNA to the creature. Observe."

Placing the frog on the ground, Dr. Animo pressed a button on his helmet, causing the machine to hit the frog with a ray of energy. Instead of being harmed, the frog began growing until it was the size of small SUV. The size of the frog wasn't the only thing that changed, for as it grew, it began developing the characteristics of the aliens Lincoln had fought before. Gone were it's two eyes and green skin, being replaced with one green eye, purple skin on its face, and yellow skin on the rest of its body. In addition, if one were to look under its belly, they would notice it had a pair of visible tentacles where its stomach should be.

Stepping back, Rodger was prepared to run for his life, only for the frog to grab him with his tongue, inserting the man into its mouth shortly after.

"What's that? Can't hear you," Amino taunted as the man tried to escape his slimpy prison. "Seems like a there's a frog in your throat."

With the snap of his fingers, Dr. Amino had the frog spit out the man, with him now being unconscious due to nearly suffocating. Satisfied, the scientist began to mount his frog. "Thanks to a little assistance, step one of my plan is complete. Now to obtain the necessary parts for the second portion of my plan, and I know exactly where to get them…"

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When Lincoln woke up the next morning, he didn't hesitate to deliver Lisa the papers.

"Huh, so you actually went through with it," Lisa remarked, quite impressed that he didn't give up on trying to find a replacement for the sister fight protocol. Then again, she should've expected this for Lincoln was a very stubborn individual.

"Yep," the boy confidently replied. "I think you'll find this version to be exactly what you guys need to make up after a fight."

Grabbing the papers, Lisa gave it an uninterested glance. While Lincoln was smart, he was nowhere near her level in the intellectual department. "We'll see if your claim holds true. Now allow me to analyze the contents of the protocol to determine if it's worth bringing up during our next sibling meeting."

Watching his nerdy sister make her way to her room, Lincoln couldn't help but release a sigh of relief, having full confidence that Lisa will approve of the new system. "Welp, this calls for a celebration. But where should I go…"

Thinking, Lincoln eventually thought of a place he could go have fun. "Meh, why don't I go to the mall? I could pick up the newest addition of Ace Savvy."

"Sounds cool dork. So when are we leaving?"

Glancing at his right, he noticed Lynn was standing on the staircase, having heard his plans. Honestly, Lincoln didn't know to be more surprised that she had been listening to him or that she actually wanted to go to the mall. She was the type of person who'd rather stay home instead of going to the mall, unless she needed new sports equipment of course. "We?"

"There's no way I'm staying here with a fight going on," Lynn stated, letting loose a small scoff. "And hey, it's been forever since we've had some one on one time."

"But I'll be at the comic book store…"

"And? I'll find a way to keep myself entertained."

"Eh, suit yourself. Just don't do anything that'll get you kicked out again," Lincoln said, remembering a trip to the mall where Lynn thought it would be a good idea to kick a soccer ball at the mall's fountain. Safe to say, their parents had to cough up a lot of cash to pay for repairs. She was banned for two years after that.

"Can't promise anything. You know me, they call me Lynnsanity for a reason."

"Something tells me this trip won't be a normal one…"

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"Uh Lynn, are you alright?" Lincoln asked her as the two made their way to the mall together. Lincoln had just finished telling her about the new sibling fight protocol he made, only to find the jock had a somewhat nervous expression on her face.

"I'm fine Linc," Lynn replied, waving him off. Truth be told, she actually wanted to ask her brother about his sudden shift in behavior, yet she was finding it hard to do so. In the end, she decided to wing it. "You know what, to heck with it. What's up with you lately?"

"What are you talking about?" Lincoln questioned, tilting his head in confusion.

"You've been locking yourself in your room much longer than usual, you made it impossible to enter your room using the vents, and you suddenly started disappearing every morning and night. What's going on?"

'Curses, I need to think of a lie and fast,' Lincoln thought to himself before making what would be a believable story. "I've just been hanging out with the guys. Everyday we go to Gus' Games and Grub and every night we hang out at Clyde's to watch ARGGH!"

Crossing her arms, Lynn felt like he wasn't telling the truth. Hanging out with friends doesn't cause someone's demeanor to change so quickly. For some reason, ever since the week started, she felt as if Lincoln had somehow become less of a dork. Of course, he still did his usual activities, but he seemed to be beaming with energy and confidence that wasn't there in the past, even though the boy had always been comfortable with himself. "And what about you locking yourself in your room?"

"I need more private time?"

"..." Lynn sighed, acknowledging that she wouldn't be getting any answers from the boy today. She blamed her lack of social skills. Why did she have to be so bad at dealing with people outside of sports? Luna probably would've had him spilling out all his secrets by now. "Whatever, let's drop it."

Meanwhile, Lincoln was glad to have fended off his sister, for now of course. 'Whew, that was close.'

A few minutes of awkward silence engulfed the two teens before they began talking about various other subjects, continuing their walk.

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"I-I don't understand any of this. How is this possible?" Lisa asked herself as she looked at the sheets of paper Lincoln had given her earlier. While reading through the revised sibling fight protocol, the child genius had to admit it was better than the one she made. However, that wasn't what was bothering her. What was were all the possible problems and solutions Lincoln managed to target when creating the protocol as Brainstorm. She just didn't understand how someone could come up with so many of these possibilities. As a scientist, Lisa was used to writing up equations herself, relying on them to map out all possible outcomes of a possible solution. She understood what most variables meant and how to manipulate them to receive a desired result. But it seems she still has some learning to do…

Just by looking at the calculations, not only did Lisa not understand how Lincoln managed to solve some of the equations, but for the ones she could understand, she couldn't believe how easily Brainstorm managed to come up with so many possible solutions to them, solutions she wasn't able to find when making the original protocol.

"This is truly remarkable. Humanity's ability to detect possible outcomes shouldn't be this advanced until long after I'm gone."

Looking at the papers again, she couldn't help but be in awe. There was actually someone out there smarter than her, and he's been living with her this entire time. The question was, how much more did he know? Why did he hide his gifts? For once, she was actually excited about something, the opportunity to expand her mind even more…

"I believe I discovered why Lincoln keeps himself locked in his room," Lisa spoke to herself. "If something as complicated as this wasn't a challenge to you, then I wonder what is…"

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Upon arriving at the mall, Lincoln and Lynn had split off, Lincoln wanting to see if there were any good comics to read while Lynn searched for new sports equipment. Planning to meet at the mall's food court in an hour, Lincoln began his quest for a good comic. Ace Savvy was usually his go-to comic series, but no new comics have been made yet. No matter, Lincoln was always willing to try something new.

"Lincoln?"

Wondering who called his name, Lincoln began scanning the store, only to find someone he never expected to be at a comic book store.

"Haiku, is that you?" Lincoln asked as he saw the goth. The two met last year when Lucy had set him up with her due to there being a dance happening at his school. Originally he planned on skipping the thing to hang out at Gus' Games and Grub, but after a misunderstanding, Lucy, Lynn, Luan, and Luna each hooked him up with a girl. Instead of being man enough to tell the four girls about the situation, he ended up trying to manage all four of them at the same time, not wanting to hurt their feelings. Thankfully, he ended up coming clean after pairing them up with some of his friends, so they were all cool. The girls and his friends even ended going out after the dance, but as one could expect from a fifth grade relationship, none of them lasted over a week. "What are you doing here? I didn't think you'd be the type to like comics."

"Comic books often offer the best vampire stories," Haiku told him. "A well drawn illustration can display emotions better than most words can."

"You're not wrong there," Lincoln said. This was part of the reason he loved comics more than actual books. Just seeing the fights made him feel more excited than reading about one. "Find anything you like?"

"No," Haiku bluntly replied. "All the stuff I usually read has already been bought. Sigh, looks like I'll have to satisfy myself with news clips of Big Chill again."

Hearing that last part just made Lincoln feel awkward. Due to his ghastly nature, it was no surprise why Haiku would been interested in the alien. Similarly, Lucy was as well. Man, never had he expected his aliens to be so popular with the ladies. It made the boy feel good and embarrassed at the same time.

"He saved a burning building last night, did you see that?"

"I have. The way he flew into the building with no hesitation shows he has no fear of death. It makes you wonder if he's a ghost, unable to be slain by most means."

'Yeah, I wouldn't say that,' Lincoln thought to himself. Of course he was afraid, he almost always was whenever he went out to fight crime. His fear just wasn't great enough to cripple him, his alien forms giving him additional confidence in himself. Also, he was pretty sure he could get killed as an alien. Well, might as well entertain the girl's idea. "He might be. Who knows?"

"That will be something I'll ask him if I'm granted the chance to be in his vicinity."

Lincoln began opening his mouth to reply, only for the mall to start shaking, the sounds of glass breaking and people screaming being heard a second later from the floor below.

"I wonder what's going on down there," Haiku wondered out loud. She was expecting Lincoln to answer, but much to her surprise, he seemed to have left. "Hm, how peculiar."

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Having ran downstairs, Lincoln was greeted by the sight of Dr. Animo riding the strange alien looking frog. Immediately, he took notice at the frog's similar appearance.

"Hey, that looks like one of those freaks I saw with the Forever Knights," Lincoln noted, paying close attention to what the man on top of it was doing. He appeared to be heading towards the pet store for some reason. Following him, Lincoln saw as he zapped a hamster with the strange helmet he was wearing, causing it to grow almost as large as the frog while developing similar characteristics to the aliens he fought a few days ago. Doing the same to a white parrot, the man turned his attention towards one of the various electronic stores located in the mall. With it not taking a genius to realize the man was obviously bad, Lincoln ran towards the bathroom before activating his Omnitrix, twisted it so the image of a small humanoid appeared on its face, and slammed it down.

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"Thank you for your generosity!" Dr. Amino laughed at the scared store clerks after stealing several of their products. Leaving the store, Dr. Amino planned on leaving right away, having work to do, only for that dream to shatter when he was knocked off his frog due to some supersonic attack.

"Rgh, who dares defy Dr. Animo!" The mad scientist shouted in irritation looking at his attacker. Much to his surprise, it wasn't a human who did so. Instead, it was a four and a half foot white alien with small green eyes and a large green colored mouth. On his back was a strange square that was attached to what looked to be a pair of white headphones attached to his head. In addition, the alien seemed to have a cassette tape in each of its legs. Finally, the alien had the Omnitrix symbol on its chest, signifying it was Lincoln.

"What type of organism are you supposed to be?" Dr. Amino said as he looked at the alien with interest. He was far too busy with his work to pay attention to the news, hence why he didn't recognize the alien.

"I'm Echo-Echo," Lincoln replied, his voice sounding robotic. "And I'm what you call a hero. You know, the people who stop evil creeps like you? I'm sure you know what I'm talking about."

Realizing he wasn't going to get a serious answer, the man simply rolled his eyes. "Whatever, it doesn't matter. I'll have more than enough time to dissect you once my pets kill you." Petting his frog, he had it leap towards the hole it came from before Lincoln could even react, the bird following shortly after. Meanwhile, the hamster began charging towards the boy. When it got close enough, it attempted to claw him, but Lincoln was prepared. Leaping to the side, he took a deep breath in before unleashing a sonic scream, pushing the hamster back. As it tried to recover from the attack, Lincoln had twelve clones appear at his side.

"You six, help evacuate the building," the origional Echo-Echo ordered his duplicates. "You four help me take care of this thing. You two, make sure Lynn isn't hurt."

Nodding, the clones ordered to move did so while Lincoln and the other four prepared to take on the mutated animal. When it finally got up, the five prepared to unleash another sonic scream, only for the hamster to fire a ball of goop, forcing the aliens to stop what they were doing so they could avoid the incoming projectile.

"Ew," One of the clones remarked as it looked at the slime.

Lincoln turned towards its clone. "I know, right?"

Not deterred that its attack missed, the hamster then tried firing its various tentacles at the small aliens, but it only managed to successfully grab one of them. Dragging the Echo-Echo forwards, it nearly chomped his face off, but was thankfully disrupted as the others fired off another sonic scream. With there being four attacks this time, the mutated creature screeched in pain as it backed up. Using this to his advantage, the now freed Echo-Echo backed up to its allies before unleashing a scream of its own. Now, if this was an ordinary mutated hamster with no DNA added to it, then the attack would have easily been enough to take it out. But, such was not the case with this giant mutated monster. Tired of the loud noise, it began rapidly firing goop balls at the aliens, with them again having to stop what they were doing just to dodge.

"Looks like we need more firepower," Lincoln noted before summoning three more clones. "Attack all at once!"

Each of the Echo-Echoes taking in a large breath, the seven of them unleashed another wave of sonic screams. Unable to handle the power the seven had, the mutant animal collapsed, unable to battle.

"Whew," Lincoln said as he began recalling his present clones. Now all that's left was to make sure his other clones did their jobs as well.

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When he finally got outside, the first thing he did was recall the rest of his clones before hiding inside a bush until his watch timed out. Once it did, Lincoln informed his grandfather about Dr. Amino and the unconscious mutated hamster, who in response told the boy he would send some people to pick up the creature and that he'd do research on Dr. Animo himself. With that taken care of, Lincoln began searching for his sister, eventually finding her outside the mall, furiously typing on her phone.

"Lincoln! Where the hell have you been?" Lynn angrily demanded when she saw her little brother walk up to her. She then socked him in the face for nearly scaring her. "You nearly gave me a heart attack…"

'At least she's safe,' Lincoln thought to himself as she continued scolding him, holding his cheek in pain. "Sorry Lynn."

"You didn't even answer your phone idiot!"

"I said I was sorry. I was panicking. Can you blame me?"

"Ugh!" Upset that she couldn't counter her brother's statement, the jock sighed. "At least you're ok."

"How can you say that after you hit me?"

"Oh toughen up you big baby," Lynn playfully teased him, trying to ease her shakiness. When the Echo-Echo clones began escorting her outside, she began to fear for her brother's life. Seeing this, the aliens promised her they'd look for him. In the end, it seemed they kept their promise, for the boy was unharmed. "But seriously, I'm glad you didn't get eaten by one of those things. I would've lost my favorite sparring partner."

Now it was Lincoln's turn to tease his sister. "Nice to know you have your priorities in check."

Lynn simply began stretching. "Whew, let's just go home already. Lynnsanity's beat."

"Lincoln Loud is beat as well," Lincoln said, feeling the same. He also needed to be at his house when Albert gave him the results of his search.

Neither having any need to hang around the mall any longer, the two began walking home, Lincoln wondering about Dr. Amino. He did just rob an electronics store with a bunch of mutated animals after all. What was he after? How did he create those things? Why did they look like the strange aliens? The boy had so many questions floating in his head, he didn't notice that Lynn took notice of his silence, wondering what was going on in that head of his…

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It was ten at night and Lincoln was at the local museum, searching for Dr. Amino. Though it took a bit, Albert eventually managed to find some information about the mad scientist. Apparently he was a veterinary scientist who had done twisted experiments on animals, hence why he was accompanied by them. His true fall from grace was when he threw a fit about not winning some trophy he believed he should have won, the victor being another scientist named Dr. Kelly. The no longer retired plumber then told his grandson that the man was spotted heading towards the town's natural museum, hence why he was here now.

"Be careful Lincoln," Albert said, using the same earpiece from before to speak to the boy. Currently, he and Rita were in the man's van, monitoring Lincoln as he went to reprimand the evil scientist. "He's obviously being aided by those aliens who you caught before, so there's no telling what else his machine could do. If things become too dicy, then get out of there."

"I'll be sure to stay focused."

"Good man. Now go kick some butt."

"Heh, you can count on me." Cracking his knuckles, he began exploring the place, managing to find Dr. Amino at the prehistoric times exhibit, tinkering with his weird helmet. Taking notice of the man, Lincoln hid behind one of the displays, interested in what he was doing.

"Soon, my hard work will pay off," the man proudly said as he put the finishing touches on his machine. "I'll finally be able to claim my prize, and that's not all. With my upgraded Transmodulator, the world will practically be mines. No one can possibly stop me!"

Letting loose an evil laugh, the man began blasting the skeleton of a woolly mammoth with his machine, turning what was once the remains of the creature into a unholy monstrocity, it being a combination of the alien whose DNA he merged for the rest of his animals and the extinct beast.

Seeing the creature caused Lincoln to gasp, which proved to be a mistake, for it revealed his presence to Dr Amino.

"Ah, so it seems someone's found out about my plans," the scientist stated as Lincoln continued staring at him, secretly selecting an alien from the Omnitrix. "Bah, there's no way I'm letting some brat ruin my plans by calling the cops."

Dr. Amino then released a loud whistle, causing the bird from before to land next to the mammoth. "You two, sick him." Turning his attention to the bones of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, he then went on to make his next creation. Mounting the T-Rex, Dr. Amino had it plow through the museum's walls as the two left the boy to his supposed demise, seemingly having somewhere else to be.

"Pop-pop, think you can see where he's going?" Lincoln asked his grandfather as the bird and mammoth began roaring at him.

"But what about you?"

"I'll catch up, I just need to deal with something first."

"Alright, just be careful, for both your sake and mine's. Your mother would kill me if I let anything happen to you."

"You darn right I would," Rita exclaimed, having a connection to Lincoln and Albert's earpieces as well.

"Love you guys." Turning off his earpiece, he turned his attention towards the large monstrosities in front of him, who were preparing to launch piles of slime at him. Diving behind one of the displays before they could do so, Lincoln hit the popped up face of his watch, causing a green light to envelope him. Once it disappeared, the small body of thirteen year old Lincoln Loud was no longer present, being replaced by a nine foot bipedal tiger. The tiger looking alien was easily his most muscular one thus far and it had claws coming out of the upper portion of his wrists. Finally, like with most of this aliens, the Omnitrix symbol was on his chest. Oh, and he was pissed, like really pissed.

"YOU DID NOT JUST TRY HITTING RATH WITH THAT!" Lincoln shouted, referring to himself by the name he gave this specific alien.

In response, the mammoth charged forwards as the bird began shooting more goop. Being large, Lincoln was unable to dodge the attack, causing him to rub his face in disgust and irritation before being sent flying when the mammoth rammed into him. Despite the power the mammoth possessed, all it did was anger Rath even more.

"GR, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING YOU FREAKS OF NATURE! NO ONE SPITS ON RATH AND GETS AWAY WITH IT! NO ONE!" Rushing towards the bird even though the mammoth was clearly the bigger threat, he grabbed the animal and suplex threw it across the room. Once he did so, he was immediately rammed by the mammoth again.

"YOU THINK THAT YOU CAN HURT RATH!? HUH, DO YOU?! WELL GUESS WHAT, THAT DID NOTHING!" Proving his claim, Rath immediately jumped back up as the mammoth began charging at him again, only for the large tiger to stop him with his bare hands. Grabbing hold of its trunk, Rath began spinning around at high speeds, using the mammoth to knock out the large bird who tried clawing the alien once it recovered from the throw. Eventually, Rath released the mammoth from his grasp, flinging it far away from him, knocking down some walls as a result. Normally, Lincoln would do his best to avoid damaging any form of property, but as Rath, he fights to win, not caring if something like a wall gets damaged. Similar to how turning into Brainstorm makes Lincoln act egotistical, turning into Rath changes his personality into a stereotypical dumb brute. Normally, this would be enough to deter Lincoln from using him, but in terms of physical strength, none of his other aliens came even close to rivaling his. The alien also had knowledge on various forms of fighting techniques, making him extremely reliable in a fight. Still, he was one of Lincoln's least used aliens due to how much it altered his personality. He shared this trait with another alien of his, which was a shame due to how much Lincoln would have used both of them otherwise. Anyways, back to the fight…

After being thrown through all those walls, it tried getting back up on its feet, only for Rath to slam one of his fists into its face, causing it to cry in pain. Deciding to end the fight, Rath grabbed the mutated creature by its trucks and lifted it into the air, slamming it into the ground a few seconds later, causing the mammoth to pass out.

"OH YEAH! WHO'S THE MAN?" Rath shouted in victory, knowing full well it'll take his two opponents hours to regain consciousness. "I AM!"

Once Rath stopped gloating, he noticed the large mess he ended up making. Sheepishly rubbing the back of his head, the tiger made a mad dash towards the exit, wanting to put some distance between the place and himself. After doing so, the watch timed out, reverting Lincoln back to his original form.

"And that is why I'm always hesitant to use Rath," Lincoln informed the 'audience' before turning on his earpiece. "Hey Pop-pop, I just finished up at the museum. Any news?"

"Yeah actually," the elderly man replied. "It turns out Dr. Kelly will be giving a speech at the town hall. With Dr. Amino's grudge against him, I'm pretty sure he's over there."

"Alright, I'll be there soon," Lincoln said before hanging up. Since he explored the entire town with XLR8 before, the boy knew how to get there quickly. The only problem was, he was a thirteen year old boy who had to run to the other side of town, something even Lynn would find difficult. Sighing, the boy began his torturous run, hoping his watch would fully charge soon.

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"Once again, I would like to thank each and everyone for coming out tonight," Dr. Kelly said as he displayed his trophy, earning an applause from the audience. Today was a good day for the scientist, for not only was Royal Woods a very friendly town, but the event went swimmingly. Sadly, this was about to end.

"Greetings Dr. Kelly!" Dr. Amino shouted as his mutated dinosaur. With a mighty roar, the dinosaur bent down so its master could claim his trophy. "I believe you have something that belongs to me."

Snagging the trophy from the scared man, Dr. Amino turned towards the audience. "It's a great honor to be receiving this award tonight. I worked days after days for this moment in life, and I'm glad the time spent has not gone to waste." Dr. Amino then turned his dinosaur's head towards the other scientist. "Now, as for you, you talentless hack! You nearly robbed me from my most prized possession. For that, you shall become my creation's first food."

Tapping the mutated T-Rex's head, he had it chase after Dr. Kelly, who attempted to flee the scene. This did nothing however, as the Dinosaur was able to reach him in no time. Expanding its jaws, the creature was about to gobble him up, only for the scientist to be taken away by a blue blur. Placing the man a good distance from the T-rex, the blur ended up revealing itself to be Lincoln in the form of XLR8.

"Curses!" Dr. Animo growled, annoyed by the newcomer. Wasting no time, the man commanded his pet to attack, not realizing the true speed of XLR8. The alien having already reached the dinosaur before it could take a step forwards, Lincoln began running around it, creating a tornado powerful enough to lift the creature. When he stopped running, both Amino and the T-rex continued to be held in the tornado for a few seconds before it eventually lost power, dropping the two.

"I need a way to beat this thing, but how?" Lincoln asked himself as he watched the T-rex get back up. Even though XLR8 had increased strength, he wasn't sure if it would be enough to harm the beast, who keep in mind, is stronger than the average T-rex due to its alien DNA. Even if it was a regular T-rex, Lincoln highly doubted he could even leave a dent on the king of dinosaurs. Originally, he was planning on using another alien because of this problem, but ended up realizing none of them would even be able to reach the town hall in time to save Dr. Kelly, remembering that Dr. Animo had a head start on him. As such, the boy was forced to use the speedster.

Now recovered, the mutated T-rex began going after Lincoln, only for the boy to swiftly move out of the way. 'I need to break the connection Amino has with his animals…'

Glancing at the mad scientist, the boy noticed the funny looking helmet he was wearing, the same one he used to create all his monstrosities. Perhaps he was using them to control them as well…

Dodging another bite from the T-rex, Lincoln zoomed towards Dr. Amino and grabbed the Transmodulator and smashed it to the ground.

"NO!" Dr. Amino shouted in anguish as he watched his beloved creation get destroyed. When it did, strange waves of green light began emitting from the remains. When it reached the T-rex, all its skin began disappearing, turning it back into a pile of lifeless bones.

"Looks like destroying that thing turned everything back to normal," Lincoln said to himself. He was honestly thinking that he would've needed Brainstorm's intelligence to reverse the effects.

Rage filling the man's eyes, Dr. Amino began snarling at the alien. "YOU! I'll kill you!"

Cocking a fist back, Dr. Amino took a wild swing at Lincoln, only for him to effortlessly doge the blow and retaliate by smacking the scientist with his tail, knocking him out. Turning towards the nearest witness, the boy smiled at them. "Mind calling the police for me?"

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"I'll get my revenge, you hear me?" Dr. Amino shouted as two policemen led him into the back of their car. "When I get out of jail, I'll make sure you'll rue the day you crossed Dr. Amino!"

"Stop yelling and get in the car," One of the police members told him before shoving the man inside. Meanwhile, Lincoln, Rita, and Albert were proudly watching the scene.

"It hasn't been long since you got the Omnitrix and you're already proving to be a great hero," Rita proudly said to her son.

"Thanks mom."

"Just remember, the battle isn't over," Albert informed him. "As I said before, it seems he's been aided by those aliens, aliens that have never been seen before. We'll have to keep our guards up. Who knows what they're going to do next."

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Author's note 2: Well, we managed to see eight aliens so far, meaning there's two left, one of them being locked for some reason. Who are they? Well, you'll have to continue reading to find out. Now, let's move onto the part where I explain why I chose the newly revealed aliens to be part of Lincoln's arsenal.

Echo-Echo: really, there are only two reasons I had for choosing him. First off, he's one of my favorite aliens of all time (fun fact: goop is my favorite alien, but he will not appear at all in this story.). Secondly, there's a lot I can do with duplication shenanigans. Of course, I could've given this slot to Ditto, who I also love, but most of you can agree he's probably one of Ben's weakest aliens, having no power other than cloning. And if one of them dies, then they all do since they share pain, something I find stupid for it limits Ditto's usefulness. Oh well…

Rath: Everyone's Loud House/Ben 10 story seems to love using Four Arms as their main muscle alien, so I decided to be unique and go for Rath instead. It also helps that I love him more than Four Arms. I mean 'cmon, it's Rath. He's basically the muscle of Lincoln's aliens. Fun fact, I was originally going to put Jet Ray instead of him, but I ended up realizing he makes Big Cill and XLR8 useless, being able to fly and move at speeds faster than the OG alien speedster (apparently he can fly faster than light).