The Louds had just pulled up in front of the Lion's Den. As they got out of Vanzilla they immediately went to the entrance. "Is everyone ready?" Rita asked.
Everyone just shouted "Yeah!" as they then went inside.
Inside Samson was currently reading a book while he had his back to the entrance. Hearing the door open he instantly said "Welcome to the Lion's Den. My name is Samson. How can I help you?" as he then turned around only to be shocked at who was there. The Loud family and he could see that they weren't there to shop. "Oh crud." He said knowing he was stuck in a corner.
Just then Jerry walked into the room. "Hey Sammy. I heard the door open and thought you could use some help." He said as he then saw who was there. "Oh boy." He said as he then came up with an idea. "Don't worry Sammy! I got it from here!" He said as he rushed to his desk and pulled out something that was covered by a sheet. He then placed it on the counter and said "Now I know you have questions but before we answer them allow me to show you something unique and amazing!" He then pulled the sheet off what it was covering. "I present to you Box that looks like a face box: the box that looks like a face!"
Samson just gave an annoyed look and asked "Really Jerry? Really? Your plan is to show them something you made? What is that exactly suppose to do?"
"It's suppose to distract them." Jerry replied.
"And how exactly is that suppose to work?" Samson asked.
Meanwhile the Louds were just looking at what Jerry set out. "What is that suppose to be?" Luna asked.
"It's obviously a stall tactic. Like we're actually dumb enough to fall for that." Lisa replied only to see Leni, Lynn, and Lana approaching Box that looks like a face box.
"Is it a face?" Leni asked.
"I don't think so but I think it's suppose to mean something." Lana said.
"It's so strange it's like it's looking at me." Lynn said.
Lisa just facepalmed herself while Lola stepped forward. "Typical that they would get distracted. Allow me to get some answers." She said as she approached Samson and Jerry. "Okay listen here! Now we want-" Before she could finish her sentence she noticed something that caught her eye. "Are those tiaras?" She asked.
"And there goes Lola." Lisa said.
Samson stepped forward as Jerry went to hide behind his desk and said "Why yes they are. We manage to come across all kinds of things. We even have vintage dresses, guitars and some really rare old books."
Luna was struggling to stay strong when she heard that as the rest of the sisters began to crumble. Rita could see that and just said to her daughter. "Don't worry honey your parents aren't that weak to fall for this stuff. Isn't that right Lynn?" Only for him not to reply. She looked to see he wasn't near her but with Leni, Lynn Jr., and Lana looking at the box that looks like a face. "Oh for crying out loud!" She yelled.
Just then Nick walked into the room. "Alright that's enough you two. The boss says he wants you to take the Louds to the conference room." He said causing Samson to put away the stuff he pulled out and Jerry coming out from behind his desk. He then turned to Rita. "I am sorry for this Mrs. Loud. Our boss told us that we should at least expect you. Follow Samson and Jerry to the conference room while I put up the closed sign. I'll be there in a little bit so we can finally talk."
The Louds just nodded as they followed Jerry and Samson to the conference room. "Please take a seat everyone." Samson said as they took their seats while Jerry and him just stood in the back of the room. A few seconds later Nick opens the door and holds it open while Alistair walks into the room and sits in the chair at the back in the back of the room with Jerry, Nick, and Samson standing next to him. The Louds were curious at who this man was however Rita and Lori knew exactly who he was.
"You're that guy!" Lori shouted out.
"What guy?" Luna asked.
"He's the guy that brought Lincoln to our house when he was a baby." She said.
The girls and their father just gasped at this revelation while Alistair just let out a small smile. "It's nice to see you two still remember me. Mrs. Loud you look lovely as ever and Lori you have grown into a beautiful young lady." He said. Hearing Alistair's words calmed Lori down but she still wanted answers and so did Rita. "I can see you have questions and seeing how you're here now you're entitled to some answers. Now where should we start off on the questions."
Before the Louds could ask a question Samson beat them to it. "Yeah I have a question. How did you find our base?" He asked but then took a wild guess and looked at Jerry shifting his eyes while looking nervous. Samson just gave a out a groan and said "Let me guess you put the location of our base in one of your stories am I right?"
"Well I didn't say it was our base and that story is still a work in progress." Jerry replied causing Samson to give out a loud groan.
"That's enough you two. We're here to give the Louds the answers they want not listen to your banter." Alistair replied as Nick poured him a cup of tea. As he took a sip he then asked "Let's get started on the first question you have, shall we?"
"Let me start." Rita said as she then asked "Just who are you guys and where is my son?"
Alistair just gave a small smile and said "Mrs. Loud we are part of an off the books organization that handles certain problems that no normal law agency can handle. Our main goal is simple: to keep the world safe and protect the people we care about. We're called The Elites. Now as for Lincoln he is currently safe. We have an agent with him who is currently training him."
"You mean Walter or should I say Lion and what exactly is he training Lincoln for?" Lisa asked.
"I can see that you figured out Walter and Lion are the same person as for what he is training Lincoln for it's best to start at the beginning." Alistair said as he then pulled out a small remote. "Please turn your attention at the screen ahead." He said as he pressed a button which showed a young woman with long white hair and beautiful blue eyes. She was wearing a lab coat and holding an award. "This is Lincoln's birth mother. Her name is-"
Before Alistair could finish Lisa shouted out. "That's Dr. Emily Granger!"
"Lisa you know who she is?" Lori asked.
"Of course I know who she is!" Lisa shouted. "She happens to be one of the smartest people when it came to science, medicine, and technology! That's why she looked so familiar to me."
"Looks like we have a fangirl of Emily's here." Jerry said as Samson and Nick just let out a little snicker.
Lisa hearing that shouted out. "I am not a fangirl! I happen to be an admirer of her work. She was coming up with all sorts of things and then one day she just disappeared. No one knew where she was. There has been a lot of theories of what happened to her but nothing to support it. There have even been people searching for her whereabouts but nobody has been able to get a lead on her. I would know I happen to be one of the people searching for her."
Jerry just coughed "Fangirl!" into his hand.
Lisa choosing to ignore him continued. "Personally I think her disappearance had something with a speech she gave when she was in high school. You see she came up with a new medical idea in high school and was asked to give a speech at a medical conference. However there was a guy that was there to kill her and he ended up getting shot instead. I think whoever sent him to kill her is responsible for her going missing."
"I can assure you Lisa that the man that was sent there was there for someone else and he wasn't the one who got shot." Alistair said.
Lori who was starting to get a pretty good idea of who it was that got shot turned to her mother. "Mom do you have that photo of Lincoln's birth mother?" she asked.
"Yes Lori I thought it would be best to bring it with me." Rita said.
"Can I have it?" Lori asked only for Rita to nod and pull it out to give it to her. As soon as Lori took the picture she pointed to the guy in the photo with Emily. "It was this guy that got shot wasn't it? I believe his name is Walter am I right?" She asked.
Alistair just smiled while Jerry, Nick, and Samson just grew wide eyed as they didn't know that this happened with Walter and Emily. "Yes Walter was the one who got shot." He replied. "Walter saw that guy and tackled him to the ground and ended up getting shot in the shoulder." He then noticed the looks on Jerry, Nick, and Samson. "I take it you three didn't know about that."
"No we didn't sir." Nick replied. "This was one thing they never mentioned to us."
"How do you know about it Alistair?" Samson asked.
"I happened to be in the area when it happened." Alistair replied. "Imagine my surprise when I see police cars showing up arresting some would be assassin that ended up getting stopped by an eighteen year old high school student."
"Okay another question." Lori said as she then asked "How did he so beat up?"
Alistair just gave a small smile and said "Oh Emily did that. Yeah she was in his hospital room giving him the riot act about putting his life in danger when all of a sudden Walter blurted out that he was going to join the military when she was in the middle of her rant. Let's just say that he picked the wrong time to say that." He then gave a chuckle while Jerry, Nick, and Samson just nodded because they knew it was something that Emily would do. "Anyway back to the beginning before this speech was hijacked." He said while looking at Lisa. "Lincoln's birth mother Emily Granger grew up with Walter Burke. They did almost everything together. From getting into trouble to making plans. They were basically inseparable until high school that is. You see Emily was smart."
"She was a genius!" Lisa shouted interrupting Alistair.
Alistair just rolled his eyes. "Yes as Lisa stated she was a genius. She was going places while Walter didn't know what to do at least until he got shot. After that Emily went to college and graduated with honors while making great breakthroughs in the process while Walter enlisted into the military. I kept my eye on him since that incident and grew quite impressed with him so I decided to recruit him. Now Walter and Emily kept in contact with each other so when I approached him I told him that he needed to cut down contact to a least once a month but Walter decided to cut off all contact with her. You see one of the main things when joining the Elites is to cut off all contact with loved ones to at least once a month. Walter thought it would be best for her if he did that thinking that he would never see her again but he was wrong. He ran into her after his teams first mission and she was not happy with his choice one bit."
"I bet she wasn't." Lori said getting a pretty good idea of what was going through Emily's head at the time.
"Anyway it didn't take her long to find our main office building after that and she found out what we did a little bit later. She began showing up at our building almost everyday that in a way she became part of our team let alone part of our family. Unfortunately it was at this time everything came crashing down on Walter and Emily thanks to this man." Alistair then press the button on the remote again to show a man in a lab coat. He had brown hair and dark brown eyes.
Before Alistair could say his name Lisa beat him to it. "That's Simon Grant!" She shouted.
"You also know who he is Lisa?" Lori asked.
"Of course I do although when it comes to him I wish I didn't. He's basically an expert on genetics and was coming up with ways to improve the human body. Unfortunately he took it too far by experimenting on people. He was even rumored to have been working on some kind of way to create the perfect super soldier." Just as Lisa finished saying that it hit her. "He's the one responsible for experimenting on Lincoln isn't he?" She asked.
Alistair just sighed and said "Yes he is but there is more to the story. Now please no more interruptions." Lisa just nodded as Alistair continued. "Anyway when Grant entered the picture he approached Emily with an offer to help him with his research but she turned him down since she found it sketchy however he was determined to get her help even if he had to force her by hurting someone she cared about."
"He went after Walter didn't he?" Lori asked.
"Yes he did." Alistair replied with resentment. "During a mission he had ended up getting captured which was a first for our group. We basically had no idea what was going on. I was coming with a plan to rescue him but it was Emily that was the one to free him. You see during that time Grant approach Emily and forced her into a deal: Walter's freedom for her hand in marriage and help with his research. She took it. She then got a hold of me and told me what was going on. I was shocked to find out it was Grant that was responsible for Walter being capture but I also knew someone from the government leaked Walter's location. I thanked her and told her to contact me if she needed help. About a day later Walter was released and found out Emily got married to Grant. About two months later I heard back from her. She told me what Grant was working on and how she achieve but she also found out what his real goal was: turning himself into a god. She also told me that in order for the formula to work a baby needed born with it. In order to do it he needed a woman to carry the child after being injected with the formula however the downside was that the mother would die when the child was born but Grant didn't care. He wanted the child to be his and also for the mother to be smart so he used Emily. She wanted to get out and needed my help. I agreed. She then gave me enough information to take Grant down once and for all. It took me a few days to get a team ready but I managed. We then rescued her but Grant managed to get away. Luckily Emily came up with a program to destroy his research so it could never be used again. After that we needed to figure out what to do with Emily now that she was pregnant. She was determined to give birth to this child and already came up with a plan. She would give birth to this child and make sure that this child went to a loving family. She wanted this child to be raised in a small town and she even made Walter promise to protect this child form a distance. She also wanted to pick out the family herself and managed to find the perfect family when a mother with her fifth daughter offered to help her pick out a toy. You know the rest Mrs. Loud."
"That still doesn't explain what Walter is training Lincoln for." Lisa said.
"Well you see Emily was great with coming up with plans and she knew Grant would do everything he could to find Lincoln so she came up with a few precautions." Alistair said.
"Like the nanites?" Lisa asked.
"Yes the nanites were made by Emily-" Lisa just gave off a girlish squeal as Alistair said that. "To give Lincoln a normal life but she also knew that Grant was going to do whatever it takes to get him. Emily came with the idea of having Walter train Lincoln if Grant were to somehow find him." Lynn just looked down as Alistair said that knowing it was her fault but was surprised when Alistair said. "But personally I'm glad that this is happening."
"Huh?" Lynn said as the rest of the Louds just sat there shocked he said that.
"You have to understand I have other teams and responsibilities to tend to. You see we've been following leads on where Grant was but every one of them just leads to a dead end. I mean we've been keeping Lincoln safe and Walter wanted it to continue that way but we all knew that as long as Grant was out there Lincoln could never live in peace. We wouldn't know how long it would be to get Grant out of the picture once and for all but when Lynn pulled that stunt it made things a whole lot easier. We're getting Grant to come to us and let me assure you everyone of us is determined to protect Lincoln and the people he cares about. We have agents watching your family and Lincoln's friends keeping an eye and making sure that nothing happens."
As the Louds took a moment to digest all of this Lisa asked "What are the two stages on the nanites?"
"Not going to hold back huh Lisa?" Alistair said with a smirk as she just nodded. "You already know that the nanites are there to give Lincoln a normal life but Emily knew Lincoln would need an advantage in case Grant came into the picture so she made two stages on the nanites. The first stage would allow him to learn faster and remember things quicker as well increase his natural abilities like speed, strength, and reflexes while the second stage would unlock everything else. The first stage can only be unlocked by a program she had made and gave to us but Lincoln has to be in a short distance to it and once it's been activated it cannot be shut off. The second stage can only be unlocked in a facility Emily made and it can be turned off. Emily made it where the only way to get in there was to use a key she made which she hid in Bun Bun."
"Which is why you had your men pose as people from a charity in order to get him?" Lisa asked.
"Correct. Now Walter has already unlocked the first stage as was instructed by Emily if Grant was to pop up as for the second stage Lincoln is currently at the facility training there but Emily made it a little bit more complicated. In order to access the second stage Lincoln needs to pass three trials made by my men here. He already passed Jerry's trial today. Isn't that right Jerry?"
"Yeah the kid basically tricked and trapped me. He tricked me into using my invisible wire trick and managed to learn how to do it. He then made his way to me avoiding my traps and when he made it to me he manage to set off all of my traps using my trick while he snuck back around and climbed into a vent so he get behind he then sucker punched me! I was out for a minute!"
"That beats Walter's record of you being knocked out for twenty seconds." Alistair said as he then sipped his tea.
Jerry just gave a chuckle. "I know. I have to say the kid hits harder than Walter." He said. "He told me he used what his sisters taught him. Luan for teaching him how to set a trip wire and Lucy on how to climb vents." Luan and Lucy couldn't help but smile after hearing that.
"What's going to happen once Lincoln completes these trials and unlocks the second stage?" Lynn asked.
"They're going to use him as bait." Lisa said as she looked at Alistair and asked "Am I right?"
"Right as always Lisa." Alistair said as the Louds just gasped. "But you must know Lincoln already knows about it and agreed to do it. He wants this to be over so he can come home to you guys. Any more questions Lisa?"
"Yeah. Why would Dr. Granger allow Lincoln access to the second stage if she was trying to give Lincoln a normal life? I mean I get why she would allow the first stage to be unlocked but the second stage I just don't get it. Not to mention it sounds like she has Lincoln jumping through hoops in order to unlock it."
"To be honest Lisa, I don't know. Emily came up with this plan for a reason and I trust her. Even my men trust her and to be honest that's good enough for me." Alistair said. "Anymore questions?"
"Yeah when Walter offered that two hundred dollars for Bun Bun was he testing us?" Luna asked.
Alistair just gave a sigh and said "Yes he was. When you came by the shop to sell Lincoln's things he was furious. He wanted to grab Lincoln and take off with him. I told him it was against Emily's wishes and she wanted him to grow up with a loving family but he was determined to take Lincoln this time. You see it wasn't the first time he wanted to take Lincoln and run. I knew full well how protective he was of Lincoln seeing how Lincoln is the last connection to Emily he has so I made him a deal to test you. That if you were to sell Bun Bun which was given to Lincoln by Emily then he could take Lincoln but if you were to deny selling Bun Bun then he would have to back off. I gave him the two hundred dollar limit so he wouldn't try raising the price. Luckily you and your mother were determine not to throw away Lincoln so that held him off but unfortunately he knew Lincoln was about to pull something to prove he wasn't bad luck and Walter just some how knew it would backfire on him."
"The squirrel suit." Luna said.
"Yeah. During that little incident Walter was getting very angry that he shut down the shop the day you went to the beach and follow you there. We had to go with him to make sure he didn't grab Lincoln. When Lincoln passed out from heatstroke Walter just snapped and was about to go down and grab him." Jerry, Nick, and Samson just gave out a groan and nodded when Alistair said that. "We held him back long enough for your mother to snap and start yelling at you. Believe me if she didn't do that Walter would of probably made off with Lincoln." Alistair said as he sighed.
"Sir you shouldn't blame yourself for that. Sure he sucker punched you when your guard was down but if you weren't there he would of succeeded." Nick said.
"Thank you Nick." Alistair said as he turned to the Louds. "That's pretty much everything. Now that it's all out in the open we are doing everything we can to end this so Lincoln can come home So the only thing I can ask you to do is wait. As for getting in touch with Lincoln it's probably not going to happen because Walter will probably stop you."
The Louds just gave a sigh as they got up to exit the room with Jerry, Nick, and Samson well except for Rita, Lori, Luna, Lucy, and Lisa. Lynn Sr. noticing this asked "Rita aren't you coming?"
"Yes but I need to talk to Mr. Alistair for a few minutes." Rita said.
"What about Lori, Luna, Lucy, and Lisa?" He asked.
"They can stay. I have a feeling they want to talk about the same thing." Rita said as they just nodded and with that her husband left the room.
"And what is it you want to talk about Mrs. Loud?" Alistair asked.
Rita just looked at her girls knowing that they wanted to talk about the same thing and then turned to face Alistair and said "I'll just get to the point. Walter is Lincoln's father isn't he?"
Alistair just gave a smile.
THIRTY MINUTES LATER
Rita, Lori, Luna, Lucy, and Lisa were exiting the conference room with Alistair behind them. Before Rita could get far Alistair called to her. "Mrs. Loud if I might make a suggestion. Could you leave your girls here? I have no doubt they have more questions but most importantly I like to prep them for what Walter might do."
"What do you mean?" Rita asked.
"You see now that the truth is out Walter is bound to give your girls a piece of his mind and believe me he won't hold back. I would like to prepare your girls for what Walter might say. Basically give them the kid gloves version. I have one of my men bring them home later." He said.
Rita just nodded and turned towards her daughters and said "Girls, your father and I are going to leave you here. You must have more questions and Mr. Alistair has agreed to answer them. He said he have one of his men bring you home later."
The girls just nodded and agreed as their parents left. The second they left Alistair asked "Okay who wants to ask the first question?"
"I do." Lucy said as she then approached Jerry. "From what I heard you're the one who wrote those stories right?" She asked causing her sisters and Samson to groan.
"That's right." He said.
"Well I am a huge fan of your work and I was hoping I could get your autograph and ask you some questions as well." She said.
Jerry just smiled and said "Sure anything for a fan." He then turned to Samson and said "You here that Sammy I have a fan!" Samson just gave a groan while Jerry gave Lucy his autograph. After that was done Jerry then said "Now what questions do you want to ask me?"
"About the stories where you have Lincoln and Lynn as werewolves. Now you have Lincoln where he is more stronger and handsome but when it comes to Lynn you have her looking and sounding like a mangy dog why is that?" Lucy asked.
"Oh that's simple. You see when it comes to Lincoln I see him as a leader. Strong. Independent. Capable of anything. In other words I see him as a purebred but when it comes to Lynn I see her as a mutt." Jerry said causing the Loud sisters to snicker except for Lynn.
"What?! How am I a mutt?" Lynn asked.
"I've seen you catch a football with your mouth. Enough said." Jerry replied.
As Lynn and Jerry started bickering Alistair decided to give a loud whistle getting their attention. "Save your bickering for later you two. Right now we're here to answer questions." He said as he turned to Lucy. "Lucy I'm gonna have to insist you hold all questions you have about Jerry's stories for later okay?"
Lucy just nodded as Lana said to Jerry. "I have a question. How did you come up with that box that looks like a face?"
Samson just gave out a loud groan as Jerry said "Oh that's easy! It happened when I went on vacation about a year ago. It was a wonderful place out in Oregon."
"You mean the tourist trap you went to." Samson said.
"It wasn't a tourist trap! It was a shack of wonders!" Jerry cried out as he pulled out some pictures. "Anyway that's where I saw the attraction that gave me the idea for Box that looks like a face box. I give you Rock that looks like a face rock: the rock that looks like a face." Jerry then pulled out a picture showing it to the girls. "But this one is my favorite the Pre-teen Wolf Boy!" Jerry said as he pulled out another photo while saying. "Look at him! All that hair! His body's changing! I also made him dance by throwing money at him."
The girls just took a look at the photo to see it was a picture of a boy around twelve years old without a shirt on wearing pants with hair on them and fake wolf ears and teeth. Lucy couldn't help but blush while saying "Mustn't look it would be cheating on Edwin."
As for the rest of the girls they either blushed or gasped. Lisa however was just looking at it and said "It looks like someone glued dog hair to his body. I wouldn't be surprised if he got hookworm."
Jerry then put the photos up while saying "You know when I first saw the Wolf Boy I thought Lincoln would look good as a wolf boy."
"You're right. He would look so adorable in a wolf boy. I should totally make him one." Leni said.
"Yeah you should! Then you can take pictures of him in it and sell them to girls!" Jerry shouted.
The girls and Samson just looked at Jerry with shocked and confused looks. "And why would we do that?" Lisa asked.
"Duh because the girl who likes Lincoln the most would buy all of the photos to make sure no one else will have them. I mean wouldn't you want all the photos of a boy you liked if someone was selling pictures of them especially if their dressed up as a wolf boy?" Jerry replied.
The girls just thought to themselves and nodded. Lucy just thought of Rocky in a wolf boy costume and immediately passed out as her nose began bleeding. Lori was just thinking of Bobby dressed as a wolf boy and began babbling. It took Luna shaking her to snap her out of it. "Okay he's right. Leni first thing you do when we get home is get started on the wolf boy costume for Lincoln. Once that's done we'll get some pictures and find out which girl likes Lincoln the most. Then we'll work from there trying to get Lincoln and her together." She said.
MEANWHILE WITH LINCOLN AND WALTER
Lincoln had just managed to pass the first challenge of Nick's building and was wearing his new weights. He was getting ready to spar with Walter to help him adjust to them when all of a sudden he froze. Walter seeing this asked "What's up kid?"
"I don't know but for some reason I get the feeling my sisters are planning something for me and I'm not going to like it." He said.
"Hmph. That is strange considering the fact that I have the urge to smack Jerry behind the head a good one." Walter replied.
"Do you think they're connected?" Lincoln asked.
"I hope not. Now let's get back to sparring." Walter replied as he put up a stance and yelled "Now come at me!"
BACK AT THE LION DEN
Jerry hearing what Lori said asked "Excuse me but did you say I was right?"
"Uh yeah I did." Lori said.
All of a sudden Jerry pulled out a small remote and pressed a button. Suddenly balloons started coming down from the ceiling while a huge banner came down wall that said "JERRY WAS RIGHT!" with celebratory music playing in the background. Samson just groaned and got up from his chair and ripped the remote away from Jerry. "Really Jerry? Really? You had to put this stuff up? Does Walter even know you did this?" He asked while pressing the button on the remote turning the music off and then noticed another button on the remote that was labeled "Just in case." Seeing this he asked "What's this button?"
Jerry seeing that Samson was about to press it screamed out "NO DON'T PRESS IT!" But it was too late Samson had pressed it. All of a sudden the lights went down as a disco ball came down from the ceiling with disco music playing. Samson just looked at it and then gave Jerry an annoyed look while Jerry said "That button's just in case disco ever came back."
Alistair then got up from his seat and took the remote from Samson turning off the disco music and handed the remote back to Jerry, He then turned to the girls and said "I think that's enough questions for Jerry. Now any other questions?"
"Yeah I have a question." Lori said and then asked "What happened to Walter after he got back and found out Emily got married?"
Jerry, Nick, and Samson just gave out a loud groan while Alistair just sighed. "He was a mess." Samson said. "He started throwing himself into mission after mission not caring what happened to him. We knew he was hurting so we went to Alistair. Now we didn't know what happened and Alistair didn't tell us anything but he did agree to bench Walter until he deemed him ready for another mission. Then we found out what really and happened and Walter wasn't the only one who was ticked off. We get why Alistair kept it to himself because he wanted us to be in the dark in case the truth came out."
"Plus knowing Walter he would of went back and put himself back into that prison if he knew what Emily did. He would never allow her to put her happiness on the line just to save him." Alistair said.
"When the truth came out Walter was beyond mad. He wanted in on the mission but we had to make sure he was focused on completing it and not letting anything else cloud his judgment. He showed us exactly how determined he was." Nick said.
Lori just gave a smile satisfied by what she heard. Alistair then asked "Any more questions?"
"Yeah I have one." Lisa said and asked "Why are we really here?"
Alistair just gave a smirk. "Straight to the point like always Lisa." He replied as Lisa just nodded. "The real reason you're here is so I can prepare you for what Walter might say. Now that the truth is out Walter is bound to give you a piece of his mind and believe me he will rip into good." Jerry, Nick, and Samson just nodded in agreement. "He has seen the way you have treated Lincoln in the past and bottled it up but now he has no reason to hold his tongue anymore. Now I'm sure he has done some things that made you mad but you really haven't seen it from his side so I will be the one to tell you his side. If you think of a moment speak up but I'll start first. The girl guru incident. Now Lincoln was suppose to start a business for a school project and was going to make chocolate pies only for you to eat all the chocolate. He and Clyde needed a business for their project now you could of at least offered to help since you ate all the chocolate but you didn't. Lincoln manage to give a friend of his some good advice on a girl he liked and got the bright idea to give girl advice not knowing that all girls are different. In the end he got pelted with pies."
The girls looked down in shame as Jerry said "You girls have to understand we're guys. It's hard for us to understand certain things. I mean our way of fixing something if it's broke is hitting it with a stick. I mean take Walter for example. Whenever we go to a bar all the ladies start flirting with him and sending him drinks. He just thinks they're being nice and tells them he doesn't want them. One lady was actually smart enough to know he was too dense to see them flirting with him and asked him out but of course he turned her down and we all know why. What was her name again? She was Lincoln's sub and almost caused him to fail."
"Ms. DiMartino." Nick replied.
The girls just gasped. "Walter turned down Ms. D?" Luna asked.
"It shouldn't be that surprising after all someone else already had his heart." Lori said.
"Now what's another example?" Alistair asked.
"I got one sir." Nick said. "The Sister Fight Protocol."
The girls had no idea were this was going to go but they knew it would be bad. "Ah yes. That's a good one. Thank you Nick." Alistair said. "Now I know about the protocol and Lincoln knows about it now but that doesn't fix the fact that he didn't know about it in the first place plus who his mother is. She loved helping people with their problems it's only natural Lincoln inherited it. There's also the matter of what happened after you fixed your problems."
"What do you mean? Did something happen afterwards?" Lori asked.
"Yeah." Nick said. "Lincoln felt useless but he also started seeing himself a nuisance and bother to you girls so he got the bright idea to stay away from you from now on just to keep you happy and from fighting with each other."
"I remember that." Luna said. "He was acting strange. He would always avoid us and tell us he was busy with something whenever we wanted to spend time with him."
"Yeah. I remember us calling an emergency meeting but before we could go through with it Lincoln came home and was back to normal." Lori said.
"You can thank Walter for that." Nick replied. "He put on a disguise and approached Lincoln. I don't know what he said. He didn't tell us but it was enough to snap Lincoln out of it."
The girls couldn't believe what they just heard that Lincoln was upset that he couldn't help them and thought he was a bother to them and they didn't know it. Alistair the began to speak again "Now what else is there. I'm not going to mention the trophy incident since that was our fault since we couldn't have Lincoln win the Little Miss Cutie Pie Pageant or the bad luck incident since I believe it's been covered by you girls. I know the green house incident. Now I know Lincoln tricked you but you girls have to understand. Your house uses up a lot of power and that placed Lincoln in the red. Now all his class cared about was winning a contest and if Lincoln cost them because you use too much power then he would become an outcast. Now he did get you girls to do your part but he shouldn't have enter that contest have at your house. I could get why Clyde would be there but those other kids shouldn't have been there. It seems to me that they just tricked Lincoln and Clyde so they didn't have to do it at their house and waste their power. I mean who better to blame than the kid with ten sisters who use a lot of power but those are just my thoughts. Anyway to the main point after you busted Lincoln he took it upon himself to power up the whole house by riding a bicycle which was amazing seeing how the nanites are suppose to keep lower Lincoln's natural abilities yet he still manage to do it but the thing I want to talk to you about is what happened after his class won."
Lori hesitated but she knew she to ask. "What happened?"
"Well since Lincoln was stinky and smelly he was cleaning himself off with a moist towelette outside with the shades closed so the class couldn't see him something he learned from Leni but we had a feeling something was going to happen and it did. He passed out. All that pedaling he did caught up to him and it exhausted him. Luckily we had Nick disguised as a janitor there so he went up to Lincoln and gave him a shot to get him going."
Lori just looked at Nick and asked "What happened then?"
"I told him he had a dizzy spell and should go to the nurse but he just told me that he'll be okay. Personally I think he didn't want you finding out because he knew you would feel guilty. I swear that kid will punish himself just to make things right with you girls." Nick replied.
"If the first stage of the nanites were activated back then it wouldn't have happened but we were under orders not to do it until it was necessary." Alistair replied.
The girls just stood there shock at what they heard. Lincoln passed out because of all the peddling not to mention that those kids that were there were trying to set up Lincoln knowing he would be the one to blame if his class lost that contest. They also got why the nanites couldn't be activated. "We understand." Lori said.
Alistair just gave a small smile and said. "I pretty much covered what I wanted to but there's is one more I would like to cover. The time Lincoln had to be the tie breaker on where you would go on vacation. Now we all know Lincoln took advantage of you but to be honest Lincoln had every right." The girls just stood there in shock as Alistair said that. "You see Lincoln's opinion never counts when you want to go somewhere. If he even makes a choice it's immediately canceled out by a buzzing sound. He's a boy and you're girls so he's going to want to go places where boys go but it's always one against ten. It was never going to be fair for him but when he had to be the tie breaker it gave him the power to choose. Something he never had before. I mean if he had ten brothers then you wouldn't be hearing about this but we all know that how it is. Isn't that right Levi?" All of a sudden Lisa's eyes grew wide and she started getting nervous. "Oh I'm sorry I mean Lisa." Alistair seeing her get all nervous just smile and said "Didn't you honestly think I didn't know about that little incident. Granted I'm the only who knows about it. If Walter knew he would of ripped down that door and taken Lincoln a long time ago."
"Lisa what's he talking about?" Lori asked.
Jerry, Nick, and Samson had no idea what Alistair was talking about. "Sir what are you talking about?" Nick asked.
"Okay I'll tell you but you three are not allowed to tell Walter." They just nodded. "A while back Lincoln wished he had ten brothers Lisa over hearing this made a special watch that could go to different dimensions mostly to one where he has ten brothers. Now while she was doing this a boy version of her was doing the same thing with the girl version of Lincoln. Long story short both were a success but they both wanted to stay instead of go back. Unfortunately they then realize how good they had it back in their proper dimensions when things started getting bad for them but they only had a limited time to get back and it wasn't easy but they managed however because they did it at the same time there was a problem that caused them to switch bodies but Lisa and Levi the boy version of Lisa managed to fix it. You see they were both monitoring the situation and were planning to bring them back even when the time ran out but they didn't count on them doing it at the same time which messed things up but they managed to fix it and make it all look like a dream. Lisa being the little genius she is switched the watch out for Lori's because she knew Lincoln would destroy it. Levi did the same thing to Linka the girl version of Lincoln. As for how I know this that's need to know just be grateful I didn't have to get involved to fix your mess."
Lisa was shocked. She didn't know who Alistair was but she knew he was someone she shouldn't cross. Lucy knew there was something about him but right now Lincoln was her main concern. However for Lori all she cared about was Lincoln and making things right for him. She turned to Lisa and said "Lisa you're going to pay back the money I made Lincoln pay me for my watch as for that watch you're going to give it to Lincoln so he can destroy it like he should have."
Lisa just nodded and said "Very well Lori. After everything that has happened I think that would be for the best."
"Now back to the main point after you yelled at Lincoln for taking too long to decide he did the next best thing. He made sure you guys went to the camp ground and did his best to make it great for you guys." Alistair said.
"It was a good vacation." Lynn said.
"The only downside was Lincoln screaming about the hill people." Lola said.
"The hill people are real." Jerry replied.
Samson just glanced at Jerry and shouted "Jerry they weren't suppose to know about that!"
The girls just gasped at this while Alistair just sighed while he just nodded at Nick and Nick proceeded to get a folder. "Is this true?" Lisa asked.
"Yes it is." Alistair replied as Nick handed him the folder. He then opened it and showed it to the girls. Inside were pictures of deformed human like creatures. "The hill people were made by Grant as a way to track down Lincoln. They were originally people that Grant abducted and experimented on. As for who they were we don't know we're still trying to find out but we're having little success and as for a cure I don't think we're going to have any luck."
The girls just looked at the photos of the hill people and were shocked and disgusted at the man who did that to them. It also hit them how they just ignored Lincoln whenever he saw them. "So let me get this straight every time we went camping those things were nearby trying to take him. Why didn't they succeeded?" Lori asked.
"Walter." Samson replied. "Everytime you would go camping Walter would follow from a distance making sure he wasn't seen. He had a gut feeling that Lincoln would be in danger if he went camping and he was right. Whenever Lincoln went running at the sight of them Walter would take them out quickly and quietly. He also made sure that he left no evidence that he was even there."
The girls just stood there in shock at what they just heard. Lisa just sighed and asked "Do you think I could look over the lab results and findings you have on these things? I may be able to help with a cure."
Alistair just gave a small smile and said "That would be much appreciated Lisa. I'll make sure a copy is made for you."
"Wait a minute! You ripped into us about certain things but you didn't even bother with Luan for her April Fools Day craziness!" Lola shrieked.
Alistair just gave a sigh. "There's a reason for that. We know why she does it but it's really not our place to say." He said.
Luan started getting nervous as her eyes began to shift back and forth while Lori asked "What do you mean?"
"You see as an Elite. We see a certain number of things and often question what if we got there sooner or did things differently. It starts to take a toll on you that we have to come up with ways to cope with it. A coping mechanism." Alistair said as he looked at Luan. "That's why you go crazy on April Fools Day isn't it Luan? Everyone will just think you take the day way too far without really knowing the real reason why you do it. Am I right?"
The girls just looked at Luan who just started crying. "He's right."She said.
The girls just gasped as Lori said "Luan you don't strike me as a person who gets stressed out so easily so I want to know why. Why do you act that way on April Fools Day?"
"Because sometimes I doubt if I'm really funny. I mean everyday at school someone says I'm not funny or makes fun of me but I try not to let it get to me but I think the real reason is because of what I do on Sundays." Luan said.
"What do you mean?" Luna asked.
"You see every Sunday I go to the hospital to make the kids that are sick there laugh. I got the idea when Lincoln was sick and he told me that making him laugh made him feel better. I would go there and make the sick kids there laugh and cheer them up but I didn't think about the kids who wouldn't be getting out until they were gone. I mean sure I made them laugh and assumed they would get better but I didn't think they would die. When it happened it just hit me did I do something wrong maybe I should have made them laugh since it gave them false hope. Is it my fault they gone?" Luan just started crying as her sisters just hugged her calming her down.
"Luan it isn't your fault that they died. At most you gave them something to remember by making them laugh and that at least counts for something." Luna said.
"I know. Lincoln told me the same thing." Luan replied shocking the girls.
"Lincoln knew?" Luna asked.
"Yeah followed me the Sunday after the motel incident and confronted me. He actually saw me crying and just hugged me. He asked me what was upsetting me and I told him everything. He just told me it wasn't my fault and that I gave them one last happy memory at least. He also told me to talk to him if I ever needed to." Luan replied as she looked at Alistair. "How did you know it was a coping mechanism?" She asked.
"It comes with the territory plus you pretty much act like Walter whenever he was upset." Alistair replied confusing the girls and earning a groan from his men.
"What do you mean?" Lori asked.
"Walter would go on a rampage whenever the stress hit him too hard." Samson said. "He would wreck everything and always go all out during sparring sessions."
"He would wreck the gym and would come by my gym and break everything." Nick said.
"How did you calm him down?" Luan asked.
"Emily." Samson replied. "We called her the Lion Tamer. She would hug him and reassure him. She always knew how to handle him."
"What does do to cope now that Emily is gone?" Leni asked.
"He gets even with the people that mess with Lincoln." Jerry replied.
The girls just looked confused as Alistair explained. "You see Walter couldn't exactly come after you girls for some of the stuff you did to Lincoln because that would raise questions but that didn't stop him from going after other people."
"Who did he go after?" Lori asked.
"Well there was that jerk Tetherby who almost tried turning Lincoln into a jerk. He called the IRS on him." Jerry said.
"Then there was that brat Chandler." Nick said as Lori started grinding her teeth after hearing his name.
"What did Walter do?" Lori asked with an evil smile scaring her sisters in the process.
"After Lincoln decided to do the right thing and cover your work shift Walter made sure that Chandler's party never happened. I don't know what he did but he made sure that little brat had the worst party ever." Nick replied.
Then Jerry said "He also made me go down to your work place so I can mess with the plumbing so that sewage would come up that way Lincoln would have fun." Earning a disgusted look from the girls except for Lana who gave a look of amazement.
"Then there was a store manager." Samson said earning a confused look from the girls since they knew it was their fault. "Yeah responsible for getting the family kicked out but Walter knew how much your family needed to go to that store so he dug some stuff up on the manager. Apparently he was stealing some groceries and selling them to stores out of town. Walter found that out and threatened to report him if he didn't allow your family back in."
"I remember that." Lori said. "That guy came by our house and told Mom he made a mistake. That he went over the footage from that day and found out Lincoln was just shopping and trying to get us to stop acting up. That it was all a misunderstanding and only he should be allowed back in."
"Then there was Flip." Alistair said.
"Walter went after Flip? Why?" Lynn asked.
"Well you see Lincoln and Clyde interned for him and he almost broke up their friendship in the process but they figured it out and turned the tables against him." Alistair replied. "But Walter wanted to teach him a lesson he would never forget and hit him where it hurts. He posed as an agent from the health department and made Flip pay by making him update his store to fit the right regulations and we happen to know the one thing Flip hates the most is spending money. Flip had no choice either spend money or go to jail either way was a lose-lose for him."
"My favorite was when we abducted those two ugly teenagers on Halloween." Jerry said with a chuckle.
Samson just glared at him and said "Shut it Jerry! Alistair doesn't know about that!"
"If you're talking about the Halloween where you four abducted those two teenage jerks and took them out to the woods where you could reenact some old slasher movie then I already know all about it." Alistair replied. "Who do you think gave them a ride back to town?"
"You knew about that sir?" Nick asked.
"Yes and I just had to get in the act so after you four had your fun I offered them a ride back to town but I made them think I was a ferryman." Alistair replied with a smile.
"What's a ferryman? Some one who's half man and half fairy?" Leni asked.
"No Leni." Alistair replied.
"A ferryman is someone who brings souls to the land of the dead." Lucy said.
"Correct Lucy." Alistair said. "Yes I made them think that I was going to take them down there." Alistair then pointed down.
"The basement?" Leni asked.
"No Leni." Lori replied.
"You were going to bury them?" Leni asked.
"No Leni." Lori said in an annoyed tone.
"China?" Leni asked.
Lori just snapped and screamed out "NO LENI HE WAS GOING TO TAKE THEM TO HELL!"
Leni just gasped and said "Lori! Watch your language! Our younger sisters are here!"
Lori just facepalmed herself as Nick screamed out "Yes! I called Lori snapping at Leni for having a Leni moment so pay up!" Jerry and Samson just grumbled as they pulled out their wallets and handed Nick some money.
The girls seeing this couldn't help but stare. "Wait a minute. You guys placed a bet on us?" Lisa asked.
"Yeah." Jerry said. "Sometimes it gets really boring just watching you so we like to spice things up by placing bets. My favorite was the rainy day challenge where you girl were up against Lincoln on not doing your annoying habits. Oh that was a fun day. I remember Nick betted on Lynn, Samson on Lola, and I went with Luan. Walter just went with Lincoln because he knew Emily would smack him a good one in the afterlife if he betted against him however he betted on Lincoln to come in second. He just knew Lincoln would let his guard down in the end."
"So Walter won the bet?" Luan asked.
"No Alistair did. He betted on Lily and split the winnings with Walter." Jerry replied.
Alistair just gave a smirk and said "What can I say? Lily is one smart baby. Anyway back to the story. I made them think I was going to take them you know where but then I took them home say that midnight has passed and it's the next day. That I only take wicked souls on Halloween and I see them next year. I can assure you that you'll probably never see them again on Halloween. " Everyone just looked at Alistair amazed that he did that as he then turned to Nick and asked "Nick is the stuff that Emily asked for at the docks?"
The girls just looked confused at what he just said as Nick replied "Yes it is sir. It just needs to be loaded on the truck."
"We'll do it first thing in the morning." Alistair replied as he then noticed the girls who were confused by what he said. Seeing this he said "Oh you're probably confused by what I just said. You see Emily made an A.I. program for the facility just in case it was ever used to help. She put a piece of her conscious in it so in way it's like a copy of her but to be honest to Walter and me it's Emily."
Lisa just started squealing with joy. "I have to meet her! Please take me there!" She cried out in hopes to meet her idol.
The girls seeing this as a chance to see Lincoln started shouting saying that they wanted to go as well. Alistair just said "Sorry girls but no. I understand you want to see Lincoln but there is no way Walter's going to let you anywhere near him. Especially after what happened. Now I have the feeling you're gonna try to follow me tomorrow so Jerry." He then turned to Jerry. "You have my permission to set up some traps. Non lethal traps." Jerry just nodded. "Now I think it's time for you girls to go home." Alistair turned to Samson. "Samson could you please take them home."
"Yes sir." Samson said as he turned to the girls. "Come on girls. I'll take you home." The girls knew that they couldn't argue with Alistair so they just went with Samson.
BACK AT THE LOUD HOUSE
All the girls except Leni were in Lori's room for an emergency meeting. "Okay I called this emergency meeting to discuss the plan for following Mr. Alistair to Lincoln." Lori said.
Lana then raised her hand. "Where's Leni?" She asked.
"Leni is at the dog park trying to find a dog with fur that would match Lincoln for his wolf boy costume and it works to our advantage if Leni doesn't know what the plan is." Lori said as the girls just nodded in agreement. "Now Lisa and me have went over several ideas for a plan and came up with a good one so here it is."
TO BE CONTINUED