The girls had just exited the shop and were about to head home when they heard a voice coming from behind them. "Excuse me but are you girls related to Lincoln Loud?" The voice asked.
"Why yes we are." Lori said as she and the girls turned around to see a blond hair man with green who was wearing a brown business suit but what really got their attention was the army of thugs that were with him.
"Good then I'm going need you to come with me." He said with a look of hesitation. It was clear he didn't want to do this.
Suddenly a voice could be heard coming from across the street. "I thought I felt a familiar presence." It said. Everyone turn to see where it came from only to see it came from Alistair. "So nice to see you again Fitch." He said with a smile.
The man now edified as Fitch started panicking "No! No! No!" He screamed out as he then shouted at the men with him. "Everyone focus your guns on him!" His men did exactly that.
"I see you hired some local talent." Alistair said as he slowly approached them.
"I really didn't have a choice in the matter." Fitch replied. "It was either hiring them or working with Grant's men and I don't trust them enough to turn my back on them! Last thing I want is turning into one of those monstrosities!"
"It's clear that you don't want to do this Fitch so why don't you just give up." Alistair said as he took another step closer.
Fitch just started to panic more when he did that and screamed out "SURROUND HIM!"
As all the men began to surround Alistair he just looked at the girls. "Go inside and tell them it's a code red." He calmly said with a smile.
The girls rushed back into the shop when Nick saw them he asked "Why are you girls back?"
Lana began to explain in a panic "There were these guys outside and Alistair was there and he told us to tell you something."
"A cold red." Lisa said getting the attention of Jerry, Nick, and Samson.
They suddenly went to the window and saw what was going on outside. "It's Fitch." Samson said as he looked at Jerry and Nick. "Everyone get ready. Jerry make sure you have enough wires."
"I'm not an amateur." Jerry scoffed.
"Nick weights off." Samson said.
Nick began to take the weights on his wrists and ankles off dropping them on the floor making a huge hole. He then took his jacket off and dropped it on to the ground as well making the hole bigger. "Walter's going to kill me for making this hole." He said.
"I'm pretty sure he'll get over it when we capture Fitch." Samson said as he turned to the girls. "Girls I want you to stay in here until we say it's okay for you to come out." He said to them causing them to nod. With that done all three of them went outside.
Meanwhile Alistair was busy keeping Fitch and his hired help focused on him when he saw his men come out of the shop. "It's about time you joined us." He said.
Fitch just hesitantly turned around and saw Jerry, Nick, and Samson. He immediately started sweating. "CRAP!" He screamed out loudly. He didn't know what to do or what to order as he just put his hands to his head trying to think of something.
Alistair seeing this just looked at his men and said "Gentlemen here is your mission: Capture Fitch and knock out his help. No casualties. I'll pick up the ones you knock out. We'll hand them to the police when we're done."
"Permission to at least play with my opponents sir?" Nick asked.
"Permission granted." Alistair replied.
The men just nodded and were about to act when one of the thugs just laughed at Alistair and went over to him. "You expect us to believe you can take us all out." He said. "Who do you think you're kidding four eyes?"
Alistair just gave a sly smirk and quickly punch the thug so hard in the gut that he immediately passed out. "BEGIN!" Alistair shouted as he then quickly jumped into the air taking the thug he knocked out with him.
Nick quickly ran into the street playing the thugs by tapping them on the shoulder and disappearing causing them to panic. While a couple of the thugs focused their guns on Jerry and Samson. Samson seeing a SUV in front them ran to it. "Get back Jerry I'm going to flip it!" He shouted as he grabbed the bottom of the SUV and flipped it to it's side so they use it as a shield.
As they ran behind it Jerry noticed a discarded pop can. "Why can't people recycle?" He asked but then came up with an idea. He turned to Samson and asked "Hey Sammy how good are you at throwing things?"
"I'm good at it." Samson replied and then asked "Why are you asking?"
"Good then you can throw this." Jerry said as he handed Samson the pop can.
"Why do you want me to throw this?" Samson asked clearly annoyed. Jerry then whispered his plan in Samson's ear. "Yeah I don't know if it would work." He said.
"Just do it!" Jerry screamed.
Samson just rolled his eyes and stuck his head out. "HEY FITCH!" He screamed out getting Fitch's attention. "TRY DODGING THIS!" Samson then threw the pop can at him which barely missed him but it left a huge crater in it's place. While Samson was doing this Jerry was signaling Nick who got Jerry's plan and nodded. Nick quickly knocked out two thugs who were near Fitch causing him to panic as Alistair jumped down and picked the two thugs up only to quickly jump off again. After that was done Samson began to groan "I wish go out there." He said.
"What's stopping you Sammy?" Jerry asked.
"In case you forgot I'm mostly good at close combat." Samson replied.
Jerry just asked "Are you a good shot?"
"Of course I am! But in case you haven't noticed I'm not armed!" Samson shouted.
"Leave that to me." Jerry said as he quickly jumped up and landed in front of two thugs getting their attention. "Hey there Dumb and Dumber." He said getting them angry that they pointed their guns at him. Jerry quickly moved his hands and pulled them back causing the gun to fly out of their hands while shouting "Hey Sammy catch!"
Samson hearing Jerry quickly caught the two guns. "Now this more like it." He said as he began shooting at the thugs making sure to only hit them in the arms so they couldn't use their guns.
Jerry then turned to the two thugs whose guns he stole and said "And now here's the kicker!" Quickly moving his hands he had his wires make it were they collided into each other knocking themselves out in the process. Alistair quickly picked them up.
BACK IN THE LION'S DEN
The girls were watching the fight through the window. "I wish there was something we could do to help them." Lynn said.
"Maybe there is." Lisa said as she made her way to Jerry's desk to get something. "Lori help me get this to the display window." She said.
Lori went over to Lisa to see what she was talking about. "You're kidding right?" Lori asked.
"Just trust me on this!" Lisa yelled. Lori just shrugged her shoulders and helped Lisa lift what she wanted to the display window.
After it was in the window Lori asked "Are you sure this will work?"
"It worked on four of us so I don't see it not working on them." Lisa replied.
BACK OUTSIDE
Two thugs by the name of Peter and Troy were busy trying to avoid getting hit by Jerry, Nick, and Samson when Peter noticed something. "Hey take a look at that Troy." He said pointing to the display window of the Lion's Den.
Troy looked at the display window "What is it?" He asked.
"It looks like a face." Peter said.
"No it's a box." Troy said.
"But it looks like a face so it has to be a face!" Peter shouted
"But it's a box!" Troy yelled.
Just then a voice came from behind them. "Actually it's a box that looks like a face. Jerry, one of my men happened to make it." Peter and Troy turned around to see Alistair standing behind them who then smashed their heads together knocking them out. Before he jumped off with them he looked at the window. "Thank you girls." He said.
Meanwhile one thug was trying to get a good shot at Jerry when a white long haired cat started rubbing it's body against his legs. The thug looked down and said "What the?! Get out of here you stupid cat!"
Just then the cat gave out a hiss and jumped at his face scratching him up. Jerry then gave a whistle causing the cat to jump of the thug's face and into Jerry's arms. Jerry then put the cat down and said "Thank you Snowball." He then pulled his hands back causing the thug's legs to stick together and fall down. Alistair then jumped down punched the guy straight in the face knocking him out. Samson seeing what happened just looked at Jerry who said "So I taught Snowball a few tricks." Samson just rolled his eyes.
Fitch was getting nervous he saw almost all of the men he hire getting picked off one by one. He knew he had to get out of there. Desperate he tried running off only to be cut off by Nick. "Going somewhere Fitch?" He asked
Jerry seeing this shouted "Looks like the guest of honor is trying to leave early! Sammy go ahead and block off his path! We'll save him for last."
Samson then began to push the SUV he flipped into the street blocking the way Fitch tried running. However Fitch heard they were saving him for last so he quickly made his way to his car while they were taking out the last of his hired help and got in. He immediately started it and began to take off only for a lamp post to fall directly on to the front of his car stopping him in his tracks. He could see the three men approach him. "No! No! No!" He screamed out.
"I see you fell for my trap." Jerry said.
"You mean this was a trap?" Fitch asked.
"Yep! I set it up when I had Sammy threw that pop can at you." Jerry replied while Fitch gave a stunned look. "I knew you would try to get away so I had Nick and Sammy cut you off so you would get in your car and drive off only for the lamp post I attached my wire to fall straight on to the front of your car stopping you. You do know my wires can also cut through stuff right?"
"I do now." Fitch groaned out and he looked at them. "And now it's around the time you knock me out right?" He asked only for Jerry to nod. "Please be gentle." He mumbled out.
Jerry then punched Fitch in the face knocking him out. "Sorry but that's one thing I can't promise." He said.
Nick looked around to see if the area was clear. "Well that's all of them." He said.
Samson then yelled out "It's clear girls! You can come out now!"
The girls then came out of the shop only to be stopped by a voice. "You girls aren't going anywhere!" The girls looked to see a man standing near them with a gun pointed at them.
"You missed one Nick." Jerry said.
"I can see that Jerry." Nick replied.
"I already have two strikes I'm not going to go down with this as my third!" The man shouted. "These girls are my hostages until I'm long gone!" Before he could take a step towards them a grey blur came out of no where and lunged at the man's arm causing the gun to go off.
The girls were all huddled together hugging with their eyes closed when it happen a few seconds later they opened them only to see Alistair standing in front of them. "Are you girls okay?" He asked. They just nodded as he raised his hand out and opened it causing a bullet to fall on the ground.
The girls then looked at the man who held the on them only to see a wolf biting his arm. "I told you I saw a wolf!" Lana cried out causing her sisters to finally believe her.
Alistair then looked at the man and said "Drop it."
The man just screamed out "He's not listening to you!"
"No I'm talking to you drop the gun." Alistair said.
The man complied and dropped it. "He's not letting go!"
Alistair just gave a sigh and said. "Wulf that enough! Release him besides you don't know where's he's been. He could of been rolling in the trash for all you know." Wulf then released the man who just dropped to the ground crying in pain. He approached Alistair and the girls. The girls just looked at the grey wolf whose mouth was covered in blood. Alistair seeing this just said "Go clean up Wulf. We can't have you scaring the girls now." Wulf just ran into the store as the girls watch. Alistair then approached the man Wulf attacked and knocked him out.
Jerry, Nick, and Samson approached Alistair with Fitch being carried by Samson as he picked up the man. "What now sir?" Nick asked
"Take Fitch into the interrogation room. Keep him knocked out until we're ready to talk to him. Then Samson I want you to come out here and wait for the cops to show up so they can collect this garbage." Alistair said as he dragged the man to an alley and tossed him in a dumpster with the rest of the thugs. Alistair then turned to the girls. "Girls go home." He said.
"Who was that guy?" Lori asked.
"That's David Fitch. Grant's pet gofer. He's been working for Grant for along time and may know where he is. Hopefully we can finally get some answers out of him." Alistair replied as he then said. "But you need to go home first."
The girls just stood their ground."No! If he knows where this Grant guy is then we're going to stay! Whether you like it or not we're in this now so we have a right to know!" Lynn screamed out.
Alistair just gave a small smirk. "Fine I know a battle I can't win when I see one." He said as he walked in to the store with the girls following him.
As soon they got inside Lisa pulled Alistair aside. "I forgot to tell you earlier but I went over the data you gave me on those things Grant made and I'm sorry to say but I don't think it's possible for a cure. Whatever Grant did to them it's irreversible." She said.
Alistair gave a sigh. "Emily said that exact same thing." He replied.
Lisa's eyes grew wide. "You asked Dr. Granger for help? Then why did you allow me to help if she said there was no cure?" She asked.
"Because I was hoping you would find something she couldn't. Emily may be smart Lisa but you're smart too and I believe you can surpass her someday." He replied causing her to give a small smile. As they rejoined the others Wulf came into the room. The girls just looked at him and didn't know what to think. "Don't be afraid of Wulf girls. He's one of us." Alistair said.
"Where did he come from?" Lana asked.
"During a mission I stumbled across some hunters who had just killed Wulf's mother and were planning to sell him because he was a rare type of wolf. I apprehended them and gave them to the local authorities. I then buried Wulf's mother and Wulf decided to follow me. I told him if he was going to follow me then I was going to train him and he just agreed." Alistair replied.
Lily who was on the ground began crawling towards Wulf saying "Woof woof." The girls began to panic until they saw him licking her and she was just giggling.
"Well it looks like Wulf has taken a liking to Lily." Alistair replied.
"Lana has been saying that she has been a wolf and at first we thought she was just crying wolf literally." Lori said. "But it's obvious now he was watching us. Why?"
"To keep you girls safe if something were to happen to you." Nick said as he walked into the room. "You were causing a lot of trouble for us and Alistair obviously thought you might get way in over your heads so he was watching you just to keep you safe." Nick then walked over to Alistair. "Fitch is in the interrogation room. We gave him a knock out shot. Here's the shot to wake him up." He said as he handed Alistair a syringe.
Samson then walked in. "Cops are gone. I told them to take those men and book them." He said.
"Well then let's go wake Fitch up." Alistair said as he prepared to walk into the interrogation room only to be stopped by Lisa.
"I have to ask this did you check him for any kind of microchips?" She asked. The men just looked at her confused by what she meant. "It's just that it's so clear that Fitch is afraid of Grant but more afraid of being caught. There might be a chance Grant put something in him to shut him up."
"It's possible but we don't have anything to check for something like that." Alistair replied.
"Luckily for you I do." Lisa said as she then pulled out a small scanner. "This invention is a chip detector that allows you to scan some on for a chip and if they do have one it will tell what the chip does."
Alistair gave a small smile. "Lisa come with me. "We're going to see if he has a chip in him." He said as Lisa followed him into the interrogation room.
Inside Fitch was currently passed out in a chair. Lisa approached him with her scanner and turned it on. After a few seconds the scanner started making noise. "I found something." She said.
"A chip?" Alistair asked.
"Yeah it's located in his head. If he starts talking about his boss it would activate and explode it will also inform his boss of his death as well." She said.
"I take it there's no way to get it out then." Alistair replied.
"I didn't say that. I forgot to mention this scanner can remove chips with out having to cut someone open." Lisa said as she was about to remove it only for Alistair to stop her.
"Wait Lisa if you remove there might be an explosion so just wait." Alistair said as he then shouted out into the hall. "Nick bring me an explosive containment unit now!"
Nick then came in with a metal box and opened it. "Here you go sir." He said.
Alistair then turned to Lisa and said "Okay Lisa when I say go you remove the chip and quickly toss it into the box and get back. Okay?" Lisa just nodded. "Go!" Alistair cried out as Lisa removed the chip with her scanner tossing both into the box as Alistair closed it. Lisa backed away as a loud bang came from the box. Alistair then looked at Lisa. "Are you okay?" He asked.
"Yes I am." She said.
"I'm sorry that your scanner got destroyed." He said.
"Oh it's no big deal." She said as she pulled out another scanner. "I took the liberty of making spares just in case. Here you can keep this one." Lisa then handed him the scanner.
"Thank you Lisa. This would certainly help in the future." Alistair said as he took it. "I wish there was something I could do for you."
"How about you pay me for my services." She said.
Alistair just gave a smile. "How about we pay off your library fines instead." He said as he turned to Nick while she gave an annoyed look. "How much is her library fine Nick?"
"Around $75,000 sir." Nick replied.
"Go ahead and pay them off." Alistair said. He then turned to Lisa and said "Now go join your sisters in the observation room so you can watch me interrogate him." Lisa just walked off grumbling while Alistair injected Fitch with a shot waking him up. "Hello Fitch." Alistair said as Fitch opened his eyes. Fitch's eyes just grew wide and he began to panic only for Alistair to say. "Before you say you're not talking it's only right to inform you that we took the chip out of your head. It exploded off course but we contained it. In other words Grant thinks your dead so you're safe."
Fitch took a minute to digest what he just heard. "I don't care if he now thinks I'm dead. I'm not talking." He said.
"Fitch please cooperate." Alistair pleaded.
"As much as I want to help I won't because I prefer to live! You seen those things he's been making! I don't want to become one of them!" Fitch yelled.
"Look I know you want Grant gone as much as we do but we need your help in order to make it happen." Alistair responded. "We know it was you that turned off the security cameras twelve years ago when we rescued Emily."
"Yeah, I liked her. She actually treated me as a person than a slave like Grant did. I wished I never met Fitch. I thought I would be doing good for the world and instead I'm working for a mad man. So when you guys came to rescue her I turned off the cameras hoping you would get rid of him once and for all. But you didn't!"
"We didn't count on Grant having an escape tunnel. Please help us find him. If you want to be relocated we can help with that."
"I know you can help with that but you can forget it! I don't know where he is and if I did I still wouldn't tell you as I know he'll somehow find me and kill me!"
"At least tell us what he is working on."
"Forget it! I know what he's up to but I'm not telling and there's no amount of torture you can do to make me talk. Believe me when I say this Grant scares the crap out of me after what I seen him do and nothing you can do can persuade me to talk." Fitch said.
Alistair just gave a sigh. "Okay then Fitch. We'll be back in a little bit." He said as he left the room. He then went into the observation room. "It doesn't look like he'll be talking." He said to his men as the girls watched.
"Do you think we should go to extreme measures?" Nick asked.
"No. Even if we did he made it clear he wouldn't talk. He's too afraid of Grant to say anything. There is no way we can get any information out of him." Alistair answered.
"So basically he's more afraid of Grant than us. Too bad we can't change that." Samson said.
"Maybe I can change his mind." Lola said with a sinister smile that made Jerry yelp.
Alistair then took one look at Lola looking in her eyes and then at her sisters. "Can Lola get him to talk?" He asked only for the girls to nod and agree that she's the best. Alistair then turned to Lola and said. "You're up Lola if you can get him to talk we'll be getting close to ending this mess so Lincoln can finally come home."
"Oh believe me he'll talk." She said in a sinister tone as she left the observation room and went into the interrogation room.
Fitch was just sitting in his chair when a little girl in a pink pageant gown wearing a tiara walked in. "This is Alistair's plan send in a little girl to interrogate me. He must really be desperate." Fitch said cracking a small laugh. He then said "Beat it princess! I'm not talking."
"Oh you're gonna talk." The little girl said as she gave an evil grin which scared Fitch. "But first I should introduce myself. I'm Lola Loud. Now you're gonna tell me everything you know."
Fitch was little bit scared of her but he was more scared of Grant. He was determined to keep his mouth shut. "I'm not telling you nothing and you can't make me!" He shouted.
"Oh really?" Lola asked as she tilted her and gave a demented smile.
The way Lola tilted her head and gave that smile did scare Fitch but he was determine to keep his mouth shut. "I'm not talking and there is nothing you can do that can make me talk!" He yelled.
Lola's face then turned red and she jumped on top of the table and grabbed Fitch by his shirt. She then screamed out "OH YOU'RE GONNA TELL ME OTHERWISE I'M GONNA-"
In the observation room Lola's interrogation was immediately blocked off by the sound of a machine. Everyone turned around to see Jerry with a blender. Samson just got annoyed and yelled "Really Jerry?! Really?! You had to bring a blender into the observation room during an interrogation?!"
"Well I wanted a smoothie." Jerry replied as he then looked at everyone while he saw Lola screaming at Fitch and throttling him. Jerry then asked "Why does anyone else want a smoothie?"
"I'll take one." Leni replied.
"You got it Leni." Jerry said.
Alistair just gave out a sigh and said "Jerry turn off the blender."
""Ok Alistair, I'm done anyway." Jerry said as he then turned off the blender and got two glasses out. One for him and one for Leni. Jerry then pulled out a book and gave it to Leni. "Oh yeah Leni! I forgot to give this to you earlier. It's a book all about dogs. I thought you could find the perfect shade of fur for Lincoln's wolf boy costume and don't worry about reading it because it has lots of pictures."
"Thank you Jerry!" Leni said as she took the book.
Meanwhile with the sound of the blender turned off. Everyone could hear Fitch screaming out "I'LL TALK! I'LL TALK! PLEASE GET THIS GIRL AWAY FROM ME!"
The men were just stunned while the girls gave a smirk. They didn't know how Lola did it but she proved that she was more frightening than Grant. "Nick." Alistair said. "Please make a note of hiring Lola if we ever have a tough interrogation. We'll even pay for her services." Lisa just gave an annoyed look when she heard that.
"Yes sir." Nick said as he then wrote it down.
Alistair then left the observation room and went into the interrogation room. "Thank you Lola. I got it from here." He said as he entered the room. Lola just left and went back to the observation room. Alistair then turned his attention on Fitch. "Okay Fitch start talking. What has Grant been up to?" He asked.
Fitch just gave a sigh. "He's been trying to recreate the formula Emily helped him made but he's going with a different approach." Fitch said.
"How different?" Alistair asked.
"He's been experimenting with animal DNA. He's taking certain traits like thick skin, strength, speed, and other animal like trait and combining them. He's trying to create the perfect formula which would turn him into what he thinks is a god but in my opinion he's just a bigger monstrosity now that he succeeded." Fitch replied.
Alistair's eyes just grew wide. "He succeeded with his own formula?" He asked.
"Yes but he's still wants Emily's formula. He knows that her formula was the best there is and he wants to combine them."
"Meaning he wants Lincoln."
"Yes. He told me to retrieve him so he can become the god he deserves to be."
"What about the test subjects he experimented on? How did he get them?"
"They're mostly homeless people. Sometimes he would set up a free clinic and take who ever walks in. He doesn't care how old they are or if they just children and women. He just takes them and experiments on them. They just stepping stones for him."
"What exactly does his formula do?"
"I don't know but I do know that he made where he has complete control and awareness. He can activate it's traits at anytime he wishes."
"So he already took it."
"Yes."
Alistair just thought for a moment and asked. "How do you contact him?"
"I don't he contacts me. I haven't been in the same room as him for a long time and I don't want to start anytime soon. That's everything I know."
Alistair just sighed. "Okay Fitch. I'll be back in a little bit to discuss relocating you." He said as he then left the room. He went into the hall to think and was joined by the others.
"So what now?" Samson asked.
"I don't know. I wish we had some more information." Alistair replied.
As the men were discussing what to do next Leni was currently annoying her sisters with which shade of dog fur would match Lincoln. Lola having enough said to her. "Leni why don't you ask the man in that room for his opinion?"
"That's a good idea Lola. I could use a man's opinion anyway." She said as she went into the interrogation room.
The rest of the sisters just looked at Lola. Seeing this she said "What? She was annoying us! Besides it would be a lot better for her to annoy him instead of us."
"It sounds like you just want to torture him some more." Lucy said as Lola gave an evil grin.
A few minutes later while everyone was talking Fitch's voice could be heard screaming out "I'LL TALK! I'LL TALK! PLEASE STOP THIS TORTURE!" Wondering what was going on everyone rushed into the interrogation room to see Leni talking to Fitch about which right shade of fur would be perfect for Lincoln. Fitch seeing them cried out "I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FOUND OUT I WAS HOLDING OUT ON YOU BUT I'LL TALK! PLEASE MAKE HER STOP!" They then pulled Leni out and shut the door.
"Nick make another note of hiring Leni just in case we come across another tough interrogation." Alistair said.
"Yes sir and should I add that we will pay for her services?" Nick asked.
"Yes." Alistair replied.
Lisa getting annoyed at the fact that they are willing to pay for Lola and Leni's services but for her they just pay off her library fines asked "Okay! What's the deal?! You'll pay Lola and Leni but not me?! Why?!"
"Because we know what you will do with the money." Alistair said with a smirk. "Do I have to remind you of the giant robotic spider that came out of your house?"
Lisa was shocked and stunned that he would use that against her. She understood where he was going and that spider was destroyed but she had no idea how until Jerry said "Oh yeah I remember that! Walter just took that thing apart with his bare hands smashing it to pieces! It's too bad Sammy didn't get to smash."
"Why must you always make that reference?" Samson asked.
"Because it's fun." Jerry replied.
As Jerry and Samson continued their banter Lisa just said "I see your point."
Having heard enough of their bickering Alistair gave a whistle. "Okay everybody into the observation room while I go talk to Fitch again." He said they did what he said and he went into the interrogation room again. "Okay Fitch. Tell me everything you know now and don't you dare hold back anything otherwise I'll let that girl come back in and you can listen to her. "
Fitch knew he was in a bind but knew listening to Leni go on about which color of dog fur goes with her brother's skin tone and hair was a fate worse than death. "Okay for starters when Grant was getting stuff built back up again he needed a firewall made and I happened to help design it." Fitch said.
"You helped design the firewall in his computer?" Alistair asked.
"Yes, I happen to have a degree in technology and I'm also a computer expert. When I agreed to work for him it wasn't to be his gofer so when I found out he was alive and he ordered me to help him I created a backdoor in the firewall. It allows me to access certain data including bank account numbers and experiment logs. I also put in a dead man switch if something were to happen to me. If I didn't put a certain password in every twenty four hours then data I've been collecting will go to every media outlet and law agency."
"Why would you make something like this? You could of let us try to help you."
"Because after I was done he put the damn chip in my head! As for why I made it I wanted to at least try to make some things right. I never wanted to work for that mad man." Fitch explained as he started breaking down.
"Can you get us into the firewall backdoor and give us the information from the dead man switch?" Alistair asked.
"That I can do but I must warn you even with the backdoor you can't go into deep otherwise it would warn Grant." Fitch replied.
"You leave that problem to us." Alistair replied as he looked at the mirror in the room. "Somebody bring me a laptop." He said. A few minutes later Nick brought in a laptop and set it on the table. "Okay get us through the backdoor and then get us the information from your dead man switch."
"Okay but it's going to take a while." Fitch said as he began typing. He then asked "I know this isn't the right time to ask but I have to know is Walter Lincoln's father?"
"Yes he is." Alistair replied.
Fitch just gave a chuckle. "I had a feeling that he was. The thought of Grant thinking Lincoln is his son but when he really isn't gives me so much satisfaction." He said.
After Fitch was done Alistair just looked at him. "Is this everything?" He asked. "Because if it isn't I can get those two girls back in here along with the rest of their sisters."
Fitch's eyes just grew wide. "It is!" He cried out.
"Okay then. I'll start getting your relocation in order." Alistair said as he then left the room.
MEANWHILE WITH LINCOLN AND WALTER
Lincoln and Walter were currently taking a break from sparring and were just talking. "So what are you going to do once you're done with Grant?" Lincoln asked.
"I'm thinking of leaving the Elites." Walter replied.
"You're just going to leave? Is it okay for you to do that and what about you're team?" Lincoln asked.
"Yeah it's fine. Alistair hand picked us and that proves he trusts us. He would allow us to leave if we wanted. As for my team they will either stay or leave."
"What are you going to do when you leave?"
"I'm thinking of staying in Royal Woods and running my shop. I sort of grown fond of running it." Walter replied as he just sighed. "Lincoln why don't you ask me what you want to ask me."
"What are you going to do now that you know I'm your son?" Lincoln asked.
"Too be honest I don't know but one thing's for sure I'm not planning to take you from your family. I do want to be in your life but only when you need me if that's okay." Walter replied.
"It is. To be honest I would like to get to know you as well." Lincoln responded.
"Well I'll tell you what if you ever need to talk my door is always open is that okay."
"I think I'll take you up on that offer." Lincoln said with a smile.
Just then Emily appeared. "Walter there's an intruder on the property." She said.
Walter got straight up and looked at her. "Who is it?" He asked.
"I don't know but there's something off about him." She said.
Walter immediately grabbed his gun and knife he then turned to Lincoln and said. "Lincoln I want you to stay here. Do not leave. Got that?"
"But Walter what if you are in-" Lincoln tried saying only to be interrupted by Walter.
"Got it?!" He yelled.
Lincoln just conceded and said "Yes I got it."
"Good." Walter said as he left. When he got outside he saw a man standing in front of the building. He could see something was not right from the way his body was just standing not to mention the clothes he was wearing. It looked like they had survive a fire. Approaching him slowly Walter started talking "Hey buddy this is private property you need to leave."
The man just looked at him. "I don't know why I'm here." He said getting a confused look from Walter. "I remember going to a clinic because I wasn't feeling well. The doctor said that he had something to help me. The next thing I know I wake up in some building and voice started telling me to follow it. The voice told me to stop here. I don't know what happened to me but most off all I don't know what this is!" The man then opened his shirt to show some kind of orb like device attached to his chest.
Walter's eyes just grew wide. "Okay sir I need you to listen to me." He said as he cautiously approached him.
Suddenly the man dropped to his knees and started screaming as he held his hands to his head. The orb like device started glowing and turned red. The moment it turned red the man stopped screaming and got up. His eyes were pitch black. He just looked at Walter and said in a distorted voice "Hello Walter."
Walter immediately knew whose voice that belonged to. "Grant." He said while getting ready to reach for his gun.
As soon as Walter pulled out his gun a tentacle popped out of the man's back and knocked it out of his hand. "No guns allowed Walter. This one isn't bullet proof." Grant said.
"I take it that thing on his chest is how you're controlling him." Walter said as he planned his next move.
"Yes this device makes it easy for me to control him without it he would just be another rabid animal." Grant replied.
"Like you." Walter retorted.
"Enough with the chit chat. Let's get to why I'm here."
"Forget it Grant! You're not getting him."
"I will become a god Walter and I won't allow you to stop me! Now give me the boy!"
"How about you make me you messiah complex imbecile who thinks everything will go your way but you're really a moron for expecting that." Walter said knowing it would get a rise out of Grant.
Like Walter predicted Grant started screaming in rage. "I AM NOT A MORON! I AM A GENIUS!" The puppet Grant was using then charged at Walter however Walter was expecting this and simply pulled out a knife stabbing the orb like device canceling out the control Grant had on the man.
"Idiot." Walter said as he pulled his knife out of the man and began to walk away only to hear a growl. Walter turned around to see the man back up but his eyes were like a wild animal. "Crud." Walter said realizing that taking out the device didn't take out the creature as well. With his knife in hand Walter stood his ground as the creature launched a tentacle at him. Walter slashed it off with his knife only to see two more grow in it's place. He knew the only way to stop it was to strike it at it's heart or cut off his head. Before Walter could strike the creature lunged at him knocking him to the ground and the knife out of his hands. The creature had him pinned to the ground and was doing it's best at trying to rip him apart when a gunshot went off. Walter looked to see the creature was bleeding but it was still alive and looking for who shot him. Then they both saw who it was Lincoln. The creature made a lunge at him only for Lincoln to shoot again this time hitting it in the heart.
Walter got up and went to Lincoln slowly taking the gun out of his hands. He then went up to the creature to see it was dying but what surprised him was what it said. "Thank you."
Walter just shook his head and turned to Lincoln who was just standing there in shock of the fact that he killed someone. "I can't believe I actually killed someone." He said as he looked at his hands. "I'm nothing but a monster. A murderer."
Walter just kneeled down and looked at him. "Lincoln you did what you had to plus you saved my life not to mention his." Walter said as he pointed at the man that was used by Grant. "He wasn't human anymore. You saw that. I even heard his last words. They were thank you. Lincoln you're a good kid nothing will ever change that. Let's go back inside to talk about it." Lincoln just nodded as Walter then got back up. They were about to head back inside until they heard a cell phone ring. Walter turned to hear it was coming from the man's pants. He searched the man and pulled out the cellphone and answered it. "Hello." He said.
"Hello Walter." The voice on the phone said.
"Grant." Walter said.
"It seems you took out my little pet but no matters. You will deliver my son to me seven days from now or else."
"Or else what?" Walter asked.
"Or else Royal Woods will become a new breeding ground for my pets." Grant replied. "I will call you on this phone to tell you where to bring him on the seventh day. You are to come alone with him. You will bring no backup of any kind. If I think you have backup then Royal Woods is dead. Am I clear?"
"Crystal." Walter hissed out. "But how do I know you'll keep your word?"
"You don't." Grant said as he then hung up.
Walter turned to Lincoln and said "We need to go inside and call Alistair now." With that said both of them headed back inside.
As soon as they entered Emily appeared. "I saw what happened." She said.
"Then you know we need to get a hold of Alistair now." Walter said as he went to get his phone and call Alistair.
As the phone rang a couple time Alistair answered. "Walter I was just about to call you. We caught Fitch and he gave us some useful information." He said.
Before he could say anymore Walter cut him off. "Alistair we got a huge problem Grant found us." He said.
"Explain." Alistair said as Walter told him about what happened with the creature to Lincoln's first kill and the dead line Grant gave him along with the threat for Royal Woods. Alistair just gave a sigh and asked "Am I on speaker mode?"
Yes you are." Walter replied.
"Good." Alistair said as he then asked "Emily is it ready?"
"Yes it is Alistair. I just got to transfer the program and I'll be ready to go." Emily said leaving Walter confused.
"Good then do that." Alistair said.
"What's going on?" Walter asked.
"Remember the stuff Emily asked me to bring?"
"Yeah."
"Well she wanted it so she could make a custom hi tech cell phone that she could transfer her program to. That way she could come with us. Lisa was a big help in building it. It has an eternal battery and hologram mode."
"Okay Alistair what should we do?" Walter asked not wanting to hear the entire detail of the phone.
"Pack up and come home. I'll send a clean up crew for the creature's body. I'm going to need yours and Emily's help. We also need to get Lincoln ready. Speaking of which how is he doing?"
"He still a little upset."
"Well we'll deal with it when you get back. Now start packing." Alistair then hung up.
"So what do we do now?" Lincoln asked.
"We start packing." Walter replied as he turned to face Lincoln. "We're going back to Royal Woods."
TO BE CONTINUED