Ah, its finally up, while it wasn't as hard as the last chapter it definetly took its time. Anyway I hope you guys enjoy it, theres plenty of what I know you guys love. Foreshadowing and humor. Enjoy :D.
Wendy looked behind her where the source of the voice originated. What she saw…made her cringe a little bit. Behind her was a rather dirty looking man wearing a plain white t-shirt with dirt and holes all over it and blue jeans in a similar condition, he also lacked shoes. His face was also very dirty having a very scruffy beard and uneven hair with splotches. His face had a light tint of pink and he had a brown glass bottle in his left hand. His appearance made Wendy shiver a little.
"Well…howdy there little lady." The man greeted with a rough voice followed by a hic up. "What's a little girl like you doing here at this time?"
"Um." Wendy started saying becoming a little uncomfortable with the man in front of her. "Just…going home from a friend's house." She said backing up a bit.
"Ah, a friend huh?" The man responded staggering toward Wendy in a dizzy motion causing the white haired girl to become even more uncomfortable. "I bet he's a pretty nice guy. I'm also a pretty nice guy if you get to know me."
Wendy gulped a little as the man walked closer to her. "I'm…sure you are sire, but I really need to get home now." Wendy stated as she turned around and started walking away. However she flinched and stop as she felt what was surely the man grabbing her shoulder.
"Don't go now." The man said with another hic up. "You haven't gotten to know me yet, how will you know I'm a nice person."
Wendy simply smiled nervously at the man feeling very uncomfortable with the situation she was in. "I'm sure you are, but my mom wanted me to get home before it gets dark and the sun's gonna set soon."
The man simply chuckled and tighten his grip on Wendy's shoulder. "I'm sure she won't mind if she knows you're with a nice guy, right?"
"W-well." The Japanese girl stuttered. "M-maybe but…"
"See, then there's no problem." The man interrupted as she started to pull Wendy. "Come on, I wanna show you something fun."
"What do you-"
"GET AWAY FROM HER!"
Wendy and the man looked toward the source of the voice and were both surprised. The man reacted in fear and Wendy reacted in surprise. Charging towards them was a small alien about the size of Lincoln with a white silicon suit with an mp3-like appendage on his back.
"CHAIN. OF. SOUND!" Echo Echo reared his hands back almost as if he was about to throw something. Suddenly as his hands reared back all the way a clone of Echo Echo appeared holding onto the originals hands. Right after that more clones appeared hanging onto each other's feet like monkeys in a barrel. After about 10 clones appeared the original Echo Echo whipped his other selves towards the man like a…whip.
The last Echo Echo clone on the chain collided with the man's jaw kicking him and sending him flying backwards. Wendy covered her mouth in surprised watching the man fall back onto the ground unconscious. The Echo Echo's all let go of each other standing up with 5 of the clones disappearing leaving only 5 clones. The 4 copies walked towards the man with the intention of subduing him in case he ever got up with the original walking towards Wendy.
"Are you ok?" Echo Echo asked with a gentle smiling making sure she was ok.
Wendy looked at alien in shock, surprise and awe. She had no idea why he…or they just did that to the man but considering he was getting a little too close for comfort, she didn't make any complaints. Plus the fact that she was talking to what was without a doubt an alien was also part of her speechlessness. She remembered Lincoln's Sister Lana saying something about alien heroes showing up recently, this must be one of them. "I'm just fine, thank you for…"
However something stopped Wendy in her tracks. She looked right into Echo Echo green squinted eyes. They gave her a serious case of déjà vu. But…why? She's never met this alien before…let alone any alien. But, for someone reason when she looked into his eyes, she felt like she was looking at something familiar. But what? "Your…eyes." Wendy said slowly as she leaned closer to Echo Echo to stare more closely into the aliens eyes causing said alien to sweat nervously with Wendy unaware of who it actually was.
If Echo Echo was in his true form he'd be sure he would be blushing. "What, about my eyes?" Echo Echo asked quickly.
"They just look so…familiar." She answered. "I know this is going to sound ridiculous, but, have we meet before?"
Echo Echo was completely stunned by this. There was no way she knew he was really Lincoln Loud. They just met earlier that day, heck she only just arrived in Royal Woods today but she was already on to him? No way! 'I gotta think of an excuse fast!' Echo Echo panicked in his head. "I-I don't believe so, see and save a lot of faces so it's kinda impossible to recognize everyone I see." Echo Echo quickly said.
Wendy nodded in understanding but kept eye contact with the alien. "I suppose that's understandable. I just moved into town today so there's no possible way you could know me. But still…your eyes just remind me so much of someone but I can't put my finger on it. Do you by any chance-"
However Wendy was quickly interrupted by Echo Echo who was trying to get out of this situation as soon as possible. "Oh would you look at the time! I would love to stay and chat but I gotta get this guy to the cops before he wakes up! You get home safe ok? Come on boys!" And just like that Echo Echo 1 and his four clones, who were caring the still unconscious man, quickly took off.
"O-oh…ok, bye." Wendy waved off with a small smile. Sighing a bit, she quickly turned around and made her way home. 'Why did his eyes look so familiar?'
Thankfully Wendy had managed to make it back home before the street lights turned on and the sun went down. Going up to the door, she gave it a knock. Almost instantly the door shot open and Wendy was quickly pulled inside. Before she even knew it her mother pulled her into a tight hug, but Wendy didn't seemed to be effected by how tight it was, really she was just stunned by how fast everything happened.
"Oh, Wendy, you're finally back!" Karen quickly said as Wendy just giggled and returned the gesture. Luckily Karen was used to her daughter's extremely tight hugs. "Are you ok?! Are you hurt?! Did you meet anyone?! Why were you gone so long?!" Karen asked question after question.
Wendy just innocently giggled at her mother's usual protective nature. "I'm fine mom. Nothing bad happened. I mean, there was this incident with this weird man and this alien but other than that, nothing happened on my way back."
"…"
Wendy watched as her mother completely paled out with her jaw dropped. Weird man...alien…
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!"
One explanation later
"And that's what happened on my way back." Wendy finished explaining.
Karen was sitting on the opposite couch to Wendy in the living room. Her eyes were widen and pupils dilated. Hearing about the man, Karen knew exactly what that man was trying to do and had she been there, would have given him the beating of a life time. And the alien, she thought they were just rumors meant to attract tourist at first, but hearing it from her daughter, she know knew it was true.
Holding her hands to her head she tried to process everything her daughter had just told her. "So, you're not hurt?" Karen asked.
"No, the man just grabbed my shoulder and the alien saved me." Wendy simply answered.
Karen let out a heavy sigh of relief. This was one of many reason why she was so protective of Wendy over the years. Granted it definitely wasn't the main reason why but certainly one of them. The true reason was something completely different. Should she keep doing it? No. She just can't keep her daughter cooped up her whole life. That was one of the reason they came here. A new job for her, and a fresh start for both of them. She can't let one thing that happened stop her. The world is a harsh and cruel place, you can't avoid it.
"So other than…that, did anything else happen?" Karen asked hoping something good happened.
Wendy's eyes immediately lit up as she remember what she couldn't wait to tell her mother. "Yes, I actually made a new friend and meet his whole family today!" Wendy explain. This caused Karen's mood to take a complete 180.
"Really?! Oh, sweetie that's wonderful! What's his name?" Karen asked. This was amazing. After years of a sheltered life, her daughter was able to make a friend on her first day here. And meet his family? She just had to know about this boy.
"His name is Lincoln Loud." Karen's daughter answered. "He's part of a family of 13, he has 10 sisters."
Karen…definitely wasn't expecting that. 10 sisters? That's certainly the biggest family she's heard any single person having, not including extended family. "That's certainly…interesting." Karen said slowly. "So, what's Lincoln and his family like."
"Oh, they're just wonderful!" Wendy said full heartedly. "Lincoln is really nice and sweet boy. And his sisters are so unique. Lisa smart but young, Leni is really nice, Lana has some really cute pets, and Lily is the most adorable baby ever. I just couldn't describe them all right now. Lincoln actually invited me back over again."
Karen smiled in response. This was amazing. Not only did this boy quickly becomes friends with her, but with 10 sisters, she could end up making even more. Maybe this really was for the best. "That's just great honey. Hey, since they invited you back, why don't we both go so I can get to see everyone for myself and maybe have dinner together?" Karen suggested.
Wendy quickly smiled and nodded her head. "That's sound amazing. I'm sure they'll love it!"
"That's good, I'll have to think of a dish to bring. I don't wanna make them feel like were just taking advantage of them or what not." Karen replied.
"Ooh, can you make katsudon please?!" Wendy asked eagerly.
"That does sound pretty good. Alright then."
"Yay!"
"Alright, calm down." Karen said with a giggle. "It's been a long day so why not get some rest so we're both ready to go tomorrow."
"Ok mom." Wendy instantly responded. "Good night." Was the last thing she said before heading off to her room."
Karen closed her eyes and took a nice long breath. Things were looking up for them in this new country. Wendy's on her way to making a lot of friends. Karen may make some adult friends for herself. And with those aliens running around, things would certainly be interesting. But most importantly, she can finally forget about that that scumbag once and for all. For she cared, he could be dead.
But that not important at all right now. What is, is that her daughter is already having the time of her life here making a new friend. She can't wait to meet him.
…Wait…him.
A boy.
A friend…who's a boy…
"Oh, sh-"
LATER THAT NIGHT
ROYAL WOODS SCIENCE LAB
In an underground location in the current town, there were currently 2 scientist in the room closing up shop. Currently around the lab what looked like a variety of weapons, from weird looking guns to a bazooka. "Can we wrap things up already, I'd like to go home." A scientist with a black mullet complained.
"Yeah, yeah, hold your horse." The other scientist which made messy brown hair answered. "Just gotta finished setting the traps. When you work for the military you can't be too careful you know."
"True." The first scientist admitted. "Does pay well though, so I can't complain."
"Exactly." His colleague agreed. "Aaaaaand…done! That's the last of the traps set."
"Sweet, then let's get out of here, I'm starving."
"Preaching to the choir brother.
The two scientist then left after turning off the light and walking into the hallway towards the exit. But before passing a vent that was on the side of the wall. However, right when the two scientist left something started to bang on the vent from the inside.
"Ow, my wrist." A voice said from inside.
"Geez, use your elbow!" Another voice from inside said rather lazily.
"Is that the best you can do?! My grandma punches harder!" A gruff voice said.
"Try, using your head. It's what you guys tell me to do all the time." A cheerful voice said.
"Not like that you idiot!" Another voice said.
"Oh, my turn to try!" A rather idiotic voice said.
"NO!"
CRASH
However all the other voices went unheard when one of the people in the vents became visible completely while destroying the vent grate from crashing into it. The person was wearing a stereotypical thief outfit expect instead of a ski mask, he wore a biker helmet with a yellow visor and his helmet and cloth were dark blue.
"Yay! I did it! I am the best!" He cheered himself on.
"Damnit Engine!" another thief came out wearing the exact same outfit only it being the basic shade of blue. "What happened to leave no trace?!"
"Oh calm down Chapel." Another thief wearing aqua said as he came out of the vent. "We're stealing military grade weapons. No matter what we do, I'm pretty sure they are going to notice something is up."
"Oh shut up Bucker." Chapel complained.
"Quit complaining sissies." The gruff voice said revealing a man older than the others with a bright red uniform and helmet. "I don't care if we use bagel as a battering ram so long as we get some heavy artillery maggots."
"But…we're not gonna right Commander?" Said thief pleaded wearing a…pink outfit and helmet.
"We'll see Princess Peach." Commander responded.
"HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU GUYS?! IT'S NOT PINK, IT'S LIGHTISH RED!"
"Will you be quiet!? What if someone is still here." The lazy sound voice said coming out of the vent showing this one was a little fat and wearing…yellow? Gold? Orange? Whatever color.
"I can't believe I'm saying this, but I agree with Gruff for once." The last person finally came out with his uniform and helmet being a maroon color. "I for once, don't wanna another meeting with one of those alien guys after that incident me and gruff went through at the mall awhile back."
"Thank you Simon." Gruff said.
"Don't get used to it."
As everyone else was bickering, Bucker began to take a look at everyone with something on his mind. "You know I just realized something." Bucker said getting everyone's attention. "Seeing all of here, the colors we're wearing, even out freaking names…I feel like we're ripping someone off."
Everyone went silent and looked towards Bucker. After a few second Engine was the first person to speak up. "Oh my gosh! He is right…we are totally ripping off the teletubbies. We could get sued for this."
Everyone put their attention towards Engine. Behind their mask, most of them anyways, were looking at him with bored and annoyed looks.
"Yes Engine." Chapple began. "We are ripping off the teletubbies….by stealing military gear."
"Enough babbling ladies, we can some weapons to snag!" Commander interrupted. "Bagel, get in there."
"Right away sir." Bagel said before running into the room.
"Uh, permission to speak freely sir." Gruff asked with uncertainly.
"Ok, now I know we're ripping someone off." Bucker said but was ignored.
"Permission granted." Commander responded.
"Why on earth would you send him in first?" Gruff asked in complete disbelief on why the hell Commander would send in the 2nd most incompetent member of their group.
"That's easy son. In there is some of the most state of the art military weaponry. You think they would leave things like that unguarded, without a doubt they have an extreme amount of security measures in that room." Commander explained.
"So booby traps then." Chapple said bluntly.
"Exactly." Commander replied.
"Oh, I get it sir." Simon said. "When expecting booby traps…"
"OH GOSH SO MUCH PAIN!" Bagels voice screamed from inside the room. Currently the group could hear the sparking of electricity, the sparks of fire and of course gun fire from inside the room.
"Always send in the boob. Excellent plan sir."
"Thank you Simon." Commander thanked his right hand.
"You are such a kiss ass." Gruff responded from beside Simon.
"Seriously, we are so ripping off someone right now." Bucker said a little louder. But was once again unheard.
"Don't worry Mister Cinnamon Bun! I am coming to save you!" Engine said
"Oh good, Engine's going in. 2 boobs are better than 1." Chapple said.
"Yeah. Especially if there in pairs. Bow chica bow wow." Bucker claimed.
"You're disgusting."
"Hey, you have your dreams and I have mine."
"Yeah, and currently one of those dreams is grabbing a high tech rifle from in there and shoot you in the head." Chapple claimed causing Bucker to flinch and back up.
"Shutting up now."
"If you ladies are done gossiping, we can go in and get what we came for. I'm pretty sure Bagel and Engine are done setting off all the traps." Commander interrupted.
"I AM ON FIRE!"
"Yeah I'm pretty sure they got em all." Gruff said before they all headed in.
THE NEXT DAY
It was currently 5:00 in the afternoon and Wendy and Karen were currently walking towards the Loud house with Karen holding a dish and having a stern look on her face unlike Wendy who was excitedly skipping in front of her mother.
"I can't wait for you to meet them mom. They're amazing!" Wendy happily said as she went a little further.
"I'm sure they are sweetie." Karen said forcing a smile. "Especially that…boy Lincoln."
"Is something wrong mom?" Karen's daughter asked noticing the slight change in tone of her voice when mentioning Lincoln.
"Nothing! Nothing's wrong!" Karen quickly said. "I'm just looking forward to meeting this Lincoln Loud."
"Oh, ok." Wendy innocently replied. "I'm sure you'll like him."
Karen simply nodded her head and kept her forced expression like. Nice boy? She'll be the judge of that. She won't let her…past experiences affect her daughter's life. She'll give this boy a chance. It's the least she can do.
Finally the two arrived at the house. Karen took notice of all the things laying around the yard and some things even on the roof. Karen quickly shook her head and ignored it. This couple had 11 kids. No one should expect that they could keep things 100% clean. Then again that could just be her O.C.D talking.
Walking up to the porch, Wendy was quick to knock on the door with Karen still holding the large bowl of Katsudon. "Coming!" They heard a voice from inside. After a few seconds the door opening revealing a blond woman that Wendy recognize. "Oh Wendy." Rite immediately recognized the Japanese girl. "Oh, who's this?" She added when she saw Karen.
"Hello, I'm Karen Yoroi, Wendy's mother." Karen introduced with a handshake with Rita gladly accepted. "My daughter told me about you all yesterday and I was hoping we could have dinner together to all get to know each other better."
"Hello Karen, it's a pleasure to meet you. My name is Rita Loud." Rita introduced herself. "And we would love to have you for dinner. I just have to check with my husband first. Why don't you two have a seat on the couch while I go check with him? He's currently in the kitchen making dinner."
"Oh?" Wendy said with interest as Wendy already made her way into the house. "Your husbands doing the cooking?"
"Yes." Rita answered simply. "Trust me, his cooking is to die for."
Karen simply smiled and nodded in reply. "Well I certainly look forward to eating some if you'll have us." Karen then remembered the dish in her hands and offered it to Rita. "Here, I brought something. I made it myself."
"Oh thank you, you didn't need to do that." Rita said as she took the dish. "What is it?"
"It's katsudon. Wendy's personal favorite food." Karen explain as Wendy eagerly nodded her head. "It's a Japanese dish consisting of deep fried pork with cooked eggs in a sweet and salty broth placed over rice."
"Well that certainly sounds exotic." Rita said with a smile. "I'll go put this on the table on tell Lynn Sr you're both here. In the mean time you two make yourselves comfortable. All the kids should be upstairs, so they all should be down in time for dinner. I hope you can deal with their antics during dinner."
Karen smiled and let out a small giggle in response. "We'll be find. Truth be told we would actually look forward to a little excitement. I'll life back in Tokyo was a little…boring."
"Well I can definitely guarantee it won't be boring." Rita concluded as she walked in the dining room.
Karen gave a small smile as she sat down next Wendy. Rita was a good first impression of the family. She was still a little on edge about Lincoln but seeing a mother like Rita did boost her impressions on the whole family so far. Hopefully during dinner she'll get a chance to get to know everyone in the family. Especially Lincoln.
Just then they heard footsteps on the stairs. Both white heads looked behind them and saw another white head coming down stairs. Wendy quickly gained a huge smile and got up towards the boy while Karen narrowed her eyes. There he was. The boy Wendy's age with white hair, emerald green eyes and an orange jacket.
"Wendy!" Lincoln said happily when he saw the girl running towards her. Before Lincoln could say anything Wendy had already wrapped up Lincoln on a hug that puts a Boa Constrictor to shame. "Ack…Wendy! To tight!" Wendy quickly realized what she was doing and let Lincoln go with a small laugh and pink cheeks.
Karen, who was watching the whole thing, narrowed her eyes more as her grip on the side of the couch tighten. Here he was. His appearance was at least ok. He didn't look like a ruffian. Karen got up and walked towards Lincoln with her hands behind her back and maintained a professional posture.
Lincoln took notice of the women walking towards them. He did get a little intimidated by her appearance and her posture looking very stern and professional. Thankfully weeks of dealing with the stuff he's been through since the very first day of summer definitely boosted his bravery to untold levels an 11 year old should have. But this wasn't some thug with a gun or knife he could just transform on or punch. This, was a friend's parent. A whole different type of intimidation came from this.
"Wendy, is this your mom?" Lincoln asked as the Karen stop in front of them while giving Lincoln a serious stare down with her narrowed eyes causing the boy to sweat nervously.
"Mhmm." Wendy confirmed with a nod. "Lincoln met my mom, Karen Yoroi. Mom, this is Lincoln." Wendy introduced the two white heads to each other.
"It's nice to meet you ma'am." Lincoln greeted by extending his hand.
Karen kept her posture eyeing the boy a little more causing Lincoln to grow more nervous. After a moment Karen took Lincolns hand and shook it. Lincoln took notice of the strength of her grip but it wasn't abnormal strength like Wendy somehow had. This was likely a sign of authority and/or professionalism. "Likewise." Karen had to admit though. His manners did seem acceptable, so far. She wanted to keep up the intimidation act up a little more to see if this was how the boy really was or if this was a façade to just get on her good side.
"So what are you two doing here?" Lincoln asked with legitimate curiosity.
Karen however, raised an eyebrow. "Why? Is that a problem? I seem to recall my daughter telling me that you inviting her over again. Did you want to cancel last minute?" She said with continued narrowed eyes.
Lincoln paled out a little and waved his arms in front of him. "N-n-no that's not it! I-its j-just I'm legitimately w-wondering. N-nothing like that, just a question! Honest!" Lincoln quickly defended himself causing Wendy to raise an eyebrow at both her mom and Lincoln.
"I see." Karen responded causing Lincoln to release a sigh of relief. "We are both here to have dinner with your family. From the way Wendy described them I'm very curious to get to know all of you myself especially the boy who befriended my daughter on the spot."
Lincoln's eyes widen upon hearing this. 'Oh boy. She's one of those moms.' Lincoln thought to himself. The kind of mom that immediately go into protective mode. He had to dread carefully through this. But of course there was one problem…
"KID TIME FOR DINNER!" Lincoln hear his dad's voice from the kitchen.
His sisters…
Just then Rita came out of the dining room and seen all the white heads together. "Ah, Lincoln good you're already down here. And I see you already got to know Karen."
Lincoln nodded his head and tried to erase any form of intimidation Karen had induced on him away. "Yep, so are they staying for dinner?" Lincoln asked with Wendy eager for a response and Karen putting on a small smile adjusting her glasses a bit.
"Yep, luckily Lynn Sr made a little extra of his famous Lynnsagna tonight and with the dish Karen brought over we should have just enough for everyone." Rita explained causing Lincoln and Wendy to smile and Karen to bow a little.
"Thank you very much Rita, I look forward to it." Karen thanked while gesturing towards Wendy to do the same. "Shall we seat ourselves?"
"Sure thing, we just gotta get some extra chairs from the closet." Rita explained causing Karen to nod and follower her to the dining room.
"Please, let me help you out." Karen offered.
"Oh, you don't have to do that you're our guest." Rita insisted.
Karen simply smiled and shook her head. "Please, I insist. It's the least I can do after you allowed us to stay for dinner. Especially just all of sudden."
"Well if you insist." Rita conceded as the two mothers headed into the dining room.
When the two left out of sight and Wendy turned to Lincoln with an innocent smile on her face. "I think my mom's really warming up to you."
This caused Lincoln to weakly chuckle and lower his head. "Yeah…let's go with that."
Just then the two looked back and saw all of Lincoln's sister coming down the stairs. When the Loud girls saw Wendy almost all them reacted positively and ran down towards the girl with Lori frowning a little and Lynn flinching a bit and rubbing her hand that got sore from arm wrestling yesterday.
"Wendy! What's up dude?" Luna greeted as the rest of the sisters got down the stairs.
"Me and my mom are here for dinner." Wendy said bluntly but in her usual cheery way.
"Your moms here?" Leni asked with the rest of the sisters interest peaked.
"Yep." Wendy confirmed. "She really wants to get to know all of you. And she seemed really interested in learning about Lincoln when I talked about him."
All of the sister's eyes widen and turned towards Lincoln whose head was now down. 'Oh boy, she's one of those moms.' All of the sisters thought.
Lincoln quickly noticed the look his sisters were giving him. All of them pretty much said 'good luck' which wasn't really helping the white haired Loud. He also got a couple of slaps on the back and Lucy telling him that she'll plan his funeral in case things go south.
All of the Louds, as well as the Yoroi's, were currently sitting at the dining table eating. All the kids seemed to take a liking towards Karen's katsudon and the bowl was quickly empty. Luckily Karen saw this as a compliment that the family enjoyed her cooking so much. She even agreed to show Lynn Sr how to make it.
"So Karen. It's nice to have you and Wendy here for dinner. We sometimes feel we don't connect enough with other people in the neighborhood so it's good we're all doing this don't you agree." Lynn Sr asked hoping to start some conversation.
"Yes it is." Wendy responded after taking a sip of her drink. "Me and Wendy never were the social types back in Japan so it's nice to already start getting to know some of the people who live here. In fact that's one of the reasons we moved her. Not only did I get a job at a college that pays really well but to also get away from the big city and maybe get a new start."
"Oh, so you're a college professor?" Lisa asked with her interest peaked.
"Indeed. You must be Lisa. Wendy told me you were the child genius." Karen deduced.
"You are correct. I myself actually teach and tutor and a local university. I'm even a junior Nobel Peace Prize recipient." Lisa stated as she took out her document from…somewhere and showed it.
Karen was certainly surprised. She adjusted her glasses just to make sure she wasn't seeing things. When she saw it was the real deal, she was certainly impressed. "Well Lisa, I must say I'm impressed." Karen complimented earning a "thank you" nod from Lisa. "You two certainly have a prodigy child here." Karen then told Rita and Lynn Sr.
"Thank you Karen. But we think all of our kids are special. They each have their own talents. Lisa's just so happens to be academics." Lynn Sr stated motioning towards all of his kids.
"Yeah!" Lola said as she stood up on here chair. "Lisa may be the 'brains' of the family. But she doesn't have any of this." Lola stated as she made one of her signature poses causing Lana to roll her eyes. "You're looking at the winner of over 100 beauty pageants including some regionals and nationals."
"Wow, that's amazing Lola." Wendy, who was sitting next to Lincoln complimented.
"That certainly is an impressive winning streak." Karen added. "I can't say I ever cared for things like that but I can't deny talent where it is."
"Yeah Lola the spoiled princess of the family." Lana said with a smirk earning a glare from her twin. "I'm more a handy women, have any problems with your car, plumbing or wiring, I'm your girl." Lana boasted as she handed Karen a business car."
Karen looked at the business card with a small smirk and put it into her pocket. "I must say you certainly have some active kids. Might I ask what everyone else does?"
Lynn Jr was the first to step up. "I'm the athlete of the family. You name it, basketball, baseball, le cross, soccer, you name it, I probably dominate at it." Lynn Jr bragged earning eye rolls from some of the family members.
"She literally turns everything into some kind of sport." Lori added.
"Although you might wanna rethink your baseball skills Lynn." Leni stated with a smug grin.
Lynn Jr responded with an angry glare. "Oh shut up!" She snapped. "I still have no idea what went wrong during that game." However this earned a slight scolding from Lynn Sr tell the daughter that was named after him to behave when they have guest. Although Lincoln was struggling to hold in a laugh, something Wendy noticed and rose an eyebrow at.
After that, the rest of the kids went on to describe their traits to the Karen and Wendy. With Lucy telling them about her poetry and séances, the latter of which Karen found a bit creepy but kept a polite demeanor, and Lori telling Karen how she's usually the most responsible of the Loud kids, Luna and her music which did peak Karen's interest a bit, and Leni explaining her fashion designing skills evening tell Karen how she made Lincolns jacket. Then came Luan and her jokes which some made Karen laugh a bit and others…not so much.
When the family got to Lily Karen reacted almost the exact same way Wendy did. Cooing all over her cuteness and playing a bit with her which the youngest Loud didn't object to at all just like with Wendy. 'I guess they both like cute things.' Lincoln thought to himself after Karen finished tickling Lily's belly.
And then finally came the Loud child she came for…
"So Lincoln…"
'Oh boy.' All the sisters thought.
The white haired Loud boy tensed up at the women calling his name. Reluctantly he turned his head away from his food and towards Karen trying to keep a straight face. "Yes Mrs. Yoroi." Lincoln said politely.
"Well I would like to know what things you're good at and if you have any plans for the future." Karen said simply but Lincoln knew that this was more of Karen's interrogation of him.
"Oh um," Lincoln stuttered. "I've been looking into…crime fighting." Lincoln simply answered with the rest of the family looking his way with slightly worried glances.
"Oh, you mean like a police officer?" Karen deduced.
"Uh, yes!" Lincoln quickly answered gaining sighs of relief from his family. "I even have a police radio in me and Lucy's room and have been learning of difference police code words and stuff like."
Karen looked at Lincoln for a moment…then smiled. So far Lincoln has been a pretty good kid. And his family sure wasn't bad. Granted there had been a few tussles between the Loud siblings now and then at the table but that was certainly to be expected in such a large family. She'll give the boy a chance. But so help her if he does anything to Wendy…
"Well I must say that's an admirable career choice Lincoln." Karen compliment before taking a bite of Lynnsagna.
Lincoln smiled at the compliment. Thank god it was over. Karen's finally warming up to him. Lincoln was able to quickly figure out that Karen was the kind of over protective mother, and not in the same way Clyde's dad are over protective of Clyde. This was more the line of 'you get anywhere near my daughter and your butt will be handing over my fire place' kind of protective.
However just then, all of his sister but Lori look over at Lori with a sly look. Pretty much mentally communicating with each other and deciding on something. Thankfully Lincoln didn't notice and here was company so he couldn't either signal to stop them nor result to his usual methods of dealing with them.
"Yeah, Linkys the best older brother ever." Lola said sweetly…too sweetly.
'Whaaats going on?' Lincoln thought to himself. He looked towards Lola with a raised brow while Wendy just ate her food with her usual innocent expression. Lincoln knew all too well what that tone usually meant. She was up to something.
"Yeah he's always helping us with stuff." Lana added in the exact same tone.
'Oh no, they're doing it.' Lincoln started to internally panic. After Lana spoke there was no denying what his sisters were doing. They were meddling! AGAIN! There trying to get him on Karen's good side so he could get closer to Wendy. Lincoln groaned a little and tried to hide his face.
"Is something wrong Lincoln?" Wendy asked not knowing the situation he was currently.
"Nope…just…don't know why I didn't expect this to happen." Lincoln answered.
"Yeah, he's always going out of his way to help us out with problems we have. Even if it ends up troubling him in the end." Lucy said honestly. This certainly was true, Lincoln certainly did look out for them even if it did bring him inconvenience…especially recently.
"He even help me get my driver's license!" Leni added happily. Leni then turned to her left and saw Lori not engaged in the conversation on getting Karen to like Lincoln. Doesn't she know the rule? When one of the sisters meddle with Lincoln, they all must.
Giving her older sister a nudge, Lori realized what was going on and rolled her eyes. What were they doing? Lincoln is supposed to be with Ronnie Anne damn it! But…she must respect the sister code. With a sigh she looked at Karen and gave her piece. "He also sometimes helps me watch everyone when mom and dad are out so I can vouch for him being responsible."
'WHHHHHHHHHY!' Lincoln mentally screamed with his face red from embarrassment. He should have knew it would happen. He should have expected it to happen. Why he didn't, he may never know.
"I can defiantly say he sure responds to our problems. Hahaha, get it?" Luan punned earning eye rolls from everyone but Lynn Sr and Wendy who let out small laughs.
"He sure is a rad little dude." Luna added ruffling his hair.
"Yeah, you can certainly count on him for everything right?" Lynn Jr added. While most of the sisters reacted positively Lynn Jr was more focused on the cold stare Lucy gave her when she said that.
"Linky!" Lily giggled.
Meanwhile all Rita and Lynn Sr knew what they were all doing. Although they allowed it to happen. They could tell what kind of mother Karen was and they knew that their daughters were simply trying to get Lincoln on Karen's good side so he could be around Wendy without having to incur a mother's wrath.
Karen was certainly surprised to say the least. Hearing all the things his sisters had to say about him definitely left a good impression on her. "Well it certainly sounds like your son is a very responsible and caring boy." Karen complimented.
"Yeah!" Wendy said with a giggle causing Lincoln to get more embarrassed and his sister's mentally high fiving each other.
"Thank you for the compliment Karen." Rita stated. Then, she got an idea. "Hey I know, why doesn't Wendy stay the night?" Rita suggested.
'NOT YOU TO MOM!' Lincoln screamed in his mind. Was all of his family in on this? Ooooh boy, the next chance he gets…
"Hmmmm?" Karen hummed, thinking about the offer. This could be a good thing. Not only would Wendy get to know the Louds better but this is a new experience for her. She was still a little skeptical about this. Lincoln was still a boy and she certainly had some…experience with one of those. But so far Lincoln has left a good mark on her, so maybe…
"I don't see why not." Karen answered.
Wendy's eyes practically sparkled with delight while Lincoln was trying so hard to not just turn into Ghostfreak and disappear on everyone. Of all the time Karen could turn off her over protectiveness why did it have to be now? Then again this might not be a bad thing. He did like Wendy and was happy to have meet and befriend her…but he knew why his sisters did that and it was trying to make him and Wendy a little more than friends.
"Then it's settled!" Lynn Sr said with the clap of his hands. "Wendy can sleep over with us and we can bring her back tomorrow morning. Don't worry we know where you two live, Lincoln actually told us you moved into Bobby's, Lori's boyfriend, house."
"Well isn't that a coincidence." Karen chuckled.
After that everyone worked together in clearing the table and putting all the dishes in the sink for cleaning. Karen was then seen leaving the house with the Louds and Wendy behind her. Before she left Karen got down to eye level with her daughter which, given her height, wasn't that much of a challenge. "Wendy, I want you to do everything Rita and Lynn Sr tell you to do. Please behave yourself."
"I will. I love you mom." Wendy said as she hugged her mother which she was quick to return. After a moment the two separated and made her way outside and back home.
Once Karen left Lincoln walked towards a still excited Wendy. "So Wendy, why don't you go into me and Lucy's room and set up a spot for yourself." Lincoln suggested.
"Ok!" Wendy was quick to reply as she headed upstairs. Once Wendy was all the way upstairs Lincoln turned back towards his sisters with an angry glare.
"I know what you all are doing." Lincoln claimed as he pointed his finger at them.
"What are you talking about dude?" Luna said rather slyly.
"What you guys always do whenever a girl is involved. You're meddling! You did it from Ronnie Anne and now you're doing it with Wendy." Lincoln explained.
"To be fair, I literally wasn't a part of this. I was just following the sister code." Lori defended. Although it was clear Lincoln didn't care.
"Look, just please stop." Lincoln pleaded. "She's new in the neighborhood meaning I get to make a completely new and fresh impression and I actually do want to be her friend. So can you girls please just leave us alone?"
All of the sisters, aside from Lori who just headed upstairs, looked at each other and gave innocent but suspicious smiles. "Whatever you say Lincoln." All of them said at once.
Lincoln narrowed his eyes at everyone and made an 'I'm watching you' gesture with his finger and heading upstairs. Once he was gone the sisters dropped their act and looked at each other. "So we are going to medal right?" Leni asked.
"Like Michael Phelps at the Olympics." Lynn Jr quipped.
Back inside Lincoln and Lucy's room, Lucy had informed that Luna and Luan are letting her stay in there room tonight. That way Lincoln and Wendy could have the whole room to their selves. While Wendy was happy with this and to an extent Lincoln the Loud boy knew this is what they planned.
"You and your sister's room is nice Lincoln." Wendy commented getting a good look at both sides of the room. She could definitely tell whose side with who. Especially when it came to the beds with one of them having a coffin in it.
"Thanks, here I'll show you some of the stuff I have." Lincoln said as he took off his jacket and put it on the coat rack next to his bed. However in doing so, he left a certain alien device exposed. Wendy quickly noticed the watch had a green hourglass symbol on it. Something about it seemed so…familiar. But what?
"What's with the watch Lincoln?" Wendy asked with a tilted head.
Lincoln's eyes quickly widen. He forgot that by taking off his jacket he left his biggest secret exposed. Luckily, he already had an excuse for it he's used before. "Oh, I just got this at an arcade and thought it was cool. Nothing more." Lincoln answered trying not to sound suspicious.
However Wendy wasn't entirely convinced. She knew she's seen at least that hourglass-like symbol before somewhere and she's never been to an arcade or much of anywhere before. So why did it look so familiar. "Are you sure? Because I think I've seen it before."
'Dang it!' Lincoln forgot he saved her from that man as Echo Echo yesterday. She must have gotten a good look at the Omnitrix's symbol last night. Plus Wendy was already on to him somehow recognizing him through his eyes. He just hopes maybe he could get off the hook with her for now at least.
"I-I'm sure that's just a coincidence." Lincoln said rather quickly. "Here, why don't I show you my-"
"Attention all units! Attention all units!"
Lincoln was interrupted and both white heads attention was brought to the police radio that was on a desk besides Lincoln's bed. Lincoln mentally face palmed. Leave it to the universe to have something come up when his new friend was staying the night. Hopefully it was something simple that didn't really need him to come in.
"Oxford bank is currently under robbery with the culprits in possession of some recently stolen experimental military grade weapons!"
'Ok but why though?' Lincoln groaned mentally. Ever since he got the Omnitrix the universe just had to screw with him all the time.
"Oh no! That's horrible!" Wendy said covering her mouth with her hand with a worried expression on her face. "What do you thinks gonna happen?"
Lincoln lowered his head and tighten his fist a bit. What was going to happen? If those criminals really did have those types of weapons then what could they do? They needed his help, but how? Wendy was here with him and he couldn't just leave her. "I don't know." Lincoln simply answered.
As if on cue the door to the bedroom shot open showing Lynn Sr. The look on his face pretty much told Lincoln that his dad also heard the news. "Lincoln, can I talk to you for a moment?" Lynn Sr asked anxiously.
Lincoln however gestured his eyes towards Wendy pretty much implying that he is not just gonna up and ditch. Lynn Sr noticed this and came a big suspicious smile. "Wendy could you please excuse us for a second?" Lynn Sr asked.
"Sure." Wendy replied not really seeing anything wrong.
Lincoln frown, but nonetheless followed his dad out into the hallway. Once they were both outside, Lynn Sr closed the door and started whispering to his son. "So you heard it to huh?" he asked.
"Yes I did dad." Lincoln replied irritably. "But I can't just up and leave Wendy just like that. You saw how her mother was, she would kill me plus Wendy's feeling would get hurt and I actually want to be her friend."
"I know, I know, but there has to be something we can do to make everything work out." Lynn Sr stated as he held his chin. Suddenly a light bulb went off in his head. "I got it, why don't we take her with us!" Lincoln's father suggested.
"What!? Are you crazy!?" Lincoln quickly accused. "We can't just bring here on a mission with us she doesn't even know about the Omnitrix and I think she's actually onto me about it."
"Wait, what?" Lynn Sr asked, confused as to what Lincoln said.
"Last night after I saved her, she looked into my eyes as Echo Echo and I don't know how but I think she recognized by in a way. And when I took off my jacket she saw the Omnitrix and recognized the hourglass symbol on it from last night to." The white haired boy explained.
Lynn Sr cupped his chin and hummed in thought. "Well we don't actually have to take her to the scene, just say we're going out on some errands, say we'll be back, go do the mission real quick and go back. We don't have to actually ditch her and if she is catching on, maybe it's better we tell her then for her to tell others if she figures it out on her own."
Lincoln thought about it for a second and nodded his head with a sigh. "Alright, we'll take her so long as we keep her out of danger. As for the second thing, I'll think about and will tell her for sure if she gets to close, but we gotta becareful dad, a lot of people are learning about the Omnitrix and theless people know the better."
Wendy was currently sitting on Lincoln's bed kicking her feet over the edge waiting for Lincoln and Lynn Sr to finished talking. However, as she was waiting her mind was wandering. Specifically on the watch Lincoln was wearing and the alien that saved her yesterday.
For someone both things, and even just Lincoln in general, for some reason just connected. The hourglass symbol on the watch was exactly the same as the one on the chest of the alien that saved her yesterday, with the exception that the alien's symbol was gray with the symbol on Lincolns watch was green.
And those eyes. When she looked into that aliens eyes they looked so familiar. Although for some reason, when she looked into Lincolns eyes…they felt the same. She felt like looking into Lincolns eyes was like looking into the aliens and vice versa.
It all felt so…connected. But why, and how? Maybe she should talk to Lincoln about this. After all, he is where this all come from. Right?
"Hey Wendy."
Speak of the devil. Wendy was snapped out of her thoughts and turned her head towards the door and saw Lincoln coming in. "So hey, we were wondering if you wanted to come with me and dad out of the house for a bit. It's just errands, nothing big." Lincoln explained with some nervous sweat.
Wendy, not seeing anything wrong, smiled and jumped off the jump. "Sure, sounds nice." She said enthusiastically. It's nothing big anyway so why not. Plus this might give her the chance to talk to Lincoln about what's been on her mind. The two white heads got on their shoes with Lincoln putting his jacket back on and the two headed out tovanzilla with Lynn Sr already being at the driver's seat.
After about a 30 minutes car drive, the three made their way to Davison. It was a mostly silent car drive with a few conversation but nothing worth bringing up.
"So Lincoln," Wendy began. "I've been meaning to talk to you about something."
"What is it Wendy?" Lincoln asked.
"It's just-"
"Alright you two, we're here." Lynn Sr interrupted. The area they were in was just a normal district with some stores and cars parked around. Although one thing they noticed was that there wasn't any people walking around the area. But Lincoln and Lynn Sr knew why.
"So Wendy, me and Lincoln will be right back, will you be ok here by yourself for a bit?" Lynn Sr asked as Lincoln got out.
"Oh yeah, I'll be fine." Wendy replied. She doesn't mind waiting. It's not like anything to exciting is happening. She can wait a few minutes and tell Lincoln what's been on her mind afterwards.
"Alright, we'll be back soon, Ipromise." Lincoln told Wendy as she waved them off and watched them walk off.
Wendy was starting to get worried. It has been about 7 minutes since they left and she didn't think they'd take that long. It's not that she was impatient it's just they said they wouldn't take long but they've been gone longer then she would thought. She knew they wouldn't just leave her, not only did she feel they weren't like that at all but this was there only form of transportation, they wouldn't really have anywhere to go.
After thinking it over for a second, Wendy unbuckled her seat belt and got out of the van and headed in the direction she saw Lincoln and Lynn Sr heading. She had no idea if the two had made any turns so she just went straight and hopped for the best.
As she was running, she was getting a strange feeling in her legs. It felt tingly. She didn't really have any proper way to describe it, but she didn't care. She felt like she was going faster and just kept running with her goal in mind.
After about a minute of running, something caught Wendy's attention. She saw the red and blue lights that were on the top of police car. Coming to a stop she took a look at the scene, this also caused the weird feeling in her legs to go away. She saw a number of police cars and officers outside a building.
Taking a look at the structure, she saw it was a bank. But not just any back, it was…
'Oxford bank?' Wendy wondered. 'Wasn't that the place mentioned on the police radio at Lincoln's?'
Sure enough it was, taking a look at the area she found some more notable features of the scene. There was a large group of people surrounded by police, likely either by standers or people that escaped the bank. There was a team holding shields wearing all black, likely a line of defense in case any of the criminals inside came out and started firing.
However among the people around the area, one caught her eye. 'Is that…!' Sure enough it was. She quickly recognized the man with the sea-green sweater and brown slacks. Sure enough, it was Lynn Sr. But what the heck was he doing?! And more importantly, to her that is, where was Lincoln?
They said they were just here on errands. Did they accidentally get caught up in this? They wouldn't come here on purpose, right? There were so many questions's running through her head right now but with no answers. Walking up to Lynn Sr probably wouldn't do any good since the police would probably stop her from coming into the area, so what could she do?
Looking through the area more, she caught some glimpse of some windows on the side. She noticed the shadows of some people. Quickly running towards the windows, she peeked her head out and saw something that made her eyes go completely wide.
Inside the building was a group of people wearing typical thief outfits expect with biker helmets instead of mask. And they were in a wide variety of colors which gave her a strange case of déjà vu. Some of them were on the floor looking beat up while others had various high tech looking weaponry like a purple gun with pink needles and a special looking sniper rifle.
What really caught her attention was the other person, or rather alien, in the building. The alien that was clearly fighting against the culprits was a tall, four-armed, red and muscular alien. It was wearing black pants, an orange shirt with a single black strip going vertically through the middle and orange fingerless gloves. The alien looked to be panting heavily, but holding its own against the robbers.
However Wendy took notice of what was on the aliens shoulder. The hour glass symbol on its shoulder. The exact same symbol that was on the alien that save her yesterday and Lincoln's watch. Wendy almost instantly connected the three to the watch symbol and started getting an idea in her head. However, there was one thing she had to check to make sure…
The eyes.
Wendy looked right into the eyes, or rather at least 2 of them. Although they were yellow, unlike Echo Echo's and Lincoln's eye which were green. She felt they were the same. Four-arms was exhaust as seen from his breathing and the few bruises on his body. But his eyes showed determination. Determination to not give up.
When she looked into those eyes, unlike with Echo Echo, she was sure of what she saw. Lincoln. 'Is…is it possible? Is it really him?' she asked herself. It seemed ridiculous, but she was sure of it. Those eyes from not only this alien but the other one as well as Lincolns eyes, they all seemed the same to her. Plus Lincoln's watch have the same symbol the aliens had on them was also another connecting factor.
Wendy had to get in there. Lincoln was struggling and she had to help somehow. Looking throughout the side of the building for a possible way in. After only a few seconds she found it. A vent without its grate. This must have been how Lincoln got in before turned into…that. She'll make sure to find out how he does that later.
Crawling into the vent was a bit of a hassle due to her abnormal size for someone her age. But she did manage to crawl her way through and began making her way to where the fight was.
Four-arms was definitely struggling with the thieves. They had somehow had gotten hold of some military grade weapons and manage to put up a decent fight. Originally he tried to go NRG to try and defend against the weapons, but of course the watch didn't give him what he wanted.
He had to get in close in order to do some damage. He originally thought it was going to be a lot easier said than done since the guy in basic blue had some sort of modified sniper rifle. Thankfully, he couldn't aim for his life, so Four-arms didn't have to worry about him.
However he still had to take care of everyone else. He was able to take down the dark blue and pink one rather easily, mainly due to their apparent stupidity and having the weakest weapons of them all. We was able to take down the orange one with some struggle since he had what looked like a combination of a grenade launcher and blade.
Finally he had just recently taken down the marron one who wielding a purple gun that shot pink crystal. Thankfully Four-arms' tough skin managed to resist the needles but they still stung.
However this Four-arms was getting exhausted. This certainly was harder than usual for dealing with human criminals. Normally he'd only expect this amount of fatigue form things like Dr. Animo's mutant's and Vilgax. Granted the latter of which gave him much more of a problem than anything he's faced.
Currently the ones still standing were the red one, the aqua one and the one with crap aim. "So…you ready to give up yet?" Four-arms grunted holding up his upper left first.
"I'm about ready, how about you guys?" Bucker said extremely bluntly holding some sort of energy sword.
"Oh my gosh, you are such a coward!" Chapple said from his perch.
"Says the guy who hasn't done crap since we got here." Bucker retorted. "Seriously a blind person has better aim then you."
"Would both of you shut up!" Commander said holding a shot gun. "We came here to do something and dag gonnit we're gonna finish it even if it kills us."
"I'll admit, you're certainly the most determined gang members I've faced." Four-arms admits. It's true, it seemed like these guys didn't care how much they got up, whether it was determination or stupidly high stubbornness, who knows. But still…"By the way, what's up with your guy's outfits, they look really familiar."
"See! I told you we were ripping someone off!" Bucker stated loudly.
"Forget about that!" Chapple said as he took aim. "Just get him!" Chapple then proceeded to fire off some rounds at Four-arms…but they all simply grazed him and hit the floor. "DAMN IT HOW'D I MISS!?"
"Wow, great effort man." Bucker said sarcastically. "Well might as well give it a try. AAAAAAAH!" And just like that, Bucker charged at Four-arms like a complete idiot. However Bucker was easily taken down as Four-arms grabbed his wrist which held the weapon and twisted it causing him to drop the weapon. Four-arms then threw Bucker over his shoulder while still holding onto him. Then he proceeded to throw the criminal at Chapple at his sniper post.
"Oh, son of bit-" Was all Chapple said before Bucker was chucked straight at him knocking them both out.
As the two fell to the floor, it was then a familiar white haired girl crawled out of an open vent. Right as Wendy left the vent she quickly ducked back when the bodies of Chapple and Bucker fell to the ground. Looking past both of them she saw Commander still holding his shot gun backing away from Four-arms.
"Alright 6 down 1 to go. So why don't we make things easier for the both of us and-" However, interrupting Lincoln was an all too familiar beeping. "No! Not now!"
Blinding Wendy and Commander for a second was a bright red flash. When it died down Commander stepped back in surprise and Wendy's eyes widen and her pupils dilated when she saw the results.
'It is him!'
Standing in front of them was Lincoln Loud. Sporting a few bruises from his fight Lincoln's frowned a bit. 'Of all times for it to time out, why now?!' Lincoln was at this point convinced that the Omitrix didn't have a legitimate timer, more like it just timed out whenever it was most inconvenient for him.
"Well…this…certainly wasn't what I was expecting." Commander stuttered as Lincoln tighten his fist and got into a fighting stance. "Well, makes things easier for me!" He said bluntly as he cocked his gun.
This caused Lincoln to grit his teeth and shake and back away a bit. But Wendy…she suddenly felt something stir inside of her. "Sorry son, but you know what they say. Today…is a good day to die." Commander then aimed his shot gun Lincoln.
"…!"
Something suddenly snapped inside of Wendy. She felt something stir inside of her as her face twitched. Seeing this man point his gun at Lincoln. Her friend. He was getting ready to kill her friend. Wendy found herself doing things she's never done before. Snapping her eyes shut, her brows switched to a frown and she gritted her teeth. When she opened her eyes…they were different. They were no longer crystal blue, they were blood red. Wendy felt something she never had before.
Rage.
"GET AWAY FROM HIM!"
Lincoln and commander looked backed and saw Wendy looking right she was about to strike. Lincoln was at first completely shocked to see her but flinched upon seeing her, especially her now red eyes. Commander flinched to back away a bit and bracing himself. "What in sam hell?" Commander said out loud.
Wendy didn't respond. Instead she immediately jumped towards the shot gun wielding. With impressive speed and strength, enough to even leave some backlash, and reared her arm back with her hand forming a fist. When she reached Commander she rocketed her arm forward to punch him right in the chest.
But right as her fist was about to connect something happened. Her arm glowed a faint bronze color. It was bright enough for anyone to notice…but it was there. When Wendy's fist made contact Commander was instantly launched towards the wall on the other side of the room. When Commander hit the wall, cracks were formed from the impact before he hit the floor.
Landing on her feet, the glow from Wendy's arm quickly disappeared as the girl suddenly fell to her knees from sudden exhaustion. Her eye color turned back to normal and she took deep breaths.
Lincoln was left in complete shock. Not only did Wendy suddenly show up out of nowhere. But she showed a look he didn't think the girl could make after meeting her. And on top of all that, she just preformed something he thought only his aliens forms could do.
"Lincoln…" Wendy managed to breathe out as she stood up.
"Y-yeah?" Lincoln said after he sort of recomposed himself.
"What's going on?"
After that scene Lincoln and Wendy went back through the vents as the cops arrested the gang. Lynn Sr saw that Wendy was with Lincoln and quickly rushed to the two asking what happened. After Wendy explaining why she came and what she did, Lynn Sr was certainly surprised.
The ride back home was spent with Lincoln explaining his situation to Wendy. Wendy was certainly surprised but was also excited and impressed with Lincoln. Wendy went on to explain the weird feeling she got when meeting with Lincoln and his alien's and the strange feeling of being reminded of the boy.
When they got home the three explained what happened to the family. Rita was quick to scold Lincoln and Lynn Sr for bringing along Wendy but recomposed herself and was glad to see they were safe. The girls reacted rather positively to Wendy learning of the Omnitrix, especially the girls that were planning on…helping the twowhite heads, seeing the opportunity's they know could make situations with since Wendy knows.
It was now late into the night and Lincoln and Wendy were both in the formers room with Lincoln in bed and Wendy in a sleeping bag. It was almost completely silently with only the sounds of the night leaking in through the window.
"Hey…Wendy." Lincoln said breaking the silence.
"Yeah Lincoln." Wendy answered back shifting her position a bit.
"I'm gonna need you to keep everything we told and saw a secret at all cost, ok?" Lincoln asked.
"Even my mom?"
"Yeah, sorry but I want as few people to know as possible and so far only my family and about 2 others know about the Omnitrix. Please Wendy." Lincoln begged.
Wendy stayed silent for a moment before closing her eyes and smiled. "Alright Lincoln. You can count on me. Anything for a friend."
Lincoln blushed at the comment. But nevertheless he smiled back. "Thanks Wendy, you're the best."
This time, Wendy blushed. "Thanks Lincoln, good night."
"Good night Wendy."
And there it is. I bet you guys can't guess what the bad guys in this chapter were based off of XD I wasn't subtle in the least and I have NO REGRETS. Anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed it, stayed tune for next chapter where its gonna be a bit of a combonation of the Loud House episode City Slickers and a certain Ben 10 episodes you all have look foward to seeing.
