A few months ago, a mysterious young teenage girl was sitting by herself inside a large tent. She was wearing a star pattern dress and a purple head scarf with symbols of the sun and moon on them. She was sitting beside a little round table, which had a crystal ball placed in its centre.

Suddenly, a sinister figure entered the tent, accompanied by none other than Doctor Linnaeus... "So, you're this anomaly I've been hearing all about." the man said.

"What exactly do you refer to?" the young girl asked.

"This is the one I've been talking about. My detection device indicates she is not of this world." Linnaeus said.

The young girl then clarified "That is correct. I'm not from around these parts. Actually, I've been traveling across different universes, it's a hobby of mine."

"I see. If what you say is true, then tell me, what exactly has brought you to this one?" the man questioned.

"In a nutshell... you."

"Me?"

"Yes. I know all about you. I've seen what your foul little mind is capable of!"

Not wishing to degrade himself into engaging in a primitive battle of insults with the young teenager, he decided to change the subject. "Let me guess, this crystal ball thing is just a prop?" he asked as he picked it up and held it in his hand.

"Be careful!" she stood up and told him.

"Hmm, the fact that you care so much about its physical well-being suggests it is more than just a prop. Tell me, what is its function?" he asked.

"Why in the worlds would I tell you that?!" the girl snapped back.

"No matter." he replied. "My colleague here will be able to identify and make use of its primary function in no time." he claimed as he passed it to Linnaeus.

"Of course. Let her do all the work. That's what you always do; find and manipulate other brilliant minds and scrounge off their talents..." the girl beratingly said.

But he maintained his level-headed composure. "Enough." he simply told her.

But she wasn't done. "After you almost conquered my home world, I developed technology that enabled me to travel across different timelines and alternate universes. I saw so many broken, dystopian worlds... worlds that you had ruined with your wicked plan!"

"Oh, so in many of these alternate realities, I succeeded?" he realised as all kinds of thoughts began spinning inside his mind.

"You did, and I won't let any other worlds be corrupted by your vile little mind! This one still has a chance to avoid all the carnage and destruction that you intend to bring upon it!"

But he simply smirked and replied "You call it carnage; I call it enhancement. Still, you may not like what I have planned, but unfortunately for you, you won't get the chance to stop me!" He then pulled out a laser pistol and pointed it at her. "You're coming with us. You have information that could prove useful to me."

Linnaeus then spoke, "It's actually quite amusing. You came here to put a stop to us, but by doing so, you've actually aided us greatly. Now that we have you, we can find out how to master multiversal travel ourselves! You've put my detection device to good use!" She then pulled out a laser blaster of her own as she and her partner-in-crime forced the young girl to come with them.

"Good luck with that!" the girl said sarcastically. "It took a lot of energy just to transport myself from one reality to another, and I'm just one girl. For what you're planning, it would take COLOSSAL amounts of power, far more than can be achieved by any conventional means."

"And by conventional, you mean human." Linnaeus deducted.

"Unfortunately for you, we know somewhere else we can get that 'colossal' amount of power." The man insisted as he then forced the girl out of her tent.

She walked with the two villains as she was held at gunpoint, but she got one last verbal jab in against her adversaries. "Maybe I can't stop you, but I'm not the one you should be worrying about."

Linnaeus immediately understood what she meant. "Of course, those wretched Louds!"

"What? You mean that family of degenerate brats you told me all about?" the man asked.

"Yes, I can tell by the look on her face that she's counting on them being able to stop us." Linnaeus claimed.

"Okay, you got me..." the young teen admitted. "But know that for as many worlds as I've seen where you won, I've seen just as many where the people of Royal Woods managed to stop you, and they were usually led by members of the Loud family!" she said. "So do your worst to me, because I have to believe they'll still find a way to take you down!"

Her captor simply stared back at her as he cockily said "We'll see..."

The Loud's Finest Hour

Part Two: The Child Catchers

In the evening, the Loud family was all together at home, eating supper, when suddenly the doorbell rang...

"That must be Lori." Lincoln guessed.

"I'll get it." said Leni.

She walked over and opened the door. As soon as the two oldest siblings saw each other, they immediately embraced in a touching hug. "It's great to be back again." Lori said.

"It's so nice to see you." Leni replied.

Lynn Sr was also quick to join in the tender moment. "Lori! Come here, sweetie!" he called out to his daughter as he ran over and joined the hug.

"Hi, dad." she replied.

Rita and the other siblings then walked over and greeted her, too. "Hello, sweetie, how are things going at Fairway?" Rita asked.

"Oh, they're going fine..." she said as she finally managed to make her affectionate father let go of the hug. "But enough about that. I want to hear what all you guys have been up to."

"Oh, the usual." Luan said.

"Yeah, just winning pageants, and all that other normal stuff." Lola bragged.

"Yeah, and kicking Beaverton's butt in the baseball state championship semi-finals!" Lynn followed.

"I was wondering if all of you guys are free these next few days. I wouldn't mind us getting to spend some time as a family." Lori then declared.

"Well sure, sweetie." Lynn Sr said. "I know, how about we all take a nice family trip out to Dairyland tomorrow?"

All the kids then screamed in excitement together. "YEAH!"

"Well then, I guess it's settled." said Rita.

Of course, as the family announced this, they weren't aware that the Miller family was spying on them outside, hidden behind the wall, and faintly overhearing their conversation through the glass window.

"That sounds really nice." Lori said. "Oh, I almost forgot to ask. Did that TV show about us ever get aired?" she then remembered.

"Pfft. As if." Lola replied.

"Yeah, it's been weeks, and I still haven't seen it on TV!" Lana said.

"We've all been checking the channels every day, sis, but there's been Nada about it." Luna claimed.

"That's disappointing. Still, maybe the production crew is just taking a little longer than expected behind the scenes to wrap things up." Lori suggested.

A still suspicious Lincoln then chipped into the conversation. "I still don't think that whole thing was the real deal."

"Ugh! Not this again, bro!" Lynn told him off.

"What?" Lori asked.

"What our brother has been inferring since the day those people came to our house is the notion that they weren't really a production team filming a documentary. He suspects they had ulterior motives." Lisa stated.

"But why else would they go to all that effort to come here and film us?" Lori questioned.

"That's what we've been saying!" Lynn said.

"But Lincoln insists it was all part of some other elaborate plan!" Lola stated.

"All I'm saying is I didn't think those sleazy TV producers were to be trusted." Lincoln still insisted with his arms folded.

"Well, I'm still hoping it'll be on TV soon." Luna said optimistically.

"Yeah. Besides, if what you're saying is true, Lincoln... what could their 'elaborate plan' even be exactly?" Lori asked him.

Lincoln still wasn't quite sure even after all those weeks, but he could just sense something didn't feel right about it all...

Back at the villains' hideout, the younger members of the alliance spoke together in a hallway as they loitered around.

"It's gonna be so sweet when we finally stick it to those jerk Louds!" Hawk said.

"Aw, yeah. They're gonna pay for making chumps out of us!" said Hank.

"Right... what did you say they did to you two again?" Chandler asked them.

"They set us up like real fools!" Hawk claimed.

"Yeah! They tricked us into going into a haunted maze..." Hank then went on to say, before being rudely cut off.

"...and then you ended up getting scared out of your minds!" Anderson said.

"Ha ha ha ha ha!" the bus bully trio laughed out loud together.

"Hey, it wasn't funny!" Hank told them.

"Yeah! Ever since then, all the other kids around the neighbourhood haven't taken us seriously!" Hawk moaned.

"That's right, bro. They used to run scared of us, but now, no one even bats an eyelid at us!" said Hank.

"Same here. We used to have our way with everyone on the school bus, but then that white-haired dork and his loser friends convinced everybody to stand up to us!" Pablo replied.

"Yeah, so now all the little babies in sixth grade aren't afraid of us anymore!" Taylor said.

"Although, there is that one-sixth grader that's kinda cool. What was his name again?" Pablo then asked.

"What? You mean Gurdle?" Taylor replied.

"Yeah, he was okay for a pint-size." Pablo claimed.

"And that other Loud girl makes it even worse by patrolling the hallways like she's some super cop or something, so we can't do anything there, either!" Anderson said.

"What do you have against sixth graders anyway? I mean, I'm one." Chandler then pointed out.

"Yeah, but at least you know your place." Pablo said. "You're the big fish in the small pond. You don't mess with the eighth graders because you know they're the real kings of the school!"

"Pfft. Whatever." Chandler replied.

"Those babies deserve it, anyway! They all think they're so great because they get to move from one grade to the next without any worries..." Anderson said.

"Meanwhile, me and Anderson flunked twice and got held back because we didn't get good enough grades!" Taylor angrily ranted.

"So, you guys should really be in high school right now?" Chandler asked, before laughing in response. "Ha ha ha ha! That's totally lame!"

"Hey, you better watch your mouth, kid!" Anderson said as he grabbed Chandler by his shirt.

"Woah, man, take it easy." he replied worryingly.

Anderson then put the younger boy down. "You're lucky, kid. Once this whole teaming up thing is over, we won't let you get away with saying guff like that!" he warned him.

"You know, I was wondering about that actually... do we really want to be involved with all this? I mean, I don't like those dumb Louds, but I'm not so sure about some of these guys." Pablo then spoke up.

"Yeah, some of them seem a little 'screwloose' if you ask me." Chandler said as he pulled a weird face and spun his finger around as if he were trying to poorly imitate a crazy person.

"Like that family of spies!" Pablo said.

"Or that fat nagging Scottish lady!" Chandler replied.

"Or that creepy old man with the glass eye!" Pablo followed.

"And don't even get me started on the doctor and her red-haired 'Pet'!" Chandler responded as the two boys continued to crack jokes about their new adult allies. However, he then adopted a more concerned expression as he followed with "But seriously, I'm starting to have second thoughts about teaming up with these whack jobs, too. I mean, I'm looking forward to the chance of getting one over on Lincoln Lame and his loser sisters... but I don't want to end up killing anybody or anything."

Taylor then looked at Pablo and Chandler and told them "Don't you babies get all chicken on us now! We're just doing this to send those dorky Louds a message! That's all!"

"Yeah, we'll probably just rough 'em up a little and humiliate them for laughs." Hawk said. "Nothing less than they deserve!"

"So quit worrying about it and man up, you two!" Hank followed.

But all of them did share the same concerns, even if the older, tougher teens didn't care to outright admit it. They knew there was something unwary about the people they were aligned with...

The next day, the plan was ready to be executed as the villains made their way to Dairyland to 'greet' their Loud adversaries. Doctor Linnaeus sat in a large van with one of her henchmen while the others made their way into the park.

She made a call on her cell phone to the alliance's leader. "Sir, the plan is ready to be put into practice. We will have all the Louds confined shortly. " she said.

"Did you have the red-haired girl do as I asked?" Viribus requested to know.

"Yes. Subject 927 delivered the leaflet to the Loud residence as per my instructions." Linnaeus answered.

Viribus then weighed up his options for a moment. "Hmm... do you believe these individuals we have gathered can complete the task at hand without any complications?" he asked.

"Well, they are a rather 'quirky' bunch." Linnaeus remarked. "I'm not sure. I mean, we've been through the strategy in intricate detail, but with this ensemble of stooges, I can't be certain of their success."

"Then perhaps my backup strategy would be the more appropriate option."

"Sir?"

"Change of plan. Just have them capture the boy. Then meet me outside town in a secluded location as originally intended."

"Erm, may I ask why?"

"The fools may screw up if we leave too many details in their hands. Alternatively, we can orchestrate events so that our enemies do our job for us!" he explained.

Dr Linnaeus understood and agreed with what he had in mind, and grinned mischievously before saying "Understood, sir."

And so, that morning, the Loud family went to Dairyland as planned. The siblings were engaging in their usual childish, mildly chaotic antics... or in other words, just having fun as normal.

"Hey, Lans! Let's go on the new rollercoaster they've just put up! Betcha I can last longer before barfing than you can!" Lynn challenged her fellow tomboy sister.

"Oh ho ho, you're on!" Lana accepted as the two girls rushed to get in line.

Elsewhere in the park, Leni asked Lori "Hey, do you want to try out the new 'Milk-Up Make-Up' attraction? I heard they give all customers a great facial!"

"Ooh, and I heard milk is supposed to be really good for the skin... count me in!" Lori excitedly replied as she went off with Leni.

Luna and Luan went into an indoor area of the park so they could engage in an activity similar to paintballing, where they both took pistols that squirted cow's milk and used them to blast the other players.

"Okay, I'll cover your flank, dude!" Luna said to her sister as they prepared their strategy.

Once Luna saw her sister about to get blasted, she performed a forward roll and quickly squirted some milk at another teenage girl, who was hit and thus eliminated from the game. She and Luan then briefly high-fived each other before carrying on.

Lucy went on the 'Creepy Cattle Farm' ride, which was basically just a ride similar to the Seas O' Cheese attraction, except it had a gimmick intended to terrify its more daring riders with jump scares. Lucy experienced some of them, like the pop-up of a rabid rampaging cow, or another one of an unhinged dairy farmer with a razor-sharp pitchfork.

But Lucy being Lucy, she maintained a completely stoic face and simply replied "Weak."

Lola decided to get on the Bumper Cows, where she would show the other children her aggressive side by violently bumping into their cars with hers. "Move it! Lola Loud coming through!"

Lisa went to the Shake Lab, only to tell off the employees present about how underwhelming the attraction was. "I must say, I am phenomenally disappointed with how little range there is here. There are so many different chemical compounds one can use to make a creative as well as delicious cold milk-based beverage. I would like to make a complaint to your manager." she said to one of the young male employees, who simply emitted a deadpan and annoyed face in response to her criticisms.

Lily remained close to her parents as they made their way to the gift shop... but little did they know they were being watched.

Carly, Jeff, and Ryan hid inside a bush and used binoculars to observe the Loud parents from a distance. "Good. Their free-range approach to parenting will make it easier to pick off their little brats one by one." Carly said.

"Yeah, we'll get the parents, and the others can grab the..." Jeff went to say, before being cut off by his ringing phone. "Dang it!"

"Talk about bad timing." Ryan said as he and his parents peeked their heads under the bush leaves.

Fortunately, the Loud parents were too far away to hear the ringing, especially with all the noise going on around them.

The Millers poked their heads back out as Jeff finally answered the call. "Yes doc, what is it?"

"There's been a minor change of plan. Our leader just wants you to get the boy."

"What? Why?"

"Just do it." Linnaeus instructed.

"Ah, yes, our esteemed 'leader' wants that. Tell us, who is this great and powerful man behind the curtain, anyway? It's not like we've even met him yet!" Jeff argued.

"He'll be joining us shortly, once you get the boy and bring him out to a more private location. He'll follow our van there; he wants to speak to the boy himself." Linnaeus explained before abruptly ending the call.

"Aye Aye, Captain." he mockingly said out loud before pocketing his phone.

"What is it?" his wife asked.

"Apparently, the plan has changed. Now he just wants us to take the boy and leave the rest."

"But why?" Ryan asked.

"The doc wouldn't say. Apparently 'our leader' has something else in mind." Jeff said.

Lincoln was sitting by himself in the Dairyland Uddertorium, chilling out and watching a show, in an almost empty room. But even then, he had someone spying on him, too...

Sitting a few rows further back, glancing over in his direction was none other than his old enemy from Scotland, Morag. "Lincoln Loud, you are a constant thorn in my side! Now it is my turn to make you suffer!" she said to herself as she plotted her next move. However, she then received a text message.

It was from Dr Linnaeus. It read "The others are coming to help."

"Huh, the others are coming to help? But I thought they were busy rounding up the other brats?!" she said to herself, confused.

Just then, six other individuals entered the room and slowly approached Lincoln. Two of them then pulled out a sack and placed it over the boy, trapping him inside. Lincoln tried to fight his way out of it, but to no avail. The five individuals then made a run for it with Guy carrying the sack.

"Hey!?" an angered Morag shouted at them.

They then approached her, revealing themselves to be her partners in crime; Guy Grazer, Vic, Joyce Crandall, The Bulldog, and Doug and Michelle.

"HE WAS MINE!" Morag furiously yelled.

"Psst. Keep your voice down in here!" Joyce told her. "Doctor Linnaeus phoned us and told us all just to grab the boy and scram."

"So that's what that message was about. But why just him?"

"Who knows? That's apparently what the boss wants." Joyce stated as they made their escape.

The group made its way out of the Uddertorium room and into a hallway. They ran past a slightly confused and intrigued Dairyland employee, who noticed the sack was ruffling around as if there was a struggle taking place. "Hey, what's that in the sack you're carrying!?" he asked Guy.

But instead, he was picked up from behind by none other than the mighty Babs Bestie, who then hurled him into a wall, knocking him out.

"Come on, chumps! We're losing daylight here!" Babs then told the others as she directed them out.

"Okay, you win this round, Lans, but only by like half a second. I'll beat ya next time!" Lynn said as she and her sister left the rollercoaster ride.

"Ha, you wish!" Lana cockily bragged.

Hank and Hawk were spying over them at the time, standing behind a small ice cream van and observing them from around the corner.

"So, why aren't we snatching the others again?" Hank asked.

"Beats me." Hawk replied. "Apparently, someone changed their mind."

Just then, a very large white van drove its way frantically through the park. This immediately attracted the attention of the park's staff and security team, since the van was driving quickly around a pedestrian area that was not meant to be driven in.

"I guess that's our ride." Hank said as he and Hawk quickly jumped in a side door entrance to the back part of the van.

Chandler, who was spying on Lori and Leni from behind a trash can, also saw the van quickly approach him. He also reacted by quickly jumping through the same side door.

The bus bullies, who still hadn't heard about the new strategy, were prepared to pounce on and capture Lucy as soon as she exited the ride she was on, but they then also turned around as they heard the van approaching them fast.

"What?! But we haven't got the creepy goth girl yet?!" Taylor said.

"I don't know what's going on! Just get in!" Anderson said as the three eighth graders also jumped in through the side door.

The Miller family then also quickly jumped out of the bushes and made their way into the van as well...

Finally, Morag, Babs, and the others who had Lincoln in their grasp were also approached by the van, which still had just enough room left for them to get in. Driving the van was one of Linnaeus' black-suited henchmen, with her in the front passenger seat beside him. With the whole gang now rounded up, the band of villains were quick to make their grand escape...

The van was driven rapidly and recklessly out of the site before the security team had a chance to get inside their vehicles and pursue it. Lynn Sr and Rita noticed the van as it made its way past them. They instinctively clutched a tight hold of their baby daughter and ran to the side to make sure they weren't hit in the process.

"What the heck was that about?!" Lynn Sr blurted out in shock.

"I don't know, honey! They must be crazy!" Rita replied.

"We'd better check around, and make sure the kids are okay." Lynn Sr suggested.

"Good idea." Rita agreed.

One of the Dairyland employees wearing a cow costume then shouted to his fellow staff, "What was their number plate?!"

"It was going too fast, sir. I couldn't see." one of them answered.

"Well, still call the police! Those clowns were trespassing and driving dangerously! They put the safety of our staff and customers at risk! Besides, there can't be too many ominous-looking big white vans traveling at sonic speeds around here!"

"Yes, sir." the employee obliged.

However, as soon as the white van gained some distance away from the Amoosement Park, Dr Linnaeus pressed a button that camouflaged the vehicle, using her advanced technology to now make the van appear black instead of white. "There, that should keep them off our trail." she said smugly.

In the back, Lincoln was eventually let out of the sack, only to be immediately restrained by the bus bullies.

He saw all his child and adult enemies stood in the back of the van around him as he had his hands tied together. All the people he and his family had ticked off were present in the confined space with him. Except for Babs, who was crouched down on the roof, looking out for any police or potential threats.

"What the heck is going on?!" a surprised and fearful Lincoln blurted out.

"Steady on, Lincoln Lame." Chandler teasingly replied.

"That's right. You shush now!" Morag said as she placed a smaller sack over his head.

"We're taking you on a little trip. Just sit tight, boy." Joyce told him.

All the villains then shared a brief laugh as Carol Linnaeus and her henchman drove the van out of the central parts of Royal Woods... with another small car following them.

Author's Footnote:

Not much to say for now, really. For those of you who have read the original version of this story, you know what events are coming next. As for those of you who are reading it for the first time, just sit tight and wait for future uploads. The next chapter will be out soon.