68. Hack Attack

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Soothsayer and Lori walked into the base from the training area discussing Soothsayer's vision. "So what do you think it means?" Lori asked.

"I'm not sure." Soothsayer admitted. "Visions are always complicated but this one is giving me a headache. Lisa hasn't done any cloning at all has she?"

"Not that I know of. But I think Steward could clone us somehow." said Lori.

"That could be possible, but we must wait and see." Soothsayer said.

"Agreed." Lori said. "Should I tell the others?" Soothsayer thinks about it and nods.

"It is best not to keep this a secret." Soothsayer responded. "Keeping the vision of Lincoln burning the city to ground proved to cause more harm then good. So our best choice is to tell them about the vision. Perhaps one of your siblings could provide a possible explanation for the reason that there are two L-Crews on the vision."

"Very well. I'll talk to them later." Lori promised. The two head to the computer where they see Clyde and Lisa typing away on the keyboard. "What's wrong guys?" Lisa and Clyde turn around to face her and she sees their faces were grim.

"Someone hacked our mainframe last night." Clyde said grimly.

"Hacked?! Who?!" Lori exclaimed.

"That's what's we're trying to find out. Before any info gets out." said Lisa.

"What about Martha? Does she know who hacked the mainframe?" Lori asked.

"Not sure. We haven't asked." Clyde answered.

"Ok then I'll ask." Lori said. "Martha, do you know who hacked the mainframe last night?"

"I have found no traces of malware in the mainframe Lori." Martha explained.

"Well that went nowhere." Lori said.

"Perhaps the hacker went in and out." Lisa theorized.

"I don't see how that could happen." Soothsayer said. "This base has a state of the art security system as well as a tiger cub and a rubber monster living here. There would be no way the hacker would get even close to the computer."

"Or maybe it was an outside job?" Clyde said.

"Whatever do you mean?" Lori asked.

"Maybe someone hacked the mainframe from the outside." Clyde said.

"Perhaps." Lori said rubbing her chin. "Martha look into the criminal database and look up any hi-tech hackers."

"Searching." Martha said and become loading the results.

"There could be a lot of hi-tech hackers." said Clyde.

"We'll narrows it down." Lisa said.

"Search complete." Martha said. "Here it is." She brings up a picture of a man wearing glasses with tape on them. "This is Steve Ruke. A notorious hacker who is wanted in seven cities."

"Wow he's a nerd." Lori said. "Alright. Soothsayer can you please magic Lynn and Lincoln in here?"

"Of course." Soothsayer said before tapping his staff on the floor. A few seconds later Lynn and Lincoln appeared with the latter standing with an easel and canvas in front of him and the former posing. The two stop what they're doing and look around to see they're not outside anymore. They then turn to see Lisa, Lori, Clyde and Soothsayer looking at them funny.

"Uh." The four say in unison. Lincoln and Lynn look at each other before gathering all their stuff and tossing it to the side with a crash.

"Needed a new painting." Lincoln said quickly.

"I volunteered to model." Lynn added.

"It's not weird." They say in unison.

"That can wait, we have someone hacking into our mainframe and believe it this guy Steve Ruke." said Lori.

"That dork?" Lynn asked. "Wanted in seven cities? Last seen in Great Lakes City."

"That's 3 hours away." said Lisa. "Perhaps he is hiding there?"

"You want us to find him and bring him to justice?" Lincoln asked.

"Yes, take him down." said Lori.

"Permission to give him a atomic wedgie?" Lynn asked excited and everyone around her gave her a deadpan look and her excitement died. "So that's a no?"

"Correct." Lori said sternly.

"How about a normal wedgie?" Lincoln asked. Lori sighs and pinches the bridge of her nose.

"Fine." Lori groaned. "But no fireball."

"Dang it." Lincoln said. "Take all the fun out of it. Alright. C'mon Lynn. Let's go beat up a nerd."

"Cool let's do this!" Lynn shouted as the two pressed the button on their watches and suited up. The two ran off to Parkour's ATV.

"Does a atomic wedgie involve a radioactive material?" Soothsayer masked.

In Great Lakes city, Steve Ruke sat in his apartment at his computer. "Ok. All I gotta do is hack into the bank's system and transfer all the money into my account." He then lets out a laugh with a snort. There's then a knock at the door. "Who is it?"

"Nerd's monthly!" The voice said. "We want to do a picture of you to put on the cover."

"Finally! My greatness is getting the respect I deserve." Steve said. He gets up and opens the door excitedly only to frown when he sees Parkour and Firecracker on the other side cracking their knuckles with evil smiles on their faces. "Uh oh." The two then pounce on Steve a loud crashing sound is heard inside along with screaming. Steve tries to crawl out the door only for two pairs of hands to grab him and drag him back in where the crashing sounds and screaming continued. "No! Not the underwear! Ahhh!" After a few minutes, Firecracker and Parkour walk out of the apartment with content smiles on their face

"Well that was fun." Firecracker said.

"Totally. C'mon, let's go find the cops and go home." Parkour said. Inside the apartment, Steve Ruke was lying on the ground with his hands tied behind his back with his underwear and bruises all over his body.

"What did I even do?" Steve groaned.

"So everything went well?" Lori asked. She was standing in front of the computer with Lynn and Lincoln on the screen.

"Yeah we beated the crap out of him." Lynn said.

"It felt good to be on the other end of the beatdown." Lincoln said.

"Was he hacking into our mainframe?" Lori asked impatiently.

"No but he was hacking into the bank's mainframe so he could transfer all the money into his account." Lincoln said. "We felt that was a good enough reason to beat him up."

"Well I can't argue there." Lori admitted. "And if he did hack our mainframe he can't now since he's in prison. Good job guys. Come on home."

"Will do." Lynn said. Lori then turns off the monitor and turns to Lisa.

"Think our problem is solved?" She asked.

"Perhaps." Lisa said. "We'll have to wait and see to find out."

"Hey guys what we talking about?" The girls turn and see Mr. Cuddles.

"Someone was trying to hack into our mainframe and we're trying figure out who the hacker is." said Lisa.

"Oh my goodness. Do you have any leads?" Mr. Cuddles asked.

"Well at first we thought it Steve Ruke But he was hacking into the bank's mainframe." Lori said.

"But he might've hacked last night." Mr. Cuddles pointed out. "And he just decided to do the bank thing today."

"He's got a point there Lori." Lisa said. "Perhaps we wait and see what happens tomorrow."

"Alright then." Lori sighed. "We'll meet back here tomorrow."

"Agreed." Lisa said.

The next day, Lori entered the computer room and sees Lisa and Clyde typing away. "Anything?" Lori asked.

"So far nothing." Clyde answered. "But we haven't gone through everything yet."

"Let me know if you find anything." Lori told them before walking away to where Luna was tuning her guitar.

"They got anything yer?" Luna asked while not looking up from her work.

"So far nothing." Lori said. "This is nerve wracking. The fact that someone was able to hack into out mainframe is just insane."

"That's the last thing we need sis." Luna said placing her guitar to the side. "Who knows what would happen if our info got out to guys like the Terror Crew or Xander. It's bad enough that Rampage, Sound Diva and Tremor know who we are, we don't need those maniacs knowing our identities."

"You've been reading Lincoln's comics again haven't you?" Lori asked with a chuckle.

"Yeah I have." Luna admitted. "Mostly some of the Spider-Man comics."

"Yeah we can relate to him." said Lori.

"You kids got any new info?" The girls turn to see Mr. Cuddles walking up to them. Lori shakes her head. "Don't worry girls. You threw the guy in jail. I'm pretty sure you're good now."

"DAMN IT!" Clyde shouted.

"Or not." Mr. Cuddles sighed.

Lori, Luna, and Mr. Cuddles all run towards Clyde and Lisa who are frustrated. "The hacker?" Luna asked.

"No, my dads are taking up bullfighting." Clyde replied sarcastically. "Of course it's the hacker!"

"Who the hell is hacking into our mainframe!?" Lori shouts. "Martha, do you got any info to share?"

"Not that I know of Lori." Martha said.

"You kids can figure this out." Mr. Cuddles assured them. "You got this." He then runs off.

"Does Mr. Cuddles seem off to you?" Lori asked.

Yeah he's been acting weird lately." Luna said.

"Hmm perhaps he's hiding something?" Lisa theorized.

"Can't you read his mind?" Clyde asked.

"His insides are nothing more but a voice recording and stuffing. I highly doubt I'll read his mind." Lisa said.

"It was magic that brought him to life." Lucy said out of nowhere startling everyone.

"That is also a good point." Lori said. "But we need to figure out who keeps hacking into our mainframe and why Martha can't trace them. How far did they get this time?"

"About 47 percent." said Lisa.

"Really that much?" Lori asked.

"Indeed. Almost to our personal files." Lisa said as she cleaned her glasses. "I believe we are dealing with a skilled hacker Lori."

"Hmmm." Lori hummed before turning to Luna. "What do you make of this?"

"A bad thing, I know. But I thought we threw Steve in jail." Luna said.

"We did." Lori sighed. "Lynn and Lincoln had some fun with him and then got the Great Lakes City cops. So he is definitely in prison."

"Maybe he was pawn for someone else?" Clyde suggested.

"Could be a possibility." Lisa agreed.

"So does anyone have any ideas?" Lori asked.

"I believe I do. I can create a program or virus, when the hacker tries to hack into the mainframe, the program will get a lock on his or her location." Lisa said. "They have hacked their last mainframe."

"Do it." Lori said. "And we'll lie in wait to take this punk down once and for all."

Later that night, the Louds in their L-Crew gear along with Soothsayer, Petty and Tongri sat outside their base waiting for Lisa's program to alert them of the hacker. "So we all know the plan?" Lori asked.

"Yes." Everyone but two answered.

"No." Leni and Petty said causing Lori to facepalm.

"Seriously guys? We went over this six times." Lori scolded.

"Petty forgets." Petty replied.

"Plus I was thinking about going as Jasmine from Aladdin for Halloween and Tongri can be the tiger." Leni said.

Tongri lets out a purr causing Leni to pet the tiger cub.

"Ok. I'll explain it again." Lori groaned. "We're gonna wait out here until Lisa's program lets us know that we're being hacked into. Once we know, we'll go teach this hacker a lesson."

"Oh." Leni and Petty said in unison.

"Any other questions?" Lori asked. Lola raises her hand. "Yes Lola?'

"What if the hacker knows about this and they're one step ahead of us?" Lola asked.

"Get real Lola." Lana scoffs. "There's no way that could happen."

"There could be some villains who are one step ahead of us like Taskmaster. He can learn your moves just by looking at you." said Lincoln.

"Creepy." Luan said. "Then again I was one step ahead of you guys on my April's Fool days." Luan pointed out.

"But what if the hacker learns our secret identities what do we do?" Lola asked.

"Um, I'm not sure." Lori admitted. "Let's hope it doesn't come to that. Wait. Where's Mr. Cuddles?"

"Oh, he's sleeping." Soothsayer said. "He didn't sleep well last night."

"That doesn't sound right." Lori said. "When we saw him earlier, he was fine."

"Maybe he was napping before we saw him." said Leni.

"Wait a minute since when does he sleep?" Lincoln asked. "He's a teddy bear, toys don't sleep."

Lori realized that Lincoln was right. As far as they knew, Mr. Cuddles didn't sleep. She then realized that Mr. Cuddles had been acting weird the past two days when they brought up the hacker. Asking if they had any clue who was hacking their mainframe, assuring them that they were good when Steve Ruke was arrested, and running off when they discovered they were hacked.

"We got to get in the base." Lori said. "Now!"

The Louds, Petty and Tongri all arrived back at the base. "Lori why did we came back to base even those the hacker is out there? Unless he's attacking right now." Leni said.

"Leni don't you get it?!" Lori asked.

"No." Leni said confused causing Lori to groan.

"The hacker isn't out there." Lori said. "The hacker is in here!" They all run towards the computer where they see someone at the computer typing away. "Stop what you're doing right now Mr. Cuddles!" Mr. Cuddles stops typing and sighs before turning to face the L-Crew with regret on his face.

"You weren't supposed to find out like this." Mr. Cuddles said. "I was gonna tell you tomorrow if I didn't get in tonight but i guess that's not happening is it?"

"I did not want to believe it." Soothsayer said sadly. "I almost don't believe what I'm seeing with my own eyes yet here it is."

"How come my program isn't working to stop the virus?" Lisa asked confused. "It should've alerted us when you started hacking." Mr. Cuddles lets out a sigh.

"Martha reactivate Lisa's program please." Mr. Cuddles requested with a sad tone.

"Of course Mr. Cuddles." Martha said. A few seconds later, the device in Lisa's hand starts going off pinpointing the location of the hacker: the base.

"You haven't changed Mr. Cuddles." Lori said. "You're still bad and you reprogrammed Martha to help you!"

"Actually he didn't reprogram me." Martha told them. "He asked for my help and I said yes."

"What are you helping Mr. Cuddles with?" Lori asked.

"I'm trying to find your great Harriet." Mr. Cuddles answered. "Since I'm no longer evil I want to prove to her that I'm good now. So I'm using your mainframe to find her and well it's taking me awhile to do since I don't have fingers and such."

"You're trying to find Great Grandma Harriet?" Lucy asked and Mr. Cuddles nodded.

"I know I could've asked you kids where she was living but i didn't want to burden you kids with that." Mr. Cuddles said. "So since you're here, where is she? I want to see her again and say I'm sorry. I have to. I need to. I need to show I'm good now. That I've changed for the better." The Louds look at each other with frowns before looking back at Mr. Cuddles.

"Mr. Cuddles, you're not going to find Great Grandma Harriet." Lincoln said gently and Mr. Cuddles looks at him confused.

"What do you mean?" Mr. Cuddles asked.

"She's in a better place dude." Luna replied gently.

"Florida?" Mr. Cuddles answered.

"Not Florida." Luan said. "We mean she's no longer with us."

"She's at a retirement home?" Mr. Cuddles asked again.

"No she passed away." Lucy said.

"Oh I see." Mr. Cuddles said. "She's gone. She's gone." He then starts chuckling. "She's gone." He then starts full out laughing. "She's gone!"

"I don't think he knows how to handle this." Soothsayer said. "Perhaps we need to slap him."

"On it." Lola said before slapping the laughing teddy bear.

"Thanks." Mr. Cuddles said before sitting down. "I can't believe she's gone. Did she go peacefully?"

"In her sleep." Lori answered.

"Least she wasn't in pain." Mr. Cuddles said.

"Sorry you had this way." Lori said patted Mr. Cuddles' back.

"It's not your fault." Mr. Cuddles said. "It's just hard to believe that she's gone. And I owe you kids an apology too."

"Apology accepted dude." said Luna.

"I'm not apologizing for the hacking." Mr. Cuddles said. "Well I am, but I'm also apologizing for everything I did when I was bad. You see there's more to my story than you know. You see Harriet was about seven years old when she got me. We played together all the time and slept in the same bed together. But she wished that I was alive so we could have real fun. One day we went to the park when we stumbled upon this spell book. Harriet realized that this was the way for her wish to be granted."

"Did it work?" Leni asked.

"Of course it did Leni." Mr. Cuddles facepalmed or in this case facepawed. "I wouldn't be talking to you right now."

"Sorry." Leni said.

"Anyway I came to life and I couldn't believe that I was a living being. Harriet and I had a lot of fun together until." Mr. Cuddles said and looked down.

"You went nuts." Luan finished and Mr. Cuddles nodded.

"These emotions were so new that I didn't know how to handle them." Mr. Cuddles said. "I wanted to show Harriet what she ment to me. So I made plans to take over Royal Woods with an army of toys and stuffed animals and Harriet would be my queen. I showed Harriet my plans and I thought she'd be thrilled. But I was wrong. She was horrified at what i was planning. That's when I discovered a new emotion: anger."

"Anger is never good." Lincoln said as he was referring to Irate.

"Anyway I attacked Harriet and we both fought, I lost the battle and I figured I would take over Royal Woods myself and my followers of toys myself. But then Harriet tricked me into forgiveness and trapped my in that box and well you know the rest of the story." Mr. Cuddles explained.

"Whoa. Great Grandma Harriet was sneaky." Lucy said. "But why do you feel like you need redemption with us?"

"Well I tried to tear your family apart." Mr. Cuddles said. "I blamed Lily for so much and then tried to kill her. I need to redeem myself to you kids to show that I'm sorry." Everyone looks at each other and then turn back to Mr. Cuddles.

"But you have redeemed yourself." Lola said. Mr. Cuddles looks at her confused.

"I have?" Mr. Cuddles asked.

"Yeah. You watch Lily when we're busy." Lori said.

"You helped figure out how to turn us back to normal after we were turned to stone." Lincoln said.

"You help us figure out solutions to tough problems." Luna said.

"Not to mention you figured out what caused our powers to switch and fixed the machine to put them back in the right body." Lisa added.

"And most importantly, you became our friend." Soothsayer finished. "As well as my best friend."

"Wow I earned your forgiveness even those I was trying it earn your forgiveness." said Mr. Cuddles.

"Your one of us Mr. Cuddles." Leni said. "Your part of this dysfunctional family that we all love."

"And I think we should've given you this a long time ago." Lisa said as she handed a watch to the bear. "You're now officially a member of the team."

"Really?" Mr. Cuddles asked and they all nodded.

"You earned your place at the table." said Lori.

"Honestly you earned it months ago." Lincoln said. Mr. Cuddles and Lily frees herself from Leni's grasp and waddles over to Mr. Cuddles and hugs him tight which Mr. Cuddles returns.

"Aw that's totes cute." Leni said.

"Petty loves Teddy bear." Petty said.

Petty then walks up to the two picks them up and gives them a large hug. While everyone looked on, Lori turned to Soothsayer. "Do you think you can do something for us real quick?" She asked.

"Of course." Soothsayer said with smile, knowing what she was talking about.

The L-Crew, Soothsayer and Mr. Cuddles appeared at Royal Woods cemetery and Mr. Cuddles looked around confused. "Where are we?" He asks.

"Royal Woods cemetery, this is where we bury the dead when they pass away." Luna said.

"We're paying someone a visit." said Lucy.

They walk through the cemetery until they reach a specific tombstone. When Mr. Cuddles looked at it he gasped. "Harriet." Lily then raises her hand and bouquet of flowers grow next to Mr. Cuddles who picks them up. He then walks up to the tombstone and sets them down.

"One more thing." Soothsayer said. His staff then glows. Mr. Cuddles continues to stare at the tombstone when he feels something touch his shoulder. He turns and sees a woman with black hair wearing a black with one eye visible from behind her bangs. Mr. Cuddles gasps.

"Harriet?" Mr. Cuddles says. "It can't be."

"Hello Mr. Cuddles, it's been awhile." said Harriet. "I see that you got out of your prison."

"Actually some pets got me out." said Mr. Cuddles.

Harriet smiles. "As one can expect with my family." She says. She then looks over at her great grandchildren. "Hello children. It's good to see you all again. But for some, it is nice to finally meet you."

"Hi, Great Grandma Harriet." said Lucy.

"So that's Great Grandma Harriet. Hey Lola does.." Lana was about to ask until Lola answered.

"I see it too."

"How are you here?" Mr. Cuddles asks. Harriet smiles and looks over his head.

"Your friend used his magic to bring my spirit here." Harriet explained. "But only for a few minutes." Mr. Cuddles smiles and immediately jumps into her arms and wrapping his arms around her neck.

"I'm so sorry for what I did to you." Mr. Cuddles said.

"For trying to kill me and bring toys to life to take over Royal Woods?" Harriet asked.

"Yes." Mr. Cuddles replied.

"Mr. Cuddles, you don't need to apologize because I've already forgiven you." Harriet told him. Mr. Cuddles looks at her shocked.

"You have? Why?" Mr. Cuddles asked. "After everything I've done, how can you forgive me?"

"After the day I buried you in the backyard of where my nephew would raise his family, I thought about you and had second thoughts about it burying you and I knew I couldn't stay mad at you for long. After all you were my best friend." said Harriet.

"And you were mine. I just wanted to show you how much I cared. I guess i went about it the wrong way." Mr. Cuddles said. "I wanted to give the town and we could rule it together. I even tried to do the same with Lily. But I've changed. I don't want any of that. I just want to be better. Whatever it takes."

"And I'm proud of you for changing Mr. Cuddles." Harriet said. "But it'll be a hard challenge."

"I know Harriet." Mr. Cuddles said. "And I'm ready for the challenge. If there's anything your great grandkids taught me is that no challenge to tough and that you can do anything if you try. I'm gonna be better Harriet. I promise."

"I'm happy to hear that." Harriet said.

"I hate to break it to you two, but the spell is beginning to wear off." said Soothsayer.

"Thank you Soothsayer." Harriet said as she picked Mr. Cuddles.

"You really have to go don't you?" Mr. Cuddles asked even though he knew the answer.

"Yes, I do." Harriet answered. "But I will never forget you Mr. Cuddles."

"And I'll never forget you." Mr. Cuddles promised. Harriet gives him a hug and places him back on the ground before standing back up.

"Take care of the kids Mr. Cuddles." Harriet requested.

"I will Harriet." Mr. Cuddles nodded.

"Bye Great Grandma Harriet." Lucy said as she and the rest of the Loud kids all waved good bye.

"Farewell everyone." Harriet said. "Take care of each other. And goodbye Mr. Cuddles." She then vanishes.

"Good bye." Mr. Cuddles said and placed the flowers on Harriet's grave.

"How you feeling Teddy dude?" Luna asked.

"You know I feel feel better than I have in decades." Mr. Cuddles said. "I guess I owe you all a thank you. I've got what I needed." He then jumps onto Soothsayer's shoulder. "I'm ready to go home now."

"Ok let's go." Soothsayer said as he and the Louds all walked on home.

"So are we not gonna talk about how Great Grandma Harriet looks like an older Lucy?" Lana asked.

"Eh. Maybe tomorrow." Lincoln said.

"It was great seeing her." Lucy smiled.

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