8. I, Todd

One day Lisa was practicing her telekinesis on a few discard crates in the train yard, and she managed to lift a few off the ground. But then she lost her focus and the crates fell down.

"Dang it!" Lisa groaned.

"Something wrong Lisa?" Lucy asked and Lisa screamed from her sister's appearing act.

"Lucy will you stop doing that!" Lisa shouted.

"Sorry. But are you having trouble with your powers?" Lucy asked.

"Yes, I am and I'm having a hard time." Lisa said. "I'm the smartest kid and yet Luan can create force fields and yet I can't master telekinesis!"

"I'm sure you can do it." Lucy said. "Maybe you need to read comics."

"I do not have times to read those comics." Lisa replied. "Now come on let's return home."

Lisa and Lucy walked through the front door and they see their siblings watching tv. "Yo dudettes you need to see this." Luna called out.

Lucy and Lisa walked towards their siblings and look at the news. "This just in Jonathan Tetherby, C.E.O and owner of Tetherby industries has passed away today. The cause of death was a heart attack." The reporter reported.

"Hey Lincoln isn't that the same guy who turned you into a rich jerk when you won that limo?" Lori asked.

Lincoln groaned and buried his face with his hands. "Don't remind me!" Lincoln groaned.

"To be honest good riddance." Lynn replied. "Rich people are jerks. Except for the Kents."

"Yeah those guys are cool." Lana stated.

"His son Andrew Tetherby will be taking over Tetherby industries and we have a live footage of his interview." The reporter said.

They show a man in his 40s, fair skin, tall about 6ft, slim, slicked black hair, brown eyes, he's wearing a black business suit. "Now my father's passing has not affected me but the company as well." Andrew said

"Call me crazy he sounds like the William Defoe." Lisa said.

"Who's that?" Lincoln asked.

"I'll look him up." Lori stated and took out her phone.

"But I promise that I will help Royal Woods, make this city better." said Andrew. "Today is history, tomorrow is the future."

"Ok he was in Spider-man and Finding Nemo." Lori said.

"What is he going to do create a robot that plays the drums!" Luna scoffed.

Lisa then got a idea and ran up to her room.

Later that night, the Louds minus Lisa are at the base, getting their superhero outfits on. "Where's Lisa? We're about to go on patrol." Lori said.

"I called her a bunch of times and she hasn't answered." Lynn said and got into her Parkour outfit.

Then Lisa enters the warehouse. "Greetings siblings." Lisa greeted her siblings.

"Suit up Lisa." Luna said.

"I will not be joining you tonight." Lisa said and everyone gasped.

"But we need you sis." said Lana.

"I need to practice my powers so I'm letting Todd do my patrol." Lisa explained and her siblings all stood in confusion. "Todd's a robot a made."

The Todd rolled in and Lincoln groaned. "Didn't you dismantled that thing?" Lincoln asked.

"No, I powered him down since the school after the school banned him." Lisa explained.

"Sorry I won't be joining you for tonight." said Lisa. "But I programmed Todd to eliminate crime off the streets."

"I'm not being Todd's partner." Lincoln said.

"Well, Lincoln Lisa needs to practice her powers." Lori tells him. She then turns her attention to Lisa. "So will this be only temporary Lis?"

"Affirmative. Until I master my powers, Todd will be my replacement." Lisa replied.

The rest of the L-Crew share a glance and let out a group sigh.

"Alright Lisa. I hope you know what your doing." Lori says with a frown.

The L-Crew turn to leave. As they leave Lincoln turns his attention to Luna and Lynn.

"You guys got a bad feeling about this to?" Lincoln asks.

Luna nods. "Yeah bro. I say we keep an eye on that robot."

"Yeah I've seen enough robot movies to know that this could easily end badly." Lynn agrees.

"Ok then operation keep a watchful eye on Todd and come up with a shorter name is a good." Lincoln said.

"I couldn't agree more little brother." Lynn said.

"But the name needs to be short." Luna said

"Whatever." Lincoln says. "We'll work on the name later. For now, we watch Todd." Luna and Lynn nod and they take to the skies with Luna carrying Lynn.

Lucy is the last to leave as casts one last glance at the base before using her ice sled.

Lisa sighs in relief and gets to work.

Meanwhile Todd is marching down the streets in sleauth mode. While Lincoln watches from a distance. "Where are you? You walking tin can."

"Crime detected." Todd says. "Bank robbery. Must take action."

Todd then charges towards the Royal Woods Bank and runs in with Lincoln following him. The robbers see Todd and fire at him and the bullets have no effect.

"Suspects shown to be hostile." Todd reports. "Suggested course of action: incapacitate." Todd then charges forward and attacks the robbers with a swing of his claws. After the robbers are defeated Todd picks one up. "Suspects defeated. Time for elimination."

But Lincoln flies in and grabs todd's claws. "No!" Firecracker shouted. "He doesn't deserve to die!"

Todd looks at Lincoln. "He has committed a crime. The best way to eliminate crime is to eliminate criminals." Todd told him.

"We're not judge, jury, and executioner." Firecracker explained. "We let the justice system handle them."

"I see." Todd replied.

Todd releases the criminal and turns his attention to Firecracker and does a scan of him.

"You say we should follow justice, but you are guilty of several crimes." Todd tells him. "Including lying, neglecting siblings, clogging the toilet, descruction of private property, trespassing, buying illegal tickets and manipulation. Suggested course of action: elimination."

"Oh crud! Wait how is clogging the toilet a crime?!" Lincoln exclaimed

"You've done it multiple times. What is wrong with you? Seriously. Did you not learn the first two times?" Todd answers. "Now face termination."

Firecracker uses a fire stream on Todd. "Melt Todd!"

"Fire detected. Activate anti-fire attachments." Todd says. He fires a stream of water and Lincoln dodges only to get backhanded by Todd. Lincoln is launched out of the building into a bakery.

Firecracker gets back up and sees that's he's covered in chocolate cake. "Better call Ampfier and Parkour." said Firecracker.

A few miles away, Luna and Lynn just stopped a jewelry store heist when there comms go off.

"Amplifier and Parkour come in. This is Firecracker. Todd is out of control. He just tried to execute a crook and now he's trying to eliminate me. Hurry and get down here quick!" Firecracker said before the communication was lost.

"Bro? Bro? Firecracker! Dude, come in!" Amplifier said frantically. She then turns to Parkour. "We gotta get to Firecracker's location."

"You got it!" Parkour said and they flew off.

Firecracker got out of the bakery and sees Todd.

"Property damage." Todd observes. "You have quite the record now."

"Hold on! That was your fault!" Firecracker yelled.

"False accusations. Added to your record. You never seem to learn." Todd says

Amplifier shoots lightning at Todd as Parkour runs up to Firecracker and licks the chocolate off him.

"Parkour! Quit it!" Firecracker tells Parkour.

Todd turns his attention to Parkour and scans.

"Parkour is guilty of multiple crimes. False accusations, forcing rough housing on siblings, lying, poor sportsmanship, turning your family against your brother, and dutch ovens." Todd then turns to Amplifier.

Amplifier gets scanned and she gets confused. "Amplifier is guilty of false accusations, late curfews ,noise violation, stage diving at a opera, especially fighting with siblings."

Amplifier's eyes widen. "Dude. Harsh."

Firecracker flies forward with a fiery fist. "Worse part is that he keeps adding crimes. And he has counters for almost everything we got." He tells them.

"I'm going to have a little talk with Lisa about this!" Parkour said as she charged at Todd

Todd grabs her and slams her down. Luna flies forward but gets backhanded by Todd. Luna crashes into a music store where a certain blonde works.

Sam walked up to her and asked. "Are you ok?"

Luna starts to panic on the onside. "Crap! Of all the music stores to crash into, i crash into the one where my crush works. Don't panic Luna, remember you aren't Luna. You are Amplifier. Just act natural." Luna thought.

"I'm fine." Amplifier said with a different tone. "Sorry about the store."

"My boss will be angry." Sam said.

"But my friends will be goners."

Luna silenly panics. She then gets an idea. "Don't worry luv, I'll tell your boss that i did this." She then flies out and rejoins the fight.

"Luv?" Sam questioned.

Parkour and Firecracker are thrown by Todd and Amplifer flies in.

Meanwhile the rest of the L-Crew have regrouped on a nearby roof.

"Anything to report." Speed Queen asked.

"Just someone not picking up dog poop." Wild girl said

"That's a load of poop." Ms Appear giggled

"So who hasn't reported in yet?" Speed Queen asks.

"Amplifier, Parkour, Firecracker and Todd." Black Ice answers

Speed Queen calls Firecracker and they all hear bad things. "They need our help girls." Speed Queen said.

Multiple girl asked. "what did Firecracker mean Todd has gone mad?"

Speed Queen turns to Multiple girl. "Todd wants to eliminate crime. Literally eliminate." Lori explains. She then turns to Lucy. "Black Ice, you go get Lisa. Everyone else, we deal with Todd."

"I'm on it!" Black ice said and ran off.

The rest of the L-Crew head to the area where Todd is fighting Parkour, Amplifier and Firecracker and when they arrive, they see them struggling. Lana starts to land, but crashes into a parked truck.

"Hey robo-butt! Back away from our siblings!" Crystal Princess shouts. Todd turns his attention to the girls and scans all of them.

"Subjects guilty of multiple crimes including threatening siblings, fighting over something stupid, manipulation, neglecting a sibling, and over the top pranks on April Fools day." Todd says. He then points at Ms. Appear. "Seriously, you have issues."

"Hey shut up!" Ms Appear shouted

Wildgirl turns into a ankylosaur and whacks her tail at Todd.

Todd sees the dinosaur. "Dinosaur detected. Activate dino fight protocol." Todd says. He then shoots a ice blast at Lana forcing her back to human.

"Hey! Back away from my twin!" Lola yells. She then turns her hands into hammers and charges towards Todd with Ms. Appear right behind her. Speed Queen, Multiple Girl, and Greenthumb check on Firecracker, Parkour and Amplifier.

"Are you guys ok?" Multiple girl asked.

"No! We're not and all because prodigy rebuilt that thing!" Firecracker shouted.

"He knows our moves just by scanning." said Parkour.

"Worst part is that he is saying that we're just as guilty as the criminals that we beat up." Amplifier tells them.

Speed Queen narrows her eyes at this. Sure they messed up. Alot. They they all made up for it. Sure they made Lincoln wear a squirrel suit, but they made it up to him after he passed out on the beach. Yeah they made mistakes but they learned from them. "Ok, we literally need to break that thing."

"Where's Black Ice?" Parkour asked

"Getting the only person who can shut Todd down." Speed Queen answers.

Meanwhile, Lisa has managed to lift up a few items with her telekinesis.

Lisa heads over to try to lift another object when she hears someone crash into one of the train cars. She looks over and sees Lucy rubbing her head in pain.

"Lucy what are you doing here?" Lisa asked.

"It's Todd. He's gone berserk!" Lucy stated. "He wants to kill criminals."

Lisa's eyes widen. "But i programmed him not to kill criminals. How could this be?"

"It gets worse. Todd sees us as criminals as well." Lucy said.

"Oh man. When I program to eliminate crime I didn't mean every single crime!" Lisa said

"Well we're going to need your help." said Lucy

Lisa frowns. "I can't." She says.

"Why" asks Lucy.

"Because I'm still struggling with my telekinesis abilities!" Lisa says frustrated.

"I'm still struggling with Cyromancing but sometimes we have to put aside that and go help what's important." Lucy then continues. "I still think you should try reading Lincoln's comic books. They might help you. They've helped us."

Lisa sighs at Lucy. "Fine."

"Now come on let's go!" Lucy said

Lisa grabs a watch from her work bench and this catches Lucy's curiosity. "What's with the watch?" Lucy asks.

"It's costume watch that will allow us to change into and out of our costumes at a press of a button." Lisa explains.

Lisa puts the watch on and presses a button and she quickly into her costume. "See."

Lucy smiles. "Wicked. Lets go before one of our own gets killed."

Back with the rest of the L-Crew, Ms. Appear is thrown into a trash can. "I'm not white trash!" Ms. Appear giggled.

"Adding Bad puns to your list." Todd said

Parkour smirks at that. "He's not wrong." She then grabs a bus and throws it at Todd who cuts it in half.

"Damaging public property. You criminals never learn." Todd remarks.

"That was you!" Parkour shouted,

Green Thumb uses her vines to grab Todd.

Todd cuts the vines and scans Greenthumb. "The baby is only guilty of public nudity and dropping diapers everywhere." Todd says. "Not really illegal. Just disgusting. She is just a baby. Elimination not required." Todd approaches Lily and pats her on the head. "Good baby."

"Oh come on!" Crystal princess groaned.

"Crystal princess, guilty of being a tattle tale!" Todd said

"Am not!" Crystal Princess shouts. "Speed Queen! Todd called me a tattletail!"

"Point proven." Todd says. "Time to end this." He prepares a cannon. "Say goodnight criminal scum."

"Todd stop!" Prodigy shouted as Black Ice appeared by her side

Todd stops charging his cannon and turns to see his creator. "Creator! Why are you here?" Todd asks. "And why are you with that criminal?"

"Black Ice is not a criminal." said Speed Queen.

"She is guilty of sibling neglect, fighting over something stupid and dying a wedding dress black and clogging the toilet,"

"Clogging the toilet?" Wildgirl repeats. "When did she do that?"

"Must be a malfunction." Firecracker says quickly.

"Todd, those aren't crimes that you are supposed to fight. Those are mistakes that my family has made." Lisa says.

"You programmed me to stop crime." Todd says. "Are you saying that i should go against my programming? "

"Whatever that's stupose to mean. Then yes." Multiple girl replied.

Prodigy sighs. "No. All I'm saying is that you don't need to literally eliminate crime. Just incapacitate it. And my siblings aren't criminals. They all just made mistakes." Prodigy sighs again. "Myself included."

Todd scans Prodigy. "You are guilty of sibling neglect and endangerment, causing explosions, not adding your brother to the Sister Fight Protocol, fighting over something stupid, and creating a robot that has gone berserk." Todd reads. "Creator, forgive me."

"I think you should sis." said Speed Queen.

"I would but." Prodigy sighed

"But what?" Lori asks.

"He's my best friend." Lisa answers.

"I gotta admit that's pretty sad." said Parkour.

"I couldn't agree more." Wildgirl said.

"Shut up you two." Speed Queen shouts. "Prodigy, you'll make another friend, but you need to shut down that robot!"

Prodigy looks at Todd and sighs. "Good bye old friend."

She holds her hands up and uses her telekinesis to rip Todd to pieces.

"Good bye friend." Todd's last words before he was pulled apart piece by piece.

After Todd is destroyed, Prodigy drops down to her knees. Firecracker placed a hand on her shoulder and Progidy hugs him.

The rest of the L-Crew join in on the hug. After a few minutes, they break up the hug.

"Are you going to be ok Prodigy?" Multiple Girl asks

"I'll try." Prodigy said while holding her tears.

"You got us to get through this." Ms. Appear said

"Thank you siblings." Prodigy says with a smile. The L-Crew turn to leave when a news van shows up.

"The news! Cheese it!" Speed Queen said and ran. However she runs into the news van.

"This is Jenny Snarts with Royal Woods news live the scene where a out of control robot was just defeated by a group of young heroes." She turns to the L-Crew who are helping Speed Queen to her feet. "Speed Queen, are these the ten other heroes that you were talking about?"

"Um yes. This is multiple girl. Who can make copies of herself." said Speed Queen

"Like, hi." Multiple Girl says.

"This is Amplifier. She can generate electricity." says Speed Queen

"And I'm not charging cellphones." Amplifier said.

"Ms. Appear. Who can turn invisible." said Speed Queen

"I would make a pun about how uncomfortable i am but i can't think of one." Ms. Appear says. "Bye." She then turns invisible.

"This is Parkour. She has super strength." says Speed Queen.

"Stronger than that Hulk actor who parted that bus." said Parkour. "I pulled three buses!"

"Whatever. This our brother Firecracker, our resident pyro." continues Speed Queen.

"Yeah, i shoot fire. Ms. Appear, please make me disappear." Firecracker says. Ms. Appear then appears touches Firecracker and then turns invisible again.

"She always do that." Black Ice said scaring Speed Queen and Jenny.

"That's Black Ice." said Speed Queen

"I shoot ice." Black Ice says simply.

"This is Wildgirl. She is a animal shapeshifter." Speed Queen says

Wildgirl turns into a monkey and gets on Speed Queen's head. "She always does this to me." Speed Queen sighs. "But its kinda adorable." Speed Queen says. "This is Wildgirl's twin Crystal Princess. She creates crystals on her body and the ground."

Crystal Princess proceeds to turn her arm into a crystal. "Unlike Wildgirl I'm pretty." said Crystal Princess. Then Wildgirl attacks Crystal Princess.

Monkey Wildgirl starts beating her. "Firecracker please break them up." Speed Queen orders. Firecracker reappears and seperates them. "This is Prodigy, our resident genius and telepath."

"Greetings Jenny." Progily said. "I also noticed that you have a crush for one of your comworkers."

"Wait what?" Jenny says.

"Prodigy not now!" Speed Queen says. She then picks up Greenthumb. "And last but not least, this is Greenthumb. She has plant powers."

"Poo poo." Greenthumb giggles.

"She'll be growing up like a flower!"'ms appear giggled

"Not now." Speed Queen groans.

"Now, who are you together." Jenny asks.

"We are known as the L-crew." said Speed Queen

"You heard it here first folks. Criminals beware because the L-Crew are on the job." Jenny Snarts says.

In another part of town, there stands a building that says 'Tetherby Industries'. On the top floor there sits Andrew Tetherby watching the news report.

"Hmm. This L-Crew will be a problem." Andrew said as he pour scotch in his glass. "Let the game begin." He then moves a chess piece.

What is Andrew Tetherby's plan? All will be revealed in the future. I would like to thank zachlor16's help with the story idea and the chapter. Please review.