61. Thrill of the hunt

It's a normal day at the Loud House, Lori is in the family room, sitting on the couch texting Bobby. "Shame that you have to work again Bobby. But I understand what it means to be in a family business." said Lori and send the message.

A few seconds later Bobby texted back. 'Thanks Babe. And great job beating Replicate.'

"Thanks Boo Boo Bear." Lori typed before sending the message. She then puts her phone down and turns on the T.V. where it shows the news.

"This is Jenny Snart reporting live outside the Royal Woods Hotel and Spa where we are waiting on world renowned hunter Xander Marxly who will be visiting from England."

"WHAT!?" Lori then hears charging down the stairs and sees Lana zoom past her to the T.V. "That animal murderer is coming to Royal Woods!?"

"It looks like it." Lori answered. "Why are you so upset about this?" Lana turns to her and gives her a look of disbelief.

"Do I have to spell it out for you?" Lana asked before running off and bringing down Lisa's projector. She then turns it on to show a rather tall muscular man fair skin with long black hair that went to his neck and a black goatee. He was wearing a sleeveless jacket with fur along the neck, camouflage cargo pants with combat boots. He also had a machete hanging from his waste and gun on his back. "This guy goes all over the world killing animals like it's no big deal. But now he's coming to America to kill our American animals and I won't stand for it! I may not be able to do anything about other countries due to the fact that I can't go there and wouldn't have jurisdiction there but I sure as hell can do something here or my name isn't Lana Loud!"

"So what's your first step?" Lori asked rolling her eyes.

"Can you take the hotel so I can confront Xander?" Lana asked.

"Lana, I'm not gonna drove you to the hotel so you can tell someone to stop killing animals." Lori said.

"I won't bug you about my nightmares for a week." Lana told her.

"Make it two and I'll even help confront help." Lori said. Lana thinks about it and nods.

"Deal."

Lori and Lana are in the lobby on the hotel and Lana walks towards the front desk to ask the receptionist a question. "Excuse me can tell me where I can find Xander Marxly?" Lana asked.

"Are you a fan of his work?" The Receptionist asked .

"A fan? A fan!?" Lana growls. "I'll tell you what I am! I'm-" Lori quickly grabs her and pulls her away.

"We would just like to see his interview." Lori told the receptionist calmly.

"Well in a few minutes we're having a press conference in this lobby." The receptionist told them while motioning to the reporters. "So if you wait patiently he should be out soon."

"Oh we'll wait alright." Lana muttered.

"Come on, let's go sit down over there." Lori said as she and Lana both walked to the couch to sit down an wait for Xander.

After they sat down, Lana let out a sigh. "Sorry for how I'm acting." She said.

"It's alright." Lori assured her. "But why are you so worked up over this?" Lana folds her hands over her legs and sighs.

"I think it might have something to do with my powers." Lana answers. "Sure I acted similarly when I thought that my fish friends the Fishman were in danger of losing their home to those bulldozers but ever since I got my powers, I've felt different. More protective of animals. I think my powers are affecting my brain and causing me to give in to animal instincts. I know that it sounds stupid and I want to my monkey guide but i feel like he'd laugh at me. I must sound stupid."

"Well a little bit." Lori said. "Just remember you're still human."

"Yeah I know. But I can't stand by and watch them get hurt." Lana said,

Lori looks at her sister and places a hand on her shoulder. "You know, you could start a career with protecting wildlife." Lori said. "You're pretty good at it."

"Thanks." Lana said. "Maybe. But I'm young and mom always says that I shouldn't plan ahead to soon."

"But it's something to consider." Lori said. The two then hear a commotion and see the reporters gathering around the hallway. "You think that's him?"

"I can't tell." Lana said while squinting. "I'm gonna go take a closer look." Lana than ran off with Lori following her.

Lana looked and glared at Xander while he's being interviewed. "Yes, I recently came back from my trip Amazon. It was a dangerous trip but nothing that I can't handle." Xander said to Jenny.

"It is him." Lana growled as she stared at him. "The animal killer."

"Now is it true that you have trained in five different fighting styles?" Catherine Mulligan asked. Xander nods.

"Yes. I have trained for twenty years in combat which includes boxing, kung-fu, karate, judo and muay thai." Xander answered. "I've trained in all of those since i was nineteen while volunteering for a experimental drug that increased my strength, speed, reflexes and senses."

"Now I must ask, what brings you to Royal Woods?" Jenny Snarts asked.

"Oh I'm here on a very special hunt for a very special prize." Xander said but before he could continue, Lana had heard enough and pushed her way through the crowd.

"And I'm not going to let hurt that animal you're hunting!" Lana shouted. "Whatever that animal you're hunting?"

Xander looks around confused. "Who said that?" He asked.

"I did!" Lana answers but Xander doesn't see her. "Down here." Xander looks down and sees a angry Lana. "I won't let you hurt anymore animals!"

"If I had a nickel for every time someone tells me to stop." Xander said.

"You get popular just by hunting down animals." said Lana. "Well I'm standing up to them."

Xander looks at her for a few seconds before laughing out loud with the reporters joining in. "And what are you going to do about it, little one?" He asked. Lana lets out a growl and starts to morph but is suddenly grabbed from the crowd by Lori.

"Let me go Lori!" Lana demanded. "Let me go!"

"Sorry Mr. Xander." Lori said. "She's very sensitive about animals. We'll leave." Lori then begins to walk out of the lobby carrying a struggling Lana. After they're gone, the reporters start to separate leaving Xander and Jenny.

"Thank you for the interview." Jenny said. "Now if you don't mind me asking, what exactly are you hunting?"

"Oh my dear, I'm hunting a very rare trophy." Xander answered with a sinister smirk.

Outside the hotel, Lori was trying to hold an angry Lana. "Let me go Lori! I'm going to go lion on him and then I'm gonna go gorilla and then velociraptor! I'll teach him a lesson!"

"And have everyone learn you're Wildgirl? Not going to happen!" Lori shouted.

"Oh come on! Didn't you want to beat up someone with your powers?" Lana asked.

"Yes but I didn't want to use my powers to hurt people." Lori said.

Lana frees herself and glares at Lori. "Lincoln always says that heroes always beat up the bad guys and that guy is a bad guy as far as I can tell. Why don't you see it?"

"Because he hasn't done anything illegal here!" Lori argued. "He's not wanted in the states and we can't go after him until he does something illegal here. So until then we aren't going after him."

"It's not fair!" Lana shouted.

"Lana, there is nothing we can't do! He has done anything illegal." said Lori.

"I don't care!" Lana shouted. "He's a bad guy and you just can't see it!" She presses a button on her watch and puts on her Wildgirl costume. "I'm going on patrol!" She then turns into a hawk and flies off. Lori watches her fly off with a sigh.

"I guess I should head to base and tell Lynn that Lana took her patrol day." She says. "Maybe I should go after her." She goes to touch her watch but stops. "No. She just needs to cool off and calm down. If she's not at base in a few hours I'll organize a team to go look for her." She then gets in Vanzilla and drives off.

In the sky over Royal Woods, Wildgirl was still fuming over her argument with Lori.

Stupid Lori, What would she know about what's good and what's bad? Animals have feelings too." Wildgirl growled.

She lands on a nearby telephone wire next to a couple of pigeons.

"Hey Lana." One pigeons said. "How's it going."

"Hey Phil and Bill." Wildgirl greeted. "Ok I guess. I got into an argument with Lori and now I'm on patrol to blow off some steam."

"Well have fun." Bill says before he and Phil fly off leaving Wildgirl alone.

"I should probably go too." Wildgirl said. As she's about to take off, she feels a pinch in her back. "Ow. What was that?" She then begins to feel dizzy and starts to fall off the wire. "I don't feel so good." She then falls off and lands on the ground that forces her back to human. She then hears footsteps approaching her and she sees a figure standing over her.

"Nighty night Wildgirl." The figure said before Wildgirl passed out.

Wildgirl slowly wakes up and groans. "My head." Wildgirl said.

She looks around and sees that she's in a cage of sorts and then hears the sound of someone nearby cleaning some sort of metal. She looks around and sees a familiar man sitting nearby on a chair cleaning a machete. It was Xander.

"Good. You're awake at last." He said without looking up from his machete. "I was worried that the tranquilizer worked too well. Glad to see I was wrong."

"Xandar?!" Wildgirl shouted. "Let me out of this cage right now!"

"Oh now where's the fun in that Wildgirl?" Xander asked. "Than I have to hunt you down again."

"Isn't that what you hunters are all about?" Wildgirl growled. "The thrill of the hunt? And what about this big trophy catch you're after?" Xander just chuckled.

"Oh, I'm looking at it." Xander said as he stood up and walked towards the cage. "I've heard of you Wildgirl. The animal shapeshifter of the L-Crew. A worthy trophy indeed. Something that can put up a challenge and possibly much more. You're the one I came to hunt and add to my collection."

"Then why am I still alive?" Wildgirl demanded. "Why use tranquilizers?"

"I haven't decided what I wanted to do with you yet but I must say I wasn't satisfied with my hunt." Xander said. "But I'm willing to make you a deal. Right now, we're on the border of Royal Woods and Hazeltucky. Here's the deal, I'm going to let you out and if you can get to the other end of Royal Woods you're free to go. Simple as that." Wildgirl stared at him confused and thought about his offer. The more she thought about it the more she figured he was hiding something.

"What's the catch?" Wildgirl asks.

"You can't contact your siblings for help. Nor that Surge and Armor either." Xander said. "If I see them, they'll be killed."

"Hmm. If I get to the end of Royal Woods I can convince my siblings that Xander is a bad person." Wildgirl thought.

"And one more thing." Xander said. "I'll be hunting you throughout the city and if I catch you, well I'll let you use your imagination. So, do we have a deal?" Wildgirl thinks about it and nods.

"Deal." Wildgirl growled. Xander smiled and unlocked the cage.

"Good." Xander said. "And since I'm nice, I'll give you a five second head start. I suggest you make good use of it." Wildgirl walks out of the cage and glares at Xander.

"I plan on it." She says before going cheetah and running off. After she's gone, Xander smiles.

"Let the hunt begin." He says before giving chase.

Wildgirl is running for her life and thinks of her game plan. "Ok make it to the end of the city and then i'll Make the hunter become the hunted." Wildgirl said.

As she's running she feels some whiz by her head which causes her to stop in her tracks. "What was that?" She looks around and then sees Xander on a roof with his rifle. "Man this guy is nuts. But it's too dangerous to run on the ground if he's gonna shoot me from up there. Time to hit the roofs." She quickly goes pigeon and flies up to a nearby roof before landing and going jackrabbit to continue. She runs across the rooftops jumping from building to building avoiding the bullets fired by Xander.

"You can't escape me Wildgirl!" Xander shouted. "I will catch you!"

"Your a psycho!" Wildgirl shouts. Xander pulls out a grappling hook and swings around before throwing it at a building across the street and landing almost right on Wildgirl.

"I have you." Xander said while aiming his rifle at Wildgirl. Before he can do anything, he is then blasted from behind by an electric blast sending him sliding across the rooftop. Wildgirl looks up and sees Amplifier landing on the building with Speed Queen running up to her side.

"Wildgirl! Are you ok? When you didn't come back to base i got worried and I organized everyone to look for you across the city." Speed Queen told her. "I can't believe you were right! This guy is crazy!"

"He wants to hunt me down and makes me a trophy in his trophy room." said Wildgirl.

"Not going to happen dude!" Amplifier shouted gets ready fire some thunderbolts.

"You are literally a insane person!" Speed Queen said.

Xander gets back to his feet and scowls at the three. "I warned you what would happen if your team got involved." He said pointing his rifle at them. "Now they're going to pay the price."

"Yeah like that's literally gonna happen." Speed Queen said.

"Guys I gotta go." Wildgirl said. "If I can get to the other end of Royal Woods he said he'd let me go! Just distract him for a little bit."

"We'll do that." said Speed Queen. Wildgirl ran off and jumped off the buildings and turned into an eagle.

Xander aimed rifle at Wildgirl and fired the shot but Speed Queen managed to catch the bullet with her super speed. "We're not letting you turning our sister into a trophy." Amplifier shouted.

"And who's going to stop me." Xander asked. "You two? Because I'll tell you now, I'm no ordinary hunter." He aims his rifle at the two. "Now get out of my way."

"Make us!" Speed Queen glared.

"I had hoped you'd say that." Xander said. He then started firing his rifle at the girls who moved out of the way. Amplifier lunged forward while dodging bullets from the rifle. Once she got close she threw a left hook but Xander dodged it and swung his rifle at her but she ducked to avoid it. However Xander swings again and it hits Amplifier in the back of the head knocking her down. He then aims his rifle at her. "What do you call that, luv?" Amplifier lets out a growl and shoots an electric blast at the gun knocking it out of his hands.

"Let's see how you do with out your little gun." Amplifier said. However she is hit with a left hook followed by several knee strikes. He then does a jumping spin kick knocking her down.

"Pretty well if you ask me." Xander said. Then out of the corner of his eye he sees a blur run past him. Then again and then again. "So you plan on circling me eh?"

"No taking your breath away!" Speed Queen said.

Just then Xandar place a landmine like device on the ground and once Speed Queen steps on it some rope wraps around Speed Queen. She struggled to get free, but Xander walks up to her.

"Don't bother, the ropes were made to withstand Wildgirl's claws." Xander explained.

"What do you want with my sister anyways?" Speed Queen shouts. "She's not an animal!"

"It doesn't matter." Xander said. "She can become them. Any animal even those that are extinct. What better trophy is there?" He then lets out a grunt as Amplifier jumps on his back and starts shocking him.

"How you like this mate?" Amplifier asked in a British accent.

"I don't." Xander growled as he reached up and grabbed Amplifier before judo throwing her to the ground. He then pulls out a tranquilizer gun. "Nap time." He fires a dart into Amplifier's shoulder who starts to feel dizzy.

"I don't feel so hot." Amplifier groaned.

"Here, let me help you." Xander said before kicking her in the face. "Now that the annoyances are out of the way, it's time I continued the hunt." He then runs off in the direction that Wildgirl flew off. After he's gone Speed Queen lets out a groan.

Wildgirl is in the back alleyway of Giovanni Changs Italian Chinese Bistro. "If I know hunters they would probably placed traps all over the city." Wildgirl began to theorized. "Like that dumpster could be a cage or something."

She throws a stone at the dumpster but nothing happens. "Or he didn't." She then steps out to the opening of the alley and peeked out. She looked around and saw nothing. Letting out a sigh she stepped out and walked into the open. She stepped on sewer plate but it suddenly shot up and turned into a cage but Wildgirl quickly jumped off. "Damn. He's good."

"Wildgirl?" Wildgirl turns around and sees Parkour pulling up on her ATV and Firecracker landing next to her. "You alright?"

"No I'm being hunted by Xander Marxly." Wildgirl said. "Even worst he placed traps."

"What does Xander Marxly want with you?" Parkour asked.

"I need to get to the end of the city or else I'm a trophy in his trophy room." said Wildgirl.

"That sounds extreme and unbelievable." Firecracker said. "Are you sure you're not exaggerating?"

"No I'm not!" Wildgirl argued. "Now this guy is after me and I'm pretty sure he beat Speed Queen and Amplifier." Firecracker and Parkour exchanged a glance before turning back to Wildgirl. They then start laughing. "What's so funny?"

"The fact that you're acting like this hunter is actually like a super soldier or something." Parkour answers.

"Yeah get real Wildgirl." Firecracker said.

"Dang Firecracker." Wildgirl said. "Since when did you get harsh?"

"Probably the same day you got that pimple on your forehead." Parkour answered.

"Pimple? I'm only six." Wildgirl said and then she realized that this wasn't a pimple. Wildgirl dodges out the way and the bullet hits the ground.

"What the heck was that?" Firecracker asked.

Suddenly Xander lands on the ground with gun in hand. "You got lucky Wildgirl." He says. "But your luck is running out."

"Huh. There is a hunter." Parkour said. "So dude, what's your deal?"

"Wildgirl is the perfect trophy to add to my collection since she can turn into any animal she can choose." said Xander. "Now move aside so I can claim my kill."

"Isn't that murder?" Firecracker asked as he and Parkour exchanged a glance.

"Perhaps." Xander said. "But I'll get over it." He then aims his rifle at them. "Now stand aside."

Then Xander's rifle exploded in his hands. "Not going to happen!" Firecracker glared with fireballs in his hands. "Wildgirl run!"

"Oh now you're nice to me?!" Wildgirl replied sarcastically.

"Just run!" Parkour shouted.

Wildgirl runs off while Xander glares at the two. "You lot are gonna pay for that." He growled. "That was my favorite rifle."

"You'll get over it." Parkour replied and charged towards Xander to punch him.

Xander quickly gets a hand up and catches the fist before punching her with his other hand knocking her the ground. Firecracker jumps up and shoots a fire blast at Xander who rolls out of the way before jumping up and tackling Firecracker to the ground and pinning him there.

"Let me go!" Firecracker demanded.

"Not happening kid." Xander responded. He then sees the scar on the side of Firecracker's head. "Nice scar. I respect a man who isn't afraid to hide a scar."

"How about I give you one?" Firecracker growled before letting out a breath of fire at Xander who jumps back. "Hey Parkour! Have you noticed this guy hasn't done any banter with us or mock us by saying we're inferior to him?"

"Yeah I noticed that too." Parkour replied. "I think he's one of those villains that takes his work seriously?"

"Agreed. Let's take him down!" Firecracker shouted. He flies forward and tries to hit a kick to the head but Xander dodged and grabbed his leg before slamming him into the ground. "That hurt."

Xander looked to his left and sees Parkour charging towards him. So Xander takes out a hunting knife and attempts to stab Parkour, but the knife didn't go in, it was crushed by impact and he glared at Parkour.

"Oh what was it your favorite knife or something?" Parkour asked.

"It was my father's." Xander growled. He then grabs Parkour and repeatedly starts kneeing her in the face before throwing her into Firecracker as he tried to stand up.

"How exactly are we losing?" Parkour groaned.

"Maybe he is a super soldier." Firecracker said. Xander pulls out a mine like object and throws it at the two. They look at it and it suddenly explodes covering the two on white goop causing the two to stick to the ground. "Not this again! It was bad enough when Carolborg and Adamborg did this to me!"

"That should keep you out of my way." Xander said before running off after Wildgirl. Once he's gone, the two are left alone.

"So Lana was right." Parkour said.

"Yep." Firecracker responded.

"We need to apologize next time we see her." Parkour said.

"Yep." Firecracker responded.

"So how do we get out?" Parkour asked.

"I have no idea." Firecracker answered.

Wildgirl is flying through the city in eagle form and kept an eye out for any traps Xander may have left out. "Ok so far no traps." Wildgirl said.

She then decides to try and rest. She sees a building with no traps and lands on it. "I should be good for a little bit." She sits down and looks at the sky. "Maybe i should rest for a little bit." She then closes her eyes and falls asleep.

Five minutes later

As Wildgirl rested, she thought she heard someone call her name.

"Lana." Wildgirl groaned and rolled over a little.

"Five more minutes." However the voice kept calling.

"Lana. You must awaken." The voice said. Wildgirl however ignored the voice. "Oh for bananas sake wake up!" Wildgirl shoots up with a gasp. "You've finally awakened." Wildgirl looks and sees her monkey spirit guide.

"Monkey! It's you! I've been trying to reach you but you haven't answered. Why?" Wildgirl asks.

"I can't answer now Lana." Monkey answered. "You must move now. I promise you will get answers but for now you must move on. The hunter is closing in so you must move."

"Oh crap!" Wildgirl said as she gets back up and runs off.

Wildgirl jumped off the building and went monkey. She then started to swing from flagpole to flagpole. She swings up when a knife suddenly appears above her head. She looks around and sees Xander standing across the street.

"I found you Wildgirl." Xander said before throwing another knife that Wildgirl dodges.

"What kind of hunter are you?" Wildgirl shouts. "What kind of hunter throws knives? I mean I would understand arrows but knives? Seriously? Are you insane?"

"Determined my dear." Xander said and threw a knife at Wildgirl but a forcefield shields Wildgirl. "Another interruption!" He growled.

Ms. Appear then appears in front of Wildgirl. "Hello. Knife to meet you." She punned. "Get it?" Xander growls and pulls out another knife.

"I hate puns." He growls. Suddenly Black Ice appears behind him.

"Hi." Black Ice said but Xander didn't flinch. Black Ice sighs and forms a ice blade. She points it at his head. "I suggest you put down the knife." Xander turns around and faces Black Ice.

"Or what?" He said before grabbing the blade and crushing it with his hand. Ms. Appear and Wildgirl's eyes widen and mouths drop.

"Whoa." Ms. Appear said. "He's tougher than he looks." She then turns to Wildgirl. "Listen to me. You still have a little ways to go. Crystal Princess and Prodigy are waiting on the other side of the city for you."

"What about the others?" Wildgirl asked.

"Multiple Girl and Greenthumb are taking care of it." Ms. Appear said. "You just focus on getting to the other side of the city."

Wildgirl nodded and ran away, and making Xander even more furious. "I have had it with people blocking my kill!" Xander said and disarms Black Ice's ice sword and gave her a roundhouse kick to the gut.

Then when Xander pulls out a gun and aims it at Black Ice, but she freezes the gun. "Time to take down this hunter." said Ms. Appear and turned invisible.

Black Ice forms another sword and swings it at Xander who pulls out his machete to black it. He swings the blade and destroys the ice sword. Black Ice then forms her ice gauntlets tries to hit a double axe handle on Xander who catches her hand in his.

"Uh oh." Black Ice said. "Um, Ms. Appear? A little help please?"

"How do you know that your sister didn't run off on ya?" Xander asked as he aimed his machete at Black Ice. "Please note that this isn't personal. I warned her what would happen if you interfered."

"One think you don't understand about us." Ms. Appear said while invisible. Xander then feels something hit him in the back of the head causing him to drop Black Ice. "We L-Crew stick together."

"And when you mess with one of us. You mess with all of us." said Black Ice as she gets back up and shoots an ice beam at Xander which begins to freeze him.

"How sentimental." Xander says before freeing himself from the ice. He then reaches out and grabs Black Ice by the face ans lifts her up. "Shame that I don't care. As for your ice, I've hunted polar bears luv. The cold doesn't bother me. Now invisible person. Reveal yourself and I might spare her."

"Don't do it Ms. Appear!" Black Ice begged but it was too late Ms. Appear turned visible. "Dang it."

"Good." Xander said before throwing Black Ice into Ms. Appear. He then pulls out a mine like object and threw it towards the two.

"That doesn't look fun." Ms. Appear said.

The mine sprung a net at Ms. Appear and Black Ice and pinned the two of them to a wall. "You gotta be kidding me?!" Black Ice groaned.

"We need break out of this net!" Ms. Appear said.

"That should keep you out of my way." Xander said. "Now if you excuse me, i gotta hunt to finish. It's time to catch my prey." He then runs off leaving to two sisters trapped.

"Damn it! Let's hope we bought Wildgirl enough time." Ms. Appear said. "How about I test my jokes on you while we wait for the others."

"Groan." Black Ice groaned.

Wildgirl is running from building to building trying to reach the end of the city. "Once I reach the end. I'll be a free bird and maybe get some answers from my guide." Wildgirl said.

As she's running she sees Crystal Princess and Prodigy waving at her. "Wildgirl! Over here!" Crystal Princess shouts. "Once you get on this building you're free!"

"Perfect!" Wildgirl said as she began to run at full speed.

She then goes kangaroo and jumps to the final building where she's immediately tackled by Crystal Princess. "I'm so glad your safe." She said. "When Lori told us how upset you were i knew you would possibly be in trouble! So they went to try to back you up while we waited for you here."

"But how did you know about the agreement?" Wildgirl asks.

"Lori told us." Prodigy answers. "After Xander left her she radioed us and let us know what happened. However Lincoln and Lynn were skeptical for understandable reasons. But they agreed to look for you."

"They found me but they kinda laughed at me for the fact that I was being hunted by a hunter." Wildgirl said. "I guess they thought it was a normal hunter."

"What's important is that you're ok." Crystal Princess said before gasping. "Watch out!" She pushes Wildgirl out of the way when a mine lands in front of Crystal Princess and Prodigy. When it explodes the two find themselves in a cage.

"Guys!" Wildgirl shouts before running to the cage. She then looks around and saw Xander on the building. "You!"

"I finally caught up to you." Xander said while pointing a rifle at her.

"We had a deal remember? I make it to the other side of the city and you let me go!" Wildgirl growled.

"You forgot other part of it." Xander said. "If your team got involved, the deal is done. If anything you broke our agreement."

"They didn't mean to interfere." said Wildgirl. "They we're keeping an eye on me!"

"That doesn't matter. You are now a welcome edition in my collection." Xander said while keeping his aim onto Wildgirl.

Wildgirl wasn't sure what to do at this point. For starters, there was a rather large man pointing a rifle at her. Then there was the fact that she had nowhere to run. She looked around the rooftop for something to give her an edge but found nothing until her eyes landed on Crystal Princess and Prodigy. Suddenly a plan formed in her head. She glanced at Crystal Princess who looked back at her. Wildgirl then gestured towards the rifle which caused a smile to form on her sister's face followed by a nod. Xander slowly approaches Wildgirl with his rifle. Wildgirl then faces the man.

"If you think you're gonna get me without a fight, then you're wrong." She said.

"So be it." Xander said. He prepares to fire his gun when Crystal fires a crystal at the gun knocking it out of his hand. While he's distracted, Wildgirl quickly goes tiger and leaps onto Xander causing the two to fall off the roof into a alleyway. The two land on their feet and glare at each other. "This just got interesting. I actually prefer when the prey fight back." Wildgirl's only response was a roar.

Xander takes out a hunting knife and charges towards Wildgirl but she lunges to Xander, but he dodges the lunge. Wildgirl snarls and lunges again and pins down Xander and bites Xander's right arm.

Xander lets out a growl of pain before getting his feet up and pushing Wildgirl off him. Xander looks at Wildgirl with a scowl before starting up. He then rips off a piece of his pants and ties it around his arm before turning his attention back to Wildgirl who let out a snarl. Wildgirl leaps forward and tries to slash a Xander who catches her paw. The two are then left in a struggle with Wildgirl trying to bite Xander's head while Xander tries to keep her off him. He then slams her to the ground. Wildgirl quickly goes bird and flies deeper into the alley. Xander quickly runs in the sane direction.

"Come out Wildgirl." Xander said. "I know you're here." However, unknown to him, a black panther perched up on a fire escape waiting patiently for Xander to walk underneath her. As soon as he is under her, she leaps from her hiding spot and right on top of Xander who remains standing. He puts his forearm against her neck to prevent her from biting him before finally throwing her off.

Wildgirl hisses at Xander, Xander throws three discs like objects in the air and they turn into drones, the drones opened fire on Wildgirl. But Wildgirl turns into a monkey and dodges the shots, then she jumps on one of the drones and rips the wires out causing the drone to lose control and crash into a wall. But Wildgirl jumps to the other drone before the crash. The other drone targets Wildgirl and shoots at her. But Wildgirl pulled the drone upwards causing it to hit the other drone, Wildgirl managed to jump in the air and then turns into a gorilla and smashed the last drone with her fists.

She then glared at Xander and throws the dumpster at the hunter.

Xander rolls out of the way and glares at the gorilla. "So, you think that will save you?" He says. "I can assure you it won't." Wildgirl beats her chest and charges towards Xander. She then swings her mighty fists at Xander who ducks and dodges them before hitting several quick shots on Wildgirl. Wildgirl goes for a back fist but Xander avoids before hitting several more shots on Wildgirl. "Is that all you have? I'm disappointed." Wildgirl lets out a growl before thinking of a new strategy. She then quickly goes for a uppercut but Xander dodges but is then hit by Wildgirl's other hand which causes him to stumble a bit.

"How's that?" Wildgirl taunted. She then charges again but Xander slides underneath her and up behind her before putting her in a full nelson.

Then Wildgirl morphed into bird and flew away from Xander, then morphed into a Kangaroo and double kicks the hunger causing him to stumble back into some trash cans. "I dealt with kangaroos before." said Xander. "And he now rests in my den."

"But have you dealt with this?" Wildgirl said before going t-rex. After she morphs Xander takes a step back and pulls out his machete before smiling.

"Nope, but I always wanted too." Xander said. "Bring it."

Wildgirl charges towards Xander, but the hunter dodges the charge and smirks as he attacks Wildgirl's left leg and she roars in pain, but she glares at the hunter. "I'm not going to become a trophy in your collection." Wildgirl said.

"You might not have a choice." Xander said. Wildgirl lets out a roar and runs towards Xander who jumps off and runs across her back before jumping off onto the side of a building before pushing off and hitting Wildgirl in the side knocking her down. Wildgirl turns back to human and stands up while glaring at him.

"I'm not giving up yet." She says. "I'm going to keep fighting and not just for me but for every animal you ever hunted. You will go down!" She then turns into a grizzly and lets out a roar.

"I like your spirit kid. I admire that." said Xander as he gets into a defensive position.

Wildgirl lets out a roar before dropping to all fours and running towards Xander who runs forward to meet her. Wildgirl then stands up and goes for a swat but Xander catches her paw. Wildgirl goes for another swing with her other paw but Xander catches leaving the two in a grapple with them trying to overpower the other.

"You won't win." Wildgirl growled.

"You forgot one thing your team is caught in my traps." said Xander. "You are all alone."

"That's the thing. I'm never alone." Wildgirl snarled. "I got the whole animal kingdom!"

"Too bad that won't help you." Xander said before releasing Wildgirl's paws causing her to stumble forward allowing him to jump on her back and apply a sleeper hold onto her. Wildgirl begins to fade and drops to the ground which turns her back to normal. Xander then puts his foot on her back and points his machete at her. "Don't worry. I'll make it quick." He raises his machete only to get hit by a dumpster. He pushes the dumpster off him and sees Prodigy and Crystal Princess standing by Wildgirl.

"I would appreciate it if you didn't kill one of my elder siblings thank you." Prodigy said.

"You ok?" Crystal Princess asked her twin sister.

"Never better." Wildgirl groaned as she got back up.

"How did you escape!?" Xander demanded an answer.

"We had something to do with that dude." Xander looks up and sees Amplifier, Speed Queen, Ms. Appear, Multiple Girl and Greenthumb dropping into the alley.

"Oh so you're Xander." Multiple Girl said. "Totes nice to meet you."

"Yes, now stand aside so I can finish my hunt." said Xander.

"That's not going to happen Xander." Black Ice said behind Xander and like behind didn't get scared from Black Ice's appearance.

Xander glared at the nine heroes and realized he didn't like the odds. "Perhaps another time then." He says. "Don't get to comfortable Wildgirl. I will come back for you. I promise you that." He then backs out of the alley and heads to the street where he runs off.

"That guy is something else." Speed Queen said before turning to Wildgirl who was being held up by Crystal Princess. "How you feeling?"

"Ok I guess." Wildgirl answered. "Xander was tougher than i thought."

"Well all that matters is that you're ok." Speed Queen said. "And it looks like you gained an archenemy." Wildgirl smiled a little at that. "Now lets go home and get patched up." The L-Crew then begin to walk out.

"I just can't help but feel like I forgot something." Multiple Girl said. She thinks about it for a second but shrugs and keeps walking until Speed Queen suddenly stops.

"Oh crap! We forgot about Lynn and Lincoln!" She screamed.

In another part of town Parkour and Firecracker were still stuck to the street in the goop. "So someone is coming for us right?" Parkour asks.

"I think so." Firecracker answered. "Wanna play rock paper scissors?"

"Yeah sure. It isn't like we're going anywhere." Parkour answers.

At Tetherby Industries, Andrew sat in his office with a glass of scotch in his hand. "So you came here to hunt Wildgirl?" He asked before turning to his guest sitting in another part of his office cleaning his machete.

"Indeed." Xander answered. "But her little team interfered."

"They tend to do that." Tetherby said. "Perhaps we can help each other."

"How so?" Xander asked as he placed his machete on the table.

"Think of it as a job offering." Tetherby said.

"I'm a hunter. Not a bodyguard." said Xander.

"That's exactly what I need." Tetherby said. "I need someone at the ready to help me deal with certain annoyances."

"What's in it for me?" Xander asked.

"Simple. I help you get your green card so you can stay in the United States so you may continue to hunt Wildgirl." Tetherby answered. "In return you work for me."

"So. I scratch your back, you scratch mine." Xander said.

"Exactly!" Tetherby nodded.

"Very well then. I'll be your bodyguard." said Xander. "But hunting down Wildgirl will be my number one job."

"Good. You will now work alongside Adamborg 2.0." Tetherby said. "But I won't put you with him on his assignment. You will be overseeing a little project I'm working on."

"What other project?" Xander asked.

"Come with me." Tetherby said. The two walk out the door and down the hall to the lab area. Tetherby leads Xander through the lab to dark room with a large cage. Tetherby grabs some fruit and tossed it into the cage. "This is what you'll be overseeing." Xander stares at cage when a large black hand reaches out and grabs the fruit.

"Why is it here?" Xander asked.

"He's our newest experiment and let's just say that he'll bring the L-Crew to their knees." Tetherby said.

Back at the Loud house, Lana was in her room getting ready for bed. She was exhausted. From running and fighting Xander to going back to free Lynn and Lincoln (and apologizing for forgetting them) Lana couldn't wait to go to sleep. "Hops! Bedtime!" She called. Hops then hops into bed and settles in next to her.

"Night Lana." Hops said.

"Night." Lana said before drifting off to sleep.

When Lana woke up she saw that she was no longer in her room but in a jungle by a large tree. "What the? Where am i?" She asked herself. Suddenly a piece of fruit landed by her feet.

"Hungry?" Lana looked up and saw her spirit guide monkey sitting on one of the large roots. "You should eat up. You deserve it after your battle. Well done."

"Thanks monkey." Lana said as she picked up the fruit and ate it. Then she sat next to her guide on the roots. "But I have a feeling that isn't the last I seen of Xander."

"Don't worry you have your siblings to help you out." said Monkey.

"I know." Lana said. "But I still have questions."

"And that's why I'm here." Monkey said. "To answer them."

"You're not going to laugh at them are you?" Lana asked.

"Of course not kiddo. Tell me what's going through your mind." Monkey said.

Ok lately, I've been more protective over animals lately and maybe giving into my animal instincts." Lana explained.

"Not necessarily a bad thing." Monkey said. "Even when you give in, you find your way back. But, it's not entirely your animal instincts. When you become the animal you understand more of how they feel. You feel what they feel so it's not that your giving in, you just understand more. But that technically wasn't a question."

"Oh right. To be honest I thought I was becoming more of a animal than human." Lana said,

"Don't fear the animal kingdom Lana." Monkey told her. "Speak for the ones who cannot speak for themselves. That is your destiny. To stand up for the voiceless."

"Yeah I speak for the animals who cannot speak." Lana said as she stood up from the root. "I am Lana Loud, Warrior and protector of the Animal kingdom hear me roar!" Lana shouted and roared.

"But that doesn't have to be your destiny." Monkey said. "Destiny can always change and you can decide your fate. I don't decide it. You do."

"Ok I understand, I'll figure out my destiny when I get older. Thanks Monkey guise." Lana said.

"Your welcome." Monkey said before disappearing. As the jungle began to disappear Lana smiled knowing how bright her future was.

In a warehouse in downtown Royal Woods, several gunshots rang out. Inside, a guard was punched in the face while another was kicked in the gut. Another pointed his gun at the intruder who quickly took him down with a jumping knee. The intruder looked around and several over a dozen guards unconscious and bruised. After making sure their was no more guards he headed to the door and opened it to let in his partner, a young girl.

"Took you long enough Replicate." The girl said impatiently.

"There were over a dozen guards here Alice." Replicate growls. "Did you think it would take a few seconds?"

"I suppose you have a point, since there are no other meta humans in sight for you to copy their abilities." Alice pointed out. "You would have taken them out in a few seconds."

"You done?" Replicate asked with a deadpan look on his face.

"Yeah." Alice said. "So what is this place?"

"A warehouse Tetherby owns where keeps his old equipment." Replicate answers. "There should be an old harddrive here."

"Ok let's start looking." Alice said.

The two start moving through the warehouse moving through the equipment. While they found a lot of different things, they didn't find a harddrive. "Damn it. At this rate we'll never find it." Replicate growls. Nearby Alice is looking through some old electronics when she finds something.

"I think I found it!" Alice calls.

"Let me take a look." Replicate said as he walked up to Alice and inspects the object.

"So?" Alice asked.

"This is it." Replicate said.

"Nice." Alice said. "Tetherby, you're days are now numbered."

Zachlor16: hey suckas. I hoped you enjoyed this chapter. Xander will return in the future so let us know what you think. Anyways, I've noticed that there has been a lack of OMAKES and fan made intros in the reviews. So please make more! I'm begging you! Please make more! So for next chapter we will be introducing a new ally for the L-Crew and no it's not Armor and Surge. But that will happen. Also, Smoke and I need some assistance. So as you know this season we were exploring Replicate's past. Now the next two we're gonna do is Stretcher and Aroma. Now both chapters are planned, but we want to know who do you guys want first? Stretcher or Aroma. Let us know and we'll see you around.