Chapter 1: Anything to Win
Alright, guys. I'm back in the FanFiction game. This time, I have a story about one of my favourite siblings alongside Lincoln and Lucy, Lynn Jr. This will be a tale about the sports girl going over the edge because of the bad influence of one of her sports coaches, only to end up in juvie for her troubles.
As far as ideas for this Fanfiction go, I had a bit of a brainstorm after watching the episode Middle Men from season 3, which came out about a month or two after I finished my previous fic, Pushover or Payback. Let's just say that certain themes and ideas from that episode will have relevance in this story.
Anyway, this is a story I want to tell and I'm going to. I hope you enjoy chapter 1.
Lynn Loud Junior was an energetic and fiery girl in a chaotic if lovable family. She was, all in all, a nice enough, well-meaning girl. She just loved having fun and playing with her friends and loved ones. But with all her energy and passion came a series of vices alongside them. Most notably were her obsessions with competition and winning. Competing and being victorious were urges she would go to great lengths to satisfy. Often to a fault. Along with that disposition was an intensely violent, aggressive demeanour, which exacerbated her existing character flaws.
These were things always likely to get Lynn Jr into trouble, but sometimes she usually managed to make it through okay. However, one time she was not so fortunate. It was an experience which started one evening, following a baseball event…
Lynn Jr: "Lynnsanity in the house! Woo!" she yelled to her teammates after they won a huge baseball game.
Margo: "You really are Lynn-sane, aren't you?"
Lynn: "Yep. That's me." She boasted.
Coach Henry: "LOUD! That was an excellent performance! Come and see me after everyone else has gone!" He told his student.
Lynn: "That new coach sure likes to make himself heard, doesn't he? Still, he beats our old team leader. That guy was a total piece of work."
Margo: "So, what do you think he wants to talk to you about?" she asked curious.
Lynn: "Eh, he's probably just gonna congratulate the MVP on her top-notch skills!" she bragged.
Margo: "Yeah, that figures." She remarked as she rolled her eyes, being all too familiar with her friend's ego.
Later, after the rest of the team left for home, Lynn went to see her new coach as he had requested…
Lynn: "So, coach. What did you want to see me about?"
The coach, who was facing away from her, then turned to face her with a rather serious expression on his face, as if he were about to ask her something big…
Coach Henry: "Loud. I want to cut right to the chase! You're the best player this team has, and to be quite honest, you're talents are wasted on this backwater team."
Lynn: "Hey, watch it! They're my friends! And you're new team!" she said as she defended Margo and her other close sports buddies.
Coach: "Lynn, you have the dedication. You have the skills. You have the energy and the passion. But there's something lacking."
Lynn: "What do you mean? Is it luck?" she asked concerned.
Coach: "No, it's not luck." He responded.
Lynn: "*Phew*" she let out as a sign of relief.
Coach: "It's this!" he stated as he held out his hand.
Lynn then looked down at his extended hand to see a small pill. Confused, she questioned the man over what he was showing her…
Lynn: "What's that?"
Coach: "That, Loud, is what's going to make you number one in baseball!"
Lynn: "Ha! I'm already number one." She replied with confidence and a grin on her face.
Coach: "LOUD! I'm serious!" he shouted at her intensely.
Lynn then ceased her arrogant thinking and quickly adopted a serious if intimidated look on her face as she realised he wasn't joking around.
Coach: "This is a brand new performance enhancement sports product, I got it from an old friend of mine who's gone into scientific nutrition goods. He's been working on this for quite some time, and he's confident it will give whoever takes it a boost like no other when it comes to athletic prowess."
Lynn: "And… has it been tested yet?" she asked nervously.
Coach: "On lab rats, as standard procedure. But you will be the first human subject!"
Lynn wasn't sure what to do. Her desire to be number 1 was intensely drilled into her brain. In her mind, she would do anything it took to be the best around. Yet for the first time in a while, she was having doubts about doing something in order to better herself. She did not wish to be a test subject for some new drug, and nobody knew the side effects this new enhancer would have on a human being. She didn't want to be a tragic casualty in the name of a ruthless scientific pursuit…
Lynn: "Um… coach. It's not that I'm being ungrateful, but…"
Coach: "But what?!" he demanded.
Lynn: "It's just that… I don't know if this is a good idea."
Coach: "What do you mean? Loud, do you not understand what I'm doing for you? This is a brand new state of the arc performance booster fresh out of a top level laboratory! This thing could give you strength and athletic ability far beyond that of any of your competitors. You could be the number 1, without worry, without the need to even practice!"
Lynn: "But what about the side effects? We don't know what this thing will do!"
Coach: "You know how it works. Sometimes you have to take risks to make it big in sports. In anything you do. Think about it. You won't need to rely on training, or the skill of your teammates, or luck ever again. You will be the best, no questions asked!"
Lynn did consider the advantages for a moment, given her competitive nature and her need to be the best at what she did, to never be inferior or vulnerable to a potential adversary…
…but the better side of her mind took over. She wasn't going to give into such temptation so easily.
Lynn: "I'm sorry. I appreciate the offer, coach. But I'm going to let my own skills and training get the job done for me. Besides, if I'm really that good, I don't need it."
Coach: "But that's just it, kid. That's why I'm talking to you. Because you are so good! I chose you as the person to take the enhancer, because you are someone worthy of its potential greatness!"
Lynn: "Sorry, but…" but she was then furiously cut off.
Coach: "LOUD! I am ordering you to take it! Or else you're off the team!"
Lynn: "Excuse me!?" she asked, completely shocked by the ultimatum her trusted sports coach was giving her.
Coach: You heard me! You do as I say or I will kick you off the team! No more baseball for Lynn Loud Jr. Heck, once word gets out that I decided you weren't good enough to be on my baseball team, your other sports captains and teammates will probably lose confidence in you, too. Then all that success you were striving for… bye bye." He insisted.
Lynn's invulnerability and insecurity in her own ability began to rise to the surface. Behind all her roughness and tough attitude, lied a past of being bullied and looked down on. The main reason she was so concerned with her need to be the best was because she never wanted people to think too little of her, to think they could just toss her aside and disregard her.
This thought process began to weaken her will to resist…
Lynn: "This is blackmail." She bitterly said.
Coach: "So you won't take it?" he questioned.
Lynn: "I… I don't know."
Coach: "Loud, you have a very simple choice. You can take the pill, and become the greatest baseball player of all time, under my guidance and assistance. Or you can take your ball and go home! It's up to you, kid."
As her insecurities began to take over, her will to resist temptation expired. She was too fearful of the idea of being an outcast and a piece of throwaway garbage like she was before. She just couldn't say no…
Lynn: "Alright, coach. I'll do what you want. You know best." She said as she gave in.
Coach: "That's good. You know it makes sense. Now take it." He replied as he handed the pill over to his sports student.
Lynn gazed at the pill for a moment. She tried to think optimistically, as was in sync with her usual cheerful and positive thinking personality. In her mind, she was trying to convince herself that the enhancer in her hand couldn't really be as harmful to her as she feared…
…the coach did inform her that the development of the drug occurred in a top of the range lab, after all.
Coach: "Take it first thing in the morning, Loud. Just as you're eating breakfast. Then it will give you a whole new level of energy, reflex, quickness and power which will last throughout the day!" he assured her.
Lynn: "Thanks, coach. I will."
Lynn was then dismissed from the coach's presence. She began to walk home, with the pill in her hand. She had so many thoughts going on inside her mind that she forgot she actually had a bike with her that she could've used to ride back quickly. She just left it there, too busy thinking about what she was about to do…
As Lynn began to return to her home, the coach pulled a mobile device from out of his pocket, and began to call a very important contact of his. He was planning something…
But whatever sinister intentions he had behind giving Lynn an untested drug were unbeknown to her. All she knew was that if she didn't follow her coach's instructions, she could lose everything…
Lynn returned to her home. Naturally, whenever one sibling entered the house, there were already 10 others lurking around, causing chaos. Lynn had to make sure she got through the living room, up the stairs and to her bedroom undetected.
Needless to say, her skills as a ninja were about to come in handy…
Lynn saw a rollerbrawl between the twins approaching her way. Clenching the pill in one hand, she performed a front flip in the air above the fighting twins. She landed on her feet with ease, but then saw a chemical flask being launched in her direction. She ducked the hazardous glass item, matrix style, before leaping towards the staircase so to avoid any other collisions.
Lynn then tip-toed up the stairs and under the notice of anyone in her family. She quickly yet quietly reached the door of her bedroom. She then let out of a sigh of relief as she thought she had reached the home free zone…
Lynn: "*Phew*" she expressed as she began to open the door.
Lucy: "Hello." She said with her usual near emotionless tone.
Lynn then screamed and jumped up in the air, as was the norm whenever Lucy let her presence known. In the process, she dropped the pill on the floor.
Lucy: "Lynn, what is that?" she asked with a sense of curiosity as she stared down at the object.
Lynn then swiped up the pill back into her clutches as she prepared to defend herself verbally…
Lynn: "None of your bees wax, miss sunshine!" she bit back.
Lucy: "Lynn, what was that pill?"
Lynn: "Just something that will help me get better at sports." She said as she tried to brush her sister off.
Lucy: "Is that thing even safe? Do you know what side effects it could have?" she questioned, concerned for the well-being of her sister.
Lynn: "It's cool! Coach Henry said so! Don't worry." She reassured as she tried to cheerfully talk down her sister, doing whatever she could to end the argument.
Lucy then retreated back to her coffin, uneasy about what her sporty sister was possibly getting herself into. Lynn also went to her bed and lied down. She opened her hand and looked at the pill one last time. She herself wasn't sure if she should really take it…
…but she couldn't risk disappointing her coach and possibly be kicked off the baseball team. Too much was riding on her decision to swallow the performance enhancement pill the next morning.
Lynn then picked up from her drawer what she deemed her lucky sock, in accordance with her superstitious beliefs. In actuality, it was an old smelly sock that she hadn't washed in a long time. But to her, it was her most valuable good luck charm, and she had a few of them. Luck was something she relied on, after all, perhaps TOO much.
Lynn: "Please give me good luck tomorrow." She quietly said to sock, before placing it back in her drawer, hoping for whatever help she could get to combat her fears.
She then began to try and get some sleep, knowing she had an eventful day coming up. She knew whatever happened the following morning, it would be a new experience…
Hope that was a satisfying introductory chapter for all you readers. This is the first FanFiction I've done in several months, since the likes of Pushover or Payback last summer. Will that story have any connection to this one? You'll just have to wait and see. Either way, now that I've done a couple of fics, I aim to used what I have learned to improve upon the writing process that contributes towards the making of these projects.
Anyway, I'm not entirely sure what the rate of progression will be for new chapters. One every week? Every fortnight? Every month? I honestly haven't thought that far ahead. I'll have to see what is most convenient for me, but it's unlikely there will be any consistency regarding how long it will between each new upload. I don't want to promise something and then not deliver.
But the duration between each upload will be reasonable. As far as chapter 2 goes, I might upload it next week. We'll see.