Lincoln sat on the couch stewing in anger, glaring hatefully at Lynn who sat in a recliner across from him. Rita was doing her best to clean Lynn up, tending to the scrapes and bruises that she was nearly covered in. As she applied antiseptic and stuck a cotton ball in her nostril to stem the flow of blood. She asked her daughter

"What happened here?"

Lincoln lovingly cradled his battered bunny as Lynn told their parents what had happened. How her horseplay had damaged his stuffed bunny and incited Lincoln to attack her in a fit of anger. They looked at him in utter disbelief

"Lincoln" Rita said "Is this true?"

"Yeah its true" he said showing her the damaged doll "Look what she did to Bun-Bun"

"I can understand that you were angry" Rita said "But look at her. She looks like someone threw her in a tiger cage"

"Hey" Lynn said as she tried to get out of the chair "This is nothing. I'm still..."

Lynn's knees buckled as soon as her feet hit the ground. She grabbed hold of the chair to steady herself, doing her best to fight back the impulse to yelp in pain. She pushed herself back into the chair, letting her mother continue giving her first aid.

"I just don't believe it" said Lynn Sr said "I mean in all my years, I never would've thought you would do this."

Lincoln lowered his head to avoid his fathers gaze, he knew that he must be upset with him. Or at least that what he expected him to feel. Because he certainly didn't expect him to say what he heard next

"High five!"

Lincoln looked up at his father who wore a wide smile and held his hand out to him.

"C'mon" he said "Don't leave me hanging"

Lincoln nervously high-fived his father, who then gave his son a firm slap on the back

"Eleven years" he said "Eleven years of being picked on and now you've finally fought back. Congratulations, son! You finally stuck up for youself!"

Lincoln blanched at his father's admission as he went on "I can't tell you how worried I was" he said "Worried that you'd keep letting your older sisters walk all over you. But now you've taken what Lynn's dished out and served her a double helping. Son, I can't tell how pr..."

Lynn Sr looked back and saw two equally incredulous looks on the faces of his wife and daughter "Excuse me?" Rita said

Lynn Sr nervously cleared his throat "...disappointed we are in you" he finished

"That's what I thought. As for you, young man, do you have anything to say to your sister?"

"Hmmm, nope. I got nothing."

"Lincoln Loud! You owe her an apology! And it had better sound sincere!" Rita demanded.

Lincoln faced his sister, "Lynn, I'm sorry that I couldn't keep kicking your butt."

Lynn scowled at him in response, as did Rita. "A real apology please" Rita said crossly

"Fine then" Lincoln said "I'm truly, deeply, honestly sorry...that I couldn't wreck you even worse before mom and dad showed up"

Mr. Loud however snorted, earning a dirty look from his wife. He quickly wiped his nose, trying to pass off his earlier action as a sneeze. Rita paid him no mind, but instead returned her attention to her son again.

"You are already in enough trouble as it is. Give her a real apology and maybe we won't ground you for more than a week."

"A week?!" Lincoln repeated. "You can't be serious!"

"Yeah, mom!" Lynn added in, "He only gets one week for what he did? He went completely bananas on me and all over an accident too!"

"This is the first time he's done something like this and I'm willing to go easy on him since he did it out of anger. But that's only if he apologizes right now." Rita stated firmly.

"Okay, okay! Lynn, I'm sorry for hurting you. I would take it back if I could. Honest!"

Lynn sat back in her seat and crossed her arms. "Yeah, fine. Apology accepted."

"There, now that we have that settled let's finish treating your wounds. Lincoln, you go to your room until we call you down for supper." Rita said, grabbing a few more bandages for her daughter's scrapes.

"So, am I still grounded for a week?" Lincoln asked as he got up from the couch.

"Of course you are. Now please go to your room."

"But..."

"No buts! If you aren't in your room by the time I count to five, you'll be grounded for two weeks. One..."

"Mom, please! I have to be able to go to the convention this weekend!"

"Two..."

"Lincoln, listen to your mother." Lynn Sr. advised.

Lincoln frowned and stormed off to his room. As his mother reached three, he was already at the top of the stairs. When she reached four he was already slamming his door behind him. Rita sighed heavily and continued to provide first aid to Lynn, wiping a particularly nasty cut with an alcohol wipe.

"Okay sweetie, you should be all set after this. We'll just need to get something cold on that eye."

"Let me check the freezer." Mr. Loud said. "We should have some frozen vegetables in there."

He left the room and went into the kitchen to search the freezer. Lynn made herself comfortable while she waited, feeling a little down after everything that had happened. Her mother noticed this and stroked the athlete's hair.

"Do you want to talk about it honey?"

"I'm fine mom. Just a little ticked off about it. I didn't mean for his bunny to get ruined liked that. I was just fooling around. Then it just happened. I tried to apologize but that's when he sucker punched me in the nose and then he just kept going. And you know he was only apologizing to try and get out of trouble. He wouldn't have said it otherwise."

"Well don't let it get to you. Once he's had a little time to think about it, he'll realize that he overreacted and then the two of you can put it all behind you."

"Am I in trouble for what I did?" she asked her mother a little nervously.

She braced herself for her punishment, but was surprised to hear Rita say "No TV until Wednesday, and dessert for the rest of the week"

"Really?" she said "That's all?"

"Do you want a worse punishment" Rita asked

Lynn shook her head, and flinched with pain "No thanks" she said

"Normally we would come up with something a bit more harsh" she said

"But it looks like Lincoln has already punished you enough" Lynn Sr said as he pressed a bag of frozen mixed veggies to her bruised eye

The cold sensation relived her pain, but Lynn frowned as the embarassment set in the pit of her stomach. "I'm going to bed" she grumbled

"Dinner will be in an hour" Lynn Sr said

"I'm not hungry" she said

Lynn slowly walked up the stairs, trying not to move too sharply to avoid irritatiing her injuries even further. When she reached the top, she met her sisters, each wearing a look of concern.

"Are you OK?" Lori asked

"Did you get in trouble" Lola asked

"Should I make you a steak? Leni asked "I heard that steak is good for a black eye"

Lynn's face fell as her sisters bombarded her with questions. She held out one hand to silence them

"I don't wanna talk about it" she growled

The Loud sisters separated, letting Lynn get to her room. She heard her sisters whispering as she slowly eased herself onto her bed. Lucy walked over and looked her up and down

"What?" Lynn asked

"Wow" she said "Lincoln really did a number on you. You look like death warmed over, and believe me I'd know what death warmed over looks like"

Lynn turned over on her side and repeated herself "I don't wanna walk about it" she said

"If you say so. Just let me know if you need anything."

Lynn only grumbled in response. Lucy went back over to her own bed, taking out her book of poems to work on it. The only sound in the room was that of a pen in contact with paper. Lynn only wished that it was enough to distract her from the thought of what had just happened. She recalled the entire thing from start to finish, and was feeling worse about it with each passing second. Because there was one thing that stood out the most to her as she was thinking of it.

She hadn't landed one hit on her brother. Not even one tiny little strike whereas he had all out pummeled her. And the looks of pity her sisters had just given her only made her feel angrier about it all. It couldn't have been as bad as they said, could it? Yeah, she was hurting. But that didn't mean anything, right? Everyone was just overthinking the whole ordeal. That was all, and she could prove it too.

Taking care not to move too suddenly, Lynn got back up and left the room. She shuffled down to the bathroom and stepped inside, up to the mirror. And when she saw her reflection, her jaw dropped. It was as bad as everybody was making it. She looked awful. Her eye was becoming discolored and was swollen badly on top of that. Plus all of the bandages covering her cuts and scrapes made it look worse. She had trouble acknowledging what she was seeing.

She looked pathetic.

The unpleasant feeling in her gut swelled up and her cheeks tinted red. Then her whole face followed as she began to scowl angrily. She wasn't going to let this stand. Lincoln did this to her, and she was going to make him pay for it. He was going to look twice as bad when she was done with him, and then they'd be even. With her mind now set, she went to confront her brother.

A sharp pain in her leg made her wince. Her bad mood was quickly diminished and she chose to instead return to bed and rest. She could get back at Lincoln after it stopped hurting so much to move around. He had it coming, but it could wait.

Meanwhile, Lincoln was busily thinking about his own situation while inside of his room. He held his precious convention ticket in his hand and gazed at it while his mind worked a mile a minute to find a solution to his problem. There was no way he was going to miss out on going to the convention when he was already so close. All he had to do was find a way to be able to leave the house. Sneaking out was not an option. That would only land him in hotter water. But it wasn't like his parents would just allow him a break from his grounding. Unless..

"That's it!" he declared aloud, opening his door. "Mom! Dad! Could I please speak to you guys?"

"Lincoln, stay in your room!" His mother commanded.

"I am in my room! That's why I'm asking you to come see me! I really want to just talk to you about something! Please?"

After a few moments, Lincoln's parents walked through his door to meet him. His mom wore a frown on her face.

"I was wondering if I could..." Lincoln began "maybe...make a deal with you?"

"What sort of deal?" Rita asked

"There's a game convention this weekend" Lincoln said "I've been looking forward to it since last month. There was a raffle at Gus' Games and Grub today and I won a ticket to the convention"

He paused to show them the ticket "I know I'm grounded" he said "And I know that what I did was wrong. But I was wondering if maybe... if I'm on my best behavior could...could you end my grounding early in time for the weekend?"

Rita narrowed her eyes at her son "Please?" he said "I'll do extra chores. I'll take on extra credit work at school. I won't make any sort of trouble for anybody. Just please think about it at least."

When Rita opened her mouth to speak, Lynn Sr put his hand on her shoulder "We'll just need a moment to talk about this" he said as he pulled her out of Lincoln's room

When he shut the door, Lincoln quickly put his ear to it in order to hear what they were saying. But it only came through the door as muffled whispers. After a moment, he backed away in time for the door to father stepped forward

"We'll give you until Friday" he said "If you can manage to be on your best behavior until then, then you can go to the convention"

Lincoln grinned and leapt forward, hugging his father around his leg "Thank you" he said "I promise you won't regret this"

"I hope so" Rita said "You can start by helping us make dinner"

"Okay!" Lincoln said, about to leave his room until his mother stopped him.

"Not just yet. One of us will let you know when it's time to get started. Until then, if you have homework you should get it done."

Lincoln nodded and set straight to work on a couple assignments he had yet to complete. His parents left the room and shut the door behind them. As he did his homework, Lincoln also started to write down chores that he could do while he was grounded. He planned on giving it to his parents later with the intent to do everything he thought of. The extra work around the house would be a pain in the butt, but completely worth it if he pulled this off.

Back inside of Lucy and Lynn's room, Lynn was just able to find the most comfortable position in her bed while she rested. She was already planning out just how she was going to get back at her brother for what he had done. It would be as simple as just jumping him when he least suspected it and giving him back everything he had given her that day. But there was no satisfaction in that. No, Lynn wanted him to feel just like she had felt earlier. Helpless. To try and try to fight back, but only to fail miserably.

The memory made her aches and pains start to feel worse. It wasn't her fault that she had lost. Lincoln had surprised her and took advantage of it. The whole fight was just a fluke. She could have beaten him easily if she had seen that first punch coming. And next time, she would. Because she was going to provoke him into fighting her again and she was going to be the one who got the flawless victory. That would teach him.

As she continued to plan out her revenge, Lynn felt her mattress sink as another person sat next to her. Cracking open one eye, she saw Lucy looking down at her.

"What is it Luce?"

"Lori is having a sibling meeting in her room before dinner. Will you be going?"

"No. Because I know everyone is going to talk about me and I don't want to be part of it."

Lucy nodded and got up to leave. She took one last look at Lynn before she shut the door.

"Do you want me to get you anything?"

"No. Thanks."

With that Lynn returned to her thoughts and Lucy left to go to Lori and Leni's room. She found herself the last one to arrive as Lincoln was not able to attend for obvious reasons. Once she had found a seat on the floor next to the twins, Lori shut her door and turned to address her siblings.

"Okay, so you all should know why we're here" Lori said " Lincoln literally went berserk and creamed Lynn!"

"I know, right?" Luna said. "I'm so proud of him! Always knew that he could do it!"

"That isn't what I'm trying to say Luna!" Lori chided. "Didn't all of you see what he did to her?"

"Yeah! And it was awesome!" Lana exclaimed. "I wonder if Linc will teach me some of the moves he used?"

"He will not do anything like that!" Lori snapped. "And again, that's not the point!"

"Lori's right you guys!" Leni said. "Lincoln could have hurt her a lot more!"

"He certainly seemed eager to make the attempt to do so." Lisa observed.

"Don't remind me." Lori said. "I'm happy he didn't give me a nosebleed with that little stunt he pulled while I was trying to hold him back."

"Aw, don't be too upset Lori." Luan said. "We can't blame our brother for using his head!"

The girls groaned as Luan laughed at her pun "Get it?" she asked

Ignoring Luan's terrible joke, the sisters went back to thier meeting. Lucy spoke up next

"I actually have some business I need to settle" Lucy said "And I couldn't think of a better time to do it"

"You have the floor, then" Lori said

Lucy walked over to Lola, and her face spread into a smug smile "Pay up" she said

Lola blinked in mock-confusion "Pay what?" she asked innocently

"Pay me what you owe me" Lucy said

"Hang on" Lori says "Lola owes you money?"

"You could say that" Lucy said "A while back she and I made a bet. I bet that I finally won today"

Lola's face fell a bit and she folded her arms in a pout "What kind of bet?"Luna asked

"A about a month and a half ago, we made a bet on Lynn's fights with Lincoln" Lucy said "I bet on Lincoln, and she bet on Lynn. Each time Lynn wins, I'd have to pay Lola 10 bucks..."

"And if Lincoln ever won?" Luna asked

"Then Lola pays me back the full amount I paid her overall" Lucy said

"You seriously made a bet like that?" Lori asked

"It was worth it" Lucy said "I always told you that Lynn would push him too far one day. Five fights lost up until now means fifty dollars. Now pay up"

Lola scowled and did nothing. "I can have it for you by tomorrow."

"That's fine. " Lucy said with a shrug "I can wait. Just please make sure that I get it tomorrow."

"Whatever." Lola sniffed. "It's not like it matters. Before you know it, Lynn and Lincoln will fight again and Lynn will be the winner. Then you'll be giving me my money back."

A collective gasp sounded in the room. All of the other sisters sat and stood in place, mouths agape and eyes wide for a moment. Then they all began to exchange nervous glances.

"Lola has a point." Lori said. "Lincoln was still pretty mad with Lynn before our parents stopped him. If he's still mad enough, he may try to finish what he started. We had all better keep a close eye on him just to be safe."

"Yeah, it wouldn't be good for Lynn if he gave her another thrashing." Luna said. "She's already messed up enough, she doesn't need any more than that."

"Agreed." Lisa said, adjusting her glasses. "And she's in no condition to fight as it is. Whereas she was in top form before her posterior was so swiftly and efficiently kicked. If a repeat of this event were to occur, it would most likely end poorly for Lynn. As she is now, Lincoln could do an exponential amount of damage to her both physically and mentally if he were inclined to do so."

"Yeah and he could hurt her a whole lot more too!" Leni added.

"Lucy," Lori said, turning her attention to the goth. "Could you keep an eye on Lynn and make sure that she keeps away from Lincoln? Just until he isn't mad at her anymore."

"No problem." Lucy said. "I'll shadow her day and night if I have to."

Lori nodded. "Good. Hopefully this will blow over soon. Now, if nobody has anything else to say, meeting adjourned."

Lori removed her shoe and clapped it onto her dresser, signaling the end of their short and sudden meeting. The girls all dispersed from the room, heading downstairs to spend their free time as they pleased until it was time for dinner. Eventually, Lincoln was allowed out of his room to assist with a few things with the food preparation as well as setting the table for them all. Then the meal was ready and set out on the table to be served to the family of thirteen.

"Lynn, sweetie." Rita called up the stairs. "It's time for dinner. Come downstairs."

A little more than a minute later, Lynn came down. In her hand was the now less than frozen bag of veggies that she had been using on her eye. She stopped more than halfway down the steps and held it out to her mother.

"Could I have another one Mom? My eye is still pretty sore."

"Of course, take your seat at the table and I'll get it for you."

"Actually, I'm not feeling very hungry. I just want to go lay down again for a little while."

"Alright, but I'm going to set a plate aside for you anyway. Please try and eat something before its time for bed, okay?"

Lynn nodded and sat down on one of the steps while her mother went to get another bag from the freezer for her eye. While she was waiting her sisters all started to sit down for their meal while Lincoln dished out servings onto their plates. Lynn frowned at him, wanting to just go over there and give him just one good punch. But it was going to have to wait. She still didn't feel up to it and now wasn't the time anyway.

Lori saw Lynn on the stairs and went over to check on her. Lincoln watched her and then noticed Lynn as well. After a moment's thought he decided to go over as well. He didn't expect Lynn to be happy to see him, but he wasn't going to let that stop him.

"Hey Lynn, how are you feeling?" Lori asked.

"About as good as I look." Lynn said, starting to sneer when she saw Lincoln. "But I'd be better if he wasn't here."

Lincoln held up his hands to show he wasn't interested in causing trouble. Lynn didn't seem to care and just kept glaring daggers at him. Sensing her sister's hostility, Lori stepped up to Lincoln and mentally made herself ready to separate the two, should things end up going that way.

"Whatever you want Lincoln, I think you can wait. Lynn clearly doesn't want to be near you right now."

"I know, I know." Lincoln said. "But that's just it. I wanted to apologize again. I've done some thinking since earlier and I just wanted to say it in a better way. I need to apologize to you too, Lori."

"Okay, fine. You can go ahead. Just make it quick. I don't think Mom and Dad want you two near each other for the time being."

Lincoln nodded. "No problem. So first, Lori. I'm sorry for hitting you earlier. You were only trying to help and you didn't deserve to be treated that way."

"You've got that right."Lori said "But you were mad. We all do things we regret when we're not thinking straight"

"I know. I won't do it again promise." Lincoln said " And Lynn? I really am sorry for what I did. Looking back on it now, I can see that I went completely overboard. You didn't mean to damage Bun-Bun, and I could've handled it better. I understand that you're probably really mad at me and that's fine. I'll leave you alone as long as you want me too. But I hope we can patch things up soon. Just let me know when you're ready to talk to me, okay?"

Rita handed Lynn another bag of frozen vegetables which she pressed to her eye "Yeah yeah" she said waving her hand as if she were shooing a fly away "Apology accepted I guess"

She turned to Rita "Mom" she said "Is it ok if I eat in my room tonight"

"Sure" she said "Lincoln, be a dear and fix your sister a plate"

"No problem" he said

Lynn watched him through her narrowed, uninjured eye. She could already feel the anger bubbling up inside her. Either that or the fight had caused her to work up an brought a plate of food over to her

"Here you go" he said

"Thanks" she said as she took the plate from her brother "I'll be in my room if anyone needs me"

Lynn slowly made her way back up the stairs and into her room. She sat back down on her bed and started to eat slowly"Enjoy it while you can Lincoln" she thought "Because next time you're going down"

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