Left in the Dark


This story first begins at a town called Royal Woods, MI. But to be more specific, it truly starts off with a promo of tv show.

Hunter Spector: Do you believe in ghosts? Join me, Hunter Spector: Spectre hunter, leader of the Academy of Really Good Ghost Hunters, or ARGGH! As I descend into the scariest place in any home, the basement! Sunday at 8 PM! Don't miss it, or you'll be left in the dark! ARGGH!

(As the promo finishes, it now fades and transitions to a bedroom, where 11 year old Lincoln Loud, the boy with ten sisters and one brother, preparing for a special night, as he marks off a certain day with a red circle on the calendar.)

Lincoln: It's finally here! The live season finale of the greatest, show, ever! [Looks at the viewers] All right, I know you're probably saying to yourself; "Lincoln, with eleven siblings, there's no way you're going to get to watch your favorite show." And you'd be right. Every Sunday at eight, it's the same thing.

(Unfortunately, he's not wrong, as a flashback shows Lincoln entering the living room to watch TV with a bag of popcorn in hand, only to find his siblings fighting over the TV remote; Then, the flashback ends, and heads back to the present day.)

Lincoln: But tonight, I have a plan. [He then pulls out his walkie-talkie] Cadet Lincoln calling Cadet Clyde, do you read me?

(On the other end of the line, was Lincoln's best friend, Clyde Mcbride, whose also the same age as Lincoln.)

Clyde: This is Cadet Clyde, I read your loud and clear! I'm so excited! We finally get to watch "ARGGH!" together. And by "together", I mean you at your house, and me at mine, right?

Lincoln: [To the viewers] For such a landmark event, we decided that it be best for us if we watched seperately. Clyde's got a huge crush on my sister Lori, It gets awkward.

(He's not wrong about that either, cause in Clyde's room at his house, there's a drawing of Lori on his wall.)

Clyde: [Looking dreamily at a drawing of Lori] Hubba Hubba.

Lincoln: Clyde? Clyde? Do you read me?

Clyde: Uh, you better hurry, Lincoln. It's almost 8:00!

Lincoln: It's time for Operation: Distract My Siblings So That I Can Get to the TV First and Watch the Special Live Season Finale of "ARGGH!" and Think of a Shorter Name for this Operation into action.

(And, right on cue, as a bedroom door opens up, he must first deal with the twins, Lola and Lana, both 6 years old, and couldn't wait to march downstairs to the living room to watch cartoons.)

Lola & Lana: Cartoons! Cartoons! Cartoons! Cartoons!

Lincoln: Did someone say tea party [reveals a tea pot and a box of cookies]

Lola: Eeeee! Thank you Lincoln! [takes the items and goes back to her room]

(But, Lana however, being the opposite of her twin sister, wasn't interested in tea parties)

Lana: Hey, I don't want to be in some dumb old tea party, I want to watch TV!

Lincoln: Not even [pulls out two frogs from behind him] these guy are invited?

Lana: Eeeee! Thanks, Lincoln! [takes the frogs and goes back to her room]

(Next up, was his 14 year old sister, Luan, known to be a comedienne, and a prankster.)

Lincoln: Hey, Luan!

Luan: I was just heading downstairs to watch TV.

Lincoln: You might wanna grab your video camera instead. The twins are at it again.

(Inside the twin's room, it is shown that Lola and Lana are fighting, in which, gives Luan an opportunity

Lola: You can't come! V.I.P Only!

Luan: This is totally gonna go viral! [heads back to her room to get her video camera] Thanks, Linc!

(Next, coming out of his room, was Lincoln's only little brother, 10 year old Lennox. Whose hobby is dancing and learning any genre of dance.)

Lincoln: Hi, Lennox!

Lennox: Yo, Lincoln. I was just about to head downstairs. There's a new episode of "You Got What it Takes to Get Down", and I intend on watching.

Lincoln: On a related note, I wanted tell you about a new freestyling battle video that's just been posted online two days ago. [reveals a piece of paper with something written on how to get to that website] Here's how to get to it.

Lennox: I've been trying to find that video, hoping to see it! Thanks a bunch, Linc! [takes the piece of paper and goes back to his room]

(Next, was young, 4 year old genius Lisa, and 1 year old, baby Lily)

Lincoln: Hey, Lisa. I saved you a trip downstairs and got you the stuff you needed.

Lisa: The lactose, triticum protein, sodium chloride crystals, sucrose and galus galus ovum?

Lincoln: Uh, you mean milk, flour, salt, sugar and eggs? [hold out the ingredients]

Lisa: You say tomato, I say solanum lycopersicum. Thank you. [takes said ingredients and heads back to her room]

(Then, there's the athletic teen sister, 13 year old Lynn.)

Lynn: Yeah! Two minutes to game time! Whoo!

Lincoln: Hey, Lynn, check it out [hold out a football that starts floating] I filled it with helium for the extreme player who demands more.

Lynn: I demand more!

(Coming out from another bedroom, right on cue, was his second oldest sister. 16 year old Leni Loud.)

Lincoln: Uh, go long!

[Whistle blows, Lynn struggles to get the ball]

Lynn: Get over here, you!

(With Lynn occupied, Lincoln went to deal with Leni. He shouldn't have a problem with her trying to get in the way of his plan to watch to TV because... um... to put it gently she is what you considered "ditsy".)

Lincoln: Oh my gosh, Leni!

Leni: What, is there a spider on me? [frantically rubs her head] Get it off ! Get it off! Get it off!

Lincoln: Worse. There's a zit on the end of your nose!

Leni: I'm a hideous monster [runs away]

(Then, Lincoln's third oldest sibling, 15 year old rockstar sister, Luna comes out of her room with her guitar in hand.)

Luna: Hey bro! TV tonight is gonna be rockin'! [Strums her guitar] Yeah!

Lincoln: Or, you can have your very own flashlight rock show in your bedroom. [holds out a colorful flashlight]

Luna: That is sweet! Thanks, Linc! [takes the flashlight and goes back to her room]

(And finally, the oldest sibling of the Loud House. 17 year old, phone-obsessed teenager Lori. Sometime caring, but most times bossy.)

Lori: Has anyone seen my phone? I need to live tweet my show!

Lincoln: [takes out Lori's phone and dials a number from it] Hey, Lori!

(Lincoln rushes to Lori, while holding out her phone)

Lincoln: Hey, Lori, I found your phone!

Lori: Give me that! [snatches her phone] How many times do I have to tell you to keep your hands off my stuff!

Lincoln: [while Lori was saying this] 3.. 2.. 1... [Lori's phone rings]

Lori: [answers] Hello? Oh, hey Bobby. [laughs] No, I didn't text you to call me, but I'm glad you did! [heading back to her room; to Lincoln] Thanks for nothing, twerp! [slams her door]

(After dealing with the last sibling, Lincoln looks and sees Lily, asleep on his shoulder. He puts her down gently in the laundry basket and kisses her forehead.)

Lincoln: And that makes 11.

(Lincoln, then slides down the stair banisters, lands safely, and heads to the living room to sit on the couch and watch TV.)

Lincoln: [To the viewers] Like I said, I may not be the fastest, and I may not be the strongest, but to get all of my sibling out the way, it pay to have a plan.

(But, little did Lincoln knew, his plan run into a small miscalculation, because siting on the couch to his right was his 8 year old, gothic sister, Lucy Loud.)

Lucy: You forgot me.

Lincoln: Ahhh! [As an organ plays in the background; he falls to the ground after getting startled by his little sister] Lucy! I always forget about Lucy!

Lucy: Story of my life.

Lincoln: What are you doing here?

Lucy: It's the season premiere of my favorite show, "Vampires of Melancholia"

Lincoln: This is the episode of "ARGGH!" that everyone is going to be talking about at school tomorrow! Please, let me watch it? Pretty please with a black cherry on top?

Lucy: I'm sorry Lincoln, but you know the rule. I was here [in slow motion] first.

Lincoln: NOOOOOO! [looks at the remote and licks it] Ha!

Lucy: That's the old remote that Lily threw into the toilet.

(Realizing that, Lincoln gags, rubs his tongue, and spits out the germs. He then weeps in disappointment.)

Lucy: Sorry, Lincoln, I can't miss my vampires. Edwin is so cold, and tormented, and mysterious. Sigh. If only he wasn't from another century.

Lincoln: [gets an idea] Another century? [to Lucy] That's okay, Lucy. You watch your show on the big color TV. I'll just go watch my on Dad's crummy, old, black-and-white TV.

Lucy: Black and white are my favorite colors.

Lincoln: Yeah, it'll make watching my show a little more... spooky!

Lucy: Spooky is also my favorite color.

Lincoln: Well, enjoy your vampires.

Lucy: Wait! I'll take the old TV!

(A few minutes later in Lynn and Lucy's room; Lincoln is seen grunting to get the old black-and-white TV onto the other side of Lucy's bed.)

Lincoln: How can only two colors be so heavy? [Puts it on her bed] Here you are. Now to plug it... [holds out the plug to the TV as it appear to be sort of broken.] in. [to Lucy] So you can be happy, or sad or whatever that emotion is. And I won't be left in the dark.

(But, in an ironic turn of events, the moment Lincoln plugged in the TV, the power to the whole house blows out. Leaving everyone in the dark.)

Lincoln: Dang it.

(Meanwhile in the hallway, the others began to murmur in confusion as to why the the power went out.)

Lori: All right! All right! Everybody just calm down!

Leni: Guys! I can't see anything! I think I've gone blind!

Lori: No, you didn't go blind. What the heck happened?

Lincoln: I was just plugging in the TV for Lucy and it must've made the lights go out.

Lori: Of course it was you did, Lincoln.

(All the other sister started to complain about what he did, while Lennox defended his brother.)

Lennox: Calm down guys! He didn't know that the power would go out!

Lincoln: Yeah! All I did was plug in some dumb old TV!

Luan: Hey! I know why the lights went out! Cause they liked each other! [laughs as her siblings sigh] Get it? Get it?

(Here's a little info; while Luan may be a comedienne, she tends to tell lame jokes and puns.)

Lisa: That one was so good, is deserved a cookie. [hands her a cookie]

Luan: Oh, thanks. [takes the cookie and eats it] So anyway, what did one light bulb say to the other?

(All of a sudden, as Luan told her joke, her entire body started to glow in a yellow-green color. The rest of her siblings gasp.)

Lincoln: You're glowing!

Luan: Oh. I already told that one?

Luna: No, dude. You are glowing.

Luan: Hey, wow!

Lori: Everyone, back away from Luan. [the rest of the sibling step back] Lisa, Mom and Dad said that you're not allowed to use your siblings as experimental guinea pigs anymore!

Leni: Yeah! Not after what you did to me!

(She and Lori weren't lying. Every so often, Lisa uses one of her siblings for one of her crazy experiments. In one flashback, Lisa experimented on Leni that left her experiencing the side effects of Lisa's experiment. Her face became extremely swollen like a watermelon, and covered in blemish-like substances.)

Leni: My face feels funny.

(Goes back to the present day.)

Lennox: (shudders) No kidding, that was horrifying.

Lisa: Classic. All I did was infuse the bioluminescent DNA of a Aquorea victora jellyfish into a cookie. I called them Gloweos. Besides, now we can see.

(The sibling then realized what Lisa just explained to them.)

Lori: Okay, everyone huddled around Luan.

(The sibling do what Lori says.)

Luan: I always knew I was the light of your life [giggles as the rest of her siblings sighed.)

Lincoln: Okay. So, how about we get that power back on.

Lori: Hey, when Mom and Dad are out, I'm in charge. So first, we need a headcount to make sure we're all here.

Lincoln: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, and me, that 12. Yep, that's all of us. We're all her and accounted for.

Lucy: [appearing behind Lincoln] You forgot me.

(Lincoln screams, and falls to the ground after getting startled by Lucy, again.)

Lincoln: Can I go flip the circuit breaker and get the lights back on before Lucy gives me a heart attack?

Lori: Again, in charge. I'll do it. Now where's this circuit breaker thingy?

Lincoln: In the basement.

(The Loud siblings arrive at the basement. As Lori's silhouette peers over the basement's darkness.)

Lori: Why am I'm the one who has to do this?

Siblings: [at the same time angrily] Because you're in charge!

Lennox: I mean you did said it yourself!

Lori: All right! All right! Come on, Luan light the way.

Luan: That's the brightest idea you had all day. [giggles]

(But, the moment Lori pulled Luan away from the group, her glow goes away as she goes back to normal. The siblings gasp at this.)

Luan: [notices her glow is gone] Oooh. I thought I was staying in tonight, but I guess I'm going out! [giggles as the rest of her sibling sighed]

Lori: Lisa, give her another one of those cookies. We won't tell.

Lisa: [on her clipboard] Negative. That was the only one. Prototype.

Lori: Just great...

(Suddenly, a wooden creak is heard down there, Lori gasps in fear.)

Lori: There's something in the basement! I'm not going down there!

Lynn: [taunts] Ooh! You're scared of the dark!

Lori: [to Lynn] I am not! You're the one who's scared.

Lynn: I'm not afraid of anything.

Lennox: [taunts] Are you sure you're not scared?

Lynn: [to Lennox] Of course not!

Lucy: Boo.

Lynn: AHH!

Lennox: I rest my case.

Lynn: Zip it!

(While most of the siblings started arguing with each other, the twins started to tremble with fright.)

Lola & Lana: THERE'S A GHOST IN THE BASEMENT! [sobbing]

Lincoln: Guys! I'm running out of time! It's really important that I...I...I... [sighs in realization] ...fix this. OKAY, QUIET! [the siblings stop arguing; to the twins] Come here, you two. It's okay. There's nothing to be afraid of. [the twins hug Lincoln tightly for comfort] Your big brother will protect you. In fact...I will protect all of you! For I am Cadet Lincoln: Highly trained student of the Academy of Really Good Ghost Hunters! Or...ARGGH!

(He then puts on his night vision goggles and bust out his walkie-talkie.)

Lincoln: Cadet Clyde, this is Cadet Lincoln. Forget the plan. I'm going to need backup.

(And then, without hesitation, Lincoln's right hand man, Clyde arrived in on the situation.)

Clyde: Cadet Clyde, reporting for duty. [notices Lori and get aroused] L-L-L-Lori? [then starts acting like robot] RED ALERT. RED ALERT. DOES NOT COMPUTE. CIRCUIT OVERLOAD. MUST ABORT MISSION. [leaves]

Lincoln: [to the viewers] I told you it gets awkward. [prepares to enter the basement] I will now descend to scariest place in the house: the basement. But fear not, with my official "ARGGH!" branded night vision goggles, I can see in the dark.

(Lincoln spoke too soon, as he entered the basement, and slipped and fell down the stairs and loses his walkie-talkie. The siblings rushed up to the steps.

Lori: Lincoln, are you okay?

Lincoln: The bad news is, my goggles are just a toy, and do not really see in the dark! The good news is, they cushioned my face from the hard basement floor.

Lennox: You might have to ask for your money back on those goggles.

Luan: [looks at her camera] Hey! I think my video camera has a night vision setting.

Lincoln: [rushes back up] Sweet! [takes it] It's just like the cameras they used on ARGGH! I'm going in.

Lori: Wait! You're not going to leaves us all alone up here, are you? I mean, we couldn't possibly let you go down there all alone. We should all go down together. As a group [grins pleadingly]

Lincoln: Very well. I'll lead the way.

(Soon, the Loud sibling enter the basement, with Lincoln leading the group, and Luan camera as his guide.)

Lincoln: You may want to say close. There's no telling lurking down here in the dark.

Luan: There's nothing funny about this situation. Although, I do like dark humor dark humor.

Leni: Is something touching my hand?

Lynn: You're touching your own hand.

Lennox: This situation is really giving me chills up my spine.

Lori: I hate basements

(Just then, an eerie sound is heard.)

Lori: [gasps] What's that moaning?

(The sibling gasp, and Lincoln turn to the source of that sound, which was settling pipe.)

Lincoln: Don't freak out. It's just the pipe settling.

(Then, another scary sound is heard.)

Leni: What's that scratching?

(The siblings gasp again and Lincoln checks with the camera to see only the house cat, Cliff scratching on his scratching post.)

Lincoln: Don't be scared. It's just Cliff the Cat.

Cliff: Meow.

Lynn: [plugging up her nose] What is that smell?!

(The siblings gasp again, and Lincoln looks and sees a familiar sight. Which turns to be that Lily soiled her diaper, while being held by Luna, who has an understandably grossed out look on her face.)

Lincoln: It's just Lily with a full diaper.

Lily: [giggles] Poo-poo!

Lincoln: See, guys? There's nothing to be afraid of.

(But, once again, Lincoln spoke too soon, when he sees something that spooks him and his siblings.)

Lori: What is it?!

(To their eyes, they see what it looked like a mysterious figure with glowing green eyes.)

?: Lincoln...LINCOLN...

Lincoln: [terrified] IT'S A GHOST AND IT KNOWS MY NAME!

(All of the siblings started screaming and running around, except for Lucy who likes darkness and ghosts.)

Lincoln: [bravely] I'LL SAVE YOU, SIBLINGS! [charges at the ghost]

(Just then, the lights turned back on to reveal that the assumed "ghost" that Lincoln is attacking, was just a basket full of laundry, with Lincoln's walkie-talkie on top.)

Lincoln: Hi-yah! Take that, evil spirit!

Lori: [after finding the circuit breaker and turned the power back on by herself] Cool it, Lincoln. It's not a ghost. It's just our laundry.

(Lincoln emerges from the laundry with a sheepish grin. As it turn out that the mysterious sound was Clyde, trying to contact him.)

Clyde: [on the other end] Lincoln! Lincoln! Do you read me?

Lincoln: [picks up] Clyde?

Clyde: I was just calling to say sorry for not being such a good ARGGH! cadet. And is your sister ready to date younger men?

Lori: [offscreen] Never gonna happen!

Clyde: Was that your sister?! [robot act] RED ALERT. RED ALERT. OVERLOAD. OVERLOAD.

Leni: [with her eyes closed] Guys! I still can't see!

Lisa: Open your eyes.

Leni: [opens her eyes] IT'S A MIRACLE!

Lori: First one to the TV is couch commando.

Lincoln: I can still get there first!

(Lincoln rushes to get to the living room couch, so he can be first to watch his show and races pass his siblings, all while in slow motion. He manage to get there first, grabs the remote, and turns on the TV, but only to find out that his show just ended.)

Hunter Spector: WOW! That was by far the best ARGGH! ever! I'd hate to be you if you missed it!

Lincoln: [shocked] NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! [laments] I can't believe I missed my show.

(Lincoln starts breaking down in tears, and his siblings see how miserable he is and feel pretty bad for him. Because after all, they are family.)

Lori: [hand him some popcorn] Sorry you missed your show Lincoln.

Lennox: It's not all bad, I mean you might get a chance to watch a rerun of it. And there's always other chances next season.

Luan: But you just lived it! Check it out!

(The siblings started watching and enjoy their little adventure all on film, while have a good laugh about it. And Lincoln was happy that he actually lived show, instead of just watching it.)

Lincoln: [to the viewers] You know, I may have missed my show. But sometimes, it's not about being. Sometimes, it's about being there together. All of us.

Lucy: You forgot me.

Siblings: [Got started by her appearance; as an organ pipe plays in the background one more time] AAAHH!