Author's Note: I do not own The Loud House or any other story depicted. I also make no money from it.

Chapter 2

6:00 P.M.

"I'm stuck at work right now. I won't be back until MIDNIGHT!"

L crumples up the note and throws it on the floor. He was waiting all week to beat up another Lincoln Loud with Kronos.

"Guys, we're not starting this party without Kronos. We're gonna wait for him."

Rocket and Mellark were pretty surprised at L's decision.

"Yeah, I understand. If we go without Kronos it won't be as fun." Said Rocket.

"But what the hell are we supposed to do for 6 hours!?" Complained Mellark.

"Okay, it's decided. We stay here and man the fort until Kronos gets back. Occupy ourselves until then. I'm gonna see what he has to eat." Said L.

Rocket notices something near the 24 inch T.V. Kronos recently bought. A video game.

"2K28? Hmm?"

"HEY ROCKET! COME CHECK THIS SHIT OUT!"

L's voice came from the kitchen area. He is seen with his head in the cabinet.

He pulls out a bag of cereal.

"HE'S GOT FROSTY FLAKES! With the polar bear on the bag!"

"WHAT!? Off-brand cereal!?"

"Yeah! It isn't Kellogg's it's Kiggin's!"

"What the fuck is Kiggin's!?"

As if on instinct, Rocket looks to see what else is in Kronos's food cabinet.

"Look! Great Value brand pretzel sticks!"

"Heh! Where's the Rold Gold!? Oh my god! Kroger brand ripples AND peanut butter!? The struggle is real!"

"I don't know what the hell they're talking about. Food is food. But this is just funny. How they react." Thought Mellark. Who is just standing there.

6:30 P.M.

"AH_CHOO!"

"Lincoln, you've been sneezing a lot today. I got some allergy medicine in my office if you…"

"I'm fine, Robert. As I was saying, Steve invites Andrew to enter the school talent show where they disguise their powers as a magic act."

Kronos is seen working at his job. He's having a conversation with his boss, Robert Gray, and the Elementary Statistics professor who he befriended after learning his name, Jim Norgrove.

Jim interrupts Lincoln's story.

"And this… magic act is still filmed in… found footage style?"

"Yeah… the POV often… shifts. Like… it feels like there's never an omnipresent camera catching the best angles. The movie only shows what is really AVAILABLE!"

"Okay… that's genius. If this movie really does exist. What are the names of the actors?"

"Okay, Dane Dehaan plays Andrew. Michael B. Jordan plays Steve…"

"Wait… Michael B. Jordan is an actor in 'Chronicle?'"

"Yeah, Robert. Also, Alex Russell plays Matt. He later plays Billy in the Carrie Remake. Which is basically what this film is, just a gender swap."

"Hey, you know what guys? This right here. Our series of conversations in a random convenience store. This could be a movie."

"Jim, a movie like that already exists. It's called 'Clerks.'"

"Really, I never heard of it."

"Yeah, I never heard of it either, Lincoln. Is this another one of those 'off-universe' movies of yours?"

"Um… the movie came out in 1994… I watched it for the first time like… two years ago. Hmm. Maybe the movie really doesn't exist in this universe."

"Wait… you weren't joking?"

"It's… a bit complicated, Jim. 'Clerks' is… the work of a guy who used to work at a convenience store. Filmed it right there, too. Friends, family, even regulars who go to that store actually star in it."

Jim smirked, whether these movies are real or not, there is at least one thing he can't deny.

"Lincoln, can you use your powers on my last few pringles? I don't want to turn it upside down."

"Sure thing." Said Lincoln as he uses his telekinesis.

"Now that's what I call customer service."

"Hey, uh… Lincoln? I just did a quick search on my phone and the movie you were just talking about, 'Clerks,' it really does exist."

7:30 P.M

"I keep telling them the same thing over and over and over again. Appease the audience. If you don't appease the audience. You will die in that arena. They didn't listen. They idolize Katniss Everdeen but they don't do what she did. Jordan however… took my advice to heart. He is alive because of me."

Mellark and Rocket are seen playing 2K.

"Are you even listening to me!?"

"Huh? Um… yeah." Said Rocket.

"I'm losing horribly. How can he multitask that well? Maybe I should start shooting from half court and tell him I was just playing around the whole time.

Hmm. I wonder what L is thinking."

From the other side of the room, L is seen sitting down in his iconic way; staring at his pistol.

"Sol and Jigsaw couldn't find the time to join us.

Whatever, I didn't really like them all that much.

They are stupid. Reckless, even.

Fuck 'em! Who needs 'em!

Not me! That's for damn sure.

NOT US!"