Sunday: Royal Woods Junkyard
Tire Tire Towers: 3:42 P.M.
The Royal Woods Junkyard. An area that sells and stores scrap from the inhabitants of the city. Filled with mountains of debris and clutter as well as various machinery ranging from car crushers to garbage trucks which are responsible for the waste organization process, it is clear that this place makes it very difficult to find something important...
...or someone, for that matter.
Lincoln was stationed in his 'practice area', setting up his boom box and phone. He was more than grateful to have found an environment best suited to accommodate his routine, especially when taking into account that this area had remained completely abandoned. The scenery surrounding him contained old and worn-out car tires stacked at a very high altitude in the shape of a circle, making it all the better that no one had used it and that no one will see him practicing.
"All right," Lincoln said to himself as he had just connected to auxiliary cord to the boom box from his phone. "Let's do this."
Lincoln zipped up his jacket and put his hood up, putting his "game face" on. He hit the "Play" button on his phone and adjusted the volume on the boom box, allowing him to hear the music, but at the same time, made it inaudible from anyone else to hear it from afar...
...or, at least, that's what he had thought.
As Lincoln found his rhythm and began dancing, he did not notice nine other pairs of eyes staring at him and complete and utter shock.
"L-L-Lincoln?!"
Sunday: Loud House
Lori & Leni's Room: 3:15 P.M.
"Did you find it, Lucy?"
"No, Lynn. I haven't."
"Come on!" Lori yelled in an irritable manner. "It has to literally be around here somewhere!"
For the past ten minutes, Lori, Luna, Luan, Lynn, Lucy, and Lola have been tearing apart Lori and Leni's room searching for something very important. Boxes, clothes, drawers, shoes, and various accessories laid strewn about around the floor, as if a tornado struck the room, leaving the area a complete mess.
"Oh, hey guys!" Leni's cheerful voice rang out, catching the attention of everyone in the room. "Are we hunting for money again?"
Lori stood up, dusted herself off, and approached her sister. "No, Leni. We're searching for my turquoise dress with a sparkle design on it. Have you seen it?"
Leni cupped her chin in thought for a few moments, before snapping her fingers.
"Wait! Was it in a trash bag hanging in our closet?"
"Yes, it was! But it's not there anymore! Where did you see it last?!"
Leni then averted her gaze from her sister, turned her head to the left, put both hands behind her back, and had a guilty look on her face.
"I...may have thrown it out..." she said sheepishly.
Lori's eye twitched and balled her hands into fists. All of the other sisters in the room now had looks of fear on their faces, knowing what was about to happen next.
"You. Did. WHAT?!" Lori snapped. She was now shaking, her mouth seething with rage and her breathing growing heavy.
"I'm-I'm sorry Lori!" Leni whimpered, tears forming in her eyes. "I-I thought it was g-garbage! So I-I threw it out in the garbage can outside earlier! IT-IT WAS AN ACCIDENT, LORI! PLEASE FORGIVE ME!"
Leni was now down on her knees, both hands on the floor as she was now crying, begging for mercy. Lori continued breathing heavily, before calming herself down, her breathing slowed down and became more relaxed. She then went down on one knee and put a gentle hand on Leni's shoulder, the latter now looking upwards to face the former, her eyes being visibly red and tears rolling down her cheeks. Lori hated to see Leni like this; heck, she hated to see any of her siblings like this. But, knowing how sensitive Leni can be, especially if she is yelled at, hurt her to the core, knowing that she was the one who inflicted this pain on her. Lori then pulled her into a tight embrace, Leni not resisting to hug her sister back as more tears ran down her face.
"It's okay, Leni," Lori began. "I forgive you. I should have told you about it and I'm sorry for overreacting."
"So you're...you're not mad at me?" Leni asked between sobs as she released her grip on Lori's back and looked her sister in the eyes.
"Of course not, Leni. I know what you didn't mean to, and besides, you just said you threw it out earlier. The garbage truck hasn't picked up the trash yet, so that means we can just fish it out of-"
"Uh, dudes?" Luna called out, cutting Lori off. "I hate to interrupt the sweet moment, but we got ourselves a small problem..."
The girls then rushed towards the window, only to see the garbage man dump the trash into the back of the truck and leave the area in a hurry.
"NO!" Lori screamed at the top of her lungs, before regaining her composure. "Wait, Luan! Where is the garbage truck going to next?!"
"The Royal Woods Junkyard. Our house is always the last stop on Sunday before it goes there," the comedienne replied.
"Wait, how do you know that?" Lola asked.
"It's because when one time Lincoln and I were walking home after another successful birthday party when we bumped into the garbage man outside our house," Luan explained. "I casually asked him where he was heading off to next, and the junkyard was his answer."
"Then, what are we waiting for?!" Lynn said, pounding her left fist into her right palm. "Let's go after it!"
"Lynn's right. If we can intercept the truck, we may have a chance at reclaiming Lori's dress," Lucy added.
"All right, everyone! We have a plan! Let's do it!" Lori exclaimed, punching her fist in the air; the others doing the same.
And, with that, the group obtained the keys to Vanzilla from their mother, who was looking over Lily, and told them to be back before dinner. After the sisters piled into the van, Lori slammed her foot down on the gas pedal as hard as she could, making the vehicle move at death-defying speeds, that could possibly break the laws of physics, to reach the Royal Woods Junkyard. However, by the time they got there, the garbage truck had just unloaded its contents into an already cluttered junk pile.
Sunday: Royal Woods Junkyard
Junkyard Entrance: 3:25 P.M.
"Well, what do we do now?" Lola said in a grouchy manner with both hands on her hips.
"Simple, little dudette," Luna responded. "We split up to see if we could find any sign of it. Once one of us sees it, we just text the others."
"Oooh! I like that plan! Let's get to it!" Lynn exclaimed.
The seven of them then split up to cover more ground, but, unfortunately, couldn't see anything amongst the numerous piles of scrap.
Sunday: Royal Woods Junkyard
Cluttered Canyon: 3:37 P.M.
"Did any of you find anything?" Lori said, exhaustedly. After running around in circles, trying to navigate their way across the abundant mountains of filth, the girls reunited at a nearby clearing, already short of breath. The girls simply shook their heads at Lori, causing the blonde to stomp her foot on the ground in frustration. It was at this moment that a young and raspy voice called out.
"Hey, guys! What are you all doing here?"
"Lana!?" the girls exclaimed in surprised unison. The tomboy had a rusted old wagon in tow with her, containing an engine motor as well as other items that she salvaged from the junk piles.
"Greetings, fraternal homo sapiens..."
"Lisa?!" The young genius was wearing an earpiece that was connected to a modified metal detector that she reprogrammed to search for her missing component.
"What are you two doing here?" Luan asked the duo.
'I asked you guys first," Lana replied.
"Leni accidentally threw away Lori's dress in the trash can and we followed the garbage truck here," Lola explained to her twin. "We've been searching for about ten minutes now and we still couldn't find any sign of it..."
"Oh! You mean this?" Lana pulled out a trash bag from the inside of her wagon. Lori rushed over to it, and, sure enough, it was her dress, completely clean and unharmed.
"Where did you find this?!" Lori asked, overjoyed.
"I found in one of the newly dumped piles of garbage, near the car compactor. I figured you or Leni might want it."
Lori quickly picked up and hugged Lana tightly.
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" the blonde teenager yelled swinging Lana around.
"You-re...you're welcome, Lori...I...can't b-breathe!"
While Lori put Lana down, allowing the young mechanic to catch her breath, the sound of rapid beeping caught the sisters' attention.
"Eureka!" Lisa exclaimed. "The missing component I require is nearby!"
"'Component'?" Lynn said, confused. "What 'component'?"
"For my latest invention! According to my detector, it is right over there! In the area containing several stacks of tires!"
With that, Lisa ran as fast as her tiny legs could carry her, leaving the other sisters to catch up with her.
"So...why exactly are you two, like, here?" Leni asked Lana while running.
"It's because Lisa said that she needed something important here and needed my help to get it," she responded, her wagon flying in the air every time the front wheels hit a rock.
"Wait, do you guys hear music?" Luna asked the group.
"It sounds like it is coming from inside the circle of tires," Lucy replied monotonously.
"Lisa! Wait up!" Lori called out.
It was at that moment that Lisa suddenly stopped at the entrance, her eyes fixated at what was going on inside.
"Lisa?" Luan asked as she approached the scientific prodigy and waved her hand in front of her face. "Is everything okay?"
It was at this moment that the group saw what Lisa was seeing in front of her: a young boy wearing a hooded jacket with the hood up dancing with such professionalism. The girls' eyes went wide.
"Dang..." Lynn began. "This guy's got moves!"
"How is he doing that with his body?!" Lana chimed in.
"Forget that! I wonder what this guy looks like without the jacket!" Lola chirped.
"Yeah, pretty sure he'd be dreamy..." Leni said.
That was when the figure spun on his heels, causing the hood to fall off his head, giving the girls a good look at what his face looked like. The girls' eyes suddenly went wide as dinner plates as they quickly identified the figure as none other than their only brother.
"L-L-Lincoln?!" the girls said in alarmed unison.
A/N: Whew, another chapter done! Looks like Lincoln's plan may have been thrown into jeopardy. How will this play out? Will the sisters meddle with this affair? Or will they keep this a secret? Stay tuned!
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That Engineer: Yeah, sorry about that. I just wanted to rename the chapter and I accidentally sent the same file again. Just wanted to clear that up.
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