Lori's House, Royal Woods, Michigan, USA 2024 (the next morning)

Unlike the usual loud mornings of old, this one wasn't such a rush. Lincoln enjoyed being able to wake up on his own accord and freely go to the bathroom without waiting in a tremendous line as usual. The calm rays of the morning sun pierced the windows of Lori and Bobby's house giving the place a cosy feeling. As Lincoln was eating breakfast with his 2 siblings Bobby entered the kitchen with a small leather jacket in an arm and a small helmet on the other.

"I forgot to tell you yesterday Lilly, I got you the jacket and helmet you wanted." Bobby said as he handed them to the now excited 7-year-old.

"Lily!" Lori said in a scolding fashion, "When did you ask Bobby to get you those?"

"Yesterday over the phone, Lincoln said that if I had a jacket and a helmet that he'd take me for a ride on his motorcycle remember?" Lily explained to her appointed guardian.

Lori looked at Lincoln with a slight scowl. Lincoln, who was just finishing his cereal, dropped his and shot an innocent smile at Lori. He turned to his youngest sister with an impressed look.

"Well I did promise you," Lincoln said before he turned to his oldest sister "I'll take her to school for you. I can drop her off on the way to the old house."

Lori near chocked as she heard that final remark, Lily jumped with joy as she dashed off to her room to get ready for school. Bobby indicated he was going to take a shower as he left Lincoln and Lori alone.

"Lincoln, I think you should stay around here for a while. You've been gone for seven years and legally declared dead, I feel it's my duty to get you off that list, so I might need you around." Lori suggested to Lincoln who wasn't buying that excuse.

"Uh-huh, now could you tell me the real reason you don't want me to see the other siblings?" Lincoln accused.

Lori sighed as she gave a heartfelt look at her younger brother.

"Look, I have been talking to Leni lately and the things she's told me about are…" Lori struggled to put into words "Saddening. It's not that I don't want you to see our siblings it's just-"

"I'm ready!" Lily interrupted her older siblings.

Lincoln smirked at the young girl in the leather jacket.

"Go wait by the bike for me, I'll be just a moment." Lincoln instructed Lily as he got up from his chair.

He glanced at a worried Lori before heading to another room to get dressed.

Lincoln exited the modern home to see the eager child waiting next to his motorcycle. Lincoln put the oversized helmet on her and hoisted her up onto the backseat of the motorcycle. Lincoln turned it on as Lily winced at the thunderous noise it made.

"Hold on to me tight Lily." Lincoln told his younger sister as she hugged him.

Lincoln smiled warmly as he took off to the school he once called his own.

Royal Woods Elementary, Michigan, USA 2024 (10 minutes later)

Lincoln pulled into the front area of the school as several students turned to see the white-haired boy lift his little sister off the back of the motorcycle. Lily took her helmet off as Lincoln proceeded to chuckle at the girl's frizzled hair. He combed it back with his hand and smiled at the young girl.

"Thanks Lincoln, that was amazing." Lily said as she giggled with joy.

The 2 loud siblings bid each other farewell as Lily ran into the school. Lincoln couldn't help but keep a wide grin on his face as his younger sister dashed around the crowd of students out front of the school. He revved the engine a bit before taking off to his next destination…

Home.

The Loud House, Royal Woods, Michigan, USA 2024 (10 minutes later)

Lincoln arrived at the place he called home for more than 11 years. The house had most certainly seen better days. The front yard was unkept with overgrown grass and weeds chewing up the scenery of the abandoned-looking home. Toys and other items sprawled across the lawn, long left forgotten and mouldy. The house itself looked even worse from the dried paint peeling off the walls and cracks that should have been fixed many years ago. Windows were shattered, and holes could be seen leading up the stairs.

Lincoln hopped off his motorcycle and made his way up the tattered stairs onto the porch. He stopped at the door to knock when he noticed that the door was slightly open. He peered in to see the house looked just as bad on the inside as the outside. The wall was chocked full of holes left presumably by a fist, the floor was stained and had cracks which could see through to the basement. Lincoln entered the silent household, keeping guard encase there was a problem. He poked his head into the kitchen area hoping to spot one of his siblings.

"Has this place been abandoned?" He asked himself.

He took a couple of steps into the dark lit kitchen before looking around at his surroundings. Cutlery was sprawled over the kitchen counter along with other dining equipment. It was hard to make out anything due to the lack of light. Just as Lincoln took a few more steps he heard a noise behind him. Turning around he saw an object fly at him before being surrounded by darkness.

30 minutes later

Lincoln woke to the sound of numerous voices whispering around him. As his vision returned he was greeted by 4 differently coloured figures appearing to be his older sisters.

"He's coming to, thank God." The seafoam green figure said in a relieved manner.

"Maybe you should chill the fuck out with that bat next time." The purple figure angrily yelled.

"Yeah, wouldn't wanna bury another family member *hick* would we." The yellow looking figure joked.

"I said I'm sorry ok! How the fuck was I supposed to know that some dickhead breaking into our house was our brother?" The red responded in a pissed off manner.

Lincoln stirred as his vision finally cleared, showing his now much older sisters in full view. He gained a slight smile on his face.

"Leni, Luna, Luan, Lynn. I'd get up and hug you all, but I don't think my body will let me." Lincoln said in a pained yet happy manner.

His sisters smiled as the leaned down to hug their younger brother. Just as the moment was starting to get long, Lynn punched Lincoln in the arm.

"Where have you been for the last seven years?" Lynn asked with a hint of anger in her voice.

"Yeah bro, we've been looking for you for ages." Luna interjected.

Lincoln couldn't help but wince at the idea of telling his sisters the truth of his prior situation.

"Let's just say I went somewhere far away… against my will." Lincoln replied vaguely.

The sisters gazed at his prosthetic limb, gaining a clear picture as to what their brother had been through. Lincoln slowly arose from the couch in the TV room, it was tattered and dirty. His sisters helped him sit up.

"Enough about me, what about you guys?" Lincoln asked his older siblings.

The question was met with blank expressions around the room. Occasionally the sisters turned to each other then back at their younger brother. Lincoln began to fear the worse.

"I imagine things haven't been going so well around here either." Lincoln commented.

"No! Things have been going fine around here Lincoln, everything's just fine. Now that your back everything's going to be even better isn't it girls?" Leni quickly and shakily responded.

"She's right, things totally haven't been going to shit since you left Lincoln. If anything, this rotting corpse of a house is an improvement." Luan sarcastically slurred.

"Get a grip on yourselves, we're a fucking mess and Lincoln deserves to how deep a grave we dug ourselves." Lynn interjected, "this whole place has gone to shit and I'm the only one around here who knows or isn't trying to delude herself with drugs and alcohol."

Lincoln looked around at his sisters, Leni was shaken, Luna was simply staring off into nowhere, Luan was tipsy and Lynn looks like she's about to punch one of them. A large wave of guilt washed over Lincoln as he looked to the sorry husks that were his older sisters. He knew things weren't the best from what Lori said but he didn't know things had gotten this out of hand.

Lincoln stood up in front of his sisters and put his hands up in front of him.

"Enough guys, how about we get some lunch or something and talk for a bit." Lincoln suggested.

"Lunch?" Luan pointed out, "It's six o'clock at night."

Lincoln stumbled back a bit after realising how long he'd been knocked out.

"It's ok, I'll start on dinner, then we can eat and mingle at the table." Leni defused the situation as she made her way to the kitchen.

"Mind if I go upstairs for a bit?" Lincoln asked.

"Sure dude, I mean it's your house as much as ours." Luna responded.

Lincoln made his way up the creaky stairs looking at the pictures on the wall as he made his way up. Lori's picture caught his eye as it had a large crack in it. After making his way to the top, he looked around the long hall that he'd walked through hundreds of times as a kid. He entered the room at the end of the corridor aka his old room. He saw that with was completely untouched and, minus the dust, remained mostly clean. He sat on his now much smaller bed and picked up the stuffed animal he once couldn't sleep without.

"Bun-bun." Lincoln said as he held it up to his face before putting it back on his bed.

He made his way out of his room and over to some of the others. As he did he noticed 3 things about all of them: 1, the doors were half open. 2, the rooms had remained largely the same as they were 7 seven years ago and 3, no one was in them.

This got Lincoln thinking about the 4 other sisters he had yet to see. He made his way back downstairs and into the kitchen where his sisters were. Leni was continuing to cook, Luna was standing around with a damp towel on her head, Luan was having a drink of wine and Lynn was doing push-ups.

"Hey guys," Lincoln asked as his sisters turned to face him, "Where's Lucy, Lana, Lola and Lisa?"

The 4 siblings turned to each other with worried expressions. Leni was about to speak when Luan interjected:

"We lost em'"

Lincoln was sceptical at Luan's offhand remark.

"You could have worded that better but yeah, they're gone." Lynn said off handily.

Lincoln's blood began to boil at how they seem to tell him.

"Gone? What do you mean gone? Did they vanish in a puff of smoke, how do lose four children?" Lincoln asked in an annoyed tone.

"They ran away, the little shits thought they weren't getting respected or something and decided to take off." Lynn responded.

"And you just let them go, did you at least call the police or asked people to look out for them?" Lincoln said as his anger raised even further.

"calm down bro, we're sure their fine?" Luna tried to alleviate the tension.

"How do you know, have you seen them, have people been telling you?" Lincoln angrily asked.

The sisters remained silent as Lincoln finally had enough.

"Unbelievably, You guys had one responsibility when mom and dad left us, watch over the young ones. SOMEHOW YOU MANAGED TO NOT ONLY GET THEM TO RUN AWAY FROM YOU ALL, BUT DON'T EVEN CARE THAT THEY'RE GONE!" Lincoln yelled at his older siblings.

"I know I wasn't here for you guys, I know everything has gone to hell because of me… BUT THAT DOESN'T EXCUSE YOU FROM FUCKING LOSING OUR YOUNGER SISTERS!" Lincoln finished as he began breathing heavily.

Lincoln stormed up the stairs and into his old room as his sisters pleaded him to come back. Lincoln walked up to the window and looked out at the stars in the night sky. He then looked at his red prosthetic hand, thinking about whatever situation his younger siblings were in. He grabbed out his Holo-droid and flicked over to the phone tab. He brought up Lori's number as he considered telling her about what was going on. After a minute of contemplation, he flicked over to another number and called. The person picked up after a couple of rings.

"So, you did decide to call, how's it going over in Michigan?" The voice on the other end asked.

"Not so well at the moment Adam. Listen, I'm gonna need to call in a favour from you." Lincoln replied.

"Depends, what do you need?" Adam asked.

"The locations of my four younger sisters, Lucy, Lana, Lola and Lisa Loud." Lincoln requested to his southern friend.

"Go missing did they, fine. I can search around, call in some favours. I should have at least one of their locations by tomorrow morning." Adam agreed.

"Thanks, Adam, this means a lot to me." Lincoln said.

"don't go getting soft on me now, get some rest and leave this to me." Adam told Lincoln before hanging up.

Lincoln looked at a picture of his family that he had lying on his desk. He picked it up and looked at it.

"I'll fix this, I promise." Lincoln vowed to the dusty image.

There's chapter 2 folks, sorry if I was alittle late but I've been extremely busy this week. I'm thankful for all the support regarding my shift in this story and I'm much happier with this one comparatively. Anyway remember to leave a review since I love reading your opinions and have a great day.

Peace.