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It's been about a couple of minutes ce since Lincoln went to sleep. the girls are talking in lori's room. "okay guys we need to talk about Lincoln. He looked mad at us." the younger sisters looked to there eldest sister.

"well that's putting it lightly he didn't just looked mad but he was enraged when you didn't answer him." Lori looked at Lynn "well what did you expect that we tell him our feeling for him. He's our brother and he might say that were disgusting or worst that he hates us."

"that's what you think." Lucy said looking in Loris direction. "what do you mean Lucy?" Lucy pulls out one of Luan's video tapes.

"Some of the answers might be in this but there will be more questions. Also there might be a reason to why he's acting this way." she left the room and went to Luan and Luna's room to the VHS player in there closet. As they came in they saw Lucy fast forwarding until yesterday. "here it is now watch this because we might learn why our brother is this way." the girls nodded and they sat down and looked at the screen Lucy presses play.

VIDEO TAPE

They see Lincoln in his room and that he's looking around as if checking to make sure that he was alone. After he did that they then see him pull out a suitcase. then they saw him push them out the window. they saw his face look confused then they saw him look at his arm. 'the video recorder zooms in.' they see blood a lot of blood on his shirt he pulled it up and pulled out a box. the video couldn't see what was inside but they see bandages and see that he wrap his arm in them.

Lucy pushed stop (much to her sisters protest) (much to her sisters protest) and looked to her sisters. "there might be more but i don't know what's going to happen and something tells me it might be bad." the sisters nodded and looked at the screen worried. Lucy then pushed fast forward to a couple of minutes ago.

they see Lincoln sitting on his bed. thenafter a couple of seconds later he goes under his bed and pulls out his box again 'the video zooms in' they see a knife and he pulls up his shirt. the camera scans his body and they see cuts, bruises, and then words cut into his body. then they see blood run down his body and as the camera focused on the new word,"bad brother" then the video stops.

As the video stopped and the screen turned blank they just stared in disbelief. They couldn't believe what they just saw that their brother was cutting and harming himself. Lori looked to Lucy, "Lucy how long have you kept that camera in Lincoln's vent?" Lucy answered "I just put it there yesterday morning to see what he does in his room." she said as she grabs the tape and hands it to Luan. "here luan you decided what to do with it I can't stand the sight of it. I don't feel well I'm going to bed." she opened the door and left. Lori looked at the door and said, "alright guys Lucy's right it's time to go to bed." they nodded and left. as everyone went to there rooms Lori just laid in bed and thought 'why would he do that to himself?" and she kept thinking it until she fell asleep.

Lincoln was woken up by the sound of his alarm clock going off. he gets out of bed and try's to hit the snooze button but remembers that it's inside the wall so he just pulls the plug. after it went silent he pulled out some clothes that he left and he went to the bathroom to take a shower.

"i hope that everyone is still asleep." he opens his door to check out the hallway to see that everyone's room was dark. after he checks he slips quietly to the bathroom, as he enters the bathroom he turns on the light and closes the door then starts the shower.

"I'm going to take a quick one so i can just go to my spot." he takes off his bandages and jumps in

Out Side

after she heard Lincoln go into the bathroom Lori came outside of her room and entered Lincoln's room to look around.

"i think that he put it under his bed."

she gets down to look under his bed to see the box. she grabs the box and opens it to see a bottle of hydrogen peroxide, lots of bandages, a note, and a clean knife. she grabs the note and puts the box back under his bed and left.

Bathroom

as he got out he put on his clothes and re-bandage his deep cuts. he comes out of the bathroom to his room.

"well might as well go now no need to face my sisters this morning."

he grabs his backpack and goes through his window. as he walks to his spot he passes the dinner again.

"might as well get something to eat."

he enters the dinner and sits in the same seat and waits.

"hey honey you here again?" the waitress asked.

"yeah needed to get out of the house and thought to get a bit of food in me." Lincoln answered with a smile

she smiled back and grabbed her little book and asked,"you want what you ordered yesterday?"

"yeah and also is there anyway to get a job anywhere around here?" he said

she wrote down his order and put it on the rack.

"yeah there is a job opening across the street but you look a little young to start working." she looked him over as she went to get his soda.

"yeah but it's not going to keep me down. might as well start because my parent disowned me, my sisters don't care about me, and my best friend only talks to me if he needs something so i got nothing to lose."

the waitress looks at the boy is shock. a parent would do that to there son?

"why did they disown you for uh..."

he looks at her and smiled with a outstretched hand.

"the names Lincoln Loud miss..." he looks at her name tag,"liberty."

she took his hand and said,"okay mister loud wh-"

"please call me Lincoln and I'll tell you the story after i eat."

she nodded and went to the counter and grabbed his plate."here you go honey eat up and when i come back i want the story promise?" she held out her hand. he took it,"promise" he let go and ate. she went to take other orders.

after a couple of minutes he heard a couple men that came from the bar that was next door. they sit in a booth that was behind Lincoln."hey you come here!" the drunk man on the side said as he pointed at liberty.

she went to them and brought out her notebook"what you be having?" she asked

they looked at her and smiled "how about you?" he said as he grabbed her ass.

she moves his hand away"sir please if you aren't going to order something leave." he just continued to grab.

"come on let's have a little fun?" he reached up and about to grab her breast when a hand grabbed his arm.

"listen here you drunk earthier you go and leave her alone or you order and then leave." the man looked at Lincoln and laughed and said, "and what are you going to do?" Lincoln looked the man in the eye and smiled

"i'm gonna do this." he twisted his wrist hard and they hear a loud pop."AAAAAH you bastard why did yo-" Lincoln pulled his head to the table and said, "now that you have thought about it what will you do?" he held the man's head with his arm.

"okay...o...okay well...leave." Lincoln just let go and let the man leave.

"are you going to order something or what?" he asked as he looked at the mans friends. they just got up and ran from him. he looks to liberty.

"sorry it's just my instinct to help anyone but I'll just pay and leave." he pulls out his wallet and was about to pull out his money when.

"it's okay honey it's on the house thank you Lincoln." she said as she went to the counter. "well thanks i need to go now so see you tomorrow liberty." he reach for the door when she said, "wait my shifts about to end so maybe you want to hang out?" she said as she twirled her hair. "sure but how old are you?" she looked at him

"I'm about 17 how about you."

"I'm 15 years old just let me know when you get off and we can go." she nodded and left

A FEW MINUTES LATER

"okay ready to go lincoln." liberty said as she went outside.

"alright let's go but to let you know where we're going is deep in the woods and that i'm not a psychopath." he said as he started walking.

"how deep in the woods?" she asked as she followed."its about maybe a couple of yards from the main road." he said as he rounded a corner.

"okay i'm going to trust you but if i feel like i'm going to be kidnap i'm going to run." he looked to her, "that's okay we just need to go thru the fence and we will be there in a bit." He smiled and said, "if you're not scared that is."