Later, at the park...

The Loud sisters looked around everywhere for any sighting of the elusive Chandler. A task made considerably harder because of a pretty stupid reason: They didn't even know how he looked like.

"Lori, why didn't you ask Lincoln how did the Chandler guy look like before we left?!" Lynn complained, shooting a glare at the teenager, who simply looked around as she leaned against a tree. "Seriously, this would be a lot easier if you had done that!"

And then Lori smiled.

"Oh, don't worry, I found him already," Lori answered before pointing at something. "Look over there."

Luna, Luan and Lynn promptly did that and saw Chandler speaking with an annoyed Cristina, while showing her a silver ring. "Come on, try it out!" Chandler told the redhead, sounding surprisingly annoyed at her.

"I already told you, I'm not interested," Cristina sternly answered.

"Oh come on, we could have so much power together!" Chandler replied, adding as he looked left and right, "Besides, it probably won't be long before Lincoln's family comes after me after what I nearly did to him and his sister."

"I don't feel comfortable fusing with someone just to help them get away with whatever they did," Cristina growled before slapping Chandler. "Besides, how is a simple ring going to help us fuse anyway?"

"Well, you see, this is not a simple ring in any way, this is a fusion ring!" Chandler replied, acting like an used car salesman. "A ring capable of fusing people, even if they have no supernatural blood in their veins! You just put it on your finger, then negage in physical contact with another ring wearer and boom, fusion!"

Cristina's only response was a simple question:

"And where did you get it?"

Chandler promptly fell silent, at least until he saw the Loud sisters approaching him.

"Oh thank goodness, a distractio-I mean, you're too late, Louds!" the boy exclaimed, showing the ring to the girls. "I already convinced Cristina to fuse with me, and once that happens, nothing will be able to stop us!"

"I never said that!" Cristina vehemently stated.

"Whatever you did, we're going to stop you before you get to do it!" Lori proclaimed as Luan and Luna fused into Luana. "It's time for you to pay for nearly hurting our brother and sister!"

And then Luana ran forth towards the boy. "W-Wait, agreed not to rush headfirst into danger!" Lori exclaimed. "Come on, I thought you understood the plan!"

But the fusion simply ignored the teenager and took out her guitar while Chandler reached for his back and took out his fusion slayer. Nevertheless, Luana and Chandler's weapons clashed-somehow-and Luana managed to shoot a shockwave that sent the boy flying straight into a tree. And once he got back up, he saw that Cristina was basically standing around and watching the fight unfold.

"Why aren't you helping me?!" the boy hissed at the redhead.

"This is your fight, not mine!" Cristina replied.

"Well said, girl!" Lynn said, suddenly appearing next to Cristina.

But when the athlete offered the redhead a high-five, the girl just looked at her in confusion. "You're on our side, right?" Lynn inquired, raising an eyebrow.

"I'm not on anybody's side!" Cristina vehemently growled, stomping the ground. "Look, can you please just go ahead and beat him up before either he or you do something stupid?"

"Seeing as two of my sisters fused, I think it's a bit late on our side," Lynn replied. "But don't worry, we'll take care of him! You stay there and look pretty!"

Cristina narrowed her eyes as Lynn went to help Luana fight against Chandler. However, Cristina soon noticed a peculiar sight nearby: Lori standing nearby, watching the fight unfold.

"Aren't you going to help them?" Cristina asked, pointing at the fight.

"Not yet, the situation needs to be a bit more dire," Lori answered, putting her arms behind her back.

So, seeing Lori wouldn't be of help, Cristina rolled her eyes as she took out her phone and called someone. And back in the fight, Chandler and the girls continued to fight: First with the boy trying to hit Lynn as she ran all around him while mocking him, and secondly by having Luana smack him with a musical shockwave, sending him a couple feet away.

"I don't get it, I shouldn't be having so much trouble in this fight! It's just a brat and a fusion!" Chandler mentally complained as he braced for Lynn's incoming attack. "I need to find a way to get that red brat to put on the ring, but how?!"

And then, Chandler got an idea and jumped high enough to dodge Lynn's rush. This allowed him to jump on the girl and over Luana, before clashing with Cristina, who he promptly tried to force to wear the fusion ring.

"Come on, put on the ring!" Chandler demanded.

"Only when we get married, bucko!" Cristina growled, right before kicking the boy off her back. "And that's not gonna be anytime soon!"

Rejected once more, Chandler tried to attack Cristina, only to be stopped by Lori, who basically grabbed his fusion slayer with one hand and threw him into a tree yet again. Once the boy got back up, he saw Lori looked positively furious.

"Listen, kid, I was going to wait until Luan and Luna got defused for some reason," Lori explained, giving Luana an angry look. "Presumably from their own stupidity-"

Luana basically exploded into Luna and Luan, who promptly shouted "Hey!" in unison.

"But you've forced my hand," Lori stated. "If you want to try and fuse with the girl here, you're gonna have to get through me first."

"Then so be it!" Chandler declared.

The boy got ready to thrust as Lori gave him the "come at me bro!" gesture, followed by a smug smile.