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When LIncoln woke up, he wasn't in his room, a park bench, a magical paradise or in a past world, but rather just a place totally black, with only a little white dot that seemed far away. He began running towards that spot, and he found out two big chairs and a little table with two glasses of water. At the wall, or at least what Lincoln presumed, 7 Tv screens were showing permanent static. He saw a hand coming from the right seat grab one of the glasses.
"He-hello?" Lincoln asked
A face turned towards Lincoln and, surprisingly or not, it was his sister, Lisa. She showed him a smile, something not really common.
"Ah, come in Lincoln, take a sit" Lisa said "I've been waiting for you"
Lincoln slowly approached the left seat and sit down
"I see that your mission was, indeed, a success," Lisa said "All of them, except me, of course, are awake"
"Yeah, that's right," Lincoln answers. "Wait, how do you know that?"
Lisa grabbed a little remote control, pointed towards the screens, and pressed the rewind button. Lincoln then saw the replay of all of his action from the last day, almost as a movie. He couldn't believe that one of his sisters, even Lisa, would have any sort of access to one another's dreams.
"So you knew about the accident the whole time? How?" Lincoln was shocked
Lisa, on the other hand, seemed confused. "What accident?"
"The one in the first dream, that car that hitted me, and began this whole mess." LIncoln that remember something Math had said earlier. "Look, Lisa, I know that being a scientist is hard, however you shouldn't hide your mistakes. We all really admire you."
"Math told you, didn't he?" Lisa asked
"Yes, now I know the truth"
"No, you now my excuse to him"
"Sorry?"
Lisa left a small laugh "Oh Lincoln, come on, you really think that something I projected would cause your death by accident, or by mistake? Why do you think no one saw the driver of that car?"
Lincoln had an idea, but he was to scared to believe it. Lisa pointed towards the third screen, Luna's dream, where Lincoln himself rode a car without a driver.
"Lincoln, I planned and programed every moment of that tragedy"
"W-w-what?" Lincoln almost began crying. He slowly stood up and began walking away "W-w-why?"
Lisa stood up as well and went after him."Open your eyes, Lincoln. Our family is more unstable and destructive that an atomic bomb." Lisa pointed at the monitors, all of them showed how crazy things could get, but Lincoln focused on the fifth screen, that showed his talk with Lynn. "We hurt each other, humiliate each other, hide secrets from each other and for what? But I do know that, as a family, we still loved each other, and we would be together no matter what."
"That doesn't answer my question!" Lincoln said, slowly getting angry
"Soon our family will be torn apart as we grow up. Take Lori as an example, one year from now she'll be in college, and it'll happen to all of us. I just wanted us to enjoy the time we still have with one another. Although nobody would listen to me, I had to connect ourselves somehow. And you saw how much they suffered with your supposed death. I had to show how much we need each other."
Lincoln felt shocked. Of course he never imagined his sister planning to kill him, at least not on purpose, but hearing Lisa say all of her reason, and not feel any regrets whatsoever, made him feel awkward.
"And also, you're the only one who could be on this situation. You're the one who keeps this family together, I knew you would result in the best conclusion. Just don't tell our sisters. If the others find out, we will just live as we lived before, and all this experience would be a huge waste of time"
"Uhh, Lisa knows we can see and hear her, right?" Lincoln and Lisa both heard a voice coming from Lincoln ear
"LENI!" 8 other voices screamed
"Wait a moment…" Lisa rushed towards Lincoln and snatched his speaker from his ear "They heard all of our conversation?" Lisa slowly turned her back on Lincoln, crouched on the floor, and began shaking a lot.
"Easy Lisa, let's just call down, relax, and we will talk this out, okay?"
Lisa stood up, turned around with tears on her eyes. " All this work, all this suffer, all this pain, all this death, for NOTHING?" Lisa grabbed the speaker and smashed it on the floor. Then she went back to her seat, where she took a little pocket knife. "If a fake death couldn't solve the problem, then let's put plan B into action, real death."
Lincoln's survival instinct, which were deactivated for a good amount of time, considering what he had to do on his last missions, made his legs run at speeds even Lynn would be jealous, but then, suddenly, a rock appeared on his way, and he stumbled in it and falled on the ground.
"You can try to run Lincoln, but remember, this is my dream, I control everything" Lisa shouted, getting closer to him. Lincoln tried to run away, but giant stone shoulders appear and held him still. "There's no one to help you down here," Lisa saw Lincoln crying, and she lift her knife. "Don't be sad, brother unit, remember, this is for family"
Lincoln closed his eyes, he didn't wanted to see it. He wasn't worried that he would die, even if this would be his last one, but rather worried about how his sisters would react in the real world. Nothing would stop them from doing what they've done before, and that would definitely hurt him, no matter where he went.
Then suddenly, Lincoln heard a loud scream. When he opened his eyes, he was back to the selection screen. His goggles were removed.
"Oh my God, you woke up" Lori said
"Sorry for almost ruining everything" Leni said
"It wasn't your fault, dude. It was Lisa's" Luna said
"She'll pay for what she has done" Luan said
"She'll be my new punching bag" Lynn said
"As much as life is pointless, she deserves punishment for trying to end Lincoln's" Lucy said
"She's lucky we are not in medieval mode" Lola and Lana said
Lincoln just heard in silence as his sisters were debating the best way for Lisa to be punished. He sneaked out the room and found Lisa, without her glasses, crying, lying on her bed, with a pocket knife on her side. When Lincoln reached the side of her bed, she opened her eyes
"Lincoln," Lisa was sobbing, and handed him the knife "Kill me"
"WHAT" Lincoln's voice was so loud, that all of his sisters rushed into the room to see what was happening
"You saw what I was capable of doing, you all did, I cannot allow myself to continue on this" She gave a small giggle. "Maybe I'm the reason our family is the way it is. Please Lincoln, at least fulfill my last wish, to be ended by the hands of the one I've caused the most pain.."
Lincoln saw the sadness of every word spoken by Lisa. He took the knife, and almost as he was looking for approval, he turned to look at his sisters, which all, with a little guilt, nodded to him. He look towards his younger sister he raised the knife as long as he could, and he swinged it, hitting the pillow Lisa's head was laying on, not hitting even a string of her brow her
"What th…" Lisa began, as Lincoln jumped on the bed and hugged his sister, maybe the strongest he gave in his entire life. Lisa didn't deserved punishment in his eyes. She was looking for the best, however she didn't found s good way to achieve her objective, but people make mistakes, and that one, just as many others, received his forgiveness.
His sisters, unfortunatly, weren't on the same page. When Lincoln turned back
some of his sisters appeared shocked, others confused, but all off them were certainly pissed when Lisa stood up alive
"Y-you didn't kill her!?" They asked in a angry tone
If Lincoln could murder only with the power of his mind, probably all of his sisters would be dead. He was a really patient man, and if you manage to make him angry, you probably have the police and half the state of Michigan trying to chop your body into a million pieces. But if there was something that he couldn't stand, was injustice. When it happens to him, he can take it, but he will fight until the end to prove his point. He knew he would deal a lot of pain, but it had to be done.
"How do you expect me to kill her?" He asked in his usual calm voice
"She tried to kill you!" They all replied
"Did she killed me?"
"NO!" they all shouted
"That's more that you all can say"
That statement almost broke each and every family member Lincoln was fighting against. Of course they didn't wanted to kill him, but they did, without knowing that it was actually a dream.
"When each and everyone of you woke up, you were forgiven without question. You all regret what you have done, and I know that you'll never do anything to harm each other. I'm sorry that I have to break it out for you, but you and she are in the same position."
"But she knew what she was doing. Even if she regrets it, at first she was totally fine doing it" Lynn said, still not convinced
"Same thing when you banished me from home because of my 'bad luck', right?"
They all remain in silence. Even Lincoln knew he went to far. "I'm sorry I said that, you're my sisters, I love you, and you know I'll do everything for you guys. I guess I was a little stressed out because of all of this missions"
The sisters didn't know what to say. Their only brother was almost like a God's gift, and yet they treated him like garbege many times. Each and one of them larned a lot troughout their dreams, something they always tried to apply to themselves
Lori learned that her brother would be there for anyone who needed him
Leni learned that her brother would always make people happy
Luna learned that her brother could rock with anyones feelings
Luan learned thet her brother would be there to defend anyone
Lynn learned that her brother could be the strongest when needed
Lucy learned that her brother would accept anyone the way they are
Lola and Lana learned that her brother didn't had preferences, he would love everyone equally
Lisa learned that her brother could do anything, just with his words
They all admired him, and would try to do everything to him, just as he has done it to them many times.
All of the girls hugged Lincoln tight. "We love you too" they all said in their own way.
"You know we're not in a dream anymore, right? You don't have to squash me to death."
They broke the huge hug, and Lynn gave him a fist on his arm. "Way to brake the moment, Linky," she said
Then, suddenly, everyone's stomach began to make noises. "Guess it's dinner time" Lori said. Lincoln placed his hands in his pockets and he finds some bills stored there. He waves the papers in the air. "Who wants to eat at the Burping Burger? I'll pay." All of his sisters celebrated, as he gave the money to Lori. "Go ahead, I want to say goodbye to Math." he said
"He went to a room on the other side of that chair place, he said he would be busy, so only you could enter"
"Okay, see you in a few minutes." Lincoln said as he entered the chair room and saw a little red river coming from the door Lori told him. He entered the little room, almost the size of Lincoln's bedroom, with a chair just like the one he used to enter his sister's dreams. He found that the river was, actually, Math's blood, which was leaving his body, which was lying on the chair. He was dead, he had a stab wound, but no weapons that could do that
Lincoln saw an object on each of Math's hands. One had a note, the other some sort of camera. Lincoln took the note and read it
Dear Lincoln
If you're reading this, then I'm dead. I know it's sad and all that stuff, but honestly, I don't care. My life never had a meaning until a few days ago, when you woke up. When I was accepted in your family, I would do whatever I could to protect you and your sisters
I knew what Lisa's plan were, and I hope you were able to forgive her. Pretty sure that you did, but we never know. Just remember, you saw how your sisters really need you, so be there for them, in all of the good and bad moments. The future has a lot planned for you guys. You received nice cards from the universe, but you have to know how to play them. Thanks for all
Your pall
Math
P.S: Other than Lisa, don't tell anyone about my current condition. They don't have to know. ;)
Lincoln almost began crying. Math has had a harsh life, and yet he died happy just because in his last moments, he had a family. Lincoln then cried when he saw the camera, and Lincoln understood what happened. The camera showed the last moments of Lisa's dream, where Math appeared out of nowhere and deflected Lisa's dagger with his body, getting stabbed in the heart in the process.
Lincoln closed Math's eyes. Even in that situation, Lincoln was happy that his friend died in peace. After a few moments of silence, Lincoln went out of the lab, and headed towards the Burping Burger, where his ten sisters and his parents, somehow, where there waiting for them.
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