The Fractured Mirror 12

Written by OmegaUltra

Lincoln takes a deep breath and sighs, "Ok, today you're Lola's twin Lana. She loves mud and being a plumber…" 'Lana' winces in disgust, "This is going to be gross, eww."

She then turns and gets out of her bed… only to realize that she's still covered in yesterday's mud, "Ok, when was the last time I showered, or got clean?!"

"Lana!" Lola shouts, "Why are you being so loud?! You know I need my beauty sleep!"

"Oh… sorry Lola." 'Lana' responds, before turning and walking out of her room. She carefully steps over to the bathroom, careful not to disturb her other, still sleeping sisters, 'So this is what it's like to be Lana in the morning.'

As she opens the door, a sudden, uncontrollable urge builds in her young body, "The toilet's clogged again, dangit." Without even bothering to check the truth of that statement, 'Lana' turns and rushes down the stairs and into the small closet under them, "Hmm… let's see here… ah-ha!" She pulls out a small, pump-like device with that, "Big Bertha, it's time for you to do your job!"

Then, she rushes back up to the bathroom, and gets to work unclogging the morning mess. By what she feels, the real Lana must have had to don this for years, given the outdated, worn, broken and frankly destroyed plumbing the Loud Residence had.

"Ok, I just need to push!" 'Lana' declares, before forcing the clog out of the toilet, unjamming the family latrine.

And with that, 'Lana' spins Big Bertha as if the device were a basketball, "All in a day's work for-"

*Smack* the device hits the young girl in the head, knocking her unconscious.

Immediately, Lincoln jolts awake, his pounding headache continuing unimpeded. *Groan* "What the heck is going on with me?" The young boy slowly gets out of his bed and stumbles out of his room.

Painfully, he makes his way through the hallway, over to its over end- careful not to disturb his sleeping sisters, 'I'm fine. What Lisa was talking about is utter nonsense! There's no downside to what I've been doing!' Lincoln grits his teeth and holds his head, as he turns the knob.

His eyes go wide at the sight, Lana on the floor, unconscious, no doubt by his own actions mere moments prior.

'Eww, she's got toilet water over her!' He immediately thinks, before following that with, 'Oh no, my sister's injured!' And that thought gets followed by the more morbid, 'I wonder if she will see death before I get to meet him.'

More thoughts begin to spam his mind, before an unfamiliar twitch begins to overtake him.

And once again, the world around him begins to shake, before he falls back and hits his head on the floor.

A Few Minutes later…

"Lisa…" Lori goes, "We have a problem… again."

Lisa looks up from the device she had been working on and responds, "What is it sister? Is it related to Lincoln's current condition?"

The elder girl nods, "Yeah, he had another seizure."

"Dangit, I knew that medicine they gave him wouldn't be enough to handle the immense stress that he had been dealing with!" Lisa then turns and continues working "Is there anything else you can report about him? Something that would seem unimportant?"

"No, but when I found him, he was muttering random nonsense like 'music could help' or 'cool, toilet water' and stuff like that." Lori then turns, "Also, Lola was next to him, unconscious as well…"

"Understood, I think we're getting close to figuring out what's wrong with our dear brother." Lisa then gets back to work and thinks, 'If what Lori said is true, then he must've just taken over Lana's body temporarily, and the accident the knocked her out forced him back.'

Then she takes in a deep breath, 'and by the sound of it, the multiple personalities he's copying are starting to interact more. He'll soon enough be legally schizophrenic… I have to reverse this before it's too late for him."

And with that, Lisa doesn't hesitate to get back to work, hoping that she would be able to finish her device before it is too late for Lincoln… or in a worst-case scenario, that rest of her dear family.

A few minutes after that…

*Groan* Lincoln goes, once again. His pounding headache had gone, but now his mind is flooded by quite a few conflicting voices.

"What the heck is going on with me?" he whispers, before sitting up, "Shut up! Stop it!" He shouts, causing the conflicting voice to quiet down for a moment, "What's going on?"

"You had another seizure Lincoln." A familiar voice goes, before Lori walks into his room, carrying a small tray of food, "You passed out on the bathroom floor next to Lana, and well… we found you and brought you back." She then places the tray on his desk, before taking a seat at the foot of his bed, "You feelin' ok now?"

Lincoln nods, "Yeah… thanks Lori."

With desperate eyes, Lori looks at her brother, "Are you sure there's nothing you wanna tell me? Maybe something that could help us figure out why this stuff is happening to you?"

Lincoln shakes his head, "Sorry sis… I don't know…"

"Well, can you at least tell me what happened before you passed out? That could probably help Lisa or a doctor figure out what's going on." Lori's voice fills with a begging desperation.

"Well…" Lincoln takes a deep breath, "I saw Lana and then… these voices began to fill my mind and argue." Then he throws his arms up for emphasis, "Then, before I knew it, the world began to blur and I felt myself fall back." He looks away, "after that, I woke up here…"

"I see…" the elder sister takes a deep breath, 'I guess that's what Lisa meant by, 'legally schizophrenic'…' then she stands up, "Ok… I'll see if that can help Lisa figure out the problem." And with that, Lori walks out of the room, leaving Lincoln alone once again.

The young boy then looks at his food, before laying back and closing his eyes once more.

A few minutes later…

The boy opens his once more, this time coming face-to-face with a lavender-colored room. Then, he turns, and notices Lori talking into her phone.

'I guess two in one day huh…'