Soon enough, it became night time at the resort, with the moonlight sliding into the top room of the building as Eros, otherwise known as *&?V^ and Storge, otherwise known as Carol Pingrey, had a meeting with Cristina and Ronnie... that is, the two sat together on the couch while the large monitor in front of them showed Cristina and Ronnie on the screen.

"Okay, It's about time for the dates to start, so we hope you're ready for the mission," Ronnie said as Cristina nodded.

"Wait, what makes you think Luna and Luan are going to date at night?" Eros asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Did they date at any other time prior to this time?" Ronnie replied.

"Well, no but-"

"Then they're going to date right now," Ronnie stated, in a tone sounding like she wasn't trying to treat Eros like a subordinate, but more like an apprentice who wouldn't get the lesson. "Now, Eros, you're going to manage Storge's progress and make sure she succeeds in her mission, while Storge, you must shape shift into Luna and replace her while she's away, so you can ruin their date."

Carol wrapped her arm confidently around Eros, only for the guy to slap her away. "Now, we have no knowledge about what happened prior to this point, so you're going to have to improvise," Ronnie explained to the teenager, while Cristina gave her a thumbs up and a smile. "But most importantly, you must make sure Luan's convinced that you're the real Luna."

Carol nodded with a proud, smug smile. "And most importantly, if Luna is coming back, get out of there!" Ronnie snarled, making the teen girl flinch and back away. "Just because you have blonde hair doesn't mean you have an excuse to be an idiot!" the teenager narrowed her eyes, obviously offended by the remark. "So, to recap: shape shift into Luna, ruin her and Luan's date, then escape. If Luna is coming back, get out of there. Got it?"

The teenagers exchanged looks before nodding in unison, with the monitor turning off soon afterwards.

"I really hope this ends up being worth it in the end," Carol remarked, arms folded. "I'm going to get in such with my boss."

"Wait, how old are you?" Eros inquired.

Carol's glare and subsequent response was enough to get the teen to realize his mistake: "Old enough to get a job, and that's all you're getting, capiche?"

Meanwhile, at Mr. and Mrs. Loud's room...

Lori and Leni were getting prepared to spy on Luan and Luan's date, with the duo not having come out of the bedroom yet. "Okay, Leni, you remember what we're supposed to do?" Lori asked to her sister... while she was applying make-up.

"Absolutely, love!" Leni replied in a British tone, obviously imitating Luna. "We'll go see Luna and Luan's date, then if something happens, we'll make sure they don't go too far! Am I right or am I right?"

Lori blushed and stuttered, "F-Focus on the mission!" before adding, "We must make sure their date doesn't end up ruined."

"Why?" Leni asked, quickly dropping the British charade.

"I don't know, I just saw they were so happy and..." Lori took a deep breath before meeting with Leni's angry glare. "Well, they're really happy together. Don't you think we should give them a break and let them be happy?"

After a couple of silent seconds, Leni started to leave the room as Lori asked, "Wait, is it something that I said? What did I do?"

"Why do you care? You have to focus on Luna and Luan, remember?" Leni snarled. "It's not like you have to focus on anything else."

And so, Leni left the room and slammed the door shut, leaving behind a confused Lori. However, just as the teenager pondered what she did, she heard her parents say, "So, why are you still here?"

This immediately sent a shiver up her spine, and she gave the a nervous smile before she left the room... and saw Leni looking through the window to the bedroom. "Leni, what are you doing?" Lori asked, walking to the fashionista's side.

Leni answered, "Our job is to watch Luna and Luan's date, so I want to see when they-"

Suddenly, the door opened and as Leni yelped in pain, Luna and Luan-holding hands-stopped when they saw Lori on their way. "Hey, do you mind moving out of the way?" Luna requested. "We... kind of have to go somewhere."

Lori moved aside, and by the time Luna and Luan had left the building, the teenager closed the door, helped Leni recover consciousness and ran after the duo shortly afterwards, leaving Lisa behind. Speaking of her, the little genius just sat on the couch, watching her unfinished chess game while hearing Lola speak through the walkie-talkie.

"So, Lana and I are about to be done with our little walk," the pageant princess said. "However, I'm afraid I can't tell you anything about why Lana is so upset, or anything specific for that matter. I gave Lana my word. Now, just wait for a while, and we'll be back in a moment, okay?"

Lisa's expression certainly showed she gave exactly zero... flying feathers about it. And once the walkie-talkie turned off, she called Lincoln, only to hear static. "Come on, Lincoln, answer me," Lisa mentally requested. "Please, don't leave me hanging."

Meanwhile, with Lincoln, Lucy and Lynn...

The trio ate at a small cantina at the lower level of the building, while Lincoln's pant rang, no doubt from Lisa calling him. It wasn't long before Lynn noticed and said, "Uh, bro, I think your pockets are ringing."

So Linc focused on his pockets, took out his walkie-talkie and answered, "Hello?"

"At freaking last you answer me back, you...well, you," Lisa said through the other end, causing the trio to flinch in terror. "Where the heck are you?"

"Relax, I'm just eating dinner with Lynn and Lucy, once we finish we'll go back up," Lincoln hastily explained. "Speaking of which, would you like us to bring you anything?"

Lisa hissed once more, "Yes: a plate of you, with a side of Lynn and Lucy, and I want it the family room, right now."

And then the walkie-talkie turned off, with Lucy and Lynn avoiding eye contact as Lincoln saved it in his pocket. "Well, that was awkward," Lynn said.

"You know, Linc, I get the feeling that Lisa's really worried about you specifically," Lucy remarked, catching her brother's attention. "Maybe, I don't know, we should immediately go back to the room once we finish our dinner? And maybe bring something to her?"

"I guess you have a point there, Lucy," Linc said. "But until then, how about we talk or spend some more time together?"

"Linc, don't be offended, but what just happened was a tad too awkward for me to stomach," Lynn replied, looking around with worry. "So how about we shut up and eat so we can go back to the room as soon as possible?"

"You're just worried that Lola's going to see you, aren't you?" Lucy inquired, crossing her arms.

"Can you blame me?!" Lynn suddenly snapped. "Lola is... well, Lola! If she finds me, she's going to torment me until I mentally turn into a whimpering puppy! Every second I spend out here in the open is another second I could potentially be taken to her torture room!"

"Lola doesn't have a torture room," Lucy replied, shaking her head.

"Or maybe that's what she wants us to think!" Lynn responded. "Shut up and eat your dinner so we can get outta here!"

So, without having any more comebacks or counter-arguments, the Louds continued to eat dinner until they finished. With that done, Lincoln bought a salad before heading back to the penultimate floor with his sisters. "I'm sure Lisa's going to enjoy this salad," he said with a lot of confidence.

"Why? What does it have?" Lucy asked.

"I'm going to keep that as a secret," Linc replied, right before the trio met with Luna and Luan. "Oh, hi guys!"

"Uh," Luna and Luan quickly separated hands. "Hi, Linc! We were just, um, going out for a stroll."

"What's that you got there?" Luan asked.

"It's a salad for Lisa," Linc answered. "She's apparently worried for us, so I thought I'd take it to her to calm her worries."

"You know you can do a better job at that by going back to the room, right?" Luna said before dragging Luan with her. "Well, we got to get going, so good luck bro!"

The trio simply waved goodbye as Leni and Lori went past them, without even noticing or acknowledging their presence. But nevertheless, the trio went back to the penultimate floor and went inside as Linc said, "I tell you guys, Lisa's definitely going to like this."

However, his attention was soon caught when he saw Lisa, looking firmly at the moonlit scenery on the window while sadly drinking something. Maybe juice. "Lincoln, why haven't you come back?" she said to herself before taking another sip of her cup.

So, seeing Lisa was rather upset, Lynn and Lucy remained behind while Lincoln went forward to Lisa. "Hi, Lisa," he greeted, immediately catching the little genius's attention as he put the salad on the table. "Sorry for taking longer than-"

And then, without warning, Lisa placed her drink on the table and tightly hugged Lincoln. "-Usual?" he finished. "You know, Lisa, we're growing rather... close, don't you think?"

"I know... but I'm more worried about you," Lisa replied, tightening the hug. "You spent so much time with Lucy and Lynn... you ignored my calls... Lola and Lana didn't tell me anything about you... I was worried that..."

Linc soon returned the hug. "You don't need to worry anymore," he said in a reassuring tone. "I'm here for you, and I won't be leaving anytime soon."

Lisa, instead of answering with words, simply smiled as the pair continued to hug, with Lucy and Lynn. "Aw, they make a cute couple, don't they?" Lucy remarked, clasping her hands with hope.

Lynn, however, snickered at her words, and Lucy quickly caught on. "What?" she asked, but Lynn walked away as she continued to laugh, with Lucy following her, "Come on, Lynn, answer me!"

And then, she said, "Or at least, tell me what we're supposed to do right now!"

The sports girl's laughter immediately dropped to a halt and she stopped on her tracks. "I mean, after what happened, after what we did... just, writing poems about it isn't going to help me get over it," Lucy explained as Lynn frowned. "I need to know what you think... what should we do now?"

Then, the voice returned and spoke to Lynn:

"Just leave her alone, after everything you've done to her and Lana, simply leaving them alone is the best, and only, thing you can do that won't make things worse, don't you agree?"

But Lynn didn't respond, instead she went forth to the bedroom and closed the door, leaving Lucy hanging. "Lynn..."

And then the voice returned.

"Looks like you two have issues. Is there anything I can do to help? There are a lot of things I can do for you, if you want."

"Leave me alone, voice in my head," Lucy requested. "I'm not in the mood."

"But darling-"

"I said I'm not in the mood!" Lucy snapped.

The voice seemingly obliged, since it vanished without a trace in an instant, followed by Lucy looking back at the ground.

Meanwhile, with Lori and Leni...

The duo, hiding inside the bushes, followed Luna and Luan as quietly as possible while having their walkie-talkies out. "Okay, we're following them now," Lori said to her walkie-talkie. "They just seem to be going to the location of their date, nothing stranger than that."

"Good work, girls, but you should keep going," Mr. Loud replied. "And if necessary, have one of you go into the restaurant to interrupt the date."

The duo kept that in mind, specially Leni, who got an idea as her neutral look turned into a malicious smile. Soon afterwards, the duo saw Luna and Luan enter a restaurant, upon which they decided to go to a nearby alley and discuss their plan.

Lori spoke, "Okay, so one of us has to go into the restaurant and make sure to interrupt the date if it looks like it will go too far... Who should-" and then Leni got up and walked away. "L-Leni, where are you going?"

"I'm going to be the bait to interrupt their date," the blonde explained with a shrug. "After all, as long as Luna and Luan don't go too far, who cares about our relationship?"

And soon enough, Lori got an idea of what was Leni's motive. "Leni... are you jealous?"

"Jealous? Oh no, darling, not at all," Leni chuckled. "I'm something far worse: I'm disappointed."

So the fashionista moved forward while Lori followed her. "Listen, Leni, if something is bothering you-"

"Nothing, is bothering me, other than you, Lori!" the fashionista hissed. "Now listen, I will go deal with the date and will attempt to interrupt it if it looks like it will go too far, while you remain here to make sure nothing bad happens, got it?"

"But, mom and dad told us we-" Lori argued.

"I know what they said, but I want you to stay out of harms way," Leni retorted. "So, I'll go inside the restaurant, check up on the date, and you'll stay here to tell mom and dad about our success once the date is over, got it?"

"But-"

"Got it?"

Lori, intimidated by Leni's glare, just wordlessly nodded before the fashionista gave her a smile and went forth to the restaurant.

At the restaurant...

Leni went inside the building and took a quick look around to see Luna and Luan, sitting at the same table and seemingly having a pretty enjoyable time. So Leni decided to remain in the shadows for the moment, and continued to look in the meantime.

"So, I was thinking you could also sacrifice a big part of yourself, like give up the British accent," Luan said, looking to her left and right. "I mean, it's a nice try at it, but It's bleedin' clear I got the better accent."

"Well... It would be fair if I did that..." Luna remarked, though clearly implying she wasn't considering it at all.

"You're not even going to bother to do that, are you?" Luan asked, her tone quickly going sour. "Come on, Luna, I promised to not pull any pranks or jokes for our date, it's just fair that you do the same with your accent!"

"Huh, looks like these two are practicing their married banter," Leni thought with an amused chuckle. "I guess I won't need to ruin this date just yet-"

And then Luna said, "Well, perhaps I could give it a shot..."

"Nevermind, time to ruin this date," Leni thought with a grin.

Leni struck the wall and caught the duo's attention, before gesturing Luna to come towards her. So, seemingly forgetting she had something called common sense, the rock girl got up and went towards Leni.

Speaking of which, Carol arrived just in time to see Luna leave Luan alone at the table, giving her the perfect chance to go in-since she had already assumed her form-and pass off as the rock girl. Luan was pretty happy to see her, Luna that is.

"Hi Luna, you returned faster than I-" but then, she froze in place when she spotted the guitar. "W-Why did you bring the guitar?"

"Luna" didn't even try to explain herself, she just raised the guitar like she was about to attack Luan. This gave the prankster a good idea of why she brought the guitar.

"C-C-C-Conditioning?! Maybe... When I act outside of what you think is right?" Luan guessed, earning a nod from the impostor. "But Luna, I-I would never act like that! Specially if it involved a guitar to my face..."

"Luna" gave the comedian a smug smirk, as if to say "Of course you wouldn't" in the most demeaning tone possible.

And back with the actual Luna, the rock girl met with Leni, who dragged her all the way back to the alley. "Hey Leni, what's wrong?" she asked as Leni cracked her knuckles. "Come to think of it, what are you even doing here?"

"That doesn't matter," Leni replied in a threatening tone. "What matters is that, well, let's just say your relationship with Luan is bothering mom and dad."

"What do you mean?" Luna asked, though she clearly didn't want to learn the answer.

"Listen, mom and dad are worried that you may end up going too far with your relationship with Luan," Leni explained, placing her hand on Luna's shoulder. "Now listen, you have two options here: you break up with Luan in order to save both yourself and her, or you can continue your relationship, and watch it eventually crash and burn."

And in that instant, Luna realized something. "I left Luan behind!" she exclaimed. "We'll talk about this later, Leni, I have to go back!"

Luna immediately left and Leni groaned in frustration.

Back with Luan and "Luna", a waitress came to the pair's table and handed them menus. "Luna" basically ordered the most expensive food, and then sent off the waitress by slapping her butt. "Those are pretty dang expensive dishes, you know?" Luan pointed out. "How are we going to pay for them?"

"Luna" just pointed at Luan. "I'm going to pay for them?!" Luan exclaimed, slamming her fists into the table. "But we agreed to share our money to-"

"Luna" reached for her guitar and started to lift it. "I'll pay! I'll pay! I'll pay!" Luna desperately proclaimed. "But please, don't use the guitar!"

"Luna" smirked and put the guitar down. And once the food was served, "Luna" started to eat as Luan took the moment to ask, "So, why are you acting like this?"

The impostor gave Luan a serious, almost threatening look. "Look, you didn't act like this before we got here. And I get the feeling something's bothering you," Luan explained as she grabbed the impostor's hand. "You can tell me what's wrong, and I'll see how I can help you."

After not responding for a couple moments, the impostor put her food down, slapped Luan hard enough to send her into the ground, and then took her guitar and started smacking Luan with it, with the prankster being unable to do anything but shriek, "Luna, why are you doing this?! Did I say something? Do something? At least tell me why you're hurting me!"

Just as she got ready to slam the guitar once more, however, a familiar figure grabbed the guitar and caught the duo's attention. This figure was none other than the real Luna Loud, who not only gave Storge a furious glare, but held her guitar on her free hand.

"Hey, what are you doing with my girlfriend?" Luna asked.

Not getting a response immediately afterwards, Luna swung her guitar right at the impostor's face hard enough to send her crashing straight into another table. With that done, Luna put her guitar on her back, snapped the impostor's guitar with her knee and helped Luan get up.

"Are you okay, Luan?" Luna asked as she dusted the comedian.

"I think so..." Luan gave Luna a hurt smile right before asking, "But wait, if you're the real Luna, then who-"

But once the duo turned to see where the impostor had crashed, she was nowhere to be seen. "That little!" Luna hissed before handing some money to Luan. "Here's my money, pay what that impostor ordered while I chase after her!"

And as Luna gave chase, Luan looked at the money, then at the food, and frowned when she believed it still wouldn't be enough. So, of course, she chased after Luna.

Meanwhile, with Carol...

The teenager ran across the streets, constantly shifting between her Luna form and her normal form. Eventually, she managed to hide inside a dumpster just as Luna arrived, took a quick look at her surroundings and resumed her chase, with Luan following her.

With her gone, Carol got off the dumpster and stumbled onto the floor when she got a call on her phone. She took it out and answered the call... with Ronnie on the other end, "Storge, good job, according to Eros, your impersonation of Luna managed to get Luan to think more about the guitars, and what Luna could do to her, thus slightly lowering their relationship or however this is said. Not a big success, but it's better than nothing."

Carol smiled before Ronnie asked, "Now, what will you do?"

The teenager looked around before she spotted a sight: Lori all alone, watching over her and Leni's motorcycle. This gave her an idea.

Carol stumbled to Lori, now stuck to her normal form so Lori would recognize her. And she was not happy to see her, "Ugh, what do you want, Carol?" Lori growled as Carol smirked. "In case you haven't noticed, I'm on vacation and I'm not in the mood to deal with your-"

The teen girl put her hands on Lori's shoulder, instantly unnerving her. "-Nonsense?"

A short chuckle later, Carol slowly shifted form to her Luna one as she whispered to her ear, "You are Storge now."

And not even a second later, Luna came out of nowhere and smacked the impostor right onto a wall, wherein she smacked her with her guitar and just generally beat her up. Luan arrived too late: what she saw was Luna brutally beat up her impostor, with the guitar clearly getting stained with more and more blood as the beating continued.

"Luna, for the love of god, stop!" Luan loudly pleaded, shedding terrified tears. "Your guitar's stained by their blood, you already did enough damage!"

Upon hearing that, Luna stopped and looked at her bloody guitar as "Luna" shape shifted back to Carol, who chuckled and spoke, though in pretty notable pain, "It's too late, for both of you. She saw you at your worst, and you revealed... what you will do to her!"

"What are you talking about?" Luna hissed. "I would never beat up Luan with a guitar!"

"Of course you wouldn't... but the chips will make you do it!" Carol mockingly replied. "And there's nothing you can do about it. You're nothing but a puppet, and you will do what you're ordered to do, and no opinion of yours will ever change that."

And then, the bruised teenager turned to the terrified Luan. "Have fun dating her... this may be the last time you'll get to be on her good side... before the bad side comes out."

And as Carol fell unconscious, Lori tried to process what just happened: what was this Storge that Carol mentioned, what the hell and in what trouble did she put her into?

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"So... how's everything going?" Lori asked, not even looking at her brother.

"Fine, I guess, Lisa just realized we haven't looked for Cristina and she's pretty dang angry," Lincoln answered with a nervous chuckle. "So, don't be surprised when she starts saying random nonsense on the way home."

"I won't, Linc," Lori shook her head. "I won't."