Author's Note: I do not own The Loud House or any other story depicted. I also make no money from it.
Chapter 20
"Wait! HOLD ON!"
The Overseer stops telling his story because Kronos interrupted it.
"Let me see if I understand… you were PULLED from your own universe by a PREVIOUS OVERSEER?!"
"That's a quick way to explain it, yes. Now let me continue."
"...Mickey Morse was the guy that put me here. And some guy named Walt Disney practically created this sceptre with his limitless imagination. I don't know all the details. I wasn't allowed to. I also had no idea what Mickey had done during his… 'time' here."
"I… I don't know who those people are."
"Well you shouldn't. They don't exist in your universe. Now back to the topic at hand. Mickey ruled the multiverse for seven decades before he… decided… to give the job over to me. An amateur Marine Biologist with a mountain of student loans. So naturally, I took it."
"Those aren't easy to pay off. But why did he pick you?"
Bob sighed.
"Probably because he was entertained by Spongebob's adventures. At least that's what he told me seventy years ago."
"Seventy years? But that's…"
Bob flashed a toothy grin at Lincoln.
"THAT'S RIGHT… I'M DONE! AND YOU ARE GONNA BE THE NEXT OVERSEER OF THE MULTIVERSE!"
With a surprised look on his face, Lincoln fell to his knees.
"I'm going to be… I don't think I can…"
Bob walked over to Lincoln, knelt down, and put his hand on his shoulder.
"Or I can just destroy your entire universe; place it under the setting of permanent and just leave you here after I die or whatever. Would you like that better?"
Lincoln then stood up; causing Bob to stand up with him.
"FINE! I'LL… TAKE IT! Just… why me?"
"I think that it's a job perfectly suited for you. I traveled across DOZENS of universes until I found YOU! A FUTURE SUPERSTAR!"
Bob then leaned his face towards the sceptre he is holding.
"Timer."
The sceptre then displays a countdown clock; zero years, zero months, zero days, and 56 minutes."
"This… is how much longer I have left to live. I mean… I die the moment I hand this off. It will reset back to seventy years exactly for you."
"But… you don't look a day over 20!"
"A perk of being an Overseer: you don't age a day."
"Okay, so… what about you? Where will you be going?"
Bob laughed again.
"To give you the short answer, Lincoln. I don't know what happens to an Overseer when he or she dies. But I do know this… whatever happens to me, I'll be ready. Whether it be eternal nothingness, I'll be ready. Whether it be eternal fire and brimstone waiting for me, I'll be ready. Whether it be Overseer Heavenly, Happy land… heh heh. I'll be ready."
Bob holds the scepter in his hands. He changed his grip so that he is holding it underhanded. And then he extends his arms toward Lincoln, offering the Overseer Sceptre.
"Go ahead! Take it!"
"When he offered the sceptre to me, I thought of about everyone I love. My sisters. My elderly parents. All the friends I made over the years; especially Clyde. My nieces. Heh. I was the only Loud that never married. I wanted them to be safe. So I took the sceptre."
"Then what happened?" Questioned Kronos.
Bob started glowing, brightly.
Lincoln shut his eyes to shield himself.
"Auugh!"
He opened his eyes to find out that Bob simply just… vanished.
And that he suddenly has a change of clothes.
The outfit of a king.
He then noticed something resting on the chair in the corner: a crown.
He walked over to it and picked it up.
It has a large orange gem in the front with ten smaller gems circling the base. The one to the lower right of the orange gem is red. The one to the lower left is black.
It was then, Lincoln realized, that the gems were symbolizing his ten sisters.
"The sky blue gem symbolizes Lori. It also gives telekinetic powers."
Kronos looked down at the stone on the chest of his uniform. "So it symbolizes Lori. The color isn't a coincidence."
"The light green gem symbolizes Leni. With it, I can change wardrobe at will. The purple gem symbolizes Luna. I can share music from ANY universe. The yellow gem symbolizes Luan. I can give off visions like Superstar Limo. It can also be used as a tool for disguising. The blue and pink gems symbolize the twins. Lana and Lola…"
"Wait… you…"
"Kronos, it's best that the gems that I skip have their abilities be kept secret. Now let me continue. I can change and furnish the layout of the throne room with those two gems. Not just the throne room; it can be any building. The green gem symbolizes Lisa. With it, I can look forward and back in time in certain universes but sometimes it won't even show me. Finally, the lavender gem symbolizes Lily. It is the gem of healing. Like that time I healed L because he… got high."
Everyone looked towards L. He gave off an embarrassed look.
"I… never saw Bob again. The crown was his gift. I put it on and just… sat down."
The Overseer then materialized something in his hand.
A Bible.
"I… wrote down a rule for me to follow once I settled down. I wrote it on the first page. And Kronos… I would like to have you read it to the others."
With shaky hands, Kronos took the Bible from the Overseer's hands and turned to the front page.
He read. "All Lincoln Louds are equal, but some are more equal than others."
"I… added the second part later."
"Wait, so… you either saw the sin kids or Lincorp in one of the first universes you travelled to? Or was it just an evil Lincoln Loud that just so happened to be the first one you saw?"
The Overseer smirked.
"Lincorp existed long before I became Overseer and it will probably exist long after I'm dead. I have no personal problems with them. And when it came to the very first Lincoln Loud I ever encountered. The first alternate version of me..."
He walked towards Kronos so that he is directly facing him.
"Was an eleven year old boy who was locked out of the house because his family thought that he was bad luck."
Kronos's eyes widened while the rest of the Lincolns stared at him.
"I was the… first?"
The Overseer nodded.
"Before I entered the multiverse for the first time, I told myself to keep in touch with the first Lincoln Loud I met. Some first impression you turned out to be. So I decided to create a false but cheerful front. To give you hope. I also wanted to test my powers so I put you in Detroit. Literally anything could have happened to you if I left you alone. That's why I gave you telekinesis from that movie, 'Chronicle.'"
Kronos stood where he is with his mouth hanging wide open; shocked at what the Overseer just explained.
He then angrily shook his head and then spoke.
"This isn't about me, Overseer. This is about YOU! You ended up seeing one of those… inbreeders."
"Okay, if you really wanted to know my reaction…"
The Overseer quickly exited out of the multiverse and into the newly furnished throne room.
And ended up puking in the fountains on the right.
After wiping his mouth with his sleeve, he looked up at the ceiling and shouted,
"GOD! TAKE ME NOW!"
"After I recovered from that traumatizing experience. I soared across the multiverse to try to find Jesus. I needed his guidance. I even had a hebrew translator on my scepter and everything."
"OH! Um… did you find him?"
"No. No I did not. I didn't see ANYBODY from the Bible. Well, that's not entirely true. I did see a guy who calls himself Matthan, who says that he has a son named Jacob. They are the grandfather and father of Joseph; the husband of Mary. I wasn't allowed to look any further though."
"Okay… what did you do next?"
"I felt really depressed. That's when I made the bar. I drank and drank and drank but apparently, an Overseer can't get drunk. Even if he wants to. Then I decided to try to pass the seventy years by entertaining myself with things found in other universes."
The Overseer smiles at the thought.
"I ended up finding a band that I think is about a hundred times better than SMOOCH. It's called Linkin Park. I'll have to show you all their songs someday. It was after I heard one of their songs… 'Breaking the Habit,' I believe it was called, when I decided to come up with… my hobby."
He looks behind his back. Knowing what's on the other side of the walls.
"I sent a hundred Lincoln Louds there that day. Their screams are just… music to my ears. His sister wives and inbred sons and daughters, however, they were mostly daughters, I did not stay long enough to hear them find out what happened to the most important man in their lives. I felt good. For only a little bit. There were still many left over. Trillions and quadrillions and quintillions. I wasn't making a difference."
"So many Lincolns. So many Lincolns. SO MANY LINCOLNS!"
The Overseer is seen standing above the portal with a display of the multiverse in front of him.
"It isn't just the… gross ones either. Lincoln Loud isn't really a guy that needs saving. Even in regular universes, he is someone you need saving FROM! Everybody is just… wretched! I don't even know if Jehovah or God or whatever even exist anymore. Maybe things would be better if I just… kill them all!"
"Obviously, I didn't."
With a wicked smile on his face, he puts his hands on either side of the multiverse real time display.
"I'm definitely gonna go to Hell for this."
His hands started glowing red.
Just one clap is all it takes. Kill an infinite number of people then sit back and enjoy the nothingness. Boring, but peaceful.
The Overseer is just about to do just that when suddenly…
He felt like he is being… gazed at.
Taking his hands away from the sides of the display, he slowly turned around with severely widened eyes.
And saw… children.
HIS children. From every universe.
At least 10,000 in number from every age and race. They just stood there. Blank looks on their faces. Looking at him. Not saying a word.
That was when the Overseer realized, this was another projection from the sceptre.
"Wait, so it was like that one episode of Family Guy?" Questioned Krono. Interrupting the story again.
The Overseer sighed.
"Yes, it was exactly like that one episode of Family Guy. Even though I don't have any children of my own. Now let me continue."
"Wait, what's Family Guy?" Questioned Mellark.
"It's just another show, Mellark. I'll show you a few episodes, later." Answered Jigsaw.
The Overseer just stared in awe at the vision. All the kids he never thought he'd have are all in front of him. And he almost killed them all.
He then fell to his knees so now he's looking up to them while he started weeping.
"I… can only beg for your forgiveness. I will let the multiverse live on. The man known as Lincoln Loud cannot make it a better place but maybe… just maybe his kids can."
He then stood up, wiped the tears from his eyes, and smiled.
"I never had any children of my own. Heck, but I could argue that I helped raised the Lincoln Loud I sent to Detroit. Anyway, I will continue to do my job. Not for myself, but for ALL of my kids.
I'll love them all equally. And unconditionally."
"I continue to do so to this day. I have no favorites. I started getting better. There's also this… guy who lives in… Maine. Nothing special about him, really, but I believe God sent me to him to reassure me of his message. Through his servant. That was when I stopped being a Jehovah's witness. Just a Bible believing Christian. So it was him, along with all of my kids, and to an extent, the rest of you have played a part in my recovery."
Rocket then comments.
"That's… incredible. 10,000 kids? Did you see mine?"
"Yes."
"Wow."
Then Sol spoke up.
"We will do whatever it takes to make you happy, God. You have appointed us to the Council and have helped all of us in our time of need. We will keep you happy. We will follow EVERY order. Nothing else matters."
"I'm glad to hear that, Sol. Now since my story is over and done with, I would like to share with you all a song I have learned about a month after the incident. It is so… fitting with what I have to face on a daily basis. I've actually been playing this song that often without even noticing. And now I have a chance to share. I'll just play a shortened version."
Sol smiled.
"We'd love to hear it."
The Overseer smiled back.
Then, the television screen behind him suddenly came on while he materializes his sceptre; planning to use it as a pretend tripod microphone.
Then music starts to play.
"This one goes out to EVERY SANE LINCOLN IN THE MULTIVERSE!
Dry lightning cracks across the skies.
Those storm clouds gather in her eyes."
"A song about storms?" Thought Rocket.
"Her daddy was a mean, old mister.
Mama was an angel in the ground."
"This 'Mama' being dead is no excuse for a mean, old mister." Thought Kronos.
"The weatherman called for a twister.
She prayed, 'blow it down.'"
"Oh, damn." Thought Jigsaw.
"There's not enough rain in Oklahoma,
To wash the sins out of that house.
There's not enough wind in Oklahoma,
To rip the nails out of the past."
"Oklahoma?" Thought Mellark.
"PREACH IT, GOD!" Thought Sol.
"Love the reference to the state." Thought L.
Then suddenly, on the television. Accompanying the white text that turns orange during the time the Overseer sings…
Is a video of the Loud House getting destroyed by a massive storm. With everyone already moved out of course. For it is the Overseer that sent it.
The Lincolns are shocked.
The Overseer kept singing.
"SHATTER EVERY WINDOW TILL
IT'S ALL BLOWN AWAYYYY!
EVERY BRICK, EVERY BOARD, EVERY
SLAMMING DOOR BLOWN AWAYYYY!
TILL THERE'S NOTHING LEFT STANDING,
NOTHING LEFT OF YESTERDAYYYY!
EVERY TEAR-SOAKED WHISKEY MEMORY
BLOWN AWAYYYYYYY!"
Then, as if they all have thought the exact same thing, the six Lincoln Louds that were sitting down suddenly stood up and started singing with the Overseer. Becoming energized by the song and thinking that everything is going to be alright for them despite what they had to see and hear.
"THERE'S NOT ENOUGH RAIN IN OKLAHOMA,
TO WASH THE SINS OUT OF THAT HOUSE!
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH WIND IN OKLAHOMA,
TO RIP THE NAILS OUT OF THE PAST!
SHATTER EVERY WINDOW TILL
IT'S ALL BLOWN AWAYYYY!
EVERY BRICK, EVERY BOARD, EVERY
SLAMMING DOOR BLOWN AWAYYYY!
TILL THERE'S NOTHING LEFT STANDING
NOTHING LEFT OF YESTERDAYYYY!
EVERY TEAR-SOAKED WHISKEY MEMORY
BLOWN AWAYYYYYYY!"
The Overseer kept singing.
"BLOWN AWAYYYYYYYYYYY!
BLOWN AWAYYYYYYYYYYY!
BLOWN AWAYYYYyYYYyYYYY!
BLOWN AWAYYYYYyYYYYYY!
BLOWN AWAY!"
Finished with the song, the Overseer took the time to catch his breath.
"And that was "Blown Away," by Carrie Underwood. Or as I would like to call it,
The Overseer Psalm."
"Yeah." Said Jigsaw.
"That was a good song." Said L.
"BEST SONG EVER MADE!" Shouted Sol.
The Overseer smiled.
"Well guys, I hope now that you all know at least a little more about what we're dealing with. It's been really… fun. It's also one of the best decisions I've ever made. Showing the six of you all of this. Feels like a weight being lifted off my shoulders."
The Lincolns all laugh.
"Heh. Heh. You know, now that I think about it. I think Bob's intention was to actually break my spirit. He probably knew about the sin kids and thought maybe he could probably see a man that he appointed and that he labels as highly moral suddenly break down once he knows about it. But that didn't happen. Quite the opposite, actually. Anyway, I'm done talking. Let me sit down."
The Overseer sat down on an empty chair to the right of the semicircle couch.
The Lincolns just sat there for a while; taking everything in. Silently.
Just like when they first heard of the multiverse a day ago.
"Welp… I'm getting some hot chocolate." Said L. Getting up.
END OF ACT TWO.
Author's Note: I'll post the first chapter of act three sometime in January. I really need to work on college.
Look forward to it.