Now we get to another one of my favorite chapters. If you though the story was slow, then the entertainments about to begin.
Lincoln was still searching for the pin, and Danny was still waiting in annoyance.
"You really don't know what you're doing, do you?" Danny asked.
"Of course I do! Like I said, I'm the man with a plan!" Lincoln responded.
"Kid, you're trying to unlock alien handcuffs with a pin!" Danny replied. "Stop trying to pretend you're something you're not!"
"I'm not pretending anything! I really do think I can get us out of here!" Lincoln replied.
"Link, it's good that you're determined and all, but you need to face the facts." Danny replied. "We're trapped in an alien spaceship, and there's nothing you can do to save us. You really shouldn't have followed me and the guys."
"Great. Just what I need. Another person to not believe in me!"
"It's not that I don't believe in you, Link. In fact, I'm doing you a favor! We're on a journey to defeat our enemies! We should be the ones worrying about this, not you!
"But I just want to help you guys, and all you're doing is pushing me away!"
"Are you even listening to me?! We're pushing you away because we're trying to save your life! How many times do I have to tell you this?! By the way, stop treating this as if it's some stupid comic book, because it isn't. Our enemies can't just easily be defeated! They want all of our heads on a platter and you don't realize that because you refuse to admit you're just a helpless kid who dragged himself into danger for no reason, and now is too afraid to admit he has no plan, or that he's scared!"
Lincoln then looked down and sighed. "You're right. What was I thinking coming with you guys? For once, I really do have no idea what I'm doing." Lincoln said.
Danny then got a sudden realization. "Why did you even follow me to begin with?"
"I already told you, to help you and the others." Lincoln responded.
"Stop saying that, because I know that is a load of bogus!" Danny responded. "What is this really about?"
"Why can you just accept that? By the way, I didn't even plan on going to Amity Park! In fact, I would've still been grounded by now if I didn't leave the house!"
"Is that what this is about? You ran away from home because you got grounded?"
"That's not even close to what happened! And I didn't run away! I was chasing after some ghost, who kidnapped me, which is why I was at Amity Park in the first place!"
"Wow, you're even more oblivious to danger than I thought you were!"
"Hey! Could you blame me? I was only after that ghost because he made me ruin my sister's pageant, and now my family thinks I'm crazy! All I ever wanted to do was prove them wrong!"
"Well, you didn't, because these ghosts aren't..."
"Yes, I know! They're not like they are in a comic book! You don't think I realized that after almost getting mutilated by them back in the Ghost Zone? In fact, now that I think about it, you're right, I was afraid to admit I'm scared. In fact, right now, I'm downright terrified!"
"Calm down, Link!"
"In fact, I know this whole thing isn't like it was in the stupid book! I only wanted to help you guys because I didn't want to go back and face my family who wouldn't even believe me about one little thing, despite every little thing I've done for them!"
The cell remained silent.
"That's, all I needed to hear." Danny said. "So that's what it's about. Family issues."
"You have absolutely no idea." Lincoln responded.
"No, I perfectly understand." Danny said jokingly. "You're running away from your problems."
"Alright, so what if I am? You don't know what it's like in my family."
"Oh no, please don't start with that."
"I do so much for my family, yet all they ever do is push and take advantage me!"
"Get a hold of yourself, Lincoln! I hardly know you, but I know you don't mean anything that you're saying! They are your family and they love you, and yes, you have every reason to be mad at them for not believing you over something that wasn't your fault! But don't start pinning the blame on them for things that were on you! Besides, are you seriously telling me there isn't one thing they've ever done for you?"
Lincoln began to flashback to the many moments in life where his sisters helped him. The school project, Lucy cheering up Lincoln after getting grounded...ETC.
"Holy...you're right." he said silently. "What was I thinking? I love my family, and all my sisters to death. Yet look at me, blaming all of them for something that's on me. I don't deserve to be called a hero. I should've just stayed grounded. In fact, I deserve to be in this cell."
Danny decided to comfort Lincoln. "Link, don't be so hard on yourself. So you overreacted, ran away and put your life in danger. Alright, bad choice of words, but still, you got mad at them. Big deal. You'll get over it, just like how they'll get over getting mad at you. Besides, be grateful you got a family, safe from any of this."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Oh I don't know, you have nothing to worry about with your family. Me? I have to worry about saving them from anything that comes out of the Ghost Zone. The worst part is, I don't know how many times I almost lost them for good, and I don't know what I'd do without them." Danny began to feel completely bummed out from the thought alone. "That's the thing about you, Link. You shouldn't be worrying about any of this. Because that's my job, every day." However, Lincoln's eyes widened.
"What am we doing? What are we doing?!"
"Lincoln, what are you.."
"I mean, why am I acting like this?! Look at me, I'm over here crying and moping about my family with you, while there's still a world out there that needs saving! This isn't me at all! I can't just give up like this! I'm not some mopey little kid! I'm Lincoln Loud, and I'm still the man with a plan!"
"Dang Link, when did you get so motivated?"
"Because we have families, Danny. I've got 10 sisters I love! 10 Girls, I wouldn't trade for the world, and I won't let those four goons ruin it for them, or anybody! I am going to get us out of this cell, and I don't care how dangerous it is, or that I don't have ghost powers, science, magic or whatever Spongebob has, I am going to help you guys save the world!"
Danny began to smile. "Wow kid, you got guts!" But then it faded. "But how are you gonna get us out of here?"
A record scratch came off in Lincoln's head. "Um, well. I could still use the pin!" He said with a fake smile. "Oh, I don't know what to do." He banged his head on the cell.
"Here, let me help you!" Danny said, he turned Lincoln invisible to help him get out of the cuffs.
"Thanks." Lincoln responded. "Wait, how did you get out of those cuffs?" Lincoln asked.
"Before we started arguing." Danny said. "They're not ghost proof, you know."
"And you could've just done that the whole time?" Lincoln asked.
"Well, something had to make you talk!" Danny said.
"Smooth move!" Lincoln responded. Danny turned invisible with Lincoln outside of the bars.
"HEY!" The Guard Said. Danny shot a beam out of his hand at him, knocking him out. "Hang on, I got an idea!" Lincoln said, then he whispered in Danny's ear.
"That actually sounds pretty awesome! But you didn't have to whisper that!" He turned invisible again, and went into the Clusters body. With green eyes, Danny was now in control of a Cluster.
"Awesome! I can possess aliens too! I think I found an idea to get back at Dash!" Danny said. "Anyways, let's find the guys and get out of here!" He tried walking in the body, but felt the metal inside. "Man, this body feels heavy!"
Lincoln was about to agree, but then he looked at the prison around them and got one big idea. "We can't leave yet!"
"What?"
"Before we go, we can't let these aliens stay here. We have to do something about this place!
"Lincoln, we have four villains to face!"
"And chances are, these guys are going to come right after them! We should blow this whole place up! We'll call this whole plan, Operation Escape The Alien Prison Then Blow It Up And Save Our Teammates From Their Doom!"
"Lets just call this Plan A" Danny responded. "But geez, Link! You just said you were terrified minutes ago, and now, you're suddenly not afraid?"
"Because!" Lincoln said. "Ghosts might be terrifying, but aliens, heh heh, are another story."
TO BE CONTINUED..IN THE NEXT ACTION-PACKED CHAPTER.