Chapter Synopsis: The Louds, as well as some of Lincoln's friends, visit him in the hospital
With the trial over, life is slowly returning to normal for the Louds. Lynn's incarceration made front page news and everyone at school was talking about it. We see Clyde talking to Lincoln's gang of friends at lunchtime.
"Hey guys, did you hear the news? My dads were watching the news coverage of the trial and they told me that Lynn was convicted for both attempted first-degree murder on Lincoln and involuntary manslaughter on Lana!" Clyde exclaims
"Yeah, I heard that she's going to the Muskegon correctional facility. Only the evilest criminals from Michigan are sent there! I even heard that she's going to be put in solitary confinement for the safety of the OTHER INMATES!" Liam continues
"Yeah, Royal Woods doesn't have a protocol for murders, since they almost never happen here. I read online somewhere that only 5 murders have happened within 17 years; As well as the most common crime in this city being larceny." Rusty interjects
They all look at him, confused.
"Larceny means the criminal steals stuff." Rusty explains
"I read online that for every 100,000 people, only 3 crimes happen in Royal Woods. This town is safer than 72% of all towns in the US and that there is a 1/89 chance that this could happen to me or you." Zach clarifies "So Clyde, what are you going to do now?"
"After school, I'm going to visit my best friend at the hospital. He's still comatose after the violent beating Lynn gave him." Clyde reassures
Ronnie Anne approaches the group and talks to Clyde.
"Aw, so Lynn is in prison? Man…I wanted to deliver some payback to her after what she did to Lame-o. Oh well, rotting in a jail cell while slowly losing your mind seems like a better punishment for someone like her anyway." Ronnie Anne comments
Meanwhile, at the other end of the cafeteria, we see Leif conversing with Lola.
"So, why did you confess at the trial yesterday?" Leif asks
"Because, this all started because of me! If I didn't form the Trinity, then Lana would have been safe!" Lola asserts
"You don't know that! Remember the 2nd day of the trial? Prosecutor Savino said that Lynn would have had antisocial personality disorder if she was 18. I don't think the formation of your group helped her much. I think she still would have tried to convince Lana to stop helping Lincoln." Leif explains
"How could she do this to us?" Lola asks in despair
"I don't know Lola, but if you need anyone to talk to, I'll be here for you."
"Thanks, Leif…you're a true friend…" Lola declares to him
The school day progressed as normal. Once every Loud sibling regrouped at the Loud house, their parents drove them to the Royal Woods General Hospital's intensive care unit, so that everyone could visit Lincoln. Yes, they DID visit Lincoln during the days of the trial, but the visits were kept brief, as the families' testimonies were needed for the trial, but now that the trial has concluded, they can visit him for as long as they want. They check in with the receptionist and all 10 of them are allowed in, but his family aren't the only ones who are visiting him today.
Rita is the first one to say something to Lincoln's body…
"My son…we've treated you badly over the years, I can't deny that. We…we just wanted to make it up to you after all the pain and suffering we put you through. But…Lynn still hated you…for something that SHE did. "Why can't she just accept the consequences of her actions?" You told me that when we were preparing Lana's funeral. Well, we found the answer…she CAN'T…her perception of right and wrong is skewed. Maybe that's why she blamed her loss on you. I just can't believe she would do THIS to you." Rita begins to cry; Lynn Sr pulls her away from Lincoln's body so she can calm down.
Lori goes up to Lincoln's bed second…
"Hey, little bro…It's me. I know you probably literally hate me right now. After all, I was the one who kicked you out of the room I shared with Leni. I carelessly crushed your HTC Vive or whatever it was, you called them game goggles. I also put my relationship with Bobby over my sibling bond with you…I…I shouldn't have done that. I should have been there to protect you, and now look what's happened! Don't worry, I…I'll make it up to you! We…we can…hang out at the arcade at the mall…you can pick the games!"
Lori realizes that Lincoln won't say anything in his comatose state and that everything she said seemed like a desperate attempt to get him back, which it was. After all, she, like all her siblings just want her brother back. Lori solemnly steps away from Lincoln's hospital bed.
Leni approaches Lincoln's bed third…
"Linky…please! Wake up! I'll let you design stuff with me! We could…have a great time! I know you love helping me out. I…I even…made this portrait of us together! I know you love our family…so I decided to show it in art form…"
Leni takes out a 24 by 24 canvas. It has a painting of the Loud sisters around Lincoln in a circle, even Lana is there! Rita and Lynn Sr are in the "background" of the painting, though that's just an optical trick to show depth to the painting. There's a column of light that shines on Lincoln. The title of the painting is "Guiding Light".
"Leni, that painting…" Lori began to say
"Yeah, it's terrible, isn't it…I only had 3 days to make it." Leni replies
"No, I mean, that painting literally belongs in a museum, it's that good!" Lori explains
"Really?" Leni questions "It's that good?"
"Yes"
"Lincoln…I know you can't hear me but…when you wake up… will… you help me design…some dresses? I could use your expertise…you…you're the second most fashionable member of our family, next to me…maybe you could help me diversify my…no…OUR clothing label and make it unisex…will you help me? You don't have to answer right now…I know you can't anyway, but…I can understand if you don't want to…"
Leni walks away. She wants Lincoln's creative input to help make her dresses wow her target demographic. It would make her couture "haute" with the masses obsessed with clothes and hopefully revolutionize the clothing industry (but even Leni knows that probably won't happen. Still, it's nice to have big aspirations)! She would definitely make Lincoln a creative advisor and/or business partner for her design label, once she sets up shop!
Luna is the fourth to go up to Lincoln's bed…
"Little bro…I can't believe Lynn was this harsh to you. Well, don't let that sour note get you down…because I made a song for you! It's wonderfully melancholic, yet at the same time, eerily beautiful. I'll perform it for you…"
Luna begins to sing a serenade to Lincoln…it's…the Reminiscence: DL-6track from Phoenix Wright!
Please rest, our dear brother.
We don't want to lose another one…
You've always shone just like the sun.
Lynn beats you up, just for her sick fun.
It's finally over, we've won!
Metal piercing…
Through our hearts.
Lying unconscious…
To depart.
An icy grip…
Empties its clip.
Perfection attained…
With bloodstains.
A small applause comes from the rest of the family.
"Good night, everybody. Luna has left the building. There will be no encores." Luna announces sadly
"That was beautiful, Luna." Luan comments
Luna steps to the side…
Luna really wants to perform music with her brother. Lincoln seems to be the most supportive of all the siblings to her. He helps her come up with lyrics, he composes sample instrumentals that Luna could use at her next gig. He even sings along with her to test how good the song sounds in front of a "live audience", which is Luan.
Luan steps up to Lincoln's bed fifth…
Hey, Linc…I won't tell you a bad pun, because you can't hear me. I just wanted to give you this…"
Luan pulls out a comic book. It looks like one of those Ace Savvy comics that Lincoln loves so much!
"Remember when you made an Ace Savvy comic book for that contest where you got to meet Bill Buck, and you took us, Clyde and principal Huggins along to meet him? Well, I was so inspired by YOUR comic, that I made one myself! I came up with the story, while Leni drew the artwork in the panels. Once you break out of that coma, I hope you'll read it and tell me what you think of it. And…since you won't feel this anyway…"
Luan kisses him on the forehead.
"…Goodbye, Lincoln…"
Oddly, Luan seems to be the most compassionate of the sisters toward Lincoln (with Lana being a close second). Every time Lincoln does something obnoxious or selfish, she responds in confusion or worry most of the time and rarely gets angry toward HIM. The only exception where it was JUST Luan angry at Lincoln was in the episode "Funny Business", when Lincoln basically insulted the art of clowning by minimalizing it to just pratfalling. Although, he DID just insult one of her core hobbies, so it IS warranted. At the end of the episode, she admits that she was being too harsh on him and apologized, while Lincoln apologized for overusing the pratfall and acknowledging there's more to clowning than just that.
Lucy approaches Lincoln sixth…
"I…finally decoded…the poem. But…it's too late. "For the second light, this is an omen." That was you, wasn't it, Lincoln. "To try to repair a family so broken." We truly appreciate all you and Lana have done for us, there are no words to describe our gratitude. "The athletic one, with guilt she'll fake." I know I say I don't have a soul a lot, but Lynn…she doesn't have any FEELINGS…at all, it's just an empty void there when I tried to find some. "The final light, she'll choose to break…" Lana meant this…didn't she? Lucy breaks down in tears "Both lights gone, all hopes shattered. In the end, nothing mattered!" Lincoln! We don't want to lose you! I don't want to lose you! Please, wake up!"
Lucy cries so hard that she's actually crying blood! Everyone gasps at this!
"Lisa, is this normal? A demon isn't possessing her or something, right?" Lynn Sr questions
"Yes, Lucy is currently suffering from Haemolacria, a condition in which the tears have blood in them. Normally, this means she has some kind of disease, but Lucy looks fine to me!" Lisa declares
I didn't think it was possible, but THE Lucy Loud IS capable of showing emotion. I thought she was always apathetic, moody and depressed. But this breakdown has made Lucy show more emotion in 5 minutes than she has shown in her entire life. Lucy slinks away sullenly, while wiping her bloody tears away.
Lola slowly approaches Lincoln's bed, she is the seventh one to visit him…
"Linky… why did you trust me? Is it because I wanted to make amends with you? Are you really that pure hearted? I actually have to thank you for something…you and Lana. I promised Lana I would protect you until the end, so that's what I'll do. You were always so kind to me, even when I treated you worse than trash. I don't deserve your kindness! But it's because of that promise, that I stopped trying to commit suicide that day. Lana would be so disappointed in me if I gave up on you before even trying, when she was entirely devoted to you, until the end. Also…"
Lola blushes a little.
"Since you can't hear me, I can admit this to you…remember when I got you to play as my butler…I'll admit…you looked kind of hot. Tell anyone I said that and I'll kill you, though! Just keep it between us, ok."
Lola…Lola may be evil. But even she's not THIS evil. If she could, she'd beat Lynn within an inch of her life for doing this to her brother and sister! Lola…deep down…she DOES care about her siblings. Lincoln seems to at least TOLERATE her the most out of the siblings, it's only now, when Lincoln is at near-death, does she realize all that he's done for her. Lana was always there for Lincoln; Now it's time for Lola to be there for him, when he needs her the most.
Lisa is the eighth to approach Lincoln, she glances at the I.V tube that's keeping his body alive and at a small bottle with a clear liquid in it. She knows what she has to do…
"Lisa, if I can't finish it…you have to."
"No, I won't!"
"We must avenge Lana's death…that means we bring a murderer to justice."
"Why don't we leave this to the cops?"
"It's been a month, they don't even know Lana's death wasn't an accident!"
Lisa Looks at Lincoln's body…if Lynn says Lincoln is so evil, why did Lana give up her life for him? Lisa puts away the vial and decides not to finish the job. Instead, she speaks to him.
"I don't know what Lana saw in you, elder brother. I can't comprehend why someone like her would waste her time on a loser like you. But…if Lana sees that you're worth protecting, then you're valuable to me, because you were valuable to HER. I will help you in any way I can!" Lisa asserts to him
Lisa may not care about Lincoln, but she does care about Lana. So, since Lana protected him, Lisa will protect him too. After all, family sticks together, right?
Lily is placed on Lincoln's body, she is the ninth one to visit...
"'Inkin, I wuv u, sew much! Peas…donut go! We all ms u! Peas…wak up!" (Lincoln, I love you, so much! Please, don't go! We all miss you! Please, wake up!)
Lily is removed from Lincoln's bed, she begins to weep.
Lynn Sr is the tenth and final member of the Loud family to visit Lincoln…
"Son, we did it. Lynn is going to pay for doing this to you. I didn't know that she was a budding sociopath. We should have gotten her checked out sooner. I always assumed that she was playfully roughhousing with you or that it was just another sibling rivalry, that usually how kids are, right? Don't worry, we…we can be a family again. We'll wait for the day you'll wake up again. Your family will always be right by your side, Lincoln. We will visit you every day until you're better. But for today, this is goodbye…"
The Loud family leaves. Leni's painting, A CD copy of Luna's DL-6 track, and Luan's comic are left behind for Lincoln to enjoy when he wakes up. 30 minutes later, the McBrides arrive, because Clyde is making good on the promise that he'd visit Lincoln. They check in with the receptionist and they go to Lincoln's room, Clyde approaches the body of his best buddy. He is the eleventh visitor Lincoln got today.
"Hey buddy…I can't believe Lynn did this. When you wake up, we'll do what you want, ok? Gus' Games and Grub? I'm game! Ace Savvy convention? Deal me a new one! Chess match? Sure. Having another sleepover at your house? Heck yeah! Especially if I get to see Lo- Lo- Lo-. He almost nosebleeds on Lincoln's body after almost mentioning Lori's name, he manages to stop himself, this time."
He notices Luan's comic and peruses through it.
"Wow, this is actually pretty good, Linc! Making a sequel to our comic that let us meet Bill Buck. Not as good as Bill's, but he's the creator, so what should we expect? I think it's a great continuation, but I'll see if the kids at school would like it."
"Well buddy, I'll see you when you wake up."
Clyde and his dads leave the hospital. Believe it or not, the twelfth visitor that visited Lincoln…was Bobby? How is this? Well…
"Who's the patient, doc?"
"An 11-year old kid…he was beaten 47 times with a metal bat!"
The doctor and nurse enter the room, there, they see Lincoln, nearly dead from the assault. The nurse reads the diagnosis:
Patient was bludgeoned 47 times with a metal baseball bat. Skull has small fractures from the impacts. Sternum is completely shattered, bone fragments of the sternum narrowly missed piercing his lungs. Half of his ribs are broken, miraculously missing his heart. Both right and left carpal and metacarpal bones fractured. Both humeri bones have a small crack. Most of the trauma is centralized in the thoracic cavity. Both femurs sustained impacts but held together. Both patellae have small fractures. The pelvis was completely broken during the attack. The patient's penis is a bloodied mass of tissue, both testicles were smashed, both the prostate gland and the urethra have large tears from the assault, the seminal vesicles and the vas deferens have small tears. The cowper's gland was completely smashed. There is enough trauma here to constitute a sex crime. If attack wasn't stopped, patient would be dead. The attacks on the skull forced the patient into a comatose state.
The nurse then reads the patients name:
"Lincoln Loud"
All the doctor could do was remove the shards of bones that almost pierced his vital organs. Only time will tell if Lincoln would heal, especially since the broken bones need time to re-ossify themselves, as for his reproductive system…yeah, Lincoln won't be able to have children. This must have been Lynn's failsafe if she didn't immediately kill him, it was to cause him as much pain as humanly possible.
We see the nurse head back to her home, where we see two VERY familiar characters.
"Hey mom." Ronnie Anne greets "Finished another triple overtime shift?"
"Yeah." Mrs. Santiago replies back "How's Roberto doing?"
"He's fine. So how did work go today?" Ronnie Anne questioned
"One of the patients I had to operate on…well, you don't want to know who it is…" Mrs. Santiago utters
Bobby comes out of his room upon hearing this. He then plays with a little yin-yang shaped object he found at a yard sale, he bought it because he thought it looked cool. He then does this:
TAKE THAT!
5 black psyche locks surround Mrs. Santiago!
"Huh?! Mom? What's going on?!" Bobby asks in surprise, not knowing he accidently activated a magatama, he can now see his mom's greatest secrets! I bet a nurse has a ton of secrets that need to be kept hidden…
"Roberto, I can't tell you, it would violate doctor-patient privilege."
"Why? Is one of the patients someone we know?" Bobby reasons
"No…" Mrs. Santiago replies back, but even Bobby notices that she said it nervously
!
"It's Lincoln, isn't it?"
The 5 black psyche locks shatter!
"…"
"We have to go see him!"
"Don't bother. He's comatose, so he can't talk back."
"HE'S IN A COMA?!"
Back to the present day, we see Bobby looking over comatose Lincoln. He then begins to say some words in Spanish.
"Lincoln, sé que lo ella hizo a usted. He visto el jucio, al igual que todos los demás. ¿Cómo podría Lynn, tu propia hermana, tratar asesinarte? ¿Y tan brutal, también? ¡Esa perra! No te preocupes, estoy seguro de que Lori ya te dije sobre el veredicto... culpable para intento asesinato en primer grado le y homicidio involuntario por la muerte de Lana. Sabes, he visitado ella tumba, también. Si solamente tus hermanas podrían ser más parecido ella...entonces tal vez este no lo haría han pasó en todo... ¿Pero ella intentaron protegerte, hizo ella no? Tu y su hermanas siempre serán amigos para mí, Lincoln. Adiós."
He leaves.
The Loud family came back tomorrow, and the next day, and the next day, every day for about a month, until June 30. When Luan was done talking to Lincoln's body…something different happened. Luan felt something brush up against her hand, something warm…she glanced back saw Lincoln gripping her hand, in a handshake position. He opens his eyes and begins to get up slowly. He sees his family and begins to speak.
"…Hey guys, …what did I miss?"
Everyone gathers around him and hugs him.
Lincoln is back!