Everyone in the building woke to the alarm at 5:09am. Lincoln was hurrying along with Ronnie Anne and Nirtama to get to the main area like the alarm supposedly ordered them to. It did not take them long to arrive to the main entrance where a large crowd had formed. Nora sat on crate, taking head counts to make sure she had everyone accounted for.

"Lincoln!" He heard three voices before multiple arms wrapped around him, crushing him at once. It did nothing to help his still healing injuries but he tolerated the pain.

"Where have you two been? We looked for you before we came here and couldn't find you," Lori questioned. The old ring crafter coughed, greeting the three Loud sisters as he stood behind the young couple.

"They were just helping an old man with a hard task. Sorry to worry any of you," Nirtama apologized. Lincoln and Ronnie Anne smiled, glad that the elder was there to calm the situation down slightly. The room was full of chatter, people trying to figure out what was going on. Nora remained silent as the members of the ruby animal mafia gathered.

"And this isn't even everyone… wow," Lynn was awestruck, seeing all the mafia cohorts they had around them. More were coming and it was more amazing to know that another huge number were out their working away right as they spoke.

"It's scary how Nora can memorize everyone…" Lincoln realized their boss had some perfect memory, which made little sense, especially considering her alcoholism, but the young boy had stopped questioning insanity like this a long time ago.

"Thank goodness. I was getting a headache," Ronnie Anne sighed in relief as the alarm finally stopped. Everyone from the building was evidently gathered up.

"Is that an air horn?" Lucy chirped before the sound of a loud blaring noise broke their ear drums. The loud horn had stopped any noise that had been around otherwise and regained everyone's attention. Nora tossed the air horn aside, glad to have everyone gathered up at a reasonable timing, almost like it was a drill to judge how fast someone could be to escape from a dangerous situation, which was a bit nonsensical in the main mafia headquarters.

"Thank you all for coming. I hate to disturb every one of you at this hour, but I have good news and bad news. The good news is that you're all getting time off work for an unknown amount of time, and I'm not giving you a choice in the matter. You must vacate the premises and head anywhere but here. I do not care what you do with your time, but don't spend it here until otherwise," Nora explained the good news and that everyone was being forced to take some micro-vacation. Lincoln could tell his sisters and girlfriend wanted to be very happy about this.

"The reason behind this, however… is because as we speak, there are about ten bombs scattered throughout this building, and we have requested special bomb squads to handle this," Nora sighed in her speech, "Until this situation is dealt with, you all must leave, and I will inform you all of when things can return to normal."

"Did she say…" Lynn gasped, "…b-bombs?!"

"Yeaaaaah… Let's cut this camping trip short," Lincoln suggested they all go home and enjoy time with their family again. Ronnie Anne nodded in agreement, though if they went home too early, they would be questioned over it. Lincoln gave himself second thoughts when he was aware of the disadvantages.

"Y'know, for a leader, you sure aren't close to being one. Just evacuate the building, you moron!" Lincada exclaimed to Lincoln, finding it stupid to stay at their work this long if bombs were in the building. The white haired girl seated on his shoulders.

"Alright, everyone in the van," Lori ordered as they stepped outside, or more so got shoved out by the giant tidal wave of people evacuating in a mixed pace. Even the security guards were clearing out. Ronnie Anne wound up punching a few people away from them, because they kept crashing into her, angering her each impact.

"So what are we going to do now?" Ronnie Anne questioned while she got into the back of the van with Lincoln and Lynn, Lucy getting the passenger seat this time.

"It's six a.m. and we would get questions if we came back that soon… I got an idea," Lincoln stated, Lori looking to the young couple in the back.

"What's your idea boss?" the older blonde girl laughed a little at referring to him as boss. Lincoln crossed his arms and leaned back.

"Please don't call me boss. Let's go get some breakfast and we'll go catch up on sleep at the nearest motel," Lincoln suggested, but mainly because they could not go home so early. He knew Ronnie Anne had mixed feelings of her own from their talk in the cellar, and he had to wonder if Bobby was going to catch on since his girlfriend and little sister were both now seemingly becoming immensely busy for summer vacation.

"Sounds good to me! We do have the money," Lori agreed. Lucy seemed happy with the idea of getting more rest and the mini vacation their boss gave them. The gothic looked into the rear-view mirror, staring at Lincoln and Ronnie Anne as the two held hands and talked back and forth with Lynn. Lori though was too focused on the road to add to the conversation. Lucy tried her best to relax, but that unfortunately was difficult.

Early morning had arrived. Everyone in the Loud House was awake now and enjoying breakfast. The Loud parents always considered this to be the calm before the storm in their day. They had grown ever so used to the daily loudness kicking in. In fact, when things were quiet was when things were most concerning. The parents were about to head out to work. The day seemed normal so far despite being without a few of their children. Just then, the door bell rang.

"Oh! I'll get it!" Luna hopped out of her chair and went out of the kitchen, going to the front door and opening it. A dark skinned boy with black, tufted hair stood, with a green plaid jacket on top of a white shirt and blue jeans.

"Bobby? What are you doing here?" Luna asked, surprised by his presence. The family was informed that Lori was supposed to be camping with him. They weren't expected to be back until later today.

"Hey, Luna. Sorry to bother you all this early," Bobby Santiago apologized, presenting a small white circular earring, "I found Lori's earring that she lost last time she was at my place. I wanted to drop it off and say hi to her before I went to work. I know she's been sick lately."

Bobby had been lied to by his girlfriend, while she told her family that she was going camping with Lincoln, Lucy and Lynn. What she had told her boyfriend instead was that she was home sick and asked him to stay away so he too wasn't infected, but despite that, Bobby decided to take the risk of catching a small cold to see his girlfriend.

"Who is it, Luna? Oh, hi Bobby!" Leni chimed with a bright hum, seeing him. All of the Louds liked him. Their father even described Bobby as an honest, trustworthy boy when giving approval to date Lori. The Santiago boy could sense the confusion with the two sisters, and wondered what was going on.

"Lori isn't here, Bobby," Luna finally replied. Now both she and Bobby were confused. Leni wondered what was going on before it struck her.

"What do you mean? She was on a camping trip with him. She should be back with everyone too right?" Leni chimed up. Her low IQ was on point today. The three looked between one another.

"I dunno what you're talking about, Leni. No one told me about a camping trip. Lori told me to stay away because she was sick. I was going to spend some time with my sister, but she went to stay at a friend's house," Bobby claimed while handing the earring over to Luna. The older boy looked understandably upset and thinking the worst, which that maybe his girlfriend either had another man in her life which she had not told him of yet, or that Lori wanted to break up with him.

"Bobby, come in. We alllll need to talk here," Luna let the slightly older boy step into the Loud House. Leni could tell this was going to be yet another rough and confusing day. It was almost as if everyone was doing something secretive and shady, and while everyone was entitled to their privacy, Leni felt like it was not secrets being withheld, but lies being fabricated out of their own choice. It all felt like it was to cover something up.

"Thanks, you two," Bobby thanked them for helping him try to figure this out, fully aware of how weird Lincoln had been lately and his injuries he had received from supposedly fighting with random others. It would be horrible if Lori were to begin acting just as weird as her brother. The rock girl patted his back.

"Don't get worked up over what could be nothing. Come on and join us for breakfast and talk with us," Luna insisted he join them to help try and find some sort of logic to his ever growing worry, Leni extending her reassurance as well.

"Everything'll be fine… I hope."