Inspired by the Lilo and Stitch episode Bonnie and Clyde (experiment 349 350)

Before we start, I have an announcement to make. First off, I wanna apologize for the long delay. See, I myself have been taking a break from fanfiction writing to enjoy the holidays. Speaking of which, you were probably expecting me to do a Christmas themed story. Unfortunately though, I was unable to come up with a story idea that would feature a Christmas theme. Plus there have been a few other writers who have done some even better than me.

Also since I decided not to take anymore requests, it's been taking a little longer to come up with new stories. But on the bright side, at least it gives me more creative freedom.

So with that said, here's my latest (and probably last story) of the year. I hope you enjoy

Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year

Now on this particular day in the Loud house, Lincoln and his sisters were all quietly enjoying themselves.

Lincoln himself was busy reading a detective novel.

"Hey guys," Lincoln greeted the viewers. "Been a while since we chatted. As you can see, yes our parents are away for the week and Lori is left in charge. But it's okay. Since that last incident, she's learned to soften up a bit. So as long as none of us get on her bad side, nothing can go wrong."

Meanwhile, Lucy was practicing her seances, Lisa was working on an important experiment, Luan was reading a joke book, Luna was just lounging on the chair, tuning her guitar, and Lily was playing with the pets.

Lynn was practicing her football (in the house). "Ah, nothing like practicing a good fly route."

"Frankly, I'd rather swat flies," said Leni, reading her magazine.

"Will you two please keep it down?" Lisa requests. "I'm right in the middle of perfecting the finishing touches on this device. One wrong move, and KABLAM! This unstable capsule will blow up the house."

"You know, that's what I love about you Lisa," Luan kidded. "Anything you create, it always blows up in your face."

Even Lincoln gave a chuckle. "Like I said, nothing can go wrong."

Just then, the twins came running down the stairs.

"Lana! You come back here with that!"

"Make me duchess!"

"Except for this," Lincoln pointed out.

"Oh when I get my hands on you!"

Lola tackles Lana and they both roll into the dining room where they were met with an angry big sister.

"What in the world?!"

Then as Lori came into the living room, the twins tried to hide their faces behind the sofa cushions,

"Lola! Lana! Yesterday I told you no running around the house! So what do you do? Run around the house! Last week, you were told to clean your room! And is it clean? No! What's going to be next with you two?"

"They almost made me drop a highly unstable explosive device," Lisa adds.

Lori turns back to the twins. "What do you have to say for yourselves?"

"Well I ate breakfast like you asked. And I can prove it." Lana demonstrated by belching without even making a single excuse.

"You're supposed to say 'excuse me' when you burp!"

"Yeah Lana!" Lola teases. "At least have some manners!"

"Lola! That's enough!" Lori scolds. "You're both responsible!"

"Hey! We're just expressing ourselves!" Lana argues. "If we want to leave a few of our toys scattered about, or run around the house like wild cheetahs or if I want to completely cover myself in peanut butter and roll around in my sheets, then we should be able to! And if you don't like it, you can talk to my butt because my hand ain't listening!"

At this point, Lori was completely enraged. "That does it! You two are grounded for the rest of the day! Now go to your room!"

"No! I don't want to!" Lola protests. "It smells like peanut butter in there!"

"If you don't go to your room right now, then no dinner for you!"

"No dinner? You monster!"

The twins both marched upstairs angrily.

"Sheesh! What is wrong with those two?"

"They get it from you, don't they?" Lincoln asked his sister Lynn.

"If by that, you mean the roughhousing, I agree," Lynn answers. "But I think Lana gets that weird peanut butter obsession from you."

"Yeah." Lincoln was going back to reading, but then stopped for a second. "Hey!"

Upstairs, the twins both stormed into their room quite furiously.

"OOOOOHHHHH! This isn't fair!" Lola complains. "Lori gets to do whatever she wants just because she's the oldest! And all she does is sneer like she's the boss of us or something!"

"She is the boss of us," Lana stated.

"Well I'm sick of it! We never get to do whatever we want to do, whenever we want to do, the way we want to do it! There's only one thing left to do!"

Lola was about to demonstrate by climbing out the window.

Lana tried to stop her. "Lola! What are you doing?"

"I'm leaving, that's what."

"We can't leave! We're grounded!"

"Well I'd rather be free! If this is a free country, why can't we be free?"

"I don't care if it's a free country! Lori would roast us! And I don't care if we're allowed to do whatever we want to do whenever and however we want to do it. We can't leave. So…..so….."

I think you can all imagine what would happen next.

"Well what are you waiting for? Count me in."

And so she did.

Once Lola took Lana outside, the two began driving out into the city in Lola's car.

"Woohoo!" Lana shouts. "We're desperados on the open road!" But she also started to grow concerned. "You sure we won't get in trouble for this?"

Lola scoffs. "Lana, we've got nothing to worry about. This is freedom, and freedom is what we deserve. Besides, no one will even know we're gone."

As can be expected, nobody in the Loud house did know that the twins were gone, as they were all busy with their own things.

However, that was the least they had to worry about.

Suddenly a news bulletin came on the television.

"Recapping our top story. We just have confirmed reports that two thieves have been terrorizing Royal Woods. Crimes including break-ins and theft. We are unsure about what these perpetrators look like, but the police force are working very hard to put a stop to their wrongdoings. We now return you to your regularly scheduled program."

"Ha! They'll never catch a criminal that way," Lincoln scoffs. "If only detective Rick Tracker were on the case."

"That nutcase?" Lynn mocks. "Puh-leeze. He'd be lucky if he could find a clue faster than Steve can find Blue's paw prints."

"Oh, you guys don't know what you're missing. I bet it'd be great to be a detective."

"If you really want to be a sleuth, I propose you be a more sophisticated one," Lisa suggests. "Like Sherlock Holmes."

"Maybe. But it'd be a lot less fun." Then a thought came to his head. "I hope the twins are okay. They seemed pretty mad."

"Aw, I'm sure they're fine, little bro," Luna assures. "They're probably just blowing off a little steam."

"Yeah," Lynn agrees. "I mean, how much trouble could two six year olds get into?"

Meanwhile, Lola and Lana were still out driving until the car finally stopped.

"Dang it!" Lana said. "Out of gas! And I don't mean the kind I like."

"Well, nothing left to do but have a little snack break."

But when Lola opens the trunk, all she found was rancid food.

"Lana, there's nothing but expired soda and stale potato chips in here!"

Lana stroked one of her pigtails. "Oh yeah. I might have forgotten to take those out." She then opened up a bag and stuffed the chips into her mouth. "Still fresh."

Lola groaned in disgust. "I can not live like this. I need fresh food."

Just then, an explosion came from a nearby supermarket. And two short little people dashed out in a mini army Jeep with bundles of food in hand.

Lola spotted them doing this. "Wow! Those two managed to swipe a whole abundance of food? Well, at least they have good tastes. Come on Lans! After them!"

Lana was seen pushing the car along the road. "I will, as soon as you get back over here and help me."

Lola scoffs. "You expect me to waste my precious time pushing a car on the side of the road?"

"Hey, it was your idea to sneak out of the house, so the least you can do is help me push. Otherwise, if Lori finds out we've been missing, I know just the sister to blame it on."

Lola gasps. "You wouldn't!"

"Oh would I?"

Finally Lola gave in and began pushing. "I can't believe this! You're just as mischievous as I am!"

"There's a lot about me you don't know."

And so, they both began pushing the car along the road for nearly two hours.

That was the time Lola needed a rest. "If you think pushing a car is fun, you are sorely mistaken."

"Quit complaining Lols. You could use some exercise."

"I could use some exercise? Look at you! You're like a junior Lynn Jr."

Then they both noticed the old abandoned shack.

"This must be their secret hideout," Lana observes.

Lola was skeptical. "And just what makes you think that?"

"Maybe it's because this is the only abandoned place in Royal Woods with a miniature army vehicle sitting right next to it?" Lana pointed out quite teasingly.

This left her twin sister dumbfounded. "Oh. That figures."

Once they went in, they found the entire place all dark and decrepit.

"Hello? Anyone here?" Lana called.

"Would anyone be willing to share their food?" Lola requests.

But they were both met with no response.

"Looks like no one's here," Lana said.

"Yeah, you're probably right," Lola agrees. "Frankly I don't blame them. This place looks like it's been abandoned for years."

"Looks like it could be. After all, this big shack does look pretty old."

"And it's starting to give me the creeps, too."

Lana smirked. "Hey, maybe this place is haunted."

Lola did not like that joke. "That's not funny Lana!"

Just then, they heard the sound of a creaking floorboard, which gave them the feeling that they were not alone.

The two looked up and saw, in the darkness, two pairs of eyes staring at them.

"Who dares to enter our domain?!" A gruff female voice called out.

Then a male voice was heard. "Uhh sis? They just look like a couple of kids."

"Don't you think I know that?" The female voice argues. "I'm trying to sound threatening, you lummox!"

"Well you're doing a pretty bad job at it!"

"Oh, will you just shut up?! They're going to get suspicious!"

Unfortunately though, the twins were already suspicious to begin with.

"They sure don't sound very scary to me," Lana said.

"Yeah," Lola agrees. "If I wanted be spooked by someone who was shrouded in darkness, I could have stayed in Lucy's room. Now who are you two?"

"Yeah! Show yourselves!"

"Drat and double drat!" The female voice said.

Once the figures stepped out of the shadows, the Loud girls noticed that the perpetrators were kids. And not only were they kids, but they were also twins around the same age as Lola and Lana. While they were also the same height and had similar faces and slick, brown hair, the only difference was that one was a female with a jean jacket and combat boots with her hair slicked to the left while the other was a male with a leather jacket and sneakers and his hair was slicked to the right.

"Well what do you know?" Lana said. "It's just a couple of kids."

"Twin kids from the look of it," Lola adds.

"Yeah?" The girl criticizes. "So what do you want? A medal?"

"Ooooh!" Her brother teases. "Someone give the boy a prize."

The tomboyish twin was clearly annoyed and offended. "Hello! I have a name you know. It's Lana. Lana Loud. And again: hello, I'm clearly a girl."

"And they say looks are deceiving," muttered the girl. "You're gonna have to excuse my brother. He's not exactly the brightest bulb in the warehouse. Trust me, I know a girl when I see one, in spite of your choice in wardrobe."

"Yeah I know. People get confused by the overalls. Anyway, like I said, my name is Lana Loud, and this is my twin sister Lola."

The girl twin was quite surprised. "Lola? As in miss Lola Loud? The number one pageant queen in Royal Woods four years running?"

Lola felt very flattered. "As a matter of fact, I am. I see you've heard of me."

"Oh you bet I have. Well it was nice to have met you. See ya."

"But we just got here," Lana insists.

But the girl twin tries to push her out the door. "And it was so nice of you to pay us a visit. Well, off you go now."

Lana sighs. "You're right. Come on Lola, we better get home."

"Back to that dark, depressing dungeon they call a house?" Lola protests. "I think not."

"Come on Lols. We gotta go. I'll fill up the tank and tune up the car. Then we'll be on our way in no time."

Lana made her way over to Lola's car and opened the front hood. As Lana was examining, both the twins they recently met were taking note.

Lana cracks her knuckles and got to work. "Not a problem. Just gotta tune up the combustion cycle."

The young girl in the jacket was impressed. "Hmmm….extensive knowledge on auto mechanics. That could be useful."

Then she pulled her brother out of earshot. "Yo Bro! Over here!"

"What's the deal sis?"

"Okay here's the plan. These dolts are going to help us."

"How?"

"Simple. We'll use them as a diversion. While they go out having fun, we'll be getting the goods. And as soon as we're done, we'll dump them over at their house and then steal all their stuff!"

"Brilliant plan boss!"

"I know. But keep your voice down. We don't want them catching on."

"Sorry boss."

"Don't call me 'boss'. I'm a lady."

"Yes ma'am."

Then the two kids made their way over to Lana to talk with her.

"So, I see you like mechanics, don't ya?" The girl asks.

"You could say that," Lana replies.

"You do that a lot?"

Lana shrugs. "I've been doing it for a few years now."

"Fascinating. Say, perhaps you could take a look at our car. Lately it's been making this weird sound."

"Really? What kind…?" Lana then grew suspicious again. "Hey, wait a minute. What's the catch?"

"Catch? No catch. I was just wondering if you could take a look at it. I mean, if you're willing to, there's this one small…."

"Alright. I knew it was too good to be true. So what do you want?"

"A deal."

"A deal?"

"Here's what I'm thinking. If you take a look at our car, you guys can stay for a bit."

"I don't know. We should be getting back to our family."

"Oh come on now. We insist. Besides, we couldn't possibly let this good food go to waste."

This caught Lola's attention. "Food, you say?"

Lana was still skeptical, but what other choice did she have? "Oh alright. We'll stay. But only for a little bit."

"Cool. By the way, I don't think we've introduced ourselves. I'm Nina, and this is my brother Nick. As you can see, we're twins just like you."

"Riiiiiiight….."

"Now come on, let's show you around."

Nina grabs Lana by the arm and Nick did the same with Lola.

So when it came time to eat, both the Loud kids observed what both Nina and Nick were doing and tried to do the same thing.

For instance, first, they saw that after Nick finished a soda can, he crushed it against his forehead. Lana tried doing the same thing, but the can was still full. Then it was Lola's turn. But when she tried, she ended up hurting her head.

Next, they saw both Nina and Nick were each eating a banana by simply squeezing the peel, making it fly into their mouths. Lana attempted to do the same. But when the banana slipped out, instead of going into her mouth, it got lodged into Lola's ear.

Finally, they all drank an entire gallon of soda in one go and let out a loud belch. However, Lola's burp was by far the biggest.

"Woah!" Nick said impressed. "Nice one Lola."

"Why thank you," Lola replies. "You know, I did beat my siblings in a burping competition."

"Yeah, I'll admit, your burp was louder than mine," Lana slightly agreed. "But shouldn't you at least say 'excuse me'? I mean it's a little rude."

"Excuse me? Lana, I don't think you understand. We're free spirits now. And free spirits don't need excuses."

"That's the spirit!" Nick said. "You'll learn to love it."

"I'm telling you kids, this is the great life," Nina explains. "No rules, no responsibilities, and best of all, no worries."

"Yeah, no worries."

"I guess you're right," Lana sighs.

"Of course I'm right." Nina then got out of her seat and headed outside. "Well it's been fun, but we gotta run. Come on Nick."

Nick did the same. "Right behind you sis."

"Where are you two going?" Lana asked.

"Oh nowhere," Nina answers. "Just out for a little stroll. Nothing you'd be interested in."

Just as they were headed out, Lola immediately leaped out of her seat. "Wait! Take us with you."

"Oh I couldn't possibly do that," Nina said sarcastically. "I bet you're family is frantically looking for you right now."

"Aw, they won't miss us for a bit. We've only got nine other siblings anyway. Plus we could use a little fresh air. Right Lana?"

Lana looks unsure. "Well…"

Then Nina makes a decision. "You know what? Why not? I don't mind you tagging along. And if you're interested, I think we can show you how to really have some fun."

So the first place they went to was a grassy meadow.

"Hold it!" Lana said. "We can't do this!"

"And why not?" Nina asked.

"Uhh…...hello?" Lana points to a sign that says 'keep off: this means you'.

"Yeah, so what?"

"So what? They obviously don't want us walking on it!"

"Look kid, if everyone listened to rules like this, nothing would get done in this world. Signs are really more like guidelines. It says 'keep off'. Doesn't say 'keep off this grass'. You think that if that were the case, they'd be more specific. So I say go for it."

Lana was shocked. "You mean you want me to trespass?!"

"I wouldn't call it trespassing. I'd prefer walking on territory that so happens to have a 'keep off' sign on it."

"That's called trespassing."

"Oh calm down. It's not like anyone's going to see you. Besides, people walk on grass all the time. Trust me. A little fun can't hurt anybody."

"But….." Lana tried to turn back, but Nina and Nick were already out of sight and earshot. "I don't know if we should be doing this Lola."

"Oh stop being such a goody goody girl and start having fun," Lola teases.

Lana was a little hesitant at first, but was she really going to let her twin have all the fun?

Well, that's a little hard to answer, but what she did was take one step at a time. And I mean literally. She began tiptoeing across the grass until she finally reached the middle of it. Once there, she just fell on her back and stared up at the sky.

Lola looks down at her twin. "So what do you think?"

Lana still felt uneasy. "Eh, it's okay."

"Come on Lans. You're not even trying. You love dirt and you roll around in a mud puddle all the time."

"Well, I do like dirt. And this grass is pretty soft. But what if someone sees us."

"Oh Lana, Lana, Lana. You may be my older sister, but that little glass of yours is still half empty. Now quit your worrying and have some fun for a change."

So Lana slowly began rolling back and forth in the grass. As she went on, she began to enjoy it a bit, even to the point where she started to laugh.

It wasn't long before Nina and Nick came back after taking care of….business.

"Well, looks like pigtails decided to have fun after all," Nina says.

"Eh, you know. It was okay." But then Lana's suspicion grew even more. "But where have you two been?"

"Oh! That…...well we just had to gather some supplies. But you. The way you were rolling in that grass, almost looked like you were enjoying it."

Lola nudged her twin. "I'll say she did."

But Lana still feels like something wasn't right. "I don't know. What if we get caught?"

"Oh you'll be fine," Nina assures. "Remember, a little fun couldn't hurt anybody. And besides, it's over. You're free."

Lana looks surprised. "You're right! There's no one around to tell us what to do anymore! We're free!"

"You bet!"

"I feel great! You were right! A little fun can't hurt anybody!"

"Attagirl."

"Now what you say we go have some more fun?" Lola requests.

"Alrighty!" Lana laughs with excitement. "I'm with you all the way Lols!"

And of course, their 'fun' didn't stop there.

One of the first things they did was that Lola was attempting to TP a house.

And not just any house, no. This was the house of her longtime pageant rival Lindsey Sweetwater.

However, the way she was tossing the toilet paper was pretty weak.

"No, no, no!" Lana halted. "This is all wrong!"

Then to Lola's surprise, Lana took a couple of TP rolls from behind her back.

"You gotta put your back into it. Like this."

Lana winds up both her arms and then tossed both the rolls onto the roof and the trees.

"And that's how it's done," Lana said dusting off her hands.

Then their next stop was the elementary school cafeteria.

Lola was attempting to take all the snacks and desserts from the freezer, until….

"Lola! Wait!"

"What now?"

"We can't just take all these deserts willy nilly!" Then within a few seconds, Lana took some other snacks from the fridge. "We'll need some side dishes too."

As Lana took her own helpings, Lola looks towards the audience. "Well, we don't have to pay when we're in school, so they're practically giving them away."

All throughout that day, the twins began pulling off a bunch of hijinks. And it felt like nothing was stopping them.

"This is great!" Lola says. "We're finally free! And we got enough food to last until Easter!"

"But where are Nina and Nick?" Lana wonders.

Just then, the twins in question just drove up in their little army car. "You called?"

"And just where have you two been?" Lola questions.

"Oh, nowhere. Well…...maybe we've been taking a little stroll, but don't worry. We'll always be there for you."

Lana then noticed all the loot they had in the trunk. "You've got a stash," she said suspiciously.

"Yes, we do," Nick answers.

"So it would appear," Nina states. "But enough about us. Lola, Lana, you were marvelous. I'm telling ya, you two have got the gift."

"Really?" Asked Lola.

"Oh yeah. No doubt about it. You got what it takes."

Then the twins hopped into the car and drove off.

"Ah, what a day," Lola sighs. "I hope it never ends."

Nina smirks. "Who says it's over? We've still got one more place to rob…..er I mean visit."

And of all the places they had been today, their final stop was at their father's restaurant.

"Lynn's Table? What are we doing here?" Lana wonders.

"We're here to borrow a few little recipes," Nina explains. "They're hidden in a secret vault and they're extremely valuable. More valuable than the Krabby Patty secret formula."

"And you want us to go in and get it?" Lola asked.

"Apparently," answers Nick.

"Oh no!" Lana protests. "This is where I draw the line!"

"Oh?" Nina questioned. "And why is that?"

"Because the man who runs this place, Lynn Loud Sr, happens to be our father."

"Oh, he is, is he? Well that changes everything. If he's really your dad, I'm sure he'd be more than happy to share his recipes with you."

"So you're suggesting we steal our dad's recipes?"

"Look Lana, you were the one who wanted to have fun. Sometimes if you want to have fun, you gotta bend the rules a little."

"But if he finds out it was us, he'll hit the ceiling."

"What are you so worried about? Your dad's out of town, isn't he? What he doesn't know won't hurt him. Besides, it's not like he'll miss a few recipes."

"Yeah Lans," Lola says. "What's the harm? Besides, he wouldn't even have this place if it wasn't for our help. This way, he'd be returning the favor."

"Well if that's the case, why don't we just ask him when he gets home?" Lana asked.

"And wait for a rejection? As if."

"Yeah, go ahead," Nina insists. "If you need us, we'll be out here."

So thinking quickly, Lola took out a hairpin and used it to pick the lock.

Then they opened the door and walked right in. But as they entered the kitchen, Lana still felt like something wasn't right.

"Lola, wait! We can't do this!"

"What do you mean? Of course we can!"

"No! I mean we shouldn't do this! This is just wrong!"

"What!? How can you even say that? We're free to do whatever we want! Isn't that what you wanted?"

"I didn't want this. I just wanted to have fun, not turn to a life of crime. First it's just little things like stealing dad's secret recipes. But next we'll start breaking into other people's houses, stealing their stuff, kidnapping innocent kids, robbing banks and we'll both end up in prison for the rest of our lives just like….just like what Nina and Nick have been doing all along." Then Lana realized what was really going on. "They were just using us to steal other people's belongings. Now we're being forced to steal something from our own father."

Lola stuttered. "Yeah…..well…...so what? It's not like we have to tell him what we've been up to. Besides, what he doesn't know won't hurt him, right?"

"Lola! I can't believe you! You're better than this!"

"You obviously don't know me, Lana."

"Well we still shouldn't do it Lola. It's not nice."

"Lori took away our freedom, we take away dad's secret recipe. It's only fair."

Despite what she had said, Lola didn't want to admit it, but her twin was right. Stealing their father's recipe was no better than what Nina and Nick were doing. But she also didn't want to get in trouble by the police if they found both of them in the restaurant. So she had no choice.

She reached into the safe and took the recipe that was in a little bottle. But not before triggering the alarm system. Immediately, the sirens were flashing, and the door they came in from was closing.

So quick as a blink, Lola made a mad dash to the door just as it was about to close. Lana did the same, but this time, the door was close to being shut. So at the last minute, she slid right across the floor and made it outside. Although the gate knocked her hat off, she managed to grab it in time.

Then the twins hopped into Nina and Nick's Jeep and drove off.

The police had arrived at the scene, but they were too little too late. By the time they got there, the perpetrators had left, and the damage was done.

"I'm afraid we've lost them," one officer said. "And it seems the recipes have been stolen."

"Dang it," said Officer Schoffner. "Well they couldn't have gotten far."

Another officer did show a snapshot from the security camera. "But we do have this."

Of course, the photograph was blurry and pixelated, but it provided them with enough details of who was at the scene of the crime. However, while Nina and Nick could be plainly seen, both Lola and Lana were blurred out of the picture.

"That's more than enough evidence, I need," said Schoffner. "Men, I want a full tactical search around the perimeter. Those little crooks are going down."

Meanwhile, the four twin kids were still on the open road.

"So what are we supposed to do now?" Lola wonders.

"I'll tell you what," Nina says. "We find a place to stash the loot and lay low for a while."

"So where's your crib?" Nick asked.

"What? Our house!? We can't go there!" Lana protests. "Our siblings will…."

"Your siblings won't know squat!" Nina interrupts. "Unless you tell them! But not to worry. You won't blab about this to anyone, because we've got dirty laundry on you now!"

"Dirty laundry?" Lola questions.

"Well we wouldn't want your mommy and daddy thinking their kids have been out doing crimes with a couple of crooks, would we?"

Lana became exasperated. "Why are you guys doing this to us? I thought you were our friends!"

"That's the thing about life, Lans: you can't trust nobody. Now that we're free, it's our turn to call the shots, and you belong to us! Keep driving Nick."

"You got it boss!"

As the two drove off, both the twins were starting to feel overwhelmed by guilt.

"I hate to say this Lola," Lana sighs. "But I think we blew off more than our grounding."

"I know, I know!" Lola shouts worriedly. "What are we gonna do? And what are we gonna tell Lori?"

Meanwhile, back at the Loud house, the kids were still going about their business.

Only this time, Lori was out and Clyde had come over to join Lincoln in reading the detective comics.

"Wow!" Clyde admires. "Now that's some nifty detective work."

"I told you," Lincoln agreed. "Detective Rick Tracker always gets his man."

Lynn just shook her head. "I just can't understand why they love reading that garbage so much."

"I feel your pain," Lisa said.

Just then, another news report came on the television.

"We once again interrupt your regularly scheduled program to bring you this news bulletin. We've just confirmed reports of the two kids terrorized Royal Woods. One appears to be a six year old female in a jean jacket, and her twin brother in a leather coat. They're reportedly seen robbing houses of Franklin Avenue. They may be young, but be advised that these two are shrewd, rude, crafty and dangerous. Those who spot them are required to contact the police immediately."

"Oh, I feel so sorry for those people on Franklin Avenue," Leni said.

But then Clyde points out a very crucial detail. "Uhh Leni, isn't Franklin Avenue the same street where we live?"

"Aw relax, Clydesdale," Lynn assures. "If anyone was going to break into our house, we'd know it."

However, what they didn't know was that the two hooligans were sneaking into their house.

While all that was going on downstairs, the two pairs of twins snuck into Lola and Lana's room through the window.

"Well, nice spread," Nina compliments. "A little shabby but surprisingly spacious."

"Okay, you two can hide in here," Lola said. "But you got to be quiet."

But Lana wasn't too wild about this idea. "Lola, I really don't feel good about this! One minute, we're just twins and now we're criminals! We have to confess!"

"Confess? We can't! They'll never forgive us for what we've done! If we tell them, they'll completely disown us!"

"Well we can't hide from them forever."

"Wanna bet?"

Suddenly, they heard footsteps coming up the stairs.

"AHHH! Someone's coming!"

"Quick! Nina! Nick! Hide in here!" Lana said pointing to a pile of dirty clothes on the floor.

So they did.

"We really need to talk about your hiding places," Lola criticizes.

Lana shrugs. "Well their place practically smells like sweaty laundry anyway. So what's the difference?"

Outside the door, Lincoln was approaching the twins room with a laundry basket. Clyde decided to assist.

"Thanks for helping me gather up the laundry, Clyde," Lincoln praises.

"No problem Lincoln," Clyde said. "That's what friends are for. It's not detective work, but I'm glad I could help."

Then Lincoln got an idea. "Hey, why don't we both do a little detective role play?"

"You mean like detective Rick Tracker?"

"Yeah. It'll be just like a real interrogation."

"Come to think of it, that does sound like fun. Let's do it!"

Then Lincoln burst through the door, startling the twins. "Alright you little rascals! Let's talk about your dirty laundry!"

Both the twins got nervous and huddled in front of a pile of clothes.

They both shudder in fear. "Our dirty laundry?"

Lincoln then took a nearby desk lamp and shined the light in their faces. "Now I know what you're hiding, see. Filthy unimaginables. Good reminders of your dirty deeds."

"Relax, we just want to ask you a couple of questions," Clyde assures.

The twins were a little confused. "We?"

"It's a good cop, bad cop," Clyde whispered in clarification. "Just roll with it."

"Now why not make it easy on yourself, princess?" Lincoln says. "It's all gonna come out in the wash anyway."

"Well….."

"Quit stalling, half-pint!"

Clyde tried playing good cop again. "Hey, hey, calm down partner. They're just kids."

"You're a softy! These little runts have made a mess of things and now they've got to come clean! Or would you rather talk about it downtown?"

Lola stammered. "I…I…"

Just then, they heard the sound of Lori from downstairs. "Lola! You and Lana come down here! I need to talk to both of you!"

"We better go," Lana said dragging her twin out the door. "Come on Lola."

The two boys were suspicious at first, but they decided to ignore it.

"I think that went pretty well," Lincoln said.

"Totally," Clyde agrees. "But I get to play bad cop next time."

"Come on, let's just get this over with."

So the boys began taking the dirty clothes and put them into the basket. Then at one point, they noticed that there were two other twins in the laundry pile. They didn't know at first, but once they turned around, they quickly got ambushed.

Back downstairs, the twins entered the dining room where Lori was waiting.

"Uh Lori?" Lana started. "Lola and I have something to tell you."

Lori just shrugged. "Aw forget about it. Who wants pizza and ice cream?"

The twins were surprised when they saw what was on the table. "Pizza? Ice cream?"

"Yeah. I figured I'd treat you to a snack. I mean, after all, you were only roughhousing. It's not like you're criminals or anything. And you even managed to stay inside like good little twins. Now what were you going to say?"

Lana opens her mouth, but Lola immediately covered it before she could say anything.

"She just wanted to say we can't wait to eat," Lola lies.

Then they both took a seat and were served. The only thing was that even if they were hungry, they couldn't eat because of their guilt weighing on top of them like trying to carry a hundred pound boulder up a mountain.

"What's the matter?" Lori asked.

Lana pushes her plate away. "I'm not hungry."

"Not hungry for pizza and ice cream? Why?"

At that point, Lola knew that she and Lana couldn't hide their guilt anymore. "Alright! Alright! We'll talk!"

Lana continues the story. "We didn't stay in our room all day. We snuck out. And then we met these two kids who've been doing all the robbery!"

"Then we walked on the grass!"

"And we TPed Lindsay's house!"

"And we took the desserts from our school cafeteria!"

"And we broke into dad's restaurant and stole his secret recipe! It was us! We're the ones who did it! It was all our fault!"

"We plead guilty to all charges!"

Lori was at a loss of words. "I…...I can't believe you two! Why on earth would you do something like that?"

Lola sulked in her chair. "Nina and Nick let us do whatever we want."

"And we thought it was okay because we weren't hurting anyone," Lana adds.

Lori shook her head. "Girls, you were hurting people. Now Mrs Sweetwater has to clean up her house because of what you did, and the teachers and staff are going to have to pay to replace whatever you took. And most of all, you both hurt yourselves and me. How am I supposed to trust you again after what you did? And if dad were here, you probably would have hurt him too. You've done some pretty despicable things Lola Loud, but this one is over the top. As for you Lana, I expected better."

The twins slouched in their chairs with shame. "We know."

Then a few muffled voices came out of the other room.

"Help! Help!"

"Now what?" Lori groaned.

Then she and the twins made their way into the living room, and what they found was nothing.

And I mean literally nothing.

Everything including the television, the couch and the lamp were missing, and the rest of the girls, Lincoln and Clyde were all tied up and had their mouths shut with cloth.

Lori then took the cloths off of their mouths and began untying them. "What the heck happened here?"

"I'll tell you what happened!" Lynn said. "We've been robbed!"

"Robbed?!"

"Hoodwinked!" Lincoln includes.

"Purloined!" Luna adds.

"We've been smeckledorfed!" Leni said.

"That's not even a word," Lisa confirms. "And I agree with you!"

Lana slaps her forehead. "Oh man, this is all our fault! We never should've let those thieves into our house!"

Then all the others looked at the twins in shock. "You did what?!"

Lola covered her twin's mouth. "Uh…...Nothing?"

"Really?" Lisa said skeptically. "Because it sounded like your polar opposite yet identical twin sister just said that you both let those thieving brutes into our midst!"

"Ugh! Dang it Lana! Why'd you have to open your big trap!?"

Then they all heard the sound of a motor running and ran right out the door. There the twins saw the two troublemakers drive away in their Jeep with all the stuff they stole from the Louds. Including the van.

"Nina! Nick! They're getting away!" Lana shouts.

"And with our stuff too!" Lola adds.

"Come on! We've gotta go after them!"

But suddenly, they were both grabbed from the back of their clothes.

"Hold it right there you two," Luna halted. "You're not going anywhere!"

"But we're the ones who led them here in the first place!" Lana insisted. "We're the only ones who can catch them!"

"Well that is true," Lynn thought. "But there's just one little problem."

"What's that?"

"We can't trust you two anymore!"

"So we're putting both of you on probation!" Lori then took both of them inside.

The twins were back in their room, but this time, they were each tied up in a chair.

Since everyone else was out to catch the real crooks, Lincoln and Clyde (both of whom were wearing overcoats and fedoras) were the only ones that stayed behind to guard the twins.

Unsurprisingly, Lola was being the most stubborn and aggressive.

"Lincoln Loud! You let me go right now or else I'll pummel you!"

"Sorry Lols," Lincoln says sternly. "But I've been given direct orders not to. And just to make sure you don't escape, I had Lisa put the entire house on lockdown and it will only deactivate if she gives me the password."

As a last resort, Lola tried to bite through the rope. Except…

"And don't even think about chewing your way out. That rope is a hundred percent escape proof. Try to bite it and you'll break off all your teeth."

"Dang it. I've really underestimated you, haven't I?"

"Come on Lincoln!" Lana begs. "You have to let us go! Nina and Nick have to be stopped!"

"Sorry sis," Lincoln said. "We've still got another few hours. That'll give you plenty of time to reflect on the trouble you two caused."

"But we're the only ones they trust! We have to go!"

Clyde then stepped forward. "Lola, I know a little something about the law. And rule number one is do not let the bad guys go."

"So, what if we were good? Then could you let us go?"

"Maybe, but I doubt there's any way you can prove that."

"You're gonna make me say it, aren't you? Because I'll say it. Here it is from the darkest part of my heart. I…..AM…...SORRY!"

Lincoln just shook his head. "Not buying it."

Lola began to sigh. "I can't blame you for doing this. I'm the most to blame. I've terrorized this family countless times. I manipulated you guys to get what I want. I lied to my friends, blackmailed the pageant girls, and the only brother I have that's nice to me I treated like dirt."

Lana also was at fault. "Don't be so hard on yourself Lols. This mess we're in is my fault too. Whatever scheme you came up with, I went along with it even though I knew it was wrong. And I haven't exactly been the most tolerant to you either. Maybe I'm not the perfect twin you want me to be, but I can't let my big sisters, Lincoln, or even the city of Royal Woods pay for our wrongdoings."

"Me neither."

Both twins bowed their heads in shame. But then they felt their ropes getting looser. They turned around and saw both Lincoln and Clyde were untying them.

"Apologies accepted," Lincoln smiles.

"You mean, you're setting us free?" Lola asked.

"On one condition."

"Anything! Anything!"

After a few seconds, both the twins stood up straight and held one hand up.

"Do you both promised to uphold the law, bring criminals to justice and never do anything evil or bad again?" Lincoln asked.

"We promise!" The twins exclaimed.

"Then un behalf of the Clincoln McCloud detective agency, I now pronounce you Lola and Lana Loud, honorary deputies."

Lincoln handed them each a badge, which was actually a sugar cookie in the shape of a star.

Lana sniffs it and was about to eat it. That is until Clyde stopped her.

"Deputies are not to eat their cookie badges."

Lana giggles nervously. "Sorry."

So down at the foot of the stairs, the kids began discussing their plan.

"Okay, so we're all working together to stop those crooks. What've you got?" Clyde asked the twins.

Lana started thinking. "Okay, in every detective Rick Tracker comic I've read, the thieves always return to their hideout. Which is usually a place where they've previously robbed."

Lincoln began to catch on. "So if we find out where they're hiding, we can catch them in the…" but then he paused after remembering something Lana mentioned. "You read detective Rick Tracker?!"

Lana shrugs rather sheepishly. "Eh, you know. They're okay for what they are." Then she noticed Lola giving her a stern eye. "What? I'm six. I can't help it if I'm curious."

"Whatever?" Lola rolls her eyes. "But how exactly are we supposed to get to them? In case you haven't noticed, they took everything including the car!"

Then once they heard the sound of a whistle, they saw Lily standing in the doorway, twirling Lola's car keys on her finger.

Lana got the idea. "Everything except for one car."

Lola nodded in confidence. "Warm up the seats Lana!" She ordered. "We've got crooks to catch."

Meanwhile, the two crooks were still driving on the highway in the van filled with all the Louds stuff.

"Ha! We did it Nicky!" Said Nina. "We're desperados on the run!"

"Just think what we could do with all this loot!" Nick imagined. "Today Royal Woods! Tomorrow, the entire state of Michigan!"

"Not so fast, you two!"

The two looked in the rear view mirrors and saw the police cars and the Loud kids following them.

"Jeez!" Nina says. "It's the fuzz!"

"Stop the van!" Lincoln shouts from the car window.

"How's about you make us, little Jack Frost?" Nina teased.

"If that's the way it's gonna be!"

"That's what you'll get!" Clyde said. "Why do they always wanna do it the hard way?"

"What do you expect?" Lincoln asked rhetorically. "That's partners in crime for you."

Just then, Lincoln's phone buzzes. He answered and Lisa's voice came out. "Lincoln! Can you give me intel on what's happening?"

"We're in the police cruiser in a high speed chase! The two hoodlums are dead ahead in the van! Lisa, we must find a way to stop these thugs!"

Meanwhile, Lisa was viewing the whole thing from her monitors. "Yes, yes, yes. As long as all goes according to plan. In the meantime, can you catch up to the van?"

"I'm afraid not. The vans going too fast. We need a way to slow it down."

"I figured that. Lana gave the engine an upgrade."

"Dang her efficiency," Lincoln muttered.

"However, I anticipated this, so I made a few modifications for such an occasion."

"You have?"

"Well, you know. I like to tinker in my spare time. That remote control in your back pocket are the controls to the van you can use to sabotage their getaway."

Lincoln reaches into his back pocket and pulls out a remote with a bunch of buttons. "So that's what all these buttons are for?"

"That's right. Unfortunately I haven't had any time to label them."

"Dang it."

"But if you do exactly what I say, everything should work out fine….. I think."

"For our sake, I hope you're right."

Then everyone started making a sharp turn.

"Okay," Lisa instructs. "Now once you get up to speed, all you gotta do is press the green button. Or maybe it's the blue button."

"Lisa! We're going to run out of fuel!" Lincoln warns. "Which button is it?"

"The blue button! Try the blue button!"

Lincoln presses the blue button, but it ended up activating the van's windshield wipers. "That's the wipers!"

"The green button! Hit the green one!"

Lincoln presses the green button, but it made the car horn honk like crazy.

Even the thieves were confused.

"What's the matter with this dumb car of theirs?" Nina questioned.

"It must be special features," Nick suggested.

Nina just gave him a deadpanned look.

Back with the Louds, they were still chasing the van, but not only was it too far ahead, but they were now on the side of a steep hill. Close to the edge I might add.

"WE ARE GOING TO DIE!" Lincoln shouts.

"Stop yelling at me!" Lisa demands. "No yelling! Yell…...yell….." then she remembers what button it was. "YELLOW!"

Finally, Lincoln presses the yellow button. And it resulted in one of the van's tires being blown up.

"Lisa, were those….?"

"Affirmative," Lisa confirms. "My patented self-inflating/deflating tires."

Lincoln was impressed. "Wow! Nice touch. So this is what you do in your spare time."

"Well, not all of it. I also dabble in biochemistry, nuclear medicine….you know. This and that."

"I see."

Both Nina and Nick were so shocked at the sight of a blown tire that the van started spiraling out of control until it finally reached the edge of the road, where it started dangling against the rail.

Both thieves opened the side door and attempted to escape.

"What do we do now?" Nick asked.

"We? We!? You're asking me?!" Nina questioned. "We're about to be taken to the slammer at any moment! There's nothing we can do!"

Well a car was indeed approaching, but this vehicle was not a police cruiser, but instead a pink little princess car. And who else should be riding it but the Loud twins Lola and Lana.

"Nina! Nick! Hop in!" Lola orders.

"What are you two doing here?" Nina wonders.

"No time to explain!" Lana said. "Hop in our car if you want to hide."

The thieving twins were pretty skeptical.

"I don't know, Nina," said Nick. "What do you think?"

"It's them or us, Nick," said Nina. "What other choice do we have?"

"You might wanna hurry up before the popo gets here," Lana warned.

Nick shrugs. "Good enough for me."

The two then hopped into Lola's car and the four drove off.

Eventually, the cops caught up with the van and the Loud kids all came out.

"Great!" Lynn groaned. "We lost those little tykes!"

"We didn't lose them Lynn," Leni assures. "They just drove off with Lola and Lana."

This infuriated Lori. "Oh! Those little twerps are so in for it."

While the twins were driving, they discussed the whole situation.

"Thanks for the save," Nick praises.

"What can I say?" Lola shrugs. "Friends stick together like glue."

"So where are we headed?" Nina asked. "We need a place to hide."

"Oh trust me," Lana said with a sinister grin (yeah, Lola's not the only twin who can pull that off). "I know just the place."

Finally, the crew all reached the old abandoned shack that Lola and Lana first met Nina and Nick at from the beginning.

Once they arrived, they all hopped out of the car and headed in.

"Oh, smart thinking, Overalls," Nina says. "No one will ever find this place."

"Not bad," Lola admires. "You made one teensy mistake though."

"Yeah? What's that?" Nina asked.

"Thinking you could turn us from good to bad!"

Both twins held up their deputy badges as Lana shut the door.

"You're busted!"

"Why you dirty double crossers!" Nina scolds. "Amscray Nick!"

Both Nina and Nick spotted a nearby window and attempted to make a break for it.

"Not on our watch, you clods!" Lola orders. "Lana, if you would?"

"With pleasure. Or should I say 'yee-haw!'" Lana took out her lasso and hogtied the two troublemakers.

It was, of course, a success.

"You've still got it sis," Lola praises her talent.

"I know," Lana bragged.

"Curses! Foiled again!" Nina growls. "And we would have gotten away with it if it weren't for…."

"Us meddling kids," Lana finished. "Yeah, yeah, we know. We've heard it all before."

It wasn't long before the police had arrived.

Officer Schoffner came out of the car with a megaphone. "Alright, You felons! This is the police! I order you to come out with your hands up!"

As luck would have it, two recognizable twins did come out with their arms up.

"Hey!" Lynn pointed. "It's only Lola and Lana!"

Officer Schoffner sighs with grief. "Just when I thought you Louds couldn't get into anymore trouble."

"I cant believe you two deliberately disobeyed me again!" Lori scolds. "When we get home, you are so….."

She then got interrupted by Lincoln and Clyde.

"Hold your horses, big sis," Lincoln says. "These two aren't the real thieves."

Then he bursted the door open and revealed both Nina and Nick all tied up in Lana's lasso.

"These are."

"And all according to plan," Clyde adds.

Officer Schoffner was both surprised and confused. "Would you boys mind telling me what's going on here?"

"Well you see Officer," Lincoln explains. "We knew the thieves would only put their trust in Lola and Lana. So we had the twins lead us to their hideout and trap them in here until we arrived."

Even Lynn was surprised by this. "Huh, guess it is a good thing he reads too many comics."

"Wow!" Luna said impressed. "Nice plan little bro."

"Thanks. But you should really thank the twins. After all, it was their idea."

"Oh it was, was it?"

Lori and the rest of the older girls turned to the two identical sisters, both of which looked sheepishly.

"Lori, I'm sorry we disobeyed your orders," Lola apologized.

"I'm sorry too," Lana lamented. "We know what we did was wrong. But we had to be ungrounded so we could catch the bad guys."

"So are we good?"

Lori gave it a little thought. "Well I don't like the fact you disobeyed me and went on a crime spree. But I appreciate that you were trying to do the right thing, and you did get the bad guys. So…..yeah. We're cool. For now."

Then after giving a group hug, both Lola and Lana turned towards their brother and turned in their deputy badges.

"Here Lincoln," Lana said. "You can have these back. We don't deserve to be deputies anymore."

But to their surprise, Lincoln rejects the return. "No guys. You earned them."

"I don't understand," Lola says confused like.

Lincoln kneeled towards his sisters. "Lola, Lana, part of being a good person is admitting your mistakes and trying to make up for them. You both redeemed yourselves today by catching the real criminals, and for that, I'm proud of you."

Then the two gave Lincoln a hug in return.

"However, that doesn't change the fact that you both caused a lot of mayhem around town," Officer Schoffner exclaims.

Lola rolls her eyes. "Why do I feel like I should have foreseen this?"

So in the end, Lola and Lana were both stuck cleaning up the damage they had done. Including removing the toilet paper from the neighbors houses, returning all the stolen items, including their dad's secret recipe.

"I honestly didn't expect having to clean up all this mess," Lola groaned. "Did you Lans?"

"No, I have to admit, I didn't," Lana replies. "But I think I'd rather be me than be a criminal any day. We might not get to do everything we want, but at least we have families that treat us right."

"Eh, that's better than nothing. I guess. Though I can't help but feel a little sorry for Nina and Nick."

"Well at least we won't have to worry about them too much, Lols. They'll be out in about 4-6 years or at least until some loving family decides to adopt them and raise them right. Whichever comes first."

"I guess it really is true what they say. Crime doesn't pay."

Now just to let you all know, I'm not exactly good at creating original characters (or in this case, OCs as they're referred to), but I tried to do the best I could. It's not much, but it's something.

As for detective Rick Tracker, well…... I just made up whatever name I thought sounded similar to detective Dick Tracy just for fun. Again, I'm not the best at making up names, but I try.

Anyway, as always, stay tuned.

And a happy new year to all of you