Royal Flush

by Hotaru Shinpei

When a series of meteors crash into both Royal Woods and Great Lakes City, Lincoln, his sisters, and his friends find themselves gifted with incredible powers. And when a new enemy comes to town looking to use them for his own evil plans, Lincoln and his crew must master their newfound skills and come together to defeat him before he destroys the planet in his quest to rule all!

Hey there. Hotaru (johntohigh) here. First off, I have to apologize for the fact that it's taking me so long to work on the Sonic Forces rewrite, but I realized that while I did place a lot of time and effort into it, there were a lot of things that I had been doing wrong. For example, using the same backstory Infinite had in the games instead of coming up with a better one, or just saying Eggman took over the world, like the game did, or not focusing a lot of the fight scenes. I've honestly been strongly considering doing the rewrite again, this one being a lot better than the one I was working on before. I hope I'll be working on that in quite some time, considering I have more free time now that I've graduated from high school. Secondly, I've been chronically trying to fill the time to keep myself sane for these past few months, such as getting a volunteer job at a thrift shop. But that's just me. Since I've had more free time, I decided to write something that's been in my head for a while. I love the Nicktoon The Loud House (although it's not my personal favorite Nicktoon of all time: that honor currently goes to Avatar, and for crying out loud who doesn't love that one?) and writing a fanfic for it has long been overdue. Ideas for this fanfic have been popping in and out of my head for days, but now that Brave the Last Dance is out, I finally settled on one I'd be happy with. So with all that said... I hope you guys enjoy... ROYAL FLUSH!

FADE INTO:

EXT. OUTER SPACE

Somewhere close to Saturn and Uranus, a light-blue planet lies in silence. After holding on it for a few seconds, the planet suddenly explodes, as chunks of the planet fly off into space. The chunks look exactly the same, except for one multicolored asteroid that flies off throughout the galaxy. After it passes Saturn and Jupiter, it pushes away several asteroids in the Kuiper Belt. The asteroid then pass Mars, a satellite shaping like a dogbone and the Moon before finally focusing its sights on the planet Earth.

FADE IN:

EXT. UNKNOWN BASE IN ANTARCTICA - DAY

INT. BASE - DAY

A man in a cloak is sitting on a chair in front of three computer monitors. One is showing a series of aliens standing in front of a portal. The portal activates and lets off a discharge that disintegrates the aliens. The second one is showing a news reporter speaking about the arrest of several bank robbers. The third one is showing the meteors. From OFF-SCREEN, another man in a cloak who is slightly out of breath enters.

CLOAKED MAN #1

Took you long enough.

CLOAKED MAN #2

(sarcastically)

Well, sorry I couldn't be any faster. Those criminals put up a good fight. If it was any easier, I probably would've gotten back here faster!

CLOAKED MAN #1

Sure. Sure. It's not like you...stopped for a donut or anything.

CLOAKED MAN #2 has a bit of frosting on his lips, which he quickly wipes off with his tongue.

CLOAKED MAN #2

Don't you judge me! (sighs) So, what's going on now?

CLOAKED MAN #1

How about you see for yourself?

CLOAKED MAN #2 takes a look at the third monitor, where he sees the multicolored meteor.

CLOAKED MAN #2

Wow. That is by far the most needlessly rainbow-colored meteor I've ever seen in my entire life.

CLOAKED MAN #1

I think you mean the only needlessly rainbow-colored meteor you've ever seen in your life.

CLOAKED MAN #2

How in the heck do you know?

CLOAKED MAN #1

We've been in this base for a long time. I've started understanding you better.

CLOAKED MAN #2

HOW?!

CLOAKED MAN #1

Never mind; at this point, I'm just thinking out loud.

CLOAKED MAN #2

So why are we worrying about this meteor anyway?

CLOAKED MAN #1

So far, because the energy signature on this thing's massive. It might hold power unlike any powers ever seen!

CLOAKED MAN #2

You sure?

CLOAKED MAN #1

Positive.

CLOAKED MAN #2

Will it be a problem?

CLOAKED MAN #1

Only if it falls in the wrong hands. You know what Havelock Ellis said-

CLOAKED MAN #2

The sun, the moons, and the stars would've disappeared long ago, blah, blah, blah; well, if it'll be like that, we can't take any chances. Is it heading here?

CLOAKED MAN #1

Well, so long as it stays in one piece, the meteor should pass us and head right for Venus.

At that moment, the meteor crashes into a comet, causing the meteor to split into several multicolored meteors. The impact also causes the meteors to change their trajectory and head straight for Earth.

CLOAKED MAN #1

I just had to say it, didn't I?

CLOAKED MAN #2

Great! Now we've got several meteors with huge energy signs heading down here, and if we can't stop 'em, we'll be completely defenseless against guys who want the power in those meteors!

CLOAKED MAN #1

Dude, calm down.

CLOAKED MAN #2

I CAN'T! YOU SAID IT YOURSELF! THOSE METEORS HOLD POWER UNLIKE ANY POWER EVER SEEN! WHAT IF SOMEONE TRIES TO USE IT TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD?!

CLOAKED MAN #1

Ok, I think I get your concerns.

CLOAKED MAN #2

(panicking)

WHAT IF THEY USE THAT POWER TO DESTROY THE PLANET?! TO ENSLAVE MILLIONS?! TO CONQUER THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE?!

CLOAKED MAN #1

Dude, stop it. Just let me find out where those meteors are gonna land.

CLOAKED MAN #1 pulls out a computer and activates a program that tracks the trajectory of the meteors.

CLOAKED MAN #1

Alright...looks like...an intersection between...Royal Woods, Michigan and Great Lakes City.

CLOAKED MAN #2

Looks like I better head down there. I sure hope the mugs that have the powers within those meteors decided to use 'em for good.

CLOAKED MAN #1

Yeah, me too. If not, then you'll be in for a fight.

CLOAKED MAN #2

I know.

CLOAKED MAN #1

I'll get the portal started. Let me know when you get there.

CLOAKED MAN #2

Sure thing.

With that, CLOAKED MAN #2 exits the room.

CUT TO:

EXT: ROYAL WOODS - NIGHT

Most of the meteors enter the night-filled sky of Royal Woods with howling streaks. Most of them crash in places near the Royal Woods schools but a few of them crash in some residential areas. A red-colored meteor falls downward, dodging some of the other meteors before finally crashing behind...

EXT: THE LOUD HOUSE - NIGHT

INT. LINCOLN'S ROOM - NIGHT

The sound of the meteor's impact ends up waking up LINCOLN. He looks around his room, before seeing his alarm clock read 3:15 AM.

LINCOLN

(silently)

Oh, for crying out-booming sound, you think you could not wake some of us kids up? Some of us have school for crying out loud!

Annoyed, he heads back to sleep, at least before noticing some fiery streaks on a few of the trees.

LINCOLN

(shocked)

What the heck?

LINCOLN puts on a pair of walking shoes, and silently walks past the rooms of his sisters. Not a single one of them is in the hallway, none of their doors are open, and not a single light is on in their room, signifying that they are not awake yet.

LINCOLN

How do these guys manage to sleep through that?

LINCOLN enters the kitchen, pulls a drawer open and pulls out a flashlight, which he then turns on, and slowly opens the door, walking outside.

EXT. IMPACT SITE - NIGHT

With flashlight in hand, LINCOLN walks out in the backyard to see the fiery streaks on the trees, which in turn point to a medium-sized crater in the ground. LINCOLN, in shock, walks closer to the crater and finally sees the meteor, which he looks at in astonishment. Before he can turn around and leave so he can wake everyone else up, the meteor starts to make cracking sounds, and cracks eventually start appearing in the meteor, before the meteor splits in two. LINCOLN slides down the crater and to see a small red ring in the middle.

LINCOLN

Huh. They sure don't make meteors like they used to.

At that remark, the ring suddenly springs to life and jumps onto LINCOLN's left wrist.

LINCOLN

WHOA! WHAT THE HECK?!

LINCOLN starts wiggling his arm in a panic, desperately trying to pull the ring off his wrist, but the ring is simply too strong for LINCOLN to remove.

INT. LINCOLN'S ROOM

LINCOLN wakes up in a frenzy, before realizing he's in his room. He takes a look at his alarm clock, which reads 6:30 AM.

LINCOLN

(sighing in relief)

Oh, man. What a crazy dream. Well, I guess no more Motongo the Meteor Man comics before bed.

LINCOLN gets off his bed, and pulls off his pajama pants and shirt, before seeing the red ring on his wrist, much to his shock. LINCOLN screams and starts trying to pull the ring off his wrist in a panic.

LINCOLN

COME ON, YOU STUPID RING! COME OFF!

Once again, the ring is too strong.

LINCOLN

COME! OFF! RIGHT! NOW!

LORI (OFF-SCREEN)

Lincoln! Stop screaming like a banshee and get dressed already!

LINCOLN realizes he's still in his underwear and grins sheepishly before dressing in his usual attire, but he decides to add a long-sleeve shirt underneath his usual orange shirt to cover the ring. LORI exits her and Leni's room before going into the bathroom, but LORI leaves the door open.

LORI

Alright, you guys! I want everyone dressed, ready to go and out the front door by 7:30, or you'll be walking!

With that, LORI closes the bathroom door. Lincoln runs straight for the door, wanting to be the first in Vanzilla before any of his sisters do. LINCOLN thought that what happened the morning today was weird, but what he didn't know was there were much weirder things in store for him.