How's it going guys? Welcome to the second chapter of Super Louds: A Most Peculiar Prophecy!
I know this fanfic has been on the back burner for awhile now, but it's time to continue the investigation!
What will Super Thunder discover next? Find out right now! Reviews and constructive criticism welcome!
Disclaimer: I do not own the Loud House. I do not own the Sam and Max series. All rights belong to Nickelodeon, Telltale Games, and all other creators respectively.
Chapter 2: Winter in the Flesh
The next morning, the Louds met together in their living room to discuss what happened last night at the dance.
"So...we can all agree last night was weird, right dudes?" said Luna.
"I'll say! That CHORUS sure struck a CHORD in US! Hahahaha! Get it?" joked Luan.
The Louds groaned as usual.
"There has to be some explanation for this strange occurrence. Hmm. I'm starting to suspect this has something to do with that book." said Lisa, pointing out the book in Lori's hands.
"You said this book came from the library Lori?" asked Lynn Sr.
"Yeah. I'm starting to regret checking it out now." said Lori.
"Maybe you checked it out for a reason. I sense a mysterious energy coming from this book. Not evil but, it's definitely a strong force." said Lucy.
"Whatever this force is, it caused those kids to sing last night." said Rita.
"So, we can explain that, but we're not gonna talk about the random farmer that showed up?" asked Lana.
"As far as I'm concerned, nothing's been explained as of yet Lana. I'll have to do some research with that book, if you don't mind Lori." said Lisa.
"Here. Take it. I'm no closer to finishing my book report anyway." said Lori, handing her the book.
"Hmm...I have plenty of books that are great report material! Come on up to my lab and let's see if we can't find you one." said Lisa, as she started ascending the stairs, with Lori following behind.
There was now an awkward silence.
"So...when's breakfast?" asked Lynn.
Meanwhile at the pageant hall...
*Lindsay Sweetwater storms out the pageant hall visibly angry*
"Ooh! That Lola Loud makes me so mad! How dare they replace me with her for the Snow Queen in the Winter Festival!" said Lindsay, as she screamed out in anger.
Just then, a black car pulled up beside her and the passenger side window was rolled down.
"Lindsay! Get in sweetheart! They need me back at work urgently!" said Lindsay's father.
"DADDY!" exclaimed Lindsay, as she sprinted towards the car and hopped in.
Lindsay's father drove off and immediately got a phone call.
"Hello?...Yes, I'm coming back right now, I just had to pick up my daughter...Don't worry, the experiment is stable, just don't touch anything alright?...Alright, I'll be there soon. Bye."
Lindsay's father hung up.
"Daddy, you won't believe what happened at the pageant hall today. Lol-"
"Honey, not now. Daddy has to get back to work real quick okay?" said Lindsay's father.
"We're going to the lab?!" asked Lindsay.
"Yes honey. I just have to finish an experiment real quick. When we get there, I want you to stay with me alright? No wandering off." said Lindsay's father.
"Okay daddy." said Lindsay, being compliant.
Lindsay and her father eventually made it to the laboratory, and her dad started making quick haste through the building.
"Come on honey! Keep up!" exclaimed Lindsay's father.
"*pants* Slow down Daddy! It's hard to run in a princess gown!" said Lindsay, lagging behind.
At some point, she had stopped to catch her breath, but once she composed herself, she realized she had lost her father.
"Daddy?...Daddy?!" exclaimed Lindsay worriedly.
It was like a sea of lab coats within the building, and Lindsay was having a hard time distinguishing her father from the rest.
"Daddy!" exclaimed Lindsay, one more time, to no avail.
Just when she had decided to give up, she spotted a man who resembled her father from behind.
"*suddenly smiles* Daddy!" exclaimed Lindsay, as she ran towards the man.
The man heard footsteps fast approaching him from behind, and turned around to see an excited Lindsay approaching him. Unfortunately, this excitement was about to be short-lived.
The man wasn't her father, but was another lab worker who handled chemicals in the unstable compounds department.
He was currently carrying one of those compounds, via a beaker, in his hands, as he was on his way to properly store it away. Lindsay suddenly realized that this man wasn't her father but it was too late.
She accidentally crashed into his legs, which surprised the man, and he ended up spilling the contents of the beaker all over Lindsay.
"Ahhhh!" cried out Lindsay, as her skin became exposed to this unknown chemical.
"We need an exposure team over here! Quickly! (to Lindsay) I'm so sorry little girl. I didn't know you were behind me." said the man, apologizing for his mistake.
Lindsay continued to cry out in pain, as she felt her skin hardening. It was becoming ice.
"*looks at herself* What did you do to me?!" exclaimed Lindsay, freaked out.
Suddenly, the exposure team showed up to assist Lindsay, but it was clear they were too late.
Lindsay suddenly trapped the whole team within an ice block. She was now acting out of rage, as she tried attacking the man as well, but he nimbly dodged the icicle bullet.
Lindsay ran throughout the building attacking and pushing people out of her way until she finally reached outside.
"*hears music and loud cheers in the distance* What is that noise?" asked Lindsay.
Before she would receive her answer, back at the Loud House, the jewel within the mysterious book suddenly glowed again.
"Huh. That's weird." said Lisa, noting the occurrence.
She didn't know it, but it was as if this jewel suddenly changed something within Lindsay. Her eyes now glowed the same cerulean color as the jewel.
"Ah. Of course! It's the Winter Festival. Time for me to conquer all." said Lindsay, as she maniacally laughed.
What she thought was the Winter Festival was really just a street fair that was going on downtown. It made absolutely no sense for her to think it was the Winter Festival because it was currently the middle of August.
"Snowzerina lives again!" exclaimed Lindsay, now apparently called Snowzerina.
She quickly ran away from the laboratory, heading for the festivities downtown.
Meanwhile at the street fair, the citizens of Royal Woods were having a good time. The kids were having fun with the carnival games, the parents were enjoying the music, and mostly everyone was enjoying the food.
"Mmm. This lasagna is delicious!" said a female citizen.
"Thank you ma'am. It's my husband's special recipe." said Rita proudly.
"One of the specials at Lynn's Table!" said Lynn Sr.
"Mmm. I'll be sure to visit there!" said the female citizen, as she walked away from the booth, continuing to eat her lasagna.
"How many is that now honey?" asked Lynn Sr.
"That is...57 potential customers for Lynn's Table so far!" said Rita.
"Ooh! I have a good feeling about tomorrow's business!" said Lynn Sr., smiling from ear to ear.
Suddenly, Lisa relayed a message to her family, via their communicators.
"Hey family. How are things at the street fair?" asked Lisa.
"It's totes fun right now! I've won like five prizes already!" said Leni.
"That's great sweetie." said Rita, being supportive.
"How's security going Lincoln and Lynn Jr.?" asked Lynn Sr.
"It's pretty boring right now Dad to be honest with you." said Powerhouse.
"Yeah, not a lot is happening right now." said Lightning.
"Well I'd keep your guard up. I just received a vision and I think it's about to get really cold there in a minute." said Lisa.
"Cold? It's the middle of august Lisa! If there was a cold front coming in I would've heard about it!" said Lana.
While this conversation was going on, Luna was jamming out on stage, entertaining the crowd. Then, out of nowhere, an icicle suddenly crashed into the stage from above.
"Whoa! I didn't ask for an ice pick!" said Luna.
Everyone in the crowd was confused and then suddenly, more icicles began to rain down from the sky. Scared citizens began fleeing the street quickly, trying to avoid the icy projectiles.
"*activates communicator* Yo Lincoln! Do you see where these icicles are coming from?" asked Powerhouse, dodging them.
"No! I don't see anything!" said Lightning, trying to dodge as well.
"What the heck is going on here?" asked Lola confused.
"Peasants! Bow down to the Snow Queen, Snowzerina!" exclaimed Snowzerina, suddenly appearing in the midst of the fair.
"Who is that?" asked Rita.
"*gasps* Is that Lindsay?" said Lola.
"Great. Now she has my powers." said Lana.
"Everyone! Get to the van! We've got to stop her!" said Lynn Sr., via communicator.
"Me and Linc will buy you guys some time!" said Powerhouse.
"Be careful guys! Lisa! You and the others meet us near Main Street!" said Lynn Sr.
"Copy that father!" said Lisa.
A few minutes later...
*The Louds present activate their PortaPendants*
"Yikes! It's getting cool out here dudes!" said The Amp.
"That's not good! That means the weather is spreading!" said Ms. Shift.
"I'm sorry. Are we not gonna talk about how Lindsay has powers now? How did that happen?" asked Flame.
Suddenly, a portal appeared and Light Show holding Remedy, Madame L and Super Sense hopped out of it.
"Family! We have to move quickly! I believe that this new villain that's popped up has something to do with this book as well. I just haven't figured it out yet." said Super Sense.
"It just seems random to me." said Freeze.
"Yeah, like, first it was a crazy farmer, and now it's a Snow Queen?" said Invisi-Girl confused.
"Gee, this is one of the most confusing missions we've ever had." said Mr. Elastic, rubbing the back of his head.
"I know father...By any chance, have any of you ever heard of Sub-Artica?" asked Super Sense.
Most of Super Thunder shook their heads 'no' in response.
"Wait. I think I have. Is that like, a body wash or something?" asked Invisi-Girl.
"Uh, no Invisi-Girl. According to the book, it seems to be a place on Earth, but there's no other recorded evidence of it anywhere." said Super Sense.
"Huh. That's weird." said Ms. Shift.
"Yeah! You'd think a BOOK would've heard of REFERENCES! Hahahaha! Get it?" joked Light Show.
Super Thunder just groaned in response.
"Guys! You need to get back to the street fair. This ice girl has pretty much frozen everything!" said Wind Vane, via communicator.
"We're on our way Wind! Everyone! In the Thunderbolt!" said Mr. Elastic, as Super Thunder piled into their ride and sped off.
Back at the street fair, Snowzerina had made the once dry streets, an icy nightmare.
*Powerhouse is struggling to keep her footing on the ice*
"Haha! It's easy to lose your balance on this terrain." said Snowzerina.
"Yeah. We can see that." said Powerhouse.
"Bet you didn't see this though!" said Lightning, as he tried to subdue the icy tyrant with electric ropes, but Snowzerina broke out of them easily.
"Yeah, I don't think that's going to work." said Snowzerina, as she started firing icicles at Lightning, who scrambled backwards across the ice trying to dodge them.
*jewel in the book glows once again*
"*eyes glow cerulean* This place is cool enough. Now it's time for the final showdown! I'll see you there, if you can get up that is." said Snowzerina, as she started maniacally laughing.
She then skated away from the fair, riding atop a huge glacier.
"*activates communicator* She's on the move guys! I'm tracking her!" said Wind Vane.
"Stay on her Wind Vane! We'll be right behind you!" said Mr. Elastic.
Thunderbolt suddenly skidded across the ice, as it stopped next to Powerhouse and Lightning.
"I'll give you guys a lift." said Madame L, as she used her telekinesis to pull Powerhouse and Lightning inside.
"Thanks Luce." said Powerhouse.
"Don't mention it." said Madame L.
"Dad, you might wanna change the traction on these tires." said Freeze.
"Good thinking Freeze!" said Mr. Elastic, as he pushed a blue button on the dashboard.
Suddenly, Thunderbolt's tires were changed to ice tires. The vehicle then sped off, chasing Snowzerina through the streets.
Meanwhile at Royal Woods Hockey Arena...
"*walks in* Yes...yes! This place is perfect! This shall be my throne room!" said Snowzerina.
"You might wanna literally rethink that." said Wind Vane, suddenly entering the arena.
"Hmph. You just don't know when to quit do you?" said Snowzerina, launching icicles at her.
"I guess. *redirects icicles with a mini cyclone* But apparently you don't either." said Wind Vane.
Snowzerina was hit with the icicles, but they didn't hurt her. They just reattached themselves to her body.
"Do you have any other moves?" asked Snowzerina mockingly.
"Yeah." said Wind Vane, as she knocked Snowzerina back with a sudden wind burst.
She disappeared into a dark corridor.
Just then, the rest of Super Thunder entered the arena.
"*skates in* Where's the ice girl?" asked Freeze.
"I blew her back into that corridor over there." said Wind Vane.
Suddenly, the team heard an engine coming from the corridor before them. Then, they saw Snowzerina emerge, riding a zamboni. She had a determined expression on her face, intent on running Super Thunder over. However, she forgot one thing...
*zamboni is moving very slowly*
"Wow. That thing is moving at a snail's pace." said Lightning.
"Zamboni? More like zam-BOLOGNA! Hahahaha! Get it?" joked Light Show.
Super Thunder groaned as usual.
"Alright Thunder, let's go get her." said Mr. Elastic, starting to walk over.
"Urgh! Come on! There has to be a way to make this thing go faster!" said Snowzerina frustrated.
She looked down at its dashboard and saw a dial in the middle of it. The dial controlled the zamboni's speed and it was currently set at 2.
"Pfft! Let's set this 2 to a 10!" said Snowzerina, as she turned the dial all the way up to 10, which was its max speed.
It was also way past the recommended speed for zambonis.
The zamboni suddenly took off with great speed, heading towards Super Thunder who were immediately caught off guard.
"Whoa! It's a trap dudes! We've gotta book it!" said The Amp, starting to run away.
Freeze tried to freeze the zamboni, but it broke out of each ice block it was trapped in.
"She's gonna kill us with this thing!" said Lightning, now running.
"The second my rival gets powers, she turns into a complete psychopath!" said Flame.
It seemed that Super Thunder were out of options. They were coming to the end of the hockey rink, and would soon have nowhere to run.
*engine is suddenly heard*
"Woohoo!" said Powerhouse, as she sped out of another corridor on a zamboni and drove right past her family.
"Powerhouse! Be careful on that thing!" said Ms. Shift.
"I got this mom!" exclaimed Powerhouse.
Powerhouse then stared down her opponent who wasn't slowing down at all approaching her. In fact, she actually seemed to have sped up.
"*smirks* Time to break the ice." said Powerhouse, as she suddenly leapt from her zamboni and jumped high into the air.
She then landed fist first onto Snowzerina's zamboni, stopping it instantly.
*zambonis crash into each other*
"What have you done?-"
Snowzerina was suddenly blindsided by a punch from Powerhouse. She fell off her zamboni and landed on the ice below.
"*creates a flame barrier around her* You're not going anywhere Lindsay." said Flame.
"Lindsay? Who's Lindsay?! I am Snowzerina! Queen of the Snow!" announced Snowzerina.
Just then, Super Thunder heard music come from seemingly nowhere, as Snowzerina began to sing.
(to the tune of "Poor Wandering One")
It is time.
It is time.
It is time!
Oh, chosen ooooooone!
Too long have you been awaaaaaaaaay.
You are so missed by the high priestess.
Oh, chosen one….Oh chosen ooooooone!
If you could just find your waaaaaaay.
Return to her hand, for the good of the land,and Subartica will again have it's daaaaaaaaaay.
Return; give forth your heart
Return to the sacred place
Return; your body and your soul
Return to her warm embrace
Return; It is your destiny
Return to the sacred place
Return; No need to fight your fate
Return to her warm embrace
Oh, chosen ooooooone!
Too long have you been awaaaaaaaaay.
You are so missed by the high priestess.Oh, chosen one….Oh, chosen one
Oh, chosen one
Return.
Return.
Return to the sacred place
Return.
Return.
Oh, chosen oooooone!
Bring forth the end of daaaaaaaays.
With man's world's demise, our world shall rise!
Oh, chosen one…Return;
Subarctica needs you now
Return to the sacred place
Return; for the end of all man
Return to her warm embrace
Reeeeeeetuuuuuuuurn!
Just like last time, Super Thunder just stood there in confusion.
"...Who's the chosen one?" asked Freeze curious.
Before she could get her answer, Snowzerina's eyes suddenly lost their cerulean glow and she fainted on the hockey rink.
The police arrived shortly after to assess the scene.
Later that night at the Loud House...
"Knock knock."
"Luan, honestly, if that's the best...oh, it's you Lori. How can I help you?" asked Lisa.
"I just wanted to thank for helping me find an actual book. I finally finished my report!" said Lori.
"Good for you Lori." said Lisa.
"Thanks. So, how are things going with that book?" asked Lori, pointing to the book with the cerulean jewel in the center.
"*sighs* It's a real mystery Lori. I just don't understand. Between a lost civilization, random singing, and even more random villains, I have no clue what's going on." said Lisa.
"Well, that literally sucks." said Lori.
"Fret not Lori. It's not like the mind of a scientist to give up! Especially not this scientist! I will find out what's special about this book." said Lisa.
"I literally have no doubts about that. Night Lise." said Lori, as she left the room.
"Good night eldest sibling." said Lisa, as she turned off her desk lamp and retreated to her bed.
As she drifted off to sleep, the jewel in the book shined ever so gently in the moonlight.
The investigation continues! As Super Thunder continues to face weirder, and weirder events, what will they ultimately uncover? After all, all of this has to have an explanation right?
Oh well, I guess we'll find out in the next chapter! Thank you all for reading. This has been a 65rogeryork, mtsocano, and Thefoxmage production.
Peace out guys.