How is everyone? Still stuck in their homes? Yeah, same here. And it's about to be even longer. Everything is getting worse; people are getting affected by the virus and the death toll is rising every minute. What's worse is everything stays closed till April 30th. Hopefully this new chapter can make you feel better, just a little bit. I started watching Marvel's Daredevil. I can finally have inspiration by watching the entire series. As for the Loud House, it doesn't have any links. Probably didn't add them. Here is the chapter. Took a week to get it done. I started doing a few pages every day when I got off from work. This chapter is really long, but I hope you all would like it. Enjoy!


Chapter 16: Tombstone

About three weeks since Lincoln stopped an underground drug operation, Royal Woods's troubles never went away. The Coronavirus is still active. Approximately 69, 100 people are dead from the virus and the number of cases are rising by the minute. Spring Break was over two weeks ago but none of the schools and colleges are open. As such, all students have to take their classes online in their home. Everyone has to stay at home, so they couldn't go to work. The grocery stores are open to the public for the necessary items.

The drug operation led by Dr. Alfred Channing was investigated. The police trace his patients back to the hospital; some are the people who had died from the illegal drug. Royal Woods Police Department have been on alert by working on the streets. Not just making sure everyone was inside their homes, but checking other drug rings that have been operated. Lincoln had also checked as well. Royal Woods have a total population of 7,094. 345 cases have been tested and only 123 came back positive. The death rate was 96 while 27 were cured. Like the rest of the world, Royal Woods' city council has instituted a curfew for all residences. No one is allowed outside of their homes from 10:00 P.M to 5:00 A.M.

Reports of multiple drug rings are tracked down by police. They arrested several drug dealers and the workers. In fear of getting caught, the drug operations have to move underground where cops can't find them. Daredevil would put a stop to them but because of the virus and the death rate at town, the house was put on lockdown at ten'o o'clock. His patrol was cut off before the curfew. Lincoln excuses himself from the dinner to sleep and asks the family not to disturb him. Daredevil tracks down the local drug dealers and interrogates where the vice den are. He would gain a few victories of shutting down the drug rings. But after interrogation, the trail was a dead end and he returned back home.

But there was one thing that crossed the blind boy's mind. Dr. Channing, the doctor who was left in charge of the drug ring, mentioned the name of his boss who is The Big Guy of the entire operation. He gave no name other than the allies Kingpin. When bringing the name Kingpin to the drug lords, they denied who it was. They were lying; he heard their heart level spike when asked about it. Lincoln filed it as an important clue. Whoever this Kingpin is the man who orchestrated the drug vice dens in Royal Woods. His only lead is to track down the current drug lords and crime bosses. One of them knows who Kingpin is or if they're the Big Guy.

Lincoln sat in his bed to think of his pursuit of the mysterious Kingpin. He hasn't tracked down any new leads. Spending as a prisoner in his home was putting a strain in his crime-fighting life. He can't sneak out of the house or the alarm might go off. The cameras are installed in the hallway. Windows are triggered with a motion alarm sensor, including his own. Front and back doors are double locked.

"No leads," Lincoln mutters to himself. On cue, he turned to the fourth wall. "You think being trapped in your house all month can do wonders for a boy, but after some time has passed, it becomes boring. I can't go to my friends house without my sisters meddling. I can't think of any leads that can tie me to this Kingpin person. As you know, things are getting worse with the Coronavirus. So many people have died. In my town, it's the same. The drug ring I stopped came back with triple numbers. People with the virus are buying the street drug. Seven overdose death cases. I put a stop on a few drug rings I can muster but more are coming. I tracked drug dealers who sell these stuff and none of them won't tell me where the dens are. They're hiding underground like every criminal would do to sell illegal items. I don't know how long till the virus is going on. As you know, none of us can't leave home. My sisters and I have to do online classes. Mom is watching us do our work instead of going to her job or at dad's restaurant. Like everyone, she can't go to work. But as for dad's restaurant, several of my sisters work to deliver food by drive-thru. From nine in the morning to nine at night, one hour before the curfew. We take shifts every day. Of course, even if I don't work, I had to stay home and watch my little sisters. I can't continue my investigation without being at risk from the virus and my family figuring out my secret," A stressful sigh escaped his mouth. "When did superheroes ever take a break from a pandemic? Anyways, I'm done with all I can from this file."

The file the Loud boy is referring to was on the desk. Inside is a paper with the name Kingpin and at the end is a question mark. Also contain the drug operations that were located in Royal Woods and shut down (and the police tracking down some as well). It wasn't much of an actual file but at least he got one clue and who the drug rings connected to. With no work today and his homework done, Lincoln can spend the day reading his comic books. However, his big sister announces this morning the entire family is going to Great Lakes City to visit the Casagrandes as part of spending Easter. The blind boy has showered and dressed up for the occupation.

Lincoln enters the living room, where his entire sisters are in the living room. Like the days of being stuck in the house, they weren't watching television. The Loud family thought at the beginning of April they would leave the house and the virus was over, but with more cases and the death toll taking a spike, the lockdown has been extended to April 30th. Students who are in school and colleges have to take their classes online. With a family such as the Louds, the school provided each member a laptop to do their homework. And their mother has to watch them in case either of them try to skip their classes.

Noticing Lincoln's appearances, Luna wave who was on the couch, "Sup, bro?" Lincoln waved back. Lily, who was playing with Lana and Lola, waddles to her big brother.

"Wincoln!" Lincoln crouches down to pet the baby's hair. Lincoln asked the gang what they're doing, their reactions are indifferent.

How do you think we're doing, Stinkcon?" Lynn glared at the white haired boy; she is currently holding a tennis ball in her hand. She was lying on the ground and throwing the ball in the air. Leni, who was sitting on the couch, kicked her sports sister in the arm and scolded her for using that kind of tone.

"He was just asking, Lynn!"

"So-rry! He should know the answer already as it should be for over one mouth!" She complained. The tennis ball is thrown at the wall; it ricochets straight at Lincoln, who caught the ball without flinching.

"Sorry I ask," Lincoln sighs, bouncing the ball. He doesn't blame Lynn for that kind of tone; some people are grown accustomed into their homes and they become moody. Lily glared at Lynn to deliver a raspberry.

"It's not your fault, Lincoln," Lori softly said to him, and switched to narrow her eyes at Lynn. "Some people can't stand being a prisoner in their homes for another mouth."

"Like you want to talk," Lola muttered. Lori's attention went to the diva princess. "You can't go a whole mouth without talking to your boo-boo bear. Mom said all internet privileges are cut off during class and on our homework," Once the news of everyone had to take classes online, their mother announces no social media contact during class and while doing homework. She watches over them to make sure no one was at Facebook or another website that wasn't school related.

"This is basically homeschool. Remember when we wanted to stay home to be homeschool like Lola because we didn't want to go to class?" Luan recalled the time they took advantage of being homeschooled like the diva princess for she didn't want to waste her pageants' time.

"That's only when we refuse to wake up on the first day of every week to go to our education program," Lisa added, who was reading advanced mathematics. "I don't see why the mother unit insisted on being a temporary educator while I, a professor with a Ph.d and knowledge of every class materials, should've taught all my siblings."

"I think we'll take our chances with mom being the teacher and not having you constantly breathing at us and explaining historic facts that aren't true," Lucy glances at the window to not stare at Lisa. Her tone was the same as she spoke but a little part of it was an all knowing tone she was right.

"And why are you pouting?" Lana asked her little sister. Her pet Hops is sitting on her knee. "You don't get to do homework like us. All you do is check your students' work and send them homework."

"It's an insult, sister unit, that one, I'm not allowed to teach my siblings over every subject their educators are covering. And two, for your information Lana, Ms. Shrinivas had sent homework to all her students, including me," Lisa corrected, her tone spelled irked. It was irritating her mother to refuse to let her be the teacher as it was considered unwise. And the prodigy class had homework from her grade class. Rita guessed if she let Lisa teach, she would put her homework last while doing her job as a professor first.

"Beats having mom as a smooth mellow out teacher than a hard core tutor like you," Luna added. She had her signature purple guitar around her.

"And it makes it harder for any of us to cheat," Lincoln pointed out, drawing nods from some sisters.

"Not when you have a blabbermouth," Lynn jab her thumb at Lola, "and you who is a master of knowing what's happening," She pointed at Lincoln. "You're like a security guard pretending to be a student who knows who's cheating."

"It's amazing how you move forward to the next grade, given your terrible performances from every class, except for physical education," Lisa remarked. Lynn sports a nasty look at her.

"Hand over my ball, Stinkcon."

"No Lynn. you're not gonna hit Lisa," Lincoln stated, his hand clutch the tennis ball.

"Let's thank the heavens it's Sunday," Leni said, having to avoid a fight between her three siblings.

"Easter Sunday, where we hide the eggs and play that game of catching all the eggs," Lynn grinned smugly. The Loud siblings all rolled their eyes at how Lynn goes overboard of getting all the Easter eggs before them. Her mood then dropped to a pout, "Too bad we can't go outside."

"And the Royal Woods Easter Egg hunt is canceled," Luan said. "You can guess why; it's self-egganatory. Hehehe, get it?" None of the siblings dare to comment over her terrible pun.

"At least we're heading to Great Lakes Cities," Lori chimed in to lift their spirits. "Bobby's grandma said we can play an egg hunt at their apartment."

"I so totally wanted to get away from this house," Leni sighed. An entire mouth in stuck in her home caused distress to the fashionista. She can't go to work. She can't go to the mall. She can't hang out with her friends. All she could do to clear her mind was work around the house to make clothes. That led to her getting punished by her mother for the entire day. She felt a hand placed on her shoulder.

"Cheer up, Leni. You can still hang out with Carlota when we get there. You can make all kinds of clothes instead of tablecloths and curtains," Lincoln gave the dizzy blond a smile. Leni beams a warm smile and kisses Lincoln on the forehead before nuzzling his face.


The Loud family, who are inside Vanzilla, are en route out of Royal Woods to Great Lakes City. Despite the curfew that is mandatory to all citizens, the family are told not to bring anything back from Great Lakes City as it could contain the virus. The siblings are gathered in a conversation, joyous they can do something outta of Royal Woods for the first two in over a mouth. Lincoln remains quiet, though a part of him shares the excitement his sisters are expressing. Under his seat was his backpack, and it contained his Daredevil outfit. He may be leaving Royal Woods for the day but he's not taking a break from crime, if there is any.

Entering Great Lakes City, the Loud family's boredom is melted away by the town's environment. Even if there aren't a few people on the streets, they still are outside and enjoying the freedom.

"I can't wait for Bobby to see me!" Lori couldn't contain her excitement. Her mother was driving while the eldest sister was sitting next to her. "It's been so long since we last dated!"

"Yeah, you're just begging for a date that doesn't consist of two families interrupting your make-out session," Lynn remarked, bringing Luna, Luan, Lucy, and Lana laughing. Lincoln gave a smile in response. The laughter seized when Lori gave them one of her stonic glares.

"I better not see any of you try anything funny when we get there!" She yells and points a finger to the sister (or sisters) that will do something to ruin the couple's day.

"If you're considering going to any of the necessary spots for your date, you're out of opinions," Lisa stated. The family looked in the direction to see, like Royal Woods, all of the stores are closed. Lynn lay out a curse word but stopped herself from saying it.

"We can still have fun at the bodega," Leni reassures some of the sisters who are down. "Look, there's already people at the store," As the dizzy blonde said, dozens of people are entering and leaving the bodega with items they bought. The people are wearing masks to cover their mouths and noses. Lincoln's ears pick up the voices of the patrons who are in the store to get what they need.

"Looks like the bodega are having a sale," The blind Loud boy said. Around his neck is a mask to shield his mouth and nose. The rest goes to his sisters and mom. Vanzilla is parked near the entrance of the apartment building. The Loud family step inside the store to see the crowd overlaying the entire bodega. Several customers are fighting over toilet papers and lysol disinfectant spray. At the counter was a long line to pay for their items and return home. Bobby and Hector are both on the counter to their part; Hector scanning the items and having the customer pay their money to Bobby who put said items in bags. Like them, they, too, are wearing masks and gloves. The eighteen year old teenager glances at the Loud family who are standing in the war.

"Hey Louds!" He waved with a stainless smile.

"Yo Bobby, Mr. Casagrande," Luna gave the male Santigao a peace sign.

"Hello Loud family," Hector greeted as well while scanning the lysol spray and passing it to Bobby. "Sorry about the commotion. Having a busy day!"

"Is there anything we can do?" Rita asked the two male employees of the Bodega.

"Not to worry, Rita," Hector replied, eyeing on the clock above the exit door which was about to be three. "The hour is almost up. In three...two...one!" He then slammed both hands on the counter, silencing the entire crowd. "Everyone, the bodega is now closed! Please return all items back where you found them!" The crowd complained and some asked the old man to let the bodega stay open for another fifteen minutes. "I'm sorry. You all have to leave!" The infuriated crowd did what the old man told them to do, by returning all items at the proper counter and leaving the store empty handed. Bobby jumps out of the counter, armed with a broomstick in hand to fight off anyone who wants to come in to buy. As the last customer was out, Bobby quickly closed the door, locked it and flipped the "We are Closed" sign.

"Another day we survive!" He exclaimed, sliding his back against the door.

"Was there a sale, Bobby?" Lori asked her boyfriend.

"It was grandpa's idea to have a sale this Sunday and request the store stays open until three in the afternoon," Bobby briefly explained.

"It works, doesn't it? Look how much we made!" Hector proudly patted the cashier which consisted of all the dough. "You Louds must be hungry on the way here. Come, Rosa has prepared carne asada

"Ooo-hoo, sweet meat!" Lynn exclaimed with a drool out of her mouth. Lana follows the same expression and both tomboys race out of the store.


The Loud family are seated in the Casagrande's apartment with a huge carne asada meal made by Rosa. The aroma was too tempted for the Loud siblings and Rita. It's been awhile since they had a meal that consisted of carne asada.

"Ooo sweet mama, I miss this!" Lynn ate after eating a bite of ribs.

"Ugh, Lynn, show some class!" Lola criticizes her big and messy sister, right as Lana pointed a bit of barbeque sauce at her right lip.

"Guess your family is glad to be outside of their home," Maria chuckled at the family eating her mother's meal like hungry wolves.

"You have no idea, Maria," Rita replied back, eating a piece of chicken mixed with beans and rice. "Over a month of us not leaving the home was enough. I can't go back to work let alone handle things at Lynn's Table."

"But thanks to Lori's idea, we can prepare food for drive-thru like the other fast food restaurants so we don't lose any more money," Luan gestured at her big sister with her fork that had a piece of sausage.

Lori asked the rest of her boyfriend's family, "How are you all holding up since the virus crisis?"

"Like everyone, terrible," Frida gave her answer. Her tone expresses tiresomeness and boredom. "None of us are allowed to leave the apartment except to the grocery stores."

"Mr. Scully advised all apartments can't hold more than ten people," Rosa added.

"But there's eleven in this house," Leni pointed out.

"And two pets," Lana said.

"We're ok as long as we wear masks and gloves at all times," Maria answered. "At the hospital, a total of 122 patients were tested and 55 came back positive. We lost ten people in the past three weeks. The administrators let me go in fear I could get contaminated by being around the patients. Frankly, I should be helping."

"And they are right to do, dear," Hector corrected her daughter, concern spelled in her father's face. "What would have happened if you were not too careful? The entire world is on high alert."

"Papa is right," Carlos told his sister, picking his rice. "The Covid-19 is like the plague of Justinian. 25-100 million people all died from yersinia pestis. Causes a shortage of labor that put a major strain to the Byzantine Empire both militarily and economically. With all the treatment they received wasn't enough. Not even doctors and nurses couldn't do anything and they got affected. What the virus is doing exactly like the plague of Justinian and other plague pandemics by putting the entire world in the balance between the exponential death rate and creating a catalytic suffrage to the economy. This is happening right now."

"It's scary," Frida poke her meal while expressing her fear of the crisis. "We can't leave our apartment. We can't interact with the other tenants. Our apartment has to be cleaned three times. Our kids can't go to school."

"We had to take classes on the computer," C.J added to the point her mother was making.

"I don't know why you, Carlota, Carl, Bobby, and Ronnie Anne take online classes when you could have me as your teacher," Carlos muttered.

"No offense, Tio Carlos," Ronnie Anne much on her tortilla, "We don't wanna do homework that is over the school curriculum than what they handed us."

"How is it going for you, Bobby, and your cousins, Ronnie Anne?" Lincoln asked her friend about the status of being homeschool.

It's great, other than waking up and mama and abuelo are timing us to get to our seats when our online classes don't start in the morning," Ronnie Anne explained while rolling her eyes.

"Hey, you may be out of public school until the crisis is over, but I expect all of you to be on time before your classes start," Hector chastises, acting like a parent to his grandkids.

"Abuelo, it's different. Our notes are sent to us by e-mail by our instructors and we do the homework," Carlota corrected. "Even Carl when he's not procrastinating," She jab her thumb at her little brother who pauses eating his beans to give her a huff glare.

"Let's all be glad we're safe thanks to the precautions given by our local government," The Hispanic professor Casagrande said, raising his folk to salute what the law provided. The two families resume eating once after talking about the status of being indoors and resume taking their classes online. Then, out of nowhere, the door knocked.

Rosa paused her eating and asked in surprise "Is Mr. Scully doing a house visit?" Hector offers to answer the door. Upon opening the door, he greeted the owner but his face turned harden and screamed at the stranger.

"What are you doing here?!"

The Louds and Casagrande are alarmed at Hector shouting. As Maria goes over to check her father, her eyes widen in shock at the man who steps inside. The rest of the Casagrande, plus Sergio and Lalo, all huddle up together in panic. The Loud family are a bit confused but faced the same horror expression in their faces. A thirty-five year old man at about six-four foot tall in a black gangster suit that suited his entire muscular form. What really scared both families was his appearances. Given he was borned albinism, his skin was chalky white, same goes with his hair. His eyes are pink but none of them ever got past the frightening and hulking appearances of the man who entered the apartment. Sergio was shaking too much, his feathers falling off. Lalo whimpered behind the couch.

"Good evening, Casagrandes," The man's lip curves up and his teeth reveal to be sharp. Sharp like a vampire.

"Tombstone! What a n-nice surprise!" Carlos stutters as he says the man's name. His wife is next to him holding baby Carlitos and their kids behind her.

"What are you doing in my home?!" Hector stands in front of the looming figure with a tense glare.

"Word on the street is you closed your store a little early, Hector. Say you were planning to spend time with family," The albino man glanced at the table filled with food. "Your wife cooked this?" He walked to take a chicken leg out of Luan's plate. The jokester Loud utter to say something but refute her argument. Eating the leg, the man took notice of the Loud family, "And who are they?" He gestures at the huddle family next to the Casagrande.

"These are the Loud family. We are having a nice Easter meal. Didn't your parents ever teach you some manners about Passover?" Hector continues to glare at the man. The man chomps on the meat while looking at the family. The family tense as he gave them a snarl with a bit of teeth, causing Lily to cry and the twins huddling together in front of their big brother.

"Scare you, didn't I? Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Lonnie Lincoln but you can call me Tombstone at what four-eyes said. Introductions aide, let's cut to the chase, Hector, you know why I'm here," The man's answer didn't suit the Casagrande male.

"Forget it! I ain't giving you money!" He argued.

"At least take a notice of my offer. You heard how the world is now," Tombstone said, throwing the bone at the plate where he picked up. "Some stores are still open to grant people access to items and a few of my fellas are hired for some "extra protection." Your bodega is the only store that hasn't taken any protection. Today's your lucky day, Hector, if you hired me. My rate comes at $500, plus bonus."

"Hell no. We earn that money!" Bobby shouted, forcing Maria and Ronnie Anne to draw him back from angering the gangster.

"Hector, you're gonna need my protection," Tombstone sadistically grinned at the old man. "My boss, one of the people whose shipping line is still operational, gathered your items for your precious bodega. Other stores are doing the same to keep their business running. My friends are getting paid to keep customers in line in case something happens. And something will happen if your store is left unprotected," He moved his head at Hector's head with intensity.

"I rather sell my soul to the devil than make a deal with you!" Hector angrily spat at the man's offer again. "I don't care what your price is; you're not getting a single dime from me!" Tombstone loses his grin and snarls at the old man. Hector was sticking to his stand against him. It didn't suit Tombstone well; his offer was rejected again. His hand grabs Hector's sweater collar and lifts his entire body up. The Casagrandes and the Loud family are tense at the action.

"You're gonna regret this day, Casagrande. You're going to pray nothing bad will happen to your bodega and your family! My boss is going to have a field day at this!" He warned, tightening his grip. Hector showed no fear but his body was slightly shaken at his demeanor. Hector is let go, landing on his back. With his unexpected welcome at the apartment expired, the muscular gangster declares his meeting with the family's patriarchy is over.

Walking out of the door, he gave the family a final notice, "You folks have a nice Easter Sunday."

The Casagrande all ran to the patriarchy, constantly asking if he was alright. Hector told them he was ok. The Loud family huddled up as well and asked one member what was that about.

"Ok who the hell was that dude?" Hector and his family glance at Lynn, who was still freaking out at the man's appearances and verbal threat.

"Lonnie Lincoln," Bobby answered with narrow eyes at the mention of the gangster. "Just a regular enforcer looking to be hired as protection. He comes to the bodega every week and asked to be hired," Maria and Carlos both help their father to a seat while Rosa prepare to make tea for her husband

"But Hector always turns him down," Rosa delivers the drink to Hector. "Guys like him are no good. I saw his friends at grocery stores acting as helpers to beat up people in exchange for services."

"And that guy wants to be hired to scare people? Cause he's already working," Luan weakly jokes.

"He looks like a vampire, but with a heart of greed," Lucy added, though she thinks the man known as Tombstone was a vampire given his appearances.

When the mention of the name, Lola asked "Why is he called Tombstone?"

"Because that's the name he goes by when he was a street fighter in Harlem, New York," Hector explained after drinking his tea. "My friend, Vino, gave me intel on Tombstone thanks to a friend he knows in Harlem. Lonnie has a criminal record starting when he was at high school. When he dropped out, he entered the world of street fighting. He filed his teeths and, combined with his haunting appearances, he chose the name Tombstone. Later, he worked as a professional thug at Philadelphia for a crime mob, and gained a notorious reputation. Not one witness ever went on stand to put him away for life. Seven years ago, Tombstone fled from Harlem and came to Great Lakes City to escape a murder charge."

"Who did he kill?" Rita asked, her tone is shaken at the man's history.

"A crime boss that Tombstone used to work. Now he's roaming the streets with a few friends to target anything he can get his vampire-like hands on," Hector finishes his story of Tombstone.

"He's a real great A-jerk!" Carl shouted, holding his hands in his hair in a fright. "He comes to the bodega and scares the customers. I even pee when he shows me his teeths!"

"Somebody should arrest that dude-" Luna stated but a hand raise by Bobby suggested it was out of the question.

"We try," Maria answered with hopelessness in her tone. "But the police say they don't have enough evidence besides damage to property and security cameras."

"This Tombstone character mentioned his boss and he used that info to interrogate Mr. Casagrande. Care to elaborate?" Lisa asked.

"Tombstone work for Mathew Perez, chief owner of Perez's Shipping, Inc," Carlos answered. "The bodega gets their items overseas; Mr. Perez's company is one of the largest. Some of the stores get their goods from him. Since the coronavirus epidemic put the entire shipping industry on hold, Perez claims his company can bring anything overnight. Tombstone was hired when he learned about his skills in Harlem. He acts like an interrogator when it comes to providing deals with owners who want things in their stores, but he's really a monster who wants money for service."

"And you made that kind of a deal?" Rita looked at the entire family with disbelief.

"What choice didn't we have, Rita?" Frida argues at the terrible deal. "Every shipping line was out of service due to the virus and Perez was the only man who could get the items. We couldn't lose any money."

"Has that man threatened your family, Mr. Casagrande?" Lincoln asked, to which the family all nodded their heads.

"Several times," Hector huffed, holding the empty glass he had just drank. "Tombstone would pop up to talk of me hiring him and giving twenty percent of our profits. When I refused, he threw several counters and threw a few people out. Bobby threatened to call the police but he punched him in the nose," As he did, Lori laid out a large gasp and rushed to her boyfriend's aide.

"Took a whole week for my nose to heal," Bobby touched his nose with a growl at what the large gangster did.

"He calls in the apartment nine times. Send his goons to vandalize the bodega. Harassed my wife and my grandkids. He even drops by at my house unannounced! I should've just hired the man and paid him off!" Hector yelled in frustration.

"No!" Rosa yells back. "That wouldn't make any difference! You'll know what he'll do to harm people!"

"What about Tombstone's boss? If he learns what Tombstone was doing-" Lana provided the question but like Luna with Bobby, she was cut off by Ronnie Anne with a scoff.

"Perez doesn't give a crap about Tombstone's reputation. He's only looking for himself and his company; he doesn't care what that jerk does to people," She huffed, crossing her arms. The rest of her family didn't argue with the tomboy as she was right. Like the bodega, other owners who manage grocery stores and other bodegas enlisted Perez's company to provide goods to sell people in the middle of the crisis. They were provided the goods. But they were left by unwanted attention from street thugs who are working with both Mr. Perez and Tombstone. The thugs are hired as "protection" with a large fee the owners are indebted to pay them. Hector, who also made the deal, didn't want somebody who bullies customers to be hired for profit. Since then, the Casagrandes are left with mercy at the hands of Tombstone and his friends. They couldn't go to the police to arrest them or get help from the other grocery store owners to fight back. The Loud family shared symphony with the Casagrande family, as they too dealt with people looking to be hired to "take care of nosy and competitive people." Luna, Lynn, and Lana chase them off with threats but the Casagrandes are left without any idea to get rid of Tombstone and his friends.

Unknown to both families, a certain white haired blind boy is left with thoughts that his friend's family are tangled in an enforcer's web of greed in exchange for goods.


In mid evening, the Loud family are ready to leave Great Lakes City. But with what the Casagrande told them about their situation, they couldn't leave them defenseless. With Lori's suggestion (and Lincoln agreeing with her), the whole family decides to stay in the apartment for the night. But Rosa told them they couldn't stay in the same apartment in fear of catching the virus. So all of them went to different apartments. Lori stayed at Casagrande's apartment. Rita, Lincoln, Lily, Leni, and Luna went to the Chang's apartment and Lynn, Lucy, Lana, Lola and Lisa went to their next door neighbor, Mrs. Flores. All of them have a role like they did in Lynn's Table. If they hear anything funny from outside, alert the Casagrandes.

Rita and Lily are sleeping in the guest room while the toddler sleeps in Adelaide's old cradle. Leni and Luna are provided with two sleeping bags. Lincoln took the couch. With half his family already sleeping in Ronnie Anne's friends apartment, it was time for Lincoln to debut his alter-ego against the gangster who is harming the Casagrande.

In his Daredevil's costume, Lincoln sneaks out of the window and to the staircase outside. Crouching down, he moves down to drop ground. The blind hero paused when he saw the front door open. A stranger wearing a brown coat with a suitcase in hand. The figure was short with a round body that took up the coat's form. Inspecting it closer, Daredevil scans at the man's face. Despite wearing a mask to cover his mouth and nose, it was Hector Casagrande. Hector's expression was secretive like when somebody makes that face it means that person is planning big. Daredevil wasted no time to conclude his quick deduction as he followed the old man.

Twenty-five miles away from the bodega, Daredevil jumps over the fence to spot Hector getting off from the bus. Wondering where he's at, Daredevil took out his phone from his back pocket to turn on its flashlight. His answer came at the form of a sign:

Perez's Shipping.

Hector moves forward to the warehouse in the middle of a pier. The air was cold at around three-thirty. The old man felt he shouldn't do this but it has to end. The phone call he made before everyone made to bed was very clear. Tombstone is going to get what he wants. In the suitcase was an amount of $7,000 from the safe his wife kept. Only she knew the combination. How he got it was irrelevant. The plan was simple as it played in his head. He's meeting Tombstone at his boss's shipping company in the middle of the night to negotiate. Hector gives the man all the bodega's savings in exchange for not harming his family and leaving his bodega alone. If all else fails, the other answer is in the form of a gun he kept inside in the coat pocket.

Daredevil watched Hector knocking the front door, and the door open to let the old man in. Daredevil hoists himself with his baton grapple to the roof. Inside the warehouse are about thirteen people; eleven are ordinary street thugs looking to be hired as bodyguards. At the center of the room was Tombstone and another man who was behind the gangster. A mid-fifties Hispanic male with his brown hair comb over to the right. His height was four foot seven. His attire was brown cargo pants with suspenders and a light blue flannel shirt and black shoes. Tombstone is grinning, showing his sharp teeths in delight at the stranger who entered the warehouse. His boss was indifferent, but showed a little annoyance in the mixture.

"You call me up in the middle of the night for some maldita sea negotiation, Tombstone?" The man who was Mathew Perez said, glaring at his sinister employee.

"This gentleman is Hector Casagrande, he owns that little marcado with his family living there. Remember, he's the man who refused to accept my services," He told his boss. Mathew's black eyes peaked in interest and stared hard at the old man. Hector pauses at the center of the lion's den. All eyes are drawn to him. Tombstone chuckles in mock glee, and the owner's eyes land on the suitcase Hector was carrying.

"Hector, I was afraid you didn't show up. Is that a gift in your hands?"

"Here," Hector dropped the briefcase and kicked it at Tombstone's feet. The large vampire-like man picks the briefcase to open it. Seeing the money put a smile at his face. "$7,000. That's all of it at my safe," He finished his deal.

"Interesting attempt to bride me. What's the catch? You think of my proposal?" Tombstone hands the case to his boss who looked at the money.

"No," Hector shook his head left and right. "The deal is you keep all of it, and you leave my family alone. I don't wanna see you or your friends coming at 100 feet from the marcado."

"Hoo-ooo-ooo," Tombstone chuckled. "Tough balls you still got, Hector. Breaking into the safe and stealing all the profits you and your grandson made to keep your business alive."

"As long as my family is safe, you keep your end of the deal," Hector stated firmly.

"Well, Mathew? What do you say?" Tombstone asked his boss. The short man eyed at the money before processing what Hector proposed.

"What about my company? Are you still hounding me to get you things?" The boss questioned with a savvy tone. If the old man gave all his profits to his trusted and most brutal employee to protect his family and business, the topic of his goods proving said marcado had come into question.

"Consider this business between the marcado and your company over, Perez," Hector turned to glare at the dwarf man. "You sank low to hire a man who worked with the mob, and send him to put everyone bowing at your knees," As the deal continues, Daredevil glances from the rooftop window. He snuck inside and jumped at a stack of cargo boxes. The blind hero jumped to several cargos until he stopped to hide where none of the thugs or Hector could see him.

"What do you say? Do we have a deal?" Hector is tired of waiting for the gangster to respond to his offer.

"The offer is tempting, Hector. You really care for the safety of your family," Perez stated, making Hector relief the nightmare was going to be over. If only that was true if he saw the dwarf man form a smirk. "Too bad you won't protect them again," The Casagrande senior then saw all the thugs chuckling with a few cracking their knuckles. "Sorry Senior Casagrande, I can't let you blab your mouth about this deal. It's bad for my business," Tombstone took a step forward. Hector had his hand in his right coat pocket. When the large gangster moved at the old man, he stopped at a gun pointed by Hector.

"Though I didn't predict something like this would happen!" Hector shouted. The rest of the thugs flinch at the sight of the pistol. Daredevil is stunned, and ready for action if Hector actually kills someone or one of them tries to kill him. "This is a citizen arrest! I'm taking you down, Tombstone! Same goes to your buddies and Perez!" Hector kept the gun steady at the gangster's face. Tombstone shared no response to this silly intimidation. Without warning, he grabbed Hector's right hand and chuckled.

"You really have some balls, Hector. Given how many times I had a gun put in my head," Tombstone snarl evilly. His hand clutches Hector's hand tighter. Sounds of bones breaking cause Hector to cry. The gun is dropped from his hand. Tombstone sent his right knee at Hector's stomach and hit his left temple with a swiff hand chop. On the ground the room became buzzing for Hector from the attack.

"I'm keeping the money. Do what you want with him," Mathew ordered Tombstone to do away the old man lying on the ground. The enforcer sent a nod to his friends. The nod was an order to move forward at Hector.

One thug was met by the famous vigilante of Royal Woods with a jump kick. The thugs are alarmed at the presence of Daredevil, so is Perez. Tombstone's pink eyes widen. Daredevil swung his batons at one thug armed with a crowbar; he broke some ribs and punched his chin. Daredevil kicked another man's left kneecap, and turned to a third man to savagely punch till he was knocked out. Mathew clutches the money in the briefcase tight in fear of the blind hero he heard about. Tombstone didn't bother to stop him from running as he was too busy watching the fight.

Hector is disbelief at the blind hero both Bobby and Ronnie Anne talked about at breaks. To the family's response, it was mixed. Nevertheless, they respected the hero. He thought he was done for, but all out of nowhere, Daredevil showed up at the warehouse to save him. The sound of footsteps against the floor cause Hector to turn to see the boss running away with the bodega's profits. Daredevil charges past the old man to hit Perez by slamming his entire short body at a cargo box. Daredevil wrapped his billy clubs cable at a man's wrist before snapping it. The thug at his left is met with a cargo box to render him unconscious. Daredevil is suddenly grabbed from behind. Focusing on another thug with a butterfly blade, the blind vigilante rabbit kicked his face. He lifted his whole body to get rid of his hold. Both Hector and Tombstone saw Daredevil punching the large thug's back; it sounds like he broke some points to make him unmoved. The Casagrande is awed that despite the hero being a boy he was a great fighter; Tombstone's smirk grew wider.

Daredevil punched the last thug into submission. The remaining members fled out of the warehouse. Seeing the case, he picked it up and gave it to Hector.

"You need to leave," He ordered. But a voice from behind the old man said otherwise.

"You're not leaving," Both Daredevil and Hector saw Tombstone was standing alone, still with a smile on his face. Pointing at Hector, he said, "He can go," He moved his finger at Daredevil. "You stay."

Daredevil knew what this was leaning to. He warned Hector, "Get out of here and call the police," Hector wanted to argue this was his problem but a firm glare from the boy shot him down. The old man took one last look at the gangster, and ran out of the building. Now it was just the hero and the man known as Tombstone.

"Daredevil. It's a pleasure to meet you. Hear about you in the news. Names Tombstone," He introduced himself.

"I heard some things about you," Daredevil spat. "Forcing people to hire you and your gang for goods in this time of crisis. And I thought selling a cheaper drug run by a doctor was low."

"We all gotta make sacrifices. The old man had no choice but to accept my boss's conditions. And people who are at Perez's side are required to hire us to keep fools in line," He stated, setting himself up as part of the agreement Perez made to other owners.

"This stops now. You, your boss, and your friends are going down!" Daredevil declared. And Tombstone started laughing.

"You think the elusive so-called "Devil of Royal Woods" can last a match against me? Back when I worked for petty mob bosses, people called me "The Monster of Harlem." Let's see if I still have it!"

It was then Tombstone charged forward with a yell. Daredevil's senses urge him to land at his head and roll on his back. Turning around, Daredevil punched and kicked at the man's torso, only for Tombstone to block them. Tombstone swung his massive arms while Daredevil jumped back. The billy clubs against Tombstone had no effect; Tombstone sent a quick kick at the hero's chest.

Daredevil slid across the floor, giving Tombstone to grab an empty small cargo box to throw at his target. The blind hero got back up to avoid the cargo. Daredevil brought him to the surface of a stack of cargo boxes with his billy clubs grappled. Tombstone smashed the stack with his bare hands. The stack topples over, making Daredevil's billy clubs grab the ceiling. Tombstone is pushed briefly by the hero's swing. With a chuckle, Tombstone grabbed the boy's leg to throw him at another set of cargo boxes. Daredevil ran straight at the gangster to deliver a punch in his vampire-like face. He then gave a few quick punches at the torso. Tombstone's hands were brought together to smash Daredevil's back. The punch was aching for him to send the boy on the floor. He grabbed the boy's head to throw at the broken cargo boxes. Tombstone grab the hero's left ankle. Daredevil's hand felt a thick board that he used to hit his head to let him go. Growling, Tombstone lodges at the boy to lock his neck around with his arm. Daredevil's billy clubs repeatedly hit him in the face.

"You're pretty strong, kid," Tombstone grinned, his arm securing Daredevil's neck tighter. "Gotta give you credit for coming here to fight me. Allow me to give you the pleasure of breaking your neck-Arg!" Tombstone was about to end the hero when a bullet sliced his left cheeks. Daredevil is free, and Tombstone covers his wounded cheek as he turns to the direction the gun was fired.

To Daredevil's shock, it was Hector who was aiming his gun at the gangster. "Pick on someone your size, Tombstone!" He shouted.

"You?! I thought you ran!" Tombstone shouted angrily, his hand uncovered the bleeding wound.

"I already called the police. They'll be here eventually!" Hector revealed, triggering Tombstone's anger more.

"Then I guess I'll have to kill two people!" Tombstone grabbed another board and walked to the old man. At command, Hector fired more shots at the vampire-like gangster. But Tombstone knocked the gun out of the old man's hand with the board. Hector is then hit by said board. He grabbed the back of Hector's head and brought his hand back to punch the old man.

"Your fight is with me!" Daredevil came to the rescue with a fierce kick at Tombstone's bloody wound. It stung the man to cause him to drop Hector. Daredevil hit Tombstone on the torso, this time his punch went hard to get a grunt from the gangster. The blind hero's punches are effective against Tombstone. It seems Daredevil got the upperhand.

Hector, stopped rubbing his head, looked at the fight. He may have wounded Tombstone, but the old Casagrande male wasn't backing down. Even if he was told to run away from the fight, this problem was his. He needed to look around to help Daredevil. He pauses at a forklift and gains an idea.

Tombstone is thrown at the wall from a spinning kick. Tombstone is livid. He was the strongest and fierce fighter/ enforcer in New York, and he was losing to this little kid! He huffed, his nostril breath through in fury. Daredevil, armed with both billy clubs, points at his enemy, "Surrender Tombstone!" He cried, finally defeated the gangster that was threatening his friend's family.

"I'm not backing down!" Tombstone roars, raising both fists up to strike Daredevil. Daredevil avoided and struck the gangster with his billy clubs. Tombstone was now in blind rage in having been humiliated by the hero. Tombstone tries to get Daredevil into his grips. The blind hero kept his focus on the vampire-like gangster when his ears picked up a motor sound. Jumping to the right, a forklift drags Tombstone back to the wall. He was stuck in between the forks with his left shoulder by pierce through. The one operating the forklift was Hector.

"Not so tough now, huh, Lonnie?" Hector remarked to the trapped villain. Tombstone yelled in a mixture of fury and pain. He attempts to free himself, but Hector's foot presses the pedal to lock him in between the wall.

"LET ME GO! YOU CAN'T DEFEAT ME! I'LL KILL YOU, OLD MAN! YOUR FAMILY WILL NEVER BE SAFE! I'LL RETURN AND BURN YOUR BODEGA, ALONG WITH EVERYONE ELSE IN THAT BUILDING! DO YOU HEAR ME-?!" Tombstone swore in vengeance against Hector, only to be cut off when the Hispanic Casagrande senior grabbed the gangster's head and hit him against the wall, silencing him for good.

Daredevil turned to Hector in slight surprise, "Thanks," He said.

"Thank you for saving me," Hector replied back with a small smile. "You're Daredevil, huh? You looked young," Daredevil didn't reply back. Hector breathed in more air after saving the hero's life. When asked if he needed help, the senior shook his head, "I'll be fine. You better better leave before the cops show up," On cue, sounds of sirens weren't too far to reach their destination. Hector turned to the hero again, but he was gone. Hector is left guarding the unconscious Tombstone and Perez, who was still taking a nap underneath the pile of broken cargo pieces.


The next morning, the Casagrandes and Loud families woke up to find out what happened in the news.

"...Police have apprehended Lonnie Tompson Lincoln, who goes by the alias Tombstone. Along with Mr. Lincoln are several of his associates and Mathew Perez, who were involved in the attempted murder of Hector Casagrande, the owner of the Casagrande Bodega. When given his statement to the police, Mr. Casagrande said he was meeting Tombstone to negotiate a deal of protecting his family after he had threatened to kill his family and burn the marcado. Perez, who hired Tombstone, confessed he knew about what was happening and didn't stop it. After naming several members who are hired as enforcers at local stores who bought Perez's goods, police are at the risk of putting them behind bars…"

"Thank god it's over," Frida said, doing the sign of the cross.

"That was really stupid, dad, to handle that man by yourself," Maria scolded her father. After police took him home, the entire Casagrande family all woke up to find him. Hector came clean about what he intended to do. He receives scolding from them, including his kids and wife.

"I did it to protect my family. Forgive an old man who cares," Hector spoke to his defense. Rosa hit him slightly with her shoe, and kissed him on the cheek.

"It was still stupid, Hector, but thank you."

"Be glad that Daredevil came to the rescue, Hector," Lincoln said, slipping his milk.

"So abullo, tell us. What was it like meeting Daredevil?" Ronnie Anne asked, interested to hear the part.

"He was young, young like you, Ronnie Anne," Hector began. "He put up one fansastic fight against those matonas."

"We own our thanks to that boy," Carlota said with joy.

"But what was he doing here at Great Lakes City in the first place?" Lisa ponders how the vigilante traveled from Royal Woods to the precise destination.

"Somebody must have his number and call him," Leni guessed. Some of the family members all took it into consideration but a few with theories such as Carlos, Carl, and Lisa, aren't too convinced.

"Just be glad your store is safe and your family, Hector," Lincoln spoke.

"Thank you, Lincoln," Hector nodded.

"But what are we going to do now?" Bobby asked, concerned in his tone, "Even though Perez was a jerk, his company provided us with everything."

"We'll worry about that later, Bobby. What say we ate some tamales con arroz y frijoles?" Rosa asked, bringing both families in a joyous move. The nightmare was over for Ronnie Anne's extended family and so did the owners of the local grocery stores. They don't need to give a part of their profits to local enforcers. Tombstone and his gang are locked away in prison, never to be bullied again.


At Great Lake Cities Penitentiary, Tombstone sat in his cell. After bringing him in, the guards put him in a single cell. The former enforcer growls and looks at the bars that hold him. He scoffs that a cell can hold someone like him. He'll get out of here eventually. And when he does, he is coming after Hector Casagrande for putting him away, and Daredevil humiliated him.

"Just you wait," Tombstone lays out chuckles in his lonely cell. "These bars can't hold me. I'll get you, old man. I'll get you, Daredevil. Just you wait."


And that was Tombstone. I didn't put the part where he got exposed to the chemicals where he got his superhuman abilities. That's for later. This chapter was before he gained those abilities. For now, he's a regular enforcer who terrifies people and a former street fighter. How did you like the chapter? Which villain do you want Daredevil to face? I have no clue what the next chapter is. But in time, I'll know. Be sure to check my new Total Drama one shot story. See you later. Stay safe from the virus and wash your hands! Happy Easter! NiteOwl18 out!

Additional Notes:

Maldita Sea means God Damn

Matonas means Thugs.

Arroz y frijoles Means Rice and Beans