Not So Loud...

Hey Readers! Hope you all are staying safe and healthy out there. As I've said in the last chapter, this story is nearing the end and it's been so much fun to write for you all. Bit of a warning for you though, this story will have blood and violence from here on, so tread lightly. Now with that out of the way and without further ado, Enjoy!

A Moment to Remember.

Spring break for the Louds had been going pretty good, all things considered. Out of the gate, the teenage sisters had gone on dates with their respective significant others while Luke merely served as either chauffeur or babysitter, due to his parents still having to work, which wasn't too big a deal for him since every time, his sisters had made it back in time for him to go to work.

As the break continued however, Luke's worry grew. Every day that passed was one day closer to the dreaded April Fools' Day. The single day of the year where he was always on constant vigilance even though he always made sure to disappear to a secure location the night before.

Making his way down the road, Luke turned onto the familiar street that was the one he grew up on. With a soft smile, the teen turned up the driveway but instead of making his way through the front door like usual, he made his way into the garage.

Looking around to make sure he wasn't being seen, Luke slid into the area and made his way over to a secret compartment where he kept his emergency duffel bag. Opening it up, the teen did a quick search of it to double check everything and after being satisfied with it, he closed it but before he could replace it, a voice cut in.

"Going somewhere, Luke?" came the sudden voice of Luan. Yelping in surprise, the teen spun on his heel and was met with the innocent smile of his little sister. Her hands behind her back as she stood at the garage door side entrance.

"Uh...no, just have these for a rainy day," Luke replied, giving her a wide smile.

"Really now? Is that why it's hidden in the garage?" she asked in a tone very reminiscent of Lola when the girl had blackmail on someone.

"Uh...uh..." Luke stammered out as he stared at his sister's rather unnerving innocent questioning.

"Are you sure it's not your bag for when you sneak off tonight?" Luan asked, her head tilting in one direction. Luke didn't know what caused him to start sweating; Luan's behavior or her sickeningly sweet tone. Before the teen could respond however, she cut in with another question, "You wouldn't want to hide from me on my favorite day, would you?"

Taking a deep breath, Luke grabbed his bag and stood up. "Guess I've been caught..." the teen muttered out as he walked towards the brunette. As he approached the jokester, Luke didn't miss how Luan's innocent smile shifted to a more malicious one.

Making their way inside, Luke was greeted to the usual sound of everyone greeting him. Greeting everyone back, even taking a moment to hug Lana, the teen was asked by Luan to follow her. In doing so, the teen was taken to his younger sister's room and upon closing the door, she spoke.

"Man, that was fun!" exclaimed Luan as she giggled a bit, "I never thought I could ever actually make you scared of me. Oh man, am I good or what?"

Not at all amused by his sister, Luke felt his legs give out as he released a breath that he was holding in. "Ugh, have you been taking lessons from Lucy or something? How'd you sneak up on me?" Luke asked, looking over at Luan before noticing her lack of shoes. "Ah...I see," The teen said as he pulled himself off the ground, now beginning to mentally prepare himself for the next day that was to come.

Meanwhile, in an undisclosed location, five figures sat around a table. The biggest amongst them listening to what the others were saying to him. The past couple of months had proved to be incredibly problematic for them. Plans were made and thrown out due to constraints but now, now they were ready and prepared for what they were gonna do.

"And you're saying this is the Santiago residence?" One figure asked, looking at a picture of the single story house.

"No, it's my Aunt's speedboat. Yeah, it's the house!" Another figure spat, sarcasm heavy in their tone.

"Enough! We don't have time to argue." The head figure said, getting the two bickering to stop. After a moment they spoke again, "If this is the place and all of our information is right, then we need to hit this house tonight."

"Wait, why tonight?" asked the smallest of the figures.

"Because we've been trying to do this for months, that's why."

"Well if we're doing this, then we need to do it at midnight. He'll be home by then," said the final figure, their tone having a bit of an anxious tone to it. Hearing that though, the other figures gave grunts of agreement before final preparations were beginning to be made.

Back at the Loud residence, the air was heavy with tension. Idle conversation was to be had as everyone seemed to be trying to not let their nerves show as they all waited for the meal to be over and they could all begin preparing for what lay ahead for them tomorrow.

Once dinner was over and the dishes were cleaned, the Loud kids, save for Luan, went upstairs and into Lori and Leni's room.

"Alright, we all know why we're here," Lori said simply yet with a slight commanding tone. "Does anyone have any last minute plans for tomorrow? This year's gonna be more hectic now that Luan caught Luke before he could leave."

"We could all stay in our rooms all day and never leave for anything but the bathroom," Lincoln said, throwing out a plan he had tried to execute a couple of years ago.

"That wouldn't work. We'd have to come out for food at some point in the day," Luke countered his little brother's plan. The white haired boy couldn't help but deflate at that, having not thought about that part. Seeing him down though, Luke patted him on the back and offered him a smile.

"There's always Lisa's bunker," Lynn threw out.

"Negative, the bunker hasn't been repaired since the last time it was occupied in an attempt to shield ourselves from Luan's stunts," the little genius countered.

"And at this point, it might be boobytrapped since she probably knows how to get in," Lincoln added.

"How about we fight back? Y'know, fight fire with fire?" Lana asked simply, piquing everyone's interest immediately. Taking a moment to reflect on that, all of the teens in the room couldn't help but level their gazes at Luke. Seeing this, Lola asked the question that was on everyone's mind.

"Why's everyone looking at Lukey?" the little princess asked aloud.

"Luke, dude, please," Luna said, sliding closer to her brother with a slight pleading look in her eyes. "Just this one time," the rocker said, bringing her hands together.

"I don't know, guys. Luan and I pranking each other? I don't think that'd end well."

"Wait, you used to prank people?" Lucy asked.

"Pranking would be putting it lightly, but...yeah," Luke said, looking away from everyone with an awkward smile. Upon hearing that confirmation though, the younger twins couldn't help but grin from ear to ear as they practically ran over to their older brother with bright eyes. The unasked question easily being asked by the looks on their faces. Looking at the two little girls before turning his gaze to everyone else in the room, the eldest Loud boy heaved a heavy sigh.

"Alright, alright. I'll do it..." he said simply, causing everyone to sigh in relief. "I'll just need to head to my lab to get what I need." Hearing that, everyone couldn't help but have bright smiles on their faces before being quickly wiped away at his next statement, "Which means I'll also need to leave the house tonight to set all of my stuff up."

Hearing that, everyone looked at each other with slight worry before Lori chose to speak up. "How do we know you'll come back?" the eldest blonde asked, her question seeming to be the same one that everyone else had on their minds.

"Oh c'mon, when have I ever left you guys behind?" Luke asked, being a bit coy and making Lori give him a look that made him laugh a bit before speaking again, "Okay, okay. If you must know, Lisa has a GPS tracker in my prosthetic." Hearing that, everyone's eyes turned to the small genius who merely nodded her head. A sigh swept through the room again at that confirmation.

With the plan they had set in stone, the Louds concluded their meeting and made their way to their rooms, mentally preparing themselves to face what could possibly be one of the most eventful April Fool's Day.

The night dragged on and Luke silently left for his lab, making sure to leave through the window in his room as to avoid bumping into Luan.

To say that everything went as planned would be a terrible lie. Since the moment everyone woke up that morning, prank after prank had been set off by one Loud member or another. The pranks throughout the house had caused various states of being for the residents. One prank had covered Leni in honey and feathers, while another had caused Luna to be assaulted by various pie flavors. The pranks continued to plague the Louds before finally, they were all able to hole themselves up in Lori and Leni's room.

"Alright, I think I can speak for everyone when I say that Luke has abandoned us," Lori said, brushing and combing her hair after some birds had attempted to make it into a nest.

"Maybe he's still setting everything up," Lincoln offered, using one of Lori's makeup wipes to get the clown makeup off his face.

"I doubt that, if he was setting everything up, then he would've called or something," Luna said as she got some blueberries out of her hair.

"Has anyone tried calling him? He could be asleep," Lynn Sr said, he and Rita both seemingly in better shape than their children due to donning some makeshift armor to protect themselves from the pranks their daughter had set up.

A few nods and verbal confirmations could be heard throughout the room before Rita gave a sigh and pulled out her phone and dialed Luke's number. Everyone looked at her and waited as they faintly heard her phone ringing before hearing the familiar voice of Luke's voicemail.

Quickly hanging up, Rita looked to her husband silently and he easily did the same as his wife had done. Waiting for it to connect, Lynn Sr. got the same as Rita. After hanging up the phone, the Loud Patriarch looked over at his wife with concern painted across his face.

"Alright, now this is starting to become worrisome. This isn't like Luke at all," Rita stated, earning a nod from her husband.

"Lisa, think you can turn that tracker on?" Lori asked, the concern of the parents starting to trickle down into the kids.

"Affirmative, Eldest Sibling," the toddler said, pulling a device from her pocket and beginning to tap a few buttons on it. Sounds began to emanate from it before a small pinging could be heard, "That's odd..." Lisa said, a phrase that no one wanted to hear.

"What's going on, Lisa?" Rita asked, beginning to make her way over to her second youngest daughter. Taking a look at the screen, the Matriarch saw a blinking red dot on a map of what she assumed was Royal Woods.

"According to the tracker, Luther seems to be...standing? Near the forest leading to the outskirts of the town."

"What? Why would he be..." Lori began to trail off before something occurred to her, "He got rid of the tracker!" she exclaimed.

"That's impossible. The tracker is too far inside the prosthetic for him to merely remove and discard."

"Then explain why he's ignoring our calls and why the tracker is in the middle of the forest."

"I'm sure there is a rather logical explanation for that. Perhaps we should just go and investigate?" Lisa offered.

"How? In case you haven't been paying attention, this whole house is rigged with pranks," Lynn Jr. said, her worry being made known.

"Maybe we can sneak Lisa and Lori out to investigate?" Lincoln asked, having gotten all the makeup off his face. "We've already sprung a few of Luan's traps so maybe they'll have an easy time getting out of the house," the youngest Loud boy said with ease.

"Or we could sneak out through the window," Lori said as she made her way over to the window and opened it with ease. Clambering through it, the blonde teen turned around and offered her hand to Lisa to which the little genius accepted and was pulled up and out. Hearing someone clear their throat behind her, the blonde turned to meet the questioning gazes of her parents. Knowing there was gonna be a discussion later, the teen gave them an apologetic smile before continuing along her way.

Lori began to make her descent down with what seemed to be practiced ease before dropping onto the lawn and placing Lisa down. Making their way over to Vanzilla, the two girls climbed into the ancient vehicle and started it up, bracing themselves for if Luan had rigged it to explode with paint like it did once before.

The sound of the engine turning over was heard and, after waiting a couple of moments, Lori breathed a sigh of relief before shifting into drive and leaving the driveway. Lisa guiding her with the locator.

After a series of twists and turns, the two Loud girls turned onto the road that Luke seemingly was located near and began to slow down.

"According to my device, he should be located right...there," Lisa said, pointing to the side of the road. Stopping the vehicle, Lori took the tracker from her little sister and began to slowly make her way towards the exact location. A sense of unease and dread starting to line her stomach as she got closer. Something, however, caused the blonde to stop in her tracks.

Just over the side of the road and at the bottom of the short incline, was a moped. The vehicle seemed familiar to the blonde but at the moment, the reason for familiarity was lost on her. Shaking her head lightly, Lori brought her attention back to the locator. The pinging dot seemed to have started to increase in volume before it read that Lori was practically on top of where Luke was located. Pulling the object down, the blonde couldn't see anyone else.

"Lisa!" she called out.

"Yes, Lorraine?"

"Are you sure this thing is right? I don't see Luke anywhere around here."

Hearing that, Lisa clambered her way out of Vanzilla and over to Lori. Taking the device from her, the genius began to search around at the exact coordinates, occasionally taking glances at the device.

"It seems the coordinates are located...below us?" Lisa said, making her way a bit closer to the side of the road before looking down the incline. Without much of even a warning, the small toddler began to make her way carefully down the incline, causing Lori to hurriedly follow behind her.

Making their way down, Lisa brought the item up again before starting to walk around a bit. Listening to the ping, the little brunette treaded carefully but was stopped when she heard Lori stop and gasp. Bringing the device down, Lisa was met with the sight of what looked to be blood splotches on the ground as well as upturned dirt and trampled grass. Forgetting about the tracker, the two followed the irregular blood trail and foot prints.

After what felt like a few minutes of walking, the two came to a stop and saw something that made their blood run cold.

A prosthetic leg. Or more specifically, Luke's prosthetic leg.

And it was bloodstained.

And that concludes this chapter of the story. What happened to Luke? How will Lori and Lisa tell the family? And Is our Luke okay? We'll have to find out on the next installment, but until then, Stay Tuned Readers!