*Blows party horn* Hello there, TheCoffee here with another chapter. Out of all the times I could have released a chapter I chose to do it on April 9:th. What's so special about that date? My B-Day *blows party horn again*. Anyways that's not important, what is important is this chapter since I attempted to write the girl's emotions in all of this. I hope I did a great job at writing the emotions but that up to you to decide. Anyways, on to the Review Responses.
MegaRiderKnux: Jordan and her parents are in New York because they are on vacation. Might have forgotten to mention that in the previous chapters.
cabgrant: The parents have a soundproofed room. Might not be the best for safety reasons but they have done stupider stuff in other episodes of the show.
The sisters were all shocked to see their brother's hoodie being held by Luna. But what really scared them was how damaged it was, and most likely it came from them. Their parents almost broke down crying when they saw his hoodie and the sisters all looked down in shame except Lori who still had some resentment against Luna. But she had to push it aside for now.
"Where did you find it?" Lori asked Luna. Luna could hear the sour tone to Lori's voice and knew that she was going to get what she deserved later.
"I saw this in a trash can, at that store, you know, the one next to the train station." Luna recounted. It didn't hit her until then that Lincoln may not be in Royal Woods anymore. But she wasn't the only one to realize that as all sisters recognized the possibility.
"You don't think that…?" But before Lynn could finish an audible sigh could be heard from .
"Kids, we need to consider the possibility. Okay Lori, Luna, Luan, and Lynn you all are with me. We'll search at the train station and the store while you honey stay here with the kids." Lynn. Sr said before putting on his jacket along with the other five sisters.
"That's not fair. We want Lincoln back as much as you do" Said Lana with a tear forming in her both her eyes. Seeing Lana brake down like this was much of a surprise to the entire family. Rita bent down to Lana in order to comfort her.
"We all miss Lincoln sweetie. But it's best if we leave it up to dad. Alright?" Asked Rita before hugging her daughter. Moments later all of the younger sisters joined the hug needing the support.
Without wasting any time, the older group left the house and drove away in vanzilla. The ride was mostly quiet except for the radio, which was playing music, Luna soon began humming along to the tune to calm herself down from this whole situation but couldn't. And with the hard looks she received from Lori, it was hard to forget what she did.
The van soon arrived at the store where Luna found his hoodie. It was an average-sized store that was close by the train station, Luna didn't even want to imagine that Lincoln ran away with the help of the train. Where would he even go? Lincoln would be all alone, scared, and cold because of what they did… Because of what she did. Her act of rage broke the bond with her most trusted siblings that she had, and she felt absolutely horrid about it. But she couldn't let her sorrow stop her from finding her brother, even if she did hurt him, she will make up to him at any cost.
Meanwhile, Luan sat at the back of the van looking out with a sour pain inside of her. The pain that came from the damage she caused her brother, not only with the fight but overall. All of her pranks on April fools hurt her brother and she laughed. What kind of sister laughs at her own brothers' pain? The answer was her. She was the one to use one of his friends to bait him out to take pranks for his friend. Even after that, he was always open to listen to her jokes and help her with birthday parties. But this time they all crossed the line and to Lincoln's breaking point.
Lynn meanwhile was having her own sins tearing her down. She couldn't believe herself that she hurt her brother and caused all of this, she was supposed to protect him but instead became the one to hurt him. And Lynn knew that if anything were to happen to Lincoln, she would blame herself for it forever. It hurt her on every level knowing that she didn't turn around before the fight and stop it. But she didn't. Did she want it to happen? The thought came as fast as it disappeared, and Lynn freaked mentally that she would even think about that. She didn't want anything bad for her brother. 'But then why did you do it?' Said a voice in her head. If Lynn wasn't currently determined to find her brother, then she would have broken down crying right there and now.
Luna and her other siblings went into the store and straight to the cashier to ask questions.
"Hello sir! How can I help you?" Asked the cashier.
"We were wondering if there was a boy that visited this store a couple of days ago?" Asked a worried . The cashier took notice of this and knew that it was important, so he thought back.
"Well, I have had a couple of customers who were kids. Could you describe him?" The cashier asked. Instead of saying something Lynn. Sr pulled out a photo of Lincoln that he kept in his wallet.
"Here, he has white hair and a chipped tooth." Lynn. Sr explained while the sisters looked on hopefully. After examining the picture, the cashier was about to tell that there was no one here with white hair until he remembered one customer.
"Yeah there was this boy, he wore a hood so I couldn't see his hair, but he definitely had a chipped tooth." The cashier explained lighting the fire of hope in the family's eyes.
"Wait was he wearing an orange hoodie?" Asked Luna who wanted to confirm it to 100%. And the family both felt relieved when the cashier nodded yes. The family finally had a clue to where Lincoln was, but the clue led them to one probable conclusion.
The family thanked the cashier for his help before leaving the store and heading towards the train station close by. The family was both relieved but worried what this clue meant for them.
"So, you think he actually used the train?" Asked Lori while walking along with the rest of them to the train station.
"Maybe he didn't, we don't know for sure yet. All we do know is that we have to search for our little bro." Luna said before getting a sharp glare from Lori.
"Why do you even bother calling him your 'bro' after what you did to him?" Shouted Lori who had enough of Luna getting away from what she deserved.
"Because he's my brother and I care for him!" Luna who at this point was mad.
"If you really did then would you be in this situation, would he be in a situation where he's far from home and scared of you?" Asked Lori who also was speaking angrily and menacingly.
Luna didn't know how to respond to this and looked down knowing that Lori was right. But Lori wasn't done with her yet.
"Don't assume that if you find our brother that everything will turn out fine. He's probably going to develop trust issues towards all of you because of this." Lori berated Luna before a loud voice stops them both.
"That's enough girls!" Said Lynn. Sr who knew that her daughter was getting what she deserved but it didn't matter now. All that mattered was finding his son which he couldn't stop from being hurt. What kind of parent lets their kid get hurt? A terrible one.
The conversation between Lori and Luna ended but not before Lori shot another look at Luna saying, 'This is not over.'
The rest of the walk was even quieter than in the van, but they managed to arrive at the train station just as a train had left. They all headed towards the ticket booth where a woman could be seen smiling at them.
"Hello! Where would you like to travel?" She asked but Lynn. Sr got right to the point.
"I was just wondering if this boy had bought a ticket a couple of days ago?" Asked before handing out the same picture as he gave the cashier. But after some examination and thinking, the ticket salesperson shook her head.
"I don't know, sorry but I only started working here yesterday." Said the ticket salesperson leaving the family distraught that they lost their only clue to Lincoln. But Lynn. Jr wasn't having any of it.
"Listen here Ms. Bad Education led me here. My brother is out there somewhere alone and probably freezing because of something I didn't stop." The family could hear Lynn's voice break the more she talked "My brother could be dead somewhere in an alley and it would be all my fault because I couldn't help him!" and soon tears flood her eyes as she finished. Everyone looked surprised as Lynn spilled her emotions to the ticket salesperson. Luan came forth and comforted Lynn before pulling her aside to take some breaths.
"Alright normally I would need the mangers permission but since it's clearly some important stuff I might be able to help you." The family looked on in hope as she began to type away on the computer checking all the purchases during that time and date which gladly assisted in giving.
"Okay it says here that there were two train's that departed around that time. One for Springfield Illinois and another for New York." They are were shocked at the distance where Lincoln could have gone.
"You're joking, right?" Said Lori not believing what she is told. But a confirming nod from her says that it's true.
"What did I miss?" Asked Luan who came back with Lynn. Lynn was looking a bit better but was still sad from the number of emotions she let out.
After catching up with them both of where Lincoln could be, they head home in the van. It was the same silence as before but at least Lori didn't give Luna a bad stare, but Luna could sense that there still was a bad feeling coming from Lori about her. Luan had surprisingly been silent the entire trip and only really interacting with reality when she comforted Lynn. Lynn still had some dried tear marks on her face and looked deep in thought not saying anything for the entire ride. Needless to say, the girls came back worse than when they went out. Upon returning home Rita rushed to them for information.
"Did you find him?" Rita asked full of hope. All of them looked uneasy and didn't know how to break the news to her.
"HE'S WHERE!?" Exclaimed shocked Rita when Lynn. Sr explained where he could be. The loud shout notified everyone else of their return and soon all the rest of the sisters flooded down where they were informed of Lincoln's possible location.
"Look honey we don't know for sure. He just maybe bought some new clothes in a store that also happened to be next to the train station." Lynn. Sr said trying to play down the idea of Lincoln running away that far. But the odds were stacked against them as Lincoln did buy new clothes and there were people at the same time who bought tickets for the train.
While everyone panicked at the thought of Lincoln leaving Lori knew that panic wouldn't get them anywhere.
"Alright listen up! I know you all have regrets over what you did but sitting here and doing nothing won't help us in bringing him home!" Said Lori taking on the role of a leader. All of the sisters turned to Lori and looked at her awaiting her next speech.
"We need to think straight and not let panic, fear or regret take over our minds."
Everyone was surprised by Lori's motivation speech and they all slowly realized that they needed to focus else they wouldn't accomplish their goal.
Just as Lori finished her motivational speech an awoken Leni walked down the stairs starting a tension between her and those who wronged Lincoln. Leni was still visibly tired with her hair being uncombed and messy, she had heard everything while coming down and listened in for what more there was to say. She didn't look at her siblings that were responsible for all of this and that broke their hearts that their sweetheart sister didn't even look at them.
"Okay look, if theoretically, Lincoln had left using the train. Where would he have gone out of the two places?" Luna asked finally getting the gut to speak. A tense silence followed, and nobody knew what to answer.
"Perhaps I have an idea." Said Lisa who was sitting on the couch beside Rita getting comforted along with the other younger siblings. Lisa's eyes showed that she'd been crying which surprised everyone again, they thought that she and Lucy would be the last ones to cry but the evidence showed otherwise. Even Lucy's cheek had a fresh tear mark that wasn't visible because she was hidden in the shadows not wanting to be seen like this.
Ever since she found out Lincoln ran away; she'd been trying to hide out of everyone's views and hide from the hurt she had caused. The mere thought of her brother made her feel more empty as memories of what she did flood her mind more and more. Silently crying in the darkness Lucy blamed herself for Lincoln running away and thought that she didn't deserve to be comforted because of her vile and sick deed. She watched on as Lisa began to explain as she puts it 'her hypothesis'.
"I believe that our brotherly unit *sniffles* has gone to New York." Lisa begins before catching her breath from all the whimpers. "He would choose that location since he would want to stay as far away from us as possible." That was Lisa's final sentence before she collapsed under her own words and began to cry into Rita who stroked her hair to calm her down.
Another wave of sadness hit them when Lisa said that Lincoln would try to get as far away from them as possible. Lori glanced at Leni to see how she was doing but Leni was just looking on the ground and Lori could sense the emotions she carried inside.
Lori understood how hard it had to be for Leni in all of this and walked up to her and gave her a hug without questions. Leni gladly accepted really needing a hug after all of this and didn't Leni didn't hold back her tears instead, she let them flow down and onto Lori's shoulder.
"It's okay Leni. It's not your fault." Lori said soothingly to her. Shuddered breaths were released, and Lori could feel the entire weight of Leni on her shoulders. Both figuratively and literally.
The family was heart warmed at the sight, but it couldn't deter them from what's currently more important.
"Lisa, are you 100% sure that Lincoln will be there?" Asked Rita wanting to confirm every bit of information they had. Lisa was still crying but managed to nod to her mother and with that Rita knew there was only one option. Lynn. Sr also knew what Rita was thinking about and with an unspoken agreement between them Rita spoke up.
"Girls were going to New York." All of the girls looked unsure of that decision and knew that it was a big risk to take. But the family put their faith in Lisa and started to prepare to head to New York.
