RawToonage press: Of course, this isn't a story for everyone. But I thank you for liking and reading it even it contains stuff you don't like. Other stories from me will probably not contain Loudcest. But first, this story has to come to an end. And who knows how long that will take.
Disclaimer: The Loud House belongs to Nickelodeon.
Chapter 47
An old friend Part 3
Lucy and Lincoln are running through the woods. And as she thought they gone far enough, she stops.
Lincoln has to take his breath and then speaks. "We have to call the police. We can't let Isaac and Ellie alone with them."
"Do not worry, my dear brother. It looks like Isaac thought ahead," explains Lucy to him.
Before he could ask her what that has do mean, she took a phone out of her pocket.
"Okay. Where is i—Ah, there it is. And now I send it to this number," Lucy mumbles to herself.
"What are you doing? There is no time for texting with your friends."
"I am not texting with my friends, Lincoln. This is Isaac's phone. He had given it to me as we were walking to the place and told me to send a specific message to specific num—" Lucy was cut off as someone was calling. It was the number to which she had sent the message. "Yes, hello?"
"Who is there? Where is Isaac? I got the message," the voice says through the phone.
"My name is Lucy. I am a friend of Isaac. He is in danger. Damien had ambushed us in the woods."
"He what? Shit! Okay, get away from him as far as you can. We are on our way."
Lucy wanted to ask who he was and what he meant with 'we are on our way'. But he had already hung up.
Lincoln gave her a questioning look, which was hard to see in the dark. But she knows her brother well enough to know what is on his mind. She just shrugs and then goes with him to the entrance of the woods.
Damien realizes his defeat. "I should have known there is way more behind you. You keep your whole life and past a secret for a good reason."
"Just look from the bright side. You get your own comfy room. With soft walls and a nice jacket."
"I don't think so," Damien says and throw dirt in Isaac's face.
A cheap trick but it helped Damien to escape.
"Shit. He got away again. Slippery eel."
As the people got closer they saw Isaac standing between an unconscious Jim and Shawn.
It was his group, together with Lincoln, Lucy, and Ellie.
"Quick! After him," a guy shouts as he sees a figure running through the trees.
"No! It's too dangerous," stops Isaac the others from chasing Damien.
The guy approaches Isaac, "What the fuck did happen here?"
"It was Damien. He had bribed Shawn and lured us in a trap. That freaking bastard! Look if someone has something to tie them up and then gather everyone here. I have to say something important."
The guy nods and does as he was told.
"Isaac," Lincoln and Ellie say.
"Are you hurt?" Lincoln asks worriedly. "I'm sorry that I couldn't help you there."
"Don't worry, little fella. I'm good. They have to do more than that to truly hurt me."
Ellie smacks him on the head. "Are you crazy!? One against three. You could have been killed."
"I'm way too smart to get killed."
"That was a good one. You're an absolute moron. Don't scare me like that ever again."
Even Lucy goes to him. "She is right. You have made all of us worried. Even me."
In an instant was Isaac's typical smile gone. Was he hearing her right?
"Okay, okay. I'm sorry. I promise to not make you worried about me again."
The guy comes back, "All right, Isaac. All are ready to hear what you have to say."
"Thanks, man." Isaac steps in front of everyone. "Listen, friends. Tonight, we got attacked. Yes, WE. Damien had again tried to hurt our friend Lincoln. But not only this. He also had hurt Ellie. He had admitted that he is responsible for Benny's death. He had fueled his depression and tried the same with Lincoln."
The crowd was shocked to hear that. They showed their anger about Damien and their compassion for Ellie.
"But not only that." Isaac looks to Shawn and Jim who were tied up with cable ties. "He had managed to turn Shawn against us. He has infiltrated us. That is a war declaration directly sent against us. He wants me to mistrust all of you. And yeah, I can't fully trust anyone of you at the moment. 'But' I will not turn my back at you again. Instead, I give all of you here and now the chance to get out of the group. If you don't believe what this group stands for, or if you have a problem with it that I don't fully trust you, you can go now. No hard feelings, I promise you that."
He waits for people to leave. But no one was making any step. All stand still there, facing Isaac.
He cranks up a smile. A thankful smile. "I thank all of you. Good. Now some important announcements. First off, and I think you all will like that. Lincoln is coming back to becoming a member of our group again."
All are cheering for that news. Ellie looked very pleased about that.
"Second, Mario here will be the new 'right-hand man'."
The guy that had led the group to the place before, who also is the guy Lucy had sent the message to, get cheered by the group too.
"Hehe. Thanks, guys. I promise to make a good job and being not a crazy traitor like my predecessor," Mario says to the crowd.
"All right. With that settled, there is one last thing. As said. Damien's action is a war declaration. So I hope all of you will hold an eye out for that bastard. But no one—I repeat—no one of you comes near him. If you see or hear something about him, tell me. No one is playing hero. You do not follow him nor try to stop him on your own. No matter how many you are at that moment. Is that clear?"
All are shouting, "Aye."
"Good, you all are dismissed now. Goes home. We'll celebrate Lincoln's return the next night."
Mario comes to Isaac. "And what do we do with those two?" He points out at Jim and Shawn.
"We should bring them to the police. But I don't think that they know something about Damien what will help to get this bastard."
Isaac goes to the two, who were awake again. "Even if we know something, we wouldn't tell anything. Damien would kill us."
"What will happen if he sees that neither of you has been arrested? He might think you spoke. Or he kills you two to make sure you're not talking."
Both become white like a ghost. It is possible that Damien would kill them anyway. They have heard how dangerous and crazy he is.
"P-please. Don't, don't let us get killed or be imprisoned."
"W-we promise to run away and never come back. We go to another state or country."
Both were pleading. They are definitively afraid of Damien. And of course the prison.
"Do you two know anything useful?"
"N-no. Please believe us. Damien doesn't have told us anything."
"We don't even know where he lives or is hiding."
"All right. If I see one of you ever again than I'm the one you have to fear. Understood?"
They both nod and Isaac cuts the cable ties with Damien's knife. He had lost it in battle and Isaac had taken it afterward.
Jim and Shawn make their way to their car and drives away. They would never be seen in Royal Woods again.
"Why do you let them go? Why don't you just call the police so they can take them with them?" Lincoln asks shocked.
"First off, I don't want the cops here. They would ask questions about why we were here and then snoop around here. And then we would probably have to look for a new place. And second, they know shit. Damien isn't an idiot and shows them where everyone can find him. They have no use for us and aren't a danger to him. He wouldn't kill them."
"But you said to them otherwise."
"Yeah, but they don't have to know about that. They believe he is going to kill them because they weren't arrested. That means we'll see those two never again."
"You evil genius," Lucy says about that.
"Thanks for the compliment. But let us all go now. That was enough stress for me."
"Eh, could you two go ahead? I, eh. I want to talk with Ellie," Lincoln says to Isaac and Lucy.
"Sure," he nods. He looks to Ellie, "That must have been a lot for you today. If you want to talk, I'm also there for you."
"Thank you, Issac," she responds quietly.
Isaac and Lucy go back to the car. "Do you think she will be fine? I mean, she has found out that Damien is... that he..." Lucy begins to say.
"Don't worry. She is pretty tough. Also, she has Lincoln. He knows how to comfort someone in a problematic situation, right?"
Lucy looks back to her brother and Ellie in the growing distance. Then she nods. But because she was facing backward she hadn't seen the root on the ground and falls.
"Lucy, is everything all right? Are you hurt?" Isaac asks worriedly. And not just like he is pretending. It sounded real.
"It is okay. I just had not looked where. I. Go..." she trails off.
Isaac was in front of her to help her up but gave her such a strange look. Then she realized it. Her bangs weren't at her typical place. Isaac can see her eyes.
She got completely red and hide her face. It was like he had seen her naked.
"O-oh. Eh, sorry. I didn't mean to stare at you. It is just that—"
"I know. Everyone gets freaked out when they see them."
"Freaked out? No! It... I... Y-your eyes... they... they are absolutely beautiful."
"Do not make fun of me again, Isaac."
"I, I don't make fun of you. I truly mean it. Could... could I see them again?"
"I swear, when you laugh I bury you right here and now," Lucy tries to threaten the older guy.
She takes her hands away and Isaac can see her eyes again. The moon shines slightly through the trees and because of the light, Lucy's eyes look nearly like big, silver pearls.
"Your eyes. They... they are the most beautiful thing I had ever seen."
Lucy got even redder. "Do... do you really mean that?"
He nods to her. He can't take away his look from her eyes. But Lucy takes her bangs back in place.
"I... I do not like to show my eyes. Normally, people get somehow afraid of them. Not even Lincoln had seen them after my hair had grown like this. He always respected my wish that no one sees them," she explains.
"Somehow you have managed to let it sound like we had shared an intimate moment."
Lucy turns her head embarrassed to the side. "For me, it is a bit intimate. I always wanted that only the one I truly love sees them. Only Li..." Lucy quietly trails off again.
If Lincoln had asked her if she would show him her eyes, she wouldn't hesitate.
Even if Lucy hadn't ended her sentence and was very quiet at the end, Isaac was raising an eyebrow. Was she going to say Lincoln? No. That would be... Or?
Isaac sighs, "Lucy, I'm sorry for taking this away. I can imagine it is like stilling the first kiss or taking your virginity."
"It is okay. At least you have not given me the reaction I feared. It felt nice to get complimented about my eyes. So, thank you."
Lincoln wasn't really sure what to say. But he knows he had to say something. Ellie was probably hurt about that truth and need his support.
"Linc, I know what you want to say. But I'm okay. After you had told me that you thought it could be he I was preparing myself to find out the truth."
"Actually I want to let you know that I'm helping where I can to let him pay. He will get in jail for what he has done to Benny. We will get him and your brother will get justice."
She tries to stifle a chuckle but in the end, fails it. "Oh boy, Linky. You know how to lighten up the mood. That is really sweet of you," she says to him and ruffles his hair. "But don't put yourself in danger because of me. Okay?"
"I'm not an idiot. I wouldn't try to catch him myself. But don't forget, I have ten—eh, I mean eleven sisters. If one of us or our friends should see him we contact the police."
"Thank you. You're a great brother." Ellie gives him a small kiss on his cheek what makes him blush.
"I do my best. Eh, do, do you want to talk about the elephant in the room too?"
She looks puzzled at him.
"About Benny's feelings for you."
"Oh. Eh, that, that means nothing. He had probably lied about that. Benny was a good person."
"I don't think bad of him if he truly was in love with you."
"You, you don't? Why?"
"Why should I? There is nothing wrong with loving someone. Especially when that person is so stunning as you."
"Whoa there. Are you hitting on my? Do have it for your own sisters too?"
"W-what? N-no. That would be—"
"Hey, no reason to be so nervous all of a sudden. I keep it my secret, I promise."
Lincoln sighs, "Okay. Yeah. I... I am in love with my sisters too. So I can understand Benny. If he really was in love with you."
Ellie was very surprised. Three big bombshells in just one night.
"Do, do they know?"
"Lucy knows. And so Lola and Lana. They... We're in a relationship. I know we shouldn't but..."
"Wow. That is something. Maybe I should stop to flirt with you."
"Wait what? You, you had flirted with me?" Lincoln asks shocked.
"Really? You haven't noticed? I hadn't thought I was that subtle."
"Looks like I'm too blunt for that." Lincoln sighs again. "Let us go now. Before Isaac and Lucy wonders where we stay. We can talk about that the next time. Okay?"
Ellie nods and together they go.
Isaac drives everyone home and so this eventful night ends.
But the day is just on the rise. And who knows what it will hold in hand for them.
Stay tuned and have a great day.
