Welcome wonderful readers! Here it is the, admittedly rushed, final chapter before the reboot. Thanks for all the Christmas Wishes everyone!
DreadedCaniru2: Expect that to me a major theme for the reboot. Along with making it clear that Lynn Sr. and Rita's parenting style is just as bad if not worse for the girls as it is for Lincoln.
LH-Teller9999: Don't worry too much about the reboot then, sure the sisters still get Karma, but it won't be like this. I wanted a more subtle approach then my co-author.
Guest #1: Expect More Katcoln to come!
Guest #2: There will be a reboot of this whole series as Zoinks has left the project and left me with a few dangling threads and no idea how to resolve them.
Guest #3: I've seen this a lot, they want their fanfics to follow the show like the Bible, I knew one fan that pitched a fit over a story that had Lincoln not Luna get into a same sex relationship, there is a reason the term canon Nazi use to be used. Although personally I prefer canon fundamentalist.
Creshosk: Tell me about it! I think it's the fact that I've taken three normally "mean" sisters and put them in Lincoln's corner, those being Lori, Luan and Lola. While Lana and fan favorite Luna are in the opposition this time around that is setting them off. Speaking off!
Guest #4: I got a feeling any explanation I give will just be an "excuse" or in other words a reason you don't approve of. I'd recommend skipping the reboot.
Claircrystal: 1- This story started at the ending of season two, one of the rules for my AU is it will always be post-season two ignoring most of what comes after that it doesn't adapt.
2- Now only one time she stole an organ you say? Well that makes all the difference doesn't it? Yeah, we have a second attempt so the usually fandom excuse of it's done to save his life doesn't work. Lori even tells her not to be greedy.
3- As for making him do favors to see a show, let me direct your attention to Left in the Dark. It is cannon that the siblings often fight over who gets the TV remote so this scenario fits in very well.
4- Lola reading his diary is from the Instagram interviews done by cast. Lincoln is asked if there is something about him that anyone knows and he replies, not sense Lola read his secret diary.
5- Best thing to do, is for you to go read something else. The story stays for those that loved it and I very much doubt you are going to like the reboot anymore than this. In fact I know you'll hate it and that I guarantee.
*~*~*~The Loud Sisters~*~*~*
Lori tried to hide her smirk as Lucy waited at the top of the stairs for Lincoln, the girl let out a genuine sigh before returning to her book. She hadn't left the page she was on sense she took her seat. Harsh but necessary was all Lori felt about this situation.
Returning to her room she nodded to Leni, Luan, and Lola, "let them spend the night worrying and when he comes home we let them know the truth." The others nodded as the four exchanged smirks.
Lucy sighed and closed her book before going out the front door and sitting down to watch the streets for Lincoln, no contact no nothing. This was all Lisa's fault, harvesting one organ, then trying for another. What did she have to say for herself? "I only took ONE, not like I'd be able to take much more without him dying." What sort of psychopath uses that kind of an argument? Then blocking Lincoln's phone, her arrogant attitude. Slowly the goth girls face turned a shade of crimson, she'd heard the expression seeing red and never realized it could be a literal thing. The goth's world was bathed in shades of red from so bright it was almost pink to crimson so deep it was nearly black.
Lucy stood up shaking and spun to the door, blood roaring in her ears as she reentered the house. It was time to make that little bitch answer for what she's done over the past three years ever since she was able to move around really.
She took the stairs slowly, entering her room and from their the vents. The girl made her way to Lincoln's old bed room, there was her prey talking to Lana. That little disgusting mud ball trying to act so high and mighty all of a sudden. Lana excused herself to use the restroom, soon as the door was shut Lucy entered the room and her hands went for Lisa's throat.
*~*~*~Lola~*~*~*
The Princess laid back relaxing next to Leni, tomorrow this would all be over and her Prince would be back home and they could start to fix things and be a family, maybe she should invite him to tea, not as a servant but as a guest. That's when they heard the sounds of breaking glass, then they heard it again followed by Lisa letting out a horsed call, "help! Assistance… GAK" her voice was cut off, Lori was already moving for the door and Lola held on to Leni as the older four girls joined by Lynn rushed to the converted linen closet.
Inside Lisa was on the floor turning blue, Lucy's face was a crimson mask of rage, her hands around the younger girls throat, "you did this!" Lucy snarled, "give me one good reason I don't send your foul twisted soul to the netherworld!"
Leni rushed forward and begain to try and pry Lucy's hands free, however for once Leni's strength wasn't enough, even with Lana and Lynn joining in. Lynn attempted a choke hold but Lucy snaked out stopping log enough to belt the sporty girl across the chin sending her into an unconscious heap before tossing her into Lori and Lana into Leni.
'Okay Lola think!' The girl looked around, there had to be something she could, 'Bingo!' Lola hurried over to her medical cabinet. 'Why was a four year old allowed a medical cabinent? Doesn't matter right now,' plundering through she found what she was looking for, that mask she used to knock out Lincoln to harvest his appendix, "how do you use this thing… Oh!" There was a sitting with Lincoln's name displayed, she had a hunch and twisted the dial counter clockwise to display Lucy's name, "note to self Lisa does NOT get this back," metal legs like those freaky face huggers in that Sci-Fi Horror film Lucy liked licked sprouted from the mask making Lola drop it.
The facehugger mask turned around and looked onto Lucy lunging at the the girls head looking into please, "sleep" a voice was meant to be soothing but was creepy said as it hissed. Lucy struggled as the machine kept repeating 'sleep' before collapsing and slowly her body grew still.
Lisa was coughing as she sucked in air before Lola siezed her by her hair and pulled her nose to nose with her.
"YOU," Lola spat, "do not get that back. We are NOT your guinea pigs!" Lola sent Lisa to the ground with a backhand. "That thing!" She said pointing to the mask still wrapped around Lucy's face, "has a setting for Lincoln and her. I'll bet my tiara there is one for each of us."
Luan knelt by the sedated girl, "where is the gas coming from? There's no tank or anything."
"The air…" Lisa chocked, Lana rushed down the hall returning with a glass of water which Lisa gladly took gulping it down, "air is 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen. It sucks in nitrogen and oxygen and a built in unit converts it to nitrous oxide. In high enough concentrations it can sedate someone, that mask is just to sedate a target before I bring them here and hook them up to something stronger."
"Ummm, I'm sure your Ph. D. Isn't in Anesthesiology or any type of medicine," Luan said, "Lola's right you don't get this back. Now how do we get this off of her?"
Lisa walked over, "it's set for nine hours however," With the hit of a button, "there that started it's wake up program."
"Lisa, what happened?" Lana said.
"I don't know you left and suddenly Lucy was strangling me screaming I'd driven Lincoln off," Lisa rubbed her neck.
"Oh no…" Leni paled as realization dawned, "I… never talked to Lucy when I was passing out the smoothies…"
Lori, Luan, and Lola pinched the bridge of there noses as Lucy came around with a groan and the mask released.
"What's this about not talking to Lucy?" Lynn asked as Lola pulled out eleven more of the masks joined by Luna.
"Nothing you need to worry about," Lori scooped up Lucy, come on everyone back in there rooms.
"Dude there's one for each of us with a custom setting, just what were you planning?" Luna leaned over Lisa.
"Noooooothing…" The girls eyes darted left and right.
Leni took one of the masks and flipped through the settings, none for Lisa of course but there was a manual targeting she set that and aimed the mask at her.
"Nice try sister," Lisa smirked, "but it's got a fail-safe that keeps it from targeting me, it will even deactivate if someone forces it on my face… What are you doing?"
Leni found a USB jack and hooked it up to the computer, "I my not be able to brain like I use too, and I may be dumb but there is more in my hair than just air you know… There we go!" With a hit of a button the mask lunged for Lisa.
"Ummm why?" Lori asked as Lisa's eyes widen in shocked and tried to dodge but Lola grabbed the girl from behind letting the machine connect.
"I think she deserved to be on the receiving end," Leni smiled as Lisa was knocked out, "and like Lola said she DOESN'T get these back…" Leni got ready to rip the machines apart.
"Hold on those might be worth something to a hospital!" Lori said, "but we are locking them up in our room. Umm how long?"
"Until tomorrow," Leni said at that Lori just shrugged and tucked the genius in her bed.
Back in Lori's room Lucy slowly recovered. Leni had her wrapped tight in a blanket.
"You okay spooky?" Lori asked getting a sedate nod.
"Good now listen closely, first off, I can not tell you how sorry I am," Lori took a deep breath, "second…"
*~*~*~Skyla~*~*~*
Skyla was having tea with the girls waiting for Lincoln to recover, currently Haiku was telling them of the last time Lucy had visited.
"And then of course Giles wanted to say hello," Haiku said, "sadly the poor dear seems to be the only one who can sneak up on her, he'd uttered hello and Lucy screamed so loud half the servants came running to make sure a serial killer hadn't attacked."
The girls giggled at this, "did Giles apologize?" Jordan asked sipping her tea.
Haiku shook her head, "he actually scolded Lucy."
"Really!?" The others asked.
"Yes, 'come down from the ceiling Lucy! It's dangerous to do be up there upside down like that!' Yes Lucy was clinging to the ceiling like a frightened cat in a cartoon," Haiku giggled then added softly, "still not sure how she managed that."
"Well it was!" Giles called from over with Lincoln, Shin, and his two "nurses."
"Giles," Haiku said fixing him with a firm look, "you shouldn't insert yourself like that in other people's discussions, it's rude."
"ABA DA BA ABA!" Shin said rolling over to glare at Haiku.
Everyone looked to Lincoln as he seemed to have a talent for translating baby talk.
Lincoln translated, "Shin said, but you were talking about Giles so doesn't that make him included by default?" Then went back to letting Jade check his heart beat for the 8th time.
"True," Haiku admitted, "as you were dear little brother."
"Someone's gonna make a good father," Kat whispered to the girls.
Lincoln was letting Jade and Lily "care" for him, occasionally wincing when they hugged to tight, or elbowed him while fluffing his pillow again. Meanwhile he allowed Shin to use his belly as a pillow/bed/chair and was carrying on a conversation with Giles debating who would win in a fight Ace Savvy or Korosensei.
"I mean sure Ace has the Braclet of Pai Gow and the Infinity Deck, but he can't hold on to either one of them for more than ten issues, well okay eleven is the record, Korosensei's powers are inate he'd just have to disarm Ace and he's down most of his powers. Plus Ace would need the Anti-Korosensei stuff to really harm him…" Giles went on.
"...I'll grant that and he can move at what Mach 20 or 24? Plus the Absolute Defense Form and chances are E class will come to his aid but have you considered The Chaos Deck?"
"You girls follow any of this?" Jordan asked boys and their silly hobbies.
"Korosensei would win I think," Skyla said getting shocked looks from Jordan and Haiku. "What? Don't you girls watch anime or read comics?"
Both shook their heads.
"Give it at try you might find something you like," Skyla said, "hey Giles," she called, "can you recommend a comic movie for Haiku?"
"Easy!" He replied, "Tim Burton's Batman movies!"
"Tim Burton… Did Batman Movies?" Haiku's eyes grew wide.
"Yeah back in the 90s," Giles added.
"Tim Burton movies… I've never seen…" A grin slowly grew on her face.
"Yeap!" Giles chirped.
"Why did you never tell me? And please don't say it's because I've never asked," Haiku said.
"It's because when I tried you'd lecture me about how you don't like Superhero movies, I need to respect that and respect when a lady says no she means no," Giles replied.
Skyla nodded, "and this is what happens when we set to our boundaries too hard. We create walls so strong it blocks out the light of new experiences."
"True," Haiku admitted, "when we get home little brother, perhaps you can she me more of your world of super heroes and comics. Here I thought Batman was just a guy with plenty of bad puns."
"For a brief time, he started out as a very grim character that would shoot his enemies," Lincoln explained, "then the moral busy bodies got them to ton it down, but after Adam West's show went off the air they went back to being more grim which paved the way for 'The Dark Knight Returns' by Frank Miller which really took off."
"Oh!" Giles grinned, "that's when the Joker broke killed himself by breaking his own neck after killing a TV show audience and murdering everyone in an amus… ment... park… Opps…" Giles clamped his mouth shut sure Haiku was about to rip him a new one for watching stuff so dark.
"Why the I'm busted look kid?" Lincoln asked, "according to Lucy she and Haiku were reading dark stuff at your age they even encourage youngsters to, 'go dark.'"
Haiku was silent, she was about to reprimand her brother, but it was true, "Goth before eight or it's to late," was an old motto of the Young Morticians Club, Haiku well remembered the dark joke behind that motto. Yet here she was, wanting her brother to follow on the dark path and now, learning he was already stepping into the pool she was about to hurl him onto the shores of normalcy, "worry not," Haiku said, "you're secrets are safe with me. Perhaps we should read together at home later."
"So Lincoln feeling up for a walk now?" Skyla asked.
"Please!" Lincoln said, "if my 'Nurses' will release me."
"I dunno," Lily said, "this patient still needs bed rest." Jade nodded.
"We can get ice cream," Skyla said.
"Patient discharged!" Both 'Nurses' said.
The older girls giggled, but Lincoln spoke up, "don't you know cuddles and ice cream cure anything?"
"Like when Lynn put you in that ankle lock for an hour and ended up twisting your, well, ankle? So we spent the day watching Star Trek and eating ice cream?" Lily asked to which Lincoln nodded.
"I'm not even surprised anymore," Kat said, "she's a jerk."
"Still my sis…" Lincoln started.
"Being your sister doesn't make it right," Akari said, "sorry," she shut the door behind her, "I was coming to let you know I've found a therapist for your family. Lynn Sr. called to inform us Lucy just attempted to murder Lisa."
"Did she do it!?" Lily seemed way to happy by the prospect seeing the shocked looks from Akari, Jade and the others she went to a monotone that would do Lucy proud, "oh no… Not the poor psychopath that harvested our brother's organs and was considering me as her next patient. Why must good people suffer?"
"Harvested…" Jordan went pale.
"As I was saying," Akari spoke up, "they may be your sisters but such behavior is horrific and shouldn't be defended. In Japan there is a terrible issue with child abuse being allowed to go unchecked because of Confucian Traditions of Filial Piety."
"Fi.. Wha?" Lily blinked.
"It means respecting ones parents, grandparents, elders and ancestors," Akari explained, "some people try to use it as a shield against being called our for bring abusive. They forget that it also calls for ones children, grand children, juniors, and future generations to be nurtured, protected, guided and cared for. At any rate, Lincoln my point is you cannot defend abusive actions, even if it's from your own family."
"But it's normal for siblings too act this way," Lincoln said.
"Not this again," Kat sighed, "Lincoln there is nothing NORMAL about how you are being treated, and do you want this to be Lily's normal?"
At the thought of Lily laying sedated on Lisa's operating table, or being locked out of the house the boy's face went pale then a cold look of determination, appeared on it, "I'd never let that happen…"
"It won't" Akari said, "my brother is already on his way to take possession of Lisa's equipment, it seems a lot of it was stolen from him anyway, such as an anesthesia mask that created nitrous oxide from the air around us."
"So that's why it wasn't hooked up to a tank," Lincoln nodded.
"It was intended as a gift for Ami to save on office expenses. When she learned about this she was saying Takashi just tied with Alex for favorite brother. Although it seems Lisa made some alterations, some frightening ones."
"AH!? DAAAA GA BA!" Shin said.
"You are the baby and everyone's favorite by default," Akari walked over and lifted the baby in her arms rocking him, "and Ami truly loves all of her brothers, she's just been closer to Alex as I have been," Shin glared getting a giggle from his sister, "and you my attention hungry little man."
"So what's the plan big sis?" Skyla asked.
"I've located a therapist for your family, Lisa will be stripped of her honorary titles and she and Lynn placed under temporary house arrest pending an evaluation," Akai said.
"So, it's all gonna be okay?" Lily asked looking back and forth.
Akari nodded, "and if it doesn't you both can come and live here, the arrangements have been made, there will be daily wellness checks on the family and while we doubt it will happen if god forbid they try and move you kids this whole area gets locked down tighter than Dr. Feinstein's wallet. So why don't you kids go out and enjoy your last day together for this weekend anyway?"
Relief washed across the crowds as Skyla helped Lincoln to his feet and peeked the boy on the lips followed by Kat.
The boy blushed as his baby sister giggled, he scooped her up, "come on kid, we gotta get some ice cream, tour this place. Then head home, looks like things are gonna be okay now."
Lily grinned at her brother, "just remember, if all else fails, WE got options."
*~*~*~End~*~*~*
There it is folks, the ending. A rushed one, but after almost three years it's over.
The story didn't work out at all how I'd envisioned it, especially when Zoinks left the project leaving me with several story lines and no idea where to take them. Zoinks admitted he hadn't had a plan and was hoping I'd see why the "Pantsing" style of writing, was better than my preferred "Plotter" style.
For those wondering Pantsing means wriitng by the seat of your pants. The preferred method or Stephen King or George R. R. Martin, they write with little to no plans.
I prefer the Plotting approach just as Brandon Sanders, Robert Jordan, R. L. Stein and J. K. Rowling.
So many storylines should have been expanded on like the "gummies" that changed Lana was supposed to appear around the same chapter in a story by Zoinks for his Lisa and Leni files, the two were supposed to come out together. That's nothing against Zoinks it's just two different writing styles that hurt the work although he often add a lot of great stuff to the material and he is still a good friend.
This and other dangling threads led me to decide the project should be rebooted, and while some canon Nazis called for it's total deletion (a few even for me to stop writing), I felt you my readers deserved an ending no matter what.
Now that this setting is a solo project I'm gonna take a breather and work on the coming reboot.
The first story set in an Alternate Universe and written in the Japanese style of Kishotenketsu.
Snow Way I Can Do This Without You
On the return trip from his vacation with the McBrides, Lincoln gets devastating news. Preparations for a birthday, an experiment of Lisa's gone too far, and a side of the house Comedienne rarely seen all play a part as Lincoln experiences one loss, and the family comes too close to experiencing another.