So, they finished they're talk with the Casagrandes, and now is the time for Lincoln to speak with his friends from the aftermath of the whole ordeal from the other day. This will not be an easy thing for them to know, and how much Lincoln has changed after what went down. Enjoy reading this guys.

Family of Two.

Chapter 325: Lincoln's pals, and Jordan.

(August 2, the Loud House.)

Just the usual day for everyone there, and Lincoln is done taking a shower and he goes into the bedroom he shares with his mother, and speaking of which, he sees Luna in there and she puts on her boots and then her purple jacket.

Luna spots her son and smiles. "Look at you, kiddo. All clean and feeling alright." she goes over and ruffles his hair and this makes him chuckle.

"Thanks mom, I feel a whole lot better after everything I have been through, and right now I wanna try and make things feel as if everything is back to normal, and I plan to spend my time with my friends today."

Luna smirks. "Alright, alright. You can have your fun with your friends, and I also did something to make sure this doesn't turn bad again." she then shows Lincoln the safe, and she shows him that inside is a briefcase. "Both have the number codes, and I made sure it's secured by me, just to be safe."

Lincoln nods. "So, does this mean I have to ask you to open the safe and briefcase?"

Luna nods. She then sits on the bed and so does Lincoln. "Linc, I'm sorry that your secret of the surprise gift has been revealed, and I know it won't matter for you to surprise me and Sam, but at least no one else, and not even Sam and I know what the gifts are. Be grateful that the truth wasn't fully revealed, alright buddy?"

Lincoln nods. "Yeah, I guess you're right. I can at least stick to making sure that I do get what I had planned, and no one else knows, not even Sid or Ronnie Anne. But, I need to know… Are we really gonna go back to Great Lakes City once that damned parrot is recovered?"

Luna nods. "Yeah, and I know that all of us have something to finish off from the damned talons of that wretched bird, right?"

Lincoln nods. "I can't wait to go back there and see what that parrot has to say, we have a lot more to handle, and that parrot is the last piece that ruined everything. I hate Sergio, and the reason why he's like this. I know that Mrs. Casagrande had something to do with Sergio."

"Obviously she spoiled him long ago, and thus made the parrot who he is now. If things were different, then perhaps that parrot wouldn't be a threat to society, right?" Lincoln holds his mother's hand.

Luna does the same. "Yeah, dang right." She then recalls something. "You wanna go and visit Lori tomorrow?"

Lincoln nods. "Yes, please. I wanna see how she's doing and know if she knows about what went down, I know she'd be totally miffed about what Sergio did."

Luna chuckles. "No kidding, one things for sure. That parrot's social life is done for. I still wanna know where Sancho flew off to, I mean he's the only pigeon who didn't mean any harm and saw that what went down was too far."

Lincoln nods. "Yeah, he's a good pigeon. Despite his deformed self." Lincoln checks the time. "Mom, I need to change now."

Luna nods. "Alright, see you at breakfast, kiddo." She hugs him one more time and then places a soft kiss onto his forehead and then she leaves the room.

Lincoln takes off the towel and he begins to put on the clothes he needs for the day, then he looks to his phone and sees if he has any messages and he does have some messages and they're from his friends and Jordan.

Jordan. Hi, Lincoln. We're all looking forward to you coming here to Gus'. We've already agreed on what to order, and now we need to wait for you so we can see what you think of what we all wanna order. Also, they wanna know how you've been feeling after what went down the other day and days ago.

Clyde. Hey, Lincoln. My dads are gonna be planning this big family reunion with the rest of the McBride family. I already helped out, and they want me to come over and have some fun with the rest of the gang, and also see how you're doing too.

Zach. Hey dude, we're waiting for you at Gus' and Liam said he can't join us because he has to finish some stuff up back at the Farm. Rusty on the other hand, he's gonna be here. We're gonna have to hear him out too.

Stella. Gus has a new arcade game, and I already made a high score. Let's see if Lincoln Loud can beat me at the high score. Because Lance, Artie and Trent failed, miserably.

Lincoln sighs. 'Well, looks like my day is just getting started. I gotta see what they wanna talk about with what I went through, and when we have Rusty who was grounded for two months from what he did. At least no one else knows the truth about what happened, or that'll ruin his social life.'

'I just hope the others won't be too upset and ditch Rusty. He's not prone to be alone when school goes onward. He's just misguided from the hands of the dumb ladies advice from his own dad, I just hope Rocky is doing well, at least Lucy is there to be by his side. They're a cute couple.'

Lincoln then puts his phone back onto the table, but then he sees another message, but this is not from his friends, it's from someone else. "Wait what?"

Lincoln Spellman. Lincoln Loud, this is Commander Freezer Burn. Now, Supreme Emperor Sith Lord, Hollow Cabal has informed us about the self-defense training you guys need, and I spoke with my mom, Luna Frost, and her girlfriend Sam Livewire Sharp. They also agreed with me.

We will meet with you soon, so please be patient. When the time comes, and when the message is fully sent, then that means we're gonna be inbound and we'll be ready to train you guys for anything that might come your way. It won't be easy, but chances you guys might handle what we have in store.

This surprises Lincoln, and so he puts his phone away. 'Wow! Well, this is gonna be interesting. All we need to do now is wait for when they tell us that they're coming here, to train us.'

(Gus' Games n' Grub.)

We now go to the arcade, and right now Lincoln is making good times at the fighting games, and he's won it again and types his name on the high score. Lincoln sighs in relief. "And I beat my own high score." He then sees Liam has aced his ticket count on the bank shots. "Nice."

"Thanks man, now all I need is more than 300,000 tickets and then I can get that!" Zach point to the toy alien laser pointer. "My parents are gonna need that, for when we make contact with aliens coming in."

Lincoln is confused. "Umm sure, yeah. Alright then."

They both head to the others who are all done playing, and the group is composed of: Jordan, Clyde, Stella, Trent, Lance, Artie, Mollie, Jenny, Patrick, Dennis and Chad. Also, they have Rusty and he sits on the far side of the booth since they barely wanna speak or interact with him.

Lincoln then sits down, next to Jordan. "Alright, let's eat gang." they all enjoy the pizza, and then he notices Rusty not eating, and he knows why. "Everyone, stop." they all stop and look toward Rusty. "You got something to say to all of us, Rusty?"

Rusty sighs. "Yeah, I do." He looks to all of them. "Guys, I'm so sorry about how I made myself get into trouble, especially when it came to this video game and got me in deep trouble. I shouldn't have done that, and then get caught by my mom too. It was totally messed up."

"I already learned my lesson when I was grounded for two months, and I know that by the time Middle School begins, they want me to focus on studying, which means the rest of the year is no TV or video games, and I guess I totally deserve it too."

"I know that the rest of you guys feel disgusted over me from what I did and heck I feel disgusted at myself for doing that, and right when I play a video game too. So, I hope I can be able to earn back the trust from all of you, again I am super sorry everyone. I'll try and change and improve myself too."

Then Clyde asks. "What about your dad? The whole reason to who you are is because of him."

Rusty was wondering when one of them would ask. "He's already paying for it. I'm not allowed to take any advice from him, he's already made me into a bad influence with his lame and pathetic advice on girls, those stuff worked back then, but not now."

"I'm not gonna pay any attention to his advice or words, and same with Rocky. Even though he's never ever followed in my dad's words. Also, my dad is no longer allowed to go to the parent teacher meetings, so the meetings will be my mom going to speak with the teachers."

Zach sighs in relief. "Good, because that dad of yours is such a mess and heap of a man who thinks he can hit on girls. Heck, I even saw him try to hit on some girls at the mall once and…" They see Rusty is shocked to hear that. "Rusty?"

"Guys, I need to go now and talk to my mom." Rusty goes out of the arcade and onto his bike and he rides off.

The others are surprised to see what just happened. "Huh, looks like Rusty has changed, and something tells me that his dad is gonna be in a heap of trouble." She looks to Zach. "When did you see that?"

Zach then explains. "Three days ago. I saw Rusty's dad trying to talk to some girls about making a deal with them on some soft clothing and stuff, and then I went over and heard what he was trying to do, he was trying to sweet talk them."

"The girls were Carol, Becky, Dana and the brown haired girl who works at Reiningers." Zach then eats his pizza and he sees Lincoln is shocked. "Dude?"

Lincoln pinches the bridge of his nose. "That man is gonna get beaten up at what he does next. Seriously, he's gonna get into trouble." He then takes a moment to breathe and then he eats some pizza.

Trent then asks. "So, how did it go with the Casagrandes the other day, dude?"

Lincoln then explains to them about what had happened. The Casagrandes all wanted to pay for what Sergio wasted, but Lincoln didn't accept all of it, and just went with the cash that he lost from what he earned and that cash came from Carl Casagrande, which they never thought he'd be generous.

Then he tells them that Ronnie Anne, along with her mother and brother, and the Chang's have moved out of the Casagrande apartment and are moved into another one, where Arturo is living, and that they're neighboring his apartment, but Bobby still goes to work at the Mercado.

The Mercado is still standing, and still being visited by their usual customers, but they're being cautious now for any signs of that damned parrot. They already lost a couple of tenants who are now residing at the same place where the Santiagos and Chang's have moved, and it hurts the heart of Rosa.

"Dang. Well, can't wait to see where Ronnie Anne is staying" said Clyde. "She must be having fun knowing she can go over and spend some time with her dad."

Stella then asks. "Do you plan to let others come along to see you bring the hurt onto the parrot?"

Lincoln thinks about this. "Let me ask my mom about that, and if she says yes, then heck I'll let you guys come and watch as we talk some sense into that damned flying red painted rat."

They all chuckle and can't wait to know if they can come, but then Lincoln mentions something. "Also, I don't think we can let others come over and see us at self-defense training classes, sorry guys. Jordan is welcomed, but not everyone else."

This makes them feel upset, but they know that this is all necessary. "Hey, it's cool dude" said Patrick. "We get the idea, and I don't think I have plans to see that, same with Dennis. We're gonna go do the Aloha Beach Resort and Hotel for the rest of the month before classes begin."

"Yeah, and I gotta get ready for when Nana Gale comes" said Clyde. "So, we're all gonna be busy, but chances some of us would wanna come and see what you're gonna do to Sergio."

Lincoln chuckles. "That's something I can't wait for either. That parrot is gonna suffer for what he made me do, I swear he's not gonna fly when we meet again."

To be continued…

A/N: The self-defense training will commence soon, and that means they're gonna face what their hero counterparts are gonna throw at them, and Lincoln is looking forward to what kind of skills he can do to defend himself, especially when Middle School comes around. Leave a review and tell me what you all think.

Hey guys, i am open to suggestions, though i cannot promise some will make it through... Anyone have any ideas for Luna's Birthday? If not, then that's okay.

Date made: 6/26/21 – 6/27/21.