Spells and Louds

Chapter 27: The Hand of Kane

At Royal Woods Elementary, Lincoln and Linka head to their lockers, as Linka opens her locker she is overwhelmed by a flood of flowers "Linka!" yells Lincoln, he digs through the flowers to look for her, Lana and Lola also see this and help Lincoln, then a hand comes out, Lincoln grabs Linka and pulls her out

Linka then breathes again and coughs up a daisy "What the heck?!" yells Linka, Lincoln looks at the flood of flowers and sees a note "Hope you enjoyed this gift, I hope you will be mine and our hearts fly together, love Clyde" said Lincoln, Linka sighs "This is gonna become a thing now isn't it?" asked Linka, Lincoln crushes the note and throws it in the garbage can "Yeah, and I don't think it's gonna stop" said Lincoln

"Well now you know how Lori feels" said Lana "Yeah, whenever he leaves her a lot of things at our door step" replied Lola "sounds like what Claire does to Loki" said Linka, then they all hear the bell ring "Well, we should head off to class now, you guys as well" said Lincoln "Bye Lincoln, Bye Linka, said the twins as they head off to their classroom, Lincoln and Linka as well, but Clyde hides from around the corner and smiles

For the whole school day, Clyde has been sending Notes and gifts to Linka, to Lincoln it's pretty annoying, to Linka it's really weird and awkward, to Jordan she has no idea what to do about it, Clyde has been sent to the principal's office multiple times for not listening in class and sending notes, the teachers know Clyde would never do this, especially in class

They even had to call his dad's and tell them of what's happened, he even confesses for his love to Linka, which shocks both his dad's and huggins "first Lori, now this" said Harold "I'll make the call to doctor Lopez" said Howards "I don't understand, he takes sessions with this doctor Lopez and he's still not improving" said Principal Huggins

"Well Dr. Lopez said that he's making progress" said Howard "How is this making any progress?" asked Huggins "Well, he's over Lori" said Harold, Principal Huggins can only rub his fingers to his temples "Look, I'll just make this a warning to you McBride's, If your son keeps up this act, I will have to suspend him" said Huggins, the two dad's gasp and so does Clyde 'What have I done?'

Later at the end of school, all of the students are headed home, Lincoln, Link and Jordan notice Clyde boarding his dad's car, Clyde sees them and waves happily at them, but they don't wave back, instead they just board Lincoln's Vulture bike and drive off, Clyde then stops waving and sighs "What am I gonna do?" said Clyde as he boards his dad's car

Later as they drive onward, they spot Luan in her clown suit, carrying all of her clown gear, they stop "Hey Luan" Linka calls out, Luan turn and sees them "Oh, hi guys!" greets Luan "Mime, Mime" said Mime Junior who was in her hair the whole time "you headed home?" asked Lincoln "Yeah, just got off from birthday, though I didn't expect them to be babies" said Luan

They noticed from all of the cake mess on her and the smell of baby formula "Well, do you need a ride home?" asked Lincoln, Luan was shocked at Lincoln's offer "Are you sure? There's only one side car" said Luan "Actually there's two" said Lincoln, he pushes the button on the bikes handle and another side car appears from the other side of the bike, they all were shocked at this

"When did you get that installed?" asked Jordan "I asked martin to add a few more tweaks to her" said Lincoln "So, Luan, hop on?" asked Lincoln, Luan smiles and places her clowning gear and herself into the side car, and they drive off, soon they arrive at the loud house "Thanks for the lift Lincoln" said Luan "Mime!" said Mime Junior "No prob" replied Lincoln

"I know you've been having a hard time lately" said Lincoln who feels a little guilt, Luan then has a sad face "Yeah, I mean I was in an asylum for two months, so pretty much, not many people around here wants me to perform at their kids birthday parties" replied Luan "Sorry for that" said Lincoln "No, don't be, being in there, gave me a clear understanding at what I've done" said Luan

"You helped me change my mind Lincoln, even though I'm no longer with Benny and Giggles has stopped talking to me as well, I just wanna say thanks Lincoln, I've already toned down all of my pranks and Pranksmageddon is no longer my thing, but I still do puns, so that part of me hasn't changed" said Luan "Mime!" said mime junior, Lincoln smiles

"I know I should feel bad, but I'm also glad that you're becoming a better person Luan" said Lincoln "And hey, if being a comedian doesn't work out for me, there's always plan B" said Luan "Really? Whats that?" asked Linka, Luan just chuckles "Let's just say it's a surprise for the world to love" replied Luan, Lincoln doesn't know what she means, but he now trusts her

"Okay Luan, well, we better get going now" said Lincoln "See you guys around, don't be stranger! Hahahaha! Get it?" joked Luan, Lincoln smirks "At least that's one thing I'm okay with" said Lincoln "See you around Luan" said Linka and Jordan as they drive off, Luan and Mime junior wave goodbye to them "Yeah plan B" said Luan as she looks at the poster she has in her hair that reads: help wanted script writer

As Lincoln and Linka prepare to drop Jordan off to her house, they receive an incoming message "Hello?" asked Lincoln "Lincoln, it's martin, you're mom and dad are headed to FutureTech, and you should to, there's something you gotta see" said Martin, he didn't sound worried "Okay then, we're on our way" replied Lincoln "I'll tell you're older sisters as well" said Martin

Lincoln, Jordan and Linka arrive at the FutureTech parking lot, as well as Neil, Gwen, Leni, Luna and Sunset "Where's Lily?" asked Leni "She's back home taking a nap, no need to worry, the Pokémon are watching over her" said Gwen "And Harv as well" said Neil "Do you guys know why McKenzie called?" asked Sunset "No, not really" said Jordan, then they all head inside

Linka was amazed at the holograms flying around, it was all of the ingenious tech designed by FutureTech industries, they then enter the Ware house Lab, where all of the inventions of FutureTech are placed, they see Martin and Victor talking to a bald man in a trench coat "Glad you guys could make it" said Victor "What's this about McKenzie? And who's this guy?" asked Lincoln

"Greetings little hero, my name is Kane, I am the leader of the ruthless organization known as the Brotherhood of Nod" said Kane, they were kinda confused about what he said "Okay, and you're point brah?" asked Luna "His point is that he was sent here by the guardian to help improve our technology" said Martin "Let's just say I used to be a villain" replied Kane

They all gasped, except for Martin and Victor "And why are you here?" asked Neil being all suspicious, Kane smirks "I see that you truly care for the safety and protection of not just the people of this world, but also to those from across the realms, the guardian was right choose you to host Deathwing's soul" said Kane "Ugh, thanks, I guess" replied Neil

"Mister Kane, what did you mean by, you used to be a villain?" asked Leni, Kane smiles at her curiosity "Well, as you should know, I am not from this realm, I am from another world, a world that has been at war for far too long, the guardian calls it, the Tiberian Twilight" said Kane "Sounds like a cool name for a movie" said Lincoln "Or a video game" replied Linka

"In that world, I was leading my fanatical empire, the Brotherhood of Nod, against the Global Defense Initiative, also known as the GDI, I have waged war on them for a long time, and I was killed by them many times as well" said Kane "Wait, killed many times? What do you mean?' asked Gwen "Have any of you heard of the story of Able and Cain?" asked Kane

Some of them nod, but the others don't know (Lincoln, Linka, Leni, Luna and Sunset) "Well, there are two brothers, they were hard working men, but Able was getting everything he needed for survival, while Cain struggled, even the prayers of god could not have worked, then one day, Cain killed his brother Able, therefore angering the lord almighty" said Kane

Then Neil and Gwen realized what he meant "No" Neil backs up, Gwen just covers her mouth, their kids were confused, even Martin and Victor were horrified, Kane just looks down in shame "As punishment, God made Cain immortal, he wandered the earth as a man who could not age, nor die, but his lover though was not like him, and with that, he was truly alone" said Kane

Lincoln then put the pieces of the puzzle together "You're Cain?" asked Lincoln, Kane turns to him "Yes, Yes I am" answered Kane "What happened to you?" asked Victor "I spent my entire life, watching wars, strife, chaos and destruction, I couldn't fall in love, not without watching them slowly wither away" said Kane "Oh you poor thing" said Leni

"Don't give me pity" said Kane sounding a bit angered, they all look at him with caution "When World War 2 ended, I took advantage of the situation and joined side with the Russians for the cold war, but I was just using them, I was secretly amassing an army for my own, a powerful army, an advanced army, and I called them" "The Brotherhood of Nod" said Neil "Exactly" replied Kane

"I spread my gospel, I gave them a belief, that we can bring order and balance to the conflicts and the corrupted society, I gave them words to believe in, Peace, through, Power!" said Kane, they all got nervous hearing that "But alas, that wasn't enough, though we have angered the Allied forces and they started the GDI and the coming results, Tiberium" said Kane "Tiberium?" asked Sunset

"As Kane told us, Tiberium is a powerful and natural resource, it can be used as fuel, ammo or composite into steel, it was the capital resource of his world and their war front" said Martin "Yes, but sadly, it came at a price" said Kane "What do you mean?' asked Victor "It kills anything organic!" said Kane, they all gasped at those words

"When we attacked GDI by nuking their Space Station the Philadelphia, it's remains stormed back onto the planet, some of the debris had Tiberium in it, and so, the Tiberium infected the land and instead of killing some of the inhabitants, it mutated them, turning those pocketed areas, into green zones, the blue zones belonged to GDI, the Red Zone to Nod, and the yellow zones were.." Kane stops

"Were what?' asked Linka "A battlefield" said Kane "Civilization thrives in the yellow zones, and both factions fight for control of the yellow zones, there's little Tiberium thieving in those areas, so we fought, while the people ran for their lives" said Kane 'What the hell man!" said Neil "But things got worse from there" said Kane "How? How could it have gone worse?" asked Martin

"We were invaded, by an alien race, called the Scrin" said Kane "They didn't care about the people living there, all they cared about was conquering the world for its rich green zones" said Kane "Jesus Christ man!" replied Victor "they thought I died, and so they split my Brotherhood in two, the marked of Kane and the Black Hand, they were fools!" said Kane as his hadn turns into a fist

"What happened after that?" asked Lincoln "I brought the brotherhood back into the fold, and decided to end my war with the GDI and help them restore peace and safety to the people, but some of my followers, weren't so convinced, but it was all part of my grand scheme" said Kane "You really do sound like a villain" said Neil "What was your plan?" asked Jordan

"The Scrin left their towering structures behind, and through it a portal device, it was able to bring me anywhere, but the one place I wanted to go to was …. Ascension, to find peace, to end my Immortality" said Kane "You mean Die? To ascend into heaven?!" asked Neil "Yes, that was the plan, and it worked, but only for a brief moment" said Kane

"As it turns out, my time to ascend was not ready, He told me that I still had a purpose in the universe, or better yet, the multiverse, so I took the offer and with my followers, we met the guardian, who made me a choice and gave me a purpose" said Kane "And that purpose was to help the Immortal Council stop any form of Evil" said Neil "correct my friend" replied Kane

"Whoa man, that was a lot to take in" said Luna "Well, at least you're a good guy now" said Leni "You can help save other worlds from danger" added Sunset, Kane sighs "It's not going to be that easy" said Kane, they all look at him confused "My followers are pretty fanatical to me, they are truly devoted, and they would die for my cause" said Kane

"That is why I have my commanders with me, they are loyal, but they are not insanely devoted, I had a talk with my officers before I came here, they agreed to let you have some of the blueprints we have" aid Kane "Nice" "Awesome" said Martin and Victor "But, they are not the blueprints to the brotherhoods technology" said Kane

Then two Reaper troopers approach them carrying a large case "Thank you my soldiers" said Kane "You're wish is always ours to obey master Kane" said the Reaper soldier, they both walk back outside, they all look at Kane a little dumbfounded "See what I mean, too Fanatical to my cause" said Kane, he opens the case revealing blueprints to GDI technology

"This will suit your needs, I was able to claim some schematics before I ascended" said Kane, they all gather and look at the blueprints "Mastodon, Archangel, Spanner, Pitbull, Sandstorm, Mammoth Tank, Rhino Tank, Juggernaut, Kodiak, Paladin Gunship, Armadillo transport, Reflector Tank! Jeez! This is a lot!" said Martin

"If it's too much I can take it back" said Kane "No!" yells martin and victor who are holding the case, Kane just chuckles "Scientists" said Kane "Well, it's a pleasure having you here Kane" said Neil "Likewise, I think I'm going to enjoy my stay here" said Kane, Neil gets confused "Wait What?" asked Neil "You're government agreed to have me here in your world" said Kane

"Since you have an undead ally on earth, they believe it's best to have a veteran of a destructive war here as well" replied Kane, they all look at him in shock "Did not see that coming" said Sunset, but Neil smiles "Welcome to earth, Kane" said Neil, Kane shakes his hand "Thank you, and no need to worry I already know who you all are and what you've all been through" said Kane

Then Neil sees Lincoln and Linka look troubled "Something wrong kids?" asked Neil, Lincoln sighs "Sorry dad, it's just-""Clyde?" asked Neil "Yeah" said both Lincoln and Linka "He's still crushing over you?" asked Neil with his arms crossed "Tell that to the flood of flowers, the love letter and the constant gift boxes he sends me" replied Linka, Neil sighs "What the hell!"

Kane sees the situation they were in "Perhaps I can help" said Kane "What?" asked Neil "You see, I've dealt with this kind of problem whenever my troops minds become less sane, I know my way through the feelings and emotions of a person, I've done it for thousands of years" replied Kane "And you think you can help Clyde McBride?" asked Luna "Yes" answered Kane

They all remember Kane's story, he has been alive for more than a thousand years and he knows how the human brain works, so in other words, he's the most specialized Therapist/Psychiatrist alive "Can you help him?" asked Lincoln "Trust me Lincoln, I can" replied Kane, Lincoln smiles "Okay, Let's do it" said Lincoln, Kane also smiles "Take me to your school tomorrow and I'll see what I can do" said Kane

To be continued …

I would like to thank RomolusSlag for giving me the idea to adding this character into the mix, he could play an important part in the battles to come, and he will help Clyde with his problems, stay tuned to find out what happens next, please leave a review and tell me what you think

Kane is a character for the game C&C Tiberium Wars and its predecessors, which are owned by EA Games