And now for part 2 of the second part of the "What if" from Luck, Nightmares and Fears. It's time to see what happens to the louds and Lincoln and Luna, this is going to become a bit intense, so let's see what happens. Chances there might be a third part. Enjoy reading guys.
What if part 2: Crime part 2
The day has come and now everyone across Royal Woods is stoked and ready to know what will happen to the family that was well known around Royal Woods.
Many of the people around Royal Woods borders are also looking forward to seeing how this will all go down.
Everyone is getting ready with their breakfast, and then take their showers and get their clothes on, the court starts at nine and no one wants to miss this ordeal.
(Merris house.)
Lincoln wakes up on the bed he shares with Luna, turns out Merris only had one guest room, and she blames the real estate agency for not telling her about this house and some of its rooms. But Lincoln didn't mind sharing the bed with Luna, it felt like old times when he was four years old and he would seek safety towards Luna.
Lincoln sees the stuffed polar bear he's hugging and puts it aside and he looks at the clock, the time was now 6:22 and even though it's summer vacation and there's no school, he wants to get through with the day that has come. He then sees his legs, they were still in casts and he doesn't find this comforting anymore. It's only been a week since he got discharged from the hospital and he was already feeling restless with this stupid cast on his leg.
He then turns to his right and he sees Luna sitting up and looking at him. "Morning bro, you feeling okay?"
Lincoln sighs. "No, my head feels like it's getting another migraine and I feel less hungry. I think it's ….. It's because this is the day we've been waiting for. The day we …. We go to trial against those who we both once called, family. The Louds."
Luna knows how he feels. "Same here bro, I know it's confusing but I need to know. Do you wanna go through with this? Do you wanna see justice served after all they've done to you, after all you've been put through? Do you wanna do this Lincoln?"
Lincoln then recalls everything. His memories start to swirl and crowd with all that has happened to him. Lynn accusing him of bad luck, using this as a way to get out of going to their events, being lonely and then casted out, getting kicked out of the house, his things being sold, his room boarded up and worse, being forced to wear a stupid squirrel suit for t a whole freaking month! And getting tormented by attending all of their events, because they all thought he was good luck.
Then one memory starts to enter his thoughts. His close call, with death itself. He recalls crying, feeling so much pain and almost seeing the light.
Lincoln starts to tremble and hold his sides, he starts to shed some tears and then he sobs.
Luna sees this and hugs him for comfort. "Shhhhh, its okay, its okay Lincoln. Don't let the memories get to ya bro, I'm here. You're safe, nothing bad is gonna happen to you."
Lincoln continues to cry and hug Luna.
Unknown to them Detective Sandra J. Merris was seeing this as she slowly peeks through the door. 'The kid is still unstable. Those doctors were right, at this point he might get a mental breakdown, but maybe we can be able to calm that down' She then sees Lincoln calming down after Luna rocks him back and forth. 'And Luna might be that answer, I hope this doesn't become a habit for the kid.' She then heads downstairs and gets breakfast ready, they were gonna have a heck of a day ahead of all of them.
Soon, Lincoln calms down and breaks the hug with Luna. "You okay Lincoln?"
Lincoln nods. "Yeah, I'm fine now. I guess this is what the doctor meant, I am unstable when my memories get to me."
Luna also sees this and it was becoming a concern for her. "So, you still wanna go through with this bro?"
Lincoln knows he's gonna have another mental breakdown at court, but he knows Luna will be there to keep him safe and sane. "Yeah, I wanna see this through. I wanna make sure they know they're mistakes and pay for them! For what they did to me and what they did to the family we once knew and loved!"
Luna smiled. This is the Lincoln who was no longer afraid, this was the Lincoln who would stand up to anyone who messes with his sisters and this is the Lincoln who would do whatever he can in his power to make things right, even if it mean putting his family behind bars for a long, long time. They were both on the same page.
"Well, we should go and see if breakfast is up" said Luna. She stands up first and then she picks up Lincoln and takes him downstairs where his wheel chair was. Ever since he was discharged Luna volunteered to carry Lincoln to where he needs to be, but Lincoln insisted on the wheel chair, but he okay with Luna helping him up any stairs.
Luna places him down on the wheel chair. "Luna?" the rocker looks to him. "I forgot to ask, did you tell them about the plan you had when the family wouldn't listen to you?"
Luna smiles. "I did."
"What was it though? You told me you had a plan, but you never told me the details on what it was about" asked Lincoln.
Luna kisses his forehead. "No need to worry about that now bro, but you will get to know what it was when the whole case against our former fam begins. Okay bud?"
Lincolns nods. "Okay sis, I understand."
"Good, now come on. I think I smell bacon and pancakes" said Luna. She then wheels her brother into the kitchen but she also sees through the living room window and looks in anger.
Across the street is another house, as it turns out the house across them is the Louds. They were neighboring from the other side of the road.
The good part is, the louds have no clue that Lincoln and Luna are living across from them.
As it also turns out that both detectives live in two different neighborhoods. They're job, scout for any signs of trouble in areas that have been getting so many complaints, so Detective Sandra J. Merris is here at Franklin Avenue, while her partner Detective Danny Q. StoneHeart is at another neighborhood where the Fox quintuplets are. He'll deal with them next time, right now the case of the louds was their top priority.
(The Loud House.)
Lynn Sr finishes making breakfast which was bacon and eggs and some waffles and pancakes, the rest of the family all come into the kitchen and see the food.
"Hey dad, what's with the big breakfast buffet?" asked Luan.
"Yeah, most of the times we're just eating cereal" said Lana.
Rita goes over to her husband. "Lynn, are you alright?"
Lynn Sr. sighs. "Sorry guys, I'm just feeling down today. Today's the day we all go to ….. trial and so I thought maybe, we deserve something nice to eat before we all as Lisa says "Go down in proverbial flames" so eat up family, this could be the last good meal you guys will ever get from me."
They all understand what they're dad is saying, they might not be able to see or talk to each other again when the trial ends and they lose.
Two months ago, they were all interrogated by the detectives who also reveal themselves as the lawyers for Lincoln and Luna. They both had solid evidence and a lot of people were willing to tell them everything, and they know they're gonna be seeing a lot of people testifying in court.
One week after the whole interrogation and the incident with Lincoln in the hospital, the whole town of Royal Woods got the news about everything. The Loud's made the front page and it's still going.
Lori had lost her relationship with Bobby, she got a heck of a scolding from her so called Boo-Boo Bear, and the Casagrandes also came to scold the louds for their actions. They had to be taken away so they don't cause any more trouble in the town. Lori still couldn't forget what Ronnie Anne and Maria said about her.
"What Bobby saw in you I will never know, at least now I won't have to be related to a skank like you!"
"I would be disgraced if you were in our family. My son is better off with someone better!"
Lori has lost all her feelings to find love and the feeling to even ask for forgiveness. She knows what she did was wrong and as the newspapers say it, evil. It was way worse than having all the College's send back her entrance letters.
Leni, the sweet hearted blonde girl has been treated like garbage. She tried to tell her friends she didn't know, but all they did was send her threats and insults. They finally let their emotions out and called her what others wanted to "An air-headed dumb blonde who thinks like a 3 year old" she lost all of her friends and her crush Chaz.
Nothing was the same for her, she spent lots of nights going through some old albums of when Lincoln was very young and she always knew how to make him okay and happy with her warm hugs, now she's not feeling warm or have the will to make sure everyone's okay and happy.
Luan also lost her friends, she was no longer a friend to the Goth girl Maggie and she knows Benny is also against her now. The worst of all, her Funny Business Inc. has been shut down. Many of the police and the detectives have been asking why the parents didn't control their children when the boy came in the squirrel suit.
Next to Luna, Luan just made every parent into her new enemies. Luna demanded to file some charges against the places where they celebrated birthdays with Funny Business Inc. Where Lincoln was treated like a human piñata. Luan had lost her roommate and best friend, the entertainment duo of the house was now split and Luan was as sad as a sad clown hanging from the walls of a room.
Luan blamed herself for not being there to help Lincoln, she would make him laugh when he was a baby, but now no one is laughing and Lincoln isn't. Ina fit of rage, Luan destroyed all of her joke books, clown attire and everything she made through her comedy and Funny Business and she threw Mr. Coconuts when he judged her as a monster, she still looks at the served head of the puppet, wishing it should be her thrown away and not him. Luan was now going through depression.
They thought it couldn't be possible, but it did. Lucy was now more depressed than she normally was, she would always say she doesn't have a heart. Well, now people are saying she really, really doesn't have one. All of her friends don't want anything to do with her, she even got a voodoo doll of herself which was left at the loud house doorstep courtesy of the Young Morticians Club.
Lucy then had no choice, she told her family that she was the owner of the Princess Pony book, but that may have made all of them as depressed as she is. But Lucy had to confess, she recalls Lincoln saying he had her back and he wouldn't let anyone mock her, but she never had his.
And what was worse, every night Lucy would wake up screaming, she said she saw something in her coffin and she didn't wanna go back in there. She described to Leni and Rita what it was, Lucy said it had black hair and looked like an older version of herself. The answer was that she is being haunted by the ghost of Great Grandma Harriet.
None of them believed Lucy at first, until they saw the baby camera they left behind just in case. They saw an apparition of a woman looking like an older version of Lucy and her mouth was not looking so nice when she opened it and started screaming Lucy's name.
Lucy and Lynn Jr decided that it was best to sleep in the living room, the door to the room now is still banging and everything else is being thrown into the air, but only at night. Now, Lisa was a believer in the paranormal, they just have to keep an eye on that room since it neighbors Luan's and the twin's room. Talk about Paranormal Activity.
The twins are a mess still, they spend nights crying in their sleep and in each other's arms. Why? Lola feels as if she really is an evil being placed into this earth, she lost her trophies, her winnings and her reputation. But what was worse, she lost her brother/pageant coach, mostly brother. This was way worse than Lindsey Sweetwater, who managed to tell the cops Lola's big secret, whatever it was.
Lana has no more pets, and not just Charles, Cliff, Walt's and Geo. Hops, El Diablo and Izzy as well as multiple other animals have been taken away. The police question, where the hell did the monkey come from?! Even all of Lucy's bats have been taken away, and Lana wanted to get to know them as well. But Lana only wanted one thing, and that was her big brother back, the one who taught her how to be like Lola, she didn't even care if she couldn't participate in Alligator wrestling contests anymore.
Lisa was still the same emotionless 4 year old toddler we all know. Why? Even though all of her science equipment have been taken away and all been dubbed evidence and she can no longer be in her room anymore, she was still reading one book she kept safe. A book on the law, she was trying to find a way for the family to get out of this, sadly no other lawyer would wanna defend them. So Lisa is going to try and take charge.
But she had no clue that Luna would be one step ahead. Luna also knows that Lisa will try and be smart about things, so she gave some warning to the two detectives about the girl, slowly Lisa became paranoid and sickened knowing the people were going to go against them, even if it meant bending some rules and the cops would turn the other way.
Lisa also got all of her grant money confiscated. She believes it might be a way for Luna to exact revenge for what the little genius had done. Lisa knew about Lincoln not being bad luck, and all she did was nothing but observe it as if it were one of her sick experiments. The money was to act as bail money, but Luna was one step ahead of her.
Lisa also got word on the newspaper that she is now dubbed an enemy to the state and the science committee, the had to apologize to the people for allowing a 4 year old to do experiments and see little in her errors. A true genius understands their mistakes, the can try again to fix it or they can just give up and look at a new perspective. Lisa failed to see that, besides she's just a four year old girl.
After two weeks since the event, Lisa cried. Cried like the 4 year old she is.
Rita and Lynn Sr have also had it hard.
Lynn Sr has been demoted and all of his ideas during the meetings have been canceled, he now works at the bottom of the office chain. None of his work mates want anything to do with him, and his application to work at the Aloha Comrade has been denied. Lynn Sr tried his hardest to find a good lawyer, but nothing. He then tried to ask Kotaro, he once took some lessons in law school, but even his old band mate turned him down. Lynn Sr knew, he failed as a father to his only son.
Rita was told by her boss Dr. Finestein that she will no longer be helping him with patients, she's now in charge of paper work instead. But that didn't make her sad, what made her sad was what her third eldest daughter, well former daughter said to her that very night.
"And from my point of view, I'm the only one Lincoln could see as family, or better yet his mother figure"
Rita knew Luna was right, ever since birth and growing up as a baby Lincoln would always go to Luna. She was there to tend to him when the others were busy. Luna was given the Legal Guardian Role because of this, something Rita and Lynn Sr trusted her with, they had a bond a special sibling bond that also turned out into a small mother and son bond.
The only time Rita ever bonded with Lincoln, was when she brought him to her work place, he was the reason her manuscript is what it is today. When the louds returned home after they're night at the pokey, Rita found that her manuscript was gone and so was the fire proof lock box with Lincoln's birth certificate and as it turns out the detectives did some investigation and took the Presidential Seal that Lincoln was wrapped in.
Rita had lost her son's love, her daughter's trust and she believes she might lose her whole family. The family she and Lynn started, the large family … He … Wanted. Some part of Rita was waking up from this nightmare, she even got a heck of a scolding from her father Albert and of course Aunt Ruth actually came. Albert even landed two punches to Lynn Sr, but Rita didn't do anything. She just looked at her angry father in shame, her mother would be disappointed at what she had done.
But one thing that burned into the minds and souls of the louds, was that there was one more family member no longer with them. A crib is left empty and all the stuffed animals have been removed. Lily Loud was no longer a loud.
Under orders of CPS, the officer who took the baby away from the louds was given full custody of the infant and that made him smile.
His name is Sergeant Tristen D. Pingrey, a blonde man in his mid-twenties. Happily married to his wife, Elena D. Pingrey, they both wanted a child, but they never could and now fate has given them this little one and they promise to raise her as best they could and by their side is the police dog Elliot, he's not just a cop dog he's th family dog and was happy to see this child part of the Pingrey family.
That name made Lori's mind blow up like a nuke. The man is Carol Pingrey's uncle, her rival won this round or better yet, claimed victory over all the ridiculous competitions they've had. Carol herself got word of this and was happy to have a baby cousin who was once a loud and she promises to spend time with her and make sure she doesn't end up like the people she once called family, that was enough to make Luna happy.
The louds did get some good news though, Lincoln awoke two months later. Then it turned into bad news when he agreed to go through the trial to see justice be served. The court was able to get an attorney for the louds, even though this guy doesn't wanna do this, he had no choice. He didn't even know how to defend them when all the good evidence was taken and the whole town was ready to confess against the louds, he should've taken then murder case in Miami against the CSI department, dang it!
Soon, after reminiscing what has transpired all the louds finish eating they're breakfast? None of them enjoyed it, what was there to enjoy when they know they're gonna lose everything. But mostly the love, trust and forgiveness of their sole brother. They all wanted to see him, but how can they when the guardian was there to watch over his soul from their evil deeds. Or, so that's what the louds claim.
All of them out their plates away into the sink. "Okay girls, go and get showered and dressed. We leave in an hour" said Rita. "You're father and I will handle the dishes."
All the loud kids nod and head upstairs. They all had a big day to go through.
Lucy and Lynn open the room they share, they see everything was messed up again. "Sigh, we should clean this up. It's gonna be a long line to the bathroom anyway" said Lucy.
"Yeah, let's do this" said Lynn Jr. She then noticed some writing on the walls and so does Lucy. It was written in ink and spelled, "Do not worry, the end is near for all of you. Don't. Turn. Around."
Lucy and Lynn feel tense, and then they feel the cold dead hands of someone on their shoulders. "Luuuucy!"
The rest of the louds then hear screaming coming from the room. Lori and Leni go in and they see Lucy being hugged by Lynn, both girls crying in fear and Junior holding her baseball bat and they see the writing on the walls. This. Was. Bad.
(Hours later, Royal Woods Court.)
I guess you can call it that, if there weren't any American flags mounted all over the walls. Under the authority of Child Services and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Royal Woods court for just today will be dubbed as the Supreme Court of law. Yeah, this just got a whole lot worse for the louds.
A lot of news crews are there, Royal Woods, Hazeltucky, Beaverton, Great Lake City, Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee and almost every news station crew from across Michigan has arrived for the most heinous act of child neglect and abuse in history. Even New York and DC news crews are there, this was a scoop they did not want to miss out on.
They then see a grey Camaro and coming out are Detectives Merris and StoneHeart, both of them wearing shades and they're signature black suits. Why are they dressed like MIB?
Merris opens the trunk and gets the wheel chair, while StoneHeart opens the door and coming out was Luna. The press try and ask her some questions but are being held back by the police and the riot squad.
Luna then helps her brother Lincoln out of the car and helps him onto his wheel chair, the presence of Lincoln makes them stop, they all felt bad for what happened to the boy. They decided to remain silent so he doesn't get stressed out.
"Huh, that's a first" said Detective Merris. They all walk to the court house, Luna pushes Lincoln onto the nearby ramp but then she almost slips until someone helps her.
"You need some help pushing him?" Luna and Lincoln see it was Girl Jordan. "It's okay, I got your backs guys."
Luna smiles and with the 11 year old girl's help they manage to get Lincoln up the ramp. I guess his casted legs made him a bit heavy when pushing up hill. Both siblings look to the girl. "Thank you Girl Jordan."
"No problem, and its okay for you to call me Jordan. We're not in school anymore Lincoln and this was the least I could do to the boy who helped me get over my shyness when we were in kindergarten" replied Jordan.
Lincoln was shocked that she remembered that, Luna however was feeling like she needs to ask her brother more about this girl when this is all over, or when the time is right. They all head into the courthouse, with Jordan and her parents following. She too was a witness to something, something none of them noticed.
Soon, more vehicles arrive and slowly they all fill the court room. Luna's band mates, The McBride's, Mr. Grouse, Lincoln's guy friends, Albert and Aunt Ruth, The Pingrey's, The Casagrandes and Santiagos, The sports teams and they're coaches, Principal Huggins and Agnes Johnson, Mayor Davis, the Yates and pretty much almost half the town of Royal Woods.
Then Vanzilla arrives, being escorted by some squad cars and police bikes.
The press then take pictures and coming out of the vanzilla are the loud family. Lynn Sr, Rita, Lori, Leni, Luan, Lynn Junior, Lucy, Lana, Lola and Lisa, they all step out of the van trying their best to cover their faces from the cameras. They then step into the courthouse and then they meet they're lawyer.
James C.B. Wyatt. A man in his forties, brown neatly combed hair, blue suit and pants, light blue polo, black shoes and red tie. "And you must be … (Sigh) …. The Louds, well I guess I'm your lawyer."
"L-Lynn Sr, thanks for coming and defending us."
"What's there to defend, I feel like a decoration to get humiliated by my own office" replied James. "Now come on, let's get this garbage over with. This is gonna be a hell of a day for me."
They could tell he doesn't like this, at all!
The louds enter the court room, and everythin remains silent and all eyes were now on them. They could feel the many glares casted on them, as if it's burning through they're souls.
The louds then see, Lily. They're former baby sister Lily is now sitting on the lap of a woman who is the same age as her husband. Lily is wearing a lavender dress and slippers and has a little lavender bow on her hair.
She then claps when Carol hands her the bottle of milk. "Twank you Cawol."
Carol chuckles at how Lily said her name. "You're welcome Lily flower." Lily giggles and drinks her bottle.
This breaks the hearts of the louds, mostly to Lynn Sr, Rita and Lori. Then they see the eyes of Luna looking at them, she was wearing a whole new outfit, the same outfit she wore when Lincoln finally woke up.
She didn't plan on wearing anything decent and Lincoln was just sporting blue baggy jeans to cover up the casts and an orange jacket with a white polo.
The louds see the condition he was in. They're hearts sank seeing their former brother/son on a wheel chair and looking miserable. They knew, that did this, Lynn fought Luna, Lincoln pushed them out of the way and he paid the price and what did they do while all of it was happening? Nothing at all.
They all go to their respective seats, but Rita stops and turns around this gets the attention of both attorney's. "L-Lincoln?"
Lincoln tenses up and looks away still, Luna sense this and places a hand on her brother's shoulder. "Lincoln, don't turn around. I got this." Lincoln nods silently.
Rita takes another step, this invokes the officers in the room to get ready to use their sniper rifles, safeties off. "Lincoln ….. Son, I …. I-I'm so, so sorry. I … I should've … I … "
But as she slowly approaches, Luna turns around and gives her a menacing glare. Rita steps back at the eyes of her former daughter, it was as if a shotgun went off and scared the birds out of Rita. "Don't. You. Dare. Touch. Him."
All the other people see this, Albert has never seen Luna like this, never this angry but he knows she's trying to protect her brother from them.
Rita is then dragged by her husband. "Rita, please we don't wanna make a scene. Come on." Rita gets up and joins her husband all while shedding some tears.
Luna goes back and sits next to her brother and he immediately hugs her, and she returns the embrace. The sight of this made everyone feel bad, and the jury feels as if he needs justice to be served. Immediately.
Then the judge arrives. "All rise, for the honorable judge James .M McBuild." That was a name they have never heard before.
"Alright, let's get this whole thing over with" said Judge McBuild.
Detective, I mean Attorney StoneHeart was smiling. "This is gonna get intense."
One by one, he starts to call up witnesses and people who have seen the whole ordeal.
Mr. Grouse says he saw the boy sleeping in the backyard and overheard him fessing up that he was lying, he also said he saw the boy always going around town with his sister's wearing that ridiculous squirrel costume. When ask what he did, all he said was it was none of his business, but that made things worse when they all looked to him in anger and so did Luna. Lincoln felt betrayed by the man he helped see his family for Christmas, Mr. Grouse then sees he just made things worse, for him actually.
Albert said he never knew about this. He was barely given a chance to see or even call his family because of Nurse Sue and her spiteful and very hard pressed rules, this was something they had to investigate. Albert was also disappointed that this is what his family has been reduced too, and he also agreed …. That was not his daughter anymore, not the daughter him and his wife Maria raised. Which broke Rita's heart even more.
The Yates said they also saw the boy dressed in a squirrel suit, Beatrix Yates says she tried to ask him what was wrong, but then she was shoved aside by Lynn Jr and Lola. All she wanted to do was help the boy, and she saw the two girls drag Lincoln away from the park, by his foot. This made Luna angry, as if she wasn't angry enough! Lynn Sr and Rita looked to Junior and Lola, they were in so much trouble.
Clyde said he never had a call from Lincoln since, his walkie-talkie never responded back and then StoneHeart revealed why, all of Lincoln's things have been sold. Including the walkie-talkie he uses.
This upset Clyde, all this time his best friend couldn't talk to him because all of Lincoln's things were gone. Then he was ready to tell them one more thing that had happened. He said he tried to go over to the house, when he knocked on the door Lisa was the one who answered it and he asked her where Lincoln was. He saw the nervousness within Lisa and she pushed a button and Clyde was catapulted back to his house safely into a berry bush. They all gasped and Howard fainted.
All of Lincoln's friends. Liam and Zach tried to hang out with Lincoln, but they too were shunned away. Rusty wasn't there because he was with his dad visiting his grandparents, but he did get the calls from Clyde, Liam and Zach and that got him worried. Rusty said he saw Lincoln leaving the soccer game, but as he tried to go to him he was hit in the face by a soccer ball and Lynn Jr grabbed Lincoln and ran off. Rusty's dad now wanted to press charges on them.
All of the sport's teams confessed that they had no idea that Lincoln was in there, Lynn said that it was one of Lisa's new mascot robots but its battery was getting low. Margo was the first one to suspect it was a kid in there. Margo managed to sneak past Lynn and talk to the kid in the suit, but al she got was crying and then he ran off. She recognized that crying voice to be Lincoln's, she tried to talk to Lynn about it but she ignored her, Lynn Loud Junior ignored her best friend.
Even the Coaches confessed, that they never knew either, they were convinced by Lynn that it was all for good luck and it was just a robot. One of the coaches did question to Junior on where was they're squirrel mascot costume, but she denied telling the truth and said it must've been lost. Detective Merris sees Luna's hands clawing at the table and her teeth gritting. Something tells her that this teen is ready to unleash holy hell in this room.
Bobby Santiago told them that he never knew about this and he never knew about Lincoln going to all of his dates with Lori, which did not sound well for the rest of his familia. He was now looking forward to ten weeks of grounding by his mother. Bobby didn't believe at first that Lincoln was even at the dates, but then StoneHeart showed the court on the screen the footage he got from the restaurant.
It showed Lori dragging the tired and crying Lincoln and she shoves him into the janitor's closet and tosses him some bread and a plate of chicken and then she closes it and waits for Bobby. The whole room gasps and was now angry, and Bobby starts to shed some tears and apologizes for not seeing this. But only get some words from Luna. "Wow, you really are as dense and stupid. Almost like Leni."
That was enough to make everyone shocked at what she just said. Luna insulted Bobby and Leni and even compared them. Lori didn't know what else to say or do, Bobby was no longer her boyfriend.
"I knew he wasn't as bright as he thought!" yelled Carl. He was then forced to sit back down by his Abuela.
"In hindsight, I knew that too" said CJ. "Same" replied Carlota. Frida had to keep her children quiet.
Bobby slowly returns to his seat and then Ronnie Anne takes the stand. She then looks to her friend Sid who gives her a thumbs up, she had to tell everyone. That she like Clyde didn't get any word from Lincoln as well, he never even talked to her via video chat, she couldn't even call him or even figure out what was wrong. She then admits to bullying Lincoln in the past and she has a lot of kids there who can assume that it was all true. This made Bobby and Lori realize, they were not boyfriend and girlfriend and they were not dating. Luna also feels bad, she wanted Lincoln to kiss the girl and he got a black eye instead.
Maria and the rest of the familia were not liking where this was going. Abuela never knew her granddaughter did this, she didn't know Ronnie Anne was a bully in Royal Woods. Both Rosa and Maria needed to have a long talk with Ronalda and Roberto when this was all over.
Wilbur Huggins and Agnes Johnson also state they have also seen the very same Mascot suited figure all over town, Mayor Davis confirms this with some surveillance footage from all over town. And through it they all witness everything the boy has been through.
Being forced to go to golf tournaments and Lori getting angry when she lost, she would beat Lincoln with her club for taking off the head of the suit. Carol also testified she tried to stop her, but also got hurt in the process, she showed everyone her picture with a black eye. This made Bobby faint and Carol's family angry. They thought she fell from some stairs! Carol lied in order to get to the bottom of Lincoln in the suit, so she risked herself and her lies for him.
When Lori was done beating up her crying brother, Luna took him to a nearby bench and treated the bruises on his face. The suit is worn out and doesn't do much protection anymore.
Brought to many fashion shows where he gets kicked out and beaten up by models and bouncers. This made Mayor Davis question they're towns standards and safety.
They see Lincoln getting up after being kicked out, and Luna coming out from the back of the building and going to check if he was alright.
Being treated like a human piñata at every birthday he goes to, while the parents are all impressed by Luan's clowning and joke skills. Now Mayo Davis is questioning the proper parenting standards of Royal Woods.
But they notice Luna scaring off the kids while no one was looking and then helping Lincoln out of the mess.
Being forced to go to graveyard digging contests and witnessing the boy falling into an open grave during a fog. Why do they do this contest with a fog around?! Mayor Davis needed to talk to someone about this and put an end to it! Haiku and the Young Mortician's club realize, they were there when it all happened and they didn't know about it.
They spot Luna going through the fog, helping Lincoln out of the hole and giving him a comforting hug as he cried, he was traumatized that he just saw a dead body in there.
Beaten up by many pageants girls, with no mercy all because Lola was being too much of a show off. Mayor Davis is now taking notes and one of them is suspending all pageants shows until further notice.
But they do see Luna helping him up when the attack was over and tending to his wounds.
Getting attacked by a loose Alligator and almost getting slaughtered by it as well, Lana did show up to take it down and then Lynn Sr put the head back onto Lincoln and they dragged him away and asked if the suit was okay. They completely ignored his safety and didn't even hear him crying in the back of the van, but they noticed Luna secretly holding his hand while the others weren't looking.
Lisa's science conferences. The building wasn't so bad, nothing bad happened to him there. But then they saw Lincoln being used as a test subject to one of her human hamster wheel and new treadmill inventions. She treated him like a freaking lab rat! And all the scientists were just taking notes and pictures, as if this was nothing more than just a sick twisted test. The detectives were grateful that the CIA, FBI and Pentagon were dealing with these reckless science divisions and having them replaced.
They then see Luna dragging Lincoln to the rest rooms and handing him some water and giving him a hug.
They see Rita and Lynn Sr's many attempts into hiding Lincoln someplace hidden so they can make sure the luck gave them the opportunities in their jobs. Now Mayor Davis was wondering. 'Why haven't the people checked on these camera's before I did?!'
Then they see the louds all at the beach, all of them are busy having fun but Lincoln is sitting by himself underneath an umbrella and bench. He was sweating and was getting a heat rash. Mayor Davis was now confused as to why the life guard didn't even see this. They all see Luna getting up and saying she was gonna use the restroom, but in truth she goes to Lincoln, brings him to the empty boys bathroom, helps him out of the suit and treats his heat rash with some nice cool water and some rash cream. She then cries and hugs him.
Lincoln sheds some tears seeing all of this, then he gets hugged by Luna. "Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you Luna!" Luna rocks him back and forth, they all felt bad for what Lincoln's been through, and then Luna sees something that Lincoln shouldn't.
The many times he goes to every event and gets beaten up by the rival teams from Hazeltucky and Beaverton. And the kicker, Luna wasn't there the whole time. Lynn Jr made up some calls that Luna had to go and babysit, this was Lynn's plan to keep the legal guardian out of the Good luck business. Mayor Davis and the two detectives and every officer in the court room needed to run an investigation on the violence across the neighboring towns, or better yet get this footage to DC and to anyone in the ESPN division. This ignites a fiery rage inside of Luna's heart. She was angrier at what Lynn did, and seeing her brother getting beaten up by Hank and Hawk was making it worse.
But then they see someone go to the boy after the beat down, it was Jordan Rosato. She goes over and sees if anyone was around, but there was no one to call for help. She then drags him at the back of some restrooms and gets the head off. She was horrified to see Lincoln unconscious, bruised and somewhat bloody, luckily her mom taught her medical stuff and she tends to all of his injuries. Then she hears someone calling Lincoln's name, she then whispers. "I'm so sorry Lincoln. I … I'll try and help you, I promise!" she then kisses his cheek and puts the head back on and then she runs for it. Lynn Jr spots Lincoln, kicks him in the gut and drags him back.
Jordan watches from behind a tree with tears in her eyes and she sits and cries. It pained for her to see the boy she knew go through this hell. This footage was a day before Luna's gig and Lincoln's near death experience.
They all looked to Jordan who was now shedding tears and being comforted by her mother. She helped him, next to Luna she helped him from his torment and was feeling bad for not doing more to save him from this hell.
Jordan then sees Lincoln and Luna looking at her, without hesitation she gets off her seat and runs over to hug Lincoln and he hugs her back and cries. Luna then hugs both of them, both siblings whispering. "Thank you!"
All Jordan can do was cry and apologies for not seeing this before, she did see this when she went to the beach once. But she was too busy, having fun while he was sweating in misery. But all that mattered was that her actions did save him from almost dying early, something Lincoln and Luna were greatful for.
Almost everyone in the court room cries at this. They now know Luna wasn't the only hero trying to save him, it appears Carol and Jordan are also marked with the title as well.
Rita and Lynn Sr look to all their daughters, they did nothing while this was happening. But they also were to blame, they didn't save their son. Luna did and so did the two other girls.
The judge hits his gabble and wipes away his tears. "Let's take …. A small … Recess, this is way too much for all of us now!"
Luna, Lincoln and Jordan break the hug and they all head out of the court room and somewhere else to talk. As they all get off their seats, Leni starts to get enraged and attacks Lori.
Everyone else sees this. "What is wrong with you?! Why would you do that to him?! You stupid, stupid monster! I hate you! I hate you Lori!"
The loud parents try and stop her, but then she lifts up the seat she was on and tosses it towards them, Luan hugs Lucy, the twins and Lisa. Lynn Junior tries to intervene but this enrages Leni even more and she goes after the sports jock of the family.
Leni punches Lynn repeatedly on her body and then rips out some of Lynn's hair. The police officers then go over to stop her, but she was still too strong. It take ten to fifteen cops to hold back the fashionista. How strong is this girl?!
Leni tries to fight off the police trying to hold her off, but then someone slaps her in the face. Leni sees it was Luna. "Stop! You've done enough damage to everything that's happened Leni Loud! So why don't you just stop! Look at what you're doing?!"
Leni then looks around, she sees her parents getting the chairs off of them, Lynn Jr and Lori struggling to get back up and then she sees the horrified looks from everyone else and her younger siblings. Leni has let out all of the anger she held inside of her, everyone though Luna would be the one to go berserk, but no one expected the kind-hearted fashion loving girl to go aggro on Lori and Lynn Junior.
Leni then starts to cry and collapse to the ground, then the cops puts her hands behind her back and handcuff her. They then take her out of the courtroom as well as the family.
Luna takes deep breathes and then heads back out of the courtroom and back to Lincoln. She goes into one of the rooms and sees Lincoln and Jordan talking to each other. She was glad he had someone to talk to through this hard time.
Luna sits next to them. "Thank you Jordan, for helping my little bro."
Jordan smiles. "I did what I had to do, he didn't deserve that torment."
The two Detectives come in and hand them some donuts and hot chocolate. "All we gotta do now is get to the testimonies of the family and the two of you" said Detective StoneHeart.
"And let's not forget the rest of the band" replied Detective Merris.
They were relieved that those were the only ones left. Lincoln wanted to question what happened after he and some of the other people left the room, but judging by the nervous and concerned looks they had he decided not to.
In another room, the Louds are all looking scared and upset at what just happened. Lynn Sr and Rita never knew Leni could be like that. It was almost like it wasn't even her they saw, but someone who was out for blood and retribution.
Luan is doing her best to comfort the now scared Lucy, Lana, Lola and Lisa. Luan is trying to comfort them, she herself is also scared after what has happened with Leni.
They see Lori and Lynn tending to each other's bruises, Lynn could feel like a few spots on her hair that are missing. Leni really did do a number on her.
As for their second eldest daughter, she is nowhere to be found. She was taken into another room, away from all of them and everyone else.
Then Lynn Sr and Rita notice their lawyer packing up his case. "Wh-What are you doing?!"
"Leaving, I am not getting involved or even risking my own career from this. Good bye and (Looks to Junior.) Good luck!" They watch as their lawyer, James C.B. Wyatt walks out of the room and out of the court house.
"D-Daddy, what do we do now?" asked Lola with tears.
Rita and Lynn Sr look at each other with concern, then they look to the concerned faces of their scared children. "W … We don't know anymore" replied Lynn Sr.
Rita remains silent, she has no words of comfort for her children. She knew this was all going to end badly.
(Minutes later.)
They are all back in the court room, Lincoln was shocked to see Leni sitting separated from the rest of the family and in cuffs as well. She was also cuffed to her seat and had some on her feet as well. Something happened, but he doesn't know what.
The judge sits onto his seat, but then he notices something. "Mr. and Mrs. Loud, where is your attorney?" Everyone else also notices this.
Lynn Sr chuckles nervously. "He ….. He umm, he quitted." The rest of the family looks down in sadness when he said that, even Leni was shocked. No one was there to defend any of them, they were alone. Also no one is sitting on the chairs behind them, except for Albert and Ruth.
The judge sighs. "Oh jeez, well we can't turn back now. Mr. StoneHeart, you may proceed."
They then get to the next testimonies. The first one was Lisa, she told the whole court room that she had no part in the whole Bad Luck/Good Luck fiasco, she then tells them she should have done something. But all she did was observe things as if they were nothing more than experiments, then the detective pointed out she did have something to do with all of it. They reminded her of the footage of when she used Lincoln to test her new inventions, which Lisa remains silent. She then leaves the stand and the next one was to come forth and put in their word.
Lola tries to fess up that she tried to be reasonable, but her nice little girl persona wasn't gonna work anymore and she decides to admit what she did. She only cared about winning and rubbing it in the faces of her enemies, she said her brother seemed fine. She then tells them that it was her idea to sell all of Lincoln's stuff because they were all tainted with his bad luck.
Lana also confesses that she was too blinded in winning the alligator wrestling contests, then she tells them that she was the one who boarded up his room.
Luna was not liking this, neither was Lincoln. The twin's they once knew and loved were nothing more than little monster who fell in line with the luck conflict. Okay Lola was a little monster since she started pageantry. Lincoln couldn't look towards Lana anymore, he always had this big brother and little sister bond, but right now it's shattered.
Lana cries as she goes back to her seat, knowing that her brother doesn't want anything to do with her anymore was too much for the six year old grease monkey.
Next up was Lucy, though they were wondering where she was. "I'm right here" they all get startled by her sudden presence. The detectives were now wondering. How the heck did she get over there so fast and without us even noticing?!
Lucy tells them that she …. She blames herself for starting this. She elaborates for saying that it's because she's roommates with Lynn. Lucy is the first one in the family to be the most superstitious, she says that because of her small rituals and séances, Lynn must've got the idea of good luck, bad luck and softball gods and weird dance rituals. Lucy apologizes for making this happen, and wants to know if Lincoln …. If he would still have her back.
But then Lincoln looks to her. "Sorry Luce, not this time. Not anymore." Hearing that makes Lucy get out of the stand and run back to the others and cry her heart out with the twins.
Luan was called to go next, and she admits she was the one person who was supposed to make Lincoln feel happy. But after seeing all that she's done, she's questioning if she's even safe with anyone anymore. With that being said there were no more questions for her, they know she feels guilty and admits to everything and is willing to take whatever punishment she's gonna get.
Leni is to go next, but she refuses to move. So the police help her to the stand. For once she wasn't feeling like her ditzy self, she was now focused on the situation at hand. She fesses up that she knows she's not so bright, that she can be easily fooled and she questions why she's like this all the time since she was born. This was a concern for everyone in the court and some of her friends were shocked about this and so are the parents and Lincoln and Luna. But the two siblings still didn't see it in their hearts to forgive Leni, she didn't even notice that Lincoln was getting hurt from all the events they dragged him to.
Next one is the eldest amongst the siblings, Lori Loud. She confesses everything, she tells them that she was a horrible older sister, that she always saw herself as first to everything, that she threatens them if they go into her room without permission, that she takes advantage of her siblings because she's the only one who can drive and that she was a major part to play in the whole luck fiasco. She felt as if she failed to be the one to look after all of her siblings, and she did.
Everyone is shocked at her confession, but it was all true. Bobby felt kinda bad for Lori, but he was also shocked at all the mean things he never knew she did, and it all went on while they were dating.
The next one on the stand was Lynn Sr, the patriarch of the family and since the lawyer wasn't there to save his rear end. He decided to tell all of them how much of a failure he was at being a father and that he barely had anything in common with his one and only son and that he lied about the "Take your daughter to work day" it was actually "Take you Kid to work day" which shocks all of the louds and Lincoln and Luna.
Luna was feeling bad because she didn't know about it and because Lincoln didn't get a chance to have fun with them. Lincoln was now filled with so much hatred against the man for lying.
Rita was now questioning why he did this and why he didn't bother to share any bond with his only son.
And then it was Rita's turn. She goes on the stand and begins to answer all the questions. She admits she always thought she had a bond with her son, which Luna scoffs at.
Rita tells them that she should've done more, but with so many children she couldn't and she knew that with all the chaos she can't tend to all of them. She admitted that having a large family is difficult and makes things very, very stressful for a mother like herself.
Then she says, that this was all Lynn Sr's idea to have a large family, she thought it was a good idea and she now sees how hard it was and how far it went.
Lynn Sr didn't know what to say, it was almost like she was against him now and after all they've been through. But then he understands, she just couldn't take it anymore. The chaos of the first five, the middle child struggling, the attention of the younger five and now this, the whole Bad Luck/Good Luck fiasco, he now sees his wife Rita Loud has reached her limit. He was afraid of what she might do next.
Rita gets down from the stand and lets her thirteen year old daughter take her turn. All eyes were on the former athlete, the one who caused all of this Lynn Loud Junior.
Detective StoneHeart asks LJ some simple questions and she answers yes to all of them. She's admitting defeat that she caused it all, and then they all see the footage of when Lincoln didn't want to go and then she threatens him with a baseball bat. That was how it all started.
Lincoln looks away as to not see the day it all began, the accusations and the lies that led to this. Luna was angered by all of this, she wishes she could go back in time and beat the hell out of Lynn or better yet past Luna for being part of this madness, sort of.
Detective StoneHeart had no more questions, it was now time for the band mates, Sam, Sully and Mazzy.
They told them that Luna has been bringing the squirrel suited boy at all of her gigs, they never asked her why and never pushed it either. But they knew something was wrong.
Sully tells them he would see Luna applying some bandaging on the boys injuries.
Mazzy pointed out the many times she had to hide him when her family was watching.
And Sam, Sam told them Luna confessed about what her family has been doing and she has a plan on what to do if they wouldn't listen to her. At first Sam was disappointed at what Luna's family was doing to Lincoln, but she trusted Luna and this plan she had, even though she wasn't given full details about it. Sam then showed them her phone and the footage of how it all ended. She saw the whole argument that was happening backstage.
Luna tells Lincoln to look away and also cover his ears, and he does so. They all witness everything, all the way to the part where Lincoln is crushed by the stage debris which makes everyone gasp, scream and faint.
Sam couldn't go and help because when the stage stuff fell, it triggered the others and almost hit her. She went out of the way and with the help of Sully and Mazzy they had to go and help out.
The louds didn't like reliving that incident, but it was too late and now everyone in the court room has seen it. But they didn't see the damage Lincoln took to his body, if they did then there would be a riot all over the place.
The detectives had no more questions anymore and asked Lincoln to come to the stand. Luna wheeled him over. Luna is about to head back to her seat, but Lincoln garbs her hand, she looks down to the scared and sad look of his Lincoln's face. "P-Please don't go."
Luna smiles and kisses his forehead. "Don't you worry about a thing little bro, I'll be right over there and I promise I'll go to you when you break down. Okay bud?"
Lincoln nods. Luna then goes back to her seat, she was worried what would happen to Lincoln.
"Okay Lincoln, I know this is gonna be hard. But I need you to tell me your side of the story and don't leave out anything out of context" said Detective StoneHeart.
Lincoln then tells them, his point of view of the whole Bad Luck incident. Even though it was overwhelming to say, he stood his ground and continued to speak.
Everyone was saddened to hear about what he saw when everything was pushed in his way. Getting beaten up, dragged like a rag doll, getting beaten up again, almost getting attacked by an alligator, getting beaten up again, falling into horrible places, getting beaten up again, how hot it was in there, getting beaten up again, not having any bed or pillow to sleep on, getting beaten up again and at this point he describes his point of view of what they all saw from the footage of all he went through at each event with his family.
Then he tells them how relieved he was to be out of the suit whenever he went to Luna's gigs. Amongst all of the families important activities he was more excited to go with Luna. She was always fair to him, she would never let him get hurt or get stuck in the suit forever, but he knew it pained her to see him go home with the suit on.
He even confesses that he often hears arguing, Luna arguing to the family about letting him out. But they counter back and her words are nothing more than air passing through their ears. Even though Luna fell under what he called "Hive Mentality" He knew a part of Luna was still in there, the legal guardian who swore to watch over her brother. Lincoln was touched at how Luna was there to stand up for him and to put an end to this hell, then he starts to shed tears and frowns.
Luna knew something was wrong. He …. He starts to reminisce the incident backstage and his … .Near death experience.
Luna gets out of her seat and runs over to Lincoln who immediately hugs her. She can feel him trembling and slowly start to cry. "I ….. I …. I don't … Pleas! I …. Don't ….. Die!" Everyone gasps at what they were hearing, the boy is scarred with the memory of the incident and it could trigger him to have a mental breakdown.
The Louds were heartbroken to see him like this, their once happy man with the plan brother/son was nothing more than a broken shell of himself and all that triggered it was a near experience with death. Even Lucy didn't like this at all.
Detective StoneHeart sighs. "Okay, we're done asking questions to the boy. Luna please take him back to his seat." But Luna doesn't.
"Sir, I think …. I believe it's my turn. Now." said Luna. They all were shocked she said that, they then see she wasn't planning on getting off the spot, so she lets Lincoln stand by on his wheel chair next to her. "I got this bro. don't you worry, we'll be home free soon." Lincoln stops crying and tries to smile for Luna.
Detective StoneHeart looks to the judge. "I guess we can let this be, go ahead with your words Luna."
Luna nods. "Thank you you're honor." Luna then looks to everyone. "I would like to say, I'm no hero. I also had a part to play in the whole Bad Luck Fiasco, I also got caught up in the whole fuss and didn't do anything, heck I didn't do anything when he was kicked out of the house!" They all understood she fell in line, with the sisters and they're hive mentality, which was stated to be kinda true.
"But, when he told me … us that he lied, I knew he was telling the truth and that the whole bad luck thing was just malarkey. But, then the others went too far, I tried to reason with them but they never listened to me. All they cared about was him being bad luck!"
"Then when he showed the others he wasn't bad luck, I thought it was all over and we go back to being a family. Heck I apologized to him for everything, then …. Then …. Then they wanted him to …. Keep wearing the stupid squirrel suit!"
They all knew this was gonna turn bad real fast. "I tried to tell them … Tell them that it has to end, he needed to get out of there. Then the stupid jock came and used her words like magic and persuaded the others not too!" All eyes looked to Lynn Jr. "But! The rents decided to let him into the house and back to his room, I asked them if we can get his things back. But then Lola told off that they were still tainted by his bad luck! For all the stupid things! They were complete blokes for going through with this!"
Luna was now pissed off. Lincoln held her hand to calm her down, and she did.
Detective StoneHeart knew, it was time to show that she really did care. Even though they've seen it. "Luna, can you tell me what was this plan you had when they wouldn't listen to you still?"
Luna smiled. This was it. "After getting no response or any support from the family, I made my own plans. I knew and noticed how much hurt Lincoln was getting from going to all of our events, so I took the liberty of sneaking by and making sure he was shown love and care, from the one sister he can still count on. When the other winning hogs weren't looking, I always went to see how he was feeling and I always keep my promise every time that I would stop this."
"And even though it doesn't happen, I know you wouldn't give up till the promise was made" interrupted Lincoln.
Luna smiles hearing that. "So, I always made sure he wasn't in that stupid suit when he went with me. He didn't deserve being dragged around like he was a freaking talisman or trinket, Lincoln's a human being. No, he's my baby brother and he doesn't deserve this pain."
"Sure he lied that he was bad luck just so he can get some quality time, but I understand. We took it too far, we hurt him both physically and mentally and that hurts me too. Even if he says no, what was to stop Lori or Lynn or even Lola from threatening him! We all have our limits and Lincoln is just eleven, he may not have found his talent, but what he lacks is something he gains. He's there for us, he may make some mistakes but he fesses up and fixes them. Like how I sued to do before I became this adrenaline pumped Rockstar who was lied to by my family, former family."
They were all touched by her words, Lincoln sheds some tears hearing this from Luna.
"And, your plan? The one you told Lincoln and Sam about but never put any detail into explaining?" asked StoneHeart.
"Right, the plan I made. Can I have my note book please?" The detective hands Luna the wrapped evidence. This confuses the louds, plan?
Luna then takes it out of the bag and uses the small screen camera to show them what her plan was.
Operation Family of two.
Phase one: Earn enough cash.
"I had to make sure I got the cash I needed, I saved up a lot and kept it hidden from everyone and when they asked to borrow some from me, I told them I don't have enough cash on me and that they should go and ask mom and pops. All of the money I got was from my gigs and also my daily allowance from chores and that's why I give a great performance during my gigs, because it provides more cash than I was promised!"
Phase two: Supply and store.
"I needed to find something big to hold everything I needed, so I found the old large golf bag Pop-pop once used and left for us. I stored as much canned goods, candy bars, bottled water and the cash I saved up and even some hand me down clothes in the closet and some of my stuff and a first aid kit, two of them."
Detective StoneHeart then brings out the large duffle bag with some of the stuff all stored in it. This made all of them confused, why would she do this? Even the louds wanted to know why.
Phase three: Wait for the right moment.
"I had to setup a date on when to make my last stand for Lincoln. If they choose to deny me again, then I have no choice but to execute the next phase of the plan."
This was getting intense for everyone, Sam and Lincoln didn't know where this plan of hers was leading to.
Phase Four: Wake up and get out.
The very name of that phase sent some chills down everyone's spine.
"This one ….. I have to wait for everyone to be fast asleep and also avoid any of the pets in the hallways. I gather the bag and slowly go over to Lincoln's room. Wake him up, and make sure he stays quiet, tend to any remaining injuries he may have and ditch the suit onto the room. The other part was to nail the suit onto the wall but that would be too noisy. Getting out of the house wouldn't be easy, the stairs are very creaky and so are the living room floor boards. So the plan was to take the emergency slide Lisa installed onto his little window and get out quietly."
It all hit them, realization was now in order. "Y-You were planning ….. To run away, with your brother?" asked Detective StoneHeart.
All of them look to Luna, especially Lincoln, Sam and the Louds.
Luna takes a deep breath and sighs. "Yes, yes I was. That was the plan. I didn't want him to stay in that house with those monsters anymore! I wanted him to be family again, we would be family again with or without the others in it!" She then calms down. "I did a head count on all the cash I had, approximately 55,500 dollars total, I made some adjustments and ran the numbers and I guessed it could last a year on how much we could save."
"So, I guess you can say I pulled a Lincoln, he's the man with the plan. So I took a page off of his book and made my own plan, to remove all the pain he was in and see how the jerks would feel if he and myself were no longer in the house!"
They all understood why she would do this. The louds were shocked, Luna planned this the whole time, to save Lincoln from them and make sure he still had someone he could call family. Now they felt even worse than they did before. They forsakened Luna and Lincoln from their love.
Lincoln starts to shed tears again and he hugs Luna. Luna smiles and also sheds some tears as she returns the hug.
"I …. I love you Luna! I love you sis!"
"Luna loves you too Lincoln! Always and always my wayward son!"
Everyone starts to shed tears again seeing this. Luna was truly a hero, even though she had a play in this she saw past her errors and earned her brother's forgiveness.
The judge then hits his gabble. "I think we're heard enough" he looks to the Jury. "I think you all know what to do Jury." They all nod and head to the door. "And now, we're gonna have another fifteen minute recess."
They all get off their seats leave the courtroom.
When they all reach outside, Jordan rushes to Lincoln and hugs him. "I'm sorry for what you went through Lincoln!"
Lincoln hugs her back. "It's okay, you had nothing to do with it. You helped me fight through some horrible stuff, I wouldn't be here alive if it weren't for you Jordan Rosato. Thank you."
Soon he's joined by his other friends, Clyde had to keep his dad's back. He doesn't want to be over crowded, they all took turns in saying how sorry they were at what he went through.
Luna smiles seeing this, Sam hugs Luna and kisses her on the lips. "You …. You are so caring Luna! You are the best sister Lincoln has ever had!"
Luna smirks. "I'm his legal guardian. It's my duty to uphold the role I was given, even though the role was given to me by those who would set their own doom."
"What you did was so awesome! A full proof plan!" said Mazzy.
"I guess what your brother lacks does gain him something, he is the man with the plan and you followed that footstep" said Sully.
Then Pop-pop goes over and hugs her. "Luna, you truly are his loyal and devout sister/guardian. I am so proud of you!"
Luna hugs him back. "Thank you so much Pop-pop, and don't worry when this is all over Lincoln and I won't be dealing with this alone."
They break the hug, even Lincoln and Jordan. "W-What do you mean Luna?" asked Lincoln.
"Babe? What did you do?" asked Sam.
Luna kisses her cheek. "Just wait and see, we just have to make sure we win this and it'll all be over soon."
The loud family then slowly approaches them, but they're blocked off by some police and the two detectives. "Going somewhere?"
"P-Please! We just …. We just wanna talk to them!" begged Rita with tears.
The officers were ready to push them back. "Stop!" they look to Lincoln and Luna. "Let them be" said Luna.
The officers step aside. Lincoln and Luna were now face-to-face with the people they once called family. "Anything to say to us? Before it all goes downhill?" asked Luna with her arms crossed.
They all looked to each other and then back to the two siblings. "We're sorry!"
"We were literally the worst siblings ever! You were right about me! I am the worst sister ever!" from Lori.
"We never should've done this to you Linky! I was a fool to follow them!" cried Leni.
"I should've stopped this and saw the pain you went through! I'm a monster for not seeing it!" said Luan.
"You wouldn't be in this mess if it weren't for us! I should've had your back! You had mine, but I didn't!" cried Lucy.
"Please Lincoln! We're sorry! We didn't mean for this to happen to you!" cried the twins.
"I …. I … I let m-my passion for s-science blind me! I was …. I'm a fool! I'm a failure to not save you from my own misdeeds!" sobbed Lisa.
"We know we made a mistake! We shouldn't have done this son!" from Lynn Sr.
"Oh my baby! My son! What have I done! This is all my fault! I should've …. Should've done something! But I didn't!" cried Rita.
Lincoln and Luna could tell how sincere they are and that they are truly sorry for their mistakes, but Lincoln and Luna know that it's too late now. For all of them. They then turn their focus to Lynn Junior who is standing on her own looking down with fresh tears falling.
"Lynn!" yelled Lincoln and Luna. The jock looks up and sees their angered expressions. "Anything from you LJ?" asked Lincoln.
Lynn fights back the tears, but then she falls to her knees. "I ….. I … I'm sorry, I'm so, so sorry! I don't know what's wrong with me! I don't know why I did it! This ….. This was all my fault! You lied, but I made it worse! I ….. I ….. I casted you out! I deserve all that beating not you! I'm sorry bro. I'm sorry Lincoln." Lucy then goes over to Lynn and helps her up.
The family wipes away they're tears and look to the Lincoln and Luna who felt bad for the, but also still had some hatred for what they caused.
"This ….. This doesn't change anything" replied Lincoln. Now that fell hard in their hearts. "There's no turning back from all of this madness. I started this with the lie, but you all took it too far. I fessed up what I did was wrong and yet you all kept the conflict flowing. I wanted to be family again, but all of you …. Treated me like I was nothing."
They realized that Lincoln, he still hated them. "That is why, I will never forgive you. All of you." Luna looks to Lincoln and understands, she too was on the same page. "Luna, let's go someplace private and talk."
"Okay bro" Luna wheels Lincoln away, while the officers lead the louds to another room. That was it. That was the nail in the coffin. They lost their brother's forgiveness and trust, probably forever.
Lincoln sighs in relief, he was glad he let that all out. He was glad that this was going to be over, and yet he also felt bad for the louds. But like he said. 'There's no turning back now.'
(Fifteen minutes later.)
Everyone returns to the courtroom. All of them waiting for the jury to arrive.
Lincoln and Luna sit close to each other, with her hand holding onto his. Both hoping for this to end with their win.
While the louds are all looking down in shame, some of them whispering for a miracle to spare them and save the family they shattered.
Rita was waiting for the jury to arrive, to hear what they have to say.
And then she sees them, they all see them. The jury returns and takes their seats and with them is Detective Merris with some papers. She then hands it to Luna. "We did it" she whispers to Luna.
Luna goes wide-eyed hearing this and covers her mouth, Lincoln sees this reaction. He wants to know, but decides to wait. Rita didn't like this teary eyed reaction from Luna, she knows something was wrong.
"Has the jury reached a verdict?" asked Judge James .M McBuild.
"We have your honor" said Hugh. Wait?! He's in the jury?! And is that Ms. Dimartino next to him?!
"We the jury find the Loud family, guilty of all charges!"
The crowd sighs in relief for this win, the two detective's fist bump and high five each other, Lincoln sheds some tears and hugs Luna, she also does the same. Even the judge was relieved for this win, though he knew how it was gonna end.
The Loud family couldn't believe it, they lost, they're guilty and they will be facing punishment.
"Sir, Jury, please! Spare my kids! Do a recount please! I beg of you!" begged Lynn Sr.
Rita remains silent and just covers her mouth and cries.
"I … I can't survive jail!" cried Lola.
"Lola, we're children we won't be sent to jail" said Lisa.
Lynn Jr covers her ears. "This …. This can't …. This can't be happening!"
Lincoln and Luna then break the hug, Luna gets up and hands the judge the paper she was given. "Thank you Luna." He then puts on his glasses and slams his gabble. "Attention, I will now read the punishment to the family who is dubbed guilty!"
They all remain silent. The Louds didn't like this, they know it's not gonna end badly.
"This punishment is a signed contract made one month ago in agreement with Detectives Danny Q. StoneHeart and Sandra J. Merris, along with the head of Child Services, DC and legal Guardian Luna Loud!"
They were all shocked, Luna greed to this signed punishment? Lincoln looks to Luna, she smiles and holds his hand. "It's gonna be okay bro, I promise we're gonna get through this." He smiles and also sees a folder on the table, it had some papers on it and a pen. What was it?
The judge then reads the contract.
"Rita and Lynn Sr, I hereby sentence you two to 10 years to the State Michigan Correctional facility in Lansing City. There you two will be taking many treatment help for this bad parenting and cowardly support to your children, you two will be separated when this happens. Once you two have been released, you two will be facing 5 years of parole."
Lynn Sr and Rita thought this was all just some bad dream, well wake up its all real.
"Lori, for aiding in child neglect and child abuse. But since you are 17 you will be spending juvie until you are 18, in which you will spend 3 years in the Royal Woods state penitentiary and once you're released you will be facing 5 years of parole."
Lori was shocked. She was going to be sent away and then locked up, for aiding her family in this heinous crime.
"Leni, will be sentenced to 5 years in a medical treatment and rehabilitation facility at Bay city, until you are recovered of whatever the reason why you're like this. But if you do not recover or even improve then it will be extended."
All Leni could do is cry, cry her heart out at what's happening to her family.
"Luan, for the many insane crap you have done and taking part in this anarchy. I seem to have no choice, but this is the punishment chosen by the witness/guardian and the state of DC. You are sentenced to 10 years at the newly rebuilt Crotus Penn Mental Hospital in Marquette. To get your insanity straightened out. But should you fail to recover from this demented pranking demonic state then you're sentence will be extended to 10 more years."
"Lucy, Lola, Lana and Lisa are to be sent to foster care. Separately across the state of Michigan, but we won't separate the twins. It wouldn't be right."
Lucy panics and starts to cry in fear for what was happening. Lola and Lana hug each other, then they hug Lucy, they didn't wanna be separated from each other.
Lisa however sighs. "This …. This is far worse for us … Than jail time!" She then sheds some tears and cries.
"And last but not least, Lynn Junior. For being the very reason this is all happening, I hereby sentence you to the Traverse City Juvenile Hall until you are 18, once you're 18 years old you will be facing 10 years of jail time in Cheboygan, and once your released you will also have 6 years of parole."
Lynn Jr just stares in silence. She then looks to Luna who was looking at her in anger and also a smug expression, Lynn knows she lost to her former sister, she lost. For what she did.
Then the judge red another contract. "And from this day forward the last name Loud can no longer be associated by Lynn Sr, Rita, Lori, Leni, Luan, Lynn Jr, Lucy, Lana, Lola and Lisa. The last name has now been and officially disowned from all of you in the guilty party and to save its last name from being tarnished and shamed it will be now under ownership to only Luna and Lincoln, Loud!"
"What?!" Everyone couldn't believe it, the last name has been taken away! Those two detectives sure know how to get some aid from their higher cause allies at DC.
"No! No! This can't be!" cried Lynn Sr.
The judge then slams his gabble once again, and reads yet another contract handed to him by Detective Merris. "This is going to shock you judge, but its official."
The judge opens the folder and reads it, his eyes go wide at the papers. "What? This … What?"
Luna smiles. "You honor, please read it. Please."
The judge smiles at Luna and then he clears his throat and reads it. "The state of Washington has agreed, that now and furthermore even though she is 15 years old, she will be 16 later in a few months, Luna Loud is now confirmed as a licensed citizen of America and she has full custody to adopt Lincoln, as her son."
They all stand on their seats in shock. Clyde faints, Sam and the band couldn't believe what they were hearing, Jordan feels like her mind has been blown from reality, Lincoln's friends were so confused by this, the Santiago's and Casagrandes didn't know what to think of this and Tia Frida faints and Albert and Ruth feel as if both of them are gonna have a freaking heart attack from this news.
Lincoln is shocked, he sees Luna taking the folder from the judge and then going to Lincoln. She places the adoption papers and contracts onto the table. "Lincoln? He looks to her. "Are you …. Are you okay with this? To be … To be my kid?"
Lincoln's eyes start to water, he wants to stand up but he can't. But you know what?! Screw it! Lincoln uses his strength to lift himself from his wheel chair and hugs Luna. This shocks everyone, did he just recover after hearing this news?
"Wow! Talk about a miracle!" said Detective StoneHeart.
"No, I'm pretty sure he's not fully healed. It could be the adrenaline rushing into his legs making this" said Detective Merris.
Luna is also shocked, concerned but truly happy. She also embraces her brother … Son and cries. "It's okay! I told you. We're gonna get through this, together. As a family!"
Lincoln sobs onto Luna's shirt. "Lu … Lu …. Mom!" He hugs her tightly at this wonderful news, the sister he looks up to, the sister who was there to have his back, the legal guardian to his troubles and to the mother figure, was now his mom! For freaking reals!
The former loud family was shocked, they're all getting locked up and separated, the lost custody of the last name, they lost custody of Lily and now, they lost custody of Lincoln to Luna. Lincoln ….. He now seeks refuge with the one person who was trying to reason with them to stop the madness. They didn't listen, they let it slide, they let it pass on and now they're paying the price.
Rita couldn't believe it, Lisa was right. Luna was one step ahead of them, she made this contract this deal with the detectives and agents, this deal with the higher cause to make this happen.
The family then sees officers surrounding them. Some of them were in riot police armor, some of them looked like state police officers, white suited workers from the mental hospital and worst of all men in black suits.
They then start to take all of them, one by one. "No! No! Don't do this please! I beg of you! We can talk about this! There has to be another way!" begged Lynn Sr as he's taken away.
The twins, Lucy and Lisa are being escorted by the men in black suits, agents of Child Services.
Luan doesn't fight, she lets the white clothed workers put the strait jacket on her, she knows that once she's out those doors she's gonna snap.
Lori slowly walks out with the police. She has a new room waiting for her and it has white walls and she's gonna have new friends. She was willing to take her punishment, like …. Like an older sibling.
Leni tries to go over and reason with Lincoln and Luna, but she's being held back by riot police. She then stops and realizes, what's the point? She can't be forgiven, it was over.
Lynn Jr tries to run away from the authorities, but as she tries to tackle and dodge her way out. She's met with the fist from Margo. "Stay down Junior! It's over!" Lynn looks up and sees her former best friend angry at her.
This was it, she wasn't going to win this game, and there was no homerun. Lynn is then picked up and cuffed by the police officers, she then looks back to Lincoln and Luna. She sheds some tears and starts thrashing. "Lincoln! Luna! Please! I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! Please don't make me go! Please! Lincoln! No!"
But Luna keeps hugging onto Lincoln so he doesn't look at the now deranged sports jock.
"No! Don't let them take me! No! Please! Save me! I'm sorry! Lincooooooooooooln!" and she's out of the room.
Rita stands up, she puts her arms out and they hand cuff her. She looks back to what has happened. She then sees Lincoln and Luna breaking the hug and looking at them with concern and spite. Rita wants to say something, but she doesn't. There are no words for what she can describe of this madness that has happened, she's then escorted away from this.
Lincoln and Luna see one person who hasn't been escorted out of the building yet, Leni. They slowly go to her.
"Guys, please let her speak" said Lincoln. The riot police stand down and back off. "Leni?" The blonde haired fashion lover looks to the boy who was once, her brother. "Please, please get well soon."
Leni starts to shed some tears, but she wipes them away. "O-Okay, I will. For you Link …. Linky." Leni then looks to Luna. "Luna, please …. Please take good care of him, he's all you've got."
The newly named mom of Lincoln smiles towards Leni. "I will. I promise."
Leni smiles and let's some tears fall. "Good bye Lincoln, I hope we can see each other again." She then looks to the police. "O-Okay, I'm ready to go now." She walks out of the courtroom with the police following behind.
Lincoln then looks to Luna. Luna looks down and strokes his white hair aside, kneels to his level and kisses his forehead and then his cheek. "We're family Lincoln, always."
Lincoln chuckles and then hugs her. "I love you mom. Thank you so much!"
Luna also returns the hug. "I love you too son, always!"
Soon, the rest of the people join in and celebrate this wonderful victory these two have claimed, and are hoping for whatever bright future they will have, Luna and Lincoln Loud. Mother and Son.
The End?
A/N: Well, that took a long while to make. A lot of pages, almost 27 total and more than 14,000 words, I hope you all liked this ending to the crime conflict. A Plot twist to this chapter huh? Did not see any of this coming huh my readers? But if you guys wanna see what happens after the whole Law and Order, then PM me or leave a review.
There might still be some more "What if" scenarios to come, but I am taking requests on what you guys wanna see. I might as well place down and aftermath of how Lincoln and Luna are doing. Anyway, Leave a review and tell me what you all think.
Date made: 4/29/20 – 4/30/20.
