Chapter 6
I'm still making this story, can't stop my imagination.
After their tour of FutureTech the Spellman family returns back to their home, upon their return they notice three large pick-up trucks waiting for them "That must be the supplies Martin mentioned" Neil says as they exit their vehicles
"Where do you want us to unload this stuff?" one of the workers ask "Just leave them near the garage. We'll send them inside" as Neil guides them towards the garage, Lincoln just watches in excitement as they bring out tons of supplies he decides to help them unload some of the smaller boxes "Thank you work out" He says to himself
Soon they finish unloading the boxes and putting them in the garage, the pick-up trucks soon take their leave the family soon enters the garage and open the boxes to see their contents "Let's see what we've got here" Neil says "blow torches, steel plates, cold fusion rods, Engine parts and pretty much a whole lot of stuff that makes my head spin" then he notices "Oh here's the blueprints!" Lincoln joins him
While the two boys were enjoying looking through their project the girls just watch with smiles "Aww they're bonding" says Leni "dad and son moment inbound" Luna adds "They're gonna have a blast together" Gwen mentions holding Lily who fell asleep.
The following day both Neil and Lincoln wait outside the gate "When do you think its coming?" Lincoln asks "Let me see" as Neil pulls out binoculars to look at either of the roads "Nothing yet…. Wait I see something!" Neil says thinking it's what they've been waiting for, but instead it was just a Peterbuilt truck hauling cars, they look in disappointment as it drives by
"Well that was a killjoy" Neil says while Lincoln sighs, suddenly they both hear a strange humming sound "What is that sound?" Neil asks "It's definitely not Luna!" Lincold replies, Neil takes out his binoculars and looks around then looks up "Oh there it is" as Lincoln also looks up, they spot a Dropship that then lands on their front entrance, coming out was Martin "You guys look like you've been waiting for hours" he jokes then shows them the vulture (unfinished) "There she is" Lincoln says "Excited are we?" martin asks as two soldiers haul it out
Neil guides them to the garage where they park it far from the other cars "Thanks again man" Neil says to martin "Yeah thank Mr. McKenzie!" Lincoln adds "Please, call me martin and if you guys actually finish it, give me a call" martin says before he leaves in the Dropship, Neil and Lincoln wave goodbye as it takes off "So, wanna get to it?" Neil asks Lincoln who gives him a determined look "That's what I wanna see" as they head for the garage and get to work.
Hours later Gwen enter the garage with sandwiches and Soda, she sees the two boys getting to work, Lincoln is screwing in the steel plating and Neil is looking back and forth at the blueprints while assembling the engine "You two seem busy" Gwen says getting their attention "Alright kiddo, let's take five" Neil mentions "Then it's back to work" Lincoln adds as they grab some sandwiches "Well I'll let you guys do your thing" Gwen says, then takes her leave
Suddenly Lincoln's phone goes off "Oh it's Jordan" looking at his phone "I'll be over there to give you some privacy" Neil takes his food and drink and eat near the blueprint table, Lincoln answers the video chat "Hey there handsome" Jordan greets "It's good to see you beautiful" Lincoln replies, Jordan giggles at his comeback "So what are you up to?" she asks "Oh just me and my dad working on some project together" Lincoln responds "Like a school project or a father and son thing project?" Jordan asks "The second one" Lincoln says after taking a bite from his sandwich "Awesome, can't wait to see what you guys built!" Jordan says "More like what we rebuilt"
Lincoln then explains about the tour at FutureTech "Man that must've been cool! Well I should probably let you boys be boys!" Jordan says "Call you later?" Lincoln asks "Definitely!" Jordan blows a kiss to his screen and then they hang up, Lincoln finishes his lunch and heads back to work with his dad.
The following day at school Lincoln finishes getting his stuff from his locker "Hey Lincoln!" Clyde calls out to him "Oh hey buddy, what's up?" Lincoln asks "Well I was wondering if maybe sometime I can come over to your place?" Clyde asks, Lincoln then ponders "Sure buddy, I guess you can come visit" Clyde smiles at this "Awesome, I'll go tell my dad's to get ready!" but before Clyde gets out his phone Lincoln stops him "Wait! What do you mean 'tell you dad's to get ready'?" Lincoln asks in a stern voice
"Well you see, my dad's know that your adopted by a new family, well pretty much everyone knows, still I'm off topic, my dad's want to meet your new parents so they were wondering if they could come over and get to know who your folks are" Clyde says nervously while Lincoln gives him a confused look then sighs "Let me call my rents to see what they think" Lincoln says, then walks away so he can talk to his parents in private "Hello mom, dad" Lincoln says as he hears both his parents (shows a split screen of Lincoln at school, Gwen in the library, Neil at an air force tarmac)
"Hey Lincoln" "What's happening sport" both parents say, soon Lincoln tells them of what Clyde's dads are planning later "Oh well I guess they can come by to visit" Gwen says "Meeting your friends dads sounds a little awkward, but he is your best friend, so Alrighty then, I'll be home soon to start cooking" Neil adds "Thanks guys" Lincoln says as he hangs up, then he walks back to Clyde who waits anxiously "So, what did they say?" Lincoln smiles "They're onboard with it" making Clyde cheer "I'll call my dad's!" just as he is about to call them the bell rings "Right after class" Lincoln chuckles at this familiar sight.
Later after school Lincoln and Clyde wait for his dad's to pick them up and just in time they arrive "Hey there Lincoln" Howard greets "Hey Mr. and Mr. McBride" Lincold replies as he boards their car with Clyde, they then drive off to the Spellman house, luckily Lincoln gives them directions, as they drive they notice the forest around them
"You live somewhere out here in the wilderness?" Howard says feeling concerned "There it is" Lincoln points out to the large house "Wow" the McBride's look in awe "Harv open up" Lincoln calls out from the window, the gate opens up and they park their car out front, the group hop out and look around "This is unbelievable!" Harold says "I'll say" Howard adds while carrying an apple pie, then the front doors open by themselves "Welcome McBride's" Harv says shocking the parents "Come on" Lincoln motions for them to follow
They become more fascinated by the inside as well "Oh my! Look Hare-Bear! That fireplace could keep this house warm for days" Howard mentions to the large fireplace in the living room "Have these cushions been cleaned lately? Just need a little heads up" Harold asks, as Lincoln shakes his head 'Classic McBride's'.
They then head towards the dining room which already has food "Wow you father must've been cooking lately!" says Clyde "Well, I did tell him that you guys were coming over" Lincoln says, and then the kitchen doors open revealing Neil bring out a pot of beef stew "Oh hey there, you must be the McBride's?" Neil says as he wipes his hands after placing the pot on the table "It's a pleasure to meet you, I'm Harold and this is my husband Howard" Harold introduces "We made an apple pie, though I didn't really expect you to cook all this" Howard says "all in good times man, just place the pie anywhere, I'll go get the kids" Neil says before he heads upstairs
"Your sisters are here already?" Clyde asks Lincoln "I told Leni I'd hitch a ride with you" then they hear footsteps coming down the stairs "Oh hi Clyde!" Leni greets "What up Clydesdale!" Luna adds "Wyde!" Lily coos who's being held by Gwen "You just be the wife" Harold says "Names Gwen, it's a pleasure to meet you all" Gwen greets "Alrighty then, let's eat!" Neil says as they all take their seats and dig into the food, though dinner wasn't so pleasant, not with the constant questions on the foods contents and mentioning Clyde's condition, Clyde tries to calm his dad's down "Are they always this fragile for him?" Neil whispers to Lincoln "You have no idea" Lincoln responds.
After dinner Lincoln and Clyde head to his new room and so do the girls, leaving the parents in the living room to chat "So how did you two meet?" Harold asks "Well I guess it was four years ago, I went to a coffee shop after a case of an abusive family" Neil says "I was just on my phone going through my contacts until I noticed him looking for a place to sit so I called him over that I was okay with him sitting at my table" Gwen adds "We talked a bit, learned about each other and I guess that's where the spark happened" Neil says holding his wife's hand and she smile back at him "Aww that's so sweet!" Howard says feeling all gushy inside "So what were you two before all of this" he adds, Neil explains about his origin as well as his brothers, but what shocked them was Gwen's story "Being a part of the worst game show ever, enduring pain, yelled at and the most irritating people there" Gwen says with a dissatisfied look "At least I made some friends there, and I'm still in contact with them" Gwen then smiles remembering the good times.
Meanwhile upstairs Clyde looks in awe at his best friends room "Whoa this place is amazing Lincoln!" Lincoln closes the door "Glad you think so buddy!" Lincoln responds, Clyde goes around and sees all of the posters on the wall "I've never even heard of these things before" Lincoln stands next to him "Same here buddy, but then I started reading the comics and they are awesome! Especially the Avengers!" Lincoln mentions "But what about those guys?" Clyde points to one of the posters "Oh those are from video games, I play the game in my computer and it was awesome!" Lincoln says, then Clyde looks at the comics "So do you still read ace savvy?" He asks
"Well most of the time…. But if have to be honest" Clyde gets nervous "These heroes beat Ace any day, I mean web slinging, robotic suits, a lightning hammer, super soldier serum, big green and strong! These guys are real super heroes! And they're also very inspiring" Lincoln says, then sees Clyde shaking "Are you okay buddy?" Lincoln approaches him "Yeah! Definitely! Feeling great!" Clyde says trying to put a smile, but Lincoln knew better "alright Clyde whats wrong?" Lincoln asks concerned, Clyde knows he can't get away with this and Lincoln knows him well
"if I have to be honest, what's wrong is….. Everything!" making Lincoln look at him with confusion "I'm happy that you have a new life with your sisters! But the fact that you live far from our neighborhood, you're working out with your dad, you're playing video games I've never heard of and your reading comics I didn't know about! You're even breaking the scorpion formation! It's like you're a whole different person" Clyde looks down "Is there anything else I don't know about yet?!" He asks in panic "Well my dad and I are working on finishing an unfinished FutureTech assault bike" Lincoln mentions "See that's what I- Wait what?!" Clyde looks at his best friend in shock.
Downstairs Clyde's dads are shocked at what Neil mentions "So you two are working on a tactical assault vehicle?!" Howard asks in shock "It's a bike, but yeah! It's a project me and my son want to do on our bonding time, can't be working out all the time, come on I'll show you" Neil motions them to follow, as they head to the door they see Lincoln and Clyde "Dad, Lincoln and his dad are-" "Building a bike? We know!" Harold says to Clyde "Well since you know as well, guess we should show you" they head for the garage
Neil opens the door and they see in shock the almost finished Vulture bike "It wasn't really that hard, we just followed the instructions and it was just a snap" Lincoln says approaching the vehicle "There were some complications to the schematics, but I was able to solve them, all we need to do is reattach the turbines, give her a paint job and voila she'll be ready for a test run!" Neil adds, then fist bumps with his son, while the McBride's look in shock "But what if you get hurt?!" "Or it crashes?!" the McBride dads say "I don't wanna lose you Lincoln!" Clyde hugs Lincoln and starts crying, the noise their causing catches the attention of the others in the house who all come out to see what's going on
Neil just watches as the McBride's go all out on their cautious options, feeling annoyed Neil bangs the hammer on a left over steel plating getting their attention "Alright! That's enough! You guys are making too much of this! This was Lincoln's choice to make this, me and the rest of the fam agree to his decision! So stop acting like a bunch of winey preschoolers!" Neil says in anger "But we're only trying to help, this seems dangerous!" Harold says "I've done more dangerous things than this! And almost lost a leg!" they gasp at this, except for Lincoln "Clyde, please this is why I didn't want you to visit from the start! I knew you would act like this, you just can't embrace change!" Clyde let's go but still has tears
"But I have changed, I got over Lori!" Lincoln just shakes his head "That was before! I'm talking about changing now! I'm not gonna be the same Lincoln you knew when I was a loud, I'm a Spellman now and so are my sisters, I wanna follow in his footsteps and do whatever I can to help others, you have to understand!" Lincoln tries to calm him, but all Clyde does is look at him in disbelief "But what about being comic book partners? Ace Savvy and the Full House Gang?!" which doesn't make Luna or Leni happy because it reminded them of the ex-sisters
Lincoln feels as if he could snap, sighs and doesn't "The full house gang is just a reminder of those who brought me pain, I'm on a new path now, also being partners in making comic books, that's just an old childhood dream, I have to try and grow up and so do you Clyde!" Lincoln says calmingly, but Clyde just looks down with tears still flowing down his face "I don't know about this Lincoln?" Clyde's dad's look at him with concern "Maybe we should get going!" Howard says "I think that's a good idea!" Neil says feeling a little pissed off, Lincoln just watches his best friend leave and waves goodbye "This was not what I was expecting!" Neil says "Me too dad, me too" as they head back inside for the night.
Days go by in school, Clyde is still interacting with Lincoln but decides not to go and visit his home, his friends heard of what happened with Clyde's dads at Lincoln's home, they were impressed that Lincoln and his dad are working on a bike even Jordan, he even told them that they finished the paint and they have to wait for it to dry
It's Thursday and Lincoln returns from school and heads straight to the garage but notices the vulture was missing, he looks around to see what happened instead he sees a not "Backyard" he reads it and follows its instructions, he's shocked to see his dad, martin, victor and the vulture bike! The color is white, with some blue lining on the front hood and the turbines, an eagle logo is on the hood as well
"Bout time you got here!" martin says jokingly "You ready for this?" victor asks, Lincoln races towards them and looks at the bike "This looks awesome" Lincoln says "This is all the hard work we've both been doing, together!" Neil says placing his hands on Lincoln shoulders "Father and son!" Lincoln adds "So are we gonna see if she works?" Lincoln asks, Neil smiles "Dang right we are! But I think it's best you try it" Neil hands him the keys, Lincoln is shocked at this "What? Really?!" Lincoln looks both confused and excited
"I saw how you looked at her back at FutureTech, this is your moment kiddo!" Neil motions him to take the keys, he accepts them and hugs his dad "Thanks dad" Neil returns the hug "Go on sport, give her a whirl!" Lincoln lets go of the hug and sits on the bike, the rest of the family are watching near the backyard door and start cheering for him, martin approaches Lincoln "Alright, these meters here let you know-" "Pressure, Fuel, Power usage, speed limit and mechanical interior warnings! Got it!" Lincoln give him a thumbs up "Okay then" martin goes back to standing next to victor "We'll be watching the vultures condition through my tablet" victor mentions
Neil walks towards Lincoln and gives him a small device "What's this?" Lincoln asks "Place this behind your right ear and push the button" Neil says, Lincoln does so, the device creates a helmet and mask out of Nanotechnology, the mask only covers his eyes, hair and has a black and white strap to his chin, has a red visor that acts as a focusing system and is also connected to the bikes condition scanners, the color of the mask is blue with some white side lines, "whoa this is cool!" Lincoln says
His feet reach the pedals and he starts the Vulture, its engines start humming, the meters show all signs normal and martin is hiding behind victor "Seriously?!" victor says, Lincoln looks forward "Let's ride!" and he takes off and starts maneuvering past all the trees in his path, he starts picking up speed, sees the all and instead of crashing he drive sideways! "Wow!" "Go Linky!" "How in the world?!" "Yay Wincon!" "Son of a gun!" "Systems are still fine!" martin faints! Lincoln picks up more speed and starts circling the house and then with a few aerial flips he lands in front of the three adults, martin gets back up, but as Lincoln lands he passes out again, Lincoln pushes the button turning the helmet off and looks at them "So, how'd I do?!" they all look at him, then cheer "You did great" "That was amazing!" "I just can't believe what I just saw!" "You were awesome out there son!" "Not a single malfunction!" Lincoln smiles at their compliments.
Later they run some more checkups on the bike "Everything is still in good condition! No damages, system failures no nothing! This went pretty smooth!" martin says "I found out some of the problems and fixed them" Neil adds "You have to tell me how! We could be able to make more of these" martin asks, Neil kindly gives him the blueprints that have been rewritten to point out the problems and how to fix it, Lincoln slides his hand on the bikes surface
Luna comes up to him and hugs him "I knew you could do it bro!" Lincoln returns the hug "Thanks sis! I can't believe I pulled it off!" then Neil, martin and victor approach them "I can't believe it either!" martin says as the two siblings break their hug "What you did there was something no other 11 year old could do! "Victor adds as Lincoln rubs his right arm "I just felt like I was one with the vulture, I was focused on everything in front of me, that really was an awesome experience!" Lincoln replies "Well that experience was just the beginning"
Neil throws the keys to him, Lincoln catches them reluctantly and looks at Neil in confusion, even the rest of the family "We've been talking and we though well maybe, you can keep the Vulture!" martin says "Really?!" Lincoln in astonishment "You were the one who wanted to fix it with your dad, you showed us that it still has potential, you maneuvered it across the estate, you've earned it, if it wasn't for you, that thing would've been collecting dust back at FutureTech!" martin adds Lincoln smiles then realizes "But I'm still young! And I don't have a license for-"a license was presented to him and he looks at Neil in shock
"You have one now! And the whole age thing won't be a problem, throughout the whole testing earlier, martin placed a surveillance drone to watch you every move, the transmission was sent to DC, and they were impressed and decided to let you keep the bike!" Neil says as Lincoln hugs him "Thank you dad! Thank you!" Neil returns the hug "Your welcome Lincoln" the other Spellman's join in "Congratulations Linky!" "I'm proud of you bro!" "Awesome job son!" soon martin and victor take their leave with the blueprints, the family wave goodbye to them "You're not upset that you're the only one without a license or a ride are you?" Lincoln asks Luna, she smiles at him "Not at all bra, I'll get my chance when it comes, I'm just so proud of you right now Linc!" Luna says hugging him, Lincoln soon returns the embrace.
The following day, Friday the Louds are all headed to school in vanzilla until they see Leni and Luna drive by them "There they are again" Lori mentions then something fast drives past them causing vanzilla to stop "What the heck?!" "What was that?!" "Did anyone just saw that?!" "That was so fast, I couldn't think of a pun quick enough!" the others in the back all clamber
Soon vanzilla arrives at the elementary school, they notice the green Edsel drive by, but saw the strange looking vehicle in the parking area and the driver "Lincoln!" the loud sisters yell "Whoa dude!" "Sweet ride!" "Sure looks fancy like" "Now that's sick!" "Is that what I think it is?!" Jordan and the others start chatting, Lincoln's mask disappears "Yup, this is the Vulture! The one me and my dad were working on!" they all look in awe "But wait are you sure you should park it here?" asks Liam "It's okay my dad talked to principal huggins, he's okay with it" Lincoln replies "Why would he be okay with it?" Zach asks "Because the bike has a security system and cameras that could alert anyone of anything wrong around the area, it also has a side car compartment" Lincoln mentions
"Ooooooh!" they all say "You gotta take us with you on that" "I could use a lift to my date tonight" "You mean your piano lessons?" "Can it go off road?" "Are there extra helmet thingies like yours?" "One at a time guys, this is Lincoln's choice!" as they all head into school, the Loud sisters just look at it in awe "This is a bike?" "Sure doesn't look like one!" "I've never seen such a specimen!" but Lucy drags them inside "Hey!" but she ignored them "We are not getting in trouble!" as Lucy drags them passing Lincoln who smiles at Lucy stepping up.
To be continued…
At least I didn't make Lincoln angry at Clyde in this story, If you guys don't know what a vulture bike looks like you can check it up on StarCraft, please review.