Chapter 19 A Clue
At the Loud House
Lucy Loud who resides in Lincoln's room after an argument begins to be upset from the loss of her brother from her life. She lays on the bed staring at the ceiling and begins to cast off into slumber. Lucy then hears a familiar voice calling out to her
"Lucy, Lucy wake up" Lucy begins to open her eyes as the familiar voice continues "why are you in my bed?" She then fully opens her eyes, looks at the person talking and begins to show some emotions. She says in overzealous joy
"Lincoln!" She then runs up to him and gives him a hug. She then asks "Where have been? We were so worried about you" An awkward silence emerges for a minute, Lincoln replies
"What do you mean? I never left" Lucy becomes confused and then takes a step back and tries to make sense of what she is hearing. Lincoln continues talking
"If you are done being confusing, I have to get going" Lucy's confusion becomes worry as Lincoln talks "My luck should not be a factor of conflict in this house" Lucy sheds a couple of tears. She says crestfallenly
"Lincoln wait, don't go" She tries to grab him but suddenly the floor moves him away from her. Lucy looks up and sees the room around her begin to expand in size. As well as Lincoln moving further and further away. She looks behind him and sights the door changing into a vortex. After her realizing what that is she attempts to chase after her brother. After running the equivalent of twenty feet, she realizes her efforts have become futile because the floor on her side is acting like a treadmill facing the opposite way. She looks back at Lincoln and sees he is about to reach the vortex. Lucy yells out
"Lincoln!" Lincoln turns around to Lucy and says
"Don't worry, I'm fine, all I need you to do is take care of my comic" The second after he finished saying that he falls into the vortex with a smile on his face. Lucy heartbroken yells out
"NOOOOOOOOOO!" After she catches her breath from yelling the room around her begins to become red and obscured until everything goes to pitch darkness.
On Lincoln's Bed
Lucy gasps and awakens from her sleep. She looks around and realizes she was asleep. She gets out of the bed and walks downstairs.
Downstairs
She walks past the living room and into the kitchen to go get breakfast where she sees her household without her father, mother, and Lynn discussing. Lucy grabs a bowl and pours her self a bowl of cereal and enters the conversation. Lori asks
"So could Lincoln anyone find anything relating to Lincoln?" The sisters nod their heads no in response. Luna replies
"It's like Lincoln just went off the grid, he's not even answering our calls." Lisa comments
"I can't even find his tracking chip" Leni replies to Lisa
"Of his phone?" Lisa looks nervously at them and states
"Yes, his phone" The sisters look at Lisa with confusion. Then all of a sudden a buzzing sound is being created from Luna's pocket. She reaches in and takes out Lincoln's walkie talkie. She answers
"H-hello?" A voice from the other end of the walkie talkie states
"Luna, why do you have Lincoln's walkie?" Luna becomes nervous to respond and hesitates for a few moments. She then presses the button on the walkie talkie and replies back.
"Lincoln is grounded at the moment, he can talk to you when it is over." Clyde on the other end grows curiosity and asks
"What did he do?" Once again she hesitates, she signals her siblings to help her out. Lori gains an idea and whispers it into her ear. Luna answers
"He broke our dad's disco ball, our dad is furious about that." Clyde gets surprised by this fact and asks
"Really, so how long is the punishment for exactly?" Luna becomes even more nervous, Luan then grab the walkie talkie and tells Clyde
"About a month" Clyde gasps and comments
"Well tell Lincoln I will see him when he becomes ungrounded, see you later" Clyde then hangs up. Luna takes a breath of relief and everyone seems relaxed but Lisa who walks over to Luan and says
"Do have any idea of what you have done?" The look of bafflement bloom on the faces of everyone but Lisa who continues talking "Now, along with the already need to find Lincoln, we now have a time limit because Clyde is expecting to see Lincoln after he is done his punishment" Bafflement turns to worry. Then they all hear footsteps coming down the stairs. The footsteps reveal their owner as their parents. Their father says them
"Good morning girls, hope you all slept well. After that argument that was had last night, your mother and I came to the conclusion, we all need to relax, so I'm you all to the beach today." The girls' jaws all drop in awe of their father's statement. Their mother continues the thought by saying
"So get your things ready, we leave at twelve thirty." From behind the parents, the voice of Lynn junior asks
"Does mean we are taking Stincoln?" Their father replies back
"Of course not we don't want bad luck while having some summertime fun" Lynn smiles from the statement. From the kitchen, Lucy exclaims to family,
"I want to stay home" Everyone looks at Lucy with puzzled faces. Their mother replies
"But Lucy, we thought you loved the beach, especially for the aspect of sharks" Lucy comments
"Actually, recently the populations of shark in the area have moved away from the Royal Wood beach. Also, someone needs to stay home to make sure Lincoln doesn't spread more bad luck" The parents acknowledge their daughter's request and nods yes allowing her request. Everyone goes upstairs to their respective rooms except Lucy who goes back to Lincoln's room.
Back in Lincoln's room
Lucy looks around at all Lincoln's stuff for a clue for her brother's whereabouts. She searches until in the corner of her eye she sees a stack of Lincoln's comic books. She walks over and grabs the first one that looks appealing to her. She looks at the comic book, it has a creature that looks similar to Lincoln's stuffed animal Bun Bun crossed with machinery. She reads out the title in total befuddlement.
"Origins of the Hare"
End of Chapter 19