Lincoln and Dek were at a standstill. Not making a move out of fear the other shall make a counter-attack. A silent moment before a raging battle. Dek smiled maliciously, hoping to intimidate Lincoln since he was technically fighting Lynn just with an evil look. He wouldn't lay a hand on his sister, even if it was to help Lynn out of what was currently controlling her. Although, he could be wrong after all. These Louds weren't shy of getting into fights with each other and since they were able to use magic, this might not be any different for Lincoln.
"Well, c'mon already! Make your first move, hotshot!" Dek shouted while Lincoln remained silent. Dek glared at him, knowing Lincoln was trying to psyche him out with his own plan. "Gr… You're a smart one, Loud. I'll give you that. But you won't save your idiot of a sister! I've got her under a grip that you can't break."
That remark made Lincoln tense from anger. So he did have a weak spot, and that seemed to be a temper only sparked when insulting the ones he loves. 'What a weakling', Dax thought to himself as he acted on a new plan of his, starting by using his claws on his arms, giving them very bloody cuts which made Lincoln confused as to what the parasite was even doing.
"What on earth? Are you doing playing a mind game on me?"
"Nope. Something easier to understand." Dak replied, continuing to claw at his arms. "You see. When I'm in this form, I can choose if either Lynn or I take the pain which I'm doing right now! She's feeling every single inch of pain by me clawing at the arms!"
"I-I… You're lying! Its a lie just to make me lose my cool."
Dek glared and stopped his ruse. Lincoln was more clever than he thought, which did not please the parasite at all as he didn't like to admit he wasn't the smartest of his kind. At this point, Dek realized that making Lincoln mad would be a chore and he needed to take matters into his own hands. Luckily for him, he only needed to do one thing, and that was charge at Lincoln, grabbing his body and hoisting him up with no problem.
"Ack! Let me go!" Lincoln shouted, kicking and thrashing his legs into Dek's stomach. The parasite laughed at Lincoln's feeble attempt. He felt nothing at all! Lincoln's kicks felt like air to his strong body.
"Ha! Like I would do that. It wouldn't be very fun if I just surrendered now, would it? I plan on having a grand time kicking your ass!" Dek declared before slamming Lincoln onto the ground a few times, roughing him up before tossing the Loud far into the air above the large, shipwreck filled beach. Lincoln braced himself as he hit the sand, making him lay on his back in pain, unable to move from the fall. He tilted his head to see Dek had jumped into the air and landed on the beach, looking for Lincoln. He closed his eyes and slowly got up, ignoring the pain from his bruised body and readied himself for Dek. "Come on out, Lincoln! You can't hide from me!" Dek yelled from the distance, with Lincoln racing towards him in no time.
As Lincoln ran past the large, broken ships, he grabbed a piece of broken wood to use as some sort of defense against Dek. While he would have chosen to grab one of the rusty swords that were in some of the many wrecked ships, he doubted his arms could carry them at this rate so he needed to settle for a simple piece of driftwood he could use as a stake. As he stumbled around the beach, he heard the thumping footsteps of Dek, and hid behind a rock and waited until he walked by. Once Dek was in sight, Lincoln leaped out of his hiding spot and ran at Dek, and stabbed the wood into his side. He shouted it agony and fell on one knee which left him open for attack, with Lincoln using all his might to punch Dek's face over and over again.
"Argh! You scrawny little pest! I'll kill you!"
Before Lincoln could get out of the way, Dek raised his arm and began to somehow charge it up with red energy and backhanded Lincoln and sent him flying through many wreckages before landing inside a mostly intact pirate ship. He landed on his back, feeling a few bones were broken. He tried to get up, but the pain was just unbearable. His vision was fading slowly. He gripped the necklace that Lynn had given him, pulling the string in half and looked at the gold puzzle piece. As he slipped into unconsciousness, he noticed that the gold piece was slowly going into his hand like it was being absorbed by his body.
Soon. He saw nothing but black...
Until suddenly, a voice called out to him.
"Lincoln? Are you awake?" A familiar, tomboyish voice spoke to him.
(A/N: Hey everyone. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! Sorry for the wait and how short the chapter was. I decided to take a writing break since school was getting a bit too stressful for me. But hopefully, I'll be able to be more consistent with updates now. Anyways, thank you all for the support. I've noticed that this story gets more favorites and likes every time a new chapter comes out so thank you so much! And I hope it isn't too much to ask if you all can leave more reviews on the story. It helps when people give me their thoughts on the chapters and this story. Thank you all and have a wonderful day!)
