His mind felt blank and all he could see was darkness but soon Lincoln began hearing sharp beeps of a machine that woke him up. He opened his eyes and saw blurs, with his eyes not adjusted to the light Lincoln began blinking and began to regain his sight. Upon him finally able to see he realized where he was. It was a hospital and he was laying on a hospital bed, he looked around the room trying to spot something interesting on needing to look to the right to see some flowers in a jar next to him.
He looked at the jar and saw a small paper wedged in between the mass of flowers. He reached out for the note with his left arm after feeling that his right arm was feeling weak, After grabbing the note he proceeded to look at the note and he was able to make out 'Hope you get better soon!' with some picture of a cat as the background. After reading the note Lincoln began to question why he was here.
'What happened? Let's see I was eating dinner with my family u-uhh… then a fire started and … I went down to the basement to turn the power off and then something must have happened.' As Lincoln was deep in thought a doctor entered the room.
"Lincoln, is that your name?" Asked the doctor wearing the usual outfit for a doctor.
"Yes, my name is Lincoln. What happened? I remember a fire and me trying to turn the power off but thinking about it more gives me a headache." Stated Lincoln. The doctor noted that and began to explain.
"You kid tried to turn the power off to save the kitchen from a fire. But sadly, the fuse box was damaged by the lightning from the thunderstorm last night and when you went to turn it off you got shocked which almost instantly knocked you cold." Said the doctor doing his best to explain what happened according to his family. Lincoln opened his mouth to ask if his family was okay, but the doctor cut him off by sighing.
"Kid I got some good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear?" Said the doctor while looking at him. Lincoln got scared of the thought that the bad news was about his family and hoped that the good news was about his family.
"Can I hear the good one please." Asked Lincoln with the doctor nodding.
"The good news is that your family is okay and safe, none of them got any injuries and your house didn't burn down from what they said." This relieved Lincoln's fears but also made him question what the bad news was.
"What is the bad news?" He asked.
"When you got shocked all of the nerves on your right arm got damaged beyond repair. Damaged nerves have different effects on different people, and I want you to show me your arm and tell me how you feel." Upon hearing this Lincoln did as the doctor requested and started to pull up his right arm up which still felt weak. The arm was now right in front of him and the doctor observed. Nothing seemed to happen so the doctor asked Lincoln something else.
"Could you make a fist now?" Lincoln complied and began making a fist but felt that it was harder for his fingers to go down and suddenly his arm began twitching left and right. Lincoln quickly stopped all of his fingers from moving and the twitching stopped. The doctor looked at his hand before reaching for his coat pocket and pulling out a black pen.
"Here try and hold this." Said the doctor while handing a pen to Lincoln. He grabbed it with his left arm before giving it to his right hand. As his right hand began holding the pen the twitching began again and Lincoln tried to stop it, but it failed and ended with Lincoln releasing the pen making it fall on his bed.
While the doctor began to take notes of what happened Lincoln looked at the pen with eyes widen. He quickly looked around the room before grabbing the note that came with the flowers with his left arm. He reached down and picked up the pen again and attempted to draw something simple on it.
He attempted to draw a normal circle on the small paper but failed as the twitching barely allowed him to draw straight making sharp turns. After the doctor finished taking notes, he looked over to Lincoln who tried frantically to draw anything on the note.
"Kid, are you okay?" Asked the doctor.
"No, I can't draw." He said disheartened throwing the pen at the floor and looking at his failed drawings. The doctor looked at Lincoln not knowing how to respond. After a moment of silence, then the doctor got an idea.
"Kid, do you want me to get your family and tell them that you are awake?" Asked the doctor hoping that his family could cheer him up. Lincoln only nodded deciding to stay silent and wait for the doctor to leave.
After the confirmation the doctor left the room leaving Lincoln who didn't want to talk, he just looked at the pen on the ground and then his arm. He attempted to make a fist once more, but the twitching still continued. While waiting Lincoln had time to examine his arm, it had small scars where he assumed the electricity entered his arm and ruined it. Lincoln sighed and relaxed back on his bed waiting for his family to hopefully cheer him up.
After some time, the door to the room swings open and 8 figures ran in with the doctor from before coming in behind. Before Lincoln could react, he was hugged by all of his older sisters and parents expect for Lisa who was talking to the doctor.
"Bro you're awake! Glad that you are okay." Said Luna while hugging Lincoln with a bone-crushing hug and with happiness in her voice. While Lincoln got a bit saddened by Luna saying that he was okay. Luna noticed this but Lincoln spoke before she could ask.
"Yeah, thanks Luna." He replied happily not wanting to ruin the mood.
"We and your girlfriend were literally so worried." Said Lori. I took some time for Lincoln to understand what she meant with 'Girlfriend'.
"Lori I'm going to say this again. Me and Ronnie Anne are not a couple." Said Lincoln annoyed.
"Lincoln when she heard about you in the hospital, she wouldn't stop calling us and ask about you. That is literally the most romantic thing ever!" Said Lori. 'That doesn't mean anything.' Thought Lincoln before he heard his mother talk.
"Sweetie we are so glad that you are okay!" Said Rita.
"How's the kitchen?" Asked Lincoln not wanting to hear any more of him being 'okay'.
"Nothing too serious. We called our insurance and they said that it should be fixed in the next month." Said Rita.
"Welp Lincoln, me and Rita are going to go sign the papers to let you go home. Girls stay with Lincoln." Said Lynn. Sr before both Rita and he walked out of the room. When they left Lisa walked up to Lincoln on his bed.
"Fellow elder sibling, on these notes that your doctor gave me it looks like you received nerve damage that causes twitching in your right arm. Is that true?" Asked Lisa. He nods silently with Lynn, Luan, Luna, Leni, and Lori becoming quiet.
He lifts his right arm and makes a fist just like he did with the doctor. Lincoln was deep down hoping that it wouldn't happen but sadly his arm began to twitch as he was making the fist. All of his sisters was watching it twitch with Lisa observing it. Finally, Lincoln stopped making a fist and sighed.
"I can't draw." He said in the most depressing voice making all of his sisters feel bad for him.
"Lisa isn't there anything you could do?" Luna asked not liking seeing her brother this sad. Lisa sighed and put her hand up to her chin and began to think before concluding.
"No, I'm sorry Lincoln but there is no way that I know of to fix this." Said Lisa showing some emotion towards her brother. Lincoln looked down at his arm once more knowing that he would have to live with this forever. Suddenly he felt an arm on his shoulder.
"Lincoln don't worry. Everything will be fine." Said Luna trying to comfort her brother.
"No, it won't. I can't draw or write, I can barely hold anything, and I have these scars to remind me of that." Said Lincoln while showing his scars to his sisters.
"Lincoln can't you just write and draw with your left arm?" Asked Lynn.
"No, he can't. Unlike you, he is right-handed while you are ambidextrous along with Leni. And according to my calculations, it would take about 4 years before Lincoln's left arm could replace his right arm." Said Lisa before beginning to walk out of the room.
"Where are you going dudette?" Asked Luna.
"I'm going to check with the doctors to make sure that I have all the information that we need." Said Lisa before leaving. There was some silence after Lisa left until Lincoln couldn't take it anymore and broke the ice.
"Hey, do any of you have a pen and paper? I want to start learning to use my left arm." Said Lincoln hoping that by some miracle his left arm would be able to write just fine.
"Yeah, here Linc." Said Luan while pulling out her notebook that she normally writes jokes down on along with a pen before giving it to Lincoln.
"Linc is it okay if I speak to our sisters outside?" Asked Luna. Lincoln nodded and waited for his sister to leave before attempting to use his hand.
As all of his sisters left, they sat down on a bench outside of the room and talked.
"Dude's why did you barely say. You saw that he was sad and only looked at him." Complained Luna. All of the siblings look at each other.
"Sorry Luna. I was too focused on resisting to say that he would be 'all-right'. "Said Luan. While it was a bad excuse Luna knew that her sister had a hard time resisting the joke. And it was good that she resisted who knows how sad Lincoln would have gotten if she said that.
"Why did Lincy shake his arm?" Asked Leni clearly not understating the situation. Lori began to think of a simple way to explain what was happening.
"Leni, Lincoln's right arm got hurt and it twitches every time he has to use it." Explained Lori. The girls continued to talk until their parents approached them along with Lisa and the doctor.
"Hey girls, why are you outside here?" Asked Rita.
"I wanted to talk to speak to Lori, Leni, Lynn, and Luan privately. Also, there is something you should know about Lincoln's arm." Answered Luna.
"We know the doctor told just now. Well, let's go and take your brother home." Said .
"Guys!" Could be heard coming from the room and everyone quickly went in to see what was up. They saw Lincoln stretching his right arm with a face of discomfort.
"What is it kid." Asked the doctor politely.
"My arm is starting to hurt." Said Lincoln. The doctor went up to Lincoln and grabbed his right arm and began examining it while asking questions. Meanwhile, the Louds were looking on worried about their brother.
"From 1 to 10 how much does it hurt?" Asked the doctor.
"About u-uh… 5 or 6." Answered Lincoln still feeling the pain.
"Weird you shouldn't be experiencing pain. I'm going to give you some pain medication to help you with it. Are you okay with that?" Asked the doctor both Lincoln and his parents. Lincoln simply nodded and the doctor turned to his parents.
"Yes, what are you waiting for, do it." Said both parents in unison while being worried about their son.
The doctor quickly went out of the room leaving Lincoln in pain with one thought that wasn't affected by the pain.
'What is happening to me?'
c0ffeee here again bringing you chapter 2. I must admit this story is a lot more fun to write due to the chapters being shorter here. And since I have less time irl then what I used to it makes this story much easier to write. I want to thank you for reading chapter 2 and see you next chapter.
(I've decided to add the pain scale I was referring to in this chapter, so you know how much pain Lincoln is in.)
5 = Is the same as a sprained ankle.
6 = Is the same as several bee stings.