Hey, I'm back with another chapter. In this, we'll learn something shocking about the Loud family and Lincoln's initial reaction from his mutation and his attack. Again, since I have free time for most of the month, I could get a lot done with this story but that's not a guarantee. And now everyone enjoy the show.
Chapter 2: Family X
Lincoln ran, as fast as he could, he didn't know were he was running to or cared, he just ran to get as far away from town as he could. By night, he stopped in the woods, just at the edge of town to take a breather. He was so afraid and ashamed of what he did, even to a group of bullies, he didn't want to hurt anyone in his life. He looked down at his claws, all six stained with the bullies' blood, he thought to himself, 'I'm I a monster?', the poor young mutant started to cry.
While sobbing, Lincoln started to smell something, or someone in this case. "Lincoln?", he heard a familiar voice calling him. Lincoln looked up and looked around to see the source of the voice, suddenly Lincoln's best friend Clyde suddenly appeared right next to him "Lincoln!"
Lincoln screamed as Clyde screamed back at him. "Clyde! What are you doing here! How did you find me?"
"That's not important right now. I came to make sure your okay."
"No! I'm not okay! I just hurt those guys! I'm not safe around anyone! Just leave me alone Clyde", Lincoln said tearfully.
"Lincoln, I know you. That was an accident. They just pushed over your limit", Clyde said trying to reassure his best friend, "Do I look afraid to be near you?" Lincoln shook his head 'no', "Then you have my answer. I don't think your a monster, even if your a mutant, your still my best friend."
Lincoln smiled, "Your a good friend Clyde. But how did you find me?"
Clyde sighed, "Because your not the only mutant in town." Lincoln raised his eyebrow, "Watch", Clyde stepped a few steps back from Lincoln and in a flash, Clyde disappeared in a plume of black smoke like a smoke bomb. Lincoln gasped, the next second later, Clyde then suddenly reappeared right next to him in another plume of black smoke, "See."
Lincoln screamed again, "You can teleport!"
"Looks like. If people say your a freak, at least your not alone."
Lincoln's claws then slowly retracted back into his knuckles and then pulled his best friend into a hug,"Thanks Clyde."
Seconds later, Lincoln started to smell someone approaching fast, "Lincoln? What are you doing?", asked Clyde.
"I smell someone", Lincoln kept sniffing the air, "I think its..."
"Lincoln!", another familiar voice was calling him. This voice Lincoln knew was his rocker sister, Luna. Luna was running towards her little brother as her sent got stronger and stronger.
Lincoln gasped. He was afraid that his sisters were part of an angry mob to chase him out of town, "Clyde, we gotta run. Now!"
The two mutant boys then started to run through the dark forest. After a few minutes, they stopped to take a breather,thinking that they lost Luna.
"Do- Do you think... we lost her?" asked Clyde out of breath.
"I-I think so" replied Lincoln also out of breath.
Just then, Luna pinned Lincoln against the side of a nearby tree, "Dude, what were you thinking!"
Lincoln was starting to panic, "Luna i'm sorry! I didn't mean to hurt them!"
"What? Dude, i'm not talking about that! I'm talking about you running off like that! I thought we were family!"
"But I'm not family! I grew claw things and I hurt those kids! They were bleeding Luna! Bleeding! I could have killed them! And now everyone hates me! The whole town thinks I'm a monster", said Lincoln who started to get teary eyed.
"Bro, I don't hate you. Your not a monster to me", said Luna trying to comfort her brother.
"See Lincoln, Luna knows you didn't mean it" said Clyde, "Your not a monster."
"Clydester's right bro. Your not a monster. Look dude, I know you didn't expect those claws to come out and you go just like animals, but I know how you feel baby bro."
Lincoln then got angry at Luna's remark about knowing his pain, "How would you know! I just hurt two people Luna! And now, one of them lost an arm and both are traumatized of what I've done! So how could you possibly know how I feel! Your human, i'm not!
Luna then got furious, she snarled and raised her right fist, Lincoln then closed his eyes to brace himself for Luna's punch, Clyde covered his eyes, afraid of what's to come. Luna let out a rage filled yell as her fist made contact.
But she didn't hit Lincoln, she hit the side of the tree, mere inches away from his face, Lincoln opened his eyes to see for himself and saw Luna pull her fist from the side of the tree in front of his face for him to see two bone claws sticking out of her knuckles.
Lincoln and Clyde were both shocked at the sight to the point Clyde actually fainted. "Luna your..."
"Your wrong! I understand completely! I was the first Loud born a mutant!", said Luna tearfully and still furious, "I discovered my powers when I was your age. I was jumped by a bunch of thugs. They tried to rob me and take me away. I was so afraid something inside me snapped... and I killed them!", Luna started sobbing, "I killed them. I was so afraid, that I never spoke of it since. Cuz the last thing I wanted was my own family to think of me as a monster", Luna let go of her brother's shoulder and fell to her knees, crying into her hands.
Luna then felt someone's arms wrapped around her, she knew from her smell that it was her brother and his best friend, "I'm so sorry sis. I didn't know you went through all that."
"No one should ever go through that, it sounded really scary."
Luna smiles slightly, "Thanks dudes. At least neither of you killed anyone with your powers."
"I never meant to hurt them. Did-Did you like it when you killed those guys?"
Luna looked up at her brother, "No. No I didn't like it. Even though they were thugs, I regretted it every single day."
"Then your not a monster, you were just defending yourself. If you didn't, who knows what they would've done to you, or if you would be still alive. You saved yourself sis."
Luna smiled with tears in her eyes, "Thanks baby bro. Speaking worlds of wisdom, your one of a million", the rocker mutant teen gave her little brother one of the biggest hugs they ever had.
Clyde looking at the whole moment just had tears in his eyes at the sweet sight, "This is just... the most beautiful moment... I've ever seen in my life."
The two Loud mutants looked at Clyde and just smiled, "Get in here buddy", Lincoln invited Clyde to join in the group hug.
Suddenly, Clyde hiccuped during the group hug and in a second, the three mutants vanished.
Back at the Loud House, all the Louds were worried about Lincoln. They didn't know what to think, that their Lincoln, who didn't even appear to be angry at the two brutes who made him and his father go through the airport in nothing but their underwear, would seriously hurt two local bullies.
The local news channel was reporting on Lincoln's attack and said that there still are law enforcement looking for him. The ones who were worried the most are Lynn and Lisa.
Rita was tending to the twins bruises they got from the park, "Sweetie, your positive Lincoln did this?"
Lola responded, "No, Lincoln didn't hurt us. He hurt those jerks who did this to us."
"Yeah. I didn't know Lincoln has claws. That's so cool! It's like he's part animal!", said Lana all excited that her big brother could do what he did, let alone do it for them.
Lisa was whispering to Lynn about the whole situation, "Lynn, we need to tell them."
Lynn looked back at her family, "I don't know how they'll take it, let alone dad. Look he's in the corner with Lily crying", she pointed to her father, Lynn Sr., holding her baby sister Lily, who were siting in the corner, both shedding tears over fear about Lincoln.
Lisa thought what Lynn said, "Yes i'm sure father himself wouldn't take the news very well."
Lynn looked at Lisa in confusion, "What do you mean?"
At the same time Lynn and Lisa were talking, Lori was talking to Bobby on her phone, who both appeared to be very distraught, "Booboo bear, i'm so sorry that happened, i'm glad your okay." While talking to Bobby, Lori's mood changed suddenly changed from being remorseful to utter shock, "Wait? What else happened?"
Lucy was talking to her crystal ball in the dinning room, "Oh spirits, please return our brother Lincoln Loud back to us."
Leni was so worried for Lincoln and just wanted him home, she was with Lucy to have some reassurance that he's okay, "What did they say?"
"They said he's coming home", replied Lucy.
Suddenly, a puff of smoke suddenly appeared in the middle of the living room scaring everyone. The smoke reveled Lincoln, Luna and Clyde, who were still in a group hug.
"Lincoln!", everyone yelled, revealed to have Lincoln safe and sound.
"Son, are you okay? Are you bleeding? Did someone do this to you? Is this a Lisa experiment side effect?", Lynn Sr. was asking Lincoln a ton of questions.
"Dad! Calm down", Lincoln tried to calm his father down as he tried to explain his current situation, "I don't know what that was honestly. I'm just so sorry I did that! Please don't hate me!", Lincoln started getting emotional and started getting teary eyed.
"Sweetie we don't hate you", Rita said wrapping her arm around him.
"Neither do I son", said his father who also joined in the hug.
"You protected us Linky", Lola replied.
"You kicked those guys butts", Lana said.
"I will always love you, baby bro", Luna said.
"Your still our brother, literally", said Lori.
"We'll never 'cut' you out of the family", joked Luan, "Ha ha ha, get it? But seriously, we love you Lincoln."
"Your still our Linky", Leni said.
"You might have gifts that are inhuman, but your still family big brother", Lucy said.
"Even if you have other features some of us don't have, your still my brotherly unit", said Lisa.
"You still fam stinkoln", Lynn said.
Lily then waddled and hugged his leg, "Incoln."
Lincoln was touched by the amount of love his family had for him, even if he is a mutant, "I love you guys." Clyde saw the entire scene and was crying at the beauty of it all. "There's still one thing I don't get" Lincoln said pulling out of the hug, "How did I get these?", Lincoln's three claws then emerged from his right knuckle.
Lana was the only one excited at Lincoln's claws, "Cool! How do you get them to come out? Were do they go? Do they break?", she asked her brother all excited while getting closer look at his claws.
"Lana, I don't know. I don't even know how I got these."
Luna spoke up, "Neither do I."
Everyone was confused by what Luna said. Lynn Sr. spoke up, "Luna, what are you saying?"
"Cuz I'm just like him", Luna raised her right fist and her two claws slowly emerged out of her knuckle, everyone gasped except Lynn, Lisa, Lana and Clyde, "I'm a mutant too."
Most of her family was in shock, "You have claws too?!" said Lola, "Is there anything else!?"
"Honey how long have you had these?" asked Rita.
"Ever since I was little Link's age. I was afraid you'll be afraid of me."
"Sweetie, we could never be afraid of you", replied Lynn Sr.
Lori was getting very irritated by all the revolutions about her siblings, "Okay is there literally anything else we need to know?"
Someone else spoke up, "There is", the source was that of Lynn.
"LJ? Your...", Lynn Sr. said surprised.
"Yeah, while Luna was the first mutant in the family born, I was the second", Lynn raised her right fist and a single claw sprouted from the center of her knuckle.
The louds were even more shocked than before, even Lincoln didn't even know Lynn was a mutant too.
The only one who was all excited by all this was Lana, "No way!", she then looked down at her hands, "Dose this mean I have claws too! How do I get them to come out?", she wondered.
"This doesn't make any sense, how do you three have claws?", Lynn Sr. was starting to get all distraught.
Lisa spoke up, "I believe I can explain father, but first I think we all need to sit down, especially you father." Lynn Sr. looked confused, but non the less the whole family along with Clyde sat down in the living room, "This is not easy to say, but as you all know, I conduct weekly studies on everyone to check on their health is up to date. Back at the institute, they just received a new test into testing if someone had 'the Mutant X gene', a special gene that is believed to be the next phase in human evolution. A few weeks ago, Luna and Lynn both came to me regarding their claws, so I tested them and they came back positive for the Mutant X gene, so I looked at the other DNA of the rest of our siblings and I found that all eleven of us have the Mutant X gene."
Everyone gasped, "We're all mutants!?" said Lola.
"No, Lincoln, Luna, and Lynn are, but the rest of us have the mutant gene but it's not active so we don't posses powers as they do."
"Oh, I thought we were gonna be one X-cited family", joked Luan, "Ha ha ha, get it?", everyone looked at the young comedian with an annoyed look, "What too soon?"
Lisa resumed, "As I was saying, I looked at their mutant abilities and they all poses the same abilities such as rapid healing, animal keen senses and the most distinct feature, the bone claws. So I did a DNA search to anyone with this same genetic code and I found a match in father."
Everyone gasped, "I'm a mutant!?"
"Partially, the mutant gene in you is partly active as your a rapid healer, seen in the kitchen as you constantly cut yourself on accident and healed mere seconds later."
Her father couldn't say a world, "Well, I guess that shouldn't be too much of a surprise since I've always healed faster. Is that why dad always played favorites, did he know?"
Lisa was getting uncomfortable about where this was leading into, "Right, about that father, I've dug deeper into your family's genetics to see if any of them had the mutant gene as well and...", Lisa couldn't finish her statement.
Lynn Sr. was in suspense, "What? Was- was he a mutant too?"
"Yes, in a way" Lisa said with a creepy smile, obviously indicating that she's hiding something.
"Lisa Marie Loud, are you hiding something?", her father was getting aggravated that she was hiding something.
"Father, as much as I love you, i'm afraid that you wouldn't handle what i'm about to tell you, so I suggest we leave it at that."
Her father didn't care at this point, he wanted to know, "Lisa, please keep going."
Lisa sighed, "As you wish. I looked to see if your parental figures had said mutant gene and while your mother was negative, your father's DNA was, how you say, clashing."
"So grandpa was a clashing person? That means he was a mutant?" asked Leni confused.
Lisa pinched the bridge between her eyes in irritation, "No Leni, it didn't match."
"What!? Lisa. Are you saying..."
"I'm afraid so father, your father wasn't your biological father."
Everyone gasped in utter shock except Lynn Sr. oddly enough, "Lynn?", a worried Rita asked him.
"Excuse me", Lynn Sr. simply got up and walked slowly out the door to the front yard, there he completely broke down screaming frantically like a little girl, "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"Loud! Keep it down!", his emotional breakdown caught the attention of their next door neighbor, Mr. Grouse.
Lynn Sr. then calmed down, sorry Mr. Grouse, "Sorry Mr. Grouse, just going through a lot right now." With everything out of his system, the then went back inside, "Sorry about that fam. Okay so my dad wasn't my father, that just got a lot to process now. Did mom even know? Did dad even know I wasn't his son?", the loud father then broke down sobbing.
"We're really sorry dad" said Lincoln trying to comfort his father who then grabbed his son into a very tight emotional hug, sobbing into his son's polo, "Dad, did grandpa ever treat you differently?"
"Other than the favorites thing, no, he treated me the same like I do with you kids."
"Then if he really knew or not, he looks like still loved you, no matter what."
The loud father then calmed down, "How do you know how to help people son?" he said with a small smile.
"I learned it from you guys", Lincoln said referring to both his parents and his sisters.
Lynn Sr. kept hugging his son, "Thank you son", he then let him go , "So, i'm guessing that my real father's the mutant in our family."
"Yes father, I've even found who he is."
"You did? Who is he?"
"His name is James Howlett, but is usually called Logan, or also known as The Wolverine."
"Wolverine?" asked Lynn.
"Yes, that's his mutant name. He's a part of a team of mutants called the X-Men, led by one of my personal heroes, Professor Charles Xavier."
"He's still alive?" asked Lynn Sr.
"Correct. His advanced healing factor makes his age impossible to determine, making him look very youthful, he also has the animal keen senses and claws only his are coated with adamantium, the most indestructible metal in the world. I've always wanted to study it. He's lives with Professor X and the X-Men at his school for the gifted in Westchester, New York."
Lincoln got excited with what Lisa told them, "Really, he lives in a school for mutants? And if we're mutants, maybe we could go there and maybe we can all meet him."
"It is a possibility brother, but i'm not sure that would be a wise idea at the moment as you've exposed your mutant powers to the whole world and have seriously injured two people, which has a good chance of catching the attention of law enforcement."
"Lisa, are you saying i'm in danger?"
"In crude terms, yes. Your best bet is lay low for a few months until the law calms down", everyone was confused by what Lisa's suggesting.
"What are you saying Lisa?" asked Lori.
"I'm saying is that Lincoln's gonna have to stay off the grid and possibly have to start his life over again."
"You-you want me to leave?", Lincoln said sounding like he was about to cry.
"I'm sorry elder brother, but it's for your own good."
Lincoln started tearing up, he has to leave to keep himself safe, alone, leaving his family behind, not seeing his little sisters grow up, he would never see his family again.
Breaking the heartbreaking silence, Clyde spoke up, "If Lincoln goes, I go too!", Lincoln was surprised by Clyde's sudden remark.
Clyde's motive was clear, he's a mutant too just like his best friend and if he goes, he was gonna follow his best friend.
Luna also spoke up, "I'm not leaving my little bro in the dust, i'm going too."
Next Lynn said something, "I'm going too", Lynn turned to her little brother, "We're mutants Lincoln, but we're still family."
Lincoln was touched that two of his sisters and his best friend were willing to leave with him just to be with him, "You guys would really go with me?"
"Course baby bro, mutants stick together. We'll be right by your side no matter what."
Lincoln smiled, "Of course I'll be joining you all", Lisa said all of a sudden, "You'll need help maintaining a level of distance between police and other officials, and, I'll miss you so much", Lisa started sobbing at the thought of loosing her siblings.
"That's really sweet Lisa", Lincoln then pulled his departing sisters and Clyde into a group hug. The rest of the Louds were tearing up at the scene, but no one was crying as much as their father.
"We'll-we'll miss you kids so much, you'll always b-be family" said a tearful Lynn Sr.
"I'll be right back guys" said Clyde, "I gotta tell my dads, i'm sure they won't take the news well", and in a single second 'poof', Clyde vanished in a plume of smoke.
The Louds were left in a state of confusion, Lincoln could only say simply, "He's a teleporter." Immediately after, sirens and flashing lights were heard and seen coming closer to the house, Lincoln looked out the window to see cop cars, helicopters, armored trucks and even SWAT teams right outside. "Uh oh. Guys, we've got company!"
All the Louds were saw all the police outside, "This is the Sentinel Service Agency! We've got the place surrounded! Surrender in the next 60 seconds or we're coming in mutant!", on the bullhorn was an armed Fowler.
"Kids, block the door!", yelled Rita. All the kids along with Lynn Sr. were taking furniture from the kitchen and the dinning room and some from the living room and puling them up to barricade the door.
"You guys need to literally go!", Lori along with the rest of the Louds were pushing the door closed as the SS was trying to break the door down.
Lincoln was worried about leaving his family alone with the police, "What about you guys?!"
"Don't worry about us! Just go, we'll be fine!" said Rita.
"Mom's right stinkoln, we gotta bail!", Lynn was trying to convince Lincoln that they had to leave while they still can.
Lincoln wasn't budging, "No, i'm not leaving you guys! It's me they want." Lincoln was about to surrender himself to the government, he was about to jump through through the front window but stopped when Lucy grabbed his arm.
"Don't do it brother" said Lucy all calm while still holding his arm, "We don't want them to take you. We want you safe, go with them please, we'll be fine, now go."
At that moment, Lincoln changed his mind, "Okay", Lucy let go of Lincoln who then ran upstairs to his room with Luna, Lynn and Lisa trailing behind him.
"We'll hold them off as long as we can!", said Lynn Sr. still trying to keep the SS out.
While running to his room, Lincoln thought of something, "Wait!", Lincoln ran into his room and quickly grabbed something and ran back downstairs.
"Lincoln what are you doing?!" yelled Lola.
Lincoln came up to Lily, giving her what he took from his room, his stuffed rabbit Bun-Bun, "Here Lily, take Bun-Bun. Don't forget me", his eyes started to water as picked up and hugged his baby sister one last time. Lily kissed her brother on his nose as she was holding Bun-Bun. He then put her down as he ran back upstairs to his room.
Lynn didn't understand what just happened, "What the heck was that?"
"A goodbye gift for Lily."
Back downstairs, the Louds couldn't keep their strength keeping the SS out, suddenly Lynn Sr. thought of something, "Everyone, I got an idea!" The Louds then stopped holding the door and quickly went to the living room.
Then, the SS broke the door down and entered the house, "Freeze!", Fowler shouted as he and his men entered the house looking for the mutant Loud boy, but instead of finding Lincoln, they found the Loud family having some kind of casual tea party who appeared not to be startled by the SS's presence, "Where's the boy?"
"Hmm, boy? Define 'boy'?" asked Lynn Sr.
"Don't play games with me. Where's your son!?"
"Well that is a good question, where is our son?", Lynn Sr. was trying to stall them as he was pretending to think where his son is, "I'm not sure. Sorry sir, but he's not here and we wouldn't want to waist your time so how about you folks head..."
"My name is Michael Fowler, I'm the head of the Sentinel Service Agency. We're here for your son Lincoln", Fowler interrupted Lynn Sr.
Rita then joined in the conversation, "What for? Lincoln's just a sweet little boy. What could you want with him?"
"Are you aware your son's a level ten?"
Rita made a face, "Did you just call my son a ten?"
"I told Linky he was a ten, but he didn't get any girls" said Leni.
"No, I mean he's a level ten mutant. He's dangerous! We haven't seen this since weapon X. I suggest, you tell us were he is" Fowler demanded.
"Well I wish we could help you folks but we're not sure exactly we're he is", Lynn Sr. said.
"I thought he was in his room?", Leni said.
"Leni!", the Louds yelled.
"Check the bedroom!" yelled Fowler to his team, who searched all the bedrooms in the house. Fowler headed upstairs himself to find his men searching all the rooms upstairs, "Anything?" he asked Drozd.
Drozd shook his head, "Nothing sir. We searched every room."
Fowler then noticed a door closed at the end of the hall, "Not everything", Fowler walked up to the door but he couldn't, "It's Locked. Whats behind this door?"
"N-Nothing, just the lining closet", Lynn Sr. said.
"Oh. Then do you mind if you unlock it."
"What, No! I-I mean..."
"You know what, I got something for that", Fowler then kicked the door in and saw it was a small bedroom for a boy, but no one was their there. Fowler then noticed the small window was left open and a framed fan made Ace Savvy comic on a hinge, behind which had a string cord coming out of the wall had been pulled, he looked outside to see a what used to be an inflatable slide coming from the outside of the house now deflated with three long slashes running down it, "Damit!" Fowler walk out of the room very irritated, "Alert every town within the area! All boarders within a 10 mile radius of a dangerous mutant boy is on the loose!", He then grabbed Lynn Sr. by his shirt, "Where's your son!"
"I don't know!"
"Don't lie to me Loud! Where is he?!"
"I said I don't know!"
Fowler was getting really frustrated at this point, out of anger he punched Lynn Sr. in his left eye.
"Lynn!" Rita yelled.
"Dad!" yelled the girls.
They ran toward him while Fowler was talking to Drozd and the rest of his team, "We need to find out where this little mutant is now! And if I don't get any leads, I will personal throw you all through the shredder!"
During all this commotion, Clyde suddenly appeared with a duffel bag in the middle of the living room again, "Hey guys i'm back." Clyde then noticed that there were government agents in the house staring at him, "Uh oh."
Fowler shouted, "Get that mutant!"
"Clyde run!", screamed Lori. In an instant, Clyde dropped his bag and vanished, and a group of agents dog piled on the spot were he disappeared trying to grab him.
"Come on! How many mutants are in this forsaken town!", As Fowler was ranting about his situation, he was struck in the back of the head and fell to the ground. The one who hit him was Lana with one of Lynn's baseball bats.
"That's for hitting my dad!", Lana then dropped the bat and ran out the front door.
Fowler slowly picked himself up, Drozd helped him up, "Sir are you alright?"
"I'm fine. Find those mutants at all costs."
As the agents were leaving the house, Drozd turned around at the Loud family, "What about them? Should we place them under arrest?"
"No, they've been though enough, having a kid whose a freak", Fowler then left the house along with Drozd to join in the search party.
The Louds were left behind. The only thing the shrunken family of now eight could do is hope that Lincoln, Luna, Lynn, Lana and Lisa were safe.
Meanwhile, having narrowly escaped being caught by the SS, the three Loud mutants and Lisa were now deep in the forest, having run about two miles nonstop, stopped to take a breather, "You guys think they followed us?" said Lincoln out of breath, who also carried Lisa because of her stubby four-year old legs couldn't keep up with them.
"Not sure but we may be in the clear for now, we just need to get as far away from Royal Woods as we can, and we should be home free" said Lisa.
"Don't get comfy dudes, we're still not done. We just gotta find a ride away from the highway to hell", said Luna.
"Wait, what about Clyde? He said he was coming with us."
"I'm sure he'll catch up, he's a teleporter bro", said Lynn trying to reassure her brother.
Lincoln sighed, "I hope so, I don't wanna leave him...", before he could finish, Lincoln started to smell something.
"What is it elder brother?", asked Lisa.
"Guys", Lincoln continued to smell the air and he knew something was up, "Someone's following us."
And that's that. I think we can all agree that things aren't looking so good now and my I just say my god this was a lot. I know what your thinking, why have so much sappy moments in this chapter, well it's all I could think of, so please forgive me. The next chapter with deal with someone else during the events of the first two chapters. Please leave a comment and tell me what you think and if there are any x-men characters or mutants you wanna see. Until next time.