Chapter12: The Loud Touchables
The story starts with Lisa in her room. She is busy labeling things like her bed, the doorknob, her beakers, etc. She felt the need to do this because she didn't want to sleep in an unlabeled environment.
"Finally finished." Lisa said to herself. "Everything in my dwelling has been labeled. Now I can sleep in a labeled environment. Time for a bathroom break."
Lisa went to use the bathroom. While she was gone, someone had sneaked into her room, put a whoopie cushion on Lisa's bed, and then left.
Soon, Lisa came back to her room. "Hmm…" She inspected her bed. "My whoopie cushion looks a little out of order." She then realized something. "Wait a minute...I don't own a whoopie cushion."
She saw that her bed label was now labeled "whoopie cushion."
"I could've sworn that was labeled as a bed."
She then noticed her closet was labeled as "kitchen".
"What's going on here?"
Next, she saw all her beakers were labeled as toilets. Lisa got mad.
"Alright, who's been changing my labels?"
Luan is heard laughing outside as she could not hold in her laughter.
"Luan!" Lisa was right next to her. "You did this, didn't you?
"Look on the bright side Lisa, at least you won't ever have to wait in line to use the bathroom." Luan laughed.
"Put my labels back to their rightful designations!" Lisa demanded.
"Ok, ok! Don't have a cow!"
Luan went to replace the new labels with the old ones. Lisa went to her desk. "Well, at least my magnifying glass is still-"
Lisa gasped when she saw her magnifying glass was missing. "It's gone! Luan, someone took my magnifying glass! I feel so violated!"
"Lisa, what's going on?" Lincoln showed up as he heard the commotion.
"My magnifying glass is missing!"
"Maybe you misplaced it." Luan said.
"Never!" Lisa became overdramatic. "What has become of this world? Is nothing sacred? Everything is soiled! Who would do such a thing? Who would violate the sanctity of somebody's room with their filthy hands? Guys, I feel sick! I feel nauseous! I CAN'T BREATHE!"
Luan whacked her with a pillow.
"Thanks, I needed that."
"Anytime sis."
"You know, you can't have somebody touching your stuff." Lincoln said. "It just isn't right. We should go search for it."
"Good suggestion Lincoln." Lisa said.
When Lisa wasn't looking, Luan put a toilet label on her bed and snickered.
Downstairs, Leni was watching a shopping channel on TV and she didn't have her sunglasses on. Lincoln and Lisa walked downstairs and saw her.
Hey Leni." Lincoln greeted. "Have you seen Lisa's magnifying glass?"
"Nope. Have you seen my sunglasses?"
"Leni, they're on your-" Lisa noticed. "Oh. They're not on your head this time."
Just then, they heard loud stomping. It was an angry Lola who came downstairs. She glared at the three.
"Where is SHE?!"
"Where's who?" Lincoln asked.
"My dolly. Polly LuLu, that's who." Lola started looking under the sofa cushions. "I need my dolly!"
"But Lola, I didn't touch her." Leni said.
Lola jumped on her and started to attack, causing Leni to stumble. "Liar! Don't you lie to me you dolly stealer!"
They bumped into Lincoln and Lisa and fell down on the floor in a pile.
"Ya gotta love these family moments." Lincoln groaned.
"You guys know what happens when you make me mad!" Lola stated.
"You know, someone has touched my stuff too." Lisa said.
"Don't you see what's going on here?" Lincoln said as everyone got up. "It's epidemical. First Lisa's magnifying glass goes missing, next Leni's sunglasses, and then Lola's doll. Someone or something is touching everybody's stuff. We've gotta spread the word and tell everyone there's a serial toucher on the loose."
"What cereal was stolen?" Leni asked. "I hope it's not that Zombie Bran stuff."
No, Leni." Lisa facepalmed. "A serial toucher is someone who has committed the act of touching others' stuff, often repeatedly."
"So what's your plan Lincoln?" Lola asked.
"I'm glad you asked."
Soon, Lincoln was speaking into a megaphone. He and his sisters are in the living room. "Attention! May I have everyone's attention please?"
"Lincoln, stop yelling into that thing." Lori said. "We can hear you."
Lincoln threw away the megaphone. "Guys, there's a serial toucher on the loose."
"That serial toucher took my Polly Lulu!" Lola complained.
"Yeah, and my Plungey!" Lana added.
Everyone started chatting about the things they lost.
"Quiet! Quiet!" Lincoln said. "I've got it all under control!"
"And what are you gonna do about this?" Lynn questioned.
"I'm gonna solve this case and get everyone's stuff back." Lincoln declared.
"Well I'd pay you in chocolate to see that."
The others agreed.
"Chocolate, huh? Ok, we've got a deal here."
"Hey Lincoln, can I help you?" Leni asked.
"I'd also like to assist you." Lisa added. "I know ways of making serial touchers pay."
"Sure, I could use a few hands for this." Lincoln said.
The three Louds went outside.
"So what do you propose we do now?" Lisa asked.
"Ok, here's the plan." Lincoln used a stick to make a plan from the dirt.
At the park, the siblings got to work. Lincoln and Lisa had put something onto Leni as she was giggling. Leni was sitting on a bench.
"That tickles." Leni said.
"Try to hold still." Lisa said. "This is delicate work."
They had put on a "Do Not Touch" sign with a string attached to it.
"This is perfect. There's no way the serial toucher can resist this." Lincoln said.
"Someone's coming!" Lisa informed them. She and Lincoln jumped into the bushes. Leni was scratching her nose.
"Leni, stay still!" Lincoln told her before ducking back into the bushes. Leni did as she was told. Chaz walked towards Leni as she stayed perfectly still.
He gasped in surprise. "A Leni statue! My dream has come true!"
Chaz takes a picture of her and walks off happily.
"Hi Chaz!" Leni greeted.
Lincoln shushed her. Then, Luan with Mr. Coconuts walked up to Leni. "Hi Leni. Whatcha doing?" She looked at Leni's hair. "Oh Leni, did you do something with your hair?"
"Hey, can I feel it?" Luan said as Mr. Coconuts.
Luan lets Mr. Coconuts feel Leni's hair.
"Leni's been touched." Lincoln alerted Lisa. "Pull the string."
Lisa pulls the string and an alarm goes off. Luan gets startled by this. Lincoln and Lisa come out of the bushes
"Aha! Doctor Toucher, I presume?" Lincoln accused.
"Whoa. You guys are weird!" Luan ran away.
"She's getting away! After her!" Lincoln and Lisa ran after her. Leni ran in the opposite direction. "Leni, this way!"
Leni ran in the other direction. The three siblings ran after their comedian sister. They eventually made it to a streetlight which Lincoln and Lisa ran behind. Leni kept bumping into the streetlight until Lincoln pulled her behind. Luan ran their way, but they stuck their legs out and tripped her.
"They got me, buddy." Luan said weakly to Mr. Coconuts. "But you can still make it, Mr. Coconuts. Run!"
She threw him but he didn't go very far. He landed next to Luan. "Save yourself."
Lincoln and Lisa grabbed Luan. "Be gentle." Leni took Mr. Coconuts.
In the Louds garage, it was dark. Luan and Mr. Coconuts were each tied in a chair. They both have wires rigged up to them. Leni appeared with a flashlight, shining it on Luan and the puppet.
"Hey Luan, nice hair. Lisa's got a surprise for you."
Leni pointed to Lisa. Lisa has hooked up some equipment, including a toaster with a light bulb taped to it. She put a toast in the toaster which turned on the light bulb. "Ready."
"A lie detector." Leni explained. "Better watch what you say, Luan."
"Yeah, Luan." Lincoln was seen with shades on. "You wouldn't lie to your siblings now, would you?" He threw the shades away. "Leni, light."
Leni tossed the flashlight at Lincoln, but he missed it.
"Dang it Leni. You know I can't catch."
"Sorry."
"Where's the-" Lincoln felt the flashlight. "I found it."
Lincoln shined the flashlight at Luan and started interrogating her. "Alright Luan, enough fooling around. So why don't you tell us where everybody's stuff is."
"I don't know what you're talking about." Luan said with a wire on her tongue. "You're loonier than a loon bird." She laughed. "But seriously, I didn't do anything."
"What's the word, Lisa?" Lincoln asked.
Lisa smelled the toast from the toaster. "Inconclusive, Lincoln."
Lincoln growled in frustration. "Fine. If you won't talk, maybe your friend will."
Lincoln pointed at Mr. Coconuts. "You must be the brains, huh. Where's the stuff, wooden man? Fess up!"
Coconuts remained silent.
"Silent treatment, huh." Lincoln slapped him, but ended up getting splinters on his fingers. "AHH! Splinters!"
"Leave Mr. Coconuts alone, Lincoln!" Luan begged.
The lightbulb on the toaster went on and the toast popped out. Lisa used this to gather up information on the computer. She turned the computer to reveal the word "false" on it.
"As you can see, the dummy is lying." Lisa stated.
Lincoln looked back at Mr. Coconuts. "Well Coconuts, I think it's time we tried other methods." Lincoln got out a squirt gun. "This will make you swell up good
Lincoln started to squirt drops of water onto Mr. Coconuts. Luan watched in horror. The torture continued as Luan started to twitch to the drops of water being squirted from the gun. Soon, it became too much for her to take as her eyes filled up with water and she crossed her legs.
"Ok! Ok! I did it!" Luan confessed. "I took everyone's stuff! Now let me go! I gotta go pee!"
"You heard her, guys." Lincoln said. "Case closed."
The guys decided to give Luan her punishment. She was rolling down the sidewalk in a tire with Mr. Coconuts. Lincoln, Leni, and Lisa told the other sisters the news.
"We solved the case, guys." Lincoln said. "It turns out Luan was the serial toucher."
"Oh boy!" Lisa said excitedly. "Sweet, rich dark chocolate! Come to mama!"
"Now hold up a dang minute." Lola took out her doll. "I found my dolly under my bed."
Lana pulled out her plunger. "And I found my plungey in the bathroom mirror."
"It turns out we all misplaced our stuff." Lori said as she and the other siblings held out their found items. "I guess our rooms were getting crowded."
"Excuse me, Lincoln. Upon further inspection of my person, I seem to have come across my magnifying glass." Lisa said and held it up.
"So this means Luan never took anyone's stuff?" Leni asked.
"It would appear so."
"Hah!" Lynn smirked. "That means we can keep our chocolate!"
"Dang it." Lincoln and Leni said in unison.
Soon, Lola and Lana were walking with Luan still stuck inside the tire as Lola was pushing her.
Soon, Lola and Lana were walking with Luan still stuck inside the tire as Lola was pushing her.
"That Lincoln thinks he's so smart." Lola said. "We know you didn't do it Luan."
"Thanks." Luan moaned, feeling a bit nauseated.
"Hang tight Luan, this won't hurt a bit." Lola pushed her down a hill.
Lincoln, Leni, and Lisa were looking for Luan.
"I feel bad about Luan's predicament." Lisa said with remorse.
"Yeah, we tortured her for no reason." Leni said.
"I guess we did jump to conclusions." Lincoln said, feeling guilty.
Luan suddenly rolled past them in the tire. "Somebody help meeeeeeeeee!"
Lincoln, Lisa, and Leni chased after her.
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