Chapter 15: Key to my Loud
In a dark place, the young Loud scientist is at work pouring some kind of mixture from her beaker. Suddenly, the lights are turned on by Lola. The other siblings are there too. It's revealed they're in the garage.
"What are you? Lucy?" Lola questioned.
"LOLA, TURN OUT THAT LIGHT!" Lisa yelled. "This mixture is very sensitive."
Lola turned it off.
"Thank you Lola. By multiplying the isolated bubble of carbon gas, I've invented a soda that will never lose its fizz."
"Yummy!" Lana said.
"I want a taste!" Lincoln grabbed the bottle. "I love pop!"
"No! Wait!" Lisa said.
"I want the first taste!" Lola grabbed the bottle.
"No me!" Lana tugged on it.
Lori snatched it. "I'm the oldest, so I should get it."
"Ooh! That looks like strawberry!" Leni took the bottle and started drinking it.
"No Leni! You don't understand!" Lisa turned the light back on. "I haven't tested its stability! It remains unpredictable!"
Leni gulped down the whole drink.
"Wow Leni, you pig!" Lola scolded.
"Freeze, missy!" Lisa ordered.
Leni froze.
"Don't make any sudden movements. Just the slightest twitch may set off the mixture's volatile nature."
"And we wouldn't want that to happen now, would we?" Lola then started tickling Leni since Leni was ticklish.
"Quit it, Lola!" Leni laughed.
"Stop! Cease! Desist!" Lisa commanded.
Lola continued to tickle her.
"Enough already!"
"Chill Lisa." Lola said.
Then Leni's belly started bubbling. It began to expand and she bloated. The soda then poured out of her nose and she then flew out of the garage and into the neighborhood. Pop was sprayed onto a few people. Leni flew into a backyard as she ran out of liquid. Her siblings followed.
"Hey Leni, Lisa said don't move." Lola said.
"Really Lola?" Lincoln said.
Leni popped her head out from a lawn chair. "Like, that was fun!"
Luna and Lori helped Leni get out of the chair.
"Look, I found a key." Lisa showed her siblings the key. "Keys have quite a history of unlocking the mysteries of time. Why just think how tangled one's life becomes by losing something as primitive as a key. Poor soul."
"Let me see that key, Lisa." Lola took it from her.
"I bet that key unlocks the animals from a zoo." Lana predicted.
"Or it could open King Tut's tomb." Lucy said.
"Or a gate to a community swimming pool." Lynn added.
"Or maybe a cartoon character theme park!" Luan mentioned.
"Guys, it could be just a house key." Lincoln said.
"Get real, Lincoln." Lola said. "It could open the gates to a castle."
"And you're telling me to get real?"
"I think we should return the key to its rightful owner." Leni suggested.
"That's the most sensical thing I've heard you say today, Leni." Lisa said.
"No way. I wanna see what this thing unlocks!" Lola ran off.
"I gotta admit I'm curious about that key too." Lori said.
"Guess we better follow her." Lincoln suggested.
At the playground, Darcy was playing in the sandbox. She had a little toy chest. Lola showed up and used the key to try to open it.
"Hey, that's mine!" Darcy said.
"Hold on squirt, I need to see something."
It wouldn't unlock.
"Lola, I think Darcy already has a key for that." Lisa said.
"I do." Darcy showed Lola her own key.
"This key's useless." Lola said, giving Darcy her chest back before she walked away.
"Oh I know. Let me try it, Lola!" Lana said.
We cut to Lana using the key to poke a cow's udder. The kids are in Liam's barn. The cow mooed every time Lana poked it.
"Dude, what are you doing?" Luna asked. "I thought you were going to unlock something."
"No. I just like poking a cow's udder." Lana stated.
"Gee, I think Lana's onto something Lola." Lisa said sarcastically. "Come on Lola, someone is really missing this key."
Lisa attempted to get off the cow and fell off. Lola laughed at this. Next, Lynn tried to open a manhole.
"Come on, it's a key." Lola said. "It's supposed to open something."
"That's right, Lola." Lisa replied. "Something dear and personal. Like a box of photographs, or a diary with pages of truth and duration, or something as simple as a locket of love. It's our responsibility to see this key returns to its forsaken owner so life can-"
Lynn loses her grip on the key and it flies in between Lincoln's chipped tooth.
"Mortified? Yes." Lincoln said.
Next Leni tries to open a fire hydrant. Lisa continues her speech. "There's a fellow human crying for help, trying to mend the unraveled ball of yarn handed to them. Maybe that's the kind of world you wish to live in, Lola."
At this point, Lola was getting very irritated.
"Where the unyielding and the indifferent supersede the benevolent, I say-"
"SHUT UP LISA! Leni, you understand anything Lisa said?"
"Barely."
"There's no need to raise your voice Lola." Lisa said.
"You're right Lisa, I'm sorry."
"Apology accepted Lola." Lisa turned towards the others. "Guys, Lola's made an important first step and-"
Lola kicks Lisa in the rear, sending her flying off.
"LOLAAAAAA!"
"My foot apologies too, Lisa!"
Then Liam shows up carrying a suitcase. "Careful, I'm seen dogs use that fire hydrant to do their business."
He walks past the Louds.
"Did you see that case?" Lola said. "I bet this key is for that case!"
"Let's find out." Lincoln said.
Lisa is seen chatting with Liam and she is rubbing her sore butt. "So I feel mankind should reassess its position on the Darwin graph before total social abandonment."
"You need to eat more fiber." Liam replied.
Lola tries to unlock Liam's suitcase. Liam notices this. "You want to see, right?"
"Um, yeah, sure Liam."
Liam opens his suitcase and searches for something. "It has been passed down for many generations. Behold!"
"It's a music thingy." Leni said.
Liam is holding out a banjo. "It's called a banjo."
"Never heard of it."
Liam began to play his banjo, very badly. The Loud siblings covered their ears.
"I'm outta here." Lola said.
"Same here." Lori said.
"Dude doesn't even know how to play it." Luna commented.
Liam is still playing. "Everybody now!" He sees the siblings are gone. "Louds?"
The Loud kids are now in their front yard.
"This key's gotta open something." Lola said.
"Guys, like Leni said before, we should return the key to whomever lost it." Lisa suggested. "Then we'll know what it opens."
"What? And ruin all this frustration?"
"I agree with Lisa." Lincoln said. "Think of it Lola, there may be a reward."
"Like cash?"
"Money, money, money, money!" Luna sang. (reference to the song "For the Love Of Money" by the O' Jays)
"Ooh, I like where this is going." Lori said.
The others agreed.
"But like, what if the reward is a hair clip?" Leni said. "That would be great."
Everyone else gave her an unamused look.
"I have a plan." Lola said. Lola told her plan to her siblings.
Soon, some friends got text messages on their phones.
"Hey, I got a text message." Becky said.
"Me too." Chaz said.
Girl Jordan read the message. "We have what you lost."
Chandler is seen reading the message. "If you want it back, be at Ketcham Park at three o clock."
Liam is seen reading the message. "And bring money with you." He got suspicious. "Swindlers."
Now the Loud kids are running to the park.
"Holding the key for ransom is not what I had in my mind, Lola!" Lisa said.
"You got that right! It's better!" Suddenly, Lola trips over someone. It was Haiku, who was laying on the ground. "What's up with your friend, Lucy?"
"It must be three o'clock." Lucy explained. "Haiku always naps at three o' clock."
"Still, why sleep on the sidewalk?" Lynn asked.
"It's a goth thing. You wouldn't understand."
"She's a hazard." Lola said. "Come on, we're wasting time."
The kids head into the park. They see Chandler with his wallet.
"It's Chandler." Lincoln said. "This must be the key to his bike lock."
Leni is shown holding Haiku in her arms.
"Leni, why did you bring her along?" Lori asked.
"The sidewalk is too dirty to nap on." Leni said.
Then Liam showed up and confronted Chandler. He also had a jar of coins. "So it was you, Ah reckon."
"Liam?"
"Don't act all innocent, you ding dang thief!"
"Me? You're the thief, man!"
Liam grabbed Chandler by the collar. "Confess to your crimes! Return my cowbells!"
"Look who's talking!" Chandler tackled Liam.
"It's an international incident." Lola said amused.
Chandler pinned Liam to the ground. "Cough up my earbuds!"
Then Becky and Darcy arrived.
"Who's the one who took my tennis racket?" Becky wondered, holding out her wallet.
"And who took my hair shampoo?" Darcy asked, holding her piggy bank.
"Who's bright idea was this?" Girl Jordan came, showing her text message.
"Wait a minute." Darcy started sniffing Jordan's hair. Girl Jordan was weirded out by this.
"What are you doing?" She pushed Darcy away.
"Your hair smells herbal fresh. Use it or lose it missy." Darcy tackled Jordan.
"Holy mackerel!" Lana exclaimed, surprised by Darcy's act of violence. The kids started fighting and other kids showed up and started brawling each other.
"What the heck are they doing?" Lola said. "Hey, hey, hey!" Everyone stared at Lola. "I'm the one with the key!"
"Who cares about the stupid key?" Chandler said angrily. The kids began fighting again.
"Well Lola, it seems your key did open one thing." Lisa stated. "The paranoia and hostility festering beneath the surface of our formerly calm town."
"Do you ever turn off?" Lola asked in annoyance.
"It's a curse, I'm afraid."
Just then, three robbers showed up. One was big and brawny, one was tall and skinny, and the third one was short and chubby. They wore black ski masks.
"Well, well, well. What do we have here?" The brawny leader guy said, with intimidation. "A bunch of kids fighting and we weren't invited."
The kids screamed and ran away, recognizing the three men as the most wanted criminals in town. The Louds were left with the robbers.
"You're the most wanted robbers from the news!" Lola stated in fear.
"You got it, Princess." The big criminal said. Then noticed Lola hiding something. "Hey, whatcha got back there?"
"Nothing!" Lola handed the key to Lincoln and showed her empty hands. "See?"
"Look boss! That white haired kid has something!" The short robber mentioned.
"Let's pound it outta him!" The tall one said.
"Run for it!" Lincoln yelled. The siblings ran away. The robbers chased after them. The short one jumped onto Lincoln, causing Lincoln to lose the key.
"Lincoln, no!" Luna yelled.
The leader got the key. "A key! Jackpot!"
"My key!" Lola exclaimed. "What do we do?"
"I don't know and surprisingly, Haiku can sleep through all this." Leni said as she was still carrying the sleeping goth. Lynn got an idea. She took Haiku from Leni.
"Hey robbers! Trade ya!" Lynn threw Haiku at the robbers.
"Heads up!" Warned the tall one.
Haiku hit the leader, knocking him down and causing the key to fly out of his hand. It landed on the ground and Lola caught it.
"I got the key! Let's go!" Lola and her siblings ran off.
"Get this thing off me!" The leader ordered.
"Look at how pale she is!" The tall one said.
"Move it, man!"
"Alright, alright! I've got it!"
"Yuck!" The short guy removed Haiku and dropped her. He wiped his hands.
"Gross." The tall one commented.
"Is it real?" The leader wondered.
The Loud kids ran back to their home, but the robbers were not too far behind.
"Open the door Lincoln!" Lori yelled.
"Come on kiddies, hand over the key!" The leader commanded as the robbers were getting closer.
"It's locked!" Lincoln said.
"Hurry up, will you?" Lynn panicked.
"It's locked, I tell you!"
Lynn pushes Lincoln and tries to open the door. "Outta my way! You're doing it wrong!"
"Dudes! They're coming!" Luna yelled.
However, Leni looked confident. "Don't worry guys, I have my house key!" She searches in her purse. She notices a small hole. "Um, I think it fell out of this hole in my purse."
Lola then realized the obvious truth. "Leni, you moron! This is your key!" Lola held the key out in front of Leni.
"And there's nowhere left for you to go!" The leader said as the robbers were in front of them.
When all hope seemed lost, a police car showed up with the siren on. Two police officers came out and they held out their guns.
"Freeze! Put your hands in the air!" Officer 1 ordered.
"Uh oh! It's the fuzz!" The short guy said worriedly. The three robbers put up their hands.
"Royal robbers, you're under arrest!" The other officer said. "Get into the car now!"
The bad guys head inside the police car.
"You kids ok?" Officer 2 asked.
"Yes, thank you officers!" Lori said, gratefully.
"These guys have constantly been breaking out of jail." Officer 1 explained. "But we'll be keeping a close eye on them from now on. You folks enjoy the rest of your day."
The officers entered the car and drove off with the criminals.
"Well, this has been an interesting day." Lincoln said.
"I'm sorry, guys." Leni said ashamed. "If I would've known that was my key, we wouldn't have been in that mess."
"Well Leni, we have to make sure this incident never happens again." Lori assured.
"Yeah, that key sure is a KEY-per!" Luan punned. "Get it?"
The other siblings groan. Leni unlocks the door and the kids head inside as Luan laughs.