Chapter 20: My Fair Loud
Lincoln and his sisters are helping their parents carry the groceries in. And by helping, the sisters are actually playing with the food to get the food they want and generally making a mess. Lincoln comes into the kitchen holding a bag.
"Ok guys, how are you doing with the...groceries?"
He saw the mess his sisters were making. Lola took a jar out of the bag.
"You gotta be kidding me?" She complained as she read the jar. "Reconstituted fava bean paste?"
Lincoln took the jar. "Excuse me, but fava beans are high in protein and quite delectable on saltine."
"What else have we got?" Lana said as she looked through a bag. She pulled out a jar of pickles. "Pickles? Where's the junk food?"
"Look, Mom And Dad appreciate our help but you're making a-"
Lynn squirted ketchup on Lucy.
"-mess."
"That ketchup looks good on you, Lucy." Lynn laughed.
"Sigh. If only it was blood."
"Oh Leni, wanna try some spinach?" Luan got out a can of spinach, which was a food Leni hated.
"Eww! Not the spinach!"
"Luan, show the products some respect!" Lincoln said.
"Come on Leni, just try a little bite." Luan chased Leni. Leni ran out the door.
"Get that icky green stuff away from me!"
"Eat some, Leni!" Luan ran out the door.
Lincoln ran after his two older sisters. "Luan, come back with that spinach!"
Then Lincoln saw Lori and his other sisters fighting.
"I found the last chocolate bar so it's mine!" Lori declared.
"Beauty before age!" Lola argued.
"Yeah, so it's mine!" Lana said.
The sisters got into a ball of violence and tumbled out of the house. Lincoln followed them.
"Guys, knock it off!"
Out in the neighborhood, Flip has made a painting of Mrs. Johnson on the fence. (they are now dating after the events of The Sponge House chapter: Flippy Love)
"Oh Flippy, it's lovely!" She said impressed.
"It really captures your beauty." Flip said. Suddenly, part of the fence was knocked over and it squished the couple. This was caused by the sisters who were fighting over the candy bar.
Leni and Luan run through Mr. Grouse's flower garden, causing a mess and destroying his flowers.
"Spinach bad for Leni! Make her stop!" Leni yelled.
The old man comes out back once the two girls have left.
"Can't an old man get a moment of peace?" He sees his wrecked garden. "My garden!"
Then Hank and Hawk are seen riding on their skateboards on the sidewalk. The fighting sisters run into them, causing the jocks to fall off their skateboards which broke.
"Louds." Hawk growled.
Liam was walking down the neighborhood with one of his chickens in his hand. He sees Leni.
"Howdy Leni."
Leni runs past him, causing him to spin and lose his chicken.
"Woohoo! What a ride, huh Jennifer?" Liam noticed he wasn't holding his chicken. "Jennifer?"
He sees Leni running off with his pet, which she accidentally stole. "Hey, you!"
The fighting sisters pass through the neighborhood. Luan catches up with Leni and threatens her with the can of spinach.
"Gotcha! Prepare to scarf the-" Leni uses the chicken's beak to poke Luan in the hand, causing her to let go of the can, sending it flying in the air. "Ow! Gee Leni, that hurt."
"Oh, I'm sorry Luan." Leni throws the chicken back and the can of spinach lands in her hand. Now Leni has the upper hand.
"Aha! Time for you to eat the spinach!" Leni chases after Luan.
"Quit it, Leni!"
Luan and Leni run past a truck with a gaping hole in the back. Inside, it's revealed that the rest of the sisters are scarfing down a bunch of chocolate bars, much to their satisfaction.
Lincoln is seen still trying to catch up to his sisters. "Guys, control yourselves!" He comes across Liam's chicken and picks her up. "Liam's chicken?"
Liam walks up to him. "Hand over mah chicken!" He demanded.
"Why, of course Liam." Lincoln hands Liam the chicken.
"Boy, if we weren't friends, Ah'd get violent." Liam said bitterly and then walked off.
"But Liam, I-"
"Loud! Look at my petunia!" An angry Mr. Grouse showed Lincoln his squashed flower that was in a small coffin. "It's been trampled, squashed by your crazy sisters!"
"Hey Lincoln!" Flip was walking down the sidewalk holding Mrs. Johnson's hand. They were both injured and Mrs. Johnson looked dazed, as she had paint on her. "Look what your sisters did to poor, Mrs. Johnson!"
"Why must a teacher suffer so?"
Lincoln got nervous. "Um, now let's all remain calm."
Hawk grabbed him by the shirt collar. "We've had it with your troublemaking sisters! You better get them to stop destroying everything or we'll destroy you!"
"They won't listen to me-" Before Lincoln can finish, Hank and Hawk do something brutal to him. The other residents watch surprised. Liam covers his chicken's eyes.
Lincoln's sisters are in the backyard. Leni is seen running around a tree, having been tricked by Luan. The other sisters are still enjoying their chocolate bars.
"You're getting warmer, Leni." Luan said.
Lincoln returns and the sisters see he has been twisted into a human pretzel, shocking them, even Lori.
"Guys, Hank and Hawk said they're gonna do this to me next time if you guys don't stop your destructive ways." Lincoln said.
"How dare they turn you into a human pretzel?" Lori said appalled. "That's literally my job."
"You guys have really done it this time!" Lincoln scolded. "Show some self control! Your bad behavior has everyone infuriated!"
"They're just being a bunch of babies." Lynn replied. The other sisters didn't take his complaints seriously as well. Lincoln pretends to accept this.
"Fine. But promise me you'll visit me at the freak show. I'll be the boy with the pretzel body, no salt. I'll be humiliated, and it'll be all because of you guys."
The sisters then looked guilty.
"Wait, Lincoln!" Lana said. "We can't help it! It's in our blood!
"Yeah, we need help dude." Luna added.
The others agreed.
"Just what I wanted to hear." Lincoln said smiling. "Let's begin, shall we?"
Lincoln left. Leni was still running around the tree. "Almost got you, Luan!"
"Leni, you can stop that now." Lori said.
Soon, the sisters (except Lily) were all gathered in the dining room. They were all wearing metal neck braces around their necks.
"So Lisa, tell me again why we're wearing these neck braces?" Lola asked.
"It's part of our training." Lisa explained. "Lincoln informed me to make these for us and he will provide us with lunch."
"Ugh, this thing is chafing me." Lynn complained.
Then Lincoln came in holding a tray of his favorite food: peanut butter and sauerkraut sandwiches.
"Food!" Lana yelled.
Then all the sisters started chanting. "Food! Food! Food! Food! Food! Food!" Food! Food! Food!"
"Ladies please!" Lincoln tried to settle them down, but they kept chanting. He pulled out a remote with ten different buttons. Each button was used for each sister and one button was used for all of them, which was the biggest button. He pressed it, causing them to get shocked.
"OW!" They exclaimed in pain.
"Hey, what was that for?" Luan asked.
"It's to remind you guys of your manners." Lincoln explained. He set the tray on the table. "A bracing dose for you two to comply and behave in a socially acceptable manner."
"What a load of-" Lola complained. She took a sandwich. "What is this junk anyway? I thought we were gonna eat something, not bury it."
"That's my favorite food!" Lincoln said indignantly. He shocked Lola with the remote.
"YOWCH!"
Lana laughed at her. "Naughty naughty. You watch yourself missy."
"It's not polite to laugh at others' misfortunes, Lana." Lincoln shocked Lana. "I'll be right back."
Lincoln left. As soon as he left, Lynn stuffed the sandwich in her shorts.
"No way I'm eating this."
Lincoln came back. "I saw that Lynn!" He used the remote to shock her. Luna quietly snickered, causing her to get shocked.
"Not cool bro."
The siblings received more pain due to their misbehavior. They all groaned in agony.
"Why can't you guys just eat your sandwiches?" Lincoln said.
"How about you eat a knuckle sand-" Lynn stopped when she saw Lincoln about to press a button on his remote. She realized she was about to get shocked again.
"Uh, nevermind." She took a bite of her sandwich, and looked disgusted.
"This sandwich isn't that bad actually." Lana said, talking with her mouth full.
Lincoln shocked her. "Don't talk with your mouth full."
Lana swallowed. "I'm sorry Lincoln. It was so wrong of me and it won't happen again."
"I'm glad to hear that Lana."
"May I interrupt?" Lola said. "I finished my lunch so I'll wash my plate and put it away."
Luan was about to head to the kitchen but Lincoln stopped her. "Stop where you are. I hope you're not going to do anything you might regret in the kitchen."
"Me? No, those days are history."
"I learned well too, Lincoln." Lori said.
"Let me get that Lori." Lola took her plate and went to the kitchen. "Relax."
"Let me help you with that Lola." Lori followed.
"We'll help too." Lucy and Leni said and headed into the kitchen. The others headed into the kitchen to help too.
"I can't wait till the others see my progress." Lincoln said to himself.
Liam's kite was stuck in a tree as he was trying to get it down. "Oh, fer crying out loud! It's stuck!"
He gave up and sat next to the tree. Then Lincoln passes by.
"Hey Liam."
"Howdy Lincoln."
Then the rest of his sisters pass by and greet Liam.
"Hey Liam."
"Guys, you ok?"
"We're literally just fine." Lori said and the sisters walked off. Lana stayed behind to chat.
"Why the long face Liam?"
"Well, mah kite's stuck in the tree." He pointed up to where the kite was.
"Let me get that for you cause I'm a new me." Lana climbed up the tree and got to where the kite was. She grabbed it with her mouth and went down.
"Wow, thanks Lana."
Lana spits out the kite and we see a part of it is chewed off. Liam was highly displeased.
"Thanks a lot." He said angrily.
At Mr. Grouse's house, the old man is seen washing his van with a hose, trying to get rid of the bird poop. "Dang birds, pooping on my car."
Lincoln, Lola and Lori showed up. The two girls decide to help him out. Lori grabs the hose and Lola uses a sponge to wash his car.
"Let us help you with that." Lori said.
Mr. Grouse looks suspicious. "Alright, what do you want?"
"We just want to help out." Lola said. "We're new ladies."
"That's right, Mr. Grouse." Lincoln explained. "They're totally reformed. A little training has turned my sisters into upright, fine fellows."
Mr. Grouse looks pleased. "Good work. I guess they aren't so troublesome after all."
Then Lori hosed Mr. Grouse. "Your turn."
"What are you doing?" Lincoln asked.
"Giving Mr. Grouse a hand." Lori replied as she and Lola started washing the elderly man.
"You can smell him a mile away." Lola commented.
"Oh man, you guys are relapsing!" Lincoln shocked them with the remote again.
"OUCH!" They yelled.
"Stay back!" Mr. Grouse said.
"Oops, we must've missed a spot." Lori said as the two sisters continued to wash Mr. Grouse.
"This can't be happening!" Lincoln said worried.
"Let go of me, you twerps!" Hawk demanded. Lincoln noticed Luan and Leni were flossing Hawk's teeth.
"Like, we gotta make sure you don't get any cavities." Leni said.
"Yeah, otherwise you'll have POOR-al hygiene." Luan jokes.
"Leni, Luan, Stop!" Lincoln ran over to them. He heard the cries of Mrs. Johnson.
"Help me!" She cried as Lisa is seen buttoning up her coat too much.
"Glad to assist you!" Lisa said before running off. Lincoln went over to help his poor teacher.
"Hold on Mrs. Johnson! Let me help!"
Before he could lend a hand, an angry Mr. Grouse tapped his shoulder. He was soaking wet.
"Oh, hi Mr. Grouse." Lincoln said nervously.
"I just wanted a clean car," Mr. Grouse said. "Not a sponge bath!"
"Yeah, well you don't even wanna know what they did to me." Hank said as he had a paper bag over his head.
"I'm sick just thinking about it!" Liam said.
"Someone's gonna pay for this!" Flip said angrily as he helped Mrs. Johnson. The angry citizens began to surround Lincoln.
"We hate Louds!" Hank and Hawk growled.
Thinking fast, Lincoln made a run for it and escaped. He hid behind a trash can and the residents ran past him. When the coast was clear, Lincoln ran off. He ends up finding his two other sisters, Lynn and Luna, who are ripping up a flower garden.
"Ain't that pretty?" Lynn said.
Lincoln runs up to them. "Stop! Something's gone wrong! You've become worse!"
"Pesky weeds, dude." Luna said as she showed Lincoln the weeds were actually flowers. "No longer a problem."
"I've created a monster!" Lincoln snaps his finger at the two, who are still pulling flowers. "Snap out of it guys!"
"Let me help you." Lynn said and grabbed Lincoln.
"Oh guys, I'm so sorry! I should never have tried to change who my sisters are!"
Then Lucy appears behind Lincoln. "Hey Lincoln." He gets startled. "I've done some planting for the neighbors."
Lucy showed what she planted. There were tombstones buried on the ground. Lincoln looked shocked. Then Lynn perches his head on a stick.
"There you go bro." Then Lynn, Luna, and Lucy leave to do more "good deeds."
By mid-afternoon, Lincoln has given up and is just sitting on the front porch of his house, looking remorseful. His sisters show up.
"Hey dear brother, you look sad." Lola said. "May we be of assistance?"
"Go away. I just want my old sisters back."
"Do you need help sitting?" Lori asked.
"Or help being sad?" Lucy asked.
Then the sisters snickered, and burst out laughing. Lincoln looked up, confused.
"What a sap!" Lynn commented.
"We fooled you all along Lincoln!" Luan revealed.
They continue to laugh as Lincoln gets angry.
"Guys, it's not polite to laugh at others." Leni jokes. The girls laugh some more, but then they notice Lincoln is gone.
"Hey, where'd he go?" Lana wondered.
Then Lincoln came back out with the can of spinach. His sisters got scared.
"How dare you mess with my emotions?" He said angrily. His sisters scream and run off. They run into the two jocks, Hank and Hawk, causing their skateboards to break again. The two jocks see Lincoln with the can of spinach. Lincoln immediately goes back inside and locks the door. The two boys walk up to the house, holding their broken skateboards.
"Hey Lincoln, C'mere!" Hawk called, preparing to give Lincoln a beating. "We've got something for ya!"
"Have mercy!"