The group managed to ride their newly upgraded tank back to the Powered Kid's cabin. As each of them got out, Lincoln took this as a chance to catch his breath...right before he was tackled by a few of the girls. Specifically, Christina, Mollie, Jordan and Stella.
Jordan:"That was awesome! Wouldn't you agree, Lincoln?"
Mollie:"The way your plan worked out perfectly!"
Christina:"We're so glad you're okay, Lincoln."
Paige:"Yeah! I be you were amazing in there."
Lincoln:"Heh. Thanks, girls...no would you please get off me?"
Stella:"Oh, right. Sorry."
They got off of him and Lincoln brushed himself off.
Lincoln:"I would like to take all the credit, but I really didn't do it myself."
Stella:"But you're the one who set the plan in motion."
Paige:"Yeah, and you managed to take on Andreas' idiot son! How cool is that?"
While the girls were complimenting Lincoln, the others chuckles a little by how much love he was getting. Melody too wanted to show him some love like the girls did, but held back due to her intuition. All the while, NJ was getting bored.
NJ:"Let's just head inside already."
As they headed inside, they could see Lincoln a little slump, as if he's more exhausted than anyone else. Beth enters the cabin in her usual way as the others sit around Lincoln, who looked lost in thought. He was thinking about everything that has occurred over what was supposed to be his vacation, and it seems to finally be taking its tole on him. The others were looking at him with great concern, as he looked to be on the verge of crying.
Ronnie Anne:"Lincoln? Are you okay?"
Lincoln:"I-I'm fine. It's just that...I'm really tired...that's all."
Ronnie Anne:"That's not it, Lincoln. I know you better than that. So why not just tell us what's going on?"
Lincoln:"...This isn't...this...this isn't how I wanted my vacation to go...I really am tired, and I would just...prefer if...things were a little normal."
Ronnie Anne:"Oh, Lincoln...Come on, it hasn't been all that bad?"
Jordan:"Yeah! It's been really exciting for the rest of us!"
Stella:"And you can't say befriending superpowered kids and a giantess isn't cool, right?"
Beth looks over at Lincoln and waves, making him smile a bit.
Lincoln:"...Yeah, I guess you're right."
Christina:"But, we get it, Lincoln. We brought you out here for a nice relaxing vacation, and it has been anything but. So, we'll make it up for you, anyway we can."
Raine:"And so will we. We dragged you into our problems, and...we think you deserve a break the most."
And with that, the girls brought it in and gave Lincoln a nice group hug. To add to all the love he deserved, the girls gave him kisses all over his face, which made him blush red and added a goofy smile on his face. Raine stood next to Beth, who was smiling with her head resting on her hands as she enjoyed this scene.
Beth:"Lincoln is such a lucky kid."
Raine:"Lucky enough to have some good friends."
Mollie:"Alright, so let's give Lincoln a proper vacation."
Lincoln:"Thanks, guys. How should we start?"
To answer his question, Lincoln, along with Stella, Ronnie Anne and Christina found themselves ziplining as they had made it back to Christina's cabin. Later, they did some rock climbing near the falls, as NJ made it a race between himself, Raine, Jordan, Mollie and Lincoln.
NJ:"Move aside. Expert coming through."
His antics end up nearly Mollie off the cliffside.
Mollie:"Hey watch it thunder-butt!"
Lincoln:"I didn't take NJ for the competitive type."
Raine:"He gets like that sometimes. At least he's not a sore loser."
NJ made it first with the rest of the gang tailing behind them. When they all finished, they took a breath as if they just went through a workout session.
NJ:"Could you guys be anymore slow?"
Beth:"You're one to talk, NJ."
Turning to see where Beth was, they saw her climbing a larger rock wall, even faster than how NJ did. Lincoln clapped and gave her thumbs up for showing off to NJ. Up next on their list of activities, Lincoln joined Jordan, Stella, Ronnie Anne and Melody on a bungee-jumping platform as they hooked themselves up, getting ready to have some fun.
Lincoln:"Now this is something I'm looking forward to."
Melody:"You ever done something like this before, Lincoln?"
Lincoln:"If you count Lynn hanging me from my underpants onto a tree branch."
Ronnie Anne:"Well, this is a lot more enjoyable and there's no way you're gonna get hurt."
Lincoln:"You sure?"
Ronnie Anne:"Yeah. Trust me."
As she said that, she gave Lincoln a pat on the back, but wound up pushing him off the platform as he ends up in a free fall.
Lincoln:"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"
Jordan:"Guess we're doing this. WOOOHOOO!"
Jordan did a dive and soared down before being propelled back up.
Stella:"Me next!"
Jumping next, Stella did some spins as she went down before coming back up.
Ronnie Anne:"Oh yeah!"
Doing a cannon ball, Ronnie went fast than both Jordan and Stella, causing her come back up even higher than them both.
Ronnie Anne:"You're next, Melody.
Without a word, Melody did a swan dive as she straightened herself before launching down like a missile. Her hair blew in the wind as she went at top speed. Then, she was pulled back up by her cord at the same speed and flipped backwards before landing perfectly on her feet. The other girls were at awe by what they saw.
Jordan:"That was awesome."
Ronnie Anne:"No kidding!'
Melody:"Takes practice."
Stella:"Lincoln, did you enjoy this? ...Lincoln?"
They saw that he wasn't with them, until they noticed that he was still down in the chasm, dangling from his cord.
Lincoln:"Uh...little help?"
To make up for that little accident, they decided to bring it down a little by having a hike up a rock trail by the falls. Raine led the group, consisting of Lincoln, NJ, Jordan, Stella and Beth.
Raine:"Come on, guys. Up this trail is a nice easy path with a view."
Stella:"Good, cuz my legs are killing me."
Raine:"Relax, we used to go through these trails all the time. Just be careful, it's a little slippery."
Beth:"Maybe to you."
Due to her size, going up the trail was breeze for Beth as she meets them up the trail and they begin walking down a path with some ginormous trees that were even taller than Beth. The path was lined with some bright green grass as the sun shined through the trees.
Lincoln:"Such a beautiful day, don't you guys think?"
Beth:"Tell me about it. (moves a branch away)"
Lincoln:"By the way, Jordan, Stella, thanks again for bringing me out here. This has been really nice."
Stella:"We had to make it up to you for the bungee jumping accident."
Jordan:"And you do deserve a little relaxation."
Beth:"That's nice of you guys, but check out the view up ahead."
Raine:"She's right. Check it out."
Stopping at a cliffside, the group gazed at tremendous looking forest below, and even with some mountaintops in the far back. They could even spot an erratic boulder within a clearing in the woods. And the crew had to admit, it was an amazing view.
Lincoln:"Wow. It's so big out there."
Raine:"No kidding."
Stella:"Yeah."
Beth:"Really? It looks pretty small from where I'm standing."
Lincoln:"Heh...mind if I get a view from up there?"
Beth:"Sure."
Placing her hand on the ground, Beth allows Lincoln to hop onto her palm and raises him up before putting him on her shoulder. Due to how high he was, Lincoln could swear the air got a bit thinner.
Jordan:"(shouts) How is it from up there, Lincoln?"
Lincoln:"Feels like I'm on a skyscraper! But at least the view is beautiful!"
Beth giggles at the statement as they continue to admire the view. Later, the whole group decided to rest and sit together. However, Lincoln was busy around the trees, that happened to have some apples hanging from their branches and decided to try and pick some while the others talked about him.
Raine:"You know, Lincoln's been a pretty cool guy. The way he's handled our situations is amazing."
Ronnie Anne:"That's Lincoln. He's always the man with the plan."
Mollie:"So...do you think Lincoln's looking for a girlfriend?"
Jordan:"What brought that up?!"
Mollie:"Oh...nothing."
Christina:"I think it should be me. Lincoln went as far as to make a video, expressing his feelings for me."
Stella:"Which made you cringe and transform school. He USED to be into you, but you better step aside, cause I fit into his friend group perfectly!"
Paige:"And that's all you're gonna get, because it should be me! Lincoln made me a love letter, for crying out loud!"
Raine:"When did that happen?"
Paige:"About a couple months ago. When I was rocking it at the arcade."
Mollie:"Love letters? That's cliché! He and I make amazing cannonballs together!"
Jordan:"Oh please. I'm the nicest girl Lincoln knows. If anyone here is girlfriend material, it should be me!"
Melody:"I'd say so. He gave you that kiss once."
Jordan:"(blushes and sighs) Yeah..."
It was then that Beth steps into the conversation.
Beth:"I'm sure Lincoln wouldn't mind if I'd be his GF. Any giant woman if perfect for a man."
Mollie:"Girl, you're too old for him!"
Paige:"Yeah, get in line, granny!"
Beth:"Oh, you wanna go there?"
While they argued, Ronnie Anne decided to slip out of the debate as she walks over to where Lincoln was. He was at a pond, with a basket of apples at one side and a pile of pepples at another. He was skipping rocks across the pond when Ronnie Anne decided to speak up.
Ronnie Anne:"Hey, Lincoln."
Startled by her voice, Lincoln accidentally tosses the pebble up into the water as he faces Ronnie Anne.
Lincoln:"Oh, hey Ronnie Anne. How are you doing?"
Ronnie Anne:"I'm alright. Just...been thinking a lot about...everything. Everything that's happened since we got here, meeting those kids, facing those robots and that crazed scientist.
Lincoln:"Yeah, it's really been insane."
Ronnie Anne:"Yeah, but...I've been mostly thinking about...you."
Lincoln:"...Me? Why?"
Ronnie Anne:"Well, ever since you were ditched by your family, me and the other girls have been trying so hard to make it up to you."
Lincoln:"Well, I...I really appreciate all that you've been doing for me."
Ronnie Anne:"And the way I've been seeing you as of late, acting smart...and brave against what seemed impossible odds."
Lincoln:"(blushes) Oh...thanks? You know...you've been pretty brave and bold yourself. With how you've been holding this adventure so far."
Ronnie Anne:"(blushes) Wow...thanks, Lincoln. You know...have I ever told you how cute you look?"
Lincoln:"...Never like this."
Ronnie Anne:"Well...you definitely are a great and cute guy."
Now Lincoln was blushing more as smile got on his face while Ronnie Anne continued to talk.
Ronnie Anne:"And...with all that's been happening as of late, I just keep thinking about...me and you...us...maybe we could be-"
Smiling happily, Lincoln decided to seize the opportunity here by catching Ronnie Anne off guard...by bringing her in and kissing her on the lips. Safe to say that Ronnie Anne was feeling surprised with her widened-eyes, but a little warm with her growing blush. She returns the kiss as the two wrap their arms each other and savor the moment. After 20 seconds, the two break the kiss and take a breath, a little overwhelmed by what just happened.
Lincoln:"That was..."
Ronnie Anne:"...Yeah."
Lincoln:"(smiles) ...I love you."
Ronnie Anne:"(blushes and smiles back) I love you too."
Lincoln:"Think we should...go back to the group."
Ronnie Anne:"Sure."
And with that, they take each other's hands and walk back to the group. When the returned, the girls were still arguing until Lincoln decided to throw them a cough, which got their attention easily. The girls easily caught sight of the two holding hands lovingly.
Jordan:"Oh, hey Lincoln!"
Stella:"Nothing was happening here! We were just-wait. When did Ronnie Anne step away to see you?"
Mollie:"And why are the two of you holding hands like that?"
Lincoln:"Oh. Cuz we're a couple now."
The white-haired boy's almost innocent-like response made all their jaws drop to the floor, and they were pretty sure what felt like their heart just broke inside their chests. But at least they took it pretty well...
Paige:""How could you pick her over me?!"
Jordan:"Or me?! I mean, I've been like the nicest girl you've ever met! I've been nothing but nice to you! I invited you to my pool party!"
Lincoln:"Yeah, I don't remember that working out well for me. I kinda still wish I'd hung out at Liam's place afterwards. But don't worry, Jordan. It's true that you're still the nicest girl I know."
Stella:"Yeah, but what about me?! I've hung out with your friends, treated all of you so kindly! I've been like one of the boys to you!'
Lincoln:"Yeah, but like…we're just friends, right?"
That left Stella a little speechless, as she slumped, feeling like she just got friendzoned.
Lincoln:"But don't worry. I still really do love you, Stella."
And that brought her out, making her feel warm again as she blushed and avoided eye contact with Lincoln.
Mollie:""What about all the times we've spent together, Lincoln?!"
Lincoln:"I don't think we've really spent that much time together."
Mollie's eye twitched after hearing that.
Lincoln:"But the way you talked to me after I ended up running away is something I'll never forget. And no matter how tough you act, I've always liked you."
And that made Mollie feel nice again.
Paige:"But Lincoln, you complimented me about my dancing."
Lincoln:"I know, and you're really good. But that was for a different reason. I honestly thought you had a crush on me first."
Christina:"Really. I thought you liked her because of her orange hair?"
Lincoln:"Why would you think that?"
Mollie:"Because you always wear the color, thus like it."
Lincoln:"You guys think I have a thing for girls with orange hair?"
They all nodded.
Christina:"And what about me, Lincoln? You made that video, confessing you love to me."
Lincoln:"Yeah, and that made you transfer schools. But I honestly still like you, and I found your curly hair to be so pretty."
That made Christina blush and giggle a little. And it was then that Beth stepped in, looking down at Lincoln.
Beth:"And what about me? I've been nothing but nice to you ever since we met. I've let you ride on my shoulder, and I thought you had a thing for giant women. Like you would've wanted me to be your girlfriend."
Lincoln:"Well...I can't deny having a giant woman as a friend is awesome. And if we've had taken it somewhere further, maybe we could've been boyfriend and girlfriend."
Ronnie Anne looked at her soulmate, curiously, surprised by the fact that he would've wanted Beth as a girlfriend, even if she was a little older...or a giant.
Melody:"I don't really have strong of feelings for you, Lincoln. I only like you as a friend."
Lincoln:"I accept that. But I do love how long and messy your hair is."
That made Melody smile as she combed her hand through her hair.
Lincoln:"Guys, I know you a little upset with me and Ronnie Anne's relationship now, but just know that it doesn't change the way I feel about all of you. To put it simply, I love all you guys."
And with that, the girls all felt happy with the way Lincoln felt about them as they all gathered around and gave him a big group hug.
Beth:"Aw, let me get in on this!"
The giantess crouched down and wrapped her arms around them and lifted them up, squeezing them all in a big bear hug. Raine and NJ stood idly by, smirks on their faces as they were happy for Lincoln.
NJ:"Lucky Buck, that kid is."
Raine:"No kidding."
Ronnie Anne:"I'm honestly feeling a little squished here!"
Lincoln:"But at least it's warm and soft."
Beth:"I'm just very happy for the 'New Couple' here."
Beth then puts them all down again.
Stella:"So what are you guys gonna do now as a couple?"
Lincoln:"Probably tell everyone when we head back home."
Ronnie Anne:"Yeah...hey, does anyone else hear that?"
They all started to hear something in the distance, almost sounded like buzzing that was coming a little close to where they were. Looking to where the sound was coming from, the saw what looked to be a giant quadcopter drone flying away...from where Andreas' castle is. Speaking of whom, inside his castle, at one his surviving monitors left, the mad scientist sat in front of the screen with a black joystick controller in hand, four grey buttons each corner and one red button on top of the handle.
Andreas was looking crazier than ever, having messy, unkept hair, red twitching eyes and was gritting his teeth and pulled the remote to go forward.
Andreas:"If this is what it takes to get my army, then so be it!"
Back in royal woods, a local 12 year old girl with shoulder length blonde hair, blue jacket, black shirt, pink skirt, high socks, and a flower on the side of her hair was busy picking flowers from some bushes. Her name was Kyla and she loved to garden as she already picked 10 flowers.
Kyla:"What a lovely day for gardening."
But as she went for another, a shadow loomed over her and she looked up to see the silhouette of the drone blocking the sun. Meanwhile, Liam, one of Lincoln's friends, was busy milking a cow at his home as something was on his mind.
Liam:"I wonder what Lincoln has been up to. I haven't seen him for a few days."
Before he could go back to work though, he could then everything turning dark on him.
Liam:"What in tarnation?"
He looked up with widened eyes to see what was going on; even the cow he was milking was looking nervous. Moving on, a pudgy 10 year old kid with short red-brown hair, dark green-grey shirt that's unable to cover his belly and waist, as he had a a massive belly and a large roll of fat going all the way around him. and a pair of navy blue shorts by the name of Louie was busy eating a whole chocolate cake at his house. Something he wasn't supposed to be doing, but didn't care as he stuffed his face. But that didn't go unnoticed...
Louie's mom:"(talks offscreen) Kyle, I hope you're not eating the cake in there."
Louie:"(swallows quickly) Uh, no mom!"
With that settled, he was about to go back to eating the cake when he felt the ground shake a little and light from the window dim. He went outside the kitchen door to see what was going on.
Meanwhile, a friend of Lincoln's sister Lynn, Margo Roberts, was practicing for football in her backyard, and was having a lot of fun while doing so, throwing the ball in the air and catching it as a means of passing it to herself.
Margo:"Margo hikes the ball. She looks, she sees- Margo Roberts is epic and open, pressure, laterals, touchdown!"
And then the shadow of the drone appears, making Margo look up as she drops the ball to the ground. Meanwhile, at another house, a girl by the name of Carmen who had short and curly brown hair, and was wearing a dark green tank top, dark brown skirt, red and white striped socks, dark purple shoes was busy trying to comb her hair, that got so frizzy, it was basically a small afro. Because of this, the comb she was using, ended up getting stuck in hair, and she had to forcefully pull it out...
Carmen:"OW!"
...Along with a few hairs.
Carmen:"Stupid comb!"
She ends up throwing it at the mirror hard enough to crack it. Sighing, she was about to pick up the comb when the ground under her feet began to shake. Looking out her window, her eyes widened before she bolted out of there and headed outside to see it for herself. Meanwhile, at another house, a friend of Jordan's, Rachel was busy washing on of her house's windows.
Rachel:"Hmm...I wonder how Jordan's doing for the last few days? I haven't heard back from her in a while."
As she just finished up, the shadow of the what is outside in the air hit her as everything started to get dark.
Rachel:"Is that helicopter?"
Meanwhile, at a skatepark, a 12 year old boy by the name of Ruben, who had short brown hair, blue shirt, black jacket, grey cargo pants, and red striped shoes was doing a few tricks, flips, kicks, splits, a grind and spin in mid air. When he finishes up on his skate tricks and takes a break, he begins to drink from a water bottle and then sees the sun getting blocked out.
Ruben:"What the-?"
The moment he saw what was up in the air, he was wide-eyed and slack jawed, dropping his skateboard onto the ground. Pretty soon, all of those kids, except for Liam, due to him being far away, all gathered in town as the silhouette of the drone was directly above them. Little did they know that they just gave Andreas exactly what he wanted, as they all were all where he wanted them. Through a speaker attached to the drone, he give out a loud speech.
Andreas:"ATTENTION, PEASENTS. YOU ARE ABOUT TO BE GIVEN THE HONOR BECOMING PART OF MY ARMY OF SUPERPOWERED, MIND CONTROLLED BEINGS THAT WILL HELP ME TAKE OVER THE COUNTRY, AND THEN TAKE OVER THE WORLD. DON'T BOTHER RUNNING FOR SAFETY, BECAUSE THERE IS NO ESCAPE. PREPARE YOURSELVES FOR YOU DOMINATION, BY ME! PROFESSOR ANDREAS ADELLINE!"
Upon hearing that, the kids knew they were now in huge trouble as they began to scream and run around in panic. But Carmen wasn't entirely phased by Andreas' speech.
Carmen:"Hey, hey, hey! People! Don't believe what that thing says! This is all some big joke!"
But then, she was hit with a blast of purple smoke, engulfing her entirely as Carmen got knocked out. The rest of the kids stepped back first before trying to get a good look at Carmen. The moment the smoke cleared, they could see her standing again, although she was different. Her eyes were glowing yellow and she was looking angry. She growled savagely, looking ready to attack anything. They didn't have enough time to react as more smoke managed to hit them as well. A few seconds later, they were all like Carmen, glowing eyed and under Andreas' control, as he could see everything through the cameras and smiling at the results.
Andreas:"NOW...COME TO ME, MY MINIONS! COME AND DESTROY MY ENEMIES!"
Doing as they were told, the kids started to march like soldiers, heading for the forest as the drone stayed floating over Royal Woods, ready to smoke the rest of the town.
