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The LoudVerse:
The Dead Awakening
Earth 515
Royal Woods, Michigan
Strange Days
May 13th
7:03 AM
The weekend was almost here. It was Friday and that meant that the weekend was only a day away. No more waking up to an annoying alarm clock that was practically screaming in your ear awaking you from a peaceful slumber. At least for two days anyways. It didn't matter to the kids of the Loud house. The weekend was the weekend and they couldn't ask for anything more, except for summer vacation.
Speaking of which, summer was coming close. A month from tomorrow anyways. It was something far greater than the weekend. Rather than having two days off they have 54 days off, not counting the weekends. But those 54 days sometimes took their time to end while for some they go by quicker than usual. Still, summer break was the best kind of days off they would ever receive.
The Loud children only had 10 days till school ends, then they would be free until August. Each sibling had awaited for the day to come all except for one, Lori.
Those were the last 10 days of her Senior year of high school. The last 10 days of seeing many close friends. The last 10 days before life (as she would put it) literally begins. She wasn't ready for the real world just yet. She still wanted to be a kid like the rest of her siblings. While she did have Bobby with her along the journey, she still knew that she would miss everything and everyone. Especially her family.
College meant that she would go away from the house. She agreed with Bobby that they would move into the city to start a life together once high school ends. She didn't like the idea of moving away but she knew that it would come one day or another. It wouldn't be until early June that she would have her graduation day. As of now she had until August to spend time with her family before the inevitable came.
Her parents were taking it a bit worse than she was. After all their little girl would be leaving the nest. It was only just yesterday that they remembered moving into their new home with a newborn Lori in their arms. It was as if they blinked once and she was already graduating high school and moving away to start her new life at college. To make matters worse they had to go through this 10 more times.
In the small Linen closet of the Loud House, 11 year old Lincoln Loud had been awoken by his alarm clock which sent annoying ringing sounds to his head. Having just about enough he shut off his alarm and headed out into the hallway to get himself ready for the school day. He wasn't as annoyed as he would usually be considering that there was only ten days of school left before summer break came along. That was something every kid looked forward to the moment school begins, well all except for Lisa. He just couldn't wait.
Walking out of his room he was greeted by the sight of a line to the only bathroom in the house. Nothing new really, he was used to this everyday by now. He approached behind his comedic, and slightly annoying sister Luan. He mentally counted down '3,2,1'
As if on cue Luan turned around and faced her little brother, giving him a smile before greeting him. "Hey Linc! Want to hear a new joke i came up with?"
"Do i really?" he replied. Judging from his tone of voice he was still tired. Luan chose to tell him regardless.
"Did you hear about that circus fire? it was in tents! Hahaha! Get it?"
To no surprise everyone who heard her joke groaned. She was used to it by now. To her it meant that she had more work to do before she would end up making everyone laugh.
As the line got shorter Lincoln was finally relieved to have the bathroom to himself. He did his business and took a shower. He headed straight for his room to change into his usual casual wear which had consisted of an orange polo, blue jeans and white sneakers. He never thought about changing his usual look. He never bothered to.
Downstairs everyone was having breakfast. Their father had made them his favorite breakfast sandwiches to which they all loved. They would fight over who would eat who's sandwich if they left it behind. Lynn Sr. was at least grateful that his breakfast sandwiches were worth fighting for.
Leni started to feel like something was missing. She felt the top of her head and realized that her sunglasses were missing. "O M Gosh! I forgot my sunglasses!" She darted straight upstairs, leaving half of her breakfast sandwich behind. Everyone downstairs all had the same idea.
"That sandwich is literally mine."
"Bogus! It's mine!"
"Mine!
"MINE!"
Everyone tackled one another in an attempt to eat Leni's sandwich. They were too busy fighting to realize that Lily had the sandwich in her hands.
"Poo-Poo!" she called out.
Everyone stopped fighting to see that the infant had waited for the perfect time to grab it for herself. They felt disappointed to know that they lost the sandwich to their baby sister. Leni came downstairs just in time to see Lily holding her breakfast in her hand.
"Lily! Like If you wanted my breakfast sandwich all you had to do was ask." she said. Everyone face palmed themselves.
Everyone grabbed their bags and headed straight for Vanzilla on the way to school. Lori dropped off Lily at her day care first before she dropped off Lisa, Lola, Lana Lucy, Lincoln at the Elementary school. She then dropped off Lynn at the Middle school before finally driving to high school for Luan, Luna, Leni and herself to head off to. Upon entering the four had gone separate ways to their designated classes. One thing that the four had noticed was that the school was a bit...emptier than usual. Normally the halls would be completely full of students but today was a different story. There were less students at school today.
"Is today cut day or something?" Lori thought to herself. She remembered that most of the senior class had talked about having their own "Senior Cut Day" before school ended. But they didn't have a certain day planned for it yet. Maybe they decided it was today, but if that were the case then she'd be pissed. She felt left out that she had no knowledge of the senior holiday. She could've used today as an excuse to visit Bobby in the city.
Still she already marked herself present when she entered the school, no point on leaving now.
Luna arrived at her first period class which was Earth Science. She found this class to be extremely boring in many ways. Their teacher was boring, the work was boring, everything was boring. It sucked that she had to go through this nightmare for ten more days before she could finally kick back and relax.
She arrived at class to only a handful of students sitting in their desks. The class was just as empty too. There were only a few students sitting up front while her band mates were in the back. She was relieved that they were at least here to save her from boredom. They formed their own circle in the class to which they sit at. No one else bothered to sit there, not because they were afraid or anything but because they don't want to associate themselves with them. Not like they took offense to that or anything, they liked their privacy. At least their teacher hasn't done anything to separate them.
Luna took her seat next to Sam. "Hey Sam, what's with the school? it seems a lot emptier today."
"I'm guessing it's that summer fever. Not that i blame them, I've been wanting for summer break to start already!" she replied.
Luna agreed with her, maybe the students are just kicking it back to an early start on summer.
"Or maybe it's just another case of mass hysteria from that new flu lately. You did hear about it right?"
She did in fact hear about it. They started to announce that people had been getting sick lately from this new super flu. They haven't given a name for it but as always whenever they announce a new outbreak people start freaking out and cause mass panic. Just like when Ebola and the Zika virus was first announced.
"Definitely dude, but i don't remember hearing about it coming here in Michigan. All they said was that people in New York, Pennsylvania, Georgia and California were having issues with it."
Sam remembered those reports too. "Maybe it finally came to Royal Woods? Let's give it a good few weeks, people will forget about it anyways."
The teacher, Mr. Wright, had arrived into the classroom. He took note about how many students were actually here in class.
"I think for today we can just sit down and relax for the day. I don't want to start our new topic if half the class is missing."
Luna and her band mates were relieved that they could just chill for the next 45 minutes. This gave them time to talk about their big gig at the mall next week.
"Sweet! Free period!" Sam said excitingly. Her band mates agreed with her. They all turned their desks to face each other.
"So dudes, how about after school we go practice for the big gig? We'll go to my garage." Luna suggested.
George, one of the guys that hangs out with the group spoke up. "Sweet! Count me in!"
"Hell yeah!"
"Raaaad!"
"I just hope the rents don't put up any problems like last time. That was a total buzzkill." said Luna. The last time her band came over to practice, they were so loud that Mr. Grouse's windows shattered. Luna was grounded for a week and couldn't have her band come over until they paid off Mr. Grouse's damage bill.
They all laughed in that memory. While it wasn't exactly a good time, they still found it amazing that they played that loud. They all agreed to lower it down a bit so that they can get all the practice they can get. This gig was the biggest yet. Sam's uncle put in a good word for them to the manager who was hosting a music festival at the mall. He agreed to have them play as long as they have good music. Once Sam broke the good news they all celebrated with a practice session at George's place with food and drinks, including alcohol. Luna wasn't a big drinker but when it came to celebration she would have as much fun as she could get.
Meanwhile at Leni's class, she was going through a free period class too. Her U.S. History class was half empty too, so the teacher decided on having a free period for the day. Leni was chatting with her friends in the front right of the class while some boys behind were gawking at them over how beautiful they are. Some of them have tried many times to ask Leni on a date but to no avail. Leni wasn't interested in them whatsoever.
"Those boys need to like stop looking at us. It's getting sooo annoying!" Her friend Crystal was getting weirded out by those boys. They've been staring at them since they came into class.
"O M Gosh maybe I'm having a breakout! I can't let those boys see that!" Leni pulled out her bag to look at her handheld mirror. She was relieved when there were no signs of any breakouts in her face.
"So have you girls heard about that sickness going on? I heard that it came over here in Royal Woods." her friend Moira asked.
"Already? I totes need to buy some more hand sanitizer for my bag. I can't have icky germs all over me!" said her friend Iris.
"I just can't get the flu, whenever we have the flu at home we like go crazy." said Leni.
"My cousin Victor in Georgia says that it's so bad that like everywhere you go people are getting sick. It's like they're having bad fevers."
"But Moira, did he say if the hospitals are like doing anything to help them?"
"He says that they're full of people. It's almost as bad as a black Friday sale over at the mall."
The girls groaned. They knew how bad Black Friday sales could be. While the sales are great, the stores get packed like crazy.
"Speaking of the mall, any of you girls want to go shopping after school today? I heard that there's a big sale going on at Victoria's." Leni suggested. Her friends all squealed in glee.
"I'm like TOTES in!"
"Like yes! I've been waiting for a sale at Victoria's in like forever!"
They all agreed to the plan after school and hoped for the best. Usually whenever a sale goes on at the mall it gets very hectic. Leni always makes sure to get there before it gets too crazy. All they had to do now was get through the school day.
Luan's first period class wasn't exactly a free period since she goes to study hall but nonetheless since the school year was almost over it gets less boring. Kids weren't exactly studying anymore since all the big exams were done with. Now they just use this period to either talk or catch up on sleep.
Study hall still had some students, it wasn't like most classes where half of the class was gone. The teacher who was in charge of study hall wasn't paying attention to the class in general. She was mostly on her phone doing her business while the students did what they wanted. Luan sat in a table by herself. Most of her friends didn't have study hall for first period which bummed her out. She used this class to make up homework that she didn't complete the night before.
To her surprise one of Lori's friends, Dana, was here. She doesn't remember ever seeing her here. Dana looked over and spotted her, she gave her a warm smile and waved at her.
"Hey Luan!"
"Dana! Hey!"
Dana got up from her seat and moved next to Luan.
"I don't remember seeing you here in study hall at all this year."
Dana gave a little giggle "Well my first period class was completely empty, not even the teacher was here! Can you believe it? Maybe today was supposed to be our senior cut day, but i haven't heard about it being today from what i remember. I don't think we even had a day set up yet."
"I haven't heard Lori talking about it either."
"Lori's here?"
"Yeah, she dropped us off and came inside the building with us."
"Oh, i just haven't seen her around. I mean we don't have the same class but i see her on the way."
"Maybe her class was empty too, she might've gone somewhere then."
"Hmm maybe."
They sat silently for a few seconds before Luan started to make up a new conversation.
"So you excited for graduation?"
Dana hung her head "Honestly no."
Luan was confused "Why not? I thought that's what every senior was looking forward to?"
"Well for me it's a different story. After graduation i'm moving to New York to go to college there. I'll be moving in with my Aunt and Uncle since they live around the city. I won't be spending my summer break here like i always have. Once i arrive in New York i'll be taking summer courses to give me a head start on college. Not only that but after graduation...I'm really gonna miss everyone."
Luan felt empathy for the senior. She can share somewhat of what she was feeling. "I feel you on that one. Lori's moving to the city with Bobby for college. Once she moves away i feel like the house is going to be completely different. I mean she was there since i was born. Having her leave will feel...different. Yes she was bossy and possibly rude to us, but she's still my older sister and i love her."
The brunette smiled and put her hand on Luan's shoulder. "I can imagine, i'm sure you'll miss her a lot when she leaves. I know i'm gonna miss her too, especially when i leave. But if i could say something about how you feel...i'd say spend the most that you can for summer break before she leaves, that way you can have greater and better memories of when she was still at home. Trust me, you won't regret it. I felt the same when my older brother moved away a few years back. I felt sad too because he was my best friend growing up. But i made sure to make the most of his time at home, because that way i could remember al the good times we had."
"Wow...Thanks Dana, i really appreciate your words." She smiled.
Dana pulled Luan into a hug "Anytime Luan."
Lori's class was a no go. It seems everyone was cutting first period considering that no one was there. She stood outside of her classroom waiting for at least someone to show up but to no surprise, no once came. The only sign of people were the ones that were people passing by. She thought she found a ray of hope when she found one of her old peers walking by.
Lori waved "Hey! Miles!"
Miles was a tall and thin Caucasian student with noticeable long brown hair and glasses. He always tends to wear black cargo shorts even in the coldest weather to which Lori still found odd. He used to be in Lori's classes a lot before senior year. Miles noticed Lori calling out to him and waved back. "Hey Lori! How goes it?"
"Not much, look do you happen to know where the rest of our senior class is? They're literally all gone. I feel like i'm the only one who showed up.
Miles shrugged "Beats me, hey maybe they finally decided to have our senior cut day after all which kinda offends me because i wasn't notified." Lori gave a slight chuckle at his comment. She knew how much of a smart ass Miles could be about certain things to which she actually found funny.
"You know i'm starting to think that as well. So like where are you headed to? Is your class here?"
"Well i got study hall first period, i usually go to hang out with some friends over in the stairwells from time to time but they aren't here today. So i figured why not go to study hall for once?"
"Well i'll come with you, i literally have nothing and nowhere else to go for today."
"Sure if you're up for it."
The two began to make their way to study hall which was on the opposite side of the building. Lori didn't want to stay stranded outside with no one to talk to so she figured, why not? As she was walking she felt her phone vibrate indicating that she has a text message waiting to be seen. She pulled out her phone knowing that the teachers won't care if students use their phone especially in a day like this. She opened up an incoming message from her father.
~ Lori, need Vanzilla for today. In a rush so i'm coming over to your school to get the keys. I'll head to the school's main office.
Kk, ill wait there.
Lori told Miles that she has important business to handle for the moment and that she'll meet him at study hall. He nodded and waved her goodbye. She then started walking down to the main office to wait for her dad.
Things weren't too different at the middle school. There were still a good handful of students who came but Lynn's class seemed to be suffering the same as her older sisters' classes. She currently had Algebra class and to her luck not many students were there but her teacher still decided on going forward with her class.
"Just ten more days...ten more days and this will all be put on wait for the next three months!" She thought to herself. While she was pretty good at math she didn't favorite it like her sister Lisa. She just wanted it to get it over with and go on with the day. Since today was Friday, her roller derby team was having a team practice to which she was looking forward too. All she wanted was for today to end and then she'll have freedom.
Her teacher kept rambling on about rational and irrational numbers to which Lynn had no interest for. She could sleep in for the class but she wanted to avoid doing that since she was on strike 2 for doing it continuously. Strike 3 and she's out. She knew the whole ordeal.
Once her class ended she zipped straight out of her seat and left. Fuck Algebra.
Out in the hallway she met up with her roller derby team mate Margo to which she was relieved that she came.
"Lynn-sanity! Hey you still down for practice after school?" She spoke.
"You kidding me? Of course! That's like the highlight of my day today."
"Well we sorta got some cancels from a few of the girls. Said they had family members getting sick from that new flu going around."
"Damn buzzkill, they're missing out then. But hey speaking of that, i thought they said it was only in a few states? I don't remember them mentioning Michigan."
"Maybe it finally came. Might as well avoid getting sick if we're competing on Tuesday. Heard Hazeltucky is getting stronger this year."
"Ha! They'll just get their asses kicked again. I hope they're looking forward to it." Lynn said
The two continued to chat until the next bell rang indicating for students to make their way to their next classes. At least her next class wasn't too bad. It was English.
Lincoln was disappointed that his class still had many kids come. He heard from many kids in the halls that the middle schools and high schools were having an attendance dilemma. Sadly this wasn't the case for Elementary school. Kids still came to class and that meant that Ms. Johnson was going to continue with her long curriculum.
He and Clyde took their seats in her class and awaited for the red headed teacher to arrive and start their Friday. To their surprise Ms. Johnson was coming to class late. She never came late.
"Hey Lincoln, arcade after school?" asked Clyde.
"Oh yes, that's a definite buddy. Great way to start a Friday." He responded lightly. He was glad that the two made plans to start a great weekend. Regardless he would've made them had Clyde not asked at this moment. The two were inseparable as a pair. They were the best of friends and they couldn't thank each other to be such great friends.
It's been 10 minutes since the class has started and still no sign of Ms. Johnson. The students were getting quite a bit worried that their teacher had not shown up. Even Lincoln thought that this was getting odd.
In an unexpected surprise a young adult came through the classroom door holding a manila folder. He looked inside the folder for a quick second and looked up at the class.
"Looks like i'm in the right room. Boys and Girls i'm sorry for such a late notice but it seems your teacher Ms. Johnson will be absent for the day. I was recently told to come in as a substitute last minute so my apologies for coming in late. My name is Mr. Finbar."
Ryan Finbar was a tall Caucasian male with combed black hair. He had a slim face and wore grey khakis and a blue checkered shirt. He made his way to the chalkboard and wrote 'Mr. Finbar' so that the class would remember his name.
Lincoln was just as confused as most of the class. Just yesterday Ms. Johnson was just fine. She didn't seem sick or anything. He figured maybe she had an accident or something. Wouldn't be the first time since she once had a leg injury that resulted in Ms. DiMartino taking over as substitute. not the greatest memory he had.
They spent most of the day reviewing old topics that they had no use for. All of their tests were done and they only had ten days of school left. Mr. Finbar assured that it was only for the day so that when they returned on Monday, hopefully Ms. Johnson would be back.
Clyde turned over to Lincoln. "So what do you think happened with Ms. Johnson?"
"No clue, maybe she had some accident. I don't think she was sick at all yesterday."
"...Do you think it was that new flu going on?"
"They didn't say that it was here in Michigan."
Girl Jordan was overhearing their conversation. She turned to the two. "Didn't you hear? Apparently it arrived just today. Haven't you heard about the middle schoolers and high schoolers not coming to school today?"
Clyde spoke "Oh yeah, apparently most of the classes resulted in free periods due to the lack of attendance."
Rusty Spokes was sitting next to Clyde. "Man they're so lucky. It's like they're having an early vacation."
Lincoln responded "Still, don't you think it's pretty odd that kids and adults are not showing up at all today? I mean everything was just normal yesterday."
"I agree with Lincoln. It seems pretty odd that people would be getting sick from that new flu all of a sudden. I don't think it would come here that quick."
"Clyde, then how would you explain all of these absences?"
Clyde didn't know how to answer to Girl Jordan. He opened his mouth to speak only to be interrupted by Mr. Finbar.
"Mr. McBride, is there anything you wish to share with the class?" The entire class save for the other 3 turned to Clyde. His nervousness was getting to him as he felt all eyes watching him.
His face started to grow red. "I...uh...I-"
"He was telling us that he needed to go to the bathroom!" Lincoln interrupted.
Mr. Finbar looked at Lincoln with a confused expression before he spoke once more. "Well if it was an emergency you could've just asked. You may go Clyde."
Clyde looked at Lincoln with a puzzled expression. He didn't really have to use the bathroom. But he saw this as Lincoln saving him from any sort of embarrassment of having the entire class look at him. He got up to "use the bathroom".
Lynn Sr. arrived at the high school and asked to wait in the main office. As soon as he entered he saw Lori waiting in a bench on the side of the room with her nose in her phone. She did hear him come in so she looked at the doorway and saw her father. She dug into her bag and pulled out the keys to Vanzilla.
"Here you go Dad." she said approaching her father.
"Thanks sweetie." He took the keys and gave Lori a kiss on the forehead before departing. "I'll pick you kids up after school today, i'm just going to run some errands."
"Thanks Dad, I'll see you later then."
With that Lynn Sr. left the building and Lori went off back to study hall to kill time. Although she only had about less than a half hour, it was better than standing outside of the classroom door trying to wait for someone.
Lynn Sr. had to go downtown to pick up a few things for Lori's graduation party. He and Rita had planned on throwing a big party for Lori's accomplishment, they both agreed that they had to make it special for their little girl since she would be the first Loud child to leave the home. That thought alone brought a tear to his eye. He remembered when he first saw Lori at the hospital as a new born. He found it odd that she had a weird shaped head and webbed feet, but nonetheless she was still their little girl that both he and his wife adored so much.
He just couldn't believe that Lori's heading off to college already. It's as if time sped up from Lori being the baby girl he remembered to Lori growing up to be a beautiful grown woman. He just wished he could turn back the clock to watch her grow up again.
He was driving through the highway that seemed to be very busy today. Traffic seemed to be a bit slow but nonetheless he was getting somewhere. He just hoped that Vanzilla wouldn't break down, it would be the worst timing.
It seemed like it would be a slow day if he stayed on the highway. The cars weren't moving and it didn't look like it was getting any better. He told Lori that he would be picking them up after school and at this rate it seemed like it may take a while. By the time he reached his destination downtown it would already be time to pick the kids up from school.
Lynn Sr. groaned in frustration. "Dammit why did it have to be today! Why couldn't you wait until tomorrow!?"
He continued to wait but the more he waited the worse his temper was getting. He looked at the rear view mirror and noticed that there weren't any cars blocking him from behind. If he took his chance now he wouldn't be stuck in traffic, but that meant that he would have to take a different route. The only other route that seemed quicker than the highway was the streets leading away from the highway which would make the trip longer, but at this rate his current route was going it seemed like it was the only good option.
He quickly rushed out just in time for another car to take his place. At least now he wouldn't be stuck in that huge traffic jam. He drove out of the highway and down into the streets. It wasn't as packed so it was easy travel.
An hour has passed since he left the highway. He kept on driving until he saw a sign indicating that he was driving straight into the part of town he needed to go. Up above he heard what sounded like a group of helicopters flying ahead. And it looked like it was headed towards where the highway traffic jam was being held. He was glad he didn't have to partake in that.
The van started to pick up more speed. He was surprised Vanzilla was running very well today. He would've expected it to blow a gasket or something. Lately the van was running terribly. Every time either he or Rita would drive Vanzilla somewhere whether it was to work or anywhere, the van would break down and decide to work again hours later. Still he couldn't bring it on himself to replace Vanzilla, after the last ordeal with Veronica he vowed to never get a new van. Though he wondered why he couldn't just replace the engine or something.
Along the road where Lynn Sr. was driving, a man was wandering the road carelessly. The man seemed like he came right out of a shamble with a drunken man in a bar fight. He was bleeding from his neck and it was still gushing out blood. It's as if his accident was recent. He wandered into the streets silently crying for help. It seemed as if it wasn't his intention to walk on the road. He was simply looking for someone to help him or bring him to a hospital. All he could see was the blurry world from his blurry vision. What he didn't see was a colorful mini van crash right into him.
Lynn had a coffee in hand. He needed it after a long drive. He wanted to make sure he was awake for most of the day. He hit a speed bump which caused his coffee to spill its content all over his lap. The caffeine drink was still hot, so the moment it touched Lynn's lap he winced in pain from the burning sensation. He looked down to see that not a lot of his coffee had spilled so he wasn't worried. What he didn't see coming was a man in the middle of the road.
Lynn Sr. looked up just in time to see the man in close proximity of his van. He tried to react quickly by applying the brakes and swerving out of the way to ensure that the man wouldn't be hit. He was too late.
As he tried to swerve Vanzilla he ended up hitting the man in an extreme force which caused the man to crash into his windshield, cracking it in the process. He slammed head first to the glass which caused him to gush out blood all over the front of the van. The man was forcefully thrown back into a lamp pole causing him to break his skull and back at the same time. Unfortunately the man was dead.
Lynn Sr. was losing control of the van. Not only was his windshield cracked but it was also covered in the poor man's blood. He was blinded which caused him to crash right into a utility pole. Vanzilla was now totaled. Gas started to fume out from the front hood, his windshield was now shattered, the front of the van was destroyed and the van's airbags were deployed and due to the extreme force of the crash it caused injuries to Lynn Sr. His arms and legs were damaged, his nose was broken and his face was bleeding. He passed out unconsciously.
Rita was at the dentist office helping out Dr. Feinstein as it was her job to do so. She was a dental assistant. Today seemed like a slow day at work for the mother of 11 kids. She was currently helping out with a young 7 year old girl who recently had her braces applied.
"Okay sweetie just remember to brush every time after you eat anything. Avoid anything hard and crunchy and stay away from chewing gum. You'll get used to it trust me my 14 year old daughter had her braces for a while and now it seems like it isn't there at all. Just remember to do all of this and i promise you they will be off soon!" she told the girl.
The girl smiled and nodded before she hopped off the chair and went off to her parents waiting in the waiting room. Rita took off her mask and wiped her face with cold water. At least it was Friday, she wouldn't worry about going to work until Monday.
Rita was about to sit down to relax for a bit until Dr. Feinstein entered the room.
"I take it little Janet knows what to do with her braces now?"
"Yes Dr. Feinstein, i explained everything she needs to know and do. I'm pretty sure she has it all understood by now."
He nodded. He had hoped Janet would follow the rules about having braces for the first time. Many kids and teens tend to break the rules every now and then which results in little accidents on separate occasions.
He headed out the door and turned to Rita. "Be sure to come back into room C, our next patient seems to have a mouth full of cavities."
Rita nodded and took a few seconds to compose herself. While she didn't like working here, she needed a way to support her family until her dream of becoming a novelist came true.
Suddenly her phone rang. She assumed it was her husband telling her how his trip went. She was told this morning that he would pick up the kids and planned on taking them out somewhere to spend time with them. She looked at her phone and saw that it was an unknown number.
She answered her phone. "Hello?"
"Rita Loud?"
"Yes, speaking."
"My name is Dr. Fred Ritter, is your husband Lynn Loud?"
She was growing concerned. "Yes he is...did something happen?"
"I hate to be the bearer of bad news... But it seems that your husband was involved in a car crash."
A/N: Hello and welcome to The Dead Awakening! I've been planning to write this story since i first decided to write here on fan fiction. Took a while but it's finally here. The Dead Awakening is loosely based on an upcoming YouTube web series i plan on making. This fic is more of me mixing characters from The Loud House into the world of my web series. A few OCs here will be based on actual characters from the web series but they won't make their appearance till later on in the story. Still we have quite a journey coming up. I planned on writing this from the start of the outbreak rather than just jump straight into the post apocalypse. I hope you guys will enjoy this story. Till the next Chapter, FrostbiteFear out.
