Earlier that day

After the family left, Lincoln sat quietly in his room to eat his cereal. As he ate, he still went over the events of last night, namely when August said that "he got what he needed."

"What was that creep talking about? What did he need? And what is he planning?"

Lincoln was getting frustrated with the lack of answers, and the more he thought about it, the more it frustrated him. He had asked his parents for details, but all they knew was public knowledge. Nothing he couldn't find out by googling the white dragons and their downfall.

"He must be planning some kind of return to power. But he failed last time, so he must be aiming for something big. Well whatever he's planning, he will not succeed this time." Lincoln resolved, trying to make himself feel better. But truth be told, it wasn't working as much as he wanted it to.

Later,

After getting cleaned up, Lincoln pondered what to do next. Deciding to train in the Rock of Eternity, Lincoln was about to go upstairs when he heard a knock at the front door. To his surprise, Ronnie Anne was standing on the other side.

"Hey, Linc."

"Ronnie Anne? What are you doing here so early?"

"What? Can't a girl visit her friend?" Ronnie Anne replied as she was invited inside.

"I'm glad to see you. I thought you and Sid were supposed to spend the day with Twelve is Midnight. You saved the band, after all."

"True, but they invited Sid and Lady Shazam, so I couldn't go as normal me. But Sid is sure enjoying it right now." Frowning, Ronnie Anne sitting on the couch.

"I see." Lincoln nodded while he sat next to her. "So you chose me over Twelve is Midnight?"

"Don't get too flattered, I figured I'd see what you had planned for the day. I can still change my mind."

"Glad to see I'm your second choice." He said with sarcasm.

"Relax, Lame-O, if it makes you feel better; Carl thinks we're going on a date."

"Why would he think that?"

"It's Carl; enough said."

"I see."

"Besides, you did ask me to spend time with you like a date on a day when we're both free, and today is such a day. So, what are your plans for the day?" asked Ronnie Anne.

"I was going to train in the Rock of Eternity for a few hours, then patrol," said Lincoln with a shrug.

Not liking how Lincoln would spend his Saturday, Ronnie Anne placed her hands on his shoulders.

"Ronnie Anne, what are you doing?"

"I'm the one who should be asking that."

"What?"

"Linc, you got blown up last night; I fought & got slimed by a body-stealing worm. Don't you think we need a break?"

"Ronnie Anne, I'm searching for a racist nut job and his organization of just as crazy zealots. And the police are practically asking for some way to contact me at their leisure. One of them mentioned a signal light to shoot up into the sky." Explained Lincoln.

Ronnie Anne laughed. "Seriously? Who would call that a good idea?"

Lincoln shrugged. "I still don't know what Smith is going to do, but I'm relieved I don't have to worry about Mayor Davis today."

"Why's that?"

"She's an obvious target for a dangerous racist like Smith, but she'll be at the golf tournament that Lori is playing in."

"must be pretty big if the mayor is attending," commented Ronnie Anne.

"Well, not too big; I mean, it's not being televised, so you won't see it on TV."

"Then what's so important about it?"

"The mayor will present the trophy to the winner and a huge grant to the winning school. Plus, the winner gets a big banquet in their honor; I heard Lori talking about it a few times to Bobby." Explained Lincoln.

"I think I heard him talk about that too, well I already know he's not going anymore since he and Lori aren't together right now plus he's on a date."

"Seriously?" asked a surprised Lincoln

"I'll explain later, now about the mayor."

"Well since she's two states away, I doubt the White Dragons will be doing something like trying to blow up city hall with her in it." Said Lincoln.

"Do you think they're that petty?" Ronnie Anne asked.

"Yup. They wouldn't be racists if they weren't petty."

"Okay, Lame-O, I'll make a deal with you. We'll spend time learning; then we'll have some actual fun."

"Deal." Lincoln nodded, smiling

The two headed to Lincoln's room; reaching for the doorknob, Lincoln's hand started crackling with electricity as he twisted it. Opening the door, the two stepped right into the Rock of Eternity's main hall.

"Man, there is still so much of this place we haven't seen," said Ronnie Anne.

"Okay, let's get started."

Shazam!

Powered up, they headed to the library; as fast as they could, turning into a race. A race that Ronnie Anne won.

"Ha, beat you, Linc." Teased Ronnie Anne.

"How are you faster than me?"

"I guess my Fleetness of Zephyrus beats your Speed of Mercury." She joked.

Lincoln rolled his eyes as he entered the library, with Ronnie Anne following. The rock's library has a vast assortment of spell books that covers basic parlor tricks like actually pulling a rabbit out of a hat to ritual magic like sacrificing goats to ensure a bountiful harvest.

"Gotta hand it to that wizard. He sure has a lot of information."

"Well, let's get learning."

The two began reading some of the books, and thanks to the wisdom provided by their prospective benefactors, they could not only read each book in a few minutes but retain the knowledge even in their mortal forms.

"Hey Lincoln, remember when I told you how that bug cast spells?" asked Ronnie Anne.

"Mr. Mind? Uh, yeah, you said it sounded like each word he spoke was said backward. Like 'pots' instead of 'stop.'"

"According to this book, that type of casting is called Logomancy, and we can do it too." She informed him.

"whoa, really?"

"It says here all we have to do is say what we want to happen, except pronounce each word as if it was spelled backward. But the order of the words has to be normal. For example, if I wanted to change the color of my cape to red, I'd take the words 'turn my cape red' and say each word backward but not the actual sentence backward."

"Sounds like that will take some getting used to."

"Oh, there is one warning mentioned. It says to never say your own name backward. The consequences will be... according to this, random but temporary. It mentions things like only speaking backward, losing all magic, or even being sent to other worlds. Maybe like where Mr. Mind came from?" Ronnie Anne continued.

"Got it, no saying our names backward. Mind if I check that one out?" Lincoln asked.

"Knock yourself out." Said Ronnie Anne handing the book over.

While Lincoln looked over the book, Ronnie Anne had two things on her mind: to mess with Lincoln and test her logomancy; she realized she could do both.

'This is gonna be sweet.' She thought, summoning her staff. "Nrut... ym estum-No that's not it. Hmm... emustoc... no, not that. Sheesh, saying words backwards is hard."

"Here." said Lincoln handing her some paper and a pencil. "Maybe if you write it down it will help."

Taking it, she wrote out the command and kept her focus on it. "Let's try this again. "Nrut... ym emutsoc... otni... a yxes inikikb."

Upon speaking that command, a flash covered her, getting Lincoln's attention.

"Ronnie Anne, what are you do-?"

The sight of Ronnie Anne in a purple and white bikini, hugging her staff between her breasts, greeted Lincoln.

"It works, Lincoln. So how do I look? She asked, trying to sound seductive yet coy.

Lincoln's nose instantly started bleeding, causing him to pull his hands over his eyes and turn away. Ronnie Anne erupted with laughter, barely holding herself up with her staff.

"oh, Lame-O, sometimes you make it too easy." She teased.

"Two can play at that game." He thought, summoning his staff as well as the paper she had written on before adding an adjustment. "Nrut ym... emutsoc... otni... miws sknurt." He whispered, struggling with the process like her.

Ronnie Anne's laughing stopped when she saw the flash. Standing in front of her now was Lincoln, dressed in red swim trunks, holding his staff while flexing his muscles at her. Ronnie Anne quickly made a lovestruck expression like the one Bobby made all the time as her nose started to bleed. Ronnie Anne soon snapped out of it and turned away, embarrassed, giving him a view of her bikini-covered butt and causing him to get another nosebleed as he turned his back to Ronnie Anne. The two stood there for a moment, embarrassed until Lincoln spoke up.

"So, uh, truce?"

"Truce." Squeaked Ronnie Anne.

The two had their costumes return to normal and went back to reading, trying to both avoid looking at the other while sneaking in glances on occasion. The awkward silence lasted for a few more minutes until Ronnie Anne finally decided to break it.

"Hey, Linc, sorry for… you know I just wanted to test my logomancy & tease you a little."

"I'm sorry too; for what it's worth, you did look pretty in that bikini." complemented Lincoln.

"Thanks, you look good in those swim trunks too."

The awkwardness eased up a little between them enough that Lincoln had come up with an idea.

"Hey Ronnie Anne, I've got an idea."

"I'm listening."

"We can practice our logomancy on each other and on ourselves."

"Are you sure?"

"Sure, it's a way for us to practice and have some fun."

"Okay, but don't dress me in something weird."

"Deal"

Lincoln started with something Ronnie Anne would like as he pointed his staff.

"Sserd… reh… sa… al atnemrot." he said, firing a beam at her.

When the flash cleared to Ronnie Anne's surprise and delight, she was now dressed as her favorite wrestler La Tormenta.

"Thanks, Linc; okay, my turn," she said, grabbing her staff. "Sserd… mih… sa…nooy nawk."

In a flash, Lincoln was now dressed as Yoon Kwan. To Ronnie Anne's surprise, he pulled off that look very well.

"Not bad, though I think I get more points here. I had to pronounce a non-English word backward."

"So did I." Ronnie Anne pointed out.

Lincoln chuckled. "Got me there." He then pointed his staff at her again. "Ekam reh od...spu-hsup."

A beam of light hit Ronnie Anne, and she was compelled to get on the floor and begin a set of push-ups as if she were in gym class. After doing one, she managed to make herself stop and sit on the ground.

"So we can control actions with this too? Good to know." She replied before pointing her staff back at him. "Ekam him... nips ni ecalp."

A beam hit Lincoln, and suddenly he began twirling around like the Tasmanian Devil. He came to a stop and looked a little dizzy, but fortunately, his powers helped him recover.

"That was weird. At least it was only a moment."

"Huh, I never set a time limit on my spell. Maybe the magic can make us start an action, but we can stop ourselves if we try hard enough."

"Good to know because that probably applies to anyone we use this magic on too," Lincoln noted.

Later

Later in the afternoon, Lincoln and Ronnie Anne, in their normal forms, were having lunch at the Burpin' Burger. Lincoln had ordered him a Burpin' Burger, Big Belcher, bacon double cheeseburger, two large fries, and a large cookie dough milkshake. Ronnie Anne ordered a Burpin' Burger, Double Belcher, Fire-in-the-Belly Burger, two large curly fries, and a large chocolate cookie dough milkshake.

"Man, I miss these burgers since I moved," she said, taking a bite of her burpin' burger. "Don't get me wrong, Linc, Burger Blast is great, but you can't beat a good old burpin' burger.

"I'll eat to that," Lincoln replied as he and Ronnie Anne toasted by tapping their milkshakes. "By the way, were you serious that Bobby is out on a date with another girl?"

"Yeah, his friend Par roped him into a triple date."

"Wow."

"Par's girlfriend Dori is in town; the two were originally supposed to be on a double date with Dori's cousin and some girl."

"How did Bobby get dragged into it?"

"Well, turns out the girl brought her younger sister; I think her name is Georgia or something like that." Ronnie Anne explained. "Bobby didn't want to go since he still loves Lori, but Par convinced him that since they're broken up at the moment, so it's not like he's cheating, and he owed him a solid."

"Man, that's rough."

"Yeah, well Bobby said as long as Lori never finds out then it's somewhat okay." Said Ronnie Anne. "To be honest, I'm surprised that Bobby would agree, considering how 'close' he and Lori are." Said Ronnie Anne taking a sip of her milkshake.

"You mean 'cause they've had sex?"

Ronnie Anne nearly choked hearing Lincoln say that as she was surprised. "How did you find out?" She asked in shock.

"It was after Lori's graduation, I came home early after a sleepover at Clyde's house, and the rest of the family was out. I heard Lisa's bunker hatch open up from my window and I saw them climbing out, plus they spent the rest of the day giggling like kids who pulled off the perfect crime."

"Gross."

"Tell me about it. Todd had filmed it and was going to rat them out to Lisa, but I managed to trade one of my rarest Ace savvy comics for the footage."

"Man, that's rough."

"Yeah, I didn't want Lisa to find out. She doesn't exactly have the best understanding of personal business."

"Considering the last three months, which of your sisters does?" asked Ronnie Anne.

Lincoln frowned. "Lily, obviously."

"Anyway, how'd Bobby and Lori get inside Lisa's bunker anyway?" Ronnie Anne asked, changing the subject.

"Lisa may be smart, but she's really bad at passcodes; she just used her birthday for everything."

Ronnie Anne looked perplexed that a genius couldn't be just slightly more creative than that. "So then how did you find out?"

"I would rather not relive that." He said shuddering.

As the two ate, Lincoln noticed something else that he wanted to ask Ronnie Anne.

"Hey Ronnie Anne, have you noticed anything different lately?"

"Like what?"

"Have you noticed that you can eat more than usual?"

"What's that supposed to mean?" Ronnie Anne asked with a look Lincoln had seen on every sister who heard a comment on their own weight.

"No, I mean, okay, I've noticed that my appetite has gotten bigger, especially after I power down. My dad started making extra helpings, plus even Chef Pat pointed out that I'm eating more," explained Lincoln

Ronnie Anne thought for a moment; in the weeks since getting her powers, she hadn't thought about it, but now she realized that her appetite has increased. Ronnie Anne could now easily eat dozens of Bruno's hotdogs; Nikki once suggested that she enter the next eating contest. Ronnie Anne also remembered that her Abuela Rosa started serving her bigger portions but never noticed since she knows Rosa loves cooking.

"Maybe we burn so many calories powered up we need to make them all up after we power down."

"That makes sense," said Lincoln as he ate some fries.

The two continued eating until they heard the door opening and the gang stepping in; Rusty, Zach, and Liam stepped in first, followed by Clyde & a sad Stella. Lincoln became annoyed, especially after Zach and Liam walked to his table.

"Lincoln, can we talk?" asked Liam

"What do you guys want now? I'm eating, and you're hurting my appetite already."

"Look, you gotta tell everyone that Stella didn't make that photo, that she is being framed," asked Zach.

"Why would I do that?"

"Dude, everyone at school keeps giving her dirty looks, calling her names; Girl Jordan uninvited her to her big sleepover/pool party that was today," explained Liam.

"So after two weeks of getting what Lincoln got for three months, you guys are so desperate to save her that you're begging the very person you bullied to save her ass? where was that when Lincoln needed that?" asked a sarcastic Ronnie Anne.

"Uh, excuse us, we were talking to-..." Rusty stopped dead in his tracks after Ronnie Anne shot a threatening look. He could swear he saw sparks shooting from her eyes. "Uh, Clyde, a little help here?"

"I already said that I wasn't going to help. We don't have the right to ask Lincoln for help."

"Finally, someone gets it," said Ronnie Anne. "you know, Rusty, out of all of you, I thought at least you'd be the first to consider that Lincoln was being framed instead of jumping on the 'Lincoln's a cheating scumbag' bandwagon."

"Yeah, and why's that?" he said, looking away.

"Are you really so self-absorbed you forgot he had your back after Girl Jordan framed you for that stink bomb at the dance thing?"

Rusty was hit with a realization in all his anger towards Lincoln for going out with Stella; he had, in fact, forgotten that incident. He now remembers how the school turned on him & how he was suspended, how Lincoln and the rest of his friends had worked together to clear his name. Rusty now realized that he had done the same thing to Lincoln, but things got worse than he anticipated. This was the first time since he hesitated to post that picture that Rusty felt ashamed of his action, but this didn't last long because a voice in his head told him it was not his fault.

"No, he deserved it. He started this when he broke our pact; it's not my fault things spiraled out of control the way they did." he thought, trying to fix his face, but Clyde noticed. "Look, just tell everybody that Chandler did it; everybody would believe that it was Chandler." he reasoned.

"Someone mentioned my name?"

Everyone looked over to see Chandler walking in with a big smirk on his face as he walked to the table, pushing past everyone to get to Lincoln.

"Lincoln Lame, just the loser I wanted to see."

"What do you want, Chandler?"

"Oh, just a little something I found on the dark web you might want to see."

"Since when do you have access to the dark web? Asked Stella.

"Since I installed the X-Dark chip in my brand-new phone." he mocked. "You know, Lame, I take back what I said. Both your sisters are 10s; your mom is pretty hot, too, considering she's had eleven kids. If she actually had them all herself that is." he mocked.

Everyone was confused and disturbed by what Chandler was saying; Lincoln was becoming agitated by his smug expression.

"What are you getting at?"

"Have a look," he said, showing off his phone.

As everyone looked to their shock & Lincoln's horror, he saw his mother, Lori, and Leni on stage in their underwear, trying in vain to cover themselves. Lincoln was horrified; he didn't know what was going on as the camera switched over and over, showing close up of their breasts, buttocks, and their terrified and embarrassed faces. Everyone, even Rusty, was disgusted by Chandler as he laughed at Lincoln's shock.

"What the hell is this?" said Ronnie Anne.

"Just a little something I found. Did I mention the Mayor is there too?"

The camera then shows Mayor Davis in the same situation as his family, further confusing him until he hears Leni cry No and someone say.

"Take solace in knowing you are entertaining God's people."

Realizing who that voice was, Lincoln's whole world turned red, something that Ronnie Anne noticed as Lincoln moved out of the booth, pushing past Chandler with Ronnie Anne behind him.

"Don't worry, Lincoln, I'll keep recording this juicy footage," he mocked as he climbed into the booth, helping himself to the rest of Lincoln and Ronnie Anne's lunch.

"You're disgusting," said Stella

"Says the girl who faked that photo." Said chandler shamelessly, not caring in the slightest how miserable others were as long as he had a laugh.

Running at top speed, Lincoln was desperately trying to find a place to power up, with Ronnie Anne trying to calm him.

"Stupid and careless, I didn't think they'd follow her there; now my family is-"

"Lincoln, now is not the time to lose it; get it together." Ronnie Anne told him.

Lincoln calmed down upon hearing Ronnie Anne allowing him to find a place for them to transform.

Shazam!

The two shot into the sky like missiles as Lincoln was ahead, moving faster than he ever did, with Ronnie Anne close behind. Ronnie Anne could see that Lincoln's feelings for his sisters, the ones he buried after kicking them out of his life, had just forced themselves back to the surface. She couldn't blame Lincoln for how he was feeling; she'd feel the same if she had seen her cousins and brother in the same situation. Even if they had done something to piss her off.

"If I had just gone with them when Lori asked, none of this would-"

"Lincoln, you couldn't have known this would have happened,"

"But-"

"No buts, Lame-o; look, we can't stop bad things before they happen, even with powers. What we can do is stop them from getting any worse." Ronnie Anne reasoned.

"Thanks, Ronnie Anne I needed that."

"My pleasure; now let's get going."

Flying at top speed, the two were close in a matter of minutes; not wanting to be spotted by anything that Smith might have set up to stop them, the two used their logomancy to conjure a storm as cover as they moved in close, covering the two as they flew. Once they were above the stage, they blasted two floating orbs that Ronnie Anne deduced were cameras. Blasting down onto the stage with Ronnie Anne, Lincoln felt his rage skyrocket as he saw the situation his mother and eldest sisters were forced into first.

"YOU!" Growled Lincoln.

"Well…Well… we finally meet face to face," said August. "My brothers, these champions of evil are here to defy God's righteous punishment of these whores; it's time to show them the true might of the White Drag-" he tried to say before being punched in the chest.

Lincoln was already aware of the armor due to being informed of it by the police chief before the failed raid. The force from the blow had sent August flying; unfortunately, the force also caused Mayor Davis, Rita, Lori, and Leni to lose their bras due to them being blown off their bodies since they weren't secure. All four had their arms wrapped around their chests, hoping no one noticed their situation. Lincoln noticed and acted quickly before someone else did summoning his staff.

"Dleihs eseht rouf hitw ym epac!" he chanted.

Suddenly Lincoln's cape detached from his costume, flying in front of them before opening wide and then stretching, forming a curtain to protect them from being seen, allowing them to finally sigh in relief. However, Lincoln was far from done as he tapped the bottom of his staff onto the floor before chanting.

"Sserd eseht rouf ni snwog tif rof a sseddog!" creating a flash and getting everyone's attention.

Recalling his cape, everyone saw that all four women were now dressed in ancient Grecian style dresses, and as a bonus, their hair had also been styled similarly to ancient Greece.

"Ooh, this is nice." noted Leni, checking out her new attire.

Lincoln & Ronnie Anne then turned to August's followers, who were threatening to shoot hostages if they move.

"I got this, mrasid!" said Ronnie Anne causing all their guns to be ripped from their hands & sent flying up before being blasted. "And since you bastards like stripping so much, pirts ot ruoy raewrednu!"

Suddenly, all the white dragon's men started glowing before removing their clothes piece by piece.

"What's happening? Why are we stripping!?" One man yells.

"It's that witch; she's making us!"

In a matter of seconds, all the followers had stripped themselves down to their underwear, but Ronnie Anne wasn't done yet. Seeing numerous golf clubs scattered, Ronnie Anne got another idea.

"Mra eht sevitpac!"

Suddenly all the golf clubs started to glow before they flew to the hands of the hostages, including Lynn Sr. and his still-clothed daughters. Lynn Sr immediately clobbered the man standing on his back and got to his feet before hitting away the men that had the rest of his daughters.

"Kids, go to your mother."

"But dad, I want a piece of them too." Protested Lynn Jr.

"LJ, do as I say and go to your mother now!"

Hearing the seriousness in his tone, all the girls ran to the stage with Luna holding Lily. With his daughters out of the way, Lynn Sr. turned his attention to the White Dragon's followers, who were now surrounded by their former hostages.

"You bastards messed with the wrong man's family, so you should know this is going to hurt, and I'm going to enjoy every second of it."

With a furious scream from coach Niblick, everyone pounced on them and started beating them though the followers tried fighting back. As the rest of the Loud sisters made it to the stage, they watched Mayor Davis leap off the stage, grabbing a club as she ran towards the fight. The girls happily embraced Rita, Lori, and Leni, relieved they were okay. Everyone except Lincoln watched Lynn Sr. tear through every follower he could get his hands on. He was a man who made a promise to make them pay, and he was keeping it.

"Wow, Pop is an animal." Said Luna.

"He's become a revenge demon," Lucy said.

"I've never seen this side of Dad." Said Lynn Jr.

"I have." Rita thought. This was the first time she's seen it out of the bedroom. She had eleven kids, and for a good reason, after all.

Lincoln kept looking out into the distance until he noticed something was coming.

"Lady Shazam, he's coming back, defense!" He said, moving back.

Nodding, Ronnie Anne instructed everyone to get behind her. With everyone behind her, Ronnie Anne used her staff to conjure an invisible barrier, sectioning off the back end of the stage.

Landing back onto the stage, no one could tell, but August was amused.

"Impressive. That would have killed me if it weren't for my armor."

"I'm not letting you off that easy, you bastard!"

Lincoln charged August, locking hands with him, causing the floor to crack beneath them.

"You'll pay for what you did to that family."

"They were receiving God's mercy, but now I see they deserve His wrath instead, but your partner might be worthy of His mercy." He mocked.

Hearing August mockingly claim he would do something similar to Ronnie Anne, like he did to his mother and sisters, caused him to push harder, nearly bringing August to his knees.

"Give it up; that armor can't match my strength."

"Don't be so sure."

August began pushing back harder. To Lincoln's shock, he was being pushed back as now they were at a stalemate.

"How is this possible?"

"Like I told you, I got what I needed."

August then broke his left hand free before pulling back. To everyone's shock, his fist became electrified before he delivered a straight to Lincoln's face, sending him crashing into part of the stage. The crowd was shocked at what they saw; even the fighting off the stage stopped as Lynn Sr. worried for his son, but Lincoln was already on his feet, wiping away the tiny patch of blood from the side of his mouth.

"You copied my powers; that's what you took."

"If you won't use them to save the world, then I will."

"I knew it; he's part of this." Thought Lisa.

"In fact, I think I'll copy your partner's powers, too," August added.

August then turned his attention to Ronnie Anne, but that was his mistake, as Lincoln tackled him, launching them both in the air. High up, August clasp his hands together, slamming them down on Lincoln breaking his grip. However, Lincoln counters by delivering a backflip kick to his face. The two then charged up their fist with electricity slamming into each other, causing lightning to come shooting down. Realizing the danger everyone is in, Ronnie Anne expanded her barrier, protecting everyone, including August's beaten and unconscious followers. Lynn Sr., having delivered a satisfying beating to most of the followers, reunited with his family, watching the battle in the sky, wanting to see Lincoln take that guy down. Back in the sky, Lincoln & August had already traded multiple blows, each blow sounding like a mini sonic boom.

"These powers are amazing. I don't even have to use my propulsion; how did a heathen like you get such power?"

"None of your business, you freak."

"No matter; I'm sure your partner will be more than willing to reveal your secrets, especially after a night of receiving God's grace." he mocked.

"You sick, perverted bastard, you'll never lay a finger on her while I'm standing!"

"You won't be standing long, but first."

Suddenly August unleashed a dozen more floating camera orbs that flew out, forming a circle around them. "Though my men have fallen, I still have plenty of followers who deserve to watch their hero defeat evil."

The fight resumed with August delivering a straight to Lincoln's face, but Lincoln came back with a kick to the side. Despite the armor protecting him with the added bonus of Lincoln's copied invulnerability, each blow still hurt, though he was protected from feeling the full force of the blow. Annoyed, August pulled out a device that unfolded into a sword as he tried to bring it down on Lincoln, but Lincoln quickly summoned his staff, using it to block. Knocking August back, he came charging in, electrifying his sword but Lincoln decided to use some logomancy.

"Part mih ni ym epac!"

"What are you?-"

Suddenly Lincoln's cape detached from him again, flying over to August; it wrapped itself around, cocooning him. As August struggled to get free, Lincoln rushed in, combining Hercules's strength with Mercury's speed; Lincoln began laying multiple blows into August before knocking him further back. Electrifying his sword again, August cut his way out, his armor starting to show battle damage.

"I'm going to send you back to your master in pieces,"

"Ready. When you are."

Suddenly Lincoln was blasted from behind, damaging his costume, and another blast hit him on the side, hurting him too. Realizing it was coming from the cameras, they all started firing lasers at him, forcing him to dodge them all. August tried to take advantage by attacking, but Lincoln still countered with his staff though it left him open to get hit by the laser. Everyone was watching, and they were filled with helplessness, watching the unfair battle.

"That creep, if I had powers too, I'd!" thought Lynn.

Ronnie Anne was beyond her limit of patience; she hated watching Lincoln fighting alone and wanted to help.

"I'm not standing by anymore; I'm going in." Said Ronnie Anne.

"Wait, Ronnie Anne." Said Lisa tugging on Ronnie Anne's cape.

"Let go, Lisa!"

"Listen, I know you think we don't care about Lincoln, and we can't convince you otherwise right now, but please pretend that we do and hear me out; I know how he copied Lincoln's power."

"You've got five minutes."

"That armor has been augmented with Amazo tech," explained Lisa.

"Amazo tech?"

"It was experimental tech that two scientists developed; it was designed to adapt to its environment. Their names are Professor Anthony Ivo and Dr. Harrison Wells."

"Keep going."

"Wells wanted to use this tech for peace, but the government wanted to use it to make weapons that could not only adapt but replicate the opposing weapon's power, like a handgun that can shoot with the power of a tank."

"Lisa, we're literally running out of time." Said Lori.

"Fine; Wells left the project when he found out what they were up to, leaving Ivo to finish it alone, but without Wells, his progress was set back a few years. Eventually, the funding was cut, and Ivo disappeared, taking Amazo with him. This happened six years ago."

"How do you know if this happened before you were born? Asked Leni.

" I'm well connected in the science community, plus I've been hacking into government files since I was three.' Said Lisa. "my point is I know it was Ivo who made that armor, and I know how to beat it."

"How?" Asked Ronnie Anne.

"I've been scanning the armor since the start of all of this; it has a significant flaw in its programming; Ivo is good at hardware, not software. I sent data back to Todd to make a virus to exploit that flaw. I just need you to get him here to finish it so I can upload it."

Ronnie Anne was reluctant to believe Lisa, but with so much at stake, she knew she couldn't let personal feelings get in the way.

"Fine, where is he?"

"In my bunker, the passcode is-"

"Your birthday, I already know."

"How did you? not the time just go!"

"Stay in the barrier; it should hold long enough without me here maintaining it."

Ronnie Anne flew off, opening a hole to fly threw before closing it, something august and Lincoln noticed.

"Looks like your partner abandoned you."

"That's what you think," he said. 'Whatever you're up to, Ronnie Anne, I hope it works,' he thought.

The battle continued with Lincoln and August using their weapons to attack and block each other. All the while, Lincoln was still dealing with the orbs blasting him.

"Damn these things!" Roared Lincoln.

"This is what happens when you challenge a servant of God."

"Let's see how you like it." He thought. "sbro nrut no etihw nogard!"

Suddenly all the orbs stopped firing at Lincoln, confusing August, before they started firing at him.

"How did you?!" He yelled, dodging his own laser fire

August began flying around, dodging blasts and being hit with some. Until he was forced to shut them down, dropping them from the sky.

"I don't know how you did that, but I'm gonna-"

Suddenly Lincoln came flying in with a right to August's jaw. Enraged, August tackled Lincoln, sending them flying into the barrier. Penned to the barrier, Lincoln received numerous blows, cracking the barrier.

"I'll make you and everyone here suffer God's wrath."

As August was about to land another blow, his fists were caught by Lincoln.

"Silly dragon, Kicks ARE FOR RIBS!" Yell Lincoln as he managed not only to kick August in the ribs but send him flying back into the air.

Lincoln then launched himself off the barrier while his family continued to watch.

"That pun was pretty good." Said Luan.

Suddenly Ronnie Anne came flying in, crashing through her barrier with Todd in tow.

"Wee, that was fun."

"Focus, Todd. Did you finish the virus?"

"Almost just needs a few more bits of code."

Lisa went to work finishing the virus using the laptop that Todd had brought; Ronnie Anne took the opportunity to add something though she typed it backward, to Lisa's confusion.

"What was that for?"

"Just a little something for those who recorded what happened."

"Okay, I need you to help distract him while I finish the virus."

Ronnie Anne took off into the sky, passing through the hole in the barrier. Lincoln and August were again locking horns as they traded blows before they both threw a straight that slammed into each other's fists, pushing back. Ronnie Anne then showed up floating next to Lincoln.

"So you decided to join us; good, I can copy your powers too now."

"I hope whatever you're planning works."

"Not my plan, Lisa's plan."

"What?"

Ronnie Anne flew in, ready to get her piece of the action, as she cracked August across the face.

"You Little-"

Suddenly he was tackled from behind by Lincoln, who then grabbed him by the horns and threw him. August was becoming more agitated, now forced to fight both; he considered producing more orbs, but he decided not to fear they could be used against him again. Suddenly the eyes to his armor started to glow, and on his HUD screen, it revealed that he had managed to copy Lady Shazam's power. Both watched as the armor's damage started to repair itself.

"Looks like I've got what I needed from you too."

"Damn, I didn't think he could copy her that fast."

Moving faster, August punched Lincoln hard in the stomach catching him by surprise. Before Ronnie Anne could react, she was kicked in the side, sending her flying. Grabbing her by the cape, he tore it off before using it to try and strangle Lincoln. As he tightened his hold around Lincoln's neck, Ronnie Anne came from behind flying into his back with a kick, forcing him to let go. Turning around August grabbed Ronnie Anne by the foot before throwing her into Lincoln.

"Okay, asshole, try this!" Said Ronnie Anne. "hsurc sih romra!" Said Ronnie Anne.

Despite speaking the spell, the armor barely reacted, only a few dings appeared, surprising them both.

"How did he resist?" Asked Ronnie Anne.

"Damn, with our combined powers, that armor can resist logomancy now."

Suddenly August came in fast, grabbing them both by the throat.

"This power is fantastic, and now it's in the hands of someone worthy of it."

"You could never be worthy, you hateful scumbag." Said Ronnie Anne.

August then slammed them into the barrier, sending them through.

"I'm more than worthy, you brown-skinned slut!" He yelled.

August charged a large amount of lighting before blasting them, shattering the rest of the barrier and leaving them in a crater. Everyone watching was horrified, especially the Louds, as Rita almost ran to check on them but was stopped by Lynn Sr.

"Honey, no,"

"But our baby-!" Cried Rita.

"Can handle this, look.'

Lincoln and Ronnie Anne were back on their feet as the dust cleared.

" Lincoln, I'm done pulling my punches."

"So am I."

They shot back into the sky like lightning bolts as they slammed into August, knocking the wind out of him. Suddenly August started to move like them; everyone watched as three lightning bolts slammed into each other. A sight that was both awe-inspiring and terrifying.

"Lisa, what is taking so long?" Asked Lori.

"Almost done, I... dang it!" She cried.

"What's wrong?" Asked Lucy.

"That armor is working on a private server. I don't have time to hack into it."

"Is there another way?" Asked Luna.

"I need something already linked to his armor."

"What about those flying balls?" Asked Lana.

"Perfect."

"I saw where they landed; I'll get it." Said Lynn jumping off the stage.

"LJ, wait!" Said Rita

Lynn ran as fast as she could, trying to find one of the floating orbs.

"C'mon, I saw them land over here."

Above Lincoln and Ronnie Anne were still clashing with August. Their combined power was starting to wear him down. Suddenly he noticed Lynn looking for something before picking it up.

"Found one!"

Realizing she had one of his orbs, August didn't know what she had planned but knew he couldn't let it be used against him. Taking off after her, Lynn looked up to see August was a second away from grabbing her when Lincoln saved her. Before he could chase them, Ronnie Anne came flying in, stomping August into the ground. Carrying Lynn, he brought her back to the rest of the family before returning to the fight.

"What were you thinking, just running-!" Said Rita.

"Just give it to Lisa, mom." She said, handing the orb to Rita.

Rita took the orb, giving it to Lisa, who connected it to Todd.

"Okay, now I just need to reverse the flow of the signal. Give me a second." Said Lisa, typing on her laptop. "Done; get ready to upload."

"Virus upload in T-10." Todd said.

Back with the fight, August was starting to be pushed back thanks to Lincoln and Ronnie Anne no longer holding back.

"Enough!" He yelled, blasting them away before flying up.

August then raised his hand before creating a ball of lightning in the sky, ready to drop it.

"Time for you all to feel God's wrath!"

Lincoln and Ronnie Anne readied themselves but then noticed the ball lighting starting to shrink until it was gone. Confused, August was then alerted by his HUD screen that a virus was attacking the system.

"Quick, initiate an instant reboot to purge the virus." Said August

"Warning instant reboot will-"

"Just do it."

Suddenly the armor shut down and began plummeting to the ground; however, just before it crashed, the armor reactivated with August flying straight to Lincoln.

"I tried to give you all a fast death; now you will all suffer slowly."

Delivering a straight to Lincoln's face, to both his and Lincoln's shock, the blow barely phased him. He then tried to electro-blast Ronnie Anne, but nothing happened.

"Suit, what's happening!?"

"Warning instant reboot restores armor to default mode."

"What? quick copy their powers again."

"Warning replication is offline and needs to be recalibrated."

"No, my powers-"

August was then grabbed by the throat and brought to Lincoln's face.

"They were never yours to begin with!"

Lincoln then delivered a punch to August's stomach, knocking the wind out of him. Ronnie Anne then punched August in the back, causing him to scream in pain. Without Lincoln and Ronnie Anne's powers, the suit was a lot less durable as it was taking heavy damage. The two then delivered a double-fisted slam sending August falling to the ground. However, he reactivated his propulsion and flew after them again.

"I can still fly!"

"Not for long." Thought Ronnie Anne. "hsurc sih srersuruht!"

Suddenly August started hearing a crunching sound before his HUD screen warned that his thrusters were malfunctioning.

"What!?"

Just as he was about to reach them, his thrusters were completely crushed, and he started falling again. As he fell, he was seconds away before hitting the ground; when Lincoln caught him.

"Let me go!"

"I'm shutting you down and shutting you up!" Said Lincoln lifting him above his head.

SHAZAM

A lightning bolt came down and hit August instead of Lincoln. Instead of bestowing power, it acted as regular lightning and fried the circuitry in his suit. Throwing August to the ground, he lay there motionless, unable to move as everyone circled around him.

"Let's see how tough you are when you face these people without your fancy armor." Said Lincoln.

As Lincoln reached to rip August out of his destroyed armor, August tried moving but found hewas completely immobile. Suddenly his HUD screen turned on, showing a countdown.

"Is this?"

Outside, his eyes started beeping.

"He's gonna blow!" Yelled Lynn Sr.

Everyone started panicking as the beeping started to become faster. Instinctively, Lincoln grabbed August, taking him high in the air. The higher Lincoln got, the faster the beeping until he tossed him away seconds before the armor exploded. The blast's force sent Lincoln back to earth, but Ronnie Anne caught him. As the two recovered, the police finally arrived. Seeing they were no longer needed, they flew off, leaving the police to handle the rest. As they flew off, Ronnie noticed the guilt on Lincoln's face.

"Linc?"

"I should've pulled him out of that armor,"

"No, Lincoln, what happened to that creep was his fault."

"I hate him for what he did; I wanted him to face justice."

"Lincoln."

"Maybe I'm not..."

Before he could finish, Ronnie Anne pulled him into a loving embrace in mid-air.

"Don't you ever say you're not worthy again, Lame-O; if anybody deserves to be a hero, it's you."

Lincoln started hugging back; the two floated in the air, hugging. Lincoln slowly loosened his hug, but Ronnie Anne didn't.

"Uh, Ronnie Anne?"

"Five more minutes, please?" Ronnie Anne giggled as she pressed her chest harder against Lincoln. He had no problem with letting her have more time.

Later,

After their statements, the white dragons were arrested, and August Smith was declared dead. As the Louds made their way home, everyone was mulling over the day's events.

"Look, I know that a lot has happened, but if any good came from this, that monster is gone, and you girls helped Lincoln." Said Lynn Sr.

"Did we, dad?" Said Lynn Jr.

Everyone looked at Lynn, who had a bitter expression.

"Let's face it, the only reason mom, Lori, and Leni aren't naked on stage in front of those perverts right now is because, by some miracle, Lincoln found out we were useless today."

"Lynn, they had guns on us; there was nothing we could do. We don't have powers like Lincoln." Said Lucy.

"That's the problem. What good are we? Lincoln, doesn't need us; we need him. And now he knows it."

"Lynn," said Rita.

"I was forced to watch my family be hurt today, and I couldn't do anything; I was helpless all day; even when Lincoln was fighting that creep, all I could do was watch." Said Lynn Jr, her voice quivering. "Then, when I tried to help, I froze up, and Lincoln had to save me; the only person who helped in a meaningful way was Lisa; I was useless and helpless."

Everyone could see how this day had traumatized Lynn Jr. in an intense way, making her question her worth.

"I'm an idiot to think Lincoln still needs me. When he did, I wasn't there like I should have been. I called him bad luck and got him kicked out of the house, and I couldn't swallow my stupid pride and apologize for that or for not believing him when I was proven wrong. Instead, I brushed it off and took his forgiveness for granted. I acted like he owed it to me, like not forgiving us wasn't an option for him."

Lynn started crying hard, continuing her self-hate tirade.

"What reason does he have to forgive us? We all treated him like he was in the way at some point, but the truth is we're in his way. What can we do that Ronnie Anne can't already do in a much better way? None of this would have happened if we had been sisters instead of bullies."

Lynn continued to cry, causing the rest of the girls to cry, too, believing that if they hadn't treated their brother the way they did, they wouldn't have gone through that. Lynn Sr and Rita could only let them vent, hopefully process their emotions as they needed to, even if it was painful.

Later that night,

After a long drive back, everyone made it back tired from the off-and-on crying. As they walked in, they saw Lincoln as himself sitting on the couch. It was plain to see he carried over some damage from his fight with August to his mortal form.

"Sweetie, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, mom. I just wanted to make sure you guys were home before I went to bed."

Lincoln then got up from the couch and headed upstairs; halfway, he heard Lynn calling him to say something, but he cut her off.

"Look, Ronnie Anne told me what you guys did to help take down Smith, and I appreciate what you did, but we're not there." He said, causing the girls to feel sad. "However, mom and dad, if you guys want to tell them everything I told you about this, you have my permission." He said, making sparks in his hand before walking upstairs and going to bed.

The girls were surprised but then turned to their parents, who knew that a lengthy discussion was underway, but despite their feelings, they felt it would be a distraction from what happened today.

"Okay, girls have a seat," said Lynn Sr.

All the girls moved into the living room, sitting still while their parents thought over where to start.

"Mom and Dad, just start from the beginning," said Lori.

Elsewhere

After returning home, Ronnie Anne informed everyone of what happened at the golf tournament; everyone was horrified, especially Bobby who was already furious with Carl.

"First, I found out you told Lori I was on a date with another girl, then this!"

"Hey, I did you a favor, primo." defended Carl.

"I didn't ask you for your help; you had no right."

"Why are you so mad? You wanna date someone who tried manipulating your sister?"

"My love life is none of your business Carl."

"Back me up here, Ronnie Anne."

"Carl, despite my feelings for Lori right now, you shouldn't have said anything."

Carl was upset that no one was backing him up, so he stormed off to his room but not before telling Bobby.

"I did you a favor Bobby; deal with it,"

"And I hope one day to return it primo," Bobby said coldly.

Bobby then left the apartment with Ronnie Anne following, the anger, and sadness on his face

"Bobby?"

"I should've been there; I promised her, and instead of keeping it, I got stuck with some crazy girl."

"Bro, you have no idea this was going to happen; none of us did; you being there could have made things worse."

"I gotta call her to clear up this dating thing."

Ronnie Anne wanted to tell him not to, but she knew Bobby wouldn't listen and decided to leave it.

Back at the Loud House,

Lori was sitting in her room; her parents had told her & her sisters everything, and it was a lot to take in. After comforting Leni so she could sleep, Lori went over what she had learned when her phone rang with a familiar tone. Lori quickly grabbed her phone, eager to answer but calmed herself remembering what Carl had told her.

"Hello, Bobby."

"Lori, look, Ronnie Anne and Carl told me about today. I wanted to-"

"Bobby, I appreciate you are calling to see how I'm doing, but I have a lot on my mind & I need time to think about, and don't worry, I won't bother you or your new girlfriend.

Before Bobby could explain anything, Lori hung up, leaving him devastated, feeling he had lost her forever.

"I just wanted her to make things right."

End Of Ch. 15

Post Credit

Opening his eyes, August Smith found himself lying on a flat surface, a bright light in his shining down on him.

"Have I made it to heaven?"

"Far from it," said Ivo.

The light moved, and august could see that he was in some sort of operating room with Ivo standing over him as he lay on an operating table.

"Welcome back to the land of the living, though I regret to inform you that you are now legally dead, and your organization has been destroyed."

"No!"

"OH you really shouldn't be that surprised. You lack subtly, most racist these days don't go around announcing to the entire world that they're racist. But relax, you're still of use to me, which is why I transferred your consciousness out of your body before detonating that armor; now, you will help me finish my work by becoming my masterpiece."

Ivo then adjusted the table so it was standing straight up, allowing August to see he was nothing more than a metallic skeleton causing him to scream in horror.

"Welcome to the world, Amazo."

Post Post Credit.

Laying in bed, Chandler was busy working on his phone, having spent all day editing the footage of Lincoln's mother and Sisters in their underwear. He was finally ready to post it.

"Hope your family likes their fifteen minutes of shame. Lincoln Lame."

Just as he was about to post it, his screen changed to a grid, confusing him.

"What the?"

Suddenly an egg appeared that quickly started to hatch, revealing a little green cartoon worm with glasses and a little speaker around its neck. The worm moved a little before smiling as if it was smiling at Chandler. It then bit a hole into the grid before giving one last smile & jumping into the hole. Chandler's phone started smoking before it shorted out zapping Chandler and forcing him to drop it.

"My phone, MY BEAUTIFUL PHONE!" he cried.