A/N: Welp! Back for another one, and as I said before, I don't own Loud House or The Expendables, they belong to their rightful owners. Also, I want to apologize for not updating for a couple weeks now, I've been really busy, but I'm back. Alright, enough of my jibber jabber let's get on with the story, I shall see you at the BOTTOM!
Ross pulled the custom 1955 Ford F150 in to a shop where inside was a bunch of machinery and bikes. The veteran nudged Lincoln on the arm to wake him up, he shifted a bit and woke up but in shock did not recognize his surroundings.
Lincoln moved as far back as he could hyperventilating while Ross tried to calm him down the best he could and let him know where they were.
"Whoa, kid calm down! It's me, Barney!" Barney confirmed as the 11-year-old calmed down enough to breath slowly and take in the new surroundings.
"S-sorry Barney, I kinda freaked there didn't I." Lincoln said finally as Barney chuckled and grabbed the files to view, but not until a tall figure approached the truck.
Barney then put his arm in front of Lincoln like he was shielding him as the figure bent down a bit to look inside the truck, the guy was sweating (on some sort of drug).
"Vilena." The tall buff guy said as Lincoln got a good glimpse of his hair; it was blonde, like Lori, Lola, Lana, his mom and Lily.
"Yeah, Vilena." Barney said unamused.
"They got work there?" The blonde giant replied to Barney as he began to get out of the truck.
"C'mon, you know you shouldn't be here, Gunnar." Barney said quietly while Lincoln stayed down in the truck.
"Don't replace me, I'm good...I'm still good." Gunnar said before Barney said something that made Lincoln's stomach drop.
"You're still using, I can't trust you anymore." Barney confessed as Gunnar's face changed.
"You can't trust me." Gunnar repeated what the veteran said as Lincoln could tell he was getting angry due to the drug he had in his bloodstream.
"I can't." Barney said softly as Gunnar lashed out verbally and got in his face.
"YOU CAN'T TRUST ME!" Gunnar exclaimed in his thick accent as Barney looked unphased.
Gunnar started to exit the shop slowly, turned towards the garage opening and put up his finger and wagged it towards the leader.
"Be careful." Gunnar said quickly as Barney caught to what the junkie had said.
"You threatening me Gunnar?" Barney shot back while Gunnar hit the garage door button and walked out.
"No...I'm a nice guy." Gunnar replied before the garage door shutting as Gunnar walked away.
The garage door shut slowly as Barney turned towards the truck and notified Lincoln he could come out.
Barney went towards the truck and poke his head in to see Lincoln with a scared look on his face.
"Sorry about him, he was part of the group, but I had to let him go due to drug problems. Now come on, let's get you set up at a desk." Barney said as Lincoln calmed down and did what Barney said.
Barney led Lincoln to a old metal desk he could be set up at, he also gave him the Wi-Fi network and password to log on. Then Lincoln heard a loud rumble that sounded like a motorcycle coming in through a small space big enough for it to fit, the figure on board was a man with very wild black and white hair, open button shirt and a vest, he also wore a cream colored and brown cowboy hat too. He turned off the bike and got off while smiling at Barney.
"Hey brother, you get the info for the mission yet?" The man asked Barney asked as he held up the brown envelope.
"Right here Tool." Barney replied as he put it down on the counter while waiting for the other expendables to arrive.
Tool then looked over to Lincoln and looked confused, he never saw children in his shop, not that he hated kids, he was just surprised.
"Who's the kid, Barney?" Tool asked confused to his buddy as Barney put on a serious face and introduced Tool to Lincoln.
"Tool, this is out new hacker, Lincoln. Now I know it sounds crazy, but this kid is very talented at what he does. He even hacked into the CIA mainframe and saw confidential files, Church told me himself. He has also given me his word that he has walked over the line of the wrong guns." Barney explained as he ruffled up Lincoln's hair as he heard the 11-year-old chuckle, Tool put on his friendly face and stuck out his hand to introduce himself.
"Well Lincoln, if this is true, you know there is no going back. My name's Tool, I'm this crazy son of a gun's tattoo artist, recruitment liaison and armorer for these guys. I also served in the Marines with Barney during the Bosnian war." Tool explained as he shook Lincoln's hand with pride into meeting the new recruit.
"And Lincoln, you will be getting paid the same amount to whatever we get, ok?" Barney instructed as Lincoln nodded as he understood the basics of being a recruit for the Expendables.
"If I may ask kid, how many siblings do you have?" Tool asked as Lincoln's smile fell as Barney and Tool knew the question was a bad idea to bring up.
"You don't have to answer that Lincoln, if your upset about me asking I'll shut..." Tool tried to explain as Lincoln cut him off.
"It's ok, I have 10 sisters and no brothers." Lincoln said as he heard a low whistle from both men.
"Damn kid, your parents must have been busy for a while!" Tool chuckled as Barney gave him a look that said 'Stop'.
"It's fine Barney, lots of people say that, sometimes in different but inappropriate ways too. Church also said I could tell my friend Ronnie Anne what's really going on, but she is gonna keep the secret until I get back in 10 years." Lincoln explained as the two men raised their eyebrows in confusion.
"So, your friend is the only one that knows?" Tool asked as Lincoln nodded softly.
"But she gave me her word, that if anyone were to snoop around and ask her what's going on, she would lie to keep this secret safe. I'm serious!" Lincoln bellowed as Barney got up quickly and comforted the 11-year-old from hyperventilating.
"Lincoln, calm down! It's ok, we understand, as long as she can keep this secret, we will not get mad at you. Do you understand?" Barney said as he had his hands-on Lincoln's shoulders trying to console him.
Lincoln nodded and took deep breathes in as he then whipped his head around to see a red sports motorcycle coming in. The man who was riding it had a balding head, shoulders built for a swimmer, and had a tattoo on his right forearm.
"Hey Barney, you get the info yet?" The man said in an accent Lincoln recognized, but it sounded a bit different than how Luna did it.
"Yeah, I did. We're just waiting for Toll Road, Caesar and Yin Yang. Also, Lee, this is Lincoln, our new hacker." Barney said as the Brit looked towards Lincoln and smiled and waved at him.
"So, you're our new hacker. Barney already told you the basics of what's to come by being an Expendable?" The man asked as Lincoln nodded.
"Yep, he told me once I cross this line, there is no going back." Lincoln replied as the brit held his hand out for Lincoln to shake.
"The name's Lee Christmas. I was former British Special Forces and the second in command of the Expendables." Lee introduced himself as Lincoln smiled while shaking his hand.
Then they heard more rumbling as two more motorcycles came in. One was a white man with a stocky body, bald head, clear dark stubble, serious face and even a cauliflower ear while the other one was a black man who was clearly buff and bald. They got off their bikes and took a seat but raised their eyebrows to see Lincoln on his laptop going through firewall materials.
"Barney, who's the kid?" The bald man with the cauliflower ear asked the veteran.
"Toll Road, this is Lincoln, he is our new hacker. I know it sounds hard to believe, but he actually hacked into the government mainframe, the CIA mainframe to be exact and looked at confindential files. Now, church gave him the option to work for us instead of going to jail, right Lincoln." Barney explained as he rustled the 11-year-olds hair.
"Yeah, I'm not proud of it, but this is better than serving 10 years in jail. Church told me so as he gave me the choices, and yes I now know there is no going back after this." Lincoln explained as the serious faced man walked up to him and extended his arm while having a small grin on his face.
"The name's Toll Road." Toll Road introduced himself as Lincoln nodded and shook the man's muscular hand.
The black man then came up and put on an infectious smile and stuck out his hand for Lincoln to shake.
"I'm Hale Caesar, the sexy man who gets tons of girls!" Hale boomed as the others just started cackling out loud.
"Hale, let me tell you man. I'm the one who gets the ladies, so just let it go man." Tool said as Caesar shot him a look and scowled.
"Barney, are we gonna discuss the info yet, or not." An unfamiliar accent spoke as Lincoln turned to see a taller man, but shorter than the rest of the guys walking in. He looked Asian and did have some muscles too.
"Yeah, I got the info. Also, we have a new hacker, this here is Lincoln." Barney said as Lincoln looked towards the man walking in.
He walked towards the white-haired hacker, put his hands together and bowed slightly.
"I am Yin Yang, it's a pleasure to meet you Lincoln." Yin introduced himself as Lincoln bowed also showing respect for the asian man.
While the Expendables were getting to know Lincoln, Royal Woods schools were just being let out.
Royal Woods Elementary School
As the school day was ending a certain African American boy with glasses was just about to leave his class for the day, until Mrs. Johnson stopped him.
"Clyde, can I talk to you for a minute." The red-haired teacher asked as Clyde knew she noticed Lincoln not at school all day today.
"Yes Mrs. Johnson. What is it you want to talk to me about?" Clyde said in a concerned tone towards the teacher.
"Well, I noticed Lincoln wasn't here today, you want to explain why he's not here or is there something going on?" Mrs. Johnson asked him as Clyde prepared to explain where Lincoln was.
"Mrs. Johnson, Lincoln is...going to prison." Clyde explained as he then multiple cries from the door frame.
"LINCOLN IS GOING TO PRISON!" The cries were from Liam, Zach and Rusty. They obviously were eavesdropping since they also noticed Lincoln wasn't here today.
"Boys, this is info that does not, and I mean…does not to be spread around the school, understood." Mrs Johnson instructed sternly as the 3 boys nodded in unison.
"I'll explain, but I'll tell what I know so far." Clyde said as the door was closed and 4 boys and the teacher sat down to listen to what he had to say.
A/N: Sheesh, this is time consuming lol. I really appreciate the awesome reviews for this story. Anyway, leave me your reviews of what Liam's, Rusty's and Zach's responses are. Anywho, I have to get going, find out what happens in the next chapter but until then...ADIOS AMIGOS!
