Chapter 42

(Loud House Residence)

Lincoln and Jordan climb down from the Tree House "So, Liam and Tabby are up for it?" asked Lincoln. "I'm pretty sure they're up for it, this is gonna be so awesome!" replied Jordan.

Lincoln and Jordan are both talking about a flyer they saw in the mall four days after their investigation with the Ghost Lab team, the flyer said that there will be a special prize at the Laser Maze for teams of four.

"The grand prize will be ours!" said Lincoln. "We get our faces on the Laser Maze wall of great players and silver medals proving we're great" said Jordan. "Let's not forget the Trophy" said Lincoln.

"Oh yeah! But where should we put it if we win?" asked Jordan. "Let's not get our hopes up, there are other kids who will be competing for it" said Lincoln.

The two of them pass by the kitchen "Lincoln, you and I are the aces at dodge ball, Liam is good with his horse throwing skills! Which I don't know if that'll be helpful and Tabby can be unpredictable with her shots! We can win this" said Jordan feeling victorious already.

Lincoln chuckles a little from seeing his girlfriend with her spitfire spirit "You're always up for a challenge, and I thought Lynn was the game headed one" said Lincoln. "So you're comparing me to Lynn?" Jordan teases.

The two of them were now at the front door "Well, she's not that skilled as you are" replied Lincoln. Jordan then kisses Lincoln's cheek "The competition is three days from now, let's try not to be late and tell Liam and Tabby" said Jordan. "I'll be sure they get the memo" replied Lincoln

"See you tomorrow" the two of them say in unison. Jordan then walks away just as Lincoln closes the door.

But just as he let's go of the door knob he hears what sounded like a scream, so did Lisa, Lana, Lola, Lucy and Lynn Jr. "What was that?" asked Lana. "Sounded like someone freaking out from a vampire" said Lucy.

Lisa rolls her eyes "You and your silly disbeliefs in the paranormal, it obviously sounded like a person who just got a traumatic experience from some sorts" said Lisa.

Lincoln doesn't move instead he looks back at the door nervously. This got the attention from the sisters in the living room.

Luna and Lori race downstairs "We heard someone screaming! Was it dad?" asked Lori. "I don't think so, Dad isn't here" said Lynn Jr. "Yeah, he's at work" said Lana

Lori and Luna noticed Lincoln just looking at the door "Lincoln?" asked Luna with concern.

They all gathered around him. Then they all look at the door and they finally understand why he would just look at it.

A very unhappy theory just popped into Lincoln's head. With a deep breath he grabs the door knob and opens the door.

But nothing was a t the other side. All of them exit the house and look around. But something catches Lola's eyes "Isn't that Jordan's bike?"

They all look and she was right. It was Jordan's bike "But, where's Jordan?" asked Lana. Lincoln then went into panic and started looking for her "Jordan? Jordan?!"

The other sisters did the same thing. Lori, Lucy and Lisa looked at the road, there were no tire tracks.

Lynn, Lola and Lana look to the bushes and in the garage, but nothing.

Lincoln and Luna search everywhere. But then just as Lincoln was about to step foot on the sidewalk. Luna notices something "Lincoln don't step there!" Luna pulls her brother to her.

As Lincoln's foot made slight pressure to the step it triggers and jolts upward. All of the sisters were shocked by this. Lisa looks closely at the step and sees it was a fake and attached to a strong spring "It appears this was left as a trap" said Lisa.

"Or better yet, a prank" said Lucy. It all turned to the signs of Luan. Lincoln then pushes the step back down, he then takes a small acorn and places it on the step.

The acorn is then sent flying towards their backyard. "Please no!" said Lincoln as he races there

They all follow Lincoln and then they see the acorn has landed on top of the shed. They all notice a large hole on the roof and they can all hear a strange noise coming from inside,

And just as they approach the shed and who she was dragging made Lincoln's heart break.

It was Jordan! Unconscious, a small cut on her forehead, with a few bruises on her and her right arm looks like it got hit badly.

The girls immediately rush to her "Lynn! Go get the first aid kit!" said Lori. "On it!" replied Lynn as she heads to the kitchen.

Lincoln immediately kneels down and holds the girls hand. "She's still breathing, but she needs medical attention!" said Lisa. Lincoln just holds her hand and prays for her to be okay.

Luna notices Lori calling on her phone, then she puts it away. "The Ambulance will be here soon" said Lori. She then turns her attention to the girl who dragged her out of the shed.

"What did you do?!" yelled Lori. All of the other sisters look at her as well. Lynn comes back with the first aid kit "Here you go Lis!" said Lynn as she hands Lisa the first aid kit.

Lisa has some knowledge on how to properly tend to a wounded person. Lincoln also helps in wrapping up some of her bruises.

Lori and Luna turn back to Luan "I'm gonna ask this again brah! What the bloody hell did you do?!" yelled Luna.

"I …. I …. This wasn't supposed to happen" said Luan who know has tears down her eyes.

"What wasn't supposed to happen?!" yelled Lola and Lana. But before they could all go on yelling at the comedian, they all hear sirens. "The ambulance! It's here!" said Lisa.

Lincoln picks up Jordan carefully bridal style. The paramedics are about to head to the backyard when they suddenly see the white-haired boy carrying the victim.

They immediately head back to the ambulance and get a stretcher. They put her on it and strap her down. They even place a collar around her neck and since Lincoln was the one who brought Jordan to them, he was allowed to ride in the ambulance and it drives off.

"Alright guys! Into Vanzilla!" said Lori. They all nod and head to the vehicle. Lori then looks at Luan who wasn't moving, she was just standing there crying. Lori out of her anger pulls Luan by her ear and drags her into Vanzilla.

Lori then starts the engine and they drive off. The younger loud sisters stay away from Luan as she sits quietly at the back. "Luna, you have the number of Mr. and Mrs. Rosato right?" asked Lori. Luna nods in response. "Call them, they need to know where their daughter is" said Lori.

(Royal Woods Hospital)

The louds were now waiting for Jordan outside of the room where she's being tended to by the doctor and nurses.

Lucy is comforting the twins, Lynn Jr is angrily looking at the ground, Lori is pacing back and forth, Lisa is looking at all of the people who are passing by (observing their patients and their conditions), Luna is sitting next to a very sad Lincoln and finally the person who made this possible.

Luan was sitting at a lone seat looking down with guilt. Luna notices this and just stares at her angrily.

"Kids!" they all turn to see their parents along with Lily and Leni (they were at the grocery store)

"Kids! What happened?!" asked Rita. "Why are we here at the hospital?" asked Leni.

Lori then looks at them with a concerned look, then it turns to anger. "Go ask the queen of pranks" Lori says in a dark tone.

The parents and Leni look at Luan. Rita hands Lily to Leni and then proceeds to talk to her daughter with Lynn Sr.

Luan was still feeling guilt for what happened. "Luan!" said Rita "Look at me!" Luan slowly looks up to see her angry parents "Luan what did you do?" asked Lynn Sr.

Then they hear more noises. The sound of two parents in concern. "Where's my daughter?!" asked Richard Rosato "Where's Jordan?!" asked Jessie Rosato.

The Loud parents approached them, but then they get stepped aside from Lincoln. "I got this" said Lincoln.

The eleven year old approaches them. The Rosato's parents turn from upset to concern. "Lincoln, where's Jordan?" asked Jesse.

Lincoln sighs. "She …. She's in the room over there" Lincoln points to the room. The parents were shocked. "What happened?" asked Rick.

Lincoln then turns to anger and turns around to look at Luan. He then walks towards her with the Rosato's following. "Luan, what did you do to Jordan?!" yelled Lincoln.

All of them flinch at Lincoln's raised tone. They've never seen him this angry before. "I'm not asking again! What the heck did you do?!" Lincoln repeated.

Luan then starts to tell them, what she was really planning.

(Flashback)

Luan is in her room going through all of her birthday gigs. Luan cleans her clown shoes, feeds her rabbit Gary and then checks if all of her stage props are there and not broken.

Just then she sees a piece of paper fall from her joke book. Luan picks it up and sees it was her blueprints for her sidewalk prank trap.

"Guess I must've forgotten about this one" said Luan. She then remembers something "It's been two weeks since I haven't pulled a prank and I've been doing a lot of birthday gigs and making puns lately" said Luan as she looks at her plans.

"Jordan's always visiting here, well sometimes and she's never been pranked by me before" said Luan.

Luan suddenly smiles "Let's get to pranking!"

Luan heads outside stealthily and uses a crowbar and a Chisel to yank off a piece of the sidewalk and places a fake sidewalk piece and a spring below it.

Luan heads to the backyard and sees Lincoln and Jordan in the Tree House, so stealthily she places grease onto the sheds roof.

Luan grabs a wheel barrow filled with Lana's mud. "And that's how it's done" said Luan feeling confident.

Luan then sees Lincoln and Jordan about to come down from the Tree House. Luan takes cover behind the bushes and laughs.

Luan waits, then she looks to her watch "3 …. 2 …. 1 ….And …. Now!"

Then she hears Jordan screaming. Luan sees Jordan going over their house and the Tree House. "Almost there!" said Luan.

Instead of Jordan landing on the roof and sliding onto the wheel barrow. Jordan smashes through the shed and Luan was then filled with horror. "No, no, no, no, no!" Luan runs towards the shed.

When Luan opens the door she's shocked to see Jordan, lying onto the top hood of the lawnmower, the cut she got from the rake on the wall, the bruises from the landing and her right arm which just hit the tool box on the table.

Luan then gets Jordan off of the lawnmower. She checks her pulse and sighs in relief "Thank goodness she's still breathing" said Luan. She then drags the eleven year old girl out of the shed.

Suddenly the she hears footsteps coming to the backyard.

(End Flashback)

"A-And that's how it all happened" said Luan with tears down her face. "I swear I didn't mean for this to happen, I didn't know the force of the spring would've been too much!"

They all look at her with disgust and anger. Luna then grabs Luan by the front of her shirt. "Are you serious? Just because you haven't pranked in a while!" yelled Luan.

"What were you thinking Luan?!" said Lynn Sr. "You were way out of line Luan!" said Rita.

"I-I'm sorry! I didn't want this to happen!" cried Luan.

"You put my baby in the hospital!" said Rick. "What did you think was gonna happen to her!" yelled Jesse

Luna was about to punch Luan in the face. "Luna stop!" yelled Lincoln. They all look to him in shock.

Luna looks to him with confusion. "But bro-". Lincoln approaches them. "She's not worth it" said Lincoln. "Let her go!"

Luna looks back to Luan. "You're lucky that you're not my roommate anymore!" said Luna. She then drops Luan and she lands back on the seat. Luna glares at her then walks back to the others.

Lincoln stands in front of Luan. Luan tries to explain to her brother "Lincoln, I-I didn't mean to- SLAP!" they were all stunned at what Lincoln just did.

He just slapped his fourteen year old sister. "Are you happy now?" asked Lincoln in a strict tone. Luan doesn't respond, she just looks at her brother in fear.

"You just put my love in the hospital! You're always going all out on April fools with your pranks!" yelled Lincoln. "Do you even care about what happens to the people who get pranked by you? We could've been seriously hurt! Or worse!" those last words sent chills down everyone's spines.

Suddenly the doors open. They all rush to the doctor. "Is my baby okay?" asked Jesse. "Please tell us what's her condition doc" said Rick. The doctor puts his glasses down "she's gonna be fine, she suffered no critical or internal injuries" said the Doctor.

Everyone sighs in relief, especially Luan. Then a question pops up into Lynn Jr's head "Wait! What about her right arm?" Lynn asks.

"Her arm is in no bad condition, just some slight bruising nothing serious, she's actually awake now" said the doctor.

They all rush inside. But Luan just sits out there feeling regret with her.

Inside they see Jordan already sitting upright and she looks like she was ready to leave.

Lincoln is the first one to approach her. Jordan smiles from seeing his face, they both hug and share a kiss. "You had me worried! Are you okay?" asked Lincoln

"I'm not feeling quite good, but seeing you is making me feel better" replied Jordan.

Then her parents hug her as well. "Oh my poor little girl!" said Jessie. "Are you sure you're okay?" asked Rick. "Guy, I'm alright, just a few bruises and feeling a bit sore" replied Jordan.

The other loud sisters also ask if she was doing fine. Yup, she was definitely feeling what Lincoln goes through when he gets hurt. Luckily she calmly responds to them that she will be alright and she will not be using anything Lisa has to help her.

Then Lori gets angry again. She looks around and realizes someone wasn't there, even Luna notices this. So they both head outside and grab Luan and drag her into the room.

Seeing Luan wasn't making Jordan any more comfortable and she hides behind Lincoln.

"Look what you did Luan!" said Lori. "Because of you she's feeling sore and hurt!" said Luna.

Luan just looks at what her prank has done. Luan falls to her knees and cries. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean for all of this to happen!" said Luan.

Lincoln was now feeling a bit sad for her and Jordan as well. Jordan then walks up to the comedian. "You already have the look of regret" said Jordan.

Luan looks up to see her. "I wanna say thank you for pulling out of that mess that you started" said Jordan.

They were all shocked by this. Luan tries to speak but instead she gets pulled by Jordan from her shirt and now she was face-to-face with the Dodge ball queen. "But if you even think about pulling this stunt on me or Lincoln or to anyone of your family members!" said Jordan.

Then she whispers into Luan's ear "I hope you like walking on a wheel chair after gym!" this made Luan more scared of her.

Lincoln and the others were actually able to hear what she just said. Jordan let's go of Luan and faces Lincoln, who was now sporting a face of regret and guilt as well.

"Jordan, I hope this doesn't make things come between us" said Lincoln. Jordan hugs him in which he responds by hugging her back.

"I would never be away from you handsome, no matter what seems to get in our way, we'll always be together" said Jordan as she cries. They then look at each other and share another kiss. Seeing this made the families gush at their devotion to each other.

'Just like me and Bobby' Lori says to her thoughts.

Luan did get her punishment. Luan had to pay for Jordan's hospital clearance using the money she earned from clowning and she is grounded for the next three weeks with no pranks or making any puns.

Luan was lucky she was still able to perform birthday gigs. She had a long road ahead of her if she wanted to regain the trust from Lincoln and Jordan. Especially to the sisters as well. But they all had to put their anger aside, they couldn't stay mad at her forever.

Lincoln decided to stop assisting Luan at her gigs. Luan understood why, she even wanted Jordan to prank her as payback. But Jordan wouldn't have it. She may have some devious plans against her but she wouldn't want to become the same monster Luan was.

Another punishment for Luan's misdeeds was the Rosato parents advising the loud parents to let Luan see a therapist until the end of summer. They all agreed and so did Luan. But the one thing she will promise is no more Pranksmageddon ever again.

I would like to thank one of my readers Tristen for the idea of this chapter, please tell me what you think.