Chapter 48
(Royal Woods Hospital)
The Rosato family van arrives in front of the hospital. But the daughter immediately gets out and races inside completely ignoring her parent's calls to her.
After talking with the front desk. Jordan arrives at room 11. She immediately opens the door to see Luna, Lynn Sr., Lynn Jr., Leni and Lucy. And last but not least on the hospital bed with a cast on his right leg and left arm is Lincoln Loud. He also has a few bandaged areas and bruises.
Jordan's heart almost breaks like fine china falling from Clyde's shelf. She slowly approaches him.
"Hey there beautiful. You got here really fast" said Lincoln.
"Of course I did! My boyfriend in the hospital with a cast as if he was in a car accident!" replied Jordan.
"Wait, I thought Lincoln just got hurt from multiple weird situations?" asked Leni.
Suddenly the door opens again to reveal her parents. They're a little exhausted from trying to keep up with their daughter.
"Sweetie please don't run off like that" said Jesse. "I …. Really need …. To work out … more" replied Rick who then sits on a nearby chair to regain his bearings.
"Sorry mom and dad. I had to come and see what happened to Lincoln" said Jordan nervously.
They then turn to Lincoln. "Lincoln, what happened?" asked Jordan.
Lynn Sr was about to speak but Lincoln cut him off. "It's okay dad. I got this" said Lincoln.
(Flashback)
Lincoln was just sitting on the bottom bunk bed reading a book on wonders of space, until he hears an argument coming from the twins room, again.
Lincoln gets up and walks towards the room to find both twins backed up against the wall going face-to-face with one of Lana's new pet snake that she's kept for nearly 2 years.
"Pete! Stand Down! Heel!" yelled Lana. But the snake replied by letting its tongue sniff the air and stare directly at them.
As you should all know, when a snake like Pete's species is not native to the lands around them.
Pete is actually an anaconda, which Lana thought was a python. How it got into Royal woods streets is still unknown but what we do know is that she found him wandering the park with no owner and eating a bird.
For 2 years Lana has been keeping Pete alive. Feeding him, playing with him and helping him shed him shed his skin. But what she doesn't know he was just playing her and the rest of the family. For the time to feed on larger targets or in this case the twins. And now Pete is approximately 5 feet in length which explains why there's a large terrarium in the room.
"Call your dumb snake off Lana!" yelled Lola. "I'm trying! But he wont listen to me!" replied Lana with worry.
The snake is about to lunge at them with lightning speed but is then attacked by Lana's other pet snake El Diablo.
"El Diablo!" yelled Lana. The two serpents strike at each other, But Pete is far larger than El Diablo and continues to strike the smaller snake with his large jaws.
El Diablo staggers around the room trying his best to fight back. And just as he is about to finish him off, Lincoln whacks the anaconda with a plunger.
"Lana! Lola! Get out of here!" yelled Lincoln. The twins respond and run past the large snake and at the same time Lana grabs El Diablo and the rest of the pets follow as well.
Lincoln holds the plunger ready to fight back as the anaconda also prepares to attacks.
"I knew there was something off about you! Every time I help Lana feed her pets you would barely eat anything!" said Lincoln in anger. The Anaconda hisses angrily at him.
The Snake lunges forward as Lincoln uses the plunger to defend himself. He then spots Lola's toy knight's shield and uses it as a secondary defense.
Downstairs the twins run down crying and hide behind the couch. This gets the attention of Lynn Sr. who is in the kitchen and Lori, Leni, Luna, Lynn Jr, Lisa and Lucy who were watching TV.
"Whoa! What the heck is wrong with you two?" asked Lynn Jr.
The twins and the animals start barking and making noises which isn't really making things easy for them to understand.
"Okay stop!" yelled Lori. The twins and the animals stay quiet at her outburst.
"Slow down and tell us what is going on" said Lori. The twins start to tear up.
"LINCOLN'S FIGHTING A SNAKE!"
"What?!" they all yell in shock and race upstairs.
They all reach the twins room and what they see is grizzly.
The room looks like it was hit in a war zone and in the middle of the battlefield is Lincoln and Pete the anaconda.
Lincoln has a few bite marks and bruises on him especially on his left cheek, his left arm looks as if it's getting weak and his right leg can barely hold him up anymore. The plunger he used was now broken in two and now he's wielding the toy sword and shield that belonged to Lola.
Pete on the other hand has barely any scratch marks but his left eye has been poked out and is bleeding.
Both adversaries are almost worn out and are panting heavily.
"Lincoln!" yelled Luna.
But Lincoln looks to her with a glare of anger. "Stay back!" he then looks to the snake. "I got this!"
The loud sisters and father (who just passed out) just watch as Lincoln fights off the rogue reptile.
"Come on you scaly freak! One more round!" taunted Lincoln. The snake roars at him and lunges forward.
Lincoln dodges and tries to stab it in the middle of its body but instead just makes a slight bruise. The snake, now feeling enraged hits Lincoln with its tail and sends him flying onto the wall.
Lincoln gets back up holding his two weapons. Suddenly he hears a scream that sounded like Leni.
Lincoln then sees that the Pete was now looking at the older loud sisters. Lori and Luna try to stand in front of him as well as Lynn Jr.
Lincoln gets back up but then he feels the pain in his right leg and left arm. But he had to do something.
And that's when Lincoln spots something sticking out of Lana's bed. 'How did I not see that' Lincoln says to his thoughts as he drops the shield and sword.
The anaconda is about to strike, but then it screeches from immense pain. They all look to see Lincoln using Lana's axe on the snake's tail.
The snake turns around and tries to attack Lincoln. He immediately dodges and strikes at the snake's mid-section causing it to bleed.
The snake roars and turns around trying to bite him. Lincoln keeps dodging all of its attacks, while at the same time trying to think of something.
'I can't keep attacking its body, it'll still have some momentum on me, I have to strike the head' Lincoln says to his thoughts. 'But how?'
Lincoln then realizes that Pete will only bite the one who attacked him. 'This is gonna hurt me a lot' Lincoln said to himself.
Lincoln just stands in front of the snake. The creature lunges at him and bites onto his left arm, hard!
He screams from the pain and notices that the snake hasn't let go yet. With hurt and determined eyes he raises the axe and slices off its neck. The rest of the body collapses on the ground and slowly wiggles around.
Lincoln then uses his fingers to pry off the head from his left arm. Luckily he knows that the Anaconda has hook like fangs so he pries it off slowly and the snake head drops still slowly moving its jaws.
.Lincoln looks to his sisters who are in shock. Lincoln drops the axe and smiles. "I ….. Told you ….. I had it" said Lincoln.
He then starts to sway back and forth, Luna rushes forward and catches him before he collapses. She sees that he was losing lots of blood. But mostly from the left arm.
"Put pressure on his arm now!" said Lisa. Lori sees an old shirt from Lana and they use it to secure the wound and stop it from bleeding.
Lisa checks on Lincoln and his condition. "We need to take him to the hospital" said Lisa.
Lynn Sr. finally wakes up and sees his unconscious son with Luna and Lori. Luckily he overhears what Lisa just said.
"Alright everyone to Vanzilla now!" said Lynn Sr.
Luna, Leni, Lynn Jr and Lucy follow him into the van while helping Lincoln there. Lynn Sr decides to leave Lori in charge of watching over everyone else and wait for Luan and Rita to come home.
They arrive at the hospital and Lincoln is immediately sent to the emergency room. The doctor came back an hour later to tell them that he was doing fine and that he's all patched up. But he's a little bit worse.
(End Flashback)
Jordan and her mom cover their mouths from hearing the story. "Oh my god! Lincoln!" said Jordan as she hugs him.
Lincoln uses his right arm to hug her as well and kiss her cheek. "Hey I'm okay now. Don't need to worry" said Lincoln.
"I can't believe you actually fought that big snake" said Rick. "That sounded very terrifying Lincoln" said Jesse.
"I still have no idea what that snake was. Either it was a python or an anaconda. Because from what I saw on TV Boa constrictors don't lunge forward instantly" said Lincoln.
"We'll have to talk to Lisa about that one" said Lynn Sr. "I'm so glad you're still okay Linky" said Leni.
Luna sat next to Lincoln and caresses his face with her hand while having tears. "I wish I could've helped you bro" said Luna. Lincoln smiles as Luna places a kiss on his forehead.
"I can't believe you just took that bite from that big thing" said Lynn Jr.
"It was the smart way to do it" said Lincoln. "So, how long are you gonna be in here?" asked Jordan.
"The doctor said that Lincoln will be discharged tomorrow, but he's gonna need to be on a wheel chair after that he'll be on crutches" said Lynn Sr.
"Hey, maybe you can hang out with my friend Paula" said Lynn Jr.
"Looks like I'll be getting a lot of attention when I come home" said Lincoln. Jordan then kisses him. "Mostly from me" said Jordan.
"That would mean you can't go into your tree house" said Leni. "Total bummer bro" said Luna still feeling sad.
After the hospital visit. Jordan decides to go with the louds back to their place. Lynn Sr would then bring her back home later.
When they return home they were greeted by Rita and the others along with a crying Lana.
Lisa was able to recognize the snake as an Anaconda and give out some deadly information about it. Leni was just a little scared from hearing the snakes name and mentioning a movie about it.
The carcass of the creature was taken by animal control. Along with some of Lana's pets as punishment.
Though this was painful for the little grease monkey. She had to agree with her parents.
The animals that were taken away were Chickens, a pig, a monkey, an alligator, a rattle snake and some ducks. Luckily she was able to keep Hops, Izzy and El Diablo.
Jordan was able to make a deal and send the chickens, pig and ducks to Liam's farm and also tell him what has happened to Lincoln and then word goes to Tabby as well.
Lana is also grounded until school starts. But she didn't care all she wanted was her big brother back.
And the day finally came. Lincoln was finally discharged from the hospital. The ones who were coming to get him was Lynn Sr., Rita and Luna.
They then return home, where they're all greeted by a welcome party. The Loud sisters, The Rosato's, Liam and Tabby.
"There he is!" said Lori. "My hero!" said Lola. "Welcome back Linky!" said Leni. "I guess my prayers to great grandma Harriet worked" said Lucy. "The champ is back!" said Lynn Jr., "Now there's a kid no animal wants to go wild on!" said Luan, "Yay! Winky!" said Lily
"I have installed a movable seat for when you need to go upstairs" said Lisa. "Or if you want, I could modify the wheel chair to hover" said Lisa again with a smile.
"Thanks Lisa and I'll think about that second option" replied Lincoln.
Liam and Tabby approach Lincoln. "Good to see you again mate" said Tabby. "Yeesh! You look like my pa after he fought off a pack of coyote's" said Liam. They all look at him in shock and confusion. "I probably shouldn't have said that" said Liam nervously.
Jordan approaches Lincoln and kisses him. "Good thing the snake didn't do a anything to your face or I would be devastated" said Jordan teasingly. Lincoln also chuckles at her remark.
They all head inside and celebrate for his return. But Lincoln notices Lana wasn't there. "Guys, where's Lana?" asked Lincoln.
They all had worried looks. "Lana isn't doing so well" said Lori. "Even though I punished her with grounding till school starts, she's been upset before you even got here" said Rita.
"She hasn't even fixed the bathroom after I used it" said Lynn Jr. "It was not easy to fix it" said Lynn Sr.
Lincoln then looks upstairs. "Guys, can you help me up there?" asked Lincoln. Luna and Leni nod.
Luna carries his wheelchair and Leni carries him. But it gets awkward when Leni accidently carries him like a baby. Which everyone kinda giggles and Lori takes a picture.
They reach the top and put Lincoln back on his wheel chair. "Thank guys and you really didn't have to carry me like that" said Lincoln to them.
"Sorry Linky, I missed the time when you were so little" said Leni. They then head back downstairs.
Lincoln wheels himself to the room of the twins and opens it.
Inside he sees that all of the damage has been repaired. Except the damage inside of a little 6 year old. Lana is laying on her bed, still wearing her clothes and facing the wall with her few remaining pets trying to comfort her.
Lincoln wheels himself to Lana's bed. Hops, Izzy and El Diablo notice him and back away.
"Lana?" said Lincoln. Lana's eyes shoot open and she sits up and sees her big brother on a wheel chair.
She examines the damage that has been done to him. "L-Lincoln?" she then approaches him and touches his right arm.
"This isn't a dream Lana" said Lincoln with a smile. Lana starts to shed tears and then hugs him tightly. "I'm so sorry Lincoln!" said Lana as she cries.
Lincoln hugs her using his only good arm. "It's okay Lana, I'm fine and still alive" said Lincoln.
Lana then breaks the hug and looks at him with tears. "B-But you could've gotten hurt or worse!" said Lana.
"And you and Lola could've been eaten if I hadn't come and stopped that thing" replied Lincoln with some worry. "Also how's El Diablo?" asked Lincoln.
The snake appears and slithers onto Lincoln's cast leg and shows a sad face. Lincoln notices the bandage wrapping on some of the snakes body parts. Lincoln smiles at this.
"Guess we're both wounded heroes" replied Lincoln. El Diablo then slithers up to Lincoln and rests on his white hair.
Lincoln then looks at Lana who is still crying. "I-I'm so sorry Lincoln!" said Lana as she looks down and cries.
Lincoln approaches her slowly and hugs her. "I'm your big brother and it's my duty to watch over you and the younger ones, that's what Luna once told me when she was the middle child" said Lincoln.
Lana hugs him back and cries. "And I forgive you Lana, you never knew that snake was up to no good" said Lincoln. They both remain that way for a while.
What they don't know they were all being watched by the others. Some of them have tears from hearing this.
Lucy, Lola and Lisa were touched by his words. "He's such a caring brother" said Lola. "I've never felt this cared for since my birth" said Lisa which was weird to hear. Lucy doesn't say anything but instead sheds a lone tear from her bangs.
Luna watches with pride at her brother's ability to forgive and protect his younger sibs. 'That's my bro'.
This story idea also came to me in my sleep and I had to let it out. I'm still going through some kind of writers block. Please review.
Also if you all remember the birthday list I showed you all from previous chapters. That's the birthday list I'm going with and probably I'll be making a birthday chapter' soon, maybe.