Chapter 160

(The Loud House)

Lincoln is currently in the living room with Jordan, after a great day of school. (Sort of) The rest of their sisters were able to manage a whole day of school, and luckily once again there was no break down for either Lincoln or Luna.

They are both spending the rest of their time together, then someone comes downstairs and sits next to them.

"Is it cool if I join you two dudes?" asked Luna.

Lincoln smiles seeing his sister. "I don't think I could say no sis, come on."

"Yeah, your presence is okay with me" replied Jordan.

"Cool" replied Luna. All three of them sit on the couch just watching some TV, mostly some wild police chase somewhere in Beaverton.

"So, how have you two been in school today bro?" asked Luna.

"Well, like yesterday half the student body have been cautious just in case something bad would happen. Coach Pokawski wanted to excuse me from gym, but I wanted to get involved, and luckily all we did were small warm ups" said Lincoln.

"Mrs. Johnson's class was just about some math lessons, nothing else exciting" replied Jordan.

"And tomorrow I was thinking of hanging out with my friends, even with this cast on I wanna spend some time with em" replied Lincoln.

Luna was happy to see Lincoln try to be his normal happy self. "Cool bro, maybe we can have some one-on-one time when the time is right."

"Okay sis, okay" replied Lincoln. They then go back to watching TV.

But they are unaware of Lori and Leni who are watching them by the stairs, they were waiting for their friends to show up so they can spend some time with him.

'Where the heck are they? They literally said they wanted to spend some time Lincoln yesterday'

'I hope they didn't flak out on what they truly promised.'

Just then they hear the doorbell ring. "I got it" said Jordan.

She heads to the door and opens it, and to her surprise is was Carol, Dana, Becky, Whitney, Teri, Jackie and Mandee.

"Hey there Jordan, is Lincoln home?" asked Jackie.

Lincoln and Luna get up from the couch. "Hey girls, what brings all of you here? And why did you want to ask if I was home?"

"Normally you girls would ask for Lori or Leni" said Luna as she places her hand onto Lincoln's shoulder.

They can tell Luna is still trying her best to protect him, even if it means he's hanging out with some other teens.

They all thought of the same thing. 'I guess Luna is being protective for Lincoln when it comes to grownups and teenagers, we can't blame her.'

"Well, we wanna spend some time with Lincoln, help him try and get over the whole ordeal from what happened to him" said Dana.

"We know how you've been lately and you're gonna need all of the support you can get, from your sisters, friends, loved ones and from other supportive friends. Like us" said Becky.

Lincoln smiled, Luna however didn't quite think this was a good idea. Lincoln looks to Luna and understands what she's thinking about. "Luna, its fine. I think this could be good for me."

"Yeah, Lincoln could use some support time with all those he sees as his friends and family" said Jordan.

The reason why Luna is acting like this now is because she got a letter from the Rosato's which is also an agreement with their parents.

"Luna, after recent events occurring. We talked to your parents and they agreed with us. While we are away to talk to an old friend of ours regarding of what has happened, we would like you to at least try to watch over and protect Lincoln and Jordan. They have both been through so much attacks from old enemies and have fought through, but after what Tetherby did. We fear they might be facing older enemies now, and we don't want anything else to happen to them once more, so please watch over them both or at least have someone you can trust to back you up."

Richard and Jessica Rosato.

Luna sighs. "I don't know you two."

Lori and Leni knew Luna would want them not to do this, so now it was time for them to intervene.

"Luna" they turn to the stairs and notice Lori and Leni. "If it makes you feel better. Leni and I will come with them."

"Yeah, you can totes trust us Luna" said Leni.

Luna did read that the letter said to have someone she can trust, and she does trust her sisters. "Okay then, I guess you two can go with them."

"Awesome! You and Jordan can spend some time together here" said Leni.

"Sweet, some alone time with the Rockstar of the house" said Jordan.

Luna chuckles at the gesture.

Carol was glad that Lori and Leni reasoned with Luna. "Now that that's settled, let's get going. The mall awaits."

They all head outside, but then Lori is grabbed by Luna. "Sis, I want you to keep an eye on little bro. After what happened, I got a letter from the Rosato's and they agreed with our rents to either let me or someone I can trust to watch over Lincoln and Jordan. Right now I will be watching over Jordan, but I need to know if I can trust you to watch over Lincoln."

Lori could tell this was serious. "Luna, you have my word I will keep an eye on him."

"Will you?!" said Luna sternly.

"What are you talking about? Of course I will" replied Lori.

Luna then looks seriously into Lori's eye, then it hits Lori. Her cellphone habits. "Oh, I see. Well, what if I tell this to Leni, she can keep an eye on him ….. If I accidently get distracted."

Luna sighs. "Okay, okay. I guess that's a good idea, and sorry for blowing out at ya."

Lori hugs Luna. "You have nothing to apologize for Luna, I totally understand."

Luna hugs Lori back. "I don't want anything bad to happen to him sis."

"Same here little sis, same here" said Lori. They then break the hug and go their separate ways.

Unknown to them, that Jordan and the others saw this happen, but didn't hear anything. They know Luna is getting all protective and they don't know if this was a good thing or not.

Lori joins them into Carol's car, with Jackie and Mandee's car following behind.

Luna watches and waves as they drive off. 'Please be safe bro.' She then sees Patriot and Valkyrie high in the sky following the teenage group.

She then heads back upstairs to spend some musical time with Jordan. And for this whole time, Lisa has been observing them, with her studies journal. Typical Lisa, but she has a good reason to do this. But what?

(Royal Woods Mall)

Lincoln, Lori, Leni and the rest of their teenage gal pals enter the mall and look around. They could see the whole outcome was still on the news on some of the TV's. Patriot and Valkyrie land onto Lincoln's shoulders. Shocking that he can still carry them even with a cast on his leg and he's using crutches.

And then they see some kindergarten kids go to Lincoln so they can have their autograph from the kid who did win the Bald Eagle singles contest.

Lori and Leni didn't want to kids to crowd him, but Lincoln didn't seem to mind. He liked to see the happy faces of the kids.

Carol and the others thought it was sweet, and also looked like something you see on the Hollywood red carpet.

After the autographs were signed, each of the kids would hug Lincoln and wish him to get better soon, it seems they also know about what happened to Lincoln.

They did get some autographs from Patriot and Valkyrie of course, they also liked the attention.

"Well, this made my day seem better. I actually feel calm and less stressed" said Lincoln. He then looks to the girls. "So, what do we do first?"

They were happy to see Lincoln try and find some peace from his stressed out mind.

"Well, we could do some clothes shopping" said Teri.

"It's okay if you don't want to do that Lincoln. We can always something else for all of us to do" said Whitney.

Lincoln smiled. "It's okay guys, I could use some new socks and I wanna see if they have any other new accessories for sale."

"Okay then bro, did you at least bring your wallet?" asked Lori.

That was the one thing that sounded like shattered glass inside of Lincoln's thoughts. "Dang it! I forgot about that one."

Leni chuckles. "No need to worry Lincy, I can pay for whatever you wanna get."

"Are you sure Leni? I don't wanna make this a waste of time for you, I know you wanna buy some stuff as well and- Where's Patriot?" said Lincoln.

They all look around and see he has gone. Lincoln checks his phone and sees Patriot tracker has left the mall and is flying elsewhere.

"Maybe he went to do something he forgot" said Carol.

Leni then looks to Lincoln. "Lincoln, it's going to be okay. Let me do this for you, at least."

Lincoln knows Leni cares for him so much, and the events of his kidnapping really struck her hard, but not as hard as Luna, but still hard. "Okay then Leni, okay."

"Yay! Come on guys, let's get to shopping!" said Leni.

They all head to the nearest clothes department, luckily Leni has been given a week off, though she wants to return to work, because she loves to fold clothes, but right now she knows her brother needs her more.

While all the girls are shopping for clothes, Lincoln is busy checking on some new stylish fingerless gloves and some socks. All the while one of the girls or Leni is keeping an eye on him.

Later they all meet up at the dressing area, they know Lincoln wouldn't want to be part of this. They don't want him to have a nose bleed being there to see girls in different cute outfits.

Lincoln decides to keep walking around the store with Valkyrie on his shoulder. "Where the heck do you think Patriot is?"

Valkyrie had no clue either, why would her mate just fly off like that?

Lincoln then checks his watch. "Okay, it's been thirty minutes, perhaps we should see how the girls are doing. I think we should all get something to eat." Lincoln with Valkyrie head for the changing room.

But when they arrive there, he could hear some giggling and some laughs. 'What the heck is going on?'

"Hey girls, I think we should grab something to eat-"

Lincoln is shocked to see Jackie, Mandee, Carol and Dana wearing elegant swimsuits, though Carol got herself a lingerie's and Lincoln is right there shocked at what he's seeing.

Lori and Leni gasped seeing Lincoln arrive. Carol blushes knowing that he's looking at her.

Dana, Jackie and Mandee cover up Carol and they bring her back to the changing room.

Becky, Teri, Whitney, Lori and Leni go to Lincoln who is just standing there.

"Lincoln! What the heck are you doing here?" asked Lori.

"I thought you were still gonna keep on looking around" replied Leni.

They got no response from Lincoln. "Lincoln? Are you okay kid?" asked Teri.

Lincoln looks to them. "Just peachy." Then he drops his crutch and passes out.

They all panic. "Lincoln!" they notice some blood seeping from his nostril. Valkyrie starts squawking at all of them in anger.

"Valkyrie, please calm down. We didn't mean it!" said Lori.

"This is bad" said Teri.

"Hey, at least no one saw this, Right?" said Whitney.

Leni picks up Lincoln and notices the things he got weren't much, just three new fingerless gloves and two pairs of socks.

Lori carries his crutches.

Teri and Whitney handle their purchases. Then Dana, Jackie and Mandee come out with a concerned Carol, they then see the unconscious white haired boy.

"Oh god no!" said Carol.

They all go to him. "Is he okay?" asked Dana.

"What happened?" asked Jackie.

"Why is his eagle angry?" asked Mandee nervously.

Valkyrie was looking at them with a protective mother's intent.

"We should get something to eat" said Lori.

Leni was going to carry Lincoln, but the boy was being held back by Valkyrie. This was a big problem, they weren't supposed to do this to him, what was worse, what if Luna or Jordan found out.

Then they hear another squawk, from behind them was Patriot and he brought with him Lincoln's wallet.

"Oh, so that's why he flew away" said Dana. Patriot goes to Lincoln and is worried, Valkyrie then speaks to him.

The girls could tell they were both talking to each other.

"This is b-bad. Right?" asked Becky.

The two eagles sighed and looked to the girls in anger. "Yeah, this is bad" said Mandee.

Patriot then goes through Lincoln's pocket and pulls out his phone.

"What are you doing?!" said Lori.

Valkyrie spots the store surveillance camera and goes to it.

"What is she doing?!" said Whitney.

Patriot flies to Valkyrie and they plug in the footage into the phone of Lincoln.

"What are they doing?!" said Teri.

Carol realized. "Oh no."

They both fly back to Lincoln and look to the girls in anger. They weren't supposed to do this. Luna told Lori to keep an eye on him, or at least let Leni watch over him, and what did they do?!

Lori then sees the video of what happened was in Lincoln's phone and is ready to be sent to Luna's number.

"Patriot stop! Please! We can fix this!" said Lori. Patriot looks to her in anger, and then back to Lincoln.

"Please! We didn't mean for this happen! We were just having some fun" said Whitney. Leni was starting to tear up, they never expected these two eagles to be this smart.

Dana gets an idea. "What if we vut you guys a deal?" But Valkyrie shakes her head no.

Patriot then uses Lincoln's phone to play back everything that was still trending, about Lincoln's kidnapping.

Valkyrie points to a TV from a nearby store and it was showing the news that was still talking about how critical the whole thing was and how scared Lincoln was, and that everyone was hoping for Lincoln and his sister Luna to be okay.

Carol looks to the two eagles. "I-I'm so sorry, I didn't think this would happen."

Then Lincoln starts to stir and sits up. He touches his nose and sees blood, he then looks fearfully at the girls, and the sight of his own blood was bringing back memories of what happened when he was nearly beaten to a bloody pulp or death.

Lincoln starts to shed some tears. They made it worse, they actually made it worse.

Leni tries to approach Lincoln, but Patriot and Valkyrie squawk at them in anger. Leni backs up to avoid getting hurt.

Patriot then goes to Lori and grabs the crutches from them and hands them back to Lincoln. Valkyrie uses a tissue to wipe Lincoln's nose, but she does want him to close his eyes first, then she wipes the blood from his hand.

Lincoln was now in distress once more, Patriot then saves the video into the phone and sends a message to Luna to come and pick him up immediately.

Valkyrie hands Lincoln his crutches and helps him up, Lincoln slowly gets back up and almost falls back down. But Patriot also assists.

They then escort the boy out of the store.

A mall cop arrives and he looks tired (We've seen this guy before) "Wha …. What happened?" He then sees the white haired boy, the one known by everyone. "Lincoln!"

He then sees his distressed emotion and the two eagles escorting him. The mall cop then looks to the group of teenage girls who were feeling guilty. "Can someone tell me what the heck happened?"

"I can" they all turn around to see it was Stella! She was there the whole time with a bag of shirts and socks.

"S-Stella!" said Leni. Stella ignores them and goes to the mall cop. "I can tell you what happened and how it all went down."

The mall cop nods. "Good." He then looks to the girls. "You're all coming with me as well."

They all understood and followed, Stella was not feeling any sympathy for them, they were supposed to help Lincoln deal with his traumatic experience now make it worse, and his own blood was one thing he shouldn't see.

(Later)

Lincoln is now at the bench near the mall, with his crutches next to him and the two eagles on watch point, some of the kids notice him and want to talk to him. But then they see his emotion and they can tell something was wrong and they just leave him be.

Then Vanzilla shows up and grinds to an immediate halt and with them is a Mirage Tank. Coming out is Luna and Jordan.

Lynn Sr and Rita were shocked at how fast Luna went and did not break anything on the drive.

"Lincoln!" Luna and Jordan go to Lincoln and hug him.

"Bro! What happened?! Why did you text me to come here immediately?!" asked Luna.

"Lincoln, are you okay?" asked Jordan. But Lincoln doesn't respond.

They then see Patriot hand her the phone. "You texted me?" asked Luna. Patriot nods.

"B-But, why?" asked Rita, she goes to her son to see what was wrong.

Then she notices some dry blood from his nose and hand. "Why is there dry blood on you?"

This made Luna and Jordan get more concerned. "Son, are you okay? How did this happen?" asked Lynn Sr.

Lincoln doesn't respond, but they hear him whisper something. Jordan and Luna listen clearly and it sounds like he was begging not to tell where his …. Sister's live. Lynn Sr and Rita also hear this.

He was reliving the event, and it's haunting him.

Luna was now furious. "What the?! How?" then it hit her. She then looks to the two eagles. "Dudes, where are Lori, Leni and the other girls?"

Patriot and Valkyrie point to the mall. Then they see Stella walk out with the mall cop, Mrs. Carmichael and all nine teenage girls.

Rita and Lynn Sr did not like how this was going.

"Leni, after what I heard. I am not firing you. But I will have to suspend you for a week because of this, I'm sorry" said Mrs. Carmichael. Leni understood, and so did the rest of the girls. They were all banned from the mall for a week.

Then they all noticed Lincoln … And Luna and Jordan, and Rita and Lynn Sr. and they were all angry.

The mall cop captain and Mrs. Carmichael decide to head back inside, this was about to turn bad real fast.

The nine girls go to them, Stella goes to check on Lincoln. "Is he okay?"

Jordan sighs. "No he's not. He started whispering not to tell where his sisters live!"

This made the teenage girls gasp. "Oh no" said Carol.

Lynn Sr and Rita looked to them in anger. "Can you girls explain what happened?" asked Rita.

"Why was Lincoln out here? Why is there dry blood on him? Why were you all with the mall cop captain? And why is your brother scarred again?" said Rita angrily.

Then Luna grabs Lincoln's phone and sees the saved video, she then plays it. They all witnessed Lincoln checking on the girls, who were too busy having fun with their purchases. Then they see Lincoln pass out and have a nosebleed. Jordan's hand was now a fist.

The nine teens noticed this, Rosato was not happy at all.

Then Stella shows them what she recorded, it was the same but with the part where Lincoln notices his blood and is just frozen in fear. And that's when Luna turns her hand into a fist.

They then stop watching. They put their focus back on the girls.

"Well, I hope you're all happy with yourselves!" said Rita. "You just made my son go through his experience again!"

Lori was about to speak, but she gets tackled by Luna and she starts punching her. "I trusted you to watch over him! And all you did was have fun at stupid underwear you bastard!"

Leni gets Luna off, while Dana and Becky help Lori, Lori notices she has some bruises on her face and she could still see how angry Luna was.

Then Luna gets herself off of Leni. "And you! Where the heck were you?! You were supposed to be watching over our little brother! I thought you cared about him!"

Leni was now scared and crying. "B-But I do care about h-him."

Luna was about to hit Leni. "Wrong answer!"

"STOP!" they all look to Jordan. "This isn't gonna solve anything Luna, and sure as heck they ain't worth the beat down! Look at Lincoln, he needs his sister! He needs his legal Guardian."

Luna looks at Lincoln and he was now shedding some tears. Luna calms down and goes to hug him, and try to calm him down a bit.

Jordan sighs. "I also have a part to play in this, I said it would be a good idea. But I didn't think it would turn out like this. Sorry Mr. and Mrs. Loud."

"Jordan, you had nothing to do with this, this was all their fault and they will be punished" said Rita.

They look to the eight girls. Lynn Sr looks to Lori. "Lori you're going to be grounded until your brother is done getting his memories off his mind, and we don't know how long it's gonna be. Which means you cannot go anywhere else using the van except for school, and we're taking your phone away."

"We should just break her phone" whispered Luna as she continues to hug Lincoln, he then hugs her back and starts to cry.

Lori nods. "O-Okay dad."

Rita looks to Leni. "Leni, we know you're trying to improve from your old ditzyness. But I guess it still needs some improvement. So, we are taking away your driver's license and you're not going to be doing anything fashion related till your brother is well again, do you understand?!"

Leni sheds some tears and nods. All she could see right now was how broken Lincoln was.

Then they look to the girls. The parents were about to speak, bur Jordan does it. "If I see any of you idiots go anywhere near my boyfriend again, I am going to make sure dodge ball will be your most feared sport in gym for the rest of your miserable teenage lives until college! If you even go near him, or even talk about him, or even think about him, or even breathe the same air as him I will go to your homes and show you why I am feared in the gym at dodge ball class!"

They were all afraid of Jordan and what she just threatened. Jordan then looks to Lori and Leni. "For the record, I doubt I can trust you two anywhere near Lincoln, and I thought Leni was supposed to be the nice one."

Leni felt hurt hearing those words from Jordan, Lori had nothing to say, Jordan was a devoted girlfriend to Lincoln and she was going to go beyond her lengths to be by his side.

They then see the soldiers come out of the mirage tank and use their radios to talk to someone important.

"And what are the odds hero Linc will hear this?" said Luna. She's still trying to calm down her crying brother. He then starts whimpering for someone to stop beating him up, Luna's brother was now a broken mess again, his courage and determination was now being shredded apart.

Lynn Sr sighed. "We'll have to call the school to excuse Lincoln."

Jordan then sees Carol approach her. "J-Jordan, I know t-this was messed up, but I was the one who c-came up with the idea so-" Carol is then punched in the gut and pushed to the ground.

Jordan then walks over Carol and then grabs her by the collar. "You and me. We have a score to settle, but not here, not now, soon when the time comes. You and me are gonna get even!"

They were shocked to see the fire and intensity in this twelve year olds eyes. Jordan then let's go of Carol and goes to the loud parents. "I'm gonna ask my parents if I can stay three more days with Lincoln, are you guys okay with it?"

Rita and Lynn Sr smile. "We understand Jordan, you wanna help Lincoln get over what's happened to him" said Rita.

"And I'm sure your parents will be okay with it" said Lynn Sr. "We're gonna have to tell them why though."

They then look back to the girls. Luna sighs. "We shouldn't tell anyone else about this, the one thing Lincoln wouldn't want us to do is have these eight godless souls out casted by the whole high school. Okay guys?"

Those words were odd for Luna to say, but they understand. No one else should know about this, and they were surprised that they were the only ones there in the area outside of the mall.

"We will have to tell all your parents about what you did" said Rita.

The six teens understand. Carol then gets up and looks to Lynn Sr. "Am I …. Am I fired from your restaurant?"

Lynn Sr knows that Carol has been let go by countless diners for no reason at all, and he knows Lincoln wouldn't want Carol to be let go like this. "No, no you're not Carol. But you will be doubling your work as punishment for letting my son see you in those clothes."

Carol understands, then she sees the scornful look form Jordan. Carol could imagine seeing herself getting beaten to a pulp in the eyes of Jordan Rosato.

"Alright, let's go home" said Rita.

Lori and Leni sit behind their parents, while Luna and Lincoln sit at the back. Patriot and Valkyrie fly high above to keep an eye out for trouble.

The other teens were now headed back home, but they were being followed by the same Mirage Tank and onboard was Stella, and she still had the recording of what happened. Looks like its Stella who will tell their parents of their daughters stupid idea.

Carol however had no clue what to do next, either she takes her punishment from Jordan with pride, or find a way to make it up to Lincoln, and Luna as well.

(Skip)

The rest of the sisters were told about what had happened to Lincoln, though Lincoln was able to be normal again. He told his parents that he volunteered to go, but Lori and Leni said that this was their idea along with their friends. So true that Lincoln wanted to go to have some teenage friends time, but they weren't supposed to go that far with a twelve year old growing boy.

Lincoln knew that he insisted to go, but Lori and Leni failed to watch over him. Lincoln feels bad for them getting punished, in addition to Lori and Leni's punishment, they will also be taking turns in taking out the trash since Lincoln's leg is still in a cast, much relied to Lynn Jr.

The rest of the sisters weren't planning on interacting with Lori or Leni. But they were told not to do any harm or insult them, which they also gave the same warning to Luna, Lincoln also had to convince her not to do any harm to them.

Patriot and Valkyrie are two animals that take protection to a whole new level, they would squawk or start flapping their wings then Lori or Leni was close by to Lincoln, this would make them leave the room and avoid their talons. Lincoln does his best to calm them down.

Jordan called her parents and they agreed to let her stay with the Louds for three more days, they were coming back on the following day.

(Night time)

Lincoln had just finished using the bathroom, he then sees Jordan sitting on his lower bunk and her hair is unbraided.

Lincoln sits behind her and brushes her hair. This makes Jordan giggles. "You really don't have to do that handsome."

Lincoln chuckles. "I know, but I feel like I have to."

Lincoln finishes brushing her hair, they look at each other and share a kiss.

They soon break the kiss. "Lincoln, what happened today. I'm sorry, I should've been there for you. Same with Luna."

Lincoln just hugs her. "It's okay, we all didn't know this was gonna happen. And I know it's gonna be even harder for me to get over what happened to me. But we're all gonna have to try."

Jordan hugs Lincoln tightly. Then they are both hugged by Luna, who was starting to shed some tears of her own. "I love you two so much!"

They also hug Luna back. "We love you two, Lunes." Patriot and Valkyrie also join in the hug.

Meanwhile Lori and Leni are watching all of this through one of Lisa's small drone cameras she made. Lori and Leni can't be able to go anywhere near Lincoln without making two eagles angry, but at least they can still do this.

"Lori, what are we gonna do?" said Leni with sadness.

Lori sighs. "I …. I don't know Leni, Lincoln will have to be the one to try and trust us again."

Leni starts to cry once more, Lori goes to Leni and hugs her. "Why did we agree to do all of this?"

Lori tries her best to comfort her younger sister. "I literally wish I knew Leni." Lori knows, she will be going to college when summer was either over or starts, and her plan to do some last bonding with her family just got shredded out.

Lori has no clue that her phone in her parents drawer goes off. "Hey babe, Sid and Ronnie Anne are gonna be there tomorrow after school, as will I. Can't wait to be there to support Lincoln babe."

This is bad.

A/N: Sorry that this chapter is turning out bad real fast, but soon there will be some forgiveness, just be patient and give it time. Come next chapter will be Bobby, Ronnie Anne and Sid's support tactics. Leave a review and tell me what you all think.