Chapter 175
(The Loud house.)
Luna wakes up to the sound of the alarm clock. She turns it off and then sighs. She looks down to see Lincoln and Jordan hugging her in their sleep, both of them not letting go of her, but she could tell that Lincoln was the one who looks as if he wasn't planning to let her go yet.
Luna was concerned by this, he already went past his memories of being kidnapped by Tetherby and now his mind is once again scarred, and this time from a treacherous boat trip to Lake Eddy.
Luna strokes the hair of both kids and kisses their forehead. Jordan wakes up from this, she looks to Luna and smiles. Luna also smiles.
Jordan then looks to Lincoln who wasn't looking happy in his sleep, she knows being take away from his family hurt him. But what happened when they were on the boat and being separated from the storm was something that burned into his memories.
Luna also knows this, she still remembers Lincoln's scared face when the lifeboat was swept away from the Yacht. She can still remember him screaming her name in fear, it haunts her and those memories haunt him.
Jordan gets out of the lower bunk of the bed, Luna sits up and tries to wake up Lincoln. The boy stirs and slowly mumbles in his sleep.
She can hear him whimpering about a storm. 'I hope he doesn't get a phobia from all of this."
She decides to carry him out of bed and sit onto one of the bean bag chairs. She looks to Jordan who was concerned.
Jordan approaches them, she kisses Lincoln's cheek and whispers. "Lincoln, its morning time handsome. We have to get ready for the day."
Lincoln then flutters his eyes open, but he was still hugging Luna. "Wha …. What happened?"
He then turns his head and sees the warm smile of Jordan. They both share a small kiss, then he looks up and sees the warm smile from his big sister/Guardian Luna she kisses his forehead.
"Morning bro" greeted Luna.
"Morning to you to sis." said Lincoln, then he turns to Jordan. "And to you as well Beautiful."
Lincoln then let's go of Luna and stands on his feet. Lincoln sighs and looks disappointed, Jordan knows why. She herself felt bad for him and herself.
"Bro, I know you don't wanna do this. But the school thinks its best you have a week off from it" said Luna. "And the same goes for Jordan."
"I know, but I wanna try and see if I can get through all that I ….. I … I" Lincoln starts to shed some tears. Luna and Jordan immediately hug him. He hugs them back. "I-I thought we w-were never g-gonna be found!"
Jordan also cries and does her best to comfort him, same with Luna. "Bro, it's okay. Everything is okay now, we're all here and we're not back at the Lake. You're safe now."
Lincoln continues to cry as he buries his face into his sisters shirt, this was not gonna be as easy as the other times. He was just a twelve year old boy, who just got lost a day ago.
Jordan was slightly scarred by all of it, she was scared after being tossed away by the storm. But she knows Lincoln has it worse, he has spent his whole life with his sisters, but to Luna the most when he was very little and that bond was one thing that kept him from being scared of things.
Jordan then sees the two acoustic guitars standing next to each other on the wall of the room, both guitars were still a bit banged up. But it was like looking at Lincoln and Luna, trying to fix what has been damaged.
What they all don't know is that the rest of the loud sisters and their mother are listening to all of this from the other side of the door.
"Poor Linky!" said Leni with such concern. "He's so broken up!"
"This is literally sad, I feel disappointed with myself that I couldn't do anything to help" cried Lori.
Luan tries to comfort her older sister. "We're all disappointed in each other Lori, we should've kept searching for him, but I guess some of us have limits."
"And now Lincoln's gonna be benched from school and his friends" replied Lynn Jr.
"My heart feels so much pain and sadness from Lincoln's broken and scared mind. I don't want my brother to be like this!" Lucy is then hugged by the twins.
"We do too Lucy!" cried Lola and Lana.
"And this is why Principal Huggins has agreed with your father and I and as well as the Rosato's the Lincoln and Jordan shouldn't go to school for the rest of the week. They're both still shaken and scarred from the boat trip storm accident" replied Rita. "And the same goes for Luna, we can't let her stay away from Lincoln. Not until he's healed from his memories."
They all agree to this, Lily is still asleep.
"I must also agree. Should Lincoln go to school, it will get worse. Without the presence of Luna, his state of mind will break down and he will experience a full on rerun of what has transpired to him from the storm on the Yacht to the being casted away on an island with Jordan Rosato" said Lisa.
They all agreed to everything Lisa had just said.
"Okay kids, let's all get ready for the day. You all have school to deal with" said Rita. She then looks to Lori and Leni. "Please tell Sam about this and that she should sent Luna's school work here."
"We got it mom" replied Lori and Leni. They both know that Luna, Lincoln and Jordan's phones were damaged from the storm, same goes with everyone else's. Leaving Lori to have the only working cell phone.
Lori and Leni have a plan after school, something everyone in the family needs. And they will need their friends help for this one.
Rita looks to Lucy. "Lucy sweetie, can you watch over your sisters in school for the rest of the week?"
Lucy puts up a stern look (You may not see it, but she is looking sternly to her mom.) "Mom, I will do what I can to be the big sister they need. Also, I'll tell Lincoln and Jordan's friends all about this, and I know one of them will want to bring their school work here, or all of them will come here. You have my word mom."
Rita smiled and hugs Lucy. "I know you can do it Lucy." Lucy hugs her back. Soon Rita heads downstairs, Lucy is about to head to her room to change, but then she's hugged by Lola, Lana and Lisa.
Lucy smiles and hugs them back. "We'll all get through this, and we all have to hold our own with Lincoln not being there at school." They all nodded and went back to their rooms, but not without Lucy placing a small kiss on each of their forehead.
This was a shocker for them, but they know she's trying to be a big sister for them.
Lori and Leni smile seeing this, so does Luan and Lynn Jr. Miss Doom and Gloom has a heart for her family, even though she says she has no heart.
After an hour, Lincoln, Luna and Jordan leave the room and head for the bathroom, all of them start to brush their teeth and then each of them takes turns to shower. They all felt as if they don't wanna leave each other's side. Lincoln had to look away when they went into the shower.
Jordan recalls that her parents will let her stay there until she no longer bears the scarring memories, or until Lincoln has recovered from his, and that made her happy.
Later, they all head into the bedroom and change into their day time clothes, though Jordan decide to change in Lori and Leni's room.
Jordan then notices something inside of Lori and Leni's closet. It looked like the ends of a yellow dress peering out from the closet, it was her color. 'What the heck is Leni making?' She then decides not to bother it and put on her skirt.
They then head downstairs and into the kitchen, they then see all of the loud siblings done with their breakfast.
"Morning Lincoln!" they all greeted.
"Hey guys, you're all done?" asked Lincoln.
"Sorry Linc, but you guys took long upstairs" replied Luan.
"Dudes, how long were we in there?" asked Luna.
"Approximately one hour, two minutes and eighteen seconds" replied Lisa.
"We saved you guys some bacon to eat, with some sunny side up eggs" replied Lynn Jr as she shows them the large plate on the table.
Lincoln, Luna and Jordan were feeling hungry. Then something comes into Lincoln's thoughts. "Have any of you guys seen Patriot and Valkyrie? They weren't in our room."
"I saw them out in the backyard in the Tree House watch tower" replied Lana. "It looked like they were making something."
"Maybe it's the surprise they were supposed to show us" replied Leni.
"Well, right now is not the best time. We should let them be and finish with whatever their making" replied Lucy.
"She's right. When we're all ready, then they'll show us" replied Jordan.
Lori then checks her watch. "Okay guys, we should get our stuff and get into Vanzilla now!"
They all leave the kitchen, but first they each give Lincoln and Jordan a hug and wish them well for the day.
Lori is the last one to give them a hug. She then breaks the hug and looks to Luna. "You have to keep an eye on them and on Lily as well, mom already fed her and she'll be coming down with Lily soon. Dad already left a few minutes ago to get to the restaurant. You think you can do this Lunes?"
Luna smirks. "Sis, this ain't my first baby sitting rodeo."
Lori chuckles. "Yeah, it sure ain't." Lincoln and Jordan also chuckle.
Lori then heads for her room, grabs her bag and leaves into Vanzilla. Then Rita comes down carrying Lily, Jordan sees this and goes to her. "It's okay Mrs. Loud, I got her."
Rita smiles and hands Lily to Jordan, once again Lily is wearing her magenta shirt and light blue shorts.
Jordan kisses her cheek and boops her nose. "You are just precious aren't you little Lily!"
Lily giggles at Jordan and hugs her. Rita then sees Luna and Lincoln coming out of the kitchen carrying the large plate of bacon and eggs.
"Luna, Lincoln. I'll be driving your sisters to school then I'm going to my work place. You guys will be here and I want Luna to keep an eye on things, especially Lincoln and Lily. But if you need some help, then you can call Mrs. Rosato."
"No prob mom, I got this" replied Luna.
"She does have this mom" said Lincoln.
Rita smiles and hugs both Luna and Lincoln. "Try and keep each other company and safe, we'll be back home later in the day. All your school work will be brought to you from all of your friends."
Rita then heads to Vanzilla and they drive off.
Lincoln, Jordan and Luna with Lily all head into the living room. They set Lily onto the soft padded area of the floor with her blocks and teddy bear.
All three of them share the plate of bacon and eggs and watch some TV.
(Skip, later.)
Lincoln is in his room, with Jordan. Both of them are lying on the same beanbag chair and looking up at the ceiling, and listening to some music from the radio. The songs their listening to are from some other worldly friend.
Jordan then looks to Lincoln and hugs him, Lincoln notices this and hugs her as well. Both of them feel as if none of them want to let each other go, after what has happened.
Luna had just finished putting Lily to sleep, she then notices this and sighs. 'We're all healing, but it's not gonna be a cake walk for some of us.' Then she hears the song they're listening to. She recalls who gave them those songs, and that's when it hit her.
She then grabs a number she kept hidden in the bathroom medicine cabinet, and then she uses the emergency allied radio hidden in the refrigerator and she dials the number. The number of Freezer Burn, aka Hero Linc aka Lincoln A. Spellman.
She types: "My little bro and his girlfriend got into some major fears during the weekend, can you come on by and see if you can help cheer them up?"
Luna then puts the radio into her pocket and heads upstairs. When she gets there she sees Lincoln was on his knees crying, Jordan is trying to calm him down. "Lincoln! Please, it's all over. We're home now."
Luna then runs in and hugs Lincoln, the warmth of his sister makes him open his eyes and he hugs her and cries. Luna could tell, this was getting worse.
"L-Luna" Luna looks down and sees Lincoln's scared face with tears. "I-I'm scared."
Luna hugs him tightly. "Don't worry bro, help is on the way."
Jordan was confused by this. "You mean my mom?"
"No little dude, someone else is coming. We should head outside and meet up with him" replied Luna.
Jordan understands what she means and nods. Luna picks up Lincoln and they all head out of the room and down the stairs.
When they get there, Jordan sees Ajax talking with Charles. "Ajax, Charles come here please." Both fogs go to her, Cliff, Walt's, Geo and Della also join them.
"Okay, you guys are all here. Listen, Luna and I will be out in the backyard with Lincoln waiting for someone important. Can you guys go and watch over Lily please?"
The animals give her a serious look and nod. Jordan then pats all their heads. "Thank you guys." She then follows Luna to the backyard.
All the pets look at each other and nod, they then put on some shades and head for Lily's room and stay on guard. Della had no clue as to why they were even doing this weird agent thing. Then she recalls all of them watching the movie "Vantage Point" during Saturday.
In the backyard, Jordan looks up to the tree house and sees Patriot and Valkyrie fast asleep. "We can't wake them up, I think they deserve some rest."
"Okay Jordan, now all we have to do is wait for-" Then a portal opens and Lincoln Spellman comes through. "So, what's the problem?"
He then sees Lincoln Loud, carried by Luna and crying into her shirt. "Dude, he's a mess and we need your help." said Luna with sadness in her voice.
Freezer Burn sighs and deactivates his mask, revealing his face similar to Lincoln's. "Okay, tell me everything that has ever happened to him."
Jordan tells him of the boat trip they all had at Lake Eddy. Luna had to cover the ears of her little brother, though Jordan doesn't like telling this, she needs to tell it in order for Hero Linc to be up to speed with what's been going on.
"And so here we are now, I'm a bit shaken after what we've been through and Luna has been in her protective sibling mode since. But Lincoln ….. He's not taking things greatly. He would get over the kidnapping incident, but this ….. This is beyond that, and it scares me to see my boyfriend a scared mess" replied Jordan. "And it also hurts all of us."
Hero Linc looks to Luna and sees her trying to shush her brother from his scared state of mind, she herself is shedding some tears. Hero Linc then realized something. "Oh, okay then. I think I know what's wrong with him."
"Really? What?" asked Luna and Jordan.
Freezer burn activates his mask. "He's entering his safety zone, his inner thoughts. And as of right now what you're seeing is not Lincoln Loud."
Luna was confused by this. "T-Then, what is going on?"
"Luna, this is Lincoln's four year old self. The one who wants to be safe, in your arms" replied Hero Linc.
Luna was shocked to hear this, and so was Jordan. "So let me get this straight. Lincoln, is having a mental personality crisis?"
"Yes" replied Hero Linc. "The kidnapping was the first trigger, the boat trip incident is just the cherry on top. Another outcome where he gets into some serious and/or critical trouble and it'll be deep in his shattered mind where he'll seclude himself from the world. And if that happens then someone else from his deep thoughts will take over."
They look to the crying Lincoln. "So, this is Lincoln's little self? The one I knew back when I was little?" asked Luna.
"Sort of, right now those tears and that crying belong to little Lincoln, but the Lincoln you all know and love now is still taking over" replied Hero Linc.
Jordan looks to Hero Linc. "So, how do we help him? How do we help him snap back to the Twelve year old Lincoln?"
Hero Linc then looks to a necklace his Luna gave him. Luna Loud sees this and has the pulls out the same necklace with a locket. "Dude, is that?"
"This one was given to me by my Luna on my birthday, and I cherished it for as long as I lived and fought, and as long as it's with me then I know Luna will always have my back." He then puts the necklace back around his neck.
"The answer to help your little brother is to be there for him, and this one week being together and no school is a good start. Try and be there for him when he cries, be there for him when he feels hurt, be there for him when he feels lonely, be there for him when he needs a loved one. Jordan, you also add up to this situation. He needs the love of his beloved sister and the love of his soul mate" replied Hero Linc.
They both nodded their heads, they both understand where this was going. "Good." Hero Linc then opens a portal once more. "I'll be back next week to see how he's doing, I'll also try and figure some of this stuff out in my world. Until we meet again guys." Hero Linc steps into the portal and it's gone.
Luna and Jordan look to Lincoln, they now see he is fast asleep. Luna kisses his forehead and sees a smile on his face.
"I'm not gonna let you go through this pain bro, we're both gonna do whatever we can to help you. We promise" said Luna.
Jordan kisses Lincoln's cheek. "Always."
They then head back into the house, they had a lot to tell the others when they get back.
But what is this surprise Patriot and Valkyrie have that they were supposed to show them?
At the Tree house tower, both eagles are asleep next to each other. But they're not sleeping on a cushion. No, no, no. They're both sitting on a bed made of sticks, twigs, broken branches and leaves.
A nest, but no eggs in there, yet.
A/N: And that's Aftermath Number 1! Let the rest of this week continue. Leave a review and tell me what you all think.
Date made: 3/18/20.