Chapter 209
(Great Lake City Zoo.)
All the kids at the Great Lake City zoo are all enjoying themselves with all the animals in their enclosures. Why? Someone's birthday is up!
And amongst these kids is Adelaide Chang, now turning 7. Even though her birthday was supposed to be on May 11, she changed her birthday party for some good reasons and we'll get to that later.
A lot of Adelaide's friends from school have arrived and also joining in this party is CJ and Carl. Though Carl is here just for the Komodo dragon, again. He said he's not interested in this little kid's party, but to help keep an eye on them is Bobby, Tia Frida and Carlota.
Sid then approaches her fairy princess dressed little sister. "Hey there Adelaide. You enjoying yourself?"
"I sure am! All of my school friends are here and we're celebrating it at mom's zoo! This is awesome and I don't know how this will get better!" said Adelaide.
Just then they all hear some eagle squawking sounds and look up.
"No freaking way?!" said Ronnie Anne.
"Is that Patriot and Valkyrie?" asked Sid.
"They came! They came! That means the others aren't too far behind!" said Adelaide.
And then they spot an all too familiar van arriving and coming out is Lori, Lola, Lana, Lincoln, Jordan, Luan, Lucy and Lisa.
Adelaide, Sid and their mom approach to them.
"Glad to see you all made it" said Becca.
"Well, we wouldn't wanna miss this birthday party that was moved" said Jordan.
"Why was it moved to this date instead again?" asked Lincoln.
"Because the zoo at that time was undergoing a small medical checkup, we had to make sure all the animals weren't infected with anything serious" replied Becca.
"I was patient and okay with letting them get better, and I even made a plan on when I can have my birthday party instead" replied Adelaide.
"I guess you guys can say, my little sis pulled a Lincoln" said Sid.
Lincoln chuckles. "Is that what they call it when someone makes a man-with-the-plan motive? Am I becoming a meme or something?"
They all chuckled at this, then Bobby arrives and heads to the back of Vanzilla to greet Lori and help her carry Luan's Funny Business Gear.
"Hey Mrs. Chang, where's the stage at?" asked Luan.
"Over there by the monkey's. They also wanna be part of the act too" replied Becca.
"Now that does sound appealing!" joked Luan. She heads to the stage with her stuff being carried behind her.
Becca then sees the little loud sisters. "Looks like you girls got Adelaide some gifts."
"We did, where do we put em?" asked Lana.
"Over there by the elephant enclosure, he'll keep an eye on them" replied Sid.
"Cool. Where's the bat enclosure?" asked Lucy.
"As much fun as I would let you, sorry Lucy but I can't let you see them. They're all tuckered out after last night's night time zoo safari" replied Becca.
"I won't make a sound, I can be able to see all of them without making any peep" said Lucy.
"She's not wrong" replied Lincoln.
Becca then smirks. "Very well then, the bat enclosure is just a few elephant strolls away right past the ostrich enclosure. Just try to be back for the rest of the party."
"I will" replied Lucy.
Then Lincoln stops Lisa. "Lisa, please tell me that's not some kind of experimented animal in that gift you got."
Lisa straightens her glasses. "Lincoln, I have learned that not everyone is interested in many of my personal likings. What is in here is merely something that Adelaide would find more appealing than any decapitated animal."
Sid had to cover Adelaide's ears. "Dude, not cool saying that right now."
"I can't hear anything" said Adelaide.
"Hey, why don't you and Lana hang out? You both seem to like frogs" said Jordan.
"Okay" said Adelaide. Froggy 2 hops onto her head.
"Then it's a good thing I brought Hops with me!" Hops comes out of Lana's pocket. "Oh and Izzy." And her lizard also appears but from Lana's hat.
"Well, I have meatball!" the iguana comes out from Adelaide's hair.
"How was that lizard in your hair?!" asked Lola.
"Oh I have my ways" replied Adelaide. She then heads back to the zoo with Lana, Lola, Lucy and Lisa.
"And no studying or doing anything science related to the animals Lisa!" yelled Lincoln.
"I know, I know" said Lisa.
Ronnie Anne then approaches them. "Hey guys, how're you all holding up?"
"After the Stankcos and Chandler's goons, we're holding up pretty well. Though some of us are trying to heal up" replied Jordan.
"Where the heck is Luna? I thought she'd be with you guys" asked Sid. Patriot and Valkyrie land down onto the shoulders of Lincoln and Jordan.
"And why are they here? I thought they were tending to their chicks or something?" asked Becca.
"Patriot and Valkyrie are taking a day off at tending to their young and taking care of them now is Luna" replied Lincoln.
"Patriot and Valkyrie agreed to move the nest into her room, she's still watching over them with some help from Leni" replied Jordan.
(The Loud House.)
Luna strums onto her acoustic guitar as the three chicks sleep underneath the blanket.
Luna smiles seeing these three pink and slightly white feathered chicks, to her it reminded her of when Lincoln was a baby and needed a lullaby from her.
Next to Luna is some blended fish and a dropper to feed them, and fast asleep on Lincoln's bunk is Leni. She had it kinda hard trying to feed them.
(Back to the Great Lake city Zoo.)
"Well that is nice of Patriot and Valkyrie to let Luna watch over them" said Becca. "I didn't think they'd let anyone near their chicks that early."
"They know how motherly she can be, heck I know from experience. A lot of experience" replied Lincoln as he rubs Patriot's chin.
"Also, it's okay if Luan doesn't wanna do this. I can tell she seems a bit startled" said Sid.
Jordan sighs. "Luan insisted on being the clown for Adelaide's birthday, if there's one thing we know about Luan is that this is one of the ways for her to get over something bad. Like when she had a bad day at school, she would do some jokes and check if she has any birthday gigs."
"I guess everyone has their own ways to recover from things" replied Ronnie Anne. "I also heard that Cristina was involved with the kidnapping yesterday? What happened?"
Lincoln and Jordan decide to tell them in the zoo, so they all get back inside and into the party.
Becca goes to check on all the animals and check if her husband is helping watch over Adelaide. With Becca is Patriot and Valkyrie, who volunteered to be subjects with eagle lessons to the kids who want to know more.
Lincoln and Jordan sit on a bench next to Sid and Ronnie Anne and they tell them all that happened with Cristina and how she became abused into the whole plan of Dennis and Patrick.
"Oh wow, I feel bad for her. Missing for two months! Her parent's must've been devastated!" said Ronnie Anne.
"They were, but luckily they also pressed charges along with our parents. I don't think Dennis and Patrick's parents and family are gonna be happy that they're family names have been tainted to criminal record" said Jordan.
"I'm kinda in the dark here. But who the heck is Cristina and how come you guys never mentioned her to me?" asked Sid.
"Well, Cristina is a girl who went to the same school as Jordan, Ronnie Anne and me. She was also the girl I had a crush on, but it was just a small side crush because deep down I had feelings for the girl with the brown braided ponytail" replied Lincoln. Jordan giggles at his last statement.
"Wow, then how come she transferred schools?" asked Sid.
"That one is a complicated and hard to explain story Sid" said Ronnie Anne.
"No, it's okay. She deserves to know, we're all friends here" said Lincoln. He then tells her about the incident, "Making the Case."
"Wow! Wait, how come Luna didn't just help you with that? OR Luan?! Or any of your sisters?" asked Sid.
"At that point, that was way before he met me and when all of his sister's and Luna were busy with their personal thing. And I guess you can say Luna fell in line with the "Hive Mind." replied Jordan.
Ronnie Anne is confused by this. "Hive Mind?"
Lincoln and Jordan needed to make sure no one else was listening, they also needed to make sure Lucy wasn't around. "Okay, so Jordan and I agreed that something is up during the time when all my sister's had their own personal thing against me."
"And this hive mind is the reason?" asked Sid.
"Can you two elaborate what it is?" asked Ronnie Anne.
"Well, way before I came into the picture. Sometimes Lincoln's sisters can be kind to him, and show some compassion. Like when Luna made his first concert unforgettable, or after Lincoln took the blame for Lucy. Then the next day, things would turn bad and all the sisters would gang up on him" said Jordan.
"Still barely getting it here" said Sid.
Lincoln didn't have to say it, but they needed an actual explanation. "That night, Luna made my first concert, my first Smooch concert unforgettable. She told me who she was before and it hit me that she was like me. We bonded and it was the best I've had with her since, and then came the next day … She ganged up with the other sisters and we all fought for the quarter on the couch, and she may have … Hit me, and then she used her amps to blast me out of her room and we all fought again for the note."
They all could tell this was making Lincoln upset. Sid then figured out what he meant. "Like bees! And ants! And termites! That kind of hive mind!"
"Yeah, so that's why she didn't at least hear me out after the fifth grading video contest, and thank goodness Clyde was smart enough to tell Huggins to cancel it. Like, forever" replied Lincoln.
Ronnie Anne felt bad for him. "Does …. Does Luna know about, the hive mind thing?"
Lincoln sighs and looks down, so Jordan speaks for him. "I don't think so, he's afraid that if she does find out she might get upset and flip off to the other sister's. I told him to at least tell her, but he doesn't wanna push it any further and I guess I can be okay with that."
"Wow, I guess having that many sister's has little good and a lot of bad" said Sid.
"Glad my cousins don't have that. But they do gang up on me and Carlota when it's pranking time" replied Ronnie Anne. "That and cause they're boys."
Lincoln sighs and regains his smile. "Anyways, enough of that. Anything else you guys wanna know?"
They were surprised he would shrug it off so easily, but they know he doesn't wanna become a wreck. "So, how is Cristina again?" asked Sid.
"Like we said, she's back home and probably gonna be spending a lot of quality time with her parents. But she said that we should all hang out some more, even though she lives in Beaverton" replied Jordan.
"And what about those Stankcos?" asked Ronnie Anne. "What happened to them?"
Lincoln chuckled. "I guess you can say, walking will be the one thing they're gonna have."
This shocks Ronnie Anne and Sid. "You broke their legs?!"
"Not really broke, but they'll be healed up soon. At the end of five months that is" replied Lincoln.
"I don't know exactly what happened, but Luna and I know this handsome face did the right thing and made sure they stayed down for good, and I doubt they'll wanna come back for revenge after what Lincoln did to them" said Jordan.
"They tried to hurt Jordan, they hurt my big sister. So it was only fitting I made sure they felt a lot of pain, and when I mean a lot I mean a lot" replied Lincoln.
"Whoa! Remind me not to get you mad dude" said Sid. She has no clue whether to be scared or excited hearing at what he did.
Ronnie Anne chuckles. "I'd do the same when something happens to my familia and friends. I guess you show you're strength in your own way."
Then they hear Becca call out. "Hey kids! You two wanna be the ones to help with this eagle learning lesson?!"
Lincoln and Jordan smile. "It would be our pleasure." They all get up from the bench and head to the crowd of kids.
Many of the children recognize Lincoln and Jordan as the eagle champions of Royal Woods and all ask for an autograph, but they said after the lesson, they then tell them all that they know about eagles and that Patriot and Valkyrie are parents now.
But, what Lincoln, Jordan, Ronnie Anne and Sid did not know, is that while they were talking someone was listening to their conversation and that someone was Lucy Loud.
Lucy had no clue what to say after what Lincoln told them. 'She has to know, Lincoln won't know what will happen unless Luna hears about this!'
Throughout the whole Birthday party, Adelaide and her guests all had a heck of a time.
They rode on the Elephant Bitsy, though Lola stood on the head and waved. This isn't a parade!
They went to check out the Komodo dragons, and the Ostrich which Ronnie Anne said was Sergio's ex. And speak of the devil, Sergio shows up and tries to talk it over with her, only to be rejected when she hides her head into a hole in the ground.
Lana enjoyed looking at the different frog species and was told which ones can be dangerous.
Lisa just observed the many animals there and took note on the many conditions needed for each one, she thinks this could be good when she goes back to Royal Woods and explains it to their zoo.
They met some lemurs who for some reason hate Sid.
And they all enjoyed the tricks and jokes Luan did on stage as her clown self, but she had some backup entertainment in the form of the Zoo resident monkeys and let's just say they went bananas with their performance.
And finally they enjoyed Adelaide's cake, which was the shape of a giant Lily pad? They had to make sure Hops and Froggy 2 did not sit on it.
Adelaide also enjoyed the gifts she opened. Lana got her a frog themed blanket, Lola got her a new fairy princess outfit, Lucy got her a bat princess costume and Adelaide plans to wear it on Halloween and Lisa's gift was not something gross or scarring, it was a plushie of a Red-Eyed Tree Frog.
Even though Lola and Lana were planning on getting Adelaide something else, they changed their ideas of their gifts since Patriot and Valkyrie were available, but the twins got an even better idea on what to do with the eagle costumes they made.
At the end of the day, Adelaide was all tuckered out and the party was over. But Adelaide did say she would like to hang out with Lola and Lana again when she comes to visit Royal Woods. That was something they were looking forward to.
Ronnie Anne and Sid would also like to visit to check out the Eagle chicks, if Patriot and Valkyrie allow them.
Pretty soon it was time for the Louds and Jordan to head on back home to Royal Woods.
(Royal Woods, the Loud House.)
They had to drop off Jordan to her house before heading back home.
When they got home, they could see that everything was still in one piece and they're dad was making dinner and they couldn't wait to tell them the party they all enjoyed.
Lincoln and the two eagles head upstairs and see Luna feeding the three eagle chicks with the dropper filled with liquefied meat. Patriot and Valkyrie were pleased that they made the right call having Luna babysit their chicks.
Patriot and Valkyrie with the help of Lisa's drone carried the nest back to the Tree House tower.
At dinner they tell their family all they did at Adelaide's birthday party and the many animals they met.
Though one person during dinner was a bit quitter than she usually is. Lucy. She needed to wait for the right time to tell Luna what she heard.
(Night time, almost nine o'clock.)
Lincoln is in his room already in his PJ's and putting his books away, he also finishes his chat with Jordan.
Then Luna comes into the room, already in her night shirt and she sees Lincoln putting all of his stuff away, Lincoln then notices her. "Hey sis, ready for bed I see? Well, so am i."
Luna smiles. "Yeah, yeah. Today was …. Well something and if I should be honest with ya bro, it felt nice tending to those eagle chicks. It reminded me of the time I took care of you when no one else was around to."
Lincoln smiles hearing that. "I'm glad Patriot and Valkyrie let you do this, maybe next time they'll let Jordan and me do the same thing. I'd like to get to know the next generation up and close."
"Yeah, yeah." Luna then goes over to Lincoln and hugs him, Lincoln is confused and hugs her back. She then picks him up, carries him over to one of the beanbag chairs and they both sit onto the bean bag chair while she's still hugging him.
Lincoln knows something is wrong. "Luna? Are you okay? Is something wrong mom?"
Luna stays quiet and just hugs him. Lincoln decides to stay quiet and let her have this.
After a minute or two Luna speaks. "Bro, I'm sorry about ….. Being in the hive mind thing."
Lincoln is startled by what she said. "But …. How did …..-"
"How I know is not important and don't be mad at the one who told me bro, I just wanna apologize for …. For ganging up on you after I made your first concert memorable. I guess, I guess with you being the only boy in the family, I fell under pressure of being alienated by the others and fell in line. Like I was nothing more than a sheep in the herd. Why didn't you tell me you felt this way after what I did bro?"
Lincoln sighs. "I …. I didn't want you to worry about it Luna. We've already been through hell and high water, and the one thing I don't want is you stressing out from all of this new problems and old troubles."
Luna continues to hug him. "Bro, I have the right to worry about you and talk about what you've been through, I know there's so much in that little head of yours about everything we did before Jordan changed it all. I won't push you into telling me how you feel, but I'll be there to listen to you about em bro. In fact, I know we'll all be here to listen to you when you feel like you're ready bro."
Lincoln sheds a few tears, his emotions start to overwhelm knowing he should've told her about this. He didn't think she would know about the whole events that have transpired years ago, and when I mean events I mean Season 1 and the early reigns of Season 2. The No Such Luck incident didn't exist, so that's not gonna be a problem anymore.
Luna comforts him from his tears. "I should've let you speak after the whole fifth grading video contest, I should've stopped what I was doing when we fought over money. I hurt you ….. I blasted you out of the room with my own amps, you could've lost your hearing, and I fought against you! What was I even thinking?!"
Lincoln stops crying. "You weren't sis, I know that and you know that. But that was the past Luna, and I wanna let it just be what it is."
"That's not gonna be easy for me bro, we had that talk with your pals yesterday about the Santiago moving out issue and now everything from the video contest to the money fight. We have to deal with this issue you're having bro, I know that you might get miffed at me for my part in making you miserable, but I'm willing to take it all" replied Luna.
"I don't wanna be angry at you anymore Luna, I don't like being angry at you or to the others. It make me feel bad and horrible inside" cried Lincoln.
Luna just hugs him and kisses his forehead. "When you're ready bro, we'll listen. All of us."
They don't know that outside the others are hearing this.
"See? He still has some troubles in him from what we all did in the past" said Lucy.
"Way before he met Jordan, and Lincoln is right. We all fall in line with this hive mind. When one of us gets upset, another gets upset and then another and it reaches all the way to all nine or ten of us and it affects Lincoln greatly" replied Lisa.
Rita sighs. "I need to have to explain what really happened at the super market when I have the time."
"We should all have a talk about this, when the time is right" said Lynn Sr.
"And all he wanted was a trophy like us, we should've given him a chance to speak his word" said Lana.
"I should've helped him, if I did then maybe he wouldn't have been in trouble by us" said Luan with a worried tone.
"We should've just let him have the sweet spot, or at least follow his seating plan since it works for all of us" said Lynn Jr. "And I guess I was too blinded when I bunked with him. Why didn't I see how he hated rooming with me?!"
"We also shouldn't have hogged mommy and daddy when he needed help with his volcano. I guess no one else in Royal Woods can handle all of us in one house" said Lola.
"Only a few can manage that problem" said Lana.
"Sigh. There are a lot of things we've done wrong and at most of them Lincoln gets caught in it, like a sister-nado, as he calls it" said Lucy.
"Maybe we were a bit harsh on placing all of his anniversary gifts in the attic" said Lynn Sr.
"He was, he thought you hated him for making them" said Luan. "That's why he wanted to give you guys a portrait of all of us, and it didn't turn out well when he wanted to make it better."
Lori remains silent and recalls the note he made about her being the worst sister ever. 'What is happening?'
Leni sighs. "Guys, we can talk to Lincoln about this next time. Not tomorrow, not next week or even next month. Let Lincoln have his time and then he'll tell us when he's ready to speak, for now we don't push him into fessing up. Okay?"
They all agreed to this, also this was a part of Leni they were all happy to see. Stepping up to be more responsible and less of an airhead.
They all head back to bed, with so many things pondering in their thoughts, Lori was more worried. 'I hope he speaks to us before ….. Before I leave the house, and this town. There's so many things I feel bad for, and I think Bobby and Ronnie Anne should be let in on this as well. I know there are a lot of other incident they were a part of, I should also inform Clyde as well.'
But they were all worried about one thing, did Lincoln tell Jordan about everything that has happened to him? And if he didn't tell her then how will Jordan Rosato react?
Meanwhile inside of the middle kid and rockstars room, Luna and Lincoln have both fallen asleep on the beanbag chair, tuckered out from the emotional stress and peacefully in each other's arms. Patriot flies in and puts a blanket over them, he and Valkyrie also want to be part of this talk Lincoln will have, soon.
A/N: And that's the aftermath, which is also the Birthday of Adelaide, since May 11 I made a chapter about Lincoln, Jordan and Luna hanging out with Pop-pop and Myrtle, this was the least I could do to make up for lost time. And somewhere in the near future chapters. He will tell them how he felt after all those times in Season 1 and in the early marks of Season 2. Leave a review and tell me what you all think.
If you guys got an idea how their talk will all go down then PM me.
Date Made: 4/23/20.