Chapter 240
(The Queen live music venue, Willington, Delaware.)
They rocked, they rolled and they showed their fans just how awesome they are when on stage alongside Mick Swagger and now they finished their encore performance.
Chunk goes to them who all head backstage. "Smashin' performance as usual mates, they all loved how you all made that as spectacular as the last ones."
"That was awesome!" said Tabby. "They really loved the beats we gave them and I am so glad I brought my DJ helmet with me!"
Sully and Mazzy chuckle at this. "The very same one you wore from the High School prom for the music. Wicked idea Tabby" said Mazzy.
"Maybe you could make that into a trending look for other DJ's" teased Sam. "You might even become a meme." the others also chuckle at her teasing.
"Now that sounds like a brilliant idea! Thanks Sam, I can't wait for the next venue!" replied Tabby.
"And now she's gonna try and make it into a whole new look for her for the rest of the tour" replied Jordan, the others also chuckle. "Nice going Sam, you gave her a new idea when she gets back home."
Sam chuckles. "Oh jeez. What the heck have I done?"
"I say you all did marvelous out there, you gave it your all and made this sixth day of the tour look like a real spot on" said Mick. "I am truly proud of how far you've all come on this tour."
"Thanks Mick Swagger" They all reply in unison and all pose. "Rock and Roll!"
Kurt goes to them and claps. "Chunk is right about one thing, you guys killed it out there, well not literally but you all know what I mean."
Lincoln places his guitar back in its case. "So when's the next venue Mr. Manager?"
Kurt chuckles. "Richmond Virginia, which is the state that neighbors Washington DC. We'll be performing at the National, one of the venues Mick went to two years ago."
"Looks like we'll be taking a nice and long stroll down memory lane and sure enough this will be the last tour venue for this one week special tour for all of you lot" replied Mick. "It has been a true honor to have you mates tag along for this tour of a ride."
"The honor is all ours Mick" said Sully. "We couldn't have gone through it if it wasn't for your offer."
"Though all in all, this wouldn't have been possible if it wasn't for out sole band leader, Luna" said Mazzy. They then see Luna is quiet and putting away her axe and microphone. "Luna?"
They're all confused why she's not answering, Lincoln, Jordan and Sam now what's up with her. Lincoln walks up to his sister. "Luna? You feeling okay sis? Luna?" Lincoln holds her trembling right hand.
Luna then snaps back from her small trance. "Huh? What?" she sees her brother holding her hand. "Oh, hey Linc, what's up?" She then sees the look of worry on his face. "Something wrong baby bro?"
Luna then sees all of them are looking to her concerned. "Whats with you guys? Oh yeah. I'm feeling stoked about the last venue for the tour, and we're gonna rock it!"
They know she's denying it. "That's not what they mean Lunes. We know something is up" said Jordan.
"What are you guys talking about?" asked Luna, she smiles for them to keep them from worrying. "I'm fine, everything is chill." But they all know she's not chill at all, in fact they can see she's not acting like her usual laid back self.
"We'll be back guys." Lincoln pulls his sister to another location within the venue so they can speak in private. They're all hoping he could get her to talk and calm down.
Lincoln brings Luna to a small corner in the hallway, he checks if anyone else was there walking by and thankfully there aren't other people around to hear them. "What the heck bro? What gives?"
Lincoln looks to the ground in anger and takes a deep breath. "Luna, I know you're still kinda miffed that we haven't found that stalker and tomorrow is going to be the last tour we'll have and we haven't even found a single trace of who he is and where he is at now, I know what you're feeling Luna. I feel the same way too and it feels as if this tour is finally over, he'll follow us, and he'll come for our families and friends because we haven't even found the guy. Luna, tell me if I'm wrong."
Lincoln is then surprised when he looks to Luna, she has tears and her mouth trembling. "Oh Lincoln!" Luna hugs her little brother. "This …. This isn't even working anymore! We haven't found him yet and we're going home soon, wh-what the heck am I supposed to do now? I'm supposed to keep you s-safe and he'll come to our h-home and do bad things to u-us and you and Jordan!"
Lincoln hugs back his crying sister and rubs her back. "I know the feeling Luna, I know. I myself am kinda upset and really ticked off we haven't even caught this guy and he will strike again, I just don't know when and how."
They continue to stay like this for a while, then they break the hug. "Luna, the plan I made two tours ago was supposed to work and I thought it would, but it seems to have made things worst. It was supposed to taunt the stalker to come out of hiding and face us. But he hasn't shown up in a while and now I need to ask you this Luna. When this tour is over, do you wanna go back home?"
Luna is stunned by the very idea he said. "What?"
"Luna, this guy will follow us home and target our friends and family back home, they'll be in danger and that guy will do way more worse things that what he almost did to me. I need to know if you're in on this idea. The others don't know, so I'm asking you Lunes."
Luna didn't know what else to say, but her big sister instincts are kicking in. "I don't think that idea could work bro, chances that freak will still go after our family should we stay away from home. It'll turn into a game and we might end up losing everything, we need to talk about this to the others."
Lincoln sighs, he knew she might say that. "Okay sis, let's go back to the others then." They both walk back to the rest of the band, but when they get there they see they're all packed up and ready to head to the next venue.
"Good, you guys are back" said Mazzy.
"Mick said we can stay the night to celebrate and then go to the next venue tomorrow, we could all use something to ease the stress on all of us as of lately, mostly you Lunes" replied Sam.
"It's the right thing to do so we all don't fall apart" replied Mick. "Plus, this place has some good drinks and snacks even at night time. Let's celebrate for this second to last tour mates!"
Lincoln and Luna liked thus idea and they follow the rest of the band to the food court. But unaware that the stalker is following them once again, this time he's prepared.
(Food Court.)
They arrive to the place and enjoy the food and drinks they have, all while the mob of fans is being held back by the steel fence far from them. The place was empty when they got there, but it seems someone called the fans and told them where they would be next and now this is happening.
"Jeez, you think we could get some decent time to eat some food without our fans trying to get to us." Sully takes a bit from his burger and drinks his soda.
"Life of a celebrity is not easy, I have moments when I have to make like the Queen's coach wagon and book it" said Mick who is eating some scones and drinking some tea.
"Yeah, now we're all seeing how much being a big shot rock star really is" said Mazzy. "It was cool when we were at some of the venues, but this is insane." She then eats her spaghetti.
"What the heck is going on here?" asked Tabby. "I thought this place wasn't even loaded when Kurt checked." She then eats her bagel and chocolate pudding.
"It wasn't packed when I got here" replied Kurt who is eating a hotdog. "But it seems like someone has tipped off the fans and told them about our little get together here at the food court."
Lincoln and Luna had a bad feeling someone did this and they know exactly who it was. Sam and Jordan can see the troubled looks on Lincoln and Luna, all that they're doing is fiddling with their mashed potatoes and macaroni and cheese.
"You dudes okay?" asked Sam.
"You guy's barely ate you're food" replied Jordan. The others also take notice of this.
Lincoln looks back slightly to the fans and he sees a shadowy figure smiling and disappearing within the crowd. Lincoln then looks back to the others sternly. "He's here." This made Luna's eyes go wide and her hand turn into a fist.
"The stalker?" asked Kurt. "He's here? For reals?"
"Yeah, who else could've known where we went to, also I saw him in the crowd" said Lincoln. "This guy is one step ahead of us, so he knows where we are, what we're going to do and how we deal with our lives on this tour. It has to be someone who is part of the tour, someone who's close to the whole tour."
"We checked the staff and there seems to be no one who would attempt to make this whole tour go down in flames guv" said Chunk, he is eating Shepard's pie.
"Unless it's someone who was part of the tour in the past" said Sam. Now that made sense.
Lincoln has a plan. "Guys, I know want to do now. When we get back to the tour bus, we act like nothing is wrong and we get some sleep. Kurt and Mick, you guys have to look through the files of the people who were once on the tours from before, those who have been fired for a reason and when we figure out who this is we strike at the target or call him out. Are we good?"
They all nod, they continue to eat and then they clear out of the place.
(Nighttime, Luna-Tics tour bus.)
Lincoln and Jordan are fast asleep in the same bed, and so are Luna, Sam, Sully, Mazzy and Tabby, and for some reason Tabby is fast asleep with her DJ helmet on her. Why?
Chunk is asleep on the tour bus couch and listening to some jazzy tunes, just then the window opens and someone sneaks in. The stalker has arrived and he's carrying a large duffle bag, like really large.
He looks around and gets some things that belong to the band and then he sees Lincoln and Jordan asleep together. "Perfect." He slowly creeps to grab either of the kids, but when he grabs Lincoln it turns around and it's a dummy and it sprays whipped cream onto the man.
The stalker stumbles back from the whipped cream and falls to the ground, when he gets back up he's hit by a fog light from the back of the bus and he sees who the ones are manning it. The whole band.
"Got you at last creep!" said Jordan.
"You're not going anywhere mate!" said Tabby, she's still wearing her DJ helmet. Why?
"What the heck? This was a trap?" said the Stalker as he backs away.
"Yes, yes it was." He turns around and meets Luna's fist and stumbles back onto the floor, he then looks and sees by the driver's seats are Lincoln and Luna and Lincoln is wielding the barbed wired baseball bat Lucifer.
"You're going to pay for trying to ruin our summer tour fun you psycho-maniac!" said Lincoln.
He then pulls out a knife and readies to attack, but then Lincoln readies with his bat and Luna with her axe in hand. "Let's brawl psycho-stalker maniac!"
The man then grabs his bag and heads for the door. "Oh no you don't!" Luna grabs onto him, but he slashes her arm making her have a small cut. "Ow! You bloody hell freak!"
But then the stalker goes back and takes advantage of this and he grabs Luna and drags her outside. "Luna!" They all go after him, they stop when they see him standing next to the truck with their cars and holding Luna at knife point.
"Stop! Nobody move or the rocker gets it!" They all stay still, but Lincoln and the others are seething with rage and want to get this guy.
"You better drop that bat kid! Or your legal guardian becomes legally dead on the spot!"
"Lincoln! Get the heck out of here, now!" said Luna, but the man holds her in the choke hold tighter. "Just go!"
"No one going anywhere till I get what I want!"
"Okay, okay. Fine." Lincoln lowers his bat to the ground and he raises his arms in the air. "Let's just take it easy now. What do you want then?"
"First, I want your guitars, clothes, pictures of the band naked, the bus and all of you tied up in the bus, the big fat roadies guy can just stay here."
They are shocked at his demands. "You are one sick psychopath!" said Sam.
"You're no fan, you're just some disturbing perverted stalker creep who wants to play some sick and twisted game of evil" said Mazzy.
"Hey! Look who's talking!" said Chunk in annoyance. "And sure as hell I am not fat, it's just extra muscle mass! You're the one who's gotten weight on ya!"
"Shut it! Next I want all of Mick Swagger's prized possessions and his bus and I want him tied up too! Where the heck is he and that stupid manager of his?!"
"Right here bus driver, or should I call you, former bus driver Arnold McCann" said Mick Swagger, and right behind him is Kurt and the police and then some SWAT vehicles arrive and an ambulance just in case.
"Yeah, we remember you now" said Kurt. "You're the bus driver from last year who we fired after we found out that you stole Micks shirt and sold it online, you got a lot of nerves coming back here and trying to take these kids!"
"Shut up you idiots!" He then reveals his true self, well his face actually. He has red hair on the sides and back as well as a ponytail and no hair on the top of his scalp. Glasses, and a goatee. "You two fired me! And now this is my revenge! I am taking these kids and I am going to have fun with them! For as long as I live! This isn't my fault, this is yours Mick Swagger!"
"Arnold, you were an over obsessed fan who faked at your driving lessons and became the tour bus driver, you pretty much did this to yourself and what you did back then was low and very personal and now it just got more personal" said Mick. "So let go of the girl and surrender now, Arnold McCann!"
"Never! Not till I get what I want!" yelled Arnold. "And if I can't get my revenge on you, then these kids you brought along will do nicely!" He then licks onto Luna's neck making her struggle and shed some tears.
"You sick freak! Gross!"
"Let my girlfriend go you perverted maniac!" yelled Sam. "I swear I'm gonna shove my boot all the way up your ass and make you choke with blood!"
Arnold then pushes the knife close to Luna's neck. "I'm the one in control Blondie! Stay back or she gets a deep throat cut she'll never wake up from!" Arnold then laughs maniacally at his actions.
The police have their guns pointed and ready, and some of the fans are seeing this and recording it. None of them are happy with this guy and what he's doing.
They all knew this was bad and not turning out too good if they don't do something. Jordan looks to Lincoln and she can see his hands are trembling and his eyes were emotionless. "Lincoln?"
Lincoln then recalls that man's last name. 'McCann? McCann? McCann? Chandler McCann?!'
With quick thinking Lincoln kicks the bat towards the man and it hits his face with its barbed wires first but he still has a grip on Luna.
Lincoln runs forward and he missile drop kicks him in the face and then he grabs the knife and stabs Arnold on his left leg, he then let's go of Luna. Luna turns around and kicks the man in the gut and he stumbles back onto the side of the truck.
Arnold tries to see what's happening, but his face has been badly bruised and bleeding from the baseball bat's barbed wires, he then pushes a button and Luna's car from the trailer is being hoisted up by the crane,
Arnold turns around only to get punched by both Lincoln and Luna, he stumbles back and his hand touches one of the buttons and the car is dropped on top of him.
Lincoln and Luna pant and look to each other, they then shed some tears and hug each other. "Luna …. Luna, you're okay! You're okay Luna!"
Luna strokes his white hair and kisses his forehead. "Lincoln. Don't ever do that stunt again!" They just hug each other. The others also race towards them, in tears. "Luna! Lincoln!"
The cops also slowly approach them and so does Mick Swagger and Kurt, with the fans at the other side of the fence cheering them for taking that guy down!
But then the man crawls from underneath the car and pulls out a double barrel shotgun from his duffle bag. "You stupid fucking white-haired Larry!"
Luna sees this and tries to get out of the way, but then she's pushed aside and the gun goes off. The police all shoot the man and Arnold is dead, but with a smile on his face. "G-Got …. Got him."
Luna then hears screaming and then her eyes are horrified to see Lincoln, face first onto the ground and in a pool of his own blood. "Lincoln!"
Jordan goes over to Lincoln and sees that the side of his waist is bleeding. "Lincoln, Lincoln please! Stay with me!"
Luna also races over and looks to her brother's shocked face. "Lincoln, hold on! You're gonna be fine okay?! We're gonna get you some help!"
"Lincoln!" Mick and Kurt yelled in panic. "Get the paramedics down here now!"
Sam, Sully, Mazzy, Chunk and Tabby go to Lincoln. "No! Lincoln, no!" Sam sheds some tears, Sully and Mazzy hug each other, Chunk is shocked in place from this and Tabby drops her helmet and cries.
Sam then grabs the bat and goes over to Arnold's dead body. "You murderous son of a bitch!"
Jordan cries and holds onto her boyfriend's hand and she sees some blood now on her knees. "Lincoln, no please no. Lincoln, don't go."
Luna sheds a lot of tears as she looks to her brother's bleeding form, his hand is trembling and his face has no clue what to express. "Lincoln, why did you do that? Why?!"
Lincoln then looks to all of them with fear and panic. "I …. I … I just …. I wanted to … ….. I … Luna." Lincoln then slowly gets sleepy and fades in and out of consciousness.
Lincoln then blinks his eyes and he sees the paramedics carrying him onto the ambulance.
He blinks again and he sees Sam with the bat and she's constantly beating the dead body of Arnold and the cops are trying to hold her back.
Blinks, Luna and Jordan are by his side crying as they hold his hands and beg for him not to go.
Blinks, moved through a hall way and sees Luna and Jordan being held back by the doctors, they want to be there for him. "Luna …. Jordan … Luna?"
"Lincoln!"
Then, everything turns to black, and all he can hear is the sound of the heart monitor.
Day 6, to the 7 day tour with Mick Swagger, is it over?
A/N: Will Lincoln recover? Leave a review and tell me what you all think.
Date made: 6/9/20 – 6/10/20.