Chapter 271
(July 19, Sleep tight motel.)
Luna opens her eyes to the sun shining onto her face and she looks around. 'Oh, right. We stayed at this place for the night, well at least we didn't have to sleep in our rides.' Luna then feels someone hugging onto her and she looks down to see her little brother Lincoln.
Still asleep and holding onto her tightly, also snuggling close to Lincoln is Jordan and both of them are not planning to let go of each other or to Luna and by the window Patriot and Valkyrie are awake and feeding their chicks, though Harrier is not with them.
Luna then sees the male eagle chick asleep in Lincoln's hair. 'Looks like Harrier got himself someone to look up to, that's kinda sweet. Chances he could become the next top eagle, next to his sisters.' Luna then sees the other large beds are empty. 'Where the heck are the other sibs at?'
Then she sees Luan coming out of the bathroom and in her day clothes. Luan notices her third big sister already awake. "Oh, hey Luna. Sorry, we all woke up before you did. Also, they all went to get some take out breakfast so we can all have it on the road. We have to get home to see mom and dad."
Luna smiles. "Yeah, I heard that." She then looks down to the sleeping trio. "These little dues have been through hell and hot water for the past 7 days at Great Lake City, and to think we thought we could trust staying at that place, but instead we got another round dancing with the devil."
Luan sits by the foot of the bed and she looks onto Jordan, she looks as if she cried in her sleep. "We're all going through some stuff and mom and dad probably know about what happened. We haven't gotten a call from them, yet."
"Only a matter of time before they do contact us." Luna strokes the hair of her brother. She then looks to Luan. "Sis, I don't think I'll be moving until these two get up."
Luan nods. "I'll get the take out breakfasts you guys want. Be right back sis." Luan then leaves the bedroom and out the motel.
Luna then lays back down and she pulls her brother close to her and Jordan as well. 'Lincoln, you saved me when I almost drowned.' She then sees the sleeping eagle chick starting to stir. 'And all it took was the sorrowful pecking of this little guy to wake you up from the sleep of eternity.'
Harrier wakes up and looks to Lincoln and he hops off and goes to his parents, Valkyrie sees this and she flies over to pick up her chick and bring him to the nest to be fed. Luna then kisses Lincoln's forehead. 'I don't know how much more trouble is in store for us, but I promise you that we'll all fight through it. All of us, together.'
Lincoln and opens his eyes and looks to see his big sister awake and smiling. Lincoln closes his eyes again and snuggles close to his big sister. "I love you sis." He then closes his eyes and sleeps again.
"Good morning little brother, I love you too bro." She then closes her eyes to relax and calm down her nerves. 'We're gonna have a lot of emotional stuff to go through Lincoln. We gotta hang on.'
(An hour later, somewhere nearing the outskirts of Royal Woods.)
The three loud vehicles make their drive through the long road. Each of them are eating their take out breakfast and looking excited for going back home. Lori, Leni and Luna are driving so they're eating some breakfast sandwiches.
Luna's car is leading the family convoy and inside are Lincoln and Jordan and the eagles. Lincoln eats his breakfast sausage hash brown sandwich and he looks out the window and thinks to himself.
Jordan notices this. "You okay there Lincoln?" Luna and the eagles also notice this.
"Sorry, I was just going through everything that happened to us through that one week stay" said Lincoln. "It's not gonna be easy after all that has happened, and the people and animal who sparked it to go wrong real fast."
Jordan and Luna know what he means and even they along with the rest of the sisters are still unhappy about all of it. Lori said she's gonna need three days to calm her nerves so she won't be doing much texting to her boyfriend and try and focus on how the family is doing.
All of them are ticked off at the situation with the parrot of the Casagrandes, they wanna press charges but they can't do that to a family that is as big as them and they know they had nothing to do with it. They just hope they punished those two properly.
"Easy there bro, we're almost home and then we can put this whole mess aside and look forward to having a good late birthday party with pops" replied Luna.
Lincoln smiles hearing that. "Yeah, yeah you're right sis. I should be happy that we're going back home. Dad is gonna be so happy to see what we made for him."
"I wasn't really there for what you and the sisters made. What the heck did you and the sisters make anyway?" asked Jordan.
Luna and Lincoln chuckle. "You'll have to wait and see little Rosato. We made it with every ounce of our love for dad." They then spot something up ahead. "We got company dudes."
They see some Cryocopters and Twinblade Gunships escorting them from above and then to the side of each vehicle is a Multi-gunner IFV. "Peter Harris never fails to send out the best to aid us" said Lincoln.
The then see the sign of Royal Woods. "Looks like we're home" said Lori from her car, they all pick up the speed and spot some houses and they see some people with signs and are happy they came back. The people they see are Sam, Simon, Stella, Liam, Tabby and Jenny.
The gang hop into Sam's car and they follow them into the town, with the sign saying. "The Louds and Jordan are back!"
Luna chuckles. "Our friends know how to give us a home coming welcome." Then they see their tour bus also following them and onboard is Chunk, Sully and Mazzy. "A big home coming welcome."
They continue to drive and they see some people with signs, but these signs are arrows and they're all leading them someplace. "What the heck is this?" asked Lynn Jr. "Oh, and I see Paula too!"
"Something tells me we have to follow the signs" said Luan. "Ha! Sounds like scary movie name!"
"It actually does, and we should follow them" said Lucy. "I think we're about to get one heck of a surprise when we make it to wherever they want us to go."
The vehicle convoy then makes a turn as they follow each arrowed sign. "The direction they are taking us is directly en route to the one location I am fully aware of and I know that we're being expected to go there."
"Then where the heck are we going?" asked Leni. They then see the location, the last arrow held by Mayor Davis and up ahead they see their dad's restaurant and it is open!
"Mom and Dad!" They all pick up more speed and they park their rides and all get out. They then get into the restaurant and see Lynn Sr, Rita, Rick and Jesse. The loud and Rosato parents are back home!
"Hey kids!" They then hug their parents with some tears.
"We're so glad you guys are back home!" said Rita, she then hugs Lily who giggles and hugs her mom back. "Mama, mama!"
"We knew that idea of ours would work, okay so the whole sign thing was Rick's idea" said Lynn Sr.
"Welcome back everyone, we missed you all so, so much!" Jesse hugs her daughter tightly and she hugs her mom back.
Ajax also joins in. "We missed you too buddy." Rick pets his head.
The rest of the pets also join in and then they break the hug. Rita and Lynn Sr go to Lincoln. "Lincoln we know what happened and we are so glad you're okay. We thought you weren't gonna make it!" Rita hugs her son. "My son, I am so happy your alive and well again!"
"I'm happy to be okay too mom and dad and we are so happy to see you guys again!" Lincoln hugs his mom tightly with some tears in his eyes.
Lynn Sr looks to Luna. "You did a great job trying to keep your brother alive and okay, we saw what happened and we know who's to blame for this. You kids made the right choice leaving after all of that, we know how unstable things can get when this happens to Lincoln."
Luna smiles. "Thanks pops. But knowing little bro, he'll get over the whole thing. Sorta, that little shrimp Carl has a lot of nerves to do that to Lori, me and to all of us."
"He tried to swindle us out of our Cash" said Lola. "And I thought I was the cash hoarding type!"
"We also heard that when they were trying to make the apartment nice for us, Carl tried to put cameras in our rooms!" said Lana.
"Now to me, that's what I call an eye-vasion of personal privacy! But seriously, it is horrible" said Luan.
Lori remains silent, she's kinda ticked off and doesn't wanna speak about that little kid and his sick crush on her. 'I swear I am going to crush him with my shoes if I see him again. Or I could crush him with the coffee table.'
"At least the eagles are also alright. You were truly a brave kid to save the little guy" said Rick. "Nice job Linc."
"I wasn't going to let Harrier go down like that, he was still a chick and I had to do something and I know that people everywhere will see the footage and this could spark some kind of situation with the Bald Eagle sports community, that parrot is not going to have it easy when they get calls" said Lincoln.
This was a major concern, they don't know what will happen to Sergio. He is Rosa's pet after all, and everyone knows that the parrot was behind so many attempts to get rid of an American iconic animal and to many American's it kinda feels like a hostile threat and a slight declaration of war against tall they stand for. True American Justice, on the wings of glory.
Harrier then goes to Lincoln and he snuggles onto the little guy. "I guess we're both born sole survivors huh?" The little eagle chick chirps at him, and this makes everyone smile.
Luna then sees Sam, Lincoln's friends, Pop-pop and Gran-gran, the teens and everyone else come into the restaurant. Luna goes over to her girlfriend. "Hey Sammy."
Sam then hugs Luna. "No one does that to my babe. No one" Luna smiles and she hugs Sam. They then share a small kiss and break the hug, but they don't let go. "If that kid ever shows his face, I am going to make him eat my boot and then I'm gonna drag him along with my car and see what he feels with the asphalt all over his face!"
They all remain silent at that very scary threat. Lori smiles at this, she would do the same. Sorta.
Then Lincoln looks to the sister and they all gather and whisper, they knew it was time. Lincoln then looks to the eagles. "You guys know what to do!"
Patriot and Valkyrie nod, they hand Artemis and Freya over to Jordan and they head to Lori's car. The loud kids then look to their mom and dad. "Dad. We know your birthday has passed, but we would love for you to have this" said Lincoln.
Patriot and Valkyrie come back and they drop the large gift wrapped object into the hands of all the louds.
"We all pitched in and made you this" said the twins. The loud kids then hand their dad the present.
"Oh you guys, this is so thoughtful and I am so happy for this late gift." Lynn Sr takes the gift and he opens it and he sees the gift and he sheds some tears. It was a blue scrap book and in it are all of the treasured memories of when Lynn Sr did his hardest to be there for all 11 of his kids, and also all the fun he had with all 11 of them. From they're infant age, all the way to where they are now.
"This is … This is the best gift ever!" cried Lynn Sr. "All straight from the heart and I love this so, so much! Come here kids!" They all go over and hug their dad.
"Happy Birthday dad!" they all cheer. Everyone else cheers and claps.
Lisa sees the gift from Kotaro, an actual guard from the tower of London and he looks like a nut cracker. 'Okay, that is something I cannot unsee or even understand.'
They then break the hug. "Alright guys, let's get this late birthday party of mine started!" They all cheer and enjoy the food from the kitchen, being served by Grant, Kotaro and Carol. Even a chocolate cake!
"Wait a minute, if dad is here, then who's in the kitchen?" asked Leni.
"Order up!" They see none other than the man who scared the hell out of their dad when he first opened the restaurant.
"Gordon Ramsey?!" they said in shock, Lori faints.
Gordon Ramsey then passes Grant the bowl of buttered shrimp. "Yes, yes it's me. Now I have more work to do. This kitchen is about to get the bloody experience of a true and proud maestro of cooking." He then goes back to his work.
The loud kids and Jordan look to their parents. "What? He came and he said he'll do it" said Rick. "Plus, he does support this restaurant since it's all about friendly, family, comfort food."
"Order up, I got the scallops ready over here!"
Lincoln and Jordan chuckle. "Wow. Now this is a birthday dad won't ever forget!" said Lincoln.
"Heh, sure heck I won't!" said Lynn Sr. They then enjoy the rest of this party and soon someone comes in late, Peter Harris and he looks like he still has his parachute on.
"Where the heck were you and why are you wearing that?" asked Lynn Jr. she then drinks her soda.
"I didn't have time to go back to the outpost to land and come here, so I jumped out the place and now I'm here! Let's party people!" yelled Peter Harris. He then cuts off his trailing parachute and joins them.
Rick and Jesse recall something. "We got you kids some souvenirs from Hawaii!" said Jesse. "Bring it out boys!" Some allied peacekeepers come in and they bring in the boxes of what they got, but why is one of them large and on a wagon? They look to their parents.
"Go ahead and open them kids" smiled Rita. She then let's Lily walk towards them.
"It may be my birthday, well late birthday. But it doesn't mean you guys don't deserve a little something for holding the line together during your stay at Great Lake City" said Lynn Sr. "And I know you kids will love what we got for you all!"
They open each box. Tikki Key chains, Floral, fish and palm tree pattern Cellphone casings, Snow globes of the landmarks on Honolulu, a handmade traditional dream catcher, a new ukulele, a teddy bear wearing shades, stylish running shoes and some floral style clothing and all vintage silk made.
Lana and Lisa look to the big box. Luna and Leni lift it off and they are all shocked to see what it was. "What the what?!"
It was a salt water aquarium and inside the aquarium are clown fish with sea anemones, a deep-sea clam, a scorpion fish, some sea horses, a puffer fish and a frog fish, and it has its own lighting to ensure the living coral within stay alive as well as the filter and current system.
Lana and Lisa's eyes go wide seeing this. "Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!" They then looks to their parents.
"Some of that stuff is from us, but the tank is all thanks to Rick Rosato here" said Lynn Sr. They then look to the Rosato Patriarch.
"I thought it was a good idea, we know about your pet fish all gone from the world of the living, so I found my old pal who manages fish and he was able to deliver this to Royal Woods" replied Rick. "You kids deserve some new pets, even though they won't do much but swim around."
Lisa, Lana and Lola hug his legs. "Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!"
Rick smiles at this. "We're all family and we know you guys have been through so much and this is what you all deserve, a little bit of some tropical paradise at your own home."
They all gathered to see the fish in the aquarium. They all had new pets to see, Lisa has some new studying to accomplish and no she is not going to get them out of the water and Cliff now has some new playmates to look at, and no he is not going to eat them. They don't seem edible for him.
Lincoln, Luna, Leni and Lori recall they had pet fish and they died. They were goldfish and they didn't seem to last long. Just then Lana recalls something and she goes over to her parents.
"What's wrong sweetie?" asked Rita. "Don't you like the fish?"
Lana sighs. "I do, I love the fish. But there's something you guys need to know, something that nearly happened to me and Adelaide." Lana looks to her siblings and they all nod, it was the right thing to do. Lana then tells them, everything and that Lincoln risked his life to save the two 7 year olds.
(Skip, hours later at the Loud House.)
The restaurant was closed for the rest of the day and Gordon Ramsey has left and now everyone is back to unpacking all of their things back to their rooms and all of them missed their beds, even though the beds at the Hailsbrew apartment seemed very comfy and their styles.
Patriot and Valkyrie were back with their nest and chicks onto the watch tower of the tree house, not as relaxing as the eagle house they had. But it was still home.
Lincoln and Luna come down from their room and they see Lana wiping away tears and passing by them. They know what this was all about and they see their mom and dad.
"I guess Lana's grounded?" asked Luna.
"She is, and Lincoln what you did was very brave and a close call too" said Rita as she goes over and hugs her son.
"You saved your little sister, like how you did when she was in danger that one time and when that snake also came and tried to eat us. You really are taking good and protective sibling lessons from Luna" said Lynn Sr. "We're proud of you kiddo."
Lincoln smiles and he breaks away from his mom's hug. "Thanks, I did what I had to, to save Lana and Adelaide. That's what the good sibling does." He then looks to Luna and they both smile.
"Well, your father and I are going to unpack our things now and also find a good place to keep the scrap book you kids made too" said Rita. They then look to their dad who is hugging the book.
"I can't believe I am about to say this! But this is going into my valuables box!" Lynn Sr then races back into his room.
Rita is confused. "But I thought that's where you keep your most prized possession ties?" She follows her husband into their room.
Lincoln and Luna chuckle and they see Lisa, Luan and Lily looking at the newly installed Aquarium by the wall of the dining room, they watch as each fish goes by their own thing and then Luan drops down a raw shrimp and it gets eaten by the scorpion fish which fascinates them.
Lincoln and Luna smile seeing this and they head to the front yard and look around. "Sure is good to be back home huh sis?" said Lincoln. He sits on the steps.
Luna sits next to her brother and she pulls him close to her. "Sure is bro, sure is." Lincoln leans onto his sister and they both enjoy this moment. "So, how long is Jordan staying with us again?"
"Just tonight, she'll be here soon" replied Lincoln. The Rosato van arrives. "Oh, there she is."
Yup, it's good to be back in good old Royal Woods!
A/N: This was a nice aftermath and I liked how I added the new pets into the mix and now they're back home, party made, some old faces encountered and more things to come! Leave a review and tell me what you all think.
You guys got an idea for the rest of their July? PM me an idea! Or if you guys got an idea for an August thing for them.
Date made: 7/2/20.