Chapter 274
(Royal Woods Hospital.)
Outside of the hospital room are Luna, Lincoln, Jordan, Sam, Chunk, Liam, Tabby, Sully and Mazzy. The eagles aren't with them, they flew back to the Loud House. They have all been waiting outside for hours and are waiting for the word on the condition of Michelle Lewis, also known as the woman who co-hosted America's Next Hitmaker and tried to take her revenge on Luna Loud.
But right now, they are all confused at what she did when her partner tried to shoot Lincoln. She got in the way, she took the bullet, and she saved his life. This is all so confusing to all of them, mostly to Lincoln and Luna.
"What the heck is taking so long?" asked Liam. "Is it that hard to get a shot out of someone's body?"
"It pretty much is Liam, we don't even know if she'll make it or not" said Tabby. "And I guess we're all still on edge with what happened today."
"Yeah, she wanted us to get hurt and she did hurt Tabby, almost hurt Chunk, myself and Mazzy and tried to hurt Sam, well not really hurt more like irritated" replied Sully, Mazzy remains silent and just looks to her watch.
"Her partner has lost his marbles with that gun of his, don't know how he even got it, but sure as heck he ain't going to be using it again anytime soon" replied Chunk as he looks to his phone. "Just got word that after our fine feathered friends attacked the bloke, he went into shock and is currently paralyzed temporarily. So I guess Luna's sleeping dart and the eagle's horrific attack on him must've done some heavy damage to his brain."
"Good" replied Jordan in anger with her arms crossed. "He was an insane and unstable maniac with a killing intent and I think he deserves worse."
"Whoa. Take it easy there mate. Let's not think of that now and just hang on tight till we wait for that lady to finally talk" replied Tabby. Jordan remains calm and she tries to keep her cool in.
Sam looks to Lincoln and Luna who are both thinking about everything. "You two guys okay?" They all take notice of this and also look towards the siblings. They see they're weapons leaning onto the wall.
Luna sighs. "She saved Lincoln, and she did say why. But I wanna know the whole truth, from her."
"Same" replied Lincoln. "Though, when I saw the look in her eyes, she looked as if she didn't want things to go too far. Or perhaps she saw how dangerous this act of vengeance was going and knew enough was enough."
Luna rubs her brothers' back. "There are a lot of confusing things happening little brother, we need the answers and Michelle will give them to us. We just gotta be patient and let the doctors do they're thing."
Jordan leans close to Lincoln and rests her head onto his shoulder. Lincoln smiles and he holds her hand. "At least I'm not scarred or anything, even though he almost killed me. Seeing Michelle take the hit was one thing that was a bit unsettling to see"
"Lincoln! Luna!" They all see the loud family, along with Peter Harris, Rick, Jesse, Simon and Stella go towards them.
Rita goes over to her two kids and check on them. "We heard what happened, are you two okay?"
"We are mom, a little bit shaken but alright" replied Luna. They then hug their family.
"We heard you guys went off to face them with some backup, we respect and admire how you two took charge to stop them before anyone got hurt. But at least warn us if you are doing something" said Lori.
"Yeah, even though we're not around the house, just tell us what you guys are up to or who's come for some payback, again" replied Leni who is carrying Lily.
"Sorry guys" replied Lincoln. "But we had to do something, Doug Rockwell was trying to take things too far with some of his heinous plans to …. To take down Luna."
"And we got all the proof on this camera" replied Peter Harris. "You're Eagles managed to let the cameras zoom in and listen to Doug and Michelle's plan, and I gotta say Doug is a maniac with revenge, but Michelle is something else. Her intentions didn't seem violent anymore, almost as if she's seen how delusional her partner has become and I doubt she wanted to even kill Luna, humiliate sure, but kill not in her agenda."
"And that's why we're here" replied Sam. "Currently she's undergoing surgery and the cops are all waiting outside. Luna was able to talk to them so she can talk to the lady and we can get some answers."
"Any chances I may assist the doctors?" asked Lisa. "I for one know how to properly dislodge a foreign projectile from the damaged system, where was she struck?"
"Right lung, from her partner Doug" replied Mazzy. "He is insane!"
Luan is looking to her phone. "Well, I guess revenge is not gonna "Stand" to his motives, he's gonna be "Talented" to know he ain't gonna be "Jazzing" to do much! Hahahaha! Get it?"
"Not really" replied Chunk.
Lisa then thinks about the situation at hand. "Perhaps I shall speak to the doctors and assist in removing the bullet from Michelle Lewis's right lung and see how much damage was caused."
But then Lynn Sr stops her. "Lisa, I don't think they'll let you. Let the professionals handle their jobs, I don't want them to start complaining to me about you going on and on about things that may have us in big trouble."
Lisa scoffs. "Fine, but I am far more superior and professional than any of them." Just then the doctor comes out and he has some blood on his gloves.
"Michelle Lewis will be fine, but she has to rest. Sorry folks, but you'll have to wait till she actually wakes up. We have to move her into another room."
They then see the nurses come out and push Michelle Lewis's unconscious form out of the ER and into another room. They all follow them and enter the room. Lincoln and Luna watch as they setup the life support machines and help her get comfy.
The others also see this. "Dude, she is a mess" said Sully. They all kinda felt bad for her. But Lincoln and Luna are feeling confused. Then the nurse comes in.
"Everyone, I am so sorry but visiting hours are over. You will all have to come back tomorrow."
They all want answers, but that'll be for next time. Peter Harris goes to Lincoln and Luna. "Don't worry, I got my troops on guard outside her room later and some air support will also aid in keeping this place secure. We'll inform you guys if she wakes up and maybe with whatever you got planned Luna, we're all in on it."
Luna sees all of them looking towards her. They know she has a plan to deal with this woman and her wrong doings, but she also did something heroic and until they get answers, Luna's plan will be on hold.
They all get out of the room and then out of the hospital and they hop into Vanzilla and they're respective vehicles and drive off, back home.
(The Loud House.)
Lincoln enters the room and he sees Luna looking to the news about what had happened and sees the post. Lincoln also sits next to Luna and reads the post.
"Escaped prisoner Michelle Lewis boldly took the hit to save the Bald Eagle champion Lincoln Loud. Some have speculated that this former convict may have succeeded in her rehabilitation during her stay at the Summit Prison at Miles City Montana. Her therapist and doctors say that she has been busy occupying herself by watching the tour of Mick Swagger and the Luna-Tics over and over and have been confirmed that she was set to release after she was medically cleared, but then the riot began."
Lincoln goes wide eyed seeing this. "Wait what?!"
"Her doctors say that she saw how much Luna and her dream has gotten to and how much it risked many things, the doctors believe that Michelle was opened to some new things in life and understanding. But as it turns out, should she encounter her old partner Doug Rockwell then she would return to her vengeful state but only momentarily. As of now Michelle Lewis is in the Royal Woods Hospital, recovering from her wounds and the two loud siblings Lincoln and Luna along with friends and family all seek an answer from her as to why she did this. Perhaps the doctors did help, or did she realize her mistakes and seeks redemption. We may never know."
Luna puts her phone away and she hugs Lincoln. "Linc, I wanna give her a chance for redemption."
Lincoln is startled by this, he then hugs Luna. "Well, I guess that is a good idea. But the issue is she participated alongside Doug into hurting Tabby, Chunk, Sully and Mazzy and tried to hurt Sam. We need a plan to reason with some people into going easy with her."
They depart from the hug. "And that's why I have a plan. I send a message to Peter Harris and he said he's going to have it sent to the other cops so they can know too. But first, we need straight answers from Michelle herself, we need her confession."
Lincoln nod. "Yeah, but that'll be for tomorrow. I think right now we both need some rest, been one hell of a day for all of us." Lincoln hugs his sister one last time and they both break from the hug and get back to their beds, they had a big day come tomorrow.
(The Next Day.)
The resident loud vehicles and the Luna-Tics tour bus arrives to the hospital and they come out and see the police and troop guards all over the place. They then see Mayor Davis, Peter Harris and Officer Schoffner approach them. "Michelle Lewis is awake and she wants to speak to Lincoln and Luna only" replied Peter Harris. "If there are other people with them, then she won't speak at all."
Luna sighs and she looks to Lincoln who nods. "Okay, Linc and I will go and talk to her, everyone else has to wait outside the room."
Officer Schoffner places some radios onto their shirts. "So we can be able to listen in and figure out why she did it and so that she can confess everything. Then we can see who is guilty and who is innocent and we can be able to lock Doug Rockwell for a long, long time."
"The whole town has got your backs and I am ready for the plan you have in mind" replied Mayor Davis.
Lincoln and Luna nod and they all go into the hospital. They see the room of Michelle Lewis. "This is it guys, time for Linc and I to get some answers" said Luna.
Sam hugs Luna and Jordan hugs Lincoln. "Be careful in there, we don't know how she would react or what she might do" said Sam.
"Try and get something out of her, or at least let her open up and understand the problems at hand" replied Jordan. "I don't want to see you go through that whole thing again."
Lincoln kisses Jordan cheeks and then a quick kiss to the lips. "I promise you this, I am not going to let her take me down. I'm strong that way."
Luna gives Sam a quick kiss. "We got this babe, we know what to do." They then get a big hug from the rest of the family, friends and band mates.
"Be careful you two" said Lori who is carrying Lily.
"Get her to speak and try not to go overboard with your emotions" replied Leni.
"Mostly, don't let her get into your head. Find out if she is being honest" said Lucy.
"If she does try something, then try and counter her guys" said Lynn Jr.
"We know you two got this" said the twins.
They then break away from the hug, Lincoln and Luna look to each other and nod. They then head into the room and they see her.
Sitting on the bed, with some heavy bandaging to her right side of her chest and some bandages on her head from a few scrapes from the chase is Michelle Lewis, fiddling with the remote and looking at the news about what happened to her and Doug.
Michelle then sees Luna and Lincoln and she smiles. "Oh hey guys, I guess you two can take a seat." Michelle turns off the TV and puts the remote away. "I wish I cleaned up, but this isn't really the best apartment I got."
Lincoln and Luna chuckle and they sit onto the two chairs next to her. "So, I guess I'm here now. Kinda feel like a prisoner all over again, but some part of me thinks I deserve it. How are you two feeling? You okay there … Lincoln?" She looks to the two louds with a bit of worry.
They didn't think she'd be this positive or even say Lincoln's name. "Umm, I'm okay. Not scared anymore, and not even rattled from what happened. I'm feeling like my old normal kid self. You feeling okay Ms. Lewis?"
Michelle chuckle. "Well, the right side hurts and I got two days to be stuck in this place and from experiences before, being in a hospital is the worse!"
Lincoln and Luna chuckle. "Yeah, we've been there before" replied Luna. "The food, the shows and the total boredom."
They then stop chuckling. "Michelle, why did you save my brother? Why did you stop taking revenge? Why did you do what you did yesterday?"
Michelle was wondering when she'd ask that. "You've seen the news and heard from my doctors. I was fully okay with you and what you were doing. When Doug and I tried to make you different, it was for money and fame. But you …. You did what you wanted, you got the dream you deserved and went for the top and then just stopped and went back to your normal life, after what your brother did for you on that tour. That is by far the most heroic thing I have ever seen."
"So, I guess seeing you and your band and family do all that trouble was enough to make me realize that dreams can come true. Just as long as you got folks out there who are going to give their all to support it, unlike Doug and I. We just manipulated, tainted and bought the people who wanted to be famous, we were bad guys and …. And I regret it, all of it. I was blinded my common sins and never knew better."
"So, all of that with Doug, why did you side with him when you got out?" asked Lincoln. "You were medically released and were allowed to leave the place with parole and community service, why side with him and come after us?"
"I … I think that's my unstable and bad self" replied Michelle. "My doctors found out that when I am away from my old friend and focusing on recovering, I become someone who sees things clearly. I guess I wanted to be around the guy who was my friend for a long, long time. My partner in singing and closest to even thinking of calling him my lover."
That part Lincoln and Luna did not see coming.
"When I got out, I was trying to escape the riot. One of those oversized women tossed me out the window and I landed into a tree and mad a run for it, then I ran into Doug and I guess my old instincts triggered and wanted to be there to help him, to be close to him and not be alone. But as his dark and unstable plans went on, I saw how too far it went. When I saw your pals Sully and Mazzy at the park and acting a bit romantic, it kinda brought back some memories of when I saw you and your friends on stage and how happy you guys were and how close you all are."
"I swear, I did not wanna be part of Doug's plans as it went on and I wanna say … I wanna say sorry for what I did. I didn't want him to hurt any of you, I was …. I was blinded and ….. And then he threatened me …. And the plan to … To kidnap Jordan and then Lincoln …. All so he can get to you and ….. And do some …. Something beyond evil. That …. T-That was too far for me, and I ….. I woke up."
Lincoln and Luna did not like the sound of this. Michelle then spoke the truth to Doug's plan. "He wanted to rape you." Luna goes wide eyed hearing this and the others listening are also shocked.
Lincoln looks very much angry, Sam who is hearing this has her hands into fists and really wants to beat the living daylights out of Doug.
"When we went into a plane headed to Royal Woods, he told me his backup plan for when we did have our hands on you" said Michelle. "He …. He wanted to have you get raped by him, and then have me record it and then send it to the world." Michelle wipes away some tears. "I was doubtful at first, then I thought he was just joking, and when we at Tall Timbers Creek, then I knew he wasn't joking and he was going through some sick twisted world in his thoughts."
Michelle then recalls. "When we were tested for rehabilitation. I was busy watching how great you guys were ion stage, but Doug. He kept watching that scene where you guys faced that creep Arnold, over and over and over again. Almost like he was plotting and coming up with some scheme to take you down, the creepy and vile way."
Lincoln and Luna could tell how much this was hurting Michelle, deep inside she didn't want this, she just wanted to be free and start her life all over again. The right way.
"We …. We can forgive you." Michelle looks to Lincoln and Luna in shock.
Michelle didn't know what to say. "What? Really? After all I did alongside Doug?"
"You wanted a clean slate in life and tried to be someone better instead of someone worse" said Luna. "We have met some bad apples along the way and we gave them some second chances, Lincoln mostly. From Simon and all the way to two other pals who need friends too."
Outside the louds look to Simon. Simon chuckles nervously. "Wow. Those are memories I do not wanna recall."
"We can learn to forgive you, but not fully" replied Lincoln. "Full respect and trust is needed and we know how you can earn it."
"What? What is it? I'll do anything?" asked Michelle, then she held her right side in pain. "Right, I gotta take it easy. Still kinda sore here."
Lincoln and Luna look to each other and nod, they then look to Michelle. "Community service."
"Oh, so I have to like pick up trash and clean things?" asked Michelle.
"Nope" replied Luna. They then stand up. "We can discuss more about this when you're fully recovered, for now rest and try and get better and also hang in there. Do not let boredom in this place take you dude."
Michelle chuckles. "I'll try, and thank you. Lincoln, Luna. Thanks for giving me a shot to earn your forgiveness."
Lincoln goes over to her bed and he hugs her, Michelle is caught off guard and she hugs the boy. "There are some people who deserve a second chance, and from what Luna and I see. You deserve it."
Michelle sheds some tears and hugs him tight. "Thank you, thank you so much guys!" Luna also feels the emotions and she joins in the hug as well.
The others overhear this and shed some tears too, Lincoln and Luna did it. They got the answers and they may have just made a new member to Royal Woods and this nice large family they all have, sorta.
They soon break from the hug. "Well, see you soon Michelle" replied Luna and Lincoln.
Michelle smiles. "See you guys later too." She then waves and watches them leave the room, then she sees a box on the table and she sees what it says. "To keep the boredom away." It also said it was from Lincoln and Luna.
Michelle opens the box and smiles, it was a new MP3 player, the latest model and it came with headphones and had the songs Luna and her band performed as well as the songs Lincoln and Jordan made.
Michelle wipes a lone tear and she plugs it on and she listens to songs from these amazing and forgiving kids. 'When I'm outta here, it'll be time for a fresh new start for me, Michelle Lewis.'
(Outside the hospital.)
They all come out and Luna gives them instructions. "Alright so we're gonna have to make the other house that neighbors our own have some new security. The place hasn't been bought and no one has lived in it since then. That is where Michelle will be staying."
"I can get real estate agents to see what they can do" replied Mayor Davis.
"Then we gotta make sure we got patrols all over the place just to be safe" said Luna.
"Leave that one to me" replied Peter Harris.
"And lastly, since she is going to be doing community service for us at our place and the whole band gig stuff, we're going to be making reports of how she's doing and we need to make sure those reports are locked and sealed" said Luna.
"I can handle that, they don't call me big time paper boss Schoffner for nothing" replied Officer Schoffner.
"Do they?" asked Jenny.
"No, not really. It was supposed to be a joke" replied Officer Schoffner. Luan laughs a bit.
"Okay, so we all know what to do?" asked Luna. They all nod. "Then let's get to it!"
Peter Harris gets into his Twinblade gunship and he takes off, Mayor Davis gets into her limo and rides off and Officer Schoffner gets into her patrol car and with her cops they head back to the station.
They watch as they drive off and Luna sighs. "Wow. Giving orders sure is tough and a mouth full too. Dang, now I know how Lori and Lincoln feels."
They all chuckle. "Well, now you know how much being a good and responsible sibling truly is" replied Lori.
"You did cool with those instructions, like a soldier or commander" said Simon. "Kinda scary too."
"Well, I think right now we could all use some rest and relaxation, until Michelle is released and we tell her what her duties to the community are" replied Tabby. They all agreed on that one.
Lincoln then hears his phone ringing. "Who's texting you Linc?" asked Jordan. Lincoln reads the message. "What the? Hero Lincoln?" They all stop walking and look to the message.
"Hey Lincoln Loud, you wanna hang out with me and the others tomorrow? You can bring your pals along for the ride."
They are all shocked and start talking, they all wanna hang out with him and ask him so many things, and then Lori and Luna get their attention. "Hey!" They stop. "Shut it and let Lincoln decide" said Lori.
"Yeah, this is little bro's friend and we are not overwhelming him" said Luna. They all remain silent and let Lincoln do the deciding.
Lincoln smiles and he sends a text message back.
"Heck yeah! I have so many things to ask you and so do the others, I'll make sure I bring Luna, Leni and Lori to come over and talk as well and I can ask my parents to make sure the others don't get involved! This is gonna be awesome! See you tomorrow Hero Linc."
He then puts his phone away. "So, what did you send?" asked Stella.
Lincoln smiles. "Tomorrow, we're gonna have some company. Some other worldly and powerful company!"
A/N: Michelle Lewis now has a shot for forgiveness and inbound are some very familiar heroes from the story "Spells and Louds" This is going to be epic! Leave a review and tell me what you all think.
Also, has anyone noticed how Michelle kinda looks like Leni and Luna combined, well their hair actually.
Date made: 7/4/20 – 7/5/20.