Lincoln Loud and Ronnie Anne Santiago were both sleeping, huddled close to each other for warmth. They both found a small abandoned apartment complex that was scheduled for demolition in a few weeks. They huddled down in the building and held out the rain.

They fell asleep holding onto each other and woke up to each other's warmth about ten minutes ago.

"I think we need to keep going Lincoln before someone finds us," Ronnie said with a sigh, groaning as she stood up and stretched. Several bones cracking and joints relocating, she sighed in relief.

Lincoln groaned and joined her and started to stretch and pop his joints. He's grabbed his bag and handed Ronnie hers.

"So, where do you want to go?" He asked as they started to leave the building, they were walking on the sidewalk soon enough with hoodies on to cover their faces.

"Well, I don't know. Anywhere but here is fine." She said as she rubbed her neck and groaned at the bruises. "I know for a fact that we're going to have to accept the fact that your cash won't last us forever."

Lincoln tsked and sighed as he took out his wallet and looked inside.

"I have about 159 left in here." He said as he closed it.

Then from the corner of his eye, someone ran next to them and snatched the wallet out of his hands, before continuing to run.

"HEY!" Lincoln shouted, jumping on his bike and riding hard to catch up. Ronnie saw what had happened as well and decided to keep up with her skateboard.

With the person who snatched the wallet, "Subjects are in pursuit Boss." The person said silently into a microphone hidden in their jacket.

"Perfect, keep running and lead them to the extraction point." Someone said on the other side.

"Running won't be a problem Boss." The person said with a smile as they suddenly picked up much more speed and turning the corner.

Lincoln and Ronnie took the sharp turn, trying to maintain speed. Lincoln had to drift to keep up the speed.

"How did he get to the other end of the block?!" Lincoln yelled, seeing the person going down an alley.

"Don't know, don't care," Ronnie said as she grabbed his shirt and performed a high kickflip with her skateboard as she jumped on Lincoln's BMX back pegs that were on the back of the bike. At the same time, she caught her board in her hands. Only barely.

"Put it in high gear Lame-o!" Ronnie shouted as Lincoln switched gears on the bikes and started to peddle faster. Lincoln hit another drift at the ally and hit the breaks hard seeing a brick wall on the other end of the alley.

"A.. Dead end?" He asked. They both dismounted the bike and entered the alley. "He couldn't have gotten away, let's look around," Lincoln said as he walked deeper into the alley.

Ronnie looked at Lincoln. "Hm, hey Linc."

"Yeah?" He said, turning to face her.

"Did you always have a dart in your neck?" She asked, pointing at the red dart in his neck.

"Did you?" He responded, noticing that she had a red dart in her neck too.

"Hmm..." Ronnie said in thought before she fell back and was knocked out. Lincoln looked down at her and within seconds he was also passed out and snoring. The thief then ran into the ally, a streak of green lightning behind them as he skidded to a stop, his shoes smoking.

He put away the tranquilizer gun and laughed. "Idiots." He then spoke into the microphone again. "Boss, we got 'em."

"Perfect, transport is already there."

A pair of black vans quickly pulled up and men dressed in black SWAT gear quickly went up to the pair of teenagers and grabbed them and lifted them into the first van and put their stuff in the second van, leaving behind the skateboard and bike.

They then drove off, well out of town.


-Hours later-


It's been a few hours since their kidnapping. Lincoln started to stir and groan.

"Ugh, my head.." He said as he went to lift his arm but felt them restricted by a pair of chains. He then noticed he was sitting in a chair. He looked and saw that he was chained to the chair and so were his legs and torso. "What the hell..." He asked looking around frantically.

The room was stark white with black outlines around the door and window and vent. It hurt one's eyes to look at anything.

"Ronnie?!" He called out. Not getting an answer. "Ronnie!" He shouted out louder.

"Shut up Linc, I'm right next to you," Ronnie said, groaning as well and noticing the chains. She looked at Linc, who was right next to her. "So... What the hell happened?" She asked annoyed and inwardly sacred.

"I don't know, but this doesn't look good.." Lincoln said as he pulled at the chains.

"Stop trying, those are made from hardened steel. You have a snowball's chance in hell, to break out of those." Someone said to them, but he couldn't find the voice of the person who said that.

Both stayed silent, not sure if they should say anything or not. Lincoln took the first step.

"Where... Are we?" He asked at first.

"We call ourselves Project Python." The voice replied.

"Who are you? Why are we strapped down to these chairs?" Ronnie asked next.

"You two are our latest... Test subjects." The person said as the door opened and someone walked in.

"And my name is Uroborus." The person said. He had black slacks and a white button-up shirt. He had a pale complexion with brown hair and brown eyes. He had a lab coat as well. The lab coat was stained. Red splotches of blood or other things.

The pair of teens held their breath as they heard they were going to be test subjects.

"Y- you can't do this to us! O- our family's will come looking for us!" Lincoln shouted as he pulled the chains again.

"No, they won't. We took certain precautions to ensure that won't happen." Uroborus said as he pressed a button on his watch and a TV lowered from the ceiling and turned on.

"Police recently found a pair of letters, from the missing pair of teenagers. Lincoln Loud and Ronnie Anne Santiago." The news anchor said.

The two of them were confused. Letters? They never sent any letters.

"The letters were delivered to us here at channel 9 news and the RWPD and the corresponding parents were informed quickly. Now from reports from the families."

The scene changed to the Loud House. Rita Loud and Lynn Loud were on camera. "I can't believe that our son ran away from his own home..." Rita said with a sigh. It was obvious that she was tired. Be it from tears or otherwise. "I feel as if this could've been prevented if we paid more attention... Oh, Lincoln... We're sorry." Rita said as she turned and left, in tears.

"My boy..." Lynn Sr. said as he rubbed his eyes. "I don't know if you're watching or listening to me... But know that everyone here is sorry for everything and anything. We never meant for any of this..." He said. He thanked the camera person and excused himself to be with his wife.

Lincoln was now in tears and they were streaming down his cheeks. "Mom... Dad... No, I'm right here... I'm right here!" He said as he clenched his teeth and pulled hard against the chains.

The scene on the TV changed again and this time it was in front of the Santiago household. "Ronnie... Oh, Ronnie.." Maria Santiago said as she cried more. "I'm sorry, so sorry I wasn't brave enough to be with you when your father was doing God knows what to you..." She said through tears.

Bobby was next. He was wiping his nose and eyes. "Mami, vete con Lori por Ahora.." He whispered silently to her but the camera heard it. Maria nodded, wiping tears and walking away.

Bobby turned back to the camera. "I know why she ran away and it hurts me... It's a sad moment and if she's listening to us right now, Ronnie, please come home... I love you and want to give you the best life imaginable. Thank you for your time..."

That's when the TV turned off and Ronnie was in a state of anger. Her teeth clenched and she pulled at the iron even harder.

"You fucking bastard! Let me go of these chains!" She shouted as tears streamed down her cheeks.

Dr. Uroborus laughed lightly before clearing his throat.

"That is all, we'll be keeping you two together so enjoy your cell together." He said, turning around to leave.

"Hey, asshole," Lincoln said, rather calmly. Dr. Uroborus paused from his walking.

"I can guarantee to you, that you and the ENTIRETY of Python will regret doing this!" Lincoln said to him pointing at him even though he was constrained to the chair.

The Dr. smiled and turned to look at Lincoln.

"Oh poor boy, I've gotten that threat so many times and everyone who's threatened me has never lived long enough to complete it. Goodbye now." He said to them before a group of guards filed into the room and shot the teens with tranq darts again.

"Come... On..." Ronnie whispered before passing out, along with Lincoln.

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Lincoln woke up from unconsciousness with a start, taking a sharp breath and looking everywhere. There was glass all around him.

Lincoln went to the glass and pounded on the glass.

Ronnie heard the pounding. Groaning, she rose from the ground and looked around. "Where are we now...?" She asked as she stood up and inspected their glass containers.

Lincoln looked around and see several lighting fixtures over them along with a pair of cameras in all directions on them. Along with heavy stage lights shining on them.

"I feel like an animal..." Ronnie said as she rubbed her arm. "Wait.." Looking down at herself, she noticed something important. "Linc, I can't exactly help but notice our attire."

"What?" He asked as he looked down. "Oh, you're kidding me." He said with a groan.

Python had decided that test subjects weren't good enough for street clothing, so now they were wearing black tracksuits that were made out of a hexagonal Material, along with a black shirt made of the same material. The shirt had a single yellow vertical line going through its side and there was a string of numbers on the right side of the chest.

"What are these numbers?" Lincoln asked as he saw that he wasn't wearing shoes anymore.

"It's an ID number." Someone said, entering from the shadows. They were wearing a black cap with a single yellow line going through it and the same thing as them.

"I'm MD-S421." She said, standing tall and having a stoic nature about her. "Or, Madison." She said as she went over to the glass and placed her hand on it, instantly the door opened for both Ronnie and Lincoln to walk through. "I'll be showing you around the facility, where you'll be living for an indefinite amount of time." She said as she started to walk. "Follow me."

Lincoln and Ronnie looked at each other and they both shrugged and followed Madison. Once they were a few feet behind Madison, they came close to each other.

"Lincoln... What do you think they're going to do to us? That thief who took your wallet from earlier had to be one of theirs..." Ronnie whispered.

"I have as much of an idea as you do Ronnie..." He replied. "But I'm pretty sure that Madison isn't here by her own choice... This place feels like death and hopelessness..." He whispered back.

Suddenly, Madison stopped moving and turned to face the couple. "You are correct. I am not here by my own free will. No one here is, everyone has tried to escape but they're always two steps ahead. So take it from me... And from this." She presented her arm to the two of them. It was...

"A prosthetic?" Lincoln asked as he saw that her entire forearm was missing. "What... What happened?" He asked, fearing the worst.

"Python took my actual arm from me. As an example to everyone here, to not even THINK about escaping. Let's keep moving, they expect us there immediately." She said as the trio started walking again.

Lincoln shivered and rubbed his arm and looked to Ronnie, who had a sort of a mad expression.

"I hate this place with every detail I hear from it..." She whispered and they continued to their destination further on without speaking.