Very glad you guys are enjoying the story, it's been in my drafts for so long and I'm glad you guys are enjoying Project Python so far, I'll try to answer some questions

Omni: What is Project Pythons Goal? Super Soldier program? Something else?
Answer: You'll find out soon, in this chapter maybe, but you're on the right track

Amanny: "I wonder how they'll keep their sanity"
Answer: hehehe

Unity123: "What kind of experiments will they be going through? Fictional, ancient or unknown?"
Answer: Science-Fiction with a pinch of cybernetics and the unknown, it'll be a ride.


~Day 1~


Madison led the pair of teenagers into a large white medical room.

"You, RS-4710, this is your room. Stay in here, wait for the Nurse. Do not resist, you won't win the fight."

"We're being separated?" Lincoln asked as Madison nodded.

"Only for a physical..."

Lincoln weighed his options before sighing. "Stay safe," He told her.

"I promise," Ronnie said before Madison pushed Ronnie into the room, the door sliding shut behind her.

It was then that another door opened up and a white and blue android entered the room, dressed as a 1950's nurse.

"Hello! I'm Nurse Stacy-202! At the request of Dr. Uroboros request, I am to administer a physical, to validate your value to Project Python and endeavors!" She said in an extremely bubbly tone as she led Ronnie Anne to a stretcher and instructed her to lay down.

Ronnie reluctantly did as she was told, inspecting the robot. It was most obviously an android, and while such a concept wasn't new, an actual working one was unheard of... Who ran Project Python? Why do they have such advanced technology in their hands?

"You're gonna feel a slight prick," Stacy-202 said, her finger turning into a needle.

"What?" Ronnie asked but was quickly silenced as she felt the needle be inserted into her arm. She watched as the Nurse extracted a vile of her blood.

"A blood test to make sure you have no debilitating diseases, and-" she then plucked a few hairs. "A few hair samples for EXPUNGED FOR THE RECORD that Uroboros, he's so silly!" She said, acting like her voice didn't drop a few octaves when she said the bolded words in a very robotic voice.

Stacy continued to examine Ronnie, even doing a very invasive physical, taking pictures. Ronnie was blushing red as she put her clothes back on. "A-Are we done?" She asked as Stacy was silent before emitting a beep.

"Done! All necessary info has been recorded! You seem to be perfectly healthy and perfectly healthy and qualified for Project Python!" She said in a very bubbly tone once again, her left hand suddenly turned into a tattoo gun. "Please hand over your arm."

Ronnie wanted to take her chances if she was being honest. Then again, this was an android... And Madison did say she would lose the fight...

She relinquished her arm, wanting to keep her promise.

Stacy grabbed the arm. "This is your ID number," She said, writing RS-4710, "And your classification!" She said, too excited to be marking Ronnie, she then wrote an A-1 directly next to her ID number.

"Can't believe I'm being marked like cattle..." She said, wincing as the needle stabbed her skin. Stacy was done in seconds, a red light was then shined on the fresh tattoo. Ronnie felt the ink burn into her. Stacy removed the red light.

"There, nothing will ever be able to remove this bad boy." She said before looking at the clock on the wall. Ronnie found it odd that a robot needed to look at a clock to tell the time.

"This physical has been completed! Please proceed to the door and follow your guide!" Stacy said, turning and walking towards the door and going to God knows where.

Madison was already waiting for her when the door slid open with a hiss. Lincoln also had a tattoo along his arm with the same classification as Ronnie. She quickly walked towards Lincoln. "Hey, are you ok?" Lincoln asked.

"The bot poked and prodded and... Invaded, but I'm fine." She said reassuringly, Lincoln hugged her.

"Same," Lincoln said, stroking her hair. Suddenly, Maddison pulled them away from each other.

"Keep your lovey-dovey moments to yourselves..." She said, keeping them apart, "Believe me, don't let Python see you two being close, they will use that against you, don't show weakness." She looked between the two of them, her eyes showing obvious pain, "Trust me..." She said, walking them towards their next assignment.


-Y-Y-


Maddison led the teenagers to what looked like a cafeteria area, although no one was eating.

with about 50 other people, if he had to guess, all seemed to be around Lincoln and Ronnie's age. Teenagers, but some were obviously older than others. They all looked as confused and annoyed as the next person.

Madison turned to the couple. "I've done my assignment, for the day. I'll be leaving..." She paused, closing her eyes. "Also, whatever you do, don't say yes... Say, I miss my family too, instead." She said, opening her eyes once again, looking towards Lincoln. Her eyes were glowing a yellow hue before it faded away.

Lincoln gave her a confused look. "Wait, what? What does that mean?" He tried asking, "And why are your eyes glowing!?"

"Cybernetics, Lincoln Loud... And..." She clenched her high-tech prosthetic, "Sorry," She said before leaving the room, the door to the room closing and sealing shut.

Ronnie looked at her leave before turning to Lincoln with a laugh. "Cryptic, ain't she?"

He nodded at her comment as they started to walk towards the group of their fellow teenagers. Then, the entire room shook and they heard someone shouting.

"I want OUT!" Someone screamed, looking further, they saw what appeared to be a crowd forming around a girl.

"I NEED to get back home!" She added, making the room shake again with her powerful punches. As they walked closer and listened in, it could be distinguished that this girl was big with a strong build, she had an African accent and was very strong, evident by her muscles. With an impressive attitude to match.

"Zola!" Someone shouted. This person happened to be ginger with an Irish accent. "Poundin' the bleedin' titanium door again and again won't brin' it down, you're annoyin' everyone here. Now relax and eat your bloody sausage." He said with a huff.

Zola gritted her teeth and turned to face the Irish boy. "You don't understand, O'Bryne,"

"Eric is fine." He interrupted as he sat and leaned against the wall, letting his hair fall over his eyes as he played with his nails.

"Well, Eric," She said with an eye roll, "I have a family to get back to, a village to protect." She crossed her arms. "My father can't do it alone."

Eric rolled his eyes from underneath his hair and sighed. "Your father will be fine, you moron, remember? We're "missing". My mum must be worried sick... Why would I run away?" He asked with a sigh.

"Watch your tone when you're speaking to me." She said, stomping her foot.

"Or what?" He asked, standing up to her and coming close to her face.

"Do you have a death wish, O'Bryne?"

"MY NAME IS ERIC!" He screamed at her and aimed a fist at her.

"WAIT!" Lincoln interrupts suddenly, grabbing Eric's fist before it started something.

"What? Are you on her side?!" Eric shouted at him.

"Y-" before he could finish, he paused. "I mean... No... I'm not on either of your sides." He said, looking at the both of them. "Listen, I miss my family too... We ALL miss our families, our lives were stopped by Python... They're the enemy here, not each other..." He said, attempting to carefully defuse this situation. While it seemed like he was good with words, he was just pulling a few sentences from an Ace Savvy issue and replacing a few keywords. The other kids listening in nodded and mumbled agreements with him.

Zola looked down at the white-haired Loud and tsked and turned around, walking to the door and leaning against it, and sliding down. "You are right, American... Forgive me, for my rashness..." She said, turning to Eric.

"Hm... Ditto... So who are you anyway? I'm Eric O'Bryne." He said, extending out his hand. Lincoln took the hand and firmly shook it.

"The name's Lincoln Loud. The Hair's natural." He said with a laugh as Ronnie came up. "This is Ronnie Anne." She waved.

"Sup," Ronnie simply said.

"If it ain't obvious, I'm from Ireland." He said. "That's Zola Kinte. She's from Africa. She won't say where in though."

Zola waved silently at them.

Introductions were cut short as an alarm blared, scaring everyone. A door at the far end of the room opened up and entered a black man wearing a militaristic uniform.

"Everyone! At attention!" He shouted. Everyone who's seen a military movie knew what he was talking about.

The group of teenagers, the Americans at least, stood up and formed a line against a wall. Everyone else quickly followed suit with them. Soon enough, everyone was standing straight in line.

The military man looked at them all and scoffed. "Smarter than the last group..." He commented, "My name is General O'Reilly! My job is to train your bodies so that you don't DROP DEAD!" He shouted, "The reason is simple! To put you in your most PEAK form!" He shouted a low setting not known to him. He was walking up and down the line of teenagers.

"WHY are we doing this? It's so the doctor's "experiments", won't destroy your bodies and kill you! A weak body leads to no results and I don't get paid!" He shouted. "Basic training begins NOW!" He pulled out a remote and pressed a button, making the door Zola was pounding on earlier open.

"MOVE! MOVE! MOVE!" He screamed, everyone started running out the door. They all ran down the hallway, which eventually turned from metal to concrete to grass. Looking around, it was obvious that they were far away from any civilization, they appeared to be in a forest, It was extremely humid.

"Where are we?" Lincoln asked as he could see the mist of the morning rising from the forest. "It's pretty warm... Definitely a tropical feel.."

"STOP THINKING AND TALKING LL-6247!" The general shouted, running past Lincoln and soon beginning to lead the teenagers across the rainforest...

'This is hell... I hope we're not out here forever..' Lincoln thought as they continued on their jog through the tropical forest path.


~hours later~


Lincoln panted as he and Ronnie were dragged to their own private rooms by armed guards. They weren't able to carry themselves the rest of the way, like most of the other test subjects, they were completely exhausted. The guards roughly threw them inside and locked the door behind them.

"We ran for an entire hour, then went through an entire damn obstacle course... This place is hell..." Ronnie groaned, laying down on her side of the room, on the bunk.

"At least we get to actually get to sleep..." Lincoln said as he laid down on his side of the room.

"Lincoln? Is that you mate?" Eric said but he couldn't be seen anywhere.

"Eric? Where are you?" Lincoln asked.

"In the room next to you, what are the odds?" He said with a laugh. Zola was then heard laughing. "Astronomical." She said.

"You're in there too?" Ronnie asked as she went up to the vent connecting the two rooms.

"Yeah, I am." She said. "It would appear that Python enjoys pairing is up with each other." She commented.

There was then a pounding on the door. "Lights out!" The guard said from the other side. Lincoln tsked as he laid down on his bed. He turned to Ronnie, sitting up.

"Listen, Ronnie, I didn't think running away with each other would mean being captured by some shadow organization, so I'm sorry, I guess..."

Ronnie scoffed before sitting up and staring at Lincoln, before standing up and making her way across the room and sitting next to Lincoln. "It's ok Linc, I know we both didn't intend to be captured by these asshats either... At least, we have each other to keep ourselves sane..." She said, leaning against him and holding his hand. "There's no one I'd rather be with, Lincoln..."

Lincoln nodded as he stared down at his hand and hers. He then looked into Ronnie's eyes. They stared at each other, for what felt like ages before they leaned into each other and closing the gap.

The kiss felt like a moment of peace, in their new reality.

They both realized, at the same time, that they had each other. That, as long as they had each other, that Python wouldn't be able to tear them down into their puppets... They'd be ok...

Separating, Lincoln looked down at Ronnie and she stared back up at him. They both suddenly blushed before turning away from each other. Silence, for a few moments, before Ronnie giggled suddenly.

"Didn't think our first kiss would be in a cell..." She said as she wiped a few stray tears, laughing.

"How about in front of my house? Or the restaurant?" Lincoln asked.

"Those don't count! You did those under pressure from everyone else...! This time..." She squeezed his hand. "It felt genuine..."

"And the other times weren't?" He asked as he squeezed her hand back, suddenly pulling her into a hug.

Ronnie laughed as she leaned into the hug, holding him too. "I didn't mean it like that! Just... It felt like it was really your choice, you know...?"

Lincoln nodded before laying down with her in his arms. "Yeah, I understand..." He said as they began to cuddle each other close, holding each other securely in the arms of the other.


-Y-Y-


It was the middle of the night when Lincoln felt a hand clamp his mouth. He thrashed and shook the bed, attempting to free himself. He looked and saw Ronnie was unconscious in the arms of a guard, she had a needle in her neck.

He felt a sudden injection in his neck before he passed out quickly.

The armed guard sighed and slung him over his shoulder. "Whew, more feisty than usual." He commented as he turned to his partner.

"What about the girl?" He asked.

"Put her in the bunk, the Doctor only asked for the White Haired kid... She'll get her turn, eventually... They all do..." The first guard said, obviously a senior officer, as the other nodded, doing as told.

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...

When Lincoln came to, he was breathing hard, pulling, he saw that his arms and legs and entire body were strapped into a dentist's chair.

"Ah LL-6247! I was afraid you'd sleep past all the fun!" Dr. Uroboruos said as he was washing his hand as several Stacy Bots walked around the room.

"W- what the hell is this?!" Lincoln asked as he tried to break free from restraints.

"This, LL-6247, is a show to our investors!" He said as he waved his hands at all the cameras. "Some are even watching Live!" He shouted as he pointed out the people sitting in the Operating Theater. The attendants were all dressed extremely well, while they also had a pair of bodyguards behind them. Lincoln couldn't see faces, only porcelain masks with varying expressions. From sadness to rage or sadness.

"You're lucky LL-6247, it was a shame that so many of our candidates didn't qualify for Project Python, this round..." Dr. Uroboros said as he went over to Lincoln, brandishing a scalpel.

"What are you doing with that!?" Lincoln shouted, attempting to get out of the chair but that bindings were chains and tight.

"So we had to dispose of them..." He continued, ignoring him as he brought the scalpel closer, dragging the dull side along Lincoln's bicep.

"D- Dispose of?" Lincoln asked as he could feel his heart pounding in his chest.

"It was a shame that I couldn't enjoy my time with them before they were executed, decided to give my Investors a show of what we do here, while also completing a procedure that was planning for you anyways..." He said as he began to cut along the bicep.

"I'm sure you've seen my lovely, MD-S421, your sponsor... You're going to be so much like her... Maybe, even more, I don't usually strike oil twice," He whispered, dragging the scalpel deeper into Lincoln's skin, cutting flesh as blood started to leaking onto Uroboros as well as the floor.

Lincoln felt nothing at first until he began to hear his flesh being cut. He tried...

Tried tried tried TRIED not to scream but it was too much, too much pain, no anesthesia, no nothing to calm the pain or dull the mind of Uroborus cutting into him.

He let out a blood-curdling scream that echoed throughout the halls, anyone still awake, could hear the screams, echoing against the walls and reverberating inside their skulls.

Ronnie shot awake from the screams, looking around and not being able to find Lincoln at her side, hearing the screams echoing across the halls.

"Lincoln..." She whispered, running to the door, attempting to open the door but it was bolted close. "LINCOLN!" She screamed as pounded the door, punching it, kicking it, and even trying to rip it off the hinges...

Eventually, the screaming became drowned out by her own crying, hugging herself in the fetal position as her knuckles bled.

"L- Lincoln... I'm so sorry..." She said as she listened to Lincoln scream cry into the night.

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-Y- Days later, elsewhere -Y-


It's been a few days now... Still no word of Lincoln or Ronnie. All the sisters had varying reactions to this.

Lilys was crying, asking for her big brother Linky.

Like most of the younger sisters were sad, not knowing what to do or say, most cried and sulked in their rooms, hugging themselves, while the older sisters worked diligently.

After Lori returned home, she instructed the kids to go to bed with Lynn in charge while the rest of the older sisters got into Vanzilla or their own cars and searched for the missing children. Lori was beating herself up cause she was so close to them at the diner but they had slipped out of the side door, and she couldn't find them anywhere near the establishment.

Currently, Luan, Luna, Lori, Leni, and Lynn were in Lisa's room crowded around Lisa's computer. Lisa had revealed a secret, as a last resort.

"So, how long have we had tracking devices inside of us, dude?" Luna asked, watching Lisa smack her keyboard.

"Mother and Father commissioned them after Lily went missing at the mall! She put the devices in the cookies she makes once a month, cause the bugs usually dissolve at the end of the month, else we risk health problems," Lisa said as she looked back at her sisters for a moment before continuing to type.

The sisters all silently agreed to stop eating the Cookies, else they fear being bugged again.

"Huh..." Lisa said as she clicked the screen with her mouse, "It says that Lincoln is in... An alley, near 1st and Central." She said, aligning her glasses, the light refracting and giving off a shine as if she was in an anime.

"That's near an abandoned apartment complex!" Lynn suddenly piped up, recognizing the address. "Maybe that's where they've been staying!" She said, putting together the dots. Lori nodded and jingled her keys before catching them.

"Then let's hopefully get our brother back, get your coats, Leni, you drive," Lori said as she grabbed her jacket, tossing the keys at her, and headed out.

As they were climbing down the stairs, they came into contact with the younger half of their family desperately watching the news, as they reported on the runaways Lincoln and Ronnie, how the investigating Officers and Detectives were accepting tips to finding the kids.

Lucy turned to face the Older siblings.

"Where are you guys going?" She asked.

Lori stopped.

"We're going to find Lincoln, stay home and you guys need to talk to Mom and Dad, hug them, and stuff. They need it..." Lori had never heard her mother cry before and it broke her heart to see it.

Almost instantly, they were swarmed with questions, mainly asking if they could accompany them on the search for their brother.

"No, no, no!" She shot them all down as she stepped through them and went through the door with the rest of her sisters. "Stay home and watch Mom and Dad, they have enough heartbreak with Linc missing! I don't know if he's really gone or..."She paused, no one wanted to say it, as if saying the word would bring it to fruition."

The Loud girls were obviously saddened at her words.

Lori crouched in front of them and was somehow able to pull them all into a tight hug, even Lucy. "Don't worry guys, Lisa has something that could help us find Lincoln... He'll be back here before you know it..." She released them and said her goodbyes before the older siblings, plus Lisa entered Vanilla.


Currently, Lisa was directing the group main street to the alley, not knowing what they would find there.

"Take a right, right here!" Lisa said, looking up from her laptop, announcing that they've arrived. Pulling up and parking, Lori unclipped herself from the seat. "Leni, call the police, the rest come with. Lisa, you stay." She gave her commands as everyone exits in the van.

Walking down the alley, everyone was looking at the walls, made of brick and entirely covered in aged paint and graffiti and various gang symbols, not like they did anything here in Royal Woods.

"AH!" Lynn shouted, suddenly falling over and the sound of wheels rolling away was heard. "What the hell!?" She asked, rubbing her head as she looked towards the source of her pain.

Lynn's eyes widened as she scrambled off the floor and shouted, "Guys! Look!" She grabbed the item and presented them with a purple skateboard. "It's Ronnie's skateboard!"

The older sisters crowded her find, Lori took it and looked at it. "Yeah, this is Ronnie's alright... Why would she leave it behind? Bobby got it for her on her birthday... Let's keep looking!" They kept searching, looking deeper into the alley.

They would eventually discover Lynn's BMX bike... Lynn was excited for only a minute before remembering why she had lost it in the first place. She sighed, feeling her right black eye. "Oh Linc, I'm so sorry... I promise to never miss anything from now on..." She said as she rode the bike back to the van, suddenly there was a loud screaming coming from the end of the alley.

Lynn ran down the alley and came upon Luan shaking and hugging the wall, her back to it.

"Luan what's wrong? You're shaking..." She asked, holding her shoulder. The other sisters quickly also came to the source of the screaming and saw Luan, point a finger at...

"What... is that...?" Lori asked as she went to the front of the group and looked at what appeared to be something covered by a blue tarp. It was vaguely human-shaped and there was blood leaking from under the tarp.

"Oh... Oh god... No..." She whispered as she took a shaky step backward, covering her mouth as tears began to leak from her eyes. She took a step forward when Luna grabbed her arm.

"L- Lori, no... D- don't do it!" She warned, fearing what her mind was telling her about what was under that tarp.

"I- I have to see, I need to know!" She took her arm, she crouched in front of the tarp, reaching out for it. Her hand shook violently, her fears were about to be realized in seconds... That she lost one of her Siblings... Her only brother...

Pulling back to the tarp, Lori saw the white hair first, drenched in blood, he was holding... Oh God, it was Ronnie... He was hugging Ronnie in his weak nerd arms... Looking, she found a knife that was bloody and in Ronnie's hand, which was draped over Lincoln's body.

She broke down then and there, crying into her hand as she screamed at the sky, how could this happen... Why did they let this happen...

"Oh, Lincoln..." She hugged herself as her sisters crowded around her, hugging each other as police sirens were heard fast approaching, as well as Leni and an impatient Lisa...

Later, Rita would confirm the body of Lincoln Loud, and Bobby would I.D. Ronnie Anne as well.

The Medical Examiner would confirm it as a pact suicide, done with a double edge knife in the alley, they were in that alley holding each other in their final moments...

Lincoln Loud and Ronnie Anne Santiago were pronounced dead, on September 21st, 2017


Thanks for reading, don't worry about Lincoln he'll be fine.

It was him or Ronnie and The coin decides all!