I bring you a new Back from Death chapter! It didn't took so long to whote this one, but it's a little shorter then the last one, well, please enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own The Loud House
Lincoln looked surprised to his genius sister. He couldn't believe how fast Lisa was able to conclude her research. Well, it was Lisa. It wasn't unbelievable that she could discover something about ghosts.
"Well Sis... Please, go ahead." Spoke Lincoln. Lisa gave a little smile and stood up in the couch.
"Please, I request you to follow me into my room, there, it's everything I need to explain my results in my research." The toddler jumped of the couch and walked to the stairs, looked back to the others. "Come on!" She spoke with a excitement in her voice.
Shep was clearly excited about what she had discovered. That made Lincoln happy. The boy followed her sister, just after him, the rest of the family, along with the Mysterians, followed the two to Lisa's room.
There, The group group struggled a little to accommodate everyone inside it. The room wasn't small by any means, but nearly twenty people were inside the room.
As the group finally accommodated themselves, Lisa settled a video projector in the wall, closed the curtains, asked Luan to close the door and turn of the light as Lisa turned on the projector. Lisa pressed a button on the projector, showing the first slide, the photo of the x ray that Lisa made of Lincoln for her research.
"Caham..." Lisa cleaned her throat. "Since Lincoln came back, and the existence of the paranormal became basically the normal in this house, I started to question many of my personal beliefs." She began her speech. Lincoln looked down for a brief moment.
"But them, I realised that paranormal is just a unexplored field of science. A whole new world to discover!" Hearing that and the amount of passion Lisa emitted from her voice made Lincoln feel a lot better.
"But as this is a field totally mysterious, I needed to start fron somewhere, so I became determined in discover the basic on the subject that started all of this. Lincoln." Lisa pointed to her brother.
"And after a great amount of research, ising DNA samples of both Lincoln and the late Dr. Albert Haily, I proudly present you, my discoveries on the undead anatomy!"
Lisa pressed the same button, the next slide was of a microscopic observation of a strange molecule. "The first thing that I noticed in Lincoln's new biology is that, every single tissue of his body, Skin, hair and even secretions, like spit and blood, were all made by a set of very similar molecules!" Lisa made a dramatic pause, expecting a shocked reaction ofher audience, but met with confused and or bored looks.
"Caham... This is a amazing discover because of everyone of these molecules consisted of basically of what I assumed being carbons and water, but! As I analyzed with more depth, I realised something that really is a huge discover in the science field!" Lisa dramatically tossed her hands up, this time, receiving surprised looks from Lincoln and some of the group, such as Clyde and Luna. And others Like Lynn Jr, Rusty and Lola were almost falling asleep.
"Caham." Lisa again cleaned her throat, pressing the button again, the next slide was from the periodic table and a atom draw bellow it.
"I realised that what was in front of me was a..." Lisa again made a slightly pause for dramatic effect. "A completely new atom!" Lincoln widened his eyes and dropped his mouth agape, just like Clyde who also was very shocked. Seeing their reactions, Lisa made a little smirk before continuing.
"This new atom that I discovered have some odd properties that none other atom in the periodic table have. And some that just existed in just speculations and or fantasy." This cauch the attention of everyone, even the few who were apparently asleep.
"The first and, for me, the most extraordinary is that it can mutate itself to act like any other type of atom. For an example, you can take H2O. It can mimic the properties of the Oxygen atom in the water molecule. A near perfect substitute for any atom. And it also can mimic intire molecules, therefore, mimicking entire systems."
Lincoln was completely shocked by waht Lisa had discovered. A atom that mimics others? Lincoln thought that this was crazy. Wait. It can mimic entire systems?
"So..." Lincoln spoke. "This atom... is mimicking everything in me? Down to the atoms?" Asked Lincoln about his deduction.
"Exact!" Spoke Lisa with a smile, she was proud that Lincoln was able to deduce that by itself. "Your body is made entirely by this atom, just mimicking the other atoms to make your bones, muscles, skin, everything!" Lisa again, pressed the button. The next slode was a graphic representation of the atom when Lincoln used other of his powers.
"Other property that I discovered is that, due of his volatility, the atom can basically, defy gravity itself! That's why you can float and fly Lincoln! And due of his property of mimicking other atoms, it can also make itself reflect like instead of absorbing it, explaining how you can became invisible! This also can explain your intangibility! And one other thing that I I discovered is that the atom can also land some of his properties with adjacent atoms! That explains why your clothes also become phantasmagoric when you wear them! You see Lincoln, I was able to explain most of your biology when I discovered this atom!"
"This is very cool Lisa." Spoke Clyde. "But how do you named this atom?" He asked.
"You see McBride, Due the fact that Lincoln was the primary source of that atom and due of him being, well, a ghost, I decided to name the atom with the name of the substance that ghost are made in fiction. Ectoplasm." As Lisa spoke that name, the group, save from Lincoln, looked through themselves with smiles. That definitely was the only name that the atom could have.
"Caham." Lisa again cleaned her throat, claiming the attention of the group back to her. "I also discovered that, these atoms, have something that no other atom have. It needs energy to exist." That confused the group. "Differently from any other atom, Ectoplasm keeps it's core estable by releasing a energy trace behind, because of this, it needs an great amount of energy or else, it'll inplode into nothingness. It'll literally became nothing." That shocked the group. Everyone became worried for Lincoln, in their minds, he could vanish at any seconds now. And this time it could be forever.
"But, don't fear my friends, because I determind, comparing samples from Dr. Haily and Lincoln, that every ghost have his own way to gatter enerhy for his atoms. Every ghost have his own way to feed to say simply." That made the group sigh in relief. Stella scrached her chin, remembering something.
"She may be right! Remember what the mischievous ghost said? That the mischief was delicious and he eated it?"
"She's right!" Clyde Spoke, confirming Stella's statement.
"And... What's Lincoln's?" Asked Lori much reliefed.
"Well, I assume that Lincoln gatter his energy from the same way we humans do. Getting it food." Speculated Lisa.
The group exclamed, that oddity of Lincoln finally was explained. "And, well, that's everything that I found. Yet." Spoke Lisa, calling back attention to her. "I still didn't discovered how or why ghost are made!" Lisa then, turned off the projector and opened the windows. With that, the group began discussing everything Lisa revealed.
"Your discovery of the Ectoplasm atom alone can make you win another Nobel!" Exclamed Lori.
"All of that information will be very useful against ghosts!" Pointed Clyde.
"Yeah! That Glutton Ghost may need an enormous amount of energy! That's why he was so aggressive when we encountered him!" Spoke Lori.
As the group discussed about everything, Lincoln Looked at his own hands. That was a lot to process. He didn't understand why...
His entire body Is... A fake one... a imitation of life. He sighed and floated up. The group, occupied discussing between themselves. Only Lucy, who wasn't talking to anyone, noticed her brother floating out of the bedroom with a gloomy expression. and going to his own room.
Lincoln sighed as he phased through the door of his room and falled into his bed. He sighed into his pillow. Now he knew, to a certain extent, how his new body worked. He was feeling how her felt when he woke in that coffin and had to dig his way out. That sadness from when he read his own gravestone. He knew he was a ghost, but... He was reminded that he was dead.
"Hey Lincoln." The boy looked up. Reaper was sitting on the chair of Lincoln's desk, facing Lincoln.
"Hey, Long time no see Reaper." Lincoln sitted on his bed, cleaning the tears few tears that were rolling of his eyes.
"I am impressed with your sister bro!" Spoke Reaper, using his little finger to pick into his nose.
"You heard it?" Asked Lincoln, Reaper nodded.
"I didn't even knew about that atom thingy. I knew about the part of ghosts needing energy, but, wow! Your sister is a genius!" Lincoln frowned looking down. Noticing that reaction, Reaper asked. "What's wrong Lincoln?"
"It's just... I think that finally hit me that... I'm really not a human anymore..." Reaper let his head lean aside a little, confused of where the kid was telling about. "Am... Am I fake?" Asked Lincoln simply.
"Excuse me?" Asked Reaper slightly confused and surprised of what Lincoln asked.
"Am I just a imitation of Lincoln? A fake memory of him? A reminder of him? A memory that you brought back to this side? This is what a ghost is?" Lincoln started to tear, at every sentence, his voice became more and more broken, when he ended, he was sobbing.
Reaper stood quiet. Studying the boy that silence made Lincoln's sobs increase. That silence, i his mindx was a confirmation of what he just said. Just now, with Reapee studying Lincoln, that the boy noticed how Reaper's eyes weren't black, im fact, they were a very dark shade of blue. He also noticed that Reaper's skin wasn't paper white eather. It was a very light, almost imperceptible shade of pink, although, just noticeable under a very bright, white light source, like in Lincoln's room.
Lincoln's train of thoughts stopped when he noticed that Reaper had opened his mouth, but wasn't speaking anything. Reaper was choosing very carefully his words.
"Lincoln..." Before Reaper could say anything more, someone knocked at the door of the bedroom. Lincoln stood up, cleaning his eyes and opened slightly the door, to see Lucy, the one who knocked.
"What Lucy?" Asked Lincoln, making his hest to disguise how broken was his voice.
"I think I heard you crying, are you ok Lincoln?" Asked Lucy with her monotonous voice.
"I..." Lincoln looked back to his desk, to see that Reaper had vanished once again. He sighed and made a fake smile to Lucy. "It's everything ok Lucy, I just needed space to process everything Lisa discovered.
"I see..." Spoke Lucy. The girl didn't buyed that excuse of her brother, but decided to leave it as is. For now. "The Mysterians already left for their houses." Spoke Lucy, notifying the brother. "... Do... you want to watch ARGGH!! With us tonight?" Asked Lucy.
Lincoln pondered. Since he came back, he lost interest in ARGGH!!, primarily because re realised that most of what was shown there were hoaxes, and secondly, because everything that happened to him, the show wasn't much cool or spooky anymore.
But it was Lucy who invited. And was odd that was Lucy, of all the sisters who was trying to cheer him up. Lincoln made a little, genuine smile and spoke. "Of course sis." He looked took another look at the empty chair and left his room, closing the door behind him.
As soon Lincoln and Lucy arrived at the living room, where the other sister where already sitting in the couch, watching the opening of ARGGH!!
"TONIGHT IN ARGGH!!" Spoke the narrator as Lincoln and Lucy accomodated themselves on the floor. After some seconds the host, Nathan Roswell appeared in, oddly enough, on their ghost hunting van.
"We've got on our hands, a spectacular mall security footage that captures na apparent fight between two paranormal creatures!" As soon the host spoke that, Lincoln's eyes widened as his sister's too.
The video of the security camera was showing the food court, playing the whole thing, the Glutton Ghost and Lincoln brief match. The video quality, thankfully, was awful, but of you could recognize the white haired boy if you knew who he was.
"This video was recorded TODAY! And we received it just hours ago! We cancelled today's introduction short just to show you! The footage was sent by one of our sources, this was in the mall of Royal Woods, Michigan, and, according to this same source, Royal Woods is having a mildly ghost infestation lately!"
The Louds stood quiet as Nathan and his crew, Gideon Myers, the cameraman and Mabel Pines, researcher in supernatural, described what he thought it was in the footage. Gladly, they deduced that the white haired being was the ghost of a oldman. Lincoln breath in relief as his identity was still somewhat intact.
After minutes of Nathan and the others discussing about the video, they gave their thoughts of was that blob who fighting the oldman, the host noted.
"Our source said that this blob had been scaring the people of the food court for the past days." Spoke Nathan
"Yeah, and if that old ghost was fighting it, it may be a good ghost!" Wondered Mabel.
"Well Ms. Pines, that's only one way to find it! That's why we're going, in this exact moment, to Royal Woods! We're going to investigate these paranormal actvities in Royal Woods for the rest of this season!" Spoke Nathan with enthusiasm on his voice, making Mabel vibrate in happiness.
"Oh, How I wished my brother was here to see me! Going to deal with weird stuff Again!" Spoke Mabel happily, with that, Lori turned the TV off, looking at Lincoln, and how he was nearly immobile, looking at the now off TV.
"Lincoln?" Called Luna, putting a hand on her brother's shoulder. "Are you ok?"
Lincoln said nothing, he just picked his phone of the pocket and scrolled through his contacts, stopped founding the one he was looking for, he called the number, and after some seconds of calling, Clyde answered.
"Hello? Lincoln? I was going to call you! You are watching ARGGH?" Asked the nerd boy.
"Yes Clyde, and I need you to come with a plan for to deal with the Glutton Ghost ASAP!" Spoke Lincoln with a serious tone.
"Sure, but why?" Asked Clyde over the phone.
"Because where going to defeat that ghost as soon we leave school tomorrow, and you need to tell the others to bring disguises, you too. I think I already have mine."
"Noted bro!" Spoke Clyde. With that, Lincoln hung up and turned to his sisters.
"Lincoln?" Lori was the first to say something.
"Lori, you can grab us at school tomorrow right?" Asked Lincoln.
"Huh... Sure, but why so soon Lincoln? You need more time to bring up a good plan, and more time to prepare ourselves! You literally had your butt kicked by a wondering meatball!" Luan laughed a little at that last thing Lori said.
"We don't have time Lori. If we don't be quick, ARGGH will snoop there and they might get hurt. This and we can't risk my cover being blown off."
Lana tilted her head a little, confused. "But I though you wasnt a secret!"
"It's sorta secret Lana, I don't care if people close to us knows, but think how chaotic it'll be if thousands of people knew? I already have enough things to deal as is, just thinking about how people may look at me at school, or at the mall... No, no no no." Lincoln stopped for a moment, thinking. "Okay, my situation a ghost is a secret, I guess... Because of this, I ask you girls to keep it as is ok? Someone of you told someone?"
"Nope." Spoke Lori.
"No" Leni was the second to speak.
"No one." Luna spoke up.
"Not even in joke." Spoke Luan.
"I'm not a loose mouth!" Spoke Lynn.
"I prefere maintain you in secret." Spoke Lucy.
"I..." Lola hesitated. Her siblings looked at her with judgmenal eyes. "Told some of my friends but they didn't believe it!"
"Good enough, Lana?" Asked Lincoln
"Also no, Lisa?" The loud siblings turned to the genius sibling.
"No, I also prefer to maintain Lincoln's undeadness a secret, it's easier to study a subject when it's not being studied by thousands of other scientists that may or may have the same ethical principles as me.
"Okay, thanks girls." Lincoln spoke with a smile, before floating up to his room. "I'm going to see if my disguise is still wearable for tomorrow or it'll need to wash."
Hours later, in the middle of the darkness of the night, a dark blue van with the ARGGH logo arrived in a roadside motel, Nathan Roswell emerged from the driver's door, sighing exhausted.
"We're spent the night here, we will continue the travel by morning." Spoke Nathan as Mabel and Gideon dropped of the van. The woman was nearly sleeping on her feet.
"Man, how long to we get in that town?" Asked the brunette between yawns.
"We should arrive at noon, tomorrow." Spoke Gideon. "Oh, and Nathan, do you really believe that something truly paranormal is happening in the middle of nowhere that is Royal Woods?" Asked the red headed man.
"Of course I believe! You know we have a respectable source here in Michigan. And, although I still need to analyze the video deeper, it don't look it's edited." Explained Nathan. Mabel spoke up, giving a large smile, making her braces shine upon reflecting on the lights of the motel.
"And, come on! It's not like supernatural isn't real! Remembe th-"
"That summer when you was a kid, I know, I know, you always find a way to speak about i!" Gideon spoke, interrupting Mabel, who pouted in response. Nathan cleared his throat.
"Look, paranornal or not, we need to move on, and continue, the tv station got in touch with me, and said that the broadcast of today's show was a success. if we simply go back, we will lose audience." Nathan explained. Mabel groaned.
"You're talking like a TV person, not likea ghost hunter!" Mabel Spoke.
"Well, is the TV station who is funding us." Pointed Gideon. Mabel groaned again.
"Okay, I guess. She spoke. "Come on, lets take a room." She spoke, walking to the reception to rent a room for the night.
And woth that, this chapter of Baxk from Death is over!Think this chapter was a more expositive one, but I didn't knew a way to tell the biology of ghost in another way.I wanted to insert ARGGH in the fic from the beginning, but I never knew a way to put them in a natural way, but, I figured a way to include them. Also, I couldn't find any information of canonical crew of ARGGH in the show, so I came up with these three characters, Nathan, Gideon and Mabel and these three will have a good amount of participation on the fic from this point on.Next chapter The Mysterians will meet with the Glutton Ghost again! Untill there, bye!