Great Lakes Hospital
It was a quiet day in the hospital, the nurses were filing, patients hoping that they get better, and surgeons doing surgery.
BOOM, the doors swung open as a boy with white hair no older than eleven is wheeled in at a speed not legal in the lower 48 states. The boy was followed by 2 nurses, A tall blonde woman that looked 17 years old, A Hispanic Boy about the same age, and two girls about the same age as the kid in the bed.
"Mam, I am going to have to ask you to stay here and answer some questions." The nurse said holding her hand out like a crossing guard
"But what about my brother!" Lori Yelled
"Mam, he is in good hands." The doctor said while rushing towards the room where Lincoln was kept
"Babe, what the hell was that, that thing that attacked Lincoln." Bobby said while grabbing Lori's hand
"I, I don't know, it was a monster, like something from hell itself." Lori began to sob
"Lori, it's going to be fine, Lincoln will be ok." Ronnie said while guiding her to a seat
"I don't know what that thing was and I just watched from the sidelines when he was going to eat him." Lori sobbed until her eyes shot open "until… until the Doom Slayer saved him."
"The who Slayer?" Sid questioned
"Wait, you mean that guy that was fighting those monsters? You know him?" Ronnie asked
Bobby turned to his girlfriend with a concerned look. "Babe, Lori, is there something you're not telling us?"
Lori paused, remembering what her father had said. But not telling almost killed her brother. She took a deep breath and explained the events from a few days ago and the night Luna was saved. All the while the family remembered how he fought those monsters, such ferocity, anger, and hatred.
"A-and that's it." Lori stuttered
Bobby placed a hand on her shoulder and pulled her in a tight hug. Ronnie and Sid also joined the hug and stayed in that hug for what seemed like hours until the doors busted open revealing a Hispanic family of 8 and a Chinese family of 3.
"Oh Roberto, Roberta, are you Ok, are you hurt?" Frida asked
"Sid are you Ok? we saw what happened on the news." Stanly blurted as he bolted towards his daughter
"Oh Dios mío, what were you doing near those monsters." Rosa said as she hugged Bobby.
"Where's Lincoln? Is he ok?" Carlota panics
Lori grabs her by the soldiers and says "Calm down, he's fine, but he passed out from blood loss."
"Oh poor Lori, you know you're lucky the guy in green armor was there." Hector said
"Yeah… I know." Lori said rubbing her arm
The family noticed how uncomfortable she was talking about him.
"Lori whats wrong." CJ asked
The 4 buffered and stared at the family's awaiting the answer.
Bobby sighed and said "You see… Lori has a brief history with "that guy""
Ronnie tugged on Lori's shirt and whispered "Come on Lori, tell them what you told us."
She took another deep breath and said "Ok… I'll tell."
Meanwhile in the Loud house
"Lynn OUCH! Give me the remote." Luan said pulling Lynn by the shirt and arm
"No, I had it first OUCH! Stop it!" Lynn said as she held the remote in her other hand
"We interrupt this program to bring breaking news." A reporter said
The two girls paused and looked at the screen still in their poses.
"Monsters rack The Great Lakes City in a feeding frenzy, we are setting an alert for residents to stay inside for the time being. A car chase ensued as one of these vicious beasts attacked several teens and children. This is footage from the scene."
It cuts to a starebucks security camera showing "Vanzilla" 's roof being torn off by a large monster and looking around inside. Once the van left the screen it showed 3 smaller monsters chasing the large monster. But one of them put its hand up and a ball of fire appeared and launched it to a family sitting at the restaurant hitting a woman square in the face while the other one grabbed a toddler from a stroller and ate it in front of the parents. The spine was spat out and the father picked up the stroller and hit the monster while the mother was in shock. It slashed the father letting his internal organs spill out.
The girls both looked at each other and let go and yelled "DAD, MOM!"
"Ok girls, I'm coming, what do you need." Rita said coming into the living room with Lynn Sr. following. The screaming also caught the attention of their other siblings who came stampeding down the stairs.
Lynn just pressed rewind on the remote and pressed play. The whole news report came on with the video. Their eyes went to the size of dinner plates, Lola, Lana, Lisa, and Lily cried out of fear of what the monster did to the toddler. Rita covered her face after she saw the woman get hit in the face and start screaming. Lynn Sr. held his intestines like the man in the video. The Teens grabbed the younger siblings and held them close.
Lynn Sr. suddenly snapped out of it and yelled "WAIT WAS THAT VANZILLA!?"
"OM GOSH, LINCOLN, LORI!" Leni shouted
"The police were dispatched to the location of these monsters but a man in green Armor beat them to the chase and laid waste to these monsters." The reporter said
Rita uncovered her red eyes and stared at the TV in shock "You don't think she's talking about who we think they're talking about."
Much to Rita's surprise a video cam from a lamp post showed Lincoln attempting to crawl away, blood staining the concrete. Lucy passed out from seeing her brother's blood. but the monster walked to him and grabbed him by the hair and lifted him in the air.
"LINCOLN NO!" Lynn Jr. yelled at the TV
The Monster opened it's gaping mouth and prepared to devour Lincoln. The whole family stood there, tears forming in their eyes. Until… *Katrinck KABOOM* the monster dropped Lincoln allowing him to crawl away. The thing roared in pain as it turned around to reveal the Slayer. Lynn Sr. was dumb stuck.
'Was he actually good? Is he doing this for us?' he thought
The 3 other monsters appeared on screen but their faces turned from aggressive to fearful. There was a stand off for a few seconds until the monsters charged the Slayer. The family saw first hand, then and there, what this single man was capable of. The video ended when he dashed off and the monsters somehow disintegrated into nothingness.
"As you can see, this man is a savior of most people today. Even though his recklessness with such weapons is untrustworthy, we still have him to thank for saving the people of The Great Lakes City. In order to not have any more attacks, we advise all residents in Michigan to remain home. Now back to the scheduled programs." The reporter said. It then cuts back to the Dream Boat.
Lynn Sr. whipped out his phone and practically cracked it trying to dial a cab. Rita ran to get Lynn Sr.'s revolver from under the bed.
"Girls, stay here we are going to go get Lincoln." Rita said as she rushed out the door as the cab arrived.
"But, what if more monsters come." Lana screamed
Lynn Sr. paused and ran back to his room, ran to his closet and pulled out a M1911. Handed it to Luna with a box of ammo.
"Only use it when you really need it." Lynn Sr. sternly told Luna
Luna looked up, nodded, and said "You heard Dad. I'm in charge. Everyone to the attic!"
Everyone ran up there as Lynn pulled Lucy over her shoulder. Luna was the last one to get up there and pulled the ladder up and closed the attic door. It was dead silent and they sat for what seemed like hours.
The hospital
A doctor with gloves on walked into the waiting room as he saw the large group of people standing and sitting. Lori was laying on Bobby's chest as she bawled her eyes out. Ronnie Anne was crying after many times of saying she was tough, but couldn't keep it up after seeing her friend in such a state. They looked up, rushed to him and stared eagerly awaiting an answer.
"The boy is fine, we successfully stitched him up." The doctor said flipping through her notes
"Oh thank God, my bro will be ok." Lori sighed in relief
"But." The doctor said which made Lori shoot up. "The foot was badly injured and had to be casted, he will have to wear crutches."
Lori's lip started to quiver and paused before she cried her eyes out. She asked "How long?"
"About a month, and that's saying if he gets therapy." The doctor responded
Bobby walked up to her and asked "Can we see Him?"
The doctor pulled out her notepad and scanned through it and said "Yes, but he is still asleep in his room, I have no estimation of the time before he wakes up."
Lori pushed her aside and bolted into the hallway not even hearing the instructions on how to get there. She inspected every room but they were all adults and senior citizens, but she passed a room at the end of the hall and peeked through the window and saw a very recognizable white fluff of hair.
'Lincoln' Lori thought and practically materialized into the room before and rushed to her brother's side.
"Lincoln, please wake up." She begged but to no avail "Please twerp, wake up, I'm here for you, wake up."
The Casagrandes and the Changs made it to the room and saw a broken Lori kneeling to her brother's side. Bobby came to Lori and keeled with her and put his hand on her shoulder. Ronnie Anne went to the other side of Lincoln's bed and hugged him and cried into his chest.
"Wake up Lame-o, please. I need you." Ronnie Anne begged and planted a kiss on Lincoln's cheek.
Ronnie Anne ran to her mom and held her close. Until she heard a slight murmuring. She looked back and saw Lincoln's lips moving. She rushed to Lori and shouted to her.
"Lori! Look at Lincoln!"
Lori looked up and saw his lips moving with him whispering and chanting something. Lori sprang up as she saw him and smiled before hugging him. Then his whispers became more audible and hearable and what was said shocked her to the core. There was a booming voice that sounded like a lumberjack that had been smoking for 30 years.
"IN THE FIRST AGE, IN THE FIRST BATTLE, WHEN THE SHADOWS FIRST LENGTHENED, ONE STOOD. BURNED BY THE EMBERS OF ARMAGEDDON, HIS SOUL BLISTERED BY THE FIRES OF HELL AND TAINTED BEYOND ASCENSION, HE CHOSE THE PATH OF PERPETUAL TORMENT." "Lincoln" said
Lori was now in fear of her brother talking but it wasn't the brother she knew.
"Lincoln?" Lori shivered
"Lame-o?" Ronnie shuttered
"IN HIS RAVENOUSHATRED HE FOUND NO PEACE; AND WITH BOILING BLOOD HE SCOURED THE UMBRAL PLAINS SEEKING VENGEANCE ON THE DARK LORDS WHO HAD WRONGED HIM."
The lights began to flicker as he continued. Sid was now in their parent's arms. Ronnie took a step back. Lincoln's eyes shot open but they were puke green and glowing. Lori was pulled back by Bobby when Lincoln began to levitate off the bed.
"L-l-lincoln?" Lori said
"HE WORE THE CROWN OF THE KNIGHT SENTINELS, AND THOSE WHO TASTED THE MIGHT OF HIS SWORD NAMED HIM..."
Lincoln's head snapped towards Lori and she jumped at the sudden action.
"THE DOOM SLAYER."
Lincoln's eyes shut once more as he fell on the bed with a notable thump. Lori stood in place from shock while Rosa passed out from the whole ordeal, Carlino was not so macho anymore and he was cradled like a baby in Frida's arm's. There was a cold silence until they saw Lincoln open his eyes.
"*Ugnah* W-what happened?" Lincoln said as he put his hand on his stomach "Lori?"
Lori snapped to attention. "Lincoln! Oh my god. Are you ok?"
"I- I- I don't feel too good Lori."
Lincoln got up and immediately fell back on the bed from a sharp burst of pain "AAAUUGH!"
Lori rushed to Lincoln and helped him up and helped him stand. He saw Rosa on the floor with the rest of the family with shocked expressions. When Lori helped Lincoln approach Bobby, he was stuck and stepped back from Lincoln.
"Bobby? What's wrong?" Lincoln asked
"Lincoln, are you sure you are alright." Bobby said while inching towards Lincoln
"Kinda, my head hurts a lot though." Lincoln said rubbing his head
Bobby was about to speak again but then heard a blood curdling scream from the hallway followed by a monstrous roar. Lincoln froze as the sound registered in his mind. Bobby grabbed Lincoln by the lags and Lori grabbed him by the arms and hoisted him up. The Casagrandes and Changs bolted out the room without saying a word with the unconscious body of Rosa in their hands. They were about to pass the cafeteria doors until the head of the doctor that treated Lincoln flew out of the doors with her eyes gouged out. The families peeped in the cafeteria and saw not 4 but 7 monsters in there. 2 of them were giant floating balls of meat with one eye and a huge mouth, 4 of them were the monsters were the small ones that Lincoln encountered in the alleyway, while the last one was a large monster with one eye and a large stomach, stubby legs, and guns for arms.
CJ ran in there with his large plastic sword yelling "No worries, I will save you Lincoln."
"CJ GET BACK HERE." Hector yelled but CJ was already in too deep.
One of the flying monsters heard the boy coming and turned to the kid with down syndrome. The beast roared as to get the attention of the others that were feasting of the flesh of seared sapiens. And what they saw was a boy and behind him a buffet of Hispanic and Chinese humans. The Monster closed its mouth and spat out a ball of flames. CJ saw the flame and immediately ducked neroly avoiding the flame then the fat beast put up it's arms and Frida ran inside to save her baby boy, she covered him as time went into slow motion. The beast ignited a flame from the barrel of the weapon as the inferno consumed them both. Carlos was held back by his family as he tried to run after them, but it was too late. The monster held his flames for several seconds and finally replaced expecting to see charred human meat to feast on, but all of their faces turned to pure terror as the one thing they feared was standing right in-front of them defending Frida and CJ. The Beast.
Lori felt a shock wave of relief but suddenly turned to fear as she heard the Slayer speak for the first time. She thought she would never live to see the day. His voice was deep and foreboding, he was breathing heavily with rage in his tone.
He only said 3 words that would make the world shit themselves.
"RIP… and… TEAR!"
