It's been fifteen minutes since Lana had returned home from a failure of a mission with an injured Lola in tow. Everyone was wide an awake, talking to each other about everything that happened including Lana's reveal. Some were excited to have a hero in the family, while others didn't know how to feel about it.

Lana was sitting on the couch with a blanket wrapped around her with Leni by her side giving the mutant some warm hugs in an attempt to cheer her up. However, Lana just seemed to be in a blank and depressed state of emotion no matter what they did.

"Cheer up, Lana!" Leni said, "Lisa said Lola will be just fine!"

Lana sighed at Leni's attempt to raise her spirits. "That's not why i'm sad Leni. I'm sad that I failed the mission and let Lola get hurt in the process," Lana replied as she covered her face with her blanket in shame. The chubby loud frowned and got up to give Lana some much needed space.

A few more minutes go by with Lana now lying on her side and watching the TV without much thought on what was even on. Some old 90's cartoon that even Lincoln would call too cheesy even for him. Not like it mattered to Lana as she just wanted something, anything to take her mind off of everything. Sure, she might be taking everything out of proportion but its hard not to when your arch nemesis knows who you are, where you live, who your family is, and has threatened to kill them all if you try to attack her again. Combined with a huge amount of guilt, it becomes too much for one person.

"Lana. You doing ok?" Lori asked with a worried tone. The depressed loud didn't respond, causing Lori to sigh and sit by Lana. "What do you want Lori?" Lana questioned.

"I want to know about.. all this. Everything that happened. We can tell Lisa had a hand in mutating you but she admitted that she never planned on turning you into.. That. I want you tell me what happened tonight since you've been so silent about what even happened to Lola," Lori said. Lana looked back at Lori with a miffed look at instantly stood up with a sudden glare and tears in her eyes.

"You wanna know? You really wanna know? Alright then. I'll tell you exactly what happened," Lana said with a cold tone of voice. "I failed, Lori. I failed everyone and everything in this town. I failed to protect Lola, I failed to stop the bad guy, and I failed to keep everything concealed and secret. Now that Xinn successfully made off with a very powerful ruby that can make anything stronger by giving off energy," Lana said, slowly tearing up even more.

Lori tried to speak but was cut off by Lana who continued on a tangent. "Now she knows who I am, where I live, who all of you are, and threatens to kill all of you if I even go back to fight her! That's everything. You satisfied?" Lana asked Lori who did not know what to even say. Her younger sister has been through so much but she didn't think it was like this! Everyone's lives were on the line and nobody else but Lana even knew about it. Even still, this was too much for Lori to even take in that it scared her.

She didn't even respond and just stood there. She was just.. Shocked at almost everything Lana said. She was scared, anxious, and maybe angry from the fact that she can't really do anything about it. So, Lori did what big sisters should do in this time of need.

She gave Lana a hug which really surprised the mutant to an extent. She didn't expect Lori to act so kind at all due to how she's acted in the past. But, Lana closed her eyes and hugged her back and even shed a few tears.

"I understand Lana," Lori said calmly. "You've been through a lot and its taking its toll. I understand very well." Lana just sniffed and looked her straight in the eyes and said, "But I failed horribly! This isn't some normal thing where I can get lectured on not to do that! I'm supposed to be this towns hero! I shouldn't have any problems or losses in this type of thing! It just shows that i'm a failure.."

Lori sighed and hugged Lana tighter, not knowing what to do. She looked over to see the other Louds (Except Lisa and Lola) were peaking from the dining room. She gave them a subtle nod in which they nodded and went back into the kitchen to wait for the elder sister.

"Hey Lana. I need to.. take care of something really quick. Can you go and check on Lisa and Lola? We'll er.. I will call you back when we're ready, ok?" Lori asked. Lana drearily nodded yes and slowly made her way to the stairs and up to Lisa's room. She wanted to scream, punch, kick, or run away from all this. Lana didn't want to face Lola in her current condition, afraid that her twin would be mad or worse, hate her guts for almost getting her killed. But she sighed and moved forward, not wanting to prove herself as a coward now. Lana walked to door and gave it a rap, hearing Lisa say "You may enter" and so she did. Inside Lisa's room/lab was Lola who was now awake and sitting on the bed with a a cast on her leg and Lisa was just typing on the computer.

Lola noticed Lana, getting a smile and tried to stand up to give her sis a hug but immediately fell. Thankfully, Lana caught Lola just in time which let the fashionista hug Lana anyway.

"Oh my god! You're ok!" Lola said worryingly. Lana was almost dumbfounded at that statement. Was Lola unaware that she's in more pain the Lana or did she just not care?

"I'm ok? You got shot three times in the leg! Are you ok?" Lana asked. Her pink twin rolled her eyes sassily and replied, "Oh please. A few gunshots can't stop me! We Louds are rough and tough all around! So yeah. I'm alright with all things considered."

Lana grew a guilty face which Lola noticed immediately. She sighed and put a comforting hand on her shoulder. "Look Lans. I can tell you're feeling guilty about me getting hurt and all but you need to know that it wasn't your fault! You did your best and thats what really matters," Lola said.

"B-but.. But I-"

"Hush now. Not a word, Lana. You have no reason to feel guilty about... everything! You did your best to save me and the town! Sure, we might have failed but we were unprepared about everything. Xinn and her Ruby completely blindsided us and she was just too unpredictable! Now then, replay what I said in your head and tell me all of it was your fault."

"I.. Yeah that does make more sense. Heh. I guess I was just overreacting to.. everything that had happened."

"Theres the Lana I know," Lola happily said. "Now then. Who's Royal Woods's best super hero?

"I am!" Lana exclaimed proudly. "And.. I shall.. Save Royal Woods from Xinn if its the last thing I do!"

Lola smiled and gave Lana a tight hug once again. Having felt like she didn't need to be in the room, she made her way out and gave Lana a goodbye wave before going to rest some more. Lana waved back and sat by Lisa who was typing away without a care in the world.

"Do you need anything, dear sibling?" Lisa asked curiously. Lana nodded and replied, "Yeah. I need you to check something really quick. Its been bugging me since I got them."

"Show me whats whats wrong. I'll do a scan on you to see if you have any tumors, parasites, bugs, or anything harmful that can grow in your body," Lisa said. "Its not like that," Lana replied. "It kinda has something to do with the Charged Ruby."

"The Charged Ruby? Didn't Xinn make off with it after you and Lola's defeat?" questioned Lisa. Lana nodded yes but showed Lisa her arms which had red spots on them, making the chubby scientist jump in fear. "What on earth happened to you?!" Lisa frantically asked. "You must tell me everything, Lana!"

"Alright alright! It began when I was in the room where it was being held. Xinn and I looked like we were about to have an epic fight and stuff but I didn't see through her plan as she was standing right in front of the glass container the ruby was held in. Xinn took out a gun and aimed it at me, causing me to jump and throw a few of my arm-blades right at her! She then jumped out of the way and made one blade shatter the glass with the other breaking the ruby right into little bits with a few chunks landing around the room. Although, the ruby released a high powered bolts of.. well.. power and energy and it struck me which also knocked me out. But before I blacked out, I saw a few shards of the ruby absorb through my skin and now these odd spots just formed!"

Lisa looked dumfounded as she looked and felt over the red spots on Lana's arm. It was so odd and alien to her that the ruby could even do this. Lisa got out a gun looking object and used it to scan the mutants arm to examine what the shards are doing. An x-ray appeared on Lisa's computer, outlining were the shards were located on her arms. What was odd is that the shards weren't crushed to dust but had formed an odd looking formation around Lana's bones as if they were like wires or maybe a little protection.

But shards were still glowing, signifying that they still had energy in them. Lisa thought that the reason those ruby shards are attracted to Lana is because she absorbed some energy when the rampaging ruby stuck her with energy.

"Interesting. Very interesting indeed. However, I have one last hypothesis I must test with this," Lisa said. Lana tilted her head in confusion as Lisa started digging around in her drawers until pulling out some odd object. It looked like a high-tech flashlight but with small points at the ends.

"Uhh.. Lisa? What is a flashlight going to do?" Lana asked.

"Oh. This isn't a flashlight, Lana," Lisa said before pressing a button that made the tip of said "Flashlight" start generating electricity like a taser. "This, is a weapon I made called a Zapper. It was to be used in case we had a break in but I never needed to use this since I have you to protect us all. However, I can use it for this!"

Lisa then jabbed at Lana with the shocking weapon, causing the Loud to block it with her arms, shocking her body at high voltage. Before Lana could retaliate, her arms started to glow a light red and began sucking the electricity this a sponge, draining the Zappers battery almost instantly.

Lana looked at her glowing arms in confusion and looked at Lisa who could only muster a shrug at what happened. "What just happened?" Lana asked. "The.. the electricity just went inside my arms!"

"Exactly! The shards located inside your body seem to have formed a bond with it, making a wire frame like pattern inside your arms as if they were protecting it as you saw the shards absorb the electricity from my Zapper!" Lisa excitedly explained.

"So, what can I do with it?" Lana asked in which Lisa pointed the wall and made a punching motion, trying to tell Lana to air punch at that wall. Lana shrugged and revved up a punch, throwing it, which made a wave of energy shoot out of her hands and blasted Lisa and Lana back into a wall.

"Ow! Geez, that hurts.." Lana said, rubbing her back in pain. "Guess I have new powers now which is cool! But it seems kind of.. Situational."

"Indeed. But it can be helpful no matter how you use it. Just remember to practice with it is all," Lisa said. Lana nodded and heard her name being called downstairs. Giving Lisa a hug, she rushed down the steps to see the rest of the family was waiting for her with warming smiles.

"Uhhh.. What's going on here?" Lana asked. "Is this an intervention to get me out of being a hero?"

"No Lana," Lori calmly said. "This is a support group for you. We wanted to try and cheer you up over everything that happened."

"Yeah brah! No need to get hungover a failed mission! You have plenty more chances to kick Xinn's ass!" Luna proudly said.

"Totes! You can save the day, anytime, anywhere! Which is like.. weird considering it's nighttime," Leni said.

" Yeah Lana! Things may look muddy, but now isn't the time croak! Hehehe! But seriously, you're doing an amazing job as the Royal Frog! People around the country are cheering for you!" Luan exclaimed.

"You've gained so many supporters in this town that it's just nuts! People need you in this town Lana!" Lynn said.

"G-guys I-"

"You're becoming a symbol, and icon to the victims of all this violence. Giving them hope in this dark and horrible tike of need. You're not hated, You're respected," Lucy said while not scaring anyone for once.

"Yeah Lana! You're amazing at what you do!" Lily said. Lana smiled at her family and gave them a big hug, which they all returned.

"Thank you all... so much. I actually wasn't going to be the Royal Frog after what happened. But after I talked with Lola and seeing how you all are so supportive of me.. I'll not only continue being a hero," Lana exclaimed before turning into her frog form and jumped out the door.

"I'm going to take down Xinn on my own!"