It's been a long night, still no sign of Lincoln. All this searching has gotten some of the Louds and the Girls a bit famished. Ronnie Anne, Girl Jordan, Luna and Lana decided to head over to Lynn's Table and grab themselves something to eat. Since their dad owns the place, they have access to the place after hours. Though they were just kids, and weren't the best cooks, they worked with they had and made something decent for themselves. Luna made a herself a piece of steak, Lana had Mac n Cheese, Girl Jordan got a salad and Ronnie Anne...well she didn't have anything, being too upset to eat...
"Ronnie Anne. Aren't you gonna eat something?", Girl Jordan asked.
"No...", Ronnie Anne blankly answered.
"Come on.", Lana said. "You won't go any further on an empty stomach."
Ronnie Anne said nothing.
"Your loss.", shrugged Luna.
Luna was trying to eat big pieces of her steak, but she barely seemed to sink her teeth into. So, Girl Jordan decided to help her.
"Cut it into smaller pieces, Luna. It's easier that way."
"Like this?", asked Luna as she cuts her steak.
"Yeah, just like that.", Girl Jordan asked.
"Do you guys think Lincoln's out there somewhere safe?", asked Lana.
"Yeah, he probably is.", Ronnie Anne answered. "He's probably with somewhere who he knows. Lots of people are willing to take in Lincoln."
"Yeah, but there's way too many people to check and it's not like they'd give up Lincoln easily.", Luna said.
"If only we knew someone who would be in touch with that kind of people.", Girl Jordan said, talking about Ronnie Anne.
Trying to change the subject, Ronnie Anne said."...You know, I'm feeling kinda hungry right now."
"Really?", Luna asked.
"Yeah, why not? I could eat.", Ronnie Anne said sheepishly.
All for of them failed to notice that was someone else in the restaurant, far from where they're sitting. Though their head was blocked by hood, a bit of jagged purple hair could be seen. It was Cherry. Somehow, she managed to get in through the air ducts and was now inside. That's not to say it wasn't easy coming in here, since her head hurt from her ponytails getting caught in ducts.
"Definitely gonna need a haircut later.", Cherry said to herself.
"Okay, I might have a hunch as to where Lincoln might be, thanks to Carlota.", Ronnie Anne confessed.
"And you wanted this long to tell us?", Lana asked, almost angry.
Luna then said, "Hey. All that matters is that might lead us somewhere Lincoln might be."
:"You guys wanna head there now?", Girl Jordan asked.
"Yeah! I wanna see my brother!", Lana yelled out.
"Me too!", Luna agreed.
Girl Jordan:"Lead the way, Ronnie Anne?"
"Okay fine.", Ronnie Anne allowed.
By the time they left the restaurant, Cherry had already gone out the way she came in...which was just as uncomfortable the second time.
"Okay, I'm never using the air ducts again.", she said herself.
From where she stood, she saw the girls walking away from the restaurant. She wasn't gonna let them go easily.
"May not lead directly to the kid, but it's a start."
Meanwhile, Fiona had just picked up Miguel from the water tower, and she wasn't too happy about it.
"You know, you could've told us you were afraid of heights before we picked positions."
"I forgot, alright?!", Miguel yelled. "It's been a while, and I didn't really know where I was gonna be!"
"We picked locations from a hat!", Fiona argued. "You're clearly said 'water tower'! And, you weren't complaining!"
"I thought I could handle it!", he complained. Give me a break!"
There was a bit of an awkward silence between those two for a while, until something else came to Miguel's mind.
"So, do you think Cherry's really back?", he then asked.
"Oh yeah, I'm sure of it.", Fiona answered.
"That girl always had a few screws loose.", Miguel remarked.
"Yeah. A shame we couldn't have all been friends." Fiona said. "She could've been a whole different person."
"We tried to help her out. Tried to reason with her.", explained Miguel. "Remember what she did with that snake?"
"I try to forget that.", Fiona shuddered.
While they were talking, they almost didn't notice someone in the middle of the road. They would've hit them if Fiona hadn't swerved out of the way. They freaked out while the person seemed to have as still as a statue.
"Oh my gosh! That was too close!"
"Yeah! Why the heck would someone be out in the middle of the road?!", Miguel said, freaking out.
"I don't know.", Fiona said, holding onto her chest. "That was scary."
"Hmm...Hey, I think I see some of Lincoln's sister up ahead.", said Miguel, pointing ahead.
Around the corner of a sidewalk, Ronnie Anne and the other girls were heading their direction.
"You think we should go talk to them?", Fiona asked.
"I don't know.", Miguel shrugged. "Do you think it's okay?"
"Well, as long as they don't find out we're technically spying on them.", Fiona suggested.
"...Okay.", Miguel accepted.
From where the girls were standing, they saw Fiona and Miguel pullover and get out of the car to greet them.
"Fiona? Miguel?", said Luna, surprised to see them.
"How're you guys doing?", Miguel asked them.
"We're fine.", Ronnie Anne said. "We just ate."
"Technically, you didn't eat anything, Ronnie Anne.", Girl Jordan explained.
"You guys...still looking for Lincoln?", Fiona asked them.
"Yeah, still looking.", Lana answered. "Ronnie Anne says she's got a lead though."
"Oh, really?", Fiona said, glaring at Ronnie Anne.
Ronnie Anne gave a (0_o'), expression.
"...Really.", said Luna. "We were gonna head over there right now."
"So...what are you guys doing?", asked Ronnie Anne.
"Oh, right now, we're just...getting some air.", Miguel said. "Almost...hit a person on the road."
"Oh my gosh, are they okay?", Girl Jordan said, sounding shocked.
"Not sure yet." Fiona said. "We're gonna go see right now."
"Oh, you don't need to worry about me! I'm fine! Why, I've never felt more alive!"
That voice sounded awfully familiar to Fiona and Miguel, as they saw the person 3 yards away from them. They saw that the person was wearing mostly black with a green skirt, had a knife attached to their belt and looked to have been holding a spear in their hands.
"Are...are you sure you're okay?", Miguel asked them.
"Never better."
Walking towards the person, their grip on the weapon tightened as they turned their head and showed their running makeup covered face and unkept cut purple hair. At first, Miguel and Fiona didn't know who she was, but they were soon horrified to realize they were looking at an old friend.
"My gosh...Cherry.", Fiona said, sounding shocked and afraid.
"Long time, no see. Fiona...Miguel."
"It's...it's been a while.", Miguel said nervously.
"Yeah. No duh, Einstein.", Cherry said, insultingly.
"Wait. I'm sorry, who is this?", Ronnie interrupted.
"My name's Cherry. Cherry Willis, and I've been looking...for a certain white-haired boy...who everyone seemed to cared for.", Cherry introduced herself.
"She just described...", Lana said before stopping.
"What do you want for our brother, Lincoln?", Luna asked, demanding an answer.
"Your brother?", Cherry asked. "Oh, so you must be the Louds. Well, what I want with him is my concern alone, and these two here are gonna tell me exactly...where he...is."
She points her naginata towards all them.
"Cherry, just...just calm down, alright?", Miguel said, trying to negotiate. "Let's talk about this normally-"
"Miguel, just shut up!", Cherry yelled out angrily.
"Whatever you're planning on doing with Lincoln, you can forget about it, lady!", Ronnie Anne said back to her.
"Really?", Cherry said mockingly. "And you think you can stop me?"
"Yeah, I think I will.", said Ronnie Anne, tightening her fist.
"I'd like to see you try!", remarked Cherry.
"Ronnie Anne, don't!", Luna yelled out.
Ronnie Anne cried out, "Bring it!"
And with that said, Cherry begins charging at them. Terrified, everyone gets out of the way, all except Ronnie Anne, who decides to charge back. Making the first move, Cherry swings her naginata, hoping for Ronnie Anne's head to come clean off. But Ronnie Annie ducks and swiftly dodges the upcoming attack, beginning to run from Cherry. Giving chase, Cherry repeatedly swings her weapon at Ronnie Anne, wanting to land something once she's close enough. Wanting to get away, Ronnie Anne heads up a tree, just as Cherry trusts her blade forward and having it get stuck in the trunk. As Cherry desperately tries to pull out her blade, Ronnie Anne takes this as her opportunity to retaliate, jumping from the branch she was on grabbing the knife from Cherry's belt.
"Hey! That's mine!.", Cherry yelled out.
Ronnie waved Cherry's knife in her hand. "Well...come and get it!"
"I doubt you even know how to use that thing!", Cherry screamed! "You shouldn't play with knives!"
"Oh, well...", Ronnie Anne said, right before...
Just as Cherry was getting her naginata free, Ronnie Anne throws the knife in her hand at the maniac. But with her blade finally getting free, Cherry blocks Ronnie Anne's attack, having a crazy smile on her face as she went back to rapidly swinging her naginata at her. Without warning, Ronnie Anne ends blocks the naginata from coming any closer with her forearm, inches away from the blade.
"What? How did you-?!", Cherry exclaimed.
She may have not lost an arm...but it still hurt like heck. Taking this as her chance, Ronnie Anne started throwing punches at Cherry, getting her in the face twice before Cherry punches her in face and begins to back away, making Ronnie Anne begin to miss every time...
"That's all you got?!", she's says while laughing evilly.
But then, Cherry takes the blunt end of the naginata and hits Ronnie Anne in the stomach, forcing her to go down. And just as she was about to finish her off, Fiona charges and barges into Cherry,.making her drop her weapon and she found herself on top of the psycho chick. Cherry quickly manages to get her off and kicks her from behind, allowing her to recover and get back on her feet.
"Hmph! You guys got off easy!"
Grabbing something from her belt, she throws it to the floor and a puff a smoke emerges. The group had then lost sight of Cherry, as she had fled from the scene...
"She's gone.", said Fiona.
"We gotta warn the others. Fast!", Miguel said as he takes out her phone.
"You alright?", Fiona says as she helped Ronnie Anne was.
"Yeah, but...just who the heck was that?", Ronnie Anne demanded.
"Well..."
"You kinda owe that to us!", Girl Jordan yelled.
"Yeah, who was that?", Lana asked.
"Eh-"
"Start explaining yourself, Fiona!", Luna screamed.
"Would you just shut up for a second so that I could talk?!", Fiona said as everyone stopped talked. "...Thank you. Now, to explain...that girl was Cherry Willis. And she used to be...an old friend of ours...or so we thought..."