Back at the Loud House, some of the family was chilling, others were just get some news back from Lori and the others, Luan was reading a book about jokes, Lynn was throwing a ball in the air and catching it, Lucy was trying to write new poems in her book, Lisa was trying to take her mind off all this with some studying and Lily was just catching some Z's. The girls, Girl Jordan, Kat, Mollie and Renee were on the couch, talking amongst themselves, having their own worries about this whole thing. Such as Lola, Rita and Lynn Sr., who were busy pacing the floor.
Everyone was worried, but Lynn and Lucy were doing their best not to show it...
"What's taking them so long?", Lynn asked out loud.
"It takes some time to get to here from the edge of the woods.", Lucy answered her. "I'm just hoping they have Lincoln with them when they show up."
"...Don't think I'm sounding hopeless, but I kinda doubt it at this point.", Lynn said. "Knowing Lincoln, at this point, he would've given them the slip again."
"Still...", Lucy began. "That's not to say they wouldn't have gotten close to this point."
"I guess it could be worse.", said Lynn, throwing the ball in the air once more and catching it before it hit her face. And it was then they began to hear Lola in the hallway, who was looking the ground, looking upset.
"It's just like Lincoln to continue running away from us.", she said angrily. "Always so selfish."
"No, Lola. He's not selfish...much.", Lucy replied to her. "Haven't you ever wanted some time away from all of us as well?"
Lola replied, "Even so, that doesn't make up for leaving us."
"We had it coming.", Lynn stated.
"YOU had it coming!", Lola shouted.
And it was then that Lola was knocked to the floor by a baseball slamming into her face. Left with a black eye, Lola saw that it was Lynn who threw the baseball.
"Whoops.", said Lynn.
"What the heck was that for?!", Lola yelled.
"I guess you can say that you had it coming.", remarked Lynn. "And you're lucky it was only a baseball."
"Not even close to what you deserve.", Lucy remarked.
Lola growled at them both. Just then, Lori and the others came in through the door, looking down. Everyone soon came over to them and started to ask a whole bunch of questions, none of which they were all able to answer at the same time...
"Alright, everybody, calm down!", yelled out Lori. "Literally give us a chance to breathe before you start with the questions."
"Sorry, Lori.", Rita exclaimed. "We just need some answers! Please tell if you have found Lincoln!"
"...No. We didn't.", Lori sadly said.
Mollie then shouted, "Seriously?! Nothing?!"
"We got close.", explained Luna. "We headed to the place Carol talked about, but Lincoln was nowhere."
"And I like to believe that Carol and the others helped Lincoln give us the slip.", Lori groaned. "We're gonna be heading back over there again. But this time, everyone's coming with."
"Why all of us?", asked Lynn Sr.
"Because they can't take on all us.", Luna answered. "We'll be getting answers out of them one way or another."
"Cool. Nothing like another fun family road trip to help brighten the day.", Lynn remarked, coming down with Lucy, Luan and Lola. Everyone was shocked to see that Lola now had a black eye and was looking pretty pissed...
"Dear gosh. What happened?!", Rita asked.
Lynn replied, "She fell...on her face...hard."
"THAT'S NOT TRUE!", yelled Lola. "LYNN HIT ME IN THE FACE WITH A BASEBALL!"
"Lynn...is that true?", asked Rita, sounding a little upset.
"...My hand slipped.", answered Lynn.
Looking over at her twin, Lana couldn't help but find it a bit funny that she was giving the same treatment Lincoln gave to Lynn. It made her feel satisfied...
"I suppose we'll have to worry about that later.", Rita said. "Let's just go to that place and see what we can find."
And with that, they all decide to head over to the club, leaving the house and heading towards the van.
"There's no way we can all fit in there.", Ronnie Anne explained.
"Would you rather go on foot?", questioned Kat.
Ronnie Anne answered, "Kind of."
"Me too.", added Lynn. "It would make great exercise."
"We'll all be able to move faster with the van!", Lori told them. "Now everyone, get ready to squeeze in!"
It really was a tight squeeze. Fitting seventeen people into a van built for thirteen. The only ones not being squeezed as much was Rita and Lynn Sr. But that doesn't mean they weren't suffering from hearing the kids complain along the way...
"Move over, Luna!", yelled Luan.
"I would if I could!", Luna yelled back. "Get your foot off mine!"
"Lola, get your hair out of my face!", Lana told her twin.
"Deal with it! I can barely move!", Lola replied.
Then Mollie asks Kat, "Can you please scoot over?"
"Scoot over where?!", Kat replied. " I can barely move! And watch the hair!"
"This was a dumb idea.", Lisa complained.
"I knew it!", Ronnie Anne added.
"Should've just walked over there.", continued Girl Jordan.
"And who's fault was that?", asked Lori.
"YOURS!", yelled out all the kids.
"They better spill out where they're hiding Lincoln!", exclaimed Lana.
"If they don't, I'll make them talk.", said Lynn, cracking her fingers.
Lori said to them, "Save it for later, you two.
"Lori's right, let's all try to remain calm and work this out normally.", added Rita.
But as they headed over to the club, they saw that it was already closed.
"Oh, come on!", Lori exclaimed.
"Are you kidding me?!", went Lola.
It was then that Lisa noticed something on the ground not far from the entrance...
"Over here! Footprints!", she said, calling out to her family.
"They lead into the woods.", Rita said. "I guess there's only one place to go."
Meanwhile, Cherry was heading home for the night, stomping angrily as she opens the door to her warehouse and the slams it shut behind her. From the looks of things, she had it rough, looking beat up and dirty as she angrily paces around the floor, her stomps echoing across the floor...
"This is RIDICULOUS!", she yelled out. "I had them right where I wanted them, I had my chance to find out where he is! But, no! Fate just had to play it's cruel hand and make me look like a fool!
What she was talking about was when she was trying to get information out of Ronnie Anne's group she she first when she first encountered them. But that didn't end smoothly, getting decked on by an 11 year old girl.
"Out of all the things I've had to gone through, this is definitely the worse! I just wanna-", and then she lets her anger out by stabbing a punching bag repeatedly with her naginata. Taking a breather after ripping her pinching bag to shreds, she begins to calm down. "No matter, no matter. Minor setback. They won't keep me from that boy forever. He's only safe because he's always around his big friends. But, they can't always be around him. I know that for certain! I due time, I will have that boy...in my grasp."
As she continued to complain, three people, two guys and one girl, all dressed in black, came in to see her. There was Margaret, who had a bob cut, wore a black jacket, light brown shorts, dark brown combat boots, black fingerless gloves and a white shirt with a Rorschach symbol on it. Joshua, who had a buzz cut, dark skin, black bomber jacket, dark red tight pants, black shoes and a dark purple "J" tattoo on his right cheek. And then, there was Frank, who had a dirty blond mullet, a grey windbreaker, blue worn out jeans, biker boots and his hand wrapped in bandages. They were henchmen hired by Cherry if she ever needed the extra help, and frankly, they were a bit afraid of her, having to deal with her craziness most of the time. They entered in the room, each of them nervous as Cherry faces the three of them...
"What is it? I'm in the middle of something here!", Cherry yells out to them.
"Uh, she just came by to how you were doing, boss.", Frank said shakingly.
"I'm fine, thank you!", Cherry said angrily. "You don't need...to worry about me."
"But, you've been without sleep for days, ma'am.", spoke out Margaret. "This could be very bad for you!"
"I said I'm fine!", Cherry screamed. "Ugh, why did I have to hire such knuckleheads to be my henchmen?"
"Well, it's not like we ever do anything.", stated Joshua. "You just keep us here with little to do."
"...Alright then.", Cherry said calmly. "You all want something to do?! Bring me the boy I've been searching! Make sure he's in one piece!"
Frank replied, "Okay. But, uh, I wouldn't want to bring this up right now, but, when do we get paid?"
"When. I. SAY SO!", Cherry yells out. "Now go already! And that boy better be alive!"
Meanwhile, at Shannon's House, Lincoln was sitting at the dining table, lost in his train of thought about the whole situation, while Shannon prepared dinner, taking out some meat and vegetables, planning to make some kind of skillet...
"Shannon?", Lincoln speaks up.
"Yes, Lincoln?", Shannon replied.
"I'm just feeling kind of worried right now.", Lincoln says. "Do you think this Cherry girl will ever find me?"
"We're not gonna let that happen, Lincoln.", said Shannon with a firm tone.
"But what if it does?", Lincoln questioned. "What would happen if she ever found me? What would she do to me?!"
Shannon replied, "Lincoln, listen to me. We wouldn't be doing this if we weren't making sure that she would never find you. We are NOT gonna let that happen. We'll keep you safe for as long as we need to."
Lincoln said nothing, and Shannon could tell he still wasn't feeling to well about the whole thing. She decides to change the subject of the conversation.
"You know, my brother might be coming back soon."
"Your brother? Trevor?", Lincoln asks.
"Yeah. That one.", Shannon answers. "He's still a little on the pudgy side, and it's gotten me a little worried."
"Oh, come on.", said Lincoln. "It can't be any worse than Chaz."
"It isn't. But still."
Then, some knocking was heard at the door.
"Oh. That must be him."
Heading for the front door, her little brother ends up opening it himself and looks at Shannon with a big smile.
"Hey, big sis!", said Trevor as he comes in for a hug.
With the siblings coming at each other, Shannon felt a bit of an impact when Trevor hugs, making her believe that he might've gotten a little more weight...
"My, Trevor! It's great seeing you!", Shannon said to her little brother, while her eyes keep moving over to his belly. "So, uh, how's school been going for you?"
"To be honest, it's been pretty boring.", Trevor answered. "In just about everyone of my classes, most of the kids have been falling asleep, me included."
Shannon replied, "That bad, huh?"
"Yep.", said Trevor.
Trevor takes notice of Shannon's eyes narrowing down to his gut and starts to get a little annoyed. He knows how much his pudginess bothers his sister.
"Shannon, it's fine! I just had a big lunch.", he says to his sister.
She then asks him, "What did you have?"
"Some coconut cream pie, a cinnamon roll and apple juice, that's all.", He explained. "It's nothing to worry about."
"Sound like it wouldn't sit well, though.", Lincoln said to himself, listening in on the conversation.
"Well, have you been doing what I asked of you?", Shannon asks.
Trevor replied, "Yeah, I've been cutting back on everything. Watching what I eat. It's just a little extra weight. It'll disappear in days."
"Alright.", Shannon accepted. "Head upstairs. We'll talk later, okay?"
"Okay.", Trevor said, as he hugged his sister again and she gave him a kiss on the forehead.
As Trevor heads upstairs, Shannon heads back into the kitchen and continues to prepare dinner...
Lincoln asks her, "What was it that you were gonna say to him?"
"Hmm?", she sounded, confused.
"Just then, before he interrupted you.", Lincoln explained.
"Oh, I just noticed how he had gained a little weight since last time.", Shannon answered.
"Does you have problems with his weight as well?", asked Lincoln.
"No. I don't, at least.", explained Shannon. "It's just that, from time to time, his clothes don't fit, he gets tired easily, he started getting breathing problem, so we had to get an inhaler...then there was the...indigestion."
"I do not need to know about THAT.", Lincoln interrupted.
"My point is that it sometimes gets in the way, but we work it through. Together.", finished Shannon.
"That's very nice of you, Shannon.", complimented Lincoln.
"Thanks.", she said as she served him a plate of food.
After a little bit of eating, the real subject at hand went in Lincoln's head, giving him a question.
"So, how do we keep the Cherry girl from finding me?"
Taking a bit out of her own food, Shannon answered, "I think I have a few ideas in mind..."