CHAPTER 6: LUCKY LENI
Oh yeah! Bet you didn't see that coming. Our ditzy and lovable Leni Loud being Lucky Girl. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter and don't forget the upcoming Q and A chapter. Have a great day, and all characters belong to their rightful franchises.
"And to your left, you'll see the Charms of Bezel. Rumored to have been made by an extremely powerful wizard, these were said to grant several different powers, from longevity to pyrokenisis."
Lincoln groaned in boredom as the museum guide lead them to a case with several stone amulets in them. "Remind me why I'm here?" he asked.
"Because tonight is the grand opening of the mystical magic exhibit and Lucy was, like, totally sick, so she asked you to go to it for her, and then you refused, so she gave you the big sad eyes, so you said yes" said Leni. Lincoln rolled his eyes. "Ok, but why are you here?" he asked his second oldest sister. "Oh, because the gift shop sells the cutest accessories" Leni said cheerfully. Lincoln chuckled a little at that quote.
Suddenly, the lights went off, leaving everyone in darkness. A few screams of fear came out from the crowd. Leni stumbled back and fell over her little brother. "Oof! Sorry Linky" she said. Then, a flash of light came through, illuminating an area where a man stood. The man looked very creepy, with a hooded cloak and a tattoo of a skull on his face, making it look like his face had no skin. In one hand, he held a staff and wore an amulet similar to the ones in the display case.
"What the...who are you?" said the guide fearfully. "I am Hex. Now get out of my way." Hex then raised his staff and pointed it at the guide, a golden aura surrounding her. With a wave of the staff, he threw her aside like a ball, where she hit a display case. Lincoln and Leni gasped in awe at that. "Leni, think you can stand in front of me for a minute?" Lincoln asked. Confused by the question, Leni did as her brother asked regardless as he dialed the omnitrix. "It's hero time" he said as he dialed up Water Hazard.
Hex ripped of the glass case off and threw it aside. He grabbed one of the amulets when Water Hazard landed in front of him. "Didn't your mother tell you it's not polite to take things that aren't yours?" the shellfish-like alien asked. Hex growled and pointed the amulet at him, shooting a burst of fire at the crustacean. Water Hazard responded by shooting a torrent of water at the flames, causing them to die out.
"The circus is over. Let me help you wash off your makeup" Water Hazard snarked as he shot another jet of water at Hex. Hex barely dodged, but the water hit the amulet he was wearing, knocking it off. Hex went wide eyed as he scrambled for it, just to get hit from behind by his opponent. "You aggravating crab" he growled as he fired a golden beam from his staff. Water Hazard dodged the beam and put his arms up. He then began to rotate them them while firing water, creating a whirlpool of sorts.
"You look thirsty. How about a nice drink of some ice cold water?"
Hazard then threw the water tornado at Hex, causing him to spin out of control. Water Hazard finished him off by punching Hex in the stomach, winding him. He then grabbed the amulet he lost and held it up triumphantly as cameras flashed and took his picture. Leni frowned a little at that.
While they were distracted, Hex slowly made his way to the case. "Now I have six. And he has the best one. This could be difficult" he said as he switched the amulets for a few fakes he had in his pouch.
Lori came by to pick up the two. "So how was it?" she asked. "Eh, the usual" Lincoln said as he examined the amulet. Since it wasn't one stolen from the museum, he decided to keep it. As he looked up from the thing, he noticed Leni staring out the window. "Everything ok, Leni?" Leni turned to her brother. "Huh? Oh, it's nothing Linky. It's just that, well...I'm jealous of you."
Lincoln looked shocked at that comment. Leni was many things. Ditzy, gullible, easily distracted, but jealous wasn't usually one of those things. "Remember the night you got the Omni-thingy? I wished for a closer look at the meteor that had it, and you ended up with it. Now, your like, a hero and I'm just plain old dumb Leni" she explained. "You're not dumb" Lincoln reassured. "Look me in the eye and say that" Leni responded.
Lincoln went quiet. "Uhh….HEY! You know what? Since you didn't get to go to the gift shop, how about you have this?" he said, holding the amulet out for her. Leni looked at it for what it was. An odd thing she never saw before. "Are you sure?" she asked. "Come on. Take it."
Leni smiled as she held it. It was a nice gesture from her brother. Shame it didn't really go with what she was wearing. "By the way guys," said Lori, "dad said we had to pick up dinner tonight. Hope you don't mind Silver Duck Chinese food." Leni's face lit up like a Christmas tree. "Are you kidding? That's like, totes my favorite place!" she said happily.
As they stopped at the restaurant though, Lincoln slipped on a banana peel and fell on his back as Lori ripped her pants as she tried to get out of the car. They decided to send Leni to get the food after the issues that fell over them. "So the all amazing hero can't recover from a fall on his back?" Lori remarked. "You're excuse was ripped pants" Lincoln replied. Soon, Leni came back with all the food. "Now, did you pay them the right amount?" Lori asked. Leni smiled broadly. "Nope!" she said. Lincoln and Lori looked horrified at that.
"Because I was the 1000th customer and they like totes gave it for free" she said. The other two siblings breathed a sigh of relief. "Leni, that's nice to hear, but never use phrase something like that again." Lori was about to start Vanzilla when the van stalled. She tried again to no success. "Oh for the love of...Lincoln! Think you can turn into Grey Matter and see what's wrong?" she asked. "One Grey Matter coming up" Lincoln said as he dialed the omnitrix, slammed his palm down…and got Diamondhead.
"Aww, man. Dad's going to kill me for ruining the seats" he said as his back crystals shredded the worn leather. "Can I try?" asked the second oldest sister. Lori groaned and banged her head on the steering wheel. "Knock yourself out" she said. Switching seats, Leni started up the car. The engine roared to life as she drove back to the house. "Wow Leni," said Diamondhead as he turned back into Lincoln, "you're doing amazing on the road." Leni smiled as she pull up into the driveway and opened her door. Before she could reply, she heard a loud thump as someone wearing a ski mask and carrying a duffle bag full of money ran into it.
"Oh...geez...man that hurt!" he said as a police car pulled up. Two cops came out and grabbed the crook. "Nice try Frank," said one of the officers before turning to Leni, "and thanks miss." "Aww, I just got lucky" Leni replied as they walked off. Leni felt amazing all the sudden, like nothing could stop her. She got free food, drove home perfectly, and stopped a thief. Is this what Linky feels like when he goes alien? I feel…
"Hey, lucky girl! You coming?"
"Oh, coming!" she replied. She stopped at the door. Lucky Girl? Nice sound.
The next day, Lincoln felt immense pressure on his chest. It was like someone was sitting on him. Someone wearing tropical deodorant and cinnamon perfume. When he opened his eyes, he saw a person wearing a black cat-like mask staring back at him. "GYAAH!" he shouted in shock. "Morning Linky!" the person said happily. "Leni? What's with the get up?" he asked. "Like it? I made it last night." Leni stood back, revealing her to be wearing a black outfit with a dark purple sash, black gloves and shoes, and the amulet dangling from her neck. "By yourself? I'm impressed."
"Thank you" Leni said. She spun dramatically. "Call me...LUCKY GIRL!" Lincoln looked confused. "Uh, can I ask question? What's happening?" he asked. "Oh, well, remember last night with the crook?" Leni asked. Lincoln nodded. "Well, I was thinking and I decided that…" Lincoln raised an eyebrow as she paused. "I WANT TO BE A HERO!" she shouted, causing Lincoln to fall out of his bed. "GYA...huh? You want to be a hero because you got lucky and stopped one criminal by accident?" he said. Leni smiled broadly and nodded. The white haired boy looked down at his watch. "Well, the reason why I'm a hero is because you and the other sisters said I could, so why not?"
Leni squeed and hugged her brother. "Thanks Linky. Now come on. I need to train" she said while dragging him off. While doing so, she accidentally stepped on a sleeping Charles's tail, causing him to yip and run into the twin's room. "No Charles, don't eat that!" shouted Lola as the sound of shedding and barking was heard. The noise woke up Lucy, who upon walking out of her room, saw Leni and gasped in horror.
"The amulet of luck" she said. She then sneezed. "I hate this cold."
Leni and Lincoln soon arrived at the park. Lincoln dialed the omnitrix. "Alright, you're new to this, so I'll start off with someone not to challenging" he said as he turned into Blitzwolfer. Leni smiled and put her fists up. Blitzwolfer was about let out a sonic howl when a bug flew down his throat, causing him to choke. Leni kicked him in the chest, knocking him back a little, where he tripped over a root and fell down.
When he landed, he spat out the bug, along with with a loud howl that caused a car to spin out of control and hit a telephone poll, knocking it down where it hit a hot dog cart, causing it to explode in fire that spread over the park.
The siblings looked at the destruction that they accidentally caused in horror. "New lesson," said Blitzwolfer as he ran off on all fours, "save the people." Leni ran off with him to the disaster area. Leni came over to the man in the car and grabbed the door handle. Luckily for her, the car door was unlocked and as she opened it, a piece of glass fell off and cut the seatbelt, allowing her to save the driver pretty quickly. After dragging him to a safe distance, she then ran to Blitzwolfer to aid him. Blitzwolfer was carrying two people before he slipped on a glob of mustard that was left from the cart and fell.
"You ok, Linky?" asked Leni as she helped her brother up. "Yeah," he said, "I'm just having an off day." Suddenly, a familiar beeping sound came and Blitzwolfer turned back into Lincoln. "A really off day" he said. Leni looked around before noticing a fire hydrant on the corner. "Don't worry Linky. Lucky Girl is totes on it!" Grabbing a handle from the broken cart, she ran up to the hydrant and hit one of the nozzles on it. In an extraordinary stroke of luck, it came off, spraying a jet of water at the fire. In a few seconds, the flames died out. A group of people saw the event and watched in amazement. "My word," said a woman, "that was incredible!"
"She saved my life" said the driver of the truck.
"What luck!"
"What a hero!"
Cameras flashed as Leni smiled and posed. Lincoln sighed. At least the people got out safe, he thought as he leaned against a tree...before a beehive fell down, causing a swarm of bees to come out and chase Lincoln angrily.
"Oh, those are some nasty stings you got there bro."
Lincoln winced as Luna dabbed the areas he was stung with rubbing alcohol. Lincoln winced as the stinging alcohol was rubbed over his wounds. "Owowowow. Man, that was rough experience. First, I start a fire, then I fail to help anyone, my watch timed out at the worst possible time, and finally I get stung by bees with anger management issues." Luna dabbed a few more areas, causing more wincing. "If it makes you feel better, none of us have been doing so well here. Ever since Lucky Girl showed, it's been one disaster after another."
"Really?" Lincoln asked. Luna nodded. "First my strings caught on fire, then Luan caught her braces stuck in the screen doors, Dad got Vanzilla reposesed, and as for Lori, well, I'd rather not talk about what happened there. Mom left to see an old friend, but I think she just didn't want to be in the chaos. I can't blame her." Lincoln shuddered. "So what's causing this?" he asked.
"The amulet *achoo* of luck."
Lincoln and Luna turned around to see a sniffling Lucy standing there. "I hate this cold" she said. "What's the amulet of luck?" asked Luna. "The thing that Leni is wearing around her neck. As long as she wears it, she will possess extraordinary luck. But there's a catch to it."
"What's the catch?" asked Lincoln.
"In order to achieve balance in the universe," Lucy explained, "it takes everyone around the welder's luck, leaving them to suffer horrible bad luck." Lincoln and Luna looked at Lucy skeptically. "Are you sure about that?" asked Luna. "Lori!" Lucy shouted. Lori came in. Half of her head was shaved bald, and what hair remained was bright green. Her clothes were tattered like she was ran against a cheese grater and she had several wasp stings were on her arms and legs. "What do you want?" she grumbled. "You to prove a point" Lucy replied flatly. Lori groaned before slowly shuffling off.
"Fair point" said Luna. "So now what?" asked Lincoln. "The only thing we can do. We have to destroy it" the gothic sister said. "Once the amulet is destroyed, everything should go back to normal." Lincoln and Luna looked at each other for a second. "Are you sure about that? I mean, Leni likes being a hero" Lincoln said. "The only way" Lucy said. "But…" "The. Only. Way."
Lincoln sighed. "Alright. So who's going to break the news to her?" The other two siblings exchanged looks. Before anything could be said, the wall was blasted down, startling the three. Hovering in front of them was Hex. "Hey, isn't that the guy who tried to rob the museum?" Luna said. Lincoln nodded as he dialed the omnitrix. "How did you get out of jail? And why are you here?" the teen rocker asked. "Please, with my magic, escape was easy. As for why I'm here, well, I've come for the amulet." Luna and Lucy shared a look. "Uh, what amulet?" Luna lied. "Yes. We have no idea what you're talking about" said Lucy. "Don't lie. I saw your brother give it to someone and tracked the energy here," Hex bellowed, "now where is it?" Before either could answer, Lincoln turned into XLR8 and tackled him.
"Here's a trick I want to see you do. Make yourself disappear" XLR8 said. Hex growled and pointed his staff at him. He fired a beam at the alien, who dodged it, causing the beam to head straight for Luna. The moment the beam hit her, she was covered from head to toe in golden bandages with only her eyes showing.
"Mo, mmn mn!" Luna shouted as she fell back. XLR8 headbutted Hex in the stomach, winding him. "Don't turn my sisters into mummies" he snarled. Hex growled and began shooting fireballs at. The speedy alien easily dodged and knocked Hex away. He then caught him in a super fast tackle and carried away in a speedy dash.
The comotion attracted Leni, who came out just in time to see XLR8 dashing off with Hex in tow. "Lucy, was that…" "Yes" Lucy said flatly. Leni grinned. "Don't worry Linky. Lucky Girl is coming to help" she said as she ran after them. "Wait, you don't know where they're going" Lucy said as she tried to catch up. Luna groaned as her two sisters ran off, leaving her strung up like a birthday present. Brilliant, she thought, I'm helpless and my siblings are fighting a crazy wizard. On the plus, I can't see this getting any worse. Luan suddenly walked through and noticed Luna and the hole in the wall. "Luna?" she said. Luna looked up. "I'd like to ask what's happened her, but you look a little TIED-UP at the moment! Get it? Get it?"
Luna groaned. I stand corrected she thought.
Can Lincoln and Lucky Girl beat Hex? Can they stop the bad luck curse? And will Luna survive Luan's puns? Find out next chapter where Lincoln meets a new friend. Also, sorry for the wait for a short chapter. I've been busy and stuck with a dry spell of creativity. I hope this will do. Until next time, peace out.