Here's Seven, and things gets X over all this chapter.
Chapter 7: Secret is Out
In the household of the Louds; the grandfather, Aunt, two parents watch in awe as Lincoln downs eats an entire meal of dinner.
No, Seriously. He's REALLY hungry.
"Lincoln just ate a whole casserole and downed a pitcher of water in under fifteen minutes." Rita said speechless.
"I-I thought it was twenty." Lynn Sr replied eyes widened as Lincoln finishes off the water.
Lincoln then puts the cassarole bowl down after licking it clean.
"You sure ate a lot of food, son."
"*Burp!* Ahh..Yeah that was." Lincoln said as he patted his stomach. "Got anymore left overs?"
They fall down from their chairs in an epic face-palm fashion. Pop-Pop got up as he sweat-dropped. "Um kiddo, I think you have enough."
"Yeah, you're right. That's enough dinner." Lincoln said as the rest gets up. "I should save room for dessert!"
They epically fall from their chairs again making Lincoln chuckle.
In Lisa and Lily's room, the sisters was ordered by their father that this conversation was between the parents and Lincoln. But that doesn't stop them to know about Lincoln's past as well, so Luan placed a camera on the dining room ceiling light and Lisa hacked the camera to her computer so they can see what the camera is seeing.
"Whoa, Lincoln is really chowing it down." Lana commented.
"Never stop until the pan clean." Lucy said.
"It must be his job, little dude must be starving. We should make him lunch before he leaves." Luna replied
"You know what happened to the kitchen of us making Linky's lunch, we, like, destroyed the kitchen." Leni said making them sad.
"Well at least we tryed, huh?" Lynn asks.
"Yeah, by making him late." Luan said in sadness.
"I need silence siblings. They're talking." Lisa replied as they all turned to the screen.
"What do you mean? See a big glow?" Lincoln asks confused.
"Perhaps we should start off at the beginning, the story of how I found you..." Pop-Pop said.
10 years ago...
In some part of a forest, we see a wooden cabin near the road and a van entering the parking lot. Coming out is a young Rita and Lynn Sr looking around the area with smile in their faces. Until five kids coming out of the van. They're young Lori at the age of 7, Leni aged 6, Luna age 5, Luan age 4, and Lynn age 3.
"This gonna be bestest vacation ever!" Lynn shouted in excitment.
"You betcha sweety! We're gonna be having fun in a nearby carnival." Lynn Sr spoke.
"And we'll be having a meteor shower tonight." Rita replied.
"That be a great show to watch."
They see a old man with a smile, and a lady who having a cone hair. They're..
"Pop-Pop! Aunt Ruth!" The kids shouted as they charge to the old man and hugged them.
"Ruth, good to see you." Rita said hugging her aunt.
"Yeah, me too. first time in a while since...you know." Rita said solemn for a bit.
"I miss her too sweetie, she's in a better place now." Pop-Pop replied.
"Let's have some fun now, please please please!" Lynn Jr shout excitely jumping.
"Alright little ladies, let's have some fun at the carnival." Pop-Pop said making the girls cheer.
After hours of playing in the carnival and the forest, the Loud Family is now laying on the grass. Then suddenly, bunch of lights travel across the sky which catches the attention of Leni.
"Shooting stars..." Leni said as she closes her eyes and put her hands together.
"What are you doing, sweety?" Lynn Sr said.
"Making a wish daddy." Leni said still in her position. "Guys. Make a wish before it disappears. It'll come true."
Just like that, everyone is doing the same thing of what Leni is doing. All the stars keep shooting as each one of the family make a wish. Suddenly, one particular bright light came near them as it split into two; One of them hits the lake, while another hits the trees causing an explosion of light making the family cover their eyes. Once they uncover their eyes, they see smoke coming out of the forest.
"What is that?!" Lori questioned in fear.
"Awesome! Do it again!" Lynn shouted in excitement oblivious of the potential danger.
Lynn Sr pulls out a flashlight. "You girls stay here. Pop and I will go to see the problem."
"Oh no, you stay with your family. You know how you get scared in dark places, Lynn." Pop-Pop said.
"I don't get scare-AHHH!" Lynn Sr panickly jumped on Rita's arms, carrying him bridal style. "Something touched my leg!"
"That was me, dad." Luan said while of her sisters laugh from what happened.
"I'll be right back everyone." Pop-pop said as he begins to walk alone.
Pop-Pop traveled through the forest. As he closes in on where the smoke came from, he sees that the trees is broken and some are about fall down.
"How the blazes did all of this happen..WHOA!"
Pop-Pop sees a big crater that looks like a lake formed. Pop-Pop goes down to the crater and looks closer. Once Pop-Pop made it, he steps closer to what appears to be a giant crystallized meteor like object.
"Is that even a shooting star, maybe I-" Pop-Pop said but was interrupted by the object cracking. "Oh no, please don't be something hideous com-"
The sphere cracks as the white light shines inside, and hearing an adorable voice. But not any animal or strange creature voice, just a normal...baby voice.
"Waaaa...Waaa...wahaha!"
Pop-Pop knows how a baby sounds, he goes to it while the sphere splits apart. As Pop-Pop take a closer look and his hunch is correct. It's a human baby boy with white skin, blue eyes, and his hair...glowing in a white light.
"Now, what's with your head, kiddo?" Pop-Pop questions as his hand goes through the light, feeling skin.
Then the light shines even brighter then ever making Pop-Pop cover his eyes. Then the light suddenly disappeared after a few seconds. Pop-Pop recover his eyes and is shocked to see that the baby's hair is colored white with a small tuft. The old navy hero really likes the child's hair because it's really match his own hair.
"Well well, looks like I got a look alike." Pop-Pop said with a smile.
"Huuuh?" The baby said while he gets pick up by Pop-Pop.
"Well, I can't let you go around a place like this, that's for sure." Pop-Pop said knowing the baby's naked. "You're gonna need something to cover yourself."
The parents puts the girls in their rooms to sleep, Rita and Ruth looks worried about Pop-Pop out there. Lynn Sr is also worried, even though Pop-Pop still gives him a hard time from being a son in law.
"Oh, I wonder if Pop-Pop is oka-" Lynn Sr said
"He's back!" Both ladies shouted seeing Pop-Pop return.
"Dad, where have you been?" Rita questioned
Pop-Pop didn't answer making them confused until they see that he carrying a orange cloth probably from Pop-Pop. Pop-Pop tickled inside the cloth making something giggle inside the sheets causing the parents and aunt surprise. Is he carrying a..
Pop-Pop look up and spoke. "You can see him if you want."
Ruth goes to her father and look inside the orange cloth making her gasp. Her eyes then begin to go wide and she smiles.
"He's so cute and looks so innocent." Ruth said with a smirk.
"Well, you two? You coming to see him?" Pop-Pop asks.
Pop-Pop sees the parents of the girls nervous. This reminds the old man of how they reacted when they saw their newborn kids. Even when they got as many as five kids, they shake like a leaf whenever a newborn comes their way. Pop-Pop walks to them to let them see the child as Lynn Sr was the first to see the child.
"It's a baby...he looks like you?" Lynn Sr. said
"More like it, I got a look alike." Pop-Pop chuckled.
Pop-Pop goes to his daughter, who shakes up a little. He slowly lifted his arms to his daughter meaning to get her to carry the white haired baby. She accept it as she grabbed him; her eyes widened of seeing the oh-so-adorable face he has, the beautiful blue eyes, the same white hair with the small tuft, even with a one tooth showing. The baby giggled as he then spoke..
"Ma...ma."
Rita smiled deeply as tears run down her cheeks, she hugged him to her chest. The baby boy...this was what she wished for upon the stars. Although the baby isn't in shared blood, she feels...in her heart that tells her she wanted him to be hers to raise.
Rita sees him grabbing her finger making her giggle. "Yes...I'm your mama." She look at her husband who smiling. "Sweety, can we..."
"You know I always wanted a son, so why not." Lynn Sr said hugging his wife's side.
The baby still smiling, he looks at Lynn Sr. "Da...Da?"
Lynn Sr just smiled upon the baby saying Dada. But on the inside, he wants to burst in tears of joy. "Y-Yes, I'm your dada."
Pop-Pop look at Ruth. "I thought I give him to you to raise."
"You see those two want a boy, I can't argue to them." Ruth whispered.
"Hey, what's with all those noises-" Lori said as the sisters came out with their pajamas on. All of them sees their parents in tears as he sees a orange cloth that Rita holds. "What's inside the orange blanket?"
Both of the parents look at their daughters, Rita bends to their level as the father spoke.
"Girls...meet your baby brother." Lynn Sr said.
The girls nearly fall over upon being told of having a baby brother and the girls have their own reaction as Rita shows them the baby boy; Lori just stare at the baby with her mouth wide open and eyes larger then ever, Leni has her hands on her mouth as her eyes begin to water of how cute he is, Luna just has her heart stopped as she lay eyes on his, Luan almost lost her breath as the baby smiled, and Lynn who's confused yet turns to joy of having a brother to play.
"Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh! He's is soooooooo cute and and adorable!" Leni shouted as she runs to her parents to get a closer look at the baby.
"I know sweety, I know." Lynn Sr said knowing how excitable Leni can be.
As Luan is the next one to go, she look at the baby as she little tickled his tummy making him giggle. "Heh, He likes my tickles-tickles. I'm gonna be your little tickle monster!"
Lynn goes to him in the rush, checking him out quick. "He's look like you Pop-Pop. Ohh, we be having so much fun!"
Rita sees Luna still shaking from seeing him. "It's okay Luna, he's wants to see you." The mother spoke calmly. "Look at him."
Luna sees the baby who looking at her as he's reaching out his hands, this make Luna subconsciously move towards him slowly. Rita gives Luna the baby. Luna grabbed him tight hoping she won't drop him. The baby then look at Luna as he smiles making her drop a tear.
"Looks like he likes you more Luna." Leni commented.
"Yeah, you're right." Luna said kissing his head. 'Even though I don't know who you are or where you came from, I'll be sure to always protect you.'
Lori however, looks at him in weird and questioned. "Where do you find him?"
Pop-Pop sees her, knowing that she may ask that question since she the oldest girl. "I found him in the woods by...a large crater by some sort of meteor made of diamonds."
"What? Don't be..." Lynn Sr said as Pop-Pop opens the door revealing to be a broken diamond sphere on the porch steps. "ridiculous."
"You telling me this thing is-" Lori said stop by what she seeing.
"Guys...look at him." Luna respond as she putting him on the ground.
The baby boy slowly getting up which means that...he can walk! The parents quickly get a recorder to film this precious moment. The girls tried to gets his attention to come to them, but...he's focusing to Lori.
"He's coming to you Lori!" Leni said with a squeal.
'Ahh! Go to them, not me!' Lori thought looking at the boy.
The baby boy continues to walk towards Lori. He then touches her leg as he looks at her with his adorable eyes. This makes Lori forget about what she was thinking and begin to tear up as she grabbed the baby.
"Ohhhh, you are so adorable!" Lori shouted beginning to hug him.
And just like that, every sister came in and huggef the baby. Meanwhile, the grownups really loves the moments as Lynn Sr looks for a camera.
"We haven't even come up with a name for him yet!" Aunt Ruth said making them think up the names.
"Maybe Lack, he knows he be strong as me when I grow up big!" Lynn shouted proudly.
"More like Lackey for Lynn. Haha!" Luan said making Lynn glare at her.
"Oh oh oh...how about Leni!" Leni chimed in.
"Hey, that's your name!" Lynn corrected.
"I like to share...Ow!" Leni said before getting hit by a pillow.
"Lynn Jr!" Lynn Sr shouted as Lynn Jr. only shrugged.
"You girls are being fool of yourselves, perhaps Tomas. Can't be all L's right?" Lori said.
"We thought it would be a family tradition." Rita said.
Admist the conversation, Albert looks around until he spot a penny near his foot. He picks it up and dusted some collected dirt off of Abraham Lincoln...
...Lincoln...
...Lincoln!
"Hey, maybe we can call him Lincoln."
"Lincoln?" Lori said looking down at the baby. He was smiling back, laughing a bit.
"He likes it." Luan said, as the rest of the girls looked at him.
"Lincoln...little brother." Luna said as she smiled.
"Linky!" Leni shouted overly excited.
"Me too, the name seems to fit him." Lori said giving Lincoln to her mother.
"I guess wishes do come true." Rita said as the others nodded.
Few minutes later..
"Alright. Everybody ready?" Lynn Sr said as he sets up the camera.
The entire family were all gathered around the sofa. Rita in the middle with Lincoln in her arms, Lori and Leni on her left, Luna and Luan on her right, and behind the sofa is Albert and Aunt Ruth. Once Lynn Sr finished preparing the camera, he goes between his wife, puttinging Lynn Jr on his laps.
"Lincoln Loud." Rita said as he looked at Lincoln. "Welcome home."
*Click...Poof!*
Present Day
Lincoln was really shocked of what they said about his past. He then sees Pop-Pop...pulls out a small shard of diamond, apparently from the sphere, on the table.
"We saved this if the time is right, and it looks like it's time." Pop-Pop said.
"Where's the other diamonds?" Lincoln asks.
"We...sold them for money. thats bow we can afford the houses we're living here now." Lynn Sr said scratching his head.
"Lincoln, all of this...the house, belongings, and the way we live was because of you back then. None of this would've ever happened if Pop-Pop never found you. We're sorry for keeping a secret from you and thank you for being a great son to us." Rita said.
Lincoln got off his chair and took a breath. "Thank you guys for telling me the truth, and...sorry for shouting at you like that from before."
"It's okay, you can have this diamond shard. This is the last one before we crack it into pieces to split it up." Pop-Pop said.
"You can put it on my desk in my room, I'm going to take a shower." Lincoln said as he walked to the stairs.
"Good night Lincoln/son." Rita/Lynn Sr said.
"Night...mom...dad." Lincoln replied with a smile.
The white-haired boy then walked upstairs, leaving a happy mother and a relived father. The two slump down their seats looking at Pop-Pop and Aunt Ruth.
"Thank you for being here for us, and telling the story. My heart shatters every time he calls me by my first name." Rita said with a breath.
"I know, I know." Pop-Pop replied hugging her daughter.
"Just to be clear, I'm not scared of my son. Once he shouts at me again, I simply teach him a lesson." Lynn Sr said.
"Say that again! I'll break that nose of yours!" Lincoln shout in anger
Lynn Sr quickly goes under the table out of fear, creating laughter of Rita, Pop-Pop, and Aunt Ruth.
"I'm such a coward."
"So...Lincoln's a alien?" Lola said.
"I don't know, he doesn't have any distinct looks or any powers that result of him being one." Lisa said checking her camera.
"But, like, how did he do that angry aura thingy from a few days ago?" Leni asks making them surprised.
"We'll talk about this later, we need to get to our rooms before mom and dad finds out." Lori said as others nodded in agreement and proceed to get out of Lisa/Lily's room.
As Lincoln and Charles walk in the woods, Lincoln curiously looked at his diamond shard while Charles looks to his master with worry.
"I don't know what to do Charles, my past is a mystery, huh?" Lincoln asks still focusing on his shard.
*Hmmm...* Charles groan in sadness.
"LINCOLN HEADS UP!"
Lincoln and Charles sees a big round rock coming towards them. As both boy and dog panic, Lincoln closes his eyes and throw a punch towards the hurtling stone hoping that Inner Strength will activate right this moment. Then the sound of something breaking apart and multiple pieces falling to the ground fills Lincoln's ears along with three familiar voices.
"Whoa, I'm can't believe it!"
"I never know he has it in him?!"
"Lincoln, you just broke a giant rock!"
"What-Whoa!" Lincoln shout in seeing what happened to his arm.
Lincoln's arm just completely turned into black steel with no cuts or any damage from the rock. His arm is shiny like it's brand new, and then it turns back to normal.
"Okay, what just happened?!" Lincoln asks as he look at his briefly transformed arm.
"That was Busoshoku Haki." Ryu said making Lincoln look at him. "Lincoln, we need to talk."
In the fighters house living room; Lincoln is sitting on a mat with Charles on his lap. Ryu, Chun-Li, and the twins are on their own floor mat.
"Lincoln, you know what happened to your arm?" Ryu asks.
Lincoln look at his arm. "Actually no, I see that hooded guy use it but me also.
"Lincoln, there's one more thing to know about All-Star." Chun-Li said making the boy look up.
"The All-Star is a power which captures powers and it's limitless."
"Which explains how you used the Hadouken technique on TV" Ryu Said.
"On TV?" Lincoln said
"We saw you in the news, no one uses those fighting skills except us." Ryu said.
"I'm sorry, my body just won't run away from any danger. I just..."
Chun-Li simply held up her hand. "No no, we're not mad. We're proud of you using it for stopping a threat. But you need to be more careful."
"Okay, but I don't know how I'll be careful if guys like these can use powers like-"
"No. I mean, no one must know of what you did." Chun-Li said.
Lincoln is confused about this. "Huh, why become a hero and not be seen?"
"Lincoln, remember the time when you asked that question about why we were hiding our identities?" Ryu said as Lincoln nodded. "Because this is how the people view us."
"View?" Lincoln asks.
"Yes. Over the years, people who has amazing gifts or curse, use their powers to help others or their own need. Everything is like living a world of imagination, until one day...The Dark Ages."
Lincoln can see Chun-Li tighten her hands into Ryu's arm and both of the twins hugged each other out of comfort. He then spoke in a broken tone. "W-What is it?"
Ryu take a huge breath. "It is the time of people who were tired of the so called 'saving', the group of people thinking that we cause the destruction and look down at us like some kind of plague...monsters...freaks. Even saving a life makes you a target toward them."
Lincoln got his eyes briefly obscured by his hair. "You telling me, all those people...just hated everyone that saves a life and all those heroes, just because they think of 'saving' is the reason for the destruction?"
Lyra look down and spoke. "That the answer Lincoln, so there's a law now."
"Law?"
"A law for any people like us have to stay away from saving a life/town or be sentenced in prison and be wanted by the government. It was signed by the Men in Black, G3, and the Plumbers." Ryu said.
"Who are they?"
"It's Galactic Patrols, Space Cops, or Space Rangers if you called. They're in charge of keeping the secret like erasing people memories who ever see anything weird." Layla said.
"Wait, so you guys are in hiding...how did you guys show up in the arcades and video games?"
"The company was really close to us, so the company owner thought of putting us in a game. We keep fighting in the streets so that got us the title." Ryu answered.
"So...all this time, I thought I was living in a normal life. But all this time, I find out those people just keep you guys and everyone who is different in the shadows!" Lincoln shouted in anger.
"Lincoln, please calm down." Chun-Li said with worry.
"No! You guys are the best people that has ever happened to me! I live a world that's a complete lie to everyone, I don't want that! I want to see someone who's in danger be saved, give people to know there's hope in the world. Is that to much to ask?" Lincoln said.
"That's the spirit we need to see. And Lincoln, the only way to get the world back...above all...you need to travel around the world to find people you can trust and know the way of being true heroes and kind people like us." Ryu replied.
"Of course! A army of heroic people who's gonna get the world back! And we'll be the great first step of bringing the world back the way it was!" Lincoln shouted happily.
Lyra stands up and smiles like Lincoln. "Yeah, I want to beat those jerks!"
Layla jumps up and down in excitement. "I want to see those heroes again, especially the blue and white robot girl! She's my favorite hero!"
Lincoln goes back to his work as Lyra, Layla, and Charles goes to him to help out. Meanwhile...Ryu and Chun-Li looked at him with sadness and worry.
"Are we sure we shouldn't tell him, even the girls? It really..." Chun-Li said with sadness.
"I know Chun-Chun, I know." Ryu replied as he looks to the sky. "Lincoln needs to know his path by himself for now. Every day it seems like he's gaining allies and friends along with him as he grows. Hopefully he can stop the madness and evil forces in each of the places his visit, and bring it back the way it is. He needs to be ready for what's about to happen in this city."
*bzzt!* 'Hello guys, Lincoln here! I'm doing well in my training and the weights aren't hurting as much as they used to! So I got the day off! But I'm not staying inside all day just to be clear! I'm going to... hate to say it...going to the mall, but with the fighter family? I'm getting an awkward moment here! Next time on Path Of A Warrior...Enjoy Your Day...see you there!' *bzzt!*
And that's how our hero got in a family, another chapter of both group people meet each other. Sign out!