Day 5 continued

"I can't believe we hung out and just had dinner with The First Lady and The President!" Lola said taking a seat in Lincoln's lap. "I mean, it isn't so great about what brought them here, but still, I had a good time!"

"Yeah, who knew they still kept in touch with Mom and Dad!" Lincoln said with amazememt. "I wish i had known."

"Me too!" Lola yawned and passed out as the adrenaline rush finally left her. Lincoln smiled as he watched Lola sleep peacefully.

Shinji sat across from them as she spoke quietly. "Stiles is going away for good." Lincoln looked at her. "They found evidence in his car linked to a six month old case. Missing child." She looked uncomfortable.

"An agent of the CPS involved in a missing child case?" Lincoln asked in a hushed tone as he gazed at his younger sister with troubling thoughts begining to form in his head. What if Stiles had gotten his sisters.

"He was unstable at best. Downright crooked ar worst, but enough of that vile waste." She sat back. "How about why your dad was afraid of Hallowe'en..." Lincoln looked up with interest.

"When i first heard of your parents, all i got from Mika was their first names, Rita and Lynn and that they had eleven kids. I thought they were lesbians and had adopted, a lot!" The face she made along with her admission made Lincoln laugh a little. She smiled warmly in a way he had quickly grown use to seeing from her.

"Anyway, when i first answered a video call, I saw that they were not what i had thought and i still didn't know your family name yet. All i knew was that they were from Royal Woods. Right here's where Mika first met your dad. She was looking a place over to buy it up, but that eventually fell through. When they met, she was copying recipies off products at the market as she did some grocery shopping." She rolled her eyes like it was typical of her sister. "Foodies, they talk about food." She chuckled.

Her smile waned. "Then i got the news." She placed a hand on his knee. "We'll skip that part." She took a breath as he nodded in agreement. "So i finally knew your last names. Loud! I couldn't help but feel that i had heard or seen it somewhere before."

Lincoln was hooked. He leaned in as best as he could while holding Lola. "I checked old military records, your dad didn't show up in those, but your grand-da did. A few others too! Major Everett Loud, killed in action in Battle of Bull Run. Captain Farnsworth Loud Esquire, killed back in the war of Eighteen Twelve, Navy man, commanded a small ship that held back a larger wnemy vessel and yet his actions are unsung." She looked disappointed that Captain Loud wasn't getting recognition for his sacrifice. "Lional Leverette Loud lost an arm in Pennsylvania under Washington's command and later served as one of Washington's spies. He died of syphilis somewhere at the age of sixty and had nineteen children!"

"Cool!" The two looked over to see a tired Lana with a glass of water. She walked over and occupied Lincoln's free arm and the free half of his lap.

"Hi, child!" Shinji patted her head and straightened out her cap. "I can tell you about all the icky stuff later if you like. But let us get to the point now."

"Okay." Even tired Lana's eyes shone with enthusiasm.

"Where was i heading with this? I'm such a nerd..." Lana laughed like the asian woman was joking. "No, i really am, but nerds are cool! They invented cars, plumbing, all the stuff you like to work on was most likely invented by a nerd. The only downside is that they invented school too." Lana and Lincoln both stifled laughs and Shinji suppressed a snort.

"Oh yeah! Johnathon Loud!" Lana and Lincoln both were raptly awaiting what their hero of the day had to say. "My family had been chased from Japan on two occasions in history. We ended up with family and friends all over. My so many greats something or other, Myoko Tsunade, was in New England. She happened to know your ancestor Johnathon Loud, who happened to be a spell caster. A warlock, or, to make it simple, a man-witch."

"Cooool!" Lana perked up some.

Lincoln chuckled. "You sound like Lucy."

"I happen to be a witch and I have no doubts about Lucy's claims or aspirations." She put her finger to her chin. "I could tell her a few things about vampires, though." She put her mind back on track. "The point is, when Johnathon was killed, this was before the Salem Witch Trials, plus, records weren't kept all too well back then either. Anyway, he left his Diary in Myoko's care. I've read it! Seems to be a mix of herbalism, alchemy, native american magic and various practices from Europe. Tinged with a few things Myoko taught him." Shinji kept her voice down and yet they could tell that she was excited. "It seems he had his head on straight, he just ended up with a long neck." Shinji blushed. "Sorry, that joke was in bad taste."

"You mean they hung him?" Lana asked and Shinji nodded. "I thought they burned witches at the stake."

"Hollywood." The woman shrugged. "Some may have been, but hanging was the standard and other things were done as well."

"Oh. Okay." Lana yawned soon she rested her head on Lincoln's shoulder and emitted a soft snore.

"Hey, anyway, i got Oji to copy the book. He's sending the original out. I thought Lucy might like to have it."

"Wait, you never told me why Dad hated Halloween." Lincoln pointed out.

"Oh yeah!" She sat back in the chair. "So Hallowe'en, Samhain, Sowen, whatever you call it, it is when the veil between the spirit realm and the land of the living is thin and all kinds of spooks and other things can cross over. Your dad apparently confided in a friend some years back that there are witches in the family. He feared that the souls of those your family had sent beyond the veil would come back to take revenge on him and that he was not equipped to fend them off since he hadn't inherited any powers. You see?"

Lincoln almost wanted to laugh right away as she seemed so serious. When he cracked a smile she lifted her hand, palm up. Soon a flame appeared. He watched as the flame turned into water to run off her hand and land on the floor as sand. "I'll vacume tomorrow. Let's get the little ones upstairs and you need rest, too, young man."

"I... I... How... it wa... how..."

"Don't worry 'bout it, Linc. I almost broke you with that, best better not tell Lisa." He nodded in agreement. "Man, you are strong, carrying both them little angels like that!" there was a moment of silence as the went up the stairs. "If i were straight and younger, i'd ask you out, 'cause you got a nice butt!" Loncoln felt his blush rise.

Shinji opened the door to the twins' room and she watched as he tucked them in. "You're a good big brother. You know, now that i look at you, someone laid a beatdown on my cousin's younger cousin not too long ago and you fit the bill. I doubt there is that much coincidence in the world though."

"Is his name Jackson?" Lincoln asked.

"No. Amir or some shit like that." She closed the door for the young teen as well. "I'm not a big fan of ragheads. I still go a bit squirrely when i see them in the subway or catch a cab with one at the wheel. They ain't all bad, i know that, but after half the damn city of Bin'bom'da'fucked'up has been shooting at you, you'll see where this disdain i got for them comes from." She walked with him as he looked in on all his sisters. Everyone was sleeping peacefully. "Of course, i'm not politically correct and enjoy ticking people off. I'm a real bitch when i want to be. Amir's branch of the family they can make like a squirrel and suck nuts!"

"I think we all get that way. Being jerks when we want." Lincoln replied.

"I screwed a guy's aunt, sister, cousin and mother just so i could tell him so. His sister and aunt were easy, his cousin took some work. They were nice, so i felt bad after. it was a month before i found that a few cans of beer would make his mother open like a Vegas all you can eat buffet." Shinji cringed. "I still can't eat clams after that bitch!" She sighed. "to say the least, i was petty and i am not proud of that." She looked over her shoulder. "You check on them every night?"

"Yeah. I try to be a good brother and son." He wiped his eyes. "I just want to make them proud."

Shinji hugged Lincoln. "They are."

Day 6

She kept her word and did most of the chores in the house the next day.

once done she spent time with each of them one on one.

working on things with Lola. A bunch of random items that got ditched in the attic.

Her cat Fskit and Demon seemed to strike up a friendship and Fskit and Cliff looked to be competing at bird catching. She and Violet were making bets on how many birds each would catch later in the day.

tea parties, really exspensive tea parties, with Lola. Shinji had different mint flavored teas. This was when lincoln finally noticed that she smelled like mint because she consumed so much of it. Lola was surprised by how elegant thr woman really was and how lady like Shinji could behave when she wanted.

Some sort of athletic activity with Lynn early in the morning. Then she showed Lynn a few fighting moves that she had learned in the service.

Fashion design or filling in as a mannequin for Leni. Shinji put some authority into Leni's designs. Leni came out wearing an outfit and Lincoln told her the answer to her question while raising his hand on reflex. "Amazing!" was usually the reply.

Telling jokes with Luan. Even helping with skits. Shinji had a dark sense of humor and it really showed. She ended up talking about how she popped a bag behind a soldier from the EOD. "He nearly dropped the I E D and pissed his pants!" He recalled her saying through her musical laughter only mottled by the occasional snort.

Luna and her jammed, sort of, Shinji played simple biginners beats on the drums and played the harmonica like an amature, but Luna worked with it. She had the side of a casset recorded by the end of the hour that had several songs on it. Most were just them messing around.

Lily and her went to the park for an hour and came back with a bunch of drawings.

she then drew with lincoln and then played video games with him and lori.

Lincoln asked how she knew The President and The First Lady, Shinji shrugged it off. "Government contracts."

she spent a few hours with Lisa. The little genius was more than surprised to find the simple talking brute of a woman had degrees in various fields including: Calculus, Astronomy, and Chemestry. all of these in addition to her achetecture and engineering degrees.

Rap music, though Lisa was adament on West Coast and Shinji enjoyed old school rap yet preferred metal, grunge and rock, it gave them something to discuss outside of academic endevors. She also brought the little scientist into a new relam of the style and introduced her to new artists.

the end of the day was finished with Lori and Shinji outside drinking tea and talking.

Day 7

Friday was no exception.

"What are they talking about?" Lincoln asked out loud at the end of the day.

"I looked up Corporal Kanaan. She is a pshychiatrist. She specializes in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and other mental and emotional trauma. I have a feeling that is why she is taking time with each of us." Lisa took a sip of her juice. "Not bad for a high school dropout and juvenile delinquent." Lisa sipped her juice again. The sound of an empty container filled the room. "I like her!" Lisa said as she dumped the trash in the bin. "I am off to aquire another juice box before i retire." She announced and hugged Lincoln. "Good night, big brother!" with that she left him standing there.

"I love you too!" He called and then went to bed. He was glad that Lisa was slowly coming around to talking like a normal kid, he could understand her, but still loved when her little quirk of using elaborate words showed up.

Day 8

Lincoln woke up between Lori and Luan. He moved and woke them both up.

"Morning." They chimed in unison.

"Luna and Violet were..." He could see Luan blush.

"I got used to this." Lori said with a smile.

"Hey, it's okay." He gave them each a hug, only to notice that he felt very little cloth between them. His eyes focused and he saw the back straps to their bras and the waist of their matching panties just under the blanket. Lori's were a shiny deep blue while Luan's were pink cotton. 'Oh man, i popped a boner!' he then vaugly recalled Lori's buzzed confession.

He slid his hands down, slowly, and caught a handful of Lori's bottom with his right and Luan's with his left. 'Fucking amazing!' Lori's was smaller but had great shape and feel. Luan's carried a little more plumpness but all the workouts for her performances made it as much of a dream. Neither complained but still he kept it brief and kissed each of their cheeks. "Who's making breakfast?"

"Shinji ordered out. We, we've got things to do today." Lori said with some sadness. "Today's the day, Linc. The funeral."

'Well that'll kill the mood.' ran through his mind. 'Now i feel more like shit.'