"Lynn?" said Lincoln, feeling frozen in place.
Liberty Loud placed her hand on the alternate Lynn's shoulder to comfort her.
Upon looking at his sister duplicate, he that this Lynn looked miserable and depressed, something he has never seen Lynn like before. . She had dark bags under her eyes that you could see from miles, her hair was still in a ponytail but messed up, her clothes had dark stains on them with a few rips, and her exposed skin had small bandages on them.
"Lincoln?" asked the alternate Lynn, her eyes widening slightly.
Lincoln faced Liberty.
"Liberty, what happened to her?" he asked with worry in his voice.
"She's from another bad luck universe where things went much worse than yours did." Liberty answered
"How bad?" Lincoln asks again as he glances towards Lynn once more.
"Well, remember that day you were forced to wear that squirrel costume at the beach?" Liberty questioned
Lincoln nodded.
"The difference between you and her Lincoln is that you came home alive." Liberty answered seriously, making Lincoln's jaw drop.
Lynn sniffed and shook as tears welled up in her eyes.
"Her Lincoln had a heatstroke while they were at the beach, he later died in the hospital." Liberty continued
"Her parents were arrested after the truth about why their son was wearing a suit like that on such a hot day was revealed. The sisters blamed Lynn believing that she was the real carrier of bad luck since unfortunate events continued to take place even after Lincoln died. Everyone at school saw Lynn as a monster, she was kicked off of her teams, and her own sisters, besides Lily, hated her guts. They tormented her every chance they got, but it all fell apart when her Pop-Pop, who became Lynn's and her sister's legal guardian, fell down the stairs and went to the hospital. In an act of revenge, the sisters took all of Lynn's possessions into the backyard and burned it all. That's when Lynn realized that she caused enough trouble so she decided to ki...end her suffering. She attempted to jump off a bridge into the cold waters only for Ink to save her at the last second. Ink tried to reason with Lori but she didn't listen so Lynn was brought here. She's been like this ever since." Liberty explained as Lynn held her tight, crying.
Lincoln saw how broken Lynn was. He saw his Lynn cry before...but this..
"How long has she been here?" Lincoln asked
"About a week." Liberty replied
Lincoln started to think about the current situation.
"So Ink wanted me to be the one to talk to this Lynn, why?" questioned Lincoln
"Let me ask you something, Lincoln. Do you hate your Lynn?" asked Liberty
"What?" Lincoln scowled
"After all that has happened to you. Lynn believing in a superstition and it escalated to you becoming an outcast to your own family? Does that make you mad at her? Does that make you hate her?" Liberty asked again as her eyes narrowed.
Lincoln looked down at his feet and began to think. True, he's still mad at his sister but not enough to hate her. Truthfully, he should be more mad at himself for playing along with Lynn's fears instead of keeping quiet and allowing Lynn's words to blow over. So technically, this Lynn's sadness was caused by her brother's actions. Maybe this is what Ink wanted, to have him not only forgive Lynn but also himself, and to also help this Lynn.
Lincoln walks up to the depressed 13 year old.
"Hey, Lynn." Lincoln greets with a small smile.
Alternate Lynn wiped her face as she looked at Lincoln.
"H-hello?" she answered
"How are you feeling?" He asked kindly
Lynn's eyes faced down.
"Terrible" Lynn muttered sadly
Lincoln decided to get to the point.
"I forgive you!" Lincoln announced
Lynn looked back at Lincoln.
"What?" She asked
"I heard about what happened to your Lincoln and I apologize. I'm sorry that your family hated you, that your friends left you, that your whole life was ruined. And I know that you might think that your Lincoln hates you for what happened to him but he might not. If your Lincoln is like me then he would forgive you. I was mad at my Lynn until I started to think about the situation more, I realize that I was also to blame for what happened and when I get back home, I'll make amends with my whole family. And hopefully you can with yours." Lincoln explained
Lynn was unsure about this but Lincoln placed a hand on her shoulder.
"What's wrong?" Lincoln questioned
"When Ink tried to talk to her family, they made it clear that she's no longer welcome.." Liberty answered
Lincoln couldn't believe it, Ink tried to bring that family back together because he believes that a family should always stick together even if he himself had no family of his own.
Time for Plan B!
"Well...you can stay with me in my world." Lincoln offered
Lynn quickly looked up, a faint scent of life came back to her eyes.
"Ink's planning on bringing me home tomorrow so I can convince my family to allow you to live with us. Granted, you will either have to bunk with my Lynn but she'll like the idea of having a sparring partner who can get on her level, and Lisa will have to come up with an explanation on how why there's another Lynn. But you'll be welcome! What do you say?" Lincoln asked
Something happened to Lynn. Tears rained from her face but not of sadness. For the first time in a long time, Lynn was crying tears of joy.
"YES! A THOUSAND TIMES YES!" Lynn yelled as she grabbed Lincoln into a hug, Liberty soon joined the group hug.
Just then, Lincoln started to sniff a few times.
"You crying, Lincoln?" Liberty teased
"No" said Lincoln as he held his nose. "Something just smells really bad!" he added.
It only took Lynn a few seconds to figure out what he was talking about.
"oh...it's been a while since I showered." Lynn blushed
"I'll get you some spare clothes." said Liberty
But the small celebration was interrupted by a loud voice.
"HEY, WE NEED SOME MEDICS IN HERE!" Jack screamed from the giant living room.
Lincoln's Universe...
The neighborhood of Royal Woods was quiet with nothing extraordinary happening...if only..
In the backyard of the loud house, a black portal with error codes all around appeared, emerging out of the portal was the multiversal destroyer himself, Error Lincoln!
"Run, run, as fast as you can! Hide, hide anywhere you can find, because a fatal error is about to occur. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Error Lincoln laughed as he began to walk towards the backdoor of the Loud House, only to stop by the sound of an old voice.
"Loud, is that you?" the voice who belongs to Mr. Grouse asked
Error turned towards the old man who was standing in his backyard.
"What in blazes are you wearing?" Mr. Grouse scowled
Error smiled and began to walk towards the old man.
"Are you going goth like your sister? One's enough!" Mr. Grouse snapped
Error stuck out his arm, allowing his blue strings to come out of his fingertips, wrapping around Mr. Grouse.
"H...Hey?! What's going on!" Grouse asked with fright
"Hehehehehe!" Error Lincoln chuckled darkly
The blue wires began to light up around the old man, emitting a strange form of electricity around him.
Mr. Grouse tried to break free but wasn't strong enough, the feeling of being slowly tore apart filled him. He tried to scream but he had no luck. Mr. Grouse's body disappeared in erasure. A piece of this world's Mr. Grouse was absorbed by Error.
"You've always feared death, grouse, but you probably weren't expecting it to look like me." Error Lincoln taunted as his strings went back into his hands.
Error than walked into the back porch and looked through the window, inside he could see some of the Loud Family walking around with worried looks on their faces.
"Has anyone heard from Lincoln yet?" asked Lynn Sr
"Not yet, pops." Luna answered
"Oh, why did we let him run away, why did we put luck over our own son?!" Rita cried
Error then spotted Lily sitting on the ground holding Lincoln's stuffed rabbit, Bunbun.
He also saw Lynn leaning against the fridge, holding a picture of her and Lincoln when they were younger, tears rolled down her cheek as guilt overwhelmed her. Her brother ran away only a few short hours ago and is somewhere out there in the cold..and it's her own fault.
"Awwww, their Lincoln ran away? Maybe I should help this family by putting them out of their misery!" Error Lincoln thought as he lightly knocked on the door.
"Someone's at the door." Rita announced
"Maybe it's Lincoln!" Lynn smiled.
Lynn got up and ran towards the door.
She quickly opens it with a wide smile and the goal to wrap her brother in a hug and apologize but puts on a confused face at what she was seeing.
"Lincoln?" Lynn asked
Error smiled.
"That's right! Come here and give your brother a biiiiiiiiiig hug."
Lincoln has befriended the new Lynn in the Ultra-Dimension..though he might want to get used to her after tonight.