Came up with this as a way to fix with the situation that transpired with the episode "Cereal Offender" and some parts of the episode "Store Wars" and a returning annoying kid in the mix. Enjoy guys.
Family of Two.
Chapter 7. High n' Buy and trouble!
(Royal Woods Supermart.)
Luna is pushing the cart that is already filled with stuff, and Lincoln is helping his mom with the list.
"Alright Linc, we got eggs, baking soda, actual soda, milk, flour, beans, hotdogs, chicken, pork, beef, cheese and soap. We still got a lot of other stuff to get" replied Luna as she goes through the list she made. "You can go and get some cereal if you want."
"Thanks mom" Lincoln goes off to get some cereal and he sees it. "There it is." But then he looks around, the last time he was here, there was an annoying kid who tried to take the last zombie bran the last time he was here to do some grocery shopping. "Okay, looks clear."
Lincoln grabs two boxes of zombie bran and two boxes of corned flakes, then he stops and realizes that this Zombie Bran was bringing back some bad memories from back then. Like when Luna was the one who took it away from them, so he puts it back and just take the two boxes of cornflakes, but then someone grabs him by the arm. "Aha! I knew you'd come back hooligan!" It was the store manager. This causes Lincoln to drop the cereal.
Lincoln struggles to break free. "Hey! Let me go!"
"Not this time hooligan, you are not causing any more trouble in my store and whoever you brought with you is also getting kicked out!" said the Store manager. "You and you're family will never be shopping for groceries again when I'm done with you!"
"Hey!" He turns around and sees the girl in the purple clothing. "Put my son down, now!"
"You're son?" he looks closely towards her. "Hey, you're one of his sister's, the one who kept making that annoying racket with your guitar over the store phones!"
"I'm not his sister anymore, I'm his mom!" said Luna angrily. "Now put my kid down now!"
"Fat chance kid" said the store manager as he still has his grip on Lincoln. "You two are way too much trouble to be in here or let loose over town, and I am calling the police."
"I suggest you don't, because one of them is already here" they then see Officer Tristen with his shopping cart, and he goes over to them and shows them his badge. "Officer D. Pingrey, and I don't think you realize this, but these two are under Child Services watch and government protection and you're breaking like multiple laws right now."
The store manager is confused. "What the heck are you even talking about?"
Tristen hands him the newspaper. "I don't think you have been looking at the papers lately, have you?"
The Store Manager checks the newspapers and reads it. He then goes wie eyed when he sees the news that is still trending. The case against the Louds, sentencing to time, the last name now owned by two, the government approving Luna as Lincoln's mother and they're support from Child Services and the law.
The Store Manager then drops the paper, he sees Luna still angry and him, same with Officer D. Pingrey and then he sees Lincoln trying to break free and now has some tears on his face. He let's go of his grip.
"Oh, I am so sorry about that" said the Store Manager. "I-I'm so sorry, I … I just didn't have the time to … Well, things have been busy and ...… You know how it is."
Luna then goes over to her son. "Are you okay Lincoln?" She can see a bruise on his arm.
Lincoln wipes away some of his tears. "It hurts a bit, but I think it'll pass away." He then holds onto his bruised left arm, and then looks at the cereal that has been dropped. "Dang it."
Luna helps him up, the store manage tries to help. "Here, let me help you." But Lincoln moves away from him and this makes Luna angry.
"I think you've done enough damage brah, especially hurting my son!" said Luna. She then looks to the cart, then she looks to the store manager. "You know what? I don't think we need to be here anymore, like you said! You don't want us to be here and never shop for groceries again!"
The Store Manage chuckles nervously. "That, oh well …. Umm …. I was just joking, I …. I didn't really mean it."
Luna then hugs Lincoln, they then break the hug. "Come on Lincoln" she holds his hand. "Let's take our business elsewhere." They both walk away from the Store Manager and the shopping cart and head out, some of the other patrons see this as well.
The Store Manager calls out to them. "No, wait! How about I make your groceries half off?!" But they ignore him.
Officer Pingrey speaks out. "Luna, Lincoln." They both stop and look to him. Tristen puts his shopping cart to the side. "There's a brand new supermarket that opened not too far from here, and it's part of the Royal Woods mall, I think they call it Hi n Buy."
The Store Manager panics hearing that one. 'Oh no!' and some of the customers there hear about this.
"You two could do your shopping there and I think I'm gonna do mine as well" said Tristen.
Luna and Lincoln smile hearing that. "Thanks dude, we'll be on our way there and see how good it is" said Luna. Both she and her son make their way out of the Supermart and back into the car.
Tristen also heads back to his car and soon some patrons leave their carts and make their way to their cars as well.
"Wait! Stop! We can talk about this!" called out the Store Manager. "I'll put up a sale! I'll slash some prices! Please, don't leave!" But he sees that a lot of the people have left to go to the new supermarket.
"Ahem" He turns around and sees Officer Schoffner and she does not look angry.
The Store Manager chuckles nervously and tries to reason with her. "Officer, umm. What can I do for you?"
Officer Schoffner puts her grocery cart away. "I was doing my daily routine shopping, but after what you did to a kid, I think I'll be seeing you in the station pretty soon" She pulls up her note pad and starts writing it all down, then she sees the camera. "And I'm gonna need to see you're footage, now."
The Store Manage realizes he was in trouble, he thought people would go to the Supermart after Flip's was closed down, and now he knows why it was closed down and he regrets hurting that kid.
(Hi n' Buy! Nearing the Royal Woods Mall.)
The Purple Ferrari slowly drives and looks to the large supermarket connected to the mall. Lincoln and Luna look in awe. "Whoa!"
Tristen and some of the other patrons from the Supermart also see this. "Whoa!"
They all park their rides and enter the large grocery building. When they go in they are amazed at how big it was.
"Okay, so I guess my wife was right about this place, it is very impressive and I am impressed" said Tristen. He then goes over and grabs a shopping cart. "Well, time to see if they got what I came here for." He then heads off.
Lincoln and Luna couldn't believe what they were looking at. "Is that a piano?" asked Luna. "And is it in gold?" She then looks closely at the piano and what it was standing on. "Is it standing on a fountain? An indoor fountain? I thought those things were for malls or parks, or rich people places."
Lincoln goes over and grabs a shopping cart. "What are we waiting for mom? Let's get to shopping!"
Luna chuckles and pushes the cart and pulls out the list. "Okay then sport, let's get to it then. First we need eggs!"
They both go over and are shocked at what they see. "Umm, which ones?" asked Lincoln. They were looking at so many different cartons of eggs and each one is a different brands and produces.
"Let's try getting two cartons one from a different brand, just to try it out" said Luna. She picks out two cartons of eggs. "Okay, so now we need some milk and baking soda."
They both make their way, but what they don't know is that someone was watching them with vengeful eyes. "Finally, time to make you pay for getting me in trouble and losing my Zombie Bran!" He then sneaks away, but he fails to see the surveillance camera that saw him.
Lincoln and Luna were able to get a lot of the stuff on the list. "Alright Linc, all we need now are some bananas, apples, oranges, lemons, grapes and pretty much a lot of vegetables" said Luna.
"I see them" said Lincoln. They go over to the produce isle, the kid known as Tyler sees them and takes an apple from one of the stands and makes it collapse, but it misses Lincoln and Luna and hits one of the employees making them slip.
"Dang it!" He then takes cover when a security guard arrives and sees the mess.
Lincoln and Luna then walk away with the vegetables and fruits they need. "Mom, what is that?" Lincoln and Luna see someone cutting fruits and vegetables, and they see the sign.
"Whoa, they cut the veggies and fruits here for free? Nice" said Luna. They go over and the man slices and peels the vegetable and fruits for them, and then places them into air sealed plastic bags to keep them fresh. "Now this is one grocery store we are definitely coming back to" said Luna.
"And I don't wanna sound offensive and I'm glad Ronnie Anne and her family aren't here, but this place fits five Mercado's, this place is awesome" said Lincoln.
"Why thank you!" said a female employee. She then presents them two plates. "Would you two like some free samples of our Sparkling water? The flavor is High Line Sky, or some Cocktail Weenie's with three different flavors."
Lincoln and Luna look in awe and they take a sample of each. "Wow, now that is delicious" said Luna.
"I'll say, do you guys have any cereal?" asked Lincoln.
"Breakfast section is a right and then a straight away" replied the employee.
"Thank you" replied Lincoln and Luna, and they proceed to get some cereal and other breakfast stuff.
Tyler sees them and then he uses a banana peel and tosses it towards them, but it hits the side of the fruit stand and falls onto the ground and the security guard slips. "Ow." The female employee goes over to help him, and Tyler takes cover.
"Dang it!"
Lincoln and Luna then check out the cereal they have. Lincoln does see some Zombie Bran, but then he stops and see something else. "Huh, Cocoa Krunch, the best time to try something new I guess."
Luna also grabs some cereal. "This Fruit Loops looks promising" She places two boxes into the cart. "Okay, so what else are we getting?"
"We could go for some snacks, I checked the fridge and all I could see was one pack of chips and a bar of chocolate" said Lincoln.
"Good call kiddo, let's see what we can find" Luna and Lincoln continue to search through the supermarket. But Tyler is right behind them and grabs a bowl of cereal and lets it slide towards them, but instead of Lincoln slipping on it, the security guard is back and slips on the cereal box and falls onto his back.
"Not again." An employee comes over to help him and Tyler hides again.
"Dang it!" He then sneaks off, but he does sees something that could work for his plan and he goes over towards it. "Perfect!" He then heads off to look for Lincoln and Luna.
Lincoln and Luna make it to the snack isle and both of them look with sparkles in their eyes. That is a lot of snacks. "Wow! This place could fit for a birthday party. But that could become intense real fast" said Lincoln.
"Well, what should we get? Besides the usual chips and chocolate" said Luna. They proceed to see what the snacks are and place them into the cart.
Cookies, Potato Chips, Chocolate Bars, Some Candy, Packed Pop-Corn, Biscuits, Crackers, Chocolate Pudding cups and Cheese snacks. "Alright Lincoln, looks like we got what we needed" said Luna. She then pushes the cart. You ready to go Lincoln?" But she gets no response. "Lincoln?"
She looks around and sees her son is gone. "Lincoln? Lincoln?!" She then leaves then pushes the cart and sees one of the employees. "Excuse me miss! Have you seen my kid? He's got white hair? Chipped tooth and he's wearing an orange polo and blue jeans! His name is Lincoln!"
The male employee then calls in some security. In which he arrives and she gives him a full description. "Hmm, it's not gonna be easy to find him" He then pulls out his tablet. "Let me see fi the cameras might have seen him."
They look through the cameras and they see what happened earlier, Luna was putting some chips into the cart and Lincoln was going to grab some pudding, but then someone covers his mouth with a plastic bag and drags him off.
The Security Guard and the Employee gasp in shock, they then look towards Luna. This puts Luna into total protective mother mode. "Lincoln!"
"Excuse me" they all look to a blonde haired woman. "Have any of you seen my son, he wears a white hat, has blonde hair, orange shirt and blue jeans."
They then look back to the surveillance footage and look to the kid who grabbed Lincoln, and this was making Luna even angrier.
(Somewhere in the building.)
Lincoln opens his eyes and looks around. "What the? What the heck?" He sees he's in a dark room with a single light on him. "Where the heck am I?" Then he sees he was tied up to a chair. "What the heck? What's going on?! Mom? Mom?! Mom!"
"You're precious weird mommy won't be able to hear you or even be here to save you!"
"Who said that?! Who are you? What do you want from me?!" said Lincoln in both anger and fear.
Then stepping out of the shadows was none other than the same kid he saw from before. Blonde hair, white hat, orange polo and blue jeans and sneakers. "Hello there, Lincoln Loud! Remember me?!"
"You?!" Lincoln struggles. "Are you kidding me?! What the heck are you doing?!"
"I want my revenge!" said Tyler in anger.
Lincoln is confused by this "What? Revenge? What the heck …" Then Lincoln realizes what he means. "Is this about the cereal?! Dude, get over it! I'm done with Zombie Bran, since it brings back way too many stupid memories!"
"No! I will not get over it! Because of you and what happened that day, I got grounded for a month and I wasn't even allowed to watch TV or even play video games or even get my allowance!" replied Tyler in anger. "And now, I'm gonna make you pay for what you did!" He then grabs Lincoln's wallet.
"Hey! That's my wallet! Give that back!" Lincoln falls over. "Ow." He then tries to get back up.
Tyler then looks through the wallet and tosses out all the pictures he has of himself and Luna, then he grabs the money. "This should pay for the whole month of no allowance." He then tosses the wallet back to Lincoln.
"You got my money, now let me go!" yelled Lincoln.
"Fat chance Loud! This is just the start!" Tyler then grabs some broccoli. "Now eat on it!" He shoves the vegetable into his mouth.
Lincoln spits them out. "What the heck?! Seriously! This is crazy and mean! What the heck are you getting out of this you stupid kid?!"
"The names Tyler and what I'm getting is seeing you getting what you deserve!" Tyler then places a lobster on Lincoln and it clamps its claws onto his arm, making him scream in pain.
"Stop it!"
"Never!" Tyler then chucks ice cream onto Lincoln, he then throws eggs onto him and then he smothers his face with cake, all while laughing maniacally. All Lincoln can do was endure what this kid is doing to him, but the constant lobster attacks was not helping at all and some parts of him were turning red.
Tyler then finishes his work and takes a picture. "Something for memory, and I'll be enjoying it for as long as I live!"
Lincoln pants from all the pain and cold from the ice cream and lobster attacks. "You ….. You got what you ….. What you wanted, now let me go!"
Tyler then places his foot onto his head. "Beg for it! Beg for me to let you go!" He then picks up the lobster by the tail and lets it dangle above Lincoln's head with it' claws snapping.
But then the lights turn on. "Tyler?!" He turns around and sees his mom, five employees, officer Tristen, the security guard and a very, very angry Luna!
"Mom!" yelled Lincoln.
"Lincoln?" Luna could see all the red injuries he has, some stains and colored stuff all over him and he's shivering.
"Umm, this isn't what it looks like" said Tyler nervously. He accidently drops the lobster and it clamps its claws onto the side of Lincoln's neck, making him scream in agony.
"Stop him!" they all go after him.
Tyler is about to escape but his mom catches him. "What have you done?! What are you even doing?!" His mom keeps him down with tears on her face, she then sees the white-haired boy still on the ground.
Luna and the employees go over to Lincoln, they remove the lobster and untie him. They see some bruises and a few cuts. "He needs to get to a hospital, now!"
Luna picks up Lincoln and carries him away, she passes by some people and they leave the store and into the car and they drive off at great speed.
Officer Schoffner had just arrived and sees this, she then goes into High n' Buy and sees what the commotion was about.
Officer Tristen and the staff look to Tyler and his mom, the boy knew he was in deep trouble. They then see some small blood stains onto the floor.
(Royal Woods Hospital.)
Luna is in the room with Lincoln as he is getting bandaged up and some stitches from Dr. Kendrick. He then finishes. "There we go, that should do the trick. Just try and make sure you don't move around too much and try and get some rest, you should be healed up in two to three days, but because of the cold temperature you took chances you might get a cold."
"Thanks doc" said Luna.
"Anytime" He then leaves the room, letting them have some alone time.
Luna goes over to Lincoln and hugs him. "Lincoln, oh my gosh I thought I lost you, again!"
Lincoln hugs her back. "That …. I …. I don't know …. Mom, what just happened to me?" He then starts to cry and hug his mom tightly.
Luna can tell he was sort of traumatized from the small torture he got, but even though it was small it seemed to imitate to that from the squirrel suit incident. This was enough to spark some anger within her, but she had to calm down. She doesn't wanna show her anger in front of Lincoln, not like this.
They then break the hug and they leave the room. When they make it out, they see Officer Tristen and two employees from High n' Buy! with some bags. "Hey Luna" He then looks to Lincoln. "You okay Linc?"
Lincoln nods slowly but remains quiet. They can see he's a bit scared from what happened.
Luna sees the bags they have. "What is this?"
"You're groceries" replied Tristen. "After what happened, the store was going to let you guys have you're shopping for free, but Mrs. Treven that's the hooligan kid's mom said she will pay for the groceries and that she's sending her son to a different school, one for troubled kids."
Luna was a bit upset. "Thanks, and thanks for bringing our stuff."
"Anytime Luna, also the store is going to be doubling their security and surveillance system so this doesn't happen again" replied Tristen. He then hands Luna Lincoln's wallet. "WE were able to get the money back from Tyler, that's the name of that hooligan kid."
Luna takes the wallet. They then leave the hospital and they put all the bags into the back of Luna's car and they watch them drive off home.
It was then that Tristen realizes. 'Lincoln must have some enemies, and that kid Tyler was just the start. We gotta keep a close eye on Lincoln, or things aren't gonna go so well the next time someone from Lincoln's past comes back.'
(The Loud House.)
Great Grandma Harriet is in the living room, making a house of cards. It really is a house of cards, and it looks like The Loud House. Then she sees the door open. "You're back? Why were you late? It wouldn't take long to ….. " She stops when she sees Luna come in and place the bags of groceries onto the floor and then let Lincoln inside, he has some bandages and stitches.
Great Grandma Harriet goes over to Lincoln and checks on him. "Wha … What happened to you?" she breaks free from her ethereal form and touches his face, Lincoln feels this and hugs her.
This shocks Luna and Harriet, he's hugging her! Some ghosts are capable of breaking out of their ethereal form so they may enter a somewhat physical form to interact with some things.
Harriet hugs Lincoln back and looks to Luna. "What happened Luna? Who did this?"
Luna sighs. "Let's just say we ran into some trouble, trouble that wanted revenge since the last time we were in a grocery store."
Harriet nods and she breaks the hug with Lincoln and stands up. "Let me put this away, take him upstairs and make sure he gets some rest."
Luna nods and goes over to Lincoln, she holds his hand and leads him upstairs. When they were no longer in view. Harriet was now in deep spectral anger. 'Whoever did this will pay dearly! But I also fear this is just the start, of hardships to come. I must try my best to keep them both safe.' She then calms down and brings all the stuff into the kitchen.
Upstairs Luna sits onto the beanbag chair with Lincoln next to her, he doesn't wanna get into his bed and just wants to sit down and embrace his mother.
Luna hugs him back and she can feel him shivering. 'Looks like he's going to get a cold soon, things aren't going to be easy anymore and I think that stupid kid is just the start.' She then strokes his hair and kisses his forehead. 'But I promise you Lincoln, I am not going to let anyone hurt you! Not while is till draw breathe!'
They both fail to see Lincoln's phone was still on the table and it's ringing with an incoming message, from Jordan and Clyde.
A/N: I could only guess that this was not the next chapter some of you were expecting, well I thought it would be a good idea to move High n' Buy! Into Royal Woods, which means the episode "Store Wars" never happened and they wouldn't be stressed into doing 24 hours in the Mercado, but this is the start of some returning enemies who wanna take advantage of the small family of only Lincoln and Luna, but they have no idea of the ghost living with them. There are some future chapters ahead, so stay tuned. Leave a review and tell me what you all think.
Date made: 5/12/20.