Time to go and see Leni again, and this time they're not alone. Enjoy folks.
Family of Two.
Chapter 88: Visiting Leni, with a Goth.
(Medical Treatment and Rehabilitation Facility, Bay City.)
Leni Lauren is waiting outside the Medical Facility and has her glasses on and her clipboard and she is going through the things she has to do when she finishes seeing her former siblings, but she has no clue that she's gonna have more than just Lincoln and Luna visiting.
She then sees the purple Ferrari, but she also sees a familiar car and she knows who owns it. "Fiona? Miguel?"
The cars stop and coming out is Lincoln and Luna and to the other car are the two employees she made friends with from before, Fiona and Miguel. They both look to Leni and smile. "Hi Leni."
Leni feels nervous about seeing them. Fiona and Miguel understand. "Leni, we know you're upset and we know it's hard for you to handle the fact that not much people would trust you and we haven't seen each other for quite a while" said Miguel.
"We're not angry with you Leni, we're really not and we came here to see you, to see how you're doing" replied Fiona.
Hearing those words were enough to make Leni feel a little bit happy. "Okay then, umm…. Where are Jackie and Mandee?"
"They couldn't come Leni, they had something else to do today, but they said they can come over possibly next month when they have the free time" replied Lincoln.
Leni nods. "Okay, I can understand that. We should get inside now, we have a lot to talk about, all four of us."
"Actually, we were thinking of going around this town and checking it out a bit, we spoke to the boss of the place and he said it's okay for us to take you with us to catch up on some stuff, just as long as we bring you back here at 4 in the noon" replied Luna. "We wanna spend some time with you, in the city you seem to know about."
Leni smiles hearing this. "Oh, well that does sound nice. Sure, we can do that and I have so many places I have been to, and I know you guys will love them. But just note that I don't know all of the city."
"That's alright Leni, and we brought someone along with us as well." Lincoln then opens the door and coming out is a little girl at the age of 9 and you can't see her eyes. Lucy Shapiro.
"Hello….. Leni." the little Goth girl looks down nervously and avoids any eye contact with her former big sister.
They all see Leni is speechless and shocked and isn't moving at all, this worries Fiona and Miguel. "Is she alright?" asked Fiona. "Because we have seen this once before back when she shopped at Reiningers. Usually she would be shocked in place from something she has never seen before and loves."
"Yeah, and then we have to see if she's still breathing" said Miguel. This raises some alarms in their heads. "Oh gosh! Is she still breathing?!"
Leni then takes a few steps forward to the little Goth girl. Lucy is still looking away, but then she looks forward and sees Leni is now in front of her and looking down to the girl in black and Lucy is now slightly scared of what happens next and what happens next is something she's sued to since they were siblings.
Leni is hugging Lucy and shedding tears. Lucy then sheds her own tears and she hugs Leni.
"Lucy….. You're here, you're actually here Luce. I missed you so, so much Lucy!"
"I m-missed you to L-Leni." Lucy continues to hug Leni and cry into her shirt, and Leni does her best to comfort her former little sister and she even kisses the Goth's forehead. Lucy may be dark and brooding, but even she has emotions.
Lincoln and Luna smile seeing this, they were happy for Lucy and Leni to see each other again and share this small moment of joy.
(At a diner somewhere in the city.)
All six of them are eating the food being served there. "Wow Leni, you were right about the chicken salad here. It is to die for!" said Fiona.
"And this pie is absolutely scrumptious, I wonder why we don't have this kind of eatery back in Royal Woods. They should have one and if they do then I am going to eat there for the rest of my life" replied Miguel.
Leni chuckles hearing this. "I come here whenever I need to take a break and focus on my studies and currently right now I am handling the same old high school education that I once had a hard time and then advance a little bit when summer vacation ends at the seniors level."
Lincoln eats his bacon burger. "Leni, you do recall that you have only a year of sentence and by the tome summer hits, then you don't need to be at the institute anymore."
"Yeah, I know that. It's just gonna be a bit hard for me to come back home and just handle that kind of stuff, you know." Leni then eats her spaghetti. "I mean, I wanna keep helping the good folks of the place where I was fixed, but they want me to go home and live my life as I should have. So, I will keep working at the institute, and when the summer begins then….. Then I'll come back home, to Royal Woods. But not as a Loud."
"We know and we'll be the ones to bring you back" replied Luna. "We already have this plan for you to find some place to stay, but we need to know if you wanna accept it."
"Okay, what is it?" asked Leni.
"Well, the first plan is we could get you an apartment or house to stay at, and we'll make sure we also find you a steady job to handle" replied Lincoln. "Or, you could stay with…. Stay with us at our place, like old times."
Leni is shocked hearing this. "What?"
Luna sighs. "That was the plan we came up with, but we wanna know what you think and we're not gonna force you into the choice. It's you're decision, not ours."
Leni then goes through this choice. "As fun as it sounds, I like either one. But I need time to think about it, so I won't be able to tell you guys until we meet again, give me some time to think and then we can talk about it next time."
Lincoln and Luna nod. "Okay Leni."
"Now, about Harriet. I know she's friendly and I am kinda freaked out she lives with you guys, and yes I saw the whole court ordeal and the whole conflict with that dumb ghost show" said Leni. "I'm glad you two got that win and not just for you two, but for the whole town as well."
"Thanks, we did what we had to, to end the violation of privacy and ruining the peace Royal Woods has, but the sole credit is not ours entirely" replied Lincoln.
"Yeah, I overheard about this lady named Michelle Lewis and I knew she sounded so familiar. I heard her songs long ago and I totes love them" said Leni. "And I still do, how is she doing?"
Fiona answers that one. "She's away from the whole rich and fancy Hollywood life and living it easy with the family of two at their place and also working alongside us at Reiningers and I gotta say, she's as much of a good eye in fashion as you do."
"She helped make some mazing fashion lines for the place and has been tasked to be manager twice when Mrs. C was busy with something else and she is one kind and strict boss lady, she even knows how to handle a customer whose not being a good customer" replied Miguel.
"She helped make the whole court thing possible and she seems to be an icon to the town now, a lot of people still thank her for what she did and chances they plan to make a statue of her, but she doesn't want that, it sounds kinda too far" replied Lincoln.
"She's a pretty swell help around the house, and she knows how to handle pressure and help keep a close eye on anything coming to ruin the life style we got" replied Luna.
Leni is impressed by this woman living with them. "So, why isn't she here?"
"She's back at Reiningers and checking for anything that might be missing in the storage of the place, she really knows how to handle things with such focus, she might end up running Reiningers one day" replied Fiona.
"Well, I'd like to meet her one day and it would be nice to get to know her and see if we have some things in common" replied Leni. "So, how's it going with the ghost in the house?"
"Great Grandma Harriet is a good help around the house and she seems to be into the whole dark magic stuff just as Lucy was, or still is and she always does her best to keep the family safe, ad also exact revenge" replied Luna.
"Sometimes I talk to her" replied Lucy. "I got over my fear and we're rekindling the bond we had lost and I am glad I am friends with her again, even though she always lectures us not to summon things without her, she's like the best mentor I have ever had and she even has friends we never knew about."
"Which explain the whole thing with the FutureTech base, we think she may know about the folks running there and she may have been the one who called them here" replied Luna. "We don't know much, but we're trying to figure it out."
Leni is happy for them, and also concerned. "Okay, at least she's not a threat and is being nice, but how come I didn't see her at Luna's and Linky's birthday?"
"You were on screen for my B-Day, so you couldn't have been able to see an apparition walk by" said Luna.
"She was at my party, but she stayed hidden as to not scare you" replied Lincoln. "The one thing she is so good at, is staying in the shadows and being undetected. Which makes us wonder." Lincoln looks to Lucy. "Did Great Grandma Harriet teach you to pop out of nowhere and startle everyone?"
Lucy shakes her head in denial. "No, I believe it was passed on and I have what she has, the ability to become undetected and startle people when I do get noticed, which is also in the rest of the Young Morticians Club as well, but as we say it's a Goth perk."
"Okay, to be honest I don't wanna see her, she scares me and I don't wanna deal with seeing the ghost again. I hope you guys understand, but maybe soon I will try and face my fear and interact with her" replied Leni.
"We understand and we're okay with it. Is there anything else you'd like to know Leni?" asked Luna.
Leni knows this could be hard, but they have passed the date. "When do we see the man die?"
That one makes them shocked and they look to Leni and they know what she means. Lincoln and Luna know why the execution of Archie Ron Vengerman did not happen yesterday.
"They're transferring the execution for tomorrow, they plan to bring the man to Royal Woods so everyone can see or maybe hear the man as he takes his final lap to death" replied Luna.
Lincoln looks down in anger and has his arms crossed. "I just wanna see him go lights out for what he did to me and mom and the rest of the town."
Lucy smiles. "I am so gonna be part of the whole thing, and I am going to treasure that man's death for a long, long time and the same with Harriet, she wants to watch the light burn out of his eyes."
Leni didn't seem uncomfortable, she seemed okay with it. "Good to know, that man deserved it for being mean and rude and heartless. I just wish I could be there to watch, but I don't want to and I still have lots of stuff to for when tomorrow hits."
"We understand Leni, we really do and we know that there is one more thing you wanna know. About Lori right?" asked Luna.
Leni nods and so they tell her about the incident when they went to see Lori, Lincoln had to cover his ears as to not hear this and recall what had happened. Lucy also tells Leni about the aftermath and that they made sure each of the inmates and Sasha were punished by Lincoln, Luna, Jodan, herself, Sam and Harriet, and then Lori got her turn to punish Sasha for what she did to her former family.
Leni is shocked from this and deep down, she is angered that some girls tried to force Lincoln onto Lori and harassed Luna and wanted her to watch that vile assault. Leni felt as if she should go there and beat them up for what they did, but she calms down and then looks to the others.
"Just as long as they got what they deserved, then I guess I'm okay. Sorry, I'm just not feeling like myself with all that trouble you guys have to go through and it makes me feel like I have failed so much to help you both."
They can tell Leni is feeling guilt once again, and they needed to show her it was not her fault.
"Leni, none of it was your fault and sure enough we can try our best to handle what we have to fight and there is no way in hell are we gonna let those people hurt us again. Whenever we get into trouble, we learn from that mistake and we fight back harder" replied Luna.
"Mom's right. Don't blame yourself that this is happening to us, just ne grateful we're here and talking to you and ready to stand up to anything else that wants to take us down. Because when someone pushes us, then we shove back and we shove back hard" replied Lincoln.
"Also, everyone in town is on their side and that base from FutureTech is also there to help ensure that security is made strong and against the odds that might wanna come and harm Royal Woods" replied Lucy.
"Don't blame yourself Leni, none of this was ever your fault. You're too sweet and kind hearted to be a danger to those you love" replied Fiona.
"We know that one day when you do come back to Royal Woods, then you can be part of the whole thing and help face whatever is coming" said Miguel.
Hearing this was enough to make Leni shed a small tear, which she wipes off. "Thanks guys, and you're right. Whatever happens, I know you guys can pull through and that you have the help from the friends and loved ones and mostly, each other."
They were all happy this was settled. "Now, Lucy, I wanna know how you've been doing with your new family" said Leni. "Then afterwards, we can go and check out the rest of the town and see what it has for the rest of you."
They all liked the sound of that, and so Lucy tells Leni of how she has been handling her home, as Lucy Shapiro alongside her mother, father and big sister Maggie Shapiro.
(Back at the Medical Treatment and Rehabilitation Facility.)
The time is close to 3:30 and they have come back to the place and they all come out. "Man, this city has so many things and we're so glad we got some stuff for Michelle too. She might find some inspiration from some of this stuff" replied Fiona.
"I am gonna use all my shads, one per day for the next remaining year" said Miguel. "Okay, so seven shades for the rest of the seven days."
Luna has with her a new lyric notebook and she sees her son has a comic book of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, then she looks to Lucy. "How're you doing there Luce Change?"
Lucy has with her an action figure of Edwin from Vampires of Melancholia and she's too busy looking at the action figure in the box. She then looks to Luna. "Huh? What? Did you say something?"
They all laugh a bit from this, but Lucy is confused. "What? What happened? Also, when did we get here so fast?" She was way too focused on the action figure.
Lincoln and Luna look to Leni. "See you next month Leni, or when we do have the time" said Luna.
Lincoln goes over and hugs her and so does Lucy. "We're gonna miss you Leni, but we'll see you again soon."
Leni smiles and she hugs them both. "I'm gonna miss you guys too and I'm glad you guys enjoyed this awesome hang out with me, and maybe next time it can be one big hang out, with Jackie and Mandee along for the ride too."
"I think we can make that happen and sure enough those two will wanna come back here for that plan" replied Fiona.
"We hope to see you again and good luck with the rehabilitation too" said Miguel.
They then break from the hug and Leni looks to Luna and they hug each other. "Take care of Lincoln and always keep him safe, do not lose each other."
Luna smiles. "I will, and I have this plan for how we can make the whole thanksgiving work." They depart from the hug and Leni is confused.
"What do you mean?"
Luna then looks to Lincoln who nods, even he knows about the plan, but Lucy, Miguel and Fiona don't know about it. Luna then looks to Leni. "To make the plan possible, we're gonna have to discuss this with Great Grandma Harriet and her friends from the other side."
Lincoln then speaks. "When we have the word go for the whole thing, then we'll inform you all about it."
Leni doesn't know what this is about, but she can tell that they have a plan and it might make things less of an issue for when thanksgiving does arrive. "Okay, I trust you guys and I'll wait for the plan that you guys have. So, I'll either see you guys next month, or on November 26."
They all nod and share one last large hug with Leni, they then depart from the hug and head back to their vehicles. They then drive off back to Royal Woods, Saginaw.
Leni sighs in relief and she looks to Rehabilitation Facility she stays in to help those who need help the most. She then adjusts her glasses and walks towards the place. She has work to do, but she knows she will see Lincoln and Luna again, soon around this month once again.
A/N: Leni will come back home, soon, well next year and she knows that when Thanksgiving comes, Luna and Lincoln have a plan and it might work, whatever it is. Leave a review and tell me what you all think.
Up next: The execution of Archie Ron Vengerman, the former agent of the TV show: ARGGH!
Date made: 10/21/20 – 10/22/20.