Back to the Louds. Well, back to Luna and Lincoln, and even though this may look early, I think it's about time they met up with Lori and see what she's been up to. Enjoy reading folks.
Family of Two.
Chapter 98: Another visit to the first born.
(Royal Woods juvenile Detention Hall.)
Lori opens her eyes and she smiles at the sight of the sun coming through the bars of her window and she gets up and she fixes her bed, she then looks to the portrait on her desk, the portrait of her two former siblings who are now mother and son. The photo of Lincoln and Luna, the only louds left.
Lori smiles and she knows what day it is. 'Well, time for me to get myself ready and finish all my work before they show up.' She gets out of her cell and she walks down the halls. She greets the inmates who greet her back and she even greets the new comers who are kinda sad and guilty for being there.
"Hang in there guys, I know it's hard to be in here, I know from experience. But just find some way to redeem yourselves to show that you can change and rejoin society and perhaps the way will be clear to be given forgiveness from the people who still love you."
The newcomers felt confident with those words and they head off to look for some way to prove themselves, just as Lori said.
Lori feels proud at what she just said. 'Looks like I'm taking lessons from Leni's book now, I wonder how she's feeling with what's been going on lately.' She then sees her cellmate walk back to their cell. "Hey Kendall, what's going on lately?"
"Well, hard to say things have been troublesome, no fights and no trouble from anyone around here" replied Kendall. "Also, the showers have no one else there, so the place is yours to enjoy and you better hurry if you wanna grab some grub later."
"Thanks Kendall, see you at the cafeteria" replied Lori. They both go their separate ways. Lori seen arrives into the shower room and she sees no one else is there, she then takes off her prison clothes and she gets into one of the shower stalls and she enjoys the feeling of the warm shower on her bare naked body.
AS she enjoys this alone time in the showers, she recalls what happened to her enemy, Sasha and what she did to her. Lori can still recall the painful screams and moaning from the girl and when she begged Lori to stop.
Lori has never gotten over it and she even recalls when Sasha was back in her school when she first came to High School and how Sasha would make other students beg and groan in pain as she bullied them. For Lori, she felt as if this wasn't just justice for Luna, Lincoln and herself. She feels like she did justice for all those who have been bullied by her.
She's glad that Sasha is no longer there, she's been moved elsewhere and is going through a mental problem after what Lori did to her, and what the others did to her, especially the resident ghost, Harriet Willard.
Lori then recalls about what happened on the news, the incident with Luna, Sam and the kids with some three boys, then what happened when Lincoln and Luna faced the Carson brother who thought he could get revenge on them and then the conmen from the whole magic show who tried to take Lincoln away from Luna.
And then she recalled the worst one of all, the friend of Lincoln and Luna, Michelle Lewis. Who was taken by her old partner and Luna risked her life to save her and she got hurt from it. But the painful price was what Michelle had to endure, she read about it in the news and she feels bad for all three of them.
Luna could've been killed, Lincoln could've lost his mother and Michelle would've suffered through more abuse and guilt through the death of Luna.
Lori is deepened in anger. 'Those bastards. They think they can do this to Lincoln and Luna and they're fiend. They think they can just do this to them! Well, when I get outta here, I will make sure I keep both of them safe. As my new purpose when I am free, to save the former siblings and make sure they can live their lives happily, and that's a promise I will not break!'
Lori recalls all she heard from the news, from the TV to the newspaper and she also heard about the man behind the attacks, was none other than the cheapskates man she knew, Flip and deep down she wanted him dead. The conman who is trying to bring harm to Lincoln and Luna, and al because they ensured peace to Michigan from the hands of conmen and the same goes for the rest of the country.
A new law made from the trial and a new faction known as FutureTech. Lori sees it was all necessary to ensure safety and for people to not have their privacies violated by tourists who are reckless and stupid, she could only recall when she meddled with Lincoln and his life.
'Well, they finally got the chance to end the meddling. Something Lincoln didn't quite do when we…. When I meddled with his life. I have so much to talk to them, for everything I have done.'
She then gets to cleaning herself, she needs to get ready for the arrival of her two former siblings. Then she asks herself.
'If I am not a loud anymore, what the heck should my last name be when I get out of here?' That was something she has to figure out, by herself. For now, she has to get ready for what the day has for her.
(Hours later.)
Lori walks down the halls, all cleaned and dressed and she took care of all the work she's done around the place. From laundry duty, mopping the hallways and helping clean the mess hall.
She even finished her anger management class and she's now been assigned to help newcomers with their issues, by performing some circle gathering so the inmates can share what they did and they can let all the pain they have out. So they can feel better and see the error of their ways.
This was the Warden's idea for Lori to do this, to even see if she herself can change into a better person. But Lori can tell this might have something to do with what is happening with Leni, she's doing something to help patients where she is and so this seems similar to what Leni is doing and Lori's okay with it.
Lori walks by her cellmate who then follows her. "The family who wants to talk to you is waiting on the other side of those doors. Good luck Lori."
"Thanks Kendall, but I don't need luck. I got this, and I have so much stuff to talk to them about" replied Lori.
Kendall then recalls. "Oh, there's this other blonde girl with them. She has the same height as you and the hair volume is almost close to your hair but longer."
Lori is confused. "Other blonde girl? What other…." It then hit Lori and then she goes through the doors and she sees the main gate of the large room open and she sees five figures walking in. The five figure are Luna, Lincoln, Lucy, Michelle Lewis and someone Lori thought she would never see again, her old enemy Carol Pingrey.
Lori is confused by this, but she knows she can't get answers by demanding them and so she goes over to the table and chairs and she takes her seat, the visitors also take their seats.
But then Lincoln goes over and he hugs Lori, the older blonde does the same as well. "Hey there Lincoln, good to see you again." She sheds a few tears as she does this.
Then she looks to Luna. "Hi Luna, you're looking alright." She then sees the bandaged up left shoulder of Luna. "Well, sorta alright."
Luna chuckles. "Yeah, it's a bit sore, but I can manage. Even though I did had to let someone else drive for me." She then looks to Michelle, who approaches Lori.
Lori departs from the hug with Lincoln and she goes towards Michelle. "Hi Lori, a pleasure to meet…." She's cutoff as she's hugged by Lori.
"Michelle, I am so sorry you had to go through that….. That horrible man and what he did."
Michelle can tell that Lori heard about what happened and so she hugs her as well. Seeing this seemed kinda sad for them and they felt bad that Michelle had to endure that horrible thing with Doug Rockwell and his goons.
They soon depart from the hug and Lori looks to Lucy. "Hi Luces, you feeling alright?"
Lucy doesn't say anything, instead she goes towards Lori and she embraces her. Lori isn't surprised and she too hugs the Goth girl. "It's okay Luce, I'm here, everything's okay now." Lucy has a few tears on her, she missed Lori so much, just as she missed Lincoln, Luna and Leni.
They then depart from the hug and Carol and Lori look to each other. "Hi Lori, I'm sorry you had to face Sasha and her mean ways. Honestly, I thought she wasn't gonna be in here, I thought she was placed in another kind of juvie, but all this time she was just close to Royal Woods and still being a bully."
Lori sighs. "She was more than just a bully Carol. Sasha was a cruel and vile person and she knew only to ruin people's lives and make them her servants and I did the right thing standing up to her and showing her no mercy. I am not the same Lori Loud freshman she could just pick on."
Lucy then asks. "Lori, where is that Sasha girl going to?"
Lori sighs. "Well, she's gonna be sent to some asylum or mental hospital outside of Michigan. We really did a number on her mind and her well-being, she's not gonna cause any more trouble anymore."
Luna smirks. "That's good, she deserved every last minute of what we did to her. She's not even human inside if she knew what she was doing to us." They then calm down. "Come on, we should talk about some stuff while we're here."
They all take their seats and then Lori looks to Lincoln. "So, what are you guys planning this week?"
"Well, this Friday is a big test and Lucy, mom and myself have all done our best to study for it, so we can see if we passed. Carol also studies hard, and sometimes she comes over and helps tutor us, if not then Beatrix Yates comes over and helps tutor us" replied Lincoln.
"She's the new neighbor along with her family" replied Luna.
Lori smiles. "Well that's good to know and I'm glad you guys are studying hard to get your grades up. Also you guys aren't the only ones who have to study for something big, I got a big test too, but it's on Saturday. What are you guys planning to do when the weakened hits?"
Luna decides to speak that one. "Well, from what the notifications said this early November. There's gonna be a big Ace Savvy Convention and I'm gonna be the one to escort Lincoln and Clyde there, and the new comic that he made that everyone loves."
Lincoln then hands Lori the comic. "I thought this could help keep you occupied, this is one of the comics I made, well the first."
Lori looks to the comic. "Huh, Ace Savvy and the Night Club. This looks kinda neat, and I can tell that this might have something to do with you and Luna right?"
Lincoln chuckles. "Yeah, it does. I hope you like it Lori."
Lori smiles. "I like it Linc, and I'll be sure to read it whenever I have the free time. Chances my cellmate will wanna read it too. He's kinda an Ace Savvy fan herself, though she's busy focusing on her redemption out of here so she can be able to become a cop when the time comes."
"Wow. You must be making good strides being in here" replied Carol.
"Yeah, I am" replied Lori. "Everyone is no longer on edge or at each other's throats. After what happened with Sasha, things have been peaceful here lately. There have been some disputes, but they get over it and no fights at all. Sasha was the very reason why this place was always violent and we're even trying to help make the newcomers feel welcome."
"And what about the other girls who were part of the attack?" asked Michelle.
Lori sighs. "Four of them are still here, the other four have been transferred and one committed suicide in the cafeteria. They're kinda unstable and are a bit scared after what we did to them. They knew what they were doing and at the same time under the boot and hell of Sasha Alabaman and her cruel ways."
Loir then looks to Carol. "Which makes me wanna ask, what the heck are you doing here Carol? Last time I recalled, we're kinda enemies."
Carol knows it was time for her to know. "Lori, I don't wanna be you're enemy, in fact I have been competing against for so long and all for nothing."
Lori is confused hearing this. "What? What do you mean Carol?"
Carol sighs. "Lori, I was doing all that stuff to try and be better than you, because you seemed better than me and it also kinda irritated me and made me feel….. Jealous, I mean you're the only freshman who made the Varsity Golf Team and none of us when we were freshman could do that."
"You were the team's best golfer and I tried to beat you, which worked a few times and then I wanted to be as god as prom queen as you, which only happened once and everything we have done, was just me trying to be better than you and the same goes with your hair too!"
Carol then looks to her hair. "This hair? This hair takes 10 bottles to try to match yours and it still falls flat and also… You used to have ten siblings who all looked up to you, I was an only child. I never had any siblings, heck I don't even have cousins. Until Lily came to my uncle Tristen and Aunt Elena."
"By the way, Lily is doing alright and she's progressing with her learning skills and she's really a fast learner at what she observes around her. She seems to be fond of the fox toy I once had and she hasn't let go of it since."
Lincoln and Luna were not told about that one.
Lori then thinks about all of this. "Wow. I…. Wow. All of our competitiveness over each other, was all for nothing. Now I feel bad for trying to outgun you, I thought you were better than me. But I guess we were blinded by our own ambitions and jealousy."
Carol chuckles. "Yeah, we were kinda jealous idiots who were too busy seeing who's better that we never really had the chance to talk it out and see what our issue was."
Lori also chuckles. "Yeah." Then she looks to Carol. "If I do get out, do you wanna be friends?"
Carol smiles hearing that. "Yeah sure, I'd like that." Carol felt like she needed to tell her something, something very important that it could literally hurt inside both of them. 'No, not yet. Not yet. I'll tell her when the time is right, I'll tell her who I've been dating. When the time, is right.'
Lori then looks to Lucy. "So what's new with you Luce? How're things with the Shapiro family."
Lucy looks to Lori and tells her what she knows. "I had an awesome birthday which resulted in my dad coming back from his service in the army, I helped the Young Morticians Club handle an issue with our favorite show, We were able to make my dream of a the haunted corn maze come true and I'm planning to come with Lincoln, Luna and Michelle to go and see Luan and my big sister Maggie is coming along as well."
Lori is shocked at what she just said. "Wow! That is quite a lot to take in." She then looks to Luna. "So, when are you gonna go and see Luan?"
Luna thinks about it, she knows she has to tell her. "Somewhere around the last week of the month, before Thanksgiving even begins. That's when we're gonna see the clown who we once called a sister."
Lincoln speaks next. "The issue is, we have no clue the condition she's in."
"FutureTech is trying to find some answers, they have some files and even they haven't told us anything about the results of the messed up prankster" replied Michelle Lewis.
Lori is shocked to hear this and also concerned. 'Maybe there's a reason why they don't wanna tell them.' She then looks to all of them. "Maybe you guys can figure it out soon, I know this whole thing with Luan might not be what we all thought. We've know her to be a bit delusional and go way far with her pranks."
"No kidding" replied Lucy.
"But you guys have to go and see how she's doing. To know if she does feel guilty fir what she's done or to see if she has become far worse. Just be careful and make sure nothing bad does happen, I don't wanna be here to hear you guys say she went insane and berserk" replied Lori.
Lincoln, Luna, Lucy and Michelle nod to this. "We'll be okay Lori" replied Lincoln.
"Because I got that." Lun pointed to her gun that is being kept safe by the guard.
Lori is shocked. "You… You have a gun now? What happened to the tasers?"
"Still in the sling bag dude, but I don't intend to use the gun unless the situation becomes worse" replied Luna. "Now we have a lot more to talk about, like some things going on with Leni and a plan we have for Thanksgiving."
Lori has no clue what this is about, but she also sees the Warden coming as well. Looks like she's also part of this thanksgiving plan Luna and Lincoln have and chances she and Leni might be part of this as well
But we'll get to know what they have planned, when the big event begins. The Thanksgiving event.
A/N: We're gonna skip the next one, so we can head for the when they need to take the big test on Friday, and then we will make it to the 100th chapter! Which is the Ace Savvy Convention, similar to the episode "Kings of the Con" Leave a review and tell me what you all think.
No I am not revealing what the big plan they have for thanksgiving is. Not even a PM Spoiler guys, so be patient and wait for November 26.
Date made: 11/1/20.