This is it. They're going back to Great Lakes City so they can know what they have to say, and how they can sort out this ordeal that the parrot caused, and they're gonna have a special asset to back them up on sorting this out as well. Along with more backup, so enjoy reading this everyone.
Family of Two.
Chapter 324: Talk with the Casagrandes.
(August 1, Great Lakes City.)
The familia known as the Casagrandes are waiting outside of the apartment: Rosa, Hector, Carlos, Frida, Carlota, Carl, CJ, Carlitos and Lalo, and also with them are the Santiagos: Maria, Arturo, Bobby and Ronnie Anne, though Ronnie Anne doesn't feel like being around her familia.
Rosa notices this and knows that she's upset after what Sergio did. 'Oh, Madre mia. I hope they don't think about moving out of town. I don't even know what we'd do if they aren't around. We are familia, and familia stick together.'
Carl then looks around with his binoculars. "They have to be here… Wait, what the heck is that?"
They spot the Special Ops Dropship, and it slowly lands onto the main road, and then some heavy duty vehicles come in and help block the road for the ship to land, and its main door opens. But then something lands in front of them and they're startled by the humanoid robot.
But it's actually a suit and it folds up into a man wearing a light blue suit. "Hello, Casagrandes and Santiagos, my name is Martin McKenzie…" He then puts on his shades. "And I am the CEO of FutureTech and an ally to the Louds, also here they are."
The main door is now open, and coming out are: Lincoln, Luna, Sam, Jordan, Michelle, Delilah and Harriet, and they seem less than pleased to be there. Lincoln holds Luna's hand and breathes slowly to calm down. He looks around and sees no signs of any pigeons for some reason.
The others also notice this and so does Martin. "Where the heck did all the pigeons go?"
Arturo then tells them something. "Alright, so as some avian watches have noticed and Becca Chang also noticed, the pigeons have been spotted far out of the city, and have left. So… There aren't any more pigeons left here."
Maria then explains as well. "They said that maybe the pigeons are migrating, but it's not really possible. So, chances they're leaving for a good reason, and the pigeon known as Sancho is the one leading them away. We're not sure when they will come back."
Lincoln feels bad to hear… That Sancho left. "Shame, I wanted to thank him for being the only bird who meant no harm, and wanted to stop what happened. He's alright with me."
Luna and Sam smiled hearing that, he was getting used to liking at least one pigeon/bird. Luna then looks to the others. "So, where the heck are the Chang's?"
Ronnie Anne then explains. "Yeah, Sid said that she had to go and help her mom at the zoo. They found some of the birds-of-prey have escaped and then came back and they wanna know what they were doing, and Adelaide is also with them. Sorry."
Jordan had this odd feeling, that Sancho had something to do with that, but she ignores it. "Well, we should go into the apartment and talk about what's been going on."
They all go inside, and Harriet does notice something. 'Hmm. The apartment seems a bit quiet, almost like there aren't much tenants in the area. Something doesn't feel right here.'
(Casagrandes Apartment.)
They all take their seats onto the couch, though Martin McKenzie deploys a couch that he manifests through nano-tech and the louds take their seat, along with Jordan Rosato and Sam Sharp.
They were impressed by the couch, and Carlos is about to ask about it, but then Frida stopped him. "Not now, Mi amore. We have something else to discuss."
"Ya darn right we do" said Delilah. "Also, no need to serve us food, we ate earlier."
Hector understands. "Yeah, we have been ordering food lately, and haven't been eating quite well. Also, we closed the Mercado today to speak about this stuff, right Mi Corazon?"
Rosa nods, and then she speaks. "Lincoln, everyone. I just… I wish I knew what Sergio was doing, but I didn't and now he's caused so much trouble, and not just onto the familia, but you as well, and possibly both towns of Royal Woods and Great Lakes City."
"Sergio can be troublesome, and I don't know where he got that one. But, I never thought he would go too far like that. I mean, he can be a chatter box and try to make tricks onto folks, or even prank and do some troubling things that doesn't seem right, and I don't know what else to do with him."
"Then you guys should hear this." Sam then plays them the recorded words of what Lincoln said the other day.
"I wanna find that parrot… And then I wanna, I wanna end him…. I wanna pluck every last god damn feather, and then ask him if it was all worth it…."
"I wanna see the fear in his eyes, and then have him watch as I torch every last pigeon friend he has had in the city. I want him to pay for what he did, and…. And I want him to die, and never ever come back. I don't want that parrot around, nobody wants that parrot around."
This makes them gasp, but Ronnie Anne chuckles. "Heck, I'd like to see that one. Because I'm done with Sergio, just like Lalo is." Lalo nods and crosses his arms, and they notice the bird cage of Sergio is gone, and the branch he sits on is also missing.
Sam then puts the recorder away. "Linc here is an unstable mess after what your parrot did. Chances he'd go berserk and go after a parrot that looks like Sergio, or if he spots a pigeon."
"I'd like to see that happen too" said Michelle. Heck, even Jordan and Delilah agree.
The Casagrandes can see just how far Sergio's trouble has caused, and so it was time for Carlos to speak. "Louds, if I may speak… Now, we have this idea on how we can fix the whole ordeal. We wish to pay you back all the cash you lost, starting with the money Lincoln has lost, and it's gonna be from…"
"Me." They all look to Carl, surprised he just said that.
"Carl, what are you doing?" asked Carlota.
"Yeah, you don't usually let others have some cash" said CJ.
Carl then goes behind the couch and he shows a wheel barrow and they see tons of cash. "This is a lot of cash, and I made the count that all of this is around 100,000 dollars total. You guys can take 55,500 bucks as our payment for the money Lincoln earned wasted."
"I know how he'd feel if he lost the cash he earned, heck I earned some of this through whatever I gotta do. What Sergio did, that was dark and too far. I wouldn't go too far in that, I mean I would swindle folks but not for all the cash they got. So, just take this, all of it."
Lincoln and the others are truly surprised by this. "Wow. I just… Wow, never thought someone like him would be this generous" said Jordan.
Carl sighs. "Well, like I said…" He then brings the cash towards the Louds. "I know what it's like to lose a lot of earned cash, and this is what I can offer, take the other part that is too much as a portion of the cash you guys lost from the…."
"No…" they all look to Lincoln. "We will take the cash that I lost, but the rest that is too much you keep Carl. Because you earned that cash and chances you're family needs it more, someday."
This surprises them and Lincoln looks to Martin. The head of FutureTech uses a tablet and he counts out the cash that Lincoln lost and he splits the cash away from the pile. "There, 55,500 dollars paid back to Lincoln, and that leaves…. 44,500 bucks for Carl Casagrande. Huh, that was fast."
Carl is confused and so are the others. Michelle then speaks. "Guys, we care less on the lots of cash wasted, and because my account is connected with the Louds, and we got a ton of dollars, I guess all we wanted to see was how you guys would sort out the cash Lincoln here lost only."
Luna nods. "Which means that Lincoln's ordeal is done and paid back, but that's half of what we seek after what went down, so this is half paid to some of us."
They do feel relieved, but then Hector asks. "So, what else has to be paid back?"
They all look to each other and nod, then they look to the Casagrandes and they all speak. "The Parrot, Sergio Casagrande."
This makes Rosa fearful. "Umm, what about him?"
"What's his current state?" asked Delilah.
Bobby then explains. "From what Mrs. Chang told us, Sergio is currently unconscious and might wake up soon, and they have him under lock down so he doesn't fly off. He's in bad condition and won't fly for who knows how long. Also, he might be scarred for life."
Then Arturo speaks. "She also said that his beak was damaged, that he cannot chew on things, and he has to rely on drinking in order to eat. He's gonna have to wait for some of his feathers, and even his tail feathers to grow back. He literally took a heavy duty beating."
Luna then speaks. "Alright, then when he does come out of recovery, then tell us and we're gonna come back to Great Lakes City. Because we wanna hear what he has to say, got it?"
Some of them had a feeling that they plan to do something to Sergio, but they all agree. "Si, we will inform you when Sergio does come out, and we'll make sure he doesn't escape, even though escape might not be possible for him."
Harriet nods, and then she asks. "Also, why does the apartment seem less than busy and noisy? Seems like some of the tenants are gone."
Rosa sighs. "Many of them have left, because they don't wanna be in an apartment with a parrot who might take their money. So, there's only us along with Mr. Nakamura, and four other tenants. The current resident of the others is the apartment where Arturo is staying."
"The same one where we're staying too, and the Chang's" said Maria. "We don't wanna be in the same place where Sergio is gonna be. But Bobby still comes to work at the Mercado, Mr. Scully did however install some more security cameras in the apartment here, just in case."
"Which means Sergio won't be doing anything troublesome ever again" said CJ. "It's about time too."
They all nod, and then get up the couch. Luna looks to all of them. "Thanks for paying up on half of the trouble Sergio did, but we will be back to deal with the bird." She then looks to Ronnie Anne. "You had nothing to do with this and same with Sid, you girls and Lincoln didn't know he would've overheard the whole conversation from days ago."
Ronnie Anne sighs. "Sure feels like this was all my fault and Sid's. We should've never asked Lincoln, and maybe he wouldn't be in this mess. Sorry, Lincoln."
Lincoln nods. "It's alright Ronnie Anne. We were all caught up in something we didn't see coming, this was all Sergio's doing, and when we do come back, then there's gonna be hell to pay." they then take their leave.
The Casagrandes felt nervous about what they would do when they do come back. Martin then packs up the nano-tech couch. "Well, this has been something and I guess there's no need for a court scenario."
He then activates his Tech Sector Suit. "See you guys when the louds come back here." He then flies off through the window and flies back to his world. Deep down, the Casagrandes were afraid if this whole thing did went down in the court house.
They're grateful it didn't end up in there, and they look to Carl and re proud at him being generous, but deep down he feels bad for Lincoln at what he went through.
To be continued…
A/N: Well, looks like the Casagrandes plans have been made and set, and it'll be a long while for them to payback for what happened to the cash that Lincoln earned then wasted, and they will be back soon to deal with Sergio. Leave a review and tell me what you all think guys.
Date made: 6/25/21 – 6/26/21.