So, time for the second part of the story, from which is based off of the episode "Family Bonding." All made from the idea and concept of my friend, "Marvelomac1010" this is where it turns to the conflict as the episode, and without any small bedlam from Lincoln, but some small strange ordeals straight out of Zach, and the skills of detective traits of Delilah, and also Michelle. Enjoy reading everyone.
Family of Two.
Chapter 364: Family bonding part 2.
(September 13. The Loud House.)
The sun is shining and it is Monday, and right now Lincoln hops aboard his mother's car and they drive off, but Delilah grabs her mother and she talks to her. "Mom, there's something you need to know…."
"About the neighbors who seem to be showing some odd signs that make them look like their hiding something that doesn't seem right?" asked Michelle. "Yeah, I know. I even went through the cameras and I am as confused as to why the heck they hate cherries, I mean I doubt their allergic to them."
Delilah is surprised, but she nods. "Yeah, and I think something big is being built, and I wanna follow them and see where this all leads to, but I can't and I wanna ask for you to make the investigation and such."
Michelle smiles and she nods. "You got it kiddo, I will follow them and keep an eye on them and make sure that nothing bad goes on, and if they do seem suspicious about something, then I will report this. Because something tells me that they are not what they seem."
Delilah smiles and she hugs her. "Thanks mom." The duo then head to the car and they drive off, bit Harriet is confused and she too seems suspicious about the neighbors. She watches as Jeff and Carly ride off in their own vehicles.
'Right, time for me to make my own investigation and thankfully Merris is still home, which means we have the upper hand with a cop not too far from our neighborhood.' She then phases through the door and prepares for her own investigation.
(Royal Woods Middle School.)
Lincoln, and his friends all walk down the halls and they all talk to the new kid, Ryan and they also talk about the clubs they plan to join, since this is the first Monday of the school year, but the one who doesn't seem pleased by Ryan is Hope Pertland.
The way her best friend Gretchen looks upon Ryan, is ticking her off and she just doesn't understand what the heck Gretchen sees in him, she then notices that all of them are distracted and so she grabs Gretchen, and brings her into the girl's restroom. "Hey! What the heck?!"
"Gretchen, I can tell that you like him, and it doesn't seem right. I mean, we don't even know the kid and you are already going goo-goo eyes over some new kid, who doesn't seem right in the head" said Hope.
Gretchen didn't like where this is going. "Hope, calm down and don't act like this. Also, the way you're talking doesn't sound good to me, I wanna get to know him and then see how I can perhaps have him like me. Also, you're talking nonsense!"
Hope is outraged hearing this. "Nonsense? Nonsense?! This is not nonsense! I don't trust him, and I don't think anyone even knows or even heard about them, and I did my own research and found out that they don't have any records on where they came from, it's almost like the popped out of nowhere from existence, and this doesn't feel right!"
"You have to trust me to not be with that guy, the others are already opening up to him because he seems alright, but I know that he doesn't seem right in the head. Also, you're acting like you wanna marry the guy, and through knowing him. What if he's not what he seems?!"
Gretchen did not like how Hope was talking. "How dare you say that about him?! Ryan has done nothing wrong, and you're supposed to be my best friend and as my best friend you're supposed to be supporting the choices I make and not acting like some annoying little turd!"
"Also, I don't need an annoying best friend who isn't liking the things that I try to like, and I like that boy, Ryan Miller. So, why don't you just leave me alone?!" Gretchen then takes a moment to realize what she said, and then she feels bad for yelling. "Hope, I just…"
"No!" Hope wipes away some tears. "You don't want me around?! Fine! Be that way…. I just… I wanna watch out for you, we have been like this ever since kindergarten!" She then runs out of the restroom and Gretchen tries to go after her, but Hope runs off someplace else.
Gretchen now sees that she made a terrible mistake driving Hope away, and the one thing she doesn't want is to lose her best friend. 'What have I done?!'
(With Michelle.)
Michelle Lewis finishes checking out of the library with a book she plans to read, and she also walks to her car and then she waits, she then goes through her tablet on what she recorded about what she saw from both Jeff and Carly Miller.
'Alright, so Carly was at the Seven-eleven, and when she ordered the smoothie, she chose peaches, but when the cashier offered her a cherry smoothie, she snapped and walked away super miffed.'
'Then she knocked over some fruit vendor, but she only knocked over the cherries without anyone looking, and she seemed to be happy seeing the cherries fall into the drain and then walk away.'
'Next was Jeff, and he was vandalizing some of the cherry signs by the supermarket and changed the name to a sale on peaches and then he took over the truck of cherries and had it parked someplace else.'
'Then he goes to the library, goes to the suspense area of the library and he's talking to some stranger about a book that the person hands him, and it's about how to garden Georgia Peaches.'
'Something doesn't seem right, and I am correct, then those two along with their son are haters of cherries and possibly some dark spy organization that….' Then her phone goes off and she sees a call from Harriet. "Hello?"
Harriet. "Michelle! The Millers are not as they seem, I called the cops and now they know and I even told Merris and StoneHeart, the Miller's house is about to be surrounded, get over here now! It's about to get serious real fast!"
Michelle then hits the gas and she races back to franklin Avenue.
(Later.)
School is over, and all of them have hitched a ride into the limo of Gretchen, and they all talk to Ryan about what they all have in store for the rest of the week, but Gretchen does not speak and she recalls what she spoke to Hope, and now she feels bad for her actions.
Jordan notices this and she can tell that something went wrong between Hope and Gretchen, and they even didn't see Hope at class, which means the two had a problem that drove her away and this concerns her. 'Gretchen, what did you do today to Hope?'
(Franklin Avenue.)
The limo makes it, and they all come out, but then they see the Miller's home is surrounded by cops and FutureTech forces and even Luna is there and is confused, and same with the other folks, and then they see Michelle and Delilah and Harriet showing the cops what they found.
Then Delilah sees Ryan. "You!" The cops all spot the boy and they go after him.
Ryan smirks and he throws peaches at them and then he races back into the house and the door is locked. "What the heck?!" yelled Luna. "Dudes, what is going on?!"
"This!" Michelle shows them what she has on the tablet, the truth about what FutureTech uncovered. "The Millers were not what they seem, Jeff, Carly and Ryan… They're agents of an organization called S.U.S.P.E.N.S.E. Which stands for, Secret Underground Society of Peach Entrepreneurs Nixing Sour Exports!"
Delilah speaks. "They wanna get rid of cherries from Michigan, since they were assigned to come here and make sure that peaches reign over all, FutureTech has been dealing in tracking them down, and same with the local government and authorities."
Harriet talks next. "The organization is still thriving and they have done many acts of removing other fruits, and they have failed countless of times, and almost succeeded in New Jersey and Kentucky."
All of them couldn't believe what they're hearing. "But, he was friendly and his allergies…." said Clyde.
"All a lie!" Merris goes to them. "He's been trying to get to know you guys, so he can gain trust and that no one would suspect what they have been planning, but thanks to Michelle and Delilah, we can end this terror, once and for all!"
Harriet then speaks again. "I even managed to break their machine before it could do any harm to the cherries of Michigan, now they failed and are surrounded. There is no way for them to…."
They hear this launching sound and the roof of the house opens and a rocket escapes, and inside are the Millers and then Ryan yells. "This isn't over! We will make sure cherries are destroyed and that Peaches rule!" But then the rocket stops. "Wait what?!"
They then see, the head of FutureTech, Martin is there in his Tech Sector suit and he's holding the rocket in place. "Yeah, just came back from another errand and then got a call about this crap. So, how's everyone doing?"
He brings the rocket down and the cops all arrest the Millers, and they watch as Ryan is in cuffs and placed into the cop car.
Gretchen and the others are surprised, and then Gretchen realizes. "Oh no… Hope, what have I done?!"
They all don't know what Gretchen is talking about, but Lincoln and Jordan along with Clyde and Chloe recall that she really liked Ryan, and now the truth has shown that he is not a good person, that also means that she must've had an argument with Hope, and something bad went down.
Now they're hoping that Gretchen can make it up to Hope, they don't want their friendship to break apart.
Then Zach realizes and seems disappointed. "Oh man! Dang it, so they're not aliens?" All of them are confused by those words and they look towards the boy.
To be continued…
A/N: I wanna say thank you to "Marvelomac1010" for the second part of the arc, and I added some stuff I would've wanted to make things a bit more interesting, and so it has become interesting with a talk between Gretchen and Hope in the next chapter. Leave a review and tell me what you all think guys.
Okay guys... I could use some help. Does anyone here have any ideas for Delilah Lewis Loud Birthday?
Date made: 7/27/21 – 7/28/21.