Hey guys. It has been a while since the last chapter. It took me a lot of time to produce this one. It wasn't exactly the writting, but to decide what to include and what to discard, anyways, I'm pretty sure there's no problem with that
Also, as promissed in the last chapter, this is longer. Not much, but it had to be done anyways.
Last thing, this story has violence and blood. Not much to change the rating (I guess) But is there. I don't think it's necessary, but it's warned. Without anything to add
Leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet's go
Consequences
The rest of the family members slowly began to return to the house. Most of them just entered the house, checked out if Lucy, who was reading her book, was doing fine, then they would just go mind their own business. The parents were the last one to arrive.
Lucy spent the whole day reading. Nobody noticed anything different until dinner time. When Lynn sr called everyone to the table, everybody soon realised that, apart from Lucy, who chose to eat in her room, there were still two siblings missing at the table, the two oldest. Lynn jr. then went to Lori and Leni's room.
"LORI! LENI! Dinner time!" She shouted from the locked door of their room
She received no answer. She placed her ear on the door and she could hear a laugh. She quickly got angry. Who they thought they were to make fun of her? Lynn has never been know to be a pacient girl. She went to her room and grabbed her football gear. She went to the end of the hallway and charged towards the door.
Lynn was able to break open the door, and while still running, she entered the room and slipped in something, tackling Leni in the process, and hitting the wall.
"See, hehe, you don't mess with Lynn Loud," Lynn said, getting up and looking to Leni. "Wait a minute, why are you all red?"
Leni didn't answer. Her eyes were covered by her hair, just like Lucy, but probably due to the accident Lynn caused. Leni began laughing, then Lynn turned around and saw the conditions of her sister's bedroom, then she looked back to Leni and, seeing the expression in her face, she passed out
Meanwhile, the rest of the Loud family was waiting in the dining room, until they heard a loud blowing noise. They remained shocked for a few seconds, before they decided to go check up the bedrooms. They slowly walked up the stairs and headed to Lori and Leni's room. The door was slightly open, and the lock was busted.
Rita was in the front. When she headed to grab the doorknob, she stepped in something wet. It was a bit sticky, with a dark red tone. She opened the door, and the first thing she saw was her second oldest daughter, standing next to the wall, with her face covered by her hair. Then, she saw the rest of the room
She screamed. While the others went to see what happened, she backed out and holded Lana, Lola and Lisa, so they couldn't face such a horrible scene. Luna, Luan and Lynn sr. didn't had the same luck, and what they found was something unbelievable.
Lori was laying down in the middle of the room. Her skin was pale. Her clothes have acquired a dark red tone. Her stomach was cut open, and some blood was flowing slowly through it. Her arms, legs, and face also had bleeding cuts. In the walls and in the ceiling, marks and drawings of the red liquid made a new decoration to the place.
Some of those marks were simply hand marks or lines of blood. Others, however speled messages, such as: "I'm back," "Do you believe now?" and "Time for revenge." The three simply stood, motionless, maybe too afraid to confront their daughter and sister. Surprisingly, after a huge session of laughing, Leni simply fell unconscious on the floor.
By that time, Rita already had call the 911. The ambulance reached the house in a few minutes, followed by the police. Lori, Leni and Lynn were taken to the hospital, with the rest of the family following them in the family van.
They stood in the waiting room for long hours, mostly crying for Lori. Lucy, once again, was the exception to this. She brought her beloved book with her. But instead of actually reading it, she used as an excuse to think about all that happened.
In her head, Leni wouldn't be able of such act. Part of it due to her kindness and her behavior, and secondly, she doubted she would be even smart enough to think how to do it. Her work wasn't focused on the pain Lori would feel, although it reached that second objective. It was just the best way to send a message, she concluded.
Yes, she thought Lincoln had something to do with it. She heard the door being closed and most of Lori and Leni's fight, but she chose not to interfere, it would just make Lori angrier. After that, the room felt like dead. Not a single sound. Lucy didn't bothered much. To her mind, the two were just ignoring each other.
Now it made much more sense, especially the writing in the room. it was the perfect way for him to, while scaring the whole family, prove he was actually real. He could and would get revenge of his sisters, unless they change the way they behave. She was a little scared about Lincoln's ways, but looking back at all the situation, they kind of deserve it.
Lucy just forgot one thing. Lincoln as well isn't capable of such atrocity. He might hate his sisters, but he never used violence, neither would he be so evil. In fact, Leni wasn't the only one to be possessed. While the family waited in the hospital, a sleeping soul was back at the house.
Soon, Dennis came back to the house, and found the police in Lori and Leni's room, while Lincoln was floating, laying sideways, like he was taking a nap. Dennis slapped him in the face.
"Hey, what was that for?" Lincoln asked
Dennis didn't even bothered speaking. He simply showed the blooded room. Lincoln was surprised. He didn't remember anything like that happening. His sisters were fighting, yes, but how did they became so aggressive?
"Wha-what happened here?" Lincoln asked
"I should be the one asking, you were here the whole time" Dennis replied, angrily
"I didn't saw anything of this. First Lori and Leni fighted, then I began hearing this voices, and after that…"
"Whoa, whoa whoa, hold on a moment," Dennis said, seriously, but a little worried. "How was that voice?"
"It was a really deep voice, I didn't saw anyone speaking, but it was saying Don't you see, your sisters haven't changed, and They don't deserve mercy, they deserve pain. I tried to fight against, but somehow it began making sense to me. After that, I don't remembered nothing.
"Oh sh*t" Dennis said. "ALICE" he screamed
A blue ghost appears. "What's the problem De… OMG, what happened hear?" Alice asked
"It's true," Dennis said, worried and angry. "Lucio is back"
Back at the hospital, the doctor finally went to the waiting room, with Lynn jr by his size. She looked fine, however, horrified like everyone else. Nobody noticed she made sure to stay near Rita the entire time. The family slowly realised that the doctor was the same that attended Lucy a few days ago.
"I have to say, I didn't expected you guys to return here so early," Dr. David said
"It was never on our plans," Lynn sr said. "How are they doing?"
David pointed out to Lynn jr. "She's fine, just passed out of nervousness. There's no need for medical attention in our eyes, but if she feels anything, just come to us."
The family sighed happily. They knew Lynn was though, and she didn't had any marks when they found her, but the confirmation is always a relief to whoever is listening
"The older one, however, has loads of injuries," David continued."Luckily no vital organs were damaged, but her left leg is broke, and due to the blood loss, she's still out cold. We'll have to keep her for some days, maybe a few weeks, to make sure there's no brain damage or internal bleeding, but she'll be fine, at least physically"
"What do you mean" Rita asked, hugging Lynn jr and Lily
"I'm no psychiatrist, but obviously being brutally assaulted by your own sibling, specially your roommate, isn't a pleasurous experience. I'm not saying it will happen, but don't be surprised if she is scared of you guys when she's awake."
All of them stared at each other. Of course it made sense what the doctor said, but losing a sibling, due to her being afraid of you. That grew a little bit of sadness towards Lori, and a lot of anger towards Leni
"What about Leni?" Luan asked
"There were nothing other then little scratches or bruises, so my business was done a few minutes after she arrived. She was sent to a psychiatrist, so he could determine what was the source of such outbreak, and if she will or not be send to recap. The police said they had found cameras in the room," everybody gave a quick glare to Luan. "It will help determine both of those."
"We have been here for a while, did she took a long time to wake up?" Lola asked
"Not exactly. She woke up a couple hours ago, but our first specialist freaked out. Apparently, she was 'too dumb to understand any question'. It took us a while, but finally we found someone who was able to make her understand," David took a look at the clock. "They'll probably be finishing in half an hour."
"Okay, thanks, doctor." Lynn sr said
"No need for it, it's my job after all," David looked towards Lucy "Hey, since you are here, would you mind coming with me, just to check if everything is fine?"
Lucy simply nodded, stood up, and left with the doctor into the big hallway the waiting room lead to. The three ghosts were also there.
"Now we know were Leni is, we have to go" Lincoln said
They searched the hospital until they found the mentally disordered people's seccion, and found the room Leni was in. The session was on its course, and apparently in the end."
"So after your sister had destroyed your dress, what happened?" The woman, whose name was Jennifer, according to her name tag
"Well, I got really sad, and I began crying next to it," Leni said. She wasn't exactly happy to be there, she probably didn't even understand why she was there, but at least she didn't appear to be sad.
"But when did you decided to attack your sister" Jennifer ask
"Doctor, to be honest, after this moment I don't remember anything."
"Hum, maybe the outburst and excessive emotions might have caused the memory loss," Jennifer said to yourself. "Isn't there anything else you remember?"
"I don't think so… wait actually, when I was crying, I saw something"
"What was it?"
"I saw Linky, right in front of me. He was like, a ghost or something. He offered me help, I've accepted it, then the next thing I remember, I woke up in here"
"So you saw your dead brother?"
"Yes"
"And he was a ghost?"
"Yes"
"And he somehow helped you, and you don't remember"
Leni nodded
"Well, Leni," Jennifer came closer. "I cannot say that what you're telling me is truth, but I have experience with similar cases. Probably this illusion of your brother appeared as some sort of way to compensate your loss, which it would be acceptable in other cases. However, if you can develop such violence, we can't let that go untreated."
"So what you're saying is…"
"Due your mental state, I'm afraid you're going to have to be internated. These sort of illusions can't be maintained." Jennifer got up and entered a little room. "I'll prepare the papers, and then I'll explain it to your family"
Leni began crying. She could understand that the whole thing could help her, but one brother was already dead, now being taken away by the rest of the family, she didn't knew if she would be able to handle it. She noticed a strange mark in her wrist, in the form of a claw, but she didn't have much value.
The three spirits watched, speechless. That is, until Dennis spoke
"No, it won't happen like this," He said, as he entered the doctor's little room.
After a few minutes, with Alice and Lincoln staring at the crying Leni, the doctor came back, with a few papers by her hand. She placed them down in the table. On top of it, it was Leni's profile, and in the 'diagnosis' space, it was written 'clear', on it.
Leni read the paper, and at first she couldn't understand what was happening. She looked back at the therapist, which replied with a blink of an eye and a small smile.
"After analysing what happened to you a second time, I realised that your mental state is unstable, but only to extreme circumstances. If nothing so outbursting happens, you'll remain calm and happy."
"So I won't need to go to recap?"
The doctor just shaked hear head. "I'll have to explain a few things to your parents, before you can go home, so I'll ask you to wait here for a little more time."
"Actually, can I go see my family, Lucy, in particular? I need to speak to her" Leni said
"Well…" before Jennifer could continue, a head popped up her door
"Hey, Jennifer, are you done with her?" The head asked. "Her goth sister is calling for her"
"That's Lucy." Leni said
"We have just finished," Jennifer placed a hand on Leni, and gave her a few papers. "Also, Lincoln said hi" she whispered in Leni's ear. "Could you do me a favor a call her parents? Just one of them is fine."
"Sure, I'll bring here, just wait until I reach them," He pointed at Leni. "Are you ready to go?"
Leni nodded and followed the man outside the room, confused and happy. Lincoln and Alice simply stood in it. Lincoln turned to Alice, who appeared to be worried.
"I thought we could only possess people who were emotionally afflicted."
Alice sighed. "Usually, yes. However, me and Dennis can possess anyone"
"But… why don't you do it more often than?"
"It's not that easy. The more time we stay possessing someone by force, we will lose more of our abilities. Imagine helping loads of lost souls without possession, teletransport, or even flying. We only do this, if we fell extremely necessarie."
Lincoln simply stood there, speechless. He would never expect help from that ghost, or at least not with such risks.
Alice continued. "He might stay without powers for a few hours, or even a few days. It doesn't seem much, but it can do some serious damage to other souls."
Lincoln then sighed. "Then let's just hope the effects aren't that harsh"
By that time, Leni has already reached the room where David and Lucy were in. The man who gidded her had already vanished in the maze that the hospital was. David took a few seconds to notice Leni at the door.
"Oh, sorry, I haven't seen you there," He said, grabbing a few things, and then taking Leni's papers a quick check. "So, you don't seem to have nothing, that's really good. I'll give you guys some privacy," he left the room
"So, Lucy, I have to tell you…" Leni began
"That it wasn't you who did all of that, and yes our brother?" Lucy completed
"I still don't know what I did, but yes. How did you know?"
"We had similar situations. Someone was hurting us, we had an violent outburst, and we don't remember doing anything. Have you seen his ghost?"
"Ye-yes. He offered me help, I accepted it. That was the last thing I remember"
"It's obvious to me that he's trying to take revenge in our sisters, and he will need our help."
"How can you be so sure?" Leni asked
Lucy took out her cellphone and showed a picture of Leni's room, totally covered in blood. She pointed towards the messages on the wall. It took a while for Leni to wake from the shock it was to see the picture.
"Yo-you really think Linky would be able of something so… bad?"
Lucy stopped to think for a second. Leni was right. Lincoln's soul might be angry with his sisters, but his way of doing things never included hurting them. It was made clear that whatever was happening in the souls world, Lincoln would need all the help he could get.
"So, what do we do?" Leni asked
"We should wait. He probably will try to contact other of our sisters. They'll probably have outbreaks and violent behaviours. Our main job is to make sure they don't freak out, and let Lincoln know we will be with him, always." Lucy held her hand open towards Leni
"Always," Leni repeated
Then, a person appeared on the door. It was the girls father, just coming back from the therapist room.
"Hey, girls, how are you doing?" He asked, mainly to Leni
"Well, it's not good to see what have I done, but I'm fine I guess" Leni said
"Where's the rest of family" Lucy asked
"The doctor explained your case Leni, and me and your mother agreed to drive them back. It's not like we're happy, but we can forgive you, after all it's our fault we haven't been able to help since that day. But we don't know exactly how your sisters may react, so we though,in order to evict any other conflicts, that we will go back home by taxi, while your mom gave them a ride around town."
"Thanks," Leni said. "I don't know if I would have the courage to face them"
So they went back home. The police had already left the house, yet Leni's room was still inaccessible, mainly so there wouldn't be any alterations in the crime scene, and secondly because it was too dirty to be used as a bedroom.
The rest of the week remained more or less without any problems. However, there were some notable changes in some of the family members behaviour.
The parents attempted to be more present in their daughters life. While some found it a little annoying, especially the older ones, some didn't mind the extra attention
Leni didn't had a bedroom, so she was allowed to use Lincoln's old one. It wasn't as big or organised as her usual bedroom (it had been emptied since the day of lincoln's suicide), but it was a room nonetheless. She would spend most of her days locked in the room, searching for any new clue there might be of her lost brother.
Luna began spending most of her time away from home. Apparently, she had a lot of parties and shows to attend to, but nobody knew exactly. Some were afraid that something bad would happen to her at first, but she appeared to be very happy every time she returned of the house, so the family just left that way.
Luan didn't stopped with her jokes, but they were much less present in the families daily business, simply because she would usually practice her mimic acts most of the time. She sometimes had a sad face, but usually it made sense with her acting, and when it didn't, the parents or Luna were there to comfort her.
Lynn was still shocked from all the happenings, like everyone else, yet she was taking it much worse than everybody else. When practicing sports, she didn't play like she used to. She had skipped a practice once or twice, and she didn't hang out with her teammates at school like she did before. In fact, she began growing isolated.
Back at the house, she was usually really close to her mother. When she wasn't there, Lynn would just stay under the blankets of her bed. No one knew, she kept Lincoln's old bunny plush, Bun Bun, hidden under the sheets, and she had used it to comfort herself it a few times. The family suggested her to search for treatment. She refused, her pride was to big, but after a while, it didn't sounded like a bad idea.
Lucy's main focus was to find more information about Lincoln's situation. She would bring her stories to everyone she knew who had some experience with spirits, and in the house, she was always reading, books or websites, to find any similar cases with her. She didn't had much success. She would often sneak through the vents into Leni's room, so they could share their findings.
Lana and Lola didn't managed to see what happened in Leni's room. They knew it was bad, but not how bad it was, so they weren't much affected. If there's one thing to notice is that their fights had been much less frequent. Some believe they have improved their relation, others that they were just ignoring each other. It was said even that they still fought a lot, but in silence, for not to bother the rest of the family.
Lisa hasn't changed much. Yet she would just remain with her experiments like before. There wasn't much going on with her, yet that was her saying, so nobody was totally sure.
As for Lily, she didn't understand nothing going on, so she would just be herself. Some heard her sadly saying some baby word that resembled her dead brother's name, but there wasn't much to do about it.
To sum up, most of the family had changed some of their habits, but none major happening occurred for a while. But someday it had to happen.
Two weeks later, Lola had a beauty pageant. Lana, Lily, Lucy and Rita was also present. Most of it was just like always, presenting the contenders, answering questions, talent show, you know, what anyone would expect from this sort of competition.
Before the end of it, Lana had to go to the bathroom. Finding it wasn't hard (after all, when you really need to go, finding the place is not a problem), however, she somehow couldn't find her way back. She wondered for a while through desert hallways with doors that led to everywhere except the main stage.
She began to get nervous, until she saw two men, a really tall one, and one by her size. She was about to ask for help, but then she recognized the pink clothes that were being weared by the small person. None of them saw Lana, as they entered in one of the doors.
Lana walked slowly into the single door, and as lightly opened. Inside there was just a bed, with the little person was layed down. She had a piece of cloth covering her mouth, and part of her dress had been ripped of, exposing her young and fragile body. She recognized her as her twin sister, but she didn't saw the tall man.
When she decided to open totally the door, the tall man appeared, wearing nothing other than a T-shirt, and no pants. Both of them immediately spotted Lana. Lola tried to say something, yet she couldn't, she just mumbled in panic. Lana tried to run, but the man was faster, grabbing her arm and throwing her on the bad.
"Now we are having a REAL party," The man said
He began getting closer and closer. Lana closed her eyes, on the fear of what could happen. After a couple minutes and nothing happened, she opened her eyes, to reveal that the man was simply standing there, motionless. Lola was in the same state. Then, a white figure suddenly appeared. At first, it appeared to be just a bunch of gas. But it began forming a shape, a shape of her brother's face.
"Lincoln?" Lana asked
"You need help to save Lola and yourself?" The face asked
"Well, yeah, but how are you…"
"Do you accept my help?"
Lana just stood there, a little afraid and confused. "Uh y-y-yeah?"
Then the face simply vanished, and everything became obscure to her
Yay, Lincoln's the hero again. Honestly though, I'm probably hanging myself with this chapter, since there are a few subplots that you might want me to develop (Let me know if you want), and for some reason, I believe Lynn will probably the major preference. That's not a bad thing though, it will just give me more work, but it's not like i don't enjoy writting (otherwise I wouldn't be here)
Also, some might say there is not enough development of character other then Leni and Lucy. Well, for those, all I have to say is, they have been the only ones to experience Lincoln's possession, so they have been my main focus, and like I said earlier, other characters will have their focus on the latter chapters (possibly)
There's nothing else to say, so like always, if you're enjoying this story so far, don't forget to favourite and follow the story and, if you aren't enjoying, please let me know why. Criticism is always welcomed, and if there are any suggestions, be free to tell me. Thanks for reading so far, and I see you in the next chater
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