two weeks earlier

Alice, Lincoln and Dennis were back at Lincoln's house. It took them awhile to reach it. After Dennis left the therapist body, he wasn't able to teleport. He could still fly though, and the three were talking about all that had happened.

"So now that we know Lucio is back, what are we going to do about it?" Lincoln asked

"Well, I'm in no condition to go after him. Besides, it will probably take some time before he strikes again." Dennis said

"Man, I still can't believe I made Leni do all of that. How is she going to be?"

"Don't blame yourself, it wasn't you, it was Lucio." Alice said

"But Lincoln was the one who allowed him to do it" Dennis said, not facing any of them

"What do you mean?" Lincoln asked

Dennis grabbed Lincoln by the shoulder. "Listen up kid, just like me and Alice, Lucio has a vision on how people should be treated, yet we has no power to do so. If you really don't remember doing those things, it's because you have accepted his help, just like when your sisters accept yours. We show you the ways, but in the end is your choice"

Alice got angry and backed Dennis away. "What are you trying to say?"

"What I am trying to say is he doesn't give a damn about some of his sisters, he wants to see them in pain, and Lucio simply gave him the opportunity"

"Dennis, he's just a kid, his mind is confused on what he wants"

"If he accepted Lucio's help, I'm pretty sure he knew what he wanted," Dennis went back to Lincoln. "Look kid, I'm almost powerless because I helped your siblings, next time, you arch with the consequences, and see them suffer." He began floating to the opposite direction.

"Well maybe I DO wanna see them suffering" Lincoln screamed

The two souls turned back. Alice with a shocked expression, and Dennis with an angry, yet unsurprised face

"They made me hurt Leni, Luna, Lucy and Lana. I'm doing what I can to redeem myself, but they aren't doing anything. Like always. I don't know what I'm going to do, but they do deserve punishment. Just like you see things, right?"

Dennis raised his hand to say something. "They deserve punishment? Maybe. But they don't deserve what you did. Just remember, your vengeance might hurt more than heal." Dennis began floating away

"Hey, where are you going." Alice asked

"Somewhere I can be alone, and heal my powers back" he answered

Lincoln and Alice simply stood there, before the light red ghost turned around the corner, out of their line of sight. Lincoln appeared shocked, but Alice simply faced down, shaking her head in disgust. "Someday he'll learn," she said

Lincoln pointed towards the empty path. "He acted like this before?"

"Yes, he has a bit of a temper," Alice said. "Not surprising. Everytime Lucio's mentioned, he gets angry."

"But why?" Lincoln asked

"He is always compared to Lucio. Obviously, he hated it. Dennis wants people to learn their lesson, but also help those who suffered. Lucio only wants to see pain, from the people and the souls. Seeing you accepting his help made him go mad, because we already lost so many to him"

"He doesn't seems like he wants to help me that much"

"When you have to play along a person who only thinks in forgiveness, you are always placed as the bad guy. After some time, it gets really annoying. But enough talking, we have to work"

"What do you mean? Is there another situation I can help my sister, Lana or Luna?"

"Yes and no" Alice answer

"Uhhhhh…"

"Look Lincoln, the whole incident with Leni won't go without consequences. And as much as you might hate it, Lynn is probably the one who might need help the most."

Lincoln's face almost turned red. "Why should I help her in the first place? I'm helping the ones who deserve my help. She is not one of those"

"Lincoln, have you noticed how Lynn was acting on the hospital?"

"No, why?" he said, still a little bit angry

Alice made a cloud appear in front of Lincoln, and inside he could see the whole scene, like a photograph. He hasn't paid much attention to her at that moment, but now he saw how she was. Nothing appears to be different on her, except that she was really close to her mother. Not that it was wrong, it simply was unusual.

"I have seen this before," Alice said. "You might not see it now, but in the next few days, you'll notice that she, as well as others, will begin changing"

"Maybe Dennis was right after all," Lincoln said

"What do you mean?" Alice asked

"I feel a need to help the siblings who helped me out, but the others… I can't feel the same," he made an angry expression

"You're probably still under some of Lucio's influence. Anger passes over time. Besides, do you really want to punish them?" Alice continued floating to the house. Lincoln stood there for a second. He couldn't decide if he wanted or not to punish his sisters

The next days were quite surprising for Lincoln. Some of his siblings were changing so fast, others seemed to be quite the same, but it was obvious that the Loud house wasn't that loud anymore. He and Alice were already planning what Lincoln would do if he managed to be brought back, and they had some discuss to whenever forgive or punish them. But something was clear, whatever Lincoln would do, he had to be brought back first. They would spend their day watching over the siblings, trying to find a way to send another message. Two weeks went without any luck, until that day.

Lola's pageant. Since Lana was going with her mother, The two agreed that Lincoln would follow Lana, and Alice would keep an eye for the rest of the family. Lincoln, even though he has been dead for a while, still remember how these pagent's used to be.

His focus was purely on Lana, when she was watching the pageant, when she went to the bathroom and, specially, when she was with Lola locked on that room with the tall guy. He offered help for his sister, she accepted it, and Lincoln did his business.

Today

Lana woke up in a white room. She recognized that place immediately. She had been there twice that month. She began wondering around waiting for that doctor David appear. Lana never really liked doctors, but that one appeared to be a very nice guy.

Surprisingly, there were already three people in the room. One of them was probably a nurse, do to her clothes. The other two she recognized in an instant. One was her twin sister, which was crying a lot, and her mother, which was trying to calm her down. She didn't remember anything, and her head was hurting a lot.

"Mom? Lola? What's going on?" Lana asked

Rita couldn't begin speaking, before Lola jumped on the bed, still sobbing a lot. She wasn't wearing her usual pink dress. She was with a plain white T Shirt and black leggings. Something she would not even dare looking at. Lana was still confused of why she was there the first place, while holding her twin sister in her little arms.

"Thank you…. *snif*... thank you…." Lola kept saying. She was still crying, but with a smile on her face. Lana would just hold her tightly, playing a little bit with her so precious hair. She didn't even bothered, that was the evidence it had been something really serious. She also noticed Lola and herself had a few marks and bruises over their arms. She found one in her wrist in quite a funny shape, it resembled a claw.

Slowly, the rest of the Loud family came in, and watched the whole scene. Lola spent a good time with her twin, before she realized everybody was seeing, and she quickly tried to recompose her superior pose, with no success. Not like anybody was actually caring if Lola was strong or not, but rather if both her and Lana were okay.

Like Lana expected, that same doctor soon enter the room. David asked for everyone, excluding Lana and Lola, to leave the room, so he could do his job. He take a close look to both twins, first Lola and then Lana. Everything seemed to be fine, apart, of course, from small scratches and bruises, but those would heal normally by a matter of days, according to him.

"What about that man," Lola said, and both twins looked at the doctor, curious. Of course, Lana didn't knew anything of what happened. The more information the better.

David pointed to Lana. " I don't know how you managed to knock him out, but that surely have made the police's life easier. He's already under arrest, and won't be a problem for society anymore"

Lola sighed in relief. Lana was trying to use that information to match the scraps of memory that were scattered through her brain. She remembered a man, a tall man. She remember being locked in the room with Lola and him, but not much after that. The doctor stated he was finished, and called the rest of the family back to the room. He hold Lynn sr. back

"Mr. Loud, could a speak to you for a moment, in particular?" He asked. Nobody noticed it, since other family members were the main focus. He nodded, nervously, and headed outside with the doctor.

"Is there something wrong with them doctor?" Lynn asked

"They will be fine. I'm more concerned about your family as a whole." David said

"What do you mean?"

"Look, mr Loud, this is the third time one of you daughters had a violent outburst, and it never happened in your family before, you know, the incident."

"Please, go straight to the point"

"It is obvious for me that your daughters mind health needs more attention than their physical," He reached his pocket and landed Lynn a little card. "This is the number of a therapist. I can't force you, but I'm pretty sure he could help a lot with you family. That's all," he said going back to the rest of the family.

Lynn stood there for a few seconds, staring the card, before putting it in his pocket. He didn't believe his family needed help. Those were difficult times, but for him, it was just a bunch of coincidences. And also, those outbursts had helped them more then once. Leni had been the only bad case scenario, and according to the therapist, the chances of happening again were almost none. And he didn't even thought about the cost. He only kept it because, you know, better to be safe than sorry.

Lana spent the rest of the day confused. From the drive home to sleeping time, she was being congratulated, even though nobody said specifically what happened, and the family was always rounding around her and Lola. She got used of her small time of glory, so she didn't bothered to ask.

At bedtime, Lana was probably one of the last ones awake. She was still trying to remember what really happened before she woke up in the hospital. Her few memories were clear in her mind, almost like a movie, with the man threatening them, and Lincoln's ghost face appearing out of nowhere offering help. After that, everything was blank for her. Or dark, whatever fits better.

She stood out of her of her bed and left her room. She had to use the bathroom. After getting done with her business, she was ready to open her bedroom door, before a hand pulled her back. She freaked out and hold her hands in a defensive position, only to find out it was her goth sister, Lucy.

"Gosh, you scared me… again," Lana said

"Follow me," the goth girl said, with her monotonous voice.

They both headed downstairs, and Lana was surprised to find Leni there, sitting in the right corner of the sofa, with a glass of water in her hands. Lucy seated on the left corner, and Leni signed Lana to sit in the middle. Leni's cell phone was being used as a flashlight.

"You don't remember anything what happened before waking in the hospital, do you?" Lucy asked Lana

"Uh..n-no. How did you…" Lana was confused and amused of what her sister asked

"Have you seen Lincoln's ghost?" Lucy asked

"Y-y-yes, I did," Lana said. "How do you know about this?"

Leni placed a hand on her shoulder. "It happened to us. Linky helped us do what we've done"

"B-b-but h-h-how, he is, he is…" Lana's eyes were beginning to shine due to the tears of remembering that day.

"His soul is still with us. Something got him stuck in our world, and he needs our help" Lucy said

"Y-you mean he's still alive, somehow?" Lana asked

Lucy nodded, even if it was a huge lie. She knew she didn't need to break Lana down. That would bring attention from the whole family, and Leni was still in some of the family members blacklist. Besides, even she, who consider herself a soul expert, couldn't be totally sure of what she was saying. She didn't managed to contact Lincoln after all

Lana was feeling good with that information. She hugged both her sisters. Leni immediately hugged her back. Lucy stood without moving for a bit, but surrendered to the callings of her two siblings. It didn't lasted much, Lucy quickly broke the hug, remembering they had school tomorrow and, even though Lori wasn't there, being caught wouldn't be something good.

Lana however, still had a doubt. She went upstairs and saw Leni entering Lincoln's room. The parents told them that tomorrow, after returning from school, Leni's room would be ready to be used again. Lucy was about to enter her room, but Lana hold her back.

"Hey, uhh, what exactly did I do?" Lana asked

Lucy simply stared Lana. "All we know is based on what Lola told us, which wasn't much. She said something about a huge man who would offer her a once in a lifetime opportunity. Then he ripped her clothes off, and that's when you appeared. She said you knocked him out in a few minutes, freed Lola from some rope she was tied with, and you called for help. As soon as you entered the room with the help, you simply passed out"

Lana was hearing with attention and fear. Yes she remembered the man, but not fighting with him and specially winning. Now she was afraid of that man coming back. Lucy was not finished.

"It has been told this man has been searched by the police for years for loads of raping accusations, but they never managed to track him down, until today"

"Whoa," was what Lana managed to say. "I-I never thought such thing could happen"

Lucy looked into Lana's face, and gave a small smile. "You don't have to worry, our brother is here for us," she stood up and entered her room. Lana stood in the corridor for a few seconds, before she heard one of her siblings bedroom's door been opened, she rushed into her own bedroom and closed the door.

She simply went into her bed. She had a lot of thinking to do. However, after a few minutes, she heard a voice coming from the other side of the room.

"Lana, Lana, are you awake?" the voice said, quietly

Lana had already recognised that voice, she turned around and saw Lola sitting in her bed, she had an expression on worry and shame on her face. Lana got up and reached her sister's bed.

"What's the matter Lola?" Lana asked

"I-I-I can't sleep. Everytime I close my eyes, the only thing I see is that man's ugly face. A-a-and the things he said he wo-wo-would do to me… I-I" Lola began sobbing, and soon Lana saw the tears dropping on her pjs.

"Hey, you don't need to worry, that guy is already in jail"

"I-I know, but even so…" Lola began saying, still sobbing

Lana saw the tiara Lola would usually be using on her nightstand. She grabbed it and placed on her sisters head. "You're a queen, you shouldn't be worried about those things."

"I-I know, but what if it happens again?"Lola asked

Lana went towards a chest on the front of her bed, opened it, and pulled out a toy sword and shield. "It won't, I'll be there to protect you," she said.

Lola smiled and left a small giggle. Lana smiled as well. "Is good to see you smile, when it isn't just to show off."

"Hey," Lola trew one of her many plussy animals on Lana, who blocked with the shield. They continued that 'fight' for a few minutes. Until they heard a knock on their door, and Lisa's head appeared. She was pointing to her pulse, like she had a watch with her. They both said sorry, Lisa closed the door, and Lana placed her toys away. She was ready to go back to bed when…

"Uh, Lana…" Lola said

"Yes?"

"Would you mind, uh, sleeping with me tonight?"

"You mean, on the same bed?"

Lola nodded

"I don't have a choice in this, do I?" Lana asked

Lola shaked her head with a smile

"Fine," she said, climbing in Lola's bed and getting under the covers. They both closed their eyes.

"Thanks again for saving me," Lola said

"I'll always be there for you," Lana said. She felt a couple of arms going through her body under the blankets. "And he'll always be there for us" Lana said, facing the full moon the window in their room allowed them to see.

The next day, Lana woke up first. She walked out her sister's bed. She felt something was wrong. She saw the sunlight entering her room, a little too bright for before seven in the morning. Then she exited her room to face the huge line to the bathroom, but to her surprise the hallway was empty. All of the bedrooms doors were open and also empty.

She left her shower for later, and went downstairs. There she found her mother with Lily in her hands, feeding her. The rest of the house was simply lacking of people.

"Uh.. Mom? Where's everyone?"

Rita turned around and saw Lana still wearing her pjs. Her mother smiled and called her close. "The rest of your siblings are at school, but me and your father thought it would be good for you to rest a day or two. Also, my boss allowed me to stay home and take care of you"

Lana smiled, happy of her no school day.

"Now, why don't you wake up and call your sister to have breakfast already? It's almost ten"

Lana simply nodded and went back upstairs. She woke up Lola, the yboth took their turns on the shower (It was good to not have to wait almost an hour for it). Then they went to the kitchen, where two plates of eggs with bacon were waiting for them. They ate it and then went to the living room watch TV. Suddenly, the phone began ringing.

"I'll get it," Rita said. She answered the phone and entered her bedroom, in order to not bother them. Lola and Lana just enjoyed their time, before their mother began screaming a few seconds later.

"Luan is WHAT?!" she screamed

In Luan's school, things weren't going really well. Luan mimings weren't exactly well accepted by her classmates. But nobody imagined that the Loud girl would bring a freaking gun to school. She was wearing one of Lynn's hockey masks, and she was holding one of her classmates as a hostage.

The police was already there, trying to negotiate with her. But she wouldn't give up, only threatening the ones she had locked herself with. There were also two ghosts watching what was happening.

"I'm going in," Lincoln said

"You're going to help her? So she'll stop, because you forgive her?" Alice said, hoping Lincoln's heart had changed from wanting revenge to give forgiveness

"She is part of the reason I'm dead," Lincoln said. "I don't forgive her , at least not yet, but I won't let her hurt anybody else" Lincoln said, as they both headed inside Luan's head

And inside, like usual, she found his sister simply standing. He reached for her, angrily.

"Luan, what the hell are you doing?" Lincoln said, angrily

Luan then fell on her knees. "Lincoln, please save me," she said

"No, you have to deal with your consequences. You hurted me, and I won't let you hurt anyone else," Lincoln said

"I thinks she was talking about being saved from me" a deep, yet familiar voice, sounded from behind Lincoln. For the first time he saw the form of the creature. A black manly ghost.

"Lucio, I suppose," Lincoln said turning around

"What's wrong?" Lucio said "I thought you helped your sisters fight treats"