I was too occupied at the moment. With the party going, it is kind of a challenge as your mom to serve eighty guests for one party where everybody is having a good time. So, I have to set you aside first while I serve the food back and forth to the table. The thought of your sisters abandoning you didn't cross my mind, since I have to wonder how did you arrive inside the chocolate pot in the first place. Still, I was glad you were quiet.
As Rita is about to bring a platter of lemongrass-flavored spring chicken to the table, she checks on her baby boy to see if he is behaved. He is indeed, but he is kind of distracted on playing with his mother's Nokia phone that plays "Yeah" by Usher. Baby Lincoln is getting into the kinetic vibe of the song that had Kevin James in Hitch dance humorously. The infant is grooving in the same way by bobbing his head.
Or not…
After placing the platter, Rita heads back to her son and swipes the phone away from him. He tries to reach out beseechingly, but she obliges. "No sweetie, I can't let you get exposed on too much radiation. Glad I read magazine articles about dangers of the 'phone'."
Of course, Lincoln still has not developed the cognitive ability to understand vocabulary and perceive thoughts. So, he is eagerly wanting the phone and its tunes.
"No Lincoln," Rita insists. "I can't let you get hooked on gadgets and stuff. You're too young to understand. But don't worry. In the right age, you will." She then lifts him up and comforts him.
Of course, I never looked back what I said since I gave you guys phones, even to 4-year-old Lisa. But regardless, I am still warning you kids to avoid too much exposure to gadgets. It's the radiation.
And speaking of you kids, I somehow barely thought of you in your practice. I thought I was expecting a topnotch performance from you.
Back to Loud sisters, after searching from every corner and every surface possible, the girls see no trace of their brother Lincoln. Lori searches in the bathroom, but no trace. Luna examines in her room but gets axed by Luan's prank materials, and no trace. Leni looks for him at his room and claims to have found "traces" of him, but Lori corrects him that they really belong to Lincoln; so no trace of him. Luan inspects the dusty attic but only finds bats, cobwebs and no trace of him. Lynn hunts for him around the halls of the upper floors, but only detects a chewed-up ball and not trace of him.
"Have you literally seen him?" Lori asks the girls as they gather back.
"No, dudes," Luna reports while she is trying to remove the Velcro from Luan's prank traps. "I don't wanna search my bed no more."
"Me too," Luan follows up while she whisks the cobwebs away from her arms.
"I found my ball!" Lynn brags.
"But no Linky?" Luna asks.
Leni then reports about a finding, "Guys, I found this thing…" It is a spring smothered with saliva.
"Well, I guess you found a s-Linky. Hahaha! Get it!" Luan breaks the ice but annoys the rest.
"So that's a no for everyone," Lori says. "There's literally only one place who could be."
With that in mind, the sisters look below from the staircase to see the party growing fonder and fonder. The music is getting loud, and the partygoers go crazy. This ignites worry for them.
It has to worry them since the party is gradually getting wild. What is supposed to be a holiday celebration or a Christmas gathering also contains an eggnog-chugging contest at the moment. So, without any of their parent's consent, they proceed downstairs to the party when the partygoers are still calm.
Right at that moment, my mother instinct kicks in. Lincoln is here, safe with me. But who could it be? You can't imagine girls how much I was so concerned that moment. But as usual, your father came by.
"Sweetie, do you know the functions of the stereo?" he asks.
"Honey, I thought I got rid of the stereo," she remarks.
"Yeah, but I set it up for the party, in case the sound system won't work." He then pulls out a remote. "Now, I just need to know where I can find the option where the sound plays in all the amps."
Reluctantly, she directs him. "I think it's this one." Snappishly, the stereo plays "Yeah" by Usher. Immediately, the guests are able to pick up that song, and they dance to the rhythm. This gives a disadvantage for the young Loud sisters who have to squeeze themselves to the crowd.
"Linky! Linky!" they call out for him, but thanks to the sound, they receive no response.
Just as we think things are under control, this happened.
Back to the kitchen, Lynn Sr. and Rita try to jot down the basic controls of the stereo's remote, and Lincoln finds himself enjoying the song in full form. With that, he climbs out of his seat and lands to the wooden floors of the kitchen to head to the party. Along the way, he just grooves along to the beat without care.
"…and I believe this is only selects one amp," Rita assumes. As she presses that button, it answers her confirmation.
"Well, we better correct these controls on time," Lynn Sr. remarks.
The two turn back to see their little baby missing.
"LINCOLN! WHERE ARE YOU?!" Rita screams, then looks for him hurriedly.
"Lincoln's missing?" Lynn Sr. replies, "Where could he be?!" Then, their eyes gaze at the party, to which they print worried expressions on their faces. Immediately, they head to the living room.
"LINCOLN! LINCOLN!" they call him out.
The song builds up to its chorus, and the guests get on with the jam that they form a dance floor in the middle.
Two guys who look like Abed and Troy from Community start to do a dance battle. Then, another guy joins in. And then, another guy joins in.
All the while, each of the sisters has her own obstacle to go through. Lori has to crawl, just to search for her brother. And she suddenly gets stepped on the foot. Leni hangs on to the chandelier, though no one notices her. Luna joins in with Lori in the crawling, yet she is the one with more luck of not getting trampled on. And Luan and Lynn end up under the Christmas, shaking their presents under there to see what they get.
For the latter sisters, Lynn Sr. immediately spots them and carries them away. "No girls. We can't touch the presents now. We open them at Christmas. Remember?"
"Sorry dad," Luan replies, "We are just so excited for our presents."
"Well, excitement has to wait, kids," he advises them.
Lynn checks out one particular gift with silver wrapping. "Dad, I think this one's heavy." She shakes it until it slips out from her hand. Her father immediately retrieves it and, sensing from its weight, assumes it to be a gadget. "Well, we can make one exemption."
He takes the two to the table where the food is placed and unwraps the present on his hand. It is a video camera with a microphone mounted. There comes a discovery that links to another discovery that night.
