Luna Loud ran through the woods. The leaves and twigs under her kept giving away her position. The animal in pursuit was catching up to her. She found a wide enough tree and hid behind it. From her left purple boot, she steadied her heartbeat, focusing on the bear's movement. Her claws emerged, using the to climb the tree. The bear passed by, letting out its raging roar. Luna wiped the blood from her mouth, still hanging. Dumb mother, leaving her cub all alone.
She kicked off the tree, after detaching herself from it. She landed on the bear's back and wrapped her hands around its neck. "Urghhh!" The bear tried to shake her off. "Come on!" She tightened her lock. "Damn it..." She didn't want to wait, so she stuck her sharp edged fingers into the bear's eyes. "Survival of the fittest..." It stopped moving, finally dropping. Luna got off of its back.
She grabbed one of its hind legs, and ripped the limb off. She began to skin it manually, shoving a mputhful of the raw meat into her stomach.
She had been hungry for hours. It was luck she came across a cub munching on a fish. She was reluctant to take its young life, but the woods was a free-for-all place. And, it satisified her the way breadsticks would, before the food came. This would all go to waste in a few days, when the decomposing began. It was a few weeks that she began to live here. Wherever here was.
She had just escaped some sort of facility. The guards and labcoats always ordering her about. The endless cycle, for years.
She managed to escape, carefully noting who and how they did the routines. She took several bullets to her body, but she carried on, throwing everyone around and clawing them. After all, they turned her into a monster, and kept her as their prize possession. What they exactly did to her, she had no idea. Maybe Lisa was able to reverse such a thing. Keyword was maybe.
She made her way out, digging deep into her skin, taking out all lodged fragments inside. A long, bloody process. "Fuc- gahhh!" Her hair had grown back to its natural state after all this time.
The new and improved Luna got on all fours, raced towards the woods that surrounded the entire facility. The alarm was going off behind her. The sound fainted, but she didn't stop. Further and further she went. And that's how she came across her living meal.
She finished devouring the leg of the dead bear, tossing the bones away. "Mmmmm..." She laid down on the carcass, like it was a sofa. The warmth of the fur was actually uncomfortable. She was used to colder floors than this. She moved about, trying to get in a more comfortable position. She closed her eyes.
"Lynn?! Lincoln?! Don't-" They were already out of sight. Leni looked on towards the fire. Lily was crying in her arms. "Mom... Dad..." Lori carried the hurt Luan out of harm's way. "My leg... My leg's bleeding." Luna faced the remaining siblings. "Don't worry... We'll get you help, just-" The crackling fire made a more fierce and hostile noise. "Leni? Leni! Come here!" Leni did not move . "LENI, YOU'RE TOO FUCKING CLOSE!" She turned, finally getting safe distance between her and the burning house. "They didn't make it..."
"Now's not-" Lori stopped mid sentence. "Leni, don't think. For one second, don't think. You have to be strong. Luna wrapped herself around the crying twins. "Its- Its going to be fine. We're here. We're here..." Lisa took off her glasses. "Lisa, is there even the tiniest of chances that-?" Lisa turned to Lori with the most grim expression on her face. Lori gritted her teeth, now trying to hold it in. "Mom, dad, our pets, our home, and-"
Without warning, Luan leaped up and limped towards their ablaze abode. "LUCY!" Everyone turned to the house, pausing their tears. Lori pulled Luan back. "No! Its too late. We can't save them..." Luan placed her head on Lori's shoulder. "Where did Lynn and Lincoln go?" Luna turned back to the street the two ran off in. "They're gone, dude. Just gone."
"Lisa, what did you do? WHAT DID YOU DO?!" Lori went to rage mode. "I'm not responsible! I was reading a book, and then I smelled the smoke. I alerted you guys is all I did! Screw yourself, I'm not staying here!" The genius ran off. "Lisa!"
"Lori, we have to take Luan to the hospital. She looks seriously hurt." Lori countered that option. "Someone has to stay here. Tell them what happened." Leni spoke up. "I'll do it. You can't take everyone. I'll watch the twins here." Lori didn't fully see it. "Leni, is that really-"
"FOR FUCK'S SAKE, LORI. I'M NOT A CHILD. I CAN DO THIS." Lori froze, stuttering. "O-ohkay." Leni lowered her tone. "I'll be fine, Lori. I know what to tell the cops." The two sisters hugged. "But I'm taking Lily."
"Lori, we have to go." Luna helped the limping comedienne to Vanzilla. "Can-Can we stop at- aghhh-IHop?" Luan began to laugh. "Dude, what the hell...?" She climbed in alongside her. "We'll find the others later. Its not like they'll leave town or something." Leni nodded. "Luna, you'll take Lily." She handed the baby to Luna. "Where's her binky?"
"Its in the..." She looked back at the fire.
"Just go. Don't look back." Luna watched the others go out of view as Lori drove away.
She woke up. Everything that happened after was completely a fuzzy memory. But she knew. The fire broke out, killing- No, she tried to get it out of her head. Now, she was quenched. She retraced her steps, where she first spotted the cub. Somewhere around was a stream. And where there was one, water! She circled around. In minutes, she heard the sound of rushing water, and followed it. The thirsty woman began to drink heavily. It felt good again to be refreshed.
There really was nowhere to go. Luna wasn't too far away from her hell. It was a miracle to have escaped. But she had the guilt; being the only one to escape, not even trying to bust out the others. The stories would be told among each other at night. Luna heard various stories. There was a teenage redhead who was born with a gift. She never specified but Luna didn't want to ask. It was the next glass cell on her right. The girl was given up, and she had been living there for half her life. Not able to remember the sun or moon. Luna did not want to further break her spirits, if there was any left inside.
The moon was gone completely. Drifted away from view a few years back. And Luna didn't blame it; she'd have backed away from the world's madness as well. There were others. Taken from their families. Subjected to pain in various ways. And it wasn't easy to listen. Maybe she escaped for a reason. Maybe she had to free the others. She did know enough up to this point.
Maybe, I have to. Maybe... There's nowhere to go. No one to come home to. I have nothing left to lose...
She remembered the complete direction from where she came from. She went on her way to return to the second hell.
The first time Luna was able to turn into the monster she was able to, she had been placed in a padded, but secured room. And her rage was fueled, granting her a boost in stamina and strength. Even yet, she failed to break free from the confinement. She wore herself enough to be tranquilized and placed back in her own room.
She transformed in her own cell one time, noticing the yellow eyes in the reflection. But she never fully transformed. The tail was an irritation. Reptilian Rocker. Luna Lizard. Luan would likely laugh at that.
She found herself back there, hidden within the treeline. No one outside in her sight range. It wouldn't be hard to free them all.
Playing video games with Lincoln paid off. Get to a circuit box, short it out, and everything gets chaotic. Normally found outside of buidlings, unless there was a basement, then that's where she'd have to go. As far as she knew, there wasn't one. The place was secured. She'd be caught quickly. But, then, she didn't have to do that. There might be some release button on the floor. Damn, those games really paid off.
She ran, in her full beast form, and burst through the entrance. That's when the sound of the familiar alarm rang out. Everything flashed red. Guards came running towards her. She just climbed on the walls and entered the higher floors. It was the third floor in which she spend her time there. At the end of the floor, was a small control room. There was a red lever, on the right upon entering it. She went through a fair amount of guards, ignoring the labcoats completely. She pulled the lever, and watched all cells come open.
It was a success, everyone escaped to freedom. The older rocker had never been so proud like this. Everyone was racing to freedom. She took her time heading back down, now planning to do this again in other facilities. She was the last to get out, with everyone else already far from view. She waa stopped by a voice behind her. "Its good to see you again, Luna." She turned to see Lynn leaning on the wall. "Lynn? Well, I'll be fucked. How's it been?"
"Its been great. I've been busy. By the look of things, so have you." Luna transformed back to normal. "Yeah, I guess so. Well, thanks for stopping by. Now, fuck off." Lynn laughed. "You seriously can't still be mad I ran away, right? Anyways, I came to make a deal." Luna growled, revealing her sharp teeth. "Why not kill you right now, right here?"
"Then you'll never know about the deal; I came because someone needs us. They want to stop someone with serious money and power." Luna scoffed. "Uninteresting. I have my own mission."
"Well, here's the interesting part. Said person controls this corporation." She tapped on the wall. "We take her out, we shut it down. Interested now?"
Luna formed a sinister smile. "Count me in."
Lincoln was parked on a hill. His trunk passenger was repeatedly kicking and moving about. The bullet, as expected, did not do its job. All that happened was it ricocheted back. "Let me out! Let me the fuck out!" Maybe it was time to release this person for fresh air. He exited the car, and opened the trunk. "You'll be quiet or I'll throw you off."
Luan laughed maniacally. "Big boy won't hurt me, will he?" He slapped her. "You let her out of your sight, you fucking idiot." He sighed. "You're a disgrace, Luan." The insane comedienne laughed. "Where is she? She's not mad, right? She wandered off. Let me- No, untie me! Haha. And then grant me a request to speak to her." Lincoln pulled her from the trunk and dropped her on the dirt floor. "I saw Lily die." The girl quieted down. "And... you're blaming me? If you saw that, then she was with you, clearly. And everything was on you. You killed Lily!" Lincoln returned her back into the trunk. "You're not well. You've lost your mind. I know a place..." He closed the trunk and drove off.
AN: Oh, yeah, you get the idea. How did Lincoln survive that gunshot? What is Lynn recruiting Luna for? Why is Lincoln kidnapping Luan? And where's he taking her? What's the whole story that changed their lives? Where are the others? What went on between Lincoln and Lori?
You've seen a fairly big chunk of that day but there's more to it. And, ugh, the amount of twists I have in store; I'm real eager to just spoil. But no, you'll have to keep going. All questions will be answered in upcoming chapters. I hope I hooked you by now.