"Ugh, my leg. My leg hurts so much." Luan wiggled it slowly. "Luan, stop moving it!" Lori was driving faster than usual. "I've already destabilized the bleeding." The comedienne tightly gripped the edge of the seat. "How long until we're there?" Lily was cooing in excitement. Luna stroked the little infant's head, and forged a smile. "Hang in there, Luan." The cries of her pain turned into laughter. "Dude, are you okay?" Luna gave a worried expression. Luan stopped and turned to her older sister. "Its just too unreal. But the pain, its..." Luna understood. "I know, dude. I know."

"Untie me! Lincoln!" Luan moved about, still tied to the chair. Lincoln sat across from her. "I can't do that. You know why." She leaned her head forward. "Oh, come on. I'm completely harmless." Lincoln shook his head. "Those bodies told me a different thing. You're not well, Luan. You've lost your mind." She tugged harder at the rope. "You dare say that? I didn't get our youngest sister killed! Even I wouldn't risk her life. You're just as bad as me, Lincoln!" He got up. "But you lost her to begin with. You, Luan!" She maniacally laughed, tilting her head back. "She left as I slept. But I tried. I tried to pretend we lived in the land of gay fairy-fucking-tales. For her. I loved that little shit!" He let a slap meet her face. "How can you say that?!"

"Haha, oh hoho, you don't know. You, Lynn and Lisa deserted us. So you don't know. You don't know Leni lost the twins. Somehow. She screwed up. And she also left. I guess the guilt consumed her like the fire consumed our-" Lincoln hit her again. "DON'T YOU DARE TALK ABOUT THEM LIKE THAT." Luan giggled. "Did I hit a nerve?" She spit out blood. "You're a pussy. You and Lynn. Lori went after you guys. None of you fuckers came back." Then, her tone changed in the most hostile way possible. "WE FUCKING NEEDED YOU GUYS. WHY THE FUCK DID YOU ABANDON US?! Me and Luna stayed with Lily. But, she lost her own hope. She lost herself completely. Left me... Left us... The world's more insane now."

Her head tilted down. "Lily sensed the pain. She didn't just wander off. She left, because she was afraid of hurting you. She felt that she was, in a way. The reminder of what once was." He pulled the chair closer. "Now, what exactly did you tell her?"

"I lied, saved her the pain. But she always wanted to know what happened. I wasn't able to tell her that. I couldn't. She was still a little girl. How could I, when not even I made my peace? Did... You tell her?" He shook his head. "But its not just that I've kept from her. She didn't seem to know about what I did." Luan looked puzzled. "So its true. You're one of them. You're a..."

"No, not anymore. Those days are over. I killed Lori recently. She was one of us, and she's been there after all this whole mess. If anyone with such ideas rawled under a rock to hide, I'll be there to drive them out."

"Wow, you've really changed." She noticed two different scars on each side of his forehead. "What the hell's that?"

"What, these?" He rubbed the graze of the bullet wound. "I tried to kill myself. But, still here." Luan's eyes widened. "You survived it? That's impossible."

"That'd be the case, if it entered my skull." Luan was lost. "You... Wait, what? But the other scar, that's-"

"From a brick. I've been hit from a falling brick. Under the normal circumstances, I'd be dead. Its thanks to a serum I took years back. It made me... Stronger." He walked behind Luan. "But enough about me. What were you doing, Luan? Why were you going around, hurting those people? Murdering them?"

"I'm giving the world back its madness. What comes around... SHOULD FUCKING GO AROUND!" She violently shook from her chair. She tried to turn her head, biting frantically at the air. "I'm going to kill you when I get free. I'll-" The darker Lincoln grabbed her in a chokehold. "Under the circumstances, I'd actually just kill you, but you're sick. And lucky for us, I happen to know an antidote." Luan was trying to gasp for air, turning blue. "And you're still my sister. You don't have to be evil."

"Puhn- Luhh... Uhrghh..." He let his grip go, freeing her. She was relieved to finally breathe, as her heartbeat stabilizing. "You think-" She coughed. "You think you can fix me? Just like that? And what about you? We're both fucked in the head, Lincoln. You should just kill me and then yourself. Harder this time. You can't cure the infection. You cut it. And it dies."

"Do you have jokes?" There was a pause. "The only joke is what's become of us." Lincoln slowly cut the rope that binded the former comedienne. She quickly jumped to her feet, and rubbed her hands. She turned slowly, to see him pointing a gun at her. "Thought you were gonna help me."

"I don't know what you're gonna do. You were always the unpredictable prankster. Now, you're just plainly unpredictable." She smiled. "Why, thank you, I do try." He pointed to the door. "Get moving. We're leaving to find a Vial facility. That's where we'll find what I need."

Later

During the ride up to now, Luan's hands were tied around. The itchy spots had to be pulled on hold. What an irritation, heh. She stood quiet, for a snapped person. Then, she remembered she had lips. "So, what's this so called antidote? And where did you get a serum to, um, enhance yourself?"

"Almost halfway on my time doing my... activities with Lori. I stole it, from Vial Corp. All my senses heightened, my strength boosted, made it worth my time. Of course, I kept that a secret. No one ever knew. I tell you this now, because I don't think it even matters anymore." Luan didn't need to look into his eyes to sense a form of regret even he didn't know he was showing. "You need a haircut. Seeing you now, its like... Its not really you. I don't believe you're actually Lincoln Loud, my only brother. He was a happy comic book reader, and loved to help us out."

He visibly twitched. "Even if its really you, you're not the Lincoln I knew before. You're not my brother..."

"You're welcome. After I ran, Lori found me. And then everything became dangerous, until now. Its quiet. What happened in between?"

"I'm going to find the others. Luan, Luna and Lily will stay here with you. Luna, let me know what the doctors say about her. I won't be long." Lori left the room.

"That was the last time I saw her. Luna left days later. I don't know... Ugh. She left Lily on me. When I healed, we took off. Lived at Ruth's for awhile. But she kicked us out. She never liked us. That fucking She-Hitler. I guess you can say, she-" Luan had a giggle fit. "She's ruthless!"

"You're back." Lincoln laughed with her, too. "But, yeah. She told me no one had shown up there. I hoped we would've been reunited there..."

"And this antidote, its what psychotherapists have been using. Its a blue concoction tha reconnects all empathetic features into a person. Say you know a friend who's a sociopath. If you inject said person with that, they'll be human."

"So why's it called an antidote?"

"Because it counterattacks the effects of Medi-Sin."

"Medicine?" The sky was becoming dark. "Not actual medicine. There's a serum callled Medi-Sin. And it... Its complicated."

"Hahahaha. Try me, bitch."

"Well, its like, if you're exposed to it, you'll turn into a monster. Well, not literally, but you'll just do crazy shit. Bad shit."

She gasped. "What if I'm exposed?! Oh, noooo." He turned to her. "Pffft, no, you're not. There's symptoms to it. Your pupils disappear, your whole face turns ash black, and your veins are visible. Its real hideous. Apart from your breath, you're fine. Well, maybe not fine, but, you know."

"Did you really kill Lori? Good game." She opened the window, and poked her head out. "Lorelei is dead!" Lincoln pulled her back in. "Luan, quit it. I'll tie you to the seat."

"Party pooper. No cake for you... What you saw back there, it was me returning the world back its madness."

"You said that already, but that doesn't justify the fact that they were just customers at 7-11. The faster we get that serum, the better."

"He works in mysterious ways, they say. It was just a coincidence you happen to show up and knock me out."

"Get some rest, I'll probably not wake you up when we're there."

She whispered. "He's not going to, you guys."

"What?" She closed her eyes. "The readers, Lincoln. The readers."

"Yeah, we really need it now..."

One Hour Later

Luan awoke to muffled gunfire. She looked around, seeing a white, rectangular building, surrounded by a dark, empy field. "Oh, this is the part where he kicks ass without chewing gum. Mmmmm." Minutes passed, before a dark shadow emerged from the building, with a gray suitcase. He opened it, once setting it down on the trunk. "Time for your medicine." She giggled. "Sounds kinky, babe. My body is ready."

Lincoln covered her mouth completely. "Mmmmmmm." Lincoln was uncomfortable. "Please shut up." He placed the needle into her arm and delivered the blue liquid into her bloodstream. She bit his hand. "LUAN! For fuck's... Its done."

"How long before it takes effect?" Lincoln looked at his watch. "29 minutes and counting. Its slow."

"I have a request..." Lincoln wasn't too sure about this. "What is it?"

"Lincoln, I want you to fuck me..."

"What the fuck? Enough of your bullshit." He wiped the suitcase off of the hood. "I'm not even gonna consider that."

"When was the last time, Linc? Was there one? Same for me, you know. I didn't realize how hot you've become. So muscular, so..."

Nothing mattered anymore. The rules were gone. These two siblings, denied a happy life. Alll of them, denied better. Before he knew it, he untied her hands. And the two went at it in the backseat. She rode him, running her hands all over his body. Her C-sized breasts jiggled up and down. Lincoln raced his hands towards them, caressing them firmly. Luan moaned in delight. "Oh, God." She bit her bottom lip.

Once the car stopped shaking, she settled down over him. "I hope you realize this is a one time thing." She ran her fingers through his hair. "I know. Thanks for that..." She rested her head on his chest. "I missed you so much... I'm glad you're back."

The Luan he knew was starting to return. The insanity was fleeing the building. "Luan?" She looked up at him. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry I left you." He gripped her hand. "Linc, you're here now. You're already making it up to me... This is all I want." The two silently fell asleep.

Later

Lynn walked down the field. She spotted a gray Honda on the left side, almost invisible among the treeline. She heard two heartbeats. The darkness kept her hidden.

"She never mentioned any visions to me." Lincoln sighed. "I don't know, I thought she made it up. Until it was real. How does that happen? Maybe there's something she never told me. Something I missed. I can't shake the feeling, that there's something else going on right underneath us." The driver's door was ripped away. Lynn grabbed Lincoln and pulled him out, throwing him feet from the car. "Linc!" Luan got out of the car, before Lynn hurled it into the air like nothing.

Lincoln drew his weapon, and fired at Lynn. Three bullets struck her, but she did not go down. She's still alive?! How?! He dropped it. "What's this about, Lynn?" Luan looked at the attacker. "Lynn?! That's Lynn?!"

"Someone wants to talk to you. I'm here to take you to them." The two charged at each other, engaging into a fight. "I'll be no one's pawn anymore. Tell them you fucked up." While the punches were breaking out, Luna snuck up behind Luan. "Hey, dude. Haven't seen you in awhile." Luan slowly turned, seeing the scary, yellow eyes, once brown a lifetime ago. "Oh my god..."

Lynn was getting the upper hand. "No way you can beat me, Lincoln. Submit. I won, like I'm born to." He pulled a grenade pin. "Its not over yet." He held the grenade in front of him, ramming into Lynn. The grenade went off between them.

"This shouldn't be happening. They're all supposed to be contained. Shit..." Lisa Loud was looking through articles and surveillance footage. "Someone, go confirm the death of Lori Loud." She let go of the intercom button.

Explosion On Train Leaves Twenty-Six Dead; Return of the Freights?

Vial Corp Facility In Forks, Washington Under Attack

"Lisa, your siblings are being united by the Agency. What do you request we do?"

"Nothing. Not yet. We'd have to be really desperate to combat such threats..."

Damn it guys, you're all supposed to be in glass cells... Don't force my hand.

She watched a security camera footage of Luna attacking a Vial Corp facility. Lisa went to the next one; Lincoln's fight with Lori. The third one; Luan attacking and killing five people at an undisclosed 7-11. She switched to the final video; a compilation of a pair of huge white lights zooming around the city of Manhattan. This was the most intriguing one she had seen, as of yet. My worst fear is coming true...

AN: They're reunited! Well, some at least, for the moment. You won't believe what happens next; what Lynn discovers, and what she must keep secret. Two chapters left for United We Stand, and then, the arrival of surprising guests for the second arc, Bound By Blood. Teasers for every arc will be posted on Tumblr from this point forward. Ready for seconds?

"Seek, and you shall find."