"What the hell happened?" Luna watched Lincoln lie down on the bed. "Tis but a scratch." Luna touched the slash on his neck. "No. Something happened. Damn it, Linc." Lynn entered the room. "I'll beat you down or, you can talk." He turned on his side.

"Go the fuck away..." Lincoln was sulking, going on a raging lockdown, after losing his lead. Something unaccounted for... Only through his eyes. "Fight it is..." Lynn pulled the bed away, sending Lincoln dragging on the floor. "What the f-" Lynn picked him up. "Where the fuck did you go?!" She demanded. "And what happened to you?"

"First, let me go." Lynn dropped her brother. "Next, go away." Luna growled. "Damn it! Don't hide anything!" Lynn held up a hand to Luna. "Fine. Don't tell us. We won't force you to." Lynn pulled Luna away, not moving their eyes off of Lincoln.

...Godfuckingdamnit...

The two girls headed back into Luna's room. "He found something. That's gotta be it." Luna crossed her arms. "The smart thing to do was to call us as reinforcements. There was no reason not to notify us, unless..." Lynn's eyes widened. "You can't seriously think that, can you?" Luna's mind was made up. "I do." She faced back at his room. "He doesn't trust us." Lynn was left in the hall.

I don't believe that... We're all he has left...

She returned to the room. "What do you think they'll do? If he really decided to act when he wasn't supposed to-" Lynn shut the door.

"There's no real evidence he found something. Maybe he just went to vent off." Lynn wanted to believe Lincoln wasn't going behind their backs.

"Explain that cut across his neck. No ordinary object could do that. You heard the results. He's near invincible. I don't buy it."

"Well, fine. What about her? We never found her, or the missing staff. You don't think that she has some secret system somewhere, do you?" The fact wasn't lost on them. "I want to say she went off grid, but those that are missing. The staff. It is a possibility..." Luna remembered something.

"I took the time to move everything really important."

"I think you're right. I saw a hologram of her while you guys were hacking the complete databanks. She said she moved stuff important. If that's the case... What is she hiding?"

"Do they know about that?" Luna shook her head. "I didn't tell them. Not yet."

"And you won't. They won't bother to chase someone with no power. They only care about what we recovered and what she left behind. Even if Lisa does have something else that she's controlling, there's gotta be provided evidence, which is impossible to get. We'll have to hope he talks. Only he has answers at this moment."

"That's if he does..." Luna placed her shoulders on Lynn and shook her.

"Wake up! This isn't what we know... Lincoln's changed, if you haven't noticed. We all have. Its not surprising if he wanted to go solo. Whatever reason, he had to have told us. If there's no trust, there's no family worth coming back to."

The door opened, and Lincoln and Luan, who had returned from above with food, entered inside. Lincoln had made up his mind while this conversation was midway. "I found something, but I lost it." He leaned on the wall, all eyes on him, while Luan munched on a chicken leg from a brown bucket inside a bag. "There was this meeting I was gonna break up. It was a buy, and the seller was one who works for Lisa. I planned to take him, make him tell me. But shit went south..." To show what he saw was easier than to describe it. "There was this... Thing. Like something from a werewolf movie. It attacked me before I hit the buy. But... Whatever it was, it knew all my moves. It..." His streak was broken, the reminder that the best of the worst was able to be defeated was an unsatisfying, but selfish thought. A secret motivation to get better.

"I was defeated by it." Lynn and Luna looked at each other.

"No way. You?" Luan lowered the chicken leg.

"Yeah, it knew its shit and got away before I managed to heal."

"Its got Lisa's name all over it. What are the odds you get attacked as soon as you just closed in on the seller?" Lynn was relieved. I knew he trusted us... Fuck you, Luna...

I bet you're laughing at me, aren't you, bitch? Luna gave Lynn a quick glance.

"Why didn't you summon us? She's not just your sister! We're all related to her, and that makes her our problem, equally." Lincoln turned away from Luna's tone.

"You'd just get in the way. Its simple." Lynn and Luna were shocked to hear this.

"What if it killed you?! What if we never saw you again?!" Luan and Lynn were stunned with the realization within Luna's words. "We've just been reunited, and you wanna jump into danger... I can't lose you. Any of you." Luna looked at all three. "Not again..."

"Linc, we're doing this together. You can't do this alone. Girls?" Lynn sided with Luna.

"That's right! We stick together, like we've always had before! Luan?"

"Of course! Linc, you said it yourself. It beat you, but if we were all there, it'd be in our favor."

Majority ruled. "Fine. But do it my way. There's something I have to pick up. I have the necessary equipment we'll need, far from here." He arose from the bed.

"No, Lincoln, stay. You've just got back like twenty minutes ago. We're gonna need all the rest we can get." Lynn grabbed his arm and shoved him onto the bed. "Just in case, we'll witness it firsthand." He really needed some rest.

"Get me two pillows. Join me... Its more creepy if you guys just watched me sleep. Why not rest yourselves as well?" Lynn leaped behind him as Luna took the other side. The two grown girls held both of his hands. "One thing; you'll both try to stay alive. We're not invincible, even with our gifts from Lisa. Remember that." Luan was pulled by Luna, and cuddled closely, being set on top of her, stroking the girl's hair.

"Come on, Linc. Don't be afraid to hit me. I'm attacking you. Defend yourself!" Lori kicked Lincoln in his stomach. The teenage boy went down. "Fucking weak..." She circled him as he moped about in thegrass. "Ugh, please stop." He went in fetal position. Lori bent down. "You won't win a fight in your miserable life, Lincoln. You're too soft, and the world is shaping into something more cruel with each brand new day." Lori began to walk away. "Catch up, or I'll leave you behind, too..."

He woke up, breathing hard from the nightmare. The others were still asleep. Lincoln quietly snuck away.

Later

Lincoln arrived at his last safehouse he stepped in. Everything was as he left it, and no one had broken into it. The decomposing body of his former best friend made it a more darker scene. The smell was odorous. He looked around through his scattered armory. He set down the empty duffle bag, preparing to take his familar ordinance, rather than the laser beam guns back in his so-called new home.

He took two of everything there was, running out of explosives at the same time. He heard the floorboards creak, prompting him to stay still. He then noticed something written on the wall, in red, which definitely wasn't there before.

LOOK BEHIND YOU

Lincoln then realized that he had his back directly to the dark kitchen. He heard two big footsteps sound off behind him. The familiar snarl rang in his ears. "I didn't know who you were. If Clyde's body wasn't here, I'd have assumed it could've been him " Lincoln turned towards the monster behind. "But no, I'm wrong. I know who you really are. If you're here, then you've always known I lied to you." The werewolf entity emerged from the darkness. "It could only be two people behind that coat of fur. Its not him..." He pointed to Clyde's body. "Coming here was a big mistake, Lori."

She swung her claws at him. "How did you survive?" He dodged her attacks, moving back. "Lisa pulled me out of death. I was on life support, barely holding on." Lori charged at him and punched him, knocking Lincoln to the wall. "Lisa gave me a second chance, but this had to happen. I didn't like it. Then I remembered who did this to me." She kicked at the downed Lincoln. "You defied us! You defied me!" Lincoln laughed, while groaning in pain. He rolled a live grenade to her feet as he jumped away. Lori fell back, taking much force of the blast.

"Ugh... You can't kill me this time. I can beat you." Lincoln stumbled his way to the box of tacticals. He threw a flash bang into her face, shielding himself before the dazing white appeared. He used the time window to grab a loaded shotgun from the duffle bag, and fired upon Lori, who was still recovering from the blinding light. "Doesn't mean I won't try." She fell, taking three shells into her chest. Lincoln pointed it into her face, ready to fire the fourth.

"I want to say something." Lori moved about, coughing up blood. Lincoln hesitated momentarily. "Okay, what is it?" She faced back towards the kitchen, where she hid. "I have a surprise for you." Lincoln followed the lead. He saw just in time to see a taser gun latch its cords into him and shocked him. He went down, dropping his gun.

A second figure emerged, still holding onto the taser. Lori stood on her feet. "Meet Linka." Before him, was a girl, who looked a bit older than Lily, but had a similar face, even the trademark white hair he was born with. Lincoln tried to remove the cord stuck to him, still tingling from the charge. "Shock him again!" The girl fired up the taser again. Lincoln fell completely on his back. "That's good enough! Make sure do to it again if he tries to get up." Lori stood above him. "How does it feel to be so helpless? Left way in the dark? The last time, I left you to die. But Lisa may want to get a look at you. I'll be there to enjoy the screams of your endless suffering." Lori then kicked his face, knocking him out.

AN: Nope, not following the canon. Behold, the introduction of Linka, everyone! Don't worry, next chapter explains who, and what, she is. Even if you might have gathered something. Good, good. Wonder. Theorize. Piece together. It all comes down to mind games, fights and agendas, regardless if it goes as planned. Lay down, and nibble on popcorn. Next; Lincoln discovers the Black Network!

I'm not even sorry this was shorter than I wanted it to be.