Lincoln stopped digging. "Lincoln, of all places, this is the beautiful choice." He sighed at Luna's words. He tossed the shovel back on ground.
"I wish I knew where the rest of Lucy's remains are..." Luna lightly touched his shoulder. "What we have is enough. I'm sorry..."
To wear black for the funeral, was something not anyone could go through with. "So, who's breaking the news to Luan?" Lincoln answered. "I will." Lincoln set the box that contained Lucy's head down into the burial plot on the right. Luna and Lynn carefully set down Linka's body on the left one. "And the clones?"
"They'll be notified, as well."
"Would anyone like to say a few words?" Lincoln held the shovel close. Lynn spoke.
"She was fun to play with. She was more harmless than harmful. I loved her, and she, in a way, was a good niece. May god rest her pure soul." Lynn stopped.
"Thank you, Lynn."
Luna cleared her throat. "This is for both of them. They lost their lives, fighting for us, fighting with us. And for that, we will never forget. As long as we live. We won't let this go unavenged. They will be missed." Luna nodded at Lincoln.
"Lori?"
"Alright... I was placed with Linka as backup, but she wasn't actually stonehearted like you, Linc. So I made the plan to get her out of there, using you as a distraction. I'm glad she's been able to see something more happier from the world, and I know, she did not die while being already dead. I will miss her." Lincoln eyed the twins once Lori wrapped up.
"You two?"
They had nothing either. Lincoln began to bury the graves. "Wait, don't you have anything to say?" Luna couldn't believe what she was seeing. "Linka called you a father, and you're telling us you're not gonna say anything?" He kept shovelling.
"That's right. I don't have to say anything."
Luna took the shovel away. "Why are you so heartless, Linc?!" Lynn and Lori looked at each other. "You can't lock up your demons. Whatever shit it is that you try so hard to bury underneath. I can't believe-"
Lincoln snapped.
"Why do you think I'm not feeling angry, or upset?! I am, Luna, I am. They crossed the line! They took away..." The time came for Lincoln to crack. He had begun to cry. "They took away my daughter! THEY MURDERED HER, LUNA. OF COURSE I'M ANGRY. I-" His voice lowered.
"I made the same mistake with Lily... How could I have known? Why didn't I say it once? Why didn't I tell her...?"
"Hey, dude. Don't go there." Luna handed back the shovel. "I'm sorry... I just assumed..." Luna sighed. Lincoln went back to shovelling. The crosses have already been placed.
He finished up, and dropped the shovel.
"Here lies Lucy Loud, and Linka Loud."
"Linka Loud? Aw..." Lori was silently weeping, but made an attempt to hide it.
"She was one of us, and she'll always be one of us."
"Its hopeless. We can't win against Lisa. I say we stop."
"He said we were going on a wild goose chase. We haven't found anything at all. But I won't give up. Lisa has to pay."
The others left the dark scenery. Lincoln stayed at the graves. They're going to pay... They are going to pay.
The rain began to fall. And Lincoln's dripping tears were hidden within the falling droplets. Lynn stayed behind, making sure he was fine. Even she was in complete shock at what unfolded. At what had happened. They're gone... They're gone forever...
"Lincoln, we have to go..." She could not stand being there anymore. "Bro..." He waved his hand behind his back, non-verbally telling her to leave.
"Just... Let me say goodbye. To her. To them both." Lincoln placed his hand on the left grave. "I'll fix this. I'll fix this."
Lincoln dropped the others off, but was heading back to the fallen Agency. "I'll be back soon. I have to see something." Lynn felt something was off, but disregarded it.
On his mind, was the one thing he saw in the database. He found it in the second floor from above.
"You're my one chance to set things right... I hope you work." Lincoln turned on the U-shaped machine. He punched in some numbers on a keypad on the side of the huge machine. A blue circle began to glow brightly and grow in size. Lincoln then entered into the blue...
AN: This is short, and I know.
Countdown to X; Zero. Prepare yourself.
You might have been wondering, what is X? I can't answer that in full, but here's what I can say;
Its the arc mainly about the thing Lincoln does, that Future Lynn warned current Lynn about. And its going to be a total game changer.
Also, there'll be a change of antagonists in X. No Lisa, no Vince. But you might shit your pants, when they're all revealed. X will definitely blow your minds. It'll be longer, too.
The reason why I posted chapters at random, with no pattern, is so no one would have been able to predict when X comes out. I said Retribution was coming on Friday. I clearly lied, just to toy with you. That means it could drop anytime, at any day. Maybe tomorrow, or two weeks from today. That's all I can share.
