"Leni, Leni, no, please don't die!" Lincoln pulled her slowly towards him, after Vince allowed him to take her. The drag left blood stains behind. "Leni, please-" He held her into his arms. "No, Leni, not again..."

Luna looked up at those words.

"Okay, men. Clear out." Vince put away his gun, leaving the others to their miserable fates. "Can't kill them until I'm done trying to. Let the realization sink." The Louds were locked in again.

Luna tightly gripped Lincoln's shoulder. "What do you mean? Not again, not again what? Lincoln, what did you do?! What did-"

Leni's hand reached to Luna's, stopping her shouting. "Leni... I-"

She gasped for breath, trying to steady herself. "No... You're here now... I missed you guys, I missed-" Leni spotted Lana, holding her hand out. "Lah- Lana? Lana... I thought I-" She drew her last breath.

Lana wiped away her tears. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry I ran... I didn't know. I didn't know!"

Lori moved beside her. "Don't beat yourself up. This... This isn't on them. This was on us, we never-"

Lincoln cradled her body like a baby. "Luna... I saw it... Saw her die once- I didn't know he'd-"

"Once? Once, where?" Luna put the pieces together. "Bloody hell, man. You found her, in that..." Her brain fried. "That other timeline, didn't you? Why? WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY ANYTHING?!"

"I thought she was safe. I was going to bring her back to her family... And now she's gone." He gently rubbed her hair. "Our sweet Leni..."

"This- This isn't on Lupa. No, this is on you. Her blood on your hands!"

"Luna..." He placed Leni down gently and turned toward her. "FUCKING KILL YOURSELF!" He snagged the chain beyond what he believed was his maximum, finally breaking free. He stretched out briefly.

"Linc, you, you-"

Lincoln grabbed the loose chain, and whipped it up into the ceiling, shattering the dampener. Within seconds, Lynn and Luna broke free, Lana vibrated through the chains, and Lincoln helped the still frozen Lori out.

The alarm went off, followed by a faint rumbling nearby. "That's an explosion. Something's going on." Lynn kicked the door off its hinges, sending it slamming to the wall.

"I can't leave Leni... I can't." Lori took Lincoln's place in mourning, making her decision.

"Lori, we'll bring her body back, once we end this." Luna was the last to leave the room. "This isn't over, Linc. We're all going to have a talk later..."

"I can't wait. Lana, do a scout run."

Lana looked at Lincoln, before speeding away.

"You're losing us. Just think, what will Linka think of this?"

Lincoln ignored Luna, watching the white blur reappear. "Okay, guys, I've done the recon. There's two floors, and we're on the top one. However, underneath the first floor is what looked like a big storage thing-"

"A hangar."

"I don't know, geez. There's some serious hardware down there. We're on the first floor, so-"

Lynn went down on all fours, smacking her head through the concrete floor. She moved it about, making a wider hole. "Guys, look at this!" Lynn spotted a row M1 Abrams tank ablaze below. The hangar was indeed big. Three amored trucks with 50. Cals were firing at the same position, striking at the tank nearest the edge of the hangar. "Someone's definitely crashed the party. Time to join in!" Lynn placed her hands through the whole, and pushed from underneath, forcing her complete body through.

"LYNN LOUD, COMING IN HOT!" She made a heavy landing on top of a Hummer, caving it in completely. The windows, front and side, shattered immediately. The back window still stood, but cracked visibly. "Hahaha, I love my power!"

"Lynn, quit playing around! Take out the hostiles!" Lincoln pointed to her left, where the firefight was still going on. "Go save whoever they're shooting at!"

"Yes, Mr. Secret!" Lynn jumped to her feet, lifting up the totaled Hummer.

Lucy was boxed in, taking cover behind one of the tanks. "Lola, where the fuck are you?!" She held one of her katanas, and exposed it, before it was hit by a bullet. "Dang it!"

One of the shooters halted his firing. "Ventura, we have our perp cornered. Preparing to-"

With all her might, Lynn crushed the Hummer into the gunner position, instantly crushing him.

"SIX O'CLOCK, SIX O'CLOCK!" The fire shifted towards Lynn.

"NOT MY CLOTHES! THIS IS MY FAVORITE JERSEY, DANG IT!" Lynn moved fast, sending one of the remaining two vehicles into the air.

Lucy struck with this opening, leaping into the hood of the final vehicle, and impaling the shooter with her sharp blade. "Heads up, Lynn. We have reinforcements incoming."

"Lucy, how did you find us?!"

"Backdoor tracking. A nice system, clean, elegant. We've come to rescue you, but, cool, you're free... So..." She removed the katana from the head.

"Oh, that's another way to go..."

"Take this out." Lucy pulled at the body.

"Uh, sure..." Lynn pinched a part of the dead guy's vest, and flung the corpse away. Lucy moved to the position. "Tag-team?"

"I thought you'd never ask."

Lincoln arrived below, followed by the others, exiting the stairwell. "Vince is somewhere around, here. Lana, go-" Lola appeared in front of them.

"Oh, what? I'm not fast enough... Dang it!" Lana hugged her twin. "Lucy managed to find you. Some nerd power, I'm not sure. Anyways-"

"Go loud, Louds."

A shitload of men, probably everyone, scattered around, firing at them.

Luna was stealing their guns while jumping around, hitting and tossing them around. The speedsters stripped the guns away, circling around them, making them levitate into the air. Lincoln was plainly aiming to kill. He and Luna fought their way to where Lynn landed, but were stopped dead by Vince.

"You wanted me, here I am." He opened his arms, like a welcome.

Lincoln didn't hesitate to fire everything he had in the magazine. Vince looked down, staring at the multiple holes on his black leather jacket. "That's not edgy..." Vince full sprinted towards Lincoln, pushing Luna aside.

Lincoln was pinned to the ground, with Vince's arm pushing against his throat. "Die, will you?" The twins pulled Vince away from Lincoln. Luna made a jump onto him, sinking her sharp teeth into him. "URGGHH!" He pulled her by the hair. "I heard you used to play guitar. That's all well and interesting..." He punched her in the gut, then again, in her face. "...I also have."

He kicked her down, mercilessly. Luna spat out blood, soothing the aching pain delivered by the kick.

Lynn heaved a tank at the flanking men, managing to crush a few while Lucy opened fire upon the rest. "Suppressing fire!"

An active enemy tank turned its cannon towards Lucy. "They've boarded that tank! Lynn!" Lucy quickly got out of the seat, jumping behind. "Hurry!"

The tank fired away, completely wrecking Lucy's hiding spot. She slid to the right, barely avoiding the blast of the vehicle.

Lynn moved fast, turning the cannon towards the remaining ground forces as it was about to fire again.

Lucy peeked from behind an open hatch door, seeing two explosions going off. The firing had stopped.

"Come on out, Luce! Its all been taken care of!"

Lincoln, Luna, and the twins were badly beaten. Vince looked around to the bodies and destruction scattered around him. "Fucking hell, it'll take awhile to rebuilt! Look, look at what you've done!"

Lynn and Lucy approached him from opposite sides. "Its over, Vince."

He tossed a blue, round shaped device at her. As expected, she caught it. "What's this? A grenade? Can't hurt me."

"No, Lynn, toss it! That's a-"

Lynn took a serious ton of voltage to her body, making her hair stand on its own, and causing her to slump on the ground. "Beat you all, again." Lucy stood her ground, ready to strike.

"Don't bother, I've upgraded."

Lori ran towards him while his back was to her. "YOU HURT MY FAMILY!" Her hand locked into the back of his vest, and heaved him into the wall near the stairwell, leaving a hole upon impact. Vince's head tilted down, a heavy knock out blow done right.

Lori helped the twins while Lucy shook Lynn. Luna squirmed in pain, looking up. "D-did we win?"

"We've got everyone here, and Vince here, is the only one left standing."

"There's still the matter of Lisa in the-"

"We'll strike again there too. We won, here."

The twins were moving their hands about. "Thank goodness for that!"

Lincoln stared up into the ceiling. "Did we, really?" Luna held her hand out, pulling him up.

"We did... At a price. And-" Luna sighed. "Lincoln, you could have told us, and this might've been prevented. Clearly, you don't trust us."

He shook his head. "Its not like that. I was going to tell you where she was, before I forgot permanently."

"Uh, guys?"

"You should have done so right away! Damn it, Lincoln!"

"Guys!" Lucy pointed to Vince, barely seeing him flee into the stairwell. "He's getting away!"

The twins stood in their place. "We still need to recharge!" Lincoln stumbled to his feet.

"Fine, I'll do it myself."

Lynn, who opted to join him, was blocked by Luna. "What are you doing? I have to help! He can't-"

"Maybe they can succeed in killing each other. I've had it with Lincoln, his ways, and his secrets and lies."

Lincoln found himself outside the huge facility, and the biome around was that of a forest. Eveything was pitch black, beyond what the lights around the building were able to expose. He listened for footsteps further down. A fallen branch snapped in two, and Lincoln went around where the sound came from. He backed into a tree, silently circling around it. A very faint shadow was leaned on another tree, peaking over and watching the entrance he emerged from. Lincoln crouched, sneaking his way behind Vince.

The shadow turned, noticing Lincoln behind them, before he performed a chokehold. "Got you, now die."

The scared Lily swung her legs into the air. "Lincy!"

He let go. "Oh, god! Lily! I'm sorry!" He spun her around, eyeing her fear.

"What are you doing here?! Did Lola really bring you?!"

"I... I wanted to help. Please don't be mad."

"Lily, its dangerous here, you could get-"

BANG.

Lincoln looked all over himself, trying to find where he had been hit. He found nothing, only to look up and see Lily's stomach; the lavender of her shirt gained a sizeable red spot. She fell back, still held by Lincoln. "NO, NO, NO. NOT YOU. NOT-"

Vince revealed himself, cackling. "That's right. Let it sink, realize who's really responsible for all this. Not me, not Lisa. You, Lincoln. You killed Leni, and you're going to kill this one, too."

"Lincy..." Lily's breaths were visible in the coldness, and slowing down with every one she drew.

"Stay with me, Lily! Stay!"

Vince's laughter faded, and the handgun dropped from his hands. He looked at his hands for a brief second, and then ran into the night.

Lincoln picked up the wounded girl. "Lily, Lily..." He rubbed her left cheek like a nurturing mother. "I didn't mean-"

Lynn and the others were in view. "LILY!" Lynn took her from his arms. "WHAT HAPPENED?"

"He shot her... She needs-"

Lynn placed her in Lola's hands. "I'll fix this. I didn't think-"

"WHY DID YOU-"

Lynn pushed him back. "Stop. Just... Stop."

"It wasn't my fault... It wasn't my fault..." Lola trembled with guilt.

"Well, go, before he loses it..." Lola left the scene with Lily.

Lincoln pulled out a trigger. "Linc, what's that?"

"I've sent a squad of twelve men to get you out. They're awaiting you five clicks down."

Vince kept running. "What about the Network?!"

"We can start a new base. We'll have to go off-grid now. I'm moving everything to the off-shore warehouses. I'm burning this one."

"Roger... Over and out." He looked back, wondering if he was being followed. He slowed down, hearing no one around. A beeping came from his pocket. He pulled out something the size of a candle. "Damn it... Good game, Lincoln."

Lincoln squeezed the trigger, seeing a fiery red light sparkle in the distance. "Insurance."

Behind them, a loud rumbling came, almost like an earthquake. "Get back! They're covering their tracks!"

Lori then screamed. "LENI IS STILL INSIDE!" This was Lana's cue.

"Leni? Our sister?" Lori's expression worried Lucy. "It can't be-"

Lana came out with Leni's body as the facility caved in, and revealed a fire upon the crumbling. "This... This feels all too familiar..."

Lynn moved around the forming fire, taking out the sheet given to her by her future self. She opened it.

We all moved in on Lisa's whereabouts, but that was where we were not meant to all go. Vince somehow survived that blast. And that leads to the future I showed you. You've come this far, keep going. Apart from this, and after, there will be a few more threats that will come your way. Those, I hope you'll avoid, or fight through, the way I did. I cannot tell you amymore, and I am sorry.

Even as you win against Lisa this time, its still far from over.

-Lynn Loud, 2/11/39

Lynn crumbled it up, and tossed the paper wad into the fire.

Older Lynn and Older Luan finally arrived, finding themselves near the facility. The blue portal disappeared behind them.

"I remember it, I burned the damn warning." Older Lynn pointed towards the destroyed facility. "There we are. Let's go introduce ourselves."

AN: Oh, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way. Ugh, how hard it is to write...

Will the lily writher away? Or will it bloom? Conclusion is next.

My next storyline shall be the prequel, the one that fills in the ten year gap for each and every one. "After The Day," an eight parter this time.

Before this arc started, I mainly did everything solo. I had a bit of help for this, and I'd like to thank this awesome person. She knows who she is.