Timeline B (Before X)
Linka was buried, along with Lucy.
Lincoln stared down to the rectangular dirt plots.
Why them? Why her? She... Didn't do anything.
Lynn was speaking to him, but he brushed her way. The rain had already started, covering the graves with its tears, forever drowning them. Lincoln's own added to the flood.
"I'll fix this. I'll fix this..."
Timeline X
This timeline was completely different from B. The memories of the fire, it happened at a later date, on April 9th, 2017. The memories from both timelines were bunched in his brain. The headaches weren't helping at all.
Maybe there was more that changed than he thought. Little Linka Loud, coming from a special night Lincoln and Dana shared. Nothing made sense.
Liberty Loud knew what was coming for them, and who was meant to die. She had just killed Lynn, who was mourning Luna. "I'm sorry this timeline was not what you wanted."
If Lincoln succeeded in returning it back to the main timeline, Liberty would cease again, based on what she told him. The memories would be erased, and Timeline X would not even be a memory to remember. Not even her, and not even the truth about the fire.
That was it. That was how to win.
He bit her hand before she could kill him.
"AGGGHHHH!"
Lincoln went for Bobby, instantly ending him.
Liberty fired off her shotgun at Lincoln before making his escape with Lana, to a Vial Corp facility. Lana fell dead, bleeding out of her socket where her arm once was. Somehow, she survived the minigun's bullets, which was an impossible thing to do. Maybe she kept the lucky booger somwhere on her. Maybe.
Lincoln found his Pre-Timeline X self, and stopped him from succeeding in killing Lori in the Freights' hideout.
Timeline C - Older Lynn Loud's Timeline, 2/11/39
"You didn't listen to yourself! This'll all just loop around, a never-ending journey! You'll give her the instructions, she'll burn it, and she'll grow up to be you!" Luan Loud, in her wheelchair, was throwing stuff at Lynn.
"We're going to lose. Lori's dead, Lola's dead. And that was before Lisa and Vince's strike on us. Its just us now... I can't lose you. Not again..."
Lynn sped around the house, running into a rage. "We have to beat them all! We have to live!"
"WHY THE FUCK DIDN'T YOU TELL US?!"
"I THOUGHT WE WON! I THOUGHT WE WON WHEN LINCOLN KILLED VINCE! I THOUGHT HE WAS FUCKING DEAD! I..."
She removed her helmet. "I thought we won. I thought... I didn't know he was still alive, and was rebuilding the Network back. I didn't know-"
Luan turned around, placing her back to the speedster. "You fucked us all, Lynn. A second time."
"I gotta do this."
"You've already done it, Lynn. This won't change anything..."
Lynn headed downstairs.
"Lynn, its fucking hopeless! We're all gonna die! Don't screw up the timeline! Lincoln already has once!"
Lynn disappeared into the blue portal of the time machine, and brought back Lynn.
Lana was crying heavily. "Lola! Lola, please no!"
The inhuman tall and metallic entity tilted its faceless head towards Lynn and Lincoln. "You are why we're here."
It raised a hand over them, and a bright light flashed before them. The two shielded their eyes, and everything engulfed into darkness.
Lynn opened her eyes, and in front of her, was the house. Their old house, where everything went wrong. Only, it was the house before the fire.
"What-Why did you bring us here?!"
Lincoln took a step back. "What's your play, silverware?"
The thing leaned its head towards Lynn, and whispered something. Her face grew pale, and the blood inside stopped circling around. "N-No. You're lying... YOU'RE LYING!"
5/17/26
Older Lynn took her hands, clenching them in anger. "No, no, no. Lincoln! It can't be!"
Older Luan fell weakly in front of the others. The memories of the new timeline were being moved into their brains. "Why... Why us? We just wanted to-" Older Luan pulled a Lucy in reverse and disappeared.
Older Lynn sat down and gave a sigh. "Damn it..." She, too, began to disappear, from her feet to her head. "I fucked up big time..."
And that was it. Older Lynn had just shifted everything, like Lincoln had.
8/18/39 - Timeline D - Shoreline Park, Mountain View, California
Despite the memories of Lynn going back in time to save themselves disappearing, for they were removed from the equation, she still had the memories of seeing her Timeline C self aiding them. No reason to go back in time, for everything was over. And yet, it all remained as is.
A train horn blared in the distant. The dawn was coming up. Lynn Loud jogged around the paths of this beautiful, huge park. Seagulls flew around, the sounds of the ocean made the scenery naturally peaceful. The death ended years ago, and all the noise of the world's fears were stirred no longer, had been for years now.
Linka, now a fourteen year old in the body of a twenty five year old, due to technically being brought into the world in 2024, but having an eleven year old body at the time, called Lynn.
"Hey, what's up?"
"She's in labor. Come to Stanford Hospital. Lana and I are here."
Lynn hung up, and smiled. She quickly ran, leaving a trail of red and white, ready to introduce a new member in the Loud family.
Let's recap here; Timeline B, the original one, was the first. Then came X, changed by Lincoln. That's one timeline shift. Of course, he reverts it back. Despite undoing it, he does change B regardless, into C, seen in Future Untold. Of course, C is the written timeline, the one that Older Lynn and Luan appear from in Chapter 4 and Future Untold.
Then it changed again, after Older Lynn manages to prevent Lisa's dark reign.
This is all now Timeline D, changing direction only from that point onward. If that's the case, shouldn't have it changed completely? No reason for Older Lynn to go back to the past now, right? Then how has this timeline not changed from Chapter 4 to now?
No need to worry, I will explain why the Destined Timeline didn't change from the past when it should have. Hope that clears some heads.
Timeline B/ The Before Timeline
Timeline C/ Current Timeline
Timeline D/ Destined Timeline
Timeline X/ The Flashpoint of this fic.
Fuck, this is too good. Next; asyLum.