Lupa dragged Luna to them, leaving a bloody trail from where she was. "Damn it!"

"Get her fixed, and get Linka and Lily safe!" Lynn commanded. Luan moved away from the danger, and she and Liby both went onto protect.

Carol pointed at the Louds. "I have a bone to pick with all of you, and I'm gonna enjoy killing you all."

"Lana, Lola, do your thing", Lori whispered.

"And you're all gonna-" Carol then vanished after the streak of bright white had pushed her out of the place. The twins returned, and Lana grabbed Lynn's hand. "Lola, take Lori! Come on!"

Lacy and Lupa were left in the confusion. "WAIT, WHAT ABOUT US?!"

"Lupa, they left us. Screw it, let's see if Luna needs us."

Liby was preventing the blood from flowing out, while Luan was calming the two youngest girls. "Nothing to worry about, okay? We're all protected here."

"Hey, how's Luna?" Lacy asked upon entering the room, bigger than that of the old house.

"I have this, Lacy. She's gonna be fine." Liby had both hands up to Luna's opening.

"Well, if you need help-"

"I said I have this!" Liby barked at Lacy.

"Whoa there, kiddo. Who flipped on your switch?" Lupa shut and locked the door. Linka moved from Luan's care, moving up closer to Liby. She placed a hand on her back, and promised Liby to not worry with a simple, warm smile.

"I'm sorry, Lace." Liby softly uttered.

How the fuck did she find us? Lupa thought.

Lana and Lola both stopped at an empty construction site. Carol was digging herself out of a dirt pile, phased through by the twins. "Fuck you, Louds. I have tricks up my sleeves to play."

"Any of you know her?" Lola asked.

"Questions later. First, let's take this idiot blonde down", Lynn exclaimed. The three others gave her angry looks. "What?"

Lana and Lola zoomed around Carol. "Gotcha", she laughed, tossing two of the red dampeners to the circular white flashes that kept her cornered. They quickly slowed down. Lynn kicked Carol away before the twins could be hurt.

"My powers are gone! What happened?" Lola attempted to run, but only did so like a regular person. "What has she done to me?!"

Carol backed away as Lori and Lynn were closing in on her. She quickly reached into her pocket, but only had a black, round device on her. "Damn it. I'll kill you all!" She revealed it, sending them to a halt. "But not today!" She threw it downwards, and a blue portal opened up underneath her, sending her into it

"Get after her!" Lori yelled.

Lynn made a jump, but the portal closed in before she made it through. Lynn fell face first into the dirt. "UCKKKK!"

Lori groaned, while Lana and Lola kept trying to run. "What is going on?!"

Lola then spotted a red object on Lana's back. "Hold up, what's this?" She pulled it out, and looked closely, spotting a familar logo on the back; Vial Corp.

"Guys, look at this! This has Lisa's name written all over this." She handed the dampener to Lori.

"Its always Lisa, isn't it. She never gives up... But it can't be. She's been imprisoned."

"Maybe she has connections still?" Lynn suggested.

"I'm not sure, but there is something we gotta consider; who is she, and how did she know where to-" Lori stopped. "Don't you think its funny the clones came right before this happens."

"You saying the clones are responsible for this?"

"Hey, maybe they brought her, maybe they lied about their story. Its not a coincidence, Lynn."

Lana removed Lola's dampener. "We can go home now, and we'll figure this out later."

Lana and Lola did their thing once more, returning to their now unsafe house.

In the room, Lupa vanished before them, being surrounded by the four.

"Start talking, tell us what you know," Lynn ordered.

"We don't know who she is, but she came and attacked us. That's why we left. We really did our best to cover our tracks. It's not Lisa, it can't be, but-" She placed her hand on her wound, feeling around. "Oh, shit."

"What? What is it?"

Lupa removed her sweater and shirt, only sporting a black bra because of course she does. Lola was nauseous at the huge wound on her. Lupa raised a hand over her chest.

"Hey, what the hell are you doing?" Lynn assumed Lupa was going to try something funny. "Don't-"

The black device ripped through her skin, flying right into her fingers. "Uck!"

"What, is this a tracker?!"

"I remember now. She screamed out "Clones!" at us. She knew who and what we were."

"It really sounds like dear Lisa to me. How's Luna doing?"

"Liby was healing her wounds, she's stable now," Lupa replied.

"Uh... We're going to pay Lisa a visit-"

"I doubt she'll talk, its Lisa, for fuck's sake."

"What else can we do? This could be our only lead. Lana, Lola, tell them Luna's staying in their room. We'll decide what to do tomorrow."

Back up in the clones' room, Liby was resting her hands. "Geez, that was tiring, but she'll be okay."

"Uh, Liby. You do know she can regenerate, right?" Luan rained on Liby's parade.

"Are you kidding me?!"

Lacy and Linka silently giggled, much to her irritation. The twins walked in. "Lori says Luna will stay here tonight."

"Ew... She has that bad smell."

"Yeah, why do you think we put her on the couch? See you tomorrow."

Liby formed the malicious idea. "Goodnight, speedos."

"Put your clothes back on, Lupa, and go to your room." Lori laid on the couch.

Within the next hour, Liby and Lacy worked stealthily to move Luna to the second room. Boy, would they get such a surprise. Liby was giggling lightly, while Lacy managed to hold in her desire to laugh. They levitated to and back from the room.

Lori thought she smelled Luna's odor from afar, but disregarded it. She kept her eyes back on the door and windows, expecting another attack from the teenager with the weird ability.

Lupa was still awake to hear the two pull Liby's prank into action.

"I hope this place has thin walls, too," Liby laughed.

"You're gonna get in so much trouble, Lib. Aw, look at little Lupa, sleeping like a baby. How-"

She sat up, giving them both a hell of a fright. "Don't you finish that sentence. Go back to sleep."

Lacy quickly followed the new goth's order, while Liby only kept her stare on Lupa.

"What, Liby?"

"No, uh- Nothing, I'm going." Liby toppled on her bed silently, still feeling Lupa's eyes on her, which was doing something else other than just scaring her. She faced the wall, still feeling uncomfortable. Lupa went down, no longer having Liby on her sights. She sighed the way Lucy does, and dozed off while looking at the darkness of the ceiling.

June 5th, 2026

"EWWWW WHAT THE FUCK IS- WHO PUT LUNA HERE?!" The voice was loud enough to be heard clearly. Liby broke into a horde of laughter, taking her sheets with her after slipping off the bed.

Lupa was already up at the time, already sulking and questioning her existence. "Ugh, keep it down."

"Oh, sorry there, Darkie. Some of us want to have fun here. Maybe you should, too."

Lacy was chuckling wildy after coming in. "Oh, boy, they're so mad! Greatest prank ever!"

Lupa coughed intentionally. "Good morning to you, too, Lace."

"I wonder what today has in store for us three," she said in a zombified tone. Running footsteps rang out. "Oh."

Liby pulled the covers over her. "Oops!"

Lacy jumped on Lupa's bed, hoping to be protected by the queen of darkness. "Shield me!"

Lori was covering her nose, face fully red. To hear her talk while holding her nose made Liby giggle more underneath the sheets. "WHICH ONE OF YOU PUT LUNA IN OUR ROOM?!"

Lacy also couldn't help herself, and Lupa decided it was too early for this. She removed the covers from both her and Liby's beds.

"Hey, what- Lupa!"

"We're not here to prank around. Lori, what's the plan?"

The oldest Loud lowered her arm from her face. She took a satisfying breath, and sighed. "Thank fuck. And we're going to have a meeting about it now. Meet up downstairs. Its just you three, me, Luna and Lynn. Yeah, Luna's alright now. Liby, you don't have to take part of it.'

"I'm not weak anymore..."

"Not true, Liby. Stay out of it, okay?" Lupa made up her mind, and nodded at Lori. "Me and Lace will be down shortly."

"Meet you down."

Liby shut the door. "What is that supposed to mean? You don't think I'm ready for this? Is that it?" She flipped Lupa's bed, making her topple on the floor. Lacy was quick to get out of the way.

"Liby, I don't think she thinks you're-"

"You're right, I do think you're merely a child. You'd get in the way, and I'm not a babysitter."

"Wha- Lupa, why?" Lacy was blocking Liby, who was trying to get to the goth. "Liby, stop!"

"Lupa, I can handle it!" She shoved Lacy to the side. "I'm not a little girl."

"Where the hell did this come from?!" Lacy was ready to pull her back, but denied by Lupa.

"Show me you can handle it, girl." The two were directly face-to-face. "Hit me, Liby. Hit me."

The girl formed a fist, and prepared to strike her.

"Come on, Lib. Prove you're willing to fight for your beliefs. Prove that you're strong for this. Prove that you have Lincoln in you!"

Liby dropped her fist, and only let out a scream over her shoulder. Lupa pushed her down with no hesitation. "Pathetic."

"Liby?"

"Don't help her up. She can do it herself. She doesn't need our help if she wants to be on my level. On his level. That's what she's asking for, without knowing it. Get downstairs, Lace."

Lacy looked back at the defeated Liby before leaving.

"Stay as the girl I know you are, Lib. Trust me, you don't want it to elude you. I'm doing this for your own good. Tough love, you know? I'll be right back." Lupa left before she even saw the first tear of her drop to the wooden floor.

"Lisa might not even talk! She doesn't get emotional or such. She's not like us. She's cold, dudes. We can't waste our time."

The two were already down as Lynn and Lori were deciding how to act. "Maybe Lupa could torture her?"

"Let's not go there. There has to be another-"

Like the work of an unseen force, the TV turned on, depicting a live broadcast.

"We're here, coming to you live with breaking news. The Gray Water Maximum Penitentiary has come under fire, after an explosion had been set off not long ago. Choppers are already on the scene." Footage of the burning penitentiary filled the screen. Orange and black flames were mixing with one another, dancing with the wind. "Firefighters on the scene already tell us no one could have made it out in time."

"What the- That's where Lisa was placed!"

"Well, our only lead is now out the window. What now?"

The group gave up, having no other contingency. "I think we'll just have to fight without answers."

AN: Answers will come, just not yet. What's up with that? Lisa is long gone. What's going on? What's the game being played here? Find out next time on 2026!