Hey guys, I know I've promised a chapter only for Monday, but since the chapter got ready I decided to post anyone because... well, I want to
I also noticed this chapter is a bit longer than the others. However, unlike Leni's chapters, there's no way I could split this up, so you'll have to deal with it. Without furder information
Leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet's go
Different from most of the other dreams, Lincoln woke up in the middle of a park, laying down in a wooden bench. Appart from the wind and some birds, there was not a sound to be heard, almost as if that dream was laking of people. He began wondering how he would find his sister. "Home might be a good start," he thought
And so he started walking towards his house, hoping that things wouldn't go as violent as it went that time. As more as he approached the house, more people were appearing, however they were always looking awkwardly at him, staying away, almost as if, instead of a 11 year old kid, people were staring to a assassin. "Well, technically I've been my own assassin four times already," he thought, and sighed as he remember he would have to do that another five times.
When he reached his house, he felt something was wrong. He took a peak throughout the window and saw nobody other than… Lynn herself. "Why do I have a bad feeling about this?" He thought. None of the missions so far had been easy, so finding his objective just sitting there, with her head down, crying, even though it wasn't beautiful, was very surprising. He went towards the door and knocked on the door.
"Go away," he could hear his sister say. "Can't you see we are busy, we've just lost a family member today, and we're not in the mood for visits"
"Ahnn, I think you've confused things a little thing." Lincoln replied
"Wait, that voice? It can't be.." he heard fast steps and the door was opened " WHAT? LINCOLN?
"Ye…" he couldn't finish, as Lynn literally tackled him on the ground, gave him a hug so strong, he almost feared dying from lack of oxygen, and she began sobbing in his chest
" Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, I thought I lost you forever, but how did you…" then she remember something " Oh my, the others don't know that you are here, come on, let's tell them"
Before Lincoln could even begin to explain that it was all a dream, they both entered and went up the stairs, or better, Lynn carried Lincoln upstairs and called everyone out of their rooms
"Guys, look, Lincoln is here" she said, almost as if she couldn't believe it, as all ten sisters stared him. Except for Lynn who was almost crying of happiness, all of the other girls stayed there, motionless. But, unlike Lincoln's thoughts, they apparently weren't confused, they were… angry.
After a few seconds, each and everyone of them entered their rooms, only to come out with torches and tridents, and Lincoln could assure he saw a pistol with someone. Then suddenly, one of them gave a strike with a torch trying to hit the boy, as if he was a witch, but he managed to dodge it
Lynn, now aware of what happened, placed herself between her brother and the rest of her siblings
"Hey, what are you doing?" She asked
None of them answer, as they were preparing for their next attack
"Lynn?" Lincoln said, with some fear in his voice
"Y-Yeah" She answer, trying to hide the fact that she was, indeed, afraid
"RUN"
She didn't need to be told twice, as they both rushed on the stairs and the living room. Lincoln somehow manage to grab the key to the family van parked outside. When they opened the door, they couldn't believe as hundreds or even thousands of people were slowly approaching the house with all sorts of weapons, from knives to bats to swords to molotov cocktails.
"How did you manage to piss everyone out in one day?" Lynn asked
Lincoln ignored the question "Quick, to the van" Lincoln just scream as he rushed to the vehicle an entered it.
"Wait," Lynn said. " You don't know how to drive"
"I'd my fair share of racing video games" Lincoln replied, as he started the engine "Besides, do you think they care?" He said and pointed to the front of the van
"Good point," she simply said, making sure that her seatbelt was ready for any possible hits Lincoln might do
The van began moving, and soon they escaped the large crowd that was after them. They both were surprised as how good Lincoln's driving skills were. "He must be addicted to those racing games" she thought. "Math and the others are probably giving me a hand," he thought.
It was the almost night when they arrived at their destination, the mountains. Usually people headed towards that place to watch the sunset, one of the most beautiful out of the entire world. However, Lincoln and Lynn knew that a place like that would be perfect to hide, simply because there weren't that much people around
They headed towards a secret spot the family found on their last trip to that place, and they found a fire lit on, and a men sitted on a log.
"We better leave" Lincoln said, whispering
"He's only one, and I think dad left some tools in the back of the van"
Lincoln understood the plan and nodded to Lynn. They found a few cables, some garbage, a wrench and a hammer. They picked up both weapons and headed towards the man. Lincoln approached slowly and gave the man a precise strike to the head, and he fall to the ground
"Wait a minute," Lincoln took a closer look "It's not a person, it's just that dummy Lana left here so no one would come in our secret place.
"Why is this place so secret anyway?" Lynn asked
Lincoln took a look to the side and pointed to that direction. When she turned around, she saw the sunset that place was so famous for. You could see the whole city from there, and the contrasts of the orange skies and the green trees, along with the shadows of the buildings, it was a masterpiece.
Lincoln could only smile due to his vision, however, he stopped as he saw his older sister on the floor, crying like it was the end of the world. "Not like it isn't the end of the world," he thought. He was quiet for a while. He knows his sister, if you say the wrong words, you were as good as dead, and he didn't want that, at least yet.
Then a idea came to his mind, he just slowly approached Lynn, hugged her from behind, and whispered in her ear
"Shhh, don't worry, I'll protect you, I'm here now."
Lynn couldn't hold it anymore, she just felt in Lincoln lap and continued crying. He was her younger brother, and she always was the strong one, but she didn't cared, she had nothing left, and she needed someone to be with her in that moment.
They stayed like that for a good amount of time, before Lynn calmed down, but when Lincoln thought everything was going to be okay, she simply throws him a question
"How can you?" Lynn asked
"Sorry?" Lincoln replied
"I mean look at you, you're the only boy in a family of ten girls, and me torture you more than anyone could ever do, but somehow you still find time to help us, try to correct our mistakes, and you're always by our sides when we need you, while it should be the opposite, at least for us, the older ones."
Lincoln felt some tension in the air, both from Lynn and from the girls hearing outside the dream.
Lynn continued " And I'm the worst of all, always beating you up, giving more attention to my sports and victories, and I banned you from the house, all because I lost a game and…"
"LYNN" Lincoln shouted
But she had to finish " And now, people are seeking for our flesh, and while I should be the one protecting you, the opposite happens. How can you stand all of this? How you never freaked out on us? How you never…"
"LYNN" Lincoln shouted again
"How could we deserve someone as special as an angel as our brother"
Those last words made Lincoln freeze. "An angel?" he always was willing to help his sisters, but it's not like he didn't messed things up to. He realised that Lynn had spent some time thinking he was dead, so she probably thought about only the good things he made.
"Lynn," he began. "You know that I love this family as much as I love myself, and I wouldn't trade it for nothing, but it doesn't matter, I'm still human, and I make mistakes as well. Remember the limo incident? Or when you played in the football team because I was to lazy?
"That's another thing," Lynn replied "whenever you make a mistake, you try to correct it, and it never happens again, while most of us would probably be in hell for all the meaningless 'sorrys' we have said."
Lincoln couldn't believe it. His sister wasn't afraid of those people out there, she was afraid of losing her brother, but also as how he would remember his family for.
"Lynn, you know that we are all speci…"
"That's BS, all I can do is throw a ball, swing a bat and hurt people, but you, you can take care of people, help them, make them feel better, and they just mistreat you like you were garbage, like they didn't know what they could lose"
Lincoln then remembered something, he asked himself the same questions, and he realised he would have to give his sister the answer
"Lynn, you know why I do all you said for our family?"
"Why" she weakly awserd
"Because it's the only thing I have left"
Lynn almost jumped when she heard that. "What?"
"Think about it Lynn, forgetting the conditions we are now, you all had your futures planned, you have sports, Lisa has science, Luna has music, you know it. But look at me, what do I have? The answer: nothing. I'm just a geek boy who reads comics in his underwear, while half of my family is already successful. Because knowing the way I am, 20 years from now I'll probably be living in our basement, our I'll have to be dragged by one of you. That's why I can't freak out, because my only reason to be here, is so to grant that you guys can be happy. Other than that, I'm useless."
Lynn was left speechless, she couldn't believe what she was hearing. Her brother, useless. It was like saying that Hitler was a good guy. Then she realised, as much as they received help from him, he received a feeling of being important. She realised that now it was her turn to be the big sister.
"Lincoln" she softly said "You're not useless. You just haven't found yourself yet. Look at us, we have all discovered our hobbies very young, so we had time to learn and develop them. You, on the other hand, might have not found your thing yet, but you're always there to try our things, you adapt as you need, while we are stuck in one thing. You'll be a genius on whatever you want, as long as you work hard enough, while we are stuck in a one-way road. If that's not success, I don't know what it is"
LIncoln felt a tear dropping from his eye, but other then that, he felt his chest getting warmer, and his heart beating faster. He never thought of something like that, it made him feel, like Lynn said, special.
"Lincoln," Lynn said, and he realised she was still on his lap "I love you"
Lincoln became a little confused, considering the situation. Then he felt a weak slap in his face.
"Not like that, stupid" She said, and Lincoln relaxed
"Love you too, Lynn." He said as he gave her a kiss on her forehead
That was enough for Lynn and, almost like magic, she closed her eyes and fell asleep. She was beautiful, she was the angel. Lincoln would have slept right there and then, if his communication device didn't begin beeping
"Of course," he thought, and began slipping out from Lynn, so she wouldn't wake up. "So, can someone explain to me what exactly happened her"
"Well, judging by Lynn's usual strong and closed personality, I would guess that her brain detected you as an intruder, so it was trying to get you out of this dream by killing you"
"Well that explains a lot" Lincoln said in an annoyed tone. "How is Luan in the others?"
"She's fine, a little sad when we told her what happened, wanting to talk to you, and she would have talked to you, if she didn't hear you talk with Lynn. Now the four are in the corner crying, and they're likely to flood this entire room"
"Is he awake?" He heard another voice throughout the speaker "can I talk to him?"
"Yes, he is." he heard Math "Hey dude, Luan wants to talk with you"
"Cool, hey Luan"
"Oh Lincoln" he knew that his sister was sad "I-I-I don't how it happened, it was all weird, I couldn't believe that that happened, that I did that, and I heard all your chat with Lynn and, my God, I'm sorry, please forgive me, I can't live without you"
"Hey Luan, relax, it was all a bad dream, none of that really happened. How could I not forgive you for something that didn't happened?"
Lincoln then felt like his body was being hold by something
"I hugged your body here. Did you feel it?"
Lincoln left a small giggle
"One of the best feelings in my whole life"
He heard a giggle from the other side
"Okay, now to the bad news" Math took control of the speaker "Lynn's brain still knows that you're there, and if you don't go fast enough, they'll find you. I would say you have a couple days. By now, try to get some sleep.
"Sure thing" he said, turning of the speaker, and heading towards Lynn, and he slowly fell asleep, only with the memory of her smile.
The next morning, surprisingly, Lincoln woke up first, and his stomach began rumbling. "Let's if there is anything to eat in the van". He opened the door to find marshmallows, crackers and a football. There was a note in front. "I hope you enjoy, also, their idea, not mine. Math"
"Hehe, gotta love that guy" Lincoln thought
"Good morning Lincoln" Lynn said waking up
"Hey Lynn, look what I found" Lincoln said
"Are you really suggesting having s'mores for breakfast?"
"Better than eating the ball" Lincoln replied
"I guess it makes sense. Are there any matches or something in there? I don't want to make fire rubbing two sticks together"
"Let me see," Lincoln finds a small box. "Here, try not to waste too much of them"
"Okay"
Of course they would have prefered something like eggs, toast or bacon, but given the situation, that was all they had, and it wasn't bad at all, especially since it was cold, so both the fire and the food helped keeping them warm.
"Let's not eat to much," Lynn said "we don't know when we will find more food."
"Good call" Lincoln replied, looking back at the van. "Hey Lynn, how about a little game, like in the old times?"
She stands and begins stretching on. "Guess a little exercise can't hurt, right"
How she was wrong. At first, Lynn would have let LIncoln win, a little redemption for the old days, but when he scored his first point and she saw his ridiculos victory dance, she knew she wouldn't give it up that easily. It was a very tight match, 9 points each, whoever scored would win, and Lincoln had the ball. Lynn went towards him and tackled him with so much strength, Lincoln flew right into the still lit fireplace. And they both were shocked in terror when Lincoln's body slowly cooked. There was no time to do anything, but to press the button on his speaker, and disconnect from that dream
Lincoln woke up sweating, almost as if he really was on fire, and around him all of his older sisters, apart from Lynn, of course were waiting for him to be conscious once more, and then they all hugged him
"You're not useless" Lori said
"You're best person someone could meet" Leni said
"You're succes, little bro" Luna said
"We know how much potencial you've got" Luan said
"AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" Lynn scream
"Honestly, if I don't get deaf after we are finish, I'll believe in God again" Math said
They all looked at him with a confused expression
"Your sister just woke up and you're busy trying to understand me?Come on, go," he points towards the door
They all entered the room, with Lincoln on front
"L-L-Lincoln? H-h-how are you…"
LIncoln just hugged his sister "Shhh, everything's okay, it was all a bad dream"
The others joined Lincoln and Lynn, and after a few minutes, Lynn broke the hug. Lincoln would miss that, as he missed his other sister who would just wait for him everytime he enters a new dream
"Hey Math," Lincoln said. "Do you think I could have a little break?"
"Seeing your state, it might be for the best. I mean, when was the last time you eat in this reality"
Lincoln and all of his older sister went happy, knowing that their brother would at least rest a little bit with them.
Lynn however, was still confused. "Okay, I know it's probably obvious to everyone what happened, but I just woke up, so can someone explain me what the hell is all this?"
30 minutes later
"So is there any more doubts" Math asked
"Just one," Lynn answer. " Why all of this is happening?"
"I told you, Lincoln was the host brain and…"
"No, I mean, why this experiment took place to begin with. Lisa is a bit crazy, but even I know that's not good to test something you don't have total knowledge of on everyone at the same time, unless you want something like this to happen, so what was the point of all this?"
All of the siblings turned to Math, who was sweating like a pig
"*sigh* I'm screwed, ain't I?" He said
And here we have, a little cliffhanger that will probably last only a day or two. Some asked me for an explanation about the whole experiment, so you'll find out in the next chapter.
Also, if you have any suggestions or criticism, send me a reviem to let me know. I respect all opinions.
Hope you're enjoying so far
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