Hello everybody, welcome to chapter four of Just My Luck. I hope you all were excited and curious about the new characters I added into the mix. I think next chapter will be mostly exclusive to the rest of the Loud Family after the events of chapter one.
Without any farther ado, here is chapter four. Enjoy. -Jerry
Chapter 4 - "Battles and Backstories"Lincoln and Xavier followed their new allies to their base camp. Lincoln thought it would be a super high-tech camp hidden underground, just like all the high-tech armor and weapons everyone seemed to have around here. But sadly, that wasn't the case as it literally was a giant camo-colored tarp attached to three trees. A make ship campfire was built just outside the shelter, there were also three sleeping bags inside. Three.
"Well, I'm gunna hunt some critters for dinner. Wyeth how 'bout you go to the ocean and fish us up some grub to save for later." Jerimiah said "We can talk during dinner."
And with that Jerimiah took off to get enough food for the whole group. Wyeth grabbed his fishing rod and went off to fish a dish. Lincoln turned around to face the rest of the group. It was just him, Xavier, Melinda and Joe at base camp now.
"So, this is your camp side, huh?" Lincoln said to Melinda
"Yup, outdoor life doesn't get any better than this, doesn't it?" Melinda responded "Jerimiah built it in two hours flat!"
Lincoln went inside the camp while Melinda chatted Xavier's ears off. There were three sleeping bags, so he'd have to sleep somewhere else along with Xavier and Joe.
Joe.
Lincoln wondered where he went off to, he saw no footprints, heard no noises over Melinda's voice and a loud bird nearby. He didn't remember seeing Joe leave. He was there, and he was gone.
Lincoln kept looking around the small base camp, there was a tree stump at the end of a lone plank of wood, that must've been where they would eat dinner. Hanging from a tree branch were various pots and pans likely used for preparing Jerimiah's food. There was what looked to resemble a music stand in the opposite area of the tent. On a tree across from the table was what looked like a calendar in a weird language unknown to Lincoln. The months of the year each had their own page and a picture of various animals. He couldn't tell which month correlated to which.
"Kolla Pa, Soluppgang, Maktig, Sol, Aeterna, Juni, Ifrit, Stal, Forkmorelse, Svenska, Ensam and Hogt." Lincoln muttered to himself, "I should just ask Jerimiah. I've got no clue what is going on here."
Nothing else was really inside the tent, so Lincoln went outside to see Jerimiah holding a strange-rabbit looking animal.
"MELINDA! GET THE KIDS!" Jerimiah yelled.
Melinda turned around from taking to Xavier and walked over to Jerimiah.
"Man, I just love roasted Kanin! Let me cook it up. I don't wanna walk into Wyeth- "
"Yes, I remember, go ahead sweetie."
Jerimiah walked over to Lincoln, standing next to the calendar.
"Interesting, huh? Joe brought in with him when we saved him, along with that big bag of his."
"Do you know what's in that big bag of his, Jerimiah?" Lincoln asked.
"Besides the calendar? No idea. I'm going to get some firewood." Jerimiah responded.
Jerimiah left the home base and Lincoln kept looking at the mysterious calendar. Lincoln felt a tap on his soldier. It was Joe.
"Step away from the calendar. I can explain it without you touching and ruining it."
"One more question Joe, what is in the giant black bag of yours?"
"One question at a time please. Look at the calendar, twelve months. How many months did you have where you were before?"
"Twe- "
"Yes I know, do you think I'm stupid or something? If you want to know the date, it's Ifrit the 16th. There is that better little man? If you don't mind I have some roasted Kanin to eat."
Joe walked off.
"I guess I'll eat also." Lincoln said, joining the table with everyone except Wyeth and Melinda, who was still cooking.
Meanwhile, Near the Fishing Spot –A helicopter silently landed on the white-sand beach. A group of grey soldiers walked out followed by a grey knight, a commander and a man in a grey suit.
The man in the grey suit walked over and stopped the commander.
"Sorry k-V1N27, I'll be taking over this mission, step aside."
"Certainly, Grand Kitz, I'll be in the helicopter, waiting."
Grand Kitz walked to the front of the mini army as they walked on the shoreline of the calm beach. It was low tide, perfect for not getting your shoes wet. They walked for about a mile until…
Wyeth was just finishing up his fishing job when he heard a voice.
"Please put your hands up and show us where your fellow friends are!" Grand Kitz said.
Wyeth put his hands up. The soldiers put up their guns to Wyeth's eye level. The grey knights revealed their grey colored swords as they walked over to Grand Kitz.
All of a sudden, a wave ten feet high was fast approaching the beach that was supposed to be at low-tide.
"Revali Boots!" Grand Kitz said, he launched into the sky, blue flames coming out of his knee-high boots.
Everyone else, wasn't so lucky as they were washed up by the roaring waters, and retreated back into the sea as quickly as it appeared. Except for Wyeth who still stood in the exact place as before with his arms up.
Grand Kitz raised his fist as a dark red gas came pouring out.
"So, I guess I am after you now. Prepare to die!"
Kitz zoomed for Wyeth as Wyeth dodged jumping to the side. He lifted up his hands as another wave double the size appeared out of no-where came for Kitz. It collided with him and his Revali Boot's blue flame was gone. The wave subsided but Kitz was still there. Kitz pressed a button on his watch.
"Backup required- they are actually fighting back!" Kitz buzzed at his watch.
Kitz raised his other hand as grey beams of light shot out of his wrist.
Wyeth reached for his pocket and pulled out a small hand gun and shot into the sky, creating a nice firework display. Hoping they rest of the group would come after the grey man.
In Wyeth's other pocket, he pulled out a ring that he put on his finger, a blue see through circle shape appeared acting like a shield. Blocking all incoming shots from Kitz.
All of a sudden, a rustle was heard in the forest behind them, they both looked. It was Lincoln and the rest of the gang! Jerimiah being the tough-guy he is shot a bullet at Kitz's face immediately. Kitz ducked.
Coming in from the other side were three silent helicopters. Ten soldiers jumped out of each as they soon disappeared as a grey light erupted from their bodies onto the beach.
The light disappeared as it turned into their bodies. The helicopters then landed releasing several grey knights from inside the choppers. They all pulled out their swords.
Wyeth grabbed his fishing rod, putting on the sharpest hook he had and cast a lure at Kitz as bullets and bright light flew everywhere. The hook attached to his arm as he swung the rod in many different directions smashing Kitz into a nearby tree as the hook fell free, tearing part of his grey suit.
Jerimiah went directly to the soldiers as he headshot a lot of them, perfectly dodging their laser blasts towards him.
Xavier went to take on the grey knights one by one clashing their swords against another. Another grey knight ran right towards him, sword in the air ready to pierce and kill. Xavier did a backflip to dodge and slashed his sword in the knight's face. The knight kept fighting though as it became a two on one.
Lincoln was confused on what to do, he had no weapons and an empty stomach. Then he looked at his Casio watch.
"Invisibility! Yes!" Lincoln shouted.
He pressed a button on his watch. Nothing happened. At least to himself, to everyone else, he was invisible. Lincoln ran to Xavier as he was in a losing battle only dodging the incoming strikes, never hitting anything back. Lincoln snuck up behind the injured knight as he pulled with all his might, causing the knight to trip and fall. Xavier noticed the strange occurrence as he dodges the other knight's weapon and proceeds to stab his curved blade into the knight on the ground's head, slicing it into two pieces. There was only one knight left, the one he was facing. The knight slashed Xavier's back, making Xavier scream in pain. Jerimiah heard the noise, turned around and aimed carefully at the enemy and fired.
The knight fell to the floor, shot dead by Jerimiah. Lincoln went out of invisibility mode to look at Xavier.
"I'll be fine, go get 'em tiger!" Xavier said gasping every word.
Lincoln nodded running towards Jerimiah who just about took out everyone, but was out of ammo. Jerimiah ducked behind a tree. All of a sudden, Lincoln and Jerimiah looked behind themselves to see Melinda running at top speed, throwing sharp knifes at the soldiers, hitting them with perfect aim.
Kitz saw his army being destroyed by these individuals. He got up to see Wyeth facing him.
"You and your family, are stronger than I previously thought." Katz said.
"I shall note my boss and but a price on your head!" Kitz continued.
And with that Kitz erupted into a bright grey light that shot towards the sky. He was gone.
Lincoln surveyed the area. Nothing was left except the helicopters that brought the soldiers here.
"Well, I guess this was a flawless victory by our part!" Jerimiah said, cheering on the team.
"Not exactly flawless…" Lincoln admitted.
They were bruised by the blasts, injured by swords… and hungry.
Melinda looked at Xavier's back.
"No problems here! I'll fix it up in a jiffy. We'll just have to delay dinner even more."
Everybody groaned, mad that dinner would be delayed again.
Everyone grabbed their stuff and started to head back to camp, it was getting dark.
Melinda fixed up Xavier as Jerimiah and Lincoln talked about the stars up above. Finally, Melinda fixed up Xavier and dinner was served.
"Yes! Meat! What is this anyway?" Lincoln asked.
"Roasted Kanin! My favorite!" Jerimiah said very enthusiastically.
"With a side of Ogras bread!" Melinda also served.
Lincoln felt a presence behind him. He turned around to see Joe.
"Umm, Joe…. You're fly is down." Lincoln noted
"Why are you looking down there? Creep." Joe responded. He then sat down and the end of the table.
There was an awkward silence as everyone was wolfing down their food.
"So what brings you here to this place Lincoln?" Jerimiah asked.
"Well, it's a very long story, so I'll keep it brief." Lincoln said
"My sisters all thought I was 'bad luck' so they locked me outside the house (long story) I then crashed the van in my friend's garage, next thing I knew my friend, Clyde was crying as he got into a pitch-black car and drove into the woods nearby, I followed and found myself in this place. Then I met Xavier and his father who died by the same people we saw earlier. Now I'm here."
Jerimiah and Melinda looked at each other.
"What's your story Joe?" Lincoln asked.
"Now is not the time, it's boring and depressing." Joe responded "I'm going to bed, it's getting dark out."
"Do you guys know?" Lincoln asked Jerimiah and Melinda.
"No, we don't. We have no idea." Melinda responded "But Joe is right, it is getting dark out, we better sleep soon. Lincoln, Xavier, take our sleeping bags, we know a good spot nearby."
Everyone got up and proceeded to fall asleep, except for Lincoln. He laid in his bag thinking about what Joe is hiding. Lincoln then heard a noise, something he hadn't heard in a long time.
Music.
Thanks for reading this chapter, next chapter should be dedicated to the rest of the Loud Family the morning they realize Lincoln is missing. Thanks for reading!
-Jerry