A lot of carnage and physical conflict in this one, as is to be expected considering what the previous instalments of the narrative have been leading up to. Three different groups of the Loud family are about to attempt a break-in of the school via different entry points, but each of them is going to have a hard time dealing with the armed and dangerous Disciples of Viribus. Lynn Jr has already got herself into a scuffle with Eddie, the most aggressive and arrogant member of the group. Let's find out if the Louds can triumph over these cronies and stop the wannabe dictator himself. Needless to say, Viribus is not going to go down without a fight, though he has a lot to fight against, given the amount of enemies he's made. The endgame is here and now, and it's time to start concluding things. It's time Lincoln and his family proved how much they love and will stick up for one another as they battle together against an overarching threat. Let's pick up where we left off with the battle between the two ruffians.
Eddie: "I'm gonna show you what true toughness is!" he shouted before charging towards his opponent.
But Lynn was ready. As Eddie went for a quick punch combination, Lynn blocked and evaded each strike. Eddie wasn't purely an aggressive fighter, in spite of what his personality suggested, however, as when Lynn attempted to execute a few punches of her own, he did exactly the same thing. Lynn managed to perform a bicycle kick to Eddie's body and head, and then shoved him back…
Eddie: "Lucky shot! But you won't get another!"
Lynn: "I don't need luck to beat you!"
Lynn then went for a flying kick, but Eddie ducked underneath. He then resorted to dirty tactics, typical of the teachings given to him by his master. Do whatever it takes to win, after all. Eddie connected a low kick to Lynn's kneecap, hurting her, before poking her in the eyes, temporarily blinding her. He then grabbed her by the ponytail and began punching her in the stomach and face.
Eddie: "Had enough, little girl?!" he asked mockingly and condescendingly.
Lynn then spat out a little blood before responding…
Lynn: "I'm just warming up! She said as she grinned, before kneeing him in the crotch.
Eddie: "Argh!"
Lynn: "You're not the only one who likes to fight dirty!"
Eddie: "For that, I'll rip your head off!"
Eddie charged towards Lynn and tackled her to the ground, and tried to ground and pound his opponent. But Lynn blocked each strike with what limited mobility she had. Lynn then caught his arm and applied an armbar. Eddie did not want to surrender. In his mind, losing to whom he considered a puny little girl would be too embarrassing, but then he thought of something underhanded…
Eddie: "Okay, okay! I give!" he shouted as he tapped out.
Lynn then let go of her opponent, believing she had won. But as she got up, Eddie delivered a cheap shot to the throat, degrading her breathing.
Eddie: "Stupid girl! I'd never let myself lose to the likes of you!"
He then punched her in the face with full power, and managed to make Lynn groggy. As he went for a final kick to the head, however, she caught it in mid air…
Lynn: "It doesn't matter if you let me. I'll kick your butt myself!" she said before headbutting him.
After regaining herself, Lynn then connected several powerful punches, kicks elbows and knees to Eddie, before tackling him, picking him up and charging forwards…
Eddie: "Let go of me!" he said as he struggled, to no avail.
Lynn then charged towards a tree and crushed Eddie right into it. As Eddie struggled to heal himself, Lynn got him with one final knockout punch to the chin.
Lynn: "Oh yeah! Lynner Lynner chicken dinner!" she gloated to herself as she managed to take out one of the disciples.
Her siblings then emerged from the background, as they had deliberately been keeping out of the way of the fight…
Lana: "Yo, LJ, that was totally awesome!"
Lola: "Yeah, I loved how you showed that chump that we Louds are not to be messed with!"
Lynn: "Eh, it was nothing." She said, pretending to be modest.
Lynn then got out her phone and sent everyone in the family a message…
Lynn: "LJ to everyone. I took out the guy at the front doors. We're going in!" she declared before entering the school.
As they were doing so, a few others decided to join them, after having made their way out of the ongoing brawl between the entire student populace of the school.
Rusty: "Hey, can we follow you guys?" he asked, as he approached them along with Liam and Zach.
Lucy: "You're Lincoln's friends, right?"
Zach: "Yeah. We wanna go inside with you. As it turns out, this brawl isn't really our cup of coffee. Fighting isn't really our thing."
Liam: "Yeah, once we fought over a girl who we thought liked all of us. Wasn't fun."
Lynn: "Boy, you guys wouldn't last 10 minutes in our house." She joked, before letting the trio tag along with her and her sisters.
While this was happening, the other Louds were dealing with the other disciples guarding the building. The parents and oldest sisters tried to break into the school from the back entrance, but likewise, there was a disciple waiting for them.
Wayne: "Halt! You people, you are not students of this school! You are not welcome inside this building! Leave now, or I'm taking you in."
Luna: "Come on, dude! You're out of whack, doing all this! Just get outta the way and let us in!"
Lynn Sr: "That's right! We have a bone to pick with the guy in that building! He kidnapped and brainwashed my son and turned him against us!"
Wayne: "Oh, that's right. You're little Lincoln's family, aren't you?"
Rita: "Yes, and we don't appreciate what you folks have been doing."
Wayne: "Be that as it may, it is necessary. It may seem extreme, but my master knows what he's doing."
Lori: "But you're trapping these poor kids inside a school and forcing them to do what you want! How can you possibly think you're doing them any good?"
Wayne: "Trust me, it's for the best. Under our guidance, they could become much better people!"
Luna: "It's not up to you to decide that, dude! Now move it!"
Wayne then raised his weapon and pointed it at the Louds…
Wayne: "In case you don't remember, I'm the one with the power here! Now turn around and walk home. Final warning!" He demanded.
Lori: "Oh, right. Sure. Could you really do it, though?" she asked, calling his bluff.
Wayne: "It's… for the greater good." He tried to sound confident, but his uncertainty was beginning to show as he struggled to say that while keeping his laser up.
Rita: "You're just a bunch of mixed up kids. We don't believe you really have it in you to hurt anyone." She insisted as she tried to talk sense into him.
Wayne: "SHUT UP!" he yelled before preparing to fire, but then…
*WHACK*
Leni had managed to sneak behind him while he was engaging in conversation with the others, seemingly having surprisingly good skills at sneaking and moving around unnoticed. She had picked up a nearby plank of wood, no doubt a leftover piece of construction from one of the renovation events that was taking place inside the school, and used to hit Wayne across the back of the head and knock him out.
Luna: "Woah, ninja Leni!"
Leni: "I'm sorry, sir. But no one threatens my family!" she declared, showing even the kindest of souls had breaking points.
Lynn Sr: "Okay, let's get in there!" I'd like to give this Viribus a piece of my mind!"
As the Louds were managing to break into the school from different sides, the remaining disciples reported the worrying status to their master…
Hilary: "Master Viribus! The school security has been breached!"
Sid: "Lincoln's family, they're breaking in!"
Viribus: "WHAT?! Impossible! Go and stop them, then!" he commanded.
Sid: "But there's too many of them. Eddie and Wayne have already been beaten! They have their lasers!"
Viribus: "Okay, first of all, you know to only refer to your fellow disciples by their Latin names, and secondly, ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?" he roared as his mental worries began to break through the surface of his seemingly confident demeanour.
Hilary: "What are we going to do, master?!"
Viribus then began to panic as he didn't know what to do. As far as he was concerned, the school was his castle and the enemy forces breaking through was something he didn't want to happen. He didn't intend on this very occurrence actually happening, especially not so suddenly and unexpectedly. He didn't have any answers or worthwhile solutions. He began to wonder if this plan of his really was doomed to fail all along and somebody breaking through his team's defences was inevitable. Out of panic, fear and frustration, he simply said…
Viribus: "Stall 'em."
Hilary: "What?"
Viribus: "Keep those stupid Louds busy while I think of a way to get us out of this mess!" he stated before leaving the Principal's office with the two remaining disciples inside.
Sid: "Well, what are supposed to do with these clowns now?" he asked, referring to the tied-up Principal, Casagrande family, and McBride parents in the room.
But in reality, Viribus had no plan. He was starting to break down mentally. His worries and insecurities were rising to the surface, and he was really just trying to escape, realising this was the end of the line for him and his ludicrous ambitions.
As he ran down the hallway, out of nowhere appeared a large, bulky man. It was Coach Packowski, who wanted to try his luck taking the wannabe dictator on…
Coach: "Alright, Viribus! The other teachers and I have been waiting to get a chance to really meet you! The new 'Principal' and the one whose been keeping us all here after hours. You've kept yourself safe in that office with those thugs of yours patrolling the place, but now they've been removed, let me be the first to give you a WARM WELCOME!" he said as he grabbed Viribus and applied a tight bearhug.
Viribus was taken by surprise. Out of nowhere came to this physically active sports coach who worked at the school, who was preventing him from escaping his fallen base. Additionally, the coach was no easy challenge for him. For the first time in a while, Viribus was facing an opponent in combat who possessed physical strength greater than even his own. This guy was capable of lifting a giant concrete block as large as himself, after all, and currently was suffocating the young adult. Viribus knew he had to rely on his superior skill and cunning to win this fight and bypass the enraged coach…
Viribus: "Nobody beats me! NOBODY!" He declared enraged, before headbutting his opponent.
The coach dropped Viribus as he grabbed his head in pain. Viribus used this opportunity to strike the man's throat, crippling his breathing capacity. Stunned, the coach stumbled backwards, and Viribus then performed a knee to the stomach, followed by an impressive hip throw, turning the large man's size against him to take him to the ground.
Viribus: "Big, moronic meatheads like you are the bane of my existence! I should've been doing this to you all long ago!" he spat with venom, before running up and punting the coach in the side of the head before he could recover, completely knocking him out.
Viribus then quickly regained his urge to escape as he left the scene of the battle and attempted to find somewhere to exit, or even just to hide. He was desperate at that very moment to avoid colliding with any opposing forces…
Meanwhile, his two remaining followers, Sid and Hilary, were fighting off Lincoln and the others with him. They had crept into the building via a secret tunnel entrance that Lana reminded him about. They were the first team to reach the office room, having bypassed the outside guard entirely.
Sid: "We will not hesitate to hurt these hostages if you keep trying to get in this room!"
Hilary: "That's right! If you value their welfare, you'll comply with our demands!"
Lincoln: "We're not leaving without our friends!"
Sid: "Then we will shoot!" he insisted.
Lisa: "I doubt that." She dryly stated, before pulling out of her pocket a small device.
It appeared to be a remote control, and its use quickly became clear. After pressing a button, a powering down noise was emitted from Sid and Hilary's lasers, as well as the other lasers which were now in the possession of the Louds, after they had confiscated them from the other disciples.
Sid: "What is happening to our lasers?!" he questioned frustrated.
Lisa: "I've deactivated them." She answered.
Hilary: "But how?!" she asked befuddled.
Lisa: "That is simple. I have a remote control device for them. Those lasers are my designs if I've ever seen them. Among my earlier scientific creations. And if this experience has taught me anything, I will no longer be selling my expendable inventions to total strangers, precisely to prevent them from being weaponised by those like you! From now on, I'll find other ways of disposing my experimental garbage."
At that point, Hilary dropped her weapon as it was useless. Sid threw his at the wall, breaking it in anger as he was just outsmarted by a 4 year old. Now the situation had been altered. The Louds had more than evened the odds against the followers of Viribus.
Lincoln: "Alright! I'm coming in!" he said, before twisting the door knob and preparing to enter the office to confront his former friends.
This newfound confidence of his was actually Viribus's doing. The Lincoln Loud from a few weeks prior would have never dared walking over to confidently and fearlessly confront a bunch of messed up, aggressive kids who were in direct conflict with him at that moment, regardless of if they possessed weapons.
But that may not have been his best move, as Sid was quick to blindside him with a tackle to the wall as soon as Lincoln opened the door. The two briefly struggled with each other in a grapple, while Clyde, Luan and Lisa, who were also with him and were able bodied, also tried to help out.
Clyde: "Lincoln! I'll help you take this guy!"
Lisa: "No need, we just need to obtain and reactivate the laser that the female conveniently dropped, and use it to force these two to surrender."
Luan: "I'll get it!" she said before running towards Hilary, who despite being a full 6 years younger than the 14 year old comedian, was a well trained combatant and was easily able to counter Luan's oncoming charge, tripping up the older girl and sending her falling to the ground.
However, she landed next to the dropped laser and managed to grab it.
Luan: "I got it!" she shouted to Lisa.
Sid: "Oh no you don't!" he said as he realised what was going on, pushed Lincoln aside and then ran towards Lisa, who was about to press the switch to reactivate the weapon.
In the brief struggle between Sid and Lisa, the controller was flung in the air, and crashed against the wall, breaking it, rendering the lasers permanently switched off and useless.
Sid: "Ha! No way out now, little girly!" he said to Lisa, before Lincoln tackled him from behind and took him to the ground, where the two began wrestling.
Meanwhile, Hilary was choking out Luan, but Clyde and Lisa began to untie the hostages while the two disciples were distracted with her sisters. The first person they untied was none other than the aggressive, and at that moment, vengeful Ronnie Anne…
Ronnie: "Alright, now it's time for a knuckle sandwich!"
Ronnie then ran over and punched Hilary square in the jaw, taking the girl off Luan and freeing her from a dangerous chokehold. Ronnie then prepared to deal with her opponent.
Ronnie: "Alright, you look about 7 or something…"
Hilary: "8."
Ronnie: "Look, I'll give you one chance to get outta here! I don't wanna beat up a little kid!"
Hilary: "You won't!" she responded before delivering a mean right hook to Ronalda's chin.
Ronnie: "Okay, let's go!" she said, rubbing her chin before putting up her dukes.
Ronnie then gave the younger girl a mean combination of punches, which were effective, but to her surprise, the young 8 year old child was putting up an impressive fight, matching her blow for blow. It was clear Viribus had trained his followers well.
Ronnie: "I gotta admit, you're pretty tough, kid."
Hilary: "Thanks, I was gonna say the same about you!" she replied before attempting a knockout punch, but Ronnie managed to avoid it.
As the girls traded blows, Lisa continued to un-tie hostages while Clyde picked up a large and heavy book on Huggins's desk, and headed towards the grapple between Lincoln and Sid, which was still ongoing.
Sid: "Give up, Lincoln! You can't win! You trained with us for about a week! I spent years learning all the tricks of the trade from Master Viribus!" he said as he pounced on top of Lincoln, gaining a dominant position.
Lincoln: "Maybe, but I have one thing you don't." he said as he smirked.
Sid: "And what is that?!" he asked.
Lincoln: "Friends and family, there to help me!" he stated as he saw Clyde standing over them from behind Sid's sight.
Clyde aimed for Sid's head, but he turned around to see the shot coming and avoided it, before punching Clyde and knocking him back, causing him to drop the book.
Sid: "Well, they didn't help much, did they?" he remarked.
Sid turned back around to face Lincoln, but it was a mistake. Luan took the book that Clyde dropped and clobbered Sid over the head with it, taking him out.
Lincoln: "Thanks, sis."
Clyde: "That's what family is for."
Meanwhile, Ronnie and Hilary had fought to a stalemate, or at least, they would have if it weren't for the fact Ronnie had the same advantage Lincoln had.
Ronnie: "You should just give up! You're going down!"
Hilary: "Oh really? You and what army!?" she responded, but her question was quickly answered.
Lisa , Clyde and Luan had untied all the hostages, and everyone else in the room all surrounded the little 8 year old girl.
Hilary: "Well, that answers my question." She said with a deadpan tone.
Hilary then raised her hands and accepted defeat, surrounding to the large amount of adversaries facing her in the room, with no way of escaping and no means of winning.
Ronnie: "Hey, cool moves lame-o." she said to Lincoln, commenting on his improved fighting prowess.
Lincoln: "Yeah, well, I have been practising. You were pretty awesome yourself." He commented back.
The untied Casagrandes then all hugged Ronnie Anne while Clyde went over to his untied parents.
Howard: "We were so worried about you!"
Harold: "Yes, we came over here to get you, but when we arrived, we were captured and tied up by these kids and that freaky weirdo who they were following!"
Lincoln: "That was Viribus, the ring leader! He's escaping, but I bet we can still find him!" he interjected.
Huggins: "Well, good luck with that! You guys go off and find him! Now that my hands are free, I'll contact the police outside and tell them it's safe to enter the school! That should give you some help."
With that being said, Lincoln, Clyde, Luan, Lisa, Ronnie Anne and all the others left the room and wandered the hallway in search of Viribus, who had vanished from everybody's sight. They quickly re-joined the other Louds, as Lynn Sr and Lynn Jr's groups had also managed to break into the building.
Lynn Sr: "Hey, look. It's Lincoln and the others!"
Harold: "Hello Lynn."
Lola: "Hey, you guys got in! We managed to break in, too!"
Lincoln: "Great, so we're all here!"
Lori: "Now we just need to find wherever this Viribus guy is!"
Maria: "We should check all the rooms and areas of the school, make sure he isn't hiding somewhere!"
Lincoln: "Okay, let's all start snuffing this guy out of whatever corner he's hiding in!"
Everyone began searching for Viribus. Lincoln, Clyde, the entire Loud family, Ronnie Anne and the Casagrandes, Lincoln's friends, and the McBride parents were all searching around the hallway and in the rooms of the school for the whereabouts of their common enemy…
Outside, the brawl between all the school students was still going on. However, the situation was about to be neutralised, as the police had observed what had just taken place, and heard important information for the Principal himself.
Police officer 1: "We've just had word from the Principal of the school that the kids with weapons have been taken down. I repeat, the hostile individuals have been neutralised!"
Police officer 2: "Then it's safe! All officers enter the premises!"
And with that command, the police were finally able to enter the school grounds and neutralise the situation, and the angry parents were quick to follow them. They were all needed to stop the mass brawling taking place between the entire student body. The parents aimed to restrain and separate their children from each other. The police aimed to cease the fighting, arrest the defeated disciples, and then finally, arrest Viribus himself.
And the Louds were trying to do the same. They continued to search but with no luck. However, Lincoln suddenly had an idea…
Lincoln (to audience): "Wait a second… of course!" he declared, as he had a eureka moment.
Lincoln then decided to go outside to find the disicples of Viribus, all of whom were currently defeated and in police hands. As they were being taken away by the arriving cops, Lincoln quickly stopped them to ask the foursome a few questions, figuring they knew how Viribus thought and where he would go if he were to start losing.
Lincoln: "Hey, guys, wait a second!"
Sid: "Come to gloat, Loud?!"
Lincoln: "No, I hate what has happened and I hope juvie will teach you a few things. But first, I need to ask you where Viribus has gone."
Hilary: "We don't know! He just decided to run off and left us in the office!"
Lincoln: "But you know how he thinks. Maybe he told you what the plan was if he were ever to fail."
Sid: "Like he would even consider that a possibility."
Wayne: "Actually, kid…"
Other disciples: "NO!"
Wayne: "Lincoln, our master is hiding up on the roof. I know him well enough to know where he is now that he's losing! He's gone to the roof."
Sid: "You sell out!"
Hilary: "Why would you tell him that? He's the enemy!"
Wayne: "Guys, we've gone too far. It's over! I can't do this anymore! Viribus has gone over the top! I'm sorry, guys."
Lincoln: "Thanks for telling me that. Maybe there's hope for you yet." He said before leaving them so he could take care of things.
Cop: "Alright, kids. Move along, you're coming with me!" he said as he forced them to go with him.
Lincoln (to audience): "Alright, this is it. I think I know where he's hiding. I started all of this, and now I'm going to finish it. Jake is the most dangerous person I've ever met. If I let him find his way out of here, he'll come back and do this all over again! I need to stop him! We're in the endgame now!" He declared before walking up the staircase to the rooftop, to have one final showdown with his nemesis…
So, Lincoln is ready to face off against his evil counterpart one last time. And if Lincoln is unable to defeat Viribus himself, then it's worth a headcount. Lincoln has on his side… ten sisters, two parents, Clyde, Rusty, Liam and Zach, Bobby and Ronnie, and the entire Casagrande family, Clyde's parents, not to mention the moral high ground. Plus, there are many police and livid parents now entering the school. Needless to say, Viribus is pretty much on his own against the whole world at this point… and he's STILL a major threat to everybody around him. But will Lincoln and his family be able to come out of this conflict unscathed, or will the outcome change their lives forever? Will there be any losses as a result of the upcoming battle? Will Viribus escape after everything is said and done, free to wreak havoc all over again? Find out in a week, when the final 2 chapters of Pushover or Payback will be uploaded. Remember to come back for the finale on September the 16th.