Chapter 6: Lynn-sanity!
The whole bus was silent. A pen drop? No, you could hear a tree drop from Chicago from how silent it was.
Lincoln slowly gazed over to the the robbers.
There was a bulky tall man, And then the other two were short and stocky.
There was a chance at the back door since they were towards the back of the bus...But that could cause the masked men to open fire.
That would create yet another problem. So what now? What could they do? The odds were stacked against them. The tallest of the masked men started walking around the bus.
"Now if you all follow the commands I give, Nobody will get hurt." He said threatening. "Start emptying those wallets"
"Who are you?" Somebody asked from the front.
"Let's say, I'm your worst Nightmare.." The masked man replied aiming his firearm at the man.
"Soooo...Is that like a threat or.." The man asked sarcastically.
"No, the name is Nightmare." The masked man replied.
Lynn sat there trying to contain herself from laughter. And who could blame her? That was probably the worst code name anyone could have thought of.
"Whatever you say.." The man said.
Lincoln looked towards Rina. She was looking out the window, trying to think of ideas.
"So what do you think?" Lynn asked Lincoln.
"What do you mean?" He replied.
"He wants us to give up money, But we wouldn't have a lot left if any at all." Lynn said looking down at her bag.
"Well we don't really have a choice." replies Lincoln.
"I do have another idea." Lynn said. As soon as she said it, Her face broke out a devious smile. Lincoln just sat there with a straight face. He didn't know what she had in mind, Nor did he want to know.
"Lynn whatever you're thinking don't do it." Lincoln warned her.
"Lincoln, Trust me." She replied and moved her way towards the bus. His heart began to race.
"Ok Lincoln relax, Lynn might be reckless, But she's not stupid.."
"We're not giving you anything!" Lynn tells Nightmare.
"Good grief.." Lincoln said, putting his face in his hands.
"Ok, So where do you think Luna is?" Lori asked curiously.
"Wherever Lynn and Lincoln went obviously." Leni replied.
"Where did you leave the Lynn's letter?" Luan stated.
"It's still next to her bed." Leni answers.
"Ok, Let see what it says." Luan says yawning.
Right before they move from the stairs back to Lucy and Lynn's room, Leni stops them short.
"I should warn you both before you takes a look at it." Leni says with a frown. "It's not the most...kindest of letters."
"If it's anything like Lincoln's, There's nothing to worry about." Lori replied. "Come on, Maybe it's a lead."
Leni gulped.
The trio open the door. Lynn's side of the room was untouched. On the covers, laid the letter. With the support of their sister, Lori and Luan decide to read the letter...
"Look shorty. I'm not taking no for an answer. We've literally got you outnumbered." Nightmare explained. Lynn ignored all of this.
"I'm telling you the truth. It's not happening." She replied.
All of the passengers looked at Lynn like she was insane.
"SIT DOWN!"
"ARE YOU NUTS?"
"SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT SHE'S DOING!"
"WHO'S KID IS THIS?"
Lincoln looked all around him and Rina. Everybody was against her speaking out.
"Why is she trying to play hero anyways Carl?" One of the short masked men asked.
"You know how kids are now-a-days Tim." Carl answered.
"You weren't supposed to say your names!" Nightmare said angrily.
"Sorry.." They both replied.
"Just go get the girl." Nightmare demanded.
"Do you want us to you know? Pew pew?" Tim mimicked a gun with his hand.
"Wha.. No! She's a kid! Why would you even...Look, Put your weapons in the driver seat and Go grab her or something." Nightmare lectured.
"Alright" Tim said as he threw his firearms in the empty drivers seat.
"Look shorty, Just don't resist me and everything will be fine." Tim said as he went to grab her.
"That was your first mistake." Lynn said with the same smirk she had on her face when she talked to Lincoln.
"What are you talkin.."
Just as fast as he had his hands on Lynn, He found himself on the ground.
Everyone was shocked. Lincoln couldn't even believe it.
"Come on, You think I would just let you grab me without a tussle? You must be crazy!" She said with confidence.
"Tim just got dropped by a girl!" Carl said laughing uncontrollably.
"Just a lucky shot.." Tim mumbled, brushing himself off. Lynn got back into her stance.
"I'll tear you to pieces if you hurt anyone on this bus." she replied.
"Oh yeah? Watch this!" Tim rushed her and threw a punch.
Lynn catches his fist and delivers a strong punch to his stomach. Clean knockout.
It was over after that.
At this point, It was as if everyone on the bus was rooting Lynn on.
"The second mistake was calling me shorty." Lynn whispered to Tim's unconscious body.
Dear Family...
Over the last couple of months.. My home life has been more than unfair.. It's been disastrous. Every day I felt ignored.. Everyone was just fighting just to fight.
I was fighting just to fight. We all were. Sometimes it was so bad, I would contemplate staying at my friends house.. I was ignored when I went to Mom about.
I always left our conversations thinking the same thing: Why?
Then the fight with Lori.. Turned the whole house against me.. No one to defend me. I felt weak. Like how can you treat anyone like this? Aren't we supposed to be family?
Well someone supported me... Lincoln. He defended me in the hall. He made me feel safe again. Even if he can be a dork sometimes..He's not like any of you. He doesn't see me the way that you all do..
If you're reading this...You're probably too late. We're not there anymore..
And Lori..I will never forgive any of the things you've done to me.
Until you figure it all out..
From Lynn...
Lori dropped the letter and laid on Lynn's bed. She couldn't believe. She didn't know whether to be sad or angry. All she felt was conflicted.
Luan wept in Leni's shoulders.
"What have we done.." Luan whimpered.
"We all have stuff we hold inside..For better or for worst." Leni whispered.
"But What do we do now...We don't know where Luna nor Lynn and Lincoln are.." Luan asked.
Both her and Leni turn to Lori. She look to them and then at the ceiling.
"We gonna search. Starting now. I promise we'll find them." The eldest sister said clutching her hand.
"Hey." A voice out of nowhere said.
All three girls freaked out.
"LUCY?!" Leni and Luan said in sync.
"Where did you come from!" Lori said. Lucy put her book down from her face.
"I've been here the whole time." She replied.
"How did we not notice you then?" Lori answered back.
"That's a question I should be asking you three." Lucy piped up.
"How much did you hear?" Leni asked with a frown.
"Enough to convince you to take me with all of you."
"Oh dear lord.." Luan sighed.
"Just come on then, We can't let anybody else figure out what's going on." Lori said.
"Whatever." Lucy said as she jumped down from her bed.
Silently as they could, They all left the room and through the front door.
Lincoln couldn't take his eyes of his sister. She looked so freaking cool! It was as if it was something straight out of his Ace Savvy comics. He knew that Lynn was strong, But strong enough to knock someone out with one blow? Awesome!
"Lynn, How did you do it?!" Lincoln said in excitement
"Oh that? That was nothing." Lynn beamed. She had practiced the punch in her bedroom multiple times and finally got to show it off.
But that wasn't the end of the situation. There were innocent people still on the bus, And one of the men were armed. Her only hope was to pray that the bus driver.. Ugh...the bus driver was the last person she would ask anything from. Still, She's her only option. Right now, She had to deal with Carl.
"Hey Twinkie!" Lynn shouted. "If you think I'm a piece of cake, You should grab a slice."
"Pfff, I'm not scared of you." Carl scuffed.
"Then come on!" Lynn said, Waving her hand.
"I Got a sore back." Carl lied.
"It wasn't sore when you decided to hijack a bus." She replied
"BURN!" someone shouted. Carl was stumped on that one.
"Sit back and watch a pro." Nightmare said, pushing Carl out the way.
The man quickly took off his mask and his leather coat and oh lord. He looked like a bodybuilder's trainer.
Lynn gulped.
"Where the Bravado now? Are you scared little one?" laughed Nightmare.
Lynn had no response.
Lincoln stared at her. The body language suggested that she wouldn't come close in fighting Nightmare by herself. And it didn't look like the crowd wasn't exactly gonna be the one to do much either. But what should he do? There could be so many risks with either decisions he made.
It was giving him a small panic attack.
There was no clear answer...Until He looked at her shirt.
Hair straight down, Sleeve torn ,Scraps and bumps..
This is a different Lynn. But why is she doing all of this? He reminded himself of the answer he already knew.
"Because it's a reminder of the moment when we became closer..."
It was a moment they became closer and he knew it..
"Just keep putting your faith in me..Ok?"
And That was what he was going to do.
"Lincoln, What are you doing?" Rina whispered quietly.
"I've got to hold my end of the bargain." Lincoln said bravely.
The boy got up from the seat and walked straight towards the front of the bus. No one said a word. Nightmare looked at the boy and laughed.
"Are you asking for an early retirement too, kid?" He said flatly.
"No, I'm helping take out the trash." Lincoln snapped back.
Lynn couldn't believe it. Her brother didn't look like a total dweep. Then again it was about time.
"Thank you Lincoln.." She said with a sincere look on her face.
"Anytime." He responded. "Now let's do this."
"We've been searching for Hours!" "This is is unbearable!" Lori said frustrated.
"We have to keep looking, She could be anywhere!" pleaded Luan.
"Has anyone seen Lucy?" Leni asked the others.
"Where DID she go?" Lori scratched her head.
"Lucy!" They called.
No response.
"LUCY!" They called a second time.
Same result.
Leni flopped on a local bench. "Ugh! What do we do?"
Suddenly, A startling noise came from the bushes.
"AHH, BUSH MONSTER!" Leni shouted. Lori shook her head in disappointment.
Luan groaned. "It's Lucy."
Lucy looked over.
"Follow me." She said as she walked past the bushes.
The sisters looked at each other and shrugged. They go around the bushes and find a huge tree.
Near the tree was a huge amount of stained red grass. But about 5 feet away from that was a girl who had a gash on the back of her head.
She rocked one bracelet on her wrist.
The sweatshirt had a skull on it.
Wait a sec...
"LUNA?!" Luan shrieked.
The girl lifted herself slowly off the ground and turned towards Luan. She gave a small smile.
"Lu?" Luna replied.
Annnnnd wow
It's 4:00 Am over where I was when I wrote this. Couldn't sleep so boom. Finished up Chapter 6.
But Yeah Luna's not dead. *SPOILER But you already read this so not really*
Hope that clears it up.
Just out of commission for a little bit. But a star like her can't stay down for long.
And Hey It hasn't been a month so I'm doing a little better XD
Alright let me stop rambling and tell me what you think. ANY type of review would really help me out. Appreciate it very much if you do.
I'll try to update sooner than later.
As Always, Stay awesome and keep the good fight going.
TITAN OUT! :)