"That's right get out of here you jinx!" Lynn screamed as Lincoln ran out the door crying. Her sisters just glared at her with disbelief that she just shattered their brother's life. "I'm glad that jinx is finally gone." She said as she was about head upstairs only to be grabbed by Lori.
"I can't believe what you just did Lynn! You destroyed our brother's life! You took away everything he grew up with and knew away from him! Do you know how selfish you are?!" Lori yelled at her.
Before she could yell anymore Luna spoke up. "Lori before you tear Lynn a good one do you mind telling us how this whole mess started?" She asked.
"Yeah I suppose you all should know how this began." Lori replied as she told them how Lincoln came to her wanting to learn how to do the laundry and why he wanted to learn it. She then went into how he felt like he isn't good at anything like they are and that he felt like he was being left behind while they were moving forward with their lives. She also told them he was beginning to feel like he wasn't even a Loud. When they all heard that they just gave a loud gasp and started to cry except Lynn who gave a huge scoff. Finally she told them about Lincoln washing Lynn's lucky socks because she forgot to tell him not to wash them and that was how all of it started.
"I can't believe he was going through something like that!" Luna said as tears rolled down her face. She then asked "Lori why didn't you tell us what Lincoln was going through?"
"I was going to but Lincoln didn't want you guys to know. However I was going to let you all know what was going on but everytime I was about to something always came up. Let's face it we're always busy with our own thing and we never have time for him. When you think about it we really are leaving him behind." Lori replied as she then turned to Lynn. "Now getting back to the main subject Lynn there's something I want to ask you. How did you know how Lincoln's birth mother died? The only people who knew how she died besides Mom and Dad was Leni, Luna, Luan, and me. So how did you find out?"
"That's a good question I would like to know the answer to that as well." Luna said.
"I overheard Mom telling Lisa about Lincoln's birth mother." Lynn answered.
The older sisters just looked at Lisa stunned that she also knew the truth about Lincoln. "Lisa you knew?" Leni asked.
Lisa just let out a huge sigh as she then said. "Yes Leni I knew. I found out Lincoln was related to us when I was going over a blood sample I taken from him. I came to the logical conclusion that he was adopted but I wanted to know about his birth parents so I went to Mom to find out what she knew about them." Tears started coming down her face as her voice began to break. "I was afraid that they would come for him one day. I didn't want to lose my big brother. The person who would always help me whenever I required it, who always cared about my health and safety, and who would always love no matter how difficult I can be."
All of the sisters except Lynn gathered around Lisa and gave her a big group hug. As they broke the hug Lana asked "What about Lincoln's birth father?"
"We don't have to worry about him. Unfortunately he died overseas protecting our country and apparently both of them didn't have any family so we don't have to worry about anyone taking Lincoln away from us." Lori replied.
"Wait a minute I just thought of something." Luan said as she looked at Lynn. "Lynn said that she wore her lucky socks to almost every game she played."
"Yeah so what's your point?" Lynn asked.
"Were you wearing them at the game you lost when you accused Lincoln of being bad luck and causing you to lose?" Luan asked getting the attention of the rest of her sisters and causing them to set their eyes on Lynn.
Lynn just shifted her gaze trying to avoid making eye contact with them. "No I wasn't wearing them!" She spat out defensively.
Lucy however looked to her right as if someone was telling her something. "Okay I'll tell them." She said as she turned towards her sisters to say. "Great Grandma Harriet says that she's lying. She was wearing them."
All of the sisters just looked at Lynn with anger. They couldn't believe that Lynn blamed Lincoln for being bad luck instead of admitting her socks weren't lucky. "Oh come on! You're telling me you believe the spooky sister who says she can talk to ghosts?!" She shouted.
"Well Lynn given how you treated Lincoln we would believe her over you anyday!" Lori yelled as the rest of the girls just agreed.
Luna was trying very hard not to attack her even going as far as asking Luan to hold her back as she screamed out "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU! HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO HIM?! HOW COULD YOU THROW LINCOLN UNDER THE BUS SAYING THAT HE WAS BAD LUCK INSTEAD OF ADMITTING YOU'RE SOCKS WEREN'T LUCKY?! DON'T YOU KNOW HOW MUCH HE LOVES YOU?! IS WINNING SO IMPORTANT THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO THROW AWAY YOUR OWN BROTHER?!"
Lynn just growled with anger "Well he was at the game so as far as I know he caused me to lose! As for today's game we'll never know the answer because he washed my lucky socks and deleted the video just to make me lose! He's just bad luck!" She shouted.
Lori getting fed up walked over to Lynn getting ready to slap her until Luna grabbed her arm. "No Lori allow me." She said as Lori nodded and stepped back. Luna then looked at Lynn and suddenly punched her right in the face instantly giving her a black eye.
"Are you okay?" Lori asked with concern.
"No! Luna just punched me!" Lynn cried out.
"I wasn't asking you Lynn. I was asking Luna after all a musician's hands are important." Lori said as she was looking at Luna's hand.
"Yeah I'm fine. My hand is just a little sore." Luna replied.
"I suggest you put some ice on it to prevent any swelling." Lisa said as she inspected Luna's hand as well.
"Hey what about me?!" Lynn cried out upset that no care she was punched.
"Just ice it and you'll be fine." Lola said with a scoff.
Lynn just let out a huge scream that filled up the whole room. "IF LINCOLN DIDN'T DELETE THAT VIDEO NONE OF THIS WOULD BE HAPPENING!" She yelled out.
"Lincoln said he didn't delete it so stop blaming him!" Luna shouted.
As Lynn and Luna continue shouted about the video Lori just rolled her eyes and let out a sigh. "Lisa could you please find out who deleted the video so we can shut Lynn up?" She asked.
"I'm already on it." Lisa said as she sat at the computer and began to find out who deleted the video. However she didn't expect to hit a roadblock so fast. "Hmm, that's strange."
"What is it Lisa?" Lori asked.
"I'm trying to track the person responsible for deleting the video however the person made sure to cover there tracks real well. I'm finding it extremely difficult to track their location as well since the program I'm using is just bouncing from server to server making it to track them." She replied.
"So you can't find out who did it?" Luna asked.
"Sadly no all I can say is whoever did it must be very rich and resourceful because that would be the only way to block my program from finding them." Lisa said as she gave a sigh.
Luna just looked at Lynn and shouted "Are you proud of yourself Lynn?! You went and destroyed everything Lincoln knew and for what?! Because you think he deleted a video which you would show your team just to humiliate him and it would cause you to win your game?! He even said that he didn't do it but did you believe him no you just had to blame him because you're a sore loser!" Luna then noticed that she was being held back by Luan as was Lynn who was being held back by Lori and Leni. She could see Lynn was trying to hold back her anger from being called a sore loser. Luna just gave a deep breath and began to calm down. She then thought of something. She looked at Lynn and asked "Lynn who do you win your games for?"
"I win them for me." She said not knowing what Luna trying to pull.
"Just you? No one else?"
"Just me. No one else."
"Who got you interested in sports?"
"No one I got interested in them all on my own."
"Do you remember your first game?"
"Of course I do! I won! What else is there to remember?"
"So you really don't remember?"
Lynn just gave a confused look. She didn't know what Luna was trying to pull but she had to know what she meant. "What is it I'm suppose to remember?" She asked.
Luna just gave a small smirk. "I'm not going to tell you. It's something you need to remember on your own." She said leaving Lynn in a confused state as she looked at Lori "We're gonna have to tell Mom and Dad what happened but what do you think we should now?"
"Right now let's just wait for Lincoln to come back home." Lori said.
As the oldest Loud sisters and Lisa waited for Lincoln to come home. Lucy, Lola, and Lana were discussing about the fact that Lincoln was adopted.
"I can't believe Linky was adopted. I mean I grew up thinking he was my brother but it turns out he's just a stranger." Lola said.
"I know how you feel Lola but I still feel he's my brother. I mean he's always been there when we needed it and he always tries to make thing right for us when he does something wrong. To me he's my brother and no one can change that!" Lana replied.
"Yeah you're right Lana. Linky is our brother and no one can change that." Lola stated.
"I've always known Lincoln was different from us and now I know why." Lucy said getting the attention of all her sisters.
"What do you mean Lucy?" Asked Lana and Lola at the same time while the other sisters just listened.
"Once in a while I would see this ghost of a woman watching over Lincoln. Whenever I try to talk to her she would disappear right away. I tried asking Great Grandma Harriet about her but she would just tell me it's none of my business and just leave it alone. I think she was trying to me from knowing the truth about Lincoln until I was old enough to understand." Lucy answered.
Luna just walked toward her. "Lucy do you think that was you know?" Luna asked.
"I only got a glimpse of her once but from the look I saw her give Lincoln. It was one of love. You know the look Mom would give us that would show she would love us no matter what. So yes Luna I think that was Lincoln's birth mother." Lucy replied.
Lori just gave a sigh as she then said "I can't believe I'm going to ask this but Lucy is she in the house? Maybe she can tell us where Lincoln is."
"I'm sorry Lori but no she isn't. Whenever I see her she would always be near Lincoln and she would disappear right away when she would see me." Lucy answered.
"We're just gonna have to wait Lori." Luan said as she place a hand on Lori's shoulder.
Just then there was a knock at the door. Luna went to go see who it was while Lori just asked "Who is it Luna?"
"It's Clyde. He might know where Lincoln is so I'm going to let him in. Lori you better hide." She said as Lori went into the kitchen. She then opened the door to see a worried Clyde.
"Is Lincoln here?" He asked the sound of worry could be heard in his voice.
"No he isn't Clyde." Luna answered as she then asked"What's wrong?" seeing that Clyde was really worried about Lincoln.
"Lincoln called me about a hour ago. He sounded really upset I could even hear him crying and wanted to meet me. I suggested we meet here but he was strongly against it so I agree to meet him at the park. When I got there the park was closed off. Apparently there was a shooting." After that was said all of the sisters peeked their heads out to find out more. "I tried calling Lincoln but he wouldn't answer his phone. So I came here to see if he was home and he isn't." Clyde said trying to keep himself from breaking down.
Luna just hugged Clyde. "Clyde calm down. We'll find out what happened okay?" She said to him as he started crying.
"He's my best friend. He can't be gone. Maybe if I got there sooner." He said.
"You don't know that. For all we know he could be somewhere safe." Luna said in a caring tone as she let him out of the hug to look him in the face.
"Something was bothering him. I tried to find out what it was but he wouldn't tell me. All I know is that he didn't want to meet here and that tells me something happened to him here." Clyde said as he then saw Lynn who was sporting a black eye. In that instance he knew who was responsible for Lincoln being upset. He ran past Luna and lunged toward Lynn tackling her to the ground. "YOU! WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM THIS TIME?! HE TOLD ME ABOUT THAT VIDEO YOU PUT BACK ONLINE AND I TOLD HIM TO TELL LORI AND THE OTHERS WHAT YOU DID SO THEY WOULD PULL IT DOWN BUT HE TOLD ME SINCE IT MADE YOU HAPPY AND BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT IT HELPING YOU WIN YOUR DUMB GAMES THAT HE WOULDN'T SAY ANYTHING. APPARENTLY HE CARED MORE ABOUT YOU BE HAPPY RATHER THEN THE LAUGHS HE WAS GETTING. DO YOU EVEN CARE ABOUT LINCOLN?! WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM!?"
Lynn couldn't believe the fact that Clyde the kid who passes out from nosebleeds from whenever he sees Lori was overpowering her. The fact that even Lori was in the room and he still hasn't passed out was infuriating her. Lincoln's dorky little friend tackled her to the ground and is keeping down even though she's stronger than him. Worst of all was him telling her off. That Lincoln cared more about her happiness than his. I mean yeah she knew Lincoln love her but would he really put her happiness before him? And the fact he asked if she even cared about him. Yeah she does but she has her own way of showing it. Then she remember something Luna said to her. "If you think that then you don't know anything about Lincoln!" was what Luna said to her when she accused Lincoln of deleting the video. What was that suppose to mean? Then there were the questions Luna asked about her first game. Did she forget something? If so what was it? Was it about Lincoln? She was about to say something until Luna pulled Clyde off her.
Luna just looked him straight in the eyes and sighed. "Clyde, Lincoln found out something that he wasn't suppose to find out until he was older. Lynn told him that he was adopted because she was upset that she lost her game today. She thinks he deleted the video she put back online causing her team's winning streak to end. Now I know you're upset but yelling at her right now won't solve anything. So just go home for now." She said to him.
"Will you let me know if you find anything out?" He asked understanding now why Lincoln sounded so upset.
"Of course Clyde." She said as she escorted him to the door and he immediately ran home. She then turned towards the others. "Okay the best lead we got right now is the park so I say we find out what happened and see if he was there." The rest of the girls agreed as they ran outside to get into Vanzilla.
ROYAL WOODS PARK
When the girls got to the park they were shocked to see the whole area blocked off by the police. They needed answers so they approached the first officer they saw. "Sorry girls but the parks closed off." The officer said.
"We need to know if our brother was involved in this. We heard he was here." Lori said.
The officer just gave them a concerned look. "Look kids we're still trying to find out what exactly happened here. If we find out if your brother was somehow involve we'll contact you but right now we need to do our job."
Just then a second officer approached the first. "A couple guys in suits just showed up. They say that they're with the government and that they're taking over." The second officer said.
The first officer gave the second a confused look. "Why is the government here and why are they taking over?" He asked.
"I don't know. They just said to hand everything we have so far to them and that we need to follow their instructions. They even called the chief and told him so we have no choice but to obey their orders." The second officer replied as he then noticed the Loud girls standing behind the first officer closely listening to their conversation and then pointed to them.
The first officer then turned around to see them. He just gave a sigh and said "Girls you need to leave now. Who knows maybe your brother's at home waiting for you. If by some chance your brother was involved with what happened here then you will be informed but right now the best thing you girls can do is go home and wait."
The girls just gave a big sigh as they walked back to Vanzilla. "Do you think Lincoln is back home?" Luan asked.
"I don't know Luan but let's just hope so." Lori answered as she then noticed Lisa who look like she was in deep thought. "Lisa what are you thinking?" She asked as the rest of the girls got into Vanzilla.
"Lori could I talk to you for a few minutes?" She then notice the rest of the sisters getting ready to get out to listen. "Alone." She said.
"Sure." Lori said as she shot back an intimidating glare at the rest of the girls making sure they stayed in the van. She then followed Lisa to a spot far away from Vanzilla so the rest of the sisters couldn't hear a thing. "So what's up?"
"This isn't a coincidence." Lisa said.
"What do you mean?" Lori asked while giving a confused look.
"I mean the fact that the video of Lincoln was taken down by someone who has resources to block me from finding them and that now the government is responding to a shooting in the park." Lisa replied.
"Are you saying they're both connected? Why would the government want to take down a humiliating video of Lincoln? It doesn't make sense!"
Lisa just sighed knowing that she didn't have enough evidence to support her theory and said "Maybe I'm wrong Lori. In fact I hope I'm wrong."
Lori just grabbed Lisa's hand as they walked back to the van while holding her hand. "Maybe Lincoln's home now. Let's go check." She said.
BACK AT THE LOUD HOUSE
As the girls got back home they quickly ran into the house to see if Lincoln was there but sadly he wasn't. "Lincoln's not here." Lana said as tears started forming.
"Where could he be?" Lola asked as she started crying.
As the twins started crying Lisa pulled something out. "That's it! I'm tracking Lincoln's chip now!" She shouted.
The sisters just gave a confused look. "Wait a minute. Didn't you tell us that you didn't put tracking chips in us?" Luna asked.
"I lied so don't act so surprised."
"Look we'll talk about it later. Right now we should be finding Lincoln. He's the only important thing that matters right now so go ahead and track him Lisa." Lori said.
As Lisa focused on her device and got it tuned to locate Lincoln she was shocked by what she saw. "I can't find him." She said.
"What do you mean you can't find him?" Luan asked.
"Exactly what I mean! I can't locate his chip!" Lisa shouted.
"Is he dead?" Lynn asked with concern in her voice while the other sisters just gasped at what she just asked.
"No if he was I would still be able to track his chip. It looks like someone turned his chip off. I don't see how that is possible considering I'm the only one who can turn them off." Lisa answered.
"Lisa is there a way you can turn it back on?" Lori asked.
"Yes but it will take me about two to three days to turn it back on."
"Then do it. Right now we need to focus on what to tell Mom and Dad when they get back home." Lori said as she then turned to Lynn. "Lynn I think it's best that you stay in your room until Mom and Dad are home."
Lynn just rolled her eyes and gave a groan as she headed for the stairs but before she made it to the first step Luna called out to her and asked "Lynn who do you win your games for?"
Lynn just let out a groan. "Luna I already told you I win my games for me. No one else. I don't know what you're trying to pull but me winning my games has nothing to do with Lincoln." She said.
"Are you sure?"
"Of course I'm sure! Is there something I'm suppose to remember?"
"I can't tell you. It's something you need to figure out." Luna replied with a smirk.
Lynn just rolled her eyes as she walked up the stairs. She had no idea what game Luna was trying to play but she was going to win it. If there's something she needs to figure out then she will figure it out.
About a hour has past as the girls saw their parents coming home. Lori just looked out the window and went straight to the door as their parents opened it. Before they could say anything Lori quickly said "Mom. Dad. There's been an incident." Lori then began to tell them everything that had happened and the fact that they don't know where Lincoln is.
After hearing what happened Rita just gave a look of disbelief. She couldn't believe what Lynn did to Lincoln. She always knew she would have to tell him the truth one day but she was waiting for him to at least be eighteen when she did it. She always felt he was her baby boy ever since she first saw him. Sure it was hard to get her husband on board when they adopted him but he also grew to love Lincoln even though he has a hard time showing it he's just used to raising girls. Rita just turned to her husband. "Lynn, honey, I want you to stay with the girls while I go talk to Lynn okay?" Lynn Sr. just gave a nod as Rita went upstairs. As Rita went into Lynn and Lucy's room and just saw Lynn sitting on her bed thinking about something. "Hello Lynn." She said getting her daughter's attention.
"Hey Mom." Lynn answered back knowing that her mother was extremely disappointed with her. "I take it I'm going to Aunt Ruth's."
"You know I should take you to Aunt Ruth's right now but I won't. Right now we should be focused more on finding Lincoln." Rita replied while she looked at her daughter with disappointment and then asked "Lynn do you love your brother?"
Lynn was shocked by what her mother just asked her. "Of course I do!" She blurted out.
"Well you have a funny way of showing it."
"Mom I do love Lincoln but I just love winning more."
"So winning is more important than your brother?"
Hearing her mother asked that Lynn started to get flustered. "No that's not what I'm saying! It's just that I-I don't know! I love Lincoln but I also love winning. I don't know why but winning always comes before Lincoln. I never really thought about this that much until today when Luna asked me who do I win for and if I remember my first game. I don't know what she's trying to make me remember but I think it has something to do with Lincoln." Lynn then looked at her mother. "Hey Mom do you remember my first game?"
Rita just looked at Lynn and gave her a small smile. "Lynn I'm your mother it's my job to remember important parts of my children's' lives and I know what Luna wants you to remember but I'm not going to tell you. Instead I'm going to ask you something. Do you remember what you use to do before you got started on sports?"
"No but it probably has something to with Lincoln right?" She replied.
"That's for you to figure out Sweetie." Rita said as the doorbell then rang.
A few seconds after that Luan came running up the stairs. "Mom two guys from the government are here and they want to talk to both you and Dad!" She cried out.
"Okay Luan. I'll be down in a little bit." Rita said to her as she then turned to face Lynn to say. "I want you to at least think about what I asked you." Rita then headed downstairs to see two men in black suits standing near the door along with her husband. The first man had black hair and green eyes. He looked like he was in his mid thirty's and was well built. The second man had brown hair and amber eyes. He also looked like he was in his mid thirty's and wasn't as well built as the first man.
The first man then began to say something. "Hello Mr. and Mrs. Loud. I'm Agent Samson and this is my partner Agent Mitchell." Agent Samson said.
The second man Agent Mitchell just said "Yo." while giving a two finger salute.
Agent Samson just gave him an annoyed look as he went on to say "Can we come in? There's some stuff we want to talk to you about and I feel it's better to talk about this inside than out here."
"Sure come in." Rita said as they walked in and took a seat in the living room. She could see that the girls beside Lynn who was on the steps went into the dining room to probably eavesdrop. She then asked "Do you want something to drink?"
"No thank you ma'am. You don't have to get us anything." Agent Samson replied.
"Actually I'll take a water." Agent Mitchell said.
Agent Samson then gave his partner an annoyed look and said "Really Jerry? Really?".
Jerry just looked at Agent Samson and replied "What? She offered me something to drink and I'm thirsty! What's wrong with that? Don't tell me your still mad about the car chase incident?"
"Of course I'm still a little sore about that incident we were on a high speed car chase after a wanted criminal and just when we were about to get close to him you pulled into a drive thru!" Agent Samson shouted.
Jerry just rolled his eyes. "Oh come on Sammy! The road was blocked so he wasn't going anywhere and we weren't the only ones chasing him. I just thought we should get some burgers and fries to celebrate a job well done. Plus you weren't complaining about the onion rings I ordered for you." He said.
Agent Samson just let out a groan. "Fine you can have your drink but if you have to go when we're back on the road then you're holding it until we're back at the building because I am not pulling over at a gas station just for you to use the restroom then come back with a Big Gulp!"
"Oh come on! I can't just use a restroom and not get anything that's just rude!"
Rita and Lynn Sr. as well as the girls just watched in confusion as the two men bickered until Lisa came into the living room with a glass of water and gave it to Jerry. "Here's your water." She said as she handed to him.
"Why thank you little girl." Jerry said with a smile as he took the glass from Lisa and she went back into the dining room.
Rita wanting answers just asked "Could you please tell us why you're here."
Agent Samson just ignored his partner as he looked at Rita to answer her. " Yes sorry for that ma'am. There's no easy way to say this but we're here because of one of your children and no ma'am it's not your daughter Lisa. It's about your son Lincoln."
Rita just gasped as her husband just held her. "What happened to my son? Is he hurt?" She asked.
"No ma'am he's fine." Agent Samson said calming her down. "I don't know if you heard but there was an incident in the park today and your son happened to be there when it happened. You see ma'am we have an operation going in Royal Woods where one of our agents is working undercover. We've been on this case for a long time and we're getting close to ending it soon. Anyway our agent was at the park talking to your son when our agent was ambushed by someone who made him. They had guns pulled out on him and your son but he managed to keep your son save when the shooting happened. He took out all but one and we can't take the risk of your son coming back home since he saw the face of the man who got away. In other words it's not safe for him or your family. Now you don't have to worry our agent is keeping him safe and hidden until we can finally shut down the organization we're trying to stop. As for your family you don't have to worry we have agents watching you. They're trained to blend into the crowd so you won't know who they are. We're close to shutting it down so hopefully you'll have your son home soon. Now we've informed our agent to call you tomorrow so you can talk to him and Lincoln. So if you don't have any questions we'll be going now."
"Actually I have one." Lisa said as she walked out of the dining room and into the living room. "What's this organization you're trying to shut down?" She asked.
Agent Samson looked at Lisa and with a smirk replied "That's need to know and you don't need to know." With that said he and his partner left leaving the Louds wondering what to do next.
For the rest of the day it was just quiet at the Loud house. Basically nobody knew what to say. Rita and Lynn Sr. were worried sick about their son but knew right now they had to stay strong for the girls. As for the girls they couldn't help but worry about Lincoln. They wanted him back home and with them. As for Lynn she knew this was her fault from what the agents said. The fact that she chased him out of the house where he witnessed a shooting was entirely on her and she knew that his life was in danger because of her. She was also trying to figure out what Luna and her Mom wanted her to remember. She knew it had to do with Lincoln and it was before she started sports. She tried with all her might to remember something from back then and then came across a memory of her looking at a sign up sheet of baseball try outs and someone telling her to try it out but couldn't figure out who. As for Lori and Lisa they both knew that the agents were holding something back and that it had to do with Lincoln.
LATER THAT NIGHT WITH LORI AND LISA
Lisa was currently looking at something on her computer when she heard a knock at her door. She turned to see it was her eldest sister Lori. "Lori I take it you're here to discuss about the garbage those agents gave us but most importantly Lincoln right?" She asked.
Lori just gave a small smile as she replied "Yeah Lisa. Like you said earlier it isn't coincidence so I came in here hoping you have an idea of what's going on and what it has to do with Lincoln."
"I have a theory but you may not like it."
"Just tell me your theory Lisa."
"I think the video was taken down and deleted because the government didn't want someone to find Lincoln. Think about it the first time it was put up Lincoln did it to make things right with us and we allowed him to take it down but then Lynn puts it back up and leaves it online for almost a month. It then gets taken down by someone with enough resources that prevents me from finding them. Then there's the shooting at the park where Lincoln was at when it happened which the government came in and took over. But there's one thing that stands out the most."
"What's that Lisa?"
"Those agents! They said that they had an operation where of the their men was working undercover and that's the thing that puzzling me."
"What do you mean Lisa?"
"Ever since I've started working on my greatest accomplishments I've always made sure to find out if any organizations are watching me. Every month I make a list of agencies in the area and if I have anything to do with them be here. Some of them would be the same and some of them would be new. In other words if there was a long term undercover government investigation I would have know about it! I don't know who these guys are but I do know one thing their professionals. They know how to cover their tracks and stay hidden."
"Do you have any idea why someone would be after Lincoln?"
"Yes I do but you're not going to like it." Lisa said as she looked at Lori. "What do you know about Lincoln's birth parents?"
Lori had a shocked look on her face. She promised herself that when it came to Lincoln they were the only family he needed. His birth parents were gone and in the past and that he or they didn't need to know anything about them. "Are you telling me this has something to do with Lincoln's birth parents?" She asked.
"I believe so."
"We need to tell Mom!" Lori shouted as she was about to walk out of the room only for Lisa to call out for her.
"Lori wait! Before we tell Mom anything we should get some evidence to back this up. Right now all we have is a theory and that's not much."
Lori just stopped in her tracks and turned to face Lisa. "You're right Lisa. We can't just tell Mom something with nothing to back it up. Do you have any idea where we can get some proof?"
Lisa just gave a smile and went to her computer. "Actually I do. When that agent earlier asked for a water I took the liberty to put a small tracking device into his drink so I could where their office is." She then showed an image of a building that was inside Royal Woods. "I suggest we tell the others about this and formulate a plan to break in there and get some proof but I think we should wait until I turn Lincoln's chip back on so we find out where he is."
"Okay Lisa but I think we should leave Lynn out of this plan seeing how all of this is her fault." Lori said as Lisa just nodded.
Just then they both heard Lynn's voice out in the hall. "Just what are you trying to show me?!" She cried out.
EARLIER WITH LYNN AND LUNA
Lynn was doing her best to remember what she use to do before she started sports but she was drawing a blank. She didn't know what she was to suppose to remember but she knew who had the answers she was looking for: Luna. Lynn headed straight to Luna and Luan's room when she got there she saw Luna practice her guitar. Luna saw her and just looked at her. "What do you want Lynn?" She asked.
"I want you to tell me what I'm suppose to remember." Lynn answered.
"Sorry Lynn but I'm not going to tell you. That's for you to figure out." Luna replied with a smirk.
Lynn just got angry. "Enough with the games!" She yelled out. "I know it has something to Lincoln and I also know it was something I use to do before I started sports but I don't remember! So just tell me!"
"No Lynn. You need to remember it on your own." Luna replied.
Lynn just let out a frustrated scream. "Just because you're Lincoln's favorite sister and know everything about him doesn't mean I know everything about him!"
Luna just let out a sigh as she placed her guitar in it's case. "I promise Lincoln I wouldn't say anything but it's obvious you're not going to remember unless I show you." Luna then grabbed Lynn's hand and proceeded to guide her down the hall.
"Just what are you trying to show me?!" Lynn cried out as Luna lead her to Lincoln's room.
As soon as they were in his room Luna went to Lincoln's dresser and pulled out a box. "Here open it." Luna said.
Lynn opened the box only to be shocked by what was in it. Inside was a bunch of newspaper clippings of the games she played as well as a baseball. She recognized it as the baseball from her first game. "What is this? Why does Lincoln have the baseball from my first game?" She asked.
"You really don't remember huh? You gave it to him after you won your first game." Luna said as she dug through the box to find something. As soon as she found it she just looked at it and said "You know Lynn I'm not Lincoln's favorite sister. At most I'm his second favorite. His true favorite is you."
After saying that Luna handed something to Lynn. Lynn looked at it to see it was a picture of her when she was at least six with a four year old Lincoln. They were both smiling and Lincoln was holding the baseball in his hands. Suddenly Lynn was overwhelmed by a bunch of memories that started flooding her mind. She then realized what she was suppose to remember. "I remember." She said as tears started coming down her face.
"What do you remember?" Luna asked.
"It was Lincoln. He was the one who got me into sports. I remember Dad telling me about baseball tryouts and that I should give it a try but I wasn't to sure. It looked scary to me but Lincoln told me I should at least give it a try. Back then we couldn't be separated. We would always hang out and play together. So when Lincoln told me to give it try I did but I also promised him if I win a game I would be winning it for him. After I won my first few games I decided to give other sports a try to see what else I was good at around that time Lincoln would always be around wanting to hang out with me but I always told him I was busy. Eventually I became to obsessed with sports that I forgot who I win my games for but most importantly who got me to play sports in the first place." With that said Lynn began to break down. "HOW COULD I BE SUCH A MONSTER TO HIM!? I LEFT HIM BEHIND! I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF HE HATES ME FOR HURTING HIM!"
"Lincoln doesn't hate you Lynn. He told me he could never hate you." Luna said as she placed her hand on Lynn's back.
Lynn just looked at her. "How did you find out about this?" She asked.
"Lincoln show me this when you guys were at Aunt Ruth's as punishment for the whole bad luck situation. Remember I was left in charge of watching Lincoln and Lily because I took Lincoln's side to begin with and tried to fight hard for him to come back inside after we kicked him out. I mean if you think about the entire family can be so overwhelming that even you would want some time for yourself. Besides someone had to let the movers into the house so they could put Lincoln's stuff back. You know the stuff we sold because you wanted to get rid of everything that could have his bad luck."
"I get it. It was all my fault because of my stupid superstitions."
"Anyway I told Lincoln that he shouldn't forgive you so easily for what you put him through and he just told me that he already forgave you. He then told me that it was his fault for the way you were and I told him that wasn't true. That's when he showed me this box and what was in it. He told me everything about how you were first nervous about trying out for baseball and told you to give it a try also the promise you made about winning games for him. When I found out about this I told him that he should tell you about what you forgot but he just said no. He told me that if you found out about it that you would be devastated and it would hurt you knowing the truth. The last thing he wanted was to hurt you."
"HE SHOULD OF TOLD ME! WHO CARES IF I GOT HURT?! I DESERVE IT AFTER BEING SUCH A MONSTER TO HIM!" Lynn screamed out.
Luna just looked at her and asked "Lynn do you know why Lincoln never told you this?" Lynn just shook her head. "It's because he knew you would blame yourself. He knew you would probably never play sports again and he didn't want that for you. It's because he loves you. He wanted you to be happy even if he has to sacrifice his own happiness. Think about it Lincoln's only happy if we're happy. He told me that he was first upset when you started focusing more on sports but he knew you were happy and that's what mattered to him so he stepped back so you could focus more on sports without him getting in the way. He also told me that because you were so focused on sports that he was able to meet Clyde and become friends with him so in a way it wasn't entirely bad."
Lynn started to calm down after hearing Luna's explanation. "I need to make it up to him. I need to make things right with my brother." Lynn said as she sat down on Lincoln's bed. She then noticed Bun Bun and picked him up. She just held him in her arms as she then said "Tell Lucy I'm sleeping here tonight. I need to look at all of this stuff Lincoln has of me."
Luna just nodded. "You got it Lynn." She said as she exited Lincoln's room only to see the rest of her sisters who were eavesdropping on their conversation standing near the door. All of them except Lori and Lisa ran straight back into their rooms. Luna just looked at them. "I take it you two didn't buy what those agents said and you're working on a plan to find Lincoln am I right?" She asked only for them to nod. "Tell me about it in the morning right now I just want to get some sleep." She said as she headed towards her room.
"I think it's now safe to include Lynn in our plan." Lori said as she wiped a tear from her eye.
"Agreed." Lisa said.
MEANWHILE AT A MOTEL SOMEWHERE IN ROYAL WOODS
Walter was currently standing outside his motel room while he was on the phone with Alistair telling him everything that he learned and what had happened. "So let me get this straight all of this started because Lincoln washed Lynn's lucky socks and now he knows where Lincoln is and sent Fitch to get him?" Alistair asked.
"Yeah pretty much." Walter replied.
"And tell me again why you let Fitch get away?"
"Because Fitch has always been a weak link. He's easy to squeeze information out of besides I needed to let him go so I would have an excuse to grab Lincoln seeing how he is now in danger."
"I see. So what are you going to do?"
"I decide to take him to the cabin. I'm going to start training him whether he likes it or not."
"So I take it you're going to activate the first stage?"
"Yeah."
"Another question what are you going to do with the chip in Lincoln's neck?"
"I already removed it Alistair. I couldn't take the chance of the girls or him finding Lincoln. It wasn't in to deep so he's probably going to feel sore when he wakes up. I also turned it off so there's no way anyone can track him."
"Where's the chip now?"
"I gave it to Jerry and Samson when they came to drop off some food and supplies."
"I see and did they tell you what you're suppose to do tomorrow?"
Walter just groaned and rolled his eyes. "I don't see why I should allow that after what happened." He said.
"Walter they are his family and deserve to know he's safe." Alistair replied in stern voice.
"And after everything they put him through? No. I don't think so."
"It's not an option Agent Burke. It's an order so you're going to call them tomorrow and allow him to talk to them. Is that clear?"
"Yes sir."
"Walter you do intend to keep your promise-" Alistair said until he was interrupted.
"Yes I intend to keep the promise I made to her Alistair! It's just very hard at times seeing him go through tough situations and I'm not allow to do anything!"
"I know Walter. I know."
"Anyway I need to go it looks like he's waking up."
"Okay Walter. Give me a call if you need something."
"You got it." Walter said as he then hung up his phone. He then walked back into his motel room to see Lincoln about to get up.
Lincoln groaned as he woke up. He noticed that he was in a strange room and was about to get up until he felt a sharp pain in the back of his neck. As he felt the back of his neck he notice that there was a bandage there. "What the heck?" He said.
"Yeah sorry about that kid." A voice said.
Lincoln looked up to see a man sitting in a chair at a table with a laptop. Lincoln recognize him as the man he met in the park. "You! I remember I was talking to you in the park when those men with guns came out. You shot them and then you knocked me out! Just what is going on and why am I in pain?" He asked.
Walter just let out a sigh. "Let me introduce myself kid. I am Agent Walter Burke and I work for the government. I've been undercover on an operation that would take down a sinister organization. I've been undercover for a long time so I didn't expect my cover to be blown. When those men came out keep you safe was my main priority I managed to kill two but I failed with the last one so I had to knock you out. The fact that you saw that guy's face puts you and the people you care about in danger. I had to knock you out because I couldn't risk you running off and telling anyone what you saw."
"What about my family? Are they in danger?" Lincoln asked.
"No they aren't. We have agents watching your family so you don't have to worry." Walter replied.
"Oh thank goodness! But that still doesn't explain why I'm in pain."
"That's my fault." Walter said as he placed his hand to the back of his head. "I had to remove the tracking chip your sister Lisa put in you so no one can track us."
Lincoln just gave a stunned look. "A tracking chip! Lisa told us she only placed one in Mom and Dad!" He shouted and winced in pain.
"Yeah well she lied." Walter said in with a deadpan look as he pulled out a thermos and poured what was in it into a glass. Walter then handed the glass to Lincoln. "Here drink this. It will help take away some of the pain and accelerate the healing." He said.
Lincoln began to drink it and gave a disgusted look after he finished it. "Ugh! That was disgusting!" He cried out.
"Yeah I never said it tasted good but you'll be thanking me later when you start to feel better."
"So what's going to happen now? Are we just going to stay in this room or what?"
"Until my agency shuts down this organization it's not safe for you to go back home so instead we're going to go to a safe house." Walter said as he looked at Lincoln. He could see that Lincoln was uncertain of trusting him. "What you don't trust me?" He asked.
"After witnessing a shooting, getting knocked out, getting a chip removed from my neck, and being kept from my family surprisingly no. I don't trust you!"
Walter just sighed and handed Lincoln his gun. "Here you can hold this since you don't trust me." He said.
Lincoln's eyes just went wide. "You're giving me your gun! Aren't you afraid that I might shoot you?"
"Kid I need you to trust so if giving you my gun helps earn your trust then so be it."
"But aren't you afraid I might shoot you?"
"That's a chance I have to take. I need to earn your trust." Walter said as he looked at Lincoln and could see him letting his guard down. "So are you going to come with me to the safe house?"
Lincoln just looked at the man and responded. "Fine but on one condition."
"And what's that?"
"That you train me."
Walter just gave a confused look. Sure he had planned to train Lincoln but he expected him to put up a little bit of a fight instead of asking him flat out. Wanting to know more he just asked. "What is it that you want me to train you?"
"How to fight. How to shoot. Basically everything you know." Lincoln replied.
"Why?" Walter asked needing to know more.
"Because I want to find my place in this world and I feel if I learn from you I might just find it." Lincoln said. After hearing that Walter just gave a small chuckle. Seeing that Lincoln asked "What's so funny?"
"You just remind me of myself. You see when I was young I had this friend and we use to do almost everything together. We always got into trouble and had adventure together but when it came to high school that's where things got a little tricky. You see my friend knew what she wanted to do with her life. She wanted to help people and make a difference in the world however I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. My friend was going places and I was just stuck in the middle of no where not knowing where to go or what to do but then it happened. My friend was going to give a speech at a major medical event about a theory she came up with and I was there as moral support. I didn't know what do there so I just started walking around and I noticed something. There was this man with a gun there and he was there to kill someone. I don't know exactly who he was there to kill but I knew one thing for certain my friend was in danger. So I tackled him to the ground. I didn't know exactly what I was doing but it didn't matter I was keeping her safe. We were struggling for a while and then it happened the gun went off. I ended up getting shot in the shoulder. Security finally showed up and arrested the man and I was taken to the hospital. I found out there that the guy was there to kill some doctor who was going to perform an operation on someone important and without that doctor that person would die. When my friend found out what happened she was furious. I put my life in danger for someone I didn't know and she didn't know why. While she was yelling at me it got me thinking what if it was her that was the target. What if someone wanted to kill her just for trying to make a difference. I then decided what I wanted to do. I was going to enlist in the military. Of course she didn't take it real well especially since I told her what I was going to do when she was chewing me out at the hospital. Let's just say I left with more injuries than what I came in with. Boy did she have a mean right hook. Anyway I she was at college I was busy defending our country. I was eventually recruited by my agency." After saying all that Walter just looked at Lincoln and smiled. He then said. "Kid I know for certain that you'll find your place in this world someday and me training you helps you find it sooner then I'll be happy to train you."
"Thank you for agreeing to train me but I'm curious what happened to your friend?" Lincoln asked.
Walter just gave a frown and replied "She died."
"I'm sorry."
"It's okay you didn't know." Walter said as he walked towards Lincoln and asked "Anyway do you trust me enough to give me back my gun?"
Lincoln noticed he was still holding it and gave it back to him. "Oh I'm sorry I forgot I was holding it."
Walter took it and walked back to the table where his laptop was. He then pulled out a sack that was on the floor. "I got some burgers and fries in case your hungry. I'll join you in second I have to send my boss an email telling him what I'm going to do next." He said while typing.
"That sounds good." Lincoln said as he got up and made his way to the table when all of a sudden he began to feel dizzy and fell down.
Walter got up from the table and helped Lincoln up. "Are you okay?" He asked.
"Yeah I'm fine. I just got dizzy and fell down. I'm fine now." Lincoln said.
"That's good." Walter said as he placed something in Lincoln's hand.
Lincoln looked and saw it was a pocket knife. "A knife?"
"Yeah if I'm going to be training you then you need to remember the first rule always carry a knife." Walter said as Lincoln sat down at the table and nodded. "Also if I tell you to do something you do it. Like if I ask you to jump you don't ask how high you just jump as high as you can. In other words don't question me just do it with everything you got. I am going to train you until you hit your limit. Now knowing this do you still want me to train you?" Lincoln just nodded again. "Good now. Any questions?"
"Yeah I have one. Weren't you afraid that I might have shot you?" Lincoln asked.
"Not really considering it wasn't even loaded." Walter said as he pulled out the food and handed Lincoln his.
"You gave me a gun that wasn't loaded?" Lincoln asked with a ticked off look.
"Yeah. Rule two always make sure the weapon you're holding is loaded." Walter said as he was getting ready to eat. "Oh by the way after this we going to bed. We have to leave early if we want to get to the safe house and we're going to call your family and let them know you're okay."
"I'm glad I can at least tell my family I'm okay." Lincoln said as he looked at Walter and said "Also has anyone ever told you that you're a jerk?"
"Lots of people." Walter replied with a smug smile.
TO BE CONTINUED