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The race towards the forbidden place had many twists and turns with both Lincoln and Taylor taking the leads. By the time they got to the final stretch of the race, they are neck by neck, victory is in either of their hands, filling them with great suspense for they both wanted to win. Up ahead is the sign that marked the boarder between Loch Loud and the forbidden place, on the sign is the written text of: "Village Limit beyond this point"
Getting closer with each step, while still being neck and neck with each other. Taylor makes a sudden dash and ran passed the sign with Lincoln close behind her. Upon winning the race, Taylor comes to a stop as she raised up her arms in victory with all the cheer of victory in her voice. "Oh yeah! I won! I made you eat my dust!"
Kneeling down in order catch his breath for he wasn't much of a person for running long distances. Lincoln smiled up at her with a bit of a clap. "Nice race Taylor. Yet, you better hold that cheer for I might beat you in the next race."
This only earned a laugh from her as she lowered her eyes with a sly smile. "Only in your dreams." She then took this moment to look around the place that's so forbidden to them. From the looks of it, the place had grassy hills and not much else, it wasn't much which is a bit disappointing for her.
"This is it? Hmm. I was expecting more of a spooky place full of animal skeletons littered all over the place with a barren ground and covered sky." Slowly shaking her head, she is very unimpressed with the place.
She wasn't the only one who is disappointed, Lincoln looked around as well though he is more bewildered than disappointed. "Hmm. I wonder why this place is forbidden? It doesn't look any different than our land." Looking around the place some more, the two eventually got over their disappointment and bewilderment as they walked on down the path that lead towards a hill for maybe that treasure is somewhere up there.
The two have no idea that up above them, a robot that looked like a bee looked down on them with its camera face. The red light on the top, right corner blinks a couple times before it flies off back towards the village.
Climbing up the rather tall and a bit steep hill, Lincoln and Taylor began to chat with each other about the treasure and what they were going to do with their share of it. "I'm telling you Lincoln. I would look extremely awesome with a bright red car. I can already see the jealous looks on the other kids faces, especially Billy." In her thoughts; she could just see Billy her life long nemesis looking on completely dumbfounded as she drove right passed him with all the bling she will possess.
"But you can't even drive." Lincoln quickly pointed out.
"Ah, details, details. But anyway, what are you going to do with your share? I mean technically, your already loaded with money." She didn't want to judge him, but it is a bit weird that Lincoln; a kid with no problem with money would want to find a treasure.
"To be honest with you Taylor. I wanna find it to impress my family as I don't know what's more impressive than finding treasure?" Lincoln told her.
"Going over to Loch Ness and get a clear photo of Nessie." Taylor pointed out.
He had to agree with that, getting a very clear photo of Nessie would definitely beat finding a mere treasure. Too bad Loch Ness is way too far for them to walk over there. But getting back to here, they are still climbing up the hill which is definitely doing a thing or two on their legs as this is sure a steep hill to be going up on.
When they finally got to the top of the hill they are met with a old, rundown village with dead grass on the lawns and all around the village, along with dead trees. Polluted air streaks from chimneys in dark, black smoke, but yet although they see this smoke coming from those chimneys, the two could barely tell that the buildings had anyone inside of them. The looks of this village however is much more on what they were expecting for such a forbidden place as this to look like, the only thing that's really missing are the animal bones scattered everywhere.
Overall they have never seen such a foreboding village in all their lives. It left them utterly speechless at the moment, any words that could try to form, sinks right back down through their bowels.
Taylor is finally the one of the two to speak up. "Well. I guess the only thing to call this place is a complete dump."
"You can say that again." Lincoln agreed before he used his position on the hill to scan around the village for any sign of the treasure. At last his eyes spot a bridge with a tunnel underneath it, in the center of a park that's in the center of the village. He slowly points to the bridge with his narrowed eyes. "Maybe the treasure is over there."
"You sure?" Taylor question him for she wanted Lincoln to be absolutely sure as this treasure could be anywhere in this village.
Lincoln himself is unsure, but it's a place to start looking. "Pretty sure."
Hearing that answer, Taylor claps her hands together with determination and spoke up grandly. "Great! Then let's go over there and find that sweet, sweet treasure!"
Together the two slowly walked their way down to the village in a bit of fear. Being in it right now as they walked their way down a street, the two have taken notice on how quiet it is. The two are very used to the sounds of their village from the chattering of happy citizens to the sounds of the sea, being here is as opposite than night is to day.
Another thing that they also notice while walking through here is that there seemed to be a fog that hung in street level, it wasn't thick enough where you can barely see in front of you, but more it's like a few meters where you could only make out outlines of buildings from three buildings apart. "Lucy would definitely love this place." Lincoln whispered slightly in a bit of amusement.
"No kidding. If there's a deranged killer on the loose in Scotland, this will be a place where he or she will live in." Taylor whispered back, unintentionally sending a chill that ran through Lincoln's spine.
"Oh thanks for that." He remarked sarcastically. "Now I'm starting to think that there is a deranged killer in here."
To comfort him after unintentionally frightening her friend. Taylor pats his back a few times with her cheeky smile. "Oh relax. What are the odds that there is a deranged killer around here." The sound of a rock falling somewhere made her yelp a bit as she jumped a bit in the air, she frantically looks around for that killer could be charging right at them with a big scary knife right now.
Suddenly a small mouse came into their view, the small rodent looks up to regard them for a bit before it moved off into the fog. After the reveal that it had been just a mouse, the two blinked a couple times before Taylor nervously chuckled in a bit of embarrassment. "I knew it was a mouse all along."
"Sure you did." Lincoln teased, which earned him a playful punch on the shoulder as they continue onwards. They at last reached the park where believe it or not, it was even more foggier in here than it was out in the streets.
"Geez. Why is it so foggy in this place?" Taylor question as she waved her hand out in front of her to clear up a bit of the fog.
"I have no idea." Narrowing his eyes as he scans around the place, the outline of the bridge is just seen through this fog. "There's the bridge."
From this spot, the bridge looked a bit foreboding in the fog due to its dark outline within it. Very slowly the two approached it, until the dark tunnel is directly in front of them. They strain their eyes from how dark it is, for it's straight out pitch black. "Dang. If I knew that it was going be dark, I would've brought some flashlights. How exactly are we going to see in there?"
"I have no idea." Lincoln admitted. "But we do know that the treasure is underground, so all we have to do is feel a bump on the ground."
"That makes sense, I guess." After a brief moment of silence while staring at the dark tunnel, Lincoln takes in a huge breath. "Well let's go in shall we."
Taking a few steps forward the two prepared to head inside, but stopped themselves when their ears picked up a hovering sound. "Elder brother! Friend of Elder brother! Cease your movement right now!"
"What the?" Turning around fast, Lincoln and Taylor are in complete surprise to see Lisa coming in for a landing on the hovercraft, (that looks a bit like Dr. Eggman's, Egg Mobile), a few feet away from them. Placing her vehicle on park, she quickly jumped out of it and rushes over to them with great worry on her usual deadpanned, emotionless face.
"L-Lisa? What are you doing here?" Lincoln stutters out in worry for it looks like this adventure is suddenly over for them.
"Nevermind that question Lincoln." She snapped with a bit of narrowed eyes. "What in heavens name are you doing in this wretched place? You do recall that this place is forbidden right? Or did you somehow forget about it."
"Look" Taylor chimed in. "We were just exploring around the place." She didn't say anything about the treasure as she didn't want to ruin Lincoln's surprise on finding it for his family.
"Well this adventure is very well over. You really need to get out of here! This place is way beyond our borders." She stated in urgency.
"What's the big deal?" Taylor countered. "This place is very well abandon from the looks of it."
Grabbing hold of their hands, Lisa began to pull them to the hovercraft with much more urgency. "Look, I can't explain now, but believe me when I say that your statement isn't accurate in the slightest."
Lincoln plants his feet firmly down on the ground in order to stop his sister in her tracks. Very gently Lincoln slips his hand out of her grip. "Relax Lisa. I'm sure we can handle whatever lives here."
"But Lincoln." She tried to warn, only to be interrupted by her brother as he walked and then stops himself at the mouth of the tunnel. "I laugh at the face of danger. Just watch me." Opening his mouth a laugh did come out, but it didn't come from him.
Spooked by the laughter that wasn't his own. Lincoln rushes over to Lisa and Taylor who are just as spooked as he is over that laugh as it is the most creepiest laugh they had ever heard and since it originated from within the tunnel, it echoed loudly as three preteens at about twelve years old walked out of it. Two were muscular boys, while the one in-between the two is a girl with blonde hair and a wrestler T-shirt.
As the three slowly approached them, they each had nasty smirks plastered on their faces. The girl turned to one of the boys, talking in a mocking tone. "Well, well, well. What do we have here Hank?"
"I don't know Becky. What do you see Hawk?" Hank asked in that same mocking tone.
"Looks like a bunch of wimpy trespassers." Hawk answered with a heavy laugh.
"My thoughts exactly." Hank agreed as they closed in on the backing trio who all had their hands up defensively.
"Perfect for pounding on." Becky declares as she pounds her fists together in excitement. She along with Hank and Hawk loved encountering trespassers for it was always fun to beat the stuffing out of them. Becky just couldn't wait to do so, for she has learn several new wrestling moves and she needed a subject to try them on.
Lincoln and Taylor continue to back away from the approaching threat, by now they are both greatly regretting their idea of coming out here. Lisa however stepped up a bit for she figured that perhaps she can talk her's along with her brother's and his friend out of this very sticky situation they are currently in. "We're terribly sorry for trespassing in your village, it's a misunderstanding that I, along with my brother and friend will correct in post haste."
With that Lisa quickly began to usher Lincoln and Taylor towards the craft, but she gets stopped by a hand clenching the back of her shirt. The hand belonged to Becky who looked at them with consideration while Hank and Hawk quickly walked in front of them in order to block their escape. She soon raises her eyes as she soon recognizes them. "Hey. Your the Duke's children aren't you?"
Letting out a little gulp, Lisa reluctantly replies to Becky. "Technically yes, well besides my brother's friend here." Looking up, Taylor nervously gave the delinquent a wave with a nervous smile.
With this information presented to them, Hawk studied Lincoln closely with a ever growing smile. "So that makes you the future Duke? Right bro?"
"Uh, yes." Lincoln fearfully answered him, which made the two muscular boys laugh for this is just too perfect.
"Oh, this is fantastic bro!" Hawk told Hank in glee.
"You said it bro!" Hank replied in equal glee. "We have a chance to beat the stuffing out of royalty."
"Now. Now guys. I'm sure you can't do that." Lincoln tries to reason for perhaps they can recognize the trouble with beating up a Duke.
"Technically brother. They can do whatever they please with us as this is their land, but it isn't recommend as it could lead to a war. Something that surly we all don't want." Lisa said in vain, hoping that will dwell them enough to stop them from doing anything rash.
"Oh please." Becky chimed in with a roll of her eyes. "The relationship between you goody two shoes Loch Louds and us have always been strained." Punching her hand with a smile, Becky slowly approached the three with excitement brewing inside of her as this is a golden opportunity that everyone in this crummy village has been waiting for. Slowly reaching into her pocket, she pulls out a pocket knife who's blade switched on with a snap. Hank and Hawk meanwhile chuckled to themselves for they are ready for this beat down.
The terrified trio looked at the advancing three, thinking on how they were going to get out of this mess. Taylor suddenly gets an idea and points up to the sky. "Look! An asteroid hurtling towards Earth!"
"Huh?" The three looked up in bewilderment, then facepalmed themselves for falling for that old trick. Looking back they indeed see that they were gone, looking left they saw their prey running out of the park.
"Come on this way!" Lincoln urged in haste with Taylor running behind him.
Lagging behind the group, Lisa huffs and puffs as she tries to catch up with her brother. A muscular hand suddenly grabs her and pulled her back.
Stopping in front of a old Inn; Lincoln and Taylor catch their breaths. They needed to get moving quickly as those crazy delinquents are probably hot on their tails. They just needed to find a way out of here and back to the safety of their own village.
"Going to the forbidden place. What a fantastic idea!" Taylor shouted in great sarcasm.
"We can argue about this later. Right now we need to get-" Suddenly realizing that they were missing someone, Lincoln frantically looked around. "Wait! Where's Lisa?!"
"Somebody help me!" Lisa's voice called out through the fog. Lincoln stops to listen carefully for he needed to pinpoint on where it's coming from. "Repeat! I need immediate assistance!"
"It's coming from that way!" Taylor pointed out.
Running as fast as their legs could carry them, they fallow Lisa's cries to an alleyway where she is being pinned down by Hawk while Becky and Hank held pipes in their hands, ready to beat her brains out while laughing maniacally.
Feeling his brotherly instincts kick in, Lincoln picks up a rock and chucks it, hitting Becky in the shoulder getting her immediate attention. "Leave my sister alone!" He demanded.
Enraged from getting hit by a rock, Becky taps her pipe against her hand. "Oh, you are so dead!"
Immediately Becky along with Hank and Hawk charge at the two, who ran off quickly from the incoming danger. Leaving behind a much relived Lisa who gets herself back up and ran off to go get much needed help as she pulls her phone out.
Running for their lives with Becky and Hank hot on their tails. The two turned a corner only to get cut off by Hawk who viciously swings his pipe at them, they screamed and duck from the swing that went over their heads with a whoosh. They turned in another direction, just dodging the swing from Becky's pipe along with Hank's.
The three chase the two through several blocks with each swinging at them with each chance they got. All the while saying threatening profanities, like on how they were going to die very painfully once they get their hands on them, while laughing madly in order to freak them out further.
Eventually they get to another block, Hawk flanks their left side. Lincoln took notice on how he was about to swing at Taylor, quickly grabbing her shoulder he pulls her away in just the nick of time. The pull makes them change direction again, right towards Hank who with a swing of his muscular arms knocks them both down onto the street.
The hit blows the wind right out of both of them. Sitting themselves up with both of them groaning, the laughter of the three delinquents gets their full attention as they surround them with delight. There's utterly nowhere to run for them as the delinquents slowly closed in, Lincoln only had a second to register Becky leaning forward and tightly grab his front collar. "As I hit you repeatedly with this pipe. I want you to remember the rock you threw at me before I then cut you with my knife."
Shaking to himself in fear, Lincoln struggles to speak up. "Listen you don't want to do this." He eventually warned her, earning a mocking smile from her. "Oh. And what are you going to do about it?"
"I'll fight you." He quickly replied.
Becky along with Hank and Hawk burst into laughter from that ridiculous statement. She mockingly pointed to him as she looked to her two friends. "You hear that? The white hair mouse thinks he can fight me."
"That's the most hilarious thing I have ever heard!" Hank shouted in hysterics.
All this laughter annoyed Lincoln for it's not like he was a shrimp. He can stand up and fight when he wanted to. In anger Lincoln throws a punch at Becky who swiftly caught his fist, forces him on his stomach with her foot firmly placed on his back as she stretches his arm out way beyond its limit making him wince in pain. "Let's see how far I can move your arm until it dislodges."
Pushing the arm, Lincoln winces even more from the pain, he opens his mouth to scream when a loud roar calls out from above surprising them all. They all looked up to see Lela flying down with an angry expression, she grabs the back of Becky's shirt with her claws and threw her a few feet away from Lincoln, while smacking Hank and Hawk with her tail.
Utter panic filled the three as the dragon lands and chases them around. They try to make a run for it, only to get blocked by a wall of fire that Lela shot out, lifting up her front foot she then pins the three down as they shivered in fear with a ton of sweat going down them.
"Please don't eat us!" Hawk pleaded.
"Have mercy!" Hank cried.
"We taste horrible!" Becky excused in hope that the dragon will let them go. Lela however lowered her head down to reveal Lynn riding on her neck with an angry scowl. "Silence! You no good delinquents!"
"Shutting up now." Hawk peeped before going completely silent with the other two.
Now Lynn rarely gets angry, but if there is one way to get him absolutely angry, it's threatening any of his children or wife. "Listen very carefully you three. If you ever come near my son or any other of my kids again! You'll be deeply sorry!" He threaten with a voice that's deep enough to make it sound like he was growling.
"He's your son! I didn't know that! Did you know that Hank?"
"No! Did you Becky?" In which Becky frantically shook her head no.
"Wait. I thought we did." Hawk exclaimed in confusion.
"Dude!" Hank shouted in anger for they didn't need to make things worse.
Realizing his mistake, Hawk tried to reverse himself. "Oh, um, I mean? Oops."
Lifting up her foot in order to let them up, Lela let's out a loud roar which spooked them away. As they ran away from her, Lela spits out a small fire which strikes Hawk in the butt. He jumps in the air in pain before disappearing in the fog. Now with them gone Lincoln and Taylor slowly approached Lynn, they are nervous for they knew that they were both in big trouble. "Dad?" Lincoln nervously spoke up.
Without looking at him, his dad spoke with disappointment and anger in his tone of voice. "Get on. We're going home."
The two climbed aboard Lela without any argument. Once aboard Lela flew her way out of the area, dispersing the fog a bit from the flap of her wings. Unknown to all of them though a very disappointed Morag had watched the whole thing from a dark alley. She is definitely going to have a word with those dunderheads later for they had that brat in the palm of their hands.
Slightly cursing herself, she disappears into the darkness of the alley.