Lori looked down at Lily who remained silent as her oldest sister carried her. She was happy her infant sister wasn't crying but she was still worried about her. She didn't know what was told to the infant but it seemed to have brought her in on the plan. At first Lily was happy and enjoyed the luxurious hotel like the rest of them but half a week ago she stopped smiling. Granted, Lily didn't look as depressed when they took away that annoying fox toy but it still had Lori concerned.
She figured she just missed Lincoln. Speaking of which, Lori knew they would have to make it up to her brother for keeping him out of the movie but she needed to be the judge of what the gift was. Her sisters were terrible at giving gifts and she was not just talking about those crappy hand-me-downs. Heck, depending on how angry Lincoln might be, he might just use the gift as a weapon to hurt them. She remembered an incident when Luan got him a little dummy as a gift and how Lincoln slowly took it, before swinging it at her and ripping off the dummy's head.
Lori jumped when a baseball was hurled passed her head and broke through the window.
"Yeah baby, another score for Lynn Loud!" The athletic Loud sister began to due her victory dance.
Lori groaned at her rowdiest sister's antics. All her sisters were in the first floor messing around: annoying employees, breaking things, and making large amount of messes. All except Lucy, Lori didn't know where she was but as long as she wasn't causing any trouble, she didn't mind. God, she wished her sisters would just behave! She tried to put her foot down but they just ignored her. She was surprised they even made this long without being kicked out of the hotel as none of the employees seemed to like them.
She then thought about the convention. Don't get her wrong, she loved that she was picked to be one of the winners and become a star in the movie. But why were they picked? She felt like she and her sister's, to put it bluntly, did absolutely nothing that would make them stand out compared to the others. She thought about the comments Angel made but quickly assured herself that they weren't true.
The oldest sister cringed when one of Lana's pet rats scurried between her foot.
"Lana keep your stupid animals under control!" Lori yelled.
"Don't touch them, they're just exploring!" Lana yelled back somewhere in the distance.
Lori groaned. She wondered why her parents even allowed Lana to have such pets. Wait...why did they allow Lana to have a lot of pets? The money to feed and nurse these animals couldn't be cheap, not to mention to feed all ten of the kids, the amount of times they've all went to the hospital, and the damage they all make which their parents had to pay for. She always wondered how they never had to cutback. Lola only pays her family if they do favors for her, Lincoln keeps the majority of his money to himself, and Lisa uses her money for-
Her train of thoughts stopped when the front door opened with a bang. The first thing Lori noticed was that the atmosphere seemed to have change. She and her sisters watched as all the hotel employees stood in a straight line side to side. The sisters regrouped, lining up near Lori. Lucy was the last to join. In walked in two people people, one of which was a bald man in a black suit with black sunglasses. He looked like a bodyguard that could easily slam you into the ground with ease. Lynn got ecstatic and immediately wanted to go and challenge him to a brawl but Lori quickly yanked Lynn back. The second person, was a woman in a similar suit. She had dark brown hair which was fashioned into a plait. Her build was solid and muscular underneath the suit she wore.
The directors for the Ace Savvy movie immediately approached the woman with wide smiles.
Preston said happily, "Girls, I'd like you to meet, Kell Tetherby, the CEO of-"
"TETHERBY?!" The Loud sisters interrupted out of shock.
Kell gave the sisters a piercing look which made all of them keep their many raising questions to themselves. The tall, muscular man with Kell stepped toward them, Lola and Lana hid behind Lori out of fear for the tall figure.
"You are to be quiet in the presence of the CEO of Stether." The tall man growled. All of the sisters, including Lily, nodded as they stared fearfully up at the intimidating man.
"Now Adam, the girls are just overwhelmed and confused." Piper defended. The man, now identified as Adam, turned from his stern look to look at the dark-skinned woman with short hair.
Lana squealed as the black cat from the convention trotted it. She immediately ran toward the Kitty but Luna held her back. The Kitty had leaped into Adam's hand and allowed the big man to stroke his fur. The Loud pets stared nervously as the Kitty stared back at them with a sinister grin.
Mrs. Tetherby looked at each of the sisters, analyzing each of them before turning to the directors.
"The production for the movie has not started, yet the kids you two have selected to star in the movie are here in this expensive hotel costing valuable money."
The Loud sisters were fearful as they believed as they were going to be sent home where their parents would ground them and prevent them from starring in the movie. There was also the high threat that their brother.
"They arrived the night after the convention, and we thought it would be a great idea to see if they had what it takes to star in the movie." Piper explained.
"That's what the contest was for when you apparently decided to change the winners from simple cameos to leading roles. We already have three valuable leading roles starring in that superhero movie." Mrs. Tetherby said with a raised voice.
The sisters were taken aback by this. The CEO of Stether has already picked someone else to star in the movie?
"But Kell, we had to see all the flaws they had to mold them into the perfect role models." Preston said.
"Uh huh, and how flawed are the stars that you graciously picked?" Mrs. Tetherby asked with an unimpressed expression.
Before the director duo could answer. Maisie, the chairperson at Stether, barged in with an excited expression.
"Mrs. Tetherby, I have great news! We're all set to begin production!"
The sisters would have cheered if they weren't scared of the possibility of them being sent home early.
"Look Kell, you got to give these girls a chance." Preston defended.
"Whatever, just get them to the studio. But make sure that they don't ruin anything." Kell said sternly. She sharply turned around and left the hotel, Adam following her with the Kitty still in his arms. The Loud sisters sighed with relief as it didn't seem like they were going to be sent home after all.
Lincoln slowly opened his eyes, only to widen them and gasp. He scrambled to his feet and hastily looked around. He sighed in relief and dusted the dirt off his costume.
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
Lincoln froze in fear as the sound of gigantic footsteps. He ran to the corned of the building and saw the monster was on all fours, sniffing the area.
The costumed kid immediately hid behind the wall and reached down for his grappler. He raised it and fired it, only to be reminded that the rope had been cut. Lincoln scowled in annoyance and just ran.
He then saw something repeatedly flashing red in the distance. Lincoln ran toward it but his eyebrows soon narrowed as he got closer. He dawned a horrified look and immediately ran from it.
A red beam of laser struck him in the shoulder.
"AH!" Lincoln screamed in pain and fell on to his back. He grunted as he got up to see himself surrounded by Citro Troopers, pointing there blasters at them.
The sound of giant footsteps made both the child turned to see the giant monster running toward them.
Lincoln barely had enough time to roll out of the way as a deadly, blue wave of energy fired at him. The troopers screamed in pain as they were hit by the blast. Their screams were soon silenced.
Lincoln stumbled and tried to run only for a giant reptile foot to slam right behind him. The impact made the ground shake and made Lincoln loose his footing and fall on his side.
He stared up at his pursuer, Godzilla.
Godzilla roared as he stared down at the child.
"SSSKKKRRREEEOOONNNKKK!"
Lincoln covered his ears, wincing at the loud roar. He saw Godzilla's hand reaching for him.
Lincoln woke up with a gasp. He looked around to find himself in his bedroom.
"Another dream about Godzilla and Ace." Lincoln sighed as he got off his bed. Lately, he had been having more dreams about two of his favorite things.
He got on his computer and checked reports about Bill Buck. Last Wednesday, Zach came to the group with a report that Bill Buck was still in Royal Woods. But no one has been able to get further reports in. He told Clyde to call his sisters and even told him to send them a text that made it so bluntly clear that he only cared about Buck and not the movie, but they didn't respond.
He'll try to figure out what happened with Buck later. He has paintball match today and he's up against Conner and his team. He got dressed, putting on his black and red paintball armor.
In the living room, Lynn Sr. and Rita stared at the TV but both of their minds were elsewhere. A few months have passed since the Loud sisters stole Vanzilla and drove off to Stether Film Industries. The parents had sent a voice message voicing their loud displeasure with the girls, but it was ignored along with their phone calls and texts. They were grateful that Lincoln managed to convince a car dealer to reduce the price of a van so they can rent it at an affordable price. Rita wanted to buy another car but Lynn Sr. insisted that they couldn't replace Vanzilla.
Lynn Sr. wondered where they went wrong. Why would their daughters lie to them? Why did they keep their brother out? And why did they steal Vanzilla? He blocked out his brother's comments about his parenting.
He knew he and Rita were far from the best parents considering the fact that they hide when the Sister Fight Protocol is initiated, kicked their son out of the house out of fear that one time, and other things. But he still didn't think their kids would go behind their back and pull stunts like this. He always believed the kids somewhat respected their authority.
An advertisement commercial of both Megan Cylin and Dudley Sock came on. This interrupted their train of thoughts.
"I cannot believe those two are this year's candidates for president." Lynn Sr. said.
"Yeah, this election year is gonna be something." Rita agreed.
"Morning, mom and dad."
The parents turned to see their 11-year-old son on the stairs. They were stunned at Lincoln's appearance, his suit made him look like a soldier from one of Lincoln's video games, cartoons, and comics. Is this what Lincoln wore when he went to his paintball tournaments?
"G-good morning, sport." Lynn Sr. managed to say.
Lincoln then went down into the kitchen to make some waffles.
Both Lynn Sr. and Rita felt guilty as they have never attended any of Lincoln's events. Compared to their daughters, Lincoln was pretty calm about the family not attending each of his events and told them that they could have the day to themselves. He didn't beg them, or whine them, or guilt them into attending. They were grateful that their son understood the craziness they had to deal with for going to all the daughters' events, but this actually made the parents feel worse. Unfortunately, whenever Lincoln announced one of his events it was only after one of their daughters informed them about an upcoming event that took place on the same day. Lincoln just convinced the whole family to attend the sister's event instead.
"Alright, let's go." Lincoln said as he approached them while carrying bag of his paintball equipment.
As Lori drove Vanzilla, with her sisters in the back, up to the large wall-like gate, she immediately became aware that her destination was surrounded by a large wall of metal. Lori frowned as she couldn't help but think they drove up to a prison.
A loud beep was heard and the wall-like gate slid open. The sight of the film studio got rid of the little concern Lori had. Stether's Film Studio was a large luxurious building. The sisters, except Lucy, squealed in excitement.
At the top of the building, Kell stood in her office staring down through the window at the girls as they exited Vanzilla and were approached by Preston.
She didn't know why Sieg and Jander decided to change the prize for the winner to be movie stars instead of simple cameos. Hell, she didn't eve know why they picked not one, not two, but ten kids to star in the superhero movie when they already had selected two popular actors and a girl that is required to star in the film.
She pressed the button on the blue remote and the entrance gate closed.
What kind of kids were those ten anyway? Most of them looked like delinquents, especially that one in purple. Hell, one of them was a freaking baby. How the hell is a baby supposed to act?
The CEO of Stether scoffed at those girls starring in the movie but she had more important movies to be checking on. As long as those girls did as they were told, the producer and directors stick to the specific budget, and -most importantly- the movie makes a lot of money, then everyone will be fine and happy.
The Loud sisters followed Preston and Piper as the directors enthusiastically showed them the set inside the building. Lana was staring at the security guards with a grey-green uniforms with the grey-green caps, holding the high-tech weapons with stern looks on their faces. They looked like they could appear in those violent shows Lincoln watches. She noticed one of the guards glaring right at her and immediately turned away, resisting the urge to check if the guard was still glaring at her.
"And here's where we'll have the dance scene!" Preston said with excitement. "The dance scene is when the main villain possesses all the soldiers and humiliates them by making them perform a dance routine!"
"A dance scene?! Now we're rocking!" Luna cheered but then wondered. "Will there be singing in the movie too?"
"Have all of them singing? That's a great idea." An impressed Preston said.
"Yes!" Luna cheered, pumping her fists in the air.
Lori couldn't take it anymore and addressed Preston. "Um, Mr. Sieg, why did you not tell us that there was already three people with leading roles in the movie?"
"Yeah, I thought we were leading the convention." Luan joked. The sisters ignored the joke as they wanted an answer. The judges, however, were delighted by the joke. Luna, while excited about starring in a musical movie, grew a concerned look.
"You are the leading roles," Preston said with a smile. "From the convention."
"But during the whole convention you were telling us that we were the future and stuff." Lana said. She tuned out the whole praise back then, but she summarized it as 'they were the only ones to star in the movie'.
"And the convention was three months ago! Why the heck are we learning that three other people are starring in the movie today?!" Lynn asked with irritation.
"That doesn't matter." Piper said with a frown. "You ten are starring in the movie along with the other three actors that we hired."
The sisters picked up the annoyed tone in Piper's voice, Preston was also fixing them a glare, so they decided to not question the directors any further and risk being fired.
Luna then asked. "What are the other three leading actors' names?"
Now calmed, Piper answered. "Their names are Dominic Wester, Rube Earn, and Darly Krewer."
Lori looked them up on her phone and showed the screen to her sisters. The Loud sisters all frowned as they learned how popular Dominic and Rube were.
"Do you mind if we all talk real-quick?" Luan asked.
The Loud sisters were huddled inside the girls bathroom. None of them were happy.
"DANG IT!" Lynn growled in anger and punched the soap dispenser, leaving a large dent in it.
They all actively decided to keep Lincoln out of the movie. They believed that no matter what role Lincoln was given of got even it was big, small, hero, villain, or even if his one role was to pick up poop. Their brother would have gotten all of the audience's attention while they would have been ignored. They were even surprised that Lincoln didn't plan anything to get a role, they were dreading when Lincoln would have pulled something to get the directors' attention. They were lucky those judges didn't seem interested in him, Clyde, or anyone else for that matter.
"Well looks like the plan of Lincoln not overshadowing us worked." Lola said with irritation. "Now we'll get overshadowed by more recognizable stars."
"What do we do now?" Lana asked.
"I say the most logical option is to sabotage the three actors." Lisa stated.
"ARE YOU NUTS!? We can't do that!" Lori screamed. "We'll definitely get kicked out!"
"Not if we don't get caught. I can just sneak around the building and sabotage some scenes, so we'll get more spotlight." Lynn said. She then groaned as she remembered leaving her ninja suit back home. It's hard to explain why, but that suit was vital for Lynn to sneak around.
"Look Lynn, we can't get into any trouble right now." Lori said, hoping what she said would drive into Lynn's skull.
"Lori's right, it's too risky. Plus, there's cameras all over the building." Luna agreed.
Lucy considered telling them that they might have a better chance standing out if some of them were to drop out of the movie. But knew they would turn on her if she said that.
"Our second option, would be if some of us quit and go home." Lisa stated.
The restroom was flooded with several loud complaints about that suggestion. The loud noises got the attention of some of the security guards but then they just continued patrolling. However, one of the female guards had enough and shouted. "HEY, SHUT UP!"
That made all the sisters stop their shouting. Lucy was relieved that she wasn't the one to suggest it.
Lola said, "Well if we absolutely need to send anyone back home, it should be Lily."
"Poo poo!" The infant protested as she glared at Lola.
"She might be right, Lily's a big booboo. Get it, hahaha." Luan joked then turned serious. "But seriously, Lily's just a baby. What more is a baby actress gonna do other than cry and poop on the scene."
The comedian managed to duck under a hurled dirty diaper which hit into the wall. The sisters cringed at the mess, as the diaper opened upon impact and slid down.
"Guys, we can't send Lily home." Lucy spoke. This got all of her sisters' attention, including Lily.
"Why not?" Lana asked. "She can't really do much in the movie, doesn't seem too keen in being in the movie, and Lincoln never loses his temper at her like he does with us."
Even in the rare moment Lily causes Lincoln severe distress, he never strikes back at her like he would with them. The worst the sisters thought Lincoln would do was shun Lily, but he's never done that before.
Lucy thought for a minute and said, "The video of us being presented as the Queens of the Con does not have many likes or favorable comments. If Lily stays with us, we might get better publicity due to everyone always calling her cute back home."
Lola scowled at that but she and the others saw the goth's point.
"Look, I'll drive anyone back home if they don't want to be in the movie anymore. But I need this." Lori stressed. "So if anyone wants to go back home, raise your hand."
Lori knew she might encounter Lincoln back home and Ace Savvy was one of Lincoln's passions. She didn't know whether or not if he would react worse than what happened during the 'luck incident'.
Lori screamed in Vanzilla which was swerving across the road as Lincoln was sprawled on the Van's roof shrieking inhumanly as he had one arm through the window, grabbing Lori's face.
Lori cringed at the memory, Lincoln has quite the claws and the teeth.
The oldest sister wasn't surprised that no one raised their hand, but she was somewhat irritated as she felt her siblings had nothing to prove being in the movie, unlike her. But she was also relieved she didn't have to face Lincoln. At least, until she becomes famous. Besides, she couldn't star in the movie if she was in the hospital. The youngest Loud made a move to raise her hand but the thought on what Lucy said before leaving the house made Lily put her hand back down.
"Option three, would be to ask Lincoln to convince the judges to drop the three." Lisa stated.
That idea was instantly shot down. Seeing no option with this obstacle, they all decided that they should just deal with it. For now, anyway.
They left the restroom and headed toward the scene. Preston and Piper grinned upon seeing them.
"Oh, great you're back! I have great news for all of you!" Preston said, excited. "I just got off the phone with Big Box! They've agreed to make merchandise out of you."
"Merchandise, you mean like toys?!" Lana asked as she and her sisters, including Lily were getting excited.
"Especially toys." Preston confirmed with a smile.
"And the best part is that we convinced the toy company, to discontinue all that ill-influencing Ace Savvy stuff." Piper said with disdain.
"There will be toys based off us!?" Lola squealed. On cue, all the sisters, except Lucy who only smiled, squealed in excitement as toys being modeled after them reminded them the fame they were going to receive. Lori suddenly stopped squealing as she remembered, that they and Lincoln never got any recognition when he made that Full House Gang comic. While they were congratulated by their friends, though Lincoln probably got more credit. Nobody even complained that there was no merchandise off the Full House Gang. Heck they have the ones and only Full House Gang suits.
"Now into your suits. Let's see each of your acting abilities." Preston said.
A boy in his black and red paintball armor and mask was shot in the back.
"RUSTY IS OUT!" The announcer yelled.
Another one instantly turned around and aimed at a kid in a black and purple paintball armor but she was too slow as she was shot in the shoulder.
"STELLA IS OUT!"
The captain of the Phoenix pointed forward, he and his team hid behind cover. They every now and then peeked out to fire at their opponents. Especially at the one Raven member who kept dodging all the paintballs.
"Keep up the pressure!" The captain of Raven team yelled as he and his two teammates pushed forward. The captain of the Raven ducked under several shots and rolled out of the way of the barrage of paintballs.
"Man, this is intense." Lynn Sr. commented in awe. It was like he was watching a battle between two teams of super soldiers. The audience spectating the match were protected by the giant window glass. He winced as Zach was riddled with several paintballs.
"ZACH IS OUT!" the announcer yelled.
The father of the Louds turned to the other parents, other than Clyde's parents, they didn't seem too concern with the barbaric actions. Yes, he knows he has no right to say that as he was the father of Lynn.
"GO PHOENIX! GO PHOENIX! GO PHOENIX!" Colin and Camille cheered as they held up a large sign over their heads. Lynn Sr. was even surprised that Lincoln's team had their own fanbase as he watched the group of Kindergarteners and a preschooler cheer them on. Though one boy in a red shirt was hiding behind a girl in a pink shirt.
"PAIGE IS OUT!" the announcer yelled.
"Um, guys." Scotty spoke up with a concerned voice, "I think Phoenix is losing."
"How could they be losing? The Raven team only has three members." Caleb said.
"It's that Mark guy, he's doing all kinds of awesome flips around the area." Stuart said.
Stewie pressed his face up against the large glass window, dragging his tongue all over the screen. Much to Camille's disgust.
"Ew! Will you stop doing that!?" Camille shouted.
"NEDAAAH!" Stewie protested with his tongue still on the screen. He then proceeded to drag his tongue even more messily across the glass window in defiance.
Carol watched as Conner issued out commands to Mark who was dodging every paintball like he was a ninja and Chloe who was circling the Phoenix team. The oldest Pingrey child then turned to the Loud parents. She didn't recall ever seeing them any event where Conner was matched against Lincoln. Though, Lincoln never seemed to be upset with their absence. Though she, her mom, her dad, Carson, Carrie, and Carter didn't attend all of Conner's events but in all the six years she's seen him up against Lincoln, this is the first time she's seen the Loud parents supporting their son. Though, Lincoln never seemed bothered by it and the Loud family didn't attend every golf tournament Lori was in.
"LIAM IS OUT!" the announcer yelled.
"Looks like Conner's gonna win again." Carrie said with disinterest. Carol turned to her young gothic sister.
"You're rooting for Conner to lose?" Carol asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Aren't you?" Carrie asked. "Doesn't matter anyway, Raven's Ultimate Weapon, is dropping Phoenix like flies."
"Well you never know. Linc has a habit of pulling the rug under opponents." Carson said, the oldest preteen of the Pingrey family.
Carrie then grinned. "It would be amusing to feel Conner's anguish if he loses once victory is close within his grasp."
"Guys, no matter how much Conner is...Conner, we should support him." Carol said.
"What about him?" Carson said, referring to their infant brother. "You don't have a problem whenever Carter cheers on Linc."
"He's rooting for both of them!" Carol exclaimed. Carter babbled happily and clapped his hands as Lincoln aimed his paintball rifle over his shoulder and got Chloe in the face of her mask.
"CHLOE IS OUT!"
"I wonder why Lincoln didn't try to win that Ace Savvy contest." Carol said.
"Didn't you see the video of him explaining to Clyde? Those judges were bias." Carson answered.
"Dabah!" Carter agreed with an angered face.
"Their aura was full of blatant ignorance." Carrie growled. She then pulled up a voodoo doll of Preston are started jamming a needle into its butt.
"Let's calm down!" Carol said, alarmed by the doll. She wasn't sure of those dolls worked but she was too afraid to find out. She then elaborated on what she meant earlier. "Yeah, but he made one mistake and he just gave up."
"Lincoln, is a little too quick to give up on things." Carrie said. "He comes up with plans for goals all the time but then gives up on them when they don't work."
"Yeah, but never gives up that quickly." Carol said.
"Perhaps since he's very passionate about Ace Savvy, he viewed his mistake as a sin." Carrie said.
Rita stared at the Pingrey siblings. She noticed that they seemed familiar with Lincoln and wondered if he has hang out with the Pingrey family, without telling them. She knew that Lincoln's issues with Conner but he never commented about the whole family of blondes. She remembered when Lincoln was late out at night while the girls were having a pretty nasty Sister Fight Protocol, he was gone the whole weekend while the sisters fought. Granted, he tends to stay out but he never tells them where he's going. Rita tried to shot down a fear that Lincoln may very well been spending time with other families and would have preferred to live with them instead.
'He just needs a break from his sisters, that's all.' Rita assured herself.
Down in the arena, Clyde, Girl Jordan, and Lincoln were the only members left.
"Man, I hate it when we're against Mark!" Clyde complained through his mask.
"Yeah, that guy's way too fast!" Girl Jordan agreed, she turned to their leader. "Lincoln, any ideas?"
Lincoln thought about it. They had to wait for Mark to make a mistake but with only three of them left, it's too risky.
"I'll distract him. Girl Jordan, you head to the left. Clyde, you head for the cover on the right. When I give the signal, shoot at him."
The two nodded. Lincoln held up three fingers.
Three, two, one. Lincoln without lifting his body, fired above his cover. He listened carefully, from where Mark flipped as he was unable to see and risk getting hit. Clyde and Girl Jordan ran to their assigned covers. Behind his mask, Mark frowned.
"FIRE!" Lincoln yelled.
Both Lincoln, Clyde, and Girl Jordan shot up and fired at Mark. The boy attempted to dodge the paintballs but being shot at in a tight spot by three different attackers made it impossible. He was hit on the right by Girl Jordan, he was hit on the left by Clyde, and he was hit in the center by Lincoln.
"MARK IS OUT!" the announcer yelled.
The three silently cheered as they defeated Mark, but there was still the Master Planner.
"Alright, lets-"
Both Clyde and Girl Jordan were shot in the sides of their head. Lincoln immediately rolled away and hid behind a large wall.
"CLYDE AND JORDAN ARE OUT!" the announcer yelled.
"Dang it." The two cursed.
Conner smirked behind his mask and ran past the two defeated Phoenix members, heading right to where he saw Lincoln take cover.
His smirk dropped when he found Lincoln was not there. He then started to patrol the area aiming his paintball rifle for any sign of Lincoln. The audience and eliminated teammates frowned as they scanned where they sat.
Where was Lincoln?
Conner suddenly stopped walking and just stood there, aiming his rifle. Did he spot Lincoln? The audience turned to where he was aiming and was confused, he was aiming at nothing.
The Master Planner dove and avoided an incoming paintball, he then ran quickly as he was being fired at by Lincoln who was high up in the tower. Lincoln then ran down the tower. Conner then went from cover to cover toward the tower. When he got close enough, he stopped. He spun around and fired.
Lincoln dove backwards, avoiding the paint bullet that was aimed at his stomach. While he fell, he aimed and fired right back. The paint hit Conner square in the face of his mask.
"CONNER IS OUT! TEAM PHOENIX WINS!"
The audience as well as members of team Phoenix cheered. Lincoln took off his helmet and removed his mask. He let out a sigh of relief. He jumped when he was handed a paintball trophy and nodded to the guy that handed him the trophy.
"NOOOOOOO!" Conner dropped to his knees, balled up his fists, and screamed to the ceiling in despair.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Carrie laughed as she watcher her brother's reaction.
Lincoln was startled when his friends ran up to him and lifted him up in the air, chanting his name.
"LINCOLN! LINCOLN! LINCOLN! LINCOLN! LINCOLN! LINCOLN!"
Lucy was the last one to be reviewed. The directors had told her to say her lines once, then they told her to repeat her lines. Again, again, and again. The directors then said that they were done and told her to join the others. The goth had her neutral expression, but inside she was panicking. Her review was by far the longest out of the others.
Still in their costumes, the sisters decided to walk around the building before they were called for their scenes. They then entered a dark room that was lightened by a dark purple light, a huge disco ball hanged in the center, there was a lot of fog on the ground, and the room was full of plants. The plants were on the wall, the ceiling, and some were on the floor. There was also a couple of treehouses in the room.
The whole room was like some kind of pixie forest.
"Yes, this could be a perfect scene to have my big moment." Lola said with a grin as she rubbed her hands together.
Lucy frowned as she thought the room was dark enough for a goth like herself. Maybe if the judges saw her in this dark room they wouldn't reduce her role.
"Hey, what are you girls doing!?"
The sisters looked up to see a girl on the deck of one of the tree houses looking down at them. The girl then placed her hands on the railing and flipped over it. She landed right in front of the sisters with her legs bent and her hands on the floor. She stood up and glared at them.
The girl had blond curly hair, was wearing a pink suit with a yellow mask around her eyes and she looked about Lincoln's age.
"You're ruining my practice!" the girl said with annoyance. "Now shoo!"
"Oh great, another Lola." Luan deadpanned.
"Hey!" Lola protested.
"Who are you?" Lana asked.
"I'm Darly, one of the mains stars for the upcoming Ace Savvy movies." Darly said, standing upright.
So this was Darly Krewer, Lori thought. She couldn't find any profile on this girl but she didn't appear to be really famous like the other two stars who they have yet to meet.
"We're starring in the movie too." Luna stated.
"With make-up like that, doubt it." Darly said, referring to Luna's black and white make-up. Luna scowled at the insult. Darly then jumped on to one foot and span around in a ballerina-like style, disregarding the sisters' presence.
Lola frowned. A scene like this would suit her much more and she walked up to pose in front of Darly, who she saw as competition. But she stopped when two guards came out of the fog, carrying some high-tech spears approached them. Both looked unpleased as they stared at the sisters.
"You are interrupting an important actress' practice. Leave, now."
Lola was about to protest but Lori quickly covered her mouth and dragged her away, the other sisters followed. As they went back to look around the building, Lola still tried to get out of Lori's grasp as she tried to run back to the pixie room. Lori knew that Lola was only six but the brat really didn't know when to take a hint. Her protests were silenced when all of them received messages on the phone. It was time for them to begin filming the opening scene.
Lincoln and his friends walked through the hallway of their school as they discussed the paintball tournament from yesterday.
"Man, I thought for sure Raven was gonna beat us again." Zach said.
"Yeah. Mark was killing us until you figured out how to get him, Lincoln." Paige smirked.
"Thanks." Lincoln said, smiling at the complement but frowned. "But I better come up with a better plans against them. Mark is getting faster, Chloe is getting quieter, and Conner is getting more...Conner."
Class went along fine, other than Papa Wheelie and Andrew glaring at him through the class as Mrs. Johnson discussed history. Lincoln looked at the map on the board then his mind went elsewhere.
Lincoln grunted as he scrunched up his face in pain under Godzilla's paw. The monster was squeezing him in his fist.
"LET! ME!"
A glowing blue card formed in Lincoln's hand.
"GO!"
Godzilla was starled as he felt a tiny explosion in his palm and opened it, releasing the child.
Lincoln grunted as he fell from a high distance but quickly got up and shook his head. He saw the shadow over him and dove away.
SMASH!
He narrowly avoided Godzilla's foot and ran.
"SSSKKKRRREEEEEEOOONNNKKK!" Godzilla roared as he turned his body.
Lincoln turned his head back to see the giant reptile's tail sliding across the ground toward him.
The tail made contact with him and sent the child flying through the air until he hit the large gigantic wall.
Pain exploded everywhere as he felt several bones break. He could barely move.
The pain was so bad that tears ran down his face, he was too weak to cry but the tears still fell.
"SSSKKKRRREEEOOONNNKKK!"
Lincoln managed to turn his head and saw Godzilla running toward him.
"MS. JOOOHNSON! LINCOLN'S NOT PAYING ATTENTION!"
Andrew screamed at the top of his lungs, so loud that he caused the other kids and the teacher to hold their ears in pain.
"Andrew, do not shout in the class." Ms. Johnson said with a frown.
"But Ms. Johnson, Lincoln wasn't paying attention." Andrew said, pointing at Lincoln.
"It's true." Papa Wheelie said. He turned to Lance who sat in front of Lincoln and asked, "Didn't you see how Lincoln was daydreaming?"
"No." Lance said simply. He rolled his eyes at the two's wild accusation.
Papa Wheelie growled in annoyance and turned back to the teacher. "He wasn't paying attention, ask someone else other than Clyde, Girl Jordan, Stella, Liam, Rusty, and Zach!"
"No wait, ask Lincoln a question about what you just said!" Andrew suggested.
"Andrew, is this really necessary?" Ms. Johnson asked, finding the two ridiculous.
Andrew and Papa Wheelie nodded twice with smug grins on their faces. The 5th grade teacher sighed.
"Lincoln, what is this map used for?" Ms. Johnson said pointing to the map displayed on the board.
"To show and analyze information about the thirteen colonies." Lincoln answered without hesitation.
"That is correct. Now let's-"
"HE CHEATED!" Andrew screeched, pointing at Lincoln in an accusing manner.
"Andrew that is enough! Do not make me send you to the principal's office." Ms. Johnson warned.
Andrew growled but reluctantly sat back down, glaring heatedly at Lincoln.
Lincoln ignored the look and stared at the lesson. Occasionally, the thoughts of Ace Savvy running from Godzilla went through his head.
When the class headed to lunch, Lincoln ate while ignoring the hateful glares Boy Jordan was sending him as he held up a white flag that had the anti symbol with his face on it. Lincoln ignored them, some people kept their difference away front the Anti-Lincoln table.
Zach was ranting about certain movies at the table.
"I'm telling you guys, some movies just ignore their own interesting plots in a favor for a plot no one cares for. Like remember that movie where one with the evil alien kids and one of those kids wasn't as evil? Instead of making him the main character, they focused on some boring reporter with no personality."
"It is frustrating when people in charge choose to take a mediocre route when there is clearly a better story available." Stella agreed. "It's why I'm glad the Pixlo company decided to scrap the terrible, original plot for Life of Toys 3 and went with the story of Zazz being recalled instead."
"That movie was awesome who ever changed the plot deserved a raise." Paige stated.
"Yeah, it's ashamed Zazz left his friends but he is making a better world for all the lost toys." Clyde said.
"I-It w-wa-was s-s-s-so b-be-beau-beautiful!" Liam said before bursting into tears. Clyde patted his head back comfortably.
"Though, I did found it weird it's main villain was a toy-sized kid." Rusty admitted.
"Can he even be called a villain?" Girl Jordan asked. "Yeah, he stole some parts from other toys but he was only stealing toys because he wanted to get back to his owner. He doesn't even feel malicious about it."
"There was also the fact that, that he didn't fully know what he was doing to the other toys." Zach said. "Lincoln, what did you think?"
Lincoln was too busy staring at Cristina who sat down with her back facing him. He figured she didn't spot him, since she was still eating in the cafeteria. He begin to daydream.
On the roof of a skyscraper, Lincoln swung out of a burning building with Cristina in his arms as he carried her bridal style. He evaded the flying cars and landed on the rooftop of the opposite building. She placed the redheaded girl on her feet.
He blushed through his black mask as Cristina wrapped her arms around him.
"Ace Savvy, you saved me!"
"Er um...n-no worries, mam." Lincoln said nervously. He rubbed the back of his head as he sheepishly grinned.
She then leaned her head forward, stars were displayed in Lincoln's joyous face as he leaned forward as well.
"SKREEONK!"
Both turned around to see Godzilla who pulled back his fist and shot it toward the two
"Lincoln?"
Lincoln jumped and turned toward his confused friends. He turned toward Cristina who was still eating with her back towards him.
"Ya awraht?" Liam asked, concerned as everyone else.
"Yeah, I was just thinking about Cristina?" Lincoln said. It wasn't a complete lie. He never told anyone about his constant dreams about Ace Savvy and Godzilla.
"Again?!" Girl Jordan exclaimed. "Seriously, you need to get over that girl!"
"Yeah, she's kind of too...sensitive." Zach didn't know which word to describe her.
"And she's paranoid lunatic." Paige said, rather bluntly.
"She's not a lunatic." Lincoln defended. His mind told him to find another love interest but his heart said otherwise.
"Um, Lincoln?" Rusty asked. "Have you heard anything from your sisters, lately?"
His questions had earned him some dirty looks from his friends, except for Lincoln who just had a neutral expression and answered his question. "Nope. Haven't heard anything from those girls after that lame convention."
The group at the table remained silent as Lincoln decided to think about his dreams of Godzilla and Ace. One of the most common things Lincoln drew where Kaiju, especially Godzilla. He's surprised that Godzilla never made an appearance in any of the Ace Savvy media. Godzilla, like most Kaiju, were very popular. Heck, Godzilla appeared in the Avengers comic. When he was younger, he was often disappointed that Ace Savvy never crossover with Godzilla. Why didn't anyone have the two cross paths!? It's not like Godzilla was owned by a company that held Godzilla on a leash or something!
Wait.
He remembered how Bill Buck liked his work on the Full House Gang and granted him access to publish another Ace Savvy comic and gave him permission to use any Ace Savvy character he desired.
"THAT'S IT!" Lincoln said slamming his hands on the table and standing up.
The whole cafeteria went silent. Chandler who was yelling at Brad but stopped and stared at Lincoln with a raised eyebrow. Brad and Douglass stared at the white haired child in concern. Conner, Mark, and Chloe had also stopped their conversation and looked toward Lincoln with confusion, though Conner's look was more suspicious as he narrowed his eyes at him. The Anti-Lincoln Group jumped at the outburst but then glared hatefully at Lincoln.
Seeing all eyes were on him, Lincoln laughed nervously and turned to his friends. "Uh, I got to go." He ran out of the cafeteria.
The group watched Lincoln leave before Paige stood up and walked behind Rusty before punching the back of his head.
"Ow!" Rusty cried, rubbing the back of his head where Paige hit him.
Paige glared angrily at him and yelled, "What the heck was that!? We agreed not to bring up those attention hogs in front of Lincoln!"
Clyde cringed at Paige's comment. He was upset with the direction the movie appeared to be heading in, but that didn't mean he was okay with people badmouthing the Loud sisters, especially his sweet Lori.
"Yeah, don't you think Lincoln is upset enough about getting screwed over." Stella said.
"I know, I know." Rusty said, putting his hands up. "I just thought that maybe someone at Stether or one of his sisters, doesn't matter which, would grow a conscious or some sense and bring someone who likes Ace Savvy, who doesn't necessarily need to be Lincoln, before production starts."
"I'm not sure about that." Girl Jordan said, she remembered her older sister, Jenny, on the phone with Leni congratulating her for winning a role in the movie and during a rather long conversation and had curiously asked if Lincoln was playing a young Ace Savvy in a flashback scene or if Ace Savvy was fighting crime the whole movie as a kid. No response was given and the call ended. Knowing Lincoln's ditzy sister and their recent behavior, Jordan guessed that Leni had been forbidden from talking about Lincoln.
"Them Stether folks announced they begin production today onlahn." Liam said. He wasn't sure if he was going to see it, despite being sure the movie seemed dead set on taking the Savvy out of Ace Savvy.
They were all worried about Lincoln, they knew how much he would have loved to be in a super hero movie. Heck, whenever they brought up him starring in commercials he mentions how he always wanted to be in an Ace Savvy movie.
Lincoln ran to his locker and stared at the paper that illustrated Lucy in a large pink outfit with big red lips, a unicorn horn on top of her head and the tail of a pony coming from her behind. With the big pink letters at the bottom that read, 'Princess Pony Girl.' He ignored the degrading drawing of his sister and opened his locker to take out his sketchbook and headed back to his empty classroom. He began to sketch.
Godzilla has no agents. He's a 393 feet-tall dinosaur that can blast atomic energy. Godzilla's not going to care how he's portrayed by some ants. There were no sisters to distract him or interfere with his drawing. He remembered how Lana's frog ruined one of his paintings after she and Lola wanted to peek at it, despite him telling everyone to leave it alone. That was the last time he left artwork he planned on presenting to any contest at home.
"I'll finally create it!" Lincoln silently cheered. "I'll finally create my passion project!" Lincoln had actually developed an Ace Savvy and Godzilla comic earlier, it was his third option for comic contest. The first was Ace Savvy Galaxy Quest but Lincoln though that comic was too similar to the TV show, Ace Savvy in Space. Despite its name, Ace Savvy in Space is a fantastic show. The second one was the Full House Gang which Clyde was very much in favor of turning in instead of Galaxy Quest. He doesn't even know about the Ace Savvy and Godzilla comic he worked on as Lincoln was very secretive about it.
He mainly didn't turn in the Ace Savvy vs Godzilla comic because he felt the story and characters weren't polished enough. The early version of it was in his secret underground hideout. The one no one other than himself knows about.
Lincoln finished his sketch, it was of him as Ace Savvy, though he was in civilian clothes, holding a little boy against his chest. The younger boy had haired that spiked in all directions. The two hid behind a tree, with terrified expressions as Godzilla stood in the background with his teeth bared and fire surrounding him.
He heard the bell ring and quickly put his sketchbook in his backpack before the other students came in. Of course, Andrew and Papa Wheelie came to the wrong conclusion that he must be cheating about something but the teacher just ignored them.
Lori couldn't have been more happy. Production for the movie was not perfect but she seemed to be getting more parts than her sisters. It was as if she was the star of the movie. She knew this would not go well with her siblings but she hoped they didn't get vindictive about it and risk ruining the movie.
She then saw Rube talking to one of the camera guys who was nodding. Lori thought about the young woman who shared the spotlight with her. She didn't know Rube personally, but Lori figured she needed to be on good terms with her otherwise her time starring in the movie would be miserable with her sisters being upset.
"Um, hi there." Lori said, approaching the actress. "That was a real cool scene with you shooting Ace Savvy and all."
The long haired blond stared at the oldest Loud sister, looking her up and down before nodding and said with a smile. "You did a good job too, though we had to keep reshooting some scenes over and over again, but you'll manage. Besides, Preston and Piper selected you because of your incredible acting abilities. I'm sure everyone will see it soon."
Lori chuckled nervously, she knew by the directors were annoyed by the amount of times they had to retake the scenes but they still focused the camera on her for most of the scene. That had to count for something, right?
Rube walked away, leaving Lori alone. The seventeen year old decided to stick around as she didn't want to cross her sisters' paths yet as they would have been jealous of her. Though the movie was still in production, it felt nice to be truly on top of her sisters for something that wasn't her age. Though she was smart enough not to brag to anyone as it was too early to have bragging rights.
She jumped when he phone ringed and found that it was Carol. The oldest daughter of the Pingreys was known to be fond of Lincoln, but Lori thought it was alright to talk to her. She just hoped that he friend didn't bring up Lincoln again.
She accepted the call and said, "Hey, Carol."
"Hey, Lori. How's it going?" Carol answered.
"It's going great." Lori said excitedly. She then decided keep a lid on it as the directors have never actually said that she was the main character of the movie. "We just started production today and everything is going great. Dominic Wester and Rube Earn are in the movie too. Though I haven't seen Dominic on the set yet, Rube is very good."
"Rube Earn is in the movie?" Carol asked. Lori noted that her friend's tone was of concern.
"Yeah, why?" Lori asked.
Carol knew Lori was passionate about the movie and was likely to be defensive about it so Carol chose her words carefully. "Um...you should be careful around her. I've heard some rumors about her."
"Oh, well thanks for the heads up. I'll tread carefully" Lori said. She didn't plan on getting on anyone at Stether's bad side, so she should be okay.
"Lori, can I ask you something?"
"Yeah?" Lori said nervously. She prayed that Carol wouldn't ask about Lincoln again. All of her friends congratulated her once she announced her roles but they were shocked and confused when she mentioned that Lincoln didn't get a part. The only one who didn't act surprised was Dana. Lori guessed that Chaz told her as she saw Chaz and Lincoln bond over Ace Savvy. Dana instead asked if Lincoln could handle the pressure of being the director at a young age, then asked if he was the producer, then asked if he was a screenwriter, then finally asked what was Lincoln's role in the movie. It had been incredibly awkward for Lori.
"Is a man named Bill Buck on the set? He's an old man with a ponytail. Have you seen him?" Carol asked.
Lori sighed in relief and answered her question. "No, I haven't." She knew of Bill as the creator of Ace Savvy and has only met him once when she and her siblings met him after Lincoln won that comic contest. She wouldn't be surprised if Lincoln was friends with him. One of Lincoln's many talents, was getting in people's good graces. Lord knows he would become friends with someone who created his favorite super hero. She was surprised he hasn't made friends with those people who study giant monsters, another thing Lincoln was passionate about.
She was aware that there was some people that actually disliked Lincoln and her only brother would usually try to make amends but oddly enough that just made them hate Lincoln even more. Now she wasn't sure if this was because Lincoln came to the wrong conclusions of why they didn't like him or if Lincoln kept making mistakes, her brother might have been ideal to some but Lori knew Lincoln wasn't perfect. She knew Lincoln couldn't accept the fact that some people didn't like him. Which is why she wondered why Lincoln didn't try anything to get the directors attention at the convention. She was grateful he didn't of course, but his sisters expected him to pull something off that might have gotten the directors' attention
"Oh, I see." Carol replied.
Their conversation continued on with Carol telling her what's been happening at school, while leaving out what everyone was calling the Loud sisters. Carol thought the titles were were started by Angel but she wasn't entirely sure but she wouldn't put it pass the brunette.
"WHY?! WWWHHHYYY!?"
The whole neighborhood heard Stevie's screams as Lincoln walked Colin, the Fox kids, and the McCauley kids to his house. Stevie's limbs were held by Stuart, Scotty, Pam, and Camille as he tried desperately to get out of their hold.
"WHY CAN'T YOU LET ME GO! LINCOLN'S GONNA PUT ME IN HIS DUNGEON!" Stevie screamed.
"No he's not." Scotty gritted as he tried to keep hold of his struggling brother.
Stewie was on Lincoln's shoulder, biting the white haired preteen's head. Something that Lincoln had (unfortunately) grown to be nonchalant about. Each of the preteen's hands were held by Colin and Caleb. He was babysitting these younger kids as Mrs. Carmichael had been working late more and more at Reininger's since Leni had ran off to star in that movie, the Fox parents had told the quintuplets to stay with Lincoln, and the McCauley kids had been feeling left out as Lincoln hadn't been babysitting them enough lately. Lincoln already checked each of their homework while they were in afterschool so he didn't need to settle them down to complete their homework.
Eventually they arrive at Lincoln's house which was empty, with his sisters running off to star in the movie, his dad was working at Lynn's Table late tonight, and mom had to work overnight because the dental hospital was packed.
Lincoln closed the door behind him and Stevie was dropped on to the floor. The red shirt Fox kid quickly stood up and bolted up the stairs.
"Want us to grab him?" Camille asked.
"It's fine." Lincoln dismissed. He turned on the TV to a little kids show which immediately got their attention and got Stewie to climb down and watch the cartoon with everyone else. Lincoln wiped the saliva off his head and went upstairs. He waited and listened, then he headed to his own room. He took his handheld gaming device from his desk and few comics from his drawers and placed them under his bed for Stevie who was shaking at the sight of him.
He went back down the stairs and sat on the couch.
"I'll gives those guys at Stether one more month before they start crying and start begging for your help." Stuart grinned at the preteen. Lincoln prevented himself from chuckling at the thought. It would be nice, but he knew that would never happen.
"Really? I thought they would have done that by now." Camille stated.
"I don't think they'll ever do that." Caleb spoke up.
"You don't?" Pam asked, giving him a surprised look.
"No, I just think those judges would rather have movie just suck." Caleb stated.
"Yeah, you guys heard them at the convention, they don't even like Ace Savvy." Scotty said.
"Which is why I don't get why they're making an Ace Savvy movie!" Pam yelled. She had tried to make a deal with Lana. She would give Lana a muffin full of worms if she gave her role to Lincoln so he could convince Stether on how to make a good Ace Savvy movie. But Lana stubbornly refused. This both confused and annoyed the pink-vest wearing Fox kid as she knew Lana had a gross reputation. Why did she even want to be in the movie, anyway?!
Lincoln decided the conversation should steer away from those directors and the movie. He knew several fans were still upset by the direction the movie was going in.
"Hey about we play Ace Savvy." he suggested. "I'll be Count Impetus."
"Oh, can I be Ace Savvy this time?!" Scotty asked excitedly.
"I wanna be One-Eyed Jack!" Stewie demanded.
"I call Lady Ace!" Camille said quickly.
"I call Tech Gear!" Caleb said excitedly.
"Oh, we can bring in heroes from other worlds? Okay then, I call El Falcon." Stuart said.
"Well I wanna be Lady Desna." Pam stated.
Stuart smirked and said, "Shouldn't Lady Desna be played by someone pre-"
"Stuart." Lincoln said warningly, which made the green-shirt Fox kid close his mouth. Pam glared at her brother, knowing what he intended to say and would have throttled him if not for the preteen.
"I'll be Swipe Deck." Colin announced. This made Lincoln raise an eyebrow as the redhead usually wanted to play as a hero.
"It's five against three!" Scotty screamed. They all took fighting poses.
"You won't win this time, supreme ruler of Emperlok! AYE YAE YAE YAE YAE!" Stewie yelled before lunging at Lincoln's face.
Lynn stabbed her fork into her food and chewed on it aggressively with her mouth open, showing the disgusting contents. Most of the sisters focused their angered eyes on Lori.
Dinner at the hotel had been awkward for Lori as her sisters except for Leni and Lucy, though Lori couldn't really tell, were upset about getting limited screen time for the opening. Lori had been asked by Preston to sit at the table where he, Piper, Maisie, Darly, Rube, and Dominic sat but the oldest sister knew that would have gotten even more upset with her so she refused.
Lori chose her words carefully. "Guys, I know you're upset but-"
"Save it, missy!" Lola said in her bratty tone as she pointed her fork at Lori. "You got a bigger part than us!"
"YEAH!" her sisters shouted.
"Why is that anyway? You're acting's not that good." Luan stated. "Believe me, I know. I'm in the theater club after all. Besides they had to keep shooting the same scene over and over again."
Lori winced from the comment and bit her lip from saying, 'then you don't need to be here!' She knew it was not a good idea to say that, she could not have all her sisters against her at this time.
"Listen, we need to keep a level head." Lori said.
"Easy to say that, when you have a larger role." Lana glared.
Lori needed to think of something, otherwise her younger sisters would have done something that would get them kicked out. She then remembered Lincoln and all the times he's lost his temper with them.
"Guys, do you remember what happened when we all pranked Lincoln for ignoring us?"
"Yeah, what about?" Lola asked with a growl. She really hated it when that was brought up as her sisters used it against her in an argument.
"Do you remembered what he did after that?" Lori asked, she saw her sisters winced.
"Yeah, he gave me a bath that left me spotless." Lana shuddered as she held herself.
"I meant after that." Lori said.
"Shrink my clothes." Leni asked naively.
"No," Lori said, "he installed a lock on his door and prevented us from interfering with his alone time." Luan and Lisa have confirmed that their brother still has and still uses those Noise-B-Gone earbuds by viewing Lincoln in his room. Lynn had attempted to threaten him about it, only for Lincoln to pull his paintball gun on her. Those things aren't used for killing but they hurt like hell.
"Remember when we used to use Lincoln's room, his stuff, and block him from using things around the house like the kitchen and the TV when the Sister Fight Protocol was initiated?" Lori asked.
"Yeah." They all said.
"Remember what he did a week later, when he finally snapped?" Lori asked.
"Y-Yes." Lola shuddered, remembering the stinging pain displayed on her bottom.
"After he made all of hide with our parents' room?" Lori said.
Luna suddenly remembered and said, "Oh yeah, he made all of us, including Lily, sign a settlement agreement that forbids us from using his room or any of his stuff or block from using things around the house. In return, he doesn't interfere with the Sister Fight Protocol."
"Oh and he applied a better lock to his door." Leni said. "One that we can't pick open."
"Remember what he did after Lisa entered his grade."
"Of course. First he uploaded-" Lisa started before Lori cut her off.
"He warned us not to enter his class ever again or try to ruin his social life!" Lori said, getting more annoyed that her sisters weren't seeing her point. "After the bad luck incident, what does Lincoln do? Gets more assertive and flat out tells us he's not attending and would get violent if we tried forcing him."
Lynn hated the fact that Lori brought that up and said, "Yeah, we all knew the risks when we agreed to keep him out of the movie. It's too late for regrets now. So what's your point?"
"My point, Lynn," Lori said her name with irritation, "is that even if Lincoln forgives us, we're not gonna get another chance at this. Lincoln lives off trial and error."
"LINKY'S BEEN ON TRIAL?!" Leni screamed in horror. Lori facepalmed and dragged her hand down her face.
"What I mean is that he'll take steps to avoid similar situations. He's not gonna ask us to come to a convention with him ever again. In fact he's probably gonna fire us as the Full Deck and never going to put us in a comic ever again. So we need to make this work, we cannot have any problems in the making of this movie."
"What's the big deal? None of us even like super heroes anyway." Lana said.
"After what we did, who's to say that Lincoln will involve us when he sees another opportunity to be in a movie." Lori said. She knew they didn't deserve it but she hoped that Lincoln would at least let them know about contests with a role to star in the movie that fits their genres.
"Lori is right," Lucy said. "it's too early to get upset and we only filmed the opening scene. So we need to work this out. We can't be having any problem here. Once this movie comes out, we'll get hired for our desired genres then Lincoln will find the opportunity to star in another super hero movie and everyone will be satisfied in the end."
"Alright, but I better get more scenes tomorrow." Lola warned.
Lori stared at her gothic sister and noticed that she seemed to be speaking up more before taking a sip of her drink. She was glad her gothic sister was speaking up, maybe she'll come out her shell more often.
They all continued eating their food. Lola and Lynn were still not satisfied but they saw Lucy's point and decided to not voice their complaints to the directors yet.
Lori was glad her sisters stopped sending her hostile looks. She knew they weren't as dangerous as Lincoln but she was so close to becoming a movie star and didn't want any of them to ruin this.
She suddenly placed her fork down. Her stomach felt a little...off. She thought she had eaten too much but her place still had a lot more food on it.
"Um, I'm gonna go to bed early." Lori said as she walked out of the restaurant. He sisters watched her with confusion, before shrugging and going back to their food. As Lori struggled to steady herself went up the stairs. She hoped her stomach felt better tomorrow morning.
One of the few thing that would ease Stevie's fear of Lincoln was food as he ate at the table with the other kids. Though he still stared cautiously at Lincoln.
Colin let out a small burp before saying, "Excuse me."
This gave Stuart an idea as he grinned maliciously. "Hey, Camille."
"Yes?" Camille turned to the green-wearing Fox and jumped when his face was directly in front of hers with a smirk.
BUUUUUURRRRRPPPPP!
Stuart then held his stomach as he laughed at Camille whose eyes were widen at what Stuart just did to her. Then her faced turned red, Stuart stopped laughing when he saw the dark-skinned girl's expression and made a run for it. Camille gave chase.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! CAMILLE, I'M SO SORRY! PLEASE DON'T KILL ME! LINCOLN, SAVE MEEEEEEEEEEE!"
Lincoln sighed and went after them. Stewie eagerly followed. Colin put his plate away and went upstairs. He caught a glimpse of Lincoln holding up both Stuart and Camille in the living room while Stewie was busy biting Lincoln's leg. The white haired child didn't acknowledge his leg being used as a chew toy by the crazy Kindergartener.
When the redhead arrived at the top of the stairs, he made his way to the door down the hall which led to Lincoln's room.
That painting of Ace Savvy and Godzilla he saw a few months ago had him curious, so whenever he came to Lincoln's house he always checked Lincoln's desk to find if he had a comic about it. He was always disappointed that he found no comic but he still checked, regardless. Colin didn't tell any of his friends because he didn't want to put more pressure on Lincoln. He saw several kids have often questioned Lincoln about the awful convention, the presence of his sisters at the convention, and about the movie based on the Full House Gang.
He saw Lincoln drawing intently in his notebook at afterschool, maybe Lincoln was finally working on a Godzilla and Ace Savvy crossover.
The redhead had also noticed that the framed Ace Savvy and the Full House Gang comic was gone from Lincoln's wall. Girl Jordan had told them not to question Lincoln about it, as Lincoln was probably the most upset by the convention more than anyone.
He opened each of Lincoln's drawers until he found the notebook he saw Lincoln draw in at afterschool. The cover depicted a hand holding a blank blue card, the lighting on it made it look like it was glowing.
Colin was confused by this. "Is this Ace Savvy?" Since when did would Ace Savvy had a glowing blue card? Not even Swipe Deck, had glowing cards. He turned the page and began to read.
The alarms blared as the area kept flashing red. A 6-year old Lincoln in a white jumpsuit ran through the hallway toward the door at the end of the hall. He barged through and stared at a blonde man in normal clothes.
"Jesus!" the blond man cried out in alarm as he held up a scalpel and pointed it toward the child. He was standing next to a sleeping baby on the surgery table.
"I can't let this child live." the blond man said. "Think of the consequences, think of the tragedies that will occur if he lives."
The young Lincoln's eyes narrowed, a blue light formed in his hand.
The man quickly turned and rushed to the baby, raising the scalpel in the air in position to stab the baby.
Then the light took the form of a glowing blue card. Lincoln threw the glowing card at the man. The card exploded when it reached the man's chest, the man screamed as he crashed into the wall.
Lincoln ignored the now the dead man and rushed to pick up the baby. The baby opened its eyes and began to cry.
"Sh, sh, sh, sh!" Lincoln whispered as he cradled the baby to his chest.
He heard footsteps coming and ran through the other door, he saw the guards shining their flashlights through a hallway and turned the corner. He walked some more, but saw flashlights coming in the other direction. The young white haired child panicked as he looked around hastily.
"WHERE IS THE SUBJECT?!"
He turned another corner and saw a door that leads to the stairs. Lincoln smiled and bolted for it but flashlights managed to shine on him.
"HALT!" one of the guards commanded. Lincoln ignored them, which prompted them to fire their laser guns at them.
They fired at him but Lincoln only ran faster, evading the bullets.
"HE'S TRYING TO ESCAPE!"
"HE TOOK AN INFANT SUBJECT!"
Lincoln held the baby with one arm and used his free arm to swipe a keycard on the high-tech lock. The lock turned green and slid open. Lincoln flinched as a laser ray fired over his head, the baby in his arm cried even louder.
Lincoln ran through the door and threw a glowing card at the lock which exploded. The guards tried to open the door but it was damaged and wouldn't open.
"GO AROUND!"
The 6-year-old ran down the stairwell, cradling the baby to his chest.
There was nothing that came after, much to Colin's disappointment. Still, he pondered what he just read. His jaw dropped when the young Ace Savvy killed someone, something most of the other versions strictly forbidden themselves from doing. He wondered how others would react to this. The exploding blue cards was new as Ace Savvy's cards were usually used like ninja shuriken. Though he worried if the new ability would get Lincoln in trouble because of Ace Savvy's similarities with Gambit from the X-Men. The white clothes Ace Savvy and the baby were wearing told the redhead that they were being experimented on.
And who was that baby Ace was trying to escape with? Did Lincoln give Ace Savvy a little brother? Sure there was his evil older brother, Swipe Deck, and his adopted cousin, Lady Ace, but Ace Savvy never had a little brother before.
He put the comic back in the drawer and closed it before leaving the room. Colin decided to wait until Stether's new Ace Savvy movie came out before he would ask Lincoln about his comic. Until then, he would peak at what Lincoln works on in secret.
AN: I was planning for this chapter to center more on Lori and explain why she wanted the movie role so badly but I think I'll save that for next chapter.
AN: I'm surprised there aren't many Kings of the Con fics. I heard some people say the episode made them quit watching the show. There are stills tons of No Such Luck fics but very little King of the Con fics. Some of the fics that mention the episode say that the movie bombed. Others had the judges forced into giving Lincoln and Clyde roles by the sisters or Bill Buck himself. In this one dark fanfic in Spanish, the KOTC event caused the sisters to become famous (though it doesn't end well for them in the end), most of Lincoln's friends turn in to assholes and hate him, and cause Lincoln to descend into madness and become the Joker. There was also one where Lynn and Lola attack judges for not including their brother which gets them all kicked out and cause Lincoln to feel a lot of guilt and quit Ace Savvy much to everyone's horror. There's also one that has happy and bad ending for Lincoln and the bad ending has most of his sisters afraid of him. But those are the only fanfics concerning Kings of the Con that I have found.
AN: Edited a few things.