Spells and Louds
Chapter 375: Can there be redemption?
(Spellman Estate.)
Lincoln comes out of his room and with him is Luna, both are suited up and have their relic weapons ready. Lincoln sighs. "Okay, so today is the day. Time to see if this works."
Luna hugs him from behind. "Bro, some part of me thinks this is the shitiest idea I have ever heard of but another part of me thinks that there could be a chance to give some of these folks some redemption. Including the one who wronged me, if what our other selves say is true, then perhaps we can try and rehabilitate one of them."
Lincoln sighs. "Yeah, I know. So, shall we take off?"
"Let's do this little brother." They both leave their bedroom and head to the living room, there they see the rest of the family looking at them.
"Are you guys sure about doing this?" asked Leni with concern. "You know what these guys have done to the both of you right?"
"We know Leni, that's why we need to ask them if they regret or have any alternative motives after going through so much hell being locked away" said Lincoln.
"We need to know the truth from them, and we won't know it till we ask them personally and that's what we're gonna do" replied Luna. "We got this guys, we're prepared and we're skilled to take down whatever tricks they might have up their sleeve."
Neil goes to Lincoln and Luna. "Guys, if you do this then there might be a chance to give them another opportunity to join society and become allies, but if this fails then there is no hope for them."
"We know, but we think maybe one of them is worthy to be given a lighter sentence. I recall that when we put Doug and Michelle away, Michelle gave her alibi and testified that she never meant to side with Doug in the first place, and that the guy was beyond greedy and only wanted me" replied Luna.
"We're going to make our first stop at an old enemy from Lincoln's and then we're headed to London. First his sick and twisted enemy and then the woman who sided with her delusional partner."
"Truth be told, I just wanna know how Chandler is doing" replied Lincoln. "It hasn't been a year yet, and I just wanna see how that scum bag is handling being behind bars after what he almost unleashed to the world and what he nearly did to Luna."
"And the Stankcos and Hank and Hawk?" asked Susnet with her arms crossed. "What about them?"
"Last I know, those guys are not good company to be around and I don't wanna know who their gender bent version are" said Linka, she could only imagine how cruel they can be.
"They're beyond redemption" replied Lincoln as he looks down in anger. "The Stankcos are nothing more than jerks who have no care for others but themselves and Hank and Hawk are forever marked as Hazeltucky most notorious and vile students and criminals, they've tainted the name of their home town and there is no going back from that title."
"Another reason why Faunus and Pokemon should not reside there" said Gwen, she then goes over and hugs both her kids. "Be safe guys and be careful." The rest of the family also join in the hug and wish them to be safe and good luck with their enemies.
"We got this guys, we know what to do" replied Lincoln. He then looks to Luna as they depart from the family group hug. "Ready sis?"
Luna cracks her neck and knuckles. "Let's go and say hello."
They then walk out of the house with the rest of the family following, but when they head outside they see the rest of the team was waiting for them. Mostly, the ones who were there. Jordan with Dominic, Lori, Dana, Becky, Leon, Sergei, Martin and Victor.
"So, you guys know?" asked Lincoln as he pets the head of his Netherdrake.
"We literally do" replied Lori. "Sunset made the call and we came here to see you guys make this deadly move."
"You do know those two might not be so easy to convince right?" asked Dana.
"They did so much vile things" said Becky. "Summoning an army, killing an idol and they could've raped us into submissions." Becky then calms down, her fiery hair was extending and Victor has marshmallows.
"We know, we know guys" said Luna. "Just calm down and let us handle this. We know their tricks and we don't think they can be able to do anything while locked behind bars, we got security, weapons and powers."
"We trust you guys" said Martin. "From what the other versions of you said, Michelle Lewis might not be so bad. We did obtain evidence that showed she was never really on Doug's side, turns out she was blackmailed into doing this when she didn't want to and when they were locked up, Doug was attempting to help her break out and she refused to side with him again and then he tried to expose her secret, but this resulted into some violent conflicts."
Luna is confused. "What kind of violent conflicts dude?"
Martin and Victor look to each other with worry and then back to Luna. "Perhaps you should ask her yourself" said Victor.
"Okay then." Luna Frost then pulls out Frostmourne and she smites it onto the ground. The area in front of the Great Gate shakes and Sindragosa emerges and roars. Luckily, no damage was done to the Great Gate. Can't say much about the land in front of it though.
Victor sighs. "Looks like we got some land to repair, or just patch up." Martin makes some calls for reconstruction of land.
This seemed familiar to everyone, like they've heard and seen this before. "Is that all necessary?" asked Neil.
Luna gets onboard her Frost Wyrm. "Sorry pops, but I guess that is one thing and one way my Frost Wyrm can be able to come out, in style and a grand entrance." She Frost Wyrm roars.
Jordan goes over to Lincoln and she hugs him, they then share a kiss. "Be careful and don't let Chandler into your head, and if he does do something stupid. Then make him hurt, really, really hurt!"
"I know what to do my love, you have my word." Lincoln hops onto Nel'Thorious. "We'll be back guys, and we'll be safe and possibly we might have a new ally with us. I just hope it's the one we're both hoping." Nel'Thorious roars and both draconic beasts flap their wings and hover off the ground.
"Aerial escort is going to come with you guys, and good luck. You're gonna need it" replied Martin.
Lincoln and Luna nod and they take off towards their first imprisoned target. Flying behind them are Apollo Fighter's, MiG Fighter's, Jet Tengu's, Viking Fighter's, Banshee strike craft and Phoenix Fighter's.
"You think they can reason to give Michelle Lewis a shot at redemption?" asked Jordan to Martin, they all look to the FutureTech man.
"Michelle was said to be given a light sentence, but after what she did to her partner in prison. People wanted her out now that they know what she testified in court was true" replied Martin. "She's not a bad person, she was just pushed into something she did not want to do."
"Then let's hope Luna can help her find that freedom she deserves" replied Gwen.
(Alcatraz Island, San Francisco.)
Lincoln and Luna land their mounts onto the tarmac of the prison area and the rest of the aircraft circle the location. The Jet Tengu and Viking Fighter's convert to their mech forms and guard the grounds.
Lincoln and Luna get off their mounts and they see the warden. He has an eye patch and a scar to his right side. Wearing a grey uniform and black shoes, blonde military buzz cut and at the age of 39, Joseph Von Muller.
"Greeting Commander Freezer Burn and Lieutenant Frost, welcome to Alcatraz Island. The very same maximum and rebuilt prison where Lynn Loud Sr and Rita Loud were once held and now we have 25 inmates and one in maximum lock down and is by far the worse of the worse for us here within these secured borders and we would also like to thank you and FutureTech for providing the new weapons an defenses to ensure no one can escape here again."
"All in good times Warden" replied Lincoln. "Show is the cell of McCann."
"Very well, follow me." They follow the warden and his Peacekeepers into the institute. They pass by some cells where the criminals and thieves all call out to them, mostly to Luna Frost.
But she does notice three criminals who she met before, Elliot, Jackson and Dominic. The same men who worked with Malcolm when they tried to rape her at the Royal Woods TV and News Station.
Both opposing fronts look to each other in anger. She hates them for trying to harass her and they hate her for the death of their boss.
Luna stays focused and they continue to follow the Warden through the halls.
"Are the former associates from Chandler also residents here?" asked Lincoln as they now pass through the next sector of steel doors with small windows.
"Nein, the Stankcos and Hank and Hawk are not here" replied Warden Muller. "They are elsewhere across the country and serving their sentences with even greater punishment for trying to slaughter humanity."
They then see the large doors that are the path to the Maximum Lockdown rooms. "Here we are." The two guards open the large doors and they go through.
They walk by some large doors that are all empty, there are no other heavy duty locked up criminals because there is only one. "I wish for you two to wait here, I will fetch the demon" said Warden Muller. He and four guards go through the final door where he is kept.
Ten guards surround the room Lincoln and Luna are in just in case and one of them places a table and a chair for Chandler to sit on and two other chairs.
Luna then gives the chair back. "No dude, I think I'm going to wait outside of the place. See you when you're done bro."
Lincoln nods. "I got this." He then sees the heavy doors open and then he sees Warden Muller come out with the guards and there he is.
Red haired, 12 years old, hair now grown to his neck, wearing an orange prison jumpsuit and brown shoes and his arms and legs are chained. Chandler McCann, the boy who sided with the Burning Legion.
Chandler looks to Lincoln sternly. "Hello, Larry."
Lincoln doesn't respond, instead he and the guards and the warden look around. Lincoln then looks to Chandler. "Who are you talking to? Who the hell is Larry?"
Chandler scoffs. "Whatever." He then takes a seat. "So, what the fuck are you doing here Spellman? Shouldn't you be out there being a cool hero as usual with that family of yours?"
Lincoln is then handed the folder and he reads it. "Seems like you've been busy. Trying to start fights, trying to rally allies to help get out of here and possibly come after me and my family."
Chandler relaxes onto the chair. "What can I say? I know how to come up with a plan to make a big break for it and this shitty place isn't making things any more tolerable for me."
"True, but you failed in each attempt." Lincoln closes he folder and looks to Chandler. "Because you fail to promise your fellow inmate allies anything, which is why they placed you here. So you don't manipulate them again and to keep you safe from getting ripped apart by those who want you dead."
"Hey! I promised them something!" said Chandler in anger.
"And what might that be Chandler? Freedom? To be honest there is nothing more you can offer to them that can give them a reason to fight for you or whatever cause you have" replied Lincoln sternly.
Chandler just scoffs towards Lincoln. "Bah! Forget it, so what heck are you even here for? Besides checking on my failed attempts to get out."
Lincoln sighs. "I wanted to see if you were showing signs of any regret for your past actions to the crime you have committed and almost brought ruin to all of humanity. But after seeing how still tempted you are with revenge, looks like there is no shot for redemption for you kid."
Chandler chuckles. "Ha! Why would I seek redemption? The whole world would've been mine and so have been your precious guardian sister! I dream every night the chance to spank that frozen ass of hers and make her my fucking slave and that this whole world would've seen just how awesome I would be and perhaps the whole of the other lame realms too! I have dreamed every night to one day rule all!"
Lincoln then stands up. "Then you can keep dreaming, because it's never going to happen. You're going to be stuck in this cell for a long, long time. A life sentence until you die. So long, Chandler McCann." Lincoln walks away from him and heads to the main gate.
Chandler tries to go after him, but he's taken down by two guards and they take him away. "Just you wait Larry! When I get out of here, I am going to kill your family and I will fuck up all of those you loved, starting with your stupid sister! Do you hear me?!" The doors to the maximum prison are then closed shut, until the next time Lincoln would visit him, which might be never.
Lincoln then sees Luna waiting for him outside of the room. "So, he still delusional?"
Lincoln sighs. "Unfortunately, yeah. I guess he's a lost cause, so let's go to Michelle Lewis."
"We're gonna need to open a portal for that one bro" replied Luna. "We cannot fly over the Atlantic just to reach jolly old London."
"Then let's get to it" replied Lincoln. They both make their way out of the institute. While on the way, Luna notices the three men she locked up and they glare at her, Luna then uses her powers to freeze them in their cells, they're still alive just really cold. The other inmates see this and back off. They do not wanna be put on ice.
Lincoln and Luna soon get out of the prison and they head to their mounts and they take off with the aerial escort. They then clash Mjolnir and Frostmourne and it forges a portal to the location of their choosing, next top: London, England.
(Gage Tower prison, London, England.)
Lincoln and Luna are now walking through the main halls of the institute and they see some prisoners who are doing their service in cleaning the place and some of them tip their hats to them. "Wow. Some of these guys are actually quite nice and polite dudes" said Luna.
"Of course they are, they aren't as brutal or vile as the most dangerous inmates we have" replied Warden Hamilton. His real name is Desmond C. Hamilton, a close relative to Hugh and the warden of the place. At the age of 44 he has brown hair to the side and is wearing a dark blue suit with the logo of the British flag to the shoulders and black shoes.
"This is the area where we keep the well behaved inmates, to those who are close to completing rehabilitation and are ready to join society."
"This is nice, sure wish some of this was back home" replied Lincoln. "So, where is Michelle Lewis?"
Warden Hamilton sighs. "She's not in this location, she requested to be placed elsewhere."
They follow the warden up the stairs to the tower. "This is the only place where we keep those who are dangerous to society, but she is not a danger to anyone. Well, not anymore that is."
He opens the steel reinforced door and then opens a wooden door and they see her. Dressed in black shirt and pants and sitting by herself looking through the bared window is Michelle Lewis, her hair is a mess and there are some things for her to enjoy and use in the room.
Warden Hamilton then whispers to them. "We did our best to make her feel comfortable in here, we told her she has been permitted and cleared of her rehabilitation. She is no longer a criminal or even a murderous maniac, like the reports and her alibi said she was just pushed into killing and consumed by Doug Rockwell's greed and ambitions. Try and talk to her, we need this tower for dangerous people and she is not one of them."
"We will try sir" replied Lincoln. Warden Hamilton then leaves the tower but does not lock the gate.
Lincoln and Luna see the walls of the tower are that of old fashioned medieval times but reinforced with Vibranium cement on the outside, beneath and below. The see the bed is a normal bed like Lincoln would have, there is a night stand with a mirror and a hair brush, but they remain untouched and then they see the small room that leads to the toilet and shower.
They both go closer to her. "I know you two are here" said Michelle. She then sighs and looks to them and sits by the edge of her bed now. "So, you guys wanna talk to me about some things?"
Lincoln and Luna also sit onto the bed next to her. "We know about the truth, you're a rehabilitated woman now and was never really a bad person" said Lincoln. "You never meant to harm anyone, you were pushed into pressure and blackmail from Doug."
Michelle looks away. "I deserve to be in here, after what I did." She sheds a few tears. "I lied and made false promises to people with talent, I tried to deceive Luna into joining the show, I killed ….. I killed Mick Swagger and I ….i ….. I killed Doug."
That last part made Luna and Lincoln stunned. "What?"
Michelle then hugs her legs. "I killed him. I killed him in this place. I killed him in cold blood and …. And word g-got out and p=people knew the t-truth and wanted me t-to be released so ….. So I can have a new life a-again! But I …. I don't want to!"
"Why not?" asked Luna. Then she asks. "How did you kill him? What happened?"
Michelle tells them, while looking away. "Doug, he came to me and said he was going to fake the he was rehabilitated and I told him ….. I told him this was wrong and I didn't wanna be part of his sinful agendas any longer! Then he blackmailed me that he would tell everyone all my secrets, even those that made me a laughing stock when I was a kid and when I started my singing career!"
"I …..I didn't want him to get away with it, even if he did tell the truth he would still fake his recovery and go after …. After you Luna, and your family. So I … I stopped him. I chased after Doug and I stabbed him in the back with a …. A broken piece of glass, he was crawling away and fought back. I stabbed him again, and again and all I could think of was … Was the many times he pushed me into doing his plans!" She then looks to Luna.
"Luna, I am so, so sorry that Mick Swagger died. I didn't mean for him to be killed, I thought he would be hurt and that was it. I thought ….. I thought it would be different, but Doug ….. He didn't care and wanted to … To have you be in the show, and so did I." Michelle then looks down with guilt. "I don't deserve anything from you, I know I can't be forgiven and I want this, this is what I deserve. I'm a menace to society."
"No you're not dude" replied Luna. Michelle looks to the ice borne heroine. "You didn't wanna do it, but you were forced into a corner and di what you had to, even though you tried to make things less disastrous and it only became worse."
"The one thing I have learned, is that I have to look past the things I have lost and see if there is a brighter side to it. Mick would've know that you never meant to bring harm and so would my little brother. That's why, I wanna know. Do you wanna go back home?"
Michelle is confused by this. "What?"
"We can give you another shot to redeem yourself" replied Lincoln. "You may have killed someone but that was out of pressure and blackmail. We can send you back to the United States of America and we can give you a punishment that isn't here in this cell, or in other words it's what we call Community Service."
Michelle looks to the two adopted Spellman kids. "Y-You want me to …. To work for my sentence?"
"Yeah, that's the thing man. We know you aren't so bad, and to be honest you're actually cleared after passing rehab and technically you were just an accessory to a crime and didn't really mean any harm" replied Luna.
Michelle looks down in shock. "We know you have a lot to think about, so if you want we can give you the time you need to think about it" said Luna. She and Lincoln then get up.
Michelle looks up to them with some tears in her eyes in which she wipes away. "Tell us if you're ready to come with us, okay?" said Lincoln. "We'll be back when you call."
"See you soon Michelle, don't give up on yourself, because I can see someone who deserves a new and fresh start to life" replied Luna. "Besides, we gave the louds that shot. So, why not you."
They then leave the tower and lock the main gate. Michelle sits back onto her bed and she thinks about this. 'A chance to freedom? A chance to earn forgiveness and redemption? Should I …. Should I take it?'
She then sees Lincoln and Luna fly away from the location on their winged mounts, they look back and wave at her and then they make a portal and fly through.
Michelle smiles. 'Perhaps, perhaps I should give this a shot. See how it will work, but I need to think this through some more. I don't wanna make a mistake that could make me a bad person again.'
To be continued ….
A/N: And there you have it folks, from the chapter of "A Sparking Relationship." It seems they wish to see if they can let someone get redeemed and chances she will get her shot to rejoin society. To be honest I think I can see Michelle Lewis as a future friend to the Spellman's and their friends. Leave a review and tell me what you all think.
Date made: 7/6/20.
