The Loud Ark - Chapter 11: City Chaos
So Lincoln, nine of his sisters, and five of the fairies entered the city while Lana and Fawn stayed behind with the masses of animals while they waited for the signal from Lincoln. The family had been laughed at and ridiculed after they told everyone of the ark they were building and the coming destruction of the flood, and they called The Loud Ark, "Lincoln's Folly." In fact, this city was called Nod, built by the city's founder and the firstborn of Adam and Eve, Cain. This land where the city was built was located "on the east of Eden", where Cain was exiled by God after Cain had murdered his brother Abel. After settling in, Cain's wife had a son with him, Enoch, in whose name he built the first city. Although this is a different Enoch, not Lincoln's great-grandfather.
Once inside they saw the many sins committed by the people, Their great father Adam had only committed one sin by eating the forbidden fruit, and his descendants have committed many sins. The rich taxed and stole from the poor, and people became beggars and thieves on the streets and fought one another. On one side of the city, they saw bullies picking on the little kids, rich people mistreating their servants, parents abusing their children, couples fighting and arguing with one another, gang fights, the taxmen taxing the people lots of money, thieves stealing money and food from the vendors and people including each other, a group of girls being pride and vain laughed and teasing the girls that are not as beautiful as they were, and there were also fights from adults fighting at a bar or over a betting gamble game to cat fights with the women.
On the other side, they saw rich people throwing lavish parties as the band played drums, wind, and string instruments, arena battles, people being lazy and not doing their chores, people eating too much food at the banquet, men marrying many women, salesmen selling their fellow men on the market to serve as slaves to work for them, Taxmen going over their money they collected, and worse of all people worshiping false gods of carved rock statues and people who claim to be gods.
This made the sisters and fairies upset and miserable seeing the violence and wickedness in the city, even though they committed some of those sins and started to regret their actions. Here in the city of Nod and everywhere on earth, evil had become commonplace. Lincoln also feels upset, but also sad because Aslan made them and loved them, but he had no other choice but to destroy them. Lincoln saw the many faces of the people knowing that they were doomed when the lord would send in his deluge to wash the wickedness clean off the face of the earth.
Soon everyone started noticing them and Lincoln as they stopped what they were doing and then there was a moment of brief silence.
"Look here, it's that boy and his sisters and his tiny friends!" Shouted a Bully. "The one who believes a flood is coming!"
"Yeah, the crazy foolish boy building a boat and bringing his family in on this folly!" A rich man.
"Perhaps those girls are just as crazy as their brother!" shouted a Vain girl. Soon everyone started laughing at them. This was getting very annoying. Although Lincoln's sisters and the fairies want to give them a piece of their mind, they restrain for Lincoln's sake.
"What do you say about the world coming to an end?" explained a Beggar.
Then the sisters and fairies looked at Lincoln, Lincoln stood firm with faith as he stepped up and said, "A Terrible Judgement is coming in just Three Days! The Lord of our God Aslan would deliver a deluge of water and water would fall from the heavens to wipe out the wickedness away from the face of the earth! You all must stop your evil ways and come with us on the ark so you can be saved!"
This caused a loud laughing outroar in the city and shouting "He's lying!" "What kind of Lion God would destroy his world?!" "He's insane!" "There is nothing that can destroy us!" It went on until a voice was heard. "Enough!"
The crowd made a path for Jafar his council, Clayton, Hans, Mother Gothel, Dr. Facilier, The Queen of Hearts, the Card Soldiers, Captain Hook, Mr. Smee, their Pirates Crew, Gaston, LeFou, Scar, Oogie Boogie, Cruella De Vill, Jasper, Horace, Ursula, Hades, The Queen, Claude Frollo, Governor Jafar, Madame Medusa, Mr. Snoops, Banzai, Shenzi, Ed, Ratigan, Fuzzy Lumpkins, Mojo Jojo, Fidget, Plankton, Vlad Plasmius, Professor Calamitous, Denzel Crocker, Traloc, Skulker, La Sombra, Sheck, Man-Ray, Dirty Bubble, Father, Mr. Boss, Ice King, Madam Mim, Kaa, Shere Khan, Stromboli, Lady Tremaine, Anastasia, Drizella, Lucifer, Prince John, Sir Hiss, Pain, Panic, Maleficent, and the Guards.
"So Lincoln we meet again!" Said Jafar. "What news do you bring this time?"
"This is a warning for everyone!" Replied Lincoln. "People of Nod! All of you have gone the way of Cain even the descendants of him should know that even though he committed a sin by killing his own brother and felt regret afterward, neither of you has learned from the city's founder's Mistakes or Great-Father Adam's! If you stop being wicked and bad the creator will show us mercy!"
"Don't listen to him! He's just a kid!" Said Gaston.
"Yeah, a stupid Kid!" Added Plankton. He laughed with the others joining in until Jafar raised his hands and staff to silence them.
"That's not what happened boy." Said Jafar. "God rejected Cain and he showed him, from there we have learned from our founder Cain that we should never trust the Creator."
"Why Mercy? He has forgotten us," said Claude Frollo. "He cursed the ground marking Cain, it is filled with death where it is impossible to find game to hunt. The ground produces no food for us. We see our children die of starvation and sickness! This is his punishment for us, but we survived no matter what."
"And my boy, The creator, he does not exist." Said Jafar. "And if he does, he has turned his back on us. Take, for example, the wolf, they are stronger as part of a group, a pack. Do you know what happens when one of these wolves decides to fend for itself? The pack kills the loner for the greater good of the community. For you lad, you are still expecting the big flood which is never coming. Look over there!"
Jafar points to his council glaring and growling at Lincoln and his family. "Those are the wolves, son. I'm gonna give you one last chance. You stop this foolish Flood and Take down the boat."
"I'm giving you one last chance. Repent." Said Lincoln.
"Such a shame, Men take him away!" Said Jafar.
"No! We'll never let you take away our brother!" Shouted Lori as she and the other sisters formed a circle around Lincoln to protect him.
"We won't let you!" Shouted Tinkerbell.
"Very well, get them all!" Added Jafar.
"Quick Let's make a run for it!" Shouted Lincoln.
The group ran off through the alleys of the city with the people and villains chasing after them dodging the people blocking their way.
"You can't escape us after them!" Shouted Jafar.
"Don't let them don't get away!" Added Iago.
The Bad guys ran off little did they know the heroes hid in an alley ready to enact their plan. Lincoln flips on some switches labeled "APPLAUSE", "DRUMROLL", and "CHEERING", on a control panel. Causing the villains to stop and confusion while some covered their ears once all those sounds hit. He holds up a spotlight...
Lincoln: "Okay, girls. Operation City Chaos is a go! Luan, you're up."
Luan gives a thumbs up. Lincoln shines the spotlight, displaying Luan's shadow in the center. As the baddies turn to look at it.
"There once was a lord named Morag, whose hair is quite bizarre!" They go after the spotlight, which scatters across the city as Luan continues, "When he stole the crown, everyone frowned, 'cause now their ruler was a poo-bag!"
Luan laughs as the baddies stand right where Luna is positioned. She had her guitar, some speakers, and a pedalboard ready as she shouted, "Come on, feel the noise!"
She pushes down the pedal and lets out a chord so powerful that it knocks the villain's back. Lori and Lynn had golf balls and soccer balls in front of them, Lori shouted "Fore!"
Both of them swung and kicked their respective sports balls at them as Rosetta caused some vines to stretch under their feet for them to trip when Lori turned to Leni and shouted, "Leni, go!"
Leni is standing on the roof of a house. She throws a sheet of fabric over them supposedly blinding them with Vidia zipping around their heads very fast as Silvermist splashes the villains with water from a bucket, and has them stumble about Leni clapping and shouting, "Yay!"
Jafar aggressively tosses the sheet off him and looks around to find any more Louds lurking, until a flash of light blinds him and the others as he exclaims in pain, "AAH! My eyes!"
"It's too Bright!" Exclaimed Iago. "I have been Blinded."
The flash originated from Lola's shiny teeth, which reflected off Lisa's glasses and Tinkerbell using a magnifying glass with Iridessa using a light beam on them.
"That teeth whitening was worth it!" Lola said as she offered Lisa a high five, but Lisa, due to not having her glasses on, directed her hand at Lola's face and said, "Oops, sorry."
"Lucy, you know what to do!" Lincoln said to Lucy as she gave a thumbs up. The fairies sprinkle pixie dust on Lucy who is standing on the roof of another house. Jafar directs his attention at her.
"Jaaaafar, catch me if you can." Teased Lucy into catching her. Lucy falls back over the roof. Jafar and the others climbed up the roof and dived towards her. Lucy, thinking happy thoughts, managed to float in the air.
"It worked. I was almost a goner. Maybe next time." Said Lucy as she saw Father shooting a fireball, which dodged Lucy as she flew through town, and it hit a building instead. Lincoln stands atop the bell tower.
"Hold still little Brat!" Shouted Father.
"That's it, Luce! Keep coming, keep coming!" shouted Lincoln. Lucy heads toward Lincoln's way while dodging fireballs shot by Father.
"Here we go." Lucy passed him now it was his queue "It's my turn. I can do this!"
He jumps off the tower, lands on the floor, and gasps upon seeing Morag twirling the scepter around.
"Fire!" Commanded Jafar.
Father is about to shoot another fireball at Lucy and Lucille, until Lincoln steps in and pushes Father off and grips Jafar into a tumble with him, and also having the fireball luckily misses Lucy completely. Jafar turns around and gasps upon noticing the boy. "You!"
"I'm not letting you get away with it! Let go!" Added Lincoln
"Never!" Jafar yelled.
Lucy witnessing this knew she needed to get the other sisters. "Lincoln needs our help. I have to get the others."
Lucy runs to get the others Lincoln and the corrupt Jafar are still tugging at the staff. Lincoln finds himself at a dead end at the city gate, backing up as Jafar and the others him.
"Oh, what a pity." Jafar said as he slowly advanced toward the boy "Nowhere to run."
"This isn't the way to get what you want. Maybe you and everyone can tell Aslan you're sorry." Said Lincoln. "He may forgive you for your sins and perhaps he will spare you."
"Why yes, I could... if I were a hare-brained fool!" Jafar shouted threateningly. "Now give me my staff."
Behind her, Lily, Tinkerbell, Silvermist, Rosetta, Vidia, and Iridessa quickly toddle and fly to a rock and hide. They peek out, having Lincoln notice their presence. Jafar and the others look over to see what he's looking at, but he quickly distracts her. "Never, Jafar."
"It's 'Governor Jafar' to you." Shouted Jafar. Lily and fairies went to another hiding spot.
"You can be the city ruler in the world, but you'll never be greater than god-like Aslan." Replied Lincoln.
"You will never be special. Just plain, boring Lincoln Loud." Yelled Jafar as Lincoln returned to the city's wooden doors. He starts to get nervous."Always in your sisters' shadows and the shadows of everyone else, just where you belong."
Jafar raises the staff ready to deliver the killing blow. Lincoln glowers at Jafar.
"You're wrong." Lincoln lets go, brings out, and holds up his staff as he and Jafar Fenced with their staff. "God doesn't choose favorites of who is special. He created everyone as they are his children, he made them special just the way they are, and he loves them very much. I never understood it until now, but you can change by letting out of the past and embracing God's love."
"Indeed, I should start with you." Shouted Jafar as he clashed his staff with Lincoln,
"And another thing, I'm the fifth-best junior magician in my village." Said Lincoln gliding it across his arms and placing it on his head, then revealing a magic wand leaving everyone befuddled.
"What?" exclaimed Iago.
"What enchantment is this?" Added Jafar. Lincoln waves the wand and out appears a bouquet of flowers."Ah-" Lincoln gives the flowers to him; he is annoyed. "Enough!"
Suddenly, Lincoln starts to throw a line of handkerchiefs at Jafar, pulling them out of his shirt while flashing a wide grin; a dove perches on his head. They are even more annoyed.
"No more tricks!" Jafar yelled furiously as he flailed his arms, ridding all the magic props. Lily and the fairies peek out from behind Jafar and Lincoln quickly looks at them. He has one more trick up his sleeve.
"Except one." Said Lincoln whipping out a deck of cards "Presto!"
Lincoln sends the cards flying at Jafar's face. He has had enough of his games. During that time outside the city, Fawn was observing on top of a Reticulated Giraffe with the crowd of animals as she rode down the long neck towards Lana who was riding on the long-necked animal.
"That's the signal!" Said Fawn.
"Let's do this! Charge!" Shouted Lana. Soon the animals started running down the hill with Fawn and Lana leading the way as they approached the gates of the city. Meanwhile, Lincoln's friends and the Casagrandes who heard from the Louds' parents of what's going on came running down the road towards the city to save their friends.
Back inside the city, Jafar raises and swings the scepter down, expecting to oblige to his demand… but nothing happens. Instead, he finds a burrito in place inside the mouth of the Cobra Staff and asks incredulously "What...?"
"Ta-da!" Shouted Lily. Then there was a knock on the wooden doors of the gates.
"Say who can that be?" Asked LeFou. As he opened the door and stormed in came a stampede of animals trampling over LeFou. The Villains and people screamed as they ran away from the animals the group saw Lana laughing while riding on a giraffe.
"Look at them all running!" Laughed Lana.
Once she left Fawn flew down to join Lincoln's group as they pointed at each other shouting "Backup plan!" As they all laughed.
"We did it! Way to go, Girls!" Laughed Lincoln.
"We learned from the best." Added Tinkerbell. "Now let's get your sisters and get out of here."
The Group ran with the animals as they urged the animals on.
"Come on god is with us!" Shouted Lincoln.
"Come on! Let's Move! Move!" Shouted Fawn.
In many parts of the city, the large animals were running through the alleyways and streets as the city people ran for their lives in fear seeing the birds and animals coming out of nowhere. Some hid in their homes and on the roof of the building.
Clayton, Hans, Mother Gothel, Dr. Facilier, The Queen of Hearts, the Card Soldiers, Captain Hook, Mr. Smee, their Pirates Crew, Gaston, LeFou, Scar, Oogie Boogie, Cruella De Vill, Jasper, Horace, Ursula, Hades, The Queen, Jafar, and Claude Frollo were running from the large animals like the elephants, rhinos, hippos, buffaloes, zebras, horses, antelopes, and deer fearing they will trample them. A Nephilim was tickled by the crawling mice, rats, weasels, squirrels, chipmunks, and bugs; he screamed when one of the Woolly Mammoths trumpeted rearing up and pushing him down with its front limbs.
Hook, Madame Medusa, and Mr. Snoops were chased by the snapping jaws of the Alligators and Crocodiles. The monkeys, apes, possums, squirrels, lemurs, and all those that can climb ran above the roof of the buildings and clothesline ropes. Banzai, Shenzi, Ed, Ratigan, Fuzzy Lumpkins, Mojo Jojo, Fidget, Plankton, Vlad Plasmius, Professor Calamitous, Denzel Crocker, Traloc, Skulker, La Sombra, Sheck, Man-Ray, Dirty Bubble, Father, Mr. Boss, Ice King, Madam Mim, Kaa, Shere Khan, Stromboli, Khan, Lady Tremaine, Anastasia, Drizella, Lucifer, Prince John, Sir Hiss, Pain, Panic, Maleficent, and the Guards were chased by the predators like Lions, Tigers, Bears, Leopards, Jaguars, Wolves, Wild Dogs, and Hyenas as they growled and roared as they nipped at their heels.
The people who are trampled or fell down on the floor sometimes by the turtles, tortoises, and sloths, the small animals, but the insects, and arachnids crawl on top of them. The animals destroy the vendor stands and carts and even the cages and pens that held domesticated animals like Gayal, Hereford Cattle, Highland Cattle, Texas Longhorns, Ankole Watusi, Spanish Fighting Bulls, Shire Horse in which one of them rears fling the rider off to join them, Camargue Horse, Thoroughbred Horse, Appaloosa, Fjord Horse, Haflinger, American Paint Horse, Scottish Blackface, Jacob Sheep, British Primitive Goats, Alpine Goats, Pygmy Goats, Yorkshire Pigs, Large Black Pigs, Plymouth Rock Chickens, Silkie Chickens, Polish Chickens, Onagadori Chickens, Cayuga Ducks, Magpie Ducks, African Geese, and Chinese Geese join the stampede as they were chosen by Aslan.
On the roofs of the buildings White Release Doves, Fantail Pigeons, Feral Pigeons, and Racing Homing Pigeons joined the other animals. Iago was flying away, but there were lots of birds and bats flying in the same direction.
"Hey! You Sky-hogs!" Shouted Iago. "Watch where you're going!"
He hears a screech as he turns to see a Red-tailed Hawk coming towards him causing him to scream bloody murder as he tries to fly away only to be clawed by the talons causing him to plummet to the ground and be trampled in the stampede.
The dogs, cats, and rats on the streets and those with owners see the stampede and soon they join in running with them and fighting back and freeing themselves from their owners. Dogs like Golden Retrievers, Dalmatians, Doberman Pinschers, Rottweilers, Old English Sheepdogs Maremma Sheepdogs, Standard Poodles, Miniature Poodles, Rough Collies, English Bulldogs, French Bulldogs, Pugs, Boxers, German Shepherds, English Mastiffs, Bullmastiffs, St. Bernards Irish Setters, Gordon Setters, Irish Wolfhounds, Great Danes, Italian Greyhounds, Airedale Terriers, Scottish Terriers, Jack Russell Terriers, Yorkshire Terriers, Miniature Bull Terriers, Brittany Dogs, Beagles, Bloodhounds, Bluetick Coonhounds, Afghan HoundsBasset Hounds, Dachshunds, Hokkaido Dogs, Shar Peis, English Pointers, Siberian Huskies, Pembroke Welsh Corgis, Shih Tzus, Pekingese, King Charles Spaniels, Pomeranians, Beaucerons, and Salukis, Cats like American Shorthairs, Siamese Cats, Persian Cats, Russian Blues, British Shorthairs, Sphynx Cats, Snowshoe Cats, Maine Coons, Manx Cats, Japanese Bobtails, Abyssinian Cats, and Ragdoll Cats, Black Rats, and Edible Dormice join the masses.
The Nine sisters were running through the stampede when they spotted Lana riding on a giraffe that lowered its neck to allow Lana to get down and hug her twin sister. Then Lincoln and the fairies appeared running with the animals, "Come on! Let's get out of here!"
Hearing the urging of their brother they joined his group as the crowd of people were running down the main street the animals appeared behind them as they were running out of the City's main entrance. Soon after the animals, the Louds, and the fairies have escaped the city, losing the villains in the process as they ran with the animals.
Back with Clyde, Stella, Zach, Liam, Rusty, Sid, Adelaide, Ronnie Anne, Bobby, Carlota, CJ, Carl, and Carlitos were running towards the city and suddenly stopped to hear screaming and chaos coming there followed by the sounds of barks, growls, meows, screeches, squawks, chirps, grunts, snorts, and bellows. Then they noticed the birds and bats flying above their heads as Sid asked, "What is this?"
"What is going on here?" Added Rusty.
"Look at all the birds and bats." Said, Adelaide. The sight of thousands of pairs of birds and bats male and female, filled the sky as they were amazed at how many birds there were on the earth.
"Fellers there is a stampede coming this way?!" Exclaimed Liam. On the ground, an army of thousands upon thousands of insects, arachnids, and bugs, two of each species male and female, Thousands of pairs of reptiles and amphibians male and female, and thousands of pairs of mammals, two of each male and female came running towards them. They were amazed at how many reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, and mammals there were on the earth
"This is not right here, I mean where are all these strange creatures coming from?" Exclaimed Zach.
"And they are coming right for us!" Shouted Ronnie Anne.
"Brace yourselves!" Yelled Sid. They all huddled together in fear and waited to be trampled, but the animals ran around them. They were surprised by this as they even noticed the animals came in twos some by seven pairs, and they were here for a reason like someone had told them to go somewhere. Is this what Lincoln meant when he said 'Aslan would bring the animals to them?'
Once the animals had left, they saw the Louds and fairies running to catch up with them. They ran to each other and they hugged.
"Lincoln, you're okay." Said Clyde as he hugged his best friend. "What happened back there?"
"You made us worried Lame-o!" Added Ronnie Anne.
"Don't worry, it's fine," Said Lincoln. "I had my family and friends by my side." He turns to his sisters and the fairies.
"We had some minor delays. How about we head back home?" Said Lincoln.
"Yeah, we better, we're lagging behind!" Exclaimed Fawn.
The Louds and their friends ran as their feet could as they hurried to catch up with the animals as they ran over the hill. Soon they will bring the animals to the site of the ark where they will load them on board before the flood comes in just three days.