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About ten minutes later Lincoln had finished packing everything he needed for his trip to Kalos. He make sure to double check on everything as he didn't want to forget anything for his upcoming trip to the island off the coast of France.
The white haired middle child knew that he would be gone for at least a year as he traveled through the land during who knows what while working with Professor Augustine Sycamore, an old friend of his grandfather Albert.
With that in mine Lincoln pulled out a laptop that he used to speak with his friends. It was an old hand me down laptop but it still works so Lincoln quickly typed in the numbers for his various friends and waited for the calls to connect.
"What's up."said Rusty Spokes, one of Lincoln's friends.
"Yeah, what's happening."said Zach Gurdle, another one of Lincoln's friends.
"This better be good as I'm helping meemaw right now and I ducked out to answer this call."said Liam Honeycutt, Lincoln's friend from the countryside.
"Lincoln, why do you have your stuff packed?"questions Clyde McBride, Lincoln's best friend and brother from another mother.
"Well I have some big news guys and it honestly couldn't have waited as tomorrow I'll be leaving the United States."said Lincoln, before he covered his ears upon hearing his friends response.
"WHAT?!"shouted every single one of Lincoln's friends as they wanted to make sure they heard their friend correctly.
"Yeah... some stuff happened at home and I have to leave for an island off the coast of France for about a year."said Lincoln, knowing that he couldn't go without telling his friends where he was going as he was sure they would worry about him.
"Why are you leaving?!"asked Clyde, who look like he was close to hyperventilating.
"Clyde it's not a permanent thing as I'm just doing it to get away from the house for a while as me and my sisters have sort of a... disagreement."said Lincoln as he decided to be vague about the Sister Fight Protocol.
He knew he didn't owe his sister's Jack squat, but he didn't want to get the rest of his family in trouble. He knew better than anyone that if news spread most people would blame the parents for letting the sister fight protocol get out of control and last thing he wanted was to get his parents and more trouble as they were already having to dip into their savings to fix everything his sisters broke.
"So the solution is to go to an island off the coast of France?"questions Rusty, eyebrow raised.
"Well it was either that or go with Aunt Ruth for a while."said Lincoln as his friends just gave him a deadpan look.
"Good call."said Zach, who knew about the horror stories of Aunt Ruth thanks to Lincoln's countless tellings about her six toe and disgusting pudding.
"Even I wouldn't want to go there and I handle cow pies for a living."said Liam, as even he was disgusted by the stories he's heard about Lincoln's Aunt Ruth.
"But why are you leaving without a fight?"asked Clyde as he was breathing into a paper bag.
"Clyde, don't worry as I'll be in regular contact with you that way you don't feel left out. I know this is outside your comfort zone but this is something I have to do as something tells me this is the destiny of a lifetime and I'm going to be helping out an old friend of my Pop-Pop."said Lincoln as he was trying his best to get Clyde to calm down as he knew this was outside Clyde's comfort zone.
"What kind of friend?"asked Zach with interest.
"Well he's a professor who studies the... flora and fauna of the island I'm going to and he needs help with his research."said Lincoln, who was technically telling the truth.
Now he was considering telling his friends all about Pokemon, but knowing them they would probably want to go along to as who wouldn't want to capture and train creatures that can breathe fire and shoot lightning? But he figured he needed the pokémon leagues permission for that kind of thing or at least needed to speak with Professor Sycamore about the matter. So with that in mind Lincoln decided to keep the information about Pokemon a secret for now from his friends as he knew that considering how secret secret Pokemon is, it must be secret for a reason.
"Well when are you leaving?"questions Liam, wanting to know when Lincoln was leaving.
"Tommorow morning."answered Lincoln, causing Clyde's paper bag to burst.
"What?! But that's too soon!"said Clyde, who for a second thought that Lincoln was pulling his leg until he noticed the serious look on his best friend's face.
"Clyde don't worry guys I'm sending you a number now that will allow me to keep in regular contact with you while I'm on that island. You won't be charged anything so you should be okay."said Lincoln, before he typed down the number of the roads on phone on the screen.
This made Clyde write it down as fast as possible.
"Okay, as long as I'm in regular contact with you I shouldn't be too outside my comfort zone like Dr Lopez says...and this may be a great situation to get out of my comfort zone as Dr Lopez has been telling me that I need to spread my wings, so to speak."said Clyde as he was doing his best to stay calm in a situation.
Lincoln just let out of sigh. He know that his best friend was really trying to support him with the best of his ability but he knew that Clyde had issues that required therapy. He also knew that this was harder on Clyde than on him as Clyde was not used to being outside of his comfort zone thanks to his overprotective dads.
"I'll try to call you as often as I can that way you don't feel left out. But keep in mind that I won't be calling you everyday as I'll be really busy over there in that island, but I do promise to do my best to make sure that you are regularly updated on my progress."said Lincoln, who noticed that this seemed to make Clyde feel better.
"Well... as long as you come back in one piece then I'm sure things will work out."said Clyde, who although was feeling anxious knew that he needed to let his best friend do this as it was clear on Lincoln's face that he really wanted to do this.
He still wasn't sure what was on that island that interested Lincoln so much, but whatever it was it was enough to get Lincoln to leave home, so it must be something worthwhile.
"Let's meet up at Gus's Games and Grubs to have a send-off party for Lincoln."suggested Rusty.
"Yeah, we can't send off our friend Lincoln without some kind of celebration."agreed Zach with a thumbs up.
"Yeah, I'll talk to meemaw right now and see what she says."said Liam before he ended the call.
"Well, Lincoln this is a lot to take in. But considering I'm going with my Dads to visit my grandmother in a few days I guess this is kind of a similar situation. I hope you'll be okay on that island buddy and try to do your best to stay out of trouble."said Clyde, causing Lincoln to roll his eyes.
"I know Clyde does last thing I want to do is cause my Pop-Pop's friend any unnecessary stress."said Lincoln, feeling like this was obvious as last thing he wanted was to get in trouble with the Pokemon League.
"Well, I'll start heading over to Gus's Games and Grubs, and get ready for the best tasting Pizza."said Clyde before he caught off the video call.
"I'd better make my way over there as I'm sure the guys are already making their way over there at this very moment. I guess a little send off from my friends want her to as I won't be seeing them for a while...or maybe for a really long time as I'm still not sure what I'm going to do when I'm done journeying through Kalos considering the current environment in my home."said Lincoln, before he shrugged his shoulders and grabbed his backpack.
Now he knew that he already scolded Lucy but he didn't trust the others to not try something so he took his Rotom phone and trainer cube with him just in case his sisters decided to do some snooping while he was gone. So with that idea in mind he entered the second floor hallway and quickly made his way down the stairs.
As soon as he made his way through the front door did the sound of his sisters opening their doors was heard.
"Is he gone?"questions Lola from her bedroom.
"He just left the house."confirmed Lynn, who could see everything from her bedroom position.
"Good, now let's investigate his room."said Lori, before everyone minus Lucy and Lily made their way quietly to Lincoln's bedroom and quickly made their way inside.
Once they were inside the room did they begin peeking through every nook and cranny of his room to try to find any evidence of what he is up to as they were curious.
"Hmm... is this really a good idea guys? If we are caught we're going to be an even more trouble."said Leni, who never liked the idea of snooping.
"What else can we do, Leni? We literally need to find out what he is up to."said Lori, before they heard the sound of their parents texting their bedroom!
"Back to your bedrooms, stat!"saud Lori, causing the rest of the loud sisters to quickly make their way back to their bedrooms as fast as they could as the sound of their parents heading up the stairs could be heard.
"Alright! We will now commence the inventory of your items. Then me and your mother will decide what is going to be sold to help pay for the stuff you broke!"said Lynn Sr, before he and Rita made their way into Lori and Leni's bedroom.
"And we're going to start things off with your golf clubs Lori."said Rita, before she picked up the bag holding the golf clubs.
"Noo..."said Lori as a tear fell down her face.
-=O=-
(Ten minutes later)
[Royal Woods - Gus's Games and Grubs]
Lincoln had arrived at the go-to joint in Royal Woods known as Gus's Games and Grubs. This Pizza parlor/arcade was the go-to spot for every preteen in Royal Woods. It had everything anyone could ask for from Pizza all the way to prizes for winning tickets with some of the games at the arcade.
With a clear plan of what was going to happen Lincoln quickly entered the restaurant where he saw his friends waiting for him at their favorite table.
"Now we can begin Lincoln's send-off party."said Rusty as Lincoln went over and gave Clyde a hug.
"You sure you'll be okay without me?"asked Lincoln as he put a reassuring hand on Clyde's shoulder.
"No, but as long as we are in regular contact I should be fine."said Clyde, who decided to support Lincoln's decision like a good friend.
"Okay, then let's get some pizza and then go to the arcade."said Liam as one of the staff brought them their pepperoni pizza.
"Dig in, boys."said the staff member before she left to go attend to her other duties.
"Wow, it smells even more heavenly than usual."said Clyde as he took up with for the pizza.
"Well let's let Lincoln care of the big piece as it's his party."said Zach, causing Lincoln quickly grabbed the biggest piece of pizza off the Pizza train quickly put it onto his paper plate.
"Thanks guys."said Lincoln before he took a bite of his pizza as everyone else was grabbing their slice of pizza and began eating as well.
-=O=-
[Twelve sixteen Franklin Street]
"No...! Not my hockey sticks!"said Lynn, as she watched him being as her father packed up her sports equipment and placed them in the bag that he was going to take to the pawn shop later to sell.
"Sorry Jr, but we need this money to recuperate our losses."said Lynn Sr, before he and Rita picked up Lucy's coffin, placed the confiscated sports equipment inside, and quickly made their way out the room.
"Grrr! This is so not fair!"said Lynn, who didn't like the fact that she had to give up her precious hockey sticks just because she broke a few items in the house.
"Just be grateful that they didn't take every single piece of sports gear."said Lucy, who had to admit she felt strange without her coffin but knew that it was the consequences of her actions.
"Ahhh! Why do we have to give up precious items that mean a lot to us?!"questions Lynn as she heard Lola begging her parents not to take her precious dress.
"No.. that is made of silk! Please!"shouted Lola's her parents took the dress anyway.
"We broke a majority of the furniture in the living room so it's the least we can do."said Lucy, before her roommate noticed that she was acting weird even by her standards.
"Your unusually calm about this despite the fact they just took your coffin."said Lynn, who noticed this strange behavior from Lucy ever since she came back from Lincoln's bedroom.
"Leave me alone."said Lucy, causing Lynn to shrug her shoulders as although she was curious she had other things to worry about.
Mainly the sound of lawn I'm begging her parents not to take her tool set!
"Nooooo!"shouted the tomboy twin as her parents began taking everything they could down the stairs so they could take it to the pawn shop later to sell!
"These items well at least fetches a few thousand dollars at the pawn shop which will hopefully recuperate most of our losses."said Lynn Sr, who was hearing his daughter's crying from the second floor.
"Oh, I feel terrible with what we're doing with the girls but it has to be done."said Lynn Sr, who decided to remain firm upon seeing the broken furniture that was still in the living room.
"I know it's hard, Lynn. But the sooner the girls realize that these actions have real life consequences, the better. Now let's get all of this stuff into Vanzilla, and start making our way to the pawn shop so we can get some of our money back."said Rita, before she and her husband began taking all the stuff that they conversated from their daughters to the family van.
About twenty minutes later they had finished packing Vanzilla with every single item they confiscated from their daughters. Once they finished packing did they quickly make their way to the driver and passenger seat of the van and quickly turn the ignition on.
The Loud sisters on the other hand could do nothing as they watched they're precious stuff being taken away from them to the pawn shop by Lisa's security cameras. Tears fell down their faces as they saw their precious items one by one being driven away from Franklin Street to the pawn shop that was at the edge of town.
Lori lost her golf clubs.
Leni lost her sewing equipment and mannequin.
Luna lost her drums and one of her bass guitars.
Luan lost her laptop.
Lynn lost her hockey sticks, one of her soccer balls, and her baseball bat.
Lucy lost her coffin.
Lola lost her dress that was made of silk that she won at a contest.
Lana lost her ratchet and tool set.
Lisa lost some of her science equipment.
Only Lily and Lincoln were exempt from the confiscation as they had nothing to do with the destruction in the house.
"Oh, Lincoln is going to regret this when he comes back from his trip!"said Lori with anger and fury.
"But what if he doesn't come back?"asked Lucy, causing the rest of the Loud sisters to look at her.
"What do you mean?"questions Lisa.
"Before I left his room I heard him grumbling about something about not going back and how we don't respect his privacy at all."admitted Lucy.
"Of course, we don't." said Lola's in a non-caring tone."I mean, we're the majority in this place so our needs and wants should matter more, right? It's the 'needs of the many' that should be more important over the 'needs of the one'. And we're the 'many' in the case of this family and this household."
"I'm not sure using those sayings works in this instance..." muttered Luna, who sounded unsure.
"Lola's right. So what if we constantly barge into his room without his permission? So what if we kicked him out of his room a few times so we could use it as a cool-off spot?" agreed Lori with her little sister. "The little twerp should just learn to suck it up and deal with it. This is how things have always been in this house and they're not about to start changing anytime soon."
"Yeah! And they aren't going to be changing when he gets back either!"chimed in Lana in agreement.
"About that...I'm not sure if he'll even be coming back, considering how mad he was when he was yelling at me earlier." admitted Lucy, causing the others to go silent for a moment before Lynn spoke up.
"...Did he actually say that he wasn't going to come back after he leaves?"
"No, but again he was grumbling under his voice about thinking about not coming back."said Lucy, causing the others to look unsure.
"Just let the little dork stew in his own self pity for a while. He'll come around and apologize later after he calms down, I'm sure of it."said Lori with a scoff.
"Yeah, just let him cool off for now. He'll come groveling back to us later, just like he always does." added Lola in agreement.
"Besides, do you really think that he could ever leave us for real? In fact, I bet he's just bluffing about this whole trip thing in the first place. For all we know, that could be part of some scheme that is meant to try and trick us into being jealous about this stupid trip of his. Well, I'm not falling for it."said Lola, who still didn't believe that Lincoln was leaving.
"Thinking about it, this island off the coast of France place is probably something from one of his comic books and he's using it to mess with us." suggested Lana, adding her two cents to the conversation.
"Yeah, you got a point there, dude. Knowing Linc, he'll probably go to Clyde's house for a day or two before coming back."said Luna in agreement.
"That would be something our fraternal unit would do, admittedly." conceded Lisa, going along with the conversation. "Very well. Taking this possibility into consideration, I think it would be best to dismiss this 'trip' of Lincoln's as an elaborate hoax, meant to be some kind of misguided revenge over our use of his room and belongings while the Protocol was active."
"Meaning?"asked Luan.
"Meaning that if this assumption is true, then we shouldn't bother with trying to find out anymore about what he's up to. However, just in case, I will look into this island off the coast of France place and see what I can find out, just in case our fraternal unit isn't trying to trick us. However..."added Lisa.
"However...?"said the rest of the Loud sisters.
"If he does actually leave permanently, I'm using this moment to call 'dibs' in advance on his former bedroom." said Lisa with a smug tone, which causes the other girls to start arguing with her over who would claim said room.
Even Lucy had gotten involved, her morose feelings from before left behind in favor of arguing her case on why she should be the one to get Lincoln's room after he leaves.
And though they didn't realize it, this moment of selfish self-interest only proved that their brother wasn't exactly wrong about everything he had said about them.
But Lincoln at that moment could care less as he was too busy having fun with his friends who he would probably not see a long time. He was too busy eating pizza and having a chat with his best buddies.
[To Be Continued]
Phew... that took longer than anticipated but I finally managed to get it done.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I hope to see you all next time for the next chapter when Lincoln officially leaves for Kalos.
He will soon be getting his starter pokémon so decide amongst yourselves who do you think the starter Pokemon will be.
This is not a vote system as the starter Pokemon has already been decided, just letting you know now.
But if you want to make suggestions for his team feel free to leave a comment or send me a private message.
With that said have a great rest of the day and I will see you all next time.
PrimusPilus signing off.