1x1: Looking up for Louds
It was a cloudy and dark day in what was left of Royal Woods, Michigan. It had been 5 years since the R-1213 Virus spread, or as it was better known as the "Rotting Virus" or just "Rotting" had spread across the world, and those infected would die in 3-4 hours and come back as what they referred to as "Rotters".
A young girl, wearing a pair of black pants, a shirt with half a rainbow on it, and over that was a blue long-sleeved shirt. This little girl was Lana Loud, she was now 10 and she was no longer the little girl who liked to play in the mud. Now she was searching for food that her traps may have caught, she managed to snag 2 Rabbits. Funny, Lana always thought that the little animals represented her family, however, these were the first two that she had seen ever since the world had gone down the drain... Maybe the rabbits still represented her family...
She walked back to what was once her house.
Now it was sacked, broken, and just plain old. She went to the side and saw the bunker that her younger sister Lisa had built.
She opened the hatch and climbed down, There she saw her older brother Lincoln Loud, sleeping on the floor, he never slept in the bed that he shoved down here. He was now 15, yet he acted and looked like he was much older. he didn't wear orange anymore, but he wore a dark button-up shirt with the sleeves rolled up and a white t-shirt under it with dark blue jeans, his hair was a mess as well.
It's been rough the past 5 years, the two didn't know what happened to their sisters or their mother. They knew what happened to their father though. Lana remembered it in great detail like it was just a few hours ago...
It was only a year after the infection spread, the two were hunting and were just across from their house when they heard a scream, The two ran inside the house they rushed in to see their dad pinning a Rotter against the wall with his forearm, but Lincoln noticed that the Rotters' teeth had sunk into his dad's flesh. Lincoln quickly grabbed the fire poker and shoved it in the Rotter's head, killing it. Lincoln's dad removed his arm from the Rotter's mouth and let it slide down as Lincoln took the fire poker out.
"Dad..." Lana said as she saw the bite.
Lynn Sr looked at his arm and indeed saw it was bleeding, "Shit..." He said.
Lynn Sr looked at his two kids and knew they weren't gonna like what he was gonna do. He led them upstairs and went to his closet, on the top shelf was a box. He grabbed it and brought it down, he then set it on the bed and opened it. Inside was a Ruger LCP and a Colt Python, He then looked to his son.
"Lincoln, you already know how to use this... Now I want you to teach Lana... I won't be able to" Lynn Sr told him
Lana had tears rolling down her cheeks but Lincoln whipped away his before they could form and he nodded,
"I'm gonna use the colt, and only come in after you hear the shot, understood?" he asked Lincoln.
Lincoln looked to his dad and nodded, "understood" Lincoln said.
Lynn Sr cried as he quickly embraced his two children and they embraced back. He then broke the hug and looked at his son, "Teach Lana how to use the Ruger, the Colt is too big and heavy for her" Lynn Sr told Lincoln.
Lynn Sr grabbed the colt and loaded it, The two knew what to do and they left the room and shut the door. A few minutes later they heard the gunshot and Lana cried but Lincoln held her tight.
Lana opened her eyes to see her brother was beginning to wake up, he rubbed his eyes and looked to his sister.
"Hey Lana," He said in a groggy tone, "what time is it?" he asked
"Around 2," Lana replied
Lincoln then saw the four dead animals on the far side of the bunker, he then looked at his sister with a glare, "Lana..." he began
"Linc I wanted to see what I caught and I knew you needed the rest so I went out and looked" Lana quickly said
"It doesn't matter! You should have told me!" Lincoln said
Lana looked at her brother, "but Linc!"
"No Buts! I don't care if I was sleeping or taking a shit! You should have told me!" Lincoln cried
"Linc! You haven't slept in 4 days!" Lana cried "You've been spending day and night making sure no rotters or crazy assholes try and kill us!"
However, before the two could argue more there was a loud banging coming from the shelter hatch
The two quickly went quiet and Lincoln grabbed his belt which had his Colt and the holster on it, he grabbed the Colt and looked and aimed it at the hatch, suddenly A feminine voice called to them
"Hello? Is anyone there? Look I'm not gonna hurt you, I'm from a safe place, I swear I won't hurt you just open the hatch and we can talk" Said the voice
The person sounded young, Lincoln, still with the colt in his hand went up the latter and slowly turned the handle, as he opened it he quickly raised his gun to the person's face, they were masked and had a black bandanna covering their nose and mouth and a hoodie hiding most of their head, as soon as they saw the gun they backed up, Lincoln quickly got up from the hatch and pointed the gun at the person. They were indeed a girl, Lincoln could tell as her breast could be noticed under her clothes.
"Back up and don't move or I will shoot," Lincoln told the person
The person did as they were told and Lincoln got fully out of the bunker for the person to see him.
"Lincoln? Lincoln loud?" the woman asked asked
Lincoln held the gun tighter and kept it pointed at the girl, "How do you know me?" Lincoln asked
The girl then removed her mask and hoodie from their face, only for Lincon to see hazel-colored hair. It was a very familiar face. The last one Lincoln expected to see too.
"Girl Jordan?" Lincoln asked
"Sup Undies," Girl Jordan said with a smirk, "mind if I come in?" She asked.
Lincoln nodded and moved his Gun away from Girl Jordan. Once inside, Girl Jordan was sitting across from Lincoln and Lana, however, Lana was staring at Girl Jordan with a mean look on her face.
Noticing her expression, Lincoln saw this and nudged his sister. "Lana, be nice," Lincoln told her
Girl Jordan smirked, "It's fine Linc, I'm used to it" she replied.
Lincoln sighed, "So what happened you Girl Jordan?" Lincoln asked
Jordan sighed, "First of all, just "Jordan" please, I still don't like that people are still calling me that even if the other one is dead, second I've been fine actually," Jordan said
Lincoln nodded, "Jordan, you mentioned a safe place?" He asked, "Where is it?" Lincoln asked.
Jordan looked at him, "Well it's the Middle school" Jordan replied
Lana was surprised to hear that. "Really? I thought that place would be overrun with Rotters" Lana said
Jordan shook her head, "Nope, see me and a couple of other kids went to Saturday school and then that's when the outbreak started, There were only 5 or 7 teachers at the school and as soon as some Rotter got in, most of them got bit, Some just offed themselves, and left us alone, most of us thought we were goners, but then a couple of Highschool students managed to rescue us," Jordan told Lana, "After that, some kids managed to get to the school, with no parents, just kids... We then managed to board up all the windows as well as fortify the fences" Jordan replied.
Lincoln looked at her with a raised brow, "So who's all there, and who's in charge?" Lincoln asked.
"A high school student named Sam Sharp," Jordan replied
Both Lincoln and Lana's eyebrows rose up in shock at the name. They knew who Sam was but Lincoln had to make sure it was the right person they were thinking about.
"Sam... She's alive..." Lincoln asked.
Jordan nodded, "You know her?" Jordan asked.
Lincoln chuckled, "Know her? She dated our sister!" Lincoln said with a smile.
Hearing that Sam was close to the loud family in some way, made Jordan smile. "Then I'm sure she won't mind having you two in our little community," Jordan said with a smile.
Lincoln then looked to Lana, "Lana... do you want to go?" Lincoln asked
Lana looked at her brother and Lincoln could see the unease in her eyes, so Lincoln had an idea, he knew it was stupid, but it would help Lana. He smiled and got onto his knee, "We'll leave them a note, telling them that we went to the School, that way they know where to find us," Lincoln told her "Ok?"
Lana nodded her head, "Ok,"
Lana packed their stuff, Lincoln holstered his colt and Lana did the same with her Ruger. With a little help from Jordan, they were ready to go, but Lana quickly used a marker and wrote on their door.
Left for the Middle School. If you see this meet us there
- Lincoln and Lana L.
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They then followed Jordan a block from their house until they stopped at a dark green SUV that was parked halfway on the sidewalk, making it look like it was abandoned.
Lincoln looked at it with a confused expression, "What's this?" Lincoln asked.
"This is our ride," Jordan replied with a smile.
Lana looked shocked, "Wait, Wait! You mean we're gonna drive there?" She asked.
"Yeah," Jordan replied.
"Do you even know how to drive?" Lana asked.
Jordan smiled, "Yep, some of the High School students taught us just in case"
Lincoln felt uneasy but decided to trust Jordan, so he and Lana got in the SUV and put their stuff in the trunk. Lincoln sat in front with Jordan as they drove while Lana sat in the back.
"So, who's all there? Anyone we know?" Lincoln asked.
Jordan took a quick glance at him before turning back to the road. "There's Zach, Liam, Stella, Cookie, Chandler, Christina, Haiku, Mollie, Tabby, Rusty's little brother Rocky, and a little girl named Darcy"
"So no teachers survived?" Lincoln asked.
"Well, Nurse Pattie is still kicking, but besides her everyone else is dead," Jordan told him
"The high school students?" Lincoln asked.
"Sully, Mazzy, Quinn, Fiona, Dana, Becky, Chaz, Carol, Maggie, Polly, and Margo," Jordan replied.
Lincoln nodded, finding it funny that he knew most of them. Lincoln then looked at Lana in the backseat and could see her looking back down the street toward the house. Lincoln felt guilty as he knew the truth, his family was dead. All that was left of the Loud family were him and Lana. Lincoln hid the truth from Lana, who still had hope that she'd be able to see her twin sister and her other sisters.
Jordan then took a glance at Lincoln, "So what happened to you?" Jordan asked
Lincoln looked at her, he turned back to look out the front window, before beginning his tale. "Most of our family left for the city because they heard it was safe, Our dad stayed behind to take me and Lana, but the roads became blocked and we got stuck in Royal Woods," Lincoln told her, "So far we lived in our house hoping that our family would return, but a year after the infection spread our dad got bitten... he shot himself and we've been living in our bunker since then, scavaging for food, Lana made traps to catch animals, and if it ever came down to it, me and Lana would raid houses for food," Lincoln told Jordan.
Jordan felt terrible when she heard about Lincoln's dad, "I-I'm sorry, about you're dad..." She told him.
Lincoln let out a sigh, "I'm over it for the most part," He said, "I've got more important things to do anyway," He said.
Jordan knew he was talking about Lana and keeping her safe, and while she knew it wasn't good to hold and hide emotions, she was at least glad he didn't shut down or do something far more terrible.
Finally, after 40 minutes of driving, they arrived at the middle school and Jordan drove around to the back, where the fence was. There was only one gate where a car could enter through, around it, and along the rest of the fence was a makeshift fence with spikes pointing out so that Rotters would impale themselves onto it and then someone could kill them.
Jordan honked her horn two times, and that's when he saw Sully and Mazzy run to the fence and open it. Jordan then drove in and parked where more cars were parked, She turned off the car and exited the car.
As soon as she did, A girl with blonde hair and a blue streak walked to Jordan.
Sam looked at Jordan with a smile. "Welcome back Jordan," The girl said.
Jordan waved at her and gave her a smile, "Hey Sam" Jordan replied.
Sam Sharp looked different than she did 4 years ago. Her hair was now an Undercut, but her blue streak was still there but shorter, her blue jacket was the same except that the sleeves were missing, and under it was a tank top and she wore ripped black jeans and a pair of full black Vans.
"Find anything useful?" Sam asked Jordan.
Jordan gave Sam a knowing smirk, "You could say that," Jordan said.
Sam was puzzled but she then heard the other car door opening and she then saw a boy with white hair and next to him was a girl with blonde hair. Sam almost didn't recognize them as their clothes were different than the ones she had always seen them wearing, but realizing who they were made her freeze in shock. "Lincoln? Lana?" Sam asked
The now 15-year-old boy looked at her and nodded.
Sam couldn't contain her joy as she ran up to the two and gave them a tight hug. The Two Louds reciprocated the hug just as tightly, and then they broke from it.
Sam kept it together as she remained hugging the two, "It's good to see you two again," Sam said, tears forming in her eyes.
Lincoln nodded, feeling some emotions rising up, "It's good to see you too Sam" Lincoln replied.
Lana nodded and sniffled, Sam simply held her tighter.
Eventually, the hug broke and Sam looked at Lincoln, "We got a lot of catching up to do, Linc," Sam told him.
"Yeah..." Lincoln said.
Sam then turned to Lana and looked to see tears in her eyes.
"Hey squirt," Sam said with a chuckle.
Lana gave Sam another hug.
Lincoln smiled and was happy Lana got to see someone she recognized. When Sam and Luna started dating, Sam wanted to know more about the family, Luan and the younger siblings, including Lincoln, had taken a liking to the blonde rocker. However, The Twins and Lily like her the most.
At least something went in the Loud's favor today.
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That was it for the rewrite of "The Dead Are the Loudest S1". There's not much of a difference then before for the first chapter, but the rest of the Chapters from here on out will be different and far more fleshed out.
But, yes, this series is returning and I'm very excited to be doing it again! Anyway, thank you all for reading and I'll see you later!