1x2: Family is not just Blood
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"Have you found anything?" Asked a Woman
She wore a purple turtleneck sweater with brown khaki shorts and around her chest was a blue sash. She was a Blonde Middle-aged woman. In front of her was a teenage girl who wore a Girl Scout outfit with the same sash over her chest. Around her were maybe 20 or 30 other teenagers that looked like both Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.
"Yeah, I looked around some of the houses in Royal Woods and I found a house that had a freshly written message on the door," said the girl
"And what did it say?" the woman asked,
"The message said: "Left for the Middle School. If you see this meet us there" and the people who left the message were two people called Lincoln and Lana" The girl finished.
"I see," the woman said.
"What's the Plan Scoutmaster?" Asked a Boyscout
"What we've always done after the world went to shit" The Scoutmaster replied with a small smile, "We're gonna take it all"
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In what used to be the teacher's lounge but now simply a meeting room of the Middle school council, sat Sam, Lincoln, Lana, and Jordan.
Sam looked at Lincoln, "So... how long have you guys been out there?" Sam asked with concern.
"Since the beginning" Lincoln replied
"Your family?" Sam asked, a worried look on her face
Lincoln sighed, "Mom and our sisters left for the city, we and our dad were supposed to meet them there but then the roadblocks happened, we got stuck and most of the cars had been damaged or drained of fuel," Lincoln said. "Dad died a year after the Infection and we still don't know where the rest of our family is,"
"But they'll find us, I know they will," Lana said with a smile.
The three knew she was trying to brighten up the mood, and they smiled for her sake. Knowing that if they didn't, then they would shatter her hope.
Sam looked back at Lincoln, "Anything else?" Sam asked.
"Not really," Lincoln said rubbing the back of his neck "After one guy tried to break into our house after dad died, me and Lana have been living in the bunker," Lincoln finished.
Sam took a deep breath in and then let a big sigh out of her lungs, she then looked at Lana. "Hey, squirt, when was the last time you had a hot meal or a hot shower?" Sam said with a chuckle.
Lana was embarrassed but she smiled anyway, and seeing that made Lincoln's smile wider than it was. Lana had always been the one to get dirty out of the twins, not caring about how she looked, but the few times they had to clean up, she had complained about how cold the river was.
"Been a while," Lana told Sam.
Sam smiled, "Well not anymore," Sam told her, she then looked at Jordan, "Could you take Lana to get some food and a shower?
Jordan nodded, "Sure thing, Sam" Jordan replied. She then looked at the smaller blonde, "Come on Lana, you won't believe how good it feels to have a hot shower" Jordan said with a smirk.
The two left the room and all that was left was Lincoln and Sam.
Sam looked at the only loud boy with a sad expression, "I'm sorry," Sam told him.
Lincoln looked at her confused. What did she have to be sorry for?
"I should have seen if you guys were still there... I should have made sure you all made it out," Sam told him, her voice becoming a little shakey.
Lincoln shook his head and stopped her before she could continue, "You didn't know Sam, not to mention you had to run this place, I don't blame you for not checking on us... You should have been more worried about your family," Lincoln said.
The room went silent again. Sam looked down in sadness, "They're gone..." Same told him.
"I-I'm sorry... I didn't know"
"It's fine," Sam told him, she then lifted her head to look back at him, "how many?" she asked
"How many what?" Lincoln asked
"How many Rotters have you killed?" Sam asked
Lincoln looked at her and he closed his eyes and tried to remember. He did remember how many, but it was hard for him to comprehend it. "7 maybe 9," Lincoln replied.
Sam nodded, her face showing a little bit of sadness but there was more understanding.
"What about you?" He asked, "How many Rotters have you killed?"
Sam shrugged, "It's been 4 years, I lost count at 20," Sam said with a sigh.
Lincoln then decided to ask a hard question, "Have you... Have you killed any people?" Lincoln asked
This was it. The Million Doller question. One that was never easy in these types of situations, no one would ever enjoy talking about the people they killed, unless they were a psycho.
"Five," Sam said "One was a guy who broke in here and tried to take Stella as a hostage, the other four were assholes trying to kill us while we were looking for supplies," She told Lincoln
Lincoln nodded.
Sam, however, knew why he may have brought up this question. "How many have you killed Linc?" Sam asked him.
Lincoln looked to the ground and tears almost welled up in his eyes.
"You don't have to talk about it Linc if it-"
"1, I killed 1 person..." Lincoln told her.
Sam slowly nodded, "It's hard taking a life," Sam told him, "It never gets easier,"
Lincoln nodded.
Sam then shook her head, and stood up and looked to him. "Well! Enough with all this depressing shit, go ahead and find Lana and Jordan," She told Lincoln, "I'll tell everyone you're here, I'm sure some people would be very happy to see you again," She finished with a smile.
Lincoln looked back at her with a soft smile and nodded, as he and Sam then left the room.
As they did, Sam then remembered an important detail and turned to him. "I forgot to mention that each of us here has a job," Sam said, "So you're gonna need one that helps this place out"
Lincoln nodded and looked at her, "What is there?" Lincoln asked.
Sam smiled, "Well, there are five jobs that each person on the council runs," she told him.
"Who's on the council?" Lincoln asked.
"Me, Sully, Pattie, Chaz, and Carol," Sam replied, "
"Sully runs the Lookouts, nursing is run by Pattie, Then there's fence duty run by Carol, but everyone kind of takes turns on that no matter what, Engineering ran by Chaz, and finally, there are Scavengers, run by me," Sam told him.
"And I can pick any of those jobs?" Lincoln asked
Sam nodded, "Yep, though some of them will be hard at first as some jobs like Lookout, Nursing, and Engineering take some time to understand," She told him.
Lincoln nodded and weighed his options, but deep down, he felt that he already knew the answer. "I think... I already know what Job I want to do," Lincoln said.
Sam nodded, "And what's that?" Sam asked.
"Scavenging" Lincoln replied
The two stopped in their tracks and Sam looked at him with a shocked expression. "What!?" Sam cried.
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While that was happening, Jordan was leading Lana to the second floor to look for a room for her and Lincoln to stay in.
Suddenly, Chandler McCann, once a bully of Lincoln and everyone else, appeared. He wasn't the same as he used to be. He wore a blue fur coat with what seemed to be fake hair around the hood of the jacket and strapped over his right shoulder was a hunting Rifle and strapped along his belt was a large bowie knife. His hair was cut shorter.
He saw Jordan with Lana and ran to them, to see who Lana was as he had never seen anyone like her at the school.
"Hey, Jordan!" Chandler called.
The two turned around and saw Chandler,
Jordan looked at him with a smile and a raised brow, "Hey Chandler, what's up?" Jordan asked.
Chandler then looked to Lana and then back to Jordan, "Who's the kid?" he asked
Jordan was a bit confused but then remembered that Lana was with her and no one else knew about Lincoln or Lana yet. "Oh right," Jordan said, "this is Lana Loud, Lincoln's little sister," she told him
As soon as Chandler heard the name of the white-haired boy his eyes went in shock but a smile made its way on his face, "Lincoln's little sister? Wait is he here!? Lincoln's still alive!?" Chandler asked with shock.
Jordan with a smile on her face smiled, "Yep," She replied.
Chandler's smile grew louder, "Hell yeah!" He cried, "Does everyone else know?" He asked her.
Jordan shook her head, "No, we're trying to get them settled at the moment," Jordan told him
Chandler chuckled, "Makes sense, but you do realize that once most of his friends, hell, everyone hears about this, they're gonna flip!" Chandler said, "I gotta tell them!"
With that said, Chandler ran off to tell everyone about Lincoln and Lana. Jordan sighed and led Lana to a room that would be her and Lincoln's room. It was on the second floor and it was just downstairs from the locker rooms where the showers were located.
Jordan and Lana entered the empty classroom/bedroom and looked at Lana as she looked around. "So we have some extra beds and I'll get them right to you, most of the food we have is down in the cafeteria and we mostly eat before night so the lights don't let anyone know we're here, but besides that... welcome to your new room," Jordan told her with a smile.
Lana smiled and looked around the empty classroom, The windows were closed with makeshift blinds, and the desks where students used to sit were gone. All that was left that would key you in on this being a classroom was the chalkboard and the still-hanging posters of quotes.
"If you need anything my room's the first one by the stairs," Jordan said "Ok?"
Lana nodded and Jordan went to the front door to leave.
"Jordan" Lana called
Jordan stopped and turned to the younger loud, with a raised brow, "Yeah?" She asked.
Lana had a soft smile on her face as she looked at the older girl. "Thank you,"
Jordan smiled and nodded her head, "I just did what I know your brother would have done" She said. "I'll get those beds, stay here and make yourself comfy," she told Lana as she left.
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"After everything you been through, you wanna go out there again?" Sam asked again
Lincoln nodded and Sam just sighed and looked at him.
Sam sighed, "Are you sure about this? What about Lana?" Sam asked.
Lincoln looked at Sam, "I'm doing this for her..." Lincoln replied.
"You might be the last Family Member she has! What happens if you don't come back!?" Sam asked.
Lincoln looked at her with a small glare, "Don't you think I worry about that every day?" He replied, "I know that there is always a chance that I'll die or get bit, I was always worried when I went alone to get food! I was afraid that I wouldn't make it home to her when I left her in that bunker!" Lincoln cried
Sam looked at him in shock.
"But I made sure I came back! I made sure that no matter what or who stood in my way I would find her, I would protect her, I would come home alive," Lincoln said "Going out there means I can still protect her while she is here, where I know she is safe, where I don't have to worry about anything,"
Sam looked at him and saw the look in his eyes, she understood what he was going through. She knew he was only saying the half-truth. He was always on his feet while he was out there, focused, vigilant, and ready to kill anything that threatened him and his sister. Staying here where he would have to do something else bothered him, he couldn't be anything else then what he already was.
He had accepted this life without even knowing it.
Once you've been out there long enough, you couldn't see anything as normal. It was like Sully, Mazzy, Jordan, and Maggie, they had seen more of the horrors than most of them. They couldn't sit and do something else besides killing Rotters and keeping their mind occupied with searching for things that could help them.
Sam herself felt like that sometimes but she needed to run this place, so she kept herself balanced. However, she sighed and looked at him, "Fine... But you'll have to tell Lana understood?" she asked
Lincoln nodded, "Yeah, of course," He replied.
Sam nodded back, "Good, now When do you want to start?" Sam asked
"Tomorrow," Lincoln replied quickly. I want to make sure Lana and I have everything set up" Lincoln replied
Sam nodded, "Fine, But I would suggest you shower first and maybe do something with your hair," Sam said "And get rid of those clothes, we got some spares in the Gym,"
Lincoln nodded, Before Sam could get another word out they heard a loud call of Lincoln's name.
"LINCOLN!" came the cry
Lincoln turned around and he looked down the hallway where he saw all those he called friends. The ones he saw were Zach, Liam, Stella, Chandler, Christina, and Darcy.
Lincoln saw how they had all changed. Zach's hair was now a buzzcut, he had grown a little taller, he wore a dark green camo jacket, and underneath was an Ace savvy t-shirt and camo jeans, along with his glasses.
Liam was taller and his hair was longer but split in the middle, His clothes were a pair of overhauls with a fur jacket over it and he wore brown leather gloves.
Stella had a white coat with red lines down the sleeves, she wore a black tank top under it and wore a pair of basketball shorts, with a pair of combat boots. Her hair was shorter and it reminded him of Luna's a little.
Christina had her hair in a ponytail and she wore a dark yellow shirt with the sleeves ripped off and she wore a skirt with grey sneakers. She also wore full black gloves. She had a scar that was small but visible on the right side of her face, it looked like she was hit with something blunt.
Darcy, who Lincoln now figured to be around Nine, was as tall as Lucy was, She also wore a hoodie that was a little too big for her and she wore grey jeans with some holes in them, strapped to her side was a small pocket knife. she wore kid-sized winter boots. her hair was cut very short, it almost looked like a small afro, her hair was tangled which made it look that way.
Lincoln hugged his two guy friends before hugging most of the girls and then he looked at Chandler with a bit of an odd look
"Hey, If you still think I'm an asshole, then you got another thing coming Lincoln," Chandler said with a smile
Lincoln smiled at his former bully, "Well, at least it's not Larry," Lincoln said.
The two then hugged.
Darcy then tapped Lincoln's back and Lincoln turned to her and saw the question already in her eyes. She and Lana were close, and she wasn't sure if Lisa was aware of Darcy's feelings, but Lincoln had known Darcy had a crush on the Genius.
"Lisa... Is she...?" Darcy began to ask.
Lincoln looked at her and smiled, "I don't know Darcy, But I know she's still alive" Lincoln told her
"How do you know?" Darcy asked with worry
"Because I'm her brother, and I haven't lost faith in finding her alive," Lincoln said
Darcy quickly hugged Lincoln and Lincoln was surprised for a minute before hugging back with a soft smile. Today was indeed a good day for the two Louds, but Lincoln had wondered if there would be more days like this.
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That's it for this chapter and I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and are ready for the next one!