Welcome welcome everyone's. I hope your autumn has started off well as it has here. Leaves are falling and the temperature is getting nice and cold. My type of weather lol.
Since Halloween is coming, I've decided to go with a Halloween themed type of chapter. I hope you all enjoy it.
Lincoln was on a morning jog around the base. He was wearing gym shorts and running shoes Sarah got for him as well as the regular under armour he wears. The temperature was cold outside as it was now the 30th October now, which means Halloween was approaching tomorrow. The base didn't look much different apart from some coloured leaves that flew into the base. The quarters didn't have any decoration either, it pretty much still looked the same with no changes.
It has been a couple weeks so now things have been a little different. Lincoln and Sarah had been together for a few months now,
While Lincoln was enjoying his jog in the cold air, it was refreshing and was nice for when he overheated and needed to stop and take in the cool air. As Lincoln kept running, he finally finished his laps and started to jog to the air hanger. Once he got there, he saw a patrol vehicle inside and supply crates ready to be shipped. Lincoln walked up to them and admired the vehicle "Damn...i remember driving you in Iraq" Lincoln said as he examined the vehicle "Never will forget you" he said then patted it on the hood.
Lincoln then turned to continue his jog but then bumped into Jack who came in dressed the same as Lincoln "Oh you're here early aren't you" Jack said as he walked in.
"Thought I'd get a quick run in before starting today" Lincoln said as he checked his watch to see the time "Alright man. I see you spotted the vehicle" Jack said as he also examined the humvee "I did. This getting shipped to Iraq or something?" Lincoln asked as he checked the inside of the humvee.
"Yeah, you're right. Didn't you drive one of these back in Iraq? I remember you saying it saved your life or something" Jack asked Lincoln to which he nodded "Yeah. I drove it on patrol with my guys, there was this one incident we got into while I was driving it-"
2 years ago
After Lincoln and his friends stopped more possible ambushes, they resumed normal patrol the next day. This time instead of on foot they got to use one of the humvees. Lincoln was the one driving it as Nick sat in the passenger seat and Sam and Michael sat in the back looking out their windows. They also had another soldier on the gunner who Nick knew from when he was a kid. Named David.
He made it to their camp and was assigned to their group the other day, which was alright, an extra teammate and someone to help watch their backs. David was easy to get along with, he would for some reason always bring this pocket knife his grandpa gave him. He kept it on him all the time and would rub it for good luck, why? He never really said. But Nick hadn't talked to him since they were 10 because David moved schools. They just know it belonged to his grandpa and his grandpa gave him it, that's all. He would flick open the blade and basically rub his thumb along it when it was closed, that's what he was doing right now, just flicking the blade open.
"Hey David you see any tangos out there?" Nick asked over his radio which David picked up "Not really. It's all quiet up here, nothing on the roofs or anything, over"
"Bro, you don't need to say over after using the radio...over" Sam joked "Har har man" David said laughing.
"Come on guys take it seriously. So, David, any embarrassing stories about our good friend Nick here?" Lincoln asked.
Nick then shot Lincoln a daring glare, but it only made the others laugh "Come on Davey!" Michael cheered and he punched the roof of the humvee "Well did Nick ever tell you guys he had a crush on a teacher in elementary school?"
"Dude everyone has at least had a crush on a teacher!" Nick complained but also laughed at how ridiculous its sounding "I mean I did in middle school so..." Lincoln admitted "Yeah I had one on my spanish teacher and ohhh boy...she was fine" Sam joined in "Yeah, I remember also having a crush on my spanish teacher. But there was a rumour she was sleeping with the principal, not sure" Michael said.
"Alright guys I think that's enough about school, I fucking hated it" David said.
"You didn't really tell me; how was the new school you went to?" Nick asked him. David didn't reply for a bit, so it made Nick punch the roof "Hey David! How was the new school when you left?"
David finally snapped out of it "I mean it was okay. Made a few friends here and there...but I mean- it- it wasn't good. I got bullied a bit, even by my sisters..."
David had 4 sisters and he was the only guy. Which him and Lincoln bonded over as they knew where each were coming from. Though Lincoln denies he was bullied, more like sibling love "Yeah...when I told them I was joining the army that's when they showed me the last bit of love, I never really got from them. I was their big brother and what did they say to me the day before I told them I was joining? 'i fucking hate you, I wish you'd die' but then I tell them I'm joining they say, 'do you have to go?' 'we'll miss you' 'please don't go we love you'..." David trailed off "I think joining was the best decision because who knows...maybe they'll get what they wanted haha" David joked but neither of them laughed.
"Okay no need to go there bro we get it" Nick said as he chuckled, trying to steer them away from that conversation. There was a moment of silence for a little until David spoke up again.
"Guys I see a couple guys looking at as from a roof...they're pointed and-"
CRASHH-
Present, The loud house
Halloween is approaching which means the loud house is looking very scary with their decorations thanks to Lucy helping. It was about 14:00 for the family. Luna moved out the house and now lives back at her apartment with Luan. She felt a lot better talking with Lincoln and having her family look out for her, so she felt much safer back at the apartment. Her and Sam have also been trying to repair their relationship after what had happened. Hasn't been easy but they are improving, and Sam has been there for Luna when she needs her as well, so things have been going well for the couple.
Now, Lana, Lola, Lucy and Lola were carving pumpkins in the dining room and Lynn Sr just came through the front door holding 5 coffees "Guess who stopped at Starbucks on his way back from work because he's a cool dad!" he said as he gave his daughters a coffee.
"Is it the pumpkin spice one?" Lola asked without even taking a sip or a sniff "Of course it is princess" Lynn Sr said ruffling Lolas hair "Yes!" everyone said taking a sip of their coffee.
"This...this is why I love Halloween!" Lola said getting giddy from the coffee "Not for the dressing up in costumes huh?" Lynn Sr said as he took a seat at the table checking out everyone's pumpkins "She dressed up everyday dad, its nothing different from Halloween" Lara joked "Come on I was 6. And it was princesses, didn't even dress as something horror anyway unless it was Halloween"
"Still dressed pretty much like a princess every day for years" Lucy said as she pulled out the insides of her pumpkin "Dad still gets scared of Halloween" Lilly said giggling at her father.
"Oh, I do not-"
"BOO!"
"AHHH!" Lynn Sr yelled as he dove under the table to hide.
"Oh my god honey!" it was Rita holding a frankenstein mask in front of her face "It's too easy!"
Her husband then poked his head out from under the table "Very funny"
"Come on sweetie. It's just tricks" Rita said as she helped her husband up from the table.
Bzz bzz bzz bzz bzz
"Oh I have a video call" Lucy said taking her phone out "Oh it's from Lincoln-"
"LINCOLN?" everyone yelled in shock.
"Wait wait let me check" Lucy said calming everyone as she answered the call. She then saw Lincoln sitting down in his flat with Sarah as it was 21:00 at night "Hey Luce!" Lincoln said.
Lincoln pov
"Hey Lincoln!" Lucy said sounding happy to see Lincoln "Is anyone else there?" Lincoln asked as he could hear his family getting excited in the background "Show me" Lincoln asked her.
Lucy then turned her phone facing everyone so they can see Lincoln, it looked like everyone was going to cry seeing him "Oh my god Lincoln!" Lola said excitedly.
"Son!" Lynn Sr and Rita said as he held each other seeing their son.
"Linky!" Lilly said happily seeing him.
"Yo Lincoln bro!" Lana called out.
"Hey guys! I see you're carving pumpkins huh?" he said as he saw everyone's pumpkins "And...coffee of course ahah!" Lincoln laughed when he saw they had their coffee "Let me guess, pumpkin spice and dad got it for you" Lincoln guessed.
"Oh my god you're right!" Lola said as she took a sip.
"That's very sweet, just thought I'd check in with you guys see how you're doing. Did anyone scare dad yet?"
"Right here son!" Rita said waving the mask "Dang I knew mom would beat you guys to it haha!"
Everyone laughed. All except the only man in the room with his arms crossed and shaking his head "You all take advantage of my fears" Lynn Sr joked as he went back into the kitchen.
"Where are you right now bro?" Lana asked as she looked around Lincoln "Did you get a place to stay?"
"Yeah, I did-"
"It's our place!" Sarah said which made Lincoln look at her in shock as he didn't get to introduce her yet "Who's that? Do you have a girl with you?"
"Lincoln has a girlfriend?!" they could hear in the background of the phone call "Calm down calm down! Let me introduce you. Guys this is Sarah" Lincoln said as he showed Sarah the phone and everyone got to see her "She's my girlfriend"
Everyone screamed which made the phone almost go static from how loud they were screaming "Okay okay! Settle down come on" Lincoln begged but it only made Sarah giggle and laugh "Oh my goodness you weren't lying-"
"AND SHE'S BRITISH!" the screams of excitement only continued as they heard her accent was most definitely not American. Lincoln was now blushing in embarrassment and just put his phone down and rolled over "Ahhhhh I knew they would act like this"
Sarah then picked up Lincolns phone to talk to them "Let me guess! Lucy...Lola...Lana...Lilly...and of course Lynn and Rita!" Sarah said as she snapped her finger getting their names right.
"O M G she knows our names too!" Lola said as she was getting too excited "Nailed it haha" Sarah said sounding happy with herself. Lincoln then rolled back over with his head leaning on Sarah shoulder "Looks like they all like you"
"I like them too, so friendly" Sarah said as she happy to talk to his sisters and parents.
"How did you two meet?" Rita asked, "I'm actually the one who gave him his tattoos, even his first one" Sarah said holding Lincolns hand "Should've seen him, he cried like- ow!" Lincoln then pinched Sarah a little "He was a brave soldier" Sarah said gritting her teeth but also laughing as well as Lincoln did and rubbing her arm that he pinched.
"Aww well that's sweet. It would be nice if you could visit, we'd love to have you over for this Christmas" Lynn Sr said from the kitchen "Oh well that's okay you don't-"
"Sara...it's not really up to you, they've already decided for you" Lincoln said laughing as did everyone else "Oh ahah! Okay that's very sweet of you Mrs Loud"
"Call me Rita honey it's okay" Rita replied.
"Well, we have to get going now, some big plans for this Halloween" Lincoln said "We'll check in with you guys soon, have fun with the pumpkin carvings and someone scare dad for me!" Lincoln asked. Lynn Sr then came back into the dining room "Okay I know I get scared easily but I think you guys are taking advantage of-"
"BOOOOOOOOO!"
"AHHHHHHH!" Lynn Sr screamed as he ran away into the bedroom and shut the door.
Everyone busted out in laughter "Oh my god who did that?" Lincoln asked through his tears of laughter "Me!" Lilly said as she stood up from underneath the table after grabbing her father's leg.
"That's my sis! Nice one haha" Lincoln laughed "I'll see you guys later, enjoy Halloween" Lincoln said.
"Bye Lincoln!" everyone said in unison "Bye son!" Lynn Sr said from his room.
The call then ended, and Lincoln sighed happily "Your family really love you don't they" Sarah said as she cuddled up to Lincoln on the couch "Yeah...i love them too" Lincoln said.
"Can I ask you something..." Sarah trailed off a little.
"Sure?" Lincoln said as he looked down at her "Did your family...ever apologised for the things they did to you?" she asked as she was thinking back to the things Lincoln told her after talking to Luna.
"When they kicked me out of the house? I mean they apologised for thinking I was bad luck...but kicking me out and everything not entirely" Lincoln admitted.
It didn't really bother Lincoln that much, but it really drew the line where he stood and what they were willing to do to a family member. In a way Lincoln has managed to get through 18 years living with them, but at the same time he did go through some messed up shit at the house "I just ask because if that was me, I wouldn't have spoken to them forever"
"Well, you know..." Lincoln trailed off as he started to think. He did leave because he felt a burden to them. A black sheep of the family if you will. But Lincoln hadn't thought of it like that, him leaving because of how he was treated by them. Even his friends back in Iraq agreed that what they did was pretty messed up. No family just does that to an 11-year-old boy. Some would say that's child neglect, taking away his bed and selling all his furniture in the process. That just showed they weren't going to let him back in at all.
"I guess I never thought of it like that...they didn't treat me like their son or brother..." Lincoln said quietly as he sat there trying to process the reality.
"It's okay...they do seem like lovely people but just- damn Lincoln, you told me they used your own room for a protocol or some shit like that"
"Sister fight protocol yeah...i didn't stand for it too long-"
"Lincoln...i love you but-"
"You love me?"
The couple then took a pause...did she say the L word? First?
"I- I do. And I don't want you to think the things they done have been acceptable. I just don't see how you dismiss it like its nothing" Sarah vented.
Lincoln took a moment to think about it. His family didn't really talk about it after it happened, nor did they properly apologise afterwards.
"I've just been used to it I guess" Lincoln admitted as he tilted his head back looking up at the ceiling "Shit..."
The next day
Lincoln and Sarah were in bed sleeping. It was roughly 5AM, and Lincoln woke up. His body has been pretty used to waking up around this early because of the army. Which was good as he could get stuff done quicker. He stood up from the bed then made his way to the bathroom and started to do what he needed to do. Brushing his teeth, washing his face and take a leak. Lincoln then looked himself in the mirror, slicking his bed hair to the side and taking a better look. He sighed then went back to the bed and sat down. He then took his trousers he left on the floor and reached into the pocket and pulled out a knife. But it wasn't just a regular pocketknife...
2 years ago
"Okay no need to go there bro we get it" Nick said as he chuckled.
"Guys I see a couple guys looking at as from a roof...they're pointed and-"
*CRASHH-*
"OH SHIT!" Lincoln yelled as their humvee was knocked into by one of the enemies' cars. David then turned with his gun "THEY'RE ON OUR 6!" David then opened fire on them.
*BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG*
"SHIT GET US OUT OF HERE!" Sam yelled looking back at the truck. It was a similar truck to the one they ran into before, but instead of a gunner-
"RPG!" David yelled out to them.
Lincoln was trying to see any way of them to get out "LINCOLN COME ON! I'M RUNNING OUT!" David told him as he kept firing.
*BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG*
Lincoln luckily saw a turn so he made it but it was too late. The man behind them took aim and fired "HANG ON!"
The humvee was then hit just underneath them by the RPG but it caused them to flip on its side and crash through a building. This caused the bottom of the humvee to stick out the building, but the top part was luckily inside the building giving them cover.
Everyone was on their sides and David luckily didn't contact the brick wall "Everyone okay? Ah!" Lincoln asked as he was in pain from the contact of falling on the side in their humvee.
The building they were inside of was an abandoned house, so no civilians were injured or anything. David then crawled out through the top of the humvee where he was sitting and pulled out his gun and looked around.
"Alright guys come on!" David said as he then stuck his hand out helping Michael, Sam, Nick and Lincoln out of the humvee "Michael radio in support and our location!" Lincoln told him "Let's just get out of here-"
*THUD THUD THUD*
They then heard knocking coming from the front door "Oh shit they're trying to get in" Nick said as they all looked at the front door. Everyone tried looking for a way out then Lincoln spotted the back door "Come on!"
Everyone then made their way to the back door but David stuck behind "David! What the fuck are you doing?!" Nick asked him. David then turned around and showed them his grenade "Just one second"
Click
"OUT NOW!" David yelled for them as he threw the grenade at the front door then followed them out. They then ran to an alley and took cover there as they waited for the explosion.
*BANG*
The back of the building exploded open, and screams could be heard, hopefully coming from the guys that were chasing them. They then took a breather and while Michael was on his radio for support, he noticed something.
"David..." Sam said to him "Yeah?" David looked at him puzzled. But only until he saw Michael looking down at him and so did the rest. Blood was dripping down Davids's leg. He then looked down and saw his lower ribcage was pierced with his pocketknife. David then looked back up at his friends "Oh shit-"
David started to lose his balance then fell against the wall and slid down it, dropping his rifle to the floor in the process"Shit!" Nick said as dropped his gun then got to his knees and then examined the wound "Oh fuck its deep, I think it pierced his kidney- I don't know!" Nick said as he tried not to pull the knife out but instead took off Davids's vest then opened his shirt to examine it more.
"Fuck man we need that support now!" Nick told Michael as the rest watched, not wanting to interfere with Nick trying to help his friend. Instead, they kept an eye out on each side of the alley in case anyone came to them.
David then took off his helmet as Nick took out his medic kit and attempted to help his friend with what his kit had. Nick took out some combat gauze and tried to control the amounts of blood David was losing. Since he was stabbed in the kidney it means David was in the moment of losing a lot of blood. As Lincoln watched he got down on his knees and gave David support "You'll be okay man, just hang in there while Nick-"
"Lincoln..." David said as he took Lincolns hand and looked at him "Thank you...for understanding me...-"
David smiled and a tear started to roll down his cheek...but then his breathing stopped "David?...DAVID?!" Lincoln yelled. Nick looked up and saw David wasn't breathing "SHIT LAY HIM DOWN!" Nick said as him and Lincoln started to lay him down on his back and Nick attempted to give David CPR.
"DON'T FUCKING DIE I JUST GOT YOU BACK!" Nick yelled as he started to give David chest compressions. Lincoln still held Davids's hand, but Lincoln was the only one clenching it as David wasn't clenching back. Lincoln felt he could cry, he got to know David as someone who he could relate with, but he felt it was too late...Davids's hand fell out of Lincolns and Lincoln looked at Nick who was still in the process of giving David CPR.
"Nick..." Lincoln said faintly. But Nick kept going "Nick" Lincoln said properly but he still didn't listen to Lincoln. He just kept giving David compressions.
"Just...need to-"
"NICK!"
"WHAT!" Nick yelled and looked up at Lincoln and stopped the compressions. Nick was on the edge of crying over his friend.
The pair looked at each other then back down at Davids body. He was gone. Nick then rubbed his face accidentally getting blood on it. Lincoln then took one of the gauzes and wiped Nicks face "It's okay...its okay" Lincoln said as he patted Nicks shoulder. Nick was on the verge of crying but before that the support team came to them. Lincoln and Nick then stood up and walked over to them, letting the medic team take care of Davids body.
Weeks later
The guys were spending their free time together in the break room. Inside it was a couple of couches with a table in the middle, a tv and video game console along with a pool table and a small library with books and board games and some tables to play them. The guys were sitting together playing video games, they were alone as other men were out playing some football or basketball to help them keep their fitness. But they didn't want to join them, and they wanted some quiet time. The game they were playing was a call of duty game from a while ago, it happened to be there, so they decided to play some multiplayer. Lincoln was reading a comic that was on the shelf and Nick was sitting with him while Sam and Michael played together, waiting for their turn basically. They didn't talk about what happened to David because they didn't want to end up crying.
"Michael your six" Sam told him
"Thanks" Michael said as he took out one player behind him.
Meanwhile Lincoln and Nick were lost in their thoughts, thinking of what happened. Nick had Davids's pocketknife in his hand. Once David was presumed dead by the medic team, they gave Nick the knife, knowing Nick was the closest one to David. As Nick looked at the knife, he then looked at the trash can and stood up and tossed the knife into the trash can. The guys stopped playing after taking notice of what Nick did "Hey? Why did you throw it away?" Sam asked.
"I don't want it I-...I just can't keep it" Nick said as he went to sit back down but Lincoln stood up, threw the comic on the table and put his hand on Nicks chest "You can't throw away something that belonged to him" Lincoln told him, but Nick got angry "Don't touch me!" Nick then pushed Lincoln which caused Lincoln to knock into the pool table.
Sam and Michael shot up and got in between them in attempt to defuse the situation "Guys come on! Stop it!" Sam said as he put his hands out in front of Nick "You have no idea what it's like to lose a friend Lincoln...he was like my best friend and now that I got him back, he's fucking gone now!" Nick said in frustration. Trying not to yell but Nick couldn't hold it for longer "FUCK SAKE! HE WAS JUST MONTHS FROM TURNING 19!" Nick yelled.
"YEAH? WELL HE MADE A CHOICE TO JOIN! HE JOINED TO DEFEND US AND GET AWAY FROM HIS FAMILY BECAUSE HE WAS BULLIED FOR NO REASON! SOMETHING I HAD DONE TO ME TOO AND THATS WHY I CAME TO GET AWAY FROM MY FUCKING FAMILY!" Lincoln then ran to Nick then tackled him to the ground in a fit of rage and the pair started to throw punches at each other. It didn't last long as Sam and Michael pulled them off each other. This caused other men to come in to see what's happening and helped Sam and Michael hold Lincoln and Nick away from each other.
"AT LEAST MY FAMILY LOVE ME!" Nick said which made Lincoln stop struggling and stood silently as he was being held back. It was at this point the base commander walked in.
"WHATS GOING ON IN HERE!?" he asked as he came up to them but received no answer "WELL!?" he yelled looking for an answer still.
Everyone let go of Lincoln and Nick as he stopped struggling too "Just some friendly rough housing sir" Sam said trying to defend his friends.
"Yeah...WELL GUESS WHAT! THE PAIR OF YOU CAN GET TO CLEANING THE SHITTERS EARLY IN THE MORNING! HOW ABOUT THAT? AND IF THATS NOT ENOUGH YOU CAN FORGET YOUR FREE TIME TOMORROW TOO AND CLEAN THE WEAPONS! ANY OF YOU WANT TO JOIN THEM?" the other men shook their heads "GOOD...now get out of here" the commander told them and then left.
The guys were then left alone again. They looked at each other and Lincoln just walked over to the trash can and pulled out the pocketknife and tried handing it back to Nick, holding it in between the pair "Take it...you can't forget him"
Nick looked down at the knife and looked back up at Lincoln, he was about to grab it but stopped. He pulled his hand back; he was stubborn and shook his head "No...you keep it. David didn't want me touching it anyway. He was always afraid I'd damage it" Nick said as he made his way out the break room but stopped between the doors "And Lincoln...I'm sorry. I bet your family really do love you"
Lincoln thought about what Nick said in the heat of the moment. Yeah, he maybe said it because of the moment and was just angry but the more Lincoln thought about it, the more he believed him. Lincoln cleared his throat and looked at the knife then back up at Nick "Yeah...well, I don't really think so man. You know sometimes I don't really believe they do. But I'm sorry too"
The pair nodded at each other, and Nick left the room to go to his quarters. With tension still in the air Michael clapped his hands and snapped his fingers.
"Well uh...how about we play some cards this time, getting a bit bored of video games lately" Michael said as he went to pick up a deck of cards "Black 5 anyone?" Michael asked as he took a seat on the sofa and took out the cards.
"I'm in" Sam said as he took a seat. Lincoln just stared at Nick walking to his quarters. He tapped the pocketknife against the palm of his hand and took a breath "Yeah, I'm in too" Lincoln said as he took a seat next to Michael and put the knife in his pocket.
Present
Lincoln and Sarah were now walking down a quiet path that was surrounded by trees. It was cold so they were sure to dress warm enough. While walking down they were holding hands and Lincoln was enjoying the moment, they just had some hot chocolate at a café and were now taking a walk home but the longer way. But while walking, Lincoln had a thought. He looked at Sarah and smiled, this made Sarah smile back as she noticed Lincoln smiling at her "Everything okay?" Sarah asked him.
"Definitely...hey can I ask you something?" Lincoln asked her as they stopped on the path and faced each other "Sure" she said still smiling at him.
"You've really helped me- like really have helped me with what I've been struggling with. I feel as though you've helped me grow and you've showed me more love than I deserved by someone" Lincoln went on and Sarah was enjoying it "You've basically helped me with things I couldn't have dealt with by myself, and I really am thankful and I could never make up for the amount of things you have done for me. I feel happy with you, safe with you, secured and just overall I feel loved by you" Lincoln went on some more "Without you I probably would have been dead or wished I was dead for a while. I didn't think I belonged in this world given how I was treated and how I was looked upon, like an outsider I suppose...i love you Sarah" Lincoln said then he leaned in and kissed Sarah on the lips. Making her return the kiss back while holding Lincolns cheek.
They pulled away from their kiss and looked at each other "I love you too...you goof you were meant to say you do too when I said it this morning!" Sarah laughed and hit Lincoln in the arm a little "Sorry...we can start over if you want-" Lincoln joked but was immediately hugged by Sarah "No need to...thank you for saying it back" Sarah said as she was worried Lincoln didn't love her yet.
"Come on...let's get home" Sarh told Lincoln as they now started to walk back home, this time with Lincolns arm around Sarahs. As they were walking Lincoln noticed something to the side of them in the trees. Lincoln looked more and saw he could see what could only resemble a soldier? With blood dripping down his leg-
"Just hold him still!"
Lincoln then shifted his attention to ahead of them and noticed ahead was a couple of kids holding down a pomsky puppy. Lincoln took a closer look and saw they were holding a knife and started to cut the puppy's leg. This infuriated Lincoln and caused him to start running towards them "HEY FUCK OFF"
The kids saw Lincoln running at them and they immediately took off running down the path, leaving the dog and their knife. Lincoln fell to his knees and examined the dog's leg. It was whining in pain and couldn't sit up. Lincoln immediately took off his belt to make a tourniquet for its leg. Sarah then ran over and saw the dog then got down to look "Oh my god we need to take it to a vet"
"Alright. Where's the nearest vet?" Lincoln asked her as he picked up the puppy. He then looked back to where he saw the figure, but he was gone. Maybe Lincoln was just daydreaming it.
Later
After taking the puppy to the vet to get its leg checked out and taken care of, the pair sat in the waiting room. Lincoln held Sarahs hand as they waited "Did you ever have a dog?" Lincoln asked her to try to make conversation.
"I had a cat. We named her Polly. I missed her because she ran away and never came back. I was just 9" Sarah said as she talked about her cat "Did you have pets-"
"A dog, a cat, a hamster, a bird, a lizard, a frog, snake, rabbit, a few bats, a turtle, spiders, a goldfish and an opossum..." Lincoln then looked at Sarah who was just shocked at the number of pets. Lincoln chuckled a little "Not all mine, most belonged to Lana and Lucy"
Just after saying so the vet came out to talk to Lincoln and Sarah so they stood up "How is it?" Lincoln asked.
"Luckily he won't lose his leg and you did a smart thing using your belt to stop any more bleeding, very smart of you" the vet said "I'll be out in a moment with your pet soon"
"Oh, he isn't actually our pet, we found him" Lincoln told the vet.
"Well, he doesn't have a chip or a leash, he's quite a healthy dog doesn't seem to be a stray. But I guess-"
"No! He is our dog sorry" Sarah said but Lincoln just looked at her confused. The vet understood what she was meaning "Okay I'll be out in a minute"
"What are you doing?" Lincoln asked her once the vet left them alone "I've been meaning to get a new dog. Why not get one together?" Sarah suggested. Lincoln thought of it. But before he could say anything the vet then came out with the dog on a leash "Here you go" the vet said smiling while handing the leash to Sarah "Thank you"
The vet then left leaving the couple to talk out with their new dog "I get it now, so did that vet" Lincoln laughed as they now walked home "What should we call him?" Sarah asked.
They both thought of possible names "How about Private?" Sarah suggested. Lincoln laughed a bit "Like madagascar?" he said referring to the movie with the penguin named Private "Yes like the penguin" Sarah said smiling.
Lincoln couldn't help but laugh and nodded "Okay, Private it is" Lincoln laughed and continued to walk with Sarah and Private back home.
Later that night
Lincoln and Sarah were now sleeping in their bed with Private lying-in bed with them just where their feet were. They were sound asleep until Lincoln woke up. He felt as though he was being watched by something...or maybe someone in the room. Lincoln sat up and looked around the room, he looked down at Sarah and then Private. He rubbed his head "Jesus...-"
"Didn't know you'd finally find a woman bro"
Lincoln jumped from the bed and looked around the room...then he saws him. Lincoln saw David...he was standing at the frame of the door. He was dressed exactly how he died when Lincoln last seen him, the blood stained on his shirt where he got stabbed "Wh-what?" Lincoln asked as he then stood up and kept looking at David.
"She looks beautiful..." David said as he walked up to the bed and looked at Sarah "Get away from her" Lincoln demanded trying not to wake her up.
"Relax man, I'm just looking...you scored real big time haha" David laughed as he walked around and sat on the bed "You're dead...you died in Iraq- i fucking saw you die...you're meant to bed dead-" Lincoln said quietly.
"Yeah. I am. You know it's a shame you didn't come to the funeral. Had all my family come which was nice, my friends from high school too. Even my sisters came, and they were crying about me. Funny I never thought he would even come" David chuckled while looking around the room as he stood up and then noticed his pocketknife on the dresser in the room "Ah so you're the one who kept it?" David looked at Lincoln then back at the knife, picking it up "You know why I always kept this on me?" David asked Lincoln as he flicked the blade open.
Lincoln shook his head "No"
"I kept it because it was left to me by my grandpa when he died. He gave this to me when he didn't want anyone else touching it, but he let me keep it" David explained while he rubbed his thumb across the blade "When my sisters kicked me out of the house so they could have a party with their friends, my grandpa let me stay over at his for a while because I didn't want to stay there anymore. But when he died weeks later, I had 2 choices. Either move back in with my parents until high school finished and leave for college or join the army. So, I joined. I wasn't going to stay with them another second and I'd rather risk getting killed than letting it happen. Look how that turned out. And that's when they decided to give a fuck about me" David said as he put the knife down on the dresser then looked back at Lincoln.
"Yeah, I know what you mean" Lincoln said as he started to feel calmer talking to David "I guess that's what we had more in common than the others"
David looked at Lincoln "You have a good life now, don't ruin it by going back to them"
Lincoln then looked at Sarah. She was one of the reasons why he's happy in London. Lincoln looked back at David...but he was gone. He now snapped out of it and decided to pinch himself. He wasn't dreaming "What..."
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Well that will do us for now don't you think? I know it wasn't really a Halloween theme but it had the pumpkin carvings so yeah I don't know what I was on about man. My girlfriend stayed over and we did carve some pumpkins together so I thought it would be sweet to add that in.
Lincoln seeing and talking to David was inspired by the series Rescue me where the character can see his dead cousin after 9/11. I just finished watching an episode today and I got inspired by it to use it as a form of PTSD for Lincoln, so if you enjoyed seeing that and maybe want to see more people that Lincoln has lost close to him, god forbid he doesn't.
But yeah I hope you enjoyed that chapter and I shall see you in the next one. Happy Halloween guys!