R.I.P
Fred Willard
1933-2020
As the Loud siblings made their way back home after the events that unfolded, they all instantly called a sibling meeting in Lori's room to discuss everything that happened.
"I hereby set this sibling meeting into full effect." Lori said while slamming down a shoe on the table. "I think you all know why we are here and it's to discuss what happened today." Lori said strictly.
Lola lets out an audible gulp.
"First, let's start with Lola. When did you experience your unnatural ability and why didn't you tell us?" Lori asked firmly.
"Can't you just call it superpowers?" Lincoln exclaimed slightly annoyed.
"Overruled!" Lori shouted as she slammed down her shoe again and looked at Lola.
"Well, my power first appeared before we went to the pageant. I needed to reach a shelf and my arm stretched." Lola said. "I freaked out and called Lincoln about th-"
"Wait, Lincoln? You knew?!" Lori said in shock cutting off Lola as her whole body began to ignite.
"Yeah, but we were planning to tell you after the pageant... heh." Lincoln admitted while scratching the back of his neck.
Lori lets out a loud sigh. "It doesn't matter Lincoln, you should have told us before all of this happened." Lori said as she inhaled and then exhaled, putting out her flames. "Okay Lola, continue."
"Lincoln then helped me learn how to use my powers and we went to the pageant. Then at the pageant, Lindsay Sweetwater mocked me for being short, so I kind of used my powers to become taller." Lola admitted shamefully.
"But what was up with the sweat and struggle, dudette?" Luna asked anxiously awaiting an answer.
"I took a lot out of me to keep stretched for so long." Lola explained while everyone processed the information.
"So, from what you have told us, you have the ability to stretch any part of your body?" Lisa asked who held a notepad featuring all of her sibling's information.
"Well yeah, but I also can make parts of me bigger." Lola explained as she enlarged her hand and stretched it out.
"Amazing!" Lisa said upon further examination and wrote it down. Lola then stretched her arm back and stretched upwards making herself really tall and begins to show it off, granting 'oohs' and 'ahhs' from the siblings. Then she got an idea.
Lola started to readjust her body again and stretched out her arms and legs to a similar size as Lori's. Then Lola fixed her hair which makes her pretty much like Lori!
"Look at me! I'm Lori!" Mocked Lola.
"I hate that me and my siblings have superpowers that could make us awesome and famous!" Said Lola as she made a few playful winks. This display causes all of the siblings in the room to laugh heartedly...except for Lori which has now ignited her into a ball of fire; CLEARLY she is unhappy.
"Calm down Lori, it's only a joke," Lynn said. "But it is true." Lynn added silently.
"Lola...Change back, please..." Seethed Lori as she's trying but failing to keep her cool as her flames grew.
"No, because I only ever listen to my parents and Bobby boo-boo bear! Literally!" Lola mocked while laughing at how mad Lori was getting. Then suddenly, Lola felt a burning sensation on her shoulder and saw that Lori had thrown a fireball at her burning a part of her dress.
Lola quickly put out the fire before her mood turned around because of that sneak attack. "Oh, you want to fight then come on!" Lola challenged which Lori gladly accepted and began throwing fireballs which made contact at Lola. This brought shock to not only Lola, but to the watching siblings since nobody thought Lori had the guts.
"What, you said you wanted a fight!" Lori said as more fireballs were thrown. Lola recovered and stretched her body to dodge the fireballs and retaliates by extending her hand at Lori's face which hit her. Lola then wrapped her arms around Lori keeping her in place, but Lola quickly got her arms away in a bit of a scorch as Lori was so angry, she became too hot to hold.
"Okay guys, stop.." Said Leni who was generally scared for her siblings hurting each other but they continued. As Leni exclaimed, a small gust of wind breezes by everyone...
Lola threw a stretched kick at Lori who grabbed her leg and pulled on it which threw Lola towards her. Lori ignited her fist and gave a punch to Lola's stomach making her hunch over and change back to normal.
"That the best that you got?" Lola said as she jumped Lori's back entangling her with her arms and legs. Lori tried to burn Lola off but couldn't when she found herself falling to the ground face first with Lola latching on.
Lori then turned to her back and started slamming her back against the floor causing Lola to let go. Lola however quickly got up and retaliated by making a giant fist and punches Lori straight into a wall.
"Okay! I'm stopping these two before they destroy the house." Luna said as she got up. Suddenly, she felt wind pulling her away and when she looked, she saw Leni surrounded by a tornado!
"Stop, please stop!" Leni pleaded, having a breakdown. Both Lori and Lola stopped the fight upon noticing their sister in trouble. All of the siblings held on to something as to not get sucked in. Stuff was flying all over the room and Lola stretched her hands bigger to protect her siblings from the flying debris.
"Leni, calm down!" Shouted Lori who tried to pull Leni away from the tornado, but a gust of wind threatens to suck her away. "Guys, I literally can't come close!" Lori exclaimed in worry.
"Wow! I guess this situation is SPIRALING out of control!" Luan said.
"Not a good time, Luan!" Lincoln added. "How are we going to stop a tornado?"
"I don't think that will be a problem, brotherly unit." Lisa said pointing to the tornado which is now dying down as Leni slowly started to calm down. Leni then closes her eyes before falling on the ground.
"Leni!" Everyone shouted in unison as they ran to her aid.
It was the next day in the Loud house and Leni had been placed in her bed sleeping comfortably in her and Lori's room. After the fight, Lori had opted to sleep on the couch because she blamed herself and because strong gusts of wind would frequently cool the room down.
Then Leni opens her eyes and wakes up in her bed. She looks around and sees the room in an absolute mess, almost like a tornado had gone by…
"Oh, yeah." Leni remembered before shivering at how cold her room was.
Then she noticed an open window letting the cold wind in. She got up and went to close the window and then went downstairs.
"Hey, guys!" Leni said in excitement as she saw Luna, Lola, and Lana on the couch watching tv.
"Leni!" They all said relieved that she was fine. All of them got up and hugged her including Lola.
"Leni, I'm sorry for fighting Lori, I didn't mean to get her angry." Lola apologized profusely, Leni then felt bad for her sister.
"It's okay, I just don't like us siblings fighting." Leni said while comforting her sister. Then Leni started to count all of her sisters here and noticed that a couple were missing.
"Hey, where are the others?" Leni asked.
"Lori needed to chill off and went to the mall, Lincoln is at Clyde's out of fear of a Sister Fight Protocol, and the others are around here somewhere." Luna explained.
"Okay that's cool, but can we talk about something else like how Leni made an awesome tornado!" Lana said.
"Yeah, that was rad dude!" Luna added with Lola nodding in agreement.
"Thanks a lot, but I totes did mess up my room..." Leni exclaimed.
"Don't worry, both Lola and Lori are responsible for cleaning up that mess and making up." Luna said strictly with Lola nodding.
"So, you think you could do that again?" Asked Lana referring to the tornado.
"Hmm, I probably could-"
"Dudes, not in the house!" Luna said cutting Leni off. "It's already bad enough with Leni's and Lori's room."
Lana then got an idea. "Then let's go outside!" Lana suggested as she went to the front door. Lola tried to follow but was stopped by Luna.
"No way. You still owe an apology and a clean-up." Luna said as Lola become slightly annoyed but understood.
Just before Lana and Leni were about to leave, Lana remembered something and ran to the kitchen; she then came back with a water bottle.
"Bruh, you probably drank more than anyone else in this house combined! How are you still thirsty?" Luna questioned.
"I don't know. I've just been feeling thirsty for the past few days." Lana explained as she went to the front door.
"Ready to go?" Asked Lana with Leni nodding excitingly.
"Totes!" The two then leave the house as Leni followed Lana.
Ever since Lana saw Lincoln train her twin, she became inspired to do the same for another sibling. And since Lincoln was busy at Clyde's, Lana became Leni's best option.
"So..where are we going?" Leni asked Lana who looked around before answering.
"To the park. Best place to test out your powers while not out in the open." Lana responded.
"So, what do you think I could do?" Asked Leni while Lana gave it some thought.
"Well, you did create a tornado, so I guess you have wind powers." Lana guessed as she took a sip from her water bottle.
"Oh, like when people call me airhead!" Leni said in realization.
"No Leni, it's not like that. And people shouldn't call you airhead at all." Lana explained.
"I don't care because I know there are people who don't think I'm an airhead." Leni said to her which melted Lana's heart.
"Thanks, Leni!" Lana exclaimed as she hugged her sweetheart sister.
After walking for a couple of minutes, the duo had finally made their way to the park. They walked further in the park until they get to a location where they are covered by trees but still had a large enough area to work with.
"Okay, Leni do your thing!" Lana said excitingly but from Leni's confused face, she knew it wouldn't happen.
"Lana, I don't know how. It just happened last time." Leni explained as Lana realized this was going to be harder than she thought.
'What would Lincoln do?' Lana wondered. She thought back to when Lincoln trained Lola and attempted to follow his process.
'Okay, if Leni's powers are wind-related, then she should focus on it or something...' Lana thought to herself. 'How did Lincoln make it look so easy?' She wondered as she took another swig from her water bottle.
"Okay, Leni, first of all, relax." Lana said as Leni sat down on a bench and closed her eyes.
"Now I want you to feel the wind." Lana said and watched Leni.
"Ok," Leni said as she relaxes herself. "I feel it."
"Now try to make it move, try changing its direction." Lana said.
"How?" Leni asked as Lana thought of a response.
"Um..try to use your mind."
"Use my mind?" Leni questioned.
"Yes, use your mind." Lana confirmed. "Just relax and think calmly."
"Relax and think calmly." Leni said as she takes a deep breath. Winds then start to form...
Suddenly, Lana felt the winds get much more stronger pushing her away while Leni relaxes. Then small tornadoes formed on the ground about the size of her and it's pulling her in.
"Leni!" Exclaimed Lana as she's threatening to lose her footing.
Leni opened her eyes and saw her sister being pulled in by the tornadoes she made.
"What do I do?" Panicked Leni while Lana tried to hold onto something.
"Use your mind! Use your mind!" Lana shouted as Leni took out both of her hands and focused on stopping those tornadoes.
...Meanwhile, nearby the two, was a large lake...
As Lana panicked, it started having massive waves that looks like it's trying to reach her...
The waves then disappear when Leni had managed to stop the tornadoes with her newfound power.
...
"Wow! Leni, you did it!" Said Lana in excitement as she got up and hugged her sister.
"Yay! I did it!" Responded Leni until Lana remembered something she felt.
"Everything okay?" Wondered Leni who saw Lana's expression.
"Yeah, just had this weird feeling when those tornadoes dragged me." Lana explained.
"Maybe it's your power!" Leni squealed in happiness.
"Maybe, it felt like I was in control of something and I felt it being dragged it towards me." Lana explained as she and Leni wondered what that could mean.
Lana shook her head. "Ok, never mind. Now let's see if we can control your powers." Lana said as she fixed her hair from the mess it became after the tornadoes.
While the two continue to practice on Leni's powers, back at the Loud house, Luna and Lola were still watching the tv.
Luna checked her phone for the time. "Alright, Lori's bound to be back in a couple of minutes. So, I want you two to make up and clean Leni's room. Got it?" Luna asked strictly.
"Yeah, I got it." Lola pouted. "But only if she apologizes first for shooting fire at me."
"You both apologize, else I'll say to mom and pops that you tried to cheat at the pageant." Luna said.
"Come on, I didn't cheat!" Complained Lola.
"Yeah, sure dudette." Luna said sarcastically as she got a notification on her phone.
She saw a message on her phone from Sam reading (You ok Lunes?) and next to that were a bunch of other messages that boiled down to the same thing.
'This is going to be weird to explain.' Luna thought as she groaned.
"What's wrong?" Lola asked as she tried to look at Luna's phone.
"You remember when I said that I blasted my crush with my voice?" Luna asked and Lola nodded. "Well, now she's asking if I'm fine and I don't know what to say." Luna said in a panic.
"Just say that your fine and avoid any other questions." Lola suggested.
"But what kind of friends would I be then?" Asked Luna.
"You would be the one who keeps their family's powers a secret." Lola answered. Luna sighed and gave a small nod as she got up from the couch. Lola watched on seeing Luna climb up the stairs to the room as she taps on her phone, she then closes the door as she enters.
Lola then lets out a content sigh. "Finally, I can watch the pageant channel!" She said victoriously as she plopped herself on the couch to change the channel, but it was short-lived as the front door opened revealing Lori.
They both look at each other and Lori sighs. Lola speaks first. "Look Lori I -"
"Look, let's just talk while cleaning and literally get this over with..." Lori said as she went to her messy room with Lola following close behind.
The two then entered the room and saw the mess that both they and Leni had caused, and it's a big mess.
"Lori," Lola spoke out. "I'm sorry for earlier about-"
"Whatever, let's just get to cleaning." Lori said a bit miffed as they proceeded with the cleaning.
A couple of minutes of awkward silence went on as they continue with the cleaning and took on the situation of the damage. There was some stuff that may be too damaged causing it to just be unknown debris, but there was noticeable stuff like the pictures and makeup that are jammed and smashed into the walls along with a few cracks from their scuffle, the clothes were scattered from the floors, and the drawer was flipped over. That's also not to mention a couple of scorch marks from the ceiling, floor, walls and the bed sheet. Thankfully, the wall, floor, ceiling and scorch damage can be repaired with Lana's handiwork but some of the stuff may have to be replaced.
'I can't believe the mess this all caused...' Lori thought as she looked at Leni's bed.
"Wait, where's Leni?" Asked Lori as she just now noticed her roommate's empty bed.
"She and Lana went out to train her powers." Lola answered which caused a panic in Lori's mind.
"Are they crazy?! What if somebody sees Leni using her powers?" Lori said as she picked up her phone to call Leni.
She waited silently only to be treated to a ringing noise coming from the other side of her room. Lori sighed and turns to the noise; as she thought, Leni had left her phone in the room. She then makes an irritated grunt as she heats up a bit.
"Lori, calm down. I'm sure they are fine." Assured Lola trying to calm Lori down.
"But what if they're not?" Countered Lori which annoyed Lola.
"Okay, what's with you lately? First you shoot me with a fireball for a joke and then we have a full-on brawl with you having nothing against it, and now you're back and being all cranky!" Lola said back. Suddenly, Lori's flames ignite, making Lola squeak and flinch in defense. Lori pauses as she looks at herself; her flames then die off as she calms down.
A sigh escapes Lori. "Look, I'm sorry Lola." She apologized softly. "I've just been literally stressed out from all of this." Lori admitted while Lola started building sympathy for her older sister. "When I first got my powers, I caught fire in the store, shocking my friends. I literally had to sneak back from the store to the house while still being on fire because I didn't want anyone else to see me like this. Right now, I can barely keep control of my emotions without igniting myself. I know everyone right now is talking about these powers like 'it's all fine and cool!' but…" Lori trailed off. "- but I'm worried that one of you will do something stupid like on your pageant and get hurt or destroying the room or just me catching fire again and destroying something." Lori explained wholeheartedly. "I'm just scared and worried about what these powers will mean to us..." Lori finished as she frowned.
Suddenly, Lori is surprised once Lola approached her and gave her a hug.
"I get it Lori;" Lola said. "I was scared when I got these powers and what it would mean for me. And about me first getting my powers, I was like this."
Lola stretched her right arm and shortened her left arm to how she first got her powers, bringing Lori in shock.
"I had no control earlier and thought I was going to be like this forever." She said before returning her arms to normal.
"But Lincoln taught me on how to control my powers. And now I can use it no problem. See?" Lola demonstrated by stretching her hand to pick some stuff off the floor.
Seeing this made Lori smile a bit before saying to herself. "Maybe your right. Maybe I should learn to use my powers instead of ignoring it."
"You can ask Lincoln for help when he gets home." Lola said.
"Yeah, still surprised that his comic book knowledge is coming to good use." Lori said releasing a chuckle.
"Wonder what the others will get for powers?" Lola asked which Lori hadn't thought of, shrugging in response.
The eldest sister thought back into the side effects for the others with not much coming up, she then thought back to Lana..."Wait! What if Lana's thirstiness is because of her powers?" Asked Lori noticing that the tomboy twin was drinking more than normal.
"Yeah, but what kind of power is thirstiness?" Lola said in disbelief.
"No, not that, but maybe it's linked to her powers." Speculated Lori while Lola thought of an explanation.
"Where's Lincoln when you need him?"
As the two had finally made up and started to clean the room, back at the park, Leni had managed to improve her powers and could now create strong gusts out of wind and small tornadoes for now.
"This is so cool!" Lana said as Leni blew all the leaves off a tree.
"I know right! Now I totes won't ever need a blow dryer." Leni said as she created another gust of wind making the leaves fly up in the air. Then they all slowly fall down making it a beautiful scene to look at.
Then she created a weak wind that pulled all of the leaves together into one pile that Lana jumped into without hesitation.
As Lana continued to play in the leaves, she couldn't help but to think back and feel when she was in control of something; she didn't know what it was that made her feel this way. She tried the pulling motion as she pictured it last time to get the feeling back, but nothing seemed to work...
"How do you do it, Leni?" Asked Lana who struggled. "I know that whatever I felt back there, it's my power. But I can't seem to make it work." Lana said.
"I don't know. I just feel the wind and control it. Simple as that." Leni explained.
"Oh, okay." Lana said sadly with Leni noticing.
"Hey, what's wrong? I can make another leaf pile for you if you want." Leni said.
"No thanks, Leni. It's just that… ever since I saw Lola use her powers, I've been a bit…uh.."
"Jealous?" Leni finished Lana's sentence.
"Yeah. And it's not like I'm scared that I will never get powers, but I feel like Lola is so much better than me now because of her powers." Lana explained with a final sigh.
"Don't worry about it, Lana. You're both twins and neither of you are better than the other. Whenever your powers show, I'm sure it'll be something totes awesome." Leni comforted.
"Thanks, Leni. Now come on let's see how big those tornadoes could get." Lana said with some newfound energy.
Suddenly, a scream of fear filled both of their ears from a direction outside the park.
"Come on Leni, let's check it out." Lana said as she hurried towards the scream.
Both of them ran out of the park and towards the shouts and screams. Neither of them knew what was happening until they finally arrived at the scene.
It was a house that was engulfed in flames and fire with people all around it. No firemen were on sight and the panicked residents were watching. From what it looked like, no people were inside the building much to everyone's relief, but if the fire isn't extinguished soon, the fire could spread to nearby buildings and destroy them.
"Oh no, those poor people are going to be left homeless." Said Leni in sadness noticing the danger.
"Not if we have anything to say about it!" Lana said.
"What do we have to say about it?" Leni asked dumbfounded.
"It means… look, let's just save that house." Lana said giving up mid-sentence to explain.
"Right!" Leni agreed as she begins to make wind..
"*GASP!* I can't do it!" Leni quickly stopped. "What if people see me using powers?" Leni said which made Lana think.
"Behind the building!" Said Lana in realization. "Everyone's watching the front."
The two then made their way behind the building sneakily and saw the backside which was more engulfed in flames.
"Alright, Leni, do your thing!" Lana instructed.
"Ok wind, do your stuff!" Leni said before using her powers.
A gust of wind began blowing at the house pushing the flames away. Alas, the flames show no signs of weakening but instead growing by a small margin.
"Lana, this isn't working." A worried Leni said while struggling.
"Keep trying, those firemen haven't arrived yet." Lana said but she knew Leni won't be able to go on for that much longer. 'Got to think of something..' Lana said internally.
As the tug of war between the gust of winds and the fire continued, Lana's nerves began to wrack.
"Phew." Leni said wiping her sweat off. "I really need to take a break."
"Come on Leni, you can't give up. We can't let the fire destroy people's homes." Lana motivated.
Leni pulled herself together and tried harder and harder with her wind.
Lana watched on seeing Leni try her hardest, but deep down inside, she knew that there was no way Leni could put out the flames...
Then a voice screamed out of the watching crowd.
"My dog is in there!" Lana heard a woman cry out. The thought of a poor defenseless dog inside the building made something snap within the plumber.
...Back at the park...
Lake bubbles began to form in the water before all of the lake's water leaped out of the lake and towards its controller.
...
Leni was the first to notice a huge sphere of water moving above the burning house.
"Lana, what's that?" Leni said prompting Lana to look on.
Lana looked at the sphere in amazement and she suddenly felt the same feeling of control as she did before. Was it…?
She reached out her hands and focused on splitting the sphere into half. And the sphere split into two just like that.
The realization dawned on Lana. "I have WATER POWERS! I HAVE WATER POWERS!" She shouted in excitement.
"Ahh, Lana. I can't hold on anymore!" Leni shouted bringing Lana back to the crisis at hand.
Focusing her newly realized powers, Lana slowly let the water down over the house, putting out the flames. Then the water entered inside the house, putting out the flames from inside too, thus making the house fire completely extinguished.
Seeing the building now safe, Leni turned off her power as she fell down on the soft grass.
"We did it!" Shouted Lana as she hugged Leni, who is now resting on the grass completely winded. (No pun intended.)
Just then, they started to hear the sirens, indicating that it's from the firemen. "Of course, they show up now." Lana chuckled as she too lies with Leni taking a bit of a breather from that action.
As they both take a rest from that danger, Lana caught a glimpse of a dog running out of the building and into a woman's arms as she cried out of joy. She then smiled.
When Lana and Leni came home, they discussed what they did and ending with every sibling congratulating them for their heroic deed. As the talk about their powers came to an end, Lori stood up to say something.
"Guys… I want to apologize." Lori started. "I'm sorry if I came out as a bit strict and a pain in the butt after the whole serum incident. I thought that these powers were the end of my life and it literally stressed me out a lot. I'm sorry guys." Lori finished.
Without hesitation, everyone came in for a group hug with Lori in the middle, bringing out much happiness.
Meanwhile, in the observatory, the woman walks in only to be met with Dan, Zach, and Jay slouching on the couch doing practically nothing.
"What are you doing? You're supposed to be out and finding me those last gemstones!" The woman said angrily.
"Jesus, could you chill? Haven't you seen the news? They're all about those girls who kicked our butts." Said Jay.
"Yeah I saw, a bunch of supernatural girls kicked your butts and suddenly you've decided on giving up." She said.
"Look, tomorrow we're robbing another place so let us have the day off, Elizabeth." Mocked Jay before getting a slap on the head from both Dan and Zach.
"Dude, apologize!" Zach whispered to Jay as an irate Elizabeth approached.
"Sorry big sis, didn't mean to insult your name." Jay answered with a smug grin.
"Jay, I don't know what you're trying here but we all agreed to refer to me as Queen and nothing less." Elizabeth ordered. "So, unless you all three sad excuses for triplets want to freeze outside, then I recommend you do as I say!"
"Fine, my queen." Jay said sarcastically.
"Great, now I'm going back to work on the endgame for this city and you find me those last gemstones." She said before walking off to another room.
As she entered the room, a guy at the same age as she could be seen working on an exo-suit with a wrench.
"Heard shouting. What was that about?" He asked.
"The triple idiots haven't done anything today. They are more useless than the summer heat, Mike." Complained Elizabeth.
"Eh, let them rest. There is no hurry for your plan." Mike assured her.
"No, there is not. But if they mess up again, then be ready to take over with whatever your suit does." Elizabeth said.
"Don't worry, it's soon done." Said Mike before turning to a huge spherical metal ball bolted to the ground by four metal rods. "What about your machine, is it done?"
"Just the gemstones and power supply needed." She said while Mike whistled in surprise.
"It's gonna require a hefty amount of power might I add." Mike added.
"Don't worry about it. All is well at hand and soon Royal Woods will be ours." Elizabeth said.
"As long as those supergirls on TV don't stop you." Joked Mike.
"That's what this is for." Elisabeth said while holding up the staff with the gemstone in it.
Both Leni and Lana have figured their powers out and Lori apologized and is starting to warm up (no pun intended) to the idea of having powers. Also, from now on every chapter will have two of the Loud's learning about their powers except for one but that'll come later. For now, all that is left are questions. Who is Elizabeth and what's her plan? Well, you'll have to read to find out in the next chapter of Power Louds.
Lola and Lori's clean up convo was the most I had to focus on since it felt a bit empty during this whole beta process until I went to it last. Since Lori is at her most negative from this power business as I can see. I gave it as much weight as it could.
So yeah. Thanks for reading this story so far and we'll be seeing ya next chapter.