Episode 27: The Boy Who Has Everything

It's midnight at Royal Woods, we see Ace pursuing a group of criminals down city roads.

"This kid won't give up." Driver said.

"I'll try to stop him." One of the goons said.

He open the back of the van as she sees Ace still pursuing them, he grab a barrel of oil and throws it Ace. But Ace dodge every barrel that this guy could throw. "Well that didn't work." She said as she closes the van door.

"Hold tight. We're coming to a warehouse. Hang on tight." The driver makes a u-turn to towards an old warehouse. The driver and two goons quickly got out of the van and rush in.

Ace catches up as he stops his bike and grapples onto a lamp post, using it to climb into the warehouse's window. He walks slowly but suddenly he is blinded by a flash of light. "Eh?" And without knowing, dark shape descends upon him, knocking him unconscious.

All the sudden, Lincoln wakes up at his house. He pants as he just woke up from a nightmare, then he gets his cheek like by Charles as he barked happily. "Charles?" Looks like one of my sisters got me out after following to an amateur trap. How embarrassing." He said petting him.

Luan came into his room. "Lincoln, good you're finally up."

"Yeah. Thanks for saving me from that trap."

"Trap? The only trap you're in is staying in your room and sleep all day." Luan joked.

Lincoln is being serious. "It's not funny, Luan." Lincoln said as he gets up from his bed. "I was following some goons into the warehouse and then...black."

"That must be some dream. But don't worry, breakfast will help clear those thought, but first you need to change." Luan smiled.

"Right. Would you mind bringing my breakfast to the Ace Cave, I got to do some work on the computer."

"Ace Cave?"

"Yes, Luan, the Ace Cave. Our secret headquarters that is under our home with our family van turn into an Ace Van, a jet that we hardly used, and a boat. Remember?"

"I'm sorry I don't know what you're talking about it." Luan said getting confused.

Lincoln sighed. "You know what. I'm done playing, Luan," Lincoln said getting annoyed as he pushes her out of his room and close the door behind her. After Lincoln change to his clothes, he head to the basement as mumbles to himself about earlier. I know she's just playing around but I have to time for those. Strange enough, the three bricks can't be press. "What the?" He tries pressing it hard but nothing happen. "What gives?"

"Lincoln?"

Lincoln gasped to see Lucy behind. "Lucy, why is the entrance to the Ace Cave sealed?!"

"Ace Cave?"

Lincoln groans. "Not you too."

"Lincoln, you should probably have some breakfast. You're acting crazier than usual." She takes his hand and takes him to the kitchen.

All of the loud sisters are sitting on the table eating eating their own special kind of eggs. But as Lincoln and Lucy arrived at the kitchen and as Lincoln began in a total shock, he saw his parents alive and well as they're finishing making breakfast for Lincoln.

Lynn Sr. turns. "Morning, sleepyhead."

"We thought you'll never come out of your bed." Rita smiled.

Lincoln couldn't believe his eyes. It can't be, it's not possible. He saw his parents murdered in a parking lot after I was mysteriously knock out from behind. How the hell could could be here?

"Lincoln?"

The rest of his sisters look on Lincoln as they're concerned of him.

"No. Th-that's not possible. You can't be..." Lincoln rush out of the kitchen to head upstairs to the bathroom. There, he turn on the sink and splash some cold water on to face. It has to be a spirits or maybe one of those goes who he thought he was chasing after, drug him causing him to hallucinate. Rita and Lynn Sr. follows Lincoln to the bathroom to check up on to see if he's alright.

"Honey, what's wrong?"

"Hey, son. It's like you've seen a ghost or something.

Lincoln stop splashing his face as he turns of the sick. "I...Sorry. That movie I watch last night really did a number of me."

"I warn you not to stay up all night to watch that horror."

"Sorry, mom. It won't happen again."

Rita kiss him on the head. "It's alright, sweetie."

"Now that strangeness is over, let's go eat." Lynn Sr said as he and his wife head down stairs.

Lincoln smiled. "Okay, dad." He said as he follow his parents.

Later in the afternoon, Lincoln is sitting on the couch watching his favorite survival show starring, Rip Hardcore. But he wasn't paying attention to it as he still pondering on what's going; I mean his sisters has no knowledge of the Ace Cave or probably their hero identity's if he bother to asked them but he did asked his sisters about Cthylla and they have no idea what he's talking about or who's Cthylla is unless it's something a book related, and his parents are alive. Could He have been dreaming those event the whole time and not noticing? No. Can't jump to an conclusion, he has to be extra sure. Lisa soon walk out of the couch to get a glass of water.

"Hey, Lisa. You got the time?"

"Unfortunately, yes. What is you need?"

"I need to ask...Would you tell me about my life? Just humor me, please."

"That's more of Luan's job to humorous, but fine. Nothing particular, just a eleven year old boy surviving his daily life in the loud house with his eleven sisters. The usual. Lisa said as she takes a sip.

"I see." Though Lincoln remembers his adventures as Ace Savvy, he can find no evidence that they were anything more than a dream, and he soon begins to doubt his own sanity.

*DOORBELL RINGS*

"Who could that be?" Lincoln head to the door to open and with a shocking surprised, one of his friends return.

"Sup, Lame-o."

"Ronnie Anne?! What are you doing here?! I thought you moved!"

"Moved? We're you drop when you got out of your bed. I never moved out, I've been living in Royal Woods for my entire life. Now come on, you we're taking me to the arcade for our date."

"Wait! Date?!"

"Don't play dumb with me. Let's go." Ronnie Anne said as she grabs his hand and took off.

As the two walk down the street to Royal Woods while holding hands, Lincoln couldn't believe he's eyes that he's dating Ronnie Anne. I mean I like Ronnie Anne, but not that away. If he remember when she was living in Royal Woods, we agreed to stay friends and as a couple wouldn't work out too well. Does he still have feelings towards her?

"You're awfully quiet, Lame-o. Something wrong?"

"No-no! Everything is fine. Just thinking that's all."

"Thinking about what?"

"My life is all, but it's cool. Nothing for you to worry about."

"Um, okay."

*WOMAN SCREAMED*

The two heard a scream.

Then, more screaming can be seen as the people of Royal Woods are running away from giant rats. There's only five rats causing panic in the city as they destroyed most of city property, and the sixth giant which is behind the rest off them is King Rat riding on it.

"That's right run! Run for your pathetic lives! King Rat is now Royal Woods's new ruler!"

"Crap not him." Lincoln said.

"We got to move!" Ronnie Anne yelled.

As the two about to make a run for it, they got the jump by one of the giant rats as it about to eat them until a savior saved them by exploding the rat killing it. Lincoln doesn't know what happen until he discovered to be...Ace Savvy? He even looks like him with the costume and stuff.

"No way." Lincoln shockingly saw him.

King Rat growls after seeing that. "You little punk! No one hurts my children!" King Rat call on to the rest of children to kill Ace.

Ace used his quick skills and reflex to dodges every rats attack and used his very sharp cards to slice off their limbs and stab to their head, and then pull out a card to throw at the sixth but this time it freezes it as King Rat quickly jump off it. The horror in King Rats's eyes stunned him and at a act of rage, he charge forward to kill Ace himself.

"YOU MURDERED MY KIDS! NOW I'M GOING TO MURDER..."

Ace signal punch him in the face super hard which easily knock him out.

Everyone saw and cheered for Ace Savvy. Ace waived to everyone with a smile and then grapple away just before the police arrived to arrest King Rat.

"Damn. Isn't he awesome?" Ronnie Anne asked her boyfriend.

"Yeah...and a bit brutal. Who is he?" Lincoln asked her.

"That's Ace Savvy, dude."

"No-I mean...who is he?"

"Nobody knows. But rumor say that he's the son of the first Ace Savvy after sacrificing himself to stop Dr. Kuttler's machine and took the mental of Ace Savvy. He's been activated for few weeks ago. Lame-o, you okay?"

"Ronnie Anne, does the name Roulette Girl ring a bell?

"Roulette Girl? Lame-o, you're beginning to worry me. What's this all about?

"I think I'm going crazy, that's what!"

After his 'date', he seek to his best friend, Clyde as the two are in Clyde's bedroom. He also never become One-Eyed Jack so it's no point in asking him, but can tell him about his thoughts and a dream he had after he woke up.

"And that's my story. I can't tell my parents or they'll send me to see an psychiatrist. Your my best friend...am I going insane?"

"Well, bro. No. I have theories that you've led the sort of life where everything has been handed to you. Even when your're call 'master with plans' at your home. You don't feel you've accomplished anything because it usually backfired on you. It's all been laid out for you. So, your unconscious created a life more satisfying to you. You've identified with someone whose every deed has great value." Clyde said.

"Ace Savvy." Lincoln said.

"I think it's called dissassociation; that's what my dad told me. Once you find pride in your own existence, then this delusions will vanish."

Lincoln rubbing forehead and said. "Then all this years of training and discipline... what happened to my parents. And the villains I've fought like Dr. Kuttler, Pain, Mad Jack, and The Wild Card Gang."

"All delusion, bro."

"Then...I'm at peace." Lincoln laughed happily. "I'm finally at peace and the nightmare is over!"

Later, Lincoln returns home happily as he hums to himself. The family look at Lincoln with a confused looked on their faces.

"Hello, my lovely family."

"Are you alright, dude?"

"I'm better than fine, Luna. I feel great. Now that my family are here and well." Lincoln said kissing his mom in the checks.

Rita chuckles. "I'm glad you're alright."

"Yeah, son. We worried you'll become bonkers."

"You don't have to be worry about that, dad. I'm now in peace. I have everything I want. If you guys need me, I'll be in my room reading my comics." Lincoln smiled as he rush upstairs to his room.

"I wish he keep his pants on when he reads his comics." Lucy said.

Up in his room, Lincoln slams the door and then strip out of his clothes leaving his underwear and socks, and finally jump on to his and grab one of the issue of Ace Savvy. "It's been so long since I've done this. Glad to be back." But as soon he turn to a page, he discovered that the text is a garbled and unreadable mess. "Huh?" He turn to the next page and it's the same thing all garbled. "Looks like someone in the comic industry is about to get fired." He aid as he toss an issue away and then grabs another, but in a shock...the text is a garbled and unreadable mess like the previous pages. Lincoln quickly put his clothes on as he looks like he's about to snap as he look through every comic he owned with the same garbled, then he went into his backpack to search through his textbook and notebooks revealing the text be the same thing. Then, he began trashing his room in a bit of insanity as he finds more messed up text to his papers. "Nothing makes any sense!"

His family heard noise and rush to his room.

The family gasped. "Lincoln!" They're going close to him.

"NO! Stay away from me! You're all just a bunch of lies! All of you!" Lincoln yelled and ran passed his family.

"Lincoln!" Rita called out.

Lincoln rush to the garage to get his bike, and ride off to the streets. Storm is coming as it begins to drizzle over Royal Woods. "Got to get away, got to get away from all of this. Need to figure what's going on and why?" He stop by a stop light. On to his side, he noticed an electronic store. There's a t.v. in the window playing the news as the reporter talks about Ace Savvy apprehended a gang that works for Poker Face Jr. "You!" Lincoln angrily pointed, grab a brick. "It's always about you isn't!" He throws it and smashes the window and t.v. "That name! He has to behind all of this! I know it!"

The police arrived at the scene. "Hey! What do you think you're doing, kid?!"

"Shit." Lincoln quickly grab his bike and ride off.

"Stop!" The police pursuing him.

They have a brief chase through down the city roads until Lincoln loses them under the bridge. Later, he peddled to an old church and as soon he got off from his bike, the police have spotted him and he rush in by breaking into the church's doors. Next, he dashes to stairs and ran all the way up to the top where the church bells are as he lock the entrance. Then, he looks out as he watches the rain heavily poor and listening the thunder booming as Lightning strike. "Hey, asshole! You wanna piece of me?! Well here I am?!"

*THUNDER BOOMS LOUDER*

Lincoln wait patiently for a few seconds and just like how he predicated, Ace Savvy swings by and land on the church to confront Lincoln. The two starred at each other for five seconds until Lincoln spoke. "I knew you be here. This was part of my nightly patrol on this tower. Now, tell me what the hell is going?!"

"What are you talking about, kid?"

"Don't play with me! You know this is a dream and your responsible for this!"

"Dream?"

"I suspected it from the start! I knew something is odd when I was trying to read a comic book! You can't read anything when your in a dream world it's impossible!"

"Okay, so?"

"So?! That means that you're the key to all of this somehow! Now, I won't asked you again, tells me what's going on here!"

"I think you need some help."

Lincoln growls and began to charge forward towards Ace, but he flips him over. Lincoln saw Ace coming towards him, so he kick him away from him. The two then struggles together as they each throw punches to each other to either their face or to their guts while the storm rages. The fight last for twenty seconds until Lincoln manage to pin Ace on to a ledge, the two still struggling while Lincoln reach for his mask as Ace tries to stop him. Lincoln finally remove his mask revealing the identity of Ace Savvy to be..."

"Professor Tokk?!"

"Congrats, Lincoln. This is a dream. A dream just for you."

"So you know everything about me!"

"Yes and no. I'm only part of your dream. The real me cannot see into the dream world during the mind-control apparatus. This world was created just for you. Your own wonderland. Though, in this world, I feel like the real one." Professor Tokk chuckles.

Lincoln is relief and pissed off at the same time, he grab him bring him close. "Bring me back to reality right now!"

"Why are you upset? Don't you love this dream world I've created for you?"

"It isn't real!"

"What's wrong not living in your own fantasy world? People who had a hard and struggling life wants to get away from the realty and explore the world that they wish they have. Why can't you?"

"NO! I will never live a lie! No matter how great you make it! Now, tell me how to wake up or..."

"You'll what? Beat me up? I'm only your imagination, kid. There's no way out of this! So stop fighting and accept this for god sake."

The police break and found Lincoln and 'Ace'. "Hands were we could see, kid!"

Professor Tokk whispered to Lincoln's ear with a grin. "Just say the word, and I'll restart everything from scratch and you'll have your happily ever after again. Or do you want to spend your dream life behind bars? What's your answer?"

Lincoln think for a sec and respond. "Here's my answer." Lincoln slowly walk backwards towards the ledge.

"What are you doing, Lincoln?!" Professor Tokk asked him.

"My answer is that you're wrong and there is a way out. And I know how."

"Kid! Don't even think about what you're doing!" Officer said.

"Don't be stupid! This is not like any ordinary dream! What if you die for real?"

"Then, you better try to stay up because I'll be waiting for you in your nightmare." Lincoln then quickly turn and step on the ledge.

"Kid! No!"

Lincoln leaps leaps from the belfry to his apparent death.

Ace then awakens in the warehouse from the beginning of the chapter, with the Professor Tokk's dream machine still attached to his head.

"No! You can't do that!" Professor Tokk shouted.

Ace remove the device on his and then started elbow the first goon, kick the next goon as he tries to stop him and as he got up, he then flips the female driver to the dream machine. Three owls swoop down and tries to hypnotize Ace, but he wasn't looking at them as he throws three cards exploding them to pieces.

"There is no way! You have to have strong will to break free!"

Ace didn't say anything as he continues walking getting close to him. Under that mask, his eyes are in the color of a raging person. But he's doing his best not to go an extreme take on this guy even his plan caused his ordeal.

"N-now, Ace. I know your upset, but I was just only try to..."

Ace didn't want to hear his crap so he sucker punch him in the face knocking him out. "Sweet dream." Ace said coldly.

Later, the police arrived and arrested Professor Tokk and his goons.

Commissioner Grouse is holding Professor's Tokk's dream machine. "Huh? This explain where the stolen tech came from. Me and the boys will drop by to S.O.L.A.R. Labs to return their machine back." He turn to Ace as he stare down looking depressed. "You okay?"

"No, Commissioner. I'm not alright. Not alright at all." Ace said as he leaves.

A/N: And that's the end of the chapter. This chapter is based of one of my favorite episode in Batman: TAS "Perchance To Dream". The story is similar to it but off course there has to be lots of change for my Ace Savvy. Also, the title of the chapter is a reference to Superman comic called "The Man who has everything" when Mongul planted a Black Mercy onto Superman and dreams everything that he wishes. Good stuff. Anyway, thank you all for reading and make sure support or share my story and don't forget fav, follow, and review on what you thought of this latest chapter and I'll see you later. :)