The busy traffic Metropolis Bridge; a certain van followed by several moving vans was waiting patiently in between cars as the sound of honking horns filled the air. The van nicknamed 'Vanzilla' by the family; housed the Loud family with the family patriarch Lynn Loud Sr behind the wheel. All of their children bar the eldest Lori Loud (who was starting college) and most were upset about leaving their old lives and friends.
"Come on everyone... I know it's a huge change in our lives... But it's a new start and you all can make new friends and you already said that you plan on keeping in touch with your friends..." Lynn Sr said turning to face his children with an encouraging smile for a moment.
"Yeah popstar but a long distance relationship with Sam isn't the same and having to see if I have to put a new band together..." Luna spoke up with a sigh with some of them nodding.
"Plus having to build a new reputation for myself as a comedian and party clown; more pressure having to do so in a bigger city than Royal Woods." Luan spoke up sighing as she was having an arm wrestling competition with her Mr Coconuts doll.
"Bummed about leaving behind my old team but a new big city full of potential rivals and butts to the kicked... I am for it!" Lynn Jr said looking a little thrilled as Lola nodded along with her sister.
"I for one am excited to be in a big city such as Metropolis! A new pageant scene to wow and more opportunities for stardom!" Lola smirked as some rolled her eyes.
"Leaving behind the ones who understood me at my school... Sigh." spoke Lucy and amongst the chatter was Lincoln looking out the window seat with a sad groan; he had to say goodbye to Ronnie Anne when she moved away and now he had to do the same to his other friends. Especially his best friend Clyde who he had never been apart from for long. Another best friend that he had to be satisfied with regular video calls from.
He glanced outside the window and saw a flying figure fighting some sort of winged monster in the sky. "Look Linky! It's Superman; you get the chance to see actual superheroes!" Leni said pointing out the window trying to be an encouraging big sister to lift up her only brother's spirits; despite her own sadness about moving away.
Lincoln put on the best smile he could and thought that maybe it won't be so bad...
"...The new house is cool... I mean it's nothing special but it's bigger than the last one and we all get our own room and I mean an actual bedroom that was designed to be one and didn't use to be a closet..." Lincoln was telling Clyde on the phone 3 nights later while sitting at a table inside the newest Lynn's Table restaurant. It was actually what got them to move as Lynn Sr had gotten an offer to expand and it included it bigger restaurant there in Metropolis.
"That's cool Lincoln... Hope you have a swell time as Ronnie Anne adapted well to Great Lakes City but it won't be the same without you Lincoln... The rest of us going to middle school without our team leader and me without my best friend... Have fun and I hope you can tell me about the new friends that you will off course make..." Clyde was telling him and Lincoln's face fell as he heard Clyde's words and he sighed.
They said goodbye to eachother and Lincoln just sat at the table with his hands to his cheeks while his elbows was on the table to keep his head up; his dad took him to the newly opened up restaurant because he was still taking the move worse than the others despite attempts to lift his spirits. Lynn Sr wanted him to see if he could meet any kids his age among any customers to try and be friends with.
He looked and saw that the place was busy with the customers trying out the new restaurant; he wondered if there were kids his age that he could try and talk to. Did he have any way to impress them? He got out from his pocket a deck of cards that he had brought just in case he had gotten born.
Practicing he tossed the cards into the air for a trick where they landed in a house of cards. "What a fascinating trick young man!" said a voice as Lincoln got up and looked smug.
"Well I don't mean to brag but I am something of a magic connoisseur; Lincoln Loud and I just moved here and my family owns this place and..." Lincoln said but he stopped as he saw the smiling man with a moustache and a suit that he recognised. None other than the famous stage magician and escape artist John Zatara who made it big in Metropolis. Along with him was a girl Lincoln's age with violet hair who shrugged at Lincoln.
"Be sure to nurture your talents young man!" John told him as Lincoln got up and allowed them to take the table. "Thank you very much; you know my lovely daughter and assistant Zee here aspires to be just like me! You both could work on your talents together!" John said bringing the girl close to him and Lincoln walked by but Zee went to his hair.
"Fair warning Mr Connoisseur; I plan on shoving any potential rivals to the wayside and normal parlour tricks won't match to my special brand of theatrics!" Zee told Lincoln causing him to frown and then walk away. Well he could cross off Zee on the potential friends list before he can even really consider it...
Wanting to see if his dad was available for him to talk; he walked into the staff area where there was the kitchen but stopped as he noticed an open door. He went out and saw hiding by the trash can was a muscular man wearing a dark red short sleeved bodysuit shirt with an emblem of a yellow background and a white dove over it; a dark blue jacket over it, white pants, dark blue gloves, black boots and a silver helmet over the upper half of his head with the dove symbol moulded onot it and holes for his eyes.
"Who... What are you? Some sort of superhero?" Lincoln asked wide eyed as he heard of the real life superheroes that existed like Superman or Green Lantern but never saw or heard anything about this one and the man looked like he would be hard to forget.
"Indeed; I'm Peacemaker." the man replied in a whisper as Lincon stared wrapping his head around it.
"Peacemaker..." Lincoln muttered wondering what kind of name was that.
"I made a vow to fight for peace no matter how many people I kill or beat up to achieve it!" Peacemaker told him as Lincoln stared and took a step back.
"Superheroes don't kill..." Lincoln muttered as Peacemaker looked determined.
"This one does; he puts the dangerous criminals down under permanently... Not like that Batman who wrestles with clowns and puts them into an easily broken out of asylum so that they can commit more crimes! I get the job done!" Peacemaker explained in a whisper as Lincoln just stared and took a step back.
He went to walk in but Peacemaker grabbed his wrist and then looked through the door before going in. "What's the big idea..." Lincoln demanded as Peacemaker covered his mouth.
"Be careful in there kid... One of the chefs there is a dangerous assassin... Specialises in infiltrating restaurants where he poisons his targets... A crime boss expressed interest in trying this restaurant out and I have gotten intel that the assassin will strike... Plus there is a masked mercenary after this assassin as well... Not for any noble reasons but because he lost clients to this guy before they could pay him... Deathstroke who uses swords and has a half mask like Two Face or... Ever heard of VR Troopers? They tried to replicate Power Rangers' success but... You know what; not important... Be careful in there kid..." Peacemaker told him as he let him go.
"I will keep that in mind thanks..." Lincoln muttered sarcastically thinking that he really needs to find his dad now and let him know about the weird guy stalking about the property. Lincoln got to the main area of the restaurant ended up noticing something up in the corner; hiding in a dark corner was a figure in a dark blue and orange bodysuit with a half orange and half dark blue mask that looked like Peacemaker's description.
"Deathstroke..." Lincoln called out with a jump freaked out wondering if that Peacemaker guy had a point. One of the chefs hired for the restaurant heard Lincoln and looked up and saw him. People were taken aback as the chef then pulled out hidden guns after dropping the dishes that he had. He began firing at the roof with Deathstroke moving about causing the patrols and staff to start screaming and running to the exit.
There was a crowd of panic around as people were moving about and debris was falling down; Lincoln gulped terrified but saw Zee calling out for her dad terrified as they had gotten lost and he saw pieces of rubble and wood falling down.
Without thinking he ran to her shouting for her to look out and pushed her out of the way. He screamed in pain as he was hit by it hard onto him; Lincoln felt himself pulled out forcefully by the chef. "I have to thank you Lincoln for warning me that Deathstroke had found me but you will have to be my ticket out of here... See if the infamous Deathstroke is willing to endanger a kid's life to get to his target..." spoke the chef as he placed a gun to Lincoln's head making him gulp.
However a shot from behind to the chef's head caused him to drop Lincoln and he found his vision fading.
Lincoln groaned as he opened his eyes and found his vision returning to him and then he was in a hospital room; actually feeling better than normal. He saw his parents there along with all 10 of his sisters there and they all jumped at him to embrace him while looking worried. The doctor then yelled at them to let him go as he needs to recover but Lincoln felt fine.
"What happened... Lori? What are you doing here?" Lincoln asked eyes widening at seeing the eldest sister but she scoffed with her arms folded.
"That's literally the first thing that you ask? Mum and Dad called me to tell you what happened; I was in the car five minutes later and I got here as soon as I could... The speeding fines that I have to pay doesn't matter..." Lori explained to him looking incredulous at his question but looked relieved. "I had to tell Bobby why I was in a hurry to leave and... Expect a frantic call from Ronnie Anne; next time you speak to her..." Lori then told him as he chuckled nervously.
"You are a lucky young man Mr Loud as you seemed to have recovered quite well; especially considering that you needed a blood transfusion and with a rare bloode type. However a donor with the same blood type stepped in." the doctor told Lincoln as he laughed nervously.
"Rare blood type? Boy; do I feel special..." Lincoln joked but it seemed that not even Luan wanted to laugh at his joke; he noticed at the bedside table there was a signed picture of John Zatara that also had Zee's name on it.
"You have a worried new friend that has been asking for updates when she and her father came to visit you Lincoln." Lynn Sr said with a smile to Lincoln's surprise. Within the hour; the doctor said that Lincoln could be discharged but recommended that he be careful.
Lincoln felt embarrassed as his family helped him out of bed and get changed; through the door and there was John and Zee there to see about visiting and Zee ran at Lincoln to embrace him softly but let go.
"I... I just want to say... Sorry for acting like a bit of a jerk... Thank you so much for saving me... If you want... We can be friends..." Zee was telling him and Lincoln decided to let there be no hard feelings and nodded; plus his friendship with Ronnie Anne started out worst so who was he to judge Zee too much for this.
Days later and Lincoln was able to go out and explore the city but there was repeated warnings from his family; as Lori warned when he had his first video call with Ronnie Anne since moving there... A good 15 minutes of Ronnie Anne with worry on her face screaming at him before she calmed down; she even said that her family was worried for him when they heard and her abuela was considering asking if Lincoln could come and live in Great Lake City and stay with Lori where it would be safer. Plus off course Ronnie Anne told his friends back in Royal Woods and Clyde reacted as expected along with the others...
However through the letter box of their home; the family kept getting flyers from the Action Comics store which had a bit about saying that they were hiring and they were circled. He was in front of the store when he found it and entered and thought that it looked amazing; aisles of superhero toys, movies and especially comics around the place. He looked and almost bumped into a muscular man in his early 20s with a uniform.
"Excuse me... Sorry but I am here to see about a job please... I'm Lincoln..." Lincoln said to the man getting his attention and read the man's nametag as John.
"Ah yes... Chris said that he believed that a young man would be coming over for a job... Good luck and just be warned... Chris can be a bit much and a little demanding but... He isn't bad... He owns and manages the store." John told him and had him follow him to the manager's office and got through. Seated at the desk was a muscular man with brain haired cut short in an employee's uniform. "Lincoln here is applying for the job Chris sir." John said as he gave a salute and Chris dismissed him.
Chris gave Lincoln an application form and Lincoln looked and saw to his surprise that while there was the usual questions you would expect; there was also questions asking what kind of comics and TV shows and movies he liked. He filled it out and Chris looked at it and said "Ace Savvy... Real popular seller; rivalled only by the real superhero comics... John likes them as well... Welcome to the Action Comics family..." Chris then put out a hand for Lincoln to take a shake. "One more thing... I have a special offer for you and let's go to the secret room for some 'staff training'..." Chris told him motioning Lincoln to follow him to a small closet.
Lincoln looked perplexed but Chris moved a broken light switch to reveal... A high tech keypad... One number combination later and Chris opened the door revealing some sort headquarters inside that was way bigger on the inside than the outside. Lincoln was in awe as he saw a trophy case filled with items, area for suits and an area for gadgets. Plus a training area? He looked at the suits there and...
"You're that Peacemaker guy!" Lincoln yelled in shock at Chris who smirked with his arms folded.
"Christopher Smith the Peacemaker... I saw you crazy kid... Saw that girl in danger and... It seemed that your legs moved before your brain could catch up with what you were doing... Seems like a hero and I looked you up... A big fanboy of the comics and heroes... You look like you have the capacity to be a hero... Young, naive, not jaded, stupid..." Chris told him and Lincoln batted an eye.
"What are you trying to say?" Lincoln asked.
"I am saying that with training; you could become a much better Peacemaker than a jaded pessimistic old jerk than me... I want you to be the new Peacemaker when you are ready..." Chris said as Lincoln was in shock and stared at him.
"What? I'm a kid and... I don't have any powers?" Lincoln retorted and Chris laughed.
"Don't you find it odd how well you were getting out of the hospital... You were only in there for like 3 days at the most... You know Deathstroke was once a soldier who got a special serum that made him faster than a normal human, more agile, better reflexes, stronger than he was before and his brain can process what his eyes sees faster than a normal human... Plus he has a soft spot for innocent kids and what else... Oh yeah... He has your blood type; it turned out..." Chris replied and it sunk into Lincoln what he was implying.
"Listen Lincoln... I know that I'm not that good a superhero and... I got issues is all I will say but... A nice kid with the powers you have been given... You could be better for protecting the peace than I ever could..." Chris offered and Lincoln thought it over and wondered could he really do this...
Plus what would his family say...
After a minute he gave a nod and Chris held out a hand and put his other hand up as if taking a vow; "Do you Lincoln Loud take this solemn vow to fight for peace and the innocent as the next Peacemaker?" Chris asked as Lincoln quickly repeated it and accepted the hand for a handshake...
Decided to turn my Peacemaker Origins fanfic into a full story and like I said there inspiration from Loud House: Rising of Eclipse by Shuckle2001 on AO3 but with differences off course; no of the eventual adult stuff in here. Especially how Lincoln and Zee starts their friendship. Plus I am changing some things from the canon of the DC Superhero Girls (besides putting in Peacemaker here) show like I have an idea of a storyline coming and here Clark will be a bit older and based on his version from Adventures With Superman in terms of age and personality and same for his friends there. Not that there will be a subplot about reverse engineered Kryptonian weapons but some aspects will be inspired into this story. Plus Christopher Smith as I said will have it changed with his cover identity but also while having the personality similar to the Cena one will have a military background like in the DC comics version as well as parental backstory from the Peacemaker: Disturbing the Peace comic oneshot. Next one will cut to couple of years in the future to the time of the first episode of DCSHG. Plus a small pairing for Lincoln as there will only be Zee and Jessica with the other 4 girls being friends and sister figures.