Lincoln finally learns the truth about who ruined his family.

The Loud House: A Broken Family- Chapter 10: Meeting an old friend

Lincoln was a little scared. He was about to meet his best friend after a very long time, not to mention he thought he was dead the whole time so Lincoln's ready just in case he faints, he has some water bottles to wake him back up.

But if Lincoln was being honest, this wasn't going to be a friendly visit, of course Lincoln will do the usual friend reunion but Lincoln was going to be on guard and watching Clyde mainly because he knew what Clyde did and it made him very angry, but since Lincoln was working on his anger he decided he wasn't going to attack Clyde but give him a chance to prove he's truly sorry for what he did, Lincoln just couldn't believe his own best friend would make up such a lie.

As Lincoln walked into the park he looked ahead and saw him, Clyde McBride, He looked a lot taller for one, he had a little beard coming in as well, he had on blue jeans, a backpack with ace savvy on it, a black and white sweater and of course some glasses and curly hair.

When Lincoln stopped in front of him Clyde honestly didn't know what to say, he hadn't seen Lincoln in almost over ten years plus he thought he was dead, a part of Clyde wanted to squeal happily but another part of him wanted to cry his eyes out, so he thought of a solution, he decided to do both.

Clyde bursted out in tears but kept a happy face on and said, "Hey buddy. " He then hugged him as hard as he could which didn't really hurt Lincoln but he could tell Clyde had been working out a bit as his younger self didn't even bother with building his body, Lincoln was the exact same way, he still doesn't know how he lived like that.

When Clyde let go Lincoln smiled and said, "It's really been a long time hasn't it? " Clyde nodded as him and Lincoln started to walk down the dirt path.

"So Clyde what happened while I was gone? I mean royal woods is.. Pretty different compared to before. " Lincoln said as Clyde nodded and said, "Well for one after you left, Chandler moved away which was like such a big relief because his crew didn't know what to do anymore. "

"That sounds great, Chandler was such a jerk. " Lincoln said as he crossed his arms and rolled his eyes as Clyde continued, "Then once we heard you died we had to keep going and be strong for you… well I had to be. " Clyde said as he looked up into the sky.

"Oh.. wait what do you mean we? " Lincoln said, confused. Clyde looked at him and said, "Me, Zach, Rusty and Liam not to mention Ronnie Anne. "

"Oh, my bad I kinda forgot about the guys. " ,Lincoln said as he laughed nervously but Clyde only patted his back and said, "It's ok buddy, I stopped talking to them a while ago once I found out what they did. "

Lincoln stopped laughing and was focusing now, he then said, "What did they do Clyde? " He asked with a raised brow.

Clyde looked at him a bit shocked and said, "Well if I tell you, you might get a bit angry so I suggest you sit down for this. " Clyde then began walking to a bench.

Lincoln followed and said, "Ok. " But a bit unsure of this. As they sat down Clyde then said, "So you know how everyone thought you were dead and all of Royal Woods revolted against your family."

Lincoln nodded and Clyde continued, "Well I found out they were the ones who came out and said that, of course at the time I believed them but now I know it's not true."

Lincoln nodded but looked at Clyde like he was crazy, Lincoln himself already knew it was Clyde but what if Clyde was telling the truth? But that doesn't make sense, I mean Lincoln and Rebecca did so much investigating, they coordinated the time, looked at footprints and watched back old security camera footage, thanks to Lisa, of the day the family got the news about Lincoln and Clyde was outside the window till he ran off.

Lincoln wasn't about to accuse Clyde of doing this till he got some solid proof if it was Liam, Rusty, and Zach. Lincoln then turned to Clyde and said, "Clyde I need you too listen to me ok. " Lincoln suddenly said in a serious tone catching Clyde off guard as he nodded, "I need you to tell everything you did the day you found out I died. "

"Wait what? But that was so long ago, I can't remember that, I only really remember crying and Lori for some odd reason. " Clyde said not focusing until Lincoln shook him and said, "It's very important Clyde! Damn it! If only we could look into your memories.. Wait. "

"What is it Lincoln? " Clyde asked as Lincoln looked like he had an idea. "We need to go to Lisa, C'mon! " Lincoln said as he grabbed Clyde's hand and ran out of the park towards the loud house.

Once they made it to the loud house, Clyde was out of breath while Lincoln looked like he could do it again, Clyde doesn't remember the last time he ran that much in his life, Lincoln then knocked on the door as him and Clyde waited outside, Lori then answered and said, "Oh you're back and wait Lincoln who's that? " Lori asked, confused.

"Hey Lori, it's been a while. " Clyde said nervously as Lori took a few seconds to realize who it was, "Clyde! Wow it really has been a long time, I haven't seen you in like 4 summers. " She said, surprised.

"Yeah that's nice Lori but we have to go see Lisa. " Lincoln said in a rush as he walked past Lori as Clyde waved goodbye and walked upstairs to Lisa and Lily's room.

Lincoln walked in and explained everything to Lisa who said, "Oh that's easy Lincoln, what you need is my memory watcher 3000, prototype, patent pending. " She said with her famous lisp.

"Wait prototype? Are you sure this thing won't fry my brain or something? " Clyde asked, a little scared only for his snow haired friend to touch his shoulder and say, "Dude, it's Lisa's invention, you just gotta trust it. "

Clyde was still a little hesitant but decided to put it on for his friend. He sat in a chair as Lisa put the cap on his head and connected the wire to her giant screen then said, "Alright now all we need is him to think of the specific day you want Lincoln. "

"Alright Lisa thanks, ok Clyde I need you to think back ten years ago, on the day you were outside my house I guess, just try to remember. " Lincoln said as Clyde nodded and said, "Ok Lincoln I-i think I can do that. "

Clyde then began to think back to the day he found out his best friend had died, even though he now knows it's not true, it still hurts to think about to this day.

As Clyde continued to concentrate, the screen started to flicker and suddenly everyone saw a sunny day with what appeared to be Clyde humming a song while walking to the loud house to check and see if his best friend is back yet.

Lincoln and Lisa were surprised it was actually working as they smiled and watched.

Meanwhile In Clyde's Memory

Clyde in the memory suddenly spotted the military styled car and thought to himself as his thoughts were heard on the screen, "I wonder if Lincoln is back! Lincoln! It's me Clyde! " Clyde yelled as he ran towards the loud house with joy.

As he approached he suddenly heard a voice that was unfamiliar to him, "Listen I won't sugarcoat this ma'am, I am sorry to inform you, but.. Your son has passed away. "

Clyde couldn't believe his ears, his best friend was.. Dead. Clyde turned around and ran away as fast as he could, he couldn't look back. It hurt too much.

Lincoln couldn't believe his friend had to find out this way, and by the looks of it, it's looking more and more like Clyde is innocent.

As Clyde entered his home in the memory they saw that Clyde cried for hours, about four to be exact, so Lincoln and Lise decided to skip until he finished until they saw something interesting.

Once Clyde had finished bawling his eyes out he got on a video call with Rusty, Zach, and Liam.

"G-guys you may n-not believe me b-but, I have bad n-news. " Clyde said as his voice kept going in and out.

"Oh jeez what now Clyde? Did Bobby propose to Lori or something? " said Rusty. "She's still out of your league dude. " said Zach, "Dude! Don't say that! He's crying his eyes out! " said Liam.

"Guys focus! I went over to Lincoln's house to see if he was home and I saw a military car outside so I thought he was home and- " He was cut off by Rusty, "Lincoln's back! Awesome! "

"No Rusty! Listen to me! " said Clyde, growing more annoyed than sad. "I listened to their conversation and.. They said Lincoln had.. He's gone guys.. " Clyde said with his eyes closed, it hurt him to even say it.

Everyone in the video call grew quiet, they couldn't believe what Clyde was saying until Rusty said, "Wait so they were talking to the louds? And they said Lincoln's dead! Clyde you can't be serious! "

"I am! As much as I don't want to be I am! " Clyde yelled as he threw an issue of ace savvy across the room.

"Well we should tell somebody! This is madness! " Liam said angrily. "Who are we going to tell? And why would we do that? " Zach said, confused.

"Guys, I think there's a conspiracy behind this. " Rusty said, a little confused. "What do you mean? " said Clyde, who was also confused.

"Well think about it, Lincoln was always talking about how he loves his sisters but they always get on his nerves and then he suddenly gets sent away to boot camp only to find out a couple months later he's just.. Dead? It doesn't make any sense. " Rusty said as he raised his arms to emphasize his point as Zach and Liam couldn't argue with it but Clyde said, "Wait guys we should think about what we're saying first, you're making it sound like they killed Lincoln. "

"Well what if they did! " Zach said as Rusty continued on, "Think about the facts here Clyde, Lincoln's family killed him then covered it up with this boot camp bullshit! " Zach and Liam both agreed as Liam said, "They're monsters! " Zach continued, "Disgusting freaks! "

Clyde could only listen on to their horrible words, he couldn't just agree with this, Clyde knows them, heck he's in love with Lori and he knows she would never hurt Lincoln even if they didn't get along that well, Clyde had to stand up for them!

"Enough guys! " Clyde yelled, silencing his friends. "You're not actually thinking about what you're saying, are you? I know Lincoln's family heck you guys do too! Do you really think they would kill their only brother/son! I mean think about it guys, they're not monsters, they love him with all they're heart. " Clyde finished with his tears now dried up and gone.

Rusty, Zach and Liam all stayed quiet till Rusty said, "No. Your wrong Clyde, they killed Lincoln and there's more proof to show they did then your dumb argument. "

"Yeah I agree with Rusty on this one man, the Loud's were always on the crazy side, so they finally snapped and killed him. " said Zach as he crossed his arms as Rusty nodded, all that was left was Liam. Clyde had to convince him Zach and Rusty were wrong.

"C'mon Liam, you don't believe that do you? " Clyde said as he hoped his country friend wouldn't agree with the craziness that Rusty and Zach we're spewing out.

"I-I'm sorry Clyde but.. The Loud's seem guilty on this one and.. I think we should take it to the mayor, the Loud's must be punished! " Liam yelled angrily.

"There you go Liam! " Rusty said happily as Zach nodded in approval. "Wait you guys can't actually be serious? " Clyde asked as Rusty said, "If you won't agree with us Clyde then you weren't Lincoln's true friend! He would want us to get revenge for him! See you around Clyde. " Rusty said as he logged out of the video call. "Bye Clyde. " said Zach.

Clyde looked to Liam as he avoided Clyde's eyes as Liam said, "I'll..I'll see you at school, p-partner. " Liam then logged out of the video call as Clyde was the only one left, he then said to himself, "What have I done.. "

Meanwhile Back With Lincoln And Lisa And Clyde

They sat in their chairs with shock as all they could express, it was Lincoln's own friends who caused his family such pain and dismay.

Clyde then opened his eyes and took the helmet off quickly as he breathed heavily as sweat dripped off his face, he then looked to Lincoln and said, "Lincoln I'm so sorry, I honestly didn't know they were actually going to go through with it. "

Lincoln looked to him and smiled then said, "It's fine Clyde, look I need to go I'll be back later. " Lincoln then walked out the room as Lisa walked to Clyde and said, "C'mon, let's head to the kitchen, we could both use a juice box right about now. "

Meanwhile With Lincoln

Lincoln drove out to the woods and had a firm grip on the steering wheel as a vein was popping out of his forehead, he was pushing eighty miles an hour on the highway and was going even faster.

Once he reached a secluded area, he parked Vanzilla pretty badly and started to let his anger out on the various trees around him, each blow he landed made the tree shake as leaves started to fall off of it, Lincoln didn't care if his knuckles were starting to bleed or the fact that his wounds might get infected, all he cared about now was getting his anger out the best way he knew how, punching something.

He kept punching the tree as hard as he could as the bark flew off of it, he then landed one final blow as the cramp and blood loss from his hand was starting to get to him, he became very light headed but was still able to stand, he then leaned against a different tree and as he was about to yell he heard something he didn't expect, laughter.

He immediately turned around and tried to find the source, so Lincoln closed his eyes and steadied his breathing. He then listened closely as the laughter grew louder from the east, he then followed it after he retrieved a weapon from Vanzilla, just in case things went south. (Bad pun, sorry )

He kept walking east until he found what looked to be a house that didn't look in mint condition, the windows were boarded up, there were signs saying to stay away yet the laughter made Lincoln want to keep walking towards it, he then found what looked to be a cellar door behind the house, as he was about to approach it he suddenly heard footsteps and backflipped behind a tree to hide himself.

As Lincoln waited for the footsteps from the mysterious person to arrive, what he saw next made him want to throw up and run away as fast as he can, he saw a man that looked like he would be a little older than his father walking towards the cellar with what looked to be a corpse in some bedsheets, he could tell the person was dead because of all the blood and lack of movement, Lincoln wanted to scream but he knew that would be dumb, so why he didn't just shoot him, this guy looks like he just killed someone, he couldn't do that either because what if it wasn't a corpse.

Lincoln would have another dead body on his hands and he doesn't want that.. Again.

The man then opened the cellar and threw the corpse down the stairs then said, "Hey Lynn! Hope you like your new friend! " He then laughed evilly as Lincoln heard someone in the cellar say, "You goddamn monster! You won't get away with thi.. " He was cut off when the man shut the cellar and locked it, Lincoln decided he had seen enough and started to back away when his foot hit a twig making the man look behind him instantly. He looked all around him and said, "Who's there? Show yourself! "

Lincoln only held his breath and hid his body the best he could behind the tree till he heard the man say, "Guess it was nothing. " He then walked off back into his house and Lincoln made a run for it, he didn't look back, his legs just kept moving and he agreed with it.

Once he finally reached Vanzilla he concealed his gun once again and started the gas then got back on the highway and said, "What the fuck did I just see! W-was that a dead body! " Lincoln yelled as he wasn't paying attention to the cars in front of him.

"I-i gotta tell the police! This is insa- Lincoln was cut off when he crashed into the car in front of him that sent Vanzilla and the other car spinning until he finally stopped when he hit a tree.

Lincoln was left unconscious and near death as blood leaked from his forehead and mouth.

To Be Continued..