AN: I've been working on this chapter ever since finishing the first Far Cry 5 Chapter. I do the story they're watching first and then work on their reactions after that.

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volcasiron30: Maybe, I never watched Inside Out. However it might be something interesting.

OmegaDelta: It's been a couple years since I watched Maken-Ki, but it would allow me to do some interesting pairings. I'll keep it in mind and try to rewatch.

Gamelover41592: Thanks and no problem. I didn't know the website went down until a couple of hours after posting.

Perseus12: I never seen Hot Shots, but maybe comedy. Also, maybe I should find something I can use Albert in.

eduardo.bettin26: I may use different Spider-men. I might check out that Ben 10 x TLH story. Glad you liked Ronnie Anne's reaction and you're right about Lori.

Alphared45667: That's an interesting idea, but I liked the whole "Clyde vs his uncle" hook. Glad you liked Ronnie Anne's reaction.

Pedro Alonso Buby Huayanay Zam: I thought Becky would make a good replacement for Mary Jane. Although I thought of using Sam like in the first chapter, but Becky felt like the better choice. I might go a little deeper into Clyde's adoption, but not that deep since there's not much known about his birth parents.

CRabbit3428665: That's an interesting idea. However if I use it, I think I will do some of the side, story, or strangers missions before that one. Just to build up the group's feelings for them.

Guest99: The Metroid games would be interesting. Evil Dead maybe, but I've only seen the movies. The Fright Night movies would be something I could have fun with for Lucy.

redsteel116: It's a good idea, I will have to rewatched it. It's been a good couple of years since I've seen it.

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Chapter 9: Lucy The Herald

Disclaimer: I don't own The Loud House. I make no money or profit from this.

The group had just finished watching all the other worlds, and the three new guests were conflicted with what they just watched. As for the family, they had an easier time watching them a second time.

"Wow, seeing those make me wonder what kind of other worlds are out there" Ronnie Anne commented. She saw the girl the Loud girls were talking about, and she felt conflicted about her. She could see a bit of herself in the older girl, however she didn't like how she teased Lincoln. "I wonder what I'm doing in some of those worlds."

"If Carol is an Angel, then I'm probably a better one" Lori said pridefully, looking at her boyfriend. "You literally think so too, right Boo Boo Bear?"

"Of course babe," Bobby replied with a smile, putting an arm around her. "Still, it's bizarre to see worlds where you don't exist and very different versions of your family."

"I hope we see some happier worlds" Clyde commented with a worrying frown. He did enjoy Spider-Woman, as well as the one with Lola and Lana. Although it did worry him watching it. He also enjoyed the one in Heaven, even if it did make him question the afterlife. However, he didn't want to see the one in Montana.

"By the way, Clyde, wanted to ask something," Lana said to the older boy. "I was too busy watching the trailer, but are you related to the mayor? I know Cobalt said you wasn't, but he could be lying."

"Yeah, and are the McBrides friends of your parents?" Lola asked innocently.

Clyde looked at them confused, before realizing what they were asking. "No, I'm not related to the mayor or Jefferson Morales" he told them with a sad smile. "Harold and Howard are my adopted parents, and have no relation to them."

"But what about your real parents?" Lola asked, confused.

"Lola! That's a rude thing to say!" Rita scolded her daughter. "Harold and Howard are his real parents!"

"It's okay Mrs. Loud, they didn't know" Clyde reassured the mother before focusing back on the twins. "I don't know who my birth parents are, my dads adopted me when I was a baby. I don't know if they know who they are."

This saddened the twins, while everyone else looked a little uncomfortable. They all knew or figured out the McBrides had no relation to Clyde. Only the twins didn't know. "But doesn't that mean the Morales could be your parents?" Lana asked.

Clyde went to answer, but stopped. The truth was it was a possibility. Since he didn't have anything to go on, any people he saw could be his birth parents. He doesn't even know who they are in the Montana world. So those people could be his real parents.

"You bring up an interesting theory, older sibling unit," Lisa said, looking up from the book. "Since we have no groundwork on who Clyde's parents are, the Morales couple could be his biological parents. However it could be someone else as well. After all the world with the older you had completely different parents. Or the one with Lynn having a different father. Unless we know something definitive, anything is possible."

"That's correct," Cobalt commented, joining the discussion. In his hands were a familiar white orb with a black cross. "Not even I know who Clyde's parents are, so it's possible that the Morales are his parents. However it doesn't matter because they are that Clyde's parents."

"Wait! I recognize that orb!" Lincoln said with a slight bit of fear. "That's the world in Montana and the cult!" Hearing this filled everyone with dread.

"Correct, it is that world" Cobalt said, sounding almost joyfully. "However this is going to be different then the last one. You see, my creator did something similar to the trailer you recently watched. You are going to see the most important confrontations between Clyde and one of the Seed Family."

"Why?" Luna asked hesitantly.

"Because otherwise you'd be seeing him gun down and kill a lot of cultists" Cobalt replied. "And trust me, you don't want that. Besides all the gore and violence, it would be a minimum of two hours of that. Something I don't think you want to watch."

Everyone nodded, but didn't make them feel better. "How bad is this going to be?" Rita asked nervously.

"In terms of blood and violence, not too bad" Cobalt replied, thinking carefully. "There are two major scenes, but they are important. However, I think it will be very emotional and mentally exhausting for you." This only worried the group more.

"Who are we going to see him confront?" Lincoln asked nervously.

"You'll see, now who wants to do the honors?" Cobalt asked, holding the orb out. However unlike the other times, no one volunteered. "I see, that's understandable," Cobalt said with a nod. He then threw the orb at the screen and it came to life.

The screen opened to Clyde in a gun fight in an apple orchard. He had just helped free a local icon, Boomer the dog. Lucy had contacted him over his radio and taunted him, before a group of cultists pulled up and started shooting. He heard one of them shout something about Bliss Bullets, but had no Idea what they were. As he peaked out from behind a tree to return fire, a bullet grazed his arm. Clyde went back behind cover, when his vision started becoming blurry. Before he knew it, he was out cold. The cultists stopped their shooting, grabbed Clyde's unconscious body, and put it in their vehicle and drove off.

"What happened?!" Lynn Jr. shouted in confusion.

"Clyde was hit with a Bliss Bullet" Cobalt replied.

"Bliss Bullet?" Lynn Sr. asked, confused.

"A bullet coated in the Bliss drug" he replied, only to see confused looks. "Right, you don't know. Bliss is a drug that the cult makes and uses. It's a powerful drug that can cause hallucinations. It's made using Angel's Trumpet flowers."

"That makes sense," Lisa said, hearing this. "Brugmansia is known to have hallucinogenic properties and is extremely poisonous."

"Correct, and the drug is strong because of the chemicals mixed with it," Cobalt added.

The screen started to show Clyde's point of view. He briefly gained consciousness and heard two people talking. His vision was too blurry to see who they were. "This one?" A male voice said. It sounded distant and distorted.

"No, this one" a female voice replied, sounding the same as the other.

"That's Lucy's voice," Luan said, hearing the voice.

"So we're going to see Clyde confront Lucy then" Luna commented.

Everyone else grew nervous, not knowing what to expect. Lucy meanwhile was nervous and interested. Cobalt didn't give much of how their counterparts acted and they didn't see much the first time. So she was curious how this version of her acted.

"Don't seem very worthy," the male voice commented.

"It is not for us to judge," the female voice told them sternly. "Deliver them unto the waters. The Cleansing begins tonight." Clyde then fell back unconscious.

The scene changed to a lake or pond at night, where a cultist is holding Clyde's body underwater. Clyde is seen coming to and starting to panic. The cultist pulls him out of the water, letting Clyde get some air. He can then hear a familiar voice speaking.

"What are they doing to me?!" Clyde asked in alarm.

"I believe it's a type of baptism," Cobalt replied.

"Make sense, they are a religious cult after all" Lisa added.

Looking around, he saw it was Lucy Seed talking. He also saw other cultists doing the same thing to a few other people. He also saw they had dumped barrels of Bliss in the water near them. Then they started leading them back to shore, all the while Lucy was preaching as they walked. Clyde could feel he didn't have his guns on him and just did what they told him. However, just as they got to Lucy, she stopped them.

"What were they dumping in the water?" Lana asked fearfully.

"Why isn't Clyde fighting back?" Luna asked, confused.

"It's weird, but Lucy does fit the religious figure" Lynn commented with a head tilt.

"What they are dumping is the Bliss drug" Cobalt started to reply. This alarmed everyone, hearing they were dumping drugs into the water. "That's how they brainwash people into the cult. They use Bliss to weaken them so they obey. That's also why Clyde isn't fighting back. He's under the influence of the drug and has no weapons on him."

"This makes sense as well," Lisa commented. "Cults will often use drugs to make their members more obedient."

This horrified everyone and made the parents remind the kids why they shouldn't do drugs. Clyde was not terrified, wondering what was going to happen to his counterpart. Lana was furious, knowing the drugs were harming any fish in the water.

"Not this one" Lucy said to them. She was wearing the same outfit he saw in the church when he tried to arrest Lincoln, minus the jacket. Her voice was monotone and devoid of any emotions. She then handed the cultist her book and held onto Clyde. "This one's not clean," she said, staring in his eyes. She then put him back into the water and held him there. Clyde started to struggle and try to fight back, but was weak from the Bliss still in his system. She then pulled him out of the water and started to shush him. She was about to do it again, when a loud voice called to them.

"She's going to kill him!" Ronnie Anne shouted in fear.

While everyone couldn't believe what they were seeing, Lucy was terrified and disgusted. She couldn't believe another version of her would do such a thing.

"Do you mock the Cleansing, Lucy?" Lincoln's voice said. Lucy froze at hearing her brother's voice. Clyde could see him standing on the shore.

"No Lincoln-" she said before he interrupted her.

"Shhh, you have to love them Lucy," he said in a calm, soothing tone. "Do not let your sin prevent that. Bring that one to me."

"Did little bro just save him?" A confused Bobby asked.

"Yes…yes he did" an equally confused Lynn Jr. replied.

"But why?" Luan asked no one.

"I don't think it's for a good reason," Luna replied with a frown.

Lucy obeyed and took Clyde over to Lincoln. Clyde could see Lincoln was wearing the same pants, shoes, and sunglasses from before. Except he was now also wearing a long sleeve white button shirt, under a navy blue vest. Lincoln then held both sides of Clyde's face and stared into his eyes.

"Despite all that you have done, you are not beyond salvation" Lincoln told him softly. "You are not here by accident or by chance. You are here by the grace of God. You have been given a gift. Now it remains to be seen whether you choose to embrace it…or to cast it aside." Clyde could only glare at the man, still feeling the effects of the Bliss drug.

"Is Lincoln literally trying to recruit Clyde?" Lori asked dumbfounded.

"It seems like it," Lynn Sr. replied nervously, but also confused.

"Do you think he's trying to do the same with the others?" Clyde asked everyone.

"I think it's a possibility," Lisa replied to him. "By what Cobalt said, Clyde more than likely killed a lot of members. So Lincoln would need to replace them."

Lincoln then lets him go and walks beside his sister, putting a hand on her shoulder. Despite not seeing her eyes, Clyde could tell Lucy was nervous at this moment. "This one shall reach the Atonement" he told her in the same voice. He then moved his hand and used it to move her bangs away. Seeing her eyes, he rested his forehead on her's. "Or the gates of Eden, shall be shut to you Lucy."

"Yes, Lincoln," Lucy said in a soft, weak voice. Those two words had more emotions in then, then any other time Clyde heard her speak. Lincoln removed his hand and walked away, Lucy watched him as he left. Once he was far enough, she returned her focus back on the Deputy.

"Am I the only one who saw a part of our Linky at that moment?" Leni asked her family.

"No dude, I saw it too," Luna replied confused.

"If you just showed me that moment and not told me anything else, I would think it was just an older Lucy and Lincoln," Luan commented.

"That's impossible," Lisa said with a raised eyebrow. "Cult leaders don't often show any genuine infection for anyone but themselves."

"That's true, but Lincoln is a bit different," Cobalt replied. "While to a majority of his members he doesn't care about them, he does show actual love and affection to his sisters."

"That makes sense and I think it's the same for them," Lucy commented. "While at first I thought my counterpart was scared of him, we see a different side of her later on. One that's almost like a scared, weak, little girl. I think that's her true self-showing. Showing the only person she actually trusts and cares for." While Lucy wasn't sure, that's how she felt looking at her counterpart.

"Then why did he threaten her at the end?" Ronnie Anne asked.

"It's a type of manipulation," Cobalt replied to her. "That is something that all cult leaders do to their members."

The two younger boys hated to admit it, but they had to agree with the Loud sisters. In that one moment, the older Lincoln looked just like the one with them. A kind, caring brother. This confused them and made them feel conflicted.

"You will confess," she told him. Her voice was back to monotone, but there was a hint of displeasure and hate in it. "Every sin you've ever committed. No matter how petty, no matter how small…I will pull from you. Then we'll see if you are worthy of Atonement." She then makes a gesture and a cultist comes and takes Clyde from her. He was then put in the back of a van with a couple other people, before it drove off.

"We will be changing scenes now," Cobalt said, gaining everyone's attention. This caused them to shout out in worry and confusion. "What happens after that is Clyde escaping thanks to the help of a friend. From there he then shoots up a bunch of cultists and continues his journey. You're not missing out on anything and there's no need to show you all the mindless killing and shooting." The parents nodded an agreement, while some of the kids grumbled in disappointment. However a majority of them looked relieved not seeing that.

The screen shows Clyde strapped to a chair in a dark cement room. Across from him was Deputy Hudson, strapped in the same kind of chair and gagged. The only light in the room came from some red lights that hung from the ceiling. As Clyde was coming too, he heard someone whistling. Lucy then walked in front of him and to a workbench not too far away. She was pulling things out of a tool box before turning to face Clyde.

"He was captured again?!" Lynn Jr. shouted outrage and confusion.

"Looks like it but where is he?" Bobby asked nervously.

"He's currently in Lucy's bunker" Their host replied. "However this isn't a normal bunker. This bunker is much larger and goes deep into the ground. It's large enough to fit hundreds of people in it, maybe even a thousand. Also Don't underestimate the effects of the Bliss bullets. Just getting grazed by it will have you under the drug's effect."

"Then why aren't any of the cultists affected by the drug?" Lynn Jr. asked, confused.

"Because most of them had built up a type of immunity to it, since they do use it constantly" Cobalt replied.

"Why does Lucy literally have a bunker?" Lori asked, confused and a bit annoyed.

"For the end of the world that is coming" the android replied. "At least that's what's going to happen according to Lincoln."

"At least he found Hudson," Luan said, trying to brighten the mood.

"Yes, but she doesn't look to be in good shape" Rita said worryingly.

"My parents were the first ones to teach me about the power of Yes," Lucy said casually. "One night they took me into the kitchen, and they threw me on the ground. I experienced pain, after pain, after pain, after pain!" She then slammed a fist onto the workbench. "And when I didn't think I could take anymore, I did." She then grabbed something from the toolbox and started walking to Clyde.

The Loud parents were horrified and devastated by this new information. By the sounds of it, they seem to have beaten their children. They doubted they had a good reason to do such a horrible thing.

All the kids and teens were taken aback by this as well. They couldn't imagine the Loud parents to do such a monstrous thing to any of their children. Lucy was mortified more than the rest. It seemed like her counterpart had an extremely dark past and childhood.

"Something broke free inside, I wasn't scared" she said, turning a nearby desk lamp on him. "I was…I looked up at them and started to laugh." She started to connect the thing she had to something else, turned out to be a tattoo gun. "All I could say was…Yes. I spent my entire life looking for more things to say "Yes" to." She put the tattoo gun down and then ripped open Clyde's shirt, exposing his chest. "I opened up every hole in my body and when those were filled, I created more." Clyde struggled to get free, but with no success.

Everyone was horrified by Lucy's monologue. Sure the Lucy they know said some dark and depressing things, but this one surpassed her. Even Lucy didn't like this version of herself, this version was too dark even for her.

"But it was Lincoln who showed me how selfish I was being," Lucy said, getting close to his face. "Always receiving, always taking. The best gift isn't the one you get, it's the one you give and giving takes courage. The courage to own your sin." She then turned around and started to walk back to the workbench. "To etch it on your flesh and carry its burden and when you have endured…" She then leaned against the workbench. "...When you have truly begin to atone. To cut it out like a cancer and display it for all to see…" she then let out some breaths of excitement and joy. "...My God that's courage."

"There is something seriously wrong with this Lucy," a disturbed Luna said.

"Well by the sounds of it, she was beaten in her childhood" Lisa commented. "Studies show physical abuse can damage a child's well-being and mental state into adulthood."

"And it seems like my counterpart uses that to manipulate her," Lincoln commented in a sad voice.

"This makes me think about what he and the others had to deal with growing up," Lynn Jr. said with a frown.

"I think it's best we don't learn that" Rita replied shedding some tears. With her husband nodding in agreement.

Lucy then grabbed something else from the tool box and started pacing between Clyde and Hudson. "I'm going to teach you courage" she said with some joy entering her voice. "Teach you how to say "Yes", So you can confront your weaknesses. Confront your sin. You will swim across the ocean of pain and emerge…free. For only then can you truly begin to atone." She pointed the item at him at his chest, before going back to the toolbox. "So who wants to go first?" Lucy asked both people, but was looking at Clyde.

"Does she really believe one of them is going to volunteer for something like that?!" Ronnie Anne asked no one in outrage.

"It seemed that way, NiNi," Bobby replied.

Clyde stayed silent and just glared at her. "Which one? Hm?" She asked again. "This is lesson number one" anger and annoyance was now seeping into her voice. Hudson started screaming the best she could while gagged, but Clyde remained silent. "Someone's got to choose" Lucy's voice was now filled with annoyance. Clyde remained silent and Lucy snapped. She went and pushed the workbench over in a fit of rage and frustration.

The sudden show of frustration made everyone jump, including the little goth.

"For fuck's sake, we'll start with you!" She shouted, getting up in Clyde's face. Her little fit caused her bangs to partially part, letting him see her eyes. He could see the craze look in them. "You won't regret this, I promise" she said in an ominous tone. She then backed up, fixed her hair, and started moving towards the other Deputy. "Now before we begin, I think it's only proper that Deputy Hudson goes back to her room" she said as she got behind Hudson. "Confessions are supposed to be private after all." Lucy then proceeded to push Hudson's chair, only to temporarily stop her in front of Clyde. "Shhh, shhh… I am not here to take your life" Lucy said quietly to Hudson. "I'm here to give it to you."

While the group didn't know what Lucy had planned for them. They knew it wasn't going to be anything good.

Lucy then held onto Clyde's face, staring him in the eyes. Clyde didn't struggle, knowing he couldn't break free and glared at her. "I'm going to open you and pour your worst fears inside and as you choke, your sins will reveal themselves" she said with a scowl. "Only then will you truly understand the power of Yes." Lucy let him go and proceeded to push Hudson out of the room, all the while Hudson let out muffled screams.

This only terrified Clyde even more, he was very fearful about what was going to happen to his counterpart.

"Okay we're gonna skip ahead a couple minutes" Cobalt said, getting everyone's attention again. "The only thing you're gonna miss is Clyde breaking free and killing some more cultists in the bunker."

The scene changed to Clyde running to a secure heavy metal door, looking through the small window on it. On the other side he could see Lucy with the confined Hudson. Clyde banged on the door a few times and Lucy walked to the window. "I know your sin" Lucy said through an intercom on the door. "It drives you. Every thought, every action. Your sin is Wrath." She let out a small smile and chuckled after that. "So I'll indulge you, become Wrath. Let it fill your body and consume your soul. Because in the end, you'll still be empty. And I'll be waiting right here." She then looked back at Hudson before returning to Clyde. "We both will."

"I hate to admit it, but I have to agree with her," Luna said begrudgingly.

"Yeah, from what Cobalt told us, Clyde doesn't show any mercy to any of the cultists," Lynn Jr. said, agreeing with her sister.

"I hope we don't find out what she planned to do with them," Clyde fearfully commented.

Lucy then went and started to pull Hudson away. Clyde then pulled out one of his guns and started to shoot at the door hoping it would open, but it didn't. The last thing he saw was Lucy pushing a button on a remote, with the place being filled with Bliss gas. Clyde quickly turned around and started to look for a way out.

"What is that?!" Lincoln asked, alarmed.

"That is the Bliss drug in gas form" their hosts replied.

"How do they have so much of that stuff?" Lynn Jr. asked.

"The cult actually makes it, that's how they're able to have so much" Cobalt replied. "Now we'll be switching scenes to the last encounter between Lucy and Clyde."

The screen showed Clyde walking into another church. Unfortunately the second he entered, he was knocked out by a cultist. In the church was Lucy, several cultists, 2 shirtless men, and a woman. The cultists then removed Clyde's shirt and held him down. Lucy then used a tattoo gun and started to write something on his chest. Just as she was finishing, Clyde was coming to. He started to struggle, but was held down by the cultists.

"Who are those people with Lucy?" Rita asked.

"They are friends and allies of Clyde," Cobalt replied. "They helped and fought alongside him against the Seed family. The woman is Mary May Fairgrave, the man in the hat is Nick Rye, and the last man is Jerome Jeffries."

"Hold still..it's supposed to say 'wrath' not 'rat'." Lucy said with annoyance, as she continued. "Sin must be exposed so it may be absolved. If we hide our sins…we hide ourselves. You will not hide any longer. Your true self will spill out on this floor for all to see." She finished and smiled. She then stood up and took a few steps back to look at her work. "Ahhhh…perfect. If Mohammad won't come to the mountain, then bring the mountain to Mohammad. Let's begin!"

"Is this what she meant by "etched on your flesh and carried its burden" before?" Luan asked no one.

"But what did she mean by "remove it like cancer and display it for all to see"?" Lucy asked.

"I don't know sweetie, but I don't have a good feeling about it," Lynn Sr. replied, trying to say it in a comforting tone.

Clyde was then forced to stand near the two shirtless men and the woman, who all had a gun to their head. Clyde recognized the people as Nick Rye, Pastor Jerome, and Mary May Fairgrave. These are three people who helped him while on his journey fighting against Lucy Seed. Pastor Jerome had a huge chunk of flesh cut out of his chest, while Nick had the word "Greed" tattooed on his.

"What happened to that man's chest?" Lola asked terrified.

The parents pulled her and her sister Lana into their embrace. Everyone else now had an idea of what Lucy was planning to do. Needless to say this both terrified and disgusted them.

Lucy then slapped Pastor Jerome's Bible out of his hand and shoved one of her own into his hands. The Bible that he now had the crest of the cult on it. Mary, Clyde, and Nick, were forced to stand in front of him, as if for some special ceremony. "I thought a friendly face would make you atonement easier" Lucy said to Clyde. While all the cultists held their guns to the other's heads. She then forced Pastor Jerome to focus on Nick and started telling him what to say.

"Our devoted, we are gathered here to bear witness.." Lucy said, only for Pastor Jerome to remain silent. Lucy gave out a little sigh and then a nod of her head. Then the cultist hit Pastor Jerome in the back of the head with his pistol, sending him to the ground. Mary attempted to attack Lucy only for the same cultists then hit her in the face with his pistol. Clyde looked down at the Pastor and saw him switch out Lucy's book for his own. "Let's try this again," Lucy said with a bit of laughter.

"How could she literally laugh at something like that?!" Lori asked outrage and confused.

"She is a being of true darkness," Lucy replied. While her voice was the same as ever. A selected few could pick up the tones of fear and worry in her voice. "She has seen into the Abyss. She has reached a level of darkness that I hope to never reach."

Lincoln, being one of the few that could sense her displeasure, got up out of his seat and sat beside Lucy. He then started to hug her in an attempt to comfort her, which she gladly accepted.

Once again Pastor Jerome was placed in front of Nick and she started to tell him what to say. This time however, he would actually repeat what she was saying. However as Pastor Jerome was talking, Nick interrupted him. "Oh fuck that. Nah, I ain't given into that psychopath!"

While some of the girls wanted to get mad at Nick for calling Lincoln a psychopath. They realize that he was right and he had a right to be mad. So all bit their tongues and said nothing.

Lucy shoved Pastor Jerome out of the way and smiled in front of Nick, another cultist came over and helped restrain him. "And there it is, Greed," Lucy said to him smugly. "Always thinking of yourself…" Nick then proceeded to spit in Lucy's face. Lucy simply wiped it off as if it was no big deal. She then grabbed a hold of his shoulders and started to whisper something into his ear. Once she was done, Nick seemed to have calmed down and lost the will to fight. "Nick?" She asked.

"What did she say to him?" Ronnie Anne asked in curiosity.

"Yes, Yes I will atone" Nick replied in a defeated tone. One of the cultists then handed Lucy a knife. The other two then made sure to have a strong hold on Nick. What happened next was something Clyde couldn't believe. Lucy then started to cut the tattoo word "Greed" off Nick's chest. Lucy stood in front of Clyde's vision, so he couldn't actually see the deed. However he could hear Nick's screams of pain and agony as Lucy cut the flesh off of him. Clyde, Mary, and Jerome tried to help him, but were being held by the cultists. Once she was done she then laughed and held it up to the sky for all to see.

This caused the twins to hide their faces into their parents chests. Not wanting to see the gore. The parents looked away, not wanting to see something so violent. As for the kids and teens, some covered their eyes. While others watch the scene with morbid fascination. Despite not seeing the act, just hearing it was enough to make some of their stomach's churn.

"This is the power of Yes," Lucy shouted with a smile. "The power to take away your sins." She then staple the flesh to the wall and kneeled down to Nick. "The power to set you free." She then stood to the side to recompose herself, before attempting to do the same thing to Clyde.

Those who watched the scene could only go green with disgust and feeling like they were going to throw up. Especially when they saw Lucy stapling the piece of flesh right onto the wall.

"Will you Deputy, place your hand upon the word of Lincoln" Jerome repeated Lucy. "And renounce your sins and admit your transgressions." Jerome took another step closer. "Say yes" he said in a serious tone.

"It's just one word," Lucy said to Clyde.

"There's no way he's going to actually say it!" Lynn said, still looking a little green.

Clyde looked at him confused for a second, before he realized which book was in front of him. "Yes" he said as he reached to put his hand on the book. At the last second Pastor Jerome opened the book to reveal a hollowed out book with a revolver inside. Clyde immediately grabbed the gun and aimed to shoot Lucy only for a cultist to grab it and redirect the shot. The shot grazed Lucy's ear and she was led away by two cultists. As Lucy fled, Jerome, Nick, Mary, and Clyde started to take out the cultists. After they killed the ones in the church they heard the sound of vehicles rolling up outside and voices coming closer. They realize that there were reinforcements and prepare for a shootout, and to chase after Lucy.

"How did he know that was in there?" Luna asked their host.

"Clyde had seen it before," Cobalt replied. "It was actually Pastor Jerome who saved Lincoln In the very first confrontation you saw. Now we're going to skip ahead a few minutes again. All you're going to miss is Clyde shooting more cultists, chasing after Lucy, and a small aerial dog fight between Clyde and Lucy. What you'll see next at the final confrontation between the two."

While some of the kids wanted to see the aerial dog fight. They felt they had seen enough blood and gore for a lifetime already.

The scene changes to Lucy parachuting onto the ground, only for her to get shot a couple times from behind. She looked behind her and saw that it was Clyde parachuting as well, shooting his SMG. Lucy attempted to run, but the injuries she received from the gunshots slowed her down. Clyde caught up to her and shot her a couple more times. She would fall to the ground and slowly bleed out, seeing Clyde walking up to her.

Lucy hugged and clung onto her brother like a lifeline. She never thought she would see her own death. Lincoln held onto and tried to comfort his younger sister. While everyone else looked at the screen fearfully or sadly. Knowing what was going to come next.

As Lucy laid there struggling to breathe, her bangs parted allowing the world to see her eyes. Clyde walked up to her to grab the bunker key that was hanging around her neck. Just as he grabbed it, she went and grabbed a hold of his arm that had the key. "What if Lincoln is right?" Lucy said, struggling to breathe. "Did you ever stop to think about that? Everyone thinks he's crazy, but he's not." Lucy then glared at Clyde with all the hatred she could, in her weakened state. "Look around you. This world is on the brink. You can feel it in your bones. Look at the headlines. Look who's in charge." She then chuckled before having a small coughing fit.

"Even now she is devoted to her brother" Ronnie Anne muttered quietly. While she didn't like this Lucy, she could respect her devotion to her older brother.

"You want this key because you think you're saving people, but they are already safe" She said with her voice starting to raise in volume. "We had a plan. You don't understand. You don't believe. You don't care!"

"I don't think I ever seen Lucy with this much emotion before," Lynn Jr. commented in a soft quiet tone.

Clyde then shook her arm off his and ripped the key off her neck. Lucy fell back to the ground, but fought her way to sit up to continue to glare at Clyde. "May God have mercy on your soul!" Was the last thing Lucy said to him, before taking her last breath.

Lucy was quietly sobbing in a brother's grasp, with Lincoln doing the best he could to comfort her. All the loud girls were crying at seeing one of their sisters die. The parents tried to comfort the crying twins and Leni. Clyde was crying at what his other self did. Bobby was trying to comfort Lori, and Ronnie Anne just sat there stunned at what she just witnessed.

"There is one last thing to see before we leave this world," Cobalt said cryptically. They all looked at him confused. But before they could voice any questions, the screen showed the next scene.

The scene changed to one of Lincoln, shirtless, with his sunglasses, sitting in a dark room. The only light came from a single red light somewhere, which only Illuminated part of Lincoln. He had a somber expression on his face. "A seal has been opened…" He said in a soft yet sad tone, looking straight at the viewers.

"Can…can he see us?" A fearful Clyde asked. Everyone else was now scared, thinking that this Lincoln could see them all.

"No, he cannot see you" Cobalt replied "What you are witnessing is a message he broadcast across the county after finding out Lucy was dead."

"My sister Lucy was loved by few. Feared by many. Misunderstood by all…except me…Lucy was not born a monster. A child when our family was falling apart." He shook his head, reliving some memories. "She was loving, kind, full of joy…She was easily preyed upon. Lucy was not perfect. Sometimes she was not even good. But she was my sister." Lincoln then glared at the viewers. "And those responsible for her death will be punished. I promise you that."

The screen went black and Cobalt moved in front of it. "That's it for this one, so any thoughts?"

Lucy was still hugging Lincoln, with him still trying to comfort her. Leni and the twins were still hugging their parents. Clyde was crying and trying not to throw up after everything he just saw. Bobby was trying to console Lori. While Ronnie Anne and the rest of the Loud sisters were in a mixed state of depression, disgust, and/or nausea.

"Are those versions of us that horrible?" Rita asked their host, still comforting her children.

"Sadly yes they are" Cobalt replied simply "As I said before they did not care for their children, and had more to replace the ones they lost."

"Will…Will I do that again? To the others?" Clyde asked trying not to throw up.

"Yes he will," their host replied. "He will do that until all of the Seed Family are gone."

"Does that mean mine and Clyde's counterparts will face each other eventually?" Lincoln asked, still holding his sister.

"Yes, but you will see him confront Lynn and Leni before that" the android replied.

"Am I in this world as well?" Ronnie Anne asked.

"You and your brother are not in this world, or at least not in Montana" the android replied. "You may be in another part of this world, but just not in Hope County. Now this won't be the last time you see this world. As I said before, my creator has taken an interest in this world."

"Now are there any more questions before I take my leave?" Cobalt asked everyone. When no one asked any more questions he snapped his fingers. Medicine to help calm their stomachs and keep them from throwing up appeared in front of the group. "Since this was a little more gory than the other worlds, I figured you might need these. Now talk among yourselves and try to eat something to keep your strength up. I'm sure my creator will send the next orb in a matter of time."

Cobalt walked away to wait for the next orb. While the parents and teens grabbed the medicine and gave the proper dosage to the ones who needed it. With them we watched some of the more pleasant worlds again.