Lincoln was in Hell and he didn't mean it metaphorically, theoritically, poetically or any other fancy way... He was in literal Hell straight up. It was kind of scary to think about; he thought that summoning a king of a realm of darkness would be cool but it turned out that the ritual was to summon the king of Hell.
Which was in Great Grandmother Harriet's possession and how long did they have a book that could summon the king of Hell itself in the attic? Was it there this whole time?
Still Charlie and Vaggie were actually welcoming to him and for being the daughter of the king of Hell; Charlie was very nice and unlike what he could ever have expected. Plus the hotel room wasn't too bad and the bed was nice. He just relaxed trying not to think about what had happened there.
He wished he had his phone or his comics to entertain himself but he put his comics down when he was helping Lucy and he must have dropped his phone when he fell into the pentagram.
Lincoln didn't know how much time had passed but then the door opened and Charlie and Vaggie then came in with Belphegor; "Here he is Aunt Belle..." Charlie told Belphegor before flashing Lincoln a smile as Belphegor brought in a bag. "Lincoln... This is Belphegor the Sin of Sloth... She runs one of the Rings of Hell and has the most medical knowledge of anyone in Hell." Charlie explained as Belphegor walked to the side of the bed as Lincoln thought that she didn't' look bad for a ruler of a ring of hell.
"You're the Lincoln that Charlie told me about; let me see what ails you..." Belphegor then said bringing out from one of her bags some sort of demonic looking machine that Lincoln thought looked like a gothic X-ray machine. Belphegor scanned him with it and used a stethoscope. Some minutes went by with Charlie and Vaggie watching.
Some results came out and Belphegor studied them; "This is... Wow..." Belphegor then muttered reading the results that had them worried. "Okay... Lincoln... Can you explain what happened on your end? Get to the relevant stuff quickly as I tend to zone out of long stories." Belphegor asked as Lincoln coughed.
"I was helping my sister Lucy and her friends with a ritual meant to summon the king of the realm of darkness. During it another of my sisters called and my trouser leg got caught on fire by one of the candles... I tripped into the pentagram thing..." Lincoln explained as they took this in and Belphegor looked at her results.
"That explains this... It seemed that you being there interfered with the ritual summoning Charlie and instead... Some of her energy got transferred to you and from what Charlie... Plus Vaggie's as well since she got in the way to try and help her..." Belphegor then explained as they took this in.
"So how do we get it out?" Lincoln asked as Belphegor shook his her head.
"Want me to remove your kidney, one of your lungs and half of both of your heart and brain while I am at it?" Belphegor asked as they were taken aback by this. "Didn't mean to scare you but... There is nothing really to fix this... The botched ritual... It changed half of your soul... You're still half human but what happened earlier and the transformation... It showed your new half demonic and angelic half..." Belphegor then said explained as they took this in.
"I am going to be able to do that forever? What do I tell my family when I get home?" Lincoln screamed as Belphegor then gave a sigh.
"You will have plenty of time to think about that as... You will need to train your new demonic and magic powers... Get it all under control and until then... Not save for you to go to Earth..." Belphegor then stated as their eyes widened.
"WHAT? How long will that take?" Lincoln asked screaming as Belphegor shrugged.
"How many years did it take Lucifer to teach you how to use your powers Charlie? A couple of decades or something?" Belphegor asked as Lincoln was freaking out.
"But my parents... My sisters... My Friends... What do I tell them?" Lincoln asked as Charlie ran to embrace him to try and calm him down as Vaggie just looked in sympathy.
"We will help you get through this Lincoln... Don't worry... You can have this room we will make you feel welcome..." Charlie then said as Vaggie facepalmed.
"Great... Not that I don't feel for the kid because of of course I do but we will now have to take care of him and our first new patron at this hotel while trying to rehabilitate him... Plus get him away from Lincoln..." Vaggie sighed as Charlie looked to Belphegor as she was packing back up.
"Thank you so much for your help Aunt Belle." Charlie said as Belphegor tipped her nightcap.
"Anytime Charlie and congrats on your new kid... Should probably mention but... The new side of him has essences of you and Vaggie there so pretty much speaking... You are now as much as his parents as the two that conceived him... Congrats; it's a boy!" Belphegor then said with a smile as the three had their eyes widened in shock.
"You're fucking serious?" Vaggie then asked as Belphegor then nodded
"I would watch the swearing in front of your new kid and you and Lincoln... Since you're both now family practically then please call me 'Aunt Belle' or just 'Belle' if you prefer..." Belphegor then said as she gave them a wave.
"As if my family wasn't big enough..." Lincoln muttered as Charlie and Vaggie looked at him.
"Wow... This is a lot to take in... We will be here to be with you every step of the way Lincoln!" Charlie told him assuringly and Vaggie nodded.
"Why don't I take you to the TV and you can try to relax there... I will find something almost semi appropriate for you and I can make you something to eat..." Vaggie told him as Charlie frowned at the boy's predicament.
Hold on; she and Vaggie had a kid? So soon; she thought that if it came to them ready to be mothers then they would adopt a demon child or a sinner kid so they don't have to watch them grow up... Anyway Lincoln is going to be so homesick and put off...
Charlie got an idea; she had the grimoire that her dad gave her in her room along with her other books and she should be able to use the energy of the spot where she was supposed to be summoned to pinpoint his home address. Then a quick sneak to his room and...
Back in Lucy's room at the Loud house; Lucy was looking through Great Grandmother Harriet's notebook while her friends looked through the book. Lucy was frantically trying to look for any clue as to bring back her only brother as her friends were concerned as well.
"Nothing yet... I don't know if it says what to do if someone gets through the pentagram while the ritual is going on..." Morpheus said the one of them who had hte best knowledge of arcane arts.
"I am kind of jealous that he gets to see the realm of darkness but still... He might not survive long..." Haiku said as Lucy nodded knowing her brother well; he couldn't even do well on a camping trip with just Clyde at his side.
They then heard shouting and the front door banging. They got out and went downstairs to investigate and there was Lola and Lynn Jr looking very unhappy as their parents tried to calm them down. Then there was Luna coming in; "Sorry to interrupt this shouting dudes but... is Lincoln alright? He never showed up at our concert and he never replied to any of our texts." Luna said as Lynn Jr scoffed. Lucy was freaking out as Lincoln's phone had been alerted with new texts during the hours that he was gone.
"He never showed up at my soccer game as well and I was totally zoned out thinking about that and couldn't do my rituals... We lost by 3 goals!" Lynn Jr screamed as Lola was glaring with her arms folded up.
"You think that's bad? He totally bailed on me at my pageant and even ended a call saying that he would be there! I lost! I never lose these pageants; this is a travesty! I am gonna get to the bottom of this!" Lola snapped as she ran up the stairs with Lynn Jr.
"Hold on now kids... I am sure there's a good explanation..." Lynn Sr said chasing up after them as Lucy gulped and then Luna looked at Lucy's hand.
"Is that Lincoln's phone? Why do you have it Lucy?" Luna asked as Lucy and her friends were more nervous as Luna and Rita (with Lily in her arms) looked to her.
"...Lincoln was helping us with a ritual to summon the king of the realm of darkness... He ended up tripping and disappeared We fear that he is lost there but we are trying to get him back..." Lucy then said as Luna had her eyes widened and looked sceptical.
"I am sure that there's a more reasonable explanation as to what happened Lucy honey..." Rita said as they heard screaming. They ran up the stairs outside of Lincoln's room with his door open and found it completely void of his stuff: no wallpaper, no desk, no carpet, nothing on his bed and all of his belongings were gone.