A/N: Okay I'm still sticking to the once a month updating. However, I finished this chapter really fast because it was so short. So I decided to post 2 chapters at the same time this month. Don't expect this to happen often.
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OmegaDelta: Thanks and hope you'll enjoy future chapters.
Gamelover41592: Yeah…I got pretty dark with that one. I wanted to be creative for that chapter. Hoped you enjoyed it?
Octavio Constant: I still not sure about Brooklyn 99 or Big Bang Theory. They're not bad series, but would they be something the kids or even teens could follow? Big Bang uses a lot of pop culture references and things they would see as "nerdy" things. Brooklyn 99 is more for young adults and older teens, so would it be difficult for the young audience to understand. As for the Simpsons "Steamed Hams". It's funny, but simple. Honestly someone already did that on the site and they did a great job. It's called Santiago Steamed Hams by J. Tom, with Bobby and Lori.
Tornado man: Maybe Queens Blade, but the Dead or Alive series I'm unsure. I've played a few of the games, including xtreme 3.
Skully13: I'll keep that in mind.
ThanosGaming: I'll keep them in mind, but please understand something. Every chapter I get several suggestions, plus there are ones I want to do. Some of them I have to watch/rewatch/play and I do have a life outside of this story.
Mr png: Everything in the viewing is 99% accurate to the game, with the 1% being stuffed I changed to fit the story better. The history of the Seed Family that is known, is small and hard to tell what is cannon or not. So I got more creative with their history and made it darker than it was in the game. I haven't seen Nobody.
U. N. Owen: I have seen the Classic Ghost Busters, Gremlins, My Hero Academia, and played a bit of Horizon Zero Dawn and Fallout 4. I haven't seen Goonies, Adventures in Babysitting, Black Clover, and haven't played Dead Space. I only seen the 2011 Smurf movie. As for the Miraculous Ladybug, I haven't seen it and hesitate to do so. From what I heard, the whole series is a will they/won't they story. Nothing wrong with that, I just don't like series like that. I enjoy heavy5commando stories as well, but for me, they are just so long. Honestly, I don't think I can do any story for as long as their stories.
X the Reaper: I'll keep those in mind. I'm still unsure about Luan as Goro Majima. While he acts crazy or silly, it's not because he is one of those. His "Mad Dog" personality comes from Homare Nishtani, Wen Hai Lee, and Tsukasa Sagawa, and him vowing to "have more fun and live crazier than all of 'em".
redsteel116: Maybe My Life as a Teenage Robot, but it's been a while.
Guest99: I've never seen The Howling. I have seen Dusk Till Dawn and Krampus, so maybe.
Pedro Alonso Buby Huayanay Zam: I never saw Wolves. Since Sam does have a little brother, I imagine that she would be the one to comfort Haiku.
Perseus12: Maybe The Matrix, but I never got into the movies.
guest (01) 09-21-2024: I've never watched Happy Death Day. As for The Christmas Carol, I kinda don't want to because it's been done to death.
GUEST (02) 09-21-2024: I'll keep it in mind.
eduardo.bettin26: I've never seen The Flash series, The Knights of the Zodiac, Randy Cunningham, and haven't played Prototype, Metal Gears, or Xenoblade 2. I'm unsure about using any SCPs. As for the rest, I'll keep them in mind. However, what is The Neighborhood Kids? I've never heard of it before and don't know what it is. Is it a show? Book? Movie?
Matt: Maybe Ben 10, but yeah I haven't heard of Camp Camp.
Max: I don't know either. Someone suggested it, but I have no clue what it is.
Alfredo: I probably won't try something with Space Jam, Stand By Me, or Call of Duty. Maybe something with Assassin's Creed or Romeo and Juliet.
Guest (03) 10-03-2024: I'm not planning to do a sequel to that story anytime soon. However if I do, they wouldn't be a pairing. Right now I would make them friends at best, superior and subordinate at worst. I'll keep TMNT in mind.
Guest (04) 10-11-2024: BULLY is a good game, but I'm not sure about using it. I only saw the original/first Mask movie. As for Carol and Nikki, I'll keep them in mind.
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Chapter 14: The One Thing You Can't Replace
Disclaimer: I don't own The Loud House. I make no money or profit from this.
Everyone had calmed down since the last world. The Loud family was still shaken, but weren't crying anymore. The friends that were there did what they could to help, which wasn't much. How do you comfort someone for something that technically didn't happen to them? However there was one who was acting abnormal.
"How?! How can he do any of that?!" Lincoln said out loud while pacing. He had been like this ever since Cobalt left them alone. He had been trying to solve the mystery that was Lincoln Seed. He refused to believe that man was a different version of himself, there was no way he would treat his sisters like that.
"You need to calm down buddy," Clyde said, trying to get him to sit down. Him, Ronnie Anne, Jordan, and even Stella tried to calm him down. Only for him to ignore them and continue his pacing and talking to himself. While his sisters and parents were worried, they were still trying to process everything themselves.
Eventually Stella had enough of being ignored and did something that surprised everyone, she slapped him. Of course when she did, it got everyone to look at her with a shocked or stunned face, none more than the boy himself. "Sorry about that, but you needed that!" She told him with a frown. "I get you're going through something I'll never go through...I hope. However, you're worrying your friends and family, which they don't need right now."
Lincoln then looked at them and saw their expressions, realizing what she was saying was true. "You're right," he said looking back at the taller girl. "I was just trying to figure out why he was doing any of this. How could he just kill three of his sisters, while brainwashing three others! He doesn't even seem sad that they died! He just seems mad that his Heralds are gone and need to be replaced!"
"I'm not going to say I know what you're going through, because I don't think any of us here can," Stella said to him, putting a hand on his shoulder. "But I don't think you'll ever know why he does any of the things he does. He may be another version of you, but you two are completely different people. I have only known you for a few hours and I can tell that much."
"Thanks Stella, I needed that," Lincoln said to her with a smile. "Although I could do without the slap," he continued while rubbing his cheek.
"Again sorry about that, you just didn't listen to anyone," Stella apologized with a shaky smile. Lincoln turned to apologize to his friends, while Lynn Jr. and Lucy walked up to her.
"Thanks for helping our brother," Lynn said, holding a hand out. Stella took and shook it, only to feel the older girl's grip tighten.
"But if you do that again, we'll do worse to you," Lucy threatened. It was then the girl noticed all the Loud girls were giving her light glares. After getting her hand free, she nervously sat back down.
"Are you okay Luna?" Sam asked her friend. She knew why she was glaring at the younger girl, but was asking about the last world.
"Honestly Sam, I'm not sure," Luna replied, stopping her glaring and sighing. "Hearing another version of you became brain dead and then killed by your brother…it's a lot to take in. I just keep wondering how bad her life was to become addicted to that Bliss stuff. Her life was so bad that she ran away from home and joined a dangerous religious cult. She used a dangerous drug to escape or forget everything that happened." Sam just rubbed her back to comfort her, not knowing what to say.
"Are you okay Lana?" Lola asked her twin cautiously.
"Yeah it's just…" the little girl started, trying to sort out her thoughts. "How can that Lincoln be so mean? He forced and scared his sisters to do what he wanted. Not caring how they feel. Treating them anyway he wants just because he believes he's right." Unknown to her, what she just said hit some of her sisters in the heart. They realized that they may have treated their own brother like that a few times. Now they were seeing it from a different point of view.
"Now I'm scared to see how my other self acts," Lynn Jr. commented nervously. "Lucy was crazy and bloodthirsty, while Leni talked a lot of nonsense and was hard to understand. So how will I act?"
"I doubt Cobalt will tell us anything," Lucy replied to her older sister.
"Well she looked to be wearing a military uniform?" Becky said from Leni's side.
"True, but that doesn't help much," Luan commented.
"It's odd hearing another world involving Lily," Lisa commented. "According to Cobalt, if she didn't have a mental breakdown, then she would've been in Leni's position. I'm curious how she was able to handle everything the twisted version of our brother gave her."
"Can we please stop talking about this," Rita said, still holding her crying second eldest daughter. "Are you okay sweetie?" She asked her daughter.
"Why was I so mean?" Leni asked while letting out sniffles. "Why would I say such mean things? Why would I hurt people?" The mother could only hug her and answer her questions the best way she could. Everyone could only look at her with sympathy and sadness.
"I don't want to see anymore of that world," Clyde said with sniffles. He had finished his own crying not too long ago.
"Unfortunately McBride, we're going to see it two more times," Ronnie Anne said, looking displeased at the thought.
"The confrontation with Lynn, then the final showdown with Lincoln himself," Jordan added. "Okay that felt really weird to say."
"I hope the next one is happier," Bobby said, still holding a sobbing Lori.
"It is an interesting sight to see a dark version of your brother," Haiku said to her friend. "While the Radio Demon is dark, that's expected since he's a sinner in Hell. But that version is a human who believes he is hearing god." Lucy gave her friend an odd look, which people couldn't see because of her bangs.
"Indeed, that's why my creator took an interest in those worlds," Cobalt said, walking up to the group. In his hands he held an orb in each hand. One was a familiar red orb with a strange key. The other was orange with a microphone silhouette. "My creator has done something different this time. They has sent two orbs this time."
"That one is the world with Heaven and Hell!" Luna shouted, pointing to the red orb.
"Correct, however we are watching the orange one first," the android said.
"Why?" Lynn Sr. asked nervously.
"Because it is a lighthearted one, but not very long," Cobalt replied. "Also my creator is doing this as a treat for the others who watch you. It is almost Halloween for my creator, so this is a treat for them. They get to see you watch two worlds in a row."
"It's Halloween?!" All the younger kids screamed in worry.
"No, your world is frozen in time," the android replied. "However, time is still moving where my creator is. Don't worry, you're not missing any of your holidays. Now who would like to do the honors?" He asked, holding the orange orb out.
"I will," Lynn Sr. said hesitantly. He got up and took the orb, threw it at the screen. The orb went into it and the screen came to life.
The scene opens to an adult Lincoln Loud walking onto a stage in a club. He wore an orange T-shirt under a white short sleeve unbuttoned shirt, blue jeans and runners. "Hello everyone," he said cheerfully, reaching for the microphone. "My name is Lincoln and tonight I want to tell you all a story." Some of the audience cheered and applauded. "This happened back when I was in high school and I swear, everything I say is true." Seeing as he had everyone's attention, he took a breath and began his story.
"Is Lincoln doing a comedy routine?" Luan asked excitedly.
"Yes, but this is just an open mic night at a small club," Cobalt replied. This got Luan to squeal with excitement, while the rest of the family groaned.
"So we're going to listen to Stinkcoln tell bad jokes and puns?" Lynn Jr. groaned.
"Not exactly, just watch and see," The android replied.
"So he's going to tell a funny story?" Sam asked, trying to understand his routine.
"Yes, but my creator animated his story," their host replied. "They believe this would be more entertaining than just him standing on stage telling his story."
"We had this teacher in high school who had his kid in the same high school. His name was Mr. Bollhofner. His son, Chandler Bollhofner, went to the same high school and he was a sophomore. I was a senior, so he was two years behind me. Mr. Bollhofner was an asshole."
The scene showed an animated version of Mr. Bollhofner with a teenage Chandler standing beside him. With the word asshole above Mr. Bollhofner.
"This Mr. Bollhofner is Chandler's dad in this world?" Lincoln asked, knowing his dad works in their sewage plant.
"Yes, in this world, he is Chandler's father," Cobalt replied.
"Mr. Bollhofner is teaching in high school?" Lynn Jr. asked, confused.
"You know him?" Luan asked her younger sister.
"Yeah, he teaches his students in a hot shed outside of the school," the athletic girl answered. "He is known for being strict, unfair, and…unpleasant," she said, trying to say a word that won't get her in trouble. However she did agree with the older Lincoln's title for him.
"Right now I don't see how this is going to be funny," Luna commented.
"So one weekend he and his wife decided to leave town. Which you should never do if you're an asshole. And Chandler Bollhofner decided to throw a party at the teacher's house."
The scene then showed Chandler handing out flyers to the big party that he was planning to all the students.
"Oh this can't end well," Sam said as she started to smile. The other teens started to understand what was going to happen. While the preteens, kids, and Leni were confused, with the parents sighing also knowing what was going to happen.
"And everyone around town heard about it. And we all thought up individually, "Okay, let's go over there and destroy the place"."
The scene then changed to Lincoln, Rusty, Liam, Zach, Clyde, and Stella all huddled together looking at the flyers, before all nodding in agreement.
"Kids, it doesn't matter how much you dislike a teacher," Lynn Sr. said, rubbing his eyes. "You shouldn't do what you're about to hear."
"When I walked into this party, everyone I have ever met was there, and everyone was drinking like it was the end of the world. People were drinking like it was during the Civil War and a doctor was coming to saw our legs off. It was totally unsupervised, we were like dogs without horses, we were running wild."
The scene changed to Lincoln walking in through the front door of the house, with a calm expression. However his eyes went wide at the scene before him. The house was full of teens of all ages. Taking shots, chugging bottles of beer, and drinking bottles of spirits as if it was water.
"Unsupervised!?" The parents shouted in shock.
"Look at all of them," Becky said in shock. She had heard of those kinds of parties, but they were held by college and university students.
"Where did they get that much alcohol?" Sam asked, equally shocked.
"I walked down to the basement, they had a pool table in the basement. This guy Lance took a running start and threw his body onto the pool table and broke it in half."
The scene changed to one of Lincoln walking down some stairs. Only to see a teen with dirty blonde hair and freckles run and jump on top of the pool table. His body and the force snapped the pool table in half.
This got the kids and Leni laughing, just because they saw the pool table break. While the teens were laughing at the antics of the drunken teen.
"That was Lance right?" Jordan asked. With Clyde, Ronnie Anne, and Lincoln nodded in confirmation.
"Lance?" Stella asked, still laughing.
"He's a kid from our school," Clyde answered.
The parents could only shake their heads, seeing the chaos.
"And this girl named Tabby found out which room was Mr. Bolhofner's, and went upstairs and took a shit on his computer. So the party was going great."
The scene changed to a girl with black spiky hair, with a purple highlight gelled upwards. Leaving a room looking very satisfied. In the room was a laptop, with fresh shit on top of it, on the bed.
This got all the kids and teens, except for a few, to start laughing. Lori and Lola look disgusted. Lucy and Haiku only smiled, and Leni was confused. The parents looked horrified at what happened.
"Was that Tabby?" Luna asked her bandmate, laughing hard.
"Yes, yes it was!" Sam replied, laughing just as hard.
"So I was in the basement and I'm holding a red cup, you've seen the movies. And I'm standing there and holding the red cup, and I'm starting to black out. And I guess this girl named Cristina said something like "something, something, police". And in a brilliant moment of word association I yelled "Fuck the police!"."
The scene changed to Lincoln standing in the basement looking dazed, holding a red cup. His eyes are glossed over and he's blinking slowly, looking like he's going to pass out at any moment. It then shows Christina yelling to everyone from another room, with everyone just sort of looking at her. It goes back to Lincoln who's looking back up at the top of the stairs with a puzzled expression. Before he regain to senses and shouts fuck the police.
They were still laughing, until the last sentence.
"Did Lincoln just say…" Luna said, stunned.
"Yes...yes he did," Luan said, just as stunned as her sister.
No one else said anything else, everyone just stared wide eyed at the screen. Except the parents, who wore disapproving frowns and shook their heads in disappointment at the older version of their son.
"And everyone else joined in. A hundred drunk teenagers shouting fuck the police. With the confidence of guys who went to jail and aren't afraid of it anymore."
The scene changed to difference parts of the house, where all the teens were shouting fucked the police.
This sight got Becky, Bobby, and Sam to stiffer their laughter. They know it isn't something to laugh at, but they found the scene funny. The teenage Louds don't even crack a smile, knowing they'll get in trouble with their parents.
"The reason Christina shouted "something, something, police", was because the police were there."
The scene changed to a wide shot of the house, where two police cars were In front of it.
"Busted," Lynn Jr. whispered, trying not to laugh.
"So a Royal Woods police officer walks to the front of the house. He looks inside and saw a sea of drunk toddlers screaming fuck the police in his face. And he was almost impressed. And then he leaned into his walkie-talkie and said "Get the van"."
The scene changes to a police officer slowly walking up to the front of the house with the party. He gets to the door and finds it unlocked and opens it. As soon as he looks inside he sees a bunch of teens shouting "fuck the police" at him. He stares at the scene for a bit, slowly taking in the sight before him. However soon he leans over into his radio near his shoulder and informs dispatch to bring a van.
This sight was enough for Sam, Becky, and Bobby to start laughing. This got them dirty looks from Lori, Luna, and the Loud parents.
"And my friend Clyde, who's now a father, this man now has a baby. He grabbed a forty, smashed it on the ground, and yelled "Scatter!".
The scene changed to a teenage Clyde drunk and confused. He looks around, he sees the police. And then he takes the forty in his hand and throws it to the ground before shouting scatter.
This got all the kids to start laughing, except Clyde. They were laughing at Clyde's antics, while Clyde stared in disbelief at his counterpart's actions.
"Then everyone ran in different directions. We all ran in different directions. It was like that scene in ratatouille when the humans come in the kitchen and all the rats go in different ways. We all ran in different directions. I ran into the laundry room, I jumped up on the washing machine and I crawled out through a window into the backyard. Now I'm running through the backyard and there was this big chain link fence and I thought, "I have never climbed a fence that high before". Then I woke up at home."
The scene changed to people running every which way throughout the house. People running past the police, climbing through windows, running through the back door, and climbing through windows from upstairs and slowly climbing down. All the while the few police officers that were there were trying to catch any of the teens they could. Then it showed a nervous and panicked Lincoln running into the laundry room and climbing onto the washer to get through a small window above it. And then shows him running through the backyard and then stopping in front of an abnormally large chain link fence. Before it suddenly changed to Lincoln waking up in his bed in his room.
Seeing the older Lincoln panic and climb over a washer and out a window, got the last Loud children to start laughing again. "So was it all a dream?" Lynn Jr. asked in between laughter.
"I hope so," Rita muttered with a disapproving frown.
"On Monday I went to school, because that's what we did back then. And I walked into the school building and who do I see but Chandler Bollhofner. And he said to me, "Hey were you at my party on Saturday?" And I said no, you know, like a liar. And he said things got really out of hand. He said somebody broke the pool table. Somebody took a shit on his dad's computer. But the worst thing. He says the worst thing is that someone stole these old antique photos of his grandmother and his parents are freaking out about it."
The scene changed to Lincoln walking into Royal Woods High School. He looks around and spots Chandler walking around, looking depressed. He sees him and walks up to him. Chandler asked him if he was at the party, to which Lincoln lied and said no. Chandler then started to tell him everything and tell him about the stolen photos.
"I guess it wasn't a dream," Luan said after laughing.
"But how did he get home?" Becky asked, done laughing and catching her breath.
"Who knows," Sam replied, finishing her laughing fit.
"But why would someone take some old family photos?" Jordan asked out loud.
"It was probably just someone too drunk," Luna started to reply. "They probably picked it up when everyone started running out of the house."
"I hope they find it," Stella commented. She honestly felt bad for them and would hate it if something like that happened to her family.
"And I had that thought, that only blackout drunks and Steve Urkel can have. "Did I do that?" I figured no, I wouldn't have done that. But I was never sure, until two years later. I'm playing video games with my friend named Zach, who we also went to high school with. Two years later, we've graduated by now, and we're playing video games for a couple hours. Then Zach says to me, "Hey come here, I want to show you something". He takes me into his bedroom and then he takes me into a side room off of his bedroom, never a good thing to have."
The scene changed to a confused looking Lincoln, before switching to Lincoln and Zach playing video games in Zach's family home. Both of them were starting to get bored. Suddenly, Zach tells Lincoln that he wants to show him something. Lincoln followed his friend confused, before they reached a side room of his bedroom.
"Who's Steve Urkel?" the twins asked in unison. All the kids and teens looked at each confused, not recognizing the name.
"He's a character from an old family sitcom in that world," Cobalt answered. "He was a nerdy boy with a nasally voice, his catchphrase was "Did I do that?"." They all nodded, but didn't get it. Since they didn't know the reference.
"Well at least it wasn't Lincoln," Lynn Jr. commented.
"Yeah, that's a good thing,"Luna added.
"What do you think Zach wants to show you?" Clyde asked his best friend.
"I have no clue," Lincoln replied honestly.
"Does that room exist back home?" Ronnie Anne questioned them. Both boys shook their heads negatively.
"He shows me a tiny room that is covered wall to wall in stolen antique photos from different people's parties over the years. And I said "Why? Why do you do this?" And Zach said "Because it's the one thing you can't replace"."
Lincoln looked around the room with a shocked and stunned expression. He quietly asked why, which Zach answered with a sinister smile, that it's the one thing you can't replace.
"It was Zach!?" Clyde and Lincoln shouted in surprise.
"Why would he want to do that to people?!" Jordan asked, horrified and confused.
"That's messed up," Sam commented, which everyone agreed with her.
The scene changed back to the club, where the adult Lincoln had just finished his story. The audience were clapping, laughing, and cheering. "My times up, You've all been a great audience!" He said happily, before walking off the stage.
The screen went black and Cobalt moved in front of it. "That's it for this one, so any thoughts?"
"Well that was more lighthearted, especially compared to some of the worlds we've seen," Becky commented.
"It was okay, but it would've been better if he actually told some jokes," Luan critiqued.
"We should have a talk to the older girls about those kinds of parties," Lynn Sr. whispered to his wife, which she nodded in agreement.
"I'm having a hard time believing that was actually Lincoln," Lynn Jr. commented, still a little stunned.
"It sounds like all of us attended that party as well," Jordan remarked.
"Except I didn't see me," Ronnie Anne said. She looked carefully, but never saw her anywhere in the viewing. "I saw all of you and some of my classmates, but not me."
"It's probably because me and mom wouldn't let you go," Bobby said with a firm look and voice.
"At least it was better than the last world," Lincoln commented, which everyone nodded in agreement.
"If there's nothing else, then let's move on to the second orb," Cobalt suggested.