"Do you believe in ghosts? Join me, Hunter Spector, spectre hunter, leader of the Academy of Really Good Ghost Hunters, or ARGGH! As I descend into the scariest place in any home, the basement! Sunday night at 8 PM! Don't miss it, or you'll be left in the dark! ARGGH!"
11 year old Lincoln excitedly circled a box in his calendar, which had the words "ARGGH!" hurriedly scribbled in the middle of the box. Several red X's preceded the circle, each one representing a different day of the month. Today was finally the day, and Lincoln was practically bouncing off the walls in his room in excitement.
"This is gonna be AWESOME!" He screamed, and began dancing. His parents would surely take pictures of him for being adorable and his sisters would call him a dork but he didn't care. Tonight was the biggest, most important night of the year- no, his whole life.
And tonight, he'd get to watch it live.
'All the glory, in just a few minutes!' Lincoln thought, grinning from ear to ear with stars in his eyes.
Now, you may be wondering: With 10 sisters, there was no way on Earth Lincoln would be able to make it to to the TV to catch his show on time, let alone being able to watch it in peace without one of his sisters either bothering him or hogging the TV to themselves. And while you'd usually be correct in assuming such a thing, this time? This time, he had a plan.
Lincoln was known for his intelligence, or his forethought. But the one thing he was very known for was his ability to come up with effective strategies. Once he knew his opponent, he already knew everything he needed to know and do in order to win. And luckily, he knows all 10 of his opponents like the back of his hand.
Checking the clock on his dresser, he quickly saw that it was 7:55; only 5 minutes until the important moment of his life.
Once he heard the opening of the door to the right of his room, he knew it was now or never.
"It's time to put Operation Distract My Sisters So That I Can Get to the TV First and Watch the Special Live Season Finale of ARGGH! and Think of Shorter Name For This Operation into action." He whispered, quickly grabbing something from underneath his bed and bolting out of his room into the hall, looking to his right to see The twins, Lola and Lana.
"Cartoons! Cartoons! Cartoons!" The two 6 year olds screamed, marching down the hallway, each with one arm around her twin's shoulder. Although they were twins, their personalities and interests couldn't be more different, with Lola enjoying more stereotypically feminine things, such as wearing pink dresses and having tea parties, and Lola preferring to get messy and play in the mud with her dirty overalls and faded red cap. The one thing they had in common besides their blonde hair, however, were the two wide, gap-toothed grins they wore as they stepped out of their rooms and into the hall, intent on making their way downstairs and watching their Sunday night cartoons.
But Lincoln had a different plan in mind. The only boy quickly stepped in front of his two younger sisters, giving them a wide smile as he held a silver platter covered by a dome in one hand. "Did somebody say 'tea party'!?" He exclaimed, uncovering the silver platter and revealing a bright pink set of tea cups and a tea pot.
Lola squealed excitedly, quickly grabbing the items and darting back into her room with a cry of, "Thanks, Lincoln!", all thoughts of cartoons quickly leaving her mind at the prospect of enjoying one of her favorite activities.
Lana, on the other hand, simply looked at Lynn with an unimpressed look. "Hey! I don't wanna go to some dumb, lame tea party! I wanna watch TV!" She yelled, crossing her arms. Lincoln grinned, before revealing two frogs who croaked in boredom from behind his back. "Not even if these two guys are invited?!" He said invitingly, grinning as Lana's face lit up and she, too, squealed in excitement. "Thanks, Lincoln!" She cried, grabbed the frogs and heading straight back into her room.
Lincoln sighed, wiping his forehead as his plan worked.
'2 down.'
Truthfully, he wasn't sure if that would actually work as she intended, but now, with the twins successfully distracted, that left only 8 more sisters.
He turned to the left as he saw his fourth older sister, Luan, about to head down the stairs. "Yo, Luan!" He called out, prompting the 14 year old to look back at him. Luan Loud was the resident comedian and entertainer of the family, always the first to make a pun or pull a prank. Lincoln knew that one of Luan's favorite activities included catching her family's funny or embarrassing moments on her video camera that she got as a gift for her 10th birthday. And as Lincoln heard the tell-tale sounds of the beginning of one of his identical younger sisters' iconic arguments, he knew the perfect way to distract Luan.
Luan looked at her with a bucktoothed and braces-filled smile. "Hey Linc, I was just heading downstairs to watch TV!" She said. Lincoln smirked as he looked into the room and saw the twins fighting.
"Better idea, go grab your camera! The twins are throwing down again!" Lincoln said, jabbing a thumb towards where the twins were arguing and throwing stuff across the room. Luan peered into the room before gasping, grinning. "This is totally gonna go viral! Thanks, Linc!" She exclaimed, sprinting to her room to grab her camera and record the fight. Lincoln smiled.
'3 down.'
"Yeah! Two minutes to game time! Whoo!" Lynn Jr said. She Lincoln's direct oldest sister at 13 years old and was the sport loving tomboy of the family. If your challenged her to any sport you were sure to lose.
"Hey, Lynn, check it out." Lincoln holds out a football that starts floating. "I filled it with helium for the extreme player who demands more."
"I demand more!" Lynn said.
"Go long!" Lincoln yelled then threw the ball.
Lynn then chased after it.
'4 down.'
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a small, dark figure silently slink towards the stairs. To anyone but Lincoln, the dark mass would have gone completely unnoticed. But after years of sharing the same home, Lincoln could easily recognize the sight of his 8 year old sister Lucy sneaking around.
"Lucy! Hold on a sec!" He called for his younger sister, watching as the young girl dressed in all black paused before the stairs.
"Sigh. What is it, Lincoln? The season premiere of my favorite show 'Vampires of Melancholia' is almost on," Lucy said in her monotone voice. Lincoln grinned, digging around in her pocket. "Oh, you know, nothing. Just wanted to show you this totally creepy looking skull I found in the attic!" He exclaimed, presenting an extremely detailed and disturbing crow's skull to his sister.
While most 8 year olds would find such a thing to be horrifying and the source of months worth of nightmares, Lucy was not like most 8 year olds, and instead looked at the skull with her signature frown.
Inwardly, Lincoln was nervous. He had no idea if what he'd shown Lucy would distract her or not. Not because it was something Lucy didn't seem like she would be interested in, but because no one, not even their parents, could tell what Lucy was feeling at any given moment. She could be disgusted, ecstatic, or completely apathetic towards the skull Lincoln had presented her with, and the 11 year old would have no idea. The only other person who could even somewhat decipher Lucy's current emotional state was their sister Lynn.
Lincoln, thinking fast, acted like he was about to shove the skull back in his pocket to elicit a reaction from his sister. "Well I mean, unless you don't want the skull. In that case, I'll just-"
"Wait," Lucy cut her off, a rare hint of panic in her voice. The 8 year old goth regained her composure, before replying flatly. "I'll take it."
Lincoln inwardly cheered, and dropped the skull in his sister's outstretched hands. Lucy looked at the skull in fascination(?), before quickly darting off to who knows where.
Lincoln pumped his fist in celebration.
'That's 5!'
Suddenly, the door to his two youngest sisters' room opened, and his 1 year old baby sister Lily came waddling out while giggling, shortly followed by his genius, glasses-wearing 4 year old sister Lisa.
Lincoln raced towards them, picking up a laughing Lily with one arm and pointing at Lisa with the other. "Yo, Lisa! Got you all that stuff you needed from the kitchen for your weird experiment thingy!"
Lisa looked at him blankly. "The lactose, Triticum protein, sodium chloride crystals, sucrose, and gallus gallus ovum?" She said with a lisp, spit flying out of her mouth and onto Lincoln's hand. Lincoln grimaced and held back an annoyed yell, before he shook his hand and grabbed all the stuff from behind his back as he tried to translate Lisa's science-talk. "Uh, you mean milk, flour, salt, sugar, and eggs, right?" He said hesitantly, placing all of the items in Lisa's hands.
Lisa shrugged with her arms full. "You say tomato, I say Solanum Lycopersicum. Thank you," she lisped, stepping back into her room and slamming the door. Lincoln sighed, shaking his hand one more time for good measure as he still held a giggling Lily in his other arm.
'That makes 6..'
He looked at his watch. 7:58. He was running out of time!
He saw his second oldest sister Leni come out of her room with a happy expression on her face. Lincoln instantly knew what he had to do to get his 16 year old, airheaded sister out of the way. He inwardly apologized for using such a cheap trick, but desperate times called for desperate measures.
"LENI, STOP! There's a spider in your hair!" He yelled, pointing at Leni's head with the best worried and fearful expression he could fake. Leni paused, her eyes widening, before she gave an ear-piercing scream and started rapidly raking her fingers through her hair.
"EW EW EW EW EWWW! Get it off, get it off, GET IT OFF!" She screeched, running back into her room as she continued to swat at her hair like it was on fire. Lincoln flinched, rubbing his ears from the damage Leni's scream caused.
'7. 3 more to go.'
The door to Luan's room opened, and out stepped her third eldest sister, Luna.
"Sup, 'bro! TV tonight is gonna be ROCKIN'!YEAH!" She yelled, giving an enthusiastic strum of her electric guitar. Luna was 15 and on her way to becoming a rockstar. While the rest of her siblings were chaotic and loud in their own way ('Luan would be proud of that one', Lincoln thought absently), most of their noise complaints originated from Luna jamming out too hard in her room.
"Orrrrrr…" Lincoln dragged out, whipping out a strobe flashlight from his pocket that rapidly changed colors. "You could have your very own, totally wicked, absolutely rockin' light-show concert in your. Own. Room!" Lincoln exclaimed, shoving the strobe light towards his rockstar older sister. Luna looked at the flashlight in awe for a moment, before her face split into a massive grin, and she grabbed the light in a flash ('Luan would be proud of that one, too').
"Woah! That is sweet! Thanks, bro!" She said, backing into her room and closing the door. Not even 5 seconds later, Lincoln could hear the shredding of an electric guitar.
'8.'
Lincoln looked around for his next target, and saw her marching down the hall with a ticked off look on her face.
"Has anyone seen my phone? I need to live-tweet my show!" Lori said. Lori was 17 and Lincoln's oldest sister. She was the bossy and figurative matriarch whenever their parents weren't around. When it comes to the Loud House food chain, only 2 people ranked higher than her.
As of now, however, she was practically flipping the hall upside down looking for her cellphone, which Lincoln conveniently had in his pocket for this exact reason. He quickly took out the device and sent a quick text. Lincoln knew he'd get an earful from Lori once the 17 year old discovers that Lincoln had her phone, but that's exactly what the middle child was counting on.
"Hey, Lori!" He called out, walking towards his eldest sister. "Found your phone right here! It was under all the laundry!"
Lori scowled and snatched the phone from Lincoln's hands. "Give me that! How many times do I have to tell you: Keep your hands off of my stuff!" Lori continued to reprimand Lincoln, who simply tuned her out and began counting down from 3.
'3…'
"I mean seriously, what part of-"
'2…'
"-do you not understand?! Is it really-"
'1…'
"-hard to just keep your hands to YOURSE-!"
RIIING!*
"Hello? Oh, hi, Leo~" Lori giggled, holding the phone to her ear with a pleased expression on her face. "No, I didn't text you to call me, but I'm glad you did~" She said sweetly, moving towards her room. Right before she closed the door, however, she turned back towards Lincoln with a scowl, covering the speaker of her phone.
"Thanks for nothing, twerp," she said, before slamming the door.
Lincoln smirked.
'That was 9.'
He heard snoring coming from his arm, and noticed little Lily fast asleep, her head resting on his shoulder. Lincoln smiled, setting her down in a nearby bed.
'10.'
And with his parents out dancing, Lincoln officially knew that his master plan had worked.
He checked his watch. 7:59.
Faster than he ever remembered moving in his life, he ran to the stairs, skated the railings to the bottom, and front-flipped into the living room.
As he landed, she looked to the clock.
8:00.
"ALRIGHT! It pays to have a plan."
"Hello, Lincoln."
"Ahh!" Lincoln falls to the ground after getting startled. "Luis! What are you doing here?"
The enigmatic Luis, with his dark demeanor and love for extreme sports, could be found zipping through the neighborhood on his skateboard. His penchant for danger and thrill created a stark contrast to the suburban serenity of Royal Woods, capturing the attention of curious onlookers. Luis was the 7th son of the Louds neighbors the Velazquest and he was about 4 feet tall. His white hair was long and scraggly and went past his shoulders. He resembled his mother more since he was the only one who had her darker skin tone. Everyone else had their father's lighter shade. He wore a big black jacket with a large skull in the center. He also wore grey jeans with custom purple dino boots that his mom bought him for his birthday.
"It's the season premiere of Lucy's favorite show, Vampires of Melancholia, she invited me to watch it with her." Luis said.
Lincoln grew nervous he hadn't planned for any of his sisters to invite their boyfriends over. What if Luis brought Lucy downstairs!
"Well actually-"
"But to be honest I would rather watch ARGGH instead." Luis said.
Lincoln could kiss Luis right now, but he wouldn't cause he was straight and dating Delilah, Luis direct older sister and middle child to the Velazquest family.
Lincoln smiled and grabbed the remote, "Well what are we waiting for!"
The two boys sat on the couch.
Lincoln pressed the power button but the TV didn't turn on. Lincoln pressed multiple times but still nothing.
"Try changing the batteries." Luis suggested.
Lincoln swapped out the batteries and tried to turn on the tv, but it still refused.
Lincoln fell to his knees.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Lincoln then fell to his knees and started to cry.
"I can't believe I'm gonna miss it.." Lincoln said with tears in his eyes.
"Well we could watch it at my house. I have DVR and a channel that'll show ARGGH again."
Lincoln jumped and looked at Luis, "Really!?"
Luis nodded, "Yup, but I can't say for sure we'll get to have the tv for ourselves is that ok?"
Lincoln thought about this if was getting another chance to watch his show then he should take it.
Lincoln then walked up to Luis, "Ok Luis let's go next door."
The two boys then left the Loud House and made their way across the street.
Lincoln took a peek at his house hoping his sister won't come looking for him.
"Ok Lincoln are you ready?" Luis asked, reaching the front door of his home.
Lincoln nodded, "I'm ready for anything."
Luis proceeded to open his door and was greeted by his sister spotting him and putting a finger to her lips.
Delilah, the sole daughter of the Velazquest family. She was the middle child and despite her cute exterior, she wasn't a stranger to getting down with the boys and rough housing. Having grown up in a house of mostly boys, Delilah learned to adapt and plan ahead to get ahead of her brothers. Delilah was born 6th in her family at 11 years old and she was only 4 feet tall. She had short white hair with long bangs. And she also added light brown highlights to her hair to add a little flavor, as she called it. She wore blue jean overall shorts with an orange sleeveless blouse and orange jordans.
Like a spring snapping open, one of her brothers lunged at her and hit her like a small, vicious mammal. Delilah cried out, and they formed into a dust cloud in a tangle of limbs. Delilah's hair, stuck up at weird angles and her eyes, normally timid and docile, blazed with righteous fury. She could put up with a lot of things - being teased, roasted - but when you attacked her, it was on.
Johnny her older brother but not much bigger. Johnny, the fifth son, at 13 years old was about 4 '3. He had thick locks that went past his shoulders and he wore a red hat with goggles on top. He wore a red jacket that held a lot of pockets to carry whatever he needed for his pranks. His black cargo pants also held a lot of pockets. And he had orange jordans, which were his favorite.
Delilah thrashed back and forth. They rolled, Johnny on top now, and hit the coffee table, knocking it askew.
Johnny grabbed Delilah's wrists and pinned them to the floor, and Delilah threw herself left and right in an attempt to buck him off. "Get off of me!" She cried.
"Say the magic word," Johnny smirked.
Instead, Delilah brought her knee up into the older boy's crotch. Johnny's eyes widened and the air left his chest in a rattling wheeze. His body went slack, and Delilah shoved him off.
Luis sighed while Lincoln looked on in shock the middle Loud child was about to try and stop the fight when a older voice called out.
"Delilah! Johnny!" Leo called. "Knock it off!"
Delilah got to her knees, then, all at once, Johnny was all over her, hitting, kicking, and scratching. Delilah growled and shot her elbow back into her brother's ribs, and Johnny retaliated by wrapping his forearm around Delilah's neck from behind. Delilah reached back, grabbed a handful of Johnny's dreads, and yanked as hard as she could.
"Listen you two!" Leo cried. "Cut it out now!"
"Get off me!" Delilah yelled.
"Let go of my hair!" Johnny Yelled.
Suddenly the two were picked up by two hands and lifted off the ground.
Leo, the oldest of the siblings at 17 was holding the two in the air.
Leo, the eldest son, standing at 6 '2, he was the tallest of his family so far. His white hair was a big puffy afro that he could style into dreads if he ever felt like. Currently he wore a camo jacket and pants with a light blue shirt and orange boots. Despite his imposing stature, Leo's warm smile and commitment to family endeared him to his younger siblings.
"That's Enough! Why are you two fighting?" Leo asked.
Delilah huffed, "Johnny attacked me! He is always being a dofuss!"
Leo looked at Johnny, "Did you attack her?"
Johnny nodded and crossed his arms, "Yeah she took my jar of cookies this morning!"
Leo looked towards Delilah, "Sis did you take his jar? The one with the sign that said don't touch?"
Delilah rolled her eyes, "Yes, but so what? He bakes home made cookies and doesn't share if anything I should be attacking him."
Johnny points at Delilah, "People can be greedy sometimes, besides the cookies were in my room and no one but me and spooky little bro are allowed in there."
Leo sighs, "I don't have time for this. Listen Johnny you're gonna apologize to your sister for attacking her and Delilah you're gonna apologize to your brother for stealing from him and entering his room."
"No way/Not a chance!" The two said.
Leo smirked, "Fine I guess you two aren't watching TV tonight."
"Ah!?" The two yelled.
Delilah and Johnny looked towards each other. They glared at each other then suddenly hugged.
"I'm sorry for attacking you Delilah." Johnny said.
I'm sorry for stealing from you and entering your room." Delilah said then kissed Johnny's cheek.
Johnny jumped back, "Hey don't kiss me!"
Delilah then threw her backpack at Johnny, "I didn't eat any so you still have your stash loser."
Johnny then pulled out his jar and ran off.
Leo smiled, "You didn't eat any?"
Delilah shrugged, "Didn't have the heart to do it anyway." Delilah then noticed Lincoln, "Love Bug, why are you here?"
Leo looked and noticed Lori's little brother was there, "Hey Rabbit, what brings you here?"
Lincoln smiles, "Hi Delilah, hi Leo would it be cool if we watched ARGGH here?"
David ran into the room, "Did I hear you guys are watching ARGGH I want to watch too can I?"
David, the sports enthusiast, was probably in the backyard, tossing a football with a neighbor. David was the second oldest and he was 6 feet tall, just two inches shorter than his older brother. He was built like a bull and could charge like one too when on the field. His thick locks went past his shoulders and bangs hid his eyes. But when it came to game time, he would pull them back into a ponytail and throwdown. He wore a white shirt with a black and seafoam green jacket with blue pants and orange shoes. His easygoing nature and genuine camaraderie quickly earned him a place among the local youths.
Sammy then came from behind David and threw his hands into the air, "Booo!" Sammy yelled then giggled as he hugged David's head.
Hanging out with David was Sammy. Sammy was the 11th son and final child. He wore a purple onesie and had a wild mess of hair on his head.
"Okay okay we'll make this group thing. Let's gather everyone okay? Leo said.
"While we're going around we should probably set up the snacks right?" Delilah asked.
"That's right baby sis, now Delilah you go and get the rest of our Bros. I'll set up the tv and watch everyone down here okay?" Leo said
"No prob! Come on Love bug let's grab my bros." Delilah yelled giving a thumb's up to Leo before grabbing Lincoln's hand.
Delilah and Lincoln ran off upstairs to fetch her remaining Bros.
"Alright first up should be Johnny." Delilah said.
As she approached Johnny and Luis's door she remembered what she did earlier and decided to knock.
"Yoohoo Johnny we're sitting up for ARGGH, mind coming out so we can get the snacks ready?" Delilah called.
When the door opened Johnny appeared with a raised eyebrow.
"What kind of snacks are we having?" Johnny asked.
"Popcorn store-bought soda, you know normal stuff." Delilah said, shrugging her shoulders.
"Just popcorn and soda, not even chocolate dipped over the popcorn? No this will not stand. I am going to upgrade our snackage!" Johnny yelled.
Johnny then left his room and proceeded to head towards the kitchen.
"Since you're heading downstairs could you fetch Frankie for me?" Delilah yelled.
"On it!" Johnny yelled back.
"Alright now that Johnny and Frankie are taking care of next up is Milton and Tommy?" Lincoln asked.
Delilah nodded then walked over to Milton and Tommy's door with Lincoln following and knocked after hearing a come in she was greeted by her third oldest brother playing on his guitar.
Tommy was probably tinkering with guitar strings, filling the air with an eclectic mix of tunes. The passion for speed and melody defined Tommy's world, setting a lively tone within the Velazquest household. Tommy was the third oldest son of the family and he was about 5 '9, a few inches shorter than David. While not as built as his two older brothers, Tommy was still pretty strong due to hauling his musical equipment around all of the time. They would tease him that he was a one man band and while technically true, Tommy just liked to be hands on when it came to managing his instruments. He wore a black and purple windbreaker and black pants along with black boots. His white hair was styled in long tight dreads that were bound into a ponytail at the end.
"Yo dude and dudeette how's it hanging, just deciding to kill some time on the guitar." Tommy said.
"Well dude could you kill some time with your guitar downstairs? We're watching ARGGH together." Delilah asked in a mocking tone.
Tommy gave a chuckle as he got up, "Okay, okay sis I'm coming. I'm guessing the loud dudeettes want to watch TV and little dude don't have other options."
Lincoln sighed, "Well I got the TV, but my TV was died."
"Ouch sucks when a TV dies sucks even more when a TV dies when you want to watch something that day. Don't worry little dude you can watch your show here tho ARGGH ain't my type of show. " Tommy said.
"Bet you'll be able to make a song based off the ep. Maybe you can post it on your channel too?" Delilah suggested.
"You got a good idea right sis. Now come on let's not keep the others waiting." Tommy said.
Tommy grabbed his guitar and left the room with Delilah and Lincoln following.
"Wait, where is Milton?" Delilah asked.
"Last I heard of him he was recording something outside, maybe he's with the twins?" Tommy answered.
"Seriously!? I was just downstairs. I could have come for you last! Whatever, I'll go get the three of them." Delilah said.
Delilah then jumped on the banister and slid down and reached the bottom of the stairs.
"How's the hunt going?" Luis asked.
Lincoln slid down the banister too, "Still going on need to get the twins and Milton.
As Delilah made their way into the kitchen they saw Johnny and Frankie work together on a project.
In the midst of the bustling household, Frankie, the 10th son and the young science prodigy, conducted his own experiments in a corner of the kitchen. Bubbling beakers and excited exclamations filled the air as he explored the wonders of the scientific world. He had shaggy hair as well and he wore a pair of thick goggles when working on his experiments. He wore a green shirt and baggy pants with brown boots. And to add to his look, he wore an oversized white lab coat.
"I thought you'd be working on some experiment in here little bro." Delilah said.
"Greeting elder sister and middle child Loud I was doing a experiment however I decide to collaborate with are elder brother so we be able to watch the program together." Frankie said.
Lincoln waved.
"Oh that's sweet nice to see my bros doing something together you two stay put I have to get the twins and Milton from outside." Delilah said.
"Affirmative." Frankie said before continuing working on the snacks with Johnny.
Delilah and Lincoln then made their way outside once outside they saw Milton recording the twins doing a magic trick.
The twins, Larry and Charlie, the 8th and 9th sons respectively, paraded around the backyard in their distinctive outfits—one a cowboy and the other a magician. Their playful banter and contrasting interests added a touch of whimsy to the family's daily life. Larry, as the cowboy, let his white hair grow long and shaggy. Charlie, as the elegant magician, kept his well groomed and slicked back with gel so that it wouldn't be out of place when he removed his hat.
Larry giggled as he looked down at his twin, Charlie.
"This isn't funny, you know." Charlie glared.
"I dunno, it's pretty funny to me." Larry giggled.
Charlie was currently hogtied in their backyard courtesy of his twin, Larry. "Untie me at once!"
"Nope. Mr. Houdini here says he can do it all on his lonesome. So do it. I'll wait." Larry grinned, teasing his brother.
Charlie's glare intensified but it didn't help untie him any faster. He had been the one to brag to his brother that he could escape anything like Houdini, who Charlie admired. Ever the magician, Charlie let his brother hogtie him, which was Larry's specialty, and declared that he would be free in the blink of an eye. Well a blink came and went. Then two. And then a hundred. Now Charlie was embarrassed because he couldn't break out. He had forgotten to tense his muscles when his brother was tying him to allow some slack in the rope. Now he couldn't even move an inch!
"Please help me..." Charlie murmured, barely above a whisper.
"What was that? I'm afraid I can't hear ya?" Larry said as he leaned down towards him, cupping his ear to pretend to be listening to him.
"Please help me." Charlie said a little loud, not looking up at the smug face of his twin.
"Will you admit that you can't escape my knots?" Larry asked as he crouched beside him.
"I can't escape your knots..." Charlie said through gritted teeth. "Yet."
Larry giggled but nodded. "Yet." He agreed before helping his twin out.
"What are you guys doing?' Delilah said as she ran up to the three.
"Cut little sis you totally ruined the audio now I have to cut out the last couple of seconds." Milton said.
"I don't care why aren't you helping Charlie why were you recording him being hogtied." Delilah asked.
"It was funny." Milton said nervously.
"Funny huh maybe I should give Johnny that idea for a future prank." Delilah said.
Milton shivered upon the thought of Johnny pranking him. Johnny was a pranking machine.
"Let's not tell him I-I'm still recovering from Luan's pranks." Milton said.
Milton was engrossed in the world of filmmaking. Dreams of creating cinematic masterpieces filled his thoughts as he edited footage from family videos, envisioning a future where his creations graced the silver screen. Milton was the fourth son and was pretty scrawny compared to his older brothers. His hair was just as white but he styled it into a flat top that rose about 4 inches above his head. He was often teased about it from his siblings because it looked like he was trying to appear taller since he was only 5 '2. He wore a black and white shirt with yellow and black checkered pants and orange boots.
After Larry finished untying Charlie the two twins jumped up, "It's Linc!?"
The twins pounced on Lincoln.
Lincoln tried to pull him off, "Guys! Guys! Come down we need to head back in ARGGH is starting."
The two twins then dashed to the house powered by their excitement.
Delilah proceeded to follow while holding Lincoln's hand, but not before giving Milton the I'm watching you jester.
Milton just let out a gulp before following his baby sister.
As the five made their way back inside the twins stopped after smelling something really good.
"Hey big bro what are you and Frankie making?" Charlie asked.
"Yeah it smells really good!" Larry added.
Johnny then turn around, "I'm making homemade chocolate to drip all over the popcorn and I've made Ice cream bites with the help of Frankie."
Frankie handed two little spears to Larry and Charlie, "Give it a try it's like eating an ice cream but without the cone."
The twins each tried an ice cream bite and their taste buds were amazed.
"It's so good!" Charlie yelled.
"It's like a party in my mouth!" Larry yelled.
Johnny chuckled, "Glad you like them couldn't have made them without Frankie here, now come on we got to fill the bowl."
"Affirmative brother." Frankie said.
Delilah, Lincoln & Milton then made it inside and noticed the twins in a daze.
"Are they okay, they seem a little out of it?" Milton asked.
"They're just happy over the sensation of our ice cream bites, don't worry there's plenty enough to last us the evening." Frankie answered.
"I can't wait to try some they sound good." Milton said, looking at the bowl of ice cream bites.
Delilah patted his chest, "Come on big bro we still have to set up the living room."
Delilah picked up her two twin brothers and walked in to the living room with Lincoln and Milton following.
"Okay, everyone is here right? We ain't missing anybody?" Delilah asked looking over her brothers.
All of the Velazquest bros nodded.
"Okay Leo you ready to go?" Delilah asked looking at the oldest brother.
"Okay DVR recorded the episode now ready to play." Leo said grabbing the remote.
As Leo's finger slowly made its way to the play button Lincoln felt something odd inside of him he felt that something was missing.
"Wait!" Lincoln yelled.
Everyone was shocked at the middle loud siblings outburst.
"What's wrong love bug? You forget something?" Delilah asked with concern.
Lincoln scratched his neck, "I think that I should invite my sisters here, I mean I kind of tricked them to get TV, but like since the TV is broken why don't we just make this a group viewing?"
Everyone grew quiet for a couple of moments, Lincoln was worried that they would refuse.
"Sounds like an awesome idea we should totally invite the Loud sisters!" David yelled throwing fists into the air.
"I was planning to spend time with Lucy tonight I guess we can watch my show here." Luis said shrugging.
"I don't mind Luan coming, b-b-but maybe make sure she doesn't bring any pranks to the house." Milton said a little worried.
"Lynn's going to probably noggie me a bald spot, but I'm game." Johnny said.
"Spending time with my princess would be most excellent." Charlie said
"Yeah let's invite them over Lana would love to see this show!" Larry yelled.
"I have no knowledge of Lisa's enjoyment of the paranormal, but relationships do have experimentation." Frankie said rubbing his chin.
Sammy jumped up and down, "Yeah invite Loud sisters!"
"I guess I could invite Lori over hopefully queen of no dials it back." Leo said with a smirk.
"Well I think it's unanimous we like your idea Love Bug." Delilah said with a smile.
Leo smiled, "Okay I guess I can call Lori and get her and the other sisters over here, what's a few more guests?"
Leo pulled out his cell phone and sent Lori a text stating that he would like to invite her and her sisters to watch ARRGH with the Velazquest family.
After a couple of moments the Loud sisters were at the Velazquest family's front door.
Leo answer the door and was immediately greeted by all 10 sisters.
"Let's watch some ARRGH!" Lynn yelled.
The sibs sat on the Velazquest's couch. Lori entered with a bowl of popcorn, Leni fetched a fifteen-pack of Chocolate Cherry Cola from their's stash, and Luna played air guitar. "Alright, man, let's watch some ghostage!"
Tommy wrapped his arms around Luna, "Never took ya for a ARRGH fan Luna eclipse?" Tommy than rested his head on her hair.
Luna then giggled, "I'm full of surprises luv." The two rockers were now leaning into each other, their legs intertwining on their own.
"I hope he wrestles a ghosts," Lynn Jr. said and pumped her fist. She grabbed Johnny in a sleeper hold, and Johnny cried out. "Tap out, Baggy."
Johnny's face turned red and he thrashed against his girlfriend's attack. Johnny then tickled her and when her guard was down he tackled her. Lynn laughed while they rolled on the ground.
Lori sat on herself boyfriend's lap. She crossed her legs, sat the bowl in her lap, and tossed a handful of popcorn into her mouth. 'Thanks for inviting us," she said, "You are literally a lifesaver Leo.~"
"Thanks, but don't forget to thanks rabbit he was the one who said to invite you girls."
Lori eyes widen, "Really?"
The Loud sisters look to their only brother and smiled, "Thanks Lincoln!"
Lily crawled up next to Sammy and batted her eyelashes, "Poo-poo," She purred.
Sammy giggled, "Hellooooooo, Nurse!"
She laid her head affectionately on his and he giggled again.
Lucy leaned over Luis, plucked a kernel of popcorn, and held it up to examine it like a jeweler studying a precious stone. "This one looks like a skull," she deadpanned. She clamped it between her teeth and bit down slowly, probably imagining bone cracking and turning to dust on her tongue.
Luis rubbed her, "Your imagination is wonderfully dark my beloved."
Lucy blushed at his touch.
Leni slammed a Chocolate Cherry Cola, then opened another. She threw it back and some of the contents sluiced down the sides of her mouth in brown rivulets. "Like, this stuff is SO good." A mad look crept into her eyes and she trembled like a high tension wire.
"I think that's enough of the sugar," David said.
He reached to take Leni's third cola away from her, but she spun on him, teeth sharp and eyes blazing. "I'll tell you when I've had enough, white hair!"
"Leni! Snap out of it!" David cried, before slapping her.
Leni seemed to regain her senses, then stuck out her bottom lip. "I mean...just one more. Please?"
"Sure," David said. He wasn't going to make the mistake of getting between her and her soda ever again.
At the floor Lana and Lola argued over a toy, one pulling left and the other pulling right. "It's mine!" Lola squeal.
"No, it's mine," Her twin replied.
Charlie snatched it away, tossed it into the air, and caught it one handed, a smug smile spreading across his lips. "You know the rules, if you fight over it, it automatically belongs to -"
Screeching a primal battle cry, Lana and Lola pounced Charlie and smashed into him as one, knocking him backwards. They hit the floor and got into a dust cloud fight soon Larry joined in.
"Knock it off!" Delilah called. "The show's starting."
The ARRGH logo flashed across the screen and the spooky theme music played. Lincoln settled in, munched popcorn, and drank Chocolate Cherry Cola until his bladder burst. The kids talked, screamed in terror when Hunter encountered a ghost that turned out to be a curtain fluttering in the breeze, and bickered back and forth the entire time, but you know what? Lincoln enjoyed himself, and that night, he realized that while doing things might be great, it's the people you do them with who really make them special. Delilah felt the same way.
THE END.
