Red: Hello, everyone. Red here. I'm gonna be uploading this chapter due to a…mishap…the last time Geo tried to post on both Ao3 and FFN that essentially erased all of the edits we made. Not to mention he has to attend a family issue soon and won't be able to write or post for a while. While I have this opportunity, I'd like to announce that I will be helping him write the next chapter for One Helluva Loud House after he gets back. And with that. Love, Luck & Lemons. Leave a review, and enjoy. Also before he goes, Geo has one thing to say.

Geo: Thanks, man. heavy5commando. Next time you try to message me, make sure you actually unblock me so I can actually see it.

The Louds drove down the road as the sisters were eagerly talking amongst one another. Lincoln was reading a comic book until Vanzilla came to a stop. "Lincoln, we're here." Rita said as Lincoln hopped out and saw the house of Dib and his sister. "Thanks mom, I'll see you guys later." He said.

"Sure you wouldn't want to come with us on the tour, Lincoln? Not that often we get to see where Lisa works." Lynn Sr. spoke with a smile. "And be blamed again for something I wasn't even involved in? Thanks, but no thanks. Maybe some other time." He said bitterly, making his parents sigh.

"Well…okay, we'll call you and let you know when we're on our way back." Rita told him with a frown. "See ya later, sport." His dad said before driving off, leaving their son alone on the sidewalk. "Lynn, are you sure it's a good idea to leave Lincoln alone with some stranger he only met yesterday?" His wife asked in a quiet whisper while their daughters talked amongst themselves. "What if someone tries to hurt him? He's not exactly the most popular person around town right now."

"He'll be fine, Rita….I hope." Lynn Sr. responded with a nervous gulp. 'Honestly, after the incident with Luna, I think I'm more worried about whoever decides to pick a fight with him.' He thought to himself as he drove off, making Lincoln sigh.

"Finally, they're gone." He said, slowly forming a smile as he walked up the pathway and knocked on the front door and waited for someone to answer. 'Should I ring the doorbell? No. If I do, his sister will probably kick my ass for irritating her, and I don't need what happened to the popular kids to happen to me.' He thought.

The door then, much to his surprise, opened via sliding inside the frame and revealed Dib on the other side. "Hey, Lincoln, glad you could make it!" He said. "Come on in!" He smiled, stepping to the side to let the white haired boy walk in.

"Alright Dib! Let's discuss our game plan. We don't know what Pester's planning next, or what those weird aliens want with expired candy, but we need to be ready!" Lincoln declared as Dib gave a nod. "Yeah! And I told Zach about everything that went down!"

"He called you batshit insane, didn't he?"

"No….well, about Pester, yes, but at least he believed me when I mentioned the Floaty Heads so…I guess he's..kinda on our side?" Dib shrugged as Lincoln sighed and facepalmed. "Seriously, what's it gonna take for someone to believe me? An actual alien showing up and posing as a human?" And how the hell does he believe ALIENS over someone trying to take over the town disguised as a legitimate businessman?!" Lincoln exclaimed.

"He told me it's because there's been proof of aliens, just no proof of Pester, but he did say if we ever need help with the Floaty Heads, should they ever come back, he'll help us so…that's a plus, I guess." Dib spoke while rubbing the back of his neck.

Lincoln however facepalmed. At least things couldn't get any worse for the poor kid. 'I KNOW the author didn't just say that!'

"Anyway Dib, any luck on finding that weird robot who saved us?"

"Nada. I don't think robotics have even advanced to the point that the robot was at. I even checked my dad's robotic database and not even that was any help when….ya know. My dad's a super genius and all."

"Why does your dad ha-"

"Don't ask. At this point I've given up questioning his reasons for building the things he makes. But that's besides the point, whoever controls that robot could be a very strong ally to stopping that tiki wearing madman." Dib warned as Lincoln sat down on the nearby couch…next to an open window. "Yeah, but how can we find out who sent the robot in the first place?" Lincoln asked as Dib sat next to him as they began to think all while Gaz walked past the window with a soldering kit and a gamecube.

"First things first. We need to find the owner of the phone that sent you that text. You have the phone number?" Dib asked as Lincoln pulled his phone and showed Dib the unknown number.

"I tried to call it but every time I do it just leads me to…well…" Lincoln blushed as Dib raised an eyebrow. "Leads to where?" He asked as Lincoln cleared his throat. "...Big Titty Japanese Whore House in Detroit." He spoke, embarrassed as Dib began to immediately copy the number down into his own phone. "Yeeeeeeah… gonna need this for…scientific…research purposes…" Dib said, absolutely with no shame in his voice as Lincoln gave him a deadpanned glare. "…"

"Don't give me that look, I know for a fact you probably did the same thing!"

"…Touché."

"Anyway, we got off track right there. There has to be a way to figure out how the text came from there, and who actually sent it." Lincoln said as Gaz was seen carrying a box of scraps into the garage with a welding torch.

"Could you use your advanced science tech to see who was texting at that time?"

"Yes, but do you know how many people in the world have phones?" Dib said as Lincoln faceplanted on the table. "It would take maybe a month or two to go through all of them!"

"We don't have that long! There has to be something we can do." Lincoln grumbled, all while Gaz could be seen hefting a huge tank of rocket fuel over her shoulder with an additional blowtorch in her mouth.

"Wait! Why don't you copy every message at once into a word doc and search for the specific message!"

"Lincoln, that…that…FUCK! Why didn't I think of that?!" Dib groaned angrily while spacking his forehead. "That'll still take a long time to go through all the messages, even with that idea, maybe two weeks?"

"…*Sigh* Well, that's better than two months." Lincoln sighed in near defeat. "Either way, we'll know the identity of the one who sent that robot, and when we do, we can thank them face to face!" Lincoln smiled…..as Gaz wheeled the very same robot from the night before on a dolly.

"Those boys are fucking morons." Gaz said while facing the camera and shaking her head before disappearing into the garage.

*Meanwhile with the Louds*

"Wow, Lisa. You work HERE?" Lana exclaimed with stars in her eyes making her younger sister chuckle.

"Yes, indeed I do, Lana." Lisa smiled with pride as she watched her siblings and parents stare in awe at the massive 60 story building. "Amazing! The campus of the most renowned college in all of Michigan!" Luan gasped, reading the brochure. "Meh, not that impressive." Luna said with a bored shrug making her sisters ignore her.

"If you all would follow me, I shall give you all a guided tour." Lisa smiled as she walked forward and her family eagerly followed her inside the massive structure.

Lisa was leading her family through the halls as the Louds marveled at the pictures that adorned the hallways.

"Wow, I never knew so many famous people went here." Lola said looking at a picture of Weird Al. "Yes indeed, Lola, however some who graduate here aren't worth mentioning." Lisa spoke as she stared at a picture of the last three US Presidents.

"Plus, not everyone who graduates from here does so with flying colors…some barely scrape the bottom of the barrel." She said, turning her attention to a frame containing a photo of Elon Musk.

"Ahem, anyway!" Lisa said, clearing her throat. "Vell Vell Vhat iz going on here?" a voice spoke as the Louds saw an old man with gray hair and two metal claws for hands.

"Oh! Hello, Professor. Family unit, allow me to introduce my superior; Professor von Slopsink." She said, gesturing to the balding man.

"Oh! Vell hello zere I muzt say, Lisa is one our brightest minds we have here zhe haz helped zo many ztudents zucceced in vays never before zeen!" the professor exclaimed as Lynn Sr. shook his….claw…very uncomfortably. "Uh, thank you…" He said to the professor. "Anyway, Professor, I hope you don't mind that I take my family on a tour of the facility." Lisa spoke.

"Oh not at all Lisa juzt, remember that classes start in 2 hours!" He said, holding one hand sideways to emphasize the time. "Of course." Lisa spoke as she led her family deeper into the building.

"And this is the dining hall." Lisa said as the Louds marveled at the massive eating room. "This place is bigger than my restaurant!" Lynn Sr. exclaimed as they all went inside and looked in awe at the selection of breakfast foods.

"Apple cinnamon muffins, Turkey bacon, beef bacon, and….THEY EVEN HAVE FISH BACON!" Lana yelled in excitement as everyone else groaned in disgust.

"Ugh Lana, that sounds grosser than Lincoln's peanut butter and sauerkraut sandwiches!" Lola gagged.

"Hmmm, I don't know, I rather enjoy it every now and then myself.." A deep, suave, seductive-sounding voice spoke behind them as they girls turned around and locked eyes with a 6'06" hunk of a man in a lab coat and dress shirt and pants, with a slick, full head of jet black hair that contrasted with his smooth, milky skin, and a square, chiseled jawline that had the faintest of stubble peppered all over.

"Ah! Hello, Professor Utonium, I see you're enjoying your pre-afternoon meal time." Lisa smiled. "I assume you overslept again."

"Em…Yes, I unfortunately did." She said sheepishly rubbing the back of his head as Lisa kept a hand in her pocket.

"Professor, this is my family. I am giving them a tour of the facility."

"Oh so you're the famous family I've so much about?" He chuckled, unaware of their now uncomfortable looks.

"Yeah….ummm so Mr. Utonium, was it? What do you teach here at the school?" Rita asked, wanting to change the subject. "I teach our students the wonders of science! Ranging from geology to the more advanced stuff like sub-atomic nuclear fusion." He said as if the second part wasn't that big of a deal. "I'm also a child psychologist with numerous awards and degrees under my belt." He said, garnering the parents attention.

"Wow with that much experience, I bet you have a hard time beating off the ladies with a stick huh?" Luan chuckled…as poor Utonium began to comically sulk. "...not exactly…most women see me as a boring square." He said in a dower tone as the Louds all gave a sweatdrop. 'That's hard to believe.' The girls collectively thought as a watch beeped, making Professor Utonium quickly stand perk. "Sweet mother of Terrence McBird! I forgot I left a burner on!" He exclaimed before running off.

"Well….that was….ummmm…interesting." Rita said as she heard the sounds of grumbling stomachs. "Hmmm, perhaps we can eat lunch before continuing the tour." Lisa said as her sisters eagerly rushed to the buffet line.

"While my laptop goes through those messages, let's hang out somewhere." Dib suggested

"Like?" Lincoln asked. "Hmm, you know any good arcades?"

Before Lincoln could say anything, a brick was thrown through the window, shattering it as the brick hit Dib in the leg.

"HEY BIG HEAD, GET YOUR ASS OUT HERE!" They heard Chandler yell from outside. "MY head's not big!" Dib exclaimed angrily while holding his leg in pain.

Lincoln looked out the window and saw Chandler, Vana and Kevin surrounded by several of their lackeys, all holding weapons of varying size like pipes and bars of wood, one even looked like he had a knife.

"Uh oh….we're outnumbered!" Lincoln said as Dib gave a grimace. "Damn, I knew I forgot something! I forgot to activate the security systems this morning, it takes 30 minutes for them to warm up."

"You think we can stall them for that long?" LIncoln asked.

"…Well they don't look that smart, so maybe." Dib shrugged.

"If you aren't out here in 5 seconds, then we storm the place faster than the Capital Riots!" Kevin yelled, slapping a crowbar in his hand.

"Try anything and my dad will have the cops on you in less than half an hour!" Dib threatened as they all soon heard a voice.

"HEY, NUMBNUTS!" The popular kids looked up and saw Gaz, now wearing a black dress with gray striped sleeves and purple striped leggings, standingon the rooftop. "Gaz?" Dib said as he hopped his way to the window as he and Lincoln saw her jump from the roof in front of the group and land with a roll.

"Well well, if it ain't the emo. Finally decided to date me?" Chandler smirked as Vana grimaced beside him at the thought of any girl dating him.

"Like I said, I'm not into guys with Ball-ginas." Gaz said as a few of Chandler's lackeys, Vana and Kevin were heard snickering.

"Grrrrrr, you'll pay for what you did to us the other day!" Chandler growled.

"Aw, is someone still mad they got snot in their mouth?"

The ginger boy saw red and snapped his fingers as Gaz found herself surrounded by a hoard of lackeys.

"Oh….ganging up on a little girl, huh?...alright." Gaz smirked as she cracked her knuckles and got into a fighting stance. "Your funeral."

"They're dead." Dib said, not worried for her at all, confusing Lincoln. He knew Gaz was far stronger than she looked, but he didn't know she knew how to fight. 'Alright, let's see how this goes.' He thought as one of the lackeys rushed Gaz, who simply shifted her foot and her weight and leaned in to make a nasty punch to his face, sending him flying all while three others came in, swinging their weapons as Gaz ducked under a few and sweep kicked two of them, forcing them to drop their weapons as Gaz slammed both of her feet into ones chest she grabbed the board he had and flung it into three more of the lackeys and watched as it bounced against their heads, knocking them out while while she jumped over the head of another one and grabbed him by the collar and threw him like a ragdoll into his friends the one with the knife came charging in, only for Gaz to slap the knife from his hand and kicked his leg so hard it snapped. She then grabbed his arm and chopped it four times and broke it in several places as he was screaming in pain Gaz grabbed him by the broken arm and started to sling him around, hitting more of the lackeys before throwing him into Chandler as two more charged her Gaz jumped out the way and slammed her boots into their shoulders knocking them both out while she back flipped off the chest of another and slammed her knees into ones face as she grabbed a wooden bar and threw it, knocking out the one she jumped off of as the last two tried to attack her with baseball bats, only for Gaz to kick one in the nuts grabbing his bat, knocking him out and shoving said bat up his ass as she grabbed and tossed him at his friend who then slammed into a tree unconscious.

"...That all you got?" Gaz, who wasn't the least bit tired, asked Kevin and Vana, both of whom growled.

"Kevin, we should go!" Vana said as he scoffed at the redhead. "You wanna run away like a pussy, be my guest." he said. "Just make sure that Sleeping Beauty back there doesn't bleed on himself." He said, making a gesture towards the unconscious Chandler. Vana grimaced at the thought of helping him, but caved in under the weight of Kevin's glare and went to drag Chandler away.

Kevin stepped up and cracked his knuckles before touching a nearby tree and, much to Lincoln and dib's disbelief, his entire arm and body began to take on a wooden texture, all while Gaz raised an eyebrow. 'So…he's an osmosian?...this just got more fun.' She thought while cracking her own knuckles.

Kevin charged forward fist drawn back and hit Gaz who simply blocked, while Dib was shocked when she was pushed back towards the wall. "Ok, maybe she's a little boned." He admitted as Lincoln gave a scowl.

"Dib…stay here, I'm gonna give her a hand." He said, prompting Dib to give him a dumbfounded look. "Did you NOT just see him become part tree?!" Dib exclaimed.

"Eh, just means he can burn more easily." Lincoln shrugged as Dib gave him a look of disbelief.

"…Pester was right, we DO have issues." He said as LIncoln quickly jumped through the broken window and ran over to punch Kevin in his face, which caused him to skid across the ground, much to the greasy pricks shock. "What the?...How the hell did you hit me that hard with those noodle arms?!" Kevin growled as he felt the wood on his skin cracking where he was hit.

Lincoln glared at him as he cracked his knuckles. "My grandpa taught me some things from his time in the service." Lincoln said casually. "The fuck kinda service makes you strong enough to crack a tree with your fist?!" Kevin exclaimed as Lincoln tried to punch him again, only for him to narrowly dodge his next attempt.

However, he didn't see Gaz swing her leg into the path his head was moving in and ended up getting roundhouse kicked, which sent him to the ground, only for Kevin to slam his hands into the ground and summon massive wooden pikes from the ground as he tried to skewer both of them. Unfortunately, both of them were faster than he anticipated and only ended up getting their clothes caught on and torn from his wood attack.

"Stay the fuck still!" Kevin growled as he buried his hands in the ground and grabbed a piece of pipe. and used it to coat his body in rusty metal while he formed his fingers into what looked like razor blades.

"Shit!" Gaz grumbled as she broke off a piece of wood and threw it at Kevin who caught it and shredded it into pieces with his razor fingers.

"Nice try, emo!" Kevin smirked as Lincoln scowled and smashed the pikes his now torn shirt was caught on with his elbow. "You know. There's one part of him that doesn't have any metal." He said in a low tone to Gaz while keeping direct eye contact with Kevin. She gave a smirk and followed the white haired boys gaze. "I see what you mean now." She said with a malicious grin forming on her face.

"Oh, I don't like that look." Dib said with a gulp.

Gaz broke off more of the wood and ran towards Kevin, her fist drawn back with a wooden pike in hand.

"Please! Like that shit can hurt me!" Kevin growled as Gaz tried to stab him, only for Kevin to swing his hands down and just barely manage to cut the front of her dress, only to see a growing blur out of the corner of his right eye, followed by darkness…then extreme pain. "Forget about me, asshole?" Lincoln growled as his pike stabbed Kevin in the eye, his metal eyelids being the only thing stopping it from going further than his eye.

"AAAAAAAAAAAA!HHHHH! YOU ALBINO FUCKER!" Kevin growled as Gaz delivered another roundhouse kick to the back of his head and Lincoln landed a haymaker into his stomach, sending him to the ground in pain as his body slowly turned back to normal.

"...Just leave, Kevin, it's over." Lincoln growled, looking at his now torn shirt as Gaz gave her knuckles another crack, making Kevin growl as he stood up and walked off, holding onto his now bloody eye socket as he pulled the pike out and threw it on the ground.

"This ain't over, Loud!" Kevin growled as he limped off while Gaz looked down at her dress, the cuts exposing some parts of her bare chest. 'Well that's not gonna do.' Gaz thought before she walked back inside of the house and approached Dib who was kinda worried what she would do to him. "W-What're you doing?" He asked nervously as without saying a word Gaz grabbed her brother's cowlick and yanked it out of his head and walked back outside.

Looking up through the fourth wall, she glared at the T rating and used the big ass cowlick as a whip to strike the T into an M while Dib cried out in pain.

'There, problem solved.' She thought casually as she walked back inside and tossed the cowlick back into Dib's hands.

"...My hair!" Dib whined.

"It'll grow back so stop being such a whiner!" Gaz called out while pulling her torn dress over her head and slamming the door to her bedroom behind her.

Lincoln gave a sigh and walked back over to the couch and collapsed. "...Ugh…that was crazy."

"Did you stab Kevin's eye out?!"

"Eh…he'll get better. How's your head?"

"In pain." Dib groaned. "You can grow it back, right?"

"Yeah, but it's gonna be really painful to get it to grow back in time for the next chapter."

"And with this, we end this tour at the best place in the entire school; the main lab!" Lisa declared showing off the main lab which, like the other rooms in the building, was massive and filled with expensive equipment. "Pfft, what's the big deal about some dumb lab?" Luna scoffed while crossing her arms, making Lisa gasp, insulted by her attitude.

"The 'big deal' is that the worlds most important scientific breakthroughs of the last 50 years were made in these very halls, brat." A rather bitter voice with a thick german accent spoke, startling Luna and the rest of Lisa's family as said genius girl looked up and saw a balding old man that looked like a bootleg Albert Einstein.

"Oh hello, Albert." Lisa said, rolling her eyes while managing to hide the feelings of insult from her rocker sister's lack of interest. "Everyone allow me to introduce you to Doctor Albert Q. Wily." Lisa introduced.

"A pleasure." Dr. Wily spoke, giving a short bow and stifling his bitter tone for at least a moment. "So, I take it you're entering the contest as usual?" Lisa asked as Wily rolled his eyes. "Of course I plan too! And this time, I plan on winning…Thomas will not claim victory over me this time!" He said with a growl while balling his fist.

"Yes, I'm sure you will,just like last year. Need I remind you of your so-called great creation?" Lisa taunted, making his forehead throb. "The Double Gear was sabotaged!" Wily exclaimed in a grouchy tone. "Sure it was, just like the time you tried to create a half robotic tank."

"That did not have sufficient power from lack of funding!"

"Regardless, I don't believe you will be successful this year." Lisa said as Dr. Wily began to fume before he calmed down.

"Grrrrrrr regardless, I WILL have a victory this day, even if I have to steal it!" He declared, still fuming as he walked off leaving a very confused loud family.

"...Uhhhh Lisa what did he mean by contest?" Lynn Sr. asked. "Simple, father. Every year the university holds a contest amongst the teachers and students to create the next great invention of the century if it's not me winning it is either Professor Utomium, my colleague Mr. McPhearson or Doctors' Light and Wakeman."

"But this year the winner will be me, Elizabeth!" A nasally voice shouted from behind the Louds, who turned around and saw a tall, lanky boy about Lincoln's age, yet a head taller than him, with pale skin and a very greasy looking bowl cut, wearing a pair of knee high socks, brown dress shoes, a white dress shirt with an ugly ass brown and black tie, a pair of shorts, and quite possibly the thickest pair of nerd glasses to ever exist.

"Oh yes hello there…Astronomanov." Lisa said as Lynn Sr. walked up and shook his hand. "A pleasure to meet you, Mr. Astronommynip!" He smiled as the boy shook his hand back and cleared his throat.

"...Please sir call me by my REAL name….Mandark!"

*KRAKOTOWA!*

"…Well that was weird." The now named Mandark spoke as he fixed his glasses. "Mr. Loud I will admit your daughter is indeed one of the brightest minds I have ever met, but today she shall know defeat at my hands!" He declared overdramatically.

"Yes I'm sure you will…Susan." Lisa smirked, immediately making his face go red as he heard her sisters start snickering.

"I TOLD YOU NEVER TO CALL ME THAT!" He whined, fire in his eyes as Lisa herself snickered.

"Anyways, Mandark, if you hope to win this year you better hope that-"

"-I don't win again!"

The Louds heard a young, Russian sounding voice speak loudly before turning once again and seeing a boy about as tall as Lisa, with thick glasses and curly orange hair.

"Ahh hello there, Dexter." Lisa smiled as the boy took her hand and gently shook it, making her blush. "A pleasure as always, my dear Elizabeth." He said.

"Awwwwwwww!" Rita and most of the Loud sisters all cooed, noticing the blush on the 5 year olds face, which only grew from their reactions.

"Sooooooooo, Lisa, aren't you gonna introduce us?" Lori teased. "Unfortunately no. I'm not." Lisa spoke in an embassred tione as Dexter who was also blushing a storm cleared his throat.

"I am Dexter McPhearson, the greatest scientific boy genius in the world, though another fights me for such a title. It is a pleasure to finally meet you, Loud family." Dexter spoke, shaking each of their hands.

"So Dexter, how long have you and and my sister been dating?" Lynn asked, teasing the smaller boy and girl, who both went red.

"He is not my boyfriend, we're just colleagues!" Lisa said as her face burned brighter, making Mandark roll his eyes.

"If you two lovebirds are done, I need to go and finish my invention for the contest later in the evening!" He told before walking off, and doing quite possibly the stupidest laugh in all of fiction.

"AH HAHA! HA HAHA HA!" He laughed as Dexter facepalmed. "I have no idea what we are going to do with him." He grumbled while shaking his head. "Anyway so…Dexter was it? What are you entering in the contest?" Luan asked him.

"That, is a secret that shall only be revealed during the competition!" Dexter declared dramatically as his watch began to beep. "Oh, speaking of which that's my alarm, I will see you later, Elizabeth!" Dexter smiled as he walked off making Lisa give a dreamy sigh. "Soo-"

"Shut up." Lisa immediately said, spraying her female family members with a spray bottle. "Where did you even get that from?" Luna grumbled.

"That's not important." Lisa exclaimed as she led them to a nearby seating area. "The contest will begin soon so you all just wait here. I have some business to attend to, in the meantime." Lisa told them before walking away to the exit.

Lisa entered another room on the sixth floor of the college and quietly closed the door behind her. "I see you finally made it, my dear."

"Ah, Dr. Wakeman." Lisa smiled at a woman with long white hair wearing red tinted glasses and wearing a yellow lab coat with black buttons.

"Now, we all know why we're here, correct?' Professor Utonium spoke while munching on a cereal bar. "Yes, an…wait, we're one short."

"If you are referring to Dr. Heinz, he fell asleep in the chair over there." Lisa heard a deep British voice and turned to face a rather large, muscular wall of a man with long white hair and a huge white beard wearing a large pair of brown shoes, blue jeans and a red button up shirt, with a lab coat that had rolled up sleeves.

"No, Dr. Light. I'm referring to our…unstable…colleague."

"Ah, Dr. Sanchez…he's…not with us anymore."

"He's dead?!"

"No! I mean, he's been institutionalized." He exclaimed with wide eyes.

Hearing this made Lisa take off her glasses to clean them. "Hmm, yes I suppose it was only a matter of time before he was locked away. Now then, let's all get to business." She said, cracking her neck as she climbed up on a chair.

"So….which of us do we think is going to win this year's competition?" Lisa said. "Ahem…I believe Dr. Light may have this one in the bag." Utonium said, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Oh, I'm not so sure." Dr. Light spoke sheepishly. "Oh nonsense, Thomas! Your inventions are amazing!" Dr. Wakeman said, prompting him to blush. "Well, your robotics are nothing to ignore." He said, flustered by the compliment. "How have they been going for you?"

"Eh, it's a work in progress. You know what they say, 'Ninth times the charm'." She said with a chuckle.

While they were chatting far off in another room Mandark and Dr. Wily were holding their own meeting in the basement. "We must not fail this year!"

"Agreed. At this point, I'm willing to take third place just to get SOMETHING!" Mandark exclaimed before he gained an idea.

"...Albert? What If I told you I had an idea that'll cement our victory?" He spoke with a wicked grin.

"Hmm…I am listening." Dr. Wily spoke as Mandark formed a very malicious grin.

"Well that was a…very interesting day, to say the least." Lincoln said while riding his bike. He had left Dib's for his house and had been riding his bike to the next town over where the nearest hospital was. Ever since the fire, Lincoln was worried about his big sister and so he was going to visit her. And after half an hour of non-stop pedaling, he arrived outside the building.

"Alright, here I go." He said as he locked his bike and went inside after asking the receptionist he made his way to the elevator to Leni's room numbered: 23-19.

'…What do I even say to her?' Lincoln thought with a sad look, wondering if Leni was angry at him like Luna was, or worse, whether or not she blamed him for the fire like the media did. 'Stupid Katherine! I thought you were cool!' He thought, beginning to cry a little as he wiped his eyes and knocked on the door.

"...Come in." He heard Leni say in a sad tone. Hesitantly, Lincoln pushed the door open and saw her room was filled with flowers and 'get well soon' balloons, he also saw that Leni was sitting on the side of her hospital bed with her arms behind her, keeping her upright, her back facing the door so she couldn't see him. "Leni…it-it's me."

"Oh…hey, Linc." She said, not even trying to turn around as Lincoln saw the corner of her eyes were dim.

"...Leni….I…I'm sorry I wasn't there to help you." He said nervously, fighting back the urge to start crying.

Leni however said nothing, all she did was let out a heavy sigh and sniffle

"...Leni….please I know you're upset because you probably blame me for what hap-"

"NO I DON'T!" She suddenly screamed, startling Lincoln, who took a step back in shock.

"...Lincoln that guy you told us about…what was his name?" She asked, surprising her already shocked brother with the question. "…Pe…Pester…his name was Professor Pester…why?"

"...I saw him…when Vlad captured me I saw him jumping out a window before the fire engulfed the mall. I also heard him, he and Vlad were in league with each other." She said in a low tone.

"...you….You saw Pester?" Lincoln asked in a quiet and shocked tone as he saw her gently nod.

"...Lincoln." Leni spoke as Lincoln saw she was crying. "I…i'm sorry I didn't believe you…i'm a terrible sister!...but…" Leni cried loudly as she turned her body to face her brother. Lincoln's heart dropped as he saw his older sisters condition. Her blonde hair was a complete mess, her tan was long gone and he could even see from just her face she was far more thin than she should have been, but the worst part of her condition…were the two heavily bandaged stumps where her legs should have been.

"I guess I got what I deserve." She sobbed lightly. "The doctors did more X-Rays and said there was nothing that could be done to fix it, so…they had to do this."

"What!? No! Leni what happened to you was a complete accident if it wasn't for Danny you would've died!...I would never want something like…like THIS to be a punishment for you! Plus, even if you didn't believe me, you were the only one not to mock or even make fun of me this whole time!" He exclaimed, no longer hiding his tears as his eyes refused to look away from her bandaged thighs.

"But…" She said as Lincoln hugged her. "No 'buts' Leni..I love you! And I'm just glad you're alive!" He told her as Leni began to tear up and hugged him back, trying her best not to start wailing her lungs out. "I'm so sorry." He told her as the two stayed in that hug and Lincoln's resolve was more clear than ever now. He knew that Pester had to be stopped from whatever he was planning and now he knew that Leni would support him, regardless of what came next.

Red: So yeah, Gaz is a badass and, as a result, has made the story rating go up from T to M. As a result, the story will have much darker moments, such as the last scene in the chapter. And with that, our announcement. Geo has officially decided that The Loud House '23 WILL include lemons! But only on Ao3 so certain people don't conplain about him posting smut involving these characters. Anyway, next time we see Dr. Wily and Mandark work together to sabotage Lisa and the other scientists.