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“Lynn! I said to stop using my toothbrush!”
“It wasn't me, Linc!"
“There's still meatball on it!”
“That could've been from anyone!”
“YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT ATE THEM LAST NIGHT!!”
“And you turned our room into Auschwitz…again.”
“Ok firstly, stay out of this, Lucy. Secondly, IT WASN'T ME! It was probably dad!” Lynn said with her arms up in frustration as she went into her bedroom, storming past him and Lucy while slamming the door behind her.
"LINCOLN! COME DOWN HERE NOW!!" Lynn Sr. yelled.
"Great, now what did I 'supposedly' do this time?" He growled as he walked downstairs with a small grumble as he headed for the kitchen where his father was waiting for him with crossed arms.
"Yes, dad?"
"Lincoln, Lori told me you were last seen with the peanut butter."
"Dad, I haven't seen the peanut butter in three days." He said in a blunt tone as his dad raised an eyebrow.
"Don't lie to me, young man!"
"I'm not!" He said with frustration as his dad growled stubbornly, clearly this 'alpha male' wasn't gonna believe what was clearly the truth.
"Lincoln, until you tell me the truth, you're grounded until next week!"
"Dad!" He said with irritation that, once again, he was being wrongfully punished and accused of 'lying'.
"Upstairs now!"
"Bu-"
"NOW!!"
"Grr FINE!!!"
Lincoln headed up to his room upset as Rita entered the house with groceries. "Lynn, what was that about?"
"Lincoln ate all the peanut butter again and put the empty jar back in the fridge.” He said with a sigh. "So he's now grounded in his room."
"And when was this?"
"Lori said it was a few days ago, I was gonna try and experiment with it for a new recipe." He said while pouting. "Lynn, why was it even in the fridge? I threw that jar away three days ago because the peanut butter was mol…dy……Lana!!!" Rita yelled as the six year old ran downstairs. "Lana, did you take a jar of peanut butter out of the garbage?"
"Yeah, why?" She asked with confusion as Rita slowly looked up and glared at her husband and slapped his balding head.
"Ow!"
"Again, Lynn?! Really?!?! Lana, go to the car, we're going to the doctor. And you!" She said while pointing sternly at her husband. "Go upstairs and apologize to our son."
"But honey!"
"NOW LYNN!!"
Rita yelled, making him and Lana cringe in fear. "Lana. Car. Now."
"Yes mom......but if it helps I wasn't gonna ea-"
"The jar's empty!"
"Going now!" Lana gulped while rushing outside.
"-never letting me explain, like ALWAYS!" Lincoln exclaimed while taking a walk in a field on Liam's farm after leaving via his window.
'I wonder if Liam can let me stay the night.’ He thought to himself before tripping and yelping loudly. "Yow!” He groaned. "Stupid moles!" He grumbled until he saw something shine
"Is that…gold?" He wondered with wide eyes as he reached for the glowing object and dug through the dirt before pulling it out.
"A ring?" He spoke as he noticed a small blue strip at the bottom as the ground began to glow brighter. Lincoln looked down and used his phone's flashlight to seeinside, and as soon as he did his eyes widened at the sight of an underground cave full of gold.
"Holy crap!!" He said as he quickly ran home to tell his sisters of his find when he stopped in his tracks. "Whoa whoa whoa, wait a minute, Lincoln. Think about this for a moment." He told himself. "If you tell your sisters, they're just gonna throw you under the bus and take all the credit for the finding! Plus I'm supposed to be grounded, so DAD will join them! But I gotta tell somebody…wait, I know who to tell. And she owes me."
"Phew, made it back in." Lincoln groaned as he pulled himself through his very small window.
*Knock knock knock*
"Lincoln?" He heard his father say hesitantly as he groaned and unlocked the door.
"Yes, dad?" He said bitterly as he opened the door and saw his mom holding his dads ear in her hand very tightly with a stern glare. "Say it!"
“But hone-”
“SAY IT!!” She yelled, making both father and son flinch.
"Son, I'm sorry for blaming you!"
"And?"
"And to show you, I'm increasing your allowance by five dollars!" He said as Rita pulled harder. "I-I mean $75!" He exclaimed as Rita let him go.
"To the couch now!"
"....Yes dear.” He whimpered as he made his way downstairs.
"I'm sorry about your father, sweetie." Rita said to Lincoln after taking a deep breath and calming herself down.
"Is Lana ok?"
"Yes, luckily she didn't have to get her stomach pumped, but the doctor's insisted that she stayed. You know, it's a miracle that the girl is even alive. I don't understand why she insists on eating garbage, we have more than enough food to satisfy her!” She exclaimed with disbelief in her voice as Lincoln chuckled at that. "Yeah, I think she needs to have a talking to about that." He said as Rita smiled and kissed his forehead.
"Ok, you can do this Lincoln." He said to himself before knocking on the door.
"Enter.” A monotone voice said as he pushed the door open. "Yes Lincoln?" She asked while putting her book down and pulling herself off of herbed.
"Lucy, what I'm about to tell you is so secret you can't tell anyone else!"
"…Ok."
"I'm serious, Lucy, you tell anyone, you won't just be able to make up for it."
"I promi-"
"You owe me for the book, rememb-"
"Just say it!" She exclaimed with irritation and fear while covering his mouth as she shut the door, taped the vents and covered Lisa's 'hidden' security camera with Lynn's dirty clothes. "We'll be fine if we whisper, now what is it?" She said quietly as Lincoln pulled out the ring he picked up, making her blush a bit.
"Lincoln I-I-I…this is so sudden! Shouldn’t we be waiting for something like…” She stammered while covering her cheeks before snapping out of her current state and entering one of embarrassment.
"Wait for wha…O-oh! Ooooooooooooh." Now his face started to redden with embarrassment he cleared his throat and pocketed his ring.
"Lucy I found a huge cave filled with gold just like this! And it's pure!" He whisper shouted, making her eyes widen behind her hair as he held it in front of her
"Wow....." She gasped in awe as it began to shrink down and wrap itself around Lincoln's finger tightly while glowing a faint electric blue.
"Whoa.” They said with wide eyes as Lucy touched it and felt how warm it was, almost burning herself from its warm touch. "And you found this where?"
"The outskirts of Liam's farm.” He said in a low tone. As he suddenly tensed up. "Wait, where's Luan?" He questioned before frantically looking around and going through everything in the room. "Crap! Who knows how much she heard us say! There's always a hidden camera she uses!"
"Lincoln!" Lucy exclaimed while smacking him on the back of the head. "Luan's not even here, no one's seen her all day."
"Are you sure?"
"I'm definitely sure, not one air horn has gone off, no whoopie cushions have farted and no pie has been thrown all day." She said with a shrug as she stared at his ring finger in awe and blushed. 'I really thought he was gonna……i-idiot.' She thought.
"Ok Lucy, ready to see?" He asked her as they stumbled through the large field of grass.
"Here it is." Lincoln said as he moved it and showed Lucy what he had seen in the hole.
"It’a beautiful!" She gasped in awe at the golden sight.
"I know right? That's why we can't tell the others. Now, swear on your life you will NOT tell ANYONE!! I mean original pinky swear levels!"
"Original?"
"Break a pinky promise, you LOSE your pinky." He told her. making her shudder and slowly wrap her pinky around his with a shaky hand and gave a nod when they felt a tremor and the hole suddenly expanded in size due to their combined weight as Lincoln slipped and fell in with Lucy trying to pull him up, only to fall down with him as they slid down a large path of gold.
"WHOA!!!!" Lincoln exclaimed as they fell in a much larger, pitch black cavern, where all they could hear was metal clashing against metal in an oddly satisfying dingling noise that continued to ring in their ears. "Ow. You ok?"
"Yeah, my back just hurts." She groaned while picking herself up and slipping a bit. "What is this?"
"I think we found a secret treasure!"
"There's so much! What's that sound?"
"What sound?" Lincoln asked.
"The sound of ringing metal, duh." She said while searching her pockets. "I forgot my phone, do you have yours, Lincoln?"
"Yeah, why?"
"It's nearly pitch black and the sun is covered up by grey clouds, why do you think?"
"Ok jeez, didn't think you were ever snappy. And I thought you could see in the dark."
"I live in the dark, that doesn't mean I have night vision." She huffed as he fished through his pockets and pulled out his phone.
As soon as he turned on his flashlight, they were blinded by a gold shine that stung their eyes with its intensity.
"AHH!!"
"IT BURNS!" Lucy cried out while falling back and tumbling down, holding her hands to her face.
"LUCY!!" Lincoln exclaimed, having managed to close his eyes before the light could fully affect his vision, as he dropped his phone and got on his knees. "My eyes! It hurts!"
"Lucy, I'm so sorry!!" He said as he took her hand.
"I-It's alright. Just…give me a few minutes." She said with a small whimper while still covering her face and furiously rubbing her eyes as Lincoln looked around for a way back up when his eyes locked onto something, making them widen as he saw a pool of pure crystalline water with no ripples whatsoever, with rings falling into and around it, realizing that they were sitting on possibly hundreds of thousands of gold rings, maybe even millions.
"Wow.” He said in awe as the light of his phone, which was now pointed straight up, made the water glow.
"Wow Lucy, can you see better?"
"I-It's not as bad now. B-But it’s still a bit blurry." She sniffed while he helped her up and held her when the ground shook and a pillar of rings shot out from the water, scattering the gold pieces everywhere as several pelted Lincoln, who shielded his sister from them.
"Are you ok, Lincoln?"
"Yeah, I'm fine.” He said with a wince while looking in awe at the beautiful sight as he grabbed a handful of rings and let them flow back down onto the pile. "Let's go home, Lucy." He said while looking up at the edge they fell down from and piling up the rings around them high enough to climb up it. "Ok, there's the hole." He said to himself while making another ring pile as he helped Lucy up
"There ya go, Lucy."
"Thank you.” She whimpered.
"Lucy, stand still." He said softly as he parted her hair and checked her pale blue eyes, which were a little bloodshot with constricted pupils, but other than that they were all fine.
"Ok, I don't think the damage is permanent, if there is any." He said in a soft tone, making her smile as he kissed her forehead he hugged her tightly.
"Does it still hurt, Lucy?"
"A little......but"
"But?"
"But.....Maybe....a kiss would heal me faster?" She muttered with a deep blush as she turned away from her brother and started getting embarrassed, which made Lincoln blush as well.
"...."
"Lucy-"
"I know, that was stupid and really corny to say." She said while awkwardly shifting she got off the ground, but stopped when she felt Lincoln's hand on her shoulder.
"L-Lincoln?" She said as Lucy felt Lincoln press his lips to her forehead. "Are you sure you're ok?" He asked with concern in his voice as she kept her face low. "I-I'm sure Lincoln." She said while nodding quickly as they walked away together. "I know…don't tell anyone." She said with a small smile as they made their way out of the field, unaware of the two glowing orbs watching them in the distance.
"Wow, this thing is on TIGHT!" Lincoln said while looking at the ring as he tried to remove it only to fail.
and feel it apparently tighten.
"Damn it! Come on, get off!" He growled as he started tugging angrily only to fail and somehow end up falling on the floor. "Ow." He groaned while rubbing his now sore hand in pain.
"Damn, what the heck?" He muttered as he then heard his mother scream.
"Mom!" Lincoln shouted as he ran downstairs and saw his mother....cheering?
"Mom? What's going on?" Lincoln said as he turned to the TV and felt his blood boil when his mother started talking.
"Oh, Lincoln, can you believe it? Lori and the others found a huge pit of gold rings an-Lincoln?" Rita said with concern as she saw her son's red, anger filled face and balled up fists…along with the special ring on his finger. "That backstabber!" He growled before stomping upstairs, not knowing that his mother had given a confused look. “Lincoln, what’s wrong?” She called out as he heard 6 voices talking in Lori's room.
"We are totes gonna be super rich!" Leni exclaimed while holding a handful of gold rings
and smiling as Lori wore several on both her hands and watched as they glistened in the light.
“I am SO gonna beat Lindsey Sweetwater in the next pageant!” Lola cheered excitedly as she had looped some rings into her tiara and managed to get some around her sash.
“Are we sure this is really right for us to do?” Lynn questioned, despite herself now wearing one of the rings on her hand.
“Who cares? Besides, the little dude will get over it after a bit.” Luna said nonchalantly, decorating her guitar with several of her own golden rings.
“Agreed. Besides, we outnumber him. What’s the worst that could possibly happen?” Lisa said while staring at a ring under a microscope.
"HEY!!" They heard as her door was kicked in, revealing a very angry Lincoln that really disturbed them.
"Uhhhhh, hi Lincoln.” Lori said nervously as he stared them down
"WHO TOLD YOU ABOUT THE GOLD?!?!"
"Well, let’s just say a little birdie told us a-“
“Wait, I thought it was Lucy?” Leni said as they all turned to her.
"What?" He growled as his fist tightened, though it didn't go unnoticed by the sibling closest to him in age. 'If he hurts her…' She thought as Lincoln left the room, slamming the door very violently behind him as it left cracks on the doorframe.
"LUCINDA!!!" He exclaimed as he threw her door open, startling her.
"L-Lincoln?!" She said with confusion and fear in her voice as he towered over her.
“I can't believe you sold me out!!"
"Bu-But I didn't!"
"Don't lie to me! I can't believe I was dumb enough to trust you!" He growled with anger and sadness in his eyes.
"But-“
"CAN IT!" He snapped, making her flinch and whimper.
"I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE YOU!!" He screamed angrily as a vein on his forehead throbbed violently as he breathed heavily while staring her down and feeling numbness in his fist as he punched the wall so hard it actually went completely through, making Lucy jump and start sweating in fear while scooting back as she failed to hear faint footsteps outside the doorway as Lincoln kept his focus on her.
"I DON'T KNOW WHY I THOUGHT I COULD TRUST YOU, LUCINDA!!" Lincoln exclaimed as he failed to hear the door open.
"YOU'RE THE WORST PERSON EVER!! I-“
“Hey.” Lincoln stopped and turned around only to find a fist landing itself in his face with a loud crack emanating from his nose.
"DON’T YELL AT HER, YOU LITTLE BASTARD!!" Leni cried out in rage as she held a now crying Lucy.
"Lucy, sweetie, are you ok? Did he hurt you?" She said as the others came running in only to stop at the sight of their brother, now glaring at them, who did nothing as he stood up and stormed out of the room in silent anger.
"I frickin’ KNEW it was a terrible idea!!" Lynn shouted angrily as she kicked her door open and went to hug her roommate tightly, stroking her hair in her attempts to comfort her.
"H-he hates me Lynn!!" She sniffled while rubbing her eyes. "I didn't even do anything, and he hates me!!!" She sobbed into her curled up knees loudly as Lynn glared out the door. "H-How? How did you find o-out?"
"Don't you remember, you told us.” Lori said smugly while passing by as Lynn gave her the finger.
"STUFF IT, JUPITER!" She shouted as Lori growled and marched away, her ‘shoes’ letting out awkward squeaks with each stomp.
"Absolutely UNBELIEVABLE!!" Lincoln exclaimed as he punched his mattress in rage and pure anger as he kept punching and punching, even after his hands started getting numb, but stopped when he heard something outside.
'What're they up to now?' He growled internally as he looked out the window and saw numerous news vans with six of his sisters having cameras and microphones shoved in their faces.
"Isn't it exciting, girls? I called the local news stations when I heard of what you found!" Lynn Sr. said excitedly as dozens of camera flashes practically blinded them and reporters kept shoving each other to get answered first.
"One at a time, one at a time!" Lola exclaimed. "And get my good side!" She said while striking a pose and puckering her lips as the cameras took her pictures and fed the flames that were Lincoln's temper as he heard Lori say they found them in a field close by and ‘if you want we'll show it to you’.
'Those BITCHES!!' He thought in rage as his fist balled up so tight he felt his nails start to dig into his palm.
'They can NOT get away with this!!!' He thought as he grabbed his phone and patted his pockets. "Where's my wallet? Grr, nevermind that, I'll look for it later." He said while marching downstairs and exiting through the backyard.
The girls still there were enjoying photoshoots, all except for Lucy, who was still sad, Lily, who was just a baby, Luan, who was still M.I.A., and Lana, who was at the hospital, and Lynn, who had still been upset after the incident with Lincoln that morning.
'.....Lincoln....' Lucy thought sadly as she heard the crowd moving away and the sound of marching was heard. She poked her head through the curtains and saw a literal army of soldiers in black.
"What's going on?" Rita asked as the one in charge stepped forward, making her step back as he went to the girls and cleared his throat while his soldiers pushed the media away and silenced any recordings as he stood in front of them. "Ladies." He said as Rita nervously stepped back up. “Why don't you show us where you found those rings?" He spoke as she gave a nod, mostly due to being scared by the weaponry several soldiers were carrying.
*G.U.N. HQ*
"What've we got?" A tall man said while standing over several others, staring at a large monitor.
"Nothing yet, sir." One spoke as a soldier came running in. "Commander! A well of gold rings has been found, and the Lieutenant already is en route to the location!"
"Good, any updates on our…patient?"
"He's still comatose, Commander. The sedatives and feeding tubes are still running."
"Excellent. Prepare a mobile convoy at once. I'd like to speak with the ones who found the rings myself."
"Yes sir!" They all said with a salute.
Deep below in the barracks of G.U.N. HQ laid a small lab with several dozen machines hooked up to a large, shadow covered figure, who had two tubes connected to their mouth and IV’s connected to their arms as doctors and soldiers worked in the area, monitoring the condition of the patient.
"How are his vitals?"
"Slow…but still stable…what do ya think he's dreaming about?"
"Who knows? He's got a few cogs missing." One chuckled.
"Hey did you hear? Some kids in Michigan found a whole underground lake full power rings"
"Kids? Good lord, this is gonna be all over their FaceBooks and Twitters."
"Definitely." They said as a small alarm went off.
"Alright everyone, that's lunch." The boss exclaimed loudly everyone left as the camera slowly zoomed in on the patient, their closed eyes constantly moving back and forth as they were trapped in what appeared to be a dream, reliving their defeat at the hands of a move known as ‘x3 Boost’, and the following explosion that put them in a comatose state, while a door opened and a lone soldier walked in carrying a long metal case.
"Time to wake up, Professor." The soldier said as they sat down at a terminal and pressed several buttons and switches.
*WARNING: EXTREME POWER FAILURE. BACKUP POWER FAILURE.*
The soldier then entered the room with the unconscious figure, set the container on a table nearby and looked at his condition. "That hedgehog, he really did a number on you, didn't he?" They said before reaching behind them and setting something down before pulling the IV tubes from his arm.
After about 5 minutes, the figure slowly opened his small eyes revealing them to be a dull brown.
‘…………So………they…have……returned?’ He thought as a smile began to grow on his face. Despite being unconscious, he had heard how the warp portals between this world and the next were closed off after the ‘Eggperial City’ fiasco…but currently, unknown to him, that was 25 years ago, and during his long sleep, he had been given plenty of time to think over his previous plans and defeats.
"GRK!" He exclaimed in pain as he slowly raised his right arm and very carefully pulled the feeding tube from his throat, coughing violently and gasping for air as he threw it to the ground. "Ugh, that was…far too unpleasant." He groaned while slowly trying to get out of the bed, only to fall. "Come…on! Come…o-on?" He said in annoyance…and then in fear as he shifted his head down and saw the numerous burns and scars that littered most of his body…and the complete lack of a left arm. "H-How? W-Wh……Grrrrrrr…S-ACK!!" He roared angrily with a scratchy voice before falling over and violently coughing while grabbing a table with his right arm, pulling himself up high enough to see the metal box, with a sticky note on top.
OPEN ME
Curious, he flipped the latches and pushed it open, revealing a bulky chrome cybernetic arm with a black hand, along with a cellphone, which started ringing. He raised an eyebrow and answered it.
"Good to see you're awake." The voice on the other end said over the speaker system as the lights in the room started flickering. "As soon as the door opens, exit immediately. There is a change of clothes for you in the next room." The voice said as the door lock turned green and beeped. "Go, now." The voice said as he grabbed the arm and quickly exited the room, spotting a duffel bag by the door, filled with toiletries and clothes.
*10 minutes later*
Now fully clothed, the man shuffled through the bag, hoping for more than just clothes when he found a mirror, and froze at the sight of his now hair-ridden face, most of which was now completely grey. "…Has it really been so long…since I last lost……" He muttered, touching his wrinkled face, tracing over the many scars and burns that littered it and stopping at his missing left ear, the spot covered in fresh bandages. He snapped out of his shock before slipping on a small pair of worn, rounded glasses over his small brown eyes, flicking the lenses a few times before they turned completely dark blue.
"Much better.” He said before violently coughing again and flinching in pain due to not speaking for such a long time as he held his throat and gave a final cough before clearing his throat. He lifted the left half of his shirt up over his stump and grabbed the metal arm, positioning it in just the right spot, gulping before jamming it onto his body, causing tremendous pain as its wiring lit up and what felt like needles and cables forced their way into his stump.
"SWEET EGGS IN A BASKET!!" He screamed as it clamped onto him violently and dug into his muscle tissue, all while pulsating a sickening red as he struggled to fight the pain. "It will take several hours for the prosthetic to adjust to your biometric readings. Once the pain subsides, exit the room and turn right. Go down the hallway and do not stop until you reach the evidence locker.” The soldier said as he did as told, after several minutes of unbearable and agonizing pain.
"Open, OPEN!!" He exclaimed while trying to mess with the electronic lock, only for it to click itself open and short circuit.
"Damn it!" He exclaimed as the sparks hit his hand before he kicked it open and rushed in, slamming the door shut before anyone saw him. “Now what do I do?” He questioned the phone, only to realize the line had gone dead.
Welcome, sir." The voice said with an echo as the patient looked up and found himself in a large storage area with a lone soldier leaning against a filing cabinet.
"Your companions are by your feet." The soldier said as the patient looked down to his side and saw a large metal container covered in dust and cobwebs.
He pulled it out of its spot with a loud thud and opened it, only to be greeted with a steel cube and ball, both of which had faded off paint.
"Orbot......Cubot?" He said quietly while lifting the cube and pressing a button on the top, making it light up with blue lines flickering all over it the cube briefly shook before coming to life.
“*YAWN!* Man, what a crazy nap! I dreamt that we exploded and we got sucked into a portal and then I was deactivated for years!"
"That did happen, Cubot." He groaned.
"......DOCTOR, YOU'RE ALIVE!! AND YOU'RE OLD! AND SKINNY! AND WRINKLY LIKE A PRUNE!!! YOU LOOK LIKE AN OLD JIM CARREY!!!"
"Hey!" The Doctor said with an angry glare as he resisted the urge to turn him back off as his foot nudged the balls button, making it also glow with blue lines, only this one gave off a two note start up jingle before opening.
"Oh dear." It groaned. "What a nightmare."
"Orbot, you’re alive too!?"
"Technically, we can never die as we are machines." Orbot spoke in a matter of fact tone.
"Ya know, I can easily turn you both back off.” The Doctor grumbled as Orbot looked around and hovered over to a a large tarp and pulled it off, sending dust everywhere.
"G.U.N. kept the Egg-Mobile as well, Boss, we just need to get it operational again!" He said as dust covered his eyes and filled his makers lungs, making him cough.
"I can see that!" He choked out as he fanned the dust away and climbed in, just as the lights went out and were replaced with dim red ones as a blaring alarm went off.
"Uh oh!" He said with wide eyes as they heard soldiers marching past the door and tearing things apart.
"Robots, smoke pellets now!!"
"Yes sir!" Cubot said with a salute as he and Orbot shot out smoke pellets filling the room with gas as he quickly hot-wired the Egg-Mobile. However. he wasn't fast enough as the door was eventually kicked in.
"MORE SMOKE NOW!!!" The Doctor exclaimed as bullets and small laser shots flew from the doorframe and barely failed to hit, as he dove down into his mini pod, curled up and covered his ears…until he heard screaming of men and the snapping of bone and tissue. It lasted less than a minute, but when he looked up, and as the smoke dissipated, he gagged at the massacre before him, with the victor, his soldier savior, as the sole survivor standing among the circle of corpses in the doorway. "Are you uninjured?" He asked in a perfect and disturbingly calm tone
"Yeah....." He said uneasily as the soldier lifted several metal containers as well as the guns scattered across the floor with ease before tossing them into the Egg-Mobile, followed by Cubot and Orbot.
"No good selfish jerks!" Lincoln shouted from his bedroom as everyone had already left for the rings, leaving him alone with his thoughts until…
"Mom, I'm back!"
He heard Luan's voice, and instantly locked his door. "Great, she's back." He growled as he covered his head with his pillow to ignore the faint cheering crowd of people that followed Luan home.
"What the hell is going on?" She muttered. "Anyone home?" She called out, only to be met with silence except from outside. "Ooook, this is weird." She said while closing the curtains and locking the front door
"Finally.” She sighed as she plopped on the couch and plugged her dead phone into a charger.
"Where are we going?" The doctor questioned the solder, who had taken control of the Egg Mobile and had chose to ignore him as they flew within the clouds and towards a mansion surrounded completely by a large metal fence.
"Strange lookin’ place. Huh, Boss?" Cubot asked quietly and nervously while keeping away from the soldier as they slowly descended to the ground while the soldier hopped out and led them into the building.
"Enter." He said as he pushed the door open as he stepped aside as the three entered the mansion, which was extremely spacious.
"Wow! Fancy digs!" Cubot exclaimed while looking around.
"Welcome." A booming voice said from the top of the staircase as the three looked up and saw a well dressed, portly man walking down the stairs.
"You may call me Tetherby." He said with a bow as he descended and approached the doctor to shake his hand.
"Um…hello?" He spoke hesitantly and a bit uneasily as Tetherby unhanded him.
"Please, take a seat." He said as he ushered him to a resting area and sat with him on a couch as the soldier reappeared behind them with plates of food and set them on the table beside them as he grabbed Cubot and Orbot to keep them from breaking anything valuable.
"Why am I here?" The doctor asked the wealthy man.
"Why, because I wish to aid you, of course!"
"Aid me how?" He asked as Tetherby snapped his fingers and an army of soldiers, identical to the one he came with, brought in numerous boxes of machine parts.
"By providing you with the resources you need, of course.” He said with a calm look and tone, making the doctor give a confused look.
"There has to be some sort of catch." He said while staring at the wall of completely still soldiers.
"No catch whatsoever." He said with a smile as the soldiers set the boxes down and left as the doctor stared down at all of the parts in suspicion.
"As I said, ‘no catch’. I'm just a man who's a fan of your work, is all.” Tetherby admitted as he took some pigs in a blanket and popped them in his mouth.
"So what do you say?" He said to the doctor as he watched him go through the boxes.
"......You have a deal.” He said as he shook Tetherbys hand, not noticing the large grin on his face.
"I SAID SCREW OFF!" Lincoln shouted at Luan, who had only just started to try and talk to him again as he slammed his door shut. "What is your freaking problem?!?!" She exclaimed. in an angry tone as she only got silence in response, making her huff before going downstairs.
"This is awesome!" Lola exclaimed happily as the 8 sisters and their parents sat in a car heading towards the field with the crowd following them in an overly excited manner as Lynn noticed Lucy's tear stained cheeks and frowned.
"It’ll be okay, Lucy, I’m sure he'll get over it in a month or two." Lynn said, unsure of her own words.
"No, he won't." She said, wiping her eyes as the construction crew started to dig out the rings which, with the roof of dirt and roots no longer blocking them, were shooting straight into the sky, making them gasp at their beauty.
"Yes sir, we deserve this!" Luna said with a smirk as they all got out of the van and enjoyed the camera clicks.
"Make sure to get my good side, boys!" Lola said posing.
"You already said that."
"Well, they can get them AGAIN!!" Lola exclaimed as her sisters all reveled in the spotlight… well, all except Lucy, who was still crying in the van, and Lynn, who couldn't bring herself to truly enjoy the attention.
"Alright, girls, let's head home.” Rita said as she covered her eyes from all the camera flashes.
"Awwww, but mom!"
"Your mother’s right, kids. Plus, if we let the Paparazzi follow us home, we can sell our old stuff to them!" Lynn Sr. said, making most of them squeal in excitement for more money.
The Loud’s drove all the way back, with said paparazzi showing up and following the Louds home, instantly taking pictures the moment they stepped out.
*EXPLODE!!*
*Play E.G.G.M.A.N*
"What the hell was that?!" Lynn exclaimed as white and red egg-shaped robots began to rain from the sky and crash into buildings, trees and even the road and sidewalk as a loud, booming laugh could be heard alongside rock music.
"OHOHOHOHOHOHOH*GA-COUGH COUGH!! WHEEZE*”
They heard as a frail left hand grabbed a side of the floating pod high above and, as it tilted over, the people saw a frail old man in a red and black suit with a jet black puck-shaped disk where his left ear should’ve been violently hacking his lungs up, alongside a heavily armored soldier and two small robots.
"You ok, boss?"
"Ugggggh....Yeah.....I'm good!" He grunted before resuming his evil laughter and coughing again as a result as he drank some water.
"Now then..." He said after a minute
"ROBOTS! GET ME THOSE RINGS!!!" He exclaimed as dozens of white, orb-shaped machines sped towards the house and immediately surrounded the Loud's.
"So…which one of you lovely ladies found these lovely little trinkets?"
"We ain't telling an old geezer like you! Who do you think you are, anyway!?" Luna yelled as Lisa looked like Hell had frozen over.
"That's the evil Dr. Eggman!!" She exclaimed, horrifying her parents.
"Doctor Who?"
"Not that hack! Now, allow me to show you who I really am!!" He growled as he pressed a button and his Egg Pod began to form armor, a spiked head and two large robotic arms, making them all look up with wide eyes and scream as the machine reached down and punched a hole through Vanzilla. All while two of the robots floated down and grabbed one of the Loud sisters, bringing her up to the doctor.
"MY BABIES!!!" Lynn Sr. yelled before fainting in his wifes arms.
"LET ME GO!!" Lucy growled as she tried to break out the robots’ grip, only for them to drop them right into the palm of the doctors Big Arm.
"OHOHOHOHOHOHOHO!!!! Sorry squirt, but I won't release you until you give me the Master Power Ring!"
"The what?"
"Don't play dumb with me, The Master Power Ring! It's used to control all the other rings in your possession!" He said as the camera men quickly turned to the Louds with hopeful expressions.
"Uhhhhhhhhh......" Luna said, the blood visibly draining from her face.
'This…wasn't thoroughly planned out. I can’t believe Lynn was right.' Lisa thought nervously with an audible gulp as the doctor started to chuckle
"This is amazing, not only do I have the power rings, but I now have a hostage as well!!" He exclaimed proudly as he held Lucy high in the air like a trophy and squeezed harder, making her gasp as she heard gently cracking
"You have 23 hours to bring me the Master Power Ring! And to show I'm serious…" Eggman pulled out a strange looking gun and fired it twice at Lucy, causing her to scream in unholy pain as she felt the bones in her right arm and left leg contort in unnatural shapes.
"Holy fuck!!" Lynn shouted as she started gagging while blood slowly seeped from in between the large mechanical fingers that held her sister tightly. "YOU NOW HAVE 12 HOURS! And if you fail to meet my demands, I'll detonate the machinery now in her body with an explosive so powerful, it'll wipe out all life in…” The soldier leaned over and whispered in his remaining ear. “…Royal Woods!!" He yelled as the crowd began to mutter in fear as the mad doctor flew off.
"LUCY!! HE HAS MY BABY!!" Rita screamed frantically as she also fainted this time into Lori's arms who fell over due to the weight of both her parents.
"Holy…crap…" She groaned before falling.
Soon the reporters surrounded the Louds asking questions.
"Why didn't you give him the ring?"
"Are you in league with that mad man?"
"Do you plan on leaving your sister to die?"
The questions were all abounded until Leni snapped.
"WE DON'T HAVE IT, OK?!?!"
"………"
"………"
"………"
"………"
"………"
"Leni......This is no time for jokes. Of course we-“
*SLAP!!*
Lori was cut off by Leni slapping her face, sending her back onto the ground with their parents.
"DAMN IT, LORI! THERE'S MORE PRESSING MATTERS GOING ON THAN YOUR PRIDE! WE DIDN'T FIND THE RINGS, OUR BROTHER DID! HE FOUND THEM, WE JUST TOOK CREDIT FOR WHAT HE DID!!"
"WHAT?!?!?!" The entire crowd yelled as the others began sweating proficiently.
A large mansion could be seen as the G.U.N. commander frantically tore apart his family garage.
"Where is it? SG-1000? No. Master System? No. Genesis? No. Gamegear? No. Mega CD? No. Pico? No. 32X? No. Saturn? No. Dreamcast? No! Damn it where's the....FOUND IT!!" He exclaimed as he picked up a small remote with a mic hole near the top.
He turned the small device on, pulled out a golden ring from his pocket and used the remote to electrify the ring, which now glowed with energy.
"Alright, old friend, we need you, now more than ever!" He said nervously as he focused his thoughts on a specific location and threw the ring at the wall in front of him. “I’m just sorry I can’t be here when you show up.” He said before running back outside to a helicopter.
"It's a freaking riot out there!" Lori exclaimed as she barricaded the door with the couch in a panic as the once eager and friendly reporters and civilians had quickly turned angry and violent with torches and pitchforks.
"I TOLD YOU THIS WAS A TERRIBLE IDEA!!" Lynn screamed angrily. "NO YOU DIDN'T, YOU PROTEIN POWDER ADDICTED MONKEY! YOU SAID ‘WOW LORI THIS WAS A FANTASTIC IDEA, GLAD I THOUGHT OF IT’!!" Lola yelled as Lynn scowled at her sister.
"DUDES, THEY HAVE A BATTERING RAM!!!" Luna yelled as she pushed a piano in front of the door.
"DON'T YOU DARE LIE ABOUT WHAT I SAID, YOU SPOILED WANNABE WITCH!!" Lynn shouted back at Lola.
"YEAH, WE ALL KNOW THIS LITERALLY LUNA'S FAULT!" Lori shouted.
"THE FUCK YOU SAY, BITCH!?" The rocker growled as the girls began to argue amongst themselves and only stopped when they saw their only brother eating ramen while leaning over the couch, watching them.
"Looks like you guys have a ton of things on your plate" *SLURP!* He said while giving a condescending slurp of his food as the 6 girls surrounded him.
"Well, aren't you gonna help us?"
"I would… but why would I get in the way of your adoring fans?" He said in a smug ass tone.
"Lincoln, this isn't funny. They're gonna kill us!!"
"Hmmmm that's a good point......But I don't care!" He said proudly and smugly as he slurped more down, ignoring them as he went upstairs where he saw Luan pacing.
"Lincoln, that mob’s going crazy, do you know why?"
"Don't know, don't care, now get out of my way." He said with a glare as he pushed her and went to his room.
Luan angrily went downstairs and saw her sisters fighting before taking a deep breath.
"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO?!" She screamed, making them all stop as they turned to face Luan, who had a glare of her own on and a face that said she was in no mood to deal with any more bullshit.
"IT WAS HER IDEA!" Her sisters shouted while pointing to each other. in an instant, making Luan sigh.
"What. Did. You. Do." She growled as Lori sighed.
*One explanation later*
"YOU WHAT!?” Luan screamed angrily as all of them flinched from her tone. "Where are mom and dad?"
".....Mom and dad are at city hall.”
"Why?"
".....Well...."
"And Where's Lucy and Lana?"
"Oh, Lana’s been at the hospital since this morning…and Lucy……Yeah……about that........"
"Stupid, no good selfish bi-"
"WHAT?!?!" He heard Luan scream louder than before as rapid footsteps coming up the stairs.
"LINCOLN!!!" She exclaimed while trying to open his door.
"Go away, Luan!" He barked bitterly
"LINCOLN, PLEASE! THAT MAD MAN HAS LUCY!!"
"Mad man?! HAH! Next time you think of a lie, try and pick a more convincing one."
"LINCOLN, I'M BEING SERIOUS!!!" She screamed as she kept trying to get it open and began to cry.
"PISS OFF!" He shouted angrily until he heard her sobs. Now, Lincoln knew Luan better than the pranksters own roommate, and he could tell when she was faking something and when she was being a troll.
And right now, he started believing she was serious.
"............."
With a sigh he unlocked his door and slowly opened it. "You really didn't know what they did, did you? And…she was really taken by some psycho?" He asked in a hesitant tone as he saw her red face.
"It's true, Lincoln!" She lightly sobbed as Lincoln sighed.
"Luan… tell the others it's time for a sibling meeting."
"PLEASE YOU HAVE TO!!" Rita pleaded with watery eyes as she stood in front of the mayor and begged her to do something.
"Mrs. Loud, we’re doing the best we can to locate the Mad Doctor who kidnapped your daughter." Mayor Davis spoke in a panic as she slammed her windows shut and blocked off the door so the townspeople, who were clearly VERY angry with Rita's daughters, wouldn't keep screaming for their heads or try and break the door down and plopped herself down in the chair and sighed.
"Your daughters’ have really done it this time, Rita."
“Don’t I know it.” She muttered in agreement as the door was kicked down by the G.U.N. Commander and his soldiers.
"We've got an issue." He said with a serious tone as his soldiers held back the citizens.
"And what problem is that?"
"I'm afraid one of our tracking chips showed us that Dr. Eggman was at the home of one Lord Severus Tetherby shortly after his escape, we have reason to believe the man in question broke him out.”
"Lord who?"
"Tetherby, he's the richest man in Royal Woods.” He said, showing Rita the old mans picture
"I feel like I've seen him before." Rita muttered while tilting her head a bit in confusion as a brick broke through a window and nearly hit her in the head.
"WHOA!" She screamed as it scraped her ear.
"We have to do something! That mad man has my little girl!" Lynn Sr. said in a panic as the soldiers started struggling against the door.
"We can't keep holding them off!" One of them grunted as the crowd outside began to die down.
"I think something's up."
"What's going on?"
"I don't know, it just got…quiet." The Mayor said as the Gun Commander brandished his rifle, looked out the window and saw the disheveled crowd now in the trees shaking violently
"Odd.” They all said as they watched the people slowly try and climb down and leave the area in a hurry as the streets appeared empty now
"Wow. Wonder what happened."
"Don't know, all I did was swoop in and tell everyone to calm down." A light, yet masculine voice chuckled, making them all jump as they looked around
"Up here!" The voice said they did so and saw a small figure on top of the ceiling fan.
"No way..." Rita muttered with wide eyes as she caught sight of the red and white shoes.
"......Sonic.” The commander said with a friendly tone as the blue anthropomorphic alien hedgehog, whose height went up to his chest.
“Hey there, been awhile.”