Holy crap, I did it. I've made it to the ass end of this fic of many elements and horrendous surprises. Eighty three chapters of a family we all know and love, fractured after what they believe was a common household fire- up until the last few chapters; surviving also in a hellish world after they all have gone their solo ways for the past decade.

It's been a hell of a road going down to. Granted, it was definitely bumpy here and there, but on I went, filled with persistence.

And now, the final chapter of 2026.

December 7th, 2026 - Agency Headquarters

Luan gave Lynn a tight hug upon seeing her. "Thank goodness you're alright!"

"I could definitely use better days, though," Lynn replied, smiling at Luan. "Are you all alright?"

Lana, Lily and Lucky were with Luan in the room. Lily was content, relieved to see Lynn after a quiet few days, where nothing of her whereabouts have been known of. "Yeah, we're not bad."

Lana let out a faint smile, still keeping her silence intact for God knows how long until she was ready to speak again.

"I- I can't believe what he did... It's my fault, isn't it?"

Luna was right behind Lynn and Linka, having guiding her after the interrogation. "Don't think about it too much, dude. We need the strong Lynn in the game."

"What you ask me to do... It's-"

Linka locked her hand with one of Lynn's, "We can do this together. The three of us, we can do this together. I guess we'll just wait for awhile until they locate, right?"

"Right," Luna said.

But Lynn had other plans. What mattered now had changed a little, but enough for interests to shift. She waved at them. "I'll be back soon, okay?"

Lynn vibrated though the walls of the facility, running full speed to the place she knew Lincoln could be. It was the only place that made sense to her, and one she truly felt was the right one. Please be there, please be there, she prayed, running back to her house near the cold beachside.

Her home, now cut off with yellow police tape, looked desolate as she had seen it when they were sll coming to move into it. It felt alone, and just like she had left it for months, she entered through the front door, and looked around the empty, messy living room. "Linc?"

The hole in the house wasn't the only change here. It seemed that the place was searched thoroughly. It didn't even matter who was responsible for it, so Lynn did a sweep around. She didn't find Lincoln anywhere within the house. "LINCOLN LOUD!"

Here, he had to be. If not inside, then-

Lynn zoomed out into the beach. Sure enough, the familiar silhouette she knew was that of her brother's was there, overlooking the vast, beautiful ocean. "L-"

Rather than alarming him, she decided to creep up stealthily behind him. The footsteps that she made on the sand was going to give her away before she was more than three-fourths to him.

What are you doing?

Lincoln seemed to be something else entirely at the moment. He was as still as a statue, only seemingly caring about the sea, which Lynn did not know of its significance to him. She moved gracefully, unsure if she would attack the behemoth yet again. Her strongest punch, the one she believed would've cost him his life, had done nothing to him.

Maybe he was close to immortal, if not an actual one.

"L-Linc?" She let it out like a whisper, eased with no fear or worry in the tone. "Big sister Lynn is here."

He didn't move yet, but did know of her presence know. She wondered when he'd attack. It could've happened right then and there, considering the past altercations with the beastly Lincoln. It didn't happen like that at all.

"Luhhh... Lihhhhh..." He croaked. Lincoln rose a hand, pointing to the sea. "Beeeeyoooteeefouuuul..."

"Linc?" She then circled him at a distance. There, she noticed his wounds Luna successfully performed on him. His wounds were still visible through the blood on his shirt. "Oh, my god, Linc!"

"Peeyeen..."

"I don't know what it is you're trying to say... Lincoln, I don't-"

"Meee..." Lincoln faced her, retaining his hostility back. "YOU!"

"Linc, no!" She ducked him once he charged at her. Lincoln threw a handful of sand at her face. "AGH! LINCOLN, IT'S ME!"

He elbowed her while she was wiping away the sand in her eyes. She hit the sand, but tried to get up. "Lincoln, please! I love you!"

The last three words made him stop all of a sudden, and Lynn quickly took that chance to crawl blindly out of his way. She had one eye open, moving away from him. "Stop!"

Lincoln's deep huffs decreased dramatically. "I luhhh... Sss..."

"I don't want to hurt you. I don't want to-"

He let out a monstrous roar right in her face. Lynn shielded her face, squinting. "Linc..."

"I KEEEEEL YUHHHHH! ALLAAA YUHHHH!"

Lynn lost it, in that second. Luna and Linka said it already. This truly was not the Lincoln she knew, hugged and loved. But was he already long gone since they found each other when she went to recruit? Who knows? No other option anymore. It was survival know. Him... Or her.

She ran straight into him, pushing him straight into the house. "THIS IS FOR YOUR OWN GOOD!"

She dreamt, while still on his chest, comfortable and warm. In it, she moved through crowds of people. Men and women, dressed for the dance. A dance, which was the occasion at the moment. Her red dress sparkled in the lights above. The dancers made way for her, giving her access to her own partner.

Lincoln, in a black tuxedo suit, stood about ten feet before her, holding a rose in his hand. He formed a wide smile, admiring the beauty that Lynn took upon in her lovely dress. "Hey, you."

Lynn felt a stinging jab right under her chest. She looked to find that she was impaled with a broken piece of wood, having stopped from going further. "F-" She let out a painful scream, whimpering as she bled from the wound. She noticed closely that it wasn't her who had taken up damage from running through the back of the house.

Lincoln was twitching in front of her, hurt by a larger piece of wood, going through the series of slashes Luna made on him. "Guh!" He tried to take it out from the entry point, but found it hard and agonizing to do so. "Fuck!"

Lynn was handed the rose, and planted it behind her left ear.

"You look beautiful, my love," Lincoln whispered to her, while placing his hands onto her waist. It was their turn to dance, and the thought of it only made Lynn go bright red. Her heart was beating faster now as she moved her hands over his shoulders.

"So do you, handsome," she replied, smile still intact. From there, the two began to slow dance.

Lynn pulled out the slab of wood, letting some of her blood flow out with her painful cries. She let herself fall to the side, applying pressure to the wound. "Ow, Linc!"

Lincoln's face began to shift from its black form, unknown to Lynn. His pupils were returning back, and the monstrous temper was being drained. "L-Lynn, help..."

Lynn stared into his eyes as they went on multiple spins that seemed to take an eternity for. They were perfect and clear, and she wondered if he was seeing that same glitter of life in her own. "Linc? Do you love me?"

"Linc?" Lynn coughed, trying to relax her breathing. "I'll be right there, I'll be right-"

"Lynn, I saw everything. I'm- Lynn, you have to-" Lincoln was losing more than enough blood. He dropped down alongside Lynn, still leaking out intensely.

"You're not dying on me... Oh, my God, your face. You're-!"

"It's me, Lynn. It's me now..."

All she cared about now was saving him. "Hospital, we gotta you to a-"

He grabbed her arms, observing the wound. "Lynn, you're going to be fine."

"H-How can-" Lynn only watched him smile, a rare sight to behold in these darker days. Lincoln wasn't a stranger to such knowledge, so it must've been true. Lynn's time was definitely not today. "Oh, but-"

Lincoln's smile faded. "Can you still move?"

"N-no, it hurts... I've-" Lynn then laughed, "I've never been impaled before. It's-" She coughed again.

"I hope you'll never get used to it," he replied, now turning pale visibly. "I've heard what you've said Lynn. I've heard what you all have said... I'm sorry. I'm so sorry..."

"It wasn't you, Linc! You didn't do this!"

"But... Someone has to be held accountable... Someone, Lynn."

"No- W-What are you saying?!"

Lincoln leaned in and kissed her softly. She closed her eyes, feeling the urge to raise her foot up backwards. She blushed even further and kissed him back. After they broke away, he smiled again and broke the night with, "I love you, Lynn."

"I love you, Lynn..."

"Lincoln, don't you even-" Lynn uttered a moan after being slapped to sleep by him.

"Take care of them, Lynnie. Take care of them for me..."

He moved away from her, crouching his way to the stairs, where he procdeeded to lie down, letting himself bleed out. "Linka, I love you... All of you... I love all of you..." He slowly closed his eyes, slowing down his breath.

Everyone was alive and safe. Leni, mom and dad, and those who were dead, weren't at all here. None of them were even harmed. Linka sat in his lap at the family picnic. "Hey, daddy, pass me the salt?"

"Sure, sweetheart." He leaned to his left and gave her the salt container. Mom and dad were proud of their kids, and looked to the new Louds with love and care. Leni was tickling the playful Lucky, which put smiles on everyone, even Lupa.

Luan was videotaping the whole thing. "This is one for the memories!" She went around the table as they ate, trying her best to not prank anyone in this perfect moment of peace and happiness.

"No, no, it'll- I wish-" Lincoln rolled his eyes around, the last of his breaths forming. "Take care-"

"This is literally the greatest family picnic ever!" Lori exclaimed, taking her son back into her arms.

"Mommy, look, a plane!" The redhead boy pointed up to a plane flying above them.

The family members laughed along, with half of them admiring the young brat. Leni put a hand on Lori's shoulder. "You're totes gonna be a great mom."

"Thanks, Leni," Lori replied with a smile. "Hey, Linc, I-"

"She took care- S- She-" Lincoln blurted out jack with the blood cutting him off. "N-no-"

"Quit your teasing, Lori!" Luna snickered. "Sure, you may be older, but Lincoln beat you in that department!"

"Technically, everyone did," Lisa stated, looking at Lupa, Liby and Lacy. "Except Lynn, who adopted Lacy from Rennis. Even then, it's still a surprise to some of us."

"Alright," Lynn coughed up. "That's enough, guys."

"I'm sorry I did this to you..."

"We're here, because we've finally had the time to arrange this long-awaited reunion. I've missed you all, and I'm glad that you've all created your own lives." She raised her glass of soda, proposing a toast. "To the Loud family, and a beautiful future to us, our kids, and their kids!"

""I'm sorry for ever dragging you down into the dark with me. You all-" He wheezed, trying his hardest not to move at all. "-Deserved better than me as a Loud. I believed we were doing what was right, but I was- I was wrong... Now this is our punishment... I just wanted to save you... I just wanted you all to live... I'm sorry..."

Lincoln drew his last breath, eyes no longer moving, heart no longer beating.

"Lincoln?" A familiar voice spoke to him, yet he could not see where it came from. "Lincoln!"

"Huh?" He got up, no longer feeling any sort of pain. "What- Who's there?"

The voice, he knew who it belonged to, but he could not put his finger on it. "Lincoln, you did it!"

"Did what? Hello?" He saw Lynn still unconscious where he left her, but the voice was not hers.

A bright light began to shine in front of him, but wasn't at all blinding for some reason. Before him, Leni emerged from the light, in a white dress with a halo hovering her head. "I've missed you, Lincy."

He gasped, surprised to see her like this. "Leni?! How are you here?!" Lincoln had not forgotten that his place was in the Deadworlds. It was slightly confusing to him, but he'd remember once he returned there. "What are you doing here?"

"I came to tell you something. Lincy, you've redeemed yourself. You can go up with me... You're going up."

"Up? Up as in... Heaven?" Lincoln was confused to hear this. After all the violence, all the vicious acts, and the killing, Leni was here to tell him he still qualified. "But how? How is this possible?"

"It shouldn't be. But... It wouldn't be the same without all of you with me. I was one of the purest souls here, and I convinced Him to let him accept you. And this... You chose to give up your life because you felt so guilty, so... Dirty. You did it, Lincoln. You redeemed yourself, and..." Leni cried tears of joy.

"I... I can go up-?" Lincoln, too, began to shed tears. "Mom and dad, are they-?"

"Yes, yes, they are. Lori, Lola, and even Lucy. Lucy is there, too. Certain people in the Deadworlds have moved up, too. Lincoln..." Leni held out her hand. "It's time, Lincoln. I promise, I promise you'll see them again."

Lincoln stared at her hand, and then back at Lynn. "I'd be leaving them behind. All of them. Her. Linka."

"They're strong, Lincoln. Just like you are. You're finally coming back home, Lincy."

"Home. Leni..." Lincoln wasn't sure if he was ready for all of this. Leaving Lynn and Linka all alone, was that the proper thing do to? Yet, at the same time, he caused enough trouble down their paths. And Lynn was emotionally invested in Lincoln, going as far as to having defied the others. "Home..."

He grabbed her hand. "Take me home, Leni."

She smiled, slowly guiding him through white light. Before Lincoln made it through, he saw them. The faces of his parents and siblings, huddled around for his arrival. He let out a wide smile, finally at peace. "I'm home now," he told them.

Lynn was late to his death, zooming around but slower this time. Her wound had stabilized enough to keep blood within her system. She found Lincoln's body at the staircase the moment Luna and Linka made their way through the hole in the house.

"I knew it! I knew you were here! What's your-" Luna was ready to go all out on Lynn, strongly believing she had actually known where Lincoln could've been. And she was right, but what she didn't expect to find Lincoln dead at the scene. "Lynn..."

The sports fan acknowledged no one there, except for the fallen brother. "Lincy?"

Luna's bottom lip quievered at the sight of his body. As for Linka, she let out a heartbreaking gasp that broke the air. The clone pushed past Luna, desperately running up to Lincoln. "Father!"

"Lincy! No, why did you have to-" Lynn's voice was breaking, going to its uncontrollable level. She and Linka both shook him, unknown of what to do.

"Wh-what happened? Did you do this to him?!"

"I- Yes, I had to. I had to try and kill him... But- He- He turned back!" She buried her face onto his bloodied chest, sniffing loudly as she explained. "It was him... Really him... He knocked me out before we could do anything, and... I knew he wanted to die. He... He's gone and-"

Linka shook her head, eyes red, entering the denial stage. "He wouldn't! You lie!"

"No, she's not lying," Luna said. "Look at his face. It's not blackened at all."

Linka noticed it, and touched his face lightly. "He really came back?"

"Y-Yes, he..." Lynn rubbed a hand on his hair. "I love him, I love Lincoln... I couldn't stop him, Linka. I didn't know he'd want this..."

Luna rubbed her arm, looking down at her feet. Lincoln... You're gone again... "Lynn, Linka, we're heading back to the Agency, and with him.

Later

Luan and Lynn were crying in the room back at the Agency. Both the bed and floor were decorated with mulitple tissues spread out here and there. Linka watched over the sleeping Lucky and Lily in the other room, and lastly, Lana and Luna were both embedded in silence in another.

It was bad, all the way around. If Lupa had not chosen to leave, they'd be the last seven around. Luna turned around in her bed, uncomfortable which each position she formed. She sigh, depressed with today's events. She couldn't tell if Lana was asleep, but she tried to keep her movements to a minimum. Poor Lynn...

Linka held her beloved rabbit in her hands, staring at it until she decided it needed the love and care of another to keep it alive. "Here you go..." She placed it over Lucky's hands, and then went away to the hallway.

Luna heard the clone's footsteps ring out, and made a dash to meet her. "And where do you think you're going?"

"Fresh air, fuck off," Linka hissed.

"Mind your tongue, girl," Luna replied coldly. "Fine, go get some. Don't take too long."

"Trust me, I won't..." Linka agreed, turning to the elevator. She didn't bother looking back at Luna, who was still looking suspiciously at the clone. Once Linka disappeared inside, the intercom spewed its static before the voice came up.

"Lynn Loud, please report to the second floor."

Lynn was still red eyed, wiping herself away of the moist lines going down her face. "I'll- I'll be right back."

"Yeah, yeah," Luan nodded. "Go."

Lynn pushed past her older sister, wondering what the reason she was being summoned for was. She clicked on the button, waiting for the elevator to return. She looked back at Luna, who was still standing in the same spot. "What?"

"I didn't want him to die, you know? It was something I thought we needed to do. I don't know if i really could've gone through with it... After everything he put us through. Every lie, every fight... And yet I don't know. I'll never know if I would've gone through with it."

Lynn's head moved down at this. "Can you not?"

"I know its late but... I'm sorry, okay? I know what he meant to you, but he was my brother, too."

The metal doors opened behind her. "What's your point?"

"We can finally go back. You, me, all of us, at long last, away from this madness."

"Yeah... Maybe that's not for me..." Lynn then took several steps back into the elevator. "I didn't just let him die, I killed him."

"Lynn-" Luna, along with the first floor, disappeared from view. Lynn took her time heading to her destination; the Advancements Floor. "I'm here!"

She was escorted at the end of the hallway, entering a room filled with a group of scientists. The room was mostly composed of technology around. Computers, carts, and tables filled with science junk Lynn knew nothing about. The one thing that caught her eye was a glass chamber in the middle of the room. Inside of it was a red and white suit that Lynn was able to recognize as one she would come to wear in the future. And by the look of it, the future was now.

Outside, Linka ran through the green, open field half the size of a football field. She wasted no time at all, making a straight run through. She found herself into the woods, where she was expecting to find one Lupa Loud, instructed so by a note given to Linka before the goth clone took off.

"Lupa?" Libka looked around, peeking behind the bigger trees she came across. "I'm here!" Linka was looking around the ground levels, not suspecting, or even considering that Lupa was above her.

Lupa came floating down right behind her, giving her a Lucy-level jumpscare. "Boogity boo!"

"Don't- Jesus Christ, don't you do that!"

Lupa snickered maliciously, enjoying the quick fear she induced onto Linka. "Hey, you doing well here? What's the update, if there is one?"

"We... Found him, but he was dead. He's gone," she sighed among the breeze that shook the trees as a group, still feeling the need for waterworks.

"Jesus..." Lupa let the fact enter through her head. "I'm sorry."

"It's over, isn't it?"

"No, nothing is ever over. In fact..." Lupa jerked her head to her side. "I've come across some people. Other phenos, of a safe haven. I'm now one of them, and..." Lupa was indirectly inviting the young Linka to join her. She stretched her hand out, offering her a life away from the Louds. "Maybe it was time we left them. I didn't plan to stay anyway, and... I wish we left after taking care of those pesky motherfuckers who kidnapped you."

"You... Want to take me with you?" Linka was a bit shocked at this.

"Don't get me wrong, you don't have to, but here... I'd prefer to not look back. I couldn't stay, knowing there won't be Liby or Lacy around anymore."

"Gee... I don't know... What about them? What about the others?"

"Pfft, fuck them. They can survive by themselves. Come on, Linka, I think of you as one of my sisters, not theirs. I'm not Lucy, and you're not Lincoln, you know?"

"B-but- We're still Louds-"

"We didn't earn that title, kiddo. We're Louds because of the blood we share, but we're not beyond that." Lupa retracted her hand. "Know I won't see any of you again after this, if you don't decide to come."

Linka slowly shook her head. "I'm sorry..."

"Fine," Lupa said, putting up her black hood over her head. "I guess this is goodbye then." She gave Linka a quick hug, and then let go in that same second. "Take care of yourself, alright?"

"I'll try not to die," Linka promised. Lupa looked upwards, rising off of the ground. She disappeared through the green foliage above. Damn it, I wish I had telekinesis, Linka thought.

"So, this suit, it will prevent the temperature shifts that weakened Lola and Lana?" Luna tugged at the spandex suit, observing it first-hand. "Hmmm, well..."

"I guess they care about my safety, and frankly, it's a nice gift. But does this make me look fat?"

"You really love that red and white, huh?" Luna teased.

"Of course! But this suit is still incomplete, I need-" Lynn disappeared after a red blur and gust of wind nearly made Luna topple over.

"Hey!" The rocker cried out.

"-This!" Lynn tapped on her helmet, the first trophy of the new world. "I'm the fastest woman alive! I mean, now that Lana won't do it anymore."

"Sounds about right. I'm sorry about your place, by the way."

"Ugh, don't remind me. Now I have to get another place, right?"

"No, not necessarily. That's been covered, courtesy of our friends here. We gotta stay here for a few weeks, maybe up to a month. Then we can leave, and put everything behind us."

"It won't be easy, and you know it," Lynn added in. "I want them to be buried with the others. You know, back home."

Luna nodded in agreement. "Of course, dude. How could we not?"

December 8th, 2026

The group, minus Lucky, who was left back at the Agency, entered through the blue portal that sent them to the inside of their garage. The bodies of the final three fallen Louds were wrapped up in black body bags this time, carried by Luna and Lynn. "Okay, Lana," Luna instructed, "Better start digging the-" Luna sniffed the air, sniffing at an unknown scent. "Someone's here..."

In the backyard, Stella Narvaez, dressed in a pink sweater and black skinny jeans, stood over the grave with Leni's sunglasses placed over it. "What happened... What happened to you..." She blinked uncontrollably, shaking her head as she whimpered. "What did you do?"

Luna kicked the door open, making Leni's caretaker jump high. "And who might you be?"

"W-who- What?!" Stella tried to keep a steady voice, noticing the other people behind the punk rocker. "S- Stay back!"

"Stay back? You're on private property! Get out of here!" Luna pointed to the street.

"Huh?" Stella pieced the puzzle together. "You lived here?"

"Yeah, what's it to you?" Luna decided to use her hands to escort whom she thought was just a loon messing around.

Stella raised both hands in front of her, and used the keywords that not only made Luna stop, but startled the others. "You're Louds? As in, related to Leni?"

"H- How- You knew Leni?"

She nodded casually, then looked back at her grave once it seemed clear for her. "I've known her for the past ten years. I helped her alot and-"

"You? You helped my sister survive?" Luna was shook by this, and saw Stella completely different right there. Luan and Lynn gave each other surprised looks behind.

"What happened here? D- Did she-?"

"Look, I-" Luna didn't know what to say to the stranger, even as Stella seemed to already have accepted Leni dead. "Were you her friend?"

Stella blushed, facing away. "It was more than that... I- I loved her."

"You loved L-" Luna then eyed the cinnamon roll's grave, developing further sadness than the point she believed she had reached. "Fuck, I'm sorry..."

"H- You knew, didn't you? Did- Did you have something to do with this? She missed you, all of you. You're- You're all-" Stella formed fists, disgusted at how it was that Leni had described her siblings to her.

Luna perfectly pictured the dead Leni, freshly excecuted by the vengeful Vince Ventura. How could she even explain all of that mess to this woman who stood by Leni when they didn't? The woman who rightfully deserved the truth about it all? "No, we weren't there for her, but we loved her too. We buried her, but that's not the only grave, you know."

"I know... I just- I'm sorry, I-" Her voice broke again, unable to go on.

"It happens, we all lose loved ones. I know how you feel..." Luna turned back to Lynn, who looked away. "Leni was the best sister we've ever had. She'd take care of us when we'd get the flu. She did too many good things, how did we deserve such a being?"

"S- She was so..."

Luna proceeded to go and hug Stella. "It's going to be okay."

Awhile Later

Liby and Lacy were placed in their graves, taking the left side of the backyard. "That hardass Lupa could've said goodbye," Lynn angrily shared. "It makes my blood boil."

"You're right, she should've," Luna agreed, carrying Lincoln's body to its own ground bed. "But it was her choice. Anyways, she might actually pop up sometime later to do it."

"Better late than never... Ugh, poor Lacy..." Lynn froze up, looking down at her dead clone. "I saw my kid self in her. She was real fun to have around. I'm sorry I didn't spend enough time with her."

"No, but Liby and Lupa did, and- Well, maybe it was them reminding us to be alive again. We should've let it go. We should've let everything go from the beginning. We should've buried the past, and not our family."

"I know what you mean... I always thought Lincoln was just someone who didn't care about anything. He was willing to cross any line. But it was him who was... Damaged out of all of us. He was hurt the most. He was more broken than the rest of us... I see that now."

Lana began to fill in the graves back with dirt silently.

"Lily," Luna began. "You gonna say a few words, dude."

Lily nodded, looking to Linka's side. "We both are..."

"We?" Linka actually didn't plan to speak for the fallen. "I can't..."

"Yes you can, little dudette. At least for Lincoln? After all, he cared about you. And I know you did the same, so don't tell me you're gonna try to shove it away so you can't feel the pain." Luna nudged Linka closer to Lincoln's grave.

"I- No, it's not like that. I just-..." But it was true, now that she thought of it. She didn't want to feel it. She didn't want to accept it. She found it necessary to push it all away, just like the original. "I don't know, I mean-"

"Don't do this to yourself, Linka. Go on, give him a few words."

Lily and Lynn looked on, hoping that Linka would actually decide to speak. Even Lana stopped finishing burying Liby to see this.

"Father... Dad... That day you met the other three clones, we all had a fight. I want to know if maybe i might've pushed you to leave. I know you came back, but you didn't rush it. No, you took your time, which was enough to hurt me. I feel so comfortable with you more than I did with anyone else..." Linka grabbed a handful of dirt, slowly dropping in onto Lincoln's bodybag. "I'm sorry if I might've done something. I-"

"Linka?"

"Oh, God, he's-" Linka stuttered, her breaths getting loud. "D- Dad is..."

"Linka!" Luna pulled the clone into her arms when it became apparent Linka had more grieving to shed. "H- He called me his Bun-Bun. How could he?! How could he do this to us?! How could he leave me behind?!"

Lynn closed in on them, silently joining in their hug. After that, Lily and Lana added to the group hug in their effort to support the mourning Linka, and secretly, Lynn as well.

"Why didn't he recognize me when I tried to calm him?!"

"Don't think about it, Linka. It wasn't him, it was his rage controlling him. He tried his best to not hurt you, I'm sure of it..."

Luan was sitting on the sidewalk, chatting away with Stella as the distraction the others needed to have their quick trio of funerals without raising suspicions from the yet-stranger who knew the late Leni. "She hated spiders, and I'd use to chase her around the house with fake ones."

Stella tried to laugh as she kept sniffing, out of Luan's eyesight. "Did you, now? I would've loved to see that."

"Actually, I did capture a couple of pranks with her on video. Those have been uploaded to my YouTube channel since. Would you like the name of my channel?"

"Please," Stella answered. "Thank you."

Lana returned to filling in the graves, once it seemed Linka was done. After Lana finished, the Louds paid their final respects by holding their hands to each of the graves. Luan came back as this happened.

"She's gone, but I gave her something to remember Leni by," Luan proudly stated. "Damn... I never thought Liby would... Go like this. Tell me, did she hurt during her final moments?"

"L- Luan..." Luna wanted to let it burst out, that no one was there to see her pass. "Liby-"

"Died peacefully," Lynn cut in. "She went peacefully, sis."

"She brought back my comedy channel, which meant the world to me. I couldn't ever repay such a debt."

"Luan, Lynn... Remember, you're them. You're Liby and Lacy, and you can live. They'll never be too far away, okay?" Luna pointed to their hearts. "That's where they'll reside from this day on. They'll live through you. And Linka..." Luna got on one knee, pulling Linka to her. "He'll live through you, in here." Luna poked above Linka's heart, giving a hearty smile.

"R- Really?" Linka's child tendencies allowed her to accept this fact. She returned a jolly smile that picked the others up a little higher.

"Really, dude." Luna stood back up, ready to leave. "I honestly never thought I'd come back here. At least, not this soon."

The gang moved their way back inside the garage. Lynn took out a teleporting grenade, which was what the Agency was calling them now, on the ground. "The place... It's never looked so peaceful, even as it's destroyed. It's just so... So calm, tranquil."

While the others began passing through the portal, Luna looked back out the window.

"The Loud house..." Luna whispered.

"What?"

"It may not be loud anymore, but this place..." The two were the only ones who hadn't jumped through the blue oval yet. Lynn gave Luna her time. "...This will always be the Loud house."

"Always, Lunes," Lynn said, now looking back at to the wreckage that was their house. "Always."

Luna patted Lynn's shoulder. "See you on the other side..."

"Sure," Lynn whispered. "I'll see you..."

Whatever future that was in store for Lynn and the others had begun the right way. The waters of danger ceased its violent waves, and the boat of their lives safely making its destination to shore. The long journey was over, and a terrible future had been prevented. Those who died would not now, or ever be forgotten. Those who lived would not now, or ever forget them.

Never...

All that was left was to move forward from all of this. From everything that the family had endured. For they were strong in more ways than one. They'd live for the fallen, up to their natural deaths. But that day was far from now.

Say...

They were finally free of the world's darkest obstacles, ready to start a new life in their new world. Dawn. It was the new dawn in their lives, and what more could they do but walk towards the new brighter days?

Die...

Lynn smiled, and gazed her final sight at the remains of the house before finally leaving it forever. Goodbye, Loud house...

Epilogue - 2039

Gotta get there! Gotta get there fast! Lynn raced for her life, trying to beat the clock that ticked against her. She couldn't miss it, she couldn't miss this miracle. Damn! She passed through traffic, shifting around the streets. Not too long from the hospital!

It was a sudden call she didn't expect this soon. Luna and the others were probably there already, watching the progress. Lynn couldn't miss it, didn't want to. Come on...

The minute she finally arrived at the hospital, she decreased her speed, going around the floors to find her siblings. "Luna!" She found only Luna, Luan and Lana out in the hall, looking through the window of a surgery room. "Did I miss it?"

"No, not at all. You're just in time..." Luna answered.

In the room they watched, a group of five surgeons were clearing away from the patient's space. Lynn felt a tremendous amount of joy at seeing the patient, Lily, holding her newborn baby right in her hands. "Oh, my God, it's so cute!"

"He, Lynn. He's so cute," Luna corrected.

"Can we go in and see him closer?"

"Yeah, we will. Just gotta get the all clear from the surgeons."

"Hey, where's Linka and Lucky?"

"Kid's at school. Linka's headed out, phone's turned off. Girl's been heading out more often these last few weeks. Hopefully she's staying out of trouble."

"Huh? Why's that?" Lynn wasn't really around enough to see whatever was going on with them, due to her global work. "She misbehaving?"

"Yeah, that's generally the idea. Only when she's around, though."

"Remind me to pay a visit to you guys soon, when I'm off-duty. Anyways, what's his name? Hopefully not that of the father's, right? Why isn't he here?"

"Told him to stay away, actually. For her own good. She planned to name it Lincoln, if it was a boy, and Leni, if it was a girl."

"Leni? Really?"

"You'd have to thank me for that," Luan said. "I figured it was alright to finally tell her everything about us, and all the memories."

"Ah, I wondered when that was gonna happen. Sorry I missed that, too."

"No problem. You're always welcome to drop in at anytime. Always a Loud, you know?"

"I'm glad I'm here to see her kid being born. Whoever thought she'd be the first of us to have a kid? Her, a natural pheno. Does that mean the kid will be one, too?" Lynn paused for a second. "Mom and dad, they would be so proud."

"No, Lynn... They are proud," Luna told her with a smile. She hugged the red speedster, probably for the last time in a while. "Stay safe, Lynn. I love you."

"You mean, we do," Luan added, with Lana nodding along. "Sis, take a break. Come home, the world can spare a few days without you."

Lily noticed Lynn had actually made it to see the birth of her newborn son. She smiled at seeing her older sister here for the miracle.

"I'll try to ask for some days off, alright?"

"Shake on it!" Luna yelped, raising her hand to Lynn.

"Oh, you," Lynn smirked, taking ahold of the latter's arm and firmly shaking it. "Count on it."

"Alright, Lynn. See you around, sis."

"You too, guys. Be safe, love you." Lynn took those five seconds to wave goodbye at them, before zooming out back into her own world.

AN: And that is the complete story of 2026. Where are the remaining family now? They've all settled down, returned to society. Lupa is in a new territory now, and that is up to the readers, you, to left wondering if she's well or going around being her dark self. As for Lynn, she found it best suitable for herself to keep what Lana and Lola have been doing with their powers.

I'm not sure why I had Lana keep her speed, ha.

What of Linka? She's rebellious around this time, but nothing close to a complete hostile for them.

Lucky's been asking all the right questions, stirred up the hornet's nest in the form of Luna, who won't ever let him know about his parents or their pasts. Half because she never met Chandler, so...

Lily, who had never been explained around those visions. Let me say it; she was born with that ability. Also, god, the ending, it was nearly a plot twist; everything would've been revealed to have been one of her visions, and she goes to meet Lincoln and Clyde, marking a preventable future.

As if there weren't enough mindfucks, man!

Every dead Loud is in heaven, except, pffft, Lisa.

Also, Watterson ran away in between the time jump, but had made a good best friend to little Lucky.

I've done my best to still keep their old personalities intact, but it had to be all mixed. I'm here, knowing I could have perfected more of them, but I guess yeah, that was a challenge.

The order I gave them their powers is random, except for Lynn. Her super strength and then speed, it was perfect for her. You had to wonder; Why does Future Lynn have speed, if present Lynn has super strength? A question was right to ask, but it wasn't the right one. It's always been a matter of how. How did it happen?

Mostly everything you've seen had been planned and visioned in its early chapter. Like, Lori's death had been planned since freaking July. I had to arrange what went where, this goddamn jigsaw puzzle.

I can totally imagine this as a comic though, I really can. Maybe, just maybe, someone will read this, if they aren't already, and give it a shot.

But that isn't anytime soon.

There is a hell lotta people who deserve another round of thank you's from me for the whole run;

Bunnyabsentia; creator of Lucky Loud

Laugh-out-Loud-house; creator of the Narvaez family

Trace-edges; creator of the Ventura family

Unknown creator(s) of Liberty, Liby, Lacy, Lupa and Lyra Loud

*Lyra Loud rendered a nonexistent character, originally attached to the previous timelines, being labeled Link-X, created from cells of both Luna and Lynn.

Damajics; creator of the King family

And fucking finally, a goddamn thanks to Chris Savino, the mastermind behind the show.

There's them, and some ships that happened within; Lynncoln, Luancoln (briefly), Luaggie, Saluna, Steleni (ancient?), and some unorthodox ones, too. My personal otps would be both Lynncoln and Luaggie, ugh.

This really went all over, and I'm only a little surprised by a couple of things I did around. These last few chapters, I didn't know how to execute it all. God, there were many ways I could've ended this. Lincoln dying, it was always gonna be that way. It had to be him versus them. It's up to anyone to believe if he did right or wrong. And that's all it was around him. A journey to let go. A journey to accept.

I assure you, they'll lead long and happy lives. Although I can still see something else, heh. But nope, 2026 is over, but maybe...

Anyways, thank all of you for reading this fic that lacks what you're accustomed to. Whatever next? A Luaggie, or a Loan Loud fic, not sure. We'll see when the plate is empty. Anyways, goodbye!