User blog:TheMaximumMatt/Fanfiction - Project Runaway PART 2

[Link to Project Runaway Part 1]

[Meanwhile, back at home, the sisters are still recovering from their injuries and are all sitting in Lori’s room]

Lori: Ugh. My hair is literally gonna take forever to clean up.

Lynn: Man. Lincoln’s been silent in his room all day.

Lucy: Tell me about it.

Luan: Yeah. I haven’t heard a word from him since last night.

Leni: I think he’s really upset about what he did.

Lori: Good! He should be!

Luna: Yeah. He almost cost us an arm and a leg thanks to his plan!

Lori: Like seriously, why does he do things like this? What are his reasons for this?

Leni: Well… Lincoln did say he wanted to make the party fun for us. He just wants to help.

Luan: Yeah, but… Lincoln’s plans never work! They just make things worse!

Leni: Do they?

Luna: I mean… I guess some of his plans do help us sometimes.

Lynn: Yeah. Like that time when I was in that grumpy mood after losing the game. He set up a softball field in the back and we all had that game together!

Lucy: I gotta admit. That was pretty thoughtful of him.

Luan: Come to think it, there was also that time when we got kicked out of that restaurant because of our behavior.

Leni: Lincoln spent his entire day trying to teach us manners and elegants.

Lori: It’s etiquettes, Leni, but yeah, if there’s one person who’s willing to go through so much to help us, it’s Lincoln.

Luna: And there was that time where I needed to play my song at my school last week. I can’t believe he convinced the gym teacher to let me play my show!

Lucy: And even if his plans don’t always work, at least he still tries. Like that time where he suggested we do a potluck for the Thanksgiving feast.

Lori: Well, that was a disaster in the end, but at least we had fun while doing it. If it weren’t for Lincoln, I probably would’ve forgotten all about that day.

Leni: Or that time the house had a blackout and Lana had a cold, so Lincoln tried to fix the electricity himself.

Lynn: Even if he didn’t help, it did take some guts of him to try to fix it himself.

Lisa: Or perhaps that time when the toilet got clogged and Lincoln tried a number of ways to try to fix it.

Leni: Yeah, he did make a mess that day, but what matters is that he tried his best to help us.

Lori: Come to think of it, a lot of Lincoln’s doings don’t seem that bad.

Luan: Yeah. No matter what it is, Lincoln’s always doing it from his heart.

Lori: Hey. Has anyone seen Lola and Lana?

Lola: LANA! I TOLD YOU! UNI SLEEPS HERE!

Lana: BUT THAT’S WHERE MY TURTLES SLEEP! I CAN’T HAVE YOUR DUMB UNICORN RUIN IT!

Lola: UNI IS A PEGASUS!

Lana: WHY IS SHE CALLED “UNI” THEN?!

[The twins barge through the door, fighting in a ball]

Lori: Break it up you two!

Leni: Come on! Can’t we try settling this out?

Lola: Not until you tell Lana to move her stinky turtles out of the way!

Luna: Alright then.

Lana: But that’s where the turtles sleep though. They lay their eggs there.

Lynn: Then why doesn’t Lola just move Uni somewhere else?

Lola: Because, I don’t have room for her castle! [runs into her room and drags out the heavy castle set] You see?!

Lana: I can’t take care of the turtles with that there!

Lori: Ugh. What are gonna do about this?

Lana: Well… normally Lincoln would come in and decide for us.

Lola: Yeah. He’s the only one who actually knows how to settle things like this.

Lily: Poo poo.

Lori: Ugh. Who are we kidding?! None of us can solve this! I don’t even know where to start.

Leni: Guys… do you think we were too hard on poor Linky?

Luna: Well, I…

Luan: Uh…

Lisa: I mean, I suppose…

Lori: Well, even if he did destroy the party, I guess he didn’t mean for things to go bad.

Luna: Yeah. It did come from a good place.

[Enter Lynn Sr. and Rita]

Lynn Sr.: You guys have been feeling guilty too?

Lori: How long have you been standing there?

Lynn Sr.: Long enough to hear everything.

Rita: Poor Lincoln. All he wants is to help us out and what do we do? Just yell at him all the time! [tears up] What kind of a mother am I for grounding that kid?!

Lynn Sr.: Don’t be so hard on yourself! [tears up] We both had a part in grounding that kid!

Lori: We all did! And now Lincoln’s miserable in his room.

Luna: Poor kid… do you think he hates us now, dudes?

Lynn: After the way we treated him, probably!

Lana: Well what are we doing standing here then?

Leni: Yeah! Let’s us Lincoln out of his room!

Rita: Wait, kids! Let’s be gentle on him.

[The family walk to the front of Lincoln’s door and Rita quietly knocks on the door]

Rita: Lincoln? Are you in there?

…

Lynn Sr.: Hey, kid. I know we’re the last people you want to speak to today, but… we just wanted to say we’re really sorry about the way we treated you.

[The family starts blabbering about how sorry they are]

Rita: It wasn’t right for us to be so harsh on you and- [the door slowly opens]

Lori: Uh… is Lincoln even in there?

[Lynn Sr. looks inside]

Lynn Sr.: No… he’s not!

[The family gasps]

Lana: If he’s not in there, where else can he be?!

Lola: I didn’t seen him anywhere upstairs!

Rita: He wasn’t downstairs either!

Lynn: Oh no. You don’t think we ran away did you?

Luna: Dudes! We made our own brother run away?!

Lola and Lana: Our brother’s gone?!

Lucy: The brother who’s always trying to help us?!

Lori: The kid who does more than anyone else in his family can?

Lisa: I don’t normally let out my emotions out like this, but… [tears up] what have our actions done?

Luan: This is all our fault!

Lily: Winky…?

Leni: L-L-L-… LINKY! [cries loudly and hugs Lori] I’M SO SORRY!

Lynn Sr.: Uh… don’t worry! I’m sure Lincoln hasn’t gone anywhere far.

Rita: Kids, we’re gonna get the police on this! We’ll find him soon enough!

Lori: Poor Lincoln. He’s probably all alone out there!

Leni: [sobbing uncontrollably] LINKY!

Lynn: Oh man, I hope the poor kid’s alright… just imagine what kind of trouble Linc’s going through right now…

[Abruptly cut to Lincoln screaming on a spinning amusement park ride. The ride eventually stops and Lincoln hops off, feeling quite giddy.]

Frank: So Lincoln? What do you think of that?

Lincoln: That… was… AMAZING! Seriously, I don’t think even Dairyland has rides that fun!

Sky: Well, fun fact about that. This machine was originally supposed to be a windmill for a farmer we once worked for. Unfortunately, Frank over here got the parts all wrong.

Frank: Cut me some slack will ya’? Besides, it was you who was looking at the blueprints. You should have noticed.

[The two laugh]

Sky: What do say we go get something to eat?

Lincoln: In this junkyard?

Frank: No! Food from a junkyard? That’s disgusting.

Sky: We don’t get our food from here silly! Follow us!

[The three climb over the fence of the junkyard and head into some bushes. After doing some climbing, the three poke out of the bushes and appear on the edge of a cliff. Below is a food truck and a bunch of people.]

Lincoln: What’s this?

Frank: It’s a food truck. Duh.

Sky: All the good food trucks come here.

Lincoln: So are we going to walk up and get some food? I didn’t bring any money so…

[The two laugh]

Sky: You act like you’ve never lived in a junkyard.

Lincoln: Yeah… I haven’t.

Sky: Oh… well, anyway, we don’t actually pay for the food!

Frank: We’ll show you. [grabs fishing rod]

Lincoln: What are you-?

[Frank whips out the line and the hook lands on a hotdog. Frank grabs the hotdog.]

Frank: Ooh! I got the good one! Your turn Sky!

Sky: [grabs another fishing rod and whips out the line. The hook lands on a plate of chicken tenders.] Bingo!

Frank: Nice one Sky!

Lincoln: [shocked] Wait?! What is this?

Frank: Food, silly! We get it for free!

Lincoln: Guys! This is stealing! We can’t do this!

Sky: Oh, that’s what they all say. Here let this change your mind. [whips out line]

Lincoln: Guys, I don’t approve of this. You guys are taking food from other innocent people, and I think we should- [suddenly Sky gives Lincoln a giant calzone.] [gasps] Wha- is this a-?

Sky: That’s a calzone!

Frank: I know. It’s a real beauty. Ain’t it?

Lincoln: I haven’t had one of these in forever! How-

Sky: Just dig in Lincoln!

Lincoln: [takes a massive bite out of calzone. It’s the most glorious thing he’s ever tasted.] MMMMM! This is awesome!

Frank: [smugly] Still think we should stop doing this?

Lincoln: Well… as long as we’re not hurting anyone!

Frank: Here! [hands Lincoln a third fishing rod] Go on! Give it a shot!

Lincoln: I haven’t fished in a long time so I don’t know about this… [whips out line and catches a baseball hat]

Frank: Oh, try again.

Lincoln: [whips out line and grabs a jacket]

Sky: Try it again.

Lincoln: [whips out line and grabs a box] Oh! Yum! [The box is empty] Oh.

Frank: It takes a while to get used to.

Lincoln: [whips out and finally grabs a pizza slice] Ooh! Got one!

Sky: Yeah! That’s it Lincoln!

Lincoln: Oh, I’m going to eat tonight!

[The three start whipping out their lines, grabbing multiple different kinds of food from people. People look in confusion as they notice food is disappearing. Suddenly, a security man comes out to the scene.]

Security 1: Hey! What’s going on?!

Frank: Uh oh. Dinner’s over! Hide!

[The three climb back in the bushes and head back for the junkyard.]

Lincoln: Oh man. I’m stuffed!

Sky: That’s the beauty of living like us!

Frank: Serves those outsiders right. [laughs]

Lincoln: You said it! I’d never thought I’d say this, but this has been one of the best days I’ve ever had.

Frank: And tomorrow will be even better!

Lincoln: [yawns] So, where do we sleep?

Sky: Oh. Follow us! [the three travel through the piles of garbage until they come across an old bunk bed]

Lincoln: Is this-?

Frank: Yep! A fresh bunk bed! Well, almost fresh.

Lincoln: It looks like there are only two beds on there though.

Sky: Oh! Let us take care of that! [whistles]

[A group of raccoons are called and bring Lincoln a bed of his own]

Lincoln: Woah!

Sky: I know.

Lincoln: I don’t mean to be judgmental, but this bed looks kind of… filthy.

Frank: We got that taken care of. [grabs air freshener and sprays the bed. He then flips the mattress over to reveal a cleaner bottom]

Lincoln: Oh…

Sky: Well, what are you waiting for? Let’s call it a day. Don’t worry about changing into PJs. We don’t believe in those.

Lincoln: Okay. [yawns and falls on bed.] Thanks for the awesome day guys!

Frank: Don’t mention it, Lincoln.

Sky: Good night guys.

[The three fall asleep and the camera zooms out. Meanwhile again…]

Lynn Sr.: [on phone] Uh huh. Uh huh. I see… Oh. Thank you for trying.

Rita: What happened?

Lynn Sr.: They still can’t find Lincoln.

Rita: Still?

Lana: Mom… you don’t think Lincoln left Royal Woods did he?

Rita: No, sweetie! I hope so… I mean, I’m sure Lincoln’s out there somewhere.

Lola: But what if he isn’t? What’ll we do?!

Lynn Sr.: I don’t know! Oh my gosh. Lincoln!

Lori: Stop saying his name so loudly! Leni’s having a horrible breakdown in her room.

[offscreen, Leni is crying uncontrollably and loudly.]

Leni: LINKY! [crying]

Luna: Can you really blame her? We chased away our own brother. I know he might be gone forever.

Lisa: It’s absolutely devastating. He was… family.

Lana: I’m gonna go put out these flyers. Hopefully someone’s seen Lincoln. [runs outside]

[The family, including the parents, look at each other and begin to cry over the loss of their son]

Guys! Look at this!

[The family rush outside]

Lynn Sr.: What is it?!

Leni: [rushing from upstairs] LINKY?!

Lana: Look at this!

[Lana points to the ground where a trail mark is left on the ground. Lana takes a lick of it.]

Lola: EW! Gross, Lana!

Lana: Wait! This is… syrup!

Lynn Sr.: Syrup?! Why is syrup on the sidewalk?

Lana: Wait. Isn’t this the syrup Dad uses in his pastries?

Lynn Sr.: Pastries? Wait. I used syrup inside the cake I made for Cal. You didn’t let the cake leak did you?

Rita: Me?! What cake?

Lynn Sr.: The apology cake I made for Cal.

Rita: I don’t remember any cake.

Lynn Sr.: Wait. If you didn’t take my cake, then who- Lincoln!

Lori: Lincoln?

Leni: LINKY?!?!

Lynn Sr.: You don’t think he took the cake now do you?

Rita: I wouldn’t know. I didn’t see any cake.

Lynn: Well if he did, then why would he take it?

Lynn Sr.: [sigh] Probably so he could have something to eat while he’s running away. Why does it matter? I deserve to have my cake stolen from me!

Lana: Guys! Look! The syrup is in a trail.

Lynn Sr.: That’s it! Wherever the syrup trail ends must be where Lincoln is!

Leni: LINKY?! We’re gonna get Linky back?! [cheers loudly]

Luna: We gotta go find him and tell him how sorry we are!

Rita: Everyone get in the car!

Lori: We’re gonna find Lincoln!

Leni: LINKY!

[The family runs inside of Vanzilla and drive off quickly following the trail.]

Lynn Sr.: Okay guys! Won’t be long now! Yep! We’ll find Lincoln soon enough!

[The sky fades from night to morning. A day has gone by]

Lori: Ugh. Dad, we’ve been driving all night! No sign of Lincoln!

Lynn Sr.: Sorry kids, but this trail goes on for miles! Seriously, how much syrup did I put in that cake?!

Lola: [sadly] I’m starting to think we’ll never find Lincoln now.

Leni: [tears up]

Luna: Dude! Quiet! You don’t want Leni to have another breakdown! Do you?

Lana: [sadly] But she’s right. At this point, Lincoln’s gone for good.

Leni: [burst into tears] LINKY! [curls into ball]

Luna: Oh, now look what you did!

Rita: Kids, calm down! We’ll find Lincoln! I promise! We just need to be a little more patient.

Lynn Sr.: Where are we even? This isn’t even anywhere Royal Woods! How far did this kid travel?

Rita: Oh, I hope he’s alright.

[Meanwhile at the junkyard…]

Lincoln: [yawns] Morning guys!

Frank: Mornin’ Linc!

Sky: How did you sleep?

Lincoln: Like a baby actually!

Sky: That’s great to hear! Are you ready to have another awesome day today?!

Lincoln: You bet I am!

Frank: Great! We have the entire day planned out for you!

Lincoln: Alright! What’s for breakfast?

Sky: Breakfast? What’s that?

Lincoln: You’ve… never heard of breakfast?

Frank: No. What is it?

Lincoln: It’s the meal you have in the morning.

Frank: Oh! You mean dinner!

Sky: We have those at night, silly.

Lincoln: No. You have more meals than dinner. Breakfast in the morning, lunch in the afternoon, and dinner in the night.

Frank: You get three meals a day?!

Sky: We only get dinner! You outsiders are so lucky!

Lincoln: You mean you only eat once a day? You poor things!

Frank: Well, the food trucks only come around at night, so that’s the only time we can eat.

Lincoln: Oh. Well, I actually still have that cake in the plate over there. You want me to get it for you?

Frank: Oh yes! We’d like to have this… what you call… breakfast!

[Lincoln hops off his bed. Frank and Sky hear a van coming by the junkyard. It’s revealed to be Vanzilla. The family jumps out of the van and sees the trail.]

Lynn Sr.: Guys! We made it!

Lana: Finally…

Rita: The trail ends here!

Lynn: In a junkyard?

Lori: Why would he be here of all places?

Lynn Sr.: I don’t know and I don’t care! All that matters is that my son is here somewhere and we’re gonna go find him!

Lana: Ok. Let’s hurry and- [pushed by Leni] Ah!

Leni: [pushes Lana out of the way and jumps out of Vanzilla] [excitedly] LINKY! LINKY! My little brother! I gotta find him! Lori: Leni! Wait! We gotta stick together!

Frank and Sky: Linky? [gasps] Lincoln!

Sky: [worried] What if this is his family trying to search for him?!

Frank: We can’t let them do so! If they do, they’ll take away Lincoln!

Sky: That, and Lincoln will be miserable forever with these disgusting outsiders!

Frank: Come on! We gotta warn Lincoln!

Sky: No! We mustn’t tell him about this! We have to keep Lincoln as far away from his family as possible without telling him. If he finds out, he’ll want to go back!

Frank: Let’s do it! For Lincoln!

[The two run off to find Lincoln.]

Lincoln: Oh, hey guys! I got the cake. Let’s-

[Frank flips the cake out of his hands. The cake falls and a group of raccoons eat it.]

Lincoln: Hey! Why’d you-

Sky: No time to explain!

Frank: We gotta hide you!

Lincoln: Hide me?! From who?!

Frank: No time she said! Let’s go!

Lincoln: But-

[Frank and Sky grab Lincoln and carry him to another garbage pile]

Lynn Sr.: What was that?!

Luna: I think it was Lincoln dude!

Leni: Linky?!

Rita: I think it came from this way!

Lincoln: What was that? Is someone here?!

Frank: Shh! Stay quiet! They might find us!

Lincoln: WHO?!

Sky: SHH! Keep it down!

[offscreen] Luna: Dudes! This way!

Lincoln: Was that who I thi-?

Frank: Shh! [runs off]

[The two keep running until the find themselves in a shed]

Lincoln: Ah! Okay! I want to know now! What is going on?!

Sky: [worried] We can’t explain right now!

Frank: [worried] Just know that this is for your own good!

Sky: [scared] Oh! I hope they don’t find us!

Lincoln: Who doesn’t find us?!

Frank: We’ll tell you later! Come on Sky!

Sky: You stay right here! We’ll take care of it! Do not go anywhere!

[The two leave the shed leaving Lincoln all alone. Thankfully, there is an opening on the top of the shed he can escape through.]

Frank: Alright, Sky? You ready for the craziest thing we’ve ever done?

Sky: Like we always do?

Frank: Yep!

Leni: [devastated] Lincoln?! Lincoln?! Come back! We miss you!

Lola: Yes! Come back please!

Lana: We’re really sorry for yelling at you before!

Lynn Sr.: Come out already!

Sky: Oh, I don’t think you’ll have any luck here!

Rita: Who was that?

Frank: GRAAH! You entered the wrong junkyard outsiders!

Sky: Sick ‘em!

[The two run towards the family holding rusty staffs bent in the shape of scythes. The family scream in fear.]

Lynn Sr.: AHH! Everyone run! [the family runs from the two]

Frank: Oh no! You don’t! [to Sky] Come on! Let’s teach these two a lesson for trying to yell at Lincoln!

Sky: [to herself] For Lincoln! [charges] AHHHHH!

[The family continues running around the junkyard]

Lana: Don’t hurt us!

Lola: What do you want?!

Frank: LEAVE OUR TERRITORY!

Lola: AHH!

Lana: Run Lola!

[Cut to Leni running. Her foot gets caught in a net and is unable to get out of it.]

Sky: NOW I GOT YOU!

Leni: AHH! Don’t hurt me!

Sky: We warned you to stay out of our treasure! Now, you must pay!

Leni: [screams]

Lincoln: [offscreen] STOP!

Sky: [looks back in surprise]

Lincoln: [reveals himself from a pile]

Leni: [gasps] LINKY! [runs out of net and hugs Lincoln hard] LINKY! LINKY! YOU’RE HERE! GUYS! I FOUND LINKY!

The rest of the family: LINCOLN?!

Frank: [to himself] Oh no…

The family: [rush towards Lincoln and all hug him]

Lynn Sr.: IT IS YOU! MY SON!

Rita: OH MY GOSH! WE’RE SO GLAD WE FOUND YOU!

Lori: WE LITERALLY WERE SO WORRIED ABOUT YOU!

Leni: MY LITTLE LINKY IS BACK!

Lincoln: Wait? You were… worried about me?

Rita: Of course, we were!

Lynn Sr.: Kid, we’re so sorry for the way we treated you!

Luna: Yeah! We were total jerks to you!

Lola: Can you ever forgive us!

Lana: We’re so sorry!

Lincoln: Woah! Guys! What’s going on?!

Rita: You run away from us? Remember?

Lynn Sr.: Yeah! But who can blame you?! We’ve been such an ungrateful family!

Sisters: Yeah.

Lily: Winky.

Lincoln: Guys! I didn’t run away from you! That’s not what happened!

Rita: What are you talking about?

Lincoln: Well… the thing is… I-

[Before Lincoln could finish his sentence, he is swiped away by Frank and Sky, who take him back to the shed for protection.]

Lincoln: AH! What are you two doing?!

Frank: Oh dear! Oh dear!

Sky: We warned you to stay inside the shed! Are you hurt?!

Lincoln: Hurt?!I was fine until you swiped me away from my family!

Frank: He’s delusional! He’s back to thinking his family loves him!

Sky: Lincoln! Don’t you remember? They rejected you!

Frank: Oh dear! I’ll get the bandages!

Sky: You’ll be fine. Just hang tight and we’ll-

Lincoln: GUYS!!!

[Sky and Frank freeze]

Lincoln: What are you two doing?!

Sky: [worried] Look, Lincoln. I know you think your family loves you again, but it’s not what you think! They don’t want you back because they accept you.

Frank: They probably want you back for some other reason that appeals to them and-

Lincoln: They said they were worried about me! And my sisters said they missed me to death! How does that show they don’t care about me?

Sky: Look, Lincoln-

Lincoln: [calmly] I’m wasn’t done yet… I know you two are worried about me, but they’re my family. I realize now that staying away from them was a mistake. If you could just let me talk to my family-

Frank: A mistake?!

Lincoln: Yeah. A mistake! You know, like we all make! Including my family! Even if it was justified for them to get mad at me, I’m sure they feel awful about thinking they chased me away. I was going to clarify that I didn’t though. Don’t we all make mistakes? Have you forgotten the song we just sang yesterday?

Sky: Yes, but-

Lincoln: My family misses me, and now, I miss them. Don’t you know what it’s like to be separated from your family?

Sky and Frank: [gasps]

[Sky and Frank have a flashback to when their dad kicked them out of his car when they were only toddlers. It was pouring rain. They slowly wave goodbye to their dad who’s driven away and walk slowly in the junkyard. Cut back to present time, where Sky and Frank are tearing up.]

Sky: You’re right…

Frank: We’ve become… what we’ve always feared…

[Sky and Frank being to cry]

Lincoln: Woah! I didn’t mean to make you two cry! I-

Sky: [sadly] Do you wanna know the truth Lincoln? It’s not just that we’re worried about you and your family… we wanted to have someone who was like our family.

Lincoln: What are you talking about?

Frank: [sadly] It wasn’t just about us accepting you. You accepting us too.

Sky: You’re the only person who actually says you like us! We could tell from when you first entered the junkyard that you weren’t like the other outsiders. You thought you were rejected too.

Frank: And since you were so into being with us, you were… like our family.

Lincoln: [looks down]

Frank: Be honest with us. Do you think we like being in this junkyard all of our lives?

Sky: No, we don’t! It’s horrible here! But we just wanted someone who would help us feel like we’re home.

Frank: That’s no excuse to take you away from your family. You have every right to go back if you want to.

Sky: We’re so sorry about this, Lincoln.

Frank: Very sorry.

Lincoln: Guys… it’s alright. We all make mistakes.

Frank: We’re… nothin’ but a mess.

Sky: [laughs] Even when we try our best.

Lincoln: Here. Let me do something.

[Cut back to the family frantically searching for Lincoln]

Rita: Have you them?

Lynn Sr.: No! I swear I saw those kidnappers run off over here!

Lynn: Oh, when I get my hands on those jerks…

Lincoln: Hi guys!

Family: LINCOLN!

[The family hugs him]

Rita: Oh honey! Are you alright!

Lynn Sr.: Please tell me you’re not hurt!

Lincoln: It’s alright. I’m fine.

Lynn Sr.: Phew. Our son is alright!

Luna: We’re so glad you escaped! Now let’s get out of here before-

Lincoln: Wait! Before you do anything, I want to show you something. Come out guys.

[Frank and Sky slowly appear from behind a pile]

Lynn: You!

Rita: We’ll teach you for robbing Lincoln from us!

Lynn Sr.: Get them!

Lincoln: WAIT! They come in peace! Don’t you two?

Frank: Yes!

Sky: Yes! We’re terribly sorry for what happened!

Lincoln: Mom. Dad. This is Sky and Frank. They took care of me while I was here.

Lynn Sr.: They… took care of you?

Frank: Yes! We saw Lincoln walking by in the junkyard and-

Sky: We thought he needed help so-

Lincoln: Guys. Let me explain…

[A few minutes of explaining later]

Lincoln: You see. They’re not bad. They’re just lonely.

Rita: [teared up] Oh my gosh! You poor things!

Lynn Sr.: You were just stranded here?! That’s awful…

Frank: Yeah. We’re really sorry about taking Lincoln though.

Lynn Sr.: Don’t be sorry! You helped Lincoln! We should be the ones thanking you!

Sky: No please. We don’t deserve it.

Rita: Oh no. You do. Thank you for keeping Lincoln safe!

Frank: It was nothing.

Lana: Hey! Doesn’t Royal Woods have an orphanage or something?

Lynn Sr.: Yes. Actually… it does!

Frank and Sky: REALLY?!

Lincoln: [gasp] This is perfect! You guys can stay over at the orphanage! You don’t have to live in this junkyard anymore!

Frank: Oh yes! We finally have a home!

Sky: OH THANK YOU GUYS! We finally get to have a family!

Frank: Thank you! [the two run around celebrating offscreen]

Lynn Sr.: Hey, kid, about yelling at you before-

Lincoln: No guys. Let me apologize to you. For ruining the party, and for running away. Well, I actually didn’t run away technically, you see I-

[A few more minutes of explaining]

Lincoln: And that’s how I got lost.

Rita: You were trying to do that?

Lynn Sr.: Kid. You didn’t have to do that.

Lincoln: I know, but I wanted to make you guys proud, but as usual… I failed and just made things worse. Now you guys have to come all the way over here just to find me, and I ruined the cake.

Lynn Sr.: Forget about the cake! We’re just glad we found you!

Lori: We’re literally sorry for everything we said to you.

Leni: [crying] We thought we made you run away because you hated us.

Luan: For being ungrateful of you.

Lincoln: Because I hate you? I would never do that! You guys are my family! I’d do anything to make you happy! I love you. If I ever did runaway, it probably be because I let you down. That’s the last thing I ever want to do to you guys. I’m sorry for being such a nuisance sometimes.

Rita: [tearing up] Oh Lincoln! You’re not a nuisance!

Lynn Sr.: You’re our son.

Lori: You’re our brother.

Leni: Our little Linky.

Luna: The one that’s always there for us.

Luan: The one who does more than the rest of us.

Lynn: The best thing that ever happened to us.

Lucy: Where would we be without you?

Lana and Lola: We love you!

Lisa: And there’s nothing about you we’d ever want to change.

Lily: Linky.

Lincoln: [tears up] You guys are the best!

[The family does one more giant hug]

Frank: [to Sky] Aw… they really do care for him.

Sky: [to Frank] We were so wrong. Lincoln is perfect for that family…

Lincoln: Well, what are you waiting for? Get in the car!

Sky: Oh, that’s right the orphanage!

Frank: I’m so excited!

[The two hop in the car with the rest of the family. It’s a tight squeeze, but they all manage to fit inside Vanzilla. We cut to the family dropping off the two at an orphanage.]

Lincoln: Thank you for everything you did!

Sky: It’s the least we could do for a kid like you.

Frank: We should be the ones thanking you.

Lincoln: Anytime… I’m really gonna miss you.

Frank: Don’t worry. You can visit us anytime.

Sky: As long as we remember the fun times we had, everything’s gonna be okay, Lincoln.

Frank: We’ll never forget you for this.

Lincoln: Well… I guess this is goodbye then.

Sky: I guess it is… so… bye.

Frank: Thank you again! Goodbye!

Lincoln: Bye… [walks off with tears in his eyes, but he has a smile on him. The parent spat him on the back and get inside Vanzilla]

[Cut to the family finally making it home.]

Lincoln: Well, guys, I’m glad to say I’m finally back home with my family, where I belong. If there’s one thing I learned today, it’s that no matter the circumstances, no matter how bad things seem to be, in the end, we still love each other forever, and family is home. I look after my family and they look after me. My family is the best thing I could’ve asked for…

And I wouldn’t trade it for the world.

THE END

​TRIVIA

 * The title is, obviously, a reference to the reality fashion show, Project Runway.
 * ​​The biggest thing I wanted to do while making this fanfiction was to take the "Lincoln running away" cliche used in many fanfictions, and give a mighty slap in the face to it. What most fanfic writers, especially back then, fail to understand is that Lincoln loves his family and his family loves him back. Everything you hear in the theme song is 100% true. Even in the most darkest of times, even in the biggest of fights, and even with some tensions here and there, the love that is between the family will never shatter. That's what I hope people will understand as they continue to watch and write about the Loud House.