User blog:TheMaximumMatt/Fanfiction - Project Runaway PART 1

PROJECT RUNAWAY

[The episode starts out with a view of a ruined friend’s house. Banners are torn up, cake frosting is all over the walls, paint is splattered all over the furniture, and even burnt marks can be found in the corners. We hold on this shot for a while until it cuts to the family driving back home. Lynn Sr. and Rita appear to be angry in the front. The family drives up to the car and enter their house. Everyone is covered in scratches, tangled up confetti and streamers, and cake frosting. Leni, Luan, and Lynn even have bruises on their head. Lincoln, on the other hand, is full of guilt. They had just returned from a disaster of a party.]

Rita: Oh honey. What are we gonna do now?!

Lynn Sr.: …I don’t know! Cal’s gonna hate us after what happened!

Rita: Hate us?! He’s gonna despise us after ruining his party!

Leni: Ow…

Rita: Oh, Leni! Your bruise! It’s gotten worse!

Luan: I think mine’s too.

Lynn: You think yours is?! Look at mine! Ow…

Lynn Sr.: Oh dear! I’ll get the ice pack!

Rita: I’m so sorry about what happened.

Lori: Well, if there’s one thing I can say, it certainly wasn’t your fault. And I think a certain someone needs some explaining to do.

[The family glares at Lincoln]

Lincoln: So… [awkwardly laughs] that could’ve gone better am I right?

Rita: You have no right to talk today! No after what you caused at that party!

Lincoln: But-

Lynn Sr.: No excuses! You disobeyed our simple orders and completely destroyed the party. We told you several times: no crazy schemes! And what did you do?! You made a huge mess and caused so much destruction at Cal’s house!

Lincoln: Yes. I know, but I thought I knew what I was doing. I had a procedure, I practiced the timing, I-

Rita: No, Lincoln! You didn’t know what you were doing! You didn’t even ask us if it was okay for you to do this, which we definitely would’ve turned down by the way! You’ve ruined what was supposed to be a relaxing and fun experience for us!

Lincoln: Look I no it looks bad but-

Rita: It doesn’t just look bad! What you did was irresponsible, careless, and worst of all, dangerous!

Lincoln: I’m sorry. I just wanted to help!

Lynn Sr.: Yeah, well, look at where that got us when you did!

Lincoln: [looks down in extreme guilt]

Lori: Nice going Lincoln!

Lynn: I almost lost my arm thanks to you!

Lana: And you almost hurt Hops!

Lincoln: Guys, wait! I-

Lori: Forget about apologizing Lincoln! After what you did at the party, almost destroying us and Cal, we don’t want to hear your excuses!

[Lincoln remains silent.]

Lynn Sr.: [groans] Your mother and I will deal with you later! Right now, we gotta settle things straight with Cal.

Rita: I hope he’s not upset about those fireworks… and the giant robot…

[The parents enter their rooms to clean themselves off. The rest of the family leaves upstairs. Lincoln follows.]

Lincoln: Everyone! I just thought the party needed to be more exciting! You know. To give Cal a good time. [awkwardly laughs]

Luan: If that’s your idea of giving someone a "good time", I hate to see what happens when you do the exact opposite! And that’s no joke.

Luna: [clenched teeth] Not cool dude.

Lola: Yeah! What you did was unforgivable!

Lana: Come on Hops. I’ll take care of you! Away from Lincoln…

Lori: I literally agree! You can just forget about saying sorry!

Leni: [reluctantly and sadly] I just can’t talk to you right now, Linky…

Lisa: Words cannot describe how appalled I am at you.

Lynn: [growls]

Lucy: You stay away from me.

Lincoln: I’m sorry! Please! I can make it up to you. I can-

Sisters: No! [all slam doors simultaneously]

Lincoln: Mom! Dad!

Lynn Sr.: Can’t talk to you! Gotta make things straight with Cal after what you did!

Lincoln: But Dad-!

Rita: No buts! Go to your room mister! You’re grounded until further notice!

Lynn Sr.: For once, that is a punishment I can agree with!

[slams door]

Lincoln: [overwhelmed with guilt] [to the viewers] Guys? Normally this the part where I tell you what happened that lead to moments like this… but today… I don’t think I can do that! What I did at that party was awful. Worse than that! It's no secret that whenever I make plans to help my family, they usually result in making things worse, but this time... I’ve ruined my family’s reputation forever and I nearly injured all of them! All because of my clumsiness… It’s best if you stay out of this as much as possible. [Lincoln slowly falls onto his bed.] How am I going to make this up to my family? What am I saying? I can’t. What I did was unforgivable. [angrily] If I hadn’t pressed that stupid button… [beats himself] Gah! Why Lincoln?! Why are you so stupid?! You can’t do anything right! [curls into ball in bed] I guess I’ll just have to sleep it off. Hope this all goes away soon… but every time I try to help… it always goes wrong.

[The next morning…]

Lincoln: [wakes up at 6:00 am. He sighs.] Welp. I’m not looking forward to today. [slowly walks outside reluctantly. He still has the bruise on his arm he got from yesterday. He tries to open the doors, but they’re all locked.] Of course. My family is still mad at me. I don’t blame them.

[Lincoln walks downstairs sadly to see Lynn Sr. completely asleep on the dining table. In front of him is a large cake that reads: We’re sorry, Cal. The cake has a picture in frosting of the entire family giving a thumb up to the reader.]

Lincoln: This is all my fault… No one would be going through this if it weren’t for me. [sigh] Might as well wait for Dad to wake up so he can scold me some more… [suddenly becomes excited] Or… maybe I can deliver this cake for Dad! It’s only 6 am. I can make it to Cal’s house in less than an hour. His house isn’t that far from here, and I’ll show everyone that I can be helpful. Sure, it won’t be enough to make up for all the trouble I caused, but it’ll be some improvement! Yeah! That’s what I’ll do!

[Lincoln swipes the cake from his sleeping dad, puts a glass lid over it, and carries it gently outside.]

Lincoln: Here I go! Wait… [to himself] Lincoln, what are you doing? This is just another accident waiting to happen. This won’t change a thing… but, if I do get the cake to Cal’s house on time… I’ll make things right! Come on Lincoln! This is an opportunity you simply cannot waste! Let’s go! [walks away from house with cake] I’m Lincoln Loud! And I’m gonna make my family proud! Ah! [trips over and drop the cake. Luckily, the cake remains unharmed, but a crack is left on the bottom of the dish, which syrup appears to be leaking out of] Phew… the cake is unharmed. You got this Lincoln! [runs off with cake excitedly]

[Cut to Lynn Sr. waking up.]

Lynn Sr.: Huh?! I wasn’t asleep!... Wait, where’s the cake gone? Oh, Rita must have taken it… At least I got a trustworthy wife.

[Cut back to Lincoln]

Lincoln: Yep! It’s only good things from here! No which way is Cal’s house? [looks at intersection] Hmm… I think it’s this way… or was it this way? No, I’m definitely sure it was this way! [goes left] What?! Another fork in the road?! Hm. I’ll go right. I think that’s right… no pun intended.

[Cue montage:


 * Lincoln takes a right at another intersection


 * Lincoln makes another right at another intersection


 * Lincoln makes a final right, until he realizes he’s gone in a full circle


 * Lincoln tries left, only to run into a pack of raccoons who want to eat the cake


 * Lincoln runs past a homeless man. Lincoln offers the man a small piece of the cake, to which the man gives him a thumbs up.


 * A view of a map is seen and we see Lincoln making all sorts of curves and cuts all over the town


 * Finally, Lincoln runs into a mansion that he thinks is Cal’s house.

End montage]

Lincoln: Finally! I made it! Safe and sound! The cake’s here and without further ado…

[Lincoln gives an excited knock on the door. A man answers it.]

Man: Excuse me? Who are you?

Lincoln: Uh… hi. Is Call home?

Man: Cal? Who’s Cal?

Lincoln: Wait. Does Cal live here?

Man: I’m sorry. I don’t know who you are talking about. I think you might have the wrong house.

Lincoln: What? This is Carol St. isn’t it?

Man: Carols St.?! Oh, heavens no! Carols St. is all the way down in Hazeltucky!

Lincoln: H- Hazeltucky?!

Man: Yes! This is Carmen St., Beavertown.

Lincoln: Carmen St.?! Oh, man! I was way off. I’m so sorry for wasting your time.

Man: Oh no. Don’t worry about it. Haha. Common misunderstanding.

Lincoln: …You wanna slice?

Man: Thank you for your offer, but I’m on a diet.

Lincoln: Oh.

Man: Well, you have a nice day now. I hope you find whoever you’re looking for.

Lincoln: Thank you, kind sir.

[The gentleman closes the door. Lincoln is in deep shame.]

Lincoln: Well, that was embarrassing, but it’s only 7:30. I can make it in an hour ‘’this time’’.

[Lincoln runs off with cake. Cue another montage:


 * Lincoln runs into a small house. A woman answers the door and shakes her head, pointing to a ‘’Candy’’ St. sign.


 * Lincoln tries again with a white house. A man points to the sign that reads ‘’Cunningham” St.


 * Lincoln runs into a blue house. A dog rudely barks through the door, scaring Lincoln.


 * Lincoln runs into a gray house. A woman points to a “Calvin” St. sign.


 * Lincoln tries again at a different house. This house reveals to me Mr. Grouse’s house.

Mr. Grouse: Not even close Loud… [shuts door] …And leave me out of your stinkin’ montage!... Although, you mind if I have a slice of that cake?


 * Lincoln runs into a green, large house. An elderly man points to a ‘’Colin’’ St. sign


 * Finally, Lincoln makes it to a sign that reads ‘’Carol’’ St… but some wind blows off some dust revealing an “e”, making it ‘’Carole’’ St.

End montage]

Lincoln: [falls on back in frustration] Argh! I can’t do this! Why did I ever think this was a good idea?! [sniffles] I should’ve just listened to my gut. Now everyone’s gonna be even more mad at me now. [sigh] I deserve it… Guess I’ll just walk back home now… [picks up cake and looks around] So… which way is home again?... [pants] Okay, Lincoln. You’re not lost! All you need to do is retrace your steps. Yeah! That’ll be easy. So, uh, I went left here…, then a right… and then another left turn here… hey! This really is easy. Ok, and then a right here… no. a left… no, a right! Agh! I’m lost! I don’t even know if I’m in Royal Woods anymore! Let alone in Michigan even!

[The raccoons have caught up to Lincoln]

Lincoln: Oh, great. Just what I need… AH!

[Lincoln runs away with cake while raccoons chase him. Lincoln makes several sharp turns around cities, even running out of the city he’s in right now. Eventually, Lincoln hides in a junkyard, losing the raccoons.]

Lincoln: [to himself] Nice, Lincoln! Now look what you’ve done. Now not only have you caused chaos for your family, you’ve gotten yourself lost forever! Why did I ever think I could do this? I’m so stupid… [curls into ball and begins tearing up] I might as well just stop here and forget about returning to my family.

??? 1: [sigh] I know how that feels.

Lincoln: Who said that?!

??? 2: Oh, you sure said it, brother! Look at him! He’s all weak and helpless alone.

Lincoln: Okay, the helpless part I can agree on, but weak?

??? 1: Mmm… Looks like this kid needs some assistance.

??? 2: Boy, you got that right.

??? 1: Let’s take a closer look!

Lincoln: Seriously! Who are you guys?!

??? 1: Us!

[Two figures jump from the top of a junk pile and stand in front of Lincoln]

Lincoln: AH! Don’t hurt me!

??? 2: Woah! Woah! Don’t get yourself all worked up!

??? 1: We come in peace! [laughs]

[Lincoln looks up to see the two figures. One is a boy with a sky blue helmet with lightning bolts attached to springs on it, a ripped up t-shirt and pair of jeans, and a pair of different colored sneakers. The other one is a girl wearing a chewed-up hair ribbon, ripped up overalls, missing her front teeth, and a hiking boot on one foot and a basketball sneaker on the other.]

Female kid: Hello there.

Male kid: Greetings! Who may you be?

Lincoln: [nervously] Uh… hi… who are you two?

Female kid: Hey! He asked first!

Lincoln: Sorry… I’m Lincoln. Lincoln Loud. I’m from, uh, Royal Woods.

Male kid: Ooh. Royal Woods.

Female kid: We’ve heard all about that place!

Make kid: Yes! Royal Woods haha! A place you have to see to believe it!

Lincoln: Alright! I’m glad you know what it is, but seriously who are you two?

Make kid: Name’s Frank!

Female kid: And I’m Sky!

Lincoln: Okay… what do you two want?

Frank: Were here to give you company.

Sky: We couldn’t help but notice you were abandoned by your family.

Frank: [sigh] We know what that’s like kiddo. We were abandoned too.

Lincoln: No! I wasn’t abandoned! I just got lost.

Frank: How?

Lincoln: Well, you see, I was trying to deliver this cake to a friend of mine… the only problem is I don’t know how to get there and before you know it, I tried getting my way back, but I got lost.

Sky: Well it’s lucky you ended up here!

Lincoln: Is this near Royal Woods?!

Frank: No! Royal Woods is far from here! We’d take you, but it would forever to get back there! We’re not even sure where this junkyard is located.

Lincoln: [sigh] I knew it.

Sky: Why were you delivering a cake? What’s the occasion?

Lincoln: Well, it’s actually an apology cake my family made. I thought if I could deliver to him myself without my family knowing, it would be a surprise for them. They’re kind of mad at me for what I did.

Frank: Oh my… What happened?

Lincoln: I don’t want to talk about it. It’s too horrible!

Sky: Oh come on. You can tell us. There’s no one for miles from here!

Lincoln: Well… [whispers to Sky and Frank. The events are kept hidden from the audience. The two nod as they listen. They suddenly gasp]

Sky and Frank: You what?!

Lincoln: I told you it was bad!

Sky: Bad?! That sounds terrible!

Frank: Yikes!

Sky: How can so much go bad in one little move?

Lincoln: I don’t know. I don’t know. I don’t know! I just wanted to make the party fun for everyone! I had it planned out and everything! [sigh] But as I expected, I just made things worse. Even traumatizing for a few… I can’t do anything right. Nothing but make mistakes, just like how I got lost…

Frank: Hey! You didn’t let us finish…

Sky: What you did sounds bad… but it’s doesn’t come anywhere near as bad as how we are.

Lincoln: What do you mean?

Frank: We make mistakes that are far worse than you, so we know how it feels to be bad about yourself. And besides…

Sky: Nobody’s perfect, Lincoln, so why worry about it?

Frank: You know what they say: if it ain’t broke, don’t try to fix it.

Lincoln: I don’t understand.

Frank: Here. Let us explain… in the form of a song.

Lincoln: Good grief…

We’re Nothing but a Mess

By Frank and Sky

Skyr: We’ve had our fair share, of making goofs

Frank: As if us livin’ here wasn’t any proof

Frank: Doing the job right, that’s hard for us

Sky: Why’s it we always do our tasks makin’ a fuss?

Sky: We’re ridiculous, we’re kind of freaks

Frank: I like to think that it makes us sound unique

Frank: But give us a job or, give us a task.

Sky: Oh brother, you’ll be sorry that you asked.

(Frank: We can we say?)

Sky: We’re nothing but a mess.

Frank: Nothin’ but a mess.

Sky: We’re nothing but a mess.

Frank: Even when we try our best.

Sky: Too many nails and, we’ll make a wreck

Frank: Workin’ with us would be like livin’ in heck

Frank: We ain’t got no jobs, we got no friends

Sky: But for us, it doesn’t mean the end

Sky: This yard’s the very place, where we belong

Frank: It’s been our only home, for so long

Frank: Whenever we try to save the day,

Sky: It always ends up in the same exact way

[pause] Frank: You wanna see some of the things we tried to “fix”?

Lincoln: Is that even a question?

Sky: Too bad. We’ll show you anyway!

Sky: We once made our microwave fire-breathe.

Frank: We blew up our favorite TV.

Sky: Our bicycles are upside down and reversed.

Frank: We tried to fix the toilet’s pipes but made it worse.

Sky: We tangled up the wiring in the bus.

Frank: So now it honks every time I press the gas.

Sky: This pencil sharpener only shreds pencils.

Frank: And for some reason, our toaster does this. [Music pauses. The toaster squirts tar and then blows confetti]

[pauses] Lincoln: How did you even get it to do that?!

Sky: That’s what we’ve been trying to find out! [laughs]

Both: We’re nothing but a mess

Nothin’ but a mess

We’re nothing but a mess

Even when we try our best

Lincoln: I don’t understand. How can you be so happy always making mistakes all the time? Doesn’t that ever get to you?

[pause] Both: [laugh] No! Not at all, Lincoln!

Sky: We embrace our clumsiness

Frank: Even if we can’t pass the test

Sky: We’re so awkward and flimsy you might think we were blind!

Frank: But making mistakes is part of life!

Sky: We always trip, slip, and flip at everything. It’s bizarre!

Frank: Despite belief, we’re glad for who we are

Sky: We’re so awkward and flimsy you might think we were blind!

Frank: But making mistakes is part of life!

[pause]Lincoln: Oh, I think I get what you guys are saying. So, you’re saying instead of being afraid of my flaws, I should just accept I’m not perfect? Frank: Exactly!

Sky: You got it, Lincoln!

Lincoln: [happily] Yeah! I do!

All three: We’re nothing but a mess! (Frank: So true!)

Nothin’ but a mess! (Skyr: Got that right!)

We’re nothing but a mess! (Frank: Indubitably!)

Even when we try our best!

Sky: We can’t do anything! So we’re flawed.

Frank: We ain’t got nothing! So what?

Lincoln: We ain’t gonna let it get us down.

All three: We’re noooo-thing buuuuu-t a meeeeeee-ss!

[pause] Lincoln: Wait. That doesn’t rhyme... [laugh]

All three: We’re a mess!

[All three laugh]

Lincoln: Ahem. Well, thanks for that.

Sky: What do you say Linc? You feelin’ better?

Lincoln: Well… actually yeah! I do!

Frank: That’s good to hear.

Lincoln: Yeah. Thanks for this guys, but I gotta find my way back to my family! Do you happen to have a working GPS around here?

Sky: …your family?

Frank: Why would you want to return to them?

Lincoln: Because, they need me. I live with them.

Sky: But do they love you?

Lincoln: What are you talking about? Of course, they love me!

Frank: Do they? It seems like when you try to help them, they just get mad at you.

Lincoln: That’s not always true!... at least when my plans do work.

Sky: If not?

Lincoln: Well, they would usually proceed to scold me, say it was all my fault, and then get mad at me, usually resulting in me trying to make it up to them…

Frank: I don’t know about you, but it sounds to me like they don’t accept you for making mistakes.

Lincoln: Oh come on! That doesn’t mean they hate me! I mean, sure, my plan pretty much ruined the party for my family and my friend, Cal, but… [tears up] oh who am I kidding?! My family must despise me. They probably don’t even know I’ve gone missing. Then again, how can I blame them? Without anyone to mess things up, they must be having the time of their life…

Sky: Oh, poor you. We know what that’s like too.

Frank: Yes. You're lucky. You only lost yourself from your family. That’s no where near as bad as literally being ditched by your own family in front of you… all alone… on a rainy night.

Sky: Helpless… Do you know what it's like to be told you're hated by your own loved ones?

Lincoln: Oh, wow. I’m so sorry.

Frank: Ahem. Well, that doesn’t mean nothing good didn’t come out of it for us.

Sky: We found this junkyard! The one place where we feel accepted.

Frank: Where we can express ourselves! It’s the place for troublemakers like us. Haha.

Lincoln: [sigh] I just don’t know what to do with me and my family.

Sky: Come live with us!

Lincoln: …what?

Frank: Yes! Live with us, Lincoln!

Lincoln: In a junkyard?

Sky: It’s not as bad as it seems! It may be a junkyard, but it has everything you outsiders need to live. A roof over your head, a place to sleep in, and we know how to find food.

Frank: Give it a chance, Lincoln.

Lincoln: I don’t know you guys. What about-

Sky: The family that doesn’t accept you?

Frank: Your family that yells at you when you screw up?

Lincoln: [looks down and ponders about what the two say]

Frank: If you go back… what will it change?

Lincoln: …Alright. I guess I’ll live here. If my family doesn’t want me…

Sky: Don’t be sad, Lincoln! Forget about those silly people! We accept you! We’ve been where you are! We are your family now!

Frank: Yes! Oh, please! Won’t you come live with us? We’ve been here lonely all of our lives. We’ve never had anyone else like us before! You’re our favorite of you outsiders!

Lincoln: What’s an outsider?

Sky: People in society who don’t live in this junkyard.

Frank: The ones who reject us.

Lincoln: Oh. Ahem. Well… now that you put it like that… sure! I don’t see why not! My family probably won’t even mind! Who needs them?!

Frank: [gasp] YES!

Sky: Oh, you won’t regret this one bit!

Lincoln: I sure hope not…

Frank: Come on! Let us show you the place! [the three run off into the junkyard]

TO BE CONTINUED...

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