Hey everyone, allanarcher777 here and I've started to write another story. But this one has a bit of a backstory behind it.

I have a large passion for heroes that defend the innocent and fight for peace and justice. From video games to comic books, the latter being fueled further by action movies from Marvel and DC. And when I saw several stories about The Louds becoming heroes, I fell in love with the concept really quickly (special mention going to authors like Smoking Wrecker, 65rogeryork, and Cryandia for their takes on the concept). Eventually, I ultimately decided to make my own.

I have such a fondness for this story that I adopted it as head-canon (yes I like this little creation of mine that much), but if there is something I could improve upon, don't be afraid to critique me.

I hope you enjoy.

Loud House:

SOUND BARRIER

Chapter 1: Heroic origins. Pt 1.

It was a dark, cold night in the town of Royal Woods. The only lights that shined down on the streets were the moon and stars above. However, despite the calm appearance, there was a malicious aura among the town as a black van drove down the road. Inside, was a group of 5 men dressed in black clothing armed themselves with various weapons and gear. The 4 in the back strapped machine guns over their shoulders while the fifth in the driver's seat glanced down to his side at a small handheld device. As they made a right turn, the pulled into a parking lot in front of a large building, adorned with marble pillars

The driver took a deep breath. "OK. The First National Bank of Royal Woods. This is it… The big leagues!" He cheered in a soft tone. His associates laughed and chuckled at the thought of their heist. "Alright, before we go and get our big score, we need to go over the plan one more time." He emphasized as he pulled out a blueprint of the bank. "I'll use my PDA to hack into the security system and turn off the alarms. From there, John and Tim use the crowbars to open the deposit boxes and load up all the dough they can carry." The 2 crooks he was referring to gave a toothy grin as they held their tools tightly in their hands. "And while all this is going on, Frank and Charley stand by the doors and the van to keep watch." The other pair nodded in response. "Alright, let's go get that sweet moolah!"

The men poured out of the van and the leader pulled out the PDA and pressed a few buttons on it. The screen flashed multiple colors and made several beeps until it gave off a small 'ding'. The doors of the bank were unlocked and the cameras inside were turned off. The leader went inside with 2 of his helpers while pair stood around the entrance, guns in hand. The criminals tasked with getting the contents of the vault went deeper inside and over to the large steel door separating the inside of the vault from the rest of the building. All 3 of them grinned as the gripped the rim of the turning handle. With a collective groan from all of them, the handle turned and they soon opened the door. They were left speechless as all the walls around them in the room were covered in safety deposit boxes.

"I think we've hit the jackpot, fellas."

"Jackpot? This is Heaven!" Without saying another word, all 3 of them pulled out burlap sacks and tried to open some of the boxes with crowbars. Eventually, one of them got it open and cackled as he gazed upon a couple packs of 100 dollar bills and some gold jewelry. "Oh, yeah. I bet they won't miss this."

"You're right. They won't miss it. Because it's not leaving." A young voice called out to them. All the men, even the ones at the door, froze upon sensing the intrusion. The robbers got their weapons out and started to look around for the source of the voice. Yet, where ever they glanced, they saw nothing. The voice decided to call out again. "If you jerks are wondering how I found you, we caught wind of your plans about this heist days ago. From there it was a matter of following the totally shady van. Real give away." It taunted. 1 of the men started to tremble with fear.

"Boss, this is getting creepy."

"Shut up! Show yourself, coward!" He growled. On command, the owner of the voice complied and stepped out from the shadows. Revealing themselves to be a small boy around 11 or 12 years old. He wore an orange one-piece suit with a gray, silvery cloud shape on his chest. His face was concealed by a silver mask over his eyes. But what stuck out the most was the snow white hair atop his head. The criminals were at a loss for words at the sight of the child. The leader face palmed in frustration. "Really? Did we REALLY just get spooked over a kid trying to live out a comic book fantasy?" The hero child raised an eyebrow in genuine confusion over the statement.

"Do you… really not know who I am?" He muttered a little annoyed. The thugs glared at him menacingly, trying to intimidate the kid. But the hero was not swayed from his courage in the slightest. Eventually, the leader decided to humor him.

"Alright kid, who exactly are you supposed to be? Let me guess, a bootleg Flash?" He taunted. The hero gave a small smirk and chuckled.

"If you really don't know who I am, I'll refresh your memories." He crossed his arms and stood in a proud, dramatic pose. "I'm a member of the elite hero team, THE SOUND BARRIER. I'm SILVER WIND!" He boldly stated. The criminals gasped in shock and all their confidence in an instant.

"Sound Barrier!?"

"Silver Wind!?"

"What are you idiots waiting for, an autograph? Shoot the brat!" The boss commanded. On cue, the thugs pointed their weapons at the boy and pulled the triggers. As the guns fired the bullets at him, Silver Wind leaped into the air and started to float around the room. All the shots were trailing behind him as he stuck to the edge of both the ceiling and walls. After a bit, he descended down towards the pair of goons guarding the door and spun around them at incredible speeds. The wind around them started to form into a cyclone and the criminals were swept off their feet and sent hurtling into a wall. Silver Wind laughed as her took some rope out of pocket and started to tie the 2 up.

The leader groaned as he took another gun from out of a holster in his belt and took aim at Silver Wind as the hero was finishing the knot. A loud bang was heard through the bank as the weapon fired. However, the bullet did not reach its target. Instead, a teenage girl in a light blue one-piece and matching mask stood in front of him. Her blonde hair still swaying from her dash into action. She stood tall and reached onto her stomach, pulling out a bullet that was lodged in her suit. Not even a hole was left where it was. "Thanks for the save, TITANIUM!" Silver Wind thanked with relief obvious in his voice.

"A shot when my brother's back is turned? You, literally, are a bunch of slimy cowards." Titanium spat in anger. The goons didn't care about the insult and they continued to fire at Titanium. But she didn't react as the bullets bounced off of her body and she walked over to one of the criminals and delivered a powerful punch. The man she hit was sent stumbling back against the wall of deposit boxes. He tried to fire his gun again as he hoisted himself up again, but the weapon was ripped from his hands by an unseen force. "Nice job getting their weapon away from them, EMPATHY." Titanium congratulated as a third hero appeared.

Their hair was platinum blonde and at shoulder length. Her outfit was a seafoam green with white highlights and a pink heart insignia on her chest. Her face concealed with an eye mask the same color as her suit. "I get why they're afraid of us… But why don't I feel any guilt coming from them? It's so sad." She sighed as a frown formed on her face. As the 3 heroes tried to contend with the criminals in the bank, the 2 Silver Wind tied up struggled to get free of the ropes.

"Come on, Frank! We need that dough and I don't want a couple of brats to ruin everything!" 1 yelled at the other.

"Can it, Charley. I almost…" Eventually, Frank succeeded in undoing the ropes as the binding material came undone and collapsed around them. "Got it!" He cheered as he and his friend stood up. "Now let's take out those kids." The 2 thugs started to run towards the struggle their partners were in, but were cut off by a large boulder that rolled in front off them. It stopped in front of them and started to break apart and reveal yet another hero. She wore a purple outfit and mask with spiked bracelets on her wrists and a choker around her neck. Her dark brown hair in a pixie cut style.

"If you want to hurt my family, you have to face the music of ROCK N' ROLL." With that claim, Rock N' Roll made a fist and a bunch of gravel formed around it with crystals taking place on top of the knuckles. She reeled back and delivered a powerful blow that sent one of the goons hurtiling across the room. When he landed, he started to hear another feminine giggle echo around him.

"When we're done with you, you'll be in the stone-y lonesome." The voice quipped. The burglar turned to his right to see the source of the joke was a girl in a yellow suit and mask. She smirked as she whipped her light brown ponytail towards him. The man growled as he grabbed his gun and tried to take a shot, only for it to miss as the hero split into 2 and created an identical copy. "Let's see how you handle some double trouble." The copy split into another girl and the match became a 1 on 3. "Or how about triple? Courtesy of DOPPLEGANGER." The third copy joked as they were got into a collective fighting stance. But before they could make a move, a red blur zoomed by and swirled around the criminal. When it stopped, the man was tied up once again.

The new arrival that apprehended him had a red and white suit with a big white star on the front. Her scarlet mask was complimented by a headband of the same color wrapped around her forehead and dark brown hair. All 3 Doppelgangers groaned in disappointment. "Aw, come on TRACKSTAR. I had him."

"You aren't the only star in this show."

"And this definitely isn't good for your track record." All 3 of them laughed as they fused back into 1 single person. Trackstar dusted off her hands and snickered.

"Well my power is super speed. You need to get a pretty big head start to…" Trackstar's gloating was cut off when a sharp, burning pain coursed through her. She screamed as she collapsed on the ground and gripped her left leg. Trembling, she raised her hand and confirmed her suspicions when she saw a sticky ooze dripping from her fingers.

She had been shot.

All the members of Sound Barrier noticed the occurrence and were shocked to see their sister hurt like that. Their gaze shifted to a lone criminal with a single pistol in his hand. A vile, proud smile on his face as he cackled. "Heh heh ha. One of those mighty Sound Barrier kids brought down with a single bullet." He looked over to his partners in crime and continued to boast about his actions. "Maybe you should make me the leader of our crew now!" He joked. He pointed the gun at Trackstar again and aimed a little higher. "Shame I only hit your leg though. How about I finish the job?" But before he could make good on his claim, a black tendril wrapped around his arm and he dropped the gun on reflex.

"That, my friend, was a horrible mistake." A monotone voice rang out. The criminal turned to see a pale girl with black hair covering her eyes. She wore a black suit with white markings. But rather than a mask, she had a hood cover her face in addition to the bangs of her hair. "Now you shall face the wrath of DARK DUCHESS." With a clear tone of spite in her voice, Dark Duchess turned the tendril into a hand and lifted the man into the air. She clenched her fist and the hand started to squeeze. The robber wailed in pain as the hand's pressure started to crack his bones. Rock N' Roll raced over to her sister and gripped her shoulder.

"Dude! WAY too far!" She screamed with a look of pure fear plastered over her face. Dark Duchess looked at the other hero and back at the man.

"Sigh. I wasn't going to kill him." She moaned as she turned the hand into a set of black chains that wrapped around the criminal, who was now trembling from the traumatic experience. "Why can't you let me do things like Batman, just once?"

"Batman doesn't squeeze people until they burst like a grape!" Rock N' Roll scolded. The group's boss was starting to lose his nerve, but tried to hold his own regardless.

"You little runts don't scare me! You couldn't beat me with a pair of 6 year olds, let alone freaky super powers!" He asserted fiercely. As if on cue, a pair of young voices rang out from behind him.

"Well how about a pair of 6 year olds WITH freaky super powers?"

"If that's not enough, throw in the fact one of our sisters got hurt." The criminal ring leader turned around and looked down to see a small pair of blonde haired twins. They wore somewhat matching outfits with key similarities being yellow lighting decals on their suits and their masks having a lighting-like shape. However the other colors and designs were different with one being pink and having a plus sign on her chest and the other girl's outfit was blue with a minus sign. Not only that, but the pink outfit also had a circular rim around the waist, as if it were a skirt of some sort. "We could give some speech about justice and all that stuff…"

"…But honestly beating up mean, smelly, jerks like you is fun by itself." The pair remarked as they spread out around the man. Their hands started to crackle with a bunch of static sparks. Both girls reeled back as the energy kept building up until they thrust their hands forward towards each other and a pair of electric beams connected the both of them together. The girls swung the lines gently back and forth to build up momentum, then they swung them over and under the burglar like a jump-rope. The crook started to panic and rapidly hopped over them, Double-Dutch style.

The 2 twins giggled and laughed and started to laugh as they toyed with their enemy. "A group of crooks came to rob a bank."

"But little did they know, their ship has sank."

"PROTONA AND ELEXA will save the day."

"And bullies like you won't have their way!" When the duo finished their little song, they both yanked on the electric beams and caught the criminal in a paralyzing snare. He collapsed on the ground and groaned as smoke radiated off of him. The last 2 thieves started to panic as their numbers started to dwindle and they became more and more outnumbered. One of them frantically glanced across the room and saw 1 of their guns lying on the ground. He quickly picked it up, aimed at Empathy, and pulled the trigger.

However, nothing happened except for a small click. He looked at the weapon, puzzled over its failure to attack its target. Suddenly, the weapon gave off a green glow and started to grow and change shape. When it faded, a small girl in a dark green suit and goggles with tinted green lenses was there in place of a weapon. She delivered a kick to the man's face and knocked him out cold. She stood proud and brushed some dust out of her messy brown hair. "I believe we are now down to 1 hooligan to apprehend." The child claimed. Silver Wind floated over to the tyke and bent down as he pat her on the shoulder.

"Nice job, CHAMELEON. But how did you pull off that switch?" He asked curiously.

"They dropped their weapons in the struggle. Switching myself out for one of their firearms was child's play." The young hero bragged. "Now, let's complete this little mission." All the heroes turned to face the one last robber of the group. He broke a sweat and trembled as he saw how quickly their plan fell to pieces. Fear started to overtake him as he whimpered and got down on his knees, holding his hands above his head. Empathy suddenly started clapping happily as Silver Wind walked over and tied his wrists together.

"Yay! He's feeling guilty about the crime." She cheered as she sensed remorse alongside the terror in his heart. Trackstar tried to stand up and congratulate her family for a job well done, but hissed in pain from her wound as she stumbled to the ground again. Chameleon walked over and examined the injury before shaking her head.

"That bullet went in pretty deep. You're going to have to have NURSERY heal you when we get back to the base. And the sooner the better." She reasoned.

"What about explaining the situation to the police?" Dark Duchess asked.

"I contacted the authorities prior to our battle. They will take care of the rest." Chameleon explained. Titanium nodded in response and took charge of the situation.

"Alright, everyone back to The Sonic Vroom!" She ordered. Doppelganger laughed as she and Rock N' Roll picked up Trackstar and carried her. Titanium pinched the bridge of her nose and groaned. 'I literally can't believe that's the name that won the vote.' She thought in silent. The team ran outside and behind the building to find a large, black van with blue flame decals on the back. The super powered siblings poured inside with Titanium in the driver's seat. She turned the key and the van took off down the city roads. Trackstar groaned in pain as the bullet pressed against her bone.

"Ugh. This bites. Why couldn't that doofus have horrible aim?" She whined. Rock N' Roll looked at the wound and winced sympathetically.

"Yeah, that's totally gnarly, sis. Empathy, think you can use your telekinesis to pull the bullet out?" She suggested. Empathy looked at the wound in her sister's and her face turned green as she tried to suppress the urge to vomit. She slowly raised her hand and pointed her finger at Trackstar's leg. She slowly lifted her finger up into the air and Trackstar screamed as the small piece of metal floated out. She panted in deep, heavy breaths as the bullet clattered to the floor of the vehicle.

"Ugghhhh…Thanks… Leni… Whew, definetly hurts more coming back out." Trackstar moaned.

"LY… TRACKSTAR!" Titanium shouted from the front seat. "You know the rules! When on patrol, we have to call each other by our hero names!"

"But we're in a soundproof car with tinted windows. Not to mention you're about to enter a secret tunnel in a couple seconds." Trackstar argued. As if on cue, a light on the car's dashboard lit up as Titanium drove into an alley way and went down a hidden ramp into a dimly lit passage. As they drove away, the passage closed behind the car. After considering the current scenario, Titanium groaned in defeat.

"Fine. But you literally need to get into the habit regardless of circumstance." She scolded. In response to the statement, Protona yawned and fiddled with a small watch-like gadget on her wrist. In an instant, a dim light engulfed her and changed her attire from the hero onsie to a princess gown and plastic tiara.

"Well, if were done with hero work for tonight, then I just want to say that me and Lana stole the show with our victory song!" She bragged.

"Only because you used our mental link to drill it into my head for hours, Lola!" Lana spat. Lola laughed, not hurt by the remark in the slightest.

"Don't deny it, you loved it!" As they drove through the tunnel, all the other siblings used watches of their own and turned into their true identities as The Loud Family.

"I was pretty shocked to see the performance!" Luan laughed. The whole family groaned as The Sonic Vroom pulled slowed down and came to a gentle stop on a platform in the middle of a large room. The family got out and started walking towards a steel door beside a large computer with several monitors. Lincoln put a finger to his lips and let out a gentle shush.

"We have to be extra quiet. We can't wake up Mom and Dad!" He reminded quietly as he opened the large gray door. Unfortunately when he opened it, both the patriarch and matriarch were standing on the opposite side with disapproving looks. In their mother's hands was Lily, who was babbling a lot of baby talk without much of a care.

"So, what are you kids doing up so late?" Their father, Lynn Sr. asked. The kids all fumbled and muttered, trying to think of an excuse.

"Um, Lana wanted us to help her find her special monkey wrench." Lucy lied. Leni gained a puzzled expression.

"Wait, I thought we went out to stop those burglars that kept getting away from the police." The teen blurted. The rest of the Loud siblings face palmed in disappointment. Their mother, Rita, scoffed in disapproval.

"Really, kids? You remember the rules: No minor crimes after curfew." She lightly scolded. She stopped herself when she noticed Lynn was standing on only 1 leg. "Lynn. Are you ok?" She asked. Lynn broke a sweat and darted her eyes to the sides. Rita narrowed her eyes and started to piece everything together. "Lynn… You can't hide a secret from your mother. How bad is it?" Lynn looked down and dropped her leg. Upon seeing the wound, the parents let out a very powerful scream and their father fainted from shock. "Sweetie, your leg! You've been shot!?"

Lily started to cry as the revelation scared her. Her wails echoed through the base. "Its fine, Mom. Lily can heal it."

"Lynn that's not the point!" The mother scolded as she gently tried to calm Lily down. The baby was reaching out towards Lynn and nearly about to climb out of her mother's hands to get to her. Rita sighed and brought Lily closer to Lynn. The baby's crying grew quieter as she touched Lynn's wound and her hands started to emit a soft purple aura. "Kids… When you all decided that you wanted to do this, we knew we really didn't have much of a chance to stop you with 2 regular people going against 10 children with super powers." Rita began to explain as Lynn's wound started to close and heal up. Eventually, it was as if the bullet had never hit in the first place. Lily calmed down and hugged Lynn's leg after seeing the injury fade.

"But you need to remember that you still have your normal lives too. Your father and I are very proud of you, but it's just like in a comic or cartoon: With power comes responsibility. Not just in other people's lives, but your own as well." The children felt a little guilty as their mother's words held much weight. "I know this hurts, but you know the rules we set. You are all grounded for 2 days. Only leaving for school or crimes that are within our agreement. Now please get some sleep. I need to get some smelling salts for your father…"

The children complied and started to shuffle out the door of their base, emerging in the basement of their house. They climbed up the staircase and went from the kitchen, to the living room, to their bedrooms. As Lincoln and his sisters went their separate ways for the night, the monochrome haired child changed into his orange pajamas and lied down on his bed with a heavy sigh.

After a brief moment of silence, Lincoln turned his head towards the audience and started to speak. "OK. So I probably know what you're all asking… 'WHAT THE HECK WAS ALL THAT ABOUT?!'" He asked, pretending to sound shocked and confused. "Well, this isn't a dream. My sisters and I are ACTUALLY super heroes now! But the story of how this all happened is… pretty insane." Lincoln looked up at the ceiling and started to reminisce about how his family's life was changed forever. "It at started a couple months ago… last summer at Scratchy Bottom Campground."

Several months prior.

The sun shined brightly down on top of Scratchy Bottom. The birds flew through the skies and squirrels were scattering across the parking lot. They found a spilled bag of bird seed and started to eat it happily. However, a blue and white family van started to drive up and scared them off. When the van pulled into a parking space, everyone inside started to pour out. Lynn Sr. took a deep breath through his nose and exhaled. "Ah, smell the crisp pine air kids. Isn't it the best?" He asked. Unfortunately, his daughters and son all groaned in disappointment. "Oh, come on. You had a great time here last time."

"Only because I worked myself to the bone to soften the blows." Lincoln muttered under his breath. Rita opened the trunk of the van and started to unload all the camping gear.

"It will take a while for your father and I unpack everything. How about you kids go find a good spot? And Lori, can you watch Lily?" The mother asked. Lori sighed and took the baby in her arms.

"Sure, Mom. Come on everyone, there has to be a spot that doesn't have a mosquito swarm ready to pop out." The Louds then went into the park to try and fine a good spot to set up camp. They trudged through the forest and started scanning the area for good campsites. Boredom quickly started to consume them as they found nothing very appealing. Luan soon decided to lighten the mood with her usual comedic routines.

"So, what's a tree's favorite place to take a vacation? The birch!" The family groaned in annoyance. "Did you hear about the squirrel that was put in an asylum? The doctor said he was completely nuts!" They groaned even harder. Luan laughed as she started to think of another joke. "What is… WHOA!" Luan suddenly felt her foot snag on a tree root and she tripped and fell down a hill. The other Louds looked down, concerned for Luan's well being.

"You ok?" Lynn asked.

"Well, I was on a roll. But I guess we all had our hill!" Luan laughed.

"Yeah, she's fine." Lucy stated bluntly. Luan got up and dusted herself off as she started to turn around to get back onto the trail. However, something caught her attention and her gaze drifted towards a cave nearby. There was a dim, green light from inside. Faint, but bright enough to make itself present in daylight. Luan became entranced by curiosity and started to walk towards the cave.

"Luan! Are you coming back up or are you literally taking a nap?" Lori shouted snapping Luan out of her fixation.

"Sorry. It's just that something is down here. It seems so… weird." Luan gazed deeper into the cave and became enthralled once again. "You guys need to see this!" She shouted. The comedian's siblings reluctantly rallied to her side. Lola in particular was growling from frustration.

"Luan if this is a dumb prank, I swear I'm gonna…" Lola trailed off as she and the others noticed the glow coming from the cave. "What is that?" Luna stepped forward.

"I don't know, dude. But Lincoln's bogus hill people story is nothing compared to how creepy this is." Luna remarked. Lucy grew rather fond of that statement and smiled.

"I personally like creepy. I think I'll do some exploring." Lucy reasoned as she nonchalantly walked into the cavern.

"Lucy, get back over here!" Lori shouted. Her irritation flared up as Lana followed behind the young goth. "Lana!"

"Hey, there could be some really stuff and there! Maybe even some animals." Lana reasoned as she ran in after Lucy. Lola shrugged and walked in with a stoic expression on her face.

"Lola!"

"Where there is a cave, there is a chance of jewels on the inside." The pageant girl reasoned as she went into the cavern's darkness. After that, all the Louds started to walk inside 1 by 1. Until Lori was left standing by herself with Lily in her arms. She yelled in anger and stomped the dirt beneath her.

"Seriously? This is literally stupid!" She looked into the cave and the light coming from within and back to her baby sister. The infant was confused and didn't comprehend what was causing the oldest Loud to be so upset. Lori sighed in defeat. "Come on, Lily. Your brother and sisters are doing something literally ridiculous." She complained as she carried Lily with her into the cavern. Lori walked through the tunnel and started to grow uncomfortable as the natural light from the outside started to fade more and more. Eventually, she spotted her siblings at the end of the cavern as they were staring at a bizarre object that was the source of the glow.

The object was a large rock that had an aesthetic texture similar to that of a sponge. Its light being emitted from a combination of its green color and some crystals embedded inside of it. Lincoln fumbled to try and think of how to express himself. "What is that thing?" Was all he could bring himself to say. Lisa adjusted her glasses and rubbed her chin.

"I don't know exactly what the object is. But there are a few possibilities of what it could be, like an ore deposit of some kind. I'd have to run some tests to be sure." Lisa reasoned. Lola however was not interested on what the object was, rather what it contained.

"Forget all that science garbage. Look at how pretty those crystals are. Momma needs a new necklace!" She cheered as she ran over to the rock and gripped one of the protruding rocks on it. Lincoln gasped in shock as Lola started to pull on the crystal and yank it out.

"Lola are you crazy? That thing is green and it's glowing!" He warned.

"Agreed. Even Leni and Lynn are smart enough to know that touching that thing is a terrible idea." Lucy quipped. The pair in question caught wind of the insult and glared at her. Lola grunted as she tugged harder and harder on the gem. At one point, a small crack was heard and a fracture formed in the stone at the jewel's base.

"I… almost… got it." Lola strained as she started to loosen the crystal. It bent forward more and more until.

*SNAP*

Lola managed to pull out the crystal and a bit of the rock as well. As she flung herself backward with her prize, a cloud of thick green dust sprayed it self all over her and her family. All 11 of them started to enter a coughing fit from the dust. "*cough* I got it. It's *cough* mine!" Lola cheered amidst her wheezing.

"Well I hope your *gasp* happy, Lola." Lori scolded. Suddenly, a cough rang out incredibly stronger than the rest. Lincoln and the girls turned to face Leni as she started to choke on intense, raspy coughs.

'Guys… *COUGH* *HACK* I don't feel good…" Leni moaned as she got on her knees and started to cough some more. Every cough brought her closer and closer to the edge of collapse. Lincoln and Luna ran to their sister's side and tried to help her up.

"Leni, what's wrong?"

"Dudes, *HACK* something's wrong." Lynn panicked as she started to choke on her own breath.

"I need air… I NEED AIR!" The athlete screamed as she tried to run back outside. But she couldn't get very far as she started to cough and her vision blurred. Lynn crumbled and gasped as she fell to the ground and passed out.

"LYNN!" The kids screamed in terror. Lisa looked at the stone and started to connect thee dots. Fear shot through her as the gravity of the situation set in.

"The stone… *GASP* *WHEEZE* must have contained a toxic component… *COUGH* in the dust…" The genius reasoned. Unfortunately the information was of little use as the Louds started to give in to their forced fatigue. Lori was by far giving into her fear the most as she heard the moans of her little sisters and brother.

"I'm scared."

"I don't want to die."

"Someone… Anyone…" Lori broke a sweat as she looked into her arms and saw Lily coughing as well. Her young lungs letting out painful chokes of their own. Lori broke a sweat and trembled as she started to fall to the ground. She reached into the pocket of her shorts and pulled out her phone. She tapped on the screen and choked on her breath as she started dial 911. The phone started to ring and eventually an operator picked up the line.

"911. What's your emergency?" Lori tried to speak, but couldn't get anything out as she continued to cough and choke on the dust. "Hello? Are you okay? What is the problem?" Lori started to lose consciousness, but before she did managed to get out 1 final word.

"Help…" She whined as she gave into the darkness overcoming her vision. Lincoln gasped for air and fell to the cold, hard cave floor. He got one last good look at his surroundings and saw all his sisters had passed out from suffocation. He let out 1 final gasp before he finally lost consciousness.

And thus the stage is set. If your wondering why this first chapter was set up like this, I often like to dive straight to the point sometimes. Hopefully, you enjoyed the taste of their hero lifestyle, because we'll be focusing on the origins and past for a while.

See you next time!