Beethoven and Lincoln

Lincoln took in a deep breath before entering the movie studio for the new Ace Savvy movie and got in line with the other kids.

He was surprised when Bill Buck, the creator of Ace Savvy, had called him with the offer for a role for the next Ace Savvy movie. Sure he's been in several commercials after promoting his dad's restaurant and had some experience with acting. But excluding that disastrous con with the stupid Kitty and those bias judges, he thought for sure he was banned because of what his sisters did on the set of that movie.

The fact that they had cameo roles did not sit well with them and they each gave the gullible judges, who were the producers, ideas for the movie that would give them bigger roles. And because they know very little about Ace Savvy and don't care about superheroes, what resulted in was the movie becoming The Worst Ace Savvy Movie Ever. The financial and critical failure was so bad, the studio cancelled the saga planned with this one and the previous Ace Savvy Movie, and had to plan another Ace Savvy reboot.

Many fans blamed Lincoln's sisters and they became international laughingstocks. The laughter from the rest of the world died down after a month or two, but the laughter in Royal Woods lingered for a good while afterwards (mainly instigated by those who had a grudge on one of them to begin with, Lindsey Sweetwater for example) And Lincoln had to admit, he couldn't help but join in the laughter as well

When it was Lincoln's turn, the new judges, who were not the bias judges from the convention, gave him a sheet a paper and told him to say his lines. Lincoln said the words written without stuttering but halfway he was stopped.

"Congratulation, you got the part."

Lincoln sighed with relief. He was given his instructions about where the set was, and made his way.

Lincoln was allowed to walk around the studio, until he was approached by a dark haired boy who was wiping sticky substances from his face with a towel.

”Oh hey, you’re the only boy in the Loud family aren’t you?” Billy asked, recognizing the boy.

”Y-Yeah.” Lincoln said nervously, bracing himself for another rant. Chandler and a few jerks had screamed at him, blaming him for his sisters' ruining their favorite Ace Savvy saga.

Billy had heard the experience Lincoln had faced in the production of the movie and felt bad for him. He thought the boy needed some cheering up and he knew the right guy (or dog) for the job. "Hey, congratulations on getting the part. How about you come meet your roommate? He's a real fun guy."

Lincoln eyed this boy for a second then nodded his head.

"Great! Let's go!" Billy said with a huge smile and wrapped his arm around the pale-haired preteen to drag him away.

As Lincoln was being escorted, he thought about those two judges. He heard that the two judges were fired because they allowed things to spiral out of control and the Kitty was fired because he was too hostile to work with. Both the judges and the Kitty had blamed him for the movie flopping and publicly vowed revenge. But he hasn't heard from them since. Hopefully, they were all talk.

"So what's he like?" Lincoln asked, curiously.

Billy turned and grinned at the 11-year-old. "Big, heavy, and hairy."

"Oookay?" Lincoln said, confused. They soon arrived at one of those trailers for actors. Lincoln saw something large pass through one of the windows.

"Whelp, go on in." Billy said.

Every bone in his body felt like this was a trap but Lincoln had the feeling it wouldn't result in pain, anger, or humiliation so he put his hand on the door and turned to Billy questioningly. "Aren't you coming?"

"Nope, still recovering from my last session." Billy said with a grin. Lincoln gave him a confused look and entered the trailer.

The inside if the trailer looked nice, despite some brown hair on the ground and wet substance that he was certain was not pee. He's been around Lana enough to smell the difference (unfortunately). He then noticed a large dog bowl that was big enough for Charles to sleep in.

"Man, what kind of dog does this guy have?" Lincoln asked. His question was answered when the door behind him slammed open followed by a loud, deep bark. Lincoln jolted to see a large Saint Bernard that was drooling sloppily.

"HOLY!" Lincoln cried out as he saw a big Saint Bernard bounding toward him with his tongue lolling at the side and flinging saliva, every step the huge dog made caused the trailer to shake.

The huge dog pounced, tackling the boy on his back. Lincoln immediately became disgusted as the dog started to drool on him. "Eww!"

The Saint Bernard then leaned its massive head downward and gave the white-haired boy's face a big lick. Lincoln was forced to scrunch up his face as the huge dog's tongue crashed into his face. Beethoven smacked his lips with his tongue and proceeded to douse the boy with his tongue. Lincoln attempted to dodge the licking by moving his head but the Saint Bernard was determined as he followed his head.

"Hey, come on! Stop that! That tickles!" Lincoln laughs. He heard the door to the trailer open and turned to see it was Billy who was grinning down at him. "You knew this would happen didn't you!" Lincoln accused as he was forced to close one eye as Beethoven's strong tongue made his cheek roll.

"Yep!" Billy said, laughing. "Do you like your new friend, Beethoven?"

Beethoven stopped his affectionate assault and barked at his young owner before continuing to slobber all over Lincoln's causing Lincoln's cowlick to get even bigger. Billy saw how difficult it was getting for Lincoln to breathe so he decided to spare Lincoln before he was licked into unconsciousness.

"Here, Beethoven." Billy called out, patting his knees which got his dog's attention. Billy smiled and ran out of the trailer with the Saint Bernard right behind him. He didn't get far as he felt a large weight on his back and forced him to the ground.

Billy laughed as he felt Beethoven's tongue slurp the back of his head and messing up his hair.

Lincoln came out of the trailer and decided to wait before doing anything out of revenge. Billy flipped himself on his back only to splutter as Beethoven slurped his face and showed no signs of stopping. Lincoln giggled as he decided Billy has had enough and stood right next to the huge dog.

"Alright, Beethoven. That's enough." Lincoln said, patting the dog's head.

But instead, Beethoven turned to Lincoln and resumed licking him, making Billy laugh

But Beethoven grabbed Billy with his paw and started licking him as well

The boys laughed as Beethoven licked them, the big dog licked them so much that they laughed themselves into unconsciousness. The dog saw this and decided to ease up on the licking.

He grabbed them with his mouth and carried them back to the trailer. There, he set them on Billy's bed, nuzzled himself around them, and continued gently slurping their faces as they slept.

It took some time but the two preteens eventually woke up. Both cringed as they felt the sticky substance of saliva on their faces and they were both pinned down by the sleeping Beethoven whose head laid between Billy and Lincoln.

Billy groaned as just leaned his head back. Lincoln, on the other hand tried to get free. Due to Saint Bernards being heavy and strong dogs, the 11-year-old’s efforts were fruitless.

Though Beethoven felt them wake up and woke up himself. He was happy to see them up as he resumed slurping them, making them giggle. He got off, hoping the boys would join him. And they did. Lincoln was just happy that his hand was free.

Billy resumed petting Beethoven. But he shifted himself into Billy, knocking him on his back. Billy realized what he was doing and smiled. He set his legs astride. Beethoven barked at Lincoln, hoping he would join him. Lincoln did. Beethoven reared up as he began running around.

Later, they're returned to the bed, the boys we're petting Beethoven as he licked them.

"Question: What will our roles be exactly?" Lincoln asked as he ruffled both sides of Beethoven's neck. He had been too baffled at the Bill's offer to read what role he would be playing.

"You and I will be playing some concerned citizens helping Ace Savvy in his battle against the Ace-sassin. We will help civilians out of danger. Proving Ace Savvy's point of how some people are legitimately good, and don't have pent up evil waiting to be released," Billy explained as he slung one arm around the huge dog's back.

"Nice, but what about Beethoven, where does he fit in?" Lincoln asked.

"Oh, he's simply here for emotional support. It would've been just me here, but he wanted to go too." Billy said as Beethoven licked his cheek, which made the brown haired boy giggle. "Plus the studio thought bringing a big, fluffy, and friendly dog would be good for the set after what happened with that stupid cat."

Lincoln then frowned. He often wondered if he should have sucked it up and said yes to becoming the Kitty's pooper scooper. He would have been on set and maybe he could have reasoned with his sisters before they made a fool of the movie and themselves or let the studio know what was happening before it was too late. Sure he laughed with the rest of the world at his sisters, but he also couldn't help but also feel bad for them.

"Well I hope this movie works out better for you than it did last time Lincoln." Billy said

"It will, at least I got to meet him" Lincoln said as he hugged Beethoven who bent his head and gave the freckled boy's face a big lick.

Lincoln giggled as he wiped his face yet again. Billy and Lincoln then noticed the time

"Looks like it's almost time to start shooting, we better get down to set, Beethoven can help us out, won't you boy"

Beethoven happily howled as he slurped the boys faces and they giggled.

With that, Billy and Lincoln mounted Beethoven and they headed off to the studio lot.

Trivia:

* The movie the sisters made is based on Batman Forever and Batman and Robin, which were infamously criticized for their cringingly cartoonish detraction from the previous 2 Batman Movies: Tim Burton's Batman and Batman Returns, which are what the previous Ace Savvy movie was based on
* The new movie is based on Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy