I LOVE lego!!! X3 We used to play with it ever single day at my house! we had the pirate set, adn the sherrif set, and the police set... mind you, we lost hald the pieces, but it was still awesome!

I am so pleased that you like this B_O! *hands her oxygen mask* Breathe!!! We need you to finish this story for us!

I was standing in the shower the other day (and only just remembered thinking it now... XD ), and I thought to myself: "It would be so HOT if someone in the story goes, "What the-" and someone else goes, "It's Tech, of course he was gunna do something like that..." "...

Just a random thought that passed in my mind... seriously out of the blue! *is scared*

XtreamCrazy wrote:

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I LOVE lego!!! X3 We used to play with it ever single day at my house! we had the pirate set, adn the sherrif set, and the police set... mind you, we lost hald the pieces, but it was still awesome!

I am so pleased that you like this B_O! *hands her oxygen mask* Breathe!!! We need you to finish this story for us!

I was standing in the shower the other day (and only just remembered thinking it now... XD ), and I thought to myself: "It would be so HOT if someone in the story goes, "What the-" and someone else goes, "It's Tech, of course he was gunna do something like that..." "...

Just a random thought that passed in my mind... seriously out of the blue! *is scared*

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It's funny, but i often seem to get alot of inspirational images in my head when i'm standing in the shower too! LOL! I start envisioning all these cool scenes about Tech and then think "It'd be so cool if that were to actually happen in the show, but it's unlikely".

kaejae wrote:

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Darth Tech!!


*steals your inking skilzzzz*

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*Star Wars music starts playing in head as i imagine Tech in-suit pulling out a light sabre.*

Black Oracle wrote:

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kaejae wrote:

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Darth Tech!!


*steals your inking skilzzzz*

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*Star Wars music starts playing in head as i imagine Tech in-suit pulling out a light sabre.*

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Some one should draw the LUO characters as Star wars characters! I'm no good with Star wars themed things so that counts me out of your list.

I only watched Episode three, just to see the dude turn into Darth Vader XD

Other than that... that was it for me LOL!

XtreamCrazy wrote:

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*cries* WAAAAAAAAAH!!! I HAVE NO MORE INKING SKILLS!!! now I can no longer complete beautiful LU pieces of artwork for my friends at LUO... *sniff*

It's a scientific fact that you become most thoughtful when water is running over your head... so when you're out in the rain, or you're in the shower, or you're standing under a waterfal, that's when the best ideas will come! ^_^

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What d'ya mean you have no more inking skills?! Inking makes your art even more eye-gobblesome! LOL!

And water over your head makes you think better? *Goes and stands in shower and attempts to write stories in there. Gets zapped by electricity from wet laptop.* Okay...bad idea...

And I ain't a big Star Wars fan either.

lol!

Yes, B_O, KJ stole my inking skills and now i can no longer ink things... XD

I hate it when u get a reeeeeeeeally awesome idea... then you forget it! =.= I blame Tech...

Tech: ME???
Xtream: *stares at the smoking futuristic-looking gun*
Tech: *hides it behind it his back* What? This isn't a 'train-of-thought-derailing' canon! How dare you impose such a thing!

Tech makes some disturbing discoveries and Ace and the others prepare to face their 'rogue' genius for the last time! Without further delay, here's chapter 6!

Chapter 6

Tech carefully picked up the glass slide and placed it in an analysis machine.

“Computer, give me a full molecular level scan on this substance sample.”

The computer went to work on analysing the sample. An enlarged image of a genetic DNA structure came up on the screen.

“It resembles human DNA, but…altered with fluid properties. And there are traces of some unknown chemical.”

Tech paused in thought for a moment.

“The mutagen-14 formula! Could this be mutated human DNA from someone dosed with it? Perhaps my impersonator can shape-shift! Which explains how he or she took on my appearance.”

Tech inspected the molecular structure screen image closely again.

“Judging by the minimal residual levels of the unrecognised chemical, I’d say it’s been in this tissue sample for a long while. Whoever this sample originated from wasn’t contaminated by the chemical within the last week that’s for certain, so it couldn’t have gotten into this person after the theft of the M-14. This person had to have been exposed to the chemical at least about 6 months ago.”

Tech’s eyes widened as another realisation hit him.

“And 6 months ago was about the time that research on the M-14 formula was halted by the ACS!”

Tech immediately began hacking into the Acme Science Council’s computer records again. He accessed the M-14 experimental records and fell upon a disturbing discovery.

“Research was terminated soon after the fatality of one of the scientists! Dr. Alana Aquarius, she was caught in an accidental explosion that resulted from an unexpected and unstable reaction of the mutagen during one of the testing trials. Her body was never recovered though. There was no sign of her after the accident, so she was assumed dead.”

Tech regarded a photo of Dr. Aquarius on the screen. She had short, light-brown hair, cut close to her head, and watery-blue eyes, a very normal-looking woman. Tech tapped his weary forehead lightly as he tried to think back to a few months ago.

“This news never made it out to the public, which means the police may never have been aware of this incident half a year ago either! If that’s the case, I think I can guess why. The ACS is a major and highly respected scientific organisational body. Their reputation would be compromised if news of such an accident resulting in a death were to come to the light of public attention.”

Tech picked up the remainder of the dark red liquid sample left in the glass vile, staring at it grimly.

“And if this is all that’s left of Dr. Aquarius now, she’ll likely want vengeance. She’ll be out for their blood.”

An expression of regret came over Tech’s face.

“I wish I’d never given them my ‘DNA Stabilizer’ all that time ago.”

Tech turned back to the computer screen.

“So if Aquarius is the one behind the M-14 theft from last night, what’s she going to do with it?”

Tech’s eyes fell upon an announcement notice on the ACS computer records.

“There’s an annual general meeting of all the Science Council members tomorrow evening. That’s it! Aquarius might be planning to exact her revenge then! She’ll strike all her former employers and colleagues in one fell swoop with the stolen M-14!”

Tech’s expression hardened.

“I’ll have to get to the ACS head building tomorrow night to stop her. I just hope I can do it before either the police or Ace and the others find me again.”

Meanwhile, back at Loonatics’ HQs, Ace is pacing up and down the central command room with his hands behind his back in an obviously bothered manner. Slam and Duck are seated, and Lexi is leaning on a railing watching Ace’s pacing worriedly. Rev is absent.

“Ace, it’s no good getting yourself so worked up.” Lexi commented gently.

Ace stopped and faced her.

“He actually fought with us Lex! If that ain’t proof that he’s gone haywire, then I don’t know what is! And with that stolen chemical, who knows what Tech is planning to do! He could be building a bomb with it for all we know! The whole city could be under threat!”

“And he has been pretty good at whupping our butts in our last two encounters with him.” Duck added sulkingly.

Slam nodded in agreement with Duck.

Lexi cast Duck an annoyed glance. “You’re not helping Duck.”

“He’s right Lex.” Ace agreed seriously. “Tech’s always been prepared for us.”

“Then-we’ll-have-to-be-prepared-for-him!”

Ace and the others turned to see Rev entering the room, carrying a gun launcher of some sort.

“This-circuitry-scrambler-launcher-from-Tech’s-lab-should-take-out-that-battle-suit-of-his.”

“Good idea Rev! We’ll use his own technology against him!” Ace agreed. “Now we sit and wait for the fox to come outta his hole.”

Yeah, Tech's technical jargon is one of the hard things to nail well in LU fiction, unless you're a science whiz!

And Tech's not letting the others help him out because they don't trust him and are hunting him down at the moment! Plus, this author just needed an excuse to isolate Tech from his team mates for the sake of coolness! Tee hee!

StellaMagic wrote:

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Nice job, Black Oracle. You're using my idea for a shapeshifting villain idea. Don't worry. I give you permission. I feel flattered.

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I know you had a shapeshifting villain first in your fics, but truthfully, i didn't mean to use the same idea from your fics. It did come to me randomly one night i swear! The idea of shapeshifting villains is a common one in alot of superhero shows. But this villain of mine has a slightly different twist in the nature of her abilities as you'll see if you haven't already guessed! But thanks for the comment!

YES! Grovelling to Tech! XD

I can just see it now!

Lexi: Shall I give you a backrub Tech?
Rev: I'll-take-over-all-your-chores-for-the-next-two-years!
Duck: Here, Tech, you can choose what we watch tonight.
Ace: And have we mentioned how sorry we are for huntin' ya down?
Tech: Yes, good idea, thankyou and yes... But I never tire of hearing it... *settles down into sofa, grinning*

XD

I actually understood everything he said, and I'm not one bit sciency. Mussbe from listening to my Dad so much... ^_^

Good chappie! I wonder how he'll get into the party... a disguise? or will he bust in dramatically! Will the other Loonatics catch wind of the significence of the party? will they be there when Tech arrives?

But most importantly, will I get the excuse to draw Tech in a tux'? X3

Brilliantly written as always! Couldn't find a spelling mistake at all! And that makes my soul smile! ^_^

Hmm... interesting thickening of the plot. There's just three questions that's been poking in my mind:
 
1. What has Tech got to do with Dr Aquarius?

2. Why did she take Tech's form instead of anyone else?

3. And was it even Aquaruis that did it? Is there another villain in the making?

 Only time will tell...

-- Edited by Akira_Cat at 03:18, 2007-03-13

Akira_Cat wrote:

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Hmm... interesting thickening of the plot. There's just three questions that's been poking in my mind:
1. What has Tech got to do with Dr Aquarius?

2. Why did she take Tech's form instead of anyone else?

3. And was it even Aquaruis that did it? Is there another villain in the making?

 Only time will tell...

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Very good questions Akira! You have been paying attention to my story! More about those will be revealed soon!

XtreamCrazy wrote:

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YES! Grovelling to Tech! XD

I can just see it now!

Lexi: Shall I give you a backrub Tech?
Rev: I'll-take-over-all-your-chores-for-the-next-two-years!
Duck: Here, Tech, you can choose what we watch tonight.
Ace: And have we mentioned how sorry we are for huntin' ya down?
Tech: Yes, good idea, thankyou and yes... But I never tire of hearing it... *settles down into sofa, grinning*

XD

I actually understood everything he said, and I'm not one bit sciency. Mussbe from listening to my Dad so much... ^_^

Good chappie! I wonder how he'll get into the party... a disguise? or will he bust in dramatically! Will the other Loonatics catch wind of the significence of the party? will they be there when Tech arrives?

But most importantly, will I get the excuse to draw Tech in a tux'? X3

Brilliantly written as always! Couldn't find a spelling mistake at all! And that makes my soul smile! ^_^

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Mwahahaha! The others grovelling at Tech's feet! Such a pretty scene! Muhahahahaha!

Unfortunately, i can tell you that Tech won't be in a tux. He has to refrain from attracting public attention to himself, afterall, the police and his team mates are still searching for him. So he's just gonna be steathily slipping around. Tee hee! But if you want to draw Tech in a suit, please, be my guest!

XtreamCrazy wrote:

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I need a life... '_'

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Oh, but you already have a life. o: Otherwise you'd be dead.
You know, unless you're Jack Skellington or somethin'. xD

Your theory makes sense though. -ponders-
Again, I had not thought of that.
Revenge... yes, indeed.

And now I'm off to keep writing the third chapter of IAWT.
I'm happy 'cause I already have a sequel idea in mind. =3

XtreamCrazy wrote:

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SEQUEL!!!!!! SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! XD

I have died a million times on the net... X3

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xD The sequel is probably gonna be a little more intense. Where as with the first part I'm trying to focus more on humorous outcomes and such. I can't wait to write it. I already have the first chapter in my head and it is beautiful! But I still got a ways to go with the first part...

Hehe. Looks like the kitties and their nine lives got nothin' on you. ;3

-- Edited by Rye at 21:39, 2007-03-11

Kaejae! How could you?! You should be supporting Tech! He does need to stop the bad guy you know! Ace and the others can't stop him now!

Mwahahahahaha! My torment of the anti-Techs continue!

Maybe just as Tech revealed the true identity of the villain, the others come crashing in hearing the villain confess in time and everybody handles the villain from there.  But you never know. A plot twist could be in the making. 

Yeeeessss, speculate away. I derive enjoyment from seeing you all hopelessly guessing! Muhahahahahaha! But this story is nearing its end now as i present to you all chapter 7!

Chapter 7

The next night, Tech flies to the Acme Science Council head building in his Upgrader battle-suit. He lands inconspicuously on the building’s roof top and kneels silently by a roof window, spying on the proceedings going on beneath him in a large hall, where many Council members are gathered and talking to one another. He pulls out a small tracking device.

“My genetic pattern tracker attuned to Aquarius’ liquid DNA sample should detect her presence if she reaches anywhere within a 10 mile radius of this place.”

Tech quietly waited, monitoring both the meeting occurring below him in the hall and his tracking device. After about 15 minutes, Tech’s tracker picked up a signal heading into the building. The armoured coyote rose to his feet and made his move.

A strange, thin stream of dark red liquid purposefully snaked its way across the entrance grounds into the ACS head building, carrying an object covered with its dark red fluids. Once inside, it slid into a shadowed corner. A moment later, someone resembling a Council scientist with a white lab coat on stepped out of the shadowed corner. The apparent scientist made his way quietly toward an empty lab room near to the main hall where the meeting was taking place, pulling along an unknown device behind him on wheels. He nodded in a deceivingly polite manner at other unsuspecting Council members that happened to pass him in the hallway. Once the fake scientist had closed the door of the empty lab room behind him, his body suddenly transformed into the strange dark red liquid mass once again. The sentient dark red liquid moulded itself into an upright standing form, pushing its unknown device that it had brought with it, to the centre of the room. Two arm-like appendages separated from its sides and began tampering with a control key panel on the device.

“Back to where it all started Dr. Aquarius?”

The head of the dark red liquid body reversed itself to face an arm-gun wielding, armoured Tech E. Coyote that had apparently appeared out of nowhere.

“More like where it all ended.” the dark red liquid being uttered in a watery, echoing voice. “It was in this very building that my life as a scientist came to a screeching halt. Well done Dr. Coyote! You figured out who your doppelganger was! And please, call me ‘Aqueous’!”

Tech ****ed his arm gun at the liquid being.

“Back away from the bomb! Now!” he firmly commanded in reference to the unknown device that the dark liquid being had brought in.

Aqueous’ liquid body slid up to Tech.

“Do you know what this bomb will do?” Aqueous questioned teasingly in her bubbling voice.

“You’re going to release the stolen mutagen-14 in gaseous form into the air of this building, and expose all the Council members to it. An act of revenge.”

“Myyy, you ‘are’ good Dr. Coyote! You really are the brains of the Loonatics! But it’s not just personal revenge, it’s justice! The Council risked my life for its experiments into the M-14 formula! Then tried to cover up my death! Pretend I never existed! I’m giving those ‘murderers’ exactly what they deserve!”

“Let the police do that Aquarius! You can’t decide punishment on your own!”

Aqueous’ featureless liquid face drew closer to Tech’s metallic, masked face.

“Do you know why I set ‘you’ up Dr. Coyote?” she posed to him in a disturbingly smooth tone.

Tech remained silent as he waited for the answer he knew was coming.

“I suspected that you’d be the only one of the Loonatics knowledgeable and smart enough to figure out my plans and discover my unfortunate past accident. So you were a threat I couldn’t afford to have actively pursuing me, though you somehow managed to avoid being taken into police custody. But that’s not the main reason. About a year and 3 months ago, you contributed a device, the ‘DNA Stabilizer’, to research into the M-14 formula. It was because of your DNA Stabilizer’s malfunction that the explosion occurred!”

Tech’s mechanical green optics widened in surprise.

“That’s right! One of your inventions caused my accident! Turned me into this! Your DNA Stabilizer’s energy beams on a high setting reacted dangerously with a batch of the M-14 formula that I was testing all those months ago! The resulting explosion left my body like this! Now I can’t hold a human form for more than half an hour! I’m a freak!”

Aqueous suddenly dived toward her M-14 bomb again.

Tech held up his hand in dismayed protest. “Dr. Aquarius! Don’t do this! Don’t make a mistake you’ll regret!” Tech pleadingly reasoned. “It’s still not too late to get help!”

“It was too late for me 6 months ago Dr. Coyote!” Aqueous replied acidly. “You think I haven’t tried to ‘help’ myself?! I was one of the Council’s top geneticists! And I can tell you there is no way to reverse my mutation! Or anyone else’s! All those trials with the M-14 were failures! The formula could never be perfected! The M-14 was supposed to be a ‘cure’ for meteor mutants! But look what it did to me! Dr. Alana Aquarius ‘did’ perish in that explosion 6 months ago! Now ‘Aqueous’ is all that remains! The Council will pay for destroying my life! And so will you!”

-- Edited by Black Oracle at 12:52, 2007-03-14

Nice Story. Will there be a flashback? And how does Mallory fit into all of this?

And thus all of my questions has been answered.

Ticks off a list of questions.

Hmm... there seems to be one more question on my list:  "WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!?!?!?!?!?" GET THE CHAPTER UP!!!

D:

KJ! How could you say such awful things?

X3

kaejae wrote:

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OH SNAP. LOOK WHAT YOU DID TECH!! YOU BROUGHT THIS UPON YOURSELF!


Awesome chapter! I look forward to what happens next!

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Not intentionally he didn't! Waaaahhhh! You're supposed to sympathize with him!

And thank you!

Akira_Cat wrote:

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And thus all of my questions has been answered.

Ticks off a list of questions.

Hmm... there seems to be one more question on my list:  "WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!?!?!?!?!?" GET THE CHAPTER UP!!!

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That final question will be answered in good time my friend. Muhahahahaha! I love to keep you all waiting!

StellaMagic wrote:

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Nice Story. Will there be a flashback? And how does Mallory fit into all of this?

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No flashback scenes, eveything that happened in the past is referred to in the current time i'm afraid. A flashback would have taken up too much text time in my opinion. Mastermind's not actually a part of this plot, but she is mentioned briefly in the epilogue.

XtreamCrazy wrote:

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CLIFF-HANGER!!!!!!!!!! *dies*

ThisissoamazinglybrilliantandIloveyousomuchforit,you'remyheroB_O!!! *squeeeee*

ooh! ooh! ooh! I was right!!! XD I guessed that because he made the stabalizer she would want revenge on him! mwahaha! Who's the best1 Ah'm the best!!! X3

I'm all hyped up now, thanks to this!!! as if ya couldn't tell!!! XD

I am so gunna draw something from this!!! *squeee*

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Whoah! Settle down there pardner!

Yep, it's all part of Aqueous' plan for revenge on the Science Council and Tech, or at least her idea of 'justice'! Funny how tragic accidents seem to twist victims' minds.

So glad you're enjoying this. It makes me smile when i hear that you're smiling too! Smiles everyone!

Waaaaaahhh!!! You're torturing us with lack of knowledge and loads of suspense Black Oracle!!!

Silly Aqueous, she should've done her research on Tech XD

Thankies! Yes, Aqueous is evil, but she's also a victim of tragedy. With all that's happened to her, you can kinda understand why she's so bitter and angry.

And i wouldn't crack her ice prison open if i were you, that'd give her a way out!

And no, Ace is indeed being truthful to Tech. All is now well again in the Loonatics' trust department.

Glad the intensity got through!