Holy mother! No one's ever drawn anything for me before!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AAAAAMMMMAAAAAZZZZZIIIIINNNNNGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm all chocked up! This chapter was awsome! I'm seriously crying over what happened to Duck! *sniff* Icy hand me a tissue....
Icy: No way man, I need them *sniff*...That's my cousin!
Both: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*faint*

… I’m confused… D:

Dragon Wing wrote:

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From within the tornado, Slam shouted. “Duck, Duck!

“Um… goose?” Duck question.

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XD LOL on that part! But seriously, the whole story is at a climax. Will Duck survive the blow? Will Lexi be alright!? Will the Loonatics manage to defeat the evil Vincent once and for all!?!?!? I want to know what happens next!

Xtream, you are my hero! *falls on ground laughing*

Lolz! There’s the funny people… And then there’s Techfan. XD

I rate that highly.

Good natured poking is lurvleh. 8D

YES! MOOOOOOOOOOAR! 8D

...

I'm moar concerned about Duck. D:

D': I'll commit emocide if you quit!

xD I usually call "suicide" "emocide"... because emos commit suicide.

8D YAY FOR HYPERACTVE MADE-UP WORDS! +Pukes out all the letters of the Alphabet+

.... Sorry you had to see that.

I think I remember her mentioning that she's green insted of blue. But I forgot what color her tail and head feathers are supposed to be.

XtreamCrazy wrote:

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What does Shannon look like?

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I think I described her in chapter 3. Nevertheless, she is of course a roadrunner with green plume instead of Rev's blue. She's a little shorter than Rev and has brown hair. The rest is up to interpretation!

Chapter 20 tonight.

Things are rolling now.

Omigawdomigawdomigawdomigawd!

I'm seriously EXCITED. 8D

I KNOW! I was telling Kalina the basic plot of the story in simplistic detail, and even SHE was angered by Shannon's break off. D:{

And, yes, if I don't fin out what happens to Duck soon... I'll go into a coma and NEVER finish that picture for you Angela. D:

Yeah, me too. I just got caught uo in the moment.

Wait........Why can't I have my heroic moment!

Spells??

Can you cast a spell so that we all get sucked into the LU universe and form harems for our favourite Loonatic respectively.

WE CAN ALL BE THE LOONATICS' GROUPIES!!! 8D

XD

*sits and waits patiently for the next chapter* Doo doo doo...

Perhaps in another thread. Sorry, I'm just trying to keep this topic relatively clear D:

This chapter will probably be the first time where you really see the darker side of my writing.



Chapter 20: Seconds in Life


Everything was so surreal. It all must have taken place in no more than twenty seconds, but normalcy seemed long dead. Everyone seemed frozen in shock – even the attackers. Nobody ever knew.

Luckily, Ace was able to keep his head well enough to keep the situation under control. “Rev! Grab Lexi’s shield and thrust it in her hand! We don’t need anymore casualties here!” he ordered.

Still speechless, Rev deactivated his own shield and in one swift motion did as he was told. Lexi was safe, or perhaps just less vulnerable, once again. But it didn’t seem to make any difference to her.

Tech, perhaps realizing he had regeneration powers, deactivated his shield and ran over to Duck’s body. It lay eerily still – no signs of motion whatsoever. Tech quickly pressed two fingers into Duck’s right wrist, left it there for a few seconds, then shook his head.

“No pulse.”

Their fears were confirmed. Tech hastily jumped out of the way as several of the attackers made a lunge for him. Moments ago, they were terrifying, but now their presence was nothing but an annoyance. They still had to be dealt with, of course, but all of the team’s determination seemed to pass on with Duck.

Then suddenly, a light lit up in Rev’s eyes.

“Tech! The regenerator!”

Tech, reactivating his shield, shook his head. “We never got his DNA on the database.”

“Well I know that but I was just figuring wouldn’t it be possible to still scan his DNA even after he’s… well I mean it’s worth a shot!”

Tech scratched his head. “You know… I never actually thought about that. I suppose it might work, depending on how soon it’s done, but, of course, I can’t guarantee anything, especially consider the device has never actually been tested, and-“

“Please,” squeaked a distressed voice from behind Tech. Tech turned to face Lexi. “Do anything you can,” she further pleaded.

Tech turned to Ace, who turned to the roadrunner. “Rev,” the leader spoke, “you know what you have to do. We have things under control here. Tech said earlier that he had a plan for dealin’ with all of them, but that we had to be back at the tower to make it happen. So I guess we’ll meet ya there.”

Rev nodded, deactivated his shield once again and heaved Duck into his arms. For such a lightweight, the roadrunner had considerable strength.

“Good luck,” Tech said in a tone contrary to his usual callous nature. Rev nodded once again, and was gone.

Sometimes the team didn’t know where they’d be without Rev’s super speed. Within five seconds, he was already situated in Tech’s Rev, Duck still in his arms. Without wasting anytime, Rev lay Duck on the nearest flat surface, quickly dashed to medical headquarters to retrieve a heart monitor and returned to attach it to Duck. He dashed to the corner of the room to where the DNA scanner was situated. Exerting all his strength, Rev pushed it next to the table where Duck lay. Rev pressed the same prominent red button that he had that pressed in Tech’s lab that one day. God, was that only yesterday? The same blinding lights that had startled Rev now caressed Duck’s figure. The red scanning lights moved across his body, making bright red lines move slowly down his chest, and then it was over.

Well, there was only one thing left to do now.

Rev picked up Duck once again, carrying the heart monitor with him, and took him over to the regenerator. It was set up in two parts; one of which was very similar to a clinical MRI scanner. Rev placed Duck’s body into the tube, which admittedly would have been very bad for someone who was claustrophobic. Well, someone who was alive, also. Rev cringed.

Rev then rushed to the second part of the regenerator, which looked like an ordinary computer, except blown up to eight times its usual size. Rev scanned through the files and found the DNA database. There he discovered two entries.

Geococcyx californianus – Cuclidae - Ave #000001

Anas platyrhynchos – Anatidae – Ave #000002

Rev jumped a little with triumph. It had worked. Rev selected Ave #000002, and browsed his options. Copy, Delete, Cut, Analyze, Open. Open, Rev guessed. A new window greeted him, showing a mess of technical text on the left and what looked like an exact picture of Duck on the right. He was also completely naked. Rev cringed once again. Now frantic, he looked for anything that might finally regenerate Duck. Seconds later, he slapped his forehead when he found the option glaring at him in huge, bold lettering up at the topic. Closing his eyes, he clicked the button.

Nothing happened.

Dismayed, Rev started squawking incoherently, when suddenly the MRI-like unit roared to life. From within, a great showcase of bright blue lights flashed majestically, followed by a horrible crackling sound. Rev screamed, thinking he had accidentally electrocuted Duck. The lights eventually died down, and then abruptly ceased.

There was only silence.

Rev peered within, and Duck still seemed as motionless as ever.

The tension in the room seemed tangible. Rev could do nothing but stand and wait. He thought his anxiety would surely do him in, but he could do nothing now. Just stand still.

When one is immersed in extreme anticipation, one starts to take notice to even the minutest optical and auditory details. In Rev’s case, he took notice to every single sound that met his ears.

The table creaked from where Duck once lay.
The machine before him stirred a bit, still cooling down from its job.

The computer fan hummed gently before him.

Something on the computer beeped.

From outside, distant shouts were heard. Perhaps the villains were getting closer.

The floor creaked, settling itself.

Something no larger than a pin dropped to the floor somewhere.

The air condition unit turned itself on, creating a very subtle thump.

The sound of a gust of wind hit the building.

A slow but steady rhythmic beeping sound emerged from the heart monitor.




Dan and Vincent’s hideout was now more vacant than ever since the prism prison was removed. The captives were now released.

Vincent walked slowly towards Dan’s work desk, where he was not surprised to find his brother hunched over, typing frantically. He looked extremely anxious, as if doing something very, very condemnable.

“You had to figure I knew you’d be here,” Vincent spoke.

Dan jumped in surprise and turned around. He looked horror-struck, bearing the face of a child who just got caught staying up past his bedtime. Dan quickly made to unplug as many plugs as he could to remove evidence of his apparent wrongdoing, but Vincent stopped him.

“There will be no use in doing that,” he said softly, “I know quite well what you were doing.”

Defeated, Dan dropped everything and slowly turned around. He was no longer anxious, but rather sorrowful.

“I was a fool,” Vincent spoke again, “to not know sooner. That is my biggest regret.”

Silence.

“Did you really think I wouldn’t find out?”

Dan stood still for moment, then shook his head sullenly.

“Do you think that I don’t know that it was you who placed that solution right beside that mangy coyote for him to find?”

Dan shook his head.

“Do you really think I don’t know that you released that roadrunner female?”

Dan shook his head.

“And do you think,” Vincent continued, his voice now fiery, “that I don’t know that you weren’t just now attempting to transport our captives into the hands of authorities, in an effort to save your newfound critter friends?"

Dan shook his head, tears swelling up in his eyes.

“And me with them. Your own brother.”

Dan now looked up, and met Vincent’s eyes with his watery own.

“What? Do you actually have something to say for yourself?”

Dan opened his mouth. For a few seconds, all that emanated from the orifice were raspy gasps. Then, finally, with what seemed like tremendous effort, the words formed.

“Too far.”

“What? You think I went too far?”

Dan nodded with what was left of his determination.

Vincent sighed. “Well, I’m really sorry you feel that way. I do tend to get carried away with things, I suppose. Maybe I did go to far.”

Dan lit up slightly, thinking that his two words may have had an actual effect upon his brother.

“Unfortunately,” Vincent continued, “you’re absolutely right. It has gone too far.” Vincent put his hand into his pocket, shuffled it around, and took out a silver high-powered handgun.

Dan recoiled at the sight.

“It has gone much too far, and now I clearly can no longer trust you as long as you breathe.”

Dan opened his mouth once again.

“Please.”

“I am so sorry,” Vincent said, “that it had to turn out this way. So long, my brother. I assure you, your impact will never be forgotten.”

Without wasting any time, Vincent ****ed the gun, placed it to Dan’s temple forcibly and pulled the trigger.

Dan’s face was permanently contorted with shock. He keeled over slowly and fell to the floor, landing on his side. Blood slowly pooled into a puddle beside his head.

Vincent looked down on his brother one last time. “No, this wasn’t meant for you.”

Sighing, he turned away, adjusted his shirt and walked sullenly out of the warehouse.

-- Edited by Dragon Wing at 18:03, 2008-05-21

NO FREAKIN WAY! I knew it was Dan all along that let Shanon out but does he really ahve to die!!? After all he di for the Loonatics?! WAAAAAA!!!

But then Duck lives! YAAAAAAAAY! GO DUCKIE!!!!!

Nuddity, such a funny word

Wow. Now everything makes sense. And just when we were starting to like Dan, he dies. I guess all the good people dies I suppose. But where's Shannon and what is going on with her? Keep up the good work.

I didn’t! I though Vincent would just b*tch slap him and tell him to get back into his box. D:

So, when do you think the next one will be in. I noticed the chapters are getting shorter so relax and take your time. Okay?

I get ya! I know what I'm supposed to write down for my Icy Memorie fic but I've got major writer's block and can't think of a thing...-_-

... Colours... How can you be a Lexi shipper??