Siamese712 wrote:

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Realy interesting A-cat! Do Continue...
Will we see the others grand kids?

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You will definately see other descendants of the Loonatics. But that's all I'm gonna say.

Chapter 2

"My name is Jess E. Coyote and I'm a descendant of Tech E. Coyote, my great, great grand father."

Duck's eyes widened.

"Your great, great grandfather?" He stammered.

The coyote nodded her head.

"My father and his father always told me amazing stories about him and how the team battled against all the odds." She said. "And to actually see someone from those legends for real is so exciting for me."

Duck just stared at her. He never realised that someone would be in awe of him, especially someone who is a descendant of a genius who had a very important role in the group. Duck never had that sort of admiration before. But still, he decided to use this as an opportunity to discuss anything that wasn't discussed yet.

"Um... I have a question." He finally spoke. "I've been asleep for a long time and therefore I haven't used my powers over those years. Do you think they've desintigrated by now so I'd have no more powers?"

"Who knows?" Jess replied. "But first, I suggest you get some rest and not move for a while. If you do try, your legs won't carry you very far as your lack of nutrition from food will not be enough for you to walk. But don't worry, your legs will be able to move in a few days or so."

But before Duck could stop her, the coyote exited out of the room leaving the mallard to exhale a sigh and lie back down into the capsule.

"Great." He thought to himself. "I sleep for seventy-five years and now I have to rest for a little bit longer."

Duck laid there for a moment until he impatiently sat up again and moaned. He then thought about his powers and whether he was able to use them as though he was still in the year 2774. He slowly held out both of his hands and concentrated on them. Nothing happened. He tightly closed his eyes and focussed hard.

"Come on! Work!" He seethed through his teeth.

As if on cue, the orange orbs grew in his hands and ignited themselves like a flame. The mallard gave a satisfying smile upon the blazing balls in his palms.

"Perfect." He uttered to himself.

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In another silver laboratory, Jess sat on a grey, swivel chair, with her back arched and her head resting on her folded arms on the metallic, silver table. Clearly, she was bored, and was waiting for something to happen. Her right arm slowly extended towards a green pen pot that was sat on the table and removed a red pen from it. She pulled it closer to her face and started to fidget with it in her fingers.

But as she did so, she began to wonder about the hero in the other room. She thought about what triumphant things he must have done with the team before he was put into the crynogenic capsule. She tried to guess what powers the mallard could possess, and the relationship between him and her great, great grandfather. Jess exhaled deeply until suddenly, she was thrown out of her chair by a force of an explosion.

As she tumbled onto the floor, particles of dust and small chips of stone and glass flew across her as well as hitting her in some places. When the impact of the explosion subsided, Jess coughed from the dust and looked up to an approaching figure. As the smoke cleared, the silhohette of a young man with red bushy hair, in a futuristic, burgandy uniform holding a sky blue sword in his right hand. Jess was about to move from her position until she saw the man pointing his blade at her. She froze as he gave her an imtimidating glare.

"Now I want you to tell me the truth;" He ordered. "Where is he?"

The coyote blinked in confusion.

"Who are you talking about?" She stuttered.

"He's here isn't he!?" The man shot her.

Jess gave a yelp.

"I don't know who you're talking about!" She whined.

"Don't lie to me!" He roared as he lifted his sword and was about to lunge it at her.

The coyote raised her arms to her head waiting for the final blow.

"Hey! You're picking on a girl! I thought you said you were looking for a male person!"

The man turned around to see Duck standing before him. Jess couldn't believe herself that the mallard was able to stand so nobley in such a short space of time. But then she saw an evil grin expand the human's mouth.

"Ah. I've finally found you after all this time." The man said calmly. "My ancestors have been looking long and hard for you after the Loonatics finally passed away to old age."

"What?" Duck screwed his face up. "What do you mean by that?"

"Well let me introduce myself." The swordsman proudly gestured to himself. "I am Orran, descendant from General Deuce from Freling."

Jess gasped.

"You don't mean... you're-"

"Yes." Orran interrupted her realisation. "Your great, great grandfather and the other critters of the petting zoo tried to take away my ancestor's chance of ruling the universe."

The man then drew his sword and pointed it at Duck.

"But now that I am faced with one of the original Looney-tics, I can avenge my family's revenge and claim my place as ruler of the universe!" He rose his voice.

"Well it's a shame it's not Deuce I'm up against." Duck said casually. "But I suppose a lackey like you would do for now."

"You'll pay for what you done to my great, great grandfather!" Orran shouted as he charged with his sword in his hand towards the mallard.

Before the swordsman could drive his blade into him, Duck disappeared into thin air. Orran stopped and gave a roar in frustration.

Jess however, crawlled under the nearest table and tried to comprehend the situation in hand in her mind. A descendant of her ancestor's enemy is trying to slay someone who has finally woken up after seventy-five years of recovery. And now her laboratory is currently used as a battle field for them. She covered her ears as loud bangs and crashes were heard. Was the battles that Duck had to battle always this chaotic she thought. Did it have to end up with rubble all over the place from the destruction? And how many injuries must he have gone through his time? Jess had enough. She pulled herself up from under the table and faced the two combatants in close combat. Clearly, there was no winner due to the fact they still fought. The coyote stretched her arms up and spread her hands out flat.

"Stop it!" She cried with her eyes shut tight. "Stop fighting now!"

Without her thinking, her hands started to glow green. The bright light caught Duck and Orran's attention. Jess opened her eyes to notice what the other two guys were staring at. The metallic table and chairs floated in front of her, with the same green aura around the objects. The coyote did not know what sort of force she was weilding, but then she realised she could help Duck fend off his opponent. She focussed her eyes onto the objects as she gestured a throwing motion towards Orran. In a split second, the objects flew towards the man, forcing him to deflect them by swinging his sword at them. Jess continued to use her new found powers to fling objects at him until Orran had enough and ran towards the broken wall where he first entered from.

"You two may have won for now," He growled at them. "But next time, you won't be so fortunate."

And with that, he jumped into the gap of the wall and disappeared from view. Duck puffed for air until he glanced at a frightened looking coyote, glaring without blinking at her hands.

END OF CHAPTER 2.     

Chapter 3

Duck's intuition told him to approach the coyote carefully without making any sudden movements. When he finally got to her side, he could see that Jess hadn't taken her glaring eyes off her hands. The mallard hesitated for a moment before he finally arranged the words in his head to say to her without alarming her in anyway. He could tell from her face she could be sensitive to anything he was going to say.

"I... I didn't know you could use superpowers." Duck finally said.

Jess still stared at her hands in horror.

"I didn't either." She stammered. "But how? It's impossible for me to have these kind of powers."

It was only until Duck remembered what she said that he realised where she could have got them from.

"Maybe you've managed to inherit them from Tech into your DNA or something like that." Duck deducted to her. "You could be a superhero like me! Protecting the city, fighting bad guys and stopping natural disasters!"

"I can't!" Jess suddenly shot out. "I'm not a superhero! I'm nothing like one!"

"Oh course you can be one Jess!" The mallard tried to persuade her. "If it weren't for you and your metal powers, I wouldn't know how much I can keep fighting that Orran guy for."

"You're a superhero because you're good at it and you manage to save people's lives." The coyote mumbled.

"Yeah. But you saved my life just a moment ago." Duck said.

Just then, Jess noticed some blood trickling down the mallard's arm.

"Duck! Your arm!" She pointed out.

Duck stared down at his right arm and noticed a deep cut on it.

"Great." He huffed.

"Please. Let me look at it." The coyote asked.

"No. It's okay." He assured her. "It's just a scratch. I'll put a bandage on it or something."

"No. You're seriously hurt. That guy could have damaged you badly." Jess frowned stubbornly as she grabbed his arm.

"Ah!" He yelped. "Careful with my arm!"

Suddenly, Jess's hands glowed the same green aura as before. Both of them watched in fascination as the cut on Duck's arm glowed green as well. But as it did so, it started to disappear. A few seconds later and the cut was nowhere to be seen, and Duck was able to move his arm like normal as though it wasn't injured in the first place. Jess withdrew her hands into her chest.

"That's strange." Duck said. "Tech never had the power to heal others. He was only to regenerate himself."

"Maybe... as time went on, the powers evolved so I could heal others as well as myself." She understood. "But I'm still not a superhero. Not me."

"Why?" Duck began to feel frustrated. "Why don't you think you're a hero?"

"Look!" Jess snapped. "I'm not a hero. I was never a hero and I never will be. I've been like that since school. I always remained invisable so I shall stay that way."

"But have you ever wanted to shine in front of people? Show them what you're good at?" The mallard inquired.

"They'd only laugh at me." The coyote replied. "They'd say I'm being silly and that I'm such a geek."

Duck paused for a second until a thought crept into his head. This made him conduct at least one more bit of effort to convince her that she was wrong.

"You know? Your great, great grandfather started out just like you." He stated. "The nerd who always got picked on because he was smarter than everyone else. He was feeling the same way as you are now. But that was because no-one gave him a chance to show off his talents." 

"So?" Jess took an interest to what he was telling her.

"So when Tech managed to recieve his powers, he decided to use them for the good of mankind." Duck continued. "He could have used them to get revenge on those who wronged him or to steal stuff he wanted. But he didn't. It's the same with me. I could have commited a lot of crimes because of the way I was treated in the past. But I wanted to be a hero. I wanted to help people and protect my home from danger."

Jess stared at him.

"What were you before you became a superhero?" She asked.

Duck turned away from her.

"You'll laugh at me." He mumbled.

"Oh go on." Jess begged him. "It can't be that bad."

Duck reluctantly pouted.

"A pool boy." He grumbled.

The coyote couldn't help but laugh. Duck frowned at her.

"It's not funny!" He shouted at her.

Jess finally managed to control her laughter into quiet giggles.

"Alright." She nodded as she tucked her long brown hair behind her ears. "I'll fight crime with you. I'ts time I've stopped hiding."

"Really?" Duck said with excitement on his face.

Jess nodded her head again.

"It's time I become a legend just like you." She smiled.

"Okay." Duck agreed. "Lets Jet!"

Both the mallard's and coyote's arms raised and gave each other a high five. This was a start of a new legend that they were going to create.

END OF CHAPTER 3.

-- Edited by Akira_Cat at 10:22, 2008-05-20

SO COOL!! Do GO ON!!

Zadavia's still alive?!

So is it sort of like the whole Frelengians-have-a-longer-lifespan-than-humans thing? Well, at least Duck has someone he can talk to now!

Sorry this took such a long time but at least it's here! Chapter 5!

Chapter 5

"Zadavia!?" Duck gasped while staring wide eyed at the TV. "B-But how!?"

"I may have lived longer because my species live slightly longer than normal human beings," Zadavia started. "But to find you still here, I'm just as suprised to see you here as you are shocked to see me."

The conversation was interrupted by the door hissing open. Both of the figures stopped speaking as Jess walked through the door now wearing the green and black uniform she intended to wear.

"This feels comfortable to wear." Jess said as she looked around her body. "It was hard to get into at first but I managed to work it out as I went along."

The coyote lifted her head up to find Duck and Zadavia staring at her. Jess blinked and glared at her in alarm. She stood there frozen on the spot until the coyote finally opened her mouth to speak.

"Umm... am I missing something?" Jess asked.

"I am so sorry." Zadavia apologised. "I am Zadavia, ruler of the planet Freling."

"She was our boss lady until the accident." Duck added.

"And I seem to see that I am since you're rebuilding where the original Loonatics left off." The woman deducted the scene from the television screen.

"Well, when you put it that way," Duck said. "I guess it does look like it."

"Before I explain why I am here, I must ask the young lady for her name." Zadavia commanded.

"Oh! My name is Jess E. Coyote." She quickly introduced herself.

Zadavia inspected her closely.

"You must be a descendant of Tech E. Coyote." She analysed. "You seem to have the intelligence and the features of your ancestor."

Jess tilted her head down slightly to soak in the flattery she recieved.

"Now that we all know each other," The woman announced. "I shall explain the purpose of my prescence here."

Duck and Jess listened attentively as Zadavia started her explaination.

"In the year 2772, a meteor crashed down onto Acmetropolis and sent out a supernatural radiation where many people were affected. Many people have recieved some new and strange powers which they never had before. Most people used those powers to benefit themselves by commiting crimes to get what they want. However, six of the people affected by the radiation were gathered into a tower by myself and were a crime fighting team called the Loonatics."

"Ah... the good old days." Duck boasted to himself. "The days where the good always triumphed over evil."

"The Loonatics (including Duck) fought against many powerful criminals. One of which was General Deuce." Zadavia continued as she showed an image of a man with a red, shaggy, afro for hair wearing a purple uniform.

"Oh yes. I remember him. He never learnt his lesson until that wormhole got him." Duck said.

"He almost looks like the guy we fought against earlier." Jess pointed out. "He had red hair just like him."

"That is the reason why I was searching for you." Zadavia told them. "A descendant of his is trying to complete the mission that Deuce had started. Orran is the boy's name."

"That's him!" Jess remembered.

"So I'm guessing he's trying to uphold the family name by taking over the universe?" Duck lifted an eyebrow.

"Exactly." The woman concluded.

"And I know what you're going to say;" Duck paused her. "We have to stop him from commiting the heinous crime before it's too late."

"Your sense of humour has never changed." Zadavia said. "Even if you have slept for seventy five years."

"Wait." Jess cut in. "I have a question; are there others like us? Others with super powers?"

"Well if you managed to inherit powers from your ancestor, I'm very sure there can be more like you."

The screen then switched to what looked like a very large silver building that looked like a university.

"I've been tracking Orran for sometime," Zadavia spoke. "And the location he's at is the Acme Acre University."

"But why would he go there?" The coyote asked in a puzzled tone.

"I'm thinking he just wants to know what two plus two is." Duck joked.

"This is no time for jokes Duck." The woman glared at him. "You and Jess must go and investigate what his plans of being there are before he does some serious damage. I have managed to enrol into the campus so no suspicions can be made. But you must act quickly. Zadavia out."

And with that, the television screen blanked out again. Duck then turned to Jess.

"Well you heard the lady," The mallard ordered. "We should get there at once."

Duck then displayed a heroic pose.

"Get ready! Get set! Lets Jet!" He declared to her.

"Why did you just do that?" Jess asked.

"Because I've always wanted to say that!" He replied

END OF CHAPTER 5. 

Keep going please!

Yes! Please keep going! I likes it! I can't wait till Rev's descendent pops up! ^_^

And please, show some of Tech's humor and aggression and have Jess get pissed off at the guy for cracking a doggy joke. Pleeeeeaaaassee...

Stylediva: Thank you.

Siamese: I think if she's anything like her ancestor, I think she'll fight back a bit. And thanks for the comment .

LoveGreenAndRed: Oh you'll be suprised at what I've got planned after they've dealt with Orran... And as I said for Siamese, she will not be very pleased at Orran for saying what he said .

Doggirl: You read them on DA? Cool . That's a good thing. And about Deuce? Should I tell you? Nah! I'll reveal it later in the story. MWA HA HA HA HA!!!

Thanks for the comments. I shall put another chapter up hopefully .

-- Edited by Akira_Cat at 06:54, 2008-06-05

GGGGAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! I CAN'T SO MUCH AMAZING STUFFS!!! *goes flying into wall for no certain reason*

BTW, I'm very curious to know how Jess will react to the doggy comment!

*is getting inspired to draw*

I must say you do cary on ol' chap.....

to Serenity: Eh, not as much as I used to. I used to keep rambling on and on for hours on end and then I'd forget exactly what I was talking about. So... it's not sucha biggie anymore. Only when I'm very hyper do I ramble; heh heh, M&M's usually do the trick.

To Diva: aren't we all? I for one am very anxious for Akira to post another chapter.

Ace: you just wanna see my desendent.
me: So? I wanna know if he's as cute and fluffy as you! -glomps him-

See? Ramble at times...

-- Edited by doggirl2772 at 22:26, 2008-06-05

Rambling's okay! I ramble! I just had a tripple espresso! Ask Colours! XD XP

Chapter 7

"So either you give yourselves up to me, or your doggy friend here will have her throat cut apart!" Orran forewarned.

"Hey! What did you just call me!?" Jess snapped as she looked up to the man sharply.

Orran brung his blade closer to her neck.

"Why don't you stop barking!?" He said intimidating her. "I don't like dogs that bark."

"Hey!" Duck cut in. "No-one calls her a dog and gets away with it you slimeball!"

"Fine!" The man finally shot out. "She's gonna pay with her life because of your rude comment!"

Orran slashed the sword across her neck. The harsh stroke left blood bleeding out from the cut. He then let the coyote drop down to the floor. Duck gasped.

"Jess!" He cried.

"That's enough!" the lecturer bellowed as he stood up. "Stop this nonsense right now and leave my students alone!"

Duck ran to Jess's side as Orran turned away from the choking female coyote. He then gave an evil grin at the Tasmanian devil.

"Or what?" The human sneered. "Give me a detention? Sorry, but it's going to take more than a pathetic punishment like that to stop me from achieving my goal."

"Destroying the wall to barge in here is one thing," Launceston started. "But taking someone else's life is another!" 

"Well she was insignificant anyway." Orran chuckled. "She wasn't really a threat at all. But now I need to get rid of you."

He then pointed his blade at the lecturer.

"And killing you would be easy," The human continued. "Your species aren't the most intelligent creatures in the world. So getting rid of you will be less of a satisfaction than what it was for the dog."

Meanwhile, Duck was trying to help the Jess recover from her cut. He feared that she would die because of it. Just when he had lost all hope, some green light incased the cut on her neck. And before he knew it, the cut completely disappeared. The choking stopped and Jess rose her head to look at the mallard.

"Are you alright Jess?" He said in major concern.

The coyote felt her neck.

"I guess I have self regeneration too." She murmured under her breath.

Duck helped Jess up to her feet.

"Well we better help Proffessor Launceston before-"

The mallard's sentence stopped when he noticed some small purple lightning bolts cirle around the Tasmanian devil's hand. It was then that he realised that the lecturer too had special powers just like his ancestor. Duck could not help but watch in shock at the discovery.

"I've told you plenty of times to leave this place and my students be!" Launceston snarled as the lightning bolts became more obvious on his hands. "But you didn't take any of my warnings! Plus you have also murdered one of my students and that was the last straw!"

The teacher threw his arms up as the bolts followed the source of power coming from his hands. Duck stood up and ran towards him.

"Sir! Please stop!" He called out to him.

But the devil thrusted his hands towards Orran and sent out a blast of purple lightning bolts hurtling towards him. The man jumped out of the way, only to get the ray of light scorching the wall he was standing in front of. In anger, the muscular figure blasted another shot at his target. He missed again once more. Launceston gave a roar and ran over to the table block and lifted it up easily. It was then Jess knew that his anger was out of control. If he was going to try and get his revenge on Orran anymore and the university would be destroyed. Jess got up from her spot and ran over to where the Tasmanian devil was going to throw the heavy table.

"Sir! Stop!" She shouted. "I'm okay! Stop!"

But it was too late, the teacher hurled the table at the coyote. She winced and hoped something would divert the heavy object from hitting her. Suddenly she felt a strange tingling sensation course through her body. Once Jess opened her eyes, she heard the table smash against the wall. Just then she heard a voice.

"Are you alright Jess?"

The coyote looked up and found Duck holding her arms tightly. She could see him with yet another concerned face. Jess nodded with a smile on her face.

"I'm fine Duck." She assured him.

Just then they saw Orran exiting out from the huge hole he created in the first place.

"You Loonatics are a thorn in my side!" He declared. "But I'll make sure I get rid of all of you once and for all!"

And with that, he disappeared through the hole. Duck was about to chase after him when Jess pulled on his arm.

"Duck. We have to help the proffessor." The coyote pointed to the Tasmanian devil kneeling down on his knees panting for air.

Both of them decided to approach him. Once they stopped at the devil, they crouched down to him level.

"Are you alright?" Jess asked the teacher.

Launceston tilted his head up slowly and looked sincerely at the girl. His eyes widened as he gazed into her innocent eyes.

"But... you're meant to be dead." He mumbled. "How?"

"Um..." Jess scratched the back of her head. "It's hard to explain."

The Tasmanian devil looked around the hall to find it in such a great mess with concrete and wood spread about with dust covering everything.

"And I made all this mess..." He uttered.

"Half of the mess was done by that guy Orran." Duck interrupted. "The rest was done by your rage and..."

"I'm not like the others." Launceston immediately spoke in a frightened tone. "I don't use brawn, I use my brains in my mind."

Jess began to sympathise for him she made eye contact with him.

"It's alright." She comforted him. "You were only trying to protect us. You were just blinded with rage."

"But I never got angry like that before." The devil replied back as he glared at his hands. "Besides, what did I do?"

"I think you've got powers from a certain relative of yours." Duck concluded.

"Powers?" Launceston glanced at the mallard until he looked around the room. "By the time everyone finds out about this, I would probably lose my job for attacking someone else. I would have to probably look for something else to do with my life."

He stood himself up and looked at Jess with an apologetic face.

"I am so sorry young lady for almost trying to kill you." The devil apologised. "I don't know what came over me."

Jess just stared at him with a vacant face. Duck then stepped in front of her.

"I think I know how you can make up for trying to kill one of my team mates." He said.

"Team mates?" Launceston said with a puzzled expression on his face.

"Sir, how would you like to like to walk in your ancestor's steps and be part of a super hero team?" Duck offered to him. "You'll pay your debt to my collegue here and to society and you'll be doing something more worthwhile."

The mallard extended his hand out to him.

"What do you say?"

Launceston hesitated at the offer but in the end he gave a smile and grabbed Duck's hand and squeezed it hard. The mallard gave a shriek before the Tasmanian devil's hand let go of it. The duck's hand throbbed as Jess giggled.

"Welcome to the team Proffessor Launceston." She greeted him.

"Please," the teacher stopped her politely. "Just call me by my first name, Hobart. Now if you don't mind, I think I'll resign from my current position in order to pay off my debt to you."

"You don't have to do that." Jess said to him. "I would have used my healing powers to cure myself anyway."

But Hobart shook his head.

"No, no. It's the least I can do." He told her as he started to walk away. "But for now, class is dismissed."

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After Hobart resigned from the university, he was introduced to the HQ and Zadavia introduced herself to him through the television screen. And it was only a week later that he managed to settle down to his new environment. This included putting on his new purple and black uniform on himself.

"Sorry but that one's the only uniform that would fit you." Jess said to him.

The Tasmanian devil turned around to face her.

"That's quite alright young lady." He assured her. "I like the colour. Besides, I feel quite honoured to take up a role that my ancestor used to be respected for."

As the coyote gave a warm smile to him, Duck waltzed in the living room and flexed his arms.

"You know what?" He commented. "I feel like I can take anything on. Even that Orran guy. I just have this zest to go out there and do something today."

"And today you shall." A woman's voice spoke from behind him.

Duck jumped in shock and turned around only to find Zadavia gazing at them on the television screen.

"Man, you really know how to make a hero stay on his toes." The mallard said.

"Quite." The woman acknowledged his comment, knowing really she gave him a big shock.

"So what's up Zadavia?" Jess inquired.

"Orran has been sighted at the Event Centre in the middle of the city." Zadavia reported. "It seems that an Anime Convention is taking place there and you need to stop him from causing more destruction before anyone gets seriously hurt."

"What? We have to go to a convention where they have people dressed up as weird characters and have weird cartoon things going on there?" Duck frowned.

"Don't worry Duck." Zadavia nodded. "I've already got you some costumes that will help you blend in with the crowd so he doesn't see you."

"But why can't we stay in our uniforms!?" The mallard whined. "We haven't worn them once in a mission! We're meant to be superheroes, not weird looking cartoon characters!"

"You'll find your costumes in your wardrobes in your rooms." The woman instructed them. "In order for him not to detect you, you have to wear them whether you like it or not. Zadavia out."

Once the television screen switched off, Duck turned to Jess and Hobart and gave a big sigh.

"It looks like we haven't got a choice." Duck reluctantly said. "Lets get changed and go get that Orran once again."

END OF CHAPTER 7.

Why is it I can see them meeting Rev's kid(s) there?
HeeHee They are Cartoons!
Great work A-cat.

Chapter 8

Inside the Event Centre, hundreds of people in a variety of different coloured costumes bustled around the stalls. The latest mangas, action figures, anime DVDs, costumes and weapons attracted the likes of magical girls and fantasy warriors from all kinds of directions. Finally Duck, Jess, and Hobart entered inside the giant hall all dressed in the same anime type costumes as every other person in the room.

"You know? This fantasy elf costume makes me look really heroic." Duck commented as he lifted up his green cape while holding onto a realistic looking sword attached to his leather brown belt.

"I think this Bo-Peep costume is a little too girly for me." Jess objected him while holding onto her pink shepardress bonnet and her long, golden, plastic crook.

"Well at least we're in a disguise where Orran won't be able to find us so easily." Hobart assured them while wearing his blue and purple mecha armour. "We just need to keep our eyes peeled for the guy."

The three Loonatics wandered around the stalls exploring the merchandise the stalls advertised. Duck eyed up a sexy, blonde haired female doll with fox ears poking out of it's head and wearing a purple bikini. The mallard glared at it for one moment until he pulled his head away from it.

"Does everything to do with manga hardly have any clothes on?" He muttered under his breath.

It was a while later when the Loonatic's search became fruitless.

"It's been an hour now." Jess said. "And there's still no sign of that Orran guy."

"Maybe he's one of the cosplayers here." Hobart suggested.

"I don't know." Duck scratched under his chin. "He would've made his explosive entrance by now."

Suddenly they heard a shriek coming towards them.

"Eeeeeeeek!"

They all quickly spun around in reaction to the sound. Suddenly, Duck's eyes enlarged themselves in suprise. The scream came from a female roadrunner in a red waitress costume with her purple feathers in a pony-tail on her head. The bird arched over with her head looking down to the ground. The other anthros looked at her urgently.

"What's wrong?" Jess inquired. "Is something wrong? Has something happened?"

The roadrunner flicked her head back up and gaped at the coyote.

"Oh my gosh!" She squealed. "That has to be the most adorable Bo-Peep battle costume I have ever come across!"

"You mean to say you screamed as though you were being attacked by someone just to say that Jess's costume is adorable!?" Duck snapped. "We thought you were in trouble!"

His angry comments were shunned as the waitress felt the white lace at the edge of Jess's yellow and pink dress.

"The lace is so authentic, the dress is so silky, and you look so cute in it!" She complimented Jess as she grabbed the coyote's arm. "Where did you get it from?"

"Um..." Jess did her best to stay calm while feeling at the back of her bonnet.

"You have to come to our stall!" The roadrunner interjected through her answer. "Follow me!"

"But wait! I-" The coyote pleaded.

But her arm was pulled along as the bird dragged her away from Duck and Hobart.

"Hey!" Duck waved his fist in rage. "She's our superhero, not yours!"

"We should follow them." The Tasmanian devil advised him. "Come on!"

Duck and Hobart pushed through the crowds of cosplayers while trying to follow their comrade and the eccentric roadrunner. The guys got many evil glares from the people they pushed along the way, but they quickly apologised one after the other until finally they came across a large stall where a variety of dresses hung around there as well as the accessories placed on the tables. And a sign saying "Shojo Style" hung above the whole stall. 

Finally they both spotted Jess in the shepardress costume with no sign of the roadrunner anywhere. They ran towards her where she stood. The coyote noticed the duck and Tasmanian devil approaching her while panting for their breath back.

"Jess! Are you alright?" Duck gasped for air.

"I'm fine." Jess sighed of relief. "That girl's gone for now and told me to stay here."

"Well we'll rescue you from her." The mallard said. " So-"

"Oh my gosh!"

"Oh no." Hobart stammered.

The roadrunner in the red waitress costume approached them again.

"Is that Bo-Peep's battle costume you're wearing?" She asked while giving the Loonatics a broad smile.

"Look Missy!" Duck stepped in front of Jess. "It was very rude of you to steal our friend here without our consent! You better give us a very good reason to why you thought it was neccessary to do that!"

The bird blinked.

"What are you talking about?" She asked.

"You know perfectly well what I'm talking about!" The mallard pointed an accusing finger at her. "You practically kidnapped her! Sure she's in a weird manga costume, but that doesn't mean you can snatch her away without letting her say something first!"

"Oh! So you're liking this girl's costume too Ree?"

Duck's eyes expanded. Jess and Hobart stood there astounded. The voice belonged to another roadrunner in the same red waitress costume as the other bird called Ree. Finally the duck managed to show some signs of movement after his shock.

"Th-There are two of you?" He stuttered.

The roadrunners glanced at each other and then stared back at the group.

"Yeah." Ree said. "I'm Ree and this is Rita."

"We're twin sisters." Rita told them.

Now the Loonatics were even more suprised.

"Rev has twins!?" Duck gaped aghast.

Suddenly, a giant explosion was heard from the other side of the room. Everyone turned to the sound and saw smoke coming out in the distance.

"Orran..." Jess murmured.

END OF CHAPTER 8.

Hahahaha!! I started laughing in chapter 7 when Duck was all: "We gotta wear creepy costumes?! We're super heros, not wacky cartoon characters!!" Gawd that made me go: "He has no flippin idea, does he?"

And chapter 8 is amazing as well akira! As soon as I read that there were two of them I'm like, "Holy crud, Rav has twins?! Dude, ironic much..." Hahaha!!! Now theres two Revs' to glomp!! HAHAHAHA!!!

-wipes away happy tears- geez, did this make my day! Great job on the chappies Akira!

Chapter 9

"We better get over there immediately!" Duck commanded as he ran towards the smoke.

Jess and Hobart followed him leaving the twins staring blankly at the smoke rising inside the building.

The Loonatics tried pushing past the panicking people that tried to escape from the potential hazard of the explosion. They struggled against the crowd until they came to the source of the smoke rising. A giant, metalic, silver robot towered over them with a smaller figure standing on it's left shoulder. Duck eyed the figure up and immediately realised who stood there.

"Orran!" He shouted at him. "Don't you ever learn your lesson!?"

"My, my." The man grinned. "Are you going to a fancy dress party? You look rather fetching in that elf suit!"

Duck looked down at his front and realised that Orran did have a point. The mallard stripped away his cosplay costume to reveal his Loonatics uniform. The traditional black suit with the orange triangle placed across his chest. Jess and Hobart did the same with their costumes as well to reveal their black, green and purple uniforms similar to Duck's. Orran just laughed to that reaction.

"I think I prefered you in those dress up costumes." He smirked. "No matter, you won't look as good once I'm done with you."

"With that giant robot? So you couldn't finish us of by yourself then?" Hobart sarcastically commented.

"If it goes to that extreme, yes." The man replied. "Attack!"

The robot lifted it's mighty fist and tried to smash it on the ground. The three Loonatics moved away just in time before the mechanical beast placed a huge dent on the ground. Duck teleported himself near a stall where Jess landed near him.

"Jess!" He ordered the coyote. "Do you think you can high-jack that mecha bot with your metal powers?"

"I can try." She nodded as she jumped out of her place and approached the robot.

Jess concentrated as her hands glowed green. She thrusted her arm towards the robot as the machine's left arm glowed green. It's arm jerked but the coyote gritted her teeth as she tried to hold it. In a spur of a moment, a voice spoke into her head.

"Look left, but move to your right!"

Jess instinctively glanced to the direction she was told and saw a giant metal fist drawing closer to her. The coyote gasped as she dived to the right, avoiding the blow from the silver hand. She rolled into another stall and looked up. She then saw a blur of red speed past the table with one of the roadrunners following behind them. The bird then looked down to see the coyote on the floor. She picked her up and brushed her down.

"If I were you, I'd just stay here and keep using that cool green stuff on that robot." She advised her. "We'll go up close to it."

"Wait!" Jess said. "Hang on just a-"

But the roadrunner was gone before she could finish off her sentence. The coyote thought about what the girl said to her before deciding to try the plan out. She extended her arms out and her hands glowed green once more and tried to control the robot again.

Meanwhile, Duck was throwing his flaming orbs at Orran who deflected each one with his blue sword. The man then charged at the mallard attempting to drive his sword through him. As Orran got close to him, Duck managed to disappear. Orran stopped himself and growled under his breath. Suddenly he felt a weight on top of his shoulders. He spun his head around to find the mallard on top of his back. Duck wrapped his arms around the man's neck.

"Why don't you give up?" Duck said. "We've already beaten you twice! And I don't think you want to be beaten for the third time!"

"But you never know," Orran grunted. "It might be third time lucky for me!"

He grabbed one of Duck's arms and threw him off his back. Duck flew across the air and smacked himself against a costume stall. The mallard groaned and rubbed his head until he looked up to see Orran pointing his sword at his chest.

"You have been a thorn in my side duck!" He seethed through his teeth. "You maybe ninety-six years old, but now I shall finally get rid of you you pathetic creature!"
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Ree meandered in high speed through the robot's legs atagonizing it. And she was doing a good job of it. The robot tried to place each blow on her but could not make a decisive hit because she was so fast.

Hobart noticed this as he tried to place a blow on the machine. Suddenly, he lost contact with the ground. He felt as though he was being lifted into the air. He turned his head around to find the reason why he felt like he was flying. He then noticed the other roadrunner carriyng him from under his arms. He stared at her as they both soared through the air.

"Why are you carrying me for?" He inquired.

"Me and my sister had an idea." She explained. "But we only have one shot at this so pay attention."

"I'm listening." The Tasmanian devil permitted her to explain the plan.

"Me and my sis have been watching you guys and we worked out your powers." She began. "Since you have strength and thunder like powers, we think you can use them to your advantage."

The bird them eyed up the robot's chest.

"When the timing is right, I will let go of you, but you must use your tornado powers to aim yourself at the robot's chest." She continued.

"Are you crazy!?" Hoabart panicked. "I won't be able to do that!"

"Yes you can!" The roadrunner encouraged him. "Aim yourself at the robot's chest so you can combine your speed and strength to knock him off balance. Here we go!"

"Wait a sec-" The devil said.

But she finally let go of him. Hobart found himself falling down towards the ground. He screamed as he descended through the air.

"You can do it! Just trust yourself!"

Those words rung in his head. He didn't know who was saying it to him but he decided to try. He spun himself in the air, transforming himself in a tornado. He spun himself so fast that he found himself moving forward rapidly. Once he got the hang of flying so fast, he steered himself towards the robot's chest. Hobart extended his fists out and braced himself as he come into contact with the robot. He smacked himself against the metallic chest and rebounded of it. He finally landed on the ground and watched the machine trying to stay upright. Finally, the robot keeled backwards and toppled away from them. Jess came out from her hiding place and stood amongst Hoabart and the two roadrunners. They glared at the robot incase it came back up again. The robot still laid there motionless. Rita and Ree then celebrated their victory with each other.

"Yay!" They cried. "We did it!"

Just then, Jess gave a gasp.

"Where's Duck!?" She panicked.

"Oh no!" Hobart mumured. "You don't mean I-"

Suddenly from out of no-where, Duck appeared to them from thin air.

"Okay! Whoever tried to kill me with a falling robot better have a good reason for doing so!" He snapped.

The roadrunners stopped what they were doing and approached the mallard.

"Well our plan worked didn't it?" They both gave him a smile.

"You idiots!" Duck snapped at them. "I could have been killed by that giant robot if it weren't for my quacking powers!"

"But if it weren't for us then that robot would still be standing." Rita pointed out. "So don't we deserve some thanks instead of a telling off?"

"Well you put me and everyone else in danger of getting ourselves killed!" The mallard shot back.

Jess and Hobart then stepped in front of them and stood between them.

"Just stop arguing for one moment please!" Hobart bellowed.

Both sides quietened their volumes down. Jess then turned to the twins.

"I just want to ask you something;" She questioned them. "Did one of you speak into my mind by any chance?"

"That was me!" Ree shot her hand up. "I telepathically sent you that message."

"I also encouraged you telepathically Hobart." Rita added. "We're both telepathic."

"So that's how we heard your voices!" Jess realised as she turned to Duck. "These two can be really useful for the team. Maybe they could join."

"No way!" Duck shot out. "They're too annoying and you risked to many lives to join the team!"

Ree's lip trembled.

"That... that's such a mean thing to say." She whimpered.

Suddenly she burst into tears as her sister wrapped her arm around her shoulders.

"I can't believe after we helped you defeat that robot, you throw it back in our faces!" She said angrily to him. "You ought to think about what you're saying!"

"But-" Before Duck could come back with something, he stopped as a set of voices rang in his head.

"I can't believe you said that I'm useless!"

"But you are though! All you ever do is run around annoying villains and use you GPS to show us where the bad guys are. You don't really do anything else apart from that."

"Well at least I try to be useful instead of showing off in front of everyone else! It's not fair that I don't have powers that can make a real difference to the world! You know what? I wish I could have your powers so I'd benefit the team more than what I usually do!"

"Well you can't! It may suck but sorry! That's they way life is!"

Duck thought about those words rolling in his head. He remembered where they came from. That argument before the mission that placed him into that seventy-five year coma. He thought about how Rev must have felt bad when he realised he couldn't say an apology to him. In fact, he started to regret the nasty words that he come out with and wished he could say sorry to Rev and make up with him. But he couldn't. He looked back up at the twins and gave a tired sigh.

"I'm sorry." He murmured.

The girls turned around and gazed at him in confusion.

"I'm sorry that I've said those things to you." He continued. "I wish I never said those things to you. And to prove I'm truly sorry, I want you to fufill this request."

He gave a sincere stare at them. He felt like he was saying it to Rev. But since he wasn't face to face with him, he felt at least let him hear it through the twins.

"Will you do me the honour of being part of our team and helping us protect this city?"

Without warning, both of the roadrunners glomped him and screeched in excitement.

"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" They squealed.

"Uh... no problem." Duck choked. "But I think I'm losing air here. Now let go of me please!"

Jess and Hobart then laughed as the twins loosened their grip on him.
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"But I want to wear the red one!" Ree whined as she held onto the pink and black uniform in her arms as Rita guarded her red uniform.

Jess, Duck and Hobart sat on the sofa in the HQ and groaned. The sisters had been arguing over the uniforms for over half an hour and still counting.

"Sorry, but I was born two minutes before you," Rita clung onto her uniform. "Therefore, I get first pick."

"Fine!" Ree spat out as she hastily turned away from her twin and inspected the uniform. "Besides, we really need to sort out this uniform design. It's so plain and old now, we could do something to them to make them more fancier and heroic."

Just then, Duck sat up from the sofa and slowly moved away from the rest of the group. Jess and Hobart noticed Duck walking towards his room and swirled their heads around to try and catch a glimpse of him.

"Duck?" Jess asked. "Are you alright?"

The mallard's head turned around eforrtlessly to the Tasmanian devil and the coyote gazing at him.

"I'm okay." He mumbled. "I just need to reflect on myself."

Once Duck departed to his room, Jess and Hobart exchanged puzzled looks at each other telling. It was then they both knew that something private was troubling the duck's mind that made him go to his room.

END OF CHAPTER 9. 

Aww!!! Twins!

Cassidy: doesn't that remind you of a certain story you've been stuck on for months and......

Me: *glomps cassidy* shush, you!

Yes! Sad! I was just thinking that. My heart-strings were pulled tight by that little fight between Duck and Rev. That roadrunner dosn't diserve one mean word thrown at him.

Akira_Cat wrote:

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Cassidy Coyote: I actually drew a picture of them. But I'll post them up later . And finish that fan fic DAMMIT!

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Yay! Arts!

And, I might... if you ask nicely. XD

Chapter 10

While Jess, Ree, and Rita were elsewhere, Hobart strolled down the landing staring blankly at the carpet on the floor. He couldn't help but wonder why Duck walked out of the living room so suddenly earlier. Being a resigned lecturer, he decided to put his thinking skills to the test to analyse the mallard's behaviour.

"He said that he needed to reflect on himself," The Tasmanian devil thought to himself. "But on what?"

Hobart knew from Duck's body language demonstrated that he was offended in someway. Could it be something that someone had said to him? Rita and Ree were arguing over the uniforms, he didn't really think Jess would say something to hurt him.

"Maybe it was something I said." Hobart scrutinised at this possibility.

But then he remembered that Duck was in combat with Orran at the manga con while the rest of the team dealt with the giant robot. Did Orran say something that made him... scared? Something that has stuck in Duck's mind that maybe rolling inside his head?

Hobart finally stopped at a grey door and inhaled a deep breath. He grabbed the handle of the door and slowly pushed it open. As the gap between the door and the frame increased, he could just see the mallard curled up into a feotal position on his bed. The Tasmanian devil hesitated for a while as he didn't want to disturb Duck. But he pushed the door a little more until it attracted the duck's attention by lifting his head up and giving Hobart eye contact. Finally Hobart fully opened the door and stepped inside. He looked around to find a few of Duck's possessions on top of some of the white drawers. But Hobart couldn't help but find the whole room in general plain. Why did he need to think about  he wondered while he had the mallard staring at him from his bed all that time. Neither of them could speak for a moment until Hobart positioned himself next to Duck on his bed. The mallard fidgeted his fingers .

"So... why are you here?" Duck asked quietly.

The devil gazed at him with a hint of concern on his face.

"Is everything alright?" Hobart offered to the mallard.

"Yeah." He answered.

"Are you sure?" The devil inquired.

Duck hesitated.

"No."

Hobart exhaled through his nose.

"Care to tell me about it?" He said.

Again, Duck stared down at the floor and flexed his fingers.

"You do realise that I am ninety-six years old, despite the fact that I have been in croyosleep for seventy-five of them and despite my youthful appearance?" Duck told him.

The devil nodded.

"Yes. I remember that introduction." He recalled. "It was quite a shock at first, but I've gotten used to it."

"Well," Duck continued. "It's just, ninety-six years is such a long time to live. And seventy-five years is also a long time to sleep. And during that amount of time, everything seems to have changed around me. The whole landscape of the city, the way humans see anthros as normal and the Event Centre... that was never there before. I had to adapt to so many new things around here."

But then the mallard gave a sincere stare at Hobart.

"But in a way, I feel so sad that I've missed out on so many things because of that explosion." He resumed. "I never actually got to experience the prime of my life. And while the others had descendants to carry on for them, I was just left to slumber like I'm being preserved because I'm like the last of the species or something. But in the end, the real thing that still has me sad was what Ree said. About the uniforms being old. It kind of made me think that it's been such a long time ago since the original Loonatics first formed. And for the group to have disbanded, I feel like now, society is missing something like us."

Hobart at first expressed a blank face to the mallrd, but then he gave a smile to him as if he understood what the duck had meant.

"You know? Time stands still for no-one." The Tasmanian devil explained. "But still, since the dawning of time, people have recorded lots of historical events and the environment around them, and therefore it is always engraved in history no matter what. The plague, the two world wars, the Woodstock events, everything that has happened in the past you can think of was there. But memories are also like a record of history but it's only personal to you. Sure you may have not experienced everything in life that you wanted to, but in the end you still have the memories which you do have close to your heart do you not?"

"Well," Duck pondered for a moment. "I do remember being at the orphanage most of my life, but obviously it wasn't the best. Then I joined in the Loonatics team. Man, those were the best days of my life. It was like doing community service with my friends. It was dangerous and stressful at times, but still fun nevertheless."

"So you have some amazing stories that you could tell me or even others that would be interested in listening to?" Hobart said.

"Yeah." Duck said enthusiastically. "I could tell you a hundred of them! Like the time when we had to deal with some evil robotic vikings that tried to freeze Acmetropolis over with the ice and snow. Oh! And also the time when we had to try and stop a mad scientist from destroying the city with these cute fluffy Fuz-Zs which were actually giant, evil monsters with huge sharp teeth and claws, and the only way to stop them was to hoover them all up and collect all the chocolate away from them because that's what turned them big and scary in the first place."

As Duck continued with his stories, Hobart chuckled. The mallard turned to find him doing this and stared at him. The Tasmanian devil then gave Duck a smile.

"I'm guessing those memories made you feel happy huh?" He said.

"There were times when I could have been angry or upset at anyone." Duck told him. "But being with the team... they helped me grow to be the hero I am now. Or better still, we are now."

"You see?" Hobart spoke. "If you told those stories to the others, they'd be fascinated and want to know more about you and that part of your past because they seem so believable. And that's because they have come from someone who was actually there in the action. Those stories are so believable because they are memories that are so special to you, that you want to share that with the rest of the group. And those memories are special to you because they are part of who you are. They are part of your personality. It's the same for everyone else. Don't you agree?"

Duck thought about the speech Hobart gave to him as he turned the Tasmanian devil.

"Yeah. I suppose you're right." Duck agreed. "But you know what?"

"Hmm?" Hobart hummed.

"I think I need to start making new memories with you guys." The mallard decided. "I need to pick up the pieces and start again from where I left off."

The devil nodded his head in agreement.

"I agree."

Suddenly, the alarm blared out the loud sound. Both of them snapped out of their nostalgic moment and glanced at each other.

"I think we better see what Zadavia wants." Duck suggested as they both got up from his bed and exited the bedroom.

Duck gave a sigh of relief. After that little discussion with the Tasmanian devil, he suddenly felt a lot better about the mission he was going to lead.

END OF CHAPTER 10.     

lovegreenanred wrote:

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Aaaaaaw!!! Cute! This was a great chapter Akira! And let me guess, Ace and Lexi's kid is coming up, right?

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Well I'm not giving anything away. That would spoil the story  .

Dragon Wing wrote:

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That was some pretty deep stuff there. Of course, this is a side of Duck we don't usually see, but it's pretty interesting. Character depth whoooo!


Also it's still all really bittersweet to me.

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 I love character depth. It makes characters so deep . And yes. Why the bittersweetness? I don't know. I'm just making it up as I go along.

Thanks for the comment .