What shall happen to our dear Loonatics?

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww! Poor Tech

I can't wait for more!

Loonatics Unleashed:  The Unknown

 

 

Chapter 3

 

 

By Malak1147

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Tech was alone in his lab later that night.  He was lying on his foldable bed and was watching his favorite soap opera, "All My Circuits", on the visual screen. 

"Oh Boxy!"  Cried Calculon, the robotic star of the soap opera.  "Why?  Why did you kill Monique?  WHY?!"  Tech's eyes began to droop and he yawned as he began to fall asleep.  It wasn't long before he fell asleep to the sound of Calculon's voice, dreams of the past dancing in his head.   

 

 

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Tech was reading a textbook at the old oak tree nearby the orphanage where he lived.  He was 11 at the time, and was living at the orphanage since he was six.  Because of his looks and intellect, he had no friends, and was considered an outcast by the other orphans.  He glanced at the noisy children, who were either playing football on the field or talking with each other in the parking lot.  He sighed and resumed reading his book.  Moments later, he heard something land nearby him with a thump.  He looked and saw a football a few meters away from him.  He looked at it for a few seconds before he resumed reading his book.  "Hey kid!"  He lifted his head to see a few of the kids walking toward him.  "They probably want the ball."  He muttered quietly to himself.  He put his book down and got up; he picked up the ball and threw it to the kids.  One of them caught it and grinned at Tech.  "Thanks Mutt."  He said to the young coyote. Tech simply rolled his eyes and began to walk back to his spot at the tree. The kid exchanged glances with the others and quickly threw the football at Tech.  It struck him directly at the back of his head and made him fall forward, hitting his head on the tree. The other kids started laughing and Tech lifted his head.  He cursed to himself as he got up and touched his forehead, which was beginning to feel warm.  "Blood."  He thought as he examined his fingers.  "Great, I'm bleeding."  He picked up the football and tried to keep his cool as he handed the ball back to the kids.  "Sorry!"  Said the kid, trying to keep a straight face as he snatched the ball away from Tech.  "I just can't keep my grip on the damn ball!"  The other kids chuckled in reaction to the boy's lie and began to return to the field.  Tech growled quietly as he picked up his book and began to walk back to the orphanage to get a bandage for his head.

 

 

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Tech's eyes slowly opened as he awoke from his dream.  He stared at the visual screen, which was showing a commercial about "Chili Gurt", starring the mayor of Acmetropolis, Mr. Leghorn.  He sighed and pressed a button on the side of his bed which turned off the screen with a click.  He turned over and squinted as he tried to read the time on the alarm clock that lied next to his bed.  "12:45” He muttered as he got up with a groan.  He walked out of his lab quietly, trying not to wake the others up.  He walked into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator, pulling out a slice of pizza wrapped in cellophane and a carton of milk.  He walked over to the counter and was reaching over to get himself a cup when something caught his eye.  It was he datapad that Shadowa gave to the Loonatics which contained the location of the Brotherhood of Malah's hidden base.  As well as the schematics inside it.  Tech's looked at the hologram of the building, then to the doorway which led to the Loonatics' bedrooms.  "Useless, huh?  We'll see” He muttered to himself as he made way to his lab.

 

 

It was still dark when Tech arrived at the Brotherhood's base.  Outside, it looked like a simple warehouse, complete with rust and grime.  But inside, the base descended underground to hide an even bigger base.  Tech hid in the bushes a few feet away from the base's huge sliding door where a covered truck drove up to.  He prepared him self with an assortment of pistols, grenades, and other devices in case he got caught.  Tech quickly but quietly ran behind and went under the truck as it drove into the warehouse.  Tech waited for a few seconds before letting go of the truck and lying on the concrete floor.  Tech quickly pulled a small ion pistol from his side and loaded it. As the truck disappeared above him, he quickly got up and aimed upward, ready to fire at anyone or anything that moved.  Nothing was there; no single person was in the area except Tech.  The coyote lowered his weapon and looked around, searching for a door that would lead him deeper into the base.  Tech shivered as he noticed an air vent that seemed big enough for him to fit into.  He walked up to the vent and gently gave cover a light tug.  Its old and rusted structure caused it to be removed with little effort.  Tech put the cover down and crawled inside.  Tech crawled for what felt like hours, stopping momentarily whenever he felt a noise.  Tech was about to decide to go back when he noticed another vent cover. It was smaller than the one he came in, and it seemed to emit an eerie red light.  Suddenly, Tech heard an odd noise come from the vent.  He inched his way toward the vent and gasped at what he saw.  The room contained a set of odd pods, which contained a disfigured, almost monster like creature inside each of them.  He was about to turn back when he heard the sound of a door sliding open.

 

 

"But master, it seems unwise to reveal ourselves in such an "unconditional" way..." Muttered a gruff, ogre like voice.  "Nonsense, we will contain with the operation as planned.  I will not let this go for nothing!"  Snapped a cold, smooth voice.

 

 

Suddenly, 2 figures entered the room.  The first was completely cloaked, so Tech couldn't see the figure's true identity, but the other one was clearly visible to the Loonatic. He wore the same cloak as the other figure, but the hood was pulled down.  The figure had long black hair, which matched his eyes, which gave him a dark, scheming appearance.  When he folded his arms, a scorpion tattoo was visible on his left arm, which Tech noticed was made of wood.  On his belt, a red-hilted katana was visible, which had no scabbard and light reflected off its blade, shimmering right into Tech eyes.  He blinked and adjusted his position to avoid the gleam and to keep spying on the figures.  "I can assure you Rexas,” The uncloaked figure said to the cloaked one.  "When this is over, we will be closer to our goal."  The figure turned to the pods that held the malformed creatures.  "Now let me see how my "experiments" are doing.” He purred.  He pressed a button on one of the pods and it opened with a hiss.  The creature fell out of the pod before tackling the uncloaked figure, making him fall unto the wall with a grunt.  "Help...Me!"  Roared the creature before it jumped on to the vents trying to escape.  Rexas suddenly grabbed an odd pistol and fired it at the creature.  A dart came from the pistol and attached itself to the creature's back.  Suddenly, the dart exploded, destroying the creature and causing part of the vent to rip open, exposing Tech to the figures.  Yung got up and walked toward Rexas, then noticed Tech, who was regenerating his injuries from the explosion.  The figure approached Tech pulling out his katana.  He was about to hack Tech to pieces with his sword when he noticed Tech's regenerating wounds.  His eyes widened in surprise.  "Regeneration..."  He said quietly to himself.  Rexas looked at the figure, "Master?"  He asked his master.  The figure turned and whispered something to Rexas that Tech couldn't hear.  Suddenly, Rexas walked up to the coyote and yanked him upward.  The figure approached Tech and smiled.  "Hello there creature.  He said to Tech.  "My name is Yung Katung, leader of the Brotherhood of Malah."  Tech gasped in surprise and tried to yank himself free, only to have Rexas' grip on him tighten.  Yung laughed.  You're going to be a great help to us in the future my friend."  He took a syringe of tranquilizer from the desk next to him and stuck Tech's arm with the needle, smiling wickedly.  As Tech began to lose consciousness, he heard Yung's voice fading away.  "Lock him up in one of the prison cells; we'll contact his "friends" later.  And that's when Tech blacked out.  As Rexas dragged the coyote away, Yung turned toward the empty pod that contained the monster.  He reached in his cloak and pulled out a beautifully designed knife.  "We're close Sensei."  He said to himself, running his fingers along the sharp edge.  "We're very close." 

-- Edited by Malak1147 at 19:14, 2008-12-08

Sorry I Was Late With This One!  School Was In The Way And With Tests And Stuff.

So Now, Prepare yourselves For:

Loonatics Unleashed:  The Unknown

 

 

Chapter 4

 

 

By Malak1147

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The Loonatics were frantic.  It had been hours since they found out Tech had gone missing and they were searching all over Acmetropolis.  To make the search go faster, they decided to go into groups, Slam and Danger would go search the city, while Rev would search the suburbs and countryside.  If they found anything that would relate to Tech's disappearance, they would contact Ace and Lexi, who were at the base trying to locate their missing comrade via satellite.  Lexi bit her lip.  "Where did he go?"  She asked herself with a tone of worry.  Ace put a hand on her shoulder, trying his best to comfort the distraught bunny.  "Hey, don't worry Lex, we'll find him."  He said with thumbs up sign.  Lexi smiled slightly and resumed the programming the tracking satellite to find Tech.  "Searching for subject "Tech E. Coyote".  Spoke the base's computer.  A few minutes later, the machine spoke again.  "All parameters scanned, subject "Tech E. Coyote" not found."  It said with a beep.  "DAMN IT!"  Lexi slammed her fists into the wall, leaving fist-sized indentions.  She breathed heavily and tears began to cloud her vision.  Ace frowned at the withering figure and approached her.  He held her in his arms and gently raised her head.  He wiped the bunny's tears and smiled down on her.  "Hey."  He said again in a calm, optimistic tone.  "Calm down, everything is going to be alright, ok? Trust me."  Lexi sniffed and smiled back at her leader. Their faces inches apart.  Ace was always good at changing the mood of anyone. Even if the person lost a loved one or that they were humiliated in battle.  Ace always seemed to be able to cheer them up.  Lexi liked that about him.  She liked it a lot...

 

 

Lexi's eyes widened and she broke free of Ace's grip, quickly turning away.  Ace scratched the back of his head and made a sigh.  "I'm sorry..."  Lexi muttered after a few seconds.  "I shouldn't have done that."  Ace sighed and folded his arms.  "No, it's my fault."  He confessed.  "I just liked it when we were together, when it was the two of us."  Lexi turned and walked up to Ace, taking his hand in hers.  "I know."  She said quietly.  "But things have...changed.  I'm in love with Tech now."  Ace took a large breath and looked at his feet.  Lexi knew he was still upset about them breaking up, and she felt bad about it.  She grinned, and approached her leader.  "However,” She said, pulling Ace close to her, causing him to gasp in surprise.  "I suppose it wouldn't hurt if I gave you one last kiss, for old time’s sake."  Ace grinned at the bunny, which caused her to grin back in the same fashion.  "Wow, you’re despicable."  He whispered to her in a playful tone.  Lexi made a fake frown, pretending to be hurt.  "Oh, am I?  Well then, you'll just have to fix that.  Won't you?"  They both giggled before pressing their lips together.  Lexi slowly wrapped her arms around Ace.  She suddenly began to remember the reasons she fell in love Ace, besides being a great kisser of course, and her feelings for him began to return.

 

 

Could it be...?

 

 

The visual screen suddenily showed a small message box on the visual screen.  "Attention, message acquired."  Ace broke the kiss and turned to the screen, despite Lexi's protests.  "Identify."  He said to the screen, still groggy from Lexi's charm.  The computer whirred for a second before speaking.

 

 

"Live message acquired from "Tech E. Coyote."

 

 

Ace and Lexi broke from their trance at the sound of their comrade's name. "Location of message: Unknown."  Ace walked closer to the screen.  "Open visual mode."  He commanded, prepared to ask Tech where he was and what the hell was he doing.  But as the screen turned to live cam mode, it wasn't Tech's face on the visual screen.

 

 

It was someone else's.

 

 

Ace and Lexi gasped as the mysterious man's face appeared on the screen.  "Hello, Loonatics."  He said.  "I am Yung Katung, leader of the "Brotherhood of Malah."  Ace clenched his fists.  Was this the "Brotherhood" that Shadowa warned them about?  "I believe you have something that belongs to me."  He snarled. "The schematics to my base?" Ace gasped and ran to the kitchen, looking for the datapad.  He returned to the visual screen.  He shrugged his shoulders at the screen.  "Sorry, But I can't seem to find it."  He said.  Yung folded his arms and sighed.  "Please have the rest of your team arrive here now."  Ace looked at Lexi before he pressed a button on his communicator.  "Rev, Duck, Slam, return to the base immediately, we got trouble."  A second after he turned off his communicator,  Rev appeared next to the Rabbit, while Duck teleported himself and Slam next to Lexi.  Yung stared at the heroes for a few seconds before speaking.  "You're missing one."  He said with a blank expression.  Ace sighed and rubbed his neck.  "Yeah, our technician is playing "hide-and-seek" with us, so were sorry if you’re disappointed with your "six-pack".  Yung did not respond for a few seconds, which worried the Loonatics.  "Your "Technician", he wouldn't happen to be green, now would he?"  A pang of worry erupted within Lexi's stomach.  She approached the screen.  "Yeah, do you know him?"  She asked nervously.  Yung laughed softly, he began to walk backwards, away from the screen.  "Know him?"  Yung asked, his voice more excited now.  He then moved away from the screen, revealing a weakened Tech hanging from the ceiling by his arms, which were bound by an odd glowing rope.  "See for yourself."  He laughed.  The Loonatics gasped when they saw Tech.  The bound coyote suddenly raised his head and looked directly at the screen, his eyes wide with fear.  "Guys! Whatever you do, don't listen to him!"  He shouted to the heroes, who were still shocked by their friend's capture.  "He a madman!  He'll-” Yung pulled back his wooden hand and struck Tech in the face, hard.  Lexi made a sharp gasp, and Duck flinched in reaction.  Tech turned his head to look at his captor, who then tightly bound his muzzle with rope.  "Quiet boy!"  Yung barked at the coyote, who only made a quiet whimper before he drooped his head.  Yung walked toward the screen and smiled.  "It's very difficult to train dogs, especially strays."  Yung threw back his head and laughed, which sent chills through the other Loonatics.  Lexi gulped and walked over to Rev, who was now furious at the villain.  "Rev, find the datapad that Shadowa gave to us."  She ordered the avian.  "YougotitLexi!"  He said at a quick pace.  He sped off, muttering to himself as he looked for the datapad.

 

 

"Whythatnogood, dirtyrottenfiend! HowdarehekidnapTechandhurthimlikethat!...WhenIfindhim...I'llwillpersonallytakeAce'ssword...andpu****faranddeep...intothatmongral's...Ah!Theritis!"

 

 

Rev returned seconds later with the datapad in his hand. He handed it to Lexi who waved it in front of the screen, in front of that...madman.  Yung grinned as he eyed the datapad.  "Very good, girl."  He said.  "Now, on to business."  He turned to see a oddly dressed figure wearing red and white makeup on his face and wearing nothing but a set of slacks and a black cloak holding a red-hilted katana in one hand and a odd looking knife in the other.  "Ah, thank you Rexas."  Yung said and he took the weapons from his servant.  Rexas bowed and left the room.  "Now you know." As Yung began, sheathing his katana and pacing in front of Tech.  "What you are holding is important information about my base, and I want them back before the Witchgods get involved.  So if you'd be so kind as to return the datapad to my base, I would be incredibly pleased."  Yung smiled warmly as he turned to the screen, waiting for the Loonatics' reaction.  Ace raised an eyebrow, ready to ask a final question.  "And if we refuse?"  Ace asked.  Yung's warm expression melted, leaving a blank expression.  He moved his arm and brought the knife to Tech's throat.  The Lexi and Rev gasped, worried about what Yung would do next.  "Then things will turn "very" ugly."  He said.  Suddenly Ace laughed.  "You idiot, don't you know Tech can regenerate any wound that he gets.  You’re wasting your time."  Yung turned to the coyote.  He slid the knife across Tech's chest, leaving a long cut that healed almost instantly.  Yung lifted his head as his mind thought about what Ace said.  "Ah yes."  He said.  "I thought about that."

 

 

He brought a hand next to his head and closed his eyes.  "Umbru, saktor, Ishtar mahon ecgrak."  He whispered to himself.   Then, his entire forearm and hand began to emit purple smoke until his entire arm became enveloped with demonic energy.  Yung turned to Tech and brought his hand back.  "And so I devised a theory." He quickly brought his hand to Tech's chest and pushed forward.

 

 

Suddenly, to the Loonatics' horror, Yung’s hand began to go through Tech's chest.  Tech shut his eyes and gave a muffled scream of pain as Yung drove his hand deeper inside his captive's chest.  Yung then smiled and he pulled his hand out of Tech's chest, but it was not empty when he turned to the visual screen.  He held out his hand to show a red, throbbing object in his bloodied hand and he showed it to the Loonatics.  Tech's heart was still attached to Tech, but was brutally ripped out of his body   Ace's eyes were wide with terror.  Lexi put her hands to her mouth, fighting the urge to vomit.  Rev almost fainted, Danger wet his pants, and Slam turned away, trying to imagine Yung go away.  "I wonder what would happen it I crushed this?"   He laughed, giving the heart a small squeeze.  Tech made a muffled cry as he suddenly started pulling at the rope frantically, trying to escape the pain. After several seconds of trying, he gave up and just hung there, trying to prevent himself from breaking down.  Tears formed in Lexi's eyes as saw Tech struggle.  The pain was unbearable for him, and yet he still was trying to keep himself together.  Lexi closed her eyes and put her hands together.  "Please God..."  She begged quietly, her voice breaking.  "H-Help us!

 

 

Suddenly, her super-hearing picked up the sound of the elevator door open and a set of footsteps entering the hallway.

 

 

"Alright, just what the hell is going on?!"  Yelled one voice, which she identified immediately as Shadowa.   "Where is everybody?"

 

 

"Perhaps your "friends" like to be invisible."  Joked the other voice, which was unknown to her.  "Or they do not exist."

 

 

"Your mom doesn't exist!"  Replied Shadowa loudly.  "I think their in the lobby."

 

 

"I hope you right this time, Shadowa."  Sighed the unknown voice.

 

 

"Of course I'm right.  After all, I am the-"

 

 

The door opened and Shadowa and another figure entered the lobby.  He had an enlarged and wore an odd metal suit; it seemed almost alien like and was engraved with the Witchgod symbol on his shoulder.  He had long silver hair, which complemented his almost purely white eyes.  He seemed to have the face of a man in his late thirties.  On his back he held a large black and silver sword which seemed to have a curved horn growing where the blade met the hilt.  "Yung Katung” He said in a monotone voice.

 

 

Yung's attention turned completely toward the heroes when he noticed them.  "Well now!"  He said in a sickly sweet tone.  "It's "The Dynamic Duo, Demoncyne and Tronics”!  How wonderful to see you!”  Shadowa folded his arms and grinned.  "Cut the crap Katung,” He said.  "And tell us what you’re doing "this" time."  Yung shook his head and laughed.  "Why, I just want to make a better world, that's all."  Tronics, as he was apparently called, gave a large sigh before speaking.  "Where's your master, Katung?"  Tronics asked as he walked up to the screen, taking no notice to the others.  "He let me create my own group.  But that's not important right now."  He turned to the Loonatics, who were confused as to what was going on.  "I wish t speak of this matter privately with these two, please leave immediately."  Lexi was about to say something, but instead picked up Rev and followed the others outside the lobby.

 

 

Lexi shivered, she never really thought of the people who lived outside of Acmetropolis, let alone how they acted.  It scared her.  In her head, only one thought lingered as she stared at the doorway to the lobby.  Tech.  She shivered again, only this time Ace came up and began to hug her.  She smiled at the attention Ace gave her, but something still bothered her in her mind.

 

 

The doorway opened, and Shadowa walked out of the lobby and faced the Loonatics.  "Ace, Slam, Duck, you're coming with me.  Were going to rescue Tech.  Lexi, you and Rev stay with "Tronics" and keep watch of any enemies.  We'll be back soon."

 

 

The three heroes walked into the elevator as it closed behind them.  Lexi and Rev turned toward the Lobby door to see Tronics overlooking the visual screen, which was now blank.

 

 

"You may enter."  He said in a cold tone.  Which sent chills down the pair’s spines?  Lexi gulped and prepared herself to ask Tronics a few questions, and boy, were they going to be big ones.

-- Edited by Malak1147 at 17:16, 2008-12-18