Life
Prologue
An alert signal sounded.
5 Loonatics ran into the control room.
The Royal Tweetums image flickered onto the main screen.
"Ehh, what's up doc?" questioned Ace.
"Trinity has kidnapped another woman!" explained Tweetums.
"Sounds like a job for Danger Duck, after all rescuing damsels in distress is my specialty!" saed Duck while he struck a heroic pose.
Slam simply sniggered.
"I'm sure it is Mr Duck but I don't think she will like it. The girl that's been kidnapped is . . ." Tweetums was interrupted by Duck and Slam having a rather loud argument about whether or not Duck could rescue said damsel successfully.
"Guys cut it out!! Tech?" Ace looked inquisitively at the coyote.
"I should be able to get a reading on his whereabouts with my UPS (Universal Positioning System) using the chip Rev placed on his cloak last time." Tech answered.
"No-need-Tech-I-don't-think-he-has-left-Blanc!" said Rev.
"Really? That's strange, usually he takes off to some far away planet with his hostage," said Ace looking at everyone in turn, "Wait, where's Lexi?"
"That's what I was trying to tell you!! The girl that Trinity kidnapped IS Lexi!" Tweetums all but yelled.
Everybody stared at the image on the screen with wide eyes and gaping mouths.
Suddenly, Ace snapped out of it.
"Rev, can you get a lock on where Trinity and Lexi are?, Tech, get out your weapons!, Slam, set your spin to vortex and Duck," shouted Ace turning around to find Duck striking various heroic poses, upon hearing his name ceased his activity and stood to attention, "do whatever you do, we will take Trinity dead or alive!"
No-one was shocked by that statement because they all felt the same way. Lexi was like a sister to them all and they were not going to let her get hurt in any way. Then there was the fact that Lexi and Ace had feelings for each other, and even if they wouldn't admit to it, the whole group could see it.
The team had reached the garage where Tech distributed some simple and effective weapons.
"I've-got-a-lock-on-them-both-they-are-underground-not-far-from-here" said Rev and everyone grabbed their jet packs.
"Let jet Loonatics!!!" was Ace's only response to Rev.
The Loonatics walked cautiously into an underground cavern which seemed to be emanating a bluish glow. Suddenly, a man in a midnight blue cloak with the hood pulled up over his face appears on the other side of the cavern.
"Welcome, Loonatics, to my new underground lair for the first and final time" said the figure, identifying himself as Trinity, "It's so nice to see you all again so soon!"
"Cut the sweet talk, where's Lexi?" said Ace, making it clear he was not going to take any crap.
Just as Ace finished speaking a light was switched on to the left of Trinity, revealing a cylindrical glass chamber in which Lexi was being held.
Ace let out a breath he hadn't realised he was holding, Lexi was unharmed. Lexi was sitting up against the far side of the chamber with her eyes closed.
Even though she was unhurt she had evidently been in a struggle as her t-shirt was torn and now resembled a one shouldered singlet top and one leg of her jeans had been completely torn off at her upper thigh.
A small smile crept onto her face and the team knew she had heard and was in the process of recognising their heartbeats. Lexis eyes shot open, and her smile widened,
"ACE!!!" yelled Lexi as she jumped up and crossed the chamber.
"I got you Lex," replied Ace, turning to Trinity he said, "What do you want?"
"Oh I already have what I want," replied Trinity mysteriously, "Now all I have to do is carry out my incredibly simple plan."
"You have a simple plan?" questioned Tech, clearly having a hard time believing that a villain could have a simple plan.
"Yes, I do." Trinity replied, sending Techs mind into overload calculating the probability of a villain coming up with and choosing to use a simple plan.
"Are-you-going-to-tell-us what-your-plan-is-or-are-you-going-to-leave-us-in-the-dark?" asked Rev.
"Of course," he answered, "I plan to kill you all so I can have Lexi all to myself."
Everyone looked at Lexi.
"Keep dreaming creep!" snarled Lexi.
"Come on, Doll, you didn't say that when you thought I was Ace" crooned Trinity with an amused smirk.
Ace's heart skipped a beat from surprise, Lexi blushed.
"SHUT UP YOU JERK!!! Shut up, shut up, and you owe me a pair of designer jeans!!" yelled Lexi.
"Ok, so you used Lex as bait, we all came running. Now what are you going to do?" asked Ace.
"Kill you all!!! Mwahahahahaha!" said Trinity gleefully.
"This coming from a guy with such a girly name?" questioned Duck.
Slam laughed at Trinity.
Trinity filled with rage at being told his name is girly, Duck had hit a sore spot.
A blue haze surrounded Trinity as he turned to face Duck.
"I think we might have Duck for dinner tonight babe, what do you think?" he asked Lexi, struggling to control his rage.
Lexi didn't reply but called out to Duck, telling him to watch out.
"Bring it on, Girlie" challenged Duck, ignoring Lexis warnings.
Thinking quickly, Ace shot a laser blast at Trinity, who noticed at the last possible moment and jumped out of the way.
"Is that the best you can do, bunny?" he mocked.
"Hey Trinny!" it was Lexi, "How about you let me out of here and I'll show you what this bunny can do!"
While Trinity was trying to explain to Lexi that he wanted to keep her safe, Ace called out to Rev to see if there were any controls in the room which could release Lexi.
One second later Rev was back at his side.
"There-aren't-any-controls-anywhere-I-even-went-into-the-next-cave-and-still-nothing-I-think-he-might-be-using-his-mind" rushed Rev.
"Ok Rev, ask Tech if he can build some controls to free Lex" instructed Ace.
"On it chief!" said Tech over the sound of Lexi's and Trinity's argument.
"Duck, Slam!! Keep Trinity away from Tech!" called Ace.
Leading by example, Ace shot a laser blast at Trinity who was flirting with Lexi. She, on the other hand, wasn't having a bar of it.
The laser blast clipped Trinity on the shoulder, he turned around.
"Let the battle begin" said Trinity smiling evilly.
After 10 minutes of fighting with Ace, Duck and Slam, Trinity realised that Rev was running back and forth to Tech who was building some sort of elaborate contraption."Mr Wolf, I do believe you are missing out on all the fun" said Trinity amusedly before sending a wave of his bluish power towards both Tech and the invention.
"Its coyote!" Tech managed before becoming a pile of ashes on the cold dirt floor. Trinity laughs evilly "Better luck next time, wolf."
Having noticed that Trinity was distracted by Tech, Ace used this to his advantage by sending a laser towards Trinity which hit him in the middle of his back and knocked him to the ground.
"Lexi!" Ace yelled, "Brain blast your way out. It needs to be powerful!"
Lexi responded by charging her brain blast to maximum capacity, then she fired it at the wall opposite her. Time seemed to slow down and everyone watched as the blast hit the wall then rebounded back at Lexi, who didn't have time to react. The blast hit Lexi square in the chest; the force of the blast threw her against the wall, she slid down the wall and fell in a crumpled heap on the ground of the chamber.
One second later the chamber crumbled and fell on top of an unconscious Lexi.
"LEXI!!!" cried Ace, time returned to normal as he ran over to the pile of rubble which covered Lexi's unconscious body.
"Nooooo!" wailed Trinity, devastated, "Where did I go wrong?"
Tech, who was no longer a pile of smoking ashes, walked over to him.
"I'd say the part where you wanted to kill us all" said Tech as he fired the gluco-gel gun at Trinity.
"You're despicable" spat Duck.
Tech and Duck turned their backs on Trinity and went to help the rest of the team rescue Lexi.
-----Later------
Ace paced back and forth in front of the med lab door. Duck, Slam and Rev sat against the wall opposite the door in complete silence and followed Aces progress up and down the hall like a tennis match.
Tech stepped out through the door and was almost run over by Ace who was so focused on his pacing.
"Is she alright?" asked Ace worriedly.
"She won't wake up for a few days yet, her brain needs to recover from the blast she received and she also has some minor cuts and bruises that need to heal" Tech replied cautiously.
Ace was speechless and looked as if he might faint.
"But will she be ok?" asked Duck for him.
"Yes she will be fine; her body just needs to heal itself. I've done all I can" clarified Tech looking directly into Aces eyes. He couldn't be sure but Tech swore he saw the light in Aces eyes die.
"Are you alright Chief?" he asked.
Ace nodded numbly and walked away in the general direction of his room.