Loonatics Unleashed
Part One:
The hidden hero's:
Hi my names Torak Wolf, it used to be Rachel Fisher but I changed it because people make fun of me because of it. I'm English and I'm a wolf and all my friends are human apart from Emma she's a cat, and at the moment me and my best friend Emma, are trying to break into the Lunatics old abandoned house, it sounds bad I know. But maybe I should start from the beginning; I'll cut some bits out.
Ok, it's the day of the meteor crash and the year is 2772. My college was the Acmetropolis University it's connected up to the Acme Institute so it's one big University; they do science, P.E, art, history ECT. Well I was doing my history test everyone in my year was, but I had just got to my last question 'what year was Obama made president?' Its easy 'Obama was made president in 2008 November' when my best friend Emma had as she always has, since the start, got in trouble with a teacher –a moody one- I saw her go red with embarrassment as he was yelling at her, no one makes my best friend embarrassed in front of the hole year! I never liked college so I was about to get myself banned, for good this time –long story- so I stood up in front of three hundred and fifty-two people walked over to sir and said in my loudest voice
"Does someone need a hug, sir?" its not that funny, but its just NO ONE says that to this teacher, so I made history doing that! I smiled and threw open my arms wide and hugged him, after five very long seconds I pulled away from him and watched his face go bright blue! He yelled: "Torak Wolf! To the principal's office, NOW!"
I followed him out –doing his stupid walk- I passed all my friends Emma grinning like a twit, Lottie murmuring "You pushed him too far this time Torak", Lolly, her mouth open wide enough to catch flies and my biggest crush ever… Tech E. Coyote looking at me shocked just like all the other kids! Every time I see Tech I get butterflies in my tummy and my heart skips a beat…
I walked out through the sliding doors turned round grinning at the three hundred and fifty-two pairs of eyes staring at me and bowed, just as the doors closed the hall erupted into laughter!
I knew I would get banned I just knew it! Well like I said I never liked it and I have a job at the kennels anyway and its good pay, so I don't mind! Two hours have passed since that event, Tech would be showing sir his new invention, he's worked so hard on it, I wish I could have seen it; I was sitting on the steps near my old college trying to find out what to do with the rest of the day.
My ears picked up a bang, I knew what happened, sir tried to rush it and hit the self destruct button, poor, poor Tech he must have been heart broken, I know how he gets about his machines, they're his babies!
I looked over to the college paws on my cheeks, I saw Tech stumble out of the university holding the remote to his machine and sir saying "I always thought you where a mad genius, now I just think your mad!" RUBBISH! Techs not mad and he's more of a genius that you could ever be! Flipping hell! I wanted to change into a bear and rip his head off!
I got up and walked over to Tech going to comfort him but something skidded past the corner of my vision and crashed into earth! Knocking me off my feet! The end of the world as we knew it! Was what I thought, I came around lying on the floor after the shock waves had pushed me there. A sudden pain shot through me. When I made sure I was alive I opened my eyes and the first thing I thought and said was "Tech!" I stumbled to my feet and shakily ran over to him checking he was ok I wondered if he needed a little shake to get him up… No… new plan "TECH YOUR INVENTIONS ARE BROKEN" It was mean of me, I know! But relief filled me when I saw his eyes flutter open!
"Tech!" I nearly screamed,
He moaned
"Want me to get you to the nurse?" I said he looked how I felt!
"Pft" Came his reply I took it as a yes.
"Come on" I said I helped him get up and took him to the nurses room feeling protective and vulnerable I did what my mum told me to do if it ever happened –My mum passed away last winter…-
Picture a bubble around your self, then you're safe, I did it but it felt stranger this time as if I really was in my own bubble safe with Tech.
I got to the nurses room and put down my protective bubble and knocked on the door. Something happened. The edge of my vision went blurry. And I saw the nurse come out of the door "Oh… hello Tech, come in"
Tech got up to go but slipped
Then my vision came back to normal and I saw the nurse come out of the door and say "Oh… hello Tech, come in"
Tech got up to go but slipped
I stepped forward and caught him
"Thanks Torak, I feel a bit dizzy" -I felt dizzy too- Then he stumbled into the nurse's room
"…What just happened…?" I said out loud then followed Tech into the nurse's room.
-Ok, ok I know Tech could never get really hurt just by falling on his bum but I would hate to know I was there and I could of stopped Tech getting hurt even if it wasn't a very big fall!-
The meteor crash was all over the news but know one was hurt as far as they knew. I decided that was why I felt so strange I felt stronger in ways but more protective too, just because of the meteor. I couldn't find out how I saw the future, but I know it happened, and I wouldn't tell a soul! But I decided to use my power for good. I mean what else could I use it for?
One day I had a vision about Mallory, one of the people Tech tutors, was going to steal the knowledge of the university's staff, I know it would of have had an impact on society. But Tech wasn't there; I knew I had to tell Tech to be there.
I snuck into the university and found Tech
"Hi Tech, how are you?"
"Fine" Tech replied
'Yes you are' I said in my thoughts "Mallory's made a new invention and told me to ask you if you could check it for her?" Please, Please, Please do it Tech it rests on you to save this place!
"Sure" He finally said
"Awesome, Ugh… See you around, Tech."
"Ok"
So I left that department.
I know, I know, I know! I was banned I shouldn't of come and Tech could get in trouble! But I had a good reason to come back! Even if I couldn't tell anyone the reason! I mean what could I say? "Oh I'm physic and I saw your brain power being sucked from you" And I couldn't stop the machine myself! I suck at science compared to Mallory and Tech! –well everyone is I guess, compared to them- I needed Tech like I always do!
I don't think Tech knows I'm banned he didn't ask me any questions or he didn't want me to get in trouble I don't know, but Emma was different she caught me in the corridors,
"Torak! What are you doing here! You're banned," she yelled,
"Sh, shut up Emma… and aren't you meant to be in class about now?" I said glairing at her,
"So? Your point is? ANYWAY…" She said exaggerating the word "anyway" "You would never guess what I can do!"
"Count to ten?" I smiled,
"NO! Well yes but no!" she said starting to get frustrated,
"What then?" I asked,
"Follow me!"
"But…"
"Just follow me!" she said starting to run off,
"Fine then!" I said as I ran after her,
I followed Emma to the Girls Toilets she ushered me in locked the door and turned round to face me!
"Well?" I said
Just listen to your mind and watch my lips! Emma said lips not moving.
"How did you…" but she cut me off
I can speak to people's minds and read them too! She said in mind talk
"WOW! Can you do it to people on the other side of the planet?" I said in a sarcastic voice
I think so! Emma said getting even MORE hyper!
I know its bad to admit but I was so envious of Emma because she had two powers and I had one!
Don't get jealous Torak; you have three powers and so do I! She said in more mind talk
"What are mine?"
"You! You can shape shift and put a force field around yourself and not to forget the visions you have every now and then!" in her normal voice again,
"How do you know?" I asked, feeling strange.
"I can sort of look into other peoples mind and pull out what I want"
"Awesome what's your other one?"
"I don't know it's harder with me than other peoples"
"… Ok let me give my power a go… uhhhh…how do I do it?"
I don't know it just happened to me when you left sir came back in and yelled at me one more time and I said in my head "Stupid teacher" I wanted to say that to his face but it happened to his mind!
"Awesome! So if I wanted to shape shift I might concentrate on something I want to change into? Yes?"
Maybe, but you have to concentrate on a living thing otherwise it may not work…
"Ok, I'll make myself a dog and no wisecracks about my relation to them please" I closed my eyes and concentrated on a Golden Retriever puppy, snapping noises filled my ears and I felt strangely numb. When I opened my eyes I looked up at the shocked Emma, my top was way too big for me it slid over my face as I concentrated on Emma.
Did that hurt? It sounded as if it might have! Emma said in my head, then I realised what she meant, the snapping noises where my bones snapping into place and the numbness stopped the pain.
Gross I barked in dog language
Speak in your head I don't speak golden retriever
I growled in my head this good enough?
Yup! Now change back its strange speaking to a different dog! I prefer the old one.
Oh thanks! Did you know I'm really a WOLF not a DOG! And I said no wisecracks!
Yes Torak I knew, now go back to being a wolf
The snapping noises started up again and so did the numbness, when I opened my eyes and I was back to the wolf everyone knows and loves! (Or as I like to think)
"I'll try to put a force field around myself now" I thought hard of how I could do it, then remembered what I did when I was with Tech, I tried again then asked Emma: "Chuck something at me"
"Ok, I think I can do that" and she reached into my bag –Emma never has a pen and if she does she more than likely stole it off a person in the year below herself- she threw it at me and it rebounded off an invisible force-field leaving white ripples moving around my protective bubble! "WOW!" I said getting even more excited than before but then my heart stopped for a second when I heard sirens outside it had two meanings:
Tech was hurt.
Mallory has been captured.
I prayed it was number two…
I ran out of the girl's toilets not caring if I was seen; one thing on my mind, and that was Tech. Then that was when I saw her…Mallory… with a melon head…?
I couldn't help but laugh! Then my mind switched back to Tech. I saw him fussing around the machine in my vision. I ran up to him "Are…you…alright?" I asked breathless -I'm not good at P.E-
"Fine, good thing you had me check this Torak"
"Umm…Yes…Good…Thing…well…I…have…um… schoolwork I need done" I didn't know what to say, what would you have said?
He looked at me, clearly not buying it.
"Good luck with that 'schoolwork' Torak"
"Err… yes right" I turned to leave before I had a vision that would change Techs life…
Not sure what to do, I turned to face Tech again to ask him: "Could you do me a favour?"
"Ok" He replied "What do you need" he leaned on Mallory's machine,
I looked around frantically then I saw a metal pole I picked it up and held it in front of Tech
"This will sound strange, I know, but can you concentrate on this pole very hard and picture it bending in half?" He looked at the pole then at me and frowned,
"Please just do it for me!" I begged
"Ok" he murmured he looked hard at the pole
Then the pole started to bend in my hands, I heard a sharp intake of breath from Tech "How did you-" I cut him off
"Tech we don't have much time but I want you to know no matter how strange this sounds to know that you can regenerate and bend and control metal"
"Ok Torak, you were right that did sound strange but I'll take your word for it" he said, still a little confused about the whole metal thing.
"I also want you to know that I-"
"Tech?" I was interrupted like in my vision "someone's here to see you she's called, Zadavia?" a boy said to Tech
"Zadavia?" Tech murmured
"She wants to see you now, Tech" The boy said, I wanted to punch the boy.
"Ok, I will be right there! I will be right back Torak, see you later"
"Ok" he didn't phrase it like a question but I answered anyway.
He never saw me later, he never came back.
I had frequent visions about him practising his powers with five other people Ace, Lexi, Danger, Rev and Slam. All (as I found out) where affected by the meteor I found out that Me, Tech and Emma also got our powers from the meteor, what had happened was the meteor hit Acmetropolis, knocking it completely off its original axis. But, instead of destroying the planet, the impact of the meteor and its resultant shockwave gave off supernatural cosmic energies that gave some inhabitants superpowers while incapacitating others in its wake. The mysterious and powerful woman called Zadavia called upon six of the affected residents that live in Acmetropolis (Tech, Ace, Lexi, Danger, Rev and Slam) to form a team of superheroes.
I kept on having visions of them until one day I had a vision of HUGE robot Vikings trying to take over Acmetropolis (Or freeze it) I knew I had to tell the gang, by now they had superhero costumes, mastered their powers and had got a name: The Lunatics
I knew I had to warn them about the Vikings trying to take over Acmetropolis, I had three days to do it and I needed a plan.
I needed Tech!
Well I had a plan but I needed Emma to help and she doesn't work cheap!
"Oh come on Emma? Five quasarlinium?" I begged
"No" Emma said flatly
"I'll give you… Ten quasarlinium?"
"No" Emma said but with a hint of consideration
"Fifteen quasarlinium?"
"Keep going up…" she said
"Twenty quasarlinium?"
"… Ok" Emma said eventually
"Alright, half now and half when the jobs done" I said passing her a ten quasarlinium
"Fine, what do you need?" Emma said
"I need you to look into Zadavia's mind and find a communication thing and tell me how to talk to her, please!"
"Fine" Emma said closing her eyes "Done"
"Awesome, give me the number or whatever and I will tell her-" "What Torak you can't tell her 'oh hi you don't know me but a bunch of Robot Vikings are about to come to Acmetropolis and freeze it' Can you?" Emma said frowning
"No, but I can say 'I have some information that there will be some distress in Acmetropolis caused by Robot Vikings that were frozen in an ice storm in their own dimension, and slipped through one of the inter-dimensional portals that was opened when the meteor hit Acmetropolis, you will need The lunatics to help save the day' " I said quickly
"How about if she asks for your name? Where you are talking from? How do you know so much about them?"
"Look! I will think of something, Ok? Though I need a way to stop her trying to track me?"
"…Use your force field I can't speak to you through it unless you let me…So she might not be able to track you!"
"Really?"
"Yes," Emma said rolling her eyes
"Wow, Emma you're a genius!" I said exited
"Of course I am!" Emma said smugly
"Let's hop to it then!" I said running to my house with Emma running after me.
I sat down at my computer just as Emma walked in "Oh wow Torak! That's a very high tech computer, how did you…? Oh right… Tech"
"Yup, Tech gave me bits to add onto my computer that he didn't need any more, and told me how to add them on to the computer" I said feeling ill when I remembered Tech and all the things he did for me
"Oh alright"
Changing the subject quickly, I said: "Anyway turn the lights off and quiet down."
"Fine!" Emma said "What about your dad?"
"He's had a few beers, he would have passed out by now" –Us wolves pass out quickly-
"Oh ok, hold on I thought your dad didn't drink beer…"
"He started when we moved to America. Now shut up."
I made the call thing on the computer my heart racing like a road runner in a race:
Then a beautiful woman that could only be Zadavia came up on my screen and I suddenly felt jealous of how pretty she was and reminding me how much I wasn't!
"Hello?" The beautiful woman said
"Hi" I said still star struck at how pretty she was
"Who is this?"
"Um…my name is unimportant right now but you can call me… The White Wolf-"
I said finally getting the thought of how pretty she was in my head but I was cut off,
The White Wolf? Really? Did you just say that? Emma said in the background of my head, I ignored her.
"I have some information that there will be some distress due to Robot Vikings, Gunnar the Conqueroris is their leader. They were frozen in an ice storm in their own dimension, and slipped through one of the inter-dimensional portals that were opened when the meteor hit Acmetropolis and they get their powers from the horns on their helmets."
"How do you know this?"
"As you know the lunatics were not the only ones who where affected by the meteorite that hit Acmetropolis,
I was given the power to see into the future, but I decided to use my powers for good"
"Well, I'm glad to hear it"
"Yes, well I decided the lunatics may need my help sometimes, after seeing the future…um…yes…"
-It was bad, I saw some things in the future that nearly made me cry, like Tech almost died in one of my visions, fifty-one people died in another and some man I don't know nearly died once but some how it had an impact on the future!-
"Ok I will tell the lunatics, thank you for sharing that information with me" she reached over to turn the communicator off "Wait!" I said
What are you doing? You've done the job now leave her alone! Stop before you do something wrong!
Emma screamed at me in my head I ignored her (Again)
"I think it's better if the lunatics don't know that I even exist" I said
"If you insist" then the screen went black
What did you do that for? Telling her your power? And saying you're names The White Wolf? Which is a sad name by the way Torak!
I stood up and walked over to my bed where Emma was standing,
"Look more bad things will happen in the future and I will need to give Zadavia the heads up if anything else goes wrong! So I have to tell her some sort of hint of what's going to happen in the future" I nearly screamed at Emma, I don't know why but I think meeting a really important person and getting nervous about it did not help my mood, I haven't slept much these past few months because I have been worrying about Tech so at that moment I think I just snapped.
"Well no need to shout!" Emma said folding her arms and looking at me in a funny way trying to make me laugh it didn't work "Torak?" Emma said looking at me worriedly "you need to go to sleep"
"No I don't Emma, I'm to busy to go to sleep right now!"
Then I passed out on my bed.
I woke up the next morning feeling a lot better! "Wake up Torak!" Emma shouted at me.
"Hmmm?" I said in reply
"I slept over last night by the way, and I have a plan"
"Urgh!" I muttered as Emma started bouncing on me
"Get up sleepy head!"
"FINE! Fine I'm up look" I said jumping up "Now what's your plan?"
"We practice our powers!" Emma said happily
"That's it… well it might be the best plan you ever came up with so ok let's give it a go"
So we walked around Acmetropolis (After tearing a brush through my hair.) To find somewhere to practise, we found some places and things to help! What we did weren't very big things but we did do little things Emma read the minds of people in the street to see what they where doing. –For no reason its just Emma likes to spy on people- and she found out that one man was going to rob a house at 12:00 tonight. We found out what house and went there at night time two hours early and got set up, I put a force field around us so we didn't get hurt because he might have had a disinter-greater gun and me and Emma don't fancy being disinter-grated. And we stopped him from ever robbing anyone ever again because he was behind bars, but we didn't just do things like that. We also helped the lunatics but we were hidden out of sight –and Lexi's hearing- we used Emma's mind talk for things like that.
One of the ways we helped, was by me turning into a fly after master mind had escaped and flying into Techs lab, shape shifting back into my normal self, and taking off a few of the controller things she put on the gadgets –not all of them because otherwise it would look suspicious- changing back into to a fly and flying back home.
I also gave Zadavia the heads up about:
Doctor Zane
Black Velvet
Weathervane
Doctor Thaddeus Dare
Optimatus
Ringmaster
Otto the Odd
Massive
Sypher
Arthur "Time Skip" Chroniker
Mallory Mastermind
Ophiuchus Sam
Deuce
Adolpho
Pierre Le Pew
Sylth Vester
Queen Grannicus
And a few others…
At first Zadavia didn't believe me about the Vikings but now every time I call her about the future she listens to me which makes me swell with pride that someone important will listen to me and might need me at times –I just told myself that to make me feel better about my powers-
But one day… I had a vision that the lunatics didn't need me anymore… because they had become protectors of the universe it killed me to know that because even if they didn't know me I was sort of part of the team in a few ways I wanted to curl up and cry but I held my tongue and looked at it from all angles:
Good:
I could have a normal life.
I could try and get my dream job (Veterinary nurse) without worrying about the lunatics.
Bad:
Never being a part of something big.
Not knowing where Tech and the gang are or if they're okay.
Not being needed
Tech could get hurt, anyone in the gang could but I would never be able to help them the way I have in the past
There where many more bad things than good but I decided to try and go back to a normal life, like Emma had two days before I decided too but Emma lived in fear of hurting an innocent person because even though three years had passed when the lunatics had become heroes, Emma still hadn't found out her other power! But she and me had mastered our other powers, I found out I could:
Put a force-field around other people not just myself and they could be on the other side of the street –but the further away the harder it is for me- and I could block and unblock people from the inside using their powers and I could mute them if I wanted. –comes in handy when your around Emma- Oh and I can never change the colour it's always invisible until something touches it then the white ripples start up.
Shape-Shifting is easy for me. And nothing much happens apart from I change, but my eyes never change…
Okay what next… oh yes my Visions: They come only now and then but when they do my face loses all emotion and I stare off into space and my eyes glaze over.
Emma's powers:
She can look into people's minds and pull out what she wants she can also read their mind.
Emma can also put things into peoples mind like what she wants them to hear with this power she can change peoples mind too.
Emma's third power is unknown so far
Its today –the day I try and break into the lunatics old home-
Its starts out like a normal day get up, get washed, get dressed and meet Emma –she has now taken up skipping college, seeing as she never goes to her classes I saw no point in her even going to collage. Emma read my mind and from then on she saw no point either… I have no idea how she got into collage-
We where sitting on the bench in the park and where having a 'nice' conversation about why dogs chase cats…
Until Emma drove us off subject "What do you think the lunatics are doing right now?"
"Don't know, don't care and don't wanna talk about it" I said in one go
"We have to sometime Torak"
"No we don't" I spat at her I didn't want to remember the lunatics and Tech it hurt too much to think about them
"If we talk about it, it wont hurt as much" Emma said I knew she was right and before I realised she was about to make me talk about it using her power it was too late, I talked and talked about how much I missed being needed, being with Tech everything just came out in that one hour that had been bottled up in me for three years and Emma sat and listened to me talk –or as I like to think- "and then I had a vision about-" I cut myself off no not just yet I said to myself.
"What?" Emma asked
"It's about you but it's not important" I fixed
"Torak? If it's about me them it has to be important" She smiled
"It's about your first crush!" I blurted out
Emma's mouth dropped open to shocked to speak she says in my head
Who is it?
"R… Rev Runner" I whispered
The bird? Rev runner the bird? The fast one? Can track people? Speaks too fast and much for his own good? Torak just in case you don't know umm… I'm a cat we HUNT birds!
"I know but Tech is Revs best friends and Tech's a coyote and Tech is meant to hunt Rev, and I'm a wolf related to a dog I'm meant to chase cats but we're best friends!"
Ok fine, but I will tell you if you're right or not, ok?
"Ok" I agreed
Now what about Zadavia? That did it. All around the edges of my vision went blurry and I saw Zadavia walking down an path hands tied behind her back I was in the body of someone I don't know because when I looked down I saw a huge belly mine was NEVER that big, at first I thought I was in my dads body then I really got worried but I wasn't hairy enough! I looked back up at Zadavia and an old man walked out in the open "Zadavia you are accused of the disappearance of your brother you are to be charged with murder" The old man said
Then my vision split in half –it's never happened before- and I saw the lunatics sitting around a table "What's the time?" Duck asked
"11:54 am" Ace replied
"Almost time for lunch" Duck said satisfied just as Lexi came out the doors "I hate Mondays" she moaned
Then my vision came back to normal. My mouth dropped into an O "I know that face not that face, well that face too but… the first face, what happened? Was it me and Rev?" I felt her rummage through my mind until she came to my vision her face dropped as she watched it!
"Ohhhhhhhh…Noooooooo…" she turned pure white
As soon as I was recovered I said "We NEED to save her!" I get up and started running to the old abandoned Tower the lunatics used to live in I stopped at the bottom of the tower and faced the face scanner thought hard of Tech and changed my head into Techs just as Emma came up behind me
Welcome home Tech E. Coyote The machine said after it had scanned my head -or Techs head-
"What are you doing?" Emma said
"Helping!" I said "I can help Zadavia in here!"
And this is where I started off my story about how I got here now you know why I'm trying to break in… I got in alright though!
I started dragging Emma through the doors "I can walk you know!" Emma said matter of factly
"Then walk faster" I snapped
"What are we doing?"
"Finding a ship to get to Zadavia"
"But she killed her brother!"
"No she didn't and you know that! She must have been framed or something. I know Zadavia a lot more than I should and she would never do that because she wanted peace with him!"
"Fine, fine I'll help"
"Ok, look for a space ship"
"Something like that then?" Emma's voice said coming through a door way, I ran in and… Oh wow! Zadavia's brother's ship!
"That's what I thought!" Emma said happily
"Well done Emma! Now grab the left over inventions Tech left here get in there and we'll set off for Zadavia!"
We got packed with left over inventions… not many mind you.
And got into the space ship and…oh dear… "Emma do you by any chance know how to drive a space ship…?"
"Nope, but this thing must have an auto pilot."
"Ok…New plan…Start pressing buttons"
"Awesome! I'm good at that"
We started pressing random buttons in random sequence…
