Once Smitten, Twice Awry
Prologue
Danger Duck paced back and forth in the command center of the main Loonatics Headquarters. It had been a couple of weeks of relative peace and quiet on the city-planet of Acmetropolis. A couple of weeks way too long for Danger Duck's liking. What's a superhero without super heroics to perform? Danger felt that at any moment, he was going to explode from boredom.
The alerting sound of the emergency communicator cut through the silence. Danger snapped out of his thoughts and jerked his head around to the alert. He pounced at the communications center and hit the response button. "Finally," Danger said under his breath.
A human appeared on the communication screen. She was a wizened woman fitted in a laboratory outfit, obviously a scientist. "Loonatics!" the woman said.
Danger eagerly replied, "Yes!"
"Dr. Strangelove here; I require your assistance!"
"Yes!!"
"I need you to retrieve my precious pet…."
"NO!!!" Danger interjected.
"Pardon?"
"That's right sister! You heard me! I said, 'No!' Such a task is beneath the expertise of the Loonatics! If you want somebody to get your cat out of a tree! Who ya' gonna call?! Not us, that's fer sure!" Danger further punctuated his pronouncement by shutting off the communicator on the stunned scientist. He snorted, "The nerve of some people."
Danger angrily stared at the blank communication screen. A couple of moments went by as Danger slowly began to simmer down. Once he cooled off, he realized that he was still bored. With nothing else better to do, he decided to go back to pacing.
Danger repositioned himself back to the groove in the flooring he had been working on and commenced pacing once more.
As Danger had begun to hit his stride, Lexi bolted into the command center.
"Hey, Duck," Lexi said.
Danger stopped in mid-pace. "Hi-ya, Lex."
Lexi walked over to Danger. She said, "I'm bored."
"No kidding. I'm bored with being bored."
"So…."
"And?"
"Do you wanna go see a holovie with me?" Lexi felt a slight tinge of guilt with the knowledge that Danger had been the last of her colleagues that she solicited, with Ace being her first choice.
Danger shrugged. "Sure, why not?"
Continuity Disclaimer: There is the possibility that certain elements of the story might be or become inconsistent with Loonatics Unleashed series canon. Therefore, it is to be considered that this story takes place in a parallel universe.
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Gratitude: I wish to thank all the reviewers who have taken the time to review the prologue. I really appreciate the reviews and the encouragement. For all those who have read the prologue, I wish to thank you for taking the time to have read it. I hope you will find the rest of the story worthwhile entertainment.