Yo people!
Hey I'm CrazyCartoonistOtaku (just call me CCO, CC or something) and I'm a 14-year-old girl who enjoys cartoons! Haha that sounds messed up, but who cares!?
Anyway I decided my first fic would be a Loonatics Unleashed one, as well, I loved the show as a kid and I'm still loving it! Unfortunately, they didn't even bother showing season two where I'm from and I had to watch it on YouTube. A special shoutout to iMegaAnimation on YouTube who uploaded all the episodes and allowed me to watch one of my favorite cartoons eva! XD (Although I doubt iMegaAnimation would even see this. :P)
Anyway, need the full summary to this story? You got it, here ya go peeps!
Full Summary:
After an urgent mission that nearly took Ace's life, the Loonatics and Zadavia discover that someone is going around destroying several of Acmetropolis's buildings and monuments, with no clear motive at hand. They are unaware as to who the culprit is, as each time they arrive at the scene of the crime to try and stop the culprit, there is no one there. Confused and frustrated, the team gets more and more edgy as more and more of Acmetropolis gets destroyed, also, with a mysterious new threat rising close to them, resulting in a new barrier being formed around each of them and affecting their ability to work as a team. However, one of them suspects a certain person, and if that person really is the culprit, the Loonatics were in for the hardest challenge of their lives. (No focus on any pairing here. I do love Acexi but I think there are far too many fics about them already. Come on, I need to write an action-packed fic it's a cartoon for kids for Pete's sake! Although I may include implied Acexi, like in the show, but I will not make it go any further than that alright?)
Hope all of you who love the show as much as I do will love my fic too. I pray that I do well, my English isn't exactly award-winning after all, and I kinda have ADHD so, on occasion, I can talk like Rev and go all hyper so sometimes I may type out complete nonsense and end up deleting it all so updates may be slow. If that happens sorry but I can't help it. I just hope my story will be good enough for you guys to put up with me! XD
Disclaimer: I hate disclaimers…what's the point if we're doing it on a FANFICTION site anyway? But I guess it's kinda important so fine I'll do it. I don't own Loonatics Unleashed or any of the characters. They all belong to the WarnerBros(did I get that right?). I just own this story. Okay done. Now I will NOT do another one for the rest of the story so remember this!
PART ONE: START OF A DIASTER
Ace Bunny, leader of the Loonatics, protectors of the city planet of Acmetropolis, was meditating in his room at the Loonatic Headquarters when a shrill alarm broke his concentration. It was so sudden Ace was literally shocked off his meditating pedestal. He shook his head a little before realizing exactly what alarm was ringing. His electric blue eyes widened and without another thought, he rushed out of his room.
That particular alarm was installed by the Loonatics's boss, Zadavia herself. Ever since the time the six superheroes battled Zadavia's brother, Optimatus, the founder of the Loonatics had been worried something else equally serious may happen. Thus, she gave the team a special alarm that only she could activate, one that, when sounded, alerted the anthro superheroes of a very serious emergency. All the Loonatics knew that when this bell rang, things would get rough.
Ace made it to the main meeting room of the HQ in record time, but was still beaten by at least half the team. The speedster of the group, Rev Runner, was present, which was no surprise, as he had sonic speed. The other two were Tech E. Coyote, the genius of the group, and Lexi Bunny, second-in-command and the only female member of the group. Normally, Ace would have made a joke about them beating the leader, but not that day, especially since the emergency alarm was activated.
"It's been a while since this alarm's been used." Tech said, some dread in his usually calm voice. Ace said nothing in response as he simply waited for the other two remaining members. Slam Tasmanian, the big-eating strongman of the group, who doesn't make more than than a simple growling when he speaks, and Danger Duck, the ego-maniacal spotlight hog of the group. Soon enough, the two appeared at the door of the meeting room.
"Seriously," Duck exclaimed, "The emergency alarm rings right before Misty Breeze's show starts? That's despicable."
"Shut it Duck," Lexi retorted, "if this wasn't urgent, Zadavia wouldn't even use this alarm."
"Guys! She's here!" Ace yelled, effectively silencing them both. They flinched. Ace rarely used such a commanding tone. The bunny was usually the one who could keep calm in practically any situation, but something was off,something beyond the usual worry over an emergency mission. The other members all noticed this, but none said a word as their boss appeared in front of them as a hologram. Even then, she looked absolutely shaken.
"Loonatics, we have a very dangerous situation." Zadavia said, then continuing before anyone free could say anything, "Recently, the Acmetropolis Research Facility has discovered a mysterious crystal from another planet. When I visited the facility myself I discovered that the crystal has dangerously high levels of destructive energy, and once I informed the people in charge, they promised to dispose of it by today."
"And the problem would be...?" Duck interrupted and Lexi brain blasted him for good measure. Zadavia groaned at the interruption, something she only did on occasion, making her rise in panic levels obvious.
"This is no joke Duck!" She yelled, "Thank you Lexi but we can't waste anymore time. Just earlier I received a call from the Research Facility and they told me the crystal has gone out of control. If you don't stop it that one crystal could destroy all of Acmetropolis. You must hurry! There's almost no time! GO!"
Zadavia then vanished without her usual 'Zadavia, out.' phrase, another sign that she was greatly distressed. Ace slammed his dirt into his palm, and, before an uncharacteristic moment of hesitation, he said, in his signature Brooklyn accent, "You h'urd the lady. Let's jet."
No more words were necessary. The team headed out. Tech had recently upgraded their jet-packs, so they were able to arrive at the research facility really quickly. However, they had notime to enjoy the new upgrade. Once they landed, all of them gasped in shock when they saw how badly the main entrance alone was damaged. The towering 30-ton doors were completely crushed, reduced to nothing more than two lumps of steel. The walls surrounding the doors were also in a terrible state, with most of it nothing more than dust and rubble, and the remaining that was still standing was covered in cracks, looking ready to collapse at any moment.
"Woah, Zadavia said tat crystal was powerful, but I neva say tis comin'." Ace commented, evidently trying to keep the worry out of his voice. However, his attempts were in vain.
"Say-Ace-you-alright-because-you-seem-to-have-been-down-the-whole-day-since-this-morning-and-I'm-guessing-that's-why-you-were-meditating-at-least-two-hours-more-than-usual-which-is-weird-because-last-time-you-said-if-you-meditated-too-long-you'd-get-these-awful-headaches-and..." Rev inquired before Tech's hand clamped down on his beak, stopping the uncontrollable stream of words. Ace, however, just stiffened and kept moving, which of course made everyone more curious.
"Just to summarize Rev's question," Lexi said, "Ace, what's wrong?"
"...I'll tell ya guys later," the Loonatics leader replied without answering the question, "Right now we gotta stop tat crystal."
The team was stunned. Ace had never acted so distant before. Clearly something had upset him, and he was afraid that it would simply give his friends more problems to worry about than necessary. The rest of the Loonatics were not very happy with this, but they all felt that Ace had a point, even Duck. Personal problems could wait until the current crisis was averted. With that in mind the team rushed off to the experimenting rooms, hoping that the crystal was there. They also kept a look-out for any researchers still trapped inside. But more problems surfaced the further they went in. The building crumbled and shook every few seconds, making it difficult and hazardous for the Loonatics to move around. Twice Ace and Lexi had to blast falling debris out of the way, and seven times all the members had to attack entire falling walls or run for cover. They even experienced a mini earthquake at one point.
"This is just crazy!" Tech commented with irritation, "To think one little crystal caused all this?"
Slam made some random growling sounds of agreement.
"Hold up I'm getting something!" Lexi shouted, stopping for a second despite the descending structure of the building as she focused on her super hearing. She had picked up on voices calling for help ahead of them. She informed the team and led them to the source, relying on the boys to defend against more falling debris as she carefully listened for the specific human voices.
"In there!" She finally exclaimed, pointing to a large metal doorway, with the door blown off its hinges and in two pieces on the ground. The guys followed her inside and they immediately spotted some of the researchers lying around, a few of which were unconscious. Ace ordered half the team to help them, while he, Tech and Lexi searched for the crystal. At first they could find nothing, but then Tech spotted it, a glowing rock that kept changing colors, trapped inside a cylindrical container. It was bashing itself against the glass, as if unable to get out on its own, but it kept sending out deadly destructive rays each time it impacted with the glass, and those rays shot out in every direction, thrashing and relentless with the chaos they caused.
"Tech! Any ideas on how'ta stop tat thin'?" Ace asked, urgency and worry in his voice and eyes. His two teammates stared at him in disbelief for only a fraction of a second, but it was enough to distract them as one of those rays fired itself at them.
"Guys-look-out-that-crazy-rainbow-ray-is-coming-at-you!" Rev's voice shouted and then the roadrunner tackled the three of them out of harm's way. Tech and Lexi said their thanks, but Ace was too shaken up.
"What wore you guys thinkin?!" He exclaimed in a panicked tone, "Why'd ya both freeze for?"
"Hey Ace calm down we..." Tech tried to say, but was cut off.
"We can't calm down Tech if we don't hurry the whole buildin's gonna crash!" Ace shouted, "We hafta destroy tat crystal before its too late!"
Ace's teammates were confused as to why their leader seemed to be on the verge of breaking down. Sure, the mission was indeed a serious one but was it really necessary to get so worked up? After all, they had all been on tougher missions and Ace had always been able to remain calm. Why was this particular mission so different?
"Tech! How do we destroy that crystal?!" Ace demanded. He had become so worried he was actually pulling on his ears. For a second Lexi thought he was going mad, but the pleading look in his eyes told another story.
Tech gave in to that look and pulled out something similar to a small mirror from his pack. Using one of his inventions, the Molecular Reconstructor, he increased the mirror's size until it could easily stand at his own height with some support. He asked Rev to fetch Slam and Duck if they were done with getting researches out safely. The roadrunner was gone and back in 3.7 seconds flat with the two other members. Tech told them to support the mirror from behind while Ace and Lexi fire their laser vision and brain blast at the mirror once a ray from the crystal came zipping towards the mirror, also suggesting Ace shoot an energy beam from his Guardian Strike Sword just in case. He quickly told them the mirror was a special amplifier that would absorb any beam-like attack, multiply it, then send it back from the direction it came from. No sooner than his explanation was finished, the crystal collided with the almost totally broken container and shot a ray at the large oval of glass. Ace and Lexi rushed behind the crystal and shot their attacks from there. The three rays entered the mirror and it glowed for a hundredth of a millisecond before it released the combined ray back towards the crystal. Tech yelled at the bunnies to get out of the way.
Then, disaster struck. A piece of debris from the ceiling fell and landed on Ace's left leg just before the ray hit the crystal. Lexi had somehow made her way back to the other Loonatics, but there was no way out for Ace. He could not move his leg. He heard his friends scream his name before the crystal exploded right next to him. For a few minutes, everything went black.
When Ace opened his eyes a while later, he saw that all the other Loonatics were unconscious on the ground, quite far from him. The mirror was completely destroyed, and the explosion had sped up the destruction of the building tenfold. The remainder of the ceiling was coming down lightning fast. Ace tried to move and help his friends, but he found that neither of his legs would respond to him. An overwhelming feeling of dread filled his chest as he recalled something he had known several days ago. Then he saw his sword, still in his hand.
"No way I'll let tat happen!" He shouted, raising his sword and pouring all his feelings into it, "Guardian Strike Sword! Protect!"
He threw the sword with all the energy he had left at his friends. By then, they were starting to awaken, and Lexi noticed the Guardian Strike Sword hovering above them just before it released a powerful force field, shielding them from the heavy pieces of concrete and metal falling towards them. However, all of them saw something else. Their leader, looking utterly defeated, sadly smiling at them before the last of the building rained down.
"ACE!" Lexi screamed, followed by the rest of the team's horrified cries. They all tried to run out of the force field and help their leader, but the field refused to allow that. The entire foundation shook, and large clouds of dust formed all around. When it cleared, there was absolutely no sign of Ace. The team were all shocked speechless as the Guardian Strike Sword confirmed that there was no further danger and dropped the force field before it itself fell to the ground with a clang. Once the force field was gone, the Loonatics all rushed to save Ace.
"Oh no Ace! Don't you dare die before you admit I should be leader!" Duck fumed, though it was obvious that he could care less about being in charge and was genuinely worried about Ace. He, along with the rest, was digging through the rubble, searching frantically for even a small trace of the bunny.
"Please be okay Ace please be okay..." Lexi pleaded. Tech and Rev exchanged pained looks while Slam tried his best to comfort the female bunny with some reassuring growls and grumbles. They were making good progress with removing the concrete and metal, thanks to Rev's speed, Slam's strength and Tech's magnetic powers, but with each passing second they all felt more and more worried. Then, Tech received a video call from Zadavia.
"Good work Loonatics," she congratulated, not noticing the tense atmosphere at first, "The crisis has been avoided...Wait, what's wrong?"
"We're sorry Zadavia," Tech said, "but you called at a lousy time. After we destroyed the crystal the entire facility collapsed. All of us were knocked out for a moment, and when we woke up..."
Tech could not say anymore as he glanced at the pile of rubble and debris. There was still a lot to be cleared. Zadavia finally appeared to realize the problem.
"Tech," she asked, dread filling her tone, "where is Ace?"
Tech raised his arm and showed her the pile of debris. She gasped in horror.
"No...Hurry and try to get him out. I'll be there as quickly as I can."
With that, the video call ended and Tech resumed helping the rest. Several minutes passed before they found Ace at last. Hurriedly they pulled him out from under the pile. He was bleeding heavily and completely unconscious. His leg, the one that was trapped and prevented him from moving away from the crystal before it exploded, was bent at an odd angle. Lexi could not help but cry and pull him into a hug before realizing something.
He was cold. And his breathing was so shallow it was almost non-existent. Tech immediately ran a scan on his vitals just as Zadavia materialized at what used to be the doorway to the experimentation room. Her green eyes widened when she saw Ace's condition. She rushed to the Loonatics' side, mouth still hanging open in shock and disbelief.
"How could this have happened?" She cried sadly, a tear escaping her eye. Rev and Slam were also sniffing quite badly, while Duck tried to fight back the tears though it was a futile attempt. Lexi was crying the most. Then Tech gasped.
"No...why?" He demanded, nearly choking the machine. "Guys we have to get him back to HQ, a hospital, something! If we don't...if we don't...Ace won't ever wake up again."
The silence was deafening. Zadavia shot up to her feet.
"Let's take my ship! If we can get him to my base in time we might be able to save him!" She yelled. No more words were needed. Slam picked their leader up, as gently as he could possibly manage, and they all ran like crazy to Zadavia's ship.
Within the same amount of time it took for Zadavia to arrive at the destroyed research facility, the group arrived at her base. Inside the ship Ace had been hooked up to some emergency medical apparatus, such as an oxygen mask and pulse scanner. And scans showed that his heartbeat was devastatingly low, almost only a terrifying ten beats per minute rate.
Once they landed, Ace was brought to the emergency room of Zadavia's base, which she created after the Optimatus incident as well. She felt a fleeting moment of relief that she had added it in, but one glance at the broken leader made that all vanish. She was upset that she let them go on the mission. She should have done it herself, the risk would have been much lower if she did. During the flight to the base Tech filled her in on what had occurred. Normally she would praise Ace for such a selfless act, in fact she would have priased anyone if they did it, but he could nort give her the chance to. She prayes that he would awaken so she could have that chance.
"Ace...that idiot...why'd he have to do that?" Lexi questioned. She was the only one still in tears, though sadness lingered in the room like an ominous cloud. No one wanted to give an answer as they were thinking the same thing. However, all of them already knew the answer.
Ace was their leader and was responsibile for his teammates. He was the type of guy who would never let his team down. The type who would never be able to live with himself if he chose to save himself instead of his friends. Still, it was a heavy blow to the rest of the Loonatics. Even the mere thought of losing one of them, especially the one in charge, was something they never wanted to experience.
Yet, they were experiencing it. The empty, hopeless feeling of possibly losing a precious teammate and not being able to do anything about it. It seemed unfair. Was succeeding in their mission and escaping mostly unscathed really worth so much that they had to exchange their leader for it? The problem was, it was likely was worth it, as they saved Acmetropolis. But this mission, despite the danger level, was easier than the last Acmetropolis-threatening assignment. It took no longer than half an hour, and yet, they had lost so much more compared to last time.
Tech and Zadavia tended to Ace while Rev helped the rest with minor injuries and such. Barely anyone said a word aside from Slam's growling and either Duck or Rev trying to lighten the mood somehow. It did not work at all, mostly due to the fact that they themselves were not at all planning on feeling happier anyway.
Then, at last, after six long hours of waiting around, Tech and Zadavia emerged from the emergency room like doctors after conducting an intense surgery. The rest of the Loonatics rushed to them and all began asking about Ace's condition all at once. Zadavia calmed them down before letting the coyote give them the report. Tech had a tired look in his eyes, but he was smiling, the first sign of good news since the day started.
"His vitals are back to normal. Ace is going to be okay." He told them gladly. A collective cheer rose within the group, the loudest coming from Lexi and, surprisingly, Duck.
"Oh yeah he's alive! Thank the universe!" The mallard exclaimed, earning him looks of amusement, disbelief, and even shock from his team members. At once he recoiled and tried to pass it off as just wanting to hear Ace admit he was the best in the team, but everyone could tell he was really glad that Ace was going to be alright. Even he had a heart when it came to his comrades.
"Can we see him Tech?" Lexi asked excitedly. However Tech shook his head.
"Sorry Lexi," he said, "but even if you did he wouldn't be able to chat. Even though he's out if the danger zone Ace did suffer extremely heavy injuries such as a direct blow to the head and a badly fractured leg. He'll be in a coma for a while and even after he wakes up he won't be able to properly lead the team or fight crime until he fully recovers. 'Till then, you're in charge Lexi. However you can start visiting him tomorrow. Right now we should head back to HQ. Zadavia will take care of Ace."
Lexi's ears dropped. She was really hoping to see how much better Ace's condition was. Seeing him almost lifeless and broken had frightened her more than anyone. But Tech had a point. Ace's injuries were really bad. Staying with Zadavia was his best option, whether or not he was conscious enough to realize it. Reluctantly, she gave in and headed to Zadavia's ship to head home. After all they left headquarters with only their jet-packs.
"Hey Zadavia? Could you..." Lexi started, but the Loonatics boss already knew what she was your to ask.
"Don't worry. He's in good hands." She told Lexi. The female bunny smiled with relief before thanking Zadavia and leaving with the rest.
Then Tech stopped. He told the others to start out the engines first, as he needed to give Zadavia a few tips on how to ensure Ace's condition. The team agreed, and the coyote ran back to the recovery room where Ace had been moved to. Zadavia was there, checking scans on the monitor.
"So you realized as well Tech?" Zadavia asked, all traces of celebration good from her tone. Tech gave her a quick nod and she gestured for I'm to take a seat beside her.
"I've noticed the change since we dug Ace out of the rubble earlier today. The six hours we spent trying to heal and scan him only confirmed the suspicions." Tech explained. Zadavia's brow furrowed with worry. They had discovered that there was something off with Ace. He was recovering on his own abnormally fast for one thing, and it had nothing to do with his powers. Also, Tech found that his DNA was slightly altered. The change itself was easy to spot, but how it affected him, besides the fast recoveries, was unclear. Both Tech and Zadavia suspected the crystal did something to him, but they were reluctant to believe anything was wrong, as Ace being alive was fantastic news, but if something else had happened to him, who knows what the consequences could be?
"In any case Tech," Zadavia said, "for now, foot mention this to the other Loonatics. They've had enough to worry about for a while."
"I'm way ahead of you boss. Honestly, I wish I dim't have to know either." Tech answered.
About twenty minutes later the remaining Loonatics arrived back at their HQ. Tech then set the auto-pilot on the ship to send it back to their boss. Rev sped into the tower at once and got out several supplies to begin decorating the HQ.
"Er Rev? What are you doing?" Duck risked asking. The roadrunner threw a steamer at him as he zoomed around.
"Nothing-much-Duck-I'm-just-so-so-so-so-so-so-so-glad-Ace-will-be-fine-you-know-and-I-just-want-to-plan-some-sort-of-party-to-celebrate-that-so-I-just..." Rev blurted out until Slam gave him a nudge. Lexi let out a small laugh.
"I know you're happy Rev," she said, "we all are, but Tech said Ace would be out for a few days. I think you should put off the party until then."
"Oh-heh-heh-right-I'm-sorry-I-was-just-so-happy-I-forgot."
"It's alright Rev," Tech added, "but Ace should be back in about three or four days at most. I don't think that's such a long wait."
Rev smiled a little more at that, thinking that it was not to long at all. After those few days, Ace would be back and everything would be able to return to how it once was. The whole experience would end.
If only the Loonatics had realized it earlier. If they had, the entire catastrophe that will soon occur could have been prevented. However, it was already too late. Nothing had ended yet, but something really big had already begun.
Well that's it for chapter 1! What do you think? Did I do okay? Gods I sound like a bimbo, yikes! I really hate my ADHD sometimes because I tend to type or write how I feel in author's notes or stuff like that and sometimes it sounds weird. Oh well. Gotta go now! Bye bye! Hope you will stay tuned for the next chapters! (Get it? Stay 'tuned' for the sequel-sequel-sequel to Loony Tunes? Okay fine lame joke. XD)