Loonatics Unleahed: Terror From Outer Space

By: Phoenix Ride

Ch.1: An Unwelcome Visitor

All was peaceful on Planet Blanc. The Loonatics were resting from their most recent conflict with Mira and her dark reflections. A conflict in which they nearly lost one of their teammates; Danger Duck.

But now that the threat was over there was nothing else to worry about, was there? Little were the Loonatics aware that a new terror awaited them from the stars.

At that very moment a small, silver meteorite was on a collision course with Planet Blanc, and when it crashed it brought a liquid silver being along with it called Nug.

Curious about this strange planet he had crashed on Nug began his search for a host. In minutes Nug made his way to King Tweetums palace, when suddenly a curious sound caught his ear. Curious, Nug sought out the source of the sound, and found the Loonatics working to perfect their powers.

" Superheroes" thought Nug " what more perfect way to take over the universe? But there are six of them, which one shall I choose?"

"Alright Duck" said Ace from the field " let's test this new power of yours,"

With that encouragement Duck stepped to center of the field in order for Tech to analyze how powerful his new Elemental Shield was. Lexi and Rev stood at the sidelines as they watched everyone else work.

"You think he can pull this off?" said Lexi " what if he gets hurt?"

"Don't worry Lexi" said Tech, overhearing her words " I thought through down to the wire, nothing can go wrong,"

"Why do those words not fill me with confidence?" said Lexi.

Just before Tech activated his marvelous training device Nug's dark eyes caught sight of a mission control shed nearby. Slithering towards that shed Nug could see numerous programs installed by Tech. The training course, wormhole generator, automatic launch codes; the list went on and on.

Nug was especailly interested by the wormhole generator and saw there were many buttons placed beside the switch to type in your target location. Caught in mid wonderment Nug almost forgot that anyone was outside when a big blast suddenly erupted through the air.

Peeking through a window inside the shed Nug saw that the one the others had called Duck was now surrounded by a glowing orange sheild. Everything outside the sheild was scorched, but on the inside Duck and the ground around him remained unburned.

"Yes" thought Nug " these beings will be great hosts indeed. But until the eggs are ready to hatch my people will not be ready to take hosts of their own. I must take over one of these superheroes bodies so they can guard the eggs for me. But first I'll need to find out who is worthy,"

With that last thought in mind Nug scanned the control pannel, when his hand accidently hit the alarm signaling a distater on Acmetropolis. The Loonatics instantly heard this call and Tech was the first to determine what it was for.

"There's trouble going down in Acmetropolis" said Tech " we have to get there fast,"

"Everyone to the Dragon Ship," said Ace.

Without hesistation the other Loonatics raced toward the ship with Nug slithering on behind. Once all were on board Tech typed in the destination for the wormhole generator to transport them to, and seconds later they were landing on Acmetropolis.

However, as soon as the Loonatics landed and surveyed the city, no crisis appeared to be present.

"That can't be" said Tech in disbelief " my new alarm system shouldn't be wrong,"

" Well I don't see any screaming citizen from miles around" said Duck, sarcastically " maybe you made a mistake and just didn't know it,"

" It just doesn't make sense" said Tech, ignoring Duck " it shouldn't have gone off like that,"

"Well if nothing is going on" said Ace " I guess we'll just have to return to Planet Blanc,"

But when the Loonatics turned around another surprise awaited them, making their mouths open up in shock. The Dragon Ship they had arrived in was totally torn apart. Bits and pieces of metal, wire, and circuitry lay out all over the place, making the Dragon Ship look like a gutted fish.

"Oh man" said Rev " this is going to take weeks to repair,"

"Maybe Tech's alarm system wasn't so screwy after all" said Ace " someone wanted us here, and now we're stranded,"