Loonakids: Could You Be the One?

Chapter 1

7 anthros and 2 humans were in the living room of the tall tower. Their kids were off doing…something. A female coyote and a female rabbit were on the couch together.

"How much longer, anyway?" asked the blonde bunny.

"I don't even know when it started," answered the female coyote, "So, I certainly can't calculate the exact date, now, can I, Lexi?"

"Just asking if you knew," said Lexi.

"Hey, just be thankful Duck didn't faint when he found out like he did the first time," said a male coyote, coming up next to them.

"Well, Tech," said the girl coyote, "all 4 of us were pregnant then. This time, it's just me and Lexi, and she came way later."

"I get it, Sophie," said Tech, "I'm just saying, he didn't take the news so well."

"Hey, I, for one, took it better than Rev here this time," said a male duck, pointing to a male roadrunner after he said it. The roadrunner had actually taken the news alright at first, but the next day he had been acting weird.

"Can we forget about this and focus on when the kids are coming home?" asked a blonde human girl, "They've been gone for hours and I'm starting to get worried."

"Relax, Wendy," said the brown-haired human girl, "They can handle themselves with all those powers of theirs. I'm sure they'll be home any minute."

BANG! THUMP!

"JACK! You still can't land right!"

"I've been working on this for months now!"

"Yeah, I can see that!"

"And that minute would be now," said Wendy.

9 anthros walked in.

"You still can't land after all this time?" a brown female bunny asked an orange and black duck.

"I said I was working on it," said Jack, "What more do you want from me, Lucy?"

"Are you kidding?" pointed out a silver and black coyote girl, "'Land right'? He can't even take off right! Or fly altogether for that matter."

"Kelly!" said Sophie, stopping the kids' argument, "You guys are going to upset…someone."

The kids knew she was talking about the unborn child…or children. She had gotten a litter the first time and was, most likely, going to get one again.

"So, what made you guys so late?" asked a silver and white male bunny.

"Jack," 8 of them answered (the one who didn't answer was Jack himself).

The 14-year-old duck looked insulted. "Well, if I had my magic already then I would have been to fly here with no problem."

"Well, why didn't you think of that before you landed us in Acme Australia?" asked a pink and black bunny, "Which, I might point out, is over a thousand miles from here, not counting the time change." She pressed a button on her watch and turned into Nadine Bunny. She was exactly like her mother, Lexi, in almost every way ("almost" meaning in power).

"So, Jack crash landed all the way over in Acme Australia?" asked Wendy.

"And we thought Duck was bad when he was on our team," said Lexi. 4 years ago and long before that, she, Ace, Tech, Duck, Rev, and Slam (a Tasmanian devil) had been the "Loonatics", but the kids had filled in for them as the "Loonakids".

"I was not!" Duck said.

"Oh, please," said a blue and black coyote girl, "I could outsmart you and Jack." She pressed a button on her watch and she was Sarah Coyote, the 3rd oldest in the litter and 2nd oldest girl, but youngest girl of all in the room.

"You could not," said Jack.

"Yes, I could."

"No, you can't."

"Yes, I could."

"No, you can't."

"No, I couldn't."

"Yes, you can!"

"HA!"

"Well, I am 20-something years older than you kids and I would not fall for something like that," said Duck, "especially after Ace and his ancestors used it for so long."

"OK, then," said Sarah, "Say 'fort'."

"How is this going to prove anything?"

"Just do it."

"Fort."

"Now say it 5 times."

"Fort, fort, fort, fort, fort."

"Now spell it twice."

"F-O-R-T, F-O-R-T."

"And say it 3 more times."

"Fort, fort, fort."

"Now what do you eat soup with?"

"A fork."

Kelly laughed. "You eat it with a spoon, dummy!"

"They're just like you," said Sophie, looking at her husband.

"I know," said Tech, "but it's kind of creepy."

"You just wait and we'll see how the others turn out," said Lexi.

"You want me to tell you how?" asked Kelly, closing her eyes, ready to use her power.

"No, Kelly, let it be a surprise," said Sophie.

Kelly turned out of her uniform, too. She was psychic, so she could see the future. Her visions were involuntary and uncontrollable, but she was learning how to get them whenever she wanted by just channeling the vibes.

"Well, I'm gonna go," said Nadine.

"You just got back," said Lexi.

"Oh, Nadine's probably too focused on you-know-who," said Sarah, teasingly.

Nadine shushed her.

"Uh, is there something we missed?" asked Lexi.

"You mean you haven't noticed how she's been skipping out every night for the past week?" asked Benny.

"Yeah, but we didn't know it had to do with anything important," said Lexi.

"So, her first boyfriend is unimportant?" asked Lucy.

"Hey! Nick and I are just friends!" Nadine corrected. She then realized what she had said. "Oh, I guess I let that cat out of the bag myself."

Lexi smiled. "It's OK. You're 14. You've gotta get a life sometime. Go."

"Thank you!" Nadine rushed out.

Jack groaned. "Here we go."