When I first saw the new Loonatics show I thought it was pretty good. I love each of the characters; Lexi could have been done a little better though but that okay. I figured this show, if it had enough people that liked it, would be better in fan fiction. It's is a smidge darker than the original Loony Toons, which I love. The plot seems a little boring for my taste but everything else seems fine. I can handle the corny jokes because that's just what you get with cartoons these days and I love the idea of the Loony Toons having super powers but I think it's a good thing that they made it their ancestors rather than the original ones. I've read a lot of bad reviews about this show and the pattern I'm seeing is that people feel this new show betrays the old Loony Toons. If you think about it, it really doesn't what so ever. The creators made it so that it leaves Bugs, Daffy and the others alone, to focuses completely on its original characters. It has a lot of potential and I hope the creators of this show do a good job because I'd like to see a lot more of this. So now if people are still reading this I'll relieve you of my random ramblings.
I don't own Loonatics Unleashed. Don't sue me.
Loonatics Tower was unusually quiet. Ace looked around, his sapphire blue eyes scanned the control room. The leader heaved a heavy sigh and continued typing despite his pounding headache. His eyes burned, the bright screen did little to help the heat radiating off the round orbs. Normally his eyes were the greatest weapons he had but as of late they had been acting up, that very morning he had fried the TV during Duck's weather hour. Ace had gotten so aggravated with the feathered foul; so when the normal flash and burning that only came in battles lifted it was no surprise that the entire team stood in shock next to the smoking television.
"Jeez," His glove glad fingers stopped typing and met his eyelids in an attempt to calm the burn. "Why can't I just have normal, laser vision eyes?"
"Ace?" The genius coyote walked into the stale room, addressing his leader calmly. The rabbit had been on edge lately; the morning prior was not the first time Ace had let his temper get the better of him.
"What is it Tech? I'm busy." His sharp answer did little to intimidate his friend; Ace doubted it would.
"Lexi ordered some supper. I volunteered to see if you wanted some…" ...silence..., "well?"
"Well what?" Tech sighed; Ace just couldn't make this easy for him could he?
"Well, are you going to come eat?"
"Not hungry. I'm busy Tech, stop distracting me."
"You haven't eaten anything since yesterday morning, and all you had was a cup of coffee so technically you really haven't eaten anything in two days." Ace rubbed his fingers over his eyelids again.
"I…I shouldn't." Tech laughed and walked closer.
"You shouldn't eat? What kind of logic is that buddy?" Ace swerved in his chair, though his eyes looked anywhere but the coyote.
"I didn't mean I shouldn't eat but…Tech, I'm dangerous. Don't ya get it? That smokin TV couldda been anyone of you guys!" Tech walked forward, a foot away from Ace, forcing the rabbit's eyes on him.
"Well, you can't hurt me, now can you?" The question was a simple one, one that Ace hadn't even thought of. Tech could rebuild his body, mostly from tiny particles blown apart in the technician's lab explosions. Ace should have remembered that. Come to think of it, Ace couldn't remember a lot of things lately that he should have. Training in his dojo was becoming harder, each movement sluggish and clumsy. He couldn't even remember simple attack sequences.
"Ace?" The small touch on his shoulder, surprised him, the familiar, unwanted heat retuned to his eyes and he shoved his worried teammate to the side just before the blast came.
"DARNIT!" Ace lowered himself to the ground, his palms pressed tightly over his burning eyes. The sliding doors opened, the rest of the team ran in.
"What heck was that!" Tech noticed spilled lo-mein noodles all over the front of Duck's uniform.
"Tech? ACE! What happened!" Lexi ran over to her fellow rabbit and kneeled down next to him. "Ace?" Her voice lowered as she wrapped one of her hands around his, trying to steer it away from his eyes. Suddenly his legs veered out and kicked herharda good yard away. He crawledbackwards under the computer desk, his palms still pressed tightly over his eyes. The team was shocked into silence, Lexi moved slowly, sitting up from the spot where she had landed. The only sound in the tower was Ace's labored breathing.
"You're saying he wont talk?" Duck asked when the coyote reentered the lab. Tech shook his head. An hour had passed and their leader had yet to move from his spot under the computer desk.
"He just keeps muttering phrases. Words he's jumbled together that don't even seem sensible. He was fine when I talked to him eairler. I don't understand what's wrong with him." Tech rubbed his head, his long ears crinkled back in thought.
"Maybe…" Rev sighed. His unusually calm manner scared the team into the seriousness of the situation. "Maybe, he-just-needs-a-doctor?" Slam, though his speech was hardly understandable shook his head and spouted off random noises. Lexi nodded, understanding what his point was.
"Slam's right. Ace hates the doctor. Last time we went to one Slam had to practically drag him to get his shot." Duck smirked.
"Now, Lexi that's not true. Once he saw that cute nurse he practically leapt into the chair." Lexi grabbed the duck's uniform and lifted him above her head.
"What did he do?!" Tech laughed, glad Duck broke the awkward uncertainty,and walked over to separate them.
"Lexi, you know Ace, he's a shameless flirt. Even though he does it better than Duck is no reason to get angry." Duck huffed and folded his arms across his chest once he was back on the ground.
"That's a lie and you know it." Tech, ignoring the duck, walked back to his desk and leaned against the metal frame.
"The question here is, how do we get him to a doctor?" Suddenly the lights began to flash and the loud alarm went off. "LEXI! Get to Ace! We'll go see what's up in the city!" The rest of the team filed out of the room, leaving the pink bunny by herself to handle their ailing leader.
"…This should be fun."
Lexi walked slowly into the main computer room and kneeled down next to her friend. True to Tech's word Ace sat under the desk, his mouth moving quickly and his voice stuttering out noises.
"Lex…I, my head hurts." Ace vaulted suddenly from under the desk and into her arms. The surprised rabbit had no choice but to sit and rub her hand along Ace's spine wondering what the cause of his strange behavior was.
"Do you want me to help you to your room? Maybe you're just tired." Ace shook his head, never looking up from his place in her lap.
"I…I feel like I just…my head hurts. No…I can't."
"You can't what? Ace?" Ace shoved her back and got up, running from the room and heading towards the street exit. "ACE, COME BACK!" Lexi took off after him, her trained gymnast legs just barely keeping his speed.
The pink rabbit looked skyward to where she saw the blasts from the rest of the team's battle. Lexi looked closer, the blast sounded close, too close for her comfort. She took off again with renewed strength and would have caught her leader if asudden blast hadn't knocked a chunk of building at her. Dust blew about her trapped form. Lexi shot a beam at the rock, destroying it instantly into rubble.
She looked around, trying toignore the dust and ash that flew around her and obscured her vision. A small familiar tornado spun past her, dispelling the cloud of dust and ash. When he saw that his job was done, Slam stopped spinning and turned to his bunny companion. He grunted something and Lexi nodded, following his footsteps easier than she had for Ace's. Slam led her back to the group, who stood among the wreckage;nursing their wounds. It seemed the battle was over. Tech looked up when the two approached, his eyes narrowing slightly concentrating on a thought.
"Lexi, I told you to stay at the tower." Lexi nodded and helped Rev up from the ground.
"I was at the tower, but Ace justtook off. I was chasing after him but a building fell on me. I'm sosorry!" Lexi hollered back. This whole situation was working her emotions. She tried staying calm but now they were without a leader and a friend, and it was all her fault. Duck teleported over to the rest, dusting dirt off his uniform.
"So what do we do now?" A loud blast came from the piles of rubble, and with it a malicious laugh.
"You burn Loonatics, you burn."
I'm sorry if Ace seems a little OOC but you'll find out why in the next chapter. I hope this isn't too boring or overdone, but it probably is. Please be kind about the grammar and or spelling, my computer no longer checks for that kind of thing and I'm horrible at spelling. Since the series just started I'm making up a lot of facts. Ace just seems like the kind of person that would flirt...Oh well. Tell me what you think, and no flames please!