Symphony of the Heart
Chapter 1: The Course of Fate
The silver ship careened across the sky, black smoke trailing from its sides. Cracks on the ship's frame widened as it continued its flight, the pressure of space attempting to crush the craft. The meteors floating in space only served to damage the ship further, ripping new holes into its metallic skin.
"Eject! Eject now!" she screamed.
Her cries could make no difference. The ship's fate had been chosen, and the countdown had commenced. Nothing could change its course. But it wasn't the ship she was worried about: the crew was still inside.
The ship exploded into a ball of flame, blinding the three of them. They fell to the ground in an attempt to escape the fire and the burning shards of metal. Together, they stared for a brief second as the wreckage floated off into the void. Only the dark ashes floated down to the surface of the planetoid on which they stood.
As she stood up, the coyote placed a hand on her shoulder in an attempt to comfort her.
"Oh no. They didn't have a chance." She gasped, finally accepting reality. A scrap of cloth floated down from the wreckage, and landed in her hand. ACE, it read. "He was the best leader."
She walked away from her two friends, trying to cope with her grieving heart.
I'll never get to see him again.
She began to cry. At first the tears simply welled up around her emerald green eyes, but they rapidly began to flow down her face. There were no screams, no bitter denials; only the harsh acceptance of reality, and with it, this seemingly endless sorrow. She stared out into the cold, black reaches of space. Everything seemed so cold now. She felt as if her heart was being crushed. The light of all the stars, the heat of the great rock she stood on, even the flames from the very ship in which he had perished, no warmth could reach her, though the metal shards rained down and tore her skin, scalding her flesh. Despair alone remained in her heart.
He's gone. Just like that. I…
"There's nothing left." She stated, her emotions cracking and warping her voice. That single phrase expressed everything.
Nothing at all….
"Who you callin nuttin?" a voice behind her questioned.
At the sound, her ears perked up, and she spun around, praying she wasn't delusional, that this wasn't some kind of sick trick of nature, or of their enemy, to crush what little remained of her fragile heart.
"Ace!" she yelled. Her smile grew as wide as her face could handle. In front of her stood the rabbit she had believed to be lost. She disregarded her other friend, Rev Runner, as she had eyes only for one person. The pink bunny ran and hugged him, wiping the nonchalant smile off his face.
"I thought we lost you." She said.
You have no idea... how much that hurt.
Rev stood watching. On the outside, he simply appeared to be smiling at the whole situation. He and the rest of the team had been waiting for something like this to happen though. A year working together and she had finally expressed some feeling about him. All it took was him dying.
"Hey, careful! You'll wrinkle the spacesuit." Ace joked, a grin covering his face.
"Uh, you scared us. We thought…" Lexi slapped his arm, trying to cover up her embarrassment at revealing her emotions so easily. She had blushed, but the spacesuit masked the color of her face, saving her from even more embarrassment.
"Yegh vrug vrug lur kaboom!" Slam exclaimed in his usual gibberish.
"Yeah-but-Ace-had-us-eject-right-behind-the-asteroid-so-it-looked-like-we-bought-the-farm-and-y'know-I-wonder-if-Zadavia-had-insurance-because-replacing-one-of-those-ships-musta-cost-a-fortune-unless-you-think-it-was-a-rental-or-maybe-if-we-can-get-down-to-the-planet's-surface-we-could-talk-to-someone-about-a-new-one! And-wasn't-it-cool-we-could-guide-it-by-moving-our-hands?" Rev blabbered on and on and on, until Lexi finally interrupted.
"Rev, not the hot issue right now" Lexi told him. A grin spread across her face, leaving no doubt of her joy at seeing her teammates alive and ok. The team marched off, ready for the battle awaiting them.
Ace is alive. That's all that matters.
One Year Later
A year had passed, and much had occurred since that day on the planetoid. Optimatus had risen to near-conqueror of the universe, only to be betrayed and join Zadavia. Deuce had been defeated once more, and the Loonatics became guardians of the universe. They had moved to Planet Blanc, the center of the entire universe, in order to defend everything more easily. Thanks to the wonders of wormholes, and Tech's gadgets, the Loonatics had simply picked up Headquarters and dropped the building off at the center of Blanc. Zadavia remained in contact with the Loonatics, but she no longer commanded them. They still valued her opinion and information, though. She had Freleng to rule now, with her brother Optimatus at her side. And so the Loonatics became a self-sufficient force, capturing new villains and returning the escaped old ones to jail. Yet, a new threat was rising, one that the Loonatics were unaware of…..
So I'm aware that it's not much, yet. I'm working on the rest (obviously). This was merely an opening and a method of setting part of the tone. This is gonna be a long one... By the way, it's also my first fanfic. Judge it, criticize it, but if you found it good, I request that you at least say something. And most of the dialogue (except for Slam) is quoted word for word from that scene. And once and for all DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN LOONATICS UNLEASHED, ITS CHARACTERS, ITS LOCATIONS, ITS IDEAS, ETC. The overall plot and OCs are obviously mine.