Tony continued to wander around until he yelped and got tackled by Akito with a glare.

"Finally got you," Akito glared. "Now will you please stop wondering around?"

"Aw, come on, what's wrong with exploring?" Tony replied.

"You could have gotten lost in here." Vincent told him as he and the others finally caught up.

"Meh..." Tony shrugged.

"Tony, stop wandering into places you know nothing about, you might've gotten hurt." Lee told his youngest brother.

"Now come on, I think the auditions are gonna start soon." Megan said.

Tony rolled his eyes at them for telling him what to do.

"You feeling okay today, Lex?" Ace asked.

"I'm fine, Ace, just got overexcited about today, I guess." Lexi said softly.

"There's a lot of people auditioning for the spot on the team." Tech said as he looked out the window.

"I guess it's a big honor for them, I mean, just think, we were the best guardians of Acmetropolis, especially when we helped Zadavia with her brother and all, and Akito kinda got mad because his dad kinda sorta lied to him and his siblings about where he really was when he was helping her with Optimatus and was gone for so long, but it's gonna be great!" Rev beamed, talking fast as usual.

Tony held his head as felt like his brain was gonna burst from Rev's talking.

"Anyway, we better get the auditions started." Ace said.

They soon set up for a minute and then sat down behind the table.

"Does he always have to talk so much?" Tony complained about Rev.

"Not all the time, but yeah." Vincent nodded.

"First audition..." Ace said. "Persephone Pussycat?"

"Hello, there~" A very sexy black and white cat in a purple dress smiled seductively as she came to meet the Loonatics.

The males of the team seemed to find her very attractive, but thanks to Lexi, they stayed focus.

"What are your best qualities?" Lexi asked.

"Oh, very simple," Persephone smiled. "I used to pose for bikini magazines, I went to cosmetology school for a few years, and I can start as soon as possible... As long as the day doesn't have the letter Y in it."

Lexi narrowed her eyes, not interested. "We'll call you."

Persephone soon left the room.

"Next!" Ace called out.

"Did she have to go?" Duck asked.

"Yes!" Lexi glared.


Next was a strong black lion.

"Ooh..." Lexi smiled out of interest.

"Well, don't you look like the strong type," Ace commented. "What's your name, stranger?"

"Nova." The lion told him as he flexed his arms.

"Nova... Good to meet ya." Ace said.

"I challenge you!" Slam told Nova.

"Easy, Slam... Not unless Ace says so... He's the leader." Akito told the strong Tasmanian Devil.

Slam pouted as he nearly forgot that.

"Would you be interested in showing us how strong you are by taking on Slam?" Ace asked Nova.

"Oh, I'd be delighted." Nova smirked.

Slam soon came up towards Nova.

"Ooh, this is gonna be good..." Akito smiled before looking to the Clark siblings. "Slam and I used to wrestle each other all the time."

"Something about Nova seems kinda like a jerk." Tony said.

Akito shrugged about that as he wasn't sure yet. Slam and Nova soon stood in front of each other and they began to run up to each other at first to see who was better or stronger, and where the two of them seemed to be equal, but Nova soon used a move which looked illegal. Slam grunted at first until Nova did the move.

"Hey... You can't do that..." Akito commented.

"I just did." Nova smirked as he pinned Slam.

"That's cheating! You're not allowed to do that in wrestling!" Akito complained. "I watch WrestleMania every year!"

"I'm afraid cheating isn't one of our trademarks." Tech told Nova.

"Next!" Ace called out.

"Does this mean I can join the team?" Nova asked.

"I'm sorry, but cheaters never prosper." Tech scolded the lion.

"Dang it." Nova groaned as he left.

"You okay, Slam?" Ace asked.

"He's dead if he tries that again." Slam glared angrily.


The rest of the auditions didn't seem to be any better. They soon took a break.

"This is harder than I thought it would be," Duck groaned. "Isn't anybody worthy to be in my presence as a teammate?!"

"Luckily there's just one left." Ace said.

"We'll have to make it count since no one else is working out..." Lexi said.

"I just hope so for your guys' sake..." Lee agreed. "I still can't believe you guys are descended from the Looney Tunes though."


After their break, it was time for the last applicant.

"All right... Show us what you got..." Marc said as he sounded exhausted.

Eventually, a familiar face was shown.

"Rip?!" Rev's eyes widened.

"Hey, Big Bro." Rip greeted as he and Trill came walking in.

The teenagers soon saw the outfit Trill had on.

"Where have I seen that before?" Tony asked himself.

"Uh, I hope it's okay, but my new buddy here wanted to come along," Rip said as he showed them. "This is Trill."

"Um, hi." Trill greeted.

"Aww~... He's kinda cute..." Lexi cooed to Trill.

Everyone else came up to see Trill which made him nervous at first because they were all staring at him. Trill soon began to back away from them.

"Guys, back up a little, he's a little shaken up." Rip told them.

They all then backed away and looked concerned.

"Rip, you sure you wanna join the team?" Rev asked his brother. "I mean, no offense, but you don't really have your own powers."

"I didn't have my own powers but now I do." Rip told him.

"You do?" The Loonatics asked in surprise.

"Just try not to get a big head this time?" Felicity said, remembering when they first met Rev's family and Rip kind of became a super-powered jerk.

"Don't worry; this time, I won't get a big head." Rip told her.

"Alright, Rip, show us what you got." Ace replied.

"Will do..." Rip nodded as he then went to get into place as they all sat down and he showed them that he was now both quite fast and quite strong, and where they were surprised at his super-speed and his super-strength as he was able to run circles around all of them and was able to lift up Slam like he was nothing with just his right hand.

They all watched in amazement.

"Has he done this before?" Megan asked.

"Non, not really." Felicity replied.

"But how did he get those powers?" Akito asked.

Rip soon put Slam back in his seat before returning in front of them.

"Wow, Bro, you really showed us!" Rev beamed as he went on a bit of a fast-paced excited rant about his brother.

"Yeah, I know, I know..." Rip said as his brother chattered in the background as he was excited.

"Looks like we found our newest teammate." Ace smiled.

"Yay!" Trill cheered as cubes came out of his pockets. "Uh-oh... My viruses!"

The others looked at him again.

"Here, I'm sure it's no big fuss." Felicity smiled as she offered to help Trill.

One of the cubes that landed first soon became bigger and was soon shown as a spikey wild animal.

"What the?!" Felicity yelped.

"Uh-oh." Trill cupped his mouth in worry. He soon caught the rest of his cubes before they would touch the ground as the animal virus began to attack the tower, causing some destruction.

The others decided to try and help Trill out.

"Hey, stop! Cut that out!" Duck scolded the animals.

The animal viruses seemed to growl at Duck.

"Uh-oh..." Duck gulped.

The animal viruses began to chase after Duck as they were attacking him.

"Get them away from me!" Duck panicked as he ran off. "I'M AN ENDANGERED SPECIES!"

"Should we help him?" Tony asked.

"Might as well." Estelle sighed.


Duck continued to run for his life and even jumped onto a pillar as the animals chased him. Akito and the others soon attacked the animal viruses. Trill cupped his mouth.

"You're trying to attack them, aren't you?" Felicity glared at Trill.

"No! Honest! I would never!" Trill frowned. Trill soon went over to the animal viruses and turned them back into cubes before putting them back in his pockets so they would later be released to bad guys to attack.

"He's a spy!" Felicity cried out.

"No, I'm not!" Trill told her, feeling hurt by that as he soon went over to Rip for comfort.

"He's trying to attack us!" Felicity said.

"Felicity, enough!" Vincent replied. "It was an accident."

"But why would he have those things?" Felicity defended.

"I-I-I don't know!" Trill cried as Rip began to comfort him like a big brother comforting his younger brother.

"Aw, buddy, I'm sorry..." Rip frowned as he comforted Trill. "Look, French kid, I don't know your name, but don't you think you were a little mean to Trill? I mean, he's my little buddy."

"And he's just a child." Estelle told her French cousin.

Felicity rubbed her arm slightly.

"You okay, buddy?" Rip asked.

"I-I think so..." Trill replied to the roadrunner.

Rip began to soothe the young boy.

"I... I didn't know..." Felicity said.

Trill huddled up against Rip and the roadrunner did his best to make him comfortable.

"I'll go over here now..." Felicity said, walking off slightly.

After some time, Trill was calmed down.

"All better?" Rip asked.

"I think so..." Trill said. "I swear, that girl looked like she was gonna bite me."

Felicity soon poked her fingers with her fangs and looked at one finger to see black blood poked out, but she wasn't injured, though she did realize her fangs were a bit sharper now that she was a teenager.

"Don't worry, Felicity wouldn't hurt a fly." Estelle assured Trill.

"She's a sweetheart really, she just freaks out at unfamiliar situations, but she won't hurt you, really." Akito added.

"Well... If you say so..." Trill said to them.

It was soon time for Rip to be given his outfit.

"Well, Rip, we've seen a lot of auditions today, a lot of them today actually, feels like over a hundred, boy, I don't think we've ever been this busy, even Zadavia gave us missions with Akito, Estelle, Vincent, and Felicity, boy, that was nuts!" Rev smiled to his brother before going on a tangent. "It's so nice to see Zadavia happy these days with Captain Planet, and-"

"But...?!" Rip interrupted.

"Uh, but, you did a great job," Rev smiled. "Congratulations, Bro."

"Welcome to the team, Rip." Ace added.

"Wow... Thanks, guys!" Rip smiled. "I won't let you down."

"We know you won't." Tech said.

"So, Rip, where did you find Trill?" Lexi asked.

"You know, it was funny," Rip replied. "I was on my way here, and I suddenly found him lost and alone, but these thugs were chasing me, and then something hit me. I of course decided to go and help him, but something just shot me, like an energy blast, and suddenly, I had these new powers, and I used them to help Trill out, and that's pretty much it."

"Why were they after Trill?" Tech asked.

"Uh... I don't know myself..." Rip replied. "Trill, why were those guys chasing you exactly?"

"To take me back to the lab." Trill frowned.

"What lab?" Akito asked.

"It's a long story..." Trill said.

"Why don't we have some pizza and you can tell us all about it?" Ace suggested.

"O-Okay." Trill said.