Children of the Dead Chapter 2: 2785, a loonatics unleashed fanfic

Chapter 2: 2785

10 years later…

"I'm going to get you!"

"No, you're not!"

"Oh, come on, she beat you the past 3 games."

"Well, she won't beat us now!"

The 4 girls and 5 boys were enjoying themselves. 4 of them would be turning 10 in 3 days and the others had already switched to double digits. Their parents and the families' friend, Slam Tasmanian, were watching from the other side of the room.

After Sophie had died, the group had made some decisions. They weren't going to tell the kids about their powers until they were old enough. They wouldn't put their families in danger, so they were just the Loonatics when they were out in the field and they were their normal selves every other time. It was like an alias to protect your loved ones.

Tech had taken the blow of Sophie's death the hardest and couldn't believe that with all that unfinished business her Ghost had never shown up. He did, however, find that he enjoyed being a dad. He didn't have as much time to his projects anymore, but it was worth it…sort of.

The oldest in the whole group of kids was Nadine Bunny. She was just like her mother in almost every way ("almost" being in power-wise). Nadine was strong and dedicated and very pretty for just the age of 10. She was the first in her litter of rabbit kids.

The next was Benjamin Bunny (how about that?). The kids called him Benny. He was very flexible and light on his feet and cool under pressure, but he had a slight temper and was a little overly competitive, a lot like his father.

The third, and last in the rabbit litter, was Lucy Bunny. Her brother and sister called her "Cottontail" (her sister saying it lovingly and her brother saying it mockingly), and she was often known to be a mix of her older brother and sister. She was smart, funny, real outgoing, and preppy. She loved games and at the same time found studying to be an interesting activity. She didn't look much like either of her parents. She had silvery-blonde hair and bangs hanging down from her long, slender ears to her shoulders and had deep, happy violet eyes to go with her tan fur.

Rev's kid was a boy named Robert (his family had kept a tradition for generations of naming the boys with a name that started with "r" and he had kept it going). He had the same blue and purple feathers as his dad, and the same deep bluish-green eyes as his mom. He was a lot like Benny, only more gentle and faster than he was skilled in combat (but not quite as fast as Rev).

Duck's kid was a boy named Jack. He had the same dark black feathers as his dad, and the same brownish-gray eyes as his mom. He seemed kind of like Benny only more competitive and slightly arrogant than he was flexible (kind of like his dad, huh?).

Tech's first child was his daughter, Kelly. She looked exactly like her mother in every way, with light brown fur and green eyes. She was very strong-willed and intelligent and had a certain kind of perseverance that wouldn't allow her to give up under any circumstances no matter what she was doing.

Tech's next kid was a boy named Ryan. He looked like his dad, but the similarity stopped there. He had a temper always set to blow, an attitude of "nothing can hold me back so don't try", and he was always trying to beat his high score at another game.

The next child in the group was Sarah. The coyote couple had named her that before her mother died because she was "their little princess", which is what Sarah means. She liked to bake. She looked like Kelly, only she had her dad's hazel-tinted green eyes instead of mother's solid green, and she was shorter with a shade darker fur.

The final and youngest child in the families was Michael. He was exactly like Ryan in looks, except he had a shade darker fur, he was shorter, and he had his dad's eyes instead of his mom's. He actually took and interest in studying. His motto was "There's no puzzle that can't be solved" and he abided by it.

The families had been living together in that tower since before the children's parents had fallen in love or even met. The children always wondered how they had gotten to live in such a big place, but they never asked. There were thousands of places to explore, too! And with their imaginations, almost anything could be possible.

The kids continued playing tag in the room when Rev suddenly ran over, quickly (making sure none of them were looking his direction before he used his power) and grabbed onto Sarah, who was "it" at the moment.

"I'll never figure out how you're so fast, Uncle Rev," said Sarah.

"Well-I-am-a-roadrunner-and-everyone-in-my-family-has-always-been-REALLY-fast-well-all-except-for-my-brother-Rip-and-I-guess-it-skipped-him-but--"

"Or how you talk so fast or what you're saying when you talk so fast," Kelly jumped in.

"That reminds me," said Sarah, pushing the roadrunner slightly to the side, "Tag! You're it!"

"Hey! I-wasn't-even-part-of-this-game-in-the-first-place!" Rev still ran after her, not using his powers this time.

"Well, too bad!" said Sarah, "You are now!"

"Hey, Sarah," said Ryan, "You can't just go jumping people into the--"

"Tag-you're-it!" Rev said, tagging his nephew on the back when he was objecting his sister's input.

"I stand corrected," said Ryan, re-tagging Rev, "Tag, you're it again!"

"Hey-I-was-just-it-I-can't-be-it-again!"

"Yeah, you're not really going along so well in this game so far, are you?" asked Ryan, running off.

Rev chose a different target and began to try to catch Nadine without using his powers.

"He shouldn't be using his powers around them," Wendy whispered, "It's too risky. They could find out."

"Wendy, we're going to have to tell them sometime," said Daniella, defending her husband, "In 3 days, Tech's kids will be 10, too, and then we might be able to tell them."

"So, it's settled," said Tech, "We'll tell the kids on Sophie's death-day." He turned his back on his friends and crossed arms at them.

"Tech, it's been 10 years," said Lexi, "You've got to get over her sooner or later."

"I know," said Tech, dropping his hands to his side, "I just can't get her out of my head no matter how hard I try." His ears drooped at the thought of her.

"That's love for you, Tech," said Duck, "It can drive a guy bonkers. As opposed to Rev, who was already bonkers and took the transition to flat-out wacko."

Wendy giggled. She turned her attention back to the kids and Rev. During their discussion, Rev had tagged Nadine, who tagged Robert, who tagged Jack, who tagged Kelly, who was now going after Michael. "I guess having the kids wasn't enough to get your mind off of her?"

"They're kind of more of an unpleasant reminder at times," said Tech, "I just wish I could have seen her one last time."

Sophie appeared behind him. No one could see her. "I wish you could see me, too, Tech. That way you'd know that I never left you." She turned to the kids. "They're getting stronger. And the day they turn 10, the spell that that woman put on you after she killed me will wear off, and I may finally get to tell you again that I love you."

As Sophie let out her feelings, Rev withdrew from the game to his friends' sides again. As soon as the kids got tired of running and called the game to an end, with Michael still "it", they all sat down and Ace found his watch to be beeping almost silently. He casually made his way down the hall to his room, shut the door behind him, and pressed a button to reveal a hologram of Zadavia, the team's boss, her blonde hair flowing above her as her eyes glowed white inside the rainbow aura that held her hologram.

"Ace," said Zadavia, "I'm sorry if I'm disturbing you, but there seems to be a situation downtown and we need the Loonatics to inspect it."

"I don't know about this, Zadavia," said Ace, "We can't just keep jetting off to missions when the kids are getting their powers any day now. I think they're getting suspicious when we leave them alone with Wendy and Danni." Daniella had gotten that nickname about 5 days after she had informed the guys of the children they would be having 11 years before.

"I understand your situation, Ace," said Zadavia, "But the city needs you to defend it. Tell the team the usual info and try to leave as soon as you possibly can. Zadavia out."

The hologram disappeared. "Alright, team, let's jet," Ace mumbled, quietly, as he left the room. He could still remember the good old days before they had even met the 3 Witch sisters when he would say that immediately after Zadavia's hologram left and they would all go off to the jetpacks and go on the mission. It was more complicated now that they were keeping secrets. Ace went back to the living room.

"Zadavia again?" asked Daniella, very quietly. Ace nodded. "We'll watch the kids, you guys go ahead."

With that, the anthros made their way out of the room to the hallway directly outside and found the place in the wall where they had hidden their meeting room. They opened the door and slid through, letting the concealment close behind them. They put on their uniforms, grabbed the jetpacks (except for Rev who could fly of his own accord), and opened the hatch above them, flying through to get to their investigation destination (yes, the rhyme was on purpose).

As the team left the building, the 2 Witch sisters looked after the 9 kids. Michael looked out the window and saw 6 figures riding off in the distance. "Look, Aunt Wendy, it's the Loonatics!"

The group looked out the window and indeed saw the 6 anthro superheroes staring back at them.

"It sure is, Michael," said Wendy as the team once again flew off, "Come on." The kids and secret Witches went back to their business.

* * *

The team had cornered a woman in a black and grey cloak.

"Give it up, lady," said Ace, preparing for some witty banter, "There's nowhere left to run."

The woman reached into her pockets and withdrew 2 silver daggers and threw them at the anthro superheroes.

"Hmm," said Ace, after dodging the daggers and making them lodge into the wall behind him, "got a point there. And a sharp one at that."

The woman wrapped herself in her cloak and disappeared into the shadows.

"Well, that could have gone better," said Lexi, "You know, things have gotten a lot harder these past few years."

"I know," said Tech, "Keeping secrets doesn't work so well. I can't wait until we tell them in 3 days." He looked up at the sky and saw that it was almost dark. Their families would be worried at this late hour. "We better get home before the kids, Danni, and Wendy begin to worry about us."

Ace nodded and led the team back to the tower, making sure the kids weren't looking through any of the windows before going back in through the hatch and taking off their uniforms and returning into the hall.

Wendy walked into the hall at the exact moment the concealment closed. "What took you guys so long? Danni and I were about to crack."

"Sorry," said Duck, trying to calm down his wife (who ironically was a little taller than him), "another 'hard-to-catch' guy…or girl."

"I understand," said Wendy, "Let's just get the kids to bed before Ryan starts getting moody again."

Tech went to deal with his eldest son and the other Loonatics went to go check on their own kids while Slam went to the kitchen for a late night snack before getting ready for bed.

(Miley Cyrus' "Bottom of the Ocean" plays in background)

That night, Tech dreamt about Sophie and smiled as he slept, not wanting wake up.

It's been in the past for a while,

I get a flash and I smile,

Am I crazy?

I still miss you baby,

It was real,

It was right,

But it burned too hot to survive,

All that's left is

All these ashes

Where does the love go?

I don't know,

When it's all said and done,

How could I be losing you forever,

After all the time we spent together?

I have to know why I had to lose you,

Now you've just become,

Like everything I'll never find again,

At the bottom of the ocean.

Do do do,

Do do do do,

Do do do do do do do,

Do do do do do do do

In a dream, you appeared,

For a while, you were here,

So I kept sleeping

Just to keep you with me.

I'll draw a map, connect the dots,

But all the memories that I got,

What I'm missing,

I'll keep reliving