Chapter 7: Battle of the Coyotes

The team went back to Acme Tech, but in a different area where Nellie hadn't been to yet. They turned on all the lights and computers and Rev and Tech depleted the energy in the nearby buildings. No one was in that area, so they didn't get any complaints.

"How bad does it have to be before she gets here?" asked Rita.

"It shouldn't be long now," said Tech, adjusting his device after fixing it when it had fried the first time, "OUCH!" It fried again. "I take it she's here."

"You've got it, Tech." They all turned to see Nellie begin wiping out the lights. "You made a mistake. In this attempt to lure me here, you've just given me more power." She used her power to wipe out the rest of the lights and the computers.

None of them could see anything. "I've got this," said Daniella, waving her wand and then putting it away quickly while the spell activated and the team could all see in the dark.

"Nice work, Daniella," Rev said to his girlfriend.

"You guys just don't know when to give up, do you?" asked Nellie, angrily, spreading her power to the rest of the building. Suddenly, her power dropped and the electricity outside of that room was restored. She fell to the ground and the team could see Sophie grasping her from behind.

"Thanks for the help, Sophie," said Tech.

Sophie nodded, grasping his sister tighter. "I would suggest you give them their powers back or I'm never letting go."

Nellie couldn't take the pain. She had too much power to handle Sophie's ability. She still refused to give back their powers. She waved her hand and Sophie fell back from a gust of wind released by Patrick's power. Tech ran to her side…again.

"Are you OK, Sophie?" Tech asked, careful not to touch her.

"I'm fine," said Sophie, weakly.

Tech had had enough of his sister's madness. He began to quickly unwrap his pack, but Nellie knew saw him and used Rita's power to turn the ground beneath his feet into ice. He slipped and dropped his pack right next to Sophie, who picked it up and finished opening it.

She pulled out a syringe. So this is how he was going to fix her powers, she thought.

"I'll take that." Nellie grabbed it.

Sophie kicked her and Tech's…whatever…went flying. Lexi caught it.

"Rev, go long!" Lexi threw it at the roadrunner. Rev caught it and threw it at Daniella.

"Hot potato, catch!" Daniella shouted at Wendy as she tossed it again.

Wendy caught it with no problem since she could levitate it. "Duck, coyote in the middle!" Wendy threw it lightly and used her power to move it right above Nellie and into Duck's hands. Duck tossed it at Rita who threw it to Patrick who gave it to Ace who didn't know what to do with it and threw in no specific direction, accidentally returning it to Nellie.

"HA!" Nellie shouted. Tech stood up behind her and knocked her over, causing her to drop it to the corner of the room where no one was standing. Tech and Nellie both made a jump for it and made it go flying right into Sophie's hands. She caught it and tossed it back to Tech who, since he was right next to her, immediately injected the formula into Nellie's bloodstream. While the biggest effects of the meteor were coming undone, Ace regained his memory and everyone got their powers back.

"Yeah-I-can-finally-talk-fast-again-it-was-getting-kind-of-annoying-not-being-able-to-talk-the-way-I-usually-do-because-I-was-so-used-to-talking-this-way-and--"

"Rev! You still are annoying!" Duck yelled, "quacking" over to him.

"Hey, I remember now!" Ace said, "I'm Ace Bunny, I have laser vision, and I'm in love with Lexi!"

"Ace, I'm right here," said Lexi.

"Oh, uh, I--"

"It's OK, I feel the same way," said Lexi, gazing into his sapphire eyes as he looked into her emerald ones.

Nellie seemed fine, so Tech took the syringe and threw it out. "Tech?" Nellie asked, looking at her brother with her now normal hazel eyes. The inversion had affected her brain somehow and her powers had turned her evil. Tech smiled and nodded at her. "I'm sorry, I wasn't thinking straight."

"I know, I fixed that," said Tech.

"You'll always be my brother and I love you," said Nellie, smiling back. She then turned and saw Sophie and her sisters trying to part Duck and Rev's fight. "You're in love with her, aren't you?"

Tech looked where Nellie was looking and saw Sophie. He remembered all they had gone through together and remembered how she had told him last time they met that she was in love with him. Those had also been the last words she said to him before going to Anasala. And he had felt the same way about her the whole time. "Yeah, I guess I am."

"You know what you have to do?" Nellie asked.

"I've been trying to but I can't bring myself to say it," said Tech.

"How much longer is it before she goes home?" asked Nellie.

"I don't know," said Tech, "But I'm doing it tonight if ever."

* * *

Tech wasn't the only one. Rev, Duck, and Ace had joined in with him.

Nellie went to live with Rita and Patrick. Tech had fixed their car while they were waiting for the sun to set so they were all 3 together while Tech was with the Loonatics.

If you're wondering what happened that night, after the Loonatics got home, Patrick and Rita went back to their house and took Nellie with them so that the group would be in peace when the guys proposed to their girlfriends.

THE--Wait! It's not over yet.