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Chapter 10: Unfound

"Where should we look, Ace?" Lexi queried.

The Loonatics stood, all clothed in their appropriate uniforms. Duck stood especially close to Cassidy without being noticed, or so he thought. Ace sent him a quick glare, warning him. Duck retaliated by raising his brow at the leader. Ace decided not to pursue the potential falling out they would have later.

"Tech, do you have any ideas as to where Rev would go?" Ace turned, facing the worrisome coyote.

"Again, I don't think he went anywhere by his own will. I think he was captured. There's no way of tracking him though, he doesn't have his uniform or his communicator on him. I've thought of everything, and I cannot come up with anything."

"Well then, I guess we'll just have to follow our instincts, whether or not we shoot and miss," Lexi said.

Ace nodded at the suggestion.

"We should split up into groups then," Duck added.

"Yeah, we should," Ace agreed, raising a suspicious brow at the mallard. "Tech, take Slam. Lexi's with me, and so that leaves Duck and Cassidy."

The coyote suddenly sucked in a deep breath of air. The rest of the Loonatics immediately turned at the sound of the coyote's small yelp.

"What's wrong, Tech?" Cassidy worriedly asked, running to him.

"I just… I feel like something's been terribly done to Rev! I know sound dramatic, I know I appear to be some crestfallen fool, but –"

"No, it's all right Tech," Lexi said, interrupting the coyote before he could diminish whatever self-confidence he had. "You're best friends with Rev, and you're worried sick about him. It's going to be okay, we'll find him," she said, laying a hand on his shoulder soothingly.

"I hope so…"

Green Triangle.

Tech walked around for what seemed to be ages. He lumbered aimlessly alongside Slam, who was actually putting effort into looking through each alleyway they crossed together. Tech was increasingly growing more and more doubtful that they would find Rev. It was impossible! Acmetropolis was enormous, and who knows how long Rev had been missing for? The circumstances and his calculations were only bringing his spirits down. He was close to losing faith.

"Tek, hababa gloof ovah heeer?" Slam inaudibly asked the coyote.

"No, I didn't look. Ugh, Slam, this is impossible! The odds of us finding Rev on a whim are astronomical!" Tech exclaimed. He heaved a sign and plopped down on a city bench depressingly. "Why does it seem like he just disappeared off the face of this planet?"

"Dun haagf uhp!" Slam exclaimed, somewhat angrily.

"Huh? Oh, no, I'm not giving up… I'm just… I don't know." Tech looked away with distraught. 'Why did you leave in the first place, Rev?'

Yellow Triangle.

"Ace, this seems hopeless. How are we supposed to find Rev? We have no leads or anything. Not even a clue. Tech's right, he didn't just wander off somewhere. Someone had to have taken him," Lexi rambled on.

"You're right, too. Someone who's really smart had to have taken him. Who do we know that's smart and evil and not currently in jail right now?" Ace queried, already knowing the answer to his question.

"Wait – Virgo! But, wouldn't he and his sisters all have been obliterated in the explosion?"

"They probably weren't. That was a foolish mistake on my part to have everyone leave the scene early. We should have cleared it first."

"Um, hello, you were near death? Remember? And you woke up from a coma not too long before that," Lexi reminded her leader, raising a brow.

"Why didn't I realize this earlier? Of course, Virgo must be behind all of this. Its possible Mallory is too, but I'm sure Virgo's pulling all the strings." Ace clenched his fists. His teeth barred into the bottom of his lip. The leader was enraged that he had forgotten about clearing the scene and calling the police. Such a folly, unthinkable mistake has now led to the kidnapping of one of their own. It was entirely his fault and no one could convince him otherwise.

"We need a plan, now that I've figured all this out."

"Should we all meet back at the headquarters?"

Orange triangle.

"So… got anything to talk about?" the black mallard questioned, rolling his eyes casually.

"Not really. I can't pick up on Rev's scent anywhere, but I have a feeling he's not too far away from us. He's definitely here," Cassidy explained, sadly.

"We're probably just looking in all the wrong places. He's been kidnapped, that's clear. The perpetrator could be under the sea, underground, or high above. That would all take weeks to check out and Rev may not have that much time," Duck explicated maturely, but with a hint of disappointment and frustration.

"You make it sound impossible…"

"Think about it, really. This has happened before plenty of times. If someone gets kidnapped, there's going to be some sort of hostage situation that's going to come up in a few days. Usually, the perpetrator will come out to us himself and contact us, leading us into a trap and we normally foil," Duck replied assuredly.

Cassidy cracked a smile. "I like you a lot."

"You're not too bad yourself. I guess I could settle for a gorgeous feline. Even if I have to wait three years before you're legally mine."

Cassidy giggled, blushing slightly. She would never get used to flirting with the mallard. Also, she was grateful that Ace split up the team and grouped them together. She rarely spent much time with Duck back at the home base as it was. Unfortunately, since Zadavia found them together in bed when she snuck into his room that one foolish time – no one has trusted them. Cassidy blamed herself completely, for Duck wished to bring her back to the hospital room.

"Hey, so, how do you know Tech?" Duck queried with his hands in his pockets, unsettling.

The question surprised Cassidy, and so she quickly looked away and stared at the ground in an attempt to gather her thoughts. "Uh… I thought you knew!"

"No, I really don't. All I know is that you spend tremendous amounts of time with him."

"Well, yeah, he's tutoring me. I'm almost done with my schooling. He's always been a good friend of mine."

"I see, I'm just wondering when you guys met."

"Oh, it was like ten years ago. I was six or seven. I was a really silly, little girl!" Cassidy chuckled at the memories. "Virgo was Tech's assistant teacher, and the professor asked Virgo to do something nice, like reward the top students in the class in appreciation for their hard work. Tech, being the genius that he is, was a top student, so my sisters and I spent the morning baking cookies."

"Yes, go on," Duck nodded in following.

"Long story short, I got separated from my brother delivering cookies to Tech. When I found Tech's room, I spent almost the whole day with him. It was nice. He was like another big brother, a mentor, someone to look up to. Like, that person you'll always love, you know? That one person you want to meet in the future and see what happens."

"What does that mean?" Duck raised a brow suspiciously.

Cassidy crossed her eyes in recognition of the incorrect connotations her words placed in Duck's mind. "Uh, nothing! Nothing at all, really!" she responded timidly.

"All right."

"Tech is old."

"Not much older than me, only by a year or two."

"He's old," Cassidy reaffirmed.

Duck grinned.

Yellow Triangle. Green Triangle.

The Loonatics were gathered back at their base. Ace had called off the search after several hours. They had no leads and no one had seen nor heard from Rev. Tech was disappointed in Ace's lack of attention to the issue, which was made clear.

"Why did call off the search so early? It's not dark out!" Tech pointed out, indignantly.

"Yes, I see that, Tech, but you have to understand that we're all exhausted and none of us, including you, have had any luck. There's no use in continuing our search until tomorrow. Perhaps things will turn out better tomorrow. Right now, we're all discouraged."

"Like Duck said earlier to me," Cassidy interjected. "If Rev was kidnapped, then someone is bound to contact us if they're holding him hostage, or they'll try setting up a trap for us to walk into when they reveal to us where they're hiding Rev."

"You listen to Duck? You propose that we just sit around here and wait? Rev could be lying, destitute somewhere!" Tech yelled out, unable to contain himself sensibly.

"I'm sorry, Tech, but we're not searching until tomorrow. That's final. Duck is right and you know it. This kind of stuff does happen to us a lot. If they have Rev then they want something from us and they won't harm Rev," Ace said adamantly.

"Remember, Rev can take care of himself, too, Tech," Lexi added.

"I know he can, but I bet if this was Ace that was kidnapped instead, everybody would be flipping shit!"

"Tech, that's inappropriate!" Ace bellowed, slamming his fist on the dinning room table, where they had gathered around.

"This is all bullshit! You all have done nothing, but make excuses to give no effort in finding Rev!" Tech angrily retorted, spinning around. He stormed off to his laboratory.

Cassidy took a step toward her mentor, but Duck caught her by the wrist. "Don't, let him be. He needs to cool off," he warned.

"No! Let go! I'm going to him!" Cassidy fazed her wrist through Duck's grasp and continued after Tech without looking back.

The words themselves cut Duck like a knife through his stomach. He leaned back on the table to support himself. Inwardly, he simply felt crushed by the words. On the outside, his expression hardened to jealousy.

Ace, dismissing the rebellious teenager and Duck's jealous reaction, slumped back in his chair. He heaved a sigh and softened his features. He couldn't keep up the tough leader act for very long, Lexi and Duck knew that.

"What are we gonna do?" Ace grunted.

"Rest up, Ace. Do you need to go to the infirmary? You don't look too well. You did go through a lot just a week ago," Lexi said, immensely concerned.

"This is my fault. We never cleared the scene. Virgo is still out there because of my foolishness, and now Rev paid the price for it," Ace sighed again. He closed his eyes and stared up at the ceiling, allowing his head to fall back.

"There's nothing to worry about. Knowing how big Virgo's ego is, he's probably thinking of some diabolical plan as we speak. Sooner or later he'll contact us, blah, blah, blah, and tell us where to find Rev and we'll be ambushed and then thwart all his plans," Duck predicted accurately.

"You're completely right, Duck!" Lexi agreed enthusiastically. Duck was a bit surprised.

"Yes, he is right, but you could also be dead wrong, Duck. Virgo isn't like most villains we've been dealing with. He's different, he's looking to use and kill. Rev is in trouble, Tech had every right to go off on me. I would rather have just one of us kidnapped than sacrifice more to find just one teammate, ya know? We should wait for any clues to come up."

Lexi nodded obediently, mindlessly agreeing to his authority. Duck wished to speak out defiantly against his leader, but possessed no energy to do so. For some odd reason, he was drained. Even so, he could not bring himself to agree with Ace's decision. He would rather play the waiting game than to prolong their arduous search efforts? It made no sense to him.

Duck soundlessly excused himself from the room, leaving the rabbits alone.

Green Triangle.

Tech locked the doors behind him to his lab, but he still heard footsteps following him to his table. He instantly knew it was Cassidy. Knowing the feline was behind him, he sat at their usual tutoring table, their small, intimate classroom area where he schooled her in all subjects.

Cassidy pulled her chair up closer to her professor and then sat down. "Hey, Tech," she said softly. "I kind of wish I had the cookies again."

The coyote smiled at her reference. "It's fine. The fact that you chased me down is enough to suffice me. You're a good girl. Don't change for anyone."

Cassidy had a suspicious feeling that Tech was talking about Duck, but those thoughts faded. "Are you going to be all right, Techie?"

He cracked a half crooked grin. "Yeah, now that you're here." Tech buried his face with one hand and with the other, held on to Cassidy's hand.

"I'll always be here. We'll find Rev, and he'll be safe," she replied sweetly.

"Thanks, maybe I should get some rest. I'm really stressed out," Tech rose to his feet.

Cassidy stood up, surprising her mentor with a sudden embrace. Tech looked down, taken aback, but slowly embraced Cassidy as well, running his fingers through her soft hair unconsciously.

"You mean so much to me. I would probably go crazier if anything happen to you, Cassidy."