Bunnyloverforever: Thank for you all the great reviews! It's been kind of tough to get back to the storyline, but I hope you all like what I've been able to pull together. I just have a lot going on in my life right now.

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Chapter 11: The Hostage

"Excuse me. I hope I'm not interrupting anything." Duck's voice tightened in anger and jealousy. It was forbidden for the mallard and the feline to spend any alone time together, but nothing was wrong for her to spend time with Tech? The fact quickly frustrated him. He loathed the intimate hug they shared.

Cassidy and Tech instantly separated upon hearing Duck's voice, but they never heard his footsteps coming in. Their faces temporarily flushed red. Tech looked back at Duck remorsefully. He knew how much the mallard hated that it was nearly impossible for him to spend time with Cassidy alone. Finally, he sighed, rolling his eyes.

"Look, it was nothing. Don't worry." Tech assured, breaking the awkward silence. He folded his arms.

"I'm not worried, I'm more angry than anything."

"Why?"

"I hate how I can't spend time with Cassidy alone, but it's perfectly fine for you two to do whatever you want."

"D-Duck, stop! We just hugged, that was it. Why are you so upset?" Cassidy apologetically approached Duck. She didn't know he had a jealous side to him.

Duck looked at Cassidy with a death glare she didn't know he was capable of. He then continued to stare back at Tech hatefully.

"Okay, the only thing we should be worried about right now is finding Rev!" Tech declared heatedly with a low growl resonating in his throat.

"You should keep telling yourself that," Duck retorted.

"This is so ridiculous! Why are you so mad?" Cassidy said, placing her hand on his shoulder.

"Don't worry, next time I just won't care." Duck replied to her, coldly turning away and quacking out of the laboratory.

"Whoa, what was that supposed to mean?" Cassidy asked, turning back to Tech.

"I really have no clue. I'm sure Duck's a little emotional right now because of Rev's disappearance and everything that happened the past few weeks."

"I hope so. That was so weird. I hope he's not too angry with me."

"He was angrier with me. I'm sure if you check up on him in an hour or so he will be fine."

"Okay…" Cassidy replied sadly, walking away and fazing through Tech's laboratory doors.

"That still really annoys me how she can just do that…" Tech said to no one in particular.

Yellow Triangle.

"Anything on Rev?" Duck inquired of Lexi and Ace, who were sitting at the gathering table.

"We just told Zadavia what had happened. She said she was on it," Lexi replied.

"Funny how Rev can find anyone in the world with his internal GPS, but when it's the other way around, it seems hopeless. We got nothing. How's Tech? You went to check up on him, right?" Ace said.

"Oh – yeah, he's doing all right. He was talking to Cassidy, so I just left."

"Okay, that's fine." Ace heaved a sigh.

The careless replied ticked off Duck to no end, but he displayed no visceral reaction to the words.

"Don't get too stressed out, Ace." Lexi said soothingly. "We'll find him."

"Maybe Tech is right; we should keep looking or at least split up."

"At this point if we believe Rev's been kidnapped, then someone should contact us soon, right?" Duck mentioned again.

"Yeah, right…" Ace said, burying his face in his hands. "I wish we realized this sooner rather than later."

Suddenly, it was the moment the Loonatics had all been waiting anxiously for. In the center of their circular meeting table, a holographic figure appeared where Zadavia would. It was a tall, dark feline figure. Its red, glowing eyes were the most daunting of his features.

"We got a surprise…" Ace whispered.

"Hello, Loonatics – well, most of you." Virgo corrected himself when he only saw three members.

"Virgo? Is that you?" Tech had suddenly joined the group. Cassidy followed closely behind him.

"Why, hello there, Techie. It's been a while."

The low, evil voice gave chills to the coyote. Cassidy, on the other hand, was surprised and grateful that at least her brother had survived the explosion. It was difficult for her to hide her sense of relief. Duck could see right through her.

"Don't you dare call me that! Where's Rev?" Tech yelled back.

"He's tied up right now. And Ace, don't bother trying to find my location. You won't. I'm underground, that's why you can't find me." Virgo stated, followed by an evil cackle.

Ace slammed his fist on the table and rolled his eyes out of frustration.

"Virgo, what's the meaning of all of this?! Please, just stop everything! You're lucky to be alive!" Cassidy finally spoke out. She looked at Tech, who gave her a death look that outmatched Duck's earlier one.

"Cassidy? I don't know, I can't – I do know!" For a moment, Virgo's eyes turned a normal white, but then returned to its menacing shade of red.

Cassidy gasped, taking a step back out of shock. For just a few seconds, she heard her brother's real voice. It had been so long, it sent her head whirling into several different emotions. Duck held her up by her shoulders before she could fall to her knees. Her mouthed moved, but no sound came out. Tears popped from her blue eyes.

"I'm working under your old nemesis, Tech. You can find Rev tomorrow in an old, empty loft in the central of Acmetropolis. My job is to simply get rid of you – Loonatics! Yes, there is a trap and by the time you find out, it'll be too late!"

The holographic figured disappeared.

"Ugh, we barely got anything out of him! What's wrong with Rev, how is he doing? What's the trap supposed to be? How will we prepare ourselves?" Tech queried frantically, he paced around the room, gritting his teeth in rage.

"Calm down, this was a lot to take in all at once!" Lexi said loudly, in order to talk over Cassidy's muffled sobs and Tech's loud footsteps.

"She's right, please, calm down, Tech," Ace repeated, rising from his seat.

Tech walked back to the table and took a deep breath. There were many different ways he could have replied nastily towards his leader, but he decided against it. It momentarily crossed his mind to pin the blame on Cassidy. He wanted to say that everything had happened to them because of her advent to the team, but that would not be right either.

Cassidy shrugged off Duck's support and stood by herself. She crossed her arms and looked down at her feet. She bit her tongue and held her breath to hold in her sobs. Duck noticed her behavior, but felt useless.

"Are we all calmed down now? We just gotta think of a plan and be ready for tomorrow. I'll search up lofts first thing tonight. Lexi and Slam will guard the perimeter while the four of us go inside and try and find Rev. That way, we'll be ready for any traps."

"That sounds fine to me," Lexi agreed.

"Okay, good," Ace replied. "Now, I'm sorry to do this, but Cassidy, I'd like you to be the first on in the loft. You should use your invisibility and fazing powers to check out the loft and find the traps."

"You're using her as bait?" Duck said in exasperation, clearly in disbelief.

"No, but I think it would be a good idea if she's first. She can examine the area without being caught," Ace tried to explain himself. He didn't want to come off as careless.

"Its fine, I understand." Cassidy's voice cracked. She continued to hold in her breath to avoid sobbing out loud.

"It makes sense." Tech added, callously.

Duck glared back at him for what seemed to be the hundredth time that day. Ace noticed the discord amongst the group.

"Did something happen I don't know about?" he asked, almost feebly.

"No." Tech and Duck replied in unison, coincidentally.

"Gee…" Ace wiped his face with his hand out of desperation. He was completely stressed out.

"We have to get along. Our plan won't work if we're fighting," said Lexi, confused.

"Then give us some time alone. I need to talk to Cassidy, if that's okay with all of you," Duck said, wrapping his arm around her, concerned.

Ace bit his tongue. "Its fine, but just this one time."

Orange Triangle.

Duck led Cassidy to her bedroom. It was no surprise to him to find almost ever accessory and design pink. It was like a little kid's room, like someone who didn't want to grow up. It partly worried the mallard.

"Are you going to be all right? I just brought you here so you could rest," Duck finally spoke.

"I'm okay now," she said clearly.

"Good."

"Please, talk to me. Why were you upset earlier?"

"I got jealous. That's it." Duck explained, simply, shrugging his shoulders.

Cassidy paused, but then broke out in the cutest giggle Duck had ever heard.

"That's it? Well, I guess I could have guessed that. You got jealous over a hug? Don't you trust me? And we aren't technically dating yet, so…" Cassidy trailed off playfully. She sat down at the side of her bed.

Duck sat down next to her. "That means pretty much nothing to me! You're mine and I've already told you that. And I do trust you, I overreacted, okay?" Duck explained, trying to act coolly. "I won't like anyone else hugging you if I can't even lay a hand on you without getting chastised later for it."

"I understand your anger. I'm really sorry this is how things are supposed to be until I turn eighteen." Cassidy responded, gloomily.

"We'll be okay, as long as we have each other, right?" Duck smiled, holding her hand in his.

"Right!" Cassidy smiled back at him. She embraced him, tightly.

"I love you, and this won't be a problem for us for much longer."