While that was going on, the Loonatics and the twins and their Fuzz-Z's were having dinner as well.
"That was quite an adventure and with those pegasuses no less." Ace commented.
"Actually, the correct way to pronounce it is pegasi." Tech said.
"Whatever, still kinda cool." Ace smiled.
"Wonder if we'll see them again," Duck shrugged. "Especially that chicken."
"Her name is Scootaloo." Akito said.
"Whatever." Duck shrugged then.
"She was pretty fast with her size," Rev was impressed with Scootaloo. "Guess that's what it's about having wings, being a born flyer and everything."
"Yep." Akito said.
"I wonder if we'll see them again." Lexi shrugged.
"Like they say, time will tell." Tech also shrugged.
After they finished their dinner, they still had time until an upcoming mission which seemed to take a while. Since they had so much free time, the Loonatics decided to go to the next Basherball game and this time, they could enjoy it. He had only been to one full game so far, but Akito was already as big a fan of the game as Duck was.
"This is so awesome!" Akito cheered.
"Trick Daley sounds like a pro." Estelle said to the others.
"Oh yeah, he's the real star of the Acme Rangers." Lexi smiled.
"Cool." Akito said.
"Have a great time at the game with Ace and Rev." Tech said.
"You're not coming?" Akito asked.
"Eh, sports aren't really my thing," Tech smiled apologetically. "Have a good time though."
"And I would love to come, but the tickets are all sold out." Duck said.
"Me and Lexi have to train together." Estelle said.
"Okay... I'll tell ya guys all about it." Akito was eager to see the game.
"Come on, kid, we better get goin' before they start without us!" Rev was eager as well.
"Okay, okay, Ace, we better get going before Rev explodes from excitement." Akito said to male rabbit AKA male bunny.
"Right-o, kid!" Ace agreed with him.
The others waved as they went to the game and went to do their own thing.
"This is going to be so awesome!" Akito cheered.
Ace and Rev chuckled as they left with Akito to get their game on.
Once they got to the game, they just had to get to their seats.
"I need to find out when this game was invented..." Akito said to himself once he sat down in a great seat so he wouldn't miss out on all the action.
"You excited, I know I am." Rev said at his usual speed.
Akito laughed in anticipation. "Very, I hope it starts soon!"
"You and me both, kid." Ace said.
The audience cheered once the lights dimmed and the announcer welcomed them to the game with Mr. Leghorn in the crowd as well and the game was about to start.
"Oh, this is so exciting." Akito said, getting excited.
The bashing had begun and the Acme Rangers were doing great so far as always.
"Go Acme Rangers!" Akito cheered.
Trick Daley and an opposing player kept hitting each other for the ball, but Trick had finally caught it. However, it was knocked off course and went to one of his teammates. Trick rubbed his head, but looked alert at the incoming ball and he got it!
"Huh?" Akito asked. "Is he alright?"
Trick was now spinning and had accidentally backed into his fellow players. The other team had intercepted the ball then, overwhelming the crowd. The other team had scored the winning goal complete with fireworks.
"Something's wrong." Akito said.
"I'll say, Trick never fumbles!" Ace agreed with him.
"Something tells me this might be the work of a new villain." Akito said.
"Coach Waverly is signaling for a substitution!" the game announcer called.
"But who could he send out to substitute Trick?" Akito asked.
"Trick hasn't been on top of his game so far, has he?" Rev looked to Ace and Akito. "He missed the other shot and crashed into the other players. I mean somebody stinks today!"
Ace shrugged as he ate his snack, not sure how to feel, but he did feel this was unlike Trick to be terrible at his best game.
Akito began to suspect that something was definitely wrong. Trick's replacement who was known as Drake Sypher was now coming out into the game to show the fans what he could do. He proved to be a lot better than Trick himself and was even spinning with success and caught the ball to take it to the winning goal. Time was running out, Drake had hit the other team with the ball, but made it to the goal, making the crowd go wild. Ace and Rev cheered, but Akito still had a feeling that something was terrible wrong.
'I should go and ask Trick something, maybe this replacement is more like a new villain.' Akito thought to himself.
Drake Sypher was the new star of the Acme Rangers, only to put Trick Daley to shame.
After the show, Drake was signing autographs for fans.
"You wanna get Drake's autograph, kid?" Ace asked as the game was over and it was time to go home for the guests of the dome.
"No thanks, Ace, I have to go and ask Trick a question or a couple of questions." Akito said
"Okay, meet us back here once you're done, we're gonna talk with Drake ourselves." Rev told him.
Akito nodded to them, then went to go to the locker rooms to see if he could meet this Trick Daley. "I hope heroes have access to players like Trick so I can ask him some questions." he hoped.
A security guard looked firm to Akito. "You got a back pass?"
"I'm one of the Loonatics." Akito replied.
The guard's eyes widened with a small, apologetic smile. "Go on in, kid."
"Thank you." Akito said as he went inside.
The guard stepped back and looked around for anyone else while Rev and Ace talked with Drake as they praised him for a great game. Akito went inside to look for Trick so he could find out what happened. Trick was packing up his things, looking very down in the dumps about tonight's game.
"Excuse me, Trick, can I ask you some questions?" Akito asked as soon as he saw the former star player.
"Huh?" Trick looked over and saw Akito, the boy gave him some sort of hope about tonight's game. "Sure, kid... What can I do for you?"
"Did anything happen to you before the game? " Akito asked.
"I was just getting ready," Trick explained. "Drake wanted to talk with me though."
"Hmm, what happened after that? Because I know that no one, not even Drake could become such a great basherball star player like you in just a short while." Akito said.
"That's about all I remember..." Trick calculated. "He gave me a high-five... Though after that, I felt like I had a bad headache."
"Hmm, seems like Drake might have drained you." Akito said with his detective skills.
"You think so?" Trick was curious, but unsure about that.
"Yeah, but I can't be certain." Akito said.
"I dunno, I just know that I'm a hasbeen now." Trick sounded disappointed with himself.
"No way, you're not a hasbeen, once I find my theory is correct, you'll get your skills back." Akito said.
"I'm not so sure..." Trick felt doubtful. "Thanks anyway, kid."
"I mean it and I promise that you will get your skills back, just promise me that you won't give up." Akito said.
Trick could see that this kid was being serious. "I'll try, it's been rough, but I'll do it if you believe in me." the athelete smiled, he really liked this kid so far.
"Really, I do believe in you." Akito said.
Trick gave him a small smile.
"Well, I better get going, Ace and Rev must be waiting for me." Akito said before making his way to the male bunny and roadrunner.
"Nice talking to ya." Trick waved to him as he left.
When Akito had got to Ace and Rev, they looked like they both looked like they had a headache or were sick.
"Are you guys okay?" Akito sounded worried about them.
"I think that last Acme dog did me in..." Ace held his stomach as his ears drooped.
"Come on, let's get you guys back to the tower." Akito helped them back home while Drake walked off.
"Thanks, kid." Rev said, sounding like he was normal.
Akito now knew there was something wrong since Rev wasn't hyper. Ace and Rev were unable to get themselves home, so Akito gave them a literal lift.
