"Thanks for the lift, kid." Rev said at normal speed.
"No problem." Akito smiled, but looked very positive that something was wrong, first Trick and now Rev and Ace.
Meanwhile, Cherry was telling Simon a bedtime story as she set him in his crib and tucked him in.
"And then the mother was so angry with her children, she started to eat them all, one by one..." Cherry recited after putting his blanket over him. "There were no survivors."
Surprisingly Simon seemed to fall right to sleep. Cherry had a small smile and gave him a kiss on the cheek and walked off, allowing him to sleep in total darkness without a nightlight.
"Do you wanna do something?" Forte asked his wife.
"Like what?" Cherry asked as she picked up Simon's toys.
"I don't know, anything will do." Forte shrugged.
"Hm... I don't know..." Cherry put the toys in a box.
"Why don't we have a family day?" Forte suggested.
"Wow... You wanna spend time with your family..." Cherry sounded surprised in a mocking way.
"Come on, Cerise," Forte insisted. "When Felicity comes back from her Loonatic mission, it might be important to her."
"If she doesn't get drained first..." Cherry slightly scoffed.
"I'm sure that she won't be drained." Forte said.
"And since when do you know more about our daughter than I do?" Cherry scoffed.
"I did raise her for most of her life..." Forte reminded her of that dreaded experience they had to go through after the girl had been born.
Cherry shrugged and continued to clean up.
"Is the portal here yet?" Felicity walked in to see her parents.
"Almost." Forte said.
Felicity sighed and sat down with a book to occupy herself until the portal would come. "Where is Simon?"
"He's napping right now." Cherry sat down after she put Simon's toys, which looked like lethal weapons, away.
"And the portal should be appearing right about now." Forte said.
Felicity nodded and read her book until the portal was officially there. "What are you going to do while I'm gone?"
"I have to go to work..." Cherry took out a gun, loading it with bullets, and took out a make-up kit with a list that came with it.
"Yes, and trust me, it isn't something a child should see." Forte said.
"Understanding..." Felicity nodded.
Soon, the portal came.
"I am going now..." Felicity told her parents after she set the book down.
Cherry and Forte told her their goodbyes before she went off.
"What exactly do you do when you're not in the funeral home?" Forte looked to his wife.
"I could tell you," Cherry pointed her gun to him. "But then I would have to kill you..."
"Alright, alright, don't tell me." Forte said.
Cherry had a satisfied smirk and walked off to get to the funeral home for her day job.
At the tower, Tech had Rev running a treadmill to check his speed which was surprisingly low today.
"36 miles per hour?" Ace was surprised.
"Actually 18," Tech corrected. "I doubled it to be nice."
"Yeah, but still this is surprising." Estelle said.
Tech came with a concrete block and told Ace to shoot his eyes at them.
"Aw, Tech, I've already done this," Ace groaned. "Okay, here goes..." he then tried to blast with his laser eyes, but he was unable to use them.
Slam was bored of waiting for Ace to destroy it, so he bashed the concrete with his hand, not even feeling a scratch.
"Thanks, Slam," Ace smiled. "I was startin' to get a headache."
"This doesn't make sense, how could you both just lose your powers?" Vincent asked.
"You got me..." Ace shrugged.
"I'm afraid it's no secret, both Ace and Rev have been robbed of their superpowers." Tech took note of that.
"Well, then I guess until Ace can get his powers back, someone is going to have to fill in for him." Estelle said.
"Yes, but by who?" Vincent asked.
"There's only one person that could rob Ace and Rev of their powers is the same person who drained Trick of his abilities right before the game." Akito said, sounding like a real detective.
"What?" Felicity looked to him in slight disbelief. "Getting out of here..."
"But who could it be?" Estelle asked.
"Ace, remember of how great Drake was while Trick seemed to not be at his best during the game?" Akito asked.
"Yeah..." Ace did remember that, he also showed he was still able to fight.
"Well, looks like you weren't able to lose your fighting skills." Vincent said.
"He still has the moves he had before he got the superpowers, and Rev can still run like a normal roadrunner," Tech was starting to have an idea about this whole mess. "Whatever did this must not have affected your natural abilities."
"But still this sounds like whatever or whoever robbed them of their powers meant to only take their powers and nothing else." Akito said, sounding like a detective, not giving away who it was.
"Who needs superpowers anyway," Ace shrugged. "Right, Rev?"
Rev gave a small nod.
"Uh, last time I checked, superheroes need superpowers," Duck came in. "You guys were the best of us, but until you're better, I think it's time for a new leader."
"Who are they?" Felicity asked, not getting that Duck meant himself.
"I'm even confused." Vincent added.
"That's an excellent idea, Duck." Zadavia came to the Loonatics to contact them as always.
"It is?" Duck was surprised that she complimented him.
"I agree with Zadavia." Estelle said.
Duck smirked that even Estelle and the 'Boss Lady' agreed with him.
"You shouldn't be out in the field," Zadavia advised Rev and Ace. "You get some rest. Your replacement will have to be smart, courageous, cool under pressure, and have excellent leadership skills."
"Maman?" Felicity sounded hopeful.
"She isn't talking about Aunt Cherry." Estelle said.
"Aw..." Felicity was disappointed.
"Not to mention a dazzling smile," Zadavia continued while Duck was soaking it up to his overly inflated ego. "I'm afraid there's only one right for the choice. Lexi, I'm counting on you."
"All over it, Boss!" Lexi gave a thumbs up.
"And you'll have to be fast," Zadavia cautioned. "I have reports to the Central Acmetropolis Dam is about to burst. Millions have rushed down the water halfway full of tourists. There's no time to evacuate."
"Then what are we waiting for?" Estelle asked.
"Lexi, take Slam, Duck, Felicity, and the twins," Zadavia added before signing off. "Good luck... Zadavia out."
"You heard her," Lexi looked to the others. "Let's jet!"
Duck scoffed as he followed. "I have a dazzling smile."
"Oh, be quiet, Duck." Estelle said.
They all then jetted away to get to the Acmetropolis Dam.
"Why do I have a bad feeling about this?" Vincent asked.
"Ah, I'm sure it's fine." Ace shrugged.
"Maybe." Vincent said.
Lexi flew with the others and pointed to the now crackling dam. "Check it out!"
"Hey, I thought she said this dam was about to burst!" Duck was disappointed.
"Never minding that, we have to move!" Felicity said to him.
"It looks quite dangerous." Slam added.
"Whatever guys, let's bust a move!" Lexi commanded.
"Agreed!" The twins said in unison.
The tourists yelled and screamed as the water pressure increased for them.
"Watch and learn, Lexi!" Duck called as they landed and his eyes glowed and he made egg spheres in his hands. "The Boulder Express to the rescue!" he then made the spheres turn into boulders and block the waterway.
The water stopped briefly, but more waves came over the boulders.
"Looks like the Boulder Express took a dive." Akito scoffed.
"Yeah." Estelle added in.
"Oh, well, at least ducks can swim..." Duck shrugged.
"Time to get slammin'." Lexi replied.
Slam turned into a tornado spin and went to stop the water. Akito decided to go with him.
"Help!" a man in the water called as he was drowning. "Somebody help me!"
"I'll go and save him, Akito. you go and take care of the wave." Slam said in his language before going down to save the man.
"Will do!" Akito saluted, going to do just that in agreement.
The water pressure increased and the man was nearly sinking low to the bottom. Slam went after to save the innocent bystander's life. Akito used both his speed and strength to create a brand new dam so then the water wouldn't go any further. Lexi and Estelle helped by zapping top pillars to make the new dam. The water was coming closer and closer. Felicity didn't know how to swim, but she stepped in to use the strength she had with her vampire blood in her to help Akito support the new dam while Slam helped the stranger man.
"This dam has got to hold, it just has too." Estelle said.
There was a new tornado spin with speed going down the waterway. "There's a new hero in town!" the voice called, zapping with laser eyes and made the water stop.
"Who is that monsieur?" Felicity wondered.
"I dunno, but my head hurts..." Slam groaned as he rubbed his head.
Akito came back onto the surface with Felicity, joining Estelle, Slam, Duck, and Lexi.
The man stopped his spin and came to them. "The name is Sypher, and I've always wanted to meet the hottest hero in Acmetropolis." he then shook Lexi's hand.
Lexi gasped. "What...?"
'Wait, a headache?' Akito thought, remembering what Slam just said and then remembering what Trick told him.
"Yeah..." Slam moaned, still rubbing his head.
Lexi suddenly started to feel the same way.
"And it's you, Duck." Sypher even shook hands with Duck.
"Well finally," Duck laughed. "I never refuse an adoring fan when adoring me."
However, a herd of townspeople rushed to praise and thank Sypher for saving them.
"Oh, sure, go over to the new hero." Estelle groaned under her voice.
"I'm the new hero," Sypher smiled rather evilly. "Make that Superhero."
"Fans..." Duck mumbled as he had been trampled by the crowd. "I'm back here... Available for autographs..."
"You two are not looking so good," Felicity said to Slam and Lexi. "Perhaps you are needing to go back to the tower and rest yourselves."
"Let's get back to the tower, I think I might know what's happened and also how the dam broke." Akito said.