Loonatics: United

Episode 87: Family Visit

It was still nighttime, Pacey walked over a metallic bridge, at a hydraulic power plant, soggy and without any flames. "Where did you go..?" He said while crying. "My friends..." Pacey looked at his hands. "Where are you?!" He yelled with desperation. "I..." Pacey sobbed. "I wanted to see him...to...present you." His eyes widened when feeling an increasing heat all over his body. "Daddy...it´s hot...the iron..." Pacey made screeching noises, but then he found out. "...my...friendies..." He chuckled. "Oh it´s not you, daddy, no! These are my friends!" Pacey suddenly burned in blue flames again. "Yes! Yes!" He shot flames at the sky as a way to celebrate. "Now! Let´s make you a little visit, daddy! I hope mommy is there as well!"

Ace´s nose twitched briefly as well as his ears, then he slowly opened his eyes and let out a long yawn. "Coffee." He whispered to himself and got out of the bed then walked towards the closet and opened it. Ace took his suit and put it on, then he exited his room.

Tech was in the kitchen, resting against a wall next to the window, the sun was just coming out, shyly illuminating the place. Ace entered the kitchen and waved at Tech. "Hey Doc, morning."

"Good morning, boss." Tech took a sip from his coffee mug while pointing at the bar.

Ace walked towards the bar and grabbed his mug, already filled with coffee. He smelled it and smiled. "Thanks, Doc." Ace took a long sip from it and let out a sigh of satisfaction.

"Maybe you should eat something before having it, boss." Tech took another sip.

Ace chuckled. "Yeah, you´ve told me that before." He opened the cupboard and took a box with energy bars.

"Well, I´m aware of everyone´s health here." Tech smirked and drank more coffee.

"And you do a great job, Tech." Ace picked an energy bar from the box and opened the wrapper.

"Ugh..." Duck arrived at the kitchen, rubbing his belly. "I shouldn´t have eaten steak and ice cream at the same time...and maybe some beer too."

"But it´s certainly a harder task on some of our teammates." Tech commented.

"Yeah, I know you´re talking about me, but don´t worry." Duck got next to Ace and took his mug, taking a sip from it.

Tech sighed while rubbing his forehead. "Why nobody listens to me?"

Ace munched his energy bar. "So, any ideas for th..?"

"Guys, we gotta go!" Lexi had just entered the kitchen. "The fire guy, he is at Lineman Suburb."

Ace finished his coffee with a very long sip then cleaned the fur of his snout with his arm. "Wake Slam and Rev!"

Pacey burned the cars, lampposts, benches and everything else in his path. "I´m coming for you, daddy!" He exclaimed maniacally. The Lineman Suburb was a neighborhood with countless rows of identically looking houses, painted gray with subtle dark orange details. "Where´s the freaking twenty six?!" Pacey hurried over the sidewalk while looking at the number of the houses.

The Loonatics arrived, flying over the neighborhood while seeing people running out of the place, ones by foot and others by car. They also spotted the blue fires that Pacey had made.

"There! He just entered that house!" Tech pointed at one of the several houses.

"Alright, team, let´s get in there!" Ace commanded and flew down towards the house, followed by his comrades.

Pacey walked inside the main hallway of his former home, looking at the walls and the pictures that hung from the walls, burning the floor at each step he took. His ear twitched when hearing crying sounds upstairs. "M...mommy?" He exited the hallway and started to go up the stairs. "Daddy?" The carpet of each stair he stepped on burned intensely by the blue fire. "Dad! I´m home!" Pacey reached the second floor and walked through a brief corridor. He encountered with the door of his room, noticing his name written on it, blurry and tenuous. Pacey opened the door, melting the knob instantly. He looked around while walking in, remembering and feeling a great nostalgia. "This is little Pacey´s room." He mumbled. "It´s a bit..." He glanced at a plush that laid over the floor. "...untidy." Pacey stood there for a long moment, then he just left his room, leaving it on fire, just as the corridor, the stairs and the first floor of the house.

The team was standing right before the principal door, huge blue blazes came out from the inside of the house. "Slam, pave the way for us." Ace commanded.

Slam growled obediently and started to shake his arms, creating a pair of tornadoes, he aimed them at the fire and started to take some of the flames out of the house.

Pacey walked slowly, with a determined frown. "Daddy! Your only son has come!" Loud weeping noises were heard from the room ahead. "Oh...I can hear you." He approached the door and turned it into ashes with his blue fire, laughing and jumping.

Two middle aged skunks were in the room, a female and a male, they were laying over the floor while leaning on the wall. The female was wearing a pair of jeans and a dark green sweater while the male wore a brown shirt and a pair of gray pants. The male´s eyes widened while seeing the face of his son behind the intense blue fire. "P...Pa...Pacey."

"Oh, congratulations! You got my name right this time!" Pacey walked towards them menacingly. "Hi mom, are your wounds healed? You know daddy can be quite harsh sometimes."

"Son...what are you doing here? What..." The mother was crying deeply. "What happened to you?"

"Ah my friends! Yeah these are my only and best friends in the world!" Pacey did a turn then faced at his parents again, keeping walking. "Wanna know them more closely!" He screamed aggressively, with a sudden wrath, making them yell and cry with hopelessness.

"Pacey!" Ace and his team arrived at the room.

Pacey turned and growled at him. "Don´t you see I´m busy right now?!"

Ace shot his laser vision at Pacey´s leg, making him scream by the pain and get over one knee while rubbing the wound. "Why?! Why everyone keeps hurting Pacey?!" He started to cry, his parents took the opportunity to run away from him, guarding themselves behind the heroes.

"Rev, take them to the HQ, now." Ace commanded and Rev held the skunks´ sides, then ran with his super speed, leaving a red trace behind him. Pacey tried to stand up. "Stay still!"

"Oh, don´t yell at me, please." Pacey stood in a crouching position. He looked at the wall and let out a loud scream of anger when noticing that his parents had escaped. "Why did you leave me again?! Daddy! Mommy! You idi..." Pacey covered his face with both hands while hyperventilating. "No! No! No!" He glared at Ace with a hostile frown while pointing at him, standing up despite Ace´s order. "You...you scared them!"

"Pacey, we can do this the good way or the bad way." Ace readied his laser vision.

"You ruined my day, idiots!" Pacey shot his flames at them, the five Loonatics exited the room to avoid the flaming attack, encountering with the burning corridor where the floor was falling apart rapidly by the intense blue flames.

"Duck, get us out of here." Ace ordered then took Lexi´s hand and she took Tech´s, who then took Slam´s. Duck placed a hand on Tech´s shoulder and teleported them to the street, right outside the burning house. "Thanks." They backed away a bit when the house fell apart completely. Pacey got out from the debris with a jump, his hands were raised and his glare focused on the Loonatics.

"I´m gonna play with you guys! And have lots and lots of fun!" Pacey ran towards them with a scream of rage while throwing fire at them. Ace and the rest activated their jetpacks and hovered over the enraged skunk.

"Oh, Pacey is good at that as well, maniacs!" Pacey got his hands behind his head for a moment and with that flew upwards, hovering at their same level. "Now let´s play shall w..." He got hit by one of Duck´s orbs right on the face, making him fall to the ground, landing not so gracefully. "Gah!" Lexi landed on the ground while deactivating her jetpack and shot her brain blast at him, hitting his chest, not letting him stand up. "Why are you doing this to me?!"

"You chose the bad way." Ace said with a straight tone.

"Bad way? I don´t know what that is, daddy..." Pacey got onto his feet and threw his flames at them, trying to hit them while they flew over him. "I just wanna play with you tonight!" He screamed with a mix of rage and sadness.

Duck landed rapidly over the ground, deactivating his jetpack and confronting Pacey. "You think those weird flames of yours are rival for my signature orbs?" He started to throw orbs at him continuously.

Pacey got over his knees, gasping and groaning by the hits he received from the orbs. "Stop it! Now!" He closed his eyes and started to cry loudly. Duck teleported and got in front of him then punched him on the face, getting his fist briefly flamed up. Pacey fell to the ground, hitting his head strongly over it, crying and groaning intensely.

Duck teleported to another spot while rubbing his hand, which was a bit hurt. "I hope that doesn´t leave a mark." He said while his comrades landed among him.

Tech removed a tire from a vehicle with his powers, manipulating the metal of the rim, he threw the tire at Pacey, hitting his side strongly as he tried to get up again, making him hit the ground a couple of times. "Guys, look!" He pointed at Pacey, who was just laying over the ground. "The flames are fading!"

Pacey let out a gasp of effort and got onto his feet then turned and raised his hands. "That hurt me a lot, beasts! I´m gonna tell my friends about that!" He tried to throw his habitual long flames at the heroes, but only a couple of weak and blue sparks came from his hands. "You left me again?" He kept crying. "You left me again! Oh how could y..." Slam approached him rapidly using his tornado, then just stood before him and punched him so strongly that he sent him to the wall of a nearby house. Pacey smashed the concrete wall, cracking it, then he just fell to the ground, unconscious.

"Let´s take him to the HQ, now!" Ace commanded.