The main reason Ronnie Anne became Tarantula was to find and save her brother, Bobby. A lot of time has passed since he was kidnapped, but Ronnie Anne hasn't given up the search for Madame Butterfly. But, as she's about to discover, neither have her friends...
REVIEWS
J - I haven't fully decided yet. More than likely though she's just down for the count.
Allanarcher777 - Don't worry, Bobby's disappearance is going to be addressed in this episode. Just stick around. I hope you enjoy this one!
Indy Scott - Yeah I was scrolling through some older reviews when I came across your idea. I was just looking for a fun villain for last episode so I thought Patchwork would work nicely. Thanks again!
Classic Hollywood - That may actually happen. We'll see.
Nick Name - Yeah just see what you can come up with. I still haven't decided which one I'd want to use.
Who's ready for Episode 5? I know I am! See you guys at the end! Reviews and constructive criticism welcome!
NB: Credit goes to a guest review for a character used in this episode. Thank you.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Loud House. All rights belong to Nickelodeon.
NB: The theme song is Feel Invincible by Skillet. Some lyrics have been slightly modified to fit the series. Otherwise, the song is exactly the same. I hope you all enjoy it!
Theme Song
Target on my back
Lone survivor lasts
They got me in their sights
No surrender no
Webs and stingers go
Living the dangerous life
Hey, hey, hey
Everyday when I wake
I'm trying to get up
They're knocking me down
Chewing me up
Spitting me out
Hey, hey, hey
When I need to be brave
You're making me strong
You're making me stand
Never will fall!
Never will end!
Shot like a rocket up into the sky
Nothing could stop me tonight
You make me feel invincible
Earthquake powerful
Just like a tidal wave
You make me brave
You're my titanium
Fight song raising up
Like a roar of victory in a stadium
Who can touch me 'cause I
(I'm made of fire!)
Who can stop me tonight
(I'm hard-wired!)
You make me feel invincible!
I feel, I feel it!
Invincible!
I feel, I feel it!
Invincible!
Episode 5: Search and Seizure
It was late afternoon in Great Lakes City and Tarantula was currently swinging through the streets on patrol.
"*lands on a rooftop* Let me take a rest here." said Tarantula, as she sat down.
As she gazed down upon the streets below her, her eyes caught sight of something familiar.
*camera lens in her goggles zooms in on a missing person flyer with Bobby's face on it*
"*sighs* I'm not giving up Bobby. I know you're out there somewhere. Sometimes it still feels like this isn't real..." said Tarantula, to herself.
FLASHBACK
*Carlos and Hector are putting up missing person fliers around the neighborhood*
"Have you seen this person?! He's my grandson, Roberto." said Rosa, handing a flyer to a male citizen.
The man shook his head 'no' in response and kept on walking.
"Come on! I know you've seen him! One of you had to!" exclaimed Carlota in frustration.
"Carlota, calm down hija." said Frida.
"I can't calm down! I can't just lose my cousin like that!" cried Carlota upset.
"Bobby! Bobby! Bobby, where are you?!" shouted Ronnie Anne, to a busy street.
Ironically, she received no answer.
"*places hand on her shoulder* Come on Ronnie. It's getting late. We should get home." said Maria.
"But Mom, I-"
"I know, I know. We'll find him honey. We just gotta be strong and never give up hope. Come on." said Maria, taking Ronnie Anne's hand.
As they walked back home, Ronnie Anne looked behind her at the flyer put up to find her brother. A tear escaped her eye as she left the fliers behind.
END OF FLASHBACK
"*sniffles* I'm gonna find you Bobby. I don't know when or how, but I will. Madame Butterfly's gonna pay for this." said Tarantula determined.
Just then, Tarantula heard a cellphone ringing. She reached in her pocket and saw that Sid was calling her.
"*answers it* Hey Sid. What's up?" asked Tarantula.
"Ronnie! You've gotta come down to the police station!" said Sid.
"What? Why?" asked Tarantula.
"Nikki's here trying to get the police to do an investigation into Madame Butterfly! Things are getting real tense Ronnie Anne!" said Sid.
"Hang on! I'm swinging over!" said Tarantula, as she hung up the phone.
Tarantula then took off swinging through the streets, heading for the police station.
Meanwhile at Great Lakes City PD...
"Can you just listen to me for a second?! Madame Butterfly is still a threat! Can you just look into it?!" exclaimed Nikki.
"Look, Madame Butterfly has not been seen or heard since she disappeared from the city. There is reason to believe she's still out there, but I can't send my men out on a whim. I have much more pressing matters to tend to at the moment." said Richards.
"But, can you just-"
"Excuse me Commissioner, there's a phone call for you in your office." said an officer.
"Thanks Redd. Excuse me ladies, I must be going." said Richards, heading back to his office.
"But-"
"Come on Nikki, let's just go. We're drawing too much attention to ourselves." said Sid, leading Nikki out the building.
Outside, in the back corner of the parking lot, Ronnie Anne had just arrived.
"Hey! Nikki! What were you thinking?!" exclaimed Ronnie Anne.
"I was thinking that we could use some help in tracking Butterfly down! It's been like two months Ronnie! And we still don't know where she is!" said Nikki.
"I know okay! I wanna find her just as much as you do, but we can't be reckless! Let me worry about Madame Butterfly. Trust me, the police aren't gonna help us with this." said Ronnie Anne.
"You can't do this by yourself Ronnie Anne. We're a team Santiago!" said Nikki.
"Yeah! We're the uh...Spider Squad!" exclaimed Sid.
"Shh! Sid!" said Ronnie Anne, trying to hush Sid.
"What? Not good enough?" asked Sid.
"No, we're out in the open! You can't blurt stuff out like that!" said Ronnie Anne.
"Right. Sorry! Just got a little overexcited." said Sid.
"*phone buzzes and looks at it* I've gotta go. My dad's got dinner ready." said Nikki.
"Yeah I've gotta go too. My grandma probably already has the table set." said Ronnie Anne.
"Hey, are we still meeting up for video games later?" asked Sid.
"Yeah sure. Nikki?" asked Ronnie Anne.
"I'll be there. See ya guys." said Nikki, as she skated off.
"She seems upset." said Sid.
"It's fine. We'll talk about it later. Come on." said Ronnie Anne, as she and Sid left the station parking lot.
Unbeknownst to them, however, someone appeared to be watching them from the bushes. The figure was wearing a white full head mask with a distinct eye in the center. This "eye" appeared to be a camera that the figure had been recording the children with.
Later that night, at Nikki's house...
"Dad, I'm home!" said Nikki, as she entered her house.
"Dad? *sniffs the air* Ooh! Pizza! What's the special occasion Dad? We usually-DAD!" exclaimed Nikki, in shock.
She had entered the kitchen and found her dad unconscious on the floor.
"Dad! What happened?!" *notices a tranquilizer dart in his neck* Who did this to you?!" exclaimed Nikki.
Nikki suddenly heard something buzzing around her. Before she knew it, she felt something sting her in her neck. Nikki then fell to the ground, unconscious as well.
"*suddenly appears* Madame, I've got her." said Mosquito, via his communicator.
Meanwhile at the Casagrandes...
"Ohhh yeah! I know you're seeing these sweet combos Ronnie!" said Casey.
"Uh-huh. I see 'em. But get a load of this!" said Ronnie Anne, as she activated her fighter's super move, which instantly defeated Casey's.
"Aww what?" said Casey upset.
"Sorry Case. My character has the strongest super move in the game." said Ronnie Anne.
"Whatever! This game wasn't even legal anyway. If we were playing without supers, I would've totally beaten you! Heck, even Nikki would've!" said Casey.
"Yeah, Nikki's the best at this game!" said Sameer.
"Hey, where is Nikki? Didn't she say she was coming?" asked Sid.
"I'll call her." said Ronnie Anne, pulling out her phone.
"Don't bother. I'm afraid her phone is silent at the moment."
"Uh, who said that?" asked Sameer nervously.
Ronnie Anne's spider senses suddenly tingled and she was alerted to a larvinaut hovering outside her bedroom window.
"Hello again Ronnie Anne. It's been too long." said Madame Butterfly, however only her voice was heard from the larvinaut.
"What did you do with her Butterfly?!" asked Ronnie Anne angered.
"I haven't done anything. My assistant Mosquito is in charge of this mission."
"*growls* I don't care! Give me my friend back!" exclaimed Ronnie Anne, as she tried to pounce on the larvinaut, but it moved out the way.
"Relax, will you? Your friend is at the old Chrysalize Inc. complex. I'm sure you're familiar with that location. I'd get moving Tarantula. You wouldn't want to lose another loved one." said Madame Butterfly, as the larvinaut started flying away from the window.
"Get back here!" exclaimed Ronnie Anne, as she shot a web at the larvinaut, and dragged it inside, crashing it on the floor.
"There was no need for that Ronnie A-"
"*punches hole in larvinaut* Shut up! You're not taking anyone else away from me!...I'm gonna find you." said Ronnie Anne, with a determined look on her face.
Ronnie Anne then activated her pendant and became Tarantula. She then swung out of her bedroom window, heading into the city.
Sid, Casey, and Sameer just sat there in shock at what had just occurred.
Meanwhile at Chrysalize Inc...
*Nikki is slowly starting to wake up but her vision is blurred*
"Ah great. You're finally awake. It was getting a bit boring without anyone to talk to." said Mosquito, sharpening his wrist blades.
"Huh? What? Wh-Who are you?!" asked Nikki confused.
"My name is Mosquito. I work for Madame Butterfly. She asked me to kidnap you because you have some evidence that can possibly work against her." said Mosquito.
"*struggles against her restraints* What evidence?" asked Nikki agitated.
"The photos you took when you and your friends broke into this complex." said Mosquito.
Nikki just stared wide eyed at the bug themed villain.
"Now, either you hand over the photos or I take them by force." said Mosquito, as he approached the preteen.
Meanwhile, Tarantula was hurriedly swinging through the streets, desperately trying to reach Nikki before it was too late.
*Ronnie Anne is having flashbacks of prior events*
FLASHBACKS
"Bobby! What did you do to my brother?!" asked Ronnie Anne enraged.
"Hush little spider. Your brother is simply being used as leverage. If you want him to remain unharmed, all you have to do is come with me. However, if you don't co-operate, your brother might not be waking up." said Mosquito, with a slight snicker.
...
"Let my brother go!" exclaimed Ronnie Anne.
"...*sighs* None of this would've happened if I had just stayed home that night. Now my brother's gone and it's all my fault." said Ronnie Anne.
"Don't say that sweetie! We're gonna find Bobby!" said Rita.
"I already know where he is. Mosquito took him back to those labs I got my powers from. I just know it." said Ronnie Anne.
"Who owns the labs?" asked Lynn Sr.
"No one knows her real name but they call her Madame Butterfly. She's like some nature activist wanting to "transform society..." said Ronnie Anne.
"You're causing a lot of unnecessary stress right now!" said Psyche, through gritted teeth.
"And you think you aren't doing that to me? Look at what you've done to my family!" said Ronnie Anne.
"What I've done?! You had the nerve to break into my labs, steal my DNA, and then when I track you down to take it back, I'm the one who's wrong?!" asked Psyche, pretty peeved.
"You're not gonna use the DNA for anything good anyways! You're gonna mutate humans!" said Ronnie Anne.
"Yes, I am, but at the right time. Your recent antics in this city have caused problems I didn't account for. And now, I have to put a stop to it." said Psyche.
"What are you gonna do?" asked Ronnie Anne.
"It's not what I'm going to do, it's what you're going to do. You can continue wasting time fighting me, but every second you spend here, your brother draws closer and closer to death." said Psyche.
"What did you do to him?!" asked Ronnie Anne, getting heated.
"I've had a neurotoxin injected into his bloodstream. He's dying by the second. You can try saving him, but by the time you get to him, it may already be too late." said Psyche.
"Hey. I noticed you disappeared a while ago. Are you okay?" asked Lincoln, suddenly joining her.
"*sighs* No I'm not...Lincoln...I can't be a superhero. I'm too much of a screw up. In one day I managed to lose my brother, put my family in danger, and make an enemy for life. *sniffles* I can't believe he's gone...*tears start to stream down her face* It's all my fault..."
"Ronnie listen. Being a superhero isn't easy, but you can't give up after one failure. Me and my family weren't always the best with our powers. Even with training, we still lose sometimes. But no matter how many times we get knocked down, we get back up and start fighting again." said Lincoln.
...
"Look, what I'm trying to say is that failure doesn't define a hero. It only makes them stronger. A hero only loses when they give up. And you can't give up Ronnie. Bobby needs you. Your family needs you. And...maybe even this city." said Lincoln.
"*wipes tears off her face* You're right. I'm not gonna let some insect freak get me down..." said Ronnie Anne.
"...Listen. Mom, I want to do this. I promise you I'm being careful when I'm out there. There's really no need to worry." said Ronnie Anne.
"*sniffles* My worst fear is that either Madame Butterfly or someone else will come along and take you away...And that I'll never see you again..."
Ronnie Anne listened to the hurt in her Mom's voice. It absolutely broke her heart.
"I already lost my son Ronnie. I can't lose you too." said Maria.
"I know Mom. And that's one of the reasons why I'm doing this. For Bobby. I'm gonna find him. I know he's still out there...But Mom, I need you to trust me. I know how serious this is, but I'm only going to go out there if I need to. Trust me, this city needs a Tarantula." said Ronnie Anne.
END OF FLASHBACKS
"This city needs a Tarantula." said Tarantula, to herself.
She had just swung over the fence into the Chrysalize Inc. complex and landed on the rooftop of one of the buildings.
*masked figure from earlier is seen recording Tarantula from afar*
Tarantula peered into the sunroof of the building and saw Mosquito standing in front of Nikki. She immediately went into action and kicked out a pane in the sunroof.
Mosquito suddenly looked above him and received a web shot to the face.
"*jump kicks him in the chest* Get away from her!" exclaimed Tarantula.
"*removes webbing from his face* You're a bit late spider. I've already got what I need." said Mosquito, as she held Nikki's phone in his hand.
Tarantula suddenly shot a web at Nikki's phone and pulled it to her.
"*sighs* So we're doing this again? Alright. Let's dance you little bug." said Mosquito, as he suddenly rushed Tarantula and started melee fighting with her.
Tarantula backflips away from his swings and then tried to jump kick him again as a surprise attack. However, Mosquito was ready for this.
"*catches her leg and throws her behind him* Seen that move before. You're gonna have to do better than that." said Mosquito.
Tarantula dusted herself off and then started firing rapid fire web shots at Mosquito. He flew around each one and then shrunk in size, vanishing before Tarantula's eyes.
"W-Where'd he go?" asked Nikki, getting scared.
Tarantula didn't respond. She was listening closely for him. Then, she heard it. The all too familiar buzz.
Tarantula started instinctively dodging Mosquito's mini tranquilizing darts. Suddenly, however, they abruptly stopped.
Tarantula was confused until she heard a sharp gasp come from Nikki behind her.
"*has a wrist blade pressed against Nikki's neck* Listen to me Tarantula. The Madame has a tight schedule and this is taking way longer than I anticipated." said Mosquito.
"Tell Madame Butterfly I want my brother back." said Tarantula sternly.
"I don't think you'd want him back now. He's not your brother anymore." said Mosquito.
Tarantula growled in anger, ready to pounce on him, but Mosquito pressed his wrist blade closer to Nikki's neck.
"The phone. Now." said Mosquito.
Just then, Mosquito suddenly let go of Nikki as it seemed that he was struck down by something.
Tarantula looked above her to see the masked figure by the sunroof, holding a tranquilizer gun.
"What the-"
"Ronnie! Come on! Let's get out of here!" said Nikki.
"Right! I just-Huh?"
Tarantula looked up at where the masked figure once stood, only to find that it had disappeared.
"Huh." said Tarantula to herself, not sure about what she just saw.
Tarantula freed Nikki from the chair she was restrained to by melting the restraints with her acid venom. The two girls then escaped the building through the sunroof, and Tarantula swung them over the fence and out of the complex.
"Mosquito! Mosquito! What happened?!" asked Madame Butterfly, via communicator.
"Ugh...pint-sized pests..." grumbled Mosquito, holding his head.
Back at Nikki's house...
"*opens the front door* Dad!" exclaimed Nikki.
"Nikki! *runs up and hugs her* Oh thank god! I was so worried!" said Mr. Young.
"It's okay. Tarantula saved me." said Nikki relieved.
"Oh, what would this city do without her?" said Mr. Young.
At this point, the scene switches to Ronnie Anne, who is sitting alone on her apartment's rooftop.
*teardrops stain a photo of Ronnie Anne and Bobby*
"Hey Ronnie. Are you okay? Carlota said you'd be up here." said Sid.
Ronnie Anne sniffled as she wiped her tears with her sleeve.
"I'm fine. I just...sometimes when I think about it..."
FLASHBACK
"Bobby! What did you do to my brother?!" asked Ronnie Anne enraged.
END OF FLASHBACK
Ronnie Anne suddenly broke down crying.
"Ronnie...*hugs her to herself* Don't cry. We're gonna find Bobby. Together." said Sid.
Ronnie Anne looked at her at the mention of that word.
"You're not alone in this Ronnie Anne. Nikki only got kidnapped today cause she wants to help find your brother too! We all do! Me, Casey, and Sameer! Your family's already got your back Ronnie. I just want you to know that your friends got your back too." said Sid.
"*sniffles* Thanks Sid. That means a lot to me." said Ronnie Anne, as she and Sid shared a hug.
"Hey, so, I've been thinking...how about the Web Rogues?" said Ronnie Anne.
"For our team name?! Yes! That's awesome!" exclaimed Sid excitedly.
"I can see it now! Tarantula and the Web Rogues! We'll all have awesome costumes, someone could have a jetpack or maybe a glider-"
"Hey Sid, uh, why don't we finish this conversation inside?" said Ronnie Anne, hinting at the open area they were in.
"Oh. *nervous laugh* Just got a little overexcited." said Sid.
She and Ronnie Anne laughed with each other as they headed towards the roof access door.
That's gonna do it for this episode! I know this episode might have been lacking in action, but I really wanted to start moving the story forward a bit.
Trust me, the next episode is going to be one you won't wanna miss! It's Tarantula's Tales' first two parter! I hope you're excited, cause I am! Let me know what you thought of this episode and until next time, this has been 65rogeryork.
Later!