Ch.4: Cold Creations

(Before the Collapse-Days Earlier)

Dark times engulfed Acmetropolis, forged by the evil invading the Loonatics home. Not long after they had taken the tower for themselves, the plans to conquer the city began. However, they were not the only ones who decided to evil on this fine day.

Inside of the Acmetropolis Prison, the villains were getting restless wasting their lives away, rotting behind cell bars. One of the most agitated of them all was Sypher, suffering from the slings and arrows of all of the other foes locked up in the clink.

Out of all of the villains, Sypher was seen as the most untrustworthy and childish. A fact supported given that his first official act as a villain was to use his power-absorbing abilities for a shot at fortune and fame.

However, all that desire for glory had basically left Sypher's mind right now. Now, only one thing still burned; revenge. Revenge on the Loonatics who had stuck him behind bars in the first place.

But, in order to do that, first he needed to escape. Luckily, Sypher had just the plan.

Minutes passed, and soon the soft pitter-patter of small pawsteps could be heard, belonging to the guards beloved cat. It got lonely sitting here and watching the cells so long, could really blame them for wanting a pet?

For days, Sypher tried to make friends with young Skipper, luring the cat closer and closer to his cell bars. Today, it was time for the coo-de-graw.

"Hey there Skip!" called Sypher, as the cat approached his cell. "Come over here ol' palsy. That's it. I've got some lovely tuna for ya."

Although not able to understand the threat veiled beneath those kind words, Skipper reluctantly stepped closer to Sypher's cell bars, sliding his body right through, in between the gaps.

"Yeah, that's it," said Sypher " Good cat."

And with that said, the villain reached down, going for a pet.


Moments later, at the Loonatics tower, the whole base was ringing with alarm. Instantly, all of the dark figures who had invaded some time ago, gathered inside of Tech E. Coyote's lab.

"Well Ace" greeted the dark, black and green coyote once everyone arrived " looks like one of our doppelgangers villains decided to spring for parole a little early."

"Who's the lucky target?" asked Ace, his bright, yellow eyes giving an evil glare.

"Sypher" said Tech, bringing up the profile " Ability, power absorption. A troublesome enemy, he will have to be deposed."

"Yes" said Ace in agreement " let's go pay our respects to this Sypher."


Later, in the streets of Acmetropolis, Sypher was out roaming the town, testing out his new stolen abilities. The cat-like abilities that he had stolen from Skipper had been more than enough to help aid his escape; squeezing through the bars, and dodging the guards laser fire.

Now that he was back on the streets, he had another new power to show off, especially to the police force, who had stepped in to cover for the Loonatics while they were gone.

Crack!...blasted the sound from out from out of Sypher's hands, as he shot a bolt of lightning towards the screaming police cars on their way to make an arrest. Instantly, the metal heaps went down in flames.

Sypher couldn't help the evil grin growing on his face.

"Thanks Weathervane," he mocked in his mind.

Just a few hours before Sypher escaped, the villainess had managed to make him really angry in the prison café, so he touched her and absorbed her powers in revenge.

Sadly, she didn't get a chance to reabsorb them before the guards came and escorted them back to their cells for the night. And now, she never would.

"Heh, come on cops" Sypher said to some of the policemen who managed to escape their burning cars and were now lying on the streets " is that really the best you can do?"

"Maybe" said a dark voice, making Sypher turn to see Ace and his team just land on the ground" but perhaps we can fair better,"

"Well, well" said Sypher, as he glared to mock his foes " if it isn't the Loonatics. Rumor has it you've been gone a while. Looking good Lexi, you and Ace get hitched yet? I can see Slam has been packing on the pounds. Tech and Rev look as boring as ever. But where's Duck? Finally quit the team, or did you boot him out for being so useless?"

Ace's eyes hardened towards Sypher, grinding his fist tight in order to contain his boiling rage. Not just at the insults, but at the villains direct mockery towards Duck.

Since the Evil Loonatics had taken over Loonatics tower, they had done extensive research into their missing teammate, and had found something hidden well inside of Danger Duck's room; his own diary.

In it, they had discovered everything; the dark secrets to their teammate's mysterious past to the way he felt about how the other Loonatics sometimes treated him as a lesser member of the team.

Dark Ace may have been evil, but reading about Duck's inner pain just caused his hatred to rise up. It would be justice to return all of that pain to this cruel city, and laugh as their precious lives burned down to the ground.

Moving fast before Sypher could react, Dark Ace charged and started to pound at Sypher with numerous chops and blows.

However, Sypher still possessed Skipper's cat-like agility and was able to counter some of the moves, catching Dark Ace off guard and nearly pinning him to the ground.

The rest of the evil Loonatics immediately stepped in to assist. Sypher saw them coming and immediately activated Weathervane's powers to defend.

Summoning up an electrifying wind of great strength, Sypher swirled it around himself for brief moment, before setting it loose in all directions, knocking all the Loonatics down like they just harmless bowling pins.

Then, a fog descended, covering the whole scene as the evil Loonatics struggled to recover from the strike that shocked their core.

Trapped somewhere in the thinnest part of the fog, Dark Lexi fought through the pain to stand, only to fail to rise up past her knees. Her super-hearing instantly caught the sound of dreaded footsteps approaching her in the fog. Soon, the sinister form of Sypher appeared.

"I'll take your powers first," said Sypher, and then reached down, touching Lexi's skin.

Shock claimed his face when he didn't feel the familiar surge of power coming into him the moment he started to absorb.

He had taken powers from these freaks in the past! Why wasn't it working now?

"Something wrong Doc?" suddenly sounded an evil voice behind Sypher, making his widen with confusion and fear.

"Who are you?" Sypher stumbled in his words as he looked towards Dark Ace's yellow gaze " You're not the real Loonatics! Who are…Yah!"

The villain didn't get a chance to finish his word, as Dark Ace suddenly used his laser vision to blast a hole right through Sypher's chest. Blood sprayed as Sypher collapsed, gasping in his final moments to live before he finally died.

Dark Ace glared at the villain coldly, and stated in dead serious tone as Sypher drew in his last breath.

"That was for Duck."


(Present Day- After the Collapse)

Eerie silence seemed to grip the air as Dark Ace watched horrible images flash across the holo-screen, recording the destruction he and his team had caused nearly an hour before.

Their army foes had retreated back to their base to recover from the ambush they had foolishly set in order to kill. As if the evil Loonatics would have ever fallen for such an obvious ploy.

Dark Tech was immediately able to determine that that distress beacon was obviously a fraud. A ploy that may have worked if only the good Loonatics had been there to retrieve it.

No, the real prize came afterwards, when a second distress signal was picked up by their computers, coming from the Loonatics ship. Their goody, two-shoe counterparts had finally arrived, bringing Duck along with them.

A fowl they now had at the mercy of their evil hands.

"Any more troubles with the army?" asked Dark Ace as soon as Dark Lexi and Slam came in.

"No troubles at all" said Dark Lexi with a grin " Those fools will think twice before trying to defy us."

"Yeah," agreed Dark Slam.

"Good" said Dark Ace, turning around " I don't want any distractions as we welcome the newest member of our team."

"Are you sure he'll join us?" asked Dark Lexi, skeptically " He's already been tainted by them. And what if they survived the collapse?"

"Don't worry" said Dark Ace " I have Tech working on something special just in case. And don't worry about our counterparts. They're as good as dead."