Ch.8: A Dark Heart Burns

When it first began, power was the key. Power to protect the people of Acmetropolis from the crippling fate that these new supervillains seemed to wreak upon it.

The military needed soldiers, weapons that could be used to fight evil, instead of depending on super-powered vigilantes to fight their battles for them.

However, the first experiment turned out to be a disasterous failure, and the project was cancelled until the Loonatics decided to leave and become Guardians of the Universe.

The project had come back online, and for a while, the Loonatics replacements brought people hope again. But then, something changed, they grew wicked, and the whole city started to burn.

The military had unintentionally created vicious beasts, destroying the delicate peace that they had wished to maintain.

Well now, they had to stop them, there was no going back. Good or evil, the Loonatics would die.


Paul shivered as he stepped forward to ring the bell on the Loonatics tower door, even though his entire mind was flooded with the impulse to run away in fear.

"I can't believe I'm doing this" muttered Paul to himself " but they'll kill me if I don't."

With that little speech of courage, Paul finally rang the bell. A few seconds later, a voice came through the com, answering his ring.

"Well, well, if it isn't our creator?" said the voice " Come on in. We've been expecting you to stop by."

With that said, the voice cut off and the doors opened, allowing Paul to step out into the hall. The professor's nervousness failed to leave as he boarded an elevator and started riding it all the way to the top floor.

It was there where his creations would be waiting. Red eyes gleering as he stepped out of the comforts of the metal box, and into the large den area where the Dark Loonatics gathered and stood.

An evil smirk lit up on Dark Ace's face once he witnessed Paul enter the room.

"Welcome Doc" said Dark Ace " We always have room for special guests in our home. Though I suppose we should just vaporize you for not telling us about the sixth member of our team."

"You didn't need him" said Paul " and the military saw him as a burden they couldn't control. We don't know why he went insane. Just like I don't how you could have turned against mankind."

"Oh it was real easy Doc" said Dark Ace " once we realized how flawed people can be. As for our 'useless' friend, look what we managed to achieve."

With that said, Danger Duck suddenly appeared behind Paul, grabbed the scientist and pinned him hard against the wall. A power egg glowed firmly in his right hand, while his angry eyes glared at the doc, shining red instead of orange.

"Ho..how?" Paul gasped.

"Our goody two-shoes counterparts proved to be a great help when they arrived" said Dark Ace "Since you most likely destroyed our duck, the original will do just fine."

"See Paul" grinned Dark Lexi " Duck is not so useless after all."

"Yeah, but you're still going to pay for this," said an unexpected voice causing them all to look up.

Next thing they knew, the original Loonatics dropped down, having hacked their way from the outside, while the Dark Loonatics were all busy talking to Paul.

"We'll take our duck back now please," said Ace.

"Try it" growled Dark Ace " I'm sure he would love to eliminate you. Loonatics attack!"

And with that, both sides began to fight one on one.