A/N: Second Chapter of this Fanfic so enjoy!
disclaimer-Loonatics do not belong to me so no suing
At the meeting room, everything was set up for Zedavia to arrive. "Loonatics, we have a situation on our hands."
"What will it be today: mad scientist, super-powered thief or the usual crook with fancy toys?" Danger arrogantly proposed. "You wish." The hologram replied.
"Ignore him Zedavia, he's being his usual jackass self. What's wrong?" Lexi asked while ignoring the mallard's glare. "There has been an attack on a couple of civilians that seem peculiar at its best. Please be warned, these images are explicit." Zedavia warned as she presented an image that drew many gasps and a gagging from Danger.
It was brutal, a jewelry shop covered in gore, yet apparently nothing was stolen. The victims were a couple of upper class citizens and the store clerk. Slam ran to the bathroom alongside Danger as the rest assessed the situation, barely holding on their breakfasts.
"Please tell me that's a horror movie stage." Rev Runner said between gags.
"I wish it were like that but…your mission is to find out who caused this grisly murders and bring him to justice. Loonatics, this is not the first time this has happened. I fear we may have a serial killer."
"We'll do what we can." "I dearly hope so. Zedavia out." The hologram said as she disappeared.
"Well, guys we have our work cut out for us, now to find whoever is responsible." Ace affirmed as Slam and Danger returned from their trip to the toilet. "Let's go."
At the jewelry store, the police and the media had swarmed the area, making entry a bit of a challenge. "Guys remember we touch nothing; this is still a crime scene." Ace said as they put on surgical masks and gloves. "If anyone is prone to nausea, best stay here." Tech aforementioned as he opened the shattered glass doors cautiously.
"Then Slam, Rev and I will stick it out here." The mallard stated as he and the Tasmanian devil nodded furiously. "Hey, I'm going in too." Rev said as he followed Tech inside. "Just be careful." The police sergeant grumbled under his breath.
"Will do, Sergeant Carbuncle." Ace assured. The sergeant then removed the police tape. The scene was worse as the Loonatics entered, the smell of rotting flesh piercing their senses. Ace looked around and headed for the first corpse, an illustrious 21-year-old socialite that apparently spent much of her time being a camera whore. With his latex covered hand, he moved the face little by little. Her neck was covered in blood, nearly ripped open by the attacker, presumably by his own teeth.
"Guys, take a look at this…this girl had her throat ripped out." The leader stated. "Here too." Lexi replied as she shone a flashlight onto the store clerk's body. "The same with ours." Tech said as he lifted the white veil of the 56-year-old client, the estranged wife of a business mogul in Acmetropolis, responsible of the Casino industry. Rev then walked around the jewelry, looking for anything that might calm his churning stomach when he found a new clue.
"Hey, don't these kind of stores have surveillance?" the roadrunner asked as he curiously stared at the bloodstained camera. "Good idea. There should be something that might lead us to the killer." Ace congratulated. "Lexi, go search the surveillance room and look for the video. Rev, tell Sgt. Carbuncle that we may have recorded proof. Tech, what do you make out of this?" Ace commanded as he laid the white forensic sheets.
"It's very similar to a horror movie, as Danger aptly stated. There is a lot of trauma to the neck area, probable blood loss as the cause of death with a slight bacterial infection." The scientist explained as he took hold of the socialite's hands. Suddenly Ace began to become a bit dazed. "Sorry, just a bit dizzy."
In his head, the dream replayed itself spontaneously, making his head throb. "What the hell?" he thought to himself as the pain increased, making him groan. "Ace what's wrong?" "I don't know but its getting worse…get help." The leader said as he fell to his knees, holding his head in pain. He couldn't bare the pain anymore and he screamed at the top of his lungs.
Let it all out, my son. Ace looked around; that sounded like…
"Dad?" he asked to the nothingness. It's all right, it's quite painful when it kicks in. "Dad, what's going on? What's happening to me?" he whimpered to the unknown voice. This was impossible, his dad had died in a car accident when he was 5 years old; was he delusional?
It's going to be all right; just let it takes its course. Then you'll feel better. Ace then relaxed and could finally think clearly. His blood felt as if it was boiling at first, threatening to burn every blood vessel in his body, but now it had cooled down. He then fell down onto the floor, gasping for air.
"What the hell was that all about?" he asked himself as he tried to get up. Suddenly every sense was heightened almost tenfold, even more than when the meteor struck. He could smell the copper-like scent of blood as it dried up, the rotten flesh crawling as it decomposed. He could every word that Sgt. Carbuncle was answering the press with extreme quality even with the reporters' ear numbing racket. It was as if everything was new to him, with a breath of fresh air into the tainted shop. Then he heard Lexi enter through the back door.
"Good news, we found a video. Bad news…" the female rabbit began but was interrupted by Rev. "The surveillance guard was killed too."
"I see. Then we'd better head back to the tower. Tech should give us a clue deciphering this." Then, as if nothing, there was a commotion as the press roared for no apparent reason.
"What the…?" Ace and the others raced outside to see a mob around something. Slam hurried to Ace, and in his garbled lingo, he tried to tell what had happened.
"Tech fainted! How did that happen!" Lexi exclaimed as she shook the Tasmanian devil almost into submission. Another garbled message.
"He just did!" Ace then fought his way into the scene, carrying with him Rev. There, on the ground lay on the cold asphalt the scientist, pale and apparently without a pulse. "Tech? Can you hear me?" Rev asked as he knelt down to his fallen comrade. With no response, Rev then yelled for help, desperate for any medical assistance. Somehow this seemed eerily familiar to Ace, it was like Tech was having the same weird attack he had just gone through, only Tech was dying.
"Give me an injection, make it ephedrine, 10 millimeters." The clunky sergeant stood shocked at Ace's request. "Ten! That would kill him!" he yelled as the leader ripped open the scientist's suit, revealing the chest area. Ace felt around for a specific area, then asked for the needle.
"Sorry Tech, but this is gonna hurt you more than it's gonna hurt me." He murmured under his breath as he hastily swabbed the area with alcohol. He then slammed the needle into the chest, causing Danger simultaneously to faint from the shock. Tech immediately sprang up and gasped for air. He coughed a bit as Danger was slapped back to consciousness.
"What just happened?" the coyote asked as he tried to get some air into his lungs. "Apparently you almost died." Ace replied with a tired smile as he pat Tech's back. "We'd better go back to the tower. Lexi found a video and we need its firewall cracked."
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