Move Along Chapter 4: It Starts Part 1, a loonatics unleashed fanfic

"So you say it just popped out of nowhere?" asked the policeman.

"He smashed through the wall, and yelled, "We will take over!" or something like that," said Jacovie. While the others were telling their own tales however, Jessica stayed silent. She was the only one who knew exactly who Gunnar was, but was too tired to talk.

"What about you, young lady?"

Jessica was jerked out of her thoughts.

"What part did you have in this?"

"I taunted the leader using the joke that Ace Bunny used on him in the pilot episode of Loonatics Unleashed."

"...What?"

"Loonatics Unleashed."

The policeman scribbled something down. "Okay..." He looked up. "Well, I'll send you kids home now...or maybe to the hospital to get those wings checked on."

The children shook their heads. They wanted to keep their wings, they didn't want to be studied.

"Alright, I'll just drive you home in the van then."

"It's ok," Lauren said quickly. "We can get home ourselves."

"How?"

Julie flew up in the air, using her wings.

"...Sure. Just be careful, there are more than just...mutant techno Vikings out there," said the policeman.

Jessica's POV

(In downtown Chicago)

"Crud."

The policeman was right. There were more than just Vikings. There were all sort of villains. I saw Heartless from Kingdom Hearts, Lurkers from Jak and Daxter, ghosts from Pacman, Waddle Dees, Waddle Doos. But fortunately, there were heroes too. Sora, Jak, Daxter, Kirby, Samus, Neopets, Cloud, all were fighting against the swarm of minor enemies. That wasn't all. There were characters from television shows and webcomics too.

"Okay, what the h--- is going on here?" asked Lauren angrily. We were dodging random attacks, and it was kind of hard to do that when you can't see because of Bronto Burts flying in your face. Julie and Stephanie were holding onto me, and Jacovie had gone off with a Keyblade made of fire to help Sora.

"...So many friggin' BUGS!" Lauren created a shield around us. "Finally..."

"Lauren, I think I got it," I said.

"What?" asked all three.

"How about I build a dome of ice...and we keep all the innocent characters there?"

"That's a good idea!" Stephanie slipped out of the shield and blew away a crowd of Waddle Dees to make a clear area. I concentrated hard, and a dome of ice formed in the area.

Jacovie came back, and he guarded the entrance, as well as grabbing any 'innocent' characters that passed by. He had made friends with Sora ("AND I GOT HIS AUTOGRAPH TOO!") so he helped also. It wasn't easy, but eventually, we had almost everyone, including a few heroes. I was healing like crazy, and when I was too tired, Lauren created some healing herbs, and took over. It was just when I had patched up Buster (from Arthur) when I heard a gunshot, then a scream.

"Jacovie, could you help out for a bit?" I asked. "I heard something."

"Oh, yeah, sure!" Jacovie was always ready to help.

"Thanks, pal," I said, and I flew out the entrance. (a hole above the area a normal door should be) I searched through the mob of random enemies, looking for what had made the gunshot noise, and who screamed. I turned the corner, into an alley. There I saw two original black mages, one who was shot in the shoulder, collapsed on the ground, the other with her hat on the ground, tears running down her face, a spell in her hands. Then I noticed James Bond, with his gun cocked and ready. I grabbed it and froze it before it could do any more harm.

"Now slow down there, mister double 0 seven. Why did you shoot...oh my gosh."

That's when I realized. That wasn't any black mage- that was THE Black Mage, of 8-Bit Theater. And the girl was my character, the one I had created because of my crazy antics. Dang. I froze Bond's feet to the ground, and his hands to the alley wall. Ignoring the amount of profanity coming out of his mouth, I rushed over to BM, whose shoulder was bleeding badly. I touched his shoulder, and the bullet popped out, then snow replaced the blood. The snow should heal him soon, I thought. Jessi, however, was crying like crazy. I beckoned for her to come over to me.

"Tell me," I said, "what happened."

Biting her lower lip in an attempt to stop her crying, she replied quietly, "I got lost, and I was pushed into this alleyway. I decided to stay here until I could find BM, or someone else...and then the guy with the gun came, and thought I was some sort of freak...because I was wearing black mages' robes...and then BM found me...and then the guy was going to shoot me first...but then BM blocked it...oh, it's all my fault..."

I patted my character and smoothed her hair out. Like mine, it was messy. "There now. BM's going to be okay."

"How do you know?" she asked. I pointed at his shoulder.

"I healed him. I don't know when he's going to wake up though," I said. "But first, we need to get to the dome."

In a small bit of time, I got her, BM, and 007 to the ice dome. However, I had to take away the gun. Lauren's giant leaf crushed it. Jessi was still a bit frightened, but we found the rest of them (Fighter, RM, Thief, and White Mage) quickly enough. Jessi's brother had to be renamed, as his name was originally Jacovie, but unlike his Japanese-obsessed counterpart, he had no problem being called Jack. Or Jacuzzi. I had quite a bit of work to do, though...

"...Ow, my head..."

I turned around. I saw that BM was holding his head. Then, Jessi rushed over. I smiled and turned around again. There was still a lot of figuring out to do...

It seemed as if there were only characters that I knew. I could recognize them all, if you could give me some time...Arthur, Harry Potter, Yu-Gi-Oh, A Series of Unfortunate Events, 8-Bit Theater, Mystic Revolution, RPG World...

Then I noticed there were only 4 Loonatics. I am so retarded. I zoomed over to Lexi.

"'Scuse me, Miss Lexi?" She raised her head. "Do you know where Ace is?" I asked her. She simply shook her head in reply.

"Who are you?" she replied. She seemed a bit dazed.

"My name's Jessica, and I'm you guys' biggest fan."

"Well, nice to know that. But I don't think that's going to help."

I looked behind me, not expecting to see Tech E. Coyote himself. I'm starting to regret leaving my autograph book and pen at home.

"If Rev wasn't knocked out, we could find Ace..." he muttered.

Where could Ace be? I wondered.

I took a count, and I figured there were only four missing: Harry Potter, Ace Bunny, Danger Duck, and Blue, a character from my role-playing board, were missing. I wrote it down on a piece of spare paper. Rev Runner was the only one I could think of who could track them down, but when he woke up, he assumed a 'fetal position,' or so I was told. So we couldn't use him...

I flew out into the cold night air. Chicago was awfully quiet. It was kind of creepy. I wondered where all the enemies went. I had seen so many characters, but hardly any major villains...Only one (group) had been captured, and that was the Vikings. However, they had been...subdued...a bit before...

I sighed and sat carefully on a lamppost. The bulb had been smashed by a beam from a Waddle Doo, so I didn't worry about being spotted. Yet it seemed like I was being watched...

squeak

I am so jinxed.

I flew down, and I looked around, right left, back, front, up, down. No one there.

squeak

What could make a squeak?

squeak

...This is getting annoying. I looked around again. Nothing seemed to be moving...wait a minute. The shadows are moving...

I backed away as a figure materialized in front of me, completely made of shadows. Then I saw two clear green eyes stare at me. This couldn't have been the person who was watching me, I thought.

"Who are you?" it asked. I couldn't tell who it was, as all I could see were its eyes.

"...Who are you?" I replied, slightly confused.

"My name is Shadow," it said. It's voice came from behind me, and I looked behind me to see the real Shadow, a female Duck in a black cloak. I turned back in time to see the shadow creature disappear.

"That's all you're gonna get out of me," she said. She revealed a hidden katana that gleamed in the moonlight. I backed away, only to step forward again, hearing another squeak. I looked behind me, and I saw Kirbies. Shadow Kirbies. There was a whole mob surrounding me. "Now," continued Shadow, drawing my attention back to her, "tell me. What is this place?"

"Chicago," I said, my eyes still on that blade. Why couldn't I remember where she came from?

"...Where is that? It sure as heck ain't Acmetropolis."

"...Wait, did you just say Acmetropolis?"

"Yeah, what's it to you?" Shadow retorted. The katana seemed so familiar...Shadow...Shadow...Where did I hear that before?...Wait a minute...

"You're a thief, aren't you?" I asked. I remembered now. She was my Loonatics Unleashed character, never used, waiting in the back of my mind to be taken out...

"...So what if I am? What do you care?" Shadow glanced suspiciously at me.

"Well, see, it's a long story-" I started, but I was cut off when she pointed her blade at my throat.

"Look, just tell me who you are, how I got here, and how do I get back," she said quickly, darting her eyes around.

"I'm your creator, I don't know how you got here, or how you get back," I squeaked.

She narrowed her eyes. "My creator?" she hissed. "How does that work out?"

I backed away a bit, rather reluctant to tell the whole story. But then she flicked her blade, and the story came out in a nutshell.

"I created you in my mind, and now all the characters I know have come out of nowhere, and I don't know how to send them back," I said.

Shadow narrowed her eyes again, but she lowered her blade. The shadow Kirbies disappeared.

"I don't have to call you 'mom,' do I?" she asked. I laughed.

"No." Then I turned the conversation to the more important issues. "Do you know where these people are?" I showed her my rather small list of missing personages. She scanned the paper once, then she narrowed her eyes once more.

"...Did you see them?"

She crushed the piece of paper. "I saw the anthros, and two other humans who could be who you're looking for. They were tied up in an old warehouse. A man was talking to them. I think they called him Chase."

Chase Young...

Notes:

The Loonatics finally make an appearence! Whoo! They'll have a bigger role later on.

And now, I just have to type up the battle. -is stoned by Jacovie-

Jacovie: YOU'RE SPOILING IT!
Jessica: Ow! Hey, why are you here? Isn't Bugs supposed to be my conscience?
Jacovie: Uh...no?
Jessica: You're going the right way for a kicked-
Jacovie: NOOOOO!
Jessica: But I didn't even finish my quote!

Ace Bunny © WB

Jessica © me

Slam will appear later. Maybe?

I got the credits done. -salutes- See ya next chapter!