It was the next day, and it seemed like any other day. People were walking around, doing their own business, some working while others were lazing around. However, there was one individual that was among them with a mission of his own without his uniform. Ace was looking around through the corners of his eyes to see if anyone was following him or that he recognized as bad news. He continued on until he found the place he was looking for: a public phone booth with a screen to use for video calls. He stepped inside as he made sure no one would see or hear the conversation before he dialed in a number he never thought he would call ever again. After a few seconds, the screen lit up to reveal the dark room with the light from behind a silhouette dim. It was a man who's only recognizable feature is his power emanating from his posture.

"Well, if it isn't Agent Bunny. Or should I call you by your new name now?" the man asked, trying to be friendly but his deep, dark voice didn't help.

"Enough about dat, boss…why did you contact me. We agreed that you wouldn't bother me anymore after you let me go free," Ace said assertively. His face was dead serious as he glared at the screen.

Flashback to the middle of the night…

Ace had come back from leaving the sword back in its place. He saw Tech was busying around a bit as the complex code he had found earlier was on the screen as he tried to decipher that.

"Hey, Tech… what's with da numbers and letters on the screen that look like mumbo jumbo?" Ace asked as he walked over.

"I'm not sure myself. I dug into as much as I could about Luna's sword and didn't come up with much. However, this code suddenly popped up along with it. I was going to show it to you earlier, but it was right after you left. So I just waited and decided to work on it right now," Tech explained as he typed. "However, it's really hard to crack since it's really random. Hard to figure out what it means. Like if it's just for a specific person to solve…" Ace looked at the screen and put a hand on his chin, trying to help Tech as he tried to figure it out in his mind. He continued to try to figure it out when he realized a familiar pattern.

"Hey, Tech…what if you take out the numbers that repeat the most. Lettas too," Ace suggested. Tech did so and the code started to clear up a bit. Tech blinked as he glanced at Ace before looking back at the screen.

"I think from here I can see what way to take," Tech said as he started to decipher it. Ace nodded as he watched Tech work his magic with the code. After several minutes passed by, Tech was able to decipher it to reveal an image of an Ace of Spades with some words at the bottom: 'We will be waiting for your call. 8473' Tech looked at it confused while Ace's face paled under his fur with his eyes wide open. "It seems like this was all for nothing, Ace." Tech turned to Ace as he said that and was surprised to see Ace look…ill. "Ace, are you okay? You don't look well." Ace shook his head as he turned away.

"I'm alright….I think I just need to rest. I haven't been able to rest lately," he said as he started to walk away. "Um…can you erase dat code we found? I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with what we're looking into." Tech hesitated a bit before doing so.

"You got it, Chief."

End of flashback…

The man on the screen shook his head with a light chuckle. "Of course that's what we promised. I'm not really bothering you. I just wanted to greet you and see how our special agent is doing. It's been four years since you completed your last mission and became a member of society," he said. Ace balled up his fists while the man watched in amusement. "Looks like you've changed a lot, Ace of Spades."

"I have. I'm not one of your underlings anymore. And my name's Ace Bunny."

"Right right. After your last mission you decided to stick with that. Well, I only wanted to contact you about your two new members you got in your tower. We have more information on them than you and your team would ever find on your own."

"…how do you know about dat…we haven't even made public that we have new members…" Ace leaned on the screen almost threateningly.

"Oh Ace…you may have left us, but we've never stopped watching you. I can send you the information about them that we have here and you can go on about your business. We won't bother you anymore."

"…I don't believe you one bit, boss. I know you very well…what exactly do you want once you give me the info on them. You don't just call an old member for nothing."

"You've grown perceptive as well. I'll tell you what I want after you talk to them. I recommend you show them the card I sent you and they'll know what it means. One of them is running away from a mean organization that's after them, right? She'll tell you more." A ring sounded out from his phone in his pocket as he looked down at it. Ace pulled out his phone and opened up the file the file that appeared to see the first page was a symbol of two crescent moons back to back with an arrow through it.

"Is this the symbol of the organization looking for them?" Ace put away the file and his phone as he looked back to the screen with the man on it.

"Yes. You'll be surprised by her reaction. If she doesn't respond right away of her knowledge, pressure her a bit. That's all I wanted to tell you about. Until the next time you call. Use the same pin I sent. Farewell…Ace." The screen went black as the call ended. Ace sighed and rubbed his forehead with his eyes closed.

"This is getting a lot more complicated…I don't like him…I got a bad feeling about this," he mumbled to himself before he left the booth, feeling more unsettled about it all compared to before.

Back at HQ...

Tech was in his lab with Layla, Luna, Lexi as Tech pulled out two Loonatics suits with their colors being Blue and black and the other White and black, a mask for their faces instead of the usual hood mask that all the others wore since they were human. "Took me all night to make these. Hopefully they'll fit properly. If not, they automatically adjust themselves to fit comfortably," Tech explained as he handed the suits to the girls. Layla got the blue and black suit while Luna got the white and black one. The girls put it on top of the clothes they wore at the moment to check it out before just holding it in their arms.

"Thanks, Tech. These look awesome," Layla said enthusiastically. "I've always wanted to try these on, but I never thought I would wear the official suit. You even made me a hat like I requested."

"You are really amazing. I think you deserve some good rest if you worked on this all night," Luna said with a pat on his shoulder.

"Definitely. Hey, have you seen Ace? We only saw him at breakfast, but not afterward," Tech mentioned.

"I think he said he was going out somewhere and that he'd be right back. He was out of his uniform, so I don't think it was something having to do with our job," Lexi said.

"If you say so," Tech said. 'Then was him looking not well really just my imagination?...something isn't right.' "Well, go ahead and try them on. After you put them on, we'll go to the training simulator so you can get used to it in combat." The girls nodded before they went to their respective rooms to try on the suits.

Once they put it on, they went to the training simulator, standing outside of it as all the others took in how they looked in their uniforms, Ace not among them. Since they had the exact body shape, their suit fit them nice and showed off their nicely curved body. Slam whistled at how they looked and clapped, making both girls blush. Luna tried to hide her body by hugging herself a bit. Layla giggled at how shy Luna was being.

"Aw, Slam. You're making her self-conscious. And she's not even showing a lot of skin," Layla teased both Slam and Luna. Slam tilted his head curiously.

"Habbuhgradiwara," Slam jumbled while looking at Luna with a little sadness.

"Ok ok. That's enough teasing, Layla," Tech said as he walked over to them. "Now, I want you two to go in there and try out your suits while doing some training. Don't worry about it the material ripping. I made it out of material that is very flexible and doesn't rip." The girls nodded and went inside the simulator.

"You'll start it off easy, right?"

"Of course. You have to get used to your suit. We'll start off with an easy setting to get you warmed up before doing anything more." Layla and Luna stretched a little as Tech went over to the controls and set everything up. "Ready, you two? Keep in mind, this is also for you two to start working on teamwork too."

"Got it."

"Ready," Luna said.

Tech nodded and started up the system. The girls got back-to-back and got into position to fight as parts of the wall opened up to release drones with blades, swerving around as they were launched at them. Luna dodged by ducking while Layla jumped up as the drones flew between them. Layla launched herself off Luna with her hands before landing on her feet and kicking upward a drone headed her way. Luna had stood up and manipulated some wind to push back the two drones headed their way. As Layla rushed one, Luna went the opposite direction and jumped at the same time, punching down at the drones to make them fall and break apart. The girls continued to fight on like that, synchronized in their attacks even if they were different moves while they didn't even open up their mouths to talk to each other. Both girls worked off each other like they had fought before together, making the others amazed and Tech a little suspicious. He raised up the difficulty and added in some simulation fighter droids to make it harder on them and see if they could take them on together. Layla and Luna saw the droids come in and started to fight them as well. Luna seemed to be able to keep herself up, but Layla looked like she was having a bit of a hard time on her own. They were eventually pushed back enough that they ended up once again back-to-back as they fought.

"...duck," Luna mumbled as Layla did so without a second delay. Luna had her hand perfectly stretched as she slashed the air as if it were a blade, continuing the flow of movement to get the droids that were all around them. Doing so showed a long scratch on them as if they were slashed by a blade across their chests as they fell, no matter the distance from her. As Luna put down her hand, Layla stood up and got ready to fight the next wave.

"Thanks," Layla said.

As the new wave of droids rushed them, Ace had arrived and was once again in his uniform as he noticed everyone had crowded around the windows to the simulator. He walked over to Tech and looked through the window to see Layla and Luna fighting the droids in complete Loonatics uniform. "You got their uniforms done nicely, Tech," he said.

"Thank you. It was hard to do both so quickly and in a tight schedule, but I managed to make something suitable for them and also added a few extra features to their communicators," Tech responded as he watched on.

"Looks like those two know how to fight as partners without much problem. Pretty amazing."

"No kidding. I'm making sure to record data on their movements and their usage of powers. For reference."

"Dat's good." Ace continued to watch as Layla and Luna continued to fight until they seemed to be slowing down and dodging more. Ace looked to Tech, whom nodded in return and turned off the simulator.

"Simulation. Over," the computer announced as the droids disappeared. The girls were breathing a bit heavily as they went over to the door to be met with all the others over them.

"That was amazing, you two!" Lexi said in awe.

"You two were fighting together like it was the most natural thing to do. Until the end where you two messed up," Duck said.

"No-kidding-but-it-really-was-amazing-it-looked-almost-like-you-two-communicate-telepathically-since-there-were-words-hardly-uttered-I-mena-SERIOUSLY- that-was-so-cool-if-we-were-all-in-actual-combat-that-would-be-SUPER-AWESOME!" Rev ranted, not letting anyone really catch on to what he said.

"Yeah, what speedy said," Duck said, pointing his thumb in Rev's direction. Ace walked over to the two.

"There's no way. Maybe I have done teamwork before for a dance routine, but I don't think Luna has," Layla said. Luna shook her head.

"Martial Arts mostly teaches how to fight solo. I've hardly practiced doing it with a group, much less Layla," Luna responded with ease.

"Eider way, you two did a great job together," Ace said as he approached them. Luna and Layla smiled their different smiles to him. "Maybe we should go for a practice run in the field to see how you two work with the team."

"That's an excellent idea, Ace," a half computerized voice sounded. A hologram soon appeared on one of the screens close by revealing Zadavia with her rainbow hologram. "It so appears I found a small case they can take care of with a few more of the team. It's an investigation mission on a robbery at a museum."

"Isn't that more for the police to take care of rather than us?" Duck asked. "Or is it another case of Massive on rampage again."

"It seems like a robbery, but it's a planned one and it is a serial robbery. The culprit is hard to detect and attacks at random and takes different items. Even the cameras have a hard time capturing how this person looks like or how they do it. However, the only things we can find similar for each case is that it always takes place at night, has a 1-2 year interval, and that this person sends a notice to the police of what they'll steal and when it will happen," Zadavia explains.

"Now this sounds like a phantom thief. If the police receive a notice each time, couldn't they put of more security or take down the thief?" Tech asked in thought.

"They have already tried, but they seem to slip through their grasp. They never realize the items were stolen until later on. Even with many sensors and traps around it," Zadavia responded.

"Eeeh...mind showing us what one of their calling cards look like, Zadavia?" Ace asked.

"Of course, Ace." An image of a card replaced Zadavia's face as it showed in perfect cursive writing words with a symbol at the edge of the card, a signature next to it. Ace stared at the symbol a bit more than expected, as it was the symbol of two crescent moons back to back with an arrow through them. Out of the corner of his eyes, for a split second, he noticed Layla and Luna glance at each other before back at the screen.

"They have some really beautiful writing, I'll give them that," Lexi said.

"I don't think I would be able to write that neatly," Layla chimed in.

"You sure it's not printed? It looks pretty fake to me," Duck added.

"It's handwritten and authentic, Duck," Zadavia corrected.

"It says, 'I will steal the Queen's precious Cat's Eye necklace.' It's signed by someone named 'Luna Oscura' which is Spanish for 'Dark Moon'. Wonder why they chose that name," Tech added.

"Maybe the footage of one of the robberies will help." The photo of the card was shrunken down to the corner a footage of what looked like a museum that was closed and semi dark, the only light coming in was from the moonlight through the windows. A guard started to walk around and pass by a glass casket with said necklace as he shined a flashlight around before shining it on the glass casket, leaving a few seconds afterward. The room was dark once more after he left. Suddenly a shadow appeared, hard to identify the identity of the person as it opened the casket without a problem and took the necklace without a problem. The person turned to the camera, eyes glowing like a cat's before the shadow disappeared, ending the clip.

"As you can see, they took the jewel as if it was child's play and mocked the camera," Zadavia said.

"This person had glowing cat eyes. It's so obviously an anthro," Duck said. "We don't need to go down to investigate."

"Yet the person was as tall as the average human. That doesn't make sense. Were there any fingerprints left?" Tech asked Zadavia.

"There were no fingerprints found and everything in the museum was functioning properly at that time. But for some reason were not triggered, and there were no traces of anything being hacked," She responded.

"That thief sound too good to be an ordinary thief," Lexi said.

"Giebogntoeabgksnbofbuebjgn," Slam added.

"I-don't-think-this-person-will-be-out-for-your-secret-stash-Slam," Rev said, placing a hand on Slam's arm.

"Either way, I'd like a few of you to go down there to investigate. It should be alright to take Layla and Luna as it doesn't seem like something dangerous. Zadavia out." With that, Zadavia's hologram disappeared, leaving the Loonatics in thought.

"Alright. Here's the plan. Lexi, Tech, Luna, Layla, and I will go down to investigate. Rev. Duck. Slam. Stay alert in case something major happens," Ace said, turning to each Loonatic. Everyone nodded in agreement to his decision.

"I'll be in charge of the tower while you're not here," Duck said with his beak up high.

"Eh, whatever you say, Duck. Loonatics, let's jet."

Hey peeps! This has been the longest chapter I have ever written for any of my stories ever! Hope you guys like all the new content and hints I deliver you. I thought about breaking it into two chapters, but thought otherwise since I knew you guys might be impatient for that and instead have provided a nice delicious treat for being so patient with me. Leave me a review too, don't be shy. You can even come up with theories on what's going on to happen and tell me about it. Who knows...I might give you a little spoiler on what's to come ;) in the meantime, see you later, my peeps!