So I'm glad some people are liking this fic. It really motivates me to keep going. Thankfully, I'm still into Loonatics Unleashed and I've got a lot of stuff planned for this story. Like I said in the last chapter, it's going to be hard to break free from the static formula of the series and episodes. Remember, this is basically the show with Skye inserted, as are most of my fanfictions.

Thank you for all the title suggestions. As much as I loved them, none of them seemed to be 'the title'. Like you know the feeling where you go 'omg, that's perfect' I'm looking for the title that will make me feel like that for this story. And as great as all your suggestions were, none of them made me feel like that. :( So for now, the temporary title will be "Shades of Gray" at least until something better comes along...and I know it will.

Review Replies:

seeker: Thank you! I just got back into the series and I'm hoping to hammer through this. Hmm..nice title suggestions, but I feel like it's a bit too long. But thank you anyway :)

Fox: haha, thanks. I'm glad you like it.

Luna: Thanks, I hope so.

Stating: Thanks for all the awesome suggestions. But I kinda feel like a few of them are a bit cliche, no offense.

Black: yeah, Duck's not exactly a matchmaker

Rmac: thanks, but I'm not really feeling that title.

I do not own Loonatics Unleashed, only Skye Wolfe and other OCs. Loonatics Unleashed belongs to Warner Bros. and this fic is not associated with it.


Normal POV

The months that followed went by quickly. In her short time as a member of the Loonatics, Skye had already battled ice-powered Vikings and adorable fluffy creatures that turned into ferocious and terrifying creatures. To say that being a superhero wasn't exciting would have been an understatement. The only big downside to being on the team was a certain water fowl…

"Yes? Hello? I'd like to order the superhero cape and matching boots in hero's light blue. Yes I'll hold," said Duck.

"What are you doing Duck?" asked Skye.

"Ordering some superhero accessories to make myself stand out, you know, in front of the boss lady," said Duck.

Lexi, Ace and Skye walked over to Tech. "He's so into that meditation," Lexi said, marveled.

"Ever since I showed him how to do it. Nothing disturbs him," said Ace.

"Well almost nothing," said Skye.

"This is ridiculous! It's the 28th century. We've got jetpacks, hovercrafts, computer synchronized latte makers, but I can't get a darn signal on the 134th floor!" Just then Duck's phone rang with some annoying horn ring tone, which made Skye and Tech cover their ears immediately.

"Duck shut that off before I jam it down your throat!" cried Skye.

"Hey, at least the ringer works! It's the only thing I've been able to get working properly!" cried Duck in annoyance.

"Have some respect. I'm clearing my mind here!" yelled Tech.

"Please, you'd need a team with hazmat suits to clean out your cluttered mind." Ducks phone rang and he quickly answered it. "Hello? Hello? Ah! I've had it with technology! From now on, I do everything the old fashion way. And why is it only you two who are bothered by my awesome ring tone," cried Duck.

"We're canines! We pick up higher pitches than normal people," shouted Skye.

"You couldn't go one low-tech week without high-tech stuff," stated Tech.

"Oh, really? Well I'm not you mister techno geek."

Tech stood up. "I'll make you a bet. If you can make it one week without technology, I'll buy you that costume myself and if not, then you buy it for me."

"Don't forget the matching boots."

"No problem."

"You're on!"

They shook hands to seal the deal. "I'm a size 13," said Tech, smirking.

"Loonatics, we have a problem," said Zadavia, her hologram appearing. "Someone calling herself Black Velvet has stolen Acme Radar System."

"That directs all traffic coming through Acmetropolis," stated Tech.

"I'm afraid it gets worse. She's also stolen the Acme Super Computer."

"That's the most advanced computer system on the planet! I should know, built it," cried Tech.

"Impressive," she said winking at him causing Tech to blush but thankfully because of the dark room it was hard to see.

"See? This is what you get when you rely on technology! Utter chaos! I am so going to win this bet," Duck said, leaning back into his seat.

"Duck! Pay attention!" scolded Zadavia.

"Yessum…"

"I'm uploading some security footage to you now," Zadavia said as footage of an army in purple and red flooded the screen followed by a beautiful woman dressed fully in black. She was quite attractive and it certainly showed with the males of the team.

"Huba Huba," said Slam.

"She's not that pretty," said Lexi with resentment.

"Nah Slam's right, she's hot," said Ace.

Lexi smacked the back of his head. "Keep your eyeballs in your head."

"It's nice to know where the priorities of the males are," added Skye.

"Attractive or not, she's bad to the bone. Find out what she's up to and stop her before she causes ay harm. Good luck Loonatics. Zadavia out."


"Ace aren't we going the wrong way? The space port is East and we're heading West." asked Lexi.

"Yeah, but check out the weather. That's how it was before Velvet attacked, which means that's where the action is," Ace replied.

"That's over the Acme Tech Institute," said Tech.

"Great. Home of geeks, nerds and dweebs," said Duck.

"I went to school there," said Tech.

"There's a shocker."

"For your information, I went there to," said Skye.

"You went to that nerd school? But you're a hottie!" Duck exclaimed. Tech narrowed his eyes and glared at Duck with a low growl.

"Uh…thanks, Duck…I think," Skye replied awkwardly.

Ace piloted their craft to the base of Acme Tech by the main entrance. The clouds covered the sky over the Institute. Just as they got out of their craft, a blob of purple energy fell from the sky and surrounded them, darkening the entire area.

"Hey, who turned out the lights? Failed again by technology," said Duck.

"Oh be quiet, Duck," said Skye.

"Tech, got a plan to get out of this situation?" asked Ace.

"Right now Rev has to be our eyes," said Tech.

"Don't worry, Tech, with my built in GPS I've got a lock on them!" replied Rev. "Watch out Lexi, you're surrounded! Slam they're right in front of you, spin straight ahead! No, wait, Slam watch out!"

Slam couldn't stop in time and crashed right into Tech, who fell right onto Skye. Even though they couldn't see each other, they could certainly feel each other's presence and their scent. Their wet noses slightly touched, causing both of them to blush, though neither of them could see it.

"Uh…sorry," Tech mumbled, quickly getting off her before Skye could respond.

"I don't need to see them to kick some butt," said Duck. He felt something touch his back and quickly tried to hit it with his forearm. "Hi-ya!"

"Hi-ya somewhere else, Duck!" cried Ace.

"Sorry…"

"We got what we came for babies. Crush them! I see dark days in your future, Loonatics," Black Velvet cried as she flew back to her ship. The darkness suddenly lifted when they heard a loud creaking noise behind them. They all turned around to see a tower begin falling right over them! Everyone managed to jump out of the way as the tower fell to ground and was smashed into pieces.

"Catch me if you can, Loonatics," cackled Black Velvet. Everyone looked up into the sky as her large, black ship disappeared into the depths of the dark clouds. Everyone piled into their ship and took off after her.

"Picking anything up, Tech?" asked Ace.

"No, they must have deployed some sort of cloaking device. It's jamming our equipment," replied Tech.

"What about you, Rev?" Ace asked.

"No trace, no sign, no mark, no trail, no scrap, no spec, no particle, no nothing," replied Rev.

"I think just a simple 'no' would have sufficed," said Skye.

All of a sudden, everything went dark. "Hey who turned out the lights!" cried Duck. But soon after the darkness lifted.

"Hey, anybody seen Tech?" asked Ace.

"Look!" cried Lexi pointing in the sky.

"Tech!" cried Skye as they all saw him unconscious while Velvet's forces pulled him securely into the ship.

"All right, that does it. You take one of us, you take us all!" cried Ace.


Tech slowly felt energy returning to his body. Just as he opened his eyes, he heard a woman's voice echo through the dark room.

"Welcome to my shadow paradise." Tech turned his head to see Black Velvet. "I built it as a home for me and my shadow creatures. We can live high in the sky."

As she floated over to him, he tried to move his body, but his arm sand legs were strapped to the board he was lying on. He tried with all his might to break free but he wasn't the physically strong type. He finally gave up and lay down in defeat as Black Velvet loomed over him.

"Beats the rock you crawled out from under," Tech retorted.

"In case you haven't noticed, I'm no common thief." Velvet showed Tech her mechanical-claw hand before pulling down her hood. "I'm not like everyone else. Thanks to that meteorite, my eyes have been permanently scarred," she said, removing her goggles revealing eyes filled with nothingness.

"And you're brains been permanently scrambled!"

Velvet put her goggles back on and turned away. "I can no longer tolerate any light. I've been forced to live here in the darkness for far too long. But now all of Acmetropolis will know my pain! And you're going to help me," she said.

"That's never going to happen. I know what you're up to," said Tech.

"Really? Enlighten me."

"You'll use the Doppler radar to project a curtain of darkness powered by pulses from the light wave eliminator, which will block out our sun and plunge Acmetropolis into an eternal darkness."

"Not bad, I call it the Shroud Caster. Soon, everyone will suffer as I have. But you forget the part where the industrious coyote builds it for me," she said, leaning close to his snout and rubbing her hand through his fur.

"You're dreaming!"

"Not many dogs can resist my charm. Especially an overworked inventor who doesn't get out much!"

"Sorry but I've got another girl in my mind," he said proudly.

"Really? Well that's just a shame," said Velvet as she fired small green rays from her hand onto Tech's head. Tech tried to resist, but soon gave in. "Don't resist baby, let it sink into your mind and take over."

'Skye,' thought Tech before he was taken over.

"Now get to work on that machine, baby," she said.

"As you wish," said a hypnotized Tech.


"There's the ship!" cried Ace. "Slam, do your thing!" Slam ripped off part of a ship and they all jumped in. "Activate night vision," said Ace. Everyone closed their eyes and when they opened, they were glowing red.

"So what's the plan?" asked Skye.

"Lexi, Slam and Rev, the three of you head to the main power grid and see if you can shut it off. The rest of us will look for Tech and Velvet," Ace replied. The team split up and Ace, Duck and Skye came to a dead end.

"Up there!" Ace pointed to a window above them. He cut a hole through the window with his laser vision and they all jumped up. They looked around, checking for any enemies, but saw a familiar figure.

"Hey, Tech buddy, why don't we get out of here and get some sun?" asked Ace.

"Tech?" asked Skye, confused when he didn't answer.

"He's not answering," said Duck.

"Tech only answers to me now. And together we shall plunge the world into darkness," said Black Velvet, opening her cape and blasting them with black rays. Ace fired his lasers back at them, locking them in a stalemate. "Ah, ah, ah, not today Loonatics," she laughed as she pulled out her claw and began blasting at them again.

Everyone managed to dodge Velvet's attacks, while Ace fired back with his blaster while Skye shot with her arm blaster. Velvet held her cape over her body, easily bouncing the blasts off her. She pulled the cape away and fired at Duck, trapping him inside a bubble. Ace tried to get in for a closer shot, but Velvet blasted him before he could pull the trigger, sending him flying as his blaster fell out of his hand.

"Duck, I'll deal with Velvet while you take care of her friends!" cried Ace.

"Righty-o, Ace," he cried, rolling his bubble over her soldiers like a bowling ball.

"Skye! Try and get Tech to come to his senses," cried Ace.

"Ok!" she cried, running over to Tech. 'What should I do? Wait, Lexi said that Tech has a crush on me. Maybe if I…' Without thinking, she kissed him lightly on the cheek. Tech's ears and tail shot up instantly as his cheeks turned red.

At the same time Duck exclaimed, "Wait I can wake him." He pulled out his phone and used that annoying ring tone.

"Oh that annoying phone!" shouted Tech, he shouted, pulled out of his blissful trance.

"I could use a little help here, guys!" cried Ace, tied up.

Skye blasted the ropes off Ace, but Black Velvet suddenly blasted them away from the terminal. "Too little, too late. Tech's done his job and now Acmetropolis will live in darkness just as I have!" she declared, pressing the button. The machine suddenly lit up like a thousand Christmas trees.

"Lexi, have you reversed the polarity?" Ace asked through the COM.

"Not yet, Ace! Hi-ya, kya!" she responded with a few grunts, followed by punches and kicks. "Ok, got it!" The machine suddenly started crackling as light flooded the room.

Velvet covered herself with her cape in defense as if the light was causing her physical pain. "My city of darkness! No!"

"I think we ought to get out of here," cried Ace as they began running out of the room as debris began raining down from above.

Tech unconsciously grabbed Skye's arm and pulled her out with him. When they made it out safely, Black Velvet's ship disappeared into a wormhole as the skies became bright and clear once again.


"Where is Tech? I believe he has something to say to me," said Duck.

"Thanks. I went ahead and ordered them. They're sending you the bill. You like it?" asked Tech, walking into the room with a blue cape and matching boots.

"Blue, my favorite color," said Skye, smiling at him, causing him to blush meekly.

"But those are mine. You were supposed to buy those for me!" Duck cried, pointing his finger at Tech in accusation.

"You used your phone Duck. We all saw you," said Ace.

"But I did it to save him!" cried Duck in protest.

"A bet's a bet Duck," said Lexi.

"Good work Loonatics," said Zadavia, her hologram appearing. "Despite Black Velvet's disappearance, the Shroud Caster has been dismantled and all the parts have been returned to their rightful owners. Oh my Tech, don't you look heroic? Very impressive."

"Why thank you Zadavia."

"But…but…but," started Duck.

"Zadavia out."

"But I'm the one who picked out the cape and the matching boots. I'm the heroic one. Me! Be impressed with me!" he pleaded.

"Maybe you can call her back on your cell phone," said Lexi.

"If you can get a signal," added Ace.

"You know, you're all despicable," said Duck.


Ok, so I'm not going to do EVERY scene in the episodes, because I'm lazy and I feel it would be a bit tedious. As such, I also won't be doing every single episode. I already skipped Loonatics on Ice and Attack of the Fuzzballs.

I've come up with a couple title ideas of my own, but of course that doesn't mean you have to stop giving me suggestions. So here are my ideas, tell me which ones you like. "Sparks" "Lupus and Latrans"

Next Chapter: Weathervane

I think you'll like the little change I made to the Weathervane episode hehe.

Review ~ZP