So sorry for the long wait. Been pretty busy and this isn't one of my higher priority fics X3 So here's what I love about breaks. You take some time away from something and then your views on it change. I've decided to just put them together. Now. Yup, that's right. Read on my pretties. It's a loooong chapter.

Thanks for all the reviews, favs and alerts. If all I'll say in a response is "thank you," then I will not be replying to reviews. But they are still, nonetheless appreciated.

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Fully italicized passages are flashbacks.

I do not own Loonatics Unleashed, only Skye Wolfe. This fanfiction is purely fan made and not associated with Warner Bros.


Normal POV

It was just another normal day at Loonatics HQ. They hadn't received a mission in a while, so things were rather quiet. In order to keep their skills sharp, they had spent a lot of time in the virtual training room. It had gotten to the point where various friendly wagers were made.

"Yeah, that's a new personal best!" cried Duck, shooting down more virtual ninjas.

"How many times do I have to tell you, this isn't a game? It's a highly specialized virtual training program," said Tech, annoyed.

"Either way, I'm dominating. Just a few more hits and I'll have the new high score!" Duck boasted.

"Maybe, but I have a few more tricks up my sleeve," said Tech, pressing a button. Nearly double the amount of ninjas suddenly appeared on the field as Duck formed two eggs in his hands.

"Hey, Tech, got a minute?" Tech turned around and saw Skye enter the lab.

Tech said nothing and quickly looked at Duck in the training room before pressing the mute button and shutting the doors Skye had just entered through. "Yeah, sure. Um… what do you need?" he asked, trying to hide his nervousness as best he could.

"Look, I know I've been avoiding you since the whole Weathervane incident when we, uh…"

"When… when I kissed you…" finished Tech, awkwardly.

"Yes, when… that happened," said Skye, fidgeting with her fingers.

"I didn't mean to, you know? It's just one of those cloud creatures knocked me right into you," said Tech.

"No, no, I don't blame you. I didn't mind it. To be honest, I… I actually liked it," she said, smiling slightly.

Tech nearly choked on his own saliva as he swallowed the lump in his throat. "Y-you did?"

"To be honest, the reason I kept avoiding you was because I wanted some time, time to think about my feelings," she said, nearly struggling to get that last word out.

"Feelings?" asked Tech, hopeful.

"For you. I'm not sure if this is true or anything, but Lexi told me that you have a crush on me?" she asked, trying to change the subject slightly.

Tech nervously rubbed the back of his head. "Um, that would be accurate," he said, as Skye giggled lightly. "Skye, I've never had these… feelings for somebody before and given our line of work, something could just as easily happen to either of us."

"Tech, don't talk like that," Skye said.

"No, let me finish," he said, interrupting her. He stepped forward and took her hands in his. "Skye, I really, really like you. And if you really like me too, I'd, uh, I'd like to see where this would take us."

"Us? Why Tech, are you asking me to be your girlfriend?" Skye asked, sarcastically.

Tech laughed. "I'm not that good with confrontation or talking about my feelings, so… I guess I'll just have to show you," he said with a grin. Tech placed his hand on her cheek and pulled her close, before gently placing his lips on hers. Skye responded by wrapping her arms around his neck, deepening the kiss, while Tech wrapped his other arm around her waist, applying more pressure. When they pulled away, both were blushing madly.

"Well, I think you summed it up quite effectively," she said with a chuckle.

"Haha, well I'm glad. I… really hope this works. I've never had a girlfriend before."

"Well, if it helps, I've never had a boyfriend before."

"So when do you think we should tell the others?" Tech asked.

"I think it would be best if we waited a while before we announced anything. Besides, the other reason I came here was to tell you that Zadavia's online and she's got an assignment for us."

"Thanks, I'll get Duck and we'll meet you in the comm room," Tech walked over to the control terminal and shut down the training sequence as Skye left the room.

Duck walked out of the training room as smoke sizzled off his body. "Hey, I was about to beat Ace's high score!" he groaned.

"Sorry, Duck but Zadavia's on the comm and wants to see us. You can try again when we get back." The team gathered in the comm room around the main table as Zadavia's hologram appeared.

"Last night there was an escape from the maximum security sector of Acmetropolis Prison. The file is being uploaded to your computer as I speak." An image of Mastermind appeared on the screen.

"Blaguba big head," grumbled Slam.

"You said it, Slam," said Ace.

"Mallory…oh no." said Tech.

"You know her?" asked Skye.

"Unfortunately, yes. It's a long story. I'll explain on the way." The team boarded the main flyer and drove off to the prison.

"So Tech, you said you know Melonhead?" asked Ace.

"Back before Zadavia put us all together, I was still a grad student at the Acme Tech Institute."


A young coyote wearing a white lab coat, orange shirt, blue jeans and glasses was typing away at something. A girl entered the room. She wore glasses too, black boots, a light blue long sleeved shirt, light purple skirt and a white sleeveless jacket. She had her black hair tied up in a bun.

"Morning, Tech," said the girl.

"Morning, Mallory," replied Tech. "Sorry, but is it all right if we have a silent study this time? Not that I don't have anything to teach you today, it's just I've got to work on my senior thesis. It's due tomorrow and I wanna make sure it's perfect."

"No problem. I've got some last minute things on my term end project to fix up anyway."

"The brain wave amplifier?" asked Tech.

"That's the one. The university staff will be coming by in an hour to watch my demonstration. You're going to stay and watch right?"

"Are you kidding? I wouldn't miss it!"

After fifty minutes, Tech decided to check on Mallory's project while she was on a coffee break. Tech typed some things on the keyboard and the schematics for Mallory's project appeared on the screen. There was a large yellow figure in the middle of the screen with three smaller purple figures on either side with lines leading from their heads to the yellow figures.

"This doesn't look like the brain amplifier I helped her design…" said Tech. Tech further scanned the entire system. 'Oh no, Mallory's modified this to transfer knowledge from other people to herself. And the university staff will be here in ten minutes. They must be her guinea pigs! I can't let her go through with this,' thought Tech.

He quickly went back to his own project just as Mallory came in with a cup of coffee and a smirk on her face. Minutes after she returned, the university staff entered the room.

"Mallory…Casey. We're here to see the demonstration of your brain amplifier machine." Said one of the staff.

"Ah yes," said Mallory. She grabbed a helmet like device and put it on her head. "With just the flip of a switch, I will show you what it means to be brilliant." The staff stared at her as she flipped a switch and purple lightning erupted from her machine. Tech quickly deactivated the machine before the university staff could be affected. However, Mallory was struck by one of the lightning bolts. The machine exploded and smoke filled the room.

"What's going on?" cried on of the professor as the smoke cleared.

"Mallory modified her device to steal knowledge from other people and she was going to test it on all of you! I saw the modifications she made," said Tech.

"What? Security!" shouted another teacher.

Mallory came out from the smoke, her hair loose now and her forehead larger than it was before. Two guards came in and put handcuffs on Mallory while escorting her out of the room.

"You! You ruined my life's work! How dare you! Oh, I will get you Tech, someday! I will get you! You mangy dog!" cried Mallory being carried away by the guards.


"And that was the last I heard of her. Until now, that is," said Tech. The Loonatics landed their craft at the construction site near the prison. According to the prison guards, she managed to take control of a drill from the construction site nearby to escape.

"And she's still bent on getting back at you?" asked Lexi.

"I've never known Mallory to give up once she's set her mind to something," replied Tech.

"We picked up some strange electrical activity here," said Ace.

"She would have a field day with the equipment here," said Tech.

Duck looked around. "Me thinks this place is empty."

"Chill Duck, me thinks I hear someone thinking louder than any of us. We're not alone here," said Lexi, her sonic hearing reacting.

"I agree, I'm picking up another scent nearby, and it's not any of us," said Skye, sniffing the air.

"That's got to be her," said Tech.

"Why give that dog a bone." Everyone looked up and saw Mastermind on top of one of the construction vehicles. "Nice to see you again Tech."

"I wish I could say the same about you," replied Tech.

"You get an A for the escape but an F for the getaway," said Duck.

"This isn't about escaping, it's about revenge." Mastermind waved her hand and various equipment tools chased after them. The team split up to deal with the rampaging vehicles. By the time they destroyed the machines, they found no trace of Mastermind.

"Where big head?" asked Slam.

"She must be skulking around somewhere," said Tech.

"Her scent's weak; she must have retreated for now," said Skye.

"I've got something at HQ that should give her a big headache. We should head back and get it before she shows her big head again," said Tech. Everyone piled back into the craft and flew back to HQ. As they got closer, Mastermind suddenly appeared on their screen.

"Sorry Tech, but I've got complete control over your headquarters now," said Mastermind. "And now I get to play with some of your toys."

Three security drones emerged from the tower and began chasing the Loonatics. "Evasive maneuvers!" cried Ace. Tech tried his best to evade the drones, but they were completely taken by surprise. They were quickly shot down by the drones and crashed into the streets below, but thankfully nobody was injured.

Ace walked up to the ground level door and tried his best to open it via the access panel. "She's locked us out of HQ," he said, slamming his hands against the wall.

"Fighting your opponent from within their own stronghold, genius!" cried Tech.

"Tech, I don't think now is the time to be complementing the bad guy," said Skye.

"No me genius," said Slam. He spun in a tornado and burrowed into the ground, quickly followed by the other Loonatics. He burst through the ground inside the base of the tower as the rest of the team climbed out. Rev ran over to the wall and unlocked the weapons unit concealed. Ace, Lexi, Duck and Rev grabbed pistols while Slam grabbed his giant gauntlets.

"Wait, she's booby trapped everything!" cried Tech. Metal cables emerged from the pistols and bound them to the hands of those wielding them while Slam's gauntlet locked his fists together.

Duck's pistol began firing all of a sudden. "It's not me, I can't control it!" cried Duck.

Ace shot his off with his laser vision, Duck quaked out of his, Slam smashed the gauntlets against the wall while Rev shot his, ran to the other room so the shot could hit the pistol.

"Lex try and stay still," said Skye, pointing her blaster at the pistol. She fired a shot and the pistol exploded.

"Thanks Skye," said Lexi.

"I should have seen this coming. I feel like such a pea brain," said Tech sadly, hanging his head in disappointment.

"Don't say that Tech, no one could have seen this coming," said Skye, gently patting his shoulder in reassurance.

"Thanks, Skye," he said with a smile.

"Let's go into the vents, she can't monitor us in there," said Ace. He pulled the cover off and jumped in while everyone followed behind him. Once they were far enough in and in a larger area, they stopped to regroup.

"We have to find some way to get to my EMP," said Tech.

"You don't have to spell it I know what an emp is. Uh what is an emp?" asked Duck.

"Duck, EMP stands for Electro Magnetic Pulse," said Skye.

"That's right. If we can activate it, it will temporarily shut down any electrical device within the vicinity. Without power, she's powerless," said Tech.

"But if we do that, won't Skye's arm and leg be affected too?" asked Lexi.

"Yeah, they'll be shut down too. But it's fine. I'd rather be immobile for a few hours than have this crazy lady wreaking havoc in our own home!" replied Skye.

"All right then, Lexi, take Rev and Slam and go activate the EMP while the rest of us enter through the virtual trainer. She won't see us coming and hopefully it'll distract her from what you guys are doing," said Ace.

"Where do we find this EMP and how do we activate it?" asked Lexi.

"It's hidden in the lounge in plain sight and it comes with simple instructions. Rev will know what to do," said Tech.

"All right, team. We've only got one shot at this. Let's make it count." Ace, Tech, Duck and Skye went down one path from the main ventilation shaft while Lexi, Slam and Rev went down another. Ace came to one of the vent openings that led into the virtual training room. He scanned the area through the grate, but saw no one around. "The coast is clear." Everyone jumped down and Tech walked over to another weapons unit.

"She hasn't tampered with these yet," said Tech.

"Yeah, I'm not taking my chances," said Skye, changing her hand to a blaster. All of a sudden, the virtual trainer activated and a city landscape appeared.

"But she has tampered with this," said Ace.

Virtual soldiers began appearing and charged at them and Ace, Duck, Tech and Skye did their best to fight off the soldiers. They were easy to destroy but once they destroyed one, two more appeared.

"This has gone far enough!" cried Tech.

"You go after melon head, we'll cover you Tech," said Ace. Tech jumped into the ventilation shaft while Ace and the others held off the virtual soldiers. He emerged from the vents and found Mastermind. Once she saw Tech she ran into his lab and shut the door on him.

"Get back here, Mallory!" Tech growled in anger and impatience and pressed a few buttons and the doors soon opened for him.

"You're turning out to be more wily than I ever expected," said Mastermind.

"And you're just as twisted as I ever thought you were," said Tech.

"Not twisted, silly, more like enlightened. You taught me everything I know, remember?" Mastermind pulled pistol from behind her back and began firing laser blasts at Tech. Tech jumped out of the way in time and quickly constructed his own laser gun from various materials around the lab.

"But not everything I know," said Tech with a smirk, returning fire.

Mallory quickly grabbed a circuit board and ran over to a pile of metal scrap. All it took was one touch and the metal scrap formed a giant robot. Tech fired at the robot, but it simply knocked the beam away and grabbed Tech. He gritted his teeth as he felt a surge of electricity run through his body. 'Just a few more seconds,' he kept thinking to himself. He just had to hold out long enough for Lexi and the other to activate the EMP. His waiting paid off as the machinery composing the robot suddenly shut down and disassembled. "Game over meat head," said Tech, standing on the pile of her once fighter robot.

The pen on her shoulder quickly shut down and lay motionless on the floor. She bent down and tenderly touched the pen as her smirk turned into a hurt frown. "An electro magnetic pulse? But that's not fair, you mangy dog!" she cried, her expression now one of anger.

"What's not fair is you turning my own inventions – my babies – against me. You crossed the line, fathead." Tech magnetized a rope as it wrapped securely around Mastermind. "And for the last time, I'm not a dog, I'm a coyote!" He purposely shoved her with his shoulder when he walked towards the door.

"So touchy," she remarked. Tech pulled hard on the rope, dragging her along with him. "You haven't seen the last of me, Tech! I'll get you! Count on it!"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah…"


Duck lay on a small pool raft floating in a small lagoon. He was dressed in his swimwear and out of his uniform. "Ah, yeah, his is just what the doctor ordered after a tough mission.

"You said it," said Lexi, lying on her stomach on a beach chair next to the others. "You ok, Skye?"

"Yeah, I just feel like I've got some dead weight," Skye replied, also lying on a beach chair. Her limbs had gotten caught in the EMP and subsequently were shut down. She was about to reach to her left for her drink, but Tech beat her to it and handed it to her.

"Let me get that," he said with a smile.

"Thanks," Skye smiled back.

"It's the least I can do… for my new girlfriend," he said, whispering that last part.

All of a sudden, the beach environment disappeared and the virtual training room surrounded them. "Hey, Rev? What's the deal?" asked Ace.

"Sorry, just catching my breath," said Rev, mounted on a bike. He panted heavily for a few seconds. "Ok, done!" he said, before quickly pedaling, which powered up the virtual room again. "You know guys, I don't really mind doing this, ok well maybe I do mind! But Tech, you said the EMP would wear of in six to twelve hours. It's been eight! Or has it? I lost count. I'll count again!"

"Keep pedaling!" shouted the rest of the team.


That's all for who knows how long? But I hope both the length and getting them together was worth the wait. Not sure what I'll do next though. I've got some ideas, but those are for later chapters.

As usual, please review! ~ZP