Sorry it's been so long, but I've been trying to work out how to structure this chapter as well. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter and apologies for the long wait. I'm also regretting having ever called this Shades of Gray because of 50 Shades of Grey now. But I suppose it's too late to change the title.

I do not own Loonatics, only Skye and other mentioned OCs.


Duck strolled into the kitchen of the Loonatics tower and carelessly tossed another dirty dish into the sink, which was already overflowing with dishes covered in food stains and left over crumbs.

"Hey, would it kill you to put those dishes in the dishwasher?" cried Skye.

"Oh relax, it's not like dirty dishes are going to rise up and take over the city!" remarked Duck, walking over to the couch to join the rest of the guys as they were watching another Basherball game. "And even if they did, Danger Duck would put a stop to it!"

"I'm gonna kill that Duck, I'm gonna kill that Duck," Skye muttered as she began digging through the dirty dishes and cleaning them. Some were left in there for nearly a day and it took more strength than usual to scrub the old food remains off. She ended up scrubbing it so hard that the dish snapped in two against the metal of her robotic hand.

"Duck not doing the dishes again?" asked Lexi, walking up to Skye while cleaning up the broken pieces of the plate.

"Tell me about it! And it's not just him, it's all the guys. I swear it's like Tech is the only one of them who can clean up after himself!"

"You know, with the way you talk about Tech, I can't help but wonder if there's… something more going on between you two," Lexi said with a cheeky smile.

"Wh-what are you talking about?" Skye asked, pretending to not know what Lexi was talking about.

"Oh come on, you think with this super hearing I don't hear everything going on in this tower?" Lexi asked, pointing to her ears.

"E-everything? I mean, h-how long have you known?" Skye whispered, trying to keep the boys from listening, which seemed like it wasn't going to be a problem since they were so focused on the game.

"Quite a while now. I'm actually surprised you didn't tell me about it sooner. I'm hurt in fact!" Lexi scoffed, feigning offense.

"I wanted to tell you, but Tech and I agreed it would be better for the team if we just kept it between ourselves," Skye explained.

"I'm only joking around! But you guy certainly did a good job of trying to keep it secret from Rev. I understand and don't worry, your secret's safe with me," Lexi said with a wink.

"Thanks. So what's that you got there?" Skye asked, referring to the digital notepad in Lexi's hand.

"Oh, this is just a report on our latest mission."

"Report? Wait, we have to write reports? Nobody told me that!"

"Relax. Zadavia takes care of most of the paperwork but this is just a report she asks for to account for any damage that was caused during any fights that break out between us and the baddies. You know, so we can account for property damage during a fight."

"And you do this after every mission?" asked Skye.

"Every single one."

"Why doesn't Ace do it?"

"That's exactly what I wonder most of the time. Why does this report always end up coming back to me? I've missed the whole last season of my favorite show just to get these reports to Zadavia! I have to go through hours of security footage to make sure I've accounted for everything!"

"And yet you fill it out each time?"

"That's me. I'm such a giver. Seriously, what would the guys do without us?" asked Lexi.

"Tell me about it. Do you know how many times I've had to tidy up the kitchen and living room each day? I mean, my dad was a robotics expert so he was pretty messy. He had his research papers lying all over the place, but I'm not used to picking up after a bunch of slobs!"

"You mean a bunch of babies?" retorted Lexi.

"You always know how to bring a smile on my face," Skye said with a laugh.

"Hey Skye! Could you be a doll and bring some plates over here?" cried Duck from the couch.

"Why don't you come here and get it yourself?" Skye responded gritting her teeth.

"Uh, I'm in the middle of something. Duh!"

"Then it's too bad there's no clean plates for you to use! I told you yesterday to clean the dishes Duck!"

"Why would I do that when I know you're going to anyway? And Lexi make sure you finish that report. It's not going to do itself!"

"That's it! I'm going to skin you and turn you into a peking duck!" Skye shouted, fighting against Lexi's grip to get to Duck.

"Whoa-whoa, what did I do?" Duck cried.

"Do you have any idea how many times I have to clean up the kitchen and the living room after you guys make such a mess of it?"

"Oh you're just overreacting," said Duck.

"Yeah, it can't be that bad," added Ace.

"Oh like you would know," retorted Lexi.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Ace asked.

"Why am I always filling out these reports to Zadavia? You're the team leader, so you should be filling them out but they always get passed along to me!"

"You guys always take advantage of us! You never appreciate everything we do for the team and I'm sick of it!" shouted Skye.

"Yeah, Skye's right. We do so much work here and none of you guys appreciate it! You know what, I quit! I can't live like this!" Lexi yelled.

"I quit too!" added Skye.

"What? You can't be serious!" cried Ace.

"Yeah, don't you think you guys are overreacting just a bit?" asked Tech.

"I know we're a bit messy, but quitting the team?" asked Ace.

"A bit messy?" started Skye, "A BIT MESSY?" she added, emphasizing her words with rage and anger in her tone. "Yesterday, I had to clean pancake batter off the ceiling because Duck thought he could cook better the host of that cooking show! And while I was cleaning up his mess, some batter got into my hair! Do you know how long it takes to clean sticky, wet batter out of long hair?"

"It was just pancake batter," said Ace.

"Pancake batter made by Duck!" Skye shouted back. "Ergo, it could have qualified as biohazardous materials that qualified for use in nuclear warfare!"

"Yeah and it's not just the messes. I've been stuck doing all this paperwork for months and I barely have time for myself anymore!" cried Lexi. "You can't keep taking advantage of us like this and expect us to go along with it like everything's ok!"

"Oh please, they're not really going to quit," boated Duck.

"Are you so sure about that, Duck?" asked Ace as Skye and Lexi came out of their rooms minutes later with their bags packed and their rooms completely cleared of possessions.

"You guys aren't really leaving right? This is a joke, isn't it?" asked Ace. "We can work something out. You guys don't have to quit!"

"Oh let them quit! I say it's about time this team became a boy's club!" said Duck. "We don't need any girls."

"You're not helping the situation, Duck," scolded Tech.

"Oh, I wasn't trying to."

"We'll be at my dad's old apartment if you need us. Just make sure you call first," said Skye as she and Lexi left. The boys stood there, staring at the elevator door, waiting for it to open back up with the girls coming back, but the door didn't move at all.

"They really gone…" muttered Slam.

"What's wrong with you guys? This is great! There are some many things I've wanted to do that those two gals wouldn't let me! This is our opportunity to turn this team into the boy's club it was meant to be! I'm thinking an all you can eat buffet," Duck started, as Slam enthusiastically agreed at the mention of a buffet, "converting the living room in an all night party room filled with the ladies."

"But you just said you wanted this to be a boy's club. If girls are here, that kinda defeats the purpose of a boy's club doesn't it?" asked Rev.

"Yes, but those ladies don't live with us and we don't have to wake up in the morning with them. It's the perfect plan."

"So we're not actually quitting the team, are we?" Skye asked, as she and Lexi unpacked in Skye's old apartment.

"Of course not. We're just going to let the boys drive themselves crazy without us before they come crawling back on their hands and knees begging us to come back," Lexi replied with a smirk.

"Lexi, you are one devious, devious little bunny," Skye smirked.

"It's a gift." After they finished settling into the apartment for a second time, Skye spoke up.

"So I guess we just wait for them to come and apologize?"

"Yeah, this is kinda boring. Hey let's sneak over and see how crazy they're going without us!" Lexi declared, as the two set out for the tower. "Are you in yet?" Lexi asked, hovering over Skye as they stood on the street just by the walls of the base of the tower.

"Lexi, you can't rush things like this otherwise I'll mess up and we won't get in at all! Now hush!" Skye scolded, vigorously typing into a small keypad that was plugged into a power console on the side of the Loonatics tower. "Remind me to give my regards to Tech, this security system is incredibly intricate…" she muttered.

"Yeah, you can talk about how great your boyfriend is later," added Lexi.

"And… there! I'm in. Let's see… main lobby security camera access… granted!" Skye exclaimed, grinning to herself in pride.

"What the? That can't be right. Are they having a party?" Lexi asked, watching the video feed.

"I guess they really didn't need us after all…"

"Nu-uh, no way. This is not how it ends. We are gonna prove to them that they need us more than they think!"

"And how exactly are we supposed to do that?" Skye asked.

"Do you still have those bionic suits you modified when we fought Poison Oak?"

"Yeah… Would this have anything to do with that cheeky glint I'm seeing in your eyes right now?" Skye asked.

"Oh, it has everything to do with the cheeky glint in my eyes. We're gonna show those boys one way or another that they are lost without us."


"Remind me why you had to drag us away from the oh so wonderful party I set up?" Duck groaned.

"Duty calls, Duck. Some thieves got into the weapons lab and got away with a new weapons prototype. If we don't get it back, a lot of people are gonna get hurt," replied Ace.

"I looked into the weapons lab's records and the prototype they stole hasn't been cleared for field testing yet. It was only recently constructed after all the theoretical work was done. There's no telling what could happen!" added Tech.

"Well then that means we'll have to be extra careful. Rev, you focus on getting that weapon away from the thieves and back to the weapons lab. We can't risk anything going wrong with it. Once it's safely out of range, we'll move in and apprehend the thieves."

"Or not…" said Duck, as they arrived on scene only to discover the flashing lights of various police cars on scene while the thieves were already being loaded into the back of a police van.

"What the?" started Ace.

"Oh glad you guys could finally make it," Lexi said, walking over to the boys. "Yeah, we heard about the robbery and since we were in the area, we thought we'd handle."

"Turns out, Lexi and I make a pretty good team without the rest of you!" Skye chirped.

"In the area?" asked Ace.

"Yup," Lexi replied.

"And you just so happened to have your bionic armor on hand?"

"You betcha!"

"Oh please, this is just a sad and pathetic attempt by the girls to prove they're better than us! But it won't work! So why don't you two be good ladies and just come back to the tower and clean up like you're supposed to?" Duck rambled.

"Like we're supposed to?!" Lexi shouted. She jumped forth, her hands ready to strangle Duck but Skye easily held her back as Duck jumped back and whimpered in fear.

"Look Lexi, Skye, you've both made your point. We're a team and we're sorry," said Ace.

"Not good enough, Ace. We want to hear the apology from Duck," Lexi responded, pointing her finger at the foul.

"Well then I guess that means we're never gonna resolve this…" muttered Tech.

"Haha, do you honestly think I'm going to apologize? Danger Duck never apologizes because he's never wrong! And you can take that to the bank!" Duck proudly and arrogantly declared.

"Well then, I hope one of you knows how to do the dishes and cleaning every day," said Skye.

"E-every day?" Duck asked.

"Every, single day," Skye replied, with emphasis.

"That's cool… I can totally handle it, one hundred percent," Duck responded, playing it cool, refusing to give in to the girls.

"From now on, we're our own crime fighting team!"


Hope you enjoyed it. Any suggestions for the next chapter in which they reunite as a team are welcome! Also, I am NOT taking OC requests to be included in my story.

Next Chapter - One for All: Skye and Lexi fall into some trouble and the boys must save them.