New Kid On The Block

Chapter 4 – "Let's do this"

Hey guys! My bad that you guys had a lil bit to wait for this chapter, but it's a very important one though so I wanted to take my time to get it right. Just a heads up, this chapter is twice as long as the first chapter so get some popcorn or something and get ready for some mega action! :) So here we go! Blaze refuses to listen to what Ace has to say, which can only mean one thing! FIGHT! And I promise you, it's one hell of a fight! Who will come out on top? The mysterious and powerful Blaze (who hopefully you guys have fallen in love with ;)), or the totally awesome leader of the Loonatics who we all love already: Ace. Time to find out! Hope u guys enjoy it!

Ace and Blaze circled the square keeping note of the others every move. They kept their eyes fixed on each other, daring the other to make the first move. However, Blaze was at a disadvantage. Apart from his short temper, Blaze's biggest failing was his patience. It had got him into trouble plenty of times in the past and was one of the reasons he had to be released by the orphanage. And right now, it was running short.

Ace on the other hand kept his cool remembering what Zadavia had told him. The tiger wasn't wearing a suit like the other Loonatics so he could easily be hurt. Aces battle strategy was to let Blaze attack him until he wore himself out.

He already looks tired after all de fightin he just done reasoned Ace. But he was in for a big surprise.

Even though patience was a weakness for Blaze, endurance was his big strength. Because he lived on the streets, he had a lot of time to burn so he used to spend all day jogging around the city. This constant exercise had left the tiger in fantastic shape.

Enough of this Blaze thought to himself. He then ran with incredible speed straight at Ace. The leader of the Loonatics readied himself. He raised his guardian strike sword up into a defensive position.

When he was about 10 metres away, Blaze did a small jump and looked like he was flying as he soared towards Ace. He was close now…

A burst of energy engulfed Blaze as he swung his powerful arm straight at Aces head. Ace didn't have time to dodge it so he slightly moved the flat face of his sword into the path of the oncoming punch to block it. As Blaze's fist clashed with the sword, Ace skidded backwards as the force of the punch surged through the swords blade. The yellow bunny finally came to a stop and was just regaining his balance when Blaze came flying at him again. This time Ace didn't have time to do anything. Blaze shifted in mid-air and drove his foot straight into Ace's chest sending him crashing into the building behind him. Ace grunted from the impact as he got up to face the tiger again.

Blaze's speed had surprised Ace. Looks like I'm gunna have ta turn it up a notch he thought to himself. He slowly started walking back to the middle of the square. Blaze glared at him as the bunny moved towards him, his golden eyes not even blinking

Ace finally stopped about 15 metres from Blaze. He was impressed, "Not bad doc" Ace commended him "much better dan I thought you would be." Blaze smiled at the loonatic's words "You aint seen nothing yet buddy" he replied in a cool manner. He ran at Ace again and started throwing punches, but Ace was prepared for Blaze's immense speed now and was able to dodge all of them.

After a while Blaze realised he was being too obvious, so he started getting creative by throwing in spin kicks and aiming punches at Aces abdomen. Ace was still able to deal with the oncoming blows but the speed and variety of Blaze's attacks were slowly starting to wear away at the bunny's defences. Eventually, Blaze started landing some blows on Ace and then in a great combo move, Blaze unexpectedly grabbed Ace's sword hand and pulled the bunny towards him and drove his aura engulfed right fist into Ace's stomach.

There was a burst of energy as blue electricity surged through Ace causing him to double over in pain. Blaze then finished the job by letting go of Ace's sword hand and then twisting around on the spot and delivering a powerful smash kick to the loonatic's right cheek. The force of the kick sent Ace crashing into the building to his left. The bunny hit the wall so hard that he broke through it and flew straight through the inside of the building until he crashed into the building's other wall, colliding with it at a tremendous speed.

Ace lay there motionless for a few moments breathing deeply. He was in excruciating pain. The combination of the large welt on his cheek where Blaze's foot had made contact, the impact of crashing through a thick wall, and the massive electrocution he had received made him hurt all over his body. The Bunny uttered a deep long groaned. "Ya do realise this means war" the bunny said quietly. Ace slowly sat up and started to think to himself dis guy is too good, I can't just sit here and take hits like dat he thought to himself I have to fight back.

Ace slowly stood up grunting from the effort. He then started making his way through the hole that he had made in the building. It had taken quite a beating. Ace had broken through 3 walls in total and rubble was everywhere whoever lives here aint goin ta be very happy when dey get home the leader of the Loonatics thought to himself as he walked through the building. He finally emerged from the building to see Blaze glaring at him with his beautiful golden eyes.

Ace made the small jump back into the square which had now turned into a full blown battle arena. Dis guy's good man, time to turn up de heat. Dis should be fun Ace thought to himself. He clearly was not going to be able to wear Blaze out anytime soon. He was going to actually have to beat Blaze in a fight rather than let him run out of gas.

"Hehe, I underestimated ya big time" Ace joked. Blaze frowned deeply and quickly responded "Yeah you did. But you didn't have to make it so easy for me bunny." Ace chuckled at the tiger's remark. "True. But believe me; I aint goin easy on ya anymore" smirked the leader of the loonatics. Blaze quickly smirked as he positioned himself to fight once more and then shortly said "Good..."

Ace kicked up his sword which he had dropped when he was electrocuted and caught it. Both of them were ready. Now it would really be decided. They stared at each other, Ace with his sapphire blue eyes, Blaze with his fiery golden eyes. There wasn't going to be any waiting games this time. Following this mirrored decision by both anthros, both of them leaped into the air simultaneously spearing towards each other like javelins.

Lexis POV:

"Okay good job guys, right let's get back to chief" said Lexi as the robots turned round the corner and disappeared. "Erm, ex-CUSE me, who put you in charge?" inquired Duck. Behind him, Tech smacked his head and rev rolled his eyes.

Lexi turned to face Duck, an annoyed expression on her face "Erm Ace did when he made me second-in-command you pea brain" the bunny responded as she turned back around and started to walk away. Slam, Tech and Rev followed suit. "I don't remember that happening" Duck added sarcastically as he began to follow the others.

They fired up their jetpacks and blasted upwards. "Hey uh, where's the square?" Lexi asked her teammates as she hovered looking all around. "I-dunno-but-it's-gotta-be-around-here-somewhere-unless-it's-dissapeared-which-now-that-I-think-about-it-is-highly-unlikely-considering-that-a-square-couldn't-possibly-d…" Rev was cut short as Tech's hand enclosed his beak.

"Lebj obty tufey" Slam pointed excitedly to a mixed glow of blue and yellow. Blaze and Ace's encounter was clearly heating up. "Nice one Slam" commended Lexi as she patted the Tasmanian devil on the back "let's go". The loonatics jetted towards the square where all hell was breaking loose…

Blaze and Ace's POV:

Blaze jumped backwards with a backflip as he dodged a blast from Ace's laser vision. When he landed on his feet, the tiger responded by bringing together his hands creating a blue electro gyro ball which he flung at Ace with all his might. Ace just managed to dodge the gyro ball which exploded against the building behind Ace creating a hole.

The leader of the loonatics then ran at Blaze, raising his Guardian Strike Sword above his head ready to attack. Blaze picked up a plate of metal which had clearly come off of one of the broken bots, to act as a shield. Blaze then turned back towards Ace as the bunny approached. Ace swung his sword at the tiger but Blaze easily blocked the slash with his makeshift shield.

Blaze kept his eyes on Ace the whole time and continued to block as the loonatic continued to slash and stab viciously with his sword. Blaze just kept blocking, waiting for Ace to leave himself vulnerable. Even if it was just for a second, it would be enough for the tiger to make his move. And eventually, that moment came.

Ace raised his sword up as he prepared to deliver a massive blow which would hopefully leave Blaze severely weakened. But for the few seconds that Ace held his sword above his head, he front was completely vulnerable to attack. This was the moment Blaze was waiting for.

Blaze quickly took action as he surged his blue aura combined with electricity through his arm and into the plate of metal engulfing it, turning the shield from a means of defence, into a lethal weapon. Blaze drew the shield back and then swiftly swung forwards at Ace's exposed torso. The shield smashed home and from the second of impact, another sharp volt of electrical energy surged through Ace's body momentarily paralysing the bunny and sending him tumbling backwards.

Blaze dropped the plate of metal and launched himself into the air directing his outstretched foot at Ace, who was just getting back up as he flew towards him. Ace saw this out of the corner of his eye and swiftly dodged Blazes attack, but in a brilliant move, as the tiger flew past him, Ace managed to grab his foot. He swung the tiger around by the foot using the tiger's momentum and then he let go, sending Blaze crashing into the building.

Blaze grunted as he got back up. "Hehe, I gotta hand it to ya bunny. You're pretty good" the tiger said as he wiped blood from the cut on his face. "But this is far from over" he continued. Ace frowned as he realises that this tiger was made of some strong stuff. But then he heard a sound he was very grateful to hear: Jetpacks.

The guys had finally arrived, and not a moment too soon. Ace smiled to himself. Blaze was good, but there was no way that he would be able to fight all of the loonatics at once. "Actually tiger, it's not dat far from over at all" Ace grinned as he looked up. Blaze mirrored Ace's actions and he saw that the rest of the Loonatics had arrived. There was no way he was escaping now… But he wasn't going to give up just yet…

"Just leave me alone!" cried the tiger in a distressed voice "It was a stupid loaf of bread!" Ace looked back at the tiger. "I told ya, we aint her ta arrest ya!" he said as he looked pleadingly at Blaze. The tiger responded by growling and bearing his shiny white teeth as the fire burning inside his golden eyes exploded. "STOP LYING TO ME!" he shouted in an almighty voice.

As soon as he said this, his blue eyes and aura returned. But this time it was different, it was worse. The ground started shaking, as if it shared Blaze's anger and frustration. The tiger then raised his arms slightly and all of the metal in the square became surrounded by a blue aura and started emitting electricity and was lifted off the ground. Ace's eyes opened widely in shock of what was happening.

Blaze looked up at the other 5 loonatics hovering above the square and then with a loud cry he lifted his arms up in a rapid motion and all of the metal, which worryingly seemed to be being controlled by the tiger, shot up off the ground and hurtled straight towards the loonatics.

"Whoa!" cried Lexi as she narrowly dodged some of the oncoming debris, it was everywhere, and it was flying straight at her. The others were having just as bad a time. Slam and Rev both took minor hits, but other than that, they were unscathed. "THAT, was TOO close" blubbered a distressed Duck.

Ace realised that Blazes attention was now elsewhere which left him vulnerable I've got ta stop him. He's losin his self-control thought Ace, it was now or never. The leader of the loonatics ran at the tiger with all his speed. As he got near, Blaze realised what Ace was doing, but he didn't have enough time to react. Ace launched himself and rugby tackled the Blaze to the ground and pinned him down.

Blaze's control of the metal debris had stopped and Tech was able to use his levitation to bring it under control.

It was over…

The other loonatics landed on the ground and started to walk towards Ace who was still pinning down Blaze.

Duck walked the quickest of all of them, he clearly wasn't happy. "Hey hotshot, what's the big idea? Trying to shred us to pieces are we?" he shouted while using lively gestures, demonstrating his displeasure.

Ace turned his attention to Duck "Go easy on 'im Duck, he's really confused" stated the bunny as he looked down at the helpless tiger he was pinning. Blaze squirmed and kicked and grunted but it was no use. "Hey Tech, got anyting to calm dis guy down?" He inquired looking up at the coyote.

Tech nodded "I've got just the thing" as he rummaged around in his pocket. He finally brought out a small little ball. The others looked at him blankly thinking that he was joking, but then, the coyote squeezed the ball and it shapshifted into something that resembled an electric shaver. "My quantum electro tazer 3000" stated Tech as he looked proudly at his invention. He quickly tapped the start button and a bright volt of electricity zapped between the 2 prongs at the head of the tazer.

Ace looked at him and nodded "Do it Tech" the bunny then looked down at Blaze who stared back with his golden eyes that had abandoned their look of anger and had taken on a look of deep sorrow and loneliness. "Sorry pal, but dis is for your own good, you'll see…"

Blaze looked up as the green coyote knelt down with the tazer in hand and pressed it against his neck.

Tech pushed the button.

Blaze jerked as 500 000 volts shot through his body.

And then, all went black…

Phew! So there we go! One of the most action packed things ever written! :P Haha. Anyway I hope you guys enjoyed reading it as much as I did writing it! (Seriously, you guys have no idea how much fun I had writing this chapter!) And don't forget to gimme any feedback you have cos it's YOU guys that will help me become a better writer :)

So yeah, in the next chapter, what will Blaze encounter when he wakes up? Will he remember anything? You will have to wait and see ;)

Thanks again guys and I hope you enjoyed!