Thanks to the on-going reviewers, it makes me smile to see people enjoying this ;) I'm just sorry it takes so long =(
Disclaimer: All of the Loonatics and their belongings belong to Warner Bros.
Btw this is quite a short chapter… the story will get longer I promise^^
Chapter 5
Just when things had settled back down, a greater mystery had unfolded. The mysterious villain that Ace had faced had vanished, but the confusion he left behind had brought much more hesitance to the group. However, the small dim gem brought some comfort.
"I don't understand…" Duck spoke after a silence.
"No one does" Tech mumbled, his mind desperately trying tp piece the puzzle together, but whenever he found a possible link something else made no sense. It was a continuous circle. Again, the silence fell over.
Suddenly the hologram began flashing and buzzing, with a lack of enthusiasm Duck activated the hologram. Zadavia flickered onto the screen. She paused, watching the almost lifeless group in front of her. The one thing the guys needed right now was a female, who'd support and encourage them. She knew it was hard for them, but her job did not make it any easier.
"Loonatics, I have so more information which might be of help" She said, but there was barely a flicker of emotion in the group.
"Loonatics, this is important this could be a life thre-"
"We know already, it's always the same life threatening situation!" Duck grumbled
"We lost someone Zadavia, we lost Lexi. An' tha' bad guy knows somethin' 'bout that. But he's vanished, and we know nothin. We can't compete against that" Ace faced the hologram, defiance written on his weary face.
"He's not leaving any clues, no patterns. The structure is too confusing, even for me. I don't understand. What villain kills one of our team mates, breaks into a museum and flies away with nothing at all?" Tech continued, rubbing his eyes as he tried to think out a solution.
"This doesn't mean you can give up, you're heroes. The whole town re-" Zadavia had begun, but Ace had leant over and pressed the disconnect button. The hologram whirred, then switched off.
"We were heroes." Ace said quietly.
"Aomofpfefkoddss?" Slam whimpered
"Yeah, I'm not doing this anymore Slam" Ace said standing up, and moving towards the door.
"I'm not risking any more lives" he finished, a few murmurs of agreement followed.
For the next hour, the former members gathered their personal belongings together. Tech also went through the building and began to shut the weapons and the base down. The whole base was filled with silence, from the Loonatics to the building itself. The only noise was the drumming from the rain onto the windows, the rain casting shadows down the wall filled the area with a dark cloud, preventing any light coming in.
Slowly, they met in the old living room; each of them placed their uniforms back. Ace placed his, he briefly glanced to what would have been Lexi's new uniform. He turned away, picking up his suitcase as the small gem from the museum fell silently to the floor.
"Come on guys. Let's go" Ace said, and then the former band of heroes began to walk down to the lift and back to a normal life.
After a few minutes, their footsteps had died away. A creak many levels below symbolised that the proud doors of the Loonatics base had been shut and locked. Through the dark shadows, a small humming noise began to erupt, it continued to grow louder and louder. Then, like nothing had happened the sound died away.
A shockwave blew from the living room, all the glass protecting the tired uniforms smashed away. Little pieces of glass dusted the floor, like a layer of thin snow. As the small gem Ace had dropped glowed once again. It lifted into the air, before moving forwards. The pink uniform still had a thin layer of glass protecting it, but that was reduced to dust as another pulse from the gem flew out.
"Hmm…it isn't what I'm used to normally, but I'm sure it'll do" a voice from gem spoke thoughtfully. The gem settled into the pink triangle, its pulses now causing the armour to glow. A wispy form could be seen in the uniform, pale silver eyes in the head of the suit. The eyes scanned around the room slowly, absorbing every detail.
"The Loonatics? Where are they? They shouldn't have left, they were supposed to be in this tower! Oh my sweet dear, you shall regret doing this." The voice whispered.
"But first…this armour needs upgrading" The voice announced smiling to itself, into the dark. Outside of the tower, an eerie pink light broke through the windows. A small pink triangle embedded onto the remaining glass.