A/N: First of all, I want to apologize for such a long delay. As some of you might know, I'm currently at college studying animation and overall not having much time to write- I haven't forgotten about any single story, but will all I get to do around here it's pretty hard to focus.

Secondly, new chapter, enjoy!

"Eh, Dante?"

The duck Looney looked up at Ace. "Yes?"

The bunny kneeled down a bit to be around the young mallard's size. "Me and da guys gotta talk 'bout somethi'n; we might take a while, so why don't ya go set your stuff in a room?" He then looked at Rev. "I t'ink da storage room is good? Not da one at da back of da traini'n room, tho, I meant da one down da corridor."

"I-was-thinking-the-same-thing! Let's-go-and-make-it-your-room-then!" The Road Runner smiled at the young Looney, who slowly nodded. The quick speech was something he still needed to get used to. Rev carefully picked the box with the boy's belongings and waited at the exit of the main room for Dante to follow him.

The young mallard looked up at Ace. His guardian flashed him a small smile which he returned, and then went to join Rev, the two soon leaving the room and walking down the corridor.

Once far enough, to the point he guessed no one was listening, Dante looked at Rev. "Uh, Rev?"

"Mm? What-is-it-Dante? Do-you-need-anything?" The Roadrunner stopped dead in his tracks, looking at the boy besides him. "Bathroom? It's-right-around-the corner, want-me-to-take-you-there? Or-are-you-thirsty? The-kitchen-is-back-in-the-main-room-but-Ace-is-still-there-so-"

"N-no! None of that!" Dante waved his arms frantically in front of him, yeah, the speech was going to take a while to get used to. "I mean, thanks for telling me, but..."

He glanced back at the main room in silence, and Rev seemed a bit worried; was the kid that uncomfortable around him? He really, really hoped it wasn't that, because he hoped to be good friends with him, but what if Dante hated him already?

Before Rev's train of thought could get any further, Dante looked back at him. "What do you think Ace and the others are talking about?"

"H-huh?" The red member of the team blinked, not realizing that could worry the young mallard, because kids usually didn't care for that sort of stuff, then again, Dante wasn't an ordinary kid. Calming down, he spoke up. "Oh, well, I-wouldn't-worry-about-it-much! They're-probably-figuring-out-how-to-tell-Zadavia-about-you, or-how-we-can-train-you-and-your-powers, or-who'll-take-care-of-you-when-there's-an-emergency." He smiled. "You-know, adult-stuff!"

"T-then, um..." He stuttered, having only caught a few words the older bird had spoken. "Shouldn't you… be with them?"

"No, no." Rev waved his hand lightly. "I'm-happy-with-whatever-they-think-it's-best, and-I'll-happier-if-I-get-to-help-out-with-anything."

Dante couldn't help but ask: "And if you don't get to do anything?"

Rev rubbed his chin. "Well-that-probably-won't-happen, but-in-case-it-does, I'll-be-fine-either-way-because-I-know-Ace-and-the-others-can-make-very-good-decisions." He then smiled. "So-like-I-said, don't-worry! You'll-be-with-us-from-now-on, so-I-know-you'll-be-fine."

This brought a little smile to the mallard's beak and nodded after. "OK, then," He looked ahead of the corridor. "Let's go to my room, I wanna see it!" Happy to see his excitement, Rev gave him an affirmative sound and they quickly made their way until they stopped in front of a metal door.

The Roadrunner left the box on the floor and looked at Dante. "Here-we-are! This-will-be-your-room!" And clicking a button next to the door, the metal panels slid open.

The moment the door slid open completely, Dante was anything but amazed, well, maybe he was, but not in a good way. And he was sure no one would be very excited if their room had this many cleaning devices and tools blocking the entrance, dusty boxes filled with stuff on old shelves, and a lot of other things laying around- plus, the room smelled funny because the windows were closed for who knows how long.

'Not even the orphanage was this messy.' He thought, then looked up at Rev with uncertainty. "Is this really going to be my place...?" A few things fell off a shelf just then, making him jump slightly at the noise. Rev was unaffected and was still smiling.

"It-will!" The Roadrunner chirped. "But-not-with-all-these-things-in-it, obviously! I'll-take-care-of-it, give-me-five."

"Minutes?" He said deadpanned, knowing right away five minutes wouldn't be enough to clean that room.

Rev shook his head and laughed a bit. "No, silly! Seconds!"

Dante stared at Rev like if was crazier than he would've thought, but that stare was changed into one of shock when the Roadrunner's eyes flared with a red light.

And next thing came all in a blur, quite literally, a big red blur that took everything out of the storage room and moved them somewhere, then returned and repeated the same process a lot of times.

Dante forgot to count, but when Rev finished, the bigger bird smiled proudly of his work. "4-seconds! New-record-of-the-day!" The mallard just blinked and looked back at the room.

It was empty, and it smelled like soap? And the walls and floors were shiny? Did the Roadrunner seriously clean it as well?

"How...?" He addressed the question to Rev since his eyes didn't leave the room that was filled with things, literally, four seconds ago.

"Oh, you-know-we-all-have-powers-right? Well, I-can-move-and-run-very-very-very-fast!" Rev smiled, and Dante felt like slapping his own forehead for forgetting that fact.

'Right... I'm not the only one now.' He smiled at Rev after thinking that. "Well, that was pretty cool! I never saw someone that fast in my life!"

The Roadrunner laughed happily. "I'm-happy-you-liked-that! How-about-we-go-settle-your-things-down-for-good?"

"Sure!" Dante walked into his new room, smelling more of that soap. "...Is it me, or does it smells like-?"

"Bamboo." Rev cut him as he walked in. "It's-the-only-scent-we-all-agreed-with; you-should-have-seen-us-discussing-over-that! Everyone-was-very-serious-about-the-scent-they-liked-best- except-Tech, his-nose-is-pretty-sensible-so-he-didn't-like-anything-we-showed-him!"

Dante made himself the mental image, it was a silly one at best. He smiled a bit. "And how did you choose Bamboo?"

"Ace-found-it." The red Loonatic walked towards a panel on the wall. "We-choose-it-because-it-didn't-bother-Tech's-nose-that-much, and-because-I-insisted-on-that-too!"

"You and Tech are good friends, right?" The question was pretty innocent, even Dante had to admit, but he saw that Rev flinched- barely noticeable, but he didn't miss it. "Uh, did I say something...wrong?" The young mallard asked, worried he had struck a nerve.

Rev quickly turned to him, smiling and quickly waving both of his hands in front of him. "Oh, no, no-no-no! Nothing-wrong! Tech-is-one-of-my-friends-despite-how-much-we-can-bump-heads-at-times-but-he's-my-best-friend! Anyway, come-here, I-want-to-show-you-something!"

Was it him, or did Rev want to switch the subject of him and Tech? Figuring out it was just weird adult's stuff, and letting his curiosity take over, he walked to where the tall bird was standing to see what he wanted to show him.

"See-this?" Rev pointed to the panel. "With-this-gadget-you-can-choose-a-color-for-your-walls-and-ceiling, or-you-can-choose-an-image-from-the-internet-and-use-that-instead."

"Sounds cool." Dante tried to reach for it. "How can I use this?"

Rev started to click a few buttons. "It's-a-bit-more-complicated-than-it-seems-because-it-needs-a-code-to-work." The Roadrunner finished typing and gained access to the system. He then looked at Dante. "All-set! What-would-you-like?"

The young mallard thought about it for a while. "...I think I want an image, definitely orange!" He smiled. "I really like orange."

"Okie-dokie!" Rev started to narrow his search in the browser. "What-else? You-want-cars? Clowns? Animals?"

"Umm..." Dante seemed a bit more troubled to make up his mind this time, as there were many things he liked; cars weren't that interesting to him, and he didn't like clowns at all, he liked animals but he didn't want puppies or kittens in his room.

He then thought about musical notes, because he liked their shapes and forms, and was soon reminded of the first song he played for Gertrude: 'Twinkle Little Star'.

It was something that meant a lot for both of them.

"I think I know!" He looked at Rev, beaming. "I want stars."

"Stars? Nice-choice!" Narrowing the search again, a lot of starry orange backgrounds started to appear. Rev picked Dante so that the boy could pick one. "See-anything-you-like? There's-quite-the-variety-of-them!"

The young Looney could see what the Roadrunner meant; there were many backgrounds, all of them different, but surprisingly childish. He didn't like the first he saw and scrolled down to find the right image. He soon found one, it had glowing stars with a black background, and pointed at it. "I like this one."

"It's-pretty." Rev smiled and set the boy down, then selected the image. "You-want-this-to-be-on-all-your-walls?"

Dante looked at his room and tried to imagine it with the same wallpaper everywhere- while it could look good, it might be too much to see that many stars every time he entered. "...I don't think so, maybe in just one wall? Can that be done?" He turned to Rev, who nodded. "But what about the other walls?"

"You-know, Lexi-has-an-image-of-a-sunset-in-one-of-her-walls-while-the-rest-are-plain-windows. I-mean-you-don't-have-such-big-windows-in-this-room-but-maybe-you-can-pick-a-color-instead!"

The mallard smiled. "Then, I want the walls to be orange!"

The Roadrunner nodded and, before finishing the coding he needed to do, he turned to the boy. "Do-you-know-which-wall-should-have-the-starry-background?"

This time around, the young Looney shook his head. "No clue, do you?"

Rev made an affirmative sound, then pointed to the ceiling. "We-can-paint-that-as-well, what-do-you-think?" Dante smiled and nodded, clearly liking the idea. Once done typing, Rev picked up the young mallard and signaled a button in the pad. "Click-on-that-button-and-your-room-will-be-all-set!"

"OK!" The boy did as he was told, and the moment he clicked the button a faith humming sound was heard. He looked up and saw how the walls started to change color around them. Soon, the room was just like they pictured- orange walls and a black ceiling with glowing stars... wait, they really did glow! "Rev, was that supposed to happen?" He pointed at the ceiling.

"Hm? Oh!" Rev smiled, quickly catching up on what the young Looney meant. "No, I-did-that! I-figured-out-you'd-like-that,-do-you-like-it?" His tone seemed a bit softer at the end, rather sheepish.

Dante smiled widely. "I love it! Thanks, Rev!"

The Roadrunner beamed. "I'm-glad-you-do!" He carefully put the mallard down. "Well, now-all-that's-left-is-to-put-your-things-in-here!" He went outside and brought the box, leaving it in the middle of the room and letting Dante open it. He made a small surprised noise. "You-have-a-toy-piano?"

"Yep! It's really cool right?" The young Looney smiled and removed other things from the box. There were just a couple of toys, a big book filled with piano music sheets, a few sets of clothing, hairbrush, toothbrush, a blanket, and a framed picture. He started to look around, wondering where to put his belongings... he realized just then the furniture wasn't there. "Uhh..."

Rev was quick to catch on. "Ah, oops! Give-me-another-5!" Dante smiled as he saw the Roadrunner dashing off again, the red blur going and returning at least four times before sitting in a spot next to the box. There was now a small basic bed, a night table next to it, a desk with a chair and a bookshelf. "We-need-to-buy-a-few-things-now-that-you're-here."

The mallard only tilted his head. "Buy things? Like what?"

"Well, bed-covers-and-things-around-your-size." The red Loonatic smiled, already excited with the idea. It was like taking care of his young brother all over again! "Need-help-settling-your-things?"

"The piano is a bit heavy for me, but please be careful with it..."

Back in the living room, the other Looneys were at the table. Slam was busy eating something while Ace, Tech and Lexi were planning on what to do.

"We'll have to inform Zadavia." Lexi started. "Like, right now. I still can't believe a kid has powers like us, maybe she knows about this?"

Ace seemed rather unsure. "I know we gotta tell Boss Lady, but…"

Tech noticed the uncertainty in Ace's tone, which wasn't common. "What's wrong, chief?"

"It's just- like Lexi says, he's just a kiddo." The bunny crossed his arms. "And, heck, what if Zadavia disapproves? With him bei'n a kid and us protecti'n da city-" He sighed. "…I dunno, what if he can't stay?"

Lexi seemed to caught on, and gave Ace a sympathetic smile. "Look, I doubt that'll happen- besides, Dante is under your care since it was you who signed the papers." She gestured to the machinery that let them communicate with their leader. "But, we'll never know if we don't tell her."

"Should I, then?" Tech asked, looking at Ace. The bunny still didn't seem convinced, but he knew that there was no way to avoid this, so with a sigh he nodded and watched as Tech walked to the device and started to contact Zadavia.

Ace and Lexi went to stand by his side, with Slam staying at the background and watching them, in wait. Soon the call was answered, and the holographic figure of the woman stood tall before them. "Loonatics," She started. "what is the matter? I have not been informed of a thread upon Acmetropolis."

"It ain't no thread, Boss Lady." Ace started, trying to remain calm as he talked. "But somethi'n came up and we need a word with ya."

"Fair well…" She motioned him to continue.

The bunny took a deep breath. "Boss… did ya know t'ere is anotha' Looney with powa's in da city?"

Zadavia's eyes widened. "A sixth Loonatic, you mean?"

"Well-"

"Ace!"

Ace visibly flinched and quickly turned his head to the source of the voice, finding Dante and Rev at the entrance, with the Roadrunner giving his leader a nervous smile. The young mallard, however, was looking at the woman in wonder… who was staring back at him.

Dang it.

"…Ace," She said, and the mentioned was sure he felt a shiver going down his spine. "What is the meaning of this?"

"Uhh…" He tried to quickly find words to say, but the mallard came quicker to him and stood besides his leg, still looking up at Zadavia. Ace took a deep breath, and trying to put on a brave face, he also looked up at her. "Zadavia, d'is is da Looney I was tryi'n ta tell ya 'bout."

"This… child?" She asked, her attention focused on Dante, who hid a little behind Ace's leg. "It can't be."

The young mallard didn't know who she was, but he could tell she was not convinced with Ace's words. For that sole reason, he focused and felt his hands warming up with enough energy to make them glow, and she gasped softly.

"But how?" She asked, mostly to herself, before turning to Ace. "How did you locate him?"

Ace was about to answer, but then felt Lexi poking his arm. He looked at her, only to find she was giving him Dante's adoption certificate. He nodded, and then looked back at the woman. "He was in an orphanage when I meet him." Ace then let her see the certificate. "And… well, I couldn't leave him d'ere, so-"

"You adopted him." She finished, and Ace could only nod. She frowned slightly. "Ace, you do realize the responsibility of your actions, do you?"

"I do!" He exclaimed. "But- look, I'll ratha' have him here with us than with anyone else. No one would know how ta help him."

Zadavia stood quiet for a few moments, then: "Is everyone agreeing with you?"

"Yes." Lexi was the first to answer, and soon the others followed after her example.

"For what we have heard, his powers were the reason no one wanted to watch after him." Tech said.

Rev quickly jumped in. "And-we-can-take-good-care-of-him! And-help-him-with-his-powers!"

"Uh-huh." Was Slam's response in the background.

"Boss Lady…" Ace said, his hand over Dante's head. "I know it's risky, but we wanna help him, like ya helped us."

Zadavia looked at Ace for a moment, before slowly turning her attention back to the young Looney. "…What is your name, young one?" She asked, her voice much softer.

Dante peeked out slightly from behind Ace's legs, and after some hesitation he answered: "I'm… Dante Duck, miss…"

"Well, Dante…" She started. "Yours will be a long path, but I'm sure Ace and the others are the right people to guide you through," Everyone began to smile at her words. "So therefore, I welcome you to the Loonatics."

"T-thank you!" He smiled at her, and she did in return, before turning to Ace.

"I expect updates of his progress along your informs." She said, and the bunny nodded. "Take well care of him, and yourselves."

"Will do, Ace out." He said, and the communication ended. Only a few moments passed, before Ace let out a relieved sigh. "Well, d'at went betta' than I thought."

Dante looked up at him, curious. "Who was she? She seemed pretty… serious."

"That's our boss, Zadavia." Lexi said, crossing her arms over her chest with a smile before turning to look at their leader. "I told you there was no need to freak out, Ace."

Ace shoot her a small glare. "I wasn't freaki'n out, I was just worried." Ignoring the snicker from his teammate, he looked down at the young Looney. "So, did ya and Rev make ya room?"

"Oh, yeah! I wanted to show it to you!" He beamed, now tugging Ace's arm. Rev smiled. "I-think-we-both-did-a-good-job-on-it."

Tech looked at the clock, it was already late. "We should probably make something to eat while you're at it." He said, before hearing a loud belch from the kitchen, undoubtedly Slam's. He looked at his teammate, unamused. "…And before we ran out of food."

The Devil Tasmanian grinned sheepishly. "Sorreh…"

Everyone shared a quick laugh before Ace followed Dante to his new room, and stopped in the middle of the way as he remembered something: "Hang on, I gotta take d'is off." He signaled his uniform. Dante couldn't say a single word before Ace pressed a button and the costume basically vanished, and it was quite surprising.

"Your fur isn't black and yellow?" He asked, confused as he saw that the bunny's fur was grey, and his muzzle white. "How's that possible?"

"Eh, don't sweat it, most things don't make much sense 'round here. Da costumes are like d'is so people can't tell who we are without 'em." Ace said as he stretched his limbs.

Dante tilted his head up at his guardian as they continued to walk. "Shouldn't you be wearing it, then?"

"Ain't no people seei'n, 'sides, I doubt we're headi'n out again." He shrugged, and they made it to the young mallard's room. Ace took a quick look and smiled. "Hey, sweet deal ya got here."

"Rev said I should get more things, but I'm fine with what I have." Dante got in and sat on his bed, bouncing a bit. "Also, Rev is super fast! He settled everything on his own!"

Ace shoot him a playful look. "Everythi'n? Ya just sat and watched?"

The young Looney quickly shook his head. "No, I helped! I picked the colors of my room and settled a few things myself!"

"Good ta know." The bunny smiled. "And 'bout getti'n ya more thi'ns, I t'ink its not a bad idea. I checked and ya were short on clothes and all d'at. Bet Lexi would like ta shop a lil'."

Dante seemed unsure. "Are you sure of that…?"

"Why don't we ask her?" Ace pointed back at the door. "Tech and Rev are probably done maki'n dinner."

"So soon?" The small duck asked as he stood up from his bed, following Ace out of his room.

The older Looney chuckled. "With how fast Rev works in da kitchen? I wouldn't doubt it."

Just like Ace had said, food was ready and everyone where taking their seats when they reached the main room, and all of the Loonatics were without their uniforms. Dante had to admit, they all looked very… normal; he guessed the costumes did the right thing by hiding their identities, even if they were basically the same person. The colors could really put you off.

"Hey-guys! We-made-pasta-and-meatballs! But-I'm-not-sure-if-Dante-likes-this. Do-you-like-pasta?" Rev had asked, and the young Looney nodded sheepishly and was about to join them by the table when Rev spoke again. "Ah, whoops! Forgot-the-juice."

"Do we still have fruit left?" Lexi asked as the Roadrunner went to check the fridge, and he was quick to answer: "No-we-don't!"

Ace chuckled. "Eh, guess we all forgot ta go ta get groceries. Water is it." But as he was about to sit down, Dante grabbed his sleeve and tugged lightly. "What is it?"

"I can make juice!" He said, smiling. "Just like earlier today!"

Tech was quick to intercept. "I'm… sure we appreciate the gesture Dante, but, since your powers hold the surprise factor-"

The young mallard seemed confused by the word. "What does that mean?"

"It means they are random." Lexi said, and he got it. Dante turned to look at Tech. "Are they really?"

"Well…" Tech put his hand under his chin and glanced to a side, as he did whenever he thought out loud. "You made juice here, that we all know, but before that you mentioned your powers did something else." He looked back at the young mallard. "I just don't see any relation with 'explosives' and 'juice', so my hypothesis is that you hold the… 'random' fact in your abilities."

Dante blinked, and thought about it, maybe he did? But thinking back then…

"I… don't know." He said, a bit unsure. "It's like I told you, I never expected to make juice, the other times my powers showed up all they did was the… other thing!" Tech made a thoughtful hum. Dante looked at them with pleading eyes. "Please, can I at least try?"

Everyone turned to look at Ace, and he thought about it. It was a pretty soon for Dante to start using his powers but, at least he wanted to do that, so he would rather not break his spirit.

"...A'ight." He said, and the young mallard beamed as the bunny picked a jug. "But only d'is once."

"Got it!"

The jug was placed on a table, away from the others for their safety, but Ace stood besides Dante while the others watched intrigued.

The young mallard took a deep breath and held his hands over the jug, and began to focus. The warmth started to come to him.

'Make juice.' He thought in his mind. 'Make orange juice, not lava, make orange juice, not lava, please make orange juice, not lav-'

SPLAT!

"I did it!" Dante cheered as he saw the orange liquid filling the jug almost entirely. Ace smiled and pet his head, and everyone else let out a breath they didn't know they were holding in.

"Good job, kid!" Praised the bunny, and was about to lift the jug, but then he felt something. "Huh, d'is is warm."

The young mallard blinked. "Wait, is it?" He poked the jug, and felt that it was warm indeed. "Yuck, warm juice!" He stuck out his tongue in disgust.

"Maybe your powa's heated it up a bit." Ace said with a small chuckle, picking up the jug. "But hey, d'ats what ice is for!"

"No offense, but are we sure we can drink it?" Lexi mumbled to Tech, who quickly took out a scan reader. Ace let the jug down on their dinning table and the coyote took a small sample to have it tested in his gadget. A small beep, and he nodded his head. "It's good, it doesn't contain anything other than orange pulp."

Rev filled the jug with ice and beamed. "Dante-just-saved-dinner! I-don't-think-pasta-tastes-as-good-without-juice!" He ran his hand affectionately over the boy's head, earning a good-hearted laugh from him. "Let's-dig-in, then!"

And that dinner was probably the best Dante ever had in his life.

It was late night and Ace was readying himself for bed.

They all had said goodnight after helping cleaning the kitchen, and Ace had then gone to help Dante get ready for the night. Taking a shower, wash his teeth, the usual stuff, while they talked about dinner (The young mallard was impressed of how big Slam's mouth was). Dante seemed pretty tired after the bath, so when his head touched the pillow he just went off like a light.

Ace chuckled as he remembered seeing the young mallard sleeping soundly, mostly because it made him feel reassured that Dante was comfortable living with them- sure, maybe it was too soon to tell, but things had gone so well the first day that he couldn't stop that thought, and also the fact the young boy could use his powers to do something he wanted, proving Tech's theory wrong.

'I gotta write d'at down tomorrow afta' we return from da mall.' They had agreed over the table that Lexi and Ace were going to pick new clothes for Dante, and Lexi was pretty excited about it. For Ace it only meant that he had to be up early or he would never hear the end of it. 'More da reason ta go ta bed now-'

Knock, knock.

His ears stood straight up, and he turned to see the clock. It was around 12, and by this time his teammates were already sleeping, so he became alarmed.

Ace walked near the door, his sword not too far from his reach as he asked: "Who is it?"

"I-It's me…" His guard immediately dropped.

"Dante?" The bunny opened the door, and indeed, found the one in question standing there, rubbing one of his eyes and carrying a small blanket he had brought. He noticed that the young mallard seemed just as surprised as him to be there. "What's wrong? It's midnight."

The young Looney nodded. "I-I know, I was having troubles to sleep…" He mumbled, as he stopped rubbing his eye. "I couldn't rest and I wanted to let you know, but…" He looked at the corridor, and Ace did too. There was nothing there.

But Ace understood, and looked at Dante with a calm smile. "Ya wanna sleep here tonight?"

He nodded with a sleepy smile, and the bunny let him in. Dante climbed to bed and yawned, making himself comfortable on the big cushions. Ace helped him and covered him with a blanket, and then he accommodated himself near the duck Looney. Once they were down and laying comfortable, he dared to ask: "So… ya like ya new place, bud?"

A sleepy, affirmative noise came from Dante. "Yep… I like it here, and the others are cool too…" A big yawn, and Ace knew he was going to fall asleep soon. Suddenly, he realized there was something odd about this.

"How did ya know d'is was my room?" He waited for an answer, and he got it in a tired, slurry tone of voice.

"I didn't… I just thought of seeing you and then I was here…"

A/N: Man, I sure wished I had someone like Rev when I had to move places, oh well.

I won't make promises about next chapter, but at least I'll try not to take another two years.

Please tell me your thoughts of this chapter in the Reviews!

~DreamerAwaken.