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Loonaticslover13: Hey! Thanks so much for the review! I'm still debating about the Hunter robot. Whether he would either combust in front of them or just capture them but Ace does seem to be picking up on his fishy characteristic. I love Rev so much! Can't wait to read your character study on him and good luck! :) Enjoy this chapter :D
Quinn remained hidden inside a den. This wasn't her idea of hibernation but she was to stay in the den until a villain came along. Then she would pounce on that villain and bite him. Her ears perked up when she heard a twig snap. She slowly got up from her resting place and lurked to the side of the den. She peeked out the den and saw two men walking on the snow.
"I can't find that no-good, carnivorous varmint," Sam's voice thundered through the forest.
"Look harder," Michael told him, "that dog has to be around here somewhere."
Quinn took a deep breath. They weren't going to get her. They were too weak to even touch her. "Whoa!" she shouted as the ground shook beneath her feet. She felt her feet disconnecting from the ground as she fell on her backside. "What in the world?" she said as she got up on her feet and looked out the den.
A gargantuan black and white sneaker stood in front of Sam and Michael. "Whoa!"Michael commented. He looked back at Sam, "back in the twenty-first century, my ancestors were trying to find Bigfoot. Look at who we found."
"That ain't Bigfoot," Sam shook his head, "that's Gorlop."
Gorlop opened his hand and Bridget fell onto the snow. She used all of the strength she had to look up at the two men standing in front of her.
"Who do we have here?" Michael said as he looked down at the Tasmanian she-devil.
Quinn gasped when she saw Bridget. She couldn't believe that the muscle on their team was captured by this ridiculous looking creature. Who was next?
Bridget suddenly furrowed her eyebrows at Sam and Michael. She gritted her teeth and growled at them.
"Uhh," Sam nervously said as he took a step back, "she's all yours partner."
"You don't scare me," Michael said to Bridget.
Taking that as an offense, Bridget formed her hand into a fist and slammed it against the snowy ground. A mini-earthquake vibrated against Sam's and Michael's feet as both men toppled over and fell on their backsides. Bridget took this as her chance and made a run for it.
"Get her idiot! She's running away!" Michael yelled at Gorlop. When Gorlop raised his foot to run after Bridget, Michael rolled out of the way to avoid being squished.
"Bridget wait!" Quinn yelled as she left from her hiding place and went after Bridget.
"It's her!" Sam yelled as he pointed at the running wolf. Him and Michael got up from the ground and ran after the wolf and the she-devil.
Quinn was too focused on going after Bridget so she completely ignored the fact that she was being chased. Bridget suddenly halted behind a couple of trees as she tried to catch her breath. She looked up when she heard Quinn's footsteps.
"Bridget," Quinn panted as she hugged her friend, "are you okay?"
Bridget only nodded her head. She put her hand in the middle of her chest as her bosom heaved up and down, allowing the cold oxygen to fill her lungs.
"We have to stick together now," Quinn told her, "I know where Fleur is but she didn't look so good."
Bridget made a confused face mixed with sympathy.
"That guy Michael has beaten the life out of her," Quinn told her, "and she is too weak to even escape with me. She could barely stand up! That's why we have to beat these guys, save Fleur, and go back to the team. Do you know that Croc King is behind all of this?"
Bridget's jaw dropped when Quinn mentioned that name. She raised her arms in the air to show 'how.'
"I don't know," Quinn shook her head, "I made that prison specifically for him. It was supposed to work," her eyes opened wide, "oh no!" she groaned, "I forgot that he has the ability to dig through walls! Stupid, stupid, stupid. I can't that Tech has me as a girlfriend. I am seriously stupid!"
"Uh-uh," Bridget grunted as she shook her head at the wolf. She suddenly looked behind Quinn and when she was about to warn her, Gorlop's hand reached down and grabbed both of them.
"Ahh!" Quinn yelled. She looked up and her eyes met with Gorlop's giant ones. She struggled to get out of his grip but he of course had a tight grip on the both of them. She bared her teeth at Gorlop and bit down on his furry orange hand. Like Bridget's, her bite was more like a ticklish pinch.
Michael and Sam finally met up with Gorlop. Gorlop turned around and showed the victims to them. "Great," Michael sneered at the two girls, "we'll take them back to the cabin. If they try to escape..." he paused and slammed his fist against his hand as a warning.
"And I'll bite it off if you do," Quinn warned.
Michael grabbed her muzzle and pulled it towards him. "You do that and I'll make you watch that best friends of yours getting beaten up by me until there is no sense of movement within her," he said as he scrunched his eyes at her.
Quinn shook her head to free herself from his grip. When she was free, she growled at him.
"Save your growling Wolfie," Michael said, "because it's not working. Of course, my ancestors hunted wolves and I won't feel any sympathy if I skinned you, but no, that's for Croc King to do." He watched her as she ceased her growling. "Let's go," Michael said to Gorlop and Sam as they followed him to the cabin.
Meanwhile, the Loonatics were walking to the forest where Fleur said she was. Right now, the teammates were passing by an alley.
Hunter's eyes kept blinking a red color. This was his sense of warning to Michael that they were being followed by the Loonatics. Andrea peeked over and saw that Hunter's eyes were acting oddly. "What in the Sam heck is up with you?" she asked him.
The red color dimmed down as Hunter turned his head and looked at her. "Nothin'," he shrugged.
"At least talk to me," Andrea said, "you have ignored me for hours. Is something I have done or said?"
Hunter's head suddenly turned to Michelle. His eyes brightened when he saw the female roadrunner. This was an sign that someone was in pursuit of Michelle. However the Loonatics, except for Ace, had no suspicion that Hunter was actually a robot.
Andrea's feature softened when she saw Hunter staring at Michelle. She turned her back on him and walked away. Lexi noticed the hurt look on Andrea's face. "Andrea," she walked up to her and put a hand on her shoulder, "are you okay?"
"Lexi help me," Andrea swiftly turned around and looked at her, "how do you an' Ace have such a healthy relationship? Hunter has been ignoring me."
Lexi peeked over at Hunter. Now she glared at him. No one should act that way with her friend. "I don't know what I have said and done," Lexi turned her attention back to her when she spoke, "what should I do?"
"You have done nothing," Lexi assured her as she pulled her into a hug, "if he's too stupid to realize that, then he is a bad boyfriend. Do you want me to give him a piece of my mind?" she asked with a mischievous look and smile on her face.
Andrea's nose twitched. "No, that's fine," she answered, "if he acts this way, then I will act the way he's actin' too."
"You show him girl," Lexi said to her, "you deserve someone who loves you."
Andrea slowly smiled at her friend. "Thanks Lax, you too."
As the two bunnies joined their group, Lexi's eyes widened as her ears picked up a soft sound that was approaching them. "Come back with my sombrero!" a high-pitched male voice with a Mexican accent yelling at somebody. Lexi turned her head and saw a small black and white kitten with green eyes appearing from the darkness of the alley. "Aww, it's a kitty," Lexi said as she bent down and scooped the kitten in her arms.
The kitten began purring as it rubbed its head against Lexi's cheek. Lexi giggled at the softness and the sense of warmth that the kitten gave her.
"What-a-cutie!" Michelle gushed as she zipped over to the kitten and patted the kitten's head. "What's-this?" she asked as she took a small object from the kitten's mouth. It looked like a large yellow hat.
"Uh, excuse me, señorita road runner?" Michelle looked to the left, the right, and then to the ground where she saw a mouse that was wearing white clothes a blue handkerchief and had a thin moustache. "Can you give me my sombrero por favor?"
"Oh-hey-its-a-little-mouse," Michelle said as she reached her arm to the mouse to give him his hat.
"Gracias señorita," the mouse thanked her as he put his hat on his head.
Ace looked at the mouse. A Mexican accent? A mouse? The fastest mouse? Wait a minute. "Are you by any chance related to Speedy Gonzales?" he asked the mouse.
"Yes I am and I'm proud of it," the mouse said. He took off his hat and bowed at the team, "I am Swifty Gonzales. The fastest mouse and only mouse of Planet Harman and of Mexico after my ancestor's time."
"That's great," Ace said as he gave the small mouse a nod.
"And-I-am-the-quickest-road-runner-in-all-of-Planet-Harman," Michelle said as she smiled at the mouse.
"And maybe we can race together to see who is the fastest," Swifty told her.
"We'll-see-but-right-now-we-are-busy," she told him.
"Doing what?" Swifty asked.
"We have lost three of your teammates and we are tryin' to find 'em. We know where they are so we're headin' over there now," Andrea told him.
"Maybe I can help you guys," Swifty said.
"Welcome aboard," Lexi said, "we need all the help we can get." Her eyes looked down at the kitten and saw a blue-collar wrapped around her neck. She turned the kitten over and saw the small golden plate that was dangling from the collar. "Kitty," she read the name that was engraved on the gold plate. "Are you lost little guy?" she cooed at the kitten.
Ace couldn't contain his smile when he saw Lexi holding that little kitten. I must be de luckiest guy in de world he thought. He was glad to have Lexi as his girlfriend.
"Hmmm," Miranda suddenly let out a soft voice as she heard his inner thoughts, "very cute bunny."
Ace only shrugged at her. Its wasn't a secret anymore. Whatever he thought though he did admit that Lexi looked extra cute when she cuddling with that little kitten.
Lexi's ears perked up once more when she heard a low growl. A big, tan bulldog crept out of the shadows of the alley and growled at Lexi.
"Lexi look out!" Ace yelled looking at the enraged dog. He had the urge to drag Lexi away from the dog but he knew that it was better to stay still when there was a dog around. One move and the dog would bite.
The kitten wriggled out of Lexi's arms and walked over to the dog. The Loonatics feared that the dog would open his mouth and gobble the kitten. When he kitten rubbed her head against the dog's leg, the dog's dangerous features softened.
"Well ain't that sweet," Andrea commented.
The dog picked up the kitten and hugged her. Ace squinted at the dog's green color and read his name. The dog's name was Caesar. He thought out the picture of his friend's ancestor's that was hanging in his room back in Acmetropolis. He remembered that there was a kitten and a dog in there. The kitten in the picture had blue eyes and a sweet, cute feature. This little kitten had the same cute features but she had green devil-ish eyes. He wondered if this cat was by any chance related to its ancestor Pussyfoot. The dog looked exactly like the dog in the picture, so he was probably Marc Anthony's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great son.
"Are they lost?" Tech's voice distracted Ace from his thoughts.
The dog heard Tech's question and shook his head. He raised his arms in the air and flung them to the side.
"You were kicked out?" Tech asked again and the dog nodded his head.
"You poor things," Lexi said as she scratched behind the dog's ear.
"Who in the world would throw their pets out of the house anyway?" Miranda asked.
"Probably-some-idiot-who-was-irresposible-and-doesn't-deserve-to-have-pets," Michelle said as she picked up Kitty and cuddled her in her arms.
"Oh you have no idea what had happened to them," Swifty spoke up as the Loonatics looked down at him, "this awful person had a fight with his girlfriend a long time ago and he decided to get pets to keep him company. However, things didn't work so well. They suffered through animal abuse and eventually the kitten and the dog escaped from the apartment when he left the door open."
Lexi gasped when he said that. "Do you know who this person was?"
"If I remember correctly, he had blue eyes and blond hair," Swifty told them.
"Do we know anyone with blond hair and blue eyes?" Miranda asked the team.
"Its Michael you idiot!" Andrea said to her.
Duck took a deep breath and raised his index finger in the air. "Don't start that again," he said to her for he was getting tired of the rabbit and the duck cat figthing all the time.
"So not only deed he abuse my lover but also ze animals," Pierre said.
"Wait, that girl with the black hair that always wears a black and white outfit is your lover?" Swifty asked him. "You're lucky man, she is so pretty. Or should I say that she is lucky to have you. You don't abuse her do you?"
"HA!" Andrea laughed, "if he did I would kick his butt! But no, this guy is thirsty for love."
Pierre looked at her. "Merci for ze threat," he sarcastically said as Andrea gave him a glare.
"Well that's good. The lady hasn't had so much luck with love," Swifty said.
"And-how-do-you-know-all-this?" Rev asked Swifty.
"I'm a mouse. We hide everywhere, hear everything, smell everything, and see everything," he told him, "that's one good advantage at being a mouse."
Lexi suddenly looked at the kitten in Michelle's arms. "Well what can we do with Kitty and Caesar? We can't just leave them out in the snow."
"Maybe-we-can-hold-on-to-them-for-the-time-being-the-dog-can-help-us-find-Quinn-Bridget-and-Fleur," Michelle said.
"Good plan," Ace said, "I hope he has a strong sense of smell like Quinn does," he said as he looked down at Caesar. "Can ya sniff yer way to de cabin dats in de forest."
Caesar nodded his head and sniffed the sidewalk. He picked up a strong stench that belonged to Gorlop. He barked at the them to follow him and that's just what they did.