They all took a brief visit back to the tower and told them what happened. Akito groaned a little and still held his stomach, it felt really hard to ignore now.
"Maybe you should stay here with us?" Felicity suggested due to her cousin's sudden sickness.
"No, no, I'm sure that it's nothing." Akito said.
"As long as you're sure..." Estelle was worried about him now.
"Yes, I'm sure, I'm sure." Akito said.
Simon typed at Tech's computer to give them coordinates on where to find Duck and Slam.
"Your parents must be so proud..." Lexi said to Felicity.
"Papa seems to be, I am not sure about Maman sometimes..." Felicity sighed a little about her mother's well-being about anything. "I have not seen her smile in my whole life."
"I'm sure that she will smile, Felicity." Estelle assured her cousin.
Felicity sighed, hoping Estelle would be right.
Deuce, Ace, Rev, and Akito went off again to go look for Duck and Slam and hopefully bring them back from any harm.
Ophiuchus Sam laughed as he snuck up on them again and shot at them, making their cars crash against each other. "Looks like you reached the end of the line, Floppy Ears!"
"I'm getting really tired of that guy!" Akito frowned.
"You and me both, kid." Ace agreed.
"Prepare for a good old fashioned bushwhacking!" Sam laughed as he tried to shoot at them, when he missed, it left a huge crater in the road. "Come back here!"
They all split up and hid behind the cars to avoid him. Ace and Akito got their swords out and Deuce got out his shield.
"Time to take this guy down." Akito said.
Sam shot, but his fire always bounced off their blades. The blast was stronger though so Ace hid behind one car. Akito followed, groaning a little, but made it next to him. Deuce used his shield the best he could against Sam's blasts, but seemed to be getting weaker by the minute.
"Oh, no, Deuce needs help!" Akito told Ace.
The shield suddenly demateralized from the blasts.
"Guys, your swords!" Deuce called out, holding his hand. "One of you toss me your sword!"
"Lemme handle this, kid." Ace told Akito, he then switched the blade off and tossed it to their new friend.
"Deuce, catch!" Akito called out to their new friend before switching his blade off as well and then tossed it to him.
Deuce took their swords, he put one in his pocket and activated the blade on the other. "Thanks, pal." he smirked to them.
Akito's stomach felt a lot worse now while Ace's ears drooped slightly.
"I can't believe ya fell for it!" Sam laughed at them. "They're even dumber than me!"
"What...?" Akito asked.
"I've been waiting a long time for this." Deuce smiled evilly.
"A long time for what?" Akito asked. "What's going on?"
Ace glared to Deuce and was going to go tackle him down, but then couldn't. Deuce hit a special button on the swords and held both Akito and Ace back by energy blasts. Sam laughed at this, though the wormhole opened up and he was nearly hit by the train.
"The train!" Akito called out.
Deuce seemed to actually smile at Sam's pain and pushed Akito and Ace further back, blocking Akito's special hereditary strength and smacked them against the wall. "Hope there's no hard feelings, but let's see if I care!" he mocked before going after the train with the swords helping him.
"We'll stop you...!" Akito glared before he groaned as he felt the pain in his stomach again.
Duck and Slam came out of the back cart and they jumped down off the train.
"Whoa!" Duck yelled out.
They both crashed into Deuce and were all about to fall down then. Duck and Slam landed on top of Sam while Deuce was able to get away. The train left through the wormhole then.
Duck rushed over to Akito and Ace. "Guys, whatever you do, don't give Deuce your swords," he tried to warn them, but he was unaware he had been too late. "It's a scam! Uhh... By the way, where are your swords?"
Ace and Akito gave him deadpan looks then.
"What do you think? We already gave him our swords!" Akito yelled at Duck before feeling the pain again.
"Thanks, guys!" Deuce laughed as he wore a helmet, had the swords, and rode Sam's robot horse. "Now I have everything I need!" He then blasted off with an evil laugh.
Ace narrowed his eyes, he couldn't believe he trusted that guy.
"Come on, we better tell the others." Duck suggested.
Akito groaned as he held his stomach.
"Akito, what's wrong?" Slam asked out of concern.
"I-I don't know..." Akito answered honestly, he had never experienced anything like this before.
Slam decided to carry him back.
Akito moaned, feeling incredibly sick to his stomach. "I've felt funny ever since we saw Deuce again..."
"Hang on..." Duck said once he saw the now flattened Sam and picked him up. "We better take him into custody too."
"Yeah, we better." Ace agreed.