"The old Trojan horse ploy!" Ace announced. "Good idea, guys."
"I'll stay behind with Tech." Jenny said.
"Are you sure?" Akito asked.
"Yes." Jenny nodded.
"Okay, stay safe." Akito smiled and went off with the others in the horse ship.
"I will." Jenny nodded.
The others then went off as Jenny, Simon, and Tech stayed behind.
"It's a little crowded." Duck complained.
Inside the Martian Ship, Melvins' robot dog sidekick saw the horse and dangled its tongue out with his tail wagging in excitement. He then summoned a robot arm to reach out and grab the horse. Of course not being very intelligent, the robot dog had trouble getting the horse inside. After about six painful tries, the mechanical horse was finally inside the base.
"I can taste my spine..." Felicity winced.
"We're inside." Akito said.
The damage was so bad that Duck's beak ended up on Slam's face.
"I believe that belongs to me!" Duck swiped his beak and placed it back on his face.
"Let's get out and rescue Lexi and Estelle." Akito said.
Meanwhile, speaking of the girls...
Lexi was now playing Celestial Checkers with Melvin while Estelle watched and waited for her turn. It was very, very, very different from the checkers that Estelle knew. Melvin and Lexi were on rocket scooters and they had to move their pieces like they were on the game board themselves.
"Cool." Estelle smiled.
"I'll have you know, I never lose at this game, girls." Melvin sounded smug.
"Oh, yeah?" Lexi challenged. "I'm gonna beat that tutu off of you!"
"Go, Lexi, go, Lexi, goooooo, Lexi!" Estelle cheered.
Melvin was in the lead so far. "Ooh, I love this game!" he cheered for himself. "Rabbit, cheer for the Celestial Checkers Master!"
"Hey!" Lexi frowned, feeling cheated. "You can't move like that!"
"I think in this game, both players can move like that." Estelle said.
Melvin then used his scooter against Lexi's and made it disappear.
Lexi yelled out and landed flat on her behind. "Estelle, I dunno about you, but I feel this is gonna get old real fast."
"Believe me, I have the exact same feeling." Estelle said.
The horse hatch opened up and the Loonatics walked down the stairwell that came with it so they could get Lexi and Estelle back.
'What are they doing here?' Lexi thought to herself.
Melvin flew to the computer.
"Uh, Melvin, how about you play me?" Estelle asked once she also saw the others.
"Hmm, it would be interesting to see how well you'd do against me." Melvin said before accepting her challenge.
Estelle smirked, she also knew this would buy the others some time.
"Well then, let us begin." Melvin said.
"Where to start lookin'," Ace wondered once he took a look around. "This bucket of bolts is huge!"
"I'll say." Akito agreed.
'Akito, use your heart, it will lead you to your sister and your female rabbit friend.' A voice said.
"Huh?" Akito looked around, he did not recognize the voice at first. He looked around as the others concentrated on where to find the girls.
Rev was getting worried about the girls and thought maybe they were imprisoned. Akito clamped his hands over his ears and shut his eyes, trying to think.
'I don't know who that was, but I'll take his word for it.' Akito thought to himself before letting his heart tell him where Estelle might be or even try to contact her through the heart.
"All right, here's the plan-" Ace was about to say.
"I know where to find my sister." Akito verbally said.
The others looked to him in confusion and curiosity.
"But first, let's hear Ace's plan." Akito said.
"Um... Right..." Ace agreed. "Anyway, Duck and I will look for Lex, Slam, you cover us and try not to eat anything."
But I haven't had anything to eat." Slam defended.
Ace gave him a look.
"Okay, okay..." Slam gave in.
"Rev, find the ship's security." Ace then commanded.
"I'm already on it!" Rev then zipped away.
"Kids, you find Estelle." Ace then told the human kids.
"Estelle must be with Lexi." Felicity said.
"Let's start looking for Lexi and Estelle." Akito said.
Felicity sneezed for a moment and wiped her nose with her sleeve, sniffling, but followed Akito.
'I hope that they're okay.' Ace and Akito thought to themselves at the same time.
Felicity followed Akito. "I hope your sister is okay."
"Same here." Akito said.
Felicity sneezed again. "I have this weird scent in my nostrils... I cannot explain it..."
"I think you might have a cold." Akito said.
"I am not sure..." Felicity sniffled. "It is like cherry soda with vinegar..."
Akito gave a look of disgust.
"Like I was saying, I cannot explain it." Felicity said.
"Anyways, let's keep going." Akito said.
"Hmm..." Felicity pondered the mysterious scent that invaded her nasal cavity.
They continued on to look for Estelle and Lexi. Duck and Ace eventually ran into them and they ended up looking in the exact same spot.
Melvin was playing the game now with Estelle while Lexi sat this one out and where it seemed like Estelle was doing better than Lexi did on her turn.
"Not bad for a mere, not as superior intellect for a human creature..." Melvin commented after Estelle took her turn in the game.
"Gee, thanks." Estelle replied sarcastically.
The four stayed hidden, but they ducked down once Ace's communicator was going off.
"What's up, Tech?" Ace asked.
"The martains double-crossed us," Tech reported. "The mother ships are back!"
"Yeah, but what's odd is how they're shrinking the buildings." Jenny said.
"How odd is it?" Akito asked.
"It kinda looks like a checkerboard." Jenny explained.
"I wonder..." Akito said, looking at the board.
Estelle zapped one of Melvin's pieces, shrinking it instantly.
"You guys might wanna cover Quadrant-Eight." Akito suggested.
"Um, okay, if you say so." Jenny said.
Tech and Simon got to the keyboard, following Akito's orders. And where it worked as buildings were now being blocked from being shrunk. The zap came to an incoming building, but it was blocked.
"Hey, it worked!" Tech was impressed and happy that it did.
"Wahoo!" Jenny cheered.
Ace gave another command and the geniuses worked at the computer to make it possible.
"That's incredible, guys," Tech smiled. "How did you know?"
"Let's just say space shrimp doesn't exactly play by the rules." Ace said as Melvin shrunk more pieces with Estelle.
"Yeah, but it looks like that sister of your is kicking his butt, Akito." Duck complimented.
"That's my Sis." Akito smiled proudly.
And where it was true Estelle truly was beating Melvin and at his own game too.
"Isn't there some other game you wanna play?" Estelle groaned slightly, she enjoyed the game, but she was getting a little tired of the repetitive futuristic game that would be invented perhaps centuries after her life.
"No." Melvin said.
Estelle rolled her eyes and just kept going with it. Sergeant Sirius came up to his martian master with his tail blinking.
"Someone brought me a gift?" Melvin asked his robot canine. "Oh, goody! I usually don't receive gifts this season." he then looked to the screen to see the Trojan horse.
Sirius beeped and bopped, making a slip of paper come from his mouth.
"There's a note?" Melvin asked, taking the paper to read it.
'Good, their plan is working.' Estelle thought to herself.
Melvin read aloud the note. "'Please accept this gift as our apologies, your friends and rotten enemies, The Loonatics." he then giggled. "How nice..."
Lexi looked concerned for a moment. Sirius beeped to his alien master.
"Yes, I bet it's one of those puzzle games you take apart and can never put back together." Melvin said to him. "Oh, I love puzzle games! Come along, Sirius." he then left with his robot dog so they could observe the Trojan horse up close, leaving Lexi and Estelle alone.
"Okay, they're gone, you guys can come out now." Estelle said once the alien and his robot dog were gone.
Duck teleported right behind the two girls. "Surprise!"
Lexi and Estelle turned to see Duck, Akito, Ace, and Felicity.
"I organized a rescue mission to save you." Duck smiled to Lexi and Estelle.
"Yeah, I don't believe that for a second." Estelle glared at Duck.
"Was that before or after you blamed us for a mistake?" Lexi added.
"Uhh...?" Duck smiled nervously.
"Super Hearing, remember?" Lexi gestured to her ears.
"You ought to have a warrant for those things." Duck folded his arms.
Felicity sneezed again.
"Will you stop with the sneezing already!?" Akito looked at her.
"I cannot help it, that scent is stronger now..." Felicity sniffled.
"Really? Well, then maybe your nose is detecting something." Duck guessed mockingly.
"But what?" Felicity sniffled.
"Look, guys, we appreciate you coming, but we can't leave," Lexi spoke up. "We need to stay here to save Acmetropolis."
"But the punk's already broke that deal," Ace explained. "He's turning the town into a checkerboard. Every time one of you makes a move, a part of Acmetropolis is zapped to be shrunk down to the ground."
"Yeah, he double-crossed us." Akito said.
"You mean we've been screwing up on accident again!?" Estelle groaned.
"Old habits are hard." Duck commented, he should know that better than anybody...
"Not helping!" Akito glared.
Felicity began to use her nose as a detector to see what was making her sneeze.
Meanwhile, Rev got Tech, Jenny, and Simon on screen.
"Guys, I saw the protector is secure," Rev informed. "What do I do now?"
"Tech?" Jenny asked the coyote.
"Locate the primary energy processor and photo phasers back to HQ," Tech instructed before signing off the ship computer with the roadrunner. "If we can recharge the reconstructor, we might be able to save Acmetropolis."
Simon nodded, agreeing with the coyote. Rev zipped and went right to work to help Tech, Jenny, and Simon.
"Guys, we got a problem," Lexi looked out one window up above. "Look!"
Slam was by the Trojan horse and trying to tell them something.
"Oh, no." Akito said with widened eyes.
"The booster rocket must've been damaged when we were brought aboard." Ace suggested. "We'll never get lift off!"
"Why don't we use one of Melvin's shuttles?" Estelle suggested, pointing over to them in the near corner.
"That's genius." Akito smiled.
Rev zipped right over and went onto one of his long rambling stories, but Ace cut it short so they would have tim to get away before Melvin or Sirius would spot them.
"Let's get going." Estelle said.
With that, they all ran off to make it to the shuttles and get back home. Melvin and Sirius found out they were escaping, so the alarm was sounded.
"I have a feeling that's not the welcoming party." Ace deadpanned.
"I agree with you there." Akito added.
There were laser blasts coming right at them, but luckily, they were all trained and able to dodge them without getting blasted.
"Oh, sure, why not?" Estelle scoffed.
"You bring your sword, Akito?" Ace asked once he got his out.
"I sure did." Akito said, bringing out his sword.
Ace and Akito then used their sword blades to dodge laser blasts that were coming right at them. They even used the blades from their swords to deflect the lasers back at the laser blasters. Duck yelped in pain as he tried to avoid the laser blasts, as usual, he wasn't as lucky as the others. Ace managed to blast one blaster with its own laser and Akito did the same, making both blasters defective now.
"Well, that was easy." Akito said.
"Look out, Akito!" Ace called as he did more.
Akito saw more lasers coming for him and he deflected the blasts and defected them all. "HA! Try and get me now!"
Ace and Akito then put their swords away and were on their way out.
"Oh, you both make me so angry..." Melvin had found them and narrowed his eyes at the boy and the male bunny.
"What's up, Darth?" Akito asked the alien.
Ace chuckled to that.
"I have something for you..." Melvin said as he was hovering in the air from his shoes and took his hands from behind his back and took out an intergalactic device. "Now take it!"
"Oh, no, we won't!" Ace shoved it back.
"Oh, yes, you will!" Melvin threw it back, trying to get away.
"Oh, no we won't!"
"Oh, yes, you will!"
"Yes, we will!" Akito told the alien.
Ace smirked.
"Oh, no, you won't!" Melvin tried to take his device back this time.
"Oh, yes, we will!" Akito smirked, taking it right out of his hand.
"Oh, no, you won't!" Melvin grabbed it out of his hand and clutched it, sending them both a glare.
"Okay, okay, it's all yours." Akito smirked.
"You win," Ace backed up with Akito away from the martian. "You always win."
"I guess I showed them," Melvin glared to them as they left, feeling victorious. "They'll think twice before they ever-" he then started to shake his weapon and seemed to slowly realize what just happened. "Hmm... That's not right..." he then saw it was counting down. "Oh, dear..."
KABOOM!
"Works every time." Akito smirked.
The explosion was so huge that it knocked Melvin's helmet clean off.
"Come on, guys, we gotta get goin' while it's still flowin'." Ace told the others.
They all boarded the shuttle and escaped Melvin's ship to get back to Acmetropolis with Lexi and Estelle.
"Yes, we got away!" Felicity cheered.
Simon checked coordinates for the others to make sure it was safe. After all, his big sister would be in peril if it wasn't.
"Is it safe?" Jenny asked.
Simon gave a thumb's up.
"Perfect," Tech added to that. "It should be no problem restoring Acmetropolis back to normal."
The shuttle was now headed back home, while the others were coming back, Tech, Simon, and Jenny then put Acmetropolis back to normal size.
"Nothing can go wrong now." Jenny smiled.
The martian shuttle left Melvin's home and they were now on their way back into the tower.
"Earth, here we come!" Felicity smiled.
"Acmetropolis!" the Loonatics corrected.
"Whatever..." Felicity rolled her eyes.