Loonatics: United

Episode 2: Trust

Tech was on the HQ's hangar; he had already prepared the jet, so they could go on the mission. "You always amaze me, honey." He said to his invention.

"Who are you talking to?" Duck asked as he walked towards him.

"Well to my jet, of course." Tech answered. "Just tell me isn't amazing."

Duck sighed. "You need to go out more." He entered the jet.

"Is everything ready?" Ace asked as he arrived alongside the rest of the team.

"Yeah, she is ready." Tech answered and got in the pilot seat.

"Uhm, she?" Rev asked Lexi before getting inside the aircraft.

Lexi shook her head. "He needs to go out more." She said as she put the belt of her seat on.

The jet left the tower quickly and landed near the baseball stadium in less than a minute. After Tech shut down all of the jet's systems he and the rest of the team got off the aircraft and headed towards the stadium. "Okay, don't worry team, everything is going to be alright." Ace said nervously as he walked.

"Uhm, we are not worried, are you?" Duck asked. "Is our great leader scared?"

"Duck." Lexi said in a tone of warning, then she got next to Ace and took his hand. "I'm glad you decided to come with us."

Ace nodded. "I can't hide forever, and I feel safe at your side." They kept walking until they approached a big metallic door blocking the entrance to the stadium. "Slam, can you do the honors?" Ace said.

Slam clenched his fists and growled with satisfaction as he prepared to punch the door, then he was suddenly attacked by a hijacker, which attached to his face, making him to growl with pain.

"Worms!" Rev said as more hijackers came out from nowhere and began to attack the team, he smashed some of them using his speed.

Tech shot at a pair of worms with his special device, making them to shut down. "I haven't seen this much of them since the collapse!" He lifted up three of them with his powers and threw them towards a pillar from the stadium, destroying them into pieces.

Ace kicked a worm while destroying more with his laser vision. "This is odd! Why are so much of them here?"

Lexi focused on her advanced hearing ability. "I can hear more inside of the stadium." She turned around just in time to grab a worm before it could hit her and smashed it to the ground strongly.

"Too slow!" Duck said before teleporting behind a group of worms and throwing power spheres at them.

Slam was still dealing with the worm that had attached to his face, he ran towards the big door instinctively and began to smash his head against it repeatedly until the worm got destroyed and the door fell down. Slam smiled, then he fainted.

"Uhm, guys." Tech pointed at the immense group of worms that was in front of them inside of the stadium, then they all shut down suddenly.

Slam had recovered from his faint, he stood up rubbing his forehead and complaining.

"So, problem solved, I'll see you at the HQ." Duck said and tried to leave, but Lexi stopped him.

The wolf that Rev had seen previously exited from the stadium passing by the worms and then stood in front of the Loonatics. "I didn't know we had visits today, oh my, you are the Loonatics! The team that was supposed to protect Acmetropolis from the forces of evil!" He walked towards Ace and extended his hand. "It's an honor, general Hill, at your service."

"I've never heard about you." Ace said, ignoring the wolf's gesture.

Hill chuckled and took his cap off. "Well I have to admit it, I am not actually a general, it's just that, my people began to call me that way and I got used to it, besides, the uniform suits me." He pointed at himself, signaling his black military uniform, with the logo of a red eye printed on the chest.

"I'm confused why aren't the evil worms trying to kill you mister Hill?" Rev said after appearing in front of him all of a sudden.

"They have been repurposed." Hill answered.

"For what?" Lexi asked.

"For the cause." Hill said. "They are just a part of the process."

"Are you aware that they are the reason Acmetropolis got nearly destroyed, genius?" Duck argued.

Hill nodded. "I've changed them to do good, to face a bigger threat that is about to come." He chuckled. "Where are my manners, do you want to take a look inside?"

"How do we know this isn't some kind of trap where you lock us down on laser powered cells to torture us and literally don´t leave any rest of our bodies so nobody can suspect about it?" Rev asked.

"Wow, that was, very descriptive." Hill sighed. "I give you my word, so we can trust each other."

Ace hesitated for a moment, then he nodded. "Okay."

They were inside of the stadium, paying attention to the tour Hill was giving to them. "Our people here is very dedicated as you can see, we got technicians, scientists, even chefs to help the cause, but they've also been trained to become strong soldiers." Hill said, making them to glance at the wolves who were doing the mentioned activities. Tech separated from the group briefly to install a camera on a corner of the building, then he returned to the tour.

"And what exactly is your cause?" Lexi asked.

"Everyone thinks that the worms were the worst threat Acmetropolis would have ever face, but we know something much bigger is coming, something powerful and legendary." Hill answered.

"Is it me or this guy is totally out of his mind?" Duck whispered to Tech.

"I would say fifty fifty." Tech said.

Lexi got closer to the general. "Legendary? I don't understand."

"I've always been a great fan of mythology, legends and that kind of stuff, and I think, no, I know those things are, without doubt, totally real." Hill said.

"Now it's a full one hundred percent." Tech said to Duck.

Hill turned around to face them and crossed his arms. "I hope you liked this little visit to our modest facilities, now I believe we can really trust each other." He extended his hand towards Ace again.

Ace nodded and they shook hands. "Thank you general, just be careful with those worms."

"Got it." Hill smirked. "You know where the exit is."

"Uhm, so what now?" Duck said to Ace on the jet.

"He seems to have everything under control, but don't worry, I believe Tech brought his nano cameras with him." Ace answered.

"Always!" Tech said from the cockpit.

The entire team was sitting in the living room talking about what was happening. "I'm still thinking about what kind of threat he was referring to." Ace said.

"He sounded kind of paranoiac to be honest." Lexi said.

"Hope you brought some popcorn guys." Tech turned on the projector to display the video that was streaming from his nano cameras, it showed the inside of the stadium where general Hill was talking with his soldiers.

"I have ended in good terms with those guys, and for the big one, I've already taken care of that matter." Hill walked away from the soldiers, then Tech turned off the projector.

"I'm so confused, is he evil or not, and what's his matter with Slam?" Duck asked.

"Evil, not evil, it doesn't matter, we must keep an eye on him, anything suspicious and we will go after him, with everything we have." Ace answered.

"Is not using deadly hijacker worms enough reason to go after him?" Rev said.

Ace sighed. "To be honest, Rev, I'm not sure about anything right now." He stood up and headed to his room.

It was night already, everyone had gone to sleep, Slam was in his bedroom doing so, he had gone to bed with his suit on. Suddenly, he opened his eyes and got off his bed unconsciously, then he opened the door of his room and went to the elevator.

Slam exited from the tower and walked automatically towards the baseball stadium for about an hour, general Hill was standing in front of the building. Slam stopped walking right in front of him. "Nice to see you again, big guy, please come in, we have big plans for you." The general extended his hand towards the stadium's entrance.