Loonatics: United

Episode 4: Divide and Wait

"Fear, the greatest enemy, I thought I would never face it again, but man, I was dead wrong." Ace thought as he burned the green, scaly body of a reptilian creature with his eyes, making it to turn into ashes, leaving only its golden armor over them, Ace gazed his surroundings which showed a green colored sky and his team fighting against those reptiles along with Hill's small army on the unpopulated, desert region of Acmetropolis.

Tech was flying with his jetpack over the battlefield crushing the creatures with their own armor using his magnetic powers. "How many of them are there?" He said while landing slowly next to general Hill.

Hill didn't stop aiming and shooting at the closer targets with his plasma rifle. "There can't be too much of them left, then the real party will begin."

Duck teleported over the back of a reptile and began to heat his head with an orange, energy sphere concentrated on his hands while the creature was running angry and confused, screaming monstrously. "Wow, aren't you feeling a little, dizzy?" Duck said while the creature collided with other three of his own kind and knocked them down with himself, making Duck to fall and land next to them. "This won't ever get old."

Slam grabbed two of them by one of their legs and started to smash them towards the sandy ground repeatedly while laughing.

Rev ran fast enough from one point to another to punch the ground after jumping slightly in front of several reptiles which made a huge wave of force that hit them hard and made all of them to fall unconscious. "Yeah Tech was absolutely right about this new move I mean I feel like Slam right now using pure brute force to crush my enemies now I get why that makes him so happy."

Lexi was focused on the big aperture from where the reptiles where exiting from. "I can't hear more coming general, maybe these are…" She punched one in the snout right before he could try to attack her. "The last of them."

"I want to say that's good news but…" Hill was interrupted.

"Yeah, we finish them, and the real problem will come out." Lexi said.

Matt was now wearing a black military uniform, he was fighting one creature using his strength, blocking and giving kicks and punches, he couldn't handle him anymore and a sudden kick made him to fall, before the reptile could attack him again, a purple plasma shot came from nowhere and hit the reptile's head. "I won't let you go that easy." A female, young tiger with long, brown hair stood in front of him, she was wearing a full, black bodysuit with a few red, straight lines printed over it.

"Thanks, Anne." Matt stood up and cleaned the dust from his uniform. "I'm just not accustomed to this fighting stuff you know."

"Excuses." Anne put her gun on his chest, and he took it, then she walked away from him.

"You are pretty tough to be a historian." Matt followed her.

"And you are very weak to be a soldier." Anne replied.

"Hey! You know I'm actually a scientist." Matt said.

"A scientist with super strength." Anne argued.

Matt sighed. "In my defense, I still need training."

"Who is training you?" Anne asked.

Matt chuckled. "At the moment, well, I've always been…"

Anne turned around to look at him. "I can teach you some moves."

"Oh, would you do that for me?" Matt asked.

"Whatever for a member of the team." Anne extended her hand.

Matt nodded and they both shook hands. "Thanks."

Anne smiled. "See you outside of my tent."

After the battle had ended, the Loonatics met with Hill and his army at a little camp they had mounted with technologically advanced tents that Tech invented for the occasion, they reunited at the camp's center where a big led light served as illumination. "Those things are finished, what's next?" Ace asked.

"We just wait until the big one comes out from that hole." Hill answered. "Today we fought with courage and determination, all of us, we deserve a rest before the real battle begins." Hill headed to his tent.

"Where's Jack?" Tech asked before a black colored hijacker worm jumped over him like a dog. "Oh here you are bud! Who did a good job scanning the area? You did!" He began to pet it.

"I still don't know how he managed to convince you to keep it." Duck told Ace.

Ace shook his head. "Neither do I, Duck, neither do I."

"I can't wait to fight that giant, lizard monster." Lexi said while practicing a move with her fists.

"If that new historian girl is right we technically don't know what exactly is this thing it could be a monster, a figurative thing or a world's end prophecy that is supposed to happen who knows when." Rev added.

"Yeah and proof of that are the lizard guys that we battled about half an hour ago, who came from a big hole on the ground." Lexi replied.

"It's a…valid argument, well good night." Rev said before leaving quickly.

"If someone needs me, I'll be in my tent." Ace said and began to walk towards his tent, he put his hand on a recognition pad on the tent's door, a green light illuminated the tent for a millisecond and the doors opened, then he went inside and the doors closed behind him. The tent was sky blue from both the outside and the inside, with two lamps at the sides of an inflatable bed and a small cubic desk below each one of the lamps. Ace laid down on the bed and exhaled. "I really need a rest right now." He closed his eyes for a brief moment, then someone knocked the tent's door. "Who is it?"

"It's me." Lexi said from the outside.

Ace stood up and opened the doors for Lexi, then she came in and the doors closed automatically again. They sat on the edge of the bed. "Why this wonderful visit?" Ace said.

Lexi put her arm over his shoulders. "You look troubled, tell me."

Ace sighed. "Sometimes I wish we could have normal lives, you know, office jobs, a small apartment to return and talk about a rough day while having dinner and finally, forget everything and go to rest, then repeat."

Lexi nodded. "You wish we have never been affected by that meteor."

Ace shook his head lightly. "I know, it's stupid."

"It´s not stupid, Ace, who wouldn't want that in our position, we are about to, probably, fight a giant monster whose mission is to wipe out everything up here." Lexi said.

Ace chuckled. "Yeah, maybe I'm still feeling bad about the collapse."

"You described a nice, simple life a moment ago; my question is, who were you telling your rough day in that supposition?" Lexi asked.

Ace looked at her. "You already know that answer." Ace placed his hands on her face and gave her a kiss. "I can't do this, nor anything without you."

Lexi kissed him back. "You must know that I will be there for you every time you have a rough day, every time you feel lost, every time you need someone."

Ace hugged her strongly. "Thanks."

"Come on! I knew you weren't a fighter, but this is embarrassing." Anne said while holding Matt's head on the ground.

"I know, I'm trash now let me go." Matt begged, then Anne stood up, freeing Matt.

"Okay, we need to work on your concentration, condition, your kicks and punches, resistance, willpower, well, everything." Anne stated.

"Ridiculous, I have super strength and you don't, yet you can beat me." Matt said before standing up and putting his glasses back on.

Anne chuckled. "Not everything is in here." She said as she squeezed his arm. "This is what matters." She put her index finger on his forehead.

"I'm pretty smart in case you didn't know!" Matt exclaimed.

Anne shook her head jokingly. "It's not about intelligence, it's about focus, peace and concentration."

Matt rolled his eyes. "Whatever." He began to walk away from her.

"So? Tomorrow?" Anne asked.

"It's not like if I have other option." Matt said and finally left.

"Right." Anne said to herself.