Loonatics: United

Episode 52: Early Action

Darkness surrounded him, silence was present, his fists were clenched and ready to strike, his ears twitched with the slightest noise, Ace Bunny waited for the enemy's response, which came as a sudden, rapid burst of lasers that exited from the drones' barrels, with a gasp he jumped and dodged several blasts then crouched and prevented himself to get hit on the head or his ears, he then fully laid down over his back, seeing the lasers passing in front of his eyes, he managed to spot the drones' dim, red lights, so he stood up and ran towards one of them, evading its continuous shooting, he jumped at it and held from its bottom, controlling it with his own weight, the hostile machine moved violently at every side to get Ace off itself, but he held tightly and brought the drone towards the others, letting it go and landing safely over one knee and with a hand placed on the dark glass of the floor, he looked upwards to see how his strategy had turned out, just in time to see the several explosions that the drones' collisions had provoked. The remains of the explosion started to pixelate and then vanished. The lights of the simulation room went on, revealing the black walls and the several projection systems it had all over the inside.

Ace smirked at the results of his test, breathing in and out with tiredness. He fully got into his feet and walked towards the automatic door that opened before him, exiting from the zone. He entered the general area of the HQ's training room, where Lexi was punching and kicking a punch bag that hung over a red mat, in an area designated for hand to hand combat, divided with thin glass walls. Ace walked towards the area and cautiously approached the punching bag, Lexi hadn't see him, so right when she punched the bag, he held it with both hands.

Lexi raised an eyebrow. "What?" She said softly and poked her head a bit, sighing when seeing her boyfriend smiling at her.

"Good morning." Ace let go the bag and kissed her.

Lexi chuckled. "It was good till' you showed up, you know?" She walked away a bit from him and stretched her arms. "I thought I needed some, uhm, activity to start my day."

"Then we think exactly the same." Ace approached her and hugged her, balancing a bit to annoy her. "Maybe you read my mind…" He kissed her cheek. "…with those ears of yours."

Lexi laughed. "I can't do that." He returned him the gesture. "But it would be very useful."

Ace chuckled. "And? How was your training, then?"

Lexi nodded. "Good, in general." She yawned and freed herself from Ace's hold. "I just need to learn more movements."

"Oh, skill updates? I like it." Ace said.

Lexi rolled up her eyes and let out a little chuckle. "You sound just like Tech." She began to walk towards the room's exit, followed by him. "And, how was yours?"

"Fine." Ace answered. "If one day we are attacked by flying, destructive robots, I'll be ready."

"They're not robots, their sophis…" Lexi was imitating Tech.

"…sophisticated aerodynamic machines." Ace finished the phrase along with her, both of them laughing after so. "The funny thing is that they aren't real."

The room's automatic door opened and let them exit the place. They walked by the lounge and saw Duck laying over the couch, watching TV and drinking from a one liter soda bottle. "Hi, Duck." Lexi said.

"What's up?" Duck replied. "Are you making breakfast?"

"Yeah, you want some?" Lexi inquired.

"I think the answer is in the question, girl." Duck replied, maintaining his attention on the TV.

Lexi shook her head, chuckling and rolling up her eyes. "Alright." She looked at him once again. "The magic word?"

"What are you talking ab..?" Duck sighed and looked at her with a subtle frown. "Please…"

"Enough." Lexi smirked at him and walked towards the kitchen along with Ace.

The two bunnies entered the kitchen, Lexi started to take out the kitchenware she needed from the drawers. "You know, you should look on the fridge first, to see if we actually got something." Ace said when sitting over the table.

Lexi sighed. "You're right." She approached the fridge and opened it, reaching for a drawer where they usually kept the cold meats. She lowered her head when only finding an empty package of sausages. She poked her head out of the fridge and looked over her shoulder. "Duck! You ate all of the sausages!"

"Don't blame me! I need protein!" Duck exclaimed from the lounge.

Lexi sighed, her ears briefly went down. "Okay. I'll order pizza." She closed the fridge's door and pressed her comm, activating the phone call function, dialing the restaurant's number.

"Pizza breakfast? I'm in." Ace hopped down from the table.

Lexi chuckled. "You got away from my cooking this time." She said while waiting for an answer.

"It's a shame." Ace approached her. "I like to see you cooking."

Lexi smirked. "Whatever." The call was finally answered.

"Gonzalez and Bros. What's your order?" A male voice said from the other side of the line.

"Oh, hi, it's Lexi Bunny. Just as always, uhm, seven orders o…" Lexi walked away from him to instruct the guy.

Slam entered the kitchen with his tornado, peeking at every corner, then he stood still and looked at Ace, growling at him, asking if there was still pizza left.

Ace laughed. "Don't fear, big guy. It´s on its way."

Slam punched the palm of his hand, stating he was ready for it.

Tech walked into the kitchen, yawning and approaching the bar at the bottom. "Just say that word and he'll be as awake as a shark." He took a coffee pill from the small black container and then grabbed his mug from the cupboard over the bar, dropping the pill on it. The coffee filled the mug entirely, steamy and ready to drink.

"Hey, Doc." Ace approached him. "I've just tested the game you put on the training room, it's pretty cool."

Tech took a sip from his coffee. "It's not a game, boss."

"Well it's fun, so…" Ace looked at Tech jokingly.

Tech sighed. "I won't object that." He took another sip. "I designed it, so…"

Rev was suddenly among them, having left his classic red trace behind him. "Well don't you forget I helped with the coding and the building and some of the modeling and the light physics were actually my id…"

Tech growled. "Okay, Rev." He walked towards the door that led to the lounge. "You helped a bit, I admit it." He exited the kitchen.

Lexi turned off her comm. "Five minutes or it's fr…" Her ears twitched and her eyes widened when hearing the doorbell, which sounded like a synthesizer. "Wow, that was fast." She exited the kitchen to get the delivery.

"Ah, so many memories." Rev said.

Lexi was taken to the low level by the elevator, she exited from it and walked through a brief corridor. The automatic principal door opened before her. A brown furred mouse with short black hair was standing on the first stair of the staircase, carrying the seven boxes of pizza. He was wearing a blue T-shirt and a pair of black jeans, along with white running shoes.

"That would b…" The mouse poked his head to see the client better, his eyes widened when finding out she was no other than Lexi Bunny. "Oh, uhm…" He let out a nervous laugh. "Hi, uhm…"

Lexi chuckled. "Fifty, right?" She knew he needed some help.

"Yes, fifty." The mouse was still amazed as it was the first time he was standing before someone considered famous.

"You got terminal?" Lexi asked, getting no response from the mouse, who was about the height of Duck. "Hey." She snapped her fingers in front of him.

The mouse shook his head slightly then blinked a couple of times. "Oh, sure." He carefully lowered the boxes on the floor and took out a gray device from one of his pockets. Lexi passed her comm over the device, which made a beeping sound and the green lights at its sides went on. "Alright…" The mouse set up the price and the payment was done. "Enjoy your pizza." He smirked at her shyly.

Lexi returned him the gesture. "Thank you very much." She crouched and carried the boxes. "You were pretty fast, you know?" She chuckled. "And I got a friend with super-speed."

The mouse chuckled and scratched his nape, looking away. "Well, uncle Ray says I was born for this…" He said. "I don't know."

Lexi noticed there was no vehicle on the street nor the sidewalk. "Uhm, sorry but, I think someone took your transport."

"Oh, don't worry." The mouse said. "I deliver by foot."

Lexi's eyes widened. "Sorry?"

"Yeah." The mouse said casually.

Lexi raised an eyebrow. "Impressive."

The mouse chuckled, rubbing his arm. "Not so much…"

Lexi sighed. "Well, thank you again, uhm…"

"Oh, it's Randy." The mouse said. "Randy González."

Lexi chuckled in a friendly manner. "Nice to meet you, Randy." She turned and entered the building.