Loonatics: United

Episode 53: Upshot

The team was reunited in the kitchen, eating the pizza Lexi had ordered. Ace, Lexi and Rev were having theirs at the table while Tech, Duck and Slam were standing among them, enjoying their slices. "I'm impressed, Slam." Tech said after munching the last bit of his slice. "You are already managing your portions, I'm proud of you."

Lexi chuckled. "He is right, big guy. It's the first time we end with a full box of pizza left."

Ace looked at Slam. "New diet, Slam?"

Slam growled while looking at the box that was over the bar, wanting to eat all of the pizza, even if he had already ate three complete boxes. He stated it was nothing, that he was just not that hungry.

Duck raised an eyebrow, looking at him jokingly. "Or…maybe he wants to stay in shape for his girl."

Lexi laughed a bit by Duck's comment. She finished eating her pizza and glared at Slam while cleaning her snout with a napkin. "Is that true, Slam?"

Slam looked at his comrades, not being able to hide the blush on his face.

Ace smirked and let out a subtle chuckle. "That explains it all." He laughed for a bit longer, the rest shared the same laughter.

Susan was about to leave her apartment, ready for work, wearing her lab coat. She gathered some folders and documents from the small table at the living room. Her ear twitched when hearing steps outside of the apartment. She glanced at the door for a moment and then, all of a sudden, the door was destroyed by a green, steamy acid, which reached the wall at the other side, Susan let out a scream of fear and dropped the files, resting against the bar with her hands grasping the edge.

A kick took down what was left of the door, Dan entered the apartment along with his sister. "Ms…" Dan looked at his sister, who mumbled at him. "…Sanders?" He looked back at Susan, raising an eyebrow.

Susan was trembling, glancing at them with fear. "Wh…who are you?"

Dan chuckled. "The important thing here is…" Dan walked towards her and placed his hand on her chin. "Who you are. Susan."

Susan's breathing was almost static. "What do you want?" Her voice was broken.

"Oh, easy." Dan put his hand on her shoulder. "We don't want to hurt you."

Darcy approached them, looking at Susan with a subtle smirk. "We need your help."

Susan still trembled, she delayed a bit to reply. "H…help with what?".

Dan chuckled briefly. "Patience, Susan." He raised his hand and made it glow dimly then covered her mouth all of a sudden, getting behind her, holding her while she struggled. Susan tried to scream the loudest she could, she couldn't get free from Dan's hold and not so long after that she fainted, Darcy held her arms to prevent her from falling. "You know?" Dan crouched a bit and carried Susan then looked at his sister. "I'm getting accustomed to these new tricks." He walked towards the exit followed by Darcy, both of them getting out of the apartment rapidly.

Tech was in the lab, sitting on the chair before the main computer, resting his feet over the console's edge, waiting for a call with his comm near his snout. He raised an eyebrow as the beeping sound of wait was lasting too long, he sighed and deactivated his comm, then stood up. "She must be busy."

Duck, Slam and Rev were watching TV at the lounge, each one laying on a different couch. Tech arrived and glanced at the sports show they were watching, resting his hands on the support of the couch were Duck was laying. "So…you guys wanna go out or something?"

"No." Duck replied, gesturing at the TV.

Tech sighed. "Okay." He kept watching the show, finding it remotely interesting. "Oh, I have some inventions I'd want to tes…"

Duck interrupted Tech with his yawn. "Tech." He placed both hands behind his nape. "Won't you just enjoy this?"

"What are you talking about?" Tech inquired.

"Well, this." Duck pointed at the TV. "Doing nothing, you know."

"Uhm, that doesn't make any sense." Tech responded.

Duck sighed. "Come on, just get comfortable and let the time pass." He glared at the ceiling and closed his eyes. "It's better than you think."

Tech thought for a moment, switching his glare from his comrades to the TV, then looked back at them. He just turned and headed towards his room.

Duck opened one eye and noticed Tech had left. "I thought he would never leave."

Tech was in his room, walking in circles, glaring at the walls and the drawers which shared the same aesthetic, dark gray with green details. He approached his desktop and sat down before it on the swivel chair, sighing and looking at the black ceiling, almost laying over the chair. He raised his arm and pressed a button, then Jack, who was laying on a corner, emitted a beeping sound and activated, hovering towards Tech and laying on his lap. "You know something, Jack?" Tech said.

Jack beeped with inquiry.

"I'm so fortunate." Tech responded, chuckling gently. "For many years I thought I was destined to be alone."

Jack emitted a beep.

"Well, of course I got you, Jack." Tech replied and let out a sigh, smirking, getting lost on the ceiling's darkness. "But I'm not talking about that."

Jack made another beeping noise of question.

"Since I remember, I've always had trouble with women." Tech responded. "I felt like an alien when talking to them." He added. "They thought I was, uhm, weird, you know?"

Jack emitted a beep of confirmation.

"Well, thanks for that." Tech said. "Still…" He sighed. "I was hopeful, Jack. To find that girl, that, well, weird girl. Smart, funny. I knew she was out there, somewhere." He smirked. "And I found her." He looked at Jack and petted him then glared at his side. "My Susan. I don't know what I would do if I loose her." He got thoughtful for a moment then raised his arm again, pressing the comm's phone button, calling her again. He waited a bit more this time, but also didn't get any response, sighing with frustration and turning off his comm again. "I just want to see her, Jack." He sighed and closed his eyes. "That's all I want."