Ok here's the next chapter of this story. Sorry it took so long, I have to take exams. They were hard and my Friday day off was canceled. I would like to say thank you to the people who favorite, follow, and review this story. It means a lot. I don't own Loonatics Unleashed. Just Razer.
Going Underground
When Duck and Lexi returned to HQ, they told the other members about the massive earthquake and the giant dirt mountain at New Chinatown. The footage was displayed on screen for everyone to see.
Ace: This Mountain just came out of nowhere? Just like that?
Duck: I'm pretty certain it wasn't there before.
Rev: Yeah, weird huh? But now we can go skiing anytime we want, without having to leave downtown. When we work out an appetite at the slopes, we can stop in for Chinese takeout at the bottom. Man! Acmetropolis has everything.
Then Tech walked in with a working model of Chinatown to map out the earthquake.
Tech: I've gone over it again and again, but I can't figure out what would've caused that kind of geologic instability.
Duck: Oh, I don't know. Maybe something like a giant meteor hitting the earth! Hmm? Ring a bell?
Tech: Perhaps if I had enough time to build a more detailed model. I did it during my break. Total rush job.
A little model train was running through the model town.
Lexi: Tech, the little elevated trains are actually running…and on time.
Tech: Ok, now normally when there's diatomic activity, the plates of the Earth's crust move like this. (pushes button) No matter how many variations I try, there's just nothing that would count for this.
When the mountain model bursts up, Slam took a bite of the model.
Slam: Chocolate!
Ace: Uh Slam, I believe that's mud you're eating.
Tech: Actually, I ran out of soil so I used hot fudge.
Lexi and Silver took one bite.
Lexi: With nuts.
Then, Zadavia's hologram appeared.
Zadavia: Speaking of nuts, this attack was the work of one Dr. Thaddeus Dare.
Tech: Thaddeus Dare? Nut is an understatement.
Razer: Humans stink.
Zadavia: He's a reclusive and rather old scientist, but brilliant none the less. Dare was convinced that one day he would find a way to control all forms of rock.
Duck: Say what? Control rock? Hello, party of one!
Zadavia: He was hideously disfigured by the meteor crash. He went crazy and his rock experiments grew more reckless. He was finally banished by the scientific community and disappeared.
Ace: Let me guess, a guy that into rocks went underground, right?
Zadavia: Deep underground. I believe he's preparing to take his revenge on the world that rejected him. And he may have just found the ultimate means.
Tech: The Jade Serpent Crystal.
Zadavia: Yes. The crystal that was housed in the science tower which sank underground today.
Ace: What's so special about this nugget?
Zadavia: It's an ancient gem that has a unique atomic structure set to contain untold energy. If Dr. Dare has somehow harnessed the power of crystal, there is no telling what he might do. You must find Dr. Dare and stop him.
Her hologram disappeared.
Ace: Alright gang, let's jet!
YELLOW TRIANGLE
The Loonatics used Tech's new drilling machine to go deep underground to find Dr. Dare's hideout. Tech was enjoying his new invention as he made sharp turns, making the others hold their seats tightly.
Duck: Quit doing that!
Razer: For once I agree with him! And that the first thing you said that wasn't stupid.
Tech: Don't worry. I've been working on my mobile map for a while. Just needed a good excuse to take it for a spin. Ha, ha! Good thing I got almost all the kinks worked out.
Duck: I'll say. Wait! Did he say almost? Did he say almost?!
Razer: I think he did and you might want to see this.
Up ahead was Chinatown upside down.
Duck: The city's upside down, or is it my stomach?
Ace: So that's where the buildings went.
Tech: Hang on, going down!
The machine dug through a dirt wall and went down a tunnel.
Duck: And we're how many miles beneath the earth's crust?
Tech: Not to worry. This thing's built with ultra-titanium double shields. Trust me. Nothing can stop us.
But he was wrong. The machine came to a sudden stop.
Duck: What was that?
Ace: A lot of nothing.
Tech: (baffled) I don't understand. This baby should be able to smash through any kind of rock.
Lexi: And what if the rock smashed back?
Ace: Tech, get us out of here!
Razer: Like yesterday fast.
Tech: The sudden stop must've short circuited the engine.
More rock golems surrounded the machine as Tech frantically tried to get the machine going.
Ace: Hey, uh, Tech, can you reverse us out of this hole?
Duck: Yeah! As in back up, now!
Tech: Well I would if I could.
Duck: No reverse?
Just then, a rock golem's hand burst through the vehicle's glass and grabbed Lexi and pulled her out.
Ace: Lexi!
Lexi: Guys, little help!
Commercial break at this point.
Ace: It's got Lexi! Let's rock!
Razer: (annoyed) Really? Let's rock?
The team, minus Tech, rushed out to save Lexi, as she try to free herself from the rock golem's fist. Duck appeared and used his power to blast the rock golem and free Lexi.
The fight was on as the Loonatics battled with the rock golems. Duck teleported from one place to another to distract the rock golem. Rev rushed in and out from the rock golems. Razer blasted a rocket at the golem's foot then it's face while Lexi brain blasted the ceiling to bury a rock golem. During the battle, Ace accidently blasted one down a deep ravine and onto Slam. He was ok and Ace apologized for dropping a rock on him.
When Ace communicated with Tech, he told Ace that the scanners are picking up strange energy fields around them, meaning they were being controlled by the Jade Serpent Crystal.
Ace told Tech to restart his drill machine so he could defeat the rock golems. Tech tried to jump start it, but the cord was too short. He held the cord while putting his fingers into the socket and his long ears into the plug. The electricity disintegrated him, but Tech regenerated himself and went back to the driver's seat, mumbling while still smoking.
Tech: There has got to be an easier way to be a hero.
With the machine working again, Tech saved the day by using the drill machine to smash the rock golems with ease.
GREEN TRIANGLE
Lexi: So, what were those things?
Duck: Reminds me of some of the guys who keep calling you – except the rocks have more personality! Ha, ha!
Annoyed, Lexi brain blasted Duck right in the tail.
Duck: Yeow! Watch the feathers!
Razer: Ha nice one.
Ace: Those rock guards are the security guards, which means we must be close to Dare's lair.
Dr. Dare: You're not close, you're here! And just in time to see the power of the Jade Serpent to turn Acmetropolis upside down!
The underground cave shook all around them as more buildings came in upside down.
Ace: (through COM) Tech, what's going on?
Tech: (through COM) I told you he was a crack pot. Let's get going!
Razer: Like I said before humans stink.
The ground cracked and green rays of light shone within them, as Dr. Dare appeared sitting on a rock throne, and holding a rock scepter.
Dr. Dare: I hope you've enjoyed your little visit down here because it's now your permanent residence! In fact, soon all of Acmetropolis will reside underground, and I will live in peace on the surface!
Ace: Are you kidding me, Doc? That's the most ridiculous idea I've ever heard!
Razer: Of all the stupid, crazy, lame, and dumbest ideas I heard. This is number one.
Dr. Dare: You won't be laughing when you're buried in stone, bunny and project 2!
Slam: What doez he mean by that?
Razer was surprise by this. Dr. Dare shoots a green ray from his rock scepter, causing the cave to crumble as he escapes. The Loonatics rushed back into the drill machine as rocks came raining down on them, burying the entire drill machine.
Commercial break at this point.
After a few moments, Slam used his tornado power to clear away the rocks.
Ace: Nice work there, Slam.
Slam: Thank you!
Ace: We gotta get up to Acmetropolis before-
But then, Zadavia's holographic face was on the screen.
Zadavia: Before there is no Acmetropolis. Dr. Dare is continuing to turn the world inside out. You must hurry, if you do not do something quickly, this madman will bury us all!
The screen went fuzzy right after showing various buildings being sucked underground. The drill machine went straight back up to the surface.
Ace: Nice driving, Tech! Looks like we're…
But as he looked, Ace was shocked to see the entire city was gone, flipped inside out with only rock as the surface and the citizens left outside.
Ace: A little late.
Razer: Holy cow!
Lexi: It's Acmetropolis!
Duck: Talk about an extreme makeover.
High on a rocky mountaintop, there was a giant rock structure overlooking the land, with a green light glowing brightly from the top.
Tech: Dare's using the Jade Serpent to turn out world inside out. So we've gotta use that gem to reverse it!
Using dune buggies that Tech made, the Loonatics drove their way up the mountain top to Dare's fortress, although Rev was the only one who didn't need a dune buggy as he could fly. When they arrived at the main entrance, rock golems appeared. Ace told Slam to attack the rock golems, but when Slam punched his fist into a rock golem, it turned to sand, having no effect of Slam's punch.
Then, the other rock golems shot sand out from their hands, making the Loonatics shield their eyes and fall back. The dune buggies fell over the edge, and so did the Loonatics. Slam quickly came to the rescue as he spun down the cliff and caught his friends in the tornado and lifted them safely back on the ledge.
Lexi was about use her brain blast but Razer stop her.
Razer: Hold on. Allow me.
He reach his grenade and throws it at the golems and cause an explosion beneath the rock golems, making them fall off the cliff and crash at the bottom.
Rev: Wow! Talk about an explosion. It just went KaBOOOOOOOM.
Razer: (chuckles) I told you before. I enjoy explosives.
Once the gang went inside the fortress, all they found was a green throne room with the Jade Serpent Crystal in the center before the throne.
Lexi: Whoa! Looks like we're in Oz.
Ace: There's that jade nugget that's been causing all the trouble!
Duck: So how do we reverse this thing?
Tech: This is just off the top of my head, but I'd say you can do with a quanti-amplified charge of intense electromagnetic radiation.
Razer: Tech I can understand a lot of languages, but could you say that again in english?
Ace: Electromaga-waga…wait, wait. Uh Tech, do you mean light?
Tech: You both make it sound so boring.
Razer: How does that sound boring?
Just then, Dr. Dare appeared.
Dr. Dare: The Loonapests! I thought I'd bury all of you down below!
Lexi: Haven't you heard? Down is the new up!
Ace: We would've called first, but you were unlisted.
Duck: And now we're gonna stop your insidious plan stone cold!
Dr. Dare: Stones are my domain, duck. But there's no reason you all can't join my little rock group.
He waved his hand over a bunch of gem stones, making the Jade Serpent glow brightly. The power of the crystal slowly worked its way up each of the Loonatics' bodies, slowly turning them to stone.
Ace: Hey! What's with the rock candy?
Dr. Dare: You'll become my own personal statues! A commemorative of what once was, not that I'm paying tribute to you!
Tech: Ace, if we don't shut down that machine now, the entire planet is gonna-
His mouth was clammed shut by the glowing green stone energy before he could finish. Ace then uses the angled surfaces of the rock to bounce his laser beam into the Jade Serpent Crystal, freeing them all.
Dr. Dare: My lovely Jade Crystal! Noooo!
Now that the Loonatics were free, Dr. Dare decided that his only option is to run, like a coward. His escape attempt doesn't work as Lexi kicked him down the flight of stairs and lands in front of Ace, where the two fought, using their sword and rock scepter. Dr. Dare again tried to use the power of the crystal in his staff to turn Ace to stone. When he fired a green blast, Ace used his sword ricochet the blast back into Dr. Dare, turning him into stone.
Ace: Hehe! What a stiff!
YELLOW TRIANGLE
Ace: Well, we got the crystal. You think we can reverse?
Tech: "We?" What's with the we? Yes, I can reverse it.
He waved his hand over the gemstones, and the whole fortress shook as the Jade crystal shot beams of bright green lights everywhere. The rays of green light hit the rocky surface and turned them upside down and bring Acmetropolis right-side up again on the surface.
Rev: Good job, Tech! Man, you are so smart! I wish I was half as smart as you. I really look up to you. I really do, except not socially because I wouldn't want to spend all of my free time in a lab it would be really sad, but kudos on a job well done!
Duck: Oh look! I think I see New Chinatown! Eggrolls on me, Slam.
Slam: Eggrolls, eggrolls, eggrolls! Yes!
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At HQ, the Loonatics had been given a free takeout from New Chinatown. The food had been set on the table.
Lexi: We should save New Chinatown from destruction more often. A year's worth of free takeout, excellent!
Then, Zadavia's holographic face was on screen.
Zadavia: The calls of thanks are still coming in. I also wanted you to know that Dr. Dare is enjoying his new life as a statue in Acmetropolis Park.
Ace: I'm sure the pigeons are thrilled.
Zadavia: And we're receiving reports from all over that things are returning to normal.
Razer: Hey, uh, you sure you don't want to join us for some moos goo guy pan, Zadavia?
Zadavia: (chuckles softly) It is so sweet of you to include me. And as it happens, I am a little hungry.
Duck: Finally! Some face time with the boss lady. We can discuss some new costumes, a better dental plan, a personal biographer.
Zadavia: But alas I have other commitments. Perhaps another time. Zadavia out.
Her hologram face disappeared.
Duck: Was it something that I said?
Ace: Who you, Duck? Nah. Since when have you ever said the wrong thing. (to Razer) Hey Razer what does Dr. Dare mean about Project 2?
Razer: Well never mind about that. Let's eat.
But Slam immediately gorged in all the food while spinning over the table.
Duck: Despicable! Does anybody have a towel? Slam, you gotta gorge with your mouth closed!
Razer: No offense Slam but you eat like a pig.
Slam shakes his head as a "no I don't".
Razer: Yes you do. We just saw you. Why you lying?
The gang will know what Dr. Dare meant about Project 2. PLEASE READ AND REVIEW.
