Akito and the Loonatics

chapter 8

Cherry was currently carrying Simon in her arms with a towel over her chest with Simon's head getting some milk.

"Aunt Cherry, we're ready." Akito, Estelle, and Vincent told their aunt.

"One moment please..." Cherry said as she fed Simon until he was done for the day.

The blinking continued on telling them that this was serious.

Cherry finished feeding Simon and set him down to sleep, she then took out the future book. "Let's see now..." she scrolled down and found something. "Ah, here it is... There's a new fad in Acmetropolis... Something called a Fuz-Z...."

"What is it, Maman?" Felicity asked.

"I'm not sure, but they're all over the tri-state area," Cherry said as she looked into her book about the 28th century. "Everybody must have one... I think they're supposed to be some kind of stuffed animal pet. I remember when I was a kid and virtual pets were all the rage... I begged my mother to let me have one, but it died the first night... You kids and your trends."

"It's called a Fuzz-Z." Akito said.

"Looks like a mop floss covered rat to me..." Cherry scoffed once she saw what a Fuzz-Z looked like.

"Oh, I want one!" Estelle cooed over it.

Moi aussi!" Felicity also chirped.

"Absolutely not," Cherry firmly told them. "It says if you feed them overnight, they turn into a hideous monster... Kinda like the Gremlins... They'll destroy your home and viciously devour you..." she then flipped the page to see the transformation. "Aw... Look at how bloodthirsty you are!" she cooed, putting her hands together. "I bet you just wanna suck out my soul and destroy everybody I love, don't you?"

Vincent was very disturbed by his aunt. "Let's just get going." he then said.

"You better go..." Cherry warned them.

"You are not coming with us?" Felicity frowned.

"This is more about you four... Save the world... We'll wait for you over here." Cherry told the children, allowing them to go back to the future to save their destinies.

"Yes, ma'am." All four children said before going back to the future to save their destinies.

"Hurry..." Cherry said as they all left, once they were gone, she then actually sounded soft and caring. "And please, for the love of Celestia, don't get yourselves killed."

She then saw the book opening up and shows her that two of them would wish to stay in the future the two that were going to stay were....Akito and Estelle.

"Oh my goodness..." she whispered as she looked further into her book, but closed it for now.

Akito, Estelle, Felicity, and Vincent had ended up in the Loonatics Tower.

"Whoa!" Ace was a little shocked, but smiled to them. "Where'd you guys come from?"

"Maman says I came from a 4:00 in the morning bottle of wine..." Felicity took that literally.

"We came back from the past to help you guys with a new mission." Akito answered before covering Felicity's mouth.

"Well, it's good to have ya back." Ace smiled.

Estelle looked a little worried, she saw that even Lexi had a Fuzz-Z of her own and was really protective of it with Slam's horseplay and even told Duck to back off.

"Um, i-is that a Fuzz-Z?" Akito asked.

"Yeah, Lexi says they're all the rage these days." Ace said, trying to mimic Lexi.

Lexi glared at him and pet her fuzzy pet.

"Um, that is dangerous..." Felicity spoke up.

"What're you talking about?" Lexi played with her pet a little. "This cute little guy couldn't hurt anybody!"

"Oh, really?" Akito asked was about to go and get a piece of chocolate, but then they were all called in.

"You're not going to believe this one, Loonatics..." Zadavia reported to them. "But there's a situation in South Acmetropolis that requires your special attention. Welcome back to the future, Akito, Estelle, Vincent, and Felicity."

"Glad to be back, Zadavia." Akito, Estelle, Vincent, and Felicity said.

"The town seems to have a giant spider problem..." Zadavia reported as she showed images on her screen, not even she knew what those things were.

"Didn't we just spray the giant spiders last week?" Ace scoffed.

"Those look just like the same creatures in the book that Aunt Cherry showed us." Estelle said once recognizing the giant spider creature.

"Yes... We have new invaders," Zadavia reported. "This family barely escaped with their lives."

"Do you know their species and origin?" Tech asked.

"Unknown and unknown according to my research," Zadavia replied. "Unless maybe you four know something..." she said to Akito, Estelle, Felicity, and Vincent since Estelle mentioned seeing the creatures in a book.

"Sorry, we didn't get to that part." Estelle said.

"We saw them though..." Akito also nodded in response.

"Oui oui." Felicity added.

Duck immaturely laughed at that, but then tried to look serious like the others. "It's not coming here, is it?"

"One of them already is here." Vincent said, pointing to Lexi's Fuzz-Z.

"Zozo wouldn't hurt anybody!" Lexi clutched her Fuzz-Z, unaware of how dangerous it really was.

"There is no time for argument, save Acmetropolis like you all promised," Zadavia told them before signing off. "Zadavia out..."

"She gets to go out while we chase after mutant spiders!" Ace scoffed. "Let's jet!"

"Jet packs!" Estelle cheered, loving this part.

Ace gave Vincent and Felicity quick instructions on using the jet packs before they flew off all together. Felicity clicked her buttons and yelled as she was starting to fly all over the place and seemed to be an even worse driver than Duck.

"I didn't think it was possible, but someone actually flies worse than Duck!" Ace called.

"Hey, I heard that!" Duck said, finding that insulting.

Akito saw that Lexi was going to want to bring her pet along.

"Lexi, I think it would be safer if Zozo stayed here." Akito suggested.

"I don't wanna leave her here by herself..." Lexi frowned, wearing her new pet as a wristband. "She could be our mascot!" she then suggested, very attached to her new pet.

"How about no?" Akito sighed as he went to take-off with the others.

Lexi frowned and went to set Zozo down as the pet looked very lost and lonely, knowing it was going to be left behind for the sake of the mission, she just felt so bad for it. Lexi knew Akito told her to leave it, but she decided to take it anyway as she was the last one to go with the others and decided to hide her new pet away from everybody else.

"Do you think she left Zozo back at the tower?" Estelle asked her brother.

"Probably not." Akito stated.