Akito and the Loonatics

chapter 21

The following week came by, Duck and Lexi went with Akito and Estelle to get their Chinese food downtown just as there was a celebration going on.

"Okay, we picked up the food, can we go back to HQ now?" Duck sounded anxious once they carried the takeout boxes for their dinner.

"Chill, Duck." Lexi said.

"Yeah, besides, it's not a trip down town without getting a little take-out." Estelle added.

"Yeah." Akito agreed.

"Frankly, I'm a little uncomfortable in a place where 'duck in orange sauce' is a dinner entree," Duck looked back at them. "If anyone starts drooling, I'm 'quackin'' outta here!"

"Whoa, here comes your girlfriend." Lexi smirked once a juggler came with the dragon down the block.

"Haha, very funny." Duck deadpanned.

Lexi's ears lit up then. "Shh, did you hear that?"

"HOW COULD I HEAR ANYTHING WITH THIS RACKET!?" Duck snapped. "YOU HAVE TO HAVE SUPER HEARING TO--Oh... Right."

Lexi kept listening, then looked back. "Come on, let's check it out."

"Yeah, because I heard it too." Akito added.

"Um, excuse me, you're not the boss of me," Duck glanced to them. "Ace is technically the boss here, doesn't mean Lexi gets to be in charge here!"

"Yeah, well, Akito is Ace's second-in-command." Estelle reminded him.

"Oh, I don't think so," Duck shook his head. "If anybody's gonna lead, it's gonna be me!" he then walked off.

Suddenly, the whole area was shaking, at least for a little while.

"Anybody order Duck in Orange Sauce?" Duck muttered once one of the takeout boxes exploded on him and he was dripping in orange sauce now.

"That's a great look for you." Estelle said with a smirk.

The area shook again and the twins could see there were cracks forming in the road.

More Chinese food splashed against Duck, much to his misfortune.

"You know, I am pretty tasty..." Duck muttered.

"Aftershock!" Lexi cried once she fell through a crack in the road.

"Are you guys getting shorter or am I getting taller?" Duck looked to Lexi and the twins.

"You keep dreaming, Duck." Lexi glared to him.

"Yeah, you just keep dreaming, Duck." the twins also glared.

Lexi saw a runaway food tray. "Incoming!"

"Not again..." Duck moaned, then teleported before he would get hit with it.

Lexi looked around as the ground she was on with Akito and Estelle was lowering quickly. "What's wrong with this picture...?" she sounded very scared and nervous.

"Looks like downtown is sinking to a new low." Akito said.

"I'll say." Duck agreed with him as they kept going lower and lower underground.

Slowly, the buildings were now being destroyed with a mystical green glow.

"I think we should teleport back to the tower." Estelle suggested.

"Good idea, kid." Duck nodded.

They all then went off to get back to the tower before anymore shaking would be going around.

"I hope no one got hurt." Estelle said.

"I hope so too, sis." Akito replied.

"That mountain just grew out of nowhere?" Ace asked once he and the others found out what happened downtown with their dinner. "Just like that?"

"I'm pretty certain it wasn't there before." Duck replied.

"Yeah." Estelle agreed.

"Man, Acmetropolis has everything!" Rev commented after going on another one of his fast paced conversations.

"I've been thinking again and again and again, but I can't think of what caused that geological ability." Tech came into the room, pushing a model of the city.

"Oh, I dunno, maybe something like a giant meteor hitting the Earth?" Duck glanced to him in sarcasm. "Hmm? Ring a bell?"

"Perhaps if I had enough time to build a more detailed model, I did it during my break, it was a total rush job." Tech said.

Lexi was amazed by how the trains were actually running and actually on time.

Cherry looked through her book before letting Felicity and Vincent go to see the Loonatics.

"So, what is happening over there, Maman?" Felicity asked.

"According to my books, a fiend named Dr. Dare is being geological formations," Cherry read from her book. "He's trying to make earthquakes and trying to force the world underground."

"Why?" Vincent asked.

"It doesn't really say, but it just says he wants to live peacefully on the surface with everybody else in the ground." Cherry informed.

"Sounds like the guy is selfish while evil." Vincent said.

"Aren't they all?" Cherry sighed a little.

Felicity saw the portal open up. "Coming on, Vincent!" she called before jumping.

Vincent nodded and jumped with her. And they both were then sent to Acmetropolis for their mission.

Tech showed the others his model and how he had a hard time figuring out how and where the new earth formations happened. Slam even ate some off of it.

"Eh, Slam?" Akito looked overwhelmed. "Isn't that mud you're eating?"

"Actually, I ran out of soil, so I used hot fudge." Tech explained.

Lexi decided to take a handful for herself. "With nuts!"

"Mmmm..." The twins said, wanting to have some themselves.

Felicity and Vincent showed up in time for Zadavia to tell the information they already knew to the Loonatics.

"Hey, Vincent, hey, Felicity." The twins said.

"Bonjour." Felicity greeted.

"Guess you just heard about that Dr. Dare guy?" Vincent asked.

"Yeah, Zadavia says he controls rocks, what a wacko, huh?" Duck replied.

"Agreed." The twins said.

"He has the jade serpent crystal." Tech informed then.

"What is the Jade Snake Cristal?" Felicity asked.

"Well, it's a powerful stone that, in English words, can give him the ultimate power that he needs." Akito said.

"So I see..." Felicity sounded a little anxious.

"Sounds like we've gotta stop this guy." Vincent said.

"Of course." the twins said to him.

"You are correct," Zadavia said before signing out. "Zadavia out."

The Loonatics nodded to each other and set for their mission to put Acmetropolis back over ground and foil Dr. Dare.

"Okay, you guys, let's jet." Ace said.