Akito and the Loonatics

chapter 38

"Thanks for the lift, kid." Rev said at normal speed.

"No problem." Akito smiled, but looked very positive that something was wrong, first Trick and now Rev and Ace.

Meanwhile, Cherry was telling Simon a bedtime story as she set him in his crib and tucked him in.

"And then the mother was so angry with her children, she started to eat them all, one by one..." Cherry recited after putting his blanket over him. "There were no survivors."

Surprisingly Simon seemed to fall right to sleep. Cherry had a small smile and gave him a kiss on the cheek and walked off, allowing him to sleep in total darkness without a nightlight.

"Do you wanna do something?" Forte asked his wife.

"Like what?" Cherry asked as she picked up Simon's toys.

"I don't know, anything will do." Forte shrugged.

"Hm... I don't know..." Cherry put the toys in a box.

"Why don't we have a family day?" Forte suggested.

"Wow... You wanna spend time with your family..." Cherry sounded surprised in a mocking way.

"Come on, Cerise," Forte insisted. "When Felicity comes back from her Loonatic mission, it might be important to her."

"If she doesn't get drained first..." Cherry slightly scoffed.

"I'm sure that she won't be drained." Forte said.

"And since when do you know more about our daughter than I do?" Cherry scoffed.

"I did raise her for most of her life..." Forte reminded her of that dreaded experience they had to go through after the girl had been born.

Cherry shrugged and continued to clean up.

"Is the portal here yet?" Felicity walked in to see her parents.

"Almost." Forte said.

Felicity sighed and sat down with a book to occupy herself until the portal would come. "Where is Simon?"

"He's napping right now." Cherry sat down after she put Simon's toys, which looked like lethal weapons, away.

"And the portal should be appearing right about now." Forte said.

Felicity nodded and read her book until the portal was officially there. "What are you going to do while I'm gone?"

"I have to go to work..." Cherry took out a gun, loading it with bullets, and took out a make-up kit with a list that came with it.

"Yes, and trust me, it isn't something a child should see." Forte said.

"Understanding..." Felicity nodded.

Soon, the portal came.

"I am going now..." Felicity told her parents after she set the book down.

Cherry and Forte told her their goodbyes before she went off.

"What exactly do you do when you're not in the funeral home?" Forte looked to his wife.

"I could tell you," Cherry pointed her gun to him. "But then I would have to kill you..."

"Alright, alright, don't tell me." Forte said.

Cherry had a satisfied smirk and walked off to get to the funeral home for her day job.

At the tower, Tech had Rev running a treadmill to check his speed which was surprisingly low today.

"36 miles per hour?" Ace was surprised.