Akito and the Loonatics

chapter 60

Ace did recognize Cherry from her visits at the tower, but didn't know Atticus and was kind of surprised to see him there now.

Cherry actually hugged her daughter, but didn't have a smile. "Now, where's Simon?"

"He was taken away, Maman!" Felicity cried, clinging to her mother. "He was taken up by some wormhole from Zadavia's brother! I am worried he might be hurt really badly."

"Flick, your brother may be a few months old, but he knows what he's doing," Cherry held Felicity close to comfort her. "I take it that your Duck friend is with them too."

"Uh-huh..." Felicity nodded, still having tears in her eyes.

"He only went after them to get his powers back." Vincent told her.

Cherry put her hand to her face. "Why do ducks gotta be so dumb?"

"Well, he is the descendant of Daffy Duck." Atticus reminded her.

"That's the problem, that gene pool needs a little more chlorine." Cherry muttered.

"Agreed," Atticus said before noticing that his younger son wasn't with them. "Where's Akito?"

"He joined the dark side." Vincent explained since his sister was too emotional to even speak.

"What!?" Atticus sounded surprised.

"I don't think he would really do that though," Estelle looked up at their father and aunt. "He's always been such a good brother to me, he always looks out for me!"

"But, wait, Estelle, I thought you said that it was just a part of his plan?" Slam asked.

"I don't know anymore!" Estelle cried. "I just know Akito wouldn't abandon us though!"

"Well, Estelle, I think you're right, Akito must be only acting like he's evil." Atticus assured his daughter.

"He has to, I just wish I could know for sure, but I'm positive..." Estelle put her hands together.

"Why is this happening?" Lexi wondered.

"Optimatus will eliminate anyone close to me." Zadavia replied.

"Well, then we have to go and face him head on." Vincent said.

"Report everything back to headquarters," Zadavia commanded. "If we do not act soon, Acmetropolis will be destroyed."

"Along with us with it." Atticus added.

"Maman..." Felicity held her mother close.

"It's going to be okay, Felicity," Cherry said back to her daughter. "Sorry we had to keep this from you."

"Why didn't you just tell us?" Vincent asked Atticus. "We would've understood!"

"Yeah!" Estelle added in.

"I didn't want you all to worry about me, no one else knew, not even your mother, but only your Aunt Cherry knew," Atticus explained. "I mean, can you imagine explaining about the world possibly ending to children?"

"Hmm... Good point..." Estelle had to admit.

"I'm sorry if I hurt you all, but I had to do what I had to do," Atticus then noticed Estelle's hair was shorter. "That's a good look for you."

"Yeah, I guess..." Estelle smiled with a shrug.

"It really is a good look for you, sis." Vincent told his younger sister.

Estelle shrugged and blushed. She then followed the others as they had to keep moving so the world wouldn't be destroyed by Zadavia's horrible brother.

"Let's hope that we still have Tech's spaceship." Vincent said.

They all made it to the tower while Zadavia stood with her fellow adult humans. Well, in Cherry's case, sort of human.

"So, Chief, you gonna tell us what's going on or wait until Duck is your brother's main course." Ace spoke up after stunned silence.

"This is my home," Zadavia showed them a hologram of a different, yet colorful planet. "The planet Freleng. There's over 600 parts of the known galaxy."

The kids looked shocked and amazed.

"Wow, 600?" Estelle asked out of amazement.

"Indeed," Zadavia confirmed. "I was born into the royal family. My brother and I grew to rule Freleng together, but it was not to be."

"Let me guess, the guy went crazy with power and was wanting to conquer and destroy worlds, right?" Vincent asked.

"He told the people he wanted to explore and discover, but knowing him, it was only for power for him to use only on himself." Zadavia nodded.

"So how did you escape?" Estelle asked.

"I stood up against his decisions and the council agreed with me," Zadavia explained. "Optimatus did not take it well. He would not let the world's law stand in his way. First, he kidnapped the high council. Then, he would know that I would revolt against him. Optimatus would not rest until I was under his control. As I was making my getaway, he was actually part of the ship's force. I was truly sorry, but couldn't afford to help him around. Too much was at stake. I used one of Optimatus's own world generators to escape to Acmetropolis. I thought I left no trace for him to follow."

"Until now." Estelle guessed.

"Absolutely," Zadavia then said. "Somehow, my brother found me. He sent the meteor that hit Acmetropolis. He did not care who else would suffer, eliminating me was all that mattered to him."

"Now that is just plain cruel and evil." Vincent said.

"I was able to slow down the meteor," Zadavia continued. "Saving Acmetropolis from destruction. Still, the impact from the world's axis leaved a strange radiation, which of course, gave you your powers."

"Yeah." Estelle said.

"So basically, you're coming here to get away from your brother, you're responsible for freezing the supervillains." Lexi concluded.

"There were a number of unexpected side effects." Zadavia replied.

"Would that include a portal that came to our time period?" Vincent asked, remembering how Akito ended up with the Loonatics in the first place.

"Yes, it would." Zadavia nodded.

"So, this was all your plan?" Felicity asked.

"Yes, I've been scanning your solar system," Zadavia showed holograms of the planets everybody knew then. "Then I found this, a small planet approaching the asteroid belt."

"Wow." The kids said.

"So Big Brother's on that rock, huh?" Tech took a closer look.

"Yes, and it's most likely where we can find Duck and Simon." Zadavia agreed.

"If we take the Loonacover, I'll need to install some driving features." Tech replied.

"That's all right, Tech," Zadavia said before showing something to them. "We'll use MY ship."

"Cool!" The kids cheered.

"Hey, you've been holding out on us." Ace liked the ship as they climbed aboard.

"If only I could afford such nice things," Cherry commented. "On the plus side, my home has its own graveyard in the back."

"Yeah and also you have your own garden." Estelle said.

"Now let's go get our Duck and that little Simon!" Ace was determined, though he had omitted Akito.

"Yeah and let's get Akito back!" Vincent added in.