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Loonatics Unleashed: Acme's Most Wanted


There are other citizens of Acmetropolis to fear other than your run-of-the-mill supervillains. Those citizens are a bit......more INSANE.

Mindy Wednesdale (or Mindy Nurse since it's used more often)- A girl poisoned by glutonium trying to find the woman who hurt her mother while simultaneously becoming a fugitive.

Elmyra Duff- A red head that loves animals to DEATH and has the same unrequitted love for her Maxxy ^_^.

Montana Max- Elmyra's supposed boyfriend although he acts like he hates her with all his might. He has an extreme avarice problem (in other words, he loves money).

Mime Jr. - A black and white mime with no mouth that communicates with telepathy. His goals are unknown, but he keeps out of sight as much as possible, and whatever action he pretends becomes reality. (In other words, if he pretends to run up a flight of stairs, there are invisible stairs)

And as soon as all four meet together......well, the insanity will reign in on Acmetropolis.

-- Edited by Mindy Nurse at 03:22, 2007-07-04

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"And so the woman celebtriy was just murdered tonight with no trace of the killer...."

Mindy stood on a rooftop. "Good...they didn't trace us," she said as she left the scene.

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Ace was practicing in the training simulator.

Lexi was in her room listening to her Music Blaster 5000.

Duck was in the living room watching the weather.....or watching Misty Breeze to be more precise.

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Tech stood behind Duck that was sitting on the couch.

"Another murder case? That's makes 5 in one week..." Tech shook his head in dissappointment.

"You-know-they-all-look-like-similar-deaths-if-you-look-closely. Also,-you'll-notice-that-each-case-has-a-similarity-in-the-knife-wounds." Rev said in his quick manner.

Slam was smashing all of the practice enimies he could with Ace. Not a beat of sweat.

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"So what? You saying they're all done by the same person?" asked Lexi who just walked in.

"Would you guys keep it down? Misty Breeze is talking...." said Duck as he swooned in front of the television.

Lexi sighed. "So anyways, why are you keeping track Tech? The normal police are going to take care of it, aren't they?"

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Tech turned to Lexi.

"As a matter of fact, I am. Rev has a point. Did you see those knife wounds? They were all stabbed in the exact same place. Also, there hasn't been any evidence that leads to the killer. It's been a cold trail right from the start..." Tech crossed his arms.

"And-to-think-that-they-would-leave-some-kind-of-clue-that-could-have-come-from-the-knife." Rev added.

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"But the knife's never found is it?" asked Lexi.

Ace came out. "Eh, what's up guys?"

"Tech and Rev have been talking about the murders that have been happening recently," Lexi filled him in.

"Yeah..you'd think the police would've caught the killer already," said Ace.

"Precisely," came Zadavia's voice as she appeared on the holocom.

"So let me guess, Boss Lady," Duck interjected, standing up. "You want us- super heroes- to go after murderers that were meant for the NORMAL police to handle?"

"That is EXACTLY what I'm proposing," said Zadavia.

Lexi looked down, a bit uncomfortable with having to go after someone who could possibly kill her.

Ace put a hand on Lexi's shoulder, giving her a calm look. "Hey, it's okay, Lex. You cna stay back if it really bugs ya. You can guard the headquarters. And Duck can stay too-"

"Hold on a minute! Who decided that I would have to stay here with Lexi while you guys go out?" asked Duck.

"You did, when your knees started shaking," Ace said, smirking as he pointed at Duck's wobbling knees.

"Ah.........fine......." Duck said, submitting defeat.

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Tech turned to Ace and Slam.

"You ready Ace? Slam?"

Slam nodded and grinned, pounding his fists together.

"I'm-ready-when-you-are-Tech!" Rev said.

Tech felt a little nervous about heading out to find this killer. He was hesitant to press the button to call the motorbikes.

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"Ready and set! Let's jet!" he said confidently. He was scared as well, but he had to be a model for his teammates so they wouldn't be afraid.

"I'll leave it to you then. Zadavia out," she said as the holocom turned off.

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Tech muttered to himself.

"I have a very bad feeling about this..." He tried to forget his fears and hopped on his bike.

Rev and Tech traveled close to each other. Slam stuck with Ace.

"Say, Rev... What do you think about this?" Tech spoke into his microphone to Rev as the traveled on the motorcycles.

"I'm-not-worried." Rev said.

The microphones were linked to all four of the team members. Ace and Slam could hear what they were saying.

"Well, i'm not so sure. But, it's our job... What're ya gonna do..." Tech shruged.

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"Don't worry about it, Tech. We'll take her down just like any other criminals. No worries," he said, giving them a thumbs up.

He looked towards Rev. "See anything Rev? Anyone who looks suspicious?"

Meanwhile, Mindy was running on the rooftops, her dog Buttons running behind her.

"Bark!" he said in a warning tone.

"What?" she asked, looking back. She spotted them far away. The Loonatics.

Her eyes widened. ".....w...w....What are THEY doing here....?!"

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Rev suddenly came to a stop. Tech stopped with him.

"What is it, Rev?" Tech asked.

"I'm-picking-up-something-faint-I-can't-get-a-good-reading." Rev replied.

"Hmm... A faint reading? That's odd." Tech added.

"I-know." Rev said as he continued to scan the area.

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"Can you trace it?" asked Ace.

Mindy and Buttons continued running, jumping from rooftop to rooftop to try and get as far away from the the Loonatics as she could.

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Tech looked around. Once he looked up, he spotted a girl and a dog running across the rooftops.

"Ace! Rev! Slam! The rooftops!" Tech pointed up at the girl and dog running.

Tech raced back to his bike. "I'll go alone! You guys wait here!" Tech yelled as he scaled the walls with an upgrade that made his bike stick to any surface.

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"Wait- Tech!" said Ace. He sighed looked towards Rev. "Could you go with him to make sure he doesn't get hurt too badly?"

Mindy saw the coyote coming. "Not today, you damn coyote," she murmured as she looked towards Buttons. His back half became a jet as she got on him and Buttons blasted off.

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"I'm-on-it-Ace!" Rev spread his wings and took off like a bolt of lightning.

"You can't get away from me... Switching to fly mode!" Just then, the motorbikes engine turned into a jet-propelled plane.

"Tech-wait!" Rev yelled.

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Mindy gasped as she saw Tech flying towards her, then towards Button's jet which was running out of fuel. Her eyes widened. "Oh no!" They started falling into an alley. Buttons landed on his metal hind legs, landing safely with Mindy. She sighed. "Alright, we gotta keep going," she said, running deeper into the alley with Buttons.

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Tech's eyes were glued to her and her dog. He flew down and landed in front of the entrance of the alley. Tech was very careful about making his approach into the alley. He knew it would be a dead end, so he made sure he had her trapped. Slowly, he entered.

"Listen, I know you're in here... Just so you know, i'm not going to hurt you." He carefully looked around the narrow alleyway.

Rev raced back to Ace and Slam. "Ace!-Tech-ran-into-an-alley-just-a-few-blocks-down! We-have-to-catch-up-with-him!" Rev said.

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"Alright, let's go, Slam!" he said, heading towards the Alley.

When she reached the dead end, she banged her fists against the wall. "Grr......leave me alone!" She looked towards him, her eye filled with fear as she hoped for some way to escape.

"I gotta get away," she thought, "I gotta get out of here. I gotta-" Her train of thought stop when she heard some form of upchucking noise. It was coming from her own throat.

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Slam grinned and got back on his bike, taking off. Rev followed along side Ace.

Tech heard chocking noises coming from the girl. "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Tech ran over to the girl and knelt down beside her.

"Hey, are you ok?" Tech looked at her with a concerned look. He didn't want to fight her or kill her. He wanted to help her, really.

"I want to help you." He added.

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"Glah~! Leave me alo-guh!" Her bandages unravelled as red liquid--obviously blood-- poured from her mouth. But something else was happening. Something else was coming out of her mouth. It plopped onto the ground with a sickening sound. It was an appendix.

Buttons barked with worry.

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Tech quickly stepped back, covering his mouth so he doesn't vomit at the sight. "Oh... Oh my god...! Oh, god!" Tech quickly ran out of the alleyway and leaned against the brick wall, panting heavily. "That is so sick! Oh... my god!"

Rev and Slam arrived with Ace. They quickly ran to Tech.

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Ace ran up to Tech. "Tech, what's wrong?! What's going on?!" he asked in an almost demanding voice. He hated to see his comerade in the state he was in.

Mindy tried to hold herself up, but the blood loss was too much. She was losing consciousness as her back slid against the wall. Buttons barked loudly.

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Tech grabbed Ace by the collar of his suit. "Don't go in there... Please... You'll..." Tech suddenly covered his mouth. He opened a trash can and vomitted inside of it multiple times.

"Ew-that-is-nasty!" Rev said.

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Ace looked towards the alley to see an unconscious Mindy, blood pooled, and an appendix on the ground. His eyes widened. "What the-?!" He ran inside, looking at her. Buttons went into a position a guard dog would. "Hey, easy Fido! We just want to help her......"

Once he managed t0 calm Buttons down, he went over to Mindy and examined her a little. "Slam, carry this girl to the infirmary back at headquarters. Rev, help Tech NOT toss his cookies," he said.

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Slam nodded and picked her up, jumping back off to HQ. Tech was finished vomitting after a few minutes of feeling the sickness run through him.

"Thanks, Rev... I'm alright now..." Tech wiped his mouth and made his way back to the bike.

Rev followed Tech to the bikes. "Coming-Ace?" Rev asked.

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Ace held the appendix, covering it with the bandage so Tech wouldn't toss his cookies when he saw it. "Yeah, I'm coming. Hey, uh, could you bring Fido along?" asked Ace, looking back towards Buttons who was whimpering.

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Tech smiled. "Sure. Come here, boy!" Tech whistled to the dog, kneeling down and calling him over. "Come on, boy!"

Rev went to catch up with Slam.

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Ace left with Slam and Rev.

Buttons hesitantly managed to go up to Tech.

Meanwhile, Lexi heard Slam coming. "Slam, you're back! What hap-" She stopped herself short when she saw the girl. She gasped.

Duck gasped as well. "IS that....the MURDERER?!" he asked.



-- Edited by Mindy Nurse at 06:09, 2007-07-04

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Slam nodded. "She no feel good. Ace want her here. She need feel better." Slam placed her on a nearby chair. The blood had already dried so it won't stain the chair.

When Ace, Rev and Tech got in, Tech didn't feel so good. It was probably after tossing his cookies so much.

"We're-back!" Rev shouted.

"Ohhhhh......." Tech held his stomach in disgust, his legs weakening.

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"Go get some rest Tech. Duck, take the murderer to the infirmary and let her recover. And I don't get what kind of odd sickness she's got, but we've got to try and find a cure," said Ace as he walked to his room to think.

"Pft," said Duck as he quacked Mindy into the infirmary. He immediately quacked out. "I'm not going near that girl AGAIN."

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Tech looked at Duck. "Now you know how I feel..." Tech practically fainted onto the couch. Rev decided to have a nap on the couch as well. He layed down on the couch next to Tech.

"What a day..." Tech murmured as he quickly fell asleep.

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"So what are we going to do?" asked Lexi.

"Let's try looking up what's making Miss Murderer chuck her own organs and see if we can cure it," said Ace.

"Alright," she said, going with Ace to try and look it up.


Meanwhile, Mindy slowly woke up. She looked to see Buttons, panting.

"Sshh," she said as she put new bagandages on her face. She coughed a bit.

"Bark?" asked Buttons, worried.

"Ssh!" she said as she found some fuel and put it in Buttons' jet.

As soon as Buttons had enough fuel, she got away as Buttons blasted off.

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The sounds of rockets woke up Tech, but not Rev. Tech made his way into his lab where Ace and Lexi were bound to be found.

"Hey, Ace? Lexi?" Tech peeked around the corner, finding them looking through many books stacked upon a table.

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Ace turned around. "Yeah, Tech?" he asked.

"Did you hear something like an engine, too?" asked Lexi.

"Wha-?" asked Ace.

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"As a matter of fact, the sound woke me up. When I looked out the window, I saw Ms. Murder take off on her flying dog." Tech crossed his arms.

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"She what!?" asked Ace.

"Oh man," said Lexi.

"What? What's going on?!" asked Duck.

"The girl escaped. Now we gotta track her down all over again," said Lexi.

"Aw, geez......" said Duck.

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"Well, someone has to go after her. Me and Rev will have to find something that can cure her of this... this... malaria of some kind..." Tech shivered at the disgusting thought.

Suddenly, Rev came bargging in. "You-got-it-Tech-let's-get-to-work!" He said.

Tech sighed. "Ace... Can you and someone else handle it this time?" Tech asked.

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"No worries. Lexi, let's jet," he said as the two bunnies left.

Meanwhile, Mindy was gasping as she laid down on the floor of an abandoned building. "Oh God..........I think......I think I'm gonna pass out......."

Buttons opened a storage packet in his robotic side. It only had some water, a banana, and some dog food. Mindy took the water and banana as Buttons sumped out the dog food and started eating. "Thank you Buttons...." she said as she took off the bandages to eat.

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"Alright, Rev. Let's get started." And so, Tech and Rev dug into the books and internet sources.

Slam followed behind Ace and Lexi. "Girl no like us." Slam commented. "She no want help from Loonatics." He added.

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"Well, it's obvious she thinks we're gonna send her to jail.....which will probably be the case," said Lexi.

"Let's just hope she doesn't give us trouble this time..." said Ace.

She heard breathing inside an abandoned mansion. "Let's try over there," she said as she went inside. And there they were. Noth of them were sleeping.

"Alright...let's try to quietly do thi-"

Suddenly, they heard a phone ring. It was coming from Buttons' side phone. Lexi picked it up. "....hello?"

"Mindy? Oh thank goodness, I finally got you!"

"Oh, no, this isn't Mindy, but um, I'll take a message," she said, looking towards the girl who was still sleeping.

"Tell her her mom's not doing so good....that she's only got a few more weeks."

"...her mom? What's wrong with her mom?" she asked, her eyes wide.

Ace kept an eye on the girl and the dog to make sure they weren't waking up.

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Tech searched through racks and racks of chemicals that could possibly cure Mindy. "No, no, no, no, no!" Tech got a little frustrated and stomped the ground. "There has to be something! Anything!" He yelled.

"Take-it-easy-Tech. We'll-find-something-sooner-or-later-don't-you-worry-about-it." Rev reassured.

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"Her mom's got some kind of poison in her body. It's rotting her body and she's upchucking her organ all over the place. She's also throwing up blood. She's getting transplants and blood donations all the time."

"Oh....oh my goodness......." said Lexi.

"I know, isn't it awful? And Mindy hasn't found the one that did it to her yet, huh?" asked the girl voice.

"I guess not...but....wait! You mean to tell me someone diliberately poisoned her mom? And who's calling?" asked Lexi.

"I'm Elmyra, Mindy's friend. And yeah, that's what happened," said Elmyra, seemingly giggling a little over the phone.

"Oh....well..I'll give her your message then," said Lexi.

"Okay, thank you!" And the phone went dead.

Mindy started waking up. "Uggh....."

"Ah-" started Ace.

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"Alright... Rev, you keep working on it. I'm going to go find Ace, Lexi and Slam. Bye!" Tech ran out to his bike and zoomed off down the street. Rev kept looking.

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Mindy's eyes widened as she stood up, knife in hand. "YOU!"

"Look, Mindy, we just want to help-" began Lexi.

Mindy looked even more surprised. "How do you know my name?"

"Your friend Elmyra called. She said your mom's only got a few weeks left. We know, Mindy," said Lexi.

She stepped back. "No...no, no, no, I don't want your help!" she said as she began to run with Buttons behind her.

"Wait!" said Ace.

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Suddenly, Tech parked his bike right in front of the back door so she couldn't escape.

"Going somewhere... Mindy "Nurse" Wednesdale...?" Tech grinned at the pronounciation of her full name.

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Her eyes widened with surprise and fear. She was backing up slowly. "No...no....you can't.....keep away from me!" she yelled at him. She yelped when she saw Ace, Lexi, and Slam behind her.

"No......." she barely mouthed. Buttons was looking at both sides, barking at both sides to try and keep Mindy safe.

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Tech got off his bike and leaned against the doorway.

Tech looked away and looked at the ground, seemingly having a blank stare."Mindy... If you won't talk to them, at least talk to me. I wouldn't hurt you. We all know you need help, but you're not letting anyone take the time to do that." Tech looked back at her. "Are you willing to listen to me?" Tech asked Mindy.

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"Why should you be any different you damn coyote. You're one of them! You're just another one of the goody- superheroes. You only listen to your head, which tells you to enforce the law. It shouldn't be any of your concern how I feel....."

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Tech took a few steps towards her. "Mindy, we're not like the law. Our job is to help people, not beat up anyone that does a few bad things. See, what makes us different from the law is that us Loonatics, despite our name, aren't really that violent. Am I right, Ace?" Tech turned to Ace.

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"Right, we help people who need help, despite background info," said Ace.

"But....no....I can't believe this...." said Mindy.

"Come on, just give up. It's not like you can go anywhere...." began Lexi.

"Ph........maybe not....but I can still fight," she said, taking out her knife.

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